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Chapter 1218 Besides him, who else?

On the evening of October [-]th, at the Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid.

In the seventh round of La Liga, Real Madrid played against Athletic Bilbao at home.

This is the last game of this round. Before that, Atletico Madrid lost [-]-[-] away to Valencia, and Barcelona defeated Vallecano [-]-[-] away. This gave Real Madrid finally a chance to reverse.

The two defeats at the beginning of this season have kept Real Madrid's ranking low. So far, they are only ranked sixth, two points away from Atletico Madrid in fourth place, but if they can win this game against Athletic Bilbao, Real Madrid will undoubtedly counterattack and reach the top four in the league.

Yang Yang's recent status has been extremely popular, and this game is still entrusted with important tasks and won the starting lineup.

Ancelotti adjusted the team's tactical play again and continued to face Athletic Bilbao with a [-] lineup.

The goalkeeper is Courtois, the defense is Marcelo, Javi Martinez, Ramos and Carvajal, the midfield is Hazard, Toni Kroos, Modric and James Rodriguez, and the double forwards are Yang Yang and Suarez.

Whether it is the defense or the midfield, it is the area where Real Madrid rotates the most. The most important thing for Ancelotti is to consider Real Madrid's intensive schedule. They play two games almost every week. Without rotation, hard-core players can't stand it.

But there is one exception, and that is James Rodriguez.

The performance of Colombian players this season can be described as getting better and better.

Coming to Real Madrid with a sky-high price of 8000 million euros, he was not recognized by the fans at first, because there is no midfielder in the Real Madrid team, and he played well in the World Cup by relying on the midfielder.

After coming to Real Madrid, Ancelotti adjusted his position and used him more as a right winger, that is, to compete with Di Maria, but there were also mistakes. The most serious one was the second round against Real Sociedad. Real Madrid's defense was completely blown up, but the offense failed to open up the situation.

It was James Rodriguez who was criticized overwhelmingly after the game.

There is no doubt that he is a top midfielder in the world, but Real Madrid is not the Colombian national team, so it is impossible to give him a midfielder position, just like Hazard also played as a midfielder in Lille, but he had to transform into a winger after coming to Real Madrid.

What's more terrible is that James Rodriguez has a very serious problem.

As a South American player, James Rodriguez's foot skills are very good, but his football is still mainly practical, and he runs very actively. The most important thing is that he has a very clear mind, has a big picture, is good at controlling the rhythm of the game, making rational judgments, and is good at passing the ball.

But his problem is that when the ball is not around him, he needs to improve his focus and game commitment.

To put it simply, it is that his defensive awareness is not strong enough, which is a common problem of most South American technical players.

As early as when he was playing in Monaco, Ranieri once pointed out his problem and urged him to improve it. After coming to Real Madrid, he quickly exposed this problem, and even in the game of Real Sociedad, he was completely blown away by his opponent.

But what is surprising is that after the two battles between Real Sociedad and Atletico Madrid, James Rodriguez quickly bottomed out, became more active in training, invested more in the game, and was more willing to participate in defense.

This convinced everyone that he is a very intelligent player who knows how to adjust his role.

When Di Maria was in a sluggish state because of participating in the World Cup, James Rodriguez suddenly emerged, and gradually began to form a competitive pressure on Di Maria in the position of right winger.

This also made the Argentine winger very depressed. He finally sent away a killer Robben, and now he has ushered in a younger, more valuable and more threatening James Rodriguez.

But there is no way, if you want to stay in a team like Real Madrid, even if it is as strong as Yang Yang, you must go all out.

Ancelotti's continuous reuse of James Rodriguez is undoubtedly a wake-up call for Di Maria.

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At the beginning of the game, Athletic Bilbao used a long shot to create a threat, but it was just a little troublesome. Courtois easily saved the ball and did not give the opponent a chance.

And just 1 minute later, Real Madrid fought back.

After James Rodriguez received a pass from Modric on the right side of the front court, he took the ball with his back and flicked it to the right. Carvajal quickly slipped in and sprinted along the right line quickly, drawing all the defensive attention away, and then suddenly knocked back.

James Rodriguez followed up and passed the ball straight to the back point without stopping.

With Suarez in the middle, Yang Yang easily ran to the back point, and with no defense, he headed a far corner.

The ball hit the lower right corner of the goal directly, one to zero!

The goal in just 2 minutes of the opening quickly ignited the passion of the Bernabéu stadium.

Five minutes later, Real Madrid intercepted the ball in the midfield, and Toni Kroos sent a pass. Yang Yang quickly jumped in and got ahead of everyone.

On the periphery of the penalty area, facing the Athletic Bilbao central defenders who had returned all the way to defense, Yang Yang [-]v[-], a dexterous pendulum passed the opponent, dribbled the ball inside, and suddenly kicked between the two central defenders.

A powerful volley close to the ground directly pumped the ball into the lower left corner of Athletic Bilbao again, two to zero!

A brace!

Yang Yang was very excited. With the support of his teammates, he rushed all the way to the sidelines of the fans' stands, accepting the cheers and applause from the fans.

Subsequently, Real Madrid completely controlled the situation on the field.

Before the end of the first half, in the No.401 minute, Real Madrid won a front corner kick, Modric took a corner kick, Suarez headed the ball forward, and scored again, [-]-[-].

During the intermission, Ramos was replaced by Varane due to injury, but less than 5 minutes into the second half, Yang Yang retreated to respond and sent a very beautiful and imaginative back pass.

At that time, it seemed that he had eyes behind him, and he sent the ball accurately to the feet of the sprinting Suarez, but the Uruguayan himself was taken aback, kicked up in a hurry, but failed to shoot high-quality shots, wasting Yang Yang's wonderful pass in vain.

But soon, Suarez sent a through kick, James Rodriguez made a cross from the right to the middle, Yang Yang easily stepped in, hit a close-range push shot, and staged a hat-trick!

Four to zero!
No.609 minutes, after Modric steals the ball and instigates a counterattack, Yang Yang pulls to the left side of the penalty area. After receiving the pass, he passes it from the left to the center. Suarez stabs the goal near the penalty spot and scores twice.

Afterwards, Real Madrid frequently changed players, but in the No.708 minute, in a corner kick attack, Harvey Martinez's header was blocked by the opponent's goalkeeper.

Six to zero!
Another big four!

The entire Bernabéu stadium is completely crazy!
When Yang Yang was replaced by Jesse, more than 8 fans in the entire Bernabeu stood up and cheered loudly for him. All the fans were rejoicing for his crazy state this season.

Yang Yang's big four, Real Madrid's six-goal victory, is there anything more exciting for Real Madrid fans?
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After the game, Ancelotti was very satisfied with the performance of this game. He believed that the team played a very high level both offensively and defensively, which proved that the team is getting better.

Regarding the wonderful performance of Yang Yang and Suarez in this game, Ancelotti said that both players are very good.

"One of them scored four goals, one scored twice. Among the other players, James Rodriguez had two assists. Hazard was also very threatening on the left. Toni Kroos and Modric also played steadily in the midfield. They each had an assist. I think they all performed very well."

Regarding how Real Madrid got out of the predicament of the previous rounds, Ancelotti emphasized two points, one is the unity of the team.

Real Madrid has been in and out of many stars over the years, including some of the world's top superstars, but the locker room has always maintained harmony, and everyone is very united, which is the key factor for the team's achievements.

Another is Yang Yang. Ancelotti believes that Yang Yang's comeback has allowed Real Madrid to find their soul again.

"If possible, I would like him to play nine or 10 minutes in every game, but we all know that is not realistic, so I need to arrange his playing time reasonably."

As for this year's Golden Globe Award, Ancelotti said with a smile, "Except for Yang Yang, I don't think anyone can receive this trophy. What do you think?"

All the media reporters at the scene couldn't help but smile.

Who said no?
This year is a big competition year. In the World Cup, Yang Yang led the Chinese team to the final. This is the first time in the history of the World Cup final that a non-European and South American team appeared. It can be called a miracle.

Not to mention in the club, Yang Yang's achievements, let alone surpassed, would be difficult to catch up with.

In this case, if not him, who else?
If Yang Yang was more high-profile, he could basically announce that he was elected in advance!

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Great success has been achieved at the competitive level, and the commercial level is also unambiguous.

Just the day before Real Madrid played Athletic Bilbao, Forbes announced the [-] Athlete Brand Value List.

Yang Yang once again topped the list. His brand value exceeded [-] million US dollars. Forbes said that the specific figure needs to be further confirmed, so it can only give a vague base number, which is more than [-] million US dollars.

But this ambiguity will not affect the authority of the list, because James of the American NBA ranks second. He returned to the Cavaliers this summer with a brand value of 700 million U.S. dollars. The third is golf superstar Tiger Woods with a brand value of 600 million U.S. dollars. The fourth is tennis king Federer with a brand value of 3000 million U.S. dollars.

In other words, if you add them all up, you can barely equalize with Yang Yang.

The other two players in the football field entered the top ten list, one is Cristiano Ronaldo with a brand value of 700 million U.S. dollars, and the other is Messi with a brand value of 1000 to [-] million U.S. dollars. They are far from Yang Yang.

The soaring brand value, coupled with the highlights of the World Cup, and the explosive status of this season, all of these have made Yang Yang's influence continue to increase, and his every move has attracted the attention of the world.

(End of this chapter)