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Chapter 1087 Real Madrid's Vulnerabilities

March [-], Bernabéu Stadium.

Real Madrid host Shakhtar Donetsk in the second round of the knockout round of the Champions League round of [-].

In the case of a two-to-two tie in the away game, after returning to the Bernabeu, Real Madrid formed the strongest attacking lineup.

The goalkeeper is Diego Lopez, the defense is Marcelo, Vermaelen, Ramos and Carvajal, the midfield is David Silva, Mascherano and Xavi Alonso, and the frontcourt is Hazard, Yang Yang and Robben.

After the opening, Real Madrid quickly controlled the initiative of the game and launched a series of attacks against Shakhtar Donetsk. The offensive was like a wave, but the Ukrainian team was determined to play a defensive counterattack and retreated across the board.

As the team's number one offensive star, Yang Yang was also very active. In the 10th minute, he received a precise through ball from David Silva and volleyed vigorously in the penalty area, but the ball was blocked by the goalkeeper with his body.

After that, Xavi Alonso threatened the opponent's goal with a long shot, and Yang Yang once again made a wonderful performance of driving straight in the midfield.

Throughout the opening, Shakhtar Donetsk was firmly suppressed by Real Madrid, let alone a counterattack, and even the defense became full of loopholes.

Until the No.301 minute, Robben created a corner kick from the right, Harvey Alonso took the penalty, and Ramos hit a header from close range, breaking the deadlock for Real Madrid.

After that, Real Madrid's offensive continued unabated, their morale was boosted, and they performed even better. However, Shakhtar Donetsk began to rush to equalize the score and frequently planned attacks, which gave Real Madrid an opportunity.

Five minutes later, Real Madrid made a quick counterattack. Yang Yang pulled the ball to the right and drove straight in. He made a cross from the right side of the penalty area. David Silva rushed to the center and followed up with a push shot, which pierced Shakhtar Donetsk's goal.

Two to zero!
Then Real Madrid made threats one after another, but failed to score again.

In the 9 minutes of the second half, Xavi Alonso suddenly shot a long shot outside the penalty area, causing the goalkeeper of the Ukrainian team to drop his hands. Yang Yang appeared in front of the goal like a ghost, easily missed a hit, and expanded the score.

Three to zero!
No.704 minutes, Real Madrid played a wonderful frontcourt cooperation.

David Silva made a diagonal pass to the right, Robben stopped the ball in the penalty area, turned around and knocked back, Yang Yang followed up and shot angrily, the ball broke Shakhtar Donetsk's goal again, [-]-[-]!
Potential like a broken bamboo!

Real Madrid drew Shakhtar Donetsk [-]-[-] in the away game. With Yang Yang's two shots and one pass at home, Real Madrid beat the Ukrainian team [-]-[-] and advanced to the quarter-finals with a total score of [-]-[-].

In the ensuing quarter-final draw, Real Madrid drew Galatasaray from Turkey.

This can be regarded as Real Madrid's luckiest draw in the UEFA Champions League this season, drawing the weakest of the quarterfinals.

It is worth mentioning that Bayern Munich and Juventus are in the same half of the zone as Real Madrid.

In the other half, Barcelona faced Paris Saint-Germain and Dortmund faced Malaga.

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March [-], Balledos Stadium.

In the seventh round of La Liga No.20, Real Madrid challenged Celta Vigo away.

In this game, Real Madrid rotated players in seven positions. Only goalkeeper Diego Lopez, left back Marcelo, midfielder David Silva and forward Yang Yang continued to start.

In two-front combat, rotation is inevitable.

However, the large-scale rotation made Real Madrid's performance in the first half very unsatisfactory, especially in the away game against Celta Vigo. In the first 10 minutes, the home team made Real Madrid fall into the offside trap seven times, and Yang Yang alone created four times.

At No. 40 minutes, Yang Yang created an excellent opportunity to pick a pass to the left side behind him, and Jesse inserted behind to form a single goal. However, this talented young player who Real Madrid placed high hopes on did not hit the goal immediately, but chose to stop the ball.

There is no doubt that his stop was beautiful and solid, but he missed the best opportunity to kick the goal, and then the keeper came out to block and his shot hit the keeper.

For this reason, Yang Yang specially taught Hesse a severe lesson, thinking that he should kick the ball directly, instead of stopping the ball.

Perhaps because he knew he had made a mistake, Jesse acted more aggressively. One minute later, when he was facing the defensive player on the left, he continued to sway, and made a pass from the bottom to the goal.

Tonight, both Yang Yang and Real Madrid are out of luck.

After changing sides to fight again in the second half, Real Madrid continued to besiege Celta Vigo.

No. 601 minutes, David Silva sent a corner kick, the goalkeeper hit the ball with both fists, Di Maria shot from the edge of the penalty area, hit the defender and deflected, Yang Yang once again picked up the advantage and easily hit the shot.

One to zero!

But the good times didn’t last long, Vigo Celta launched a counterattack 2 minutes later, Marcelo failed to return to his position in time, and was passed by the opponent’s player Fernandez. The unguarded striker Aspas hit Pepe and bounced into the goal.

This goal was not an own goal, but Aspers' goal.

The two sides returned to the same starting line again, and this time the organization stalemate reached No. 806 minutes. David Silva cooperated with Jesse on the left and then passed to the unguarded Yang Yang, forming a single-handed fight. Yang Yang calmly seized the opportunity and surpassed the score again, [-] to [-]!

In the end, this score was maintained until the end of the game.

Relying on Yang Yang's brace, Real Madrid narrowly beat Celta Vigo [-]-[-].

In another game at the same time, Barcelona defeated Deportivo 308-808 at home. Sanchez scored in the No. [-] minute and Messi sealed the victory in the No. [-] minute.

And when this round was over, the Spanish Football Association also announced that the venue for the Copa del Rey final this season will be at the Mestagna Stadium, which made Barcelona escape by luck and was greatly relieved.

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On the evening of March [-], the Bernabéu Stadium.

In the eighth round of No.20 in La Liga, Real Madrid faced Real Mallorca.

Between the 27th and 28th rounds, Real Madrid got an extremely rare one-week break this season. Ancelotti even gave the team two days off, so that everyone can relax and adjust their state.

A week later, against Real Mallorca, Real Madrid is quite good in terms of state, physical fitness and morale, and has controlled the initiative on the field from the very beginning.

But in the 6th minute, Real Mallorca made a quick counterattack. Former Barcelona youth player Dos Santos pierced through the gap left by Carvajal's forward assist and crossed to the goal.

But Real Madrid did not let Mallorca be proud for too long. No. 15 minutes, Modric sent a direct pass, Robben calmly scored the ball, Yang Yang easily pushed and scored from the front of the small penalty area, equalizing the score for Real Madrid.

But in the No.201 minute, Mallorca took advantage of a corner kick, and Dos Santos took a corner kick, creating chaos in the Real Madrid penalty area. Alfaro hit the goal with a header and once again exceeded the score.

Falling behind twice and conceding two goals, both hit Real Madrid's vitals.

One is the gap after the full-backs plug in the attack, especially on Carvajal's side, which is more exposed. The other is the old problem of Real Madrid, the defense of set balls.

The former is a new problem, while the latter is an old problem that has plagued Real Madrid for four years.

The score of [-] to [-] was maintained until the second half, but after another side battle, Real Madrid quickly took advantage of a corner kick. Yang Yangqian nodded and scored for Real Madrid to equalize the score, [-] to [-].

Two minutes later, Marcelo made an assist to the left side of the penalty area and made a cross to the penalty area. After being cleared by the defender, Modric followed up and volleyed directly, breaking Real Mallorca's goal again, 2-[-].

In 7 minutes, Robben made a pass from the right, and the unguarded Yang Yang made a push from the small restricted area, expanding the score again, four to two!

Yang Yang performed a hat-trick!
Then, in No.90 two minutes, Yang Yang suddenly pulled to the left side of the penalty area. After receiving a pass from Hazard, he selflessly crossed to the back point. Robben followed up and easily pushed and hit, expanding the score to [-]-[-]!

In the end, Real Madrid defeated Real Mallorca [-]-[-] with Yang Yang's hat-trick and an assist.

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Real Madrid won a big victory, Yang Yang scored a hat-trick, both leading the standings and the scorer list.

But after the game, Real Madrid's two goals conceded were criticized, especially the second goal conceded.

Corner kick defense has always been a major weakness of Real Madrid. It can even be said that since Benitez coached Liverpool, corner kick defense has always existed. The British media criticized Benitez for this, thinking that his zone-marking mixed defensive tactics were problematic, but later disappeared with Liverpool's quadruple crown.

But in Real Madrid these years, the corner kick defense has never been stable. This is already a thorny old problem.

Especially this season, goalkeeper Iker Casillas has not come back, even if he comes back, he doesn't know how he is, and the left back Marcelo is unstable after his comeback, and the right back Carvajal's defense is weak. These make people very worried about Real Madrid's defense.

If even Real Mallorca can break Real Madrid's goal twice, then in the Champions League, especially in the quarter-finals or even the semi-finals, will Real Madrid be able to defend against stronger opponents?
Whether it is Ancelotti or Zidane, they know this well. To some extent, Real Madrid's performance this season has greatly exceeded everyone's expectations, because after the summer reorganization, the team's performance is not lost to the past.

Ancelotti also admitted that the team's set-kick conceded is indeed the hardest hit, but he said that this is caused by many reasons, and the team will continue to work hard in this regard.

But the Italian also said that Real Madrid's goal this season will still work hard in the league, King's Cup and Champions League.

"Of course, it will not be easy, especially in the Champions League, we will face greater challenges, but this will be a rare experience for a young team like ours."

(End of this chapter)