921 The Dream of the Triple Crown
The next day, Real Madrid narrowly defeated Barcelona 2-1 at home, quickly becoming the focus of news that major media around the world competed to report. Yang Yang's double score in this game was unanimously praised by the media and fans.
More importantly, the second goal was a key finale, and the significance was not just three-pointers.
Marca published a long-range photo of Yang Yang scoring his second goal on the front page, and stuffed the football into his jersey to pretend to be a pregnant woman, celebrating the scene. The background of the camera is the Bernabeu stand, which looks extremely magnificent.
Comments said that this was a victory belonging to Yang Yang.
"From the process of the game, Benitez has undoubtedly given up on the idea of winning. He is more preparing for the upcoming Kings Cup final. This is exactly the same as the pre-match speculation. Real Madrid pays more attention to the Kings Cup final."
"In the final stage of the game, after Barcelona could not conquer for a long time, Guardiola also gave up his determination to win, because his team never found a way to effectively break through Real Madrid's defense line in 90 minutes, even if they had one more person than their opponents in the entire second half."
"It can be said that at the last moment of the game, including the players on the court, the fans in the stands on the sidelines, and the audience in front of the TV sets all over the world, almost everyone believed that this game would shake hands with a draw, but only Yang Yang was still looking for opportunities."
"The goddess of victory finally favored this hardworking superstar. At the last moment of the game, she gave him a key opportunity. Yang Yang also reflected his strength and value as the number one player in the world. He calmly seized the opportunity at the critical moment and earned a direct free kick from Pique."
"After playing for more than 90 minutes, Yang Yang was undoubtedly exhausted, but he still chose to take the penalty by himself, which reflected his strong confidence, and he did not disappoint. He achieved it overnight and used a wonderful leaf-falling ball to penetrate Barcelona's goal. Valdes didn't even have time to react."
"This is not so much a victory for Real Madrid, but rather a victory for Yang Yang."
"Two goals, especially the second goal, completely reflects the importance of Yang Yang to this Real Madrid."
Marca also analyzed that after winning Barcelona in this game, the points gap between the two teams was successfully shortened to two points, which is undoubtedly crucial for Real Madrid and is of great significance to La Liga fans.
"There are six rounds left in the league, and Real Madrid has successfully shortened the gap to two points. This means that as long as Barcelona makes a mistake, Real Madrid will replace it and reverse to the top. This requires Guardiola's team to maintain a complete victory record in the remaining six rounds in order to be sure to win the championship."
“This is undoubtedly a very high requirement.”
Marca analyzed that the biggest weakness of Guardiola's team is that their bench is not thick, and there are fewer first-team personnel than Real Madrid. Guardiola does not have many cards available, especially in the second half.
Barcelona's MVP combination is the guarantee of the team's offense this season. The trident once played an offensive storm, which made the entire La Liga and European football world frightened. However, after entering the second half of the season, Villa and Pedro's condition declined significantly, and only Messi was still struggling to maintain it.
One very important reason is that Guardiola does not trust Boyan, especially after Boyan was injured, Barcelona's forward line is basically no longer available, so they can only let the MVP Trident play in every game.
Not only the forwards, but also the midfield and defense line, Guardiola has few players available. Whether it is Seduketa, Afelle, or Batra, it has not made Guardiola feel at ease to entrust them with important tasks.
"Before the game, everyone knows that after Real Madrid and Barcelona play the century-old derby, they will set off for Valencia to compete in the final of the Copa del Rey. Benitez hid Robben and Kaka in this game, and at the same time replaced Ibrahimovic and Xavi Alonso early, but Guardiola allowed Messi, Xavi and Iniesta to play all the main players."
"This is a signal that is so obvious that it cannot be more obvious. There are very few players that Guardiola can use. With the game and the continuous multi-line battle, it is also a question how much level these players from Barcelona can perform at the Mestani Stadium."
"Guardiola's calculation should be to win Real Madrid away and win La Liga ahead of schedule. In this way, Real Madrid will inevitably have a sharp drop in morale. In the final of the Copa del Rey, Real Madrid had to take the initiative, which gave Barcelona a chance."
"But Yang Yang's second goal completely disrupted Guardiola's layout and intentions. Now, Barcelona has lost one-to-two away, and the original five-point lead has been shortened to two points. Each of the next six games is a decisive battle. The morale of Barcelona players has been severely hit, coupled with physical strength... "
"It should be said that before the King's Cup final, Guardiola's team was even more worried, but Real Madrid was full of morale."
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In addition to Marca, many Spanish media such as Ascendant, Le Monde, and National, as well as mainstream European media, have summarized and analyzed the Century Derby, and also looked forward to the Cup final of the King's Rey three days later.
Without exception, everyone agreed that Yang Yang's second goal was not only the team's three-pointer and victory, but also reversed the situation in the league, and more importantly, it created a better situation for the next King's Cup final.
"If Guardiola is not careful, he is likely to lose two consecutive games this week." Catalonia's Daily Sports Daily reminded the team with concern.
Barcelona celebrity Cruyff criticized Real Madrid's tactics in the column, believing that Benitez's defensive strategy is against football.
"From the arrangement of troops in this game, Benitez's tactics only gave me one impression, that is, there is no thought or pursuit. The only thing he wants is a draw, and relying on luck and Yang Yang, he got three points."
Cruyff rarely gave Yang Yang a good review, but he still thought that Real Madrid was far inferior to Barcelona.
But soon, Marca published a column of Real Madrid honorary chairman Di Stefano. This is an article dictated by Di Stefano, written by Di Stefano, and published only after being recognized by Di Stefano.
Real Madrid legend refuted Cruyff's remarks, believing that Real Madrid played out the bloody and the traditional Vanito spirit of the club.
"It's hard for me to imagine that if Real Madrid had been fighting against their opponents one person for a long time, they would have been a group of brave warriors? Or stupid reckless men?"
Distefano believes that Real Madrid should admit the gap. At this stage, Barcelona is still the best team in the world and plays the best football, but Real Madrid should not underestimate themselves, because the team has defeated Barcelona in all four league games in the past two years, which is an unprecedented feat.
"I'm very optimistic that the team will continue to win against Barcelona in the next King's Cup final, even the Champions League."
Finally, Distefano believes that he has become a fan of Yang Yang.
"He is an incredible player, and what's even more incredible is that he is only twenty-four years old and has several years of peak period. I'm very glad that I'm experiencing an unprecedented football era."
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Guardiola did not pay any attention to the various rumors that were flying everywhere outside.
After returning from the Bernabeu away, he conducted closed training at Gambo Sports City and refused all interviews.
Internally, he told all players that losing to Real Madrid one-to-two at the Bernabeu was not an unacceptable result. He was very satisfied with the process of the game, because Barcelona firmly controlled the situation and rhythm from beginning to end.
"The most important thing is the next six league games. We will play it as the final in every game!"
Guardiola also mentioned Barcelona's advantage, that is, the Champions League.
Real Madrid will encounter Manchester United in the Champions League, which is definitely a battle. Benitez's team is very familiar with the Premier League, but Manchester United is very strong overall. Real Madrid must do their best, which will inevitably be distracted.
But Barcelona is different. Although Schalke Zero Four reached the semi-finals, its overall strength is not outstanding. There will be no suspense about Barcelona winning the opponent, so Barcelona can focus more on the league.
Guardiola even proposed to win Schalke Zero Four early in the first leg of the semi-finals.
The Champions League finals and the Cup of Rey will reach the finals. As long as you don’t make mistakes, the La Liga champion will be the one in your pocket.
Guardiola has drawn an exciting blueprint for the team, that is, the Triple Crown!
In the summer of 2009, they were eager to realize the dream that they almost failed to realize!
And back then, they lost to Liverpool who were Yang Yang and Benitez!
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After hearing Guardiola's analysis and motivation, the players' morale recovered to a certain extent, but the data feedback from the coaching staff was not satisfactory.
The physical energy consumption caused by fatigue combat is the number one problem that Barcelona faces now.
Many players in the team are facing physical crisis, but Guardiola has no candidates to replace.
He had tried and gave Seduketa, Boyan and others a chance, but his performance was not satisfactory.
They may be competent in dealing with other teams, but facing Real Madrid and Yang Yang, they will become a weakness and unstable factor in Barcelona's team.
In contrast to Barcelona, Real Madrid's bench thickness is better, which is particularly important in continuous fierce battles.
As Barcelona's rotation space becomes smaller and smaller, Benitez's choices are becoming more and more.
Even now, Guardiola and his team can't figure out what tactical styles will Benitez and his Real Madrid take out in the Mestani Stadium three days later?
Will there be a start-up attack?
Will Kaka and Robben join at the same time?
Is that a double back or a three back?
Chapter completed!