990 final season
This year, the temperature in Madrid is a bit abnormal, with a large temperature difference between day and night.
The maximum temperature during the day is less than ten degrees, but it can be as low as zero at night. At least half of this month is raining. Such a climate is very uncomfortable for anyone, especially for players who are extremely sensitive to their bodies.
Real Madrid coaching staff have also put a lot of effort into this aspect, from warm-up to training programs, to daily diet and protection, they all provide players with better and more complete care as much as possible, because this is a group of young people in their twenties.
Now is the best time in their lives, so most of them have no concept of maintaining their bodies at all, and naturally they are full of confidence in their physical qualities.
For example, in the middle of winter, some players will walk out of the locker room with their upper body naked, and some players will take off their clothes and pants directly after training. These are obviously not in line with the norms and will be advised by the coaching staff.
Barcelona has too many injuries, which also sounded the alarm for Real Madrid.
Now is a rare and good time, and Ancelotti doesn't want his team to repeat the mistakes of Barcelona.
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Yang Yang is the least worried player in Real Madrid because he is self-disciplined and always knows how to take good care of himself.
In Ancelotti's statement, this is a model player who is blameless on and off the court.
Every morning, Yang Yang would come to Valdebebas earlier than all the players. Sometimes he even came earlier than the coaching staff. For this, the coaching staff and the training base staff have long been accustomed to this.
Every time they meet Yang Yang, they will greet him politely.
Some people say that Yang Yang's day is always very mechanical, as precise as a wall clock on the wall.
After he arrived in Valdebebas, he would definitely go to the locker room to change his clothes first, then go straight to the gym, do an hour of equipment and bicycle training, and then go out to run the stairs.
Usually, when he was running the stairs, his teammates had arrived one after another, so he would conduct warm-up training with everyone.
Oh no, warm-up is the business of other players, he should be called recovery and adjustment.
Giovani Mauri is a world-renowned physical trainer. He has followed Ancelotti for many years. He just met Yang Yang who was practicing hard on the first day of his arrival at Real Madrid, which surprised him. Yang Yang's entire set of training later praised the Italian physical trainer, not only because of his training level, but also because of Yang Yang's hard work.
Yang Yang's training comes from Winston Bogard. It is very scientific and takes care of almost all aspects of Yang Yang. This is a training plan tailored for Yang Yang by top-level fitness trainers and will adjust it at any time.
Winston Bogard is obviously very familiar with Yang Yang's body and his style of playing football. The training arranged is very targeted, especially for the muscles in several parts of the players who are prone to injury, which makes Yang Yang rarely suffers serious injuries unless he is violated and injured by his opponent.
But the real difficulty lies in Yang Yang's execution ability, he completed every move almost meticulously.
If Winston Bogard asked him to do ten bench presses, he would not be able to only do nine and a half sets. If the Dutch fitness coach asked him to step on a cycling for twenty minutes, he would not be able to only step on nineteen minutes and fifty seconds.
He has always only more or less, never given any discounts.
This is true on the court, on the training ground, and even more so in the gym.
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"Yang Yang obviously has to work harder today."
No. 3 physical coach David Ancelotti stood outside the gym and headed towards his colleague, No. 2 physical coach Francesco Mauri said what he had observed from Yang Yang's expression on his face.
In the gym, Yang Yang was doing a squat, wearing only a vest on his upper body, and the muscles exposed in the air bulged with his training, as if full of explosive power.
Everyone knows that this is the capital of Yang Yang's competition with the La Liga defenders.
"I heard that in the locker room internal meeting yesterday, Yang Yang shouted a slogan, and he wanted to win the three major championships this season, and none of them were missing. It seems that he is not just talking, but really doing it." Francesco Mauri's eyes were full of praise.
David Ancelotti nodded and smiled, "Yes, my father was talking about this last night. He felt that if the locker room was twisted together, it would be very hopeful. Major media reported this morning, and it was obvious that they received the news yesterday."
Although the internal meeting of Real Madrid locker room did not invite the coaching staff or management to participate, it was actually not completely airtight. Especially for things like now, many players are willing to expose their emotions to the outside world to inspire the morale of the team and fans. One pass is ten, ten passes and one passes a hundred, and naturally it spreads quickly.
Judging from the reactions of the media and fans this morning, it is generally positive.
Barcelona is currently having problems, which is a god-given opportunity for Real Madrid.
"My father said that if Yang Yang could maintain such self-discipline and hard work, his peak period would definitely be over 30 years old, and it might even be like legends such as Maldini and Costakuta, and it would be possible to play until he was forty." Francesco Mauri praised with a smile.
Compared with evergreens in football like Maldini and Costakuta, the 25-year-old Yang Yang does have reason to feel honored, although his achievements in football have long surpassed these two predecessors.
His father, Giovani Mauri, is a physical coach with real talent but also a very high vision. He has trained many superstars in his life, whether it is a genius like Ronaldinho, Rivaldo, Kafu, Shevchenko, Dainzagi or Kaka, or a diligent player like Gattuso and Ambrosini.
But only he only praised Yang Yang and Giovani Mauri many times, and he said that it was not in public, but in private when discussing it with his son. This is undoubtedly more substantial than in public.
"Before I came to Real Madrid, I didn't believe in the rumors outside." Francesco Mauri shook his head and sighed, "But now, I have to admit that it is indeed not a coincidence that Yang Yang can have today."
"My father said the same thing," David Ancelotti smiled.
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Yang Yang didn't know that his training was seen, and even caused discussion. He just focused on his training because he wanted to further strengthen his body and stimulate more potential, and he wanted to perform better.
Because, Ibrahimovic is leaving!
Maxwell is leaving too!
This season will be his last season with his two old buddies. Maybe from now on, they will never have the chance to cooperate again, so he hopes to leave something in this final season.
The best memory is the Triple Crown!
He knew it was difficult, and he knew that Barcelona would definitely snipe Real Madrid, but he knew that he had to do so.
In 2009, Ibrahimovic joined Real Madrid because of him, and now three years later, Ibrahimovic left Real Madrid because of him.
Although all this was not what he wanted and had little direct relationship with him, he still hoped to help Ibrahimovic, at least, allow him to leave Real Madrid with the halo of the winner, proudly and decently.
In this way, with the character of Swedish center, when he went to Paris Saint-Germain, he was still the same Ibrahimovic who was urinating against the wind!
Sometimes even Yang Yang himself feels that Ibrahimovic of Real Madrid is not his nature, because he has always been accommodating Yang Yang and suppressing himself. Perhaps this is why he wants to leave.
Yang Yang also believes that Ibrahimovic will live happier and more freely if he leaves Real Madrid, leave himself and become the star of Paris Saint-Germain.
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On the evening of January 31, in the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey, Real Madrid faced Athletic Bilbao at home.
This is the third consecutive match between the two teams in recent times. The first two games ended with Real Madrid's complete victory, and the next two matches, the Basque Lions are under a lot of pressure to face Real Madrid.
The Galaxy battleships fight at home, striving to defeat the opponent in the first round.
Just three minutes into the game, Yang Yang made a long pass from the left and accurately found Robben at the back point. The Dutch volleyed and broke through Athletic Bilbao's goal.
In the 20th minute, David Silva made a straight pass, Yang Yang successfully counterattacked and forced a breakthrough. After receiving the ball, he took the ball and took a kick from the left side of the penalty area. The ball passed through the crotch of Athletic Bilbao goalkeeper and broke through the goal again, 2-0.
Five minutes later, Modric's pass over the top assisted Robben to another goal, rewriting the score to three-to-zero.
In less than half an hour, Real Madrid scored three goals in a row and got a crushing start. Athletic Bilbao was powerless in the face of Real Madrid, which was like a wolf and tiger, and could only be exhausted.
Bielsa even replaced two players in one go during the halftime break, trying to strengthen the midfield, but in the end it failed to improve and still lost 0-3 away.
This is also the third consecutive game that Athletic Bilbao lost to Real Madrid in recent times. The Basque Lions have been a major drop in morale.
A week later, when he returned to the San Mames Stadium, the team of the madman Bielsa made a crazy counterattack and even made a crazy offensive for a while, allowing the home team fans to see hope of reversing Real Madrid. They scored three goals in the first half and successfully tied the total score.
In this game, Real Madrid played as a half-substitute lineup, and its performance was not ideal. Ancelotti had to deal with the King's Cup and busy with the league. The two games in a row also made Real Madrid run around the clock.
But Real Madrid scored two goals in the second half, and Morata scored twice, helping Real Madrid surpass the total score again.
In the end, although Real Madrid lost to Athletic Bilbao 2-3 away, the total score was 5-3 and successfully eliminated the Basque Lions and advanced to the King's Cup final.
In another match, Barcelona successfully eliminated Valencia by 1-1 away and 2-0 at home.
Chapter completed!