July 20, Houston, USA.

In the International Champions League, Real Madrid faces Bayern Munich.

This is Real Madrid's first warm-up match in the new season, and it is also Yang Yang's first appearance since coaching Real Madrid.

Although it is in the distant United States and just a warm-up match, Yang Yang's debut still attracts the attention of media and fans around the world. They all want to see whether Real Madrid trained by Yang Yang can continue the glory of Ajax.

But the results were surprising.

Real Madrid's starting lineup is not much different from last season. It is still Solari's style. None of the players who just brought in this summer have been there.

The players' performance on the court has indeed changed a lot, and their enthusiasm has increased, but they are obviously not in the state.

Just fifteen minutes into the opening game, Real Madrid's goal was broken by Bayern Munich. Then Real Madrid launched a counterattack, but it failed. There were only four shots in the whole first half, but they shot four times to the goal, but they were only turned away by Neuer.

During the halftime break, Yang Yang replaced 11 players on the court, including goalkeeper Courtois.

But the performance in the second half still did not improve much. First, Bayern expanded the score in the 67th minute, and scored another goal two minutes later, rewriting the score to zero-to-three. Real Madrid finally only won a goal back by young player Rodrigo in the 84th minute.

But even so, Yang Yang's debut still lost to Bayern Munich one-to-three.

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Regarding this game, Yang Yang said in an interview with the media after the game that the team is not in shape.

"I was not surprised by the loss at all, because our summer training camp has been going as planned. We just finished ten days of physical reserve training and it is not time to get out of shape yet."

Yang Yang even joked that if the team is in shape now, he should have a headache.

"In fact, we did not perform badly throughout the game. We had seventeen shots, Bayern Munich twenty, and the possession rate was 55% vs. 45%, and we were slightly at a disadvantage."

Yang Yang was very frank about the results of the game because it was just a warm-up match.

Regarding what many media said, Real Madrid and Ajax adopted different tactical strategies, Yang Yang said it was normal.

"The average age of Real Madrid is much different from that of Ajax. We cannot use tactics like Ajax to demand Real Madrid. This is unfair. Of course, Real Madrid's overall strength is better than Ajax. Now we are working hard to find a tactical style that suits Real Madrid."

Some of the new players who joined this summer have already appeared in the second half, and Yang Yang's evaluation is also very high.

"I think the best performance is Rodrigo. I have always been optimistic about him, and Vinicius is also very good."

"Oh, by the way, and Federico Valverde, he's pretty good."

For his four favorite players in Ajax, Netherlands, no match was arranged to play in this game, and they all sat on the bench for a full ninety minutes. The reason Yang Yang gave was, "They are not ready yet."

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Three days later, in the second game of the International Champions League, Real Madrid faced Arsenal.

Real Madrid suffered a heavy blow ten minutes into the game. Nacho made a handball foul and was sent off directly by a red card. Arsenal striker Lacazette took the penalty and scored the first record for the Gunners.

In the 24th minute, Aubameyang won another goal, further expanding the score for the Gunners.

One person was missing in the scene and two goals were behind, which led to Real Madrid's play very passively, but the team finally stabilized its position.

After the second half of the game, Yang Yang replaced eleven players again.

In the 56th minute, Marcelo passed the low pass on the left side of the penalty area, Isco knocked back, Asensio pulled the ball from his heel and made a wonderful pass, Mbappe easily pushed the ball, one-to-two.

Afterwards, Asensio performed his courage, first hitting the post, and then scoring a goal for Real Madrid to equalize the score.

But in the 87th minute, Zachar made a long pass, and Nketia, who successfully countered offside, broke through and formed a one-on-one strike, scoring again.

In the end, Real Madrid lost to Arsenal 2-3, and lost two consecutive games in the warm-up match.

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Both Bayern Munich and Arsenal in the first match, both have a very obvious feature, that is, Real Madrid insists on playing against opponents, and whether in terms of scenes or opportunities, Real Madrid is not inferior to their opponents.

However, Real Madrid is still not good enough in terms of the overall state of players, especially in the transformation of offensive efficiency.

Yang Yang's explanation for this is still the same as before, and Real Madrid is still adjusting.

"The role of the warm-up match is to help us adjust our state and run in the best tactics and lineups. My task is to find a mature and stable starting lineup and technical and tactical style before the start of the season. The rest is not important."

Many people have noticed that when playing against Arsenal and Bayern Munich, Yang Yang changed six starting lineups, of which Nacho started unexpectedly and was beaten by a red card within ten minutes, which became the turning point of the game.

Yang Yang's comment on this is that he will not criticize Nacho for this.

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Three days later, the North American International Champions League is still there.

Yang Yang once again arranged for Nacho to start, and at the same time made drastic adjustments to the starting lineup, replacing five more players from the last game against Arsenal.

Anyone can see that he is constantly debugging the team, and none of the four players introduced from Ajax have played for even a minute, which means Yang Yang’s trust in them and there is no need to re-examine them.

This time, Yang Yang decisively adopted high-level pressing and oppression, trying to control the ball, and the midfield also lined up a three-mile combination of Isco, Tony Kroos and Modric, ahead of them were Hazard, Suarez and Vinicius.

But unexpectedly, in just 45 seconds of the opening, Atletico Madrid made a wonderful pass by the sky-high new player Felix, and Diego Costa shot Ramos on the leg and shot into the net, opening the first record for Atletico Madrid.

After that, the bed sheet army was unstoppable, like a tiger going down the mountain, putting pressure on Real Madrid frantically, and Felix, Correa and Diego Costa scored goals one after another. Even before the first half was about to end, Diego Costa tripped by Isco and personally took the penalty kick, locking the score to five-to-zero.

This is definitely an incredible score, especially when it comes to Real Madrid.

The entire Metropolitan Life Stadium is in full swing!

Many people even think that Real Madrid is playing fake football?

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Yang Yang stood on the sidelines and shook his head in a hurry.

"The running is obviously insufficient, the pressure in the midfield and frontcourt is not enough, and the frontcourt cannot suppress the opponent's defense line, which makes us insufficient suppression of the opponent's penalty area, the midfield cannot control it, and the ball cannot be held. As a result, we will be finished once Atletico Madrid attacks."

Harvey Alonso was also speechless about the result.

"I really didn't expect that the strength of this team would decline so much in just one year."

Speaking of this, Harvey Alonso couldn't help but look at Yang Yang worriedly.

Real Madrid's preseason arrangements are purposeful. Bundesliga classmate Bayern Munich, Premier League giant Arsenal and La Liga powerhouse Atletico Madrid, all three teams represent the strongest level in European football. Yang Yang hopes to use this strong dialogue to examine the team and enter the pace of the new season faster.

But the price is also very high.

Real Madrid is still constantly adjusting, many problems have not been solved, and many players have not yet integrated into the team, such as the four new players have not played, which makes Real Madrid's overall performance in the first three warm-up matches still the same set as they did last season. Tonight, Yang Yang wanted to try high-pressure and oppression, but was directly defeated by Atletico Madrid.

I guess Simeone himself would not have expected this.

A crushing defeat will inevitably affect Yang Yang!

Although Yang Yang used to be an assistant coach, his preseason results were very bad in Ajax last season, and many people even know that he deliberately sacrificed his preseason results to examine the team and polish the team's skills and tactics.

But that was based on the fact that the team did not suffer a crushing defeat, but now it is already 5 to zero!

If Atletico Madrid is allowed to continue playing like this, maybe they will be able to score an amazing double-digit score tonight.

"You're right. The offensive players are not suppressing the penalty area. Suarez is old and his suppression ability is declining. He has to run and pull to create space, and he has to pick up and score points. He is no longer able to do so."

"There is also our midfielder, where there is basically no one in the back. There is a serious lack of running. It cannot provide strong support to the frontcourt trident and cannot effectively protect the defense line. Therefore, once Atletico Madrid gets the ball, it can easily advance our 30-meter area. In this case, the position of the defense line is too high and it cannot be placed in time, and the gap becomes very large."

Yang Yang is not a fool. Of course he knows the team's problems, but Real Madrid's situation is still beyond his expectations.

Or it should be said that the level of many players has declined so much that Yang Yang is a little unbelievable.

Of course, they have all achieved success and are over thirty years old, so it is natural to decline from their peak.

It was like Captain Ramos, Yang Yang originally meant to let him press up and use his sweeping ability to share the defensive pressure for Tony Cross. This was what he was perfectly competent in the past and was also what he was best at, but now he can't do it.

His body slid down, his speed slowed down, and sometimes he didn't care about so much attention, so he was easily penetrated. Nacho failed to provide good protection behind him, which made Atletico Madrid almost accurate.

Real Madrid conceded five goals in the first half, that's what happened.

Yang Yang understood clearly. If he really wanted to play like this, even if he got a god, he would probably not be able to save Real Madrid.

Thinking of this, Yang Yang made up his mind secretly.

The three warm-up matches were enough to let him see clearly about Real Madrid's situation, which was far more terrible than he imagined.

Then, if you want to treat Real Madrid, you can only use severe medicine.
Chapter completed!