After playing Lyon, Real Madrid was praised by the outside world like tide.
A full six-year backlog of depression, broke out completely at this moment, forming an overwhelming trend, rushing to Valdebebas, which is located in the northeast of the city of Madrid, sweeping everyone under the emperor.
But on the afternoon of the next day, before the team's training, coach Benitez and captain Raul jointly called for a meeting of players.
The meeting even alarmed Real Madrid's Chief Executive Manuel Redondo and Director Valdano.
Throughout this season, Real Madrid have had two important key points.
The first is the Century Derby. The away game against Barcelona is Real Madrid ’s first test this season.
Then came the Champions League elimination round.
For the UEFA Champions League group stage, Real Madrid never thought that he would stop here. If Benitez can't lead the team to successfully advance from the group stage, he will end the class. As for the King's Cup, this game is not valued.
Judging from the current situation, Real Madrid's completion of the first two nodes is very high.
Barcelona won 5-0 away and eliminated Lyon 5-1 in the two rounds. They all successfully completed the team's scheduled goals, and then the team will take a two-line battle.
It is still unknown what kind of opponents and tactics the Champions League will encounter.
For this line, Benitez's strategy is to take one step at a time and carefully play every game.
But in La Liga, Real Madrid are currently five points ahead of Barcelona. With thirteen rounds remaining in the league, it is still very challenging for the team to retain this lead.
In particular, the thirty-first round will host Barcelona.
The difficulty is that before playing Barcelona, Real Madrid will usher in the second round of the Champions League quarter-finals.
Benitez is also full of worries about this schedule. No one knows who the opponents of the quarterfinals of the Champions League will be, but one thing is for sure, the game will be very difficult. This is definitely not a good thing.
"This schedule is not difficult, but we should pay attention to it. We feel hard and Barcelona will not be too good, so the key lies in the next five rounds of the league. We need to keep the Barcelona against these five games. The leading edge should be controlled at least at three points. "
With a three-point lead ushered in the second Century Derby this season, this will give Real Madrid players a psychological advantage.
To put it bluntly, it doesn't matter if you lose. Real Madrid is still at the top of the list, but if it is tied or even won, Real Madrid will further expand its lead. In turn, Barcelona want to reverse in La Liga, then they can only beat Real Madrid in Bernabeu.
When the game reaches the level of Real Madrid and Barcelona, psychological factors often become very important.
For example, in the first round of the match between the two sides, Real Madrid can say that the moment they walked into the Camp Nou, they have seized the opportunity.
Although in La Liga, the strengths of Real Madrid and Barcelona can be described as outstanding, other teams are not big enough to watch, but they are also distracted by the quarterfinals of the Champions League, which is also very stressful for Real Madrid.
The opponents in the next five games are Valladolid away, Athletic Gijon at home, Getafe at home, Atlético Madrid at home, and Santander at home.
The first two games are the most certain, because both games are a week, and the opponent is not strong, Real Madrid can basically win the opponent with a stable play, but the last three challenges are great.
Getafe and Atletico Madrid are both derby games. Needless to say, the difficulty, especially Atletico Madrid.
Hill, the former chairman of the Bed Linen Corps, once said that Atletico Madrid can say all the games of the entire season, as long as they can win Real Madrid.
It can be seen that for Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid is a hard bone at any time.
Needless to say, Sporting Santander eliminated Real Madrid from the Copa del Rey and their strength was not bad.
In contrast, although Barcelona's opponents have difficult opponents such as Valencia and Athletic Bilbao, but they are all at home, Guardiola's team is still very competitive in Camp Nou.
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After a deep and straightforward analysis by Yesterdam, everyone on the team clearly understood that the team's next challenge is still very big.
Not only the unknown opponent in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, but also a rival like Atletico Madrid in the league, but also the upcoming second century Derby.
Yang Yang was not surprised at all, because this is the professional league.
La Liga's competition is not terrible, after all, the overall strength of Real Madrid and Barcelona can be described as a match.
If this is thrown into the Premier League, the double-line battle situation, the team will face greater challenges.
So that everyone will feel that last season Liverpool's four crowns can be said to be a miracle.
After analysing the situation in the coaching staff, Captain Raul issued an appeal as a player representative. All the team members can withdraw from the Champions League elimination of Lyon and carefully see the current challenges and crisis.
"Able to successfully advance to the quarterfinals and achieve the goals that have not been achieved in the past six years. As the team captain, I thank everyone for their efforts and sacrifices for the team, but I also sincerely hope that everyone can understand that we are still far from success. There is a considerable distance, and we should not be satisfied with this. "
Raul's appeal also received a warm response from the players.
As the number one star in the team, Yang Yang expressed his absolute support for Raul, and said that what he said in an interview with the Marca after the game was not a lie, but a desire from the heart.
"Don't you think that it's a very exciting thing to reappear the classic of five consecutive championships at home at our home for half a century?" Yang Yang intends to provoke the interest of his teammates.
Real Madrid's five consecutive championships, which can be said to be the key record for Real Madrid to win the greatest club of the twentieth century, and the second of the five consecutive championships, the final of the second European Championship in history, is at the Bernabeu Stadium Held.
Real Madrid, with legendary stars such as Di Stefano, Copa and Gento, beat Florence, Italy 2-0 at home, successfully defending the Champions League.
How great this record is, it can be seen from the fact that Real Madrid's honorary chairman is Di Stefano.
Reproducing the legendary record of more than half a century ago, winning the Champions League at the Bernabeu Stadium, this is very attractive to Real Madrid players and fans.
And since 1980, Real Madrid has not held the Champions League final for more than thirty years.
Therefore, if Real Madrid can really reach the Champions League final this year, it will not only create history, but also detonate the entire Madrid, even the Spanish football market.
If you can really win the championship, the players in the Real Madrid team will all be recorded in the history of Real Madrid.
Whether it is for fame or for profit, Yang Yang's words have successfully provoked the interest and fighting spirit of Real Madrid players.
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On the evening of March 14, Real Madrid challenged Valladolid in the 26th round of La Liga.
When the game reached the 27th minute, Valladolid's Brazilian midfielder Nivaldo fouled Sneijder and gave Real Madrid a free kick from the front field about 25 meters away from the goal. , Yang Yang once again stood at the penalty spot.
After high-fiving with Sneijder and Ibrahimovic, he set the ball and slowly backed away.
The team has been attacking Valladolid for more than 20 minutes. In addition to the two threatening counterattacks of home team forward Diego Costa, Real Madrid has created almost all the wonderful pictures on the court.
But Valladolid, who plays at home, not only has a tough defense, but also has a rough action. Obviously, he is expecting the referee's rotation tonight to be weak in law enforcement and playing at home.
This is also the strategy adopted by many teams in the face of Real Madrid and Barcelona, because their players are far less expensive than Real Madrid and Barcelona stars. They want to use this method to bluff the two giants.
However, this time a direct free kick gave Yang Yang a great opportunity.
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Yang Yang stood with his feet apart, his posture straight, looking straight ahead, paying attention to the wall of Valladolid.
The fans at home made a huge boo, and the fans in the stands behind the goal were even interfering with Yang Yang's free throw.
Obviously, they all know that Yang Yang's free kick skills are also outstanding in today's world.
But all of this, along with the whistle of the head referee, was completely cleared from Yang Yang's mind.
He hurried forward to run forward, a direct shot from his right foot quickly sent the ball out.
The ball crossed an arc, overwhelming the head of the leaping man's wall, orienting the top right corner of Valladolid's goal at a very fast speed, and accurately rubbing the angle between the column and the beam, drilling into the home team Goal.
Although goalkeeper Bilal judged the direction, the reaction was a step slower and he could not stop it.
One to zero!
"Goallllllllllllllllllllllll !!!!!!"
"Another free kick scores directly!"
"Yang Yang's direct free kick is the best in the world, he is the best free kick master in the world!"
"Look at this free throw, it's very fast, it reaches a speed of more than 100 kilometers per hour, and it has a clear fall. This is definitely a nightmare for all goalkeepers!"
After Yang Yang scored, he did not celebrate as much as usual, but the teammates beside him still rushed one by one to celebrate this goal for him.
Another direct free kick to score!
And it is the first record!
Yang Yang's free kick is gradually becoming the real killer of Real Madrid, but also has a very important strategic significance.
In the future, any team entering the 30-meter area of its own side is expected to seriously consider reducing unnecessary fouls.
Otherwise, as long as Yang Yang appeared on the court, it would be a foul equal to a goal.
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Perhaps it was stimulated by this direct free kick, or perhaps Valladolid had already formulated a foul tactic.
After Yang Yang made a free kick and opened the record for Real Madrid, Valladolid further increased his efforts, especially the foul against Yang Yang, which became more and more brutal.
Until the fortieth minute ...