He defeated Barcelona 1-0 away. Mascherano was elected the best player in the game with his outstanding performance in the 90 minutes of the entire game. The evaluation of this Argentine midfielder was that he re-proved his value through a wonderful game and regained his position in the midfield competition.

After the game, Marca publicly stated that Real Madrid should keep Mascherano because the Argentine midfielder is an important stabilizer for Real Madrid's midfielder, especially with Modric absent.

Alfredo, editor-in-chief of Ass, also said that Mascherano's existence has stabilized Real Madrid's defense line again.

"In fact, Ancelotti's team's defense has always been problematic this season, and it's even to some extent, it's a exchange, and Ancelotti chose to sacrifice a little defense and activate the team's offensive firepower."

Alfredo believes that Real Madrid's choice in the first half was correct, because the existence of two technical midfielders and a front midfielder made Real Madrid's midfield very creative and controllable, and the attack firepower in the frontcourt completely exploded. However, with Modric's injury retrenched, such a style of play was obviously not suitable for Real Madrid today.

"At least, we can't find a second midfielder who can be as comprehensive as Modric."

The editor-in-chief of Ass newspaper compared Modric with Deco in the Barcelona dream second team that year, and believed that both midfielders were very comprehensive and versatile, capable of serving as front midfielders, midfielders and back midfielders in many different positions, and were excellent in offense and defense.

"In fact, everyone has always had some concerns. Deco was also after he was thirty years old, and his condition and physical fitness declined rapidly, which was an almost irreversible trend. This time Modric's serious injury further deepened the outside world's concerns, that is, can the Croatian midfielder regain his peak form?"

By September 15, Modric had officially turned thirty years old, and this time, he was seriously injured for four months, which was indeed very worrying, because being seriously injured during a sensitive period has always been a taboo.

As young as Hesse, his upward momentum was interrupted, while veterans like Modric were likely to aggravate the decline in physical functions.

In this environment, Alfredo believes that Real Madrid should prepare early and let a defensive midfielder like Mascherano return to the main position, which is believed to be a good choice.

In addition to Maca and Ass, José de La Morena, the host of Sel Radio, who has always been known for its revelations, broke the news in his own show that the second half against Atletico Madrid, the match against Getafe, and even the Barcelona, ​​allowing Mascherano to return to the main position were all made by Yang Yang and Zidane.

"As we all know, Yang Yang has always occupied an important position in Real Madrid's tactical system. Previously, Ancelotti even allowed him to command players' games as a player or stand on the sidelines. This is equivalent to agreeing with Yang Yang's particularity, but now, Yang Yang's transcendent position is becoming more and more obvious."

"In the past few years, Real Madrid players are generally the only team's chief and deputy captain and Yang Yang. Many times, even the chief and deputy captain are not even able to participate, but Yang Yang has received an invitation. Everyone in Real Madrid knows that making Yang Yang play more happy at the Bernabeu is the top priority for everyone."

"During the winter break, everyone believed that Real Madrid's downturn was caused by fatigue, so Yang Yang took the lead and spoke on behalf of the locker room, hoping that Ancelotti could pay attention to substitutes and conduct more vigorous rotations. As the game deepened, the problem gradually became obvious. The defensive midfielder was the key to Real Madrid's weakness, and it was Yang Yang who stood up and made an appeal."

"He is not the captain, but in fact, his status in the locker room is something that several captains and even several head coaches cannot ignore. Even Ancelotti was able to successfully take over Real Madrid, Yang Yang's nodding and approval was the key, which is already well-known."

"Now, Yang Yang is constantly expanding his influence in the locker room and even Valdebebas. He has even begun to express his attitude and play his role on some important issues involving Real Madrid."

Dela Morena believes that Yang Yang's positive statement is what Real Madrid's management and technical team hope to see, because they hope that the team can surround Yang Yang more unitedly and hope that Yang Yang can play more happily in Real Madrid.

As for whether Yang Yang's judgment was correct, Dela Morena had reservations.

"From the last three games, Real Madrid's stability in the second half of the game against Atletico Madrid and zero conceded against Getafe and Barcelona, ​​all these prove the value of Mascherano's existence, but the league is long, and whether Yang Yang's appeal is correct will need more and longer games to verify."

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On the weekend, in the 20th round of La Liga, Real Madrid challenged Cordoba away.

The conditions of the Akengier Stadium are very bad, the turf has even been damaged in many areas, and the attendance rate at home is quite poor. Even if Real Madrid, with superstars gathered, the stands on all sides still seem empty, and there are not many fans at home.

Real Madrid launched a fierce attack on the away team from the beginning, but their luck was still a little worse. At the beginning, Yang Yang cut in the left and hit the post. Then, he passed three opponents in a row and was saved by the goalkeeper.

Mascherano has won again, which is his three consecutive games in the past week, and his performance has also been stable one by one, one by one, and one by one, which has made Real Madrid's defense line firm and stable.

Until the end of the first half, Cordoba's defense finally revealed a flaw.

Yang Yang retreated to the outside of the penalty area to catch the ball and turned around, and passed it to the left. Hazard inserted into the penalty area at high speed. After stopping the ball in his chest, he made a strong shot, making Real Madrid's first record.

Entering stoppage time, Yang Yang retreated and received the ball, passed the ball to the left, Hazard passed the ball diagonally behind the goal, Suarez followed up and shot from close range, breaking through Cordoba's goal again, and took a two-goal lead for Real Madrid.

After the second half of the game, Real Madrid threatened its first attack. Carvajal quickly inserted and uploaded the ball from the right. Yang Yang inserted it in high speed and headed the ball near the penalty spot, leaving another goal for Real Madrid, three to zero.

In the 53rd minute, Real Madrid re-used the same trick, but this time it was Yang Yang who pulled out the gap. Suarez inserted a header and scored, but it was still an assist from Carvajal on the right, four to zero.

In the 65th minute, David Silva sent a corner kick and Xavi Martinez headed the ball, five to zero.

In the 80th minute, Hazard and David Silva cooperated continuously and made a wonderful pass in the penalty area. Yang Yang scored a goal under the interference of the defensive player, 6-0.

Then, in the 85th and 88th minutes, Real Madrid scored a goal, and then De Bruyne assisted Suarez to score a goal, and the Uruguayan striker scored a hat trick.

In the end, Real Madrid defeated Cordoba with eight goals and won a hearty victory.

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The away win against Cordoba is not enough to explain the problem, because the opponent's strength is indeed too weak.

More importantly, Barcelona has also been in great shape in recent rounds of games. First, they defeated Atletico Madrid 3-1 at home, and then they won 4-0 away to Coruña. In this round, they defeated Elche 6-0 away.

The two Spanish Super League players have experienced a strong recovery in recent times, which has also caused considerable changes in La Liga rankings.

Real Madrid is currently only one point ahead of Barcelona because of one round less. It should be said that the two teams are biting each other tightly.

Atletico Madrid has fallen behind recently, but it is still only three points behind Barcelona, ​​and it is possible to catch up at any time.

Although Simeone's team has lost several important players this season, it is still quite competitive.

If Real Madrid's momentum in the first half is fearful, then the trough after the winter break is worrying. It was not until recently that Mascherano returned to the main position and Real Madrid's performance stabilized again.

But as late January and the winter break transfer market was about to close, news came out of La Liga again, Real Sociedad was interested in buying Ilia La Mendi back, but the player himself did not come forward to give clarification, but instead responded silently.

This has to be doubtful whether Ilia Lamendi intends to return to Real Sociedad?

In fact, as early as last summer, Athletic Bilbao once wanted to loan Ilia La Mendi, but Real Madrid were very optimistic about this local midfielder and did not think about loaning him or selling him, even when it was during the winter break.

However, according to the news from the players' hometown media, the high-intensity game and competitive pressure when playing football at Real Madrid, and the tension caused by being watched all the world all the time, Ilia Lamendi was at a loss. He himself is more inclined to return to Real Sociedad to play football and get rid of the mental pressure when playing for Real Madrid.

Such rumors and the attitude of the players have attracted the attention of Real Madrid.

Yang Yang, Ramos, Ancelotti, Zidane, and even Bardano all communicated with Ilia La Mendi one after another, demonstrating Real Madrid's trust and support for him, but the players' attitudes are always inclined to "go home".

In the end, Real Madrid gave the attitude that they cannot leave during the winter break and they must leave until summer.

So soon, Ilia La Mendi came forward to clarify his transfer rumors. Real Madrid officials once again reiterated their attitude towards Ilia La Mendi, expressed their trust and support for him, believing that he can play his own world in Real Madrid.

But everyone in Real Madrid knows that if Ilia La Mendi still cannot adapt to the environment and competition of Real Madrid in the next six months, he will return to Real Sociedad at a discount in the summer transfer in half a year.

This also means that Real Madrid's training of Ilia La Mendi has failed during this period.

Yang Yang watched Ilia Lamendi come in with his own eyes. His performance is indeed not bad, but if the player's personality is really not suitable, no one can force it, and he can only feel sorry for this.

But this is professional football!
Chapter completed!