The two-week national team game day was a bit dull.

Although Yang Yang did not return to China to participate in the competition, the Chinese team was the runner-up in the World Cup, and the players' strength and confidence were there. They first defeated Bhutan by 16 to zero, and then defeated Hong Kong by 3 to zero.

Wu Lei, who appeared as a substitute for Yang Yang, shined in both games and performed exceptionally well.

Wu Lei's performance in La Liga is also remarkable. At Espanyol, he has completely gained a foothold and played as the main force. At the age of 24, he is beginning to usher in the golden period of his career. If he can work harder, he may not have no chance to play in a big team in the future. The key is still his future development and progress.

Although Yang Yang did not return to China to participate in the competition, he was not idle in Madrid.

Except for two days off a week and two days a week, he spent all his time in Valdebebas. In addition to training with players such as Casemiro who do not have national team competition tasks and maintaining his condition, he also had to meet with the first-team coaching team such as Zidane to study Barcelona and deduce the upcoming century derby.

Pre-match preparation is crucial, and the various situations that may occur in the deduction competition are the key. Only in this way can we avoid being caught off guard by our opponents in the game.

Many times, the team not only needs to deduce the team's lead, but also needs to deduce the team's backwardness, when to fall behind, and how many balls behind. These require preparation and plans in advance, as well as some common accidents and other accidents in the game.

In short, pre-match preparation is essential, but it is also an extremely test of the coaching staff's skills.

Almost all European famous coaches are good players in preparation for the game. Yang Yang and Zidane are both stars with rich career experience and have experienced many top famous coaches. Naturally, they have learned a lot.

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After the two-week national team match day, Real Madrid players returned to Madrid one after another.

The farthest one is the South American internationals. Not only do they travel long distances, but they also have strong conversations in November.

On November 13, Argentina played against Brazil at home. In the end, the game was a draw to make peace with one-to-one. Mascherano and Di Maria in Real Madrid both played for the Argentina national team.

Marcelo was not included in the Brazilian national team list due to injury. Although Danilo was on the roster, he did not get a chance to play in this game. Instead, Barcelona's Alves and Neymar played all over the game.

On November 17, Brazil defeated Peru three-to-zero at home, Alves and Neymar played the whole game again, and Danilo did not play for a minute; Colombia lost to Brazil zero-to-one at home, and Mascherano and Di Maria played the whole game again.

Among them, Colombia's international James Rodriguez also played all over the game in both games.

Although the game was finished on the 17th, the national team did not disband until the 18th. Then the players began to take flights to Europe. However, due to long distances and other factors, Mascherano and Di Maria did not arrive in Madrid until the morning of the 20th. Although they returned to the team for training as soon as possible, their condition could not be guaranteed.

This situation is not just Real Madrid, but almost all teams with South American internationals will be affected.

In Valdebebas, the first thing all international players do after returning to the team is a physical examination, and then undergo an inspection by the coaching staff during training. Zidane and Yang Yang both want to see which players are in good condition and which ones need to be adjusted.

But time waits for no one, and the footsteps of the century derby are getting closer and closer.

On the afternoon of the 20th, Luis Enrique held a pre-match press conference in Barcelona and announced the 18-man roster for the team to set off for Madrid, with Messi on the list.

This is the first time Messi has appeared in Barcelona's lineup since he was injured in the fight against Las Palmas. Everyone is looking forward to him being able to make a debut in this game, fighting with Real Madrid to avenge his previous shame.

Messi himself is eager to try and wants to perform at the Bernabeu Stadium.

Luis Enrique is delighted by Messi's comeback. He repeatedly emphasized that Messi is the most important player of Barcelona and that being able to come back before the critical century derby is crucial for Barcelona.

But on the other hand, Louis Enrique is still ambiguous about whether Messi can and has not disclosed any accurate information to the outside world.

Real Madrid can't guess what Louis Enrique will do, so they can only make preparations.

Zidane also announced the 18-man roster of Real Madrid's Century Derby the day before the game. South American internationals, including Mascherano, Di Maria and Suarez, also appeared on the roster.

This also surprised many people, because in the first game after the national team competition in September and October, all South American internationals who participated in the national team competition did not play. What about this time?

Although Real Madrid has a strong bench lineup, international players such as Mascherano, Di Maria, James Rodriguez and Suarez are all important combat powers of Real Madrid. It would be okay to face other teams, but they can play against Barcelona...

In the past few years, every century derby has attracted the attention of media and fans around the world, and this is especially true this year.

This is the first century derby after Zidane and Yang Yang coached Real Madrid. Everyone wants to see if the two rookie coaches can protect Real Madrid's performance advantage over Barcelona in the past few years? Will they be defeated in the century derby like Louis Enrique back then?

Barcelona seemed to be quite worried that Real Madrid would tamper before the game, so they did not come to Madrid early, but came to Madrid from Barcelona on the morning of the game.

When they walked out of the Madrid Capital Airport, every player had a belief in winning. In an interview with the media, many players threatened to avenge their shame at the Bernabeu, defeat Real Madrid, and shorten the gap.

Media around the world have gathered in Madrid, all competing for the focus battle.

Everyone is very clear that this battle will inevitably change the trend of the entire La Liga, because Real Madrid is currently four points ahead of Barcelona. If Barcelona loses in this battle, it will undoubtedly further widen the gap, which is quite unfavorable to Barcelona's reversal in the future.

Whether it is the media, fans, or the two teams participating, I know very well that in the La Liga, the results of the century-old derby often determine the ownership of the La Liga champion.

Whoever can win the derby in the century is the favorite to win the championship.

This game attracted nearly 180 countries and regions to broadcast, and more than 600 million people are expected to watch the live broadcast. More than 700 reporters from 300 media came to the Bernabeu Stadium to watch the game. These have set the highest record in the history of the century derby, and even exceeded the Champions League final.

Madrid officials also attached great importance to this, dispatching more than 1,500 policemen, 1,500 security guards, 100 ambulances and 100 Red Cross staff. An isolation area was set up outside the Bernabeu stadium. Vehicles were prohibited from passing through the city center of Madrid that night, which was used by Spain's national power.

Not only that, the Spanish royal family, headed by Juan Carlos I, came to watch the scene. Prime Minister Rajoy also brought government officials to supervise the battle. The rest of the political and business celebrities in Spain and even Europe were extremely popular.

This is not just a showdown between Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​but also a top feast for European football and even fans around the world.

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When Yang Yang and his teammates finished their last warm-up training before the game from the Bernabeu and returned to the locker room, Zidane immediately called him to the coach's rest area.

Real Madrid finally got Barcelona's lineup.

Goalkeeper Bravo, the defense line is Alba, Mathieu, Pique and Alves, the midfield is Iniesta, Busquets and Rakitic, and the front trident is Neymar, Cristiano Ronaldo and Sergi Roberto.

"Messi did not appear in the lineup, as expected." Zidane reached out and grabbed his bare head and said.

This is not surprising, because Real Madrid has been prepared for it.

"It can be seen that Louis Enrique has the same idea as us. He chooses the best players in the best form, not the strongest ones. He finally began to understand how to play in the Century Derby." Yang Yang laughed.

If Luis Enrique still let Messi make it look strong, but in fact, how much Messi's condition can recover is an unknown number, and even Barcelona itself is probably not sure.

If you face other teams, it is no problem to let Messi play, but if you play Real Madrid and Century Derby, Enrique must consider whether he has such confidence.

The Century Derby has never been just a three-pointer, but just a six-point gap that has gone through two. There is more important significance behind it. Enrique obviously knows this, so he dare not take risks with Messi.

"If I were Enrique, I would do this, Messi would not, but he would come on as a substitute, which should be around 60 minutes." Yang Yang guessed.

Sixty minutes is a very common substitution time. The important reason why Yang Yang guessed that he would play Messi at this time is that it left Messi with 30 minutes of game time, which is not long or short.

It's not good to be too long, it's unfair to the players, and it's too short and not conducive to Messi's integration into the game and displaying his strength. Thirty minutes are just right.

This is also the reason why many head coaches like to substitution in 60 minutes.

"Then we are still the same, just use that move to Barcelona!" Zidane said with a smirk.

If French bald man saw this smile by the media and fans, he would definitely completely ruin his image. It would be too terrible.

"Blanco was already angry with you before. Will Enrique vomit blood tonight?" David Betoni looked afraid that the world would be in chaos.

Yang Yang and Zidane looked at each other, and both noticed the confidence in each other's eyes and laughed at each other.

They are all very confident about this game and are determined to win!

I just hope Enrique doesn't really vomit blood.
Chapter completed!