In the early morning of April 11, Yang Yang also woke up on the soft bed of his bedroom as usual.
When he woke up every morning, his first thing was to turn his head and look to the side, and found that his wife Su Ye who had slept beside him had already got up, but the bed was still warm, and he should have prepared breakfast for him.
Today is the game day and Real Madrid will play Juventus at the Bernabeu Stadium tonight.
Since Yang Yang and Zidane coached the first team, Real Madrid canceled the tradition of concentrating on the hotel the day before the home game. Instead, they allowed players to stay at home and live with relatives. Nervous.
Of course, this also requires players to have sufficient self-discipline.
In the past three years, Real Madrid's players have done a good job, at least there is no mess.
Yang Yang was still the same as usual. He woke up and got up and went directly to the bathroom.
When he finished brushing his teeth and washing his face, he took the mobile phone on the bedside table and walked outside to prepare to go downstairs to eat.
Light up the screen of the mobile phone while walking, and the news pushed by the mobile phone made Yang Yang stunned.
"Wow, is this crazy?"
Yang Yang was shocked. When he went down the stairs, he saw his wife Su Ye walked out wearing an apron. When he saw his expression when going downstairs, he said a little complicatedly: "Barca has fallen into the pit."
"Well, I just saw it." Yang Yang shook his phone.
Instead of going directly to the dining room and kitchen, Yang Yang went down the stairs and went directly to the living room, making a phone call while walking.
"Did you watch the game last night?"
As soon as the phone was connected, Yang Yang asked.
"You didn't read it?" Zidane across the phone did not answer the question.
"I thought I won, so I went to bed early." Talking on the phone, Yang Yang walked to the front door of the living room and looked at the garden outside through the glass wall. There was a faint haze, "Barca really fell into this time It's in the pit. "
"It has been three consecutive seasons." Zidane reminded.
Yang Yang was reminded, and immediately remembered.
Barcelona suffered two defeats last season. First, they lost to Paris Saint-Germain in the 16th round of the knockout round and lost to Paris Saint-Germain. Then they returned to the home court to reverse the 6-1 turnaround. Repeated defeat to Juventus again and again, zero to zero at home.
In the previous season, Barcelona defeated Atletico Madrid 2-1 at home in the quarter-finals. However, in the second round, Calderon lost 0 to 2 and was turned over by Atletico Madrid.
And again this season.
A week ago, Barcelona and Roma defeated Roma in the first round at home.
Although after this game, Barcelona received some criticism, because the victory was won by the two scoring goals of Rome, and Barcelona did not show the level of winning opponents steadily throughout the game, but in the end it was a victory It was a 4 to 1 victory.
The reason why Yang Yang did n’t even watch the game last night, he went to bed early because he felt that no matter whether it was Barcelona or Liverpool, there was basically no suspense. The former is 4 to 1 at home, Liverpool beat Manchester City 3 to 0 at home. There should be no suspense in the second round.
Unexpectedly, Liverpool is indeed unsurpassed, but Barcelona here has been perfectly reversed by Rome three to zero.
This is no accident!
No accident!
No team will be reversed by their opponents in the Champions League knockout game for three consecutive seasons, or it will be defeated by a big score, but only Barcelona. This has been the case for three consecutive seasons.
Across the phone, many things could not be made clear.
Yang Yang hung up with Zidane after a while, went to the restaurant to have breakfast, said goodbye to Su Ye and baby son Yang Guang who just got up, told them to be careful when going to the ball tonight, then drove to Bar De bebas.
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"Balved made the mistake Emery made last season!"
In the Real Madrid coach's office, analyst David Bettoni analyzed the game and came to his own conclusion.
"Actually, from the first round of the game, Barcelona had no effective way to face the defensive position of Rome in the first 30 minutes. At that time, Rome was in a four-for-one formation, with a Zheke in front. , The midfielder Nayinglan missed, so five midfielders were eliminated. "
"The turning point of that game was De Rossi's own goal, which greatly disturbed Roma's deployment, and then the defense lost stability. In the more than thirty minutes before the own goal, Roma's performance was perfect. Barcelona left any good opportunities, but the two own goals changed everything and also confused Valverde. "
"In two games, Valverde has not changed even one player. He still believes that the four midfielders of Iniesta, Rakitic, Busquets and Roberto can continue to suppress Rome like the first round. , Taking control of the game again, but he forgot and Naingoran came back. "
"The return of Naingoran has qualitatively improved the pressure and running coverage of Rome's midfield, especially the pressure on Barcelona's midfield, but Barcelona has not been mentally prepared for this. Not only that, Rome He also changed his position and adopted a three-five-two formation, but in fact Kolarov and Florenzi on both sides often withdrew and withdrew. "
"In the opening six minutes, De Rossi made a long pass in the middle circle. Zheke shot the ball with a left foot after stopping the ball on the right side of the penalty area. This basically laid the trend of the game, and then Rome won many good chances in a row, but unfortunately the player's strength I was n’t sure about the limitations. It did n’t take long for the second half to start, and Pique ’s foul on Dzeko caused a penalty, which sentenced Barcelona to death. ”
After finishing his analysis of the game in one breath, David Bettoni smiled a little bit gloatingly, "Do n’t stare at those three-to-zero scores. In fact, if the Roma team ’s ability to grasp opportunities is a little bit higher Nothing else, as long as it is an excellent opportunity to grasp it, then this game is at least five to zero, or even six to zero. "
Everyone in the coach's office was in deep thought.
Barcelona's fiasco on the road gave Real Madrid a wake-up call because Rome almost caught Barcelona's weakness.
As David Bettoni said, if Rome is able to seize the opportunity a little stronger, then Barcelona will lose even worse.
And Real Madrid will face Juventus tonight, the strength is obviously above Rome.
More importantly, Barcelona remained unchanged, leading to a fiasco away, and Real Madrid's main defender Ramos was absent.
"This game really deserves our attention and also sounds a wake-up call for us." Zidane's face also dignified.
No matter who it is, before a decisive battle, it is inevitable to worry about seeing a dead enemy lose this look.
"I think the lesson we should learn from this game is that we can't give our opponents any chance." Yang Yang said very seriously, "Juventus are home to zero at four. It was indeed a morale collapse, but Now that Rome has reversed, guess what Juventus would think? "
Rome's big reversal is to cheer for Juventus, let the Zebra Legion see that even Rome can reverse Barcelona, then how could they not have the opportunity to reverse Real Madrid?
"Ramos' absence is not a small impact on our backcourt. After all, he is the captain of the team." Zidane agreed with Yang Yang.
Yang Yang nodded incessantly, "So, we can't take risks, we can't give Juventus a chance."
After a pause, Yang Yang again said: "Roma's offensive on the front line relied on Zico, Juventus' first leg game, Higuain's performance was sluggish, Allegri knew that we were not afraid of Higuain, so I think that Manjukic Yes, just like the Champions League final last season. "
"It's very possible." Zidane agrees very much. "Then let Harvey Martinez come to the right, cooperate with Azpilicueta, and stare at Mandzukic."
"The other central defender I think should be Fairmaren. He is fast, flexible and has more experience in defending against Higuain."
"Yes, that's okay, but it still needs a midfielder. Casemiro must win. Tony Cross and Modric still play three midfielders?" Zidane looked at Yang Yang inquiringly.
"Azar and Isco are off, let Kanter go." Yang Yang suggested.
"Kant?" Zidane and everyone were surprised.
The combination of Casemiro and Kanter is not the first time, but it is also extremely rare, because at the same time two defensive midfielders, Real Madrid ’s midfield control will become weak. This is obviously to tell the opponent that we want Fight back.
"The midfielder of Juventus in the first round was overwhelmed by us. Allegri will definitely change. The effect of Naingoran should stimulate him. Do n’t forget, there is also a Matui in Juventus. Dee. "
After Yang Yang paused for a while, he continued: "Hedira is sure that if he goes to Matuidi again, then the remaining one is Pianic. We let Kanter go and grab Pianic. If the ball is broken, we will fight back ! "
Zidane and David Bettoni looked at each other a little, and then they all smiled bitterly.
Isn't this too insignificant?
However, don't really say that in the Champions League knockout games, promotion is always more important than playing well.
Especially like now, Juventus must play with Real Madrid. Is Real Madrid willing to play with Juventus?
Neither Yang Yang nor Zidane had such a certainty. Because of the four-to-zero advantage in the first round, players are certainly not as good as Juventus in fighting spirit.
Sometimes this is the case. When the opponent plays with you, but you do n’t have the courage to play, then you are miserable.
"Suarez don't take it, let Mbappe get on, his speed will be more threatening, Suarez keeps the energy to play the second half."
"It makes sense." Zidane nodded, "But wouldn't it be too ugly at home?"
After speaking, everyone in the coach's office laughed, and even Yang Yang couldn't help but smile.
As a result, Real Madrid played a little too conservative.
But there is no way, who will make Juventus menacing?
With Real Madrid's current strength, if its morale and fighting spirit are slightly inferior to its opponents, when Juventus came to Bernabeu with the determination to break the wreck, Real Madrid really did not have enough confidence to confront the opponent.
Then Kanter is quite normal.