1085 The key to Real Madrid
On March 5, Bernabeu Stadium.
In the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals, Real Madrid faced Donetsk Miners at home.
With a 2-2 draw away from home, Real Madrid lined up the strongest attack lineup after returning to the Bernabeu.
The goalkeeper is Diego Lopez, the defense is Marcelo, Fermuren, Ramos and Carvajal, the midfield is David Silva, Mascherano and Xavi Alonso, and the frontcourt is a combination of Hazard, Yang Yang and Robben.
After the opening, Real Madrid quickly controlled the initiative of the game and launched repeated attacks on the Donetsk miners, with an offensive tide, but the Ukrainian team was determined to fight a defensive counterattack and retreated across the board.
As the team's number one offensive star, Yang Yang also performed extremely actively. In the tenth minute, he received a precise pass from David Silva and shot hard in the penalty area, but the ball was blocked by the goalkeeper with his body.
Afterwards, Xavi Alonso made a long shot and threatened the opponent's goal, and Yang Yang had another wonderful performance of driving straight in the midfield.
At the beginning of the game, the Donetsk miners were suppressed by Real Madrid. Not to mention counterattacks, even the defense became full of loopholes.
Until the 31st minute, Robben made a corner kick from the right, Xavi Alonso took the penalty, and Ramos headed the ball from a close distance, breaking the deadlock for Real Madrid.
After that, Real Madrid's offensive continued to decline, morale boosted, and performed even better. The Donetsk miners began to rush to equalize the score and frequently planned attacks, which gave Real Madrid an opportunity to take advantage of.
Five minutes later, Real Madrid made a quick counterattack. Yang Yang pulled to the right to receive the ball, drove straight into the ball, and made a cross from the right side of the penalty area. David Silva arrived in the middle, followed up and shot, piercing through the Donetsk miners' goal.
Two to zero!
Then Real Madrid created consecutive threats, but failed to score again.
Until the 59th minute of the second half, Xavi Alonso suddenly shot a long shot from the outside of the penalty area, causing the Ukrainian team's goalkeeper to escape. Yang Yang appeared in front of the goal like a ghost, easily scored a bargain and expanded the score.
Three to zero!
In the 74th minute, Real Madrid played a wonderful frontcourt cooperation.
David Silva made a diagonal pass to the right. Robben stopped the ball in the penalty area and turned around and knocked back. Yang Yang followed and shot directly. The ball once again broke through the Donetsk Miner's goal, four to zero!
Unstoppable!
Real Madrid drew 2-2 away against Donetsk Miners, with Yang Yang's two shots and one pass at home, defeating the Ukrainian team four-zero and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals with a total score of 6-2.
In the subsequent quarterfinal draw, Real Madrid drew Galatasaray from Turkey.
This is also the lucky draw for Real Madrid this season in the Champions League, and they draw the weakest among the quarterfinals.
It is worth mentioning that Bayern Munich and Juventus are in the same half of the zone as Real Madrid.
In the other half, Barcelona encountered Paris Saint-Germain and Dortmund encountered Malaga.
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On March 10, Valedos Stadium.
In the 27th round of La Liga, Real Madrid challenged Vigo Celta away.
In this game, Real Madrid rotated players in a total of seven positions, only goalkeeper Diego Lopez, left back Marcelo, midfielder David Silva and Yang Yang on the forward line continued.
In two-line combat, rotation is inevitable.
However, the large-scale rotation made Real Madrid perform very unsatisfactory in the first half, especially against Vigo Celta away. The home team made Real Madrid fall into the offside trap seven times in the first twenty minutes, and Yang Yang alone created four times.
In the 40th minute, Yang Yang created an excellent opportunity, and passed it to the left behind, Hesse inserted it into a single shot, but the talented young player who Real Madrid had high hopes did not hit the ball immediately, but chose to stop the ball.
There is no doubt that his stop was beautiful and he stopped very steadily, but he missed the best opportunity to start the ball. Then the goalkeeper blocked the ball, and his shot hit the goalkeeper.
For this reason, Yang Yang also gave Hesse a strict lesson, believing that he should have kicked his feet just now without stopping the ball.
Perhaps because he knew he had made a mistake, Hesse was more active. One minute later, he shook continuously when facing the defensive player on the left and crossed to the goal. Yang Yang headed the ball from close range under the left and right of the two central defenders, but hit the crossbar and bounced back.
Tonight, Yang Yang and Real Madrid have some luck.
After the second half of the game, Real Madrid continued to siege Vigo Celta.
In the 61st minute, David Silva sent a corner kick. The goalkeeper attacked and hit the ball with both fists. Di Maria shot angrily at the edge of the penalty area, which deflected on the defensive player. Yang Yang once again found a bargain and easily pushed the ball to hit.
One to zero!
But the good times didn't last long. Two minutes later, Vigo Celta initiated a counterattack. Marcelo failed to return to the position in time. He was crossed by the opponent's player Fernandez. The unguarded forward Aspas shot and shot Pepe and bounced into the goal.
This goal was not an own goal, but Aspas' goal.
The two sides returned to the same starting line, and this time the organization was in a stalemate until the 86th minute. David Silva cooperated with Hesse on the left and passed it to Yang Yang, who was unguarded, forming a single shot. Yang Yang calmly seized the opportunity and surpassed the score again, two to one!
In the end, the score remained until the end of the game.
Real Madrid narrowly defeated Vigo Celta with Yang Yang's double score.
In another game played at the same time, Barcelona defeated La Coruña 2-0 at home, Sanchez scored in the 38th minute, and Messi secured the victory in the 88th minute.
After this round, the Spanish Football Association announced that the final venue of the Copa del Rey this season was placed in the Mestaña Stadium, which made Barcelona escape by chance, and greatly relieved.
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On the evening of March 16, the Bernabeu Stadium.
In the 28th round of La Liga, Real Madrid faces Real Mallorca.
Between the twenty-seven and twenty-eight rounds, Real Madrid received an extremely rare week of rest this season. Ancelotti even gave the team two days off, allowing everyone to relax and adjust their state.
A week later, facing Real Madrid, both in their condition, physical fitness and morale, were quite good, and they began to control the initiative on the field from the beginning.
But in the sixth minute, Real Mallorca's quick counterattack, former Barcelona youth training player Dos Santos broke through the gap left by Carvajal's forward assist, and crossed to the goal. Nsuel beat Ramo and headed the ball, breaking through Real Madrid's goal.
But Real Madrid did not make Mallorca proud for too long. In the 15th minute, Modric made a straight pass, Robben calmly passed the ball, and Yang Yang easily pushed the ball in the front of the small penalty area to equalize the score for Real Madrid.
But in the 21st minute, Mallorca took advantage of a corner kick, Dos Santos sent a corner kick, creating chaos in Real Madrid's penalty area. Alfaro headed the ball and scored a goal, surpassing the score again.
Two lags behind and two goals conceded, both hitting the nail on Real Madrid.
One is the gap after the full-back is inserted into the offense, especially the side of Carvajal, which is exposed more clearly, and the other is the old problem of Real Madrid, the defense of set pieces.
The former is a new problem, while the latter has troubled Real Madrid for four years.
The score of one-to-two was maintained until the second half, but after the change of sides, Real Madrid quickly took advantage of a corner kick opportunity, Yang Yang headed the ball in front of the ball, tied the score for Real Madrid, 2-2.
Two minutes later, Marcelo stepped forward to assist and crossed to the penalty area from the left side of the penalty area. After being cleared by the defensive player, Modric followed up and volleyed directly, breaking the goal of Real Mallorca again, 3-2.
In the 57th minute, Robben made a cross from the right, and Yang Yang, who was unguarded, made a push shot in the small penalty area, expanding the score again, four to two!
Yang Yang performed a hat trick!
Then in the 92nd minute, Yang Yang suddenly pulled to the left side of the penalty area. After receiving Hazard's pass, he passed the ball selflessly to the back point. Robben followed up and easily pushed the shot, expanding the score to five-2!
In the end, Real Madrid defeated Real Mallorca five-2 with Yang Yang's hat trick and an assist.
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Real Madrid won a big victory, and Yang Yang scored a hat-trick, leading the scorer list.
But after the game, Real Madrid's two goals conceded were criticized, especially the second goal conceded.
Corner kick defense has always been a major weakness of Real Madrid. It can even be said that corner kick defense has always existed since Benitez coached Liverpool. The British media criticized Benitez for this, believing that his regional man-marking mixed defense tactics were problematic, but later it disappeared with Liverpool's four-champion title.
But in Real Madrid, corner kick defense has never been stable in recent years, which is already a difficult old problem.
Especially this season, goalkeeper Casillas has not returned yet, and even if he returns, he doesn't know what his condition is. Left defender Marcelo is in a state that is unstable after his return, and right defender Carvajal's defense is a weakness, which makes people very worried about Real Madrid's defense.
If even Real Mallorca can break through Real Madrid's goal twice, then in the Champions League, especially in the quarterfinals or even the semi-finals, can Real Madrid face stronger opponents?
Whether it is Ancelotti or Zidane, they know this. To some extent, Real Madrid's performance this season has been much beyond everyone's expectations, because after the summer reorganization, the team's performance is not inferior to the past at all.
Ancelotti also admitted that the team's set-piece conceding was indeed a serious hit, but he said that this was caused by many reasons and the team will still put a lot of effort into this.
But the Italian also said that Real Madrid's goal this season will still work hard in the league, the Copa del Rey and the Champions League.
Chapter completed!