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Chapter 1236 Real Madrid's Achilles' heel

After Christmas, Real Madrid began to regroup and immediately rushed to Dubai in the Middle East for training.

In Dubai, Real Madrid played a warm-up match, but the main players including Yang Yang and Suarez did not play. In the end, they lost to AC Milan [-]-[-], ending the final match in [-] with a loss.

But everyone knows that Real Madrid doesn't pay much attention to this game, it's purely for the 300 million euros.

In the second half of the match, Real Madrid’s game pressure is still very high. First, there will be a two-line battle between the Copa del Rey and the league, and then the resumption of the UEFA Champions League. There will also be a league postponed due to the Club World Cup in the middle.

How could Ancelotti try his best to play a warm-up match in such an important training session that can even be said to be race against time?

Not only does Real Madrid not pay attention, but the media and fans also do not pay attention.

On the contrary, at the end of [-], major media launched the [-] annual awards, which successfully attracted the attention of media and fans all over the world.

The first to be published was the last issue of [-] of the old British football magazine [World Football]. They selected the best player of the year, the best team of the year and the best head coach of the year.

The selection process is to invite [-] authoritative journalists from all over the world to select the top ten of the year in their minds, and then give a ranking, from the first to the tenth, and give ten to one points respectively.

Yang Yang won the Player of the Year award with an absolute advantage, and his total points reached an astonishing 96 points. In other words, among the 96 authoritative reporters, only four did not award the first prize to Yang Yang, and the other [-] people, without exception, put Yang Yang in the first place.

This is an absolutely dominant scoring data, which also made [World Football] say in the final comment that Yang Yang is the person of the year in world football in [-], and he is also one of the greatest players in the history of world football.

But it is a pity that among the best player of the year and the best head coach of the year, both Real Madrid and the Chinese national team lost to Germany, and Ancelotti also lost to Loew in the head coach competition.

In addition to [World Football], the Spanish newspaper Marca is also conducting annual selections. Yang Yang has won many awards, including the most important person of the year. Marca commented that Yang Yang is at the pinnacle of his career, and no one can match him in football today.

In addition to Marca, Spain's Aspen, El País, L'Equipe, Bild, The Times... Every year at the end of the year, the entire European and even the world's major media will select the best player of the year.

If Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were more or less able to pose some threats and challenges to Yang Yang in previous years, then this year, such threats and challenges are almost zero.

Almost everyone believes that Yang Yang is the best and most outstanding player throughout [-].

There are so many awards from all over the world, it is impossible for Yang Yang to participate in all of them, and not even all the awards can come to Madrid. Only authoritative media from various countries can apply for such an opportunity to present awards to Yang Yang.

Among them, Yang Yang pays special attention to authoritative media from his motherland and authoritative media from other Asian countries, because Asia is his home base, especially his motherland.

When accepting the award from the authoritative domestic media, he said that he regretted not being able to return to China to accept the award, and he also regretted not being able to return to China to participate in the Asian Cup. He hoped that the Chinese team could work hard to play at their own level in the next Asian Cup.

Many authoritative media from the United States even flew directly to Dubai to present awards to Yang Yang when Real Madrid was training in Dubai. This will undoubtedly further enhance Yang Yang's influence in North America.

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Time has passed [-] and entered [-].

After Real Madrid returned to Madrid, they immediately ushered in the No.17 round of La Liga and challenged Valencia away.

Although Real Madrid scored a goal from Hazard in the No.14 minute to give Real Madrid the lead, but throughout the game, Real Madrid's performance was unsatisfactory and seriously out of shape.

The reason is also very simple. Many main players, including Yang Yang, did not appear in this game.

In the end, in the second half, Valencia first relied on a goal by Barragan to equalize the score, and in the No. 605 minute, Otamendi once again overtook the score with a header from a corner kick.

It is unacceptable that both of Valencia's goals were planned and assisted by former Real Madrid player Parejo.

One to two, Real Madrid finally returned home with bitterness, and the winning streak was completely ended.

But Real Madrid didn't have time to stop and reflect slowly. The first round of the knockout round of the Copa del Rey ensued.

And Real Madrid's luck has obviously become worse. In the knockout round of the top [-], they encountered their mortal enemy, Atletico Madrid.

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On the evening of January 21th, at [-]:[-].

Madrid's Calderon Stadium, Copa del Rey knockout match, Atletico Madrid vs. Real Madrid at home.

In the 13th minute of the game, Real Madrid got a free kick on the left side of the front court, which was created by Hazard's forced breakthrough with the ball.

Atletico Madrid has rich experience in fouling, and is also very good at capturing the referee's psychology and law enforcement. At the same time, they are also very afraid of Yang Yang's free kick, so when they commit fouls, they often choose a relatively remote area.

This time it was like this. The perimeter of the penalty area was to the left, not far away, but it was difficult to make a penalty.

Usually this kind of ball is passed directly, allowing teammates in the penalty area to grab it.

David Silva stood outside the penalty spot, and Yang Yang was at the corner with him.

No one knows who will take the penalty, even the Real Madrid players on the field don't understand.

Because originally Yang Yang should not stand at the penalty spot, but should ambush in the penalty area and grab the front point, but he made a sudden decision and suddenly decided to come to the penalty spot, which surprised everyone.

The reason why Yang Yang temporarily changed his mind was that in the 13 minutes since the beginning of the game, Real Madrid had two corner kicks and one set-piece in the frontcourt, but they failed to create a threat. Atletico Madrid held on to this piece of defense very tightly and did not give Real Madrid a chance.

"This time the penalty is probably still the same." Yang Yang said softly to David Silva in front of him.

How smart is the Spanish midfielder, "You want to play straight?"

"Surprise, give it a try." Yang Yang said.

As long as he makes a decision, all the players on the Real Madrid field will obey and cooperate unconditionally, because Yang Yang is the number one offensive firepower in the Real Madrid team. He has unlimited firepower, anytime, anywhere, even in his own penalty area, as long as he wants, he can directly fight.

What's more, over the years, Yang Yang has already conquered his teammates bit by bit by virtue of his own performance.

"Okay, I'll cover for you later." David Silva said without hesitation.

What he meant was that he ran first and pretended to cross to find the penalty area, but then Yang Yang hit the goal himself.

But Yang Yang shook his head after hearing this, "I'll hit first!"

"You fight first?" David Silva was stunned for a moment, but soon understood what Yang Yang meant.

Since the intention is to surprise, it is best to be surprised to the end, without even using cover, just hit the door directly.

But even so, David Silva still pretended to gesture towards his teammates in the penalty area, which seemed to be the same as when he took free kicks on weekdays, as if he was sending some kind of signal.

The distance is a bit far, but the angle is indeed too biased, so it is not suitable to hit the goal directly. Therefore, everyone in the penalty area basically guesses that David Silva will pass the ball, and then the teammates in the penalty area will fight for the top. Yang Yang is just a feint.

But with the referee's whistle, Yang Yang rushed out quickly.

This also seemed to confirm the speculation of the outside world. The first ones to run out were often under cover.

But what is really surprising is that Yang Yang rushed in front of the ball, but instead of running over to cover for David Silva as they expected, he stood still and kicked out with his right foot quickly.

Only a loud bang was heard at the scene, and the ball flew out quickly, climbed at an extremely fast speed, and then fell quickly. After an elegant arc, it went directly into the right side of Atletico Madrid's goal, almost hitting the side netting against the post.

One to zero!

Goalkeeper Oblak swooped sideways just now, but he was a step too late. He was so angry that he kept patting the grass.

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With a direct free kick from Yang Yang, Real Madrid took the lead, but in the subsequent games, Real Madrid still played unsatisfactorily. This is also a problem that Real Madrid is now facing.

In the first half, Real Madrid performed very well, but the pause during the winter break interrupted Real Madrid's state, and then the team began to prepare for the second half. Now it is just in the adjustment stage, and the state is not ideal.

Not only are the other players not in ideal condition, but even Yang Yang himself feels that he is not in his best condition.

On the contrary, Atletico Madrid has fewer games than Real Madrid since December, and this game is a home game. Simeone's team is indeed in better condition than Real Madrid.

But in two minutes, Real Madrid took advantage of a quick counterattack. Marcelo made a diagonal pass from the left to the back of the penalty area. Suarez stepped in and crossed the ball from the front of the small penalty area to the goal.

But only 6 minutes later, when defending a corner kick, Ramos hugged Raul Garcia in the penalty area, and was awarded a red card and a penalty kick by the referee.

In the 706th minute, Gabi took a corner kick and Jimenez scored with a header in the penalty area.

Two to two!
Both times it fell on the corner kick defense, and Real Madrid's stubborn illness looked a bit like it had become a dead spot.

(End of this chapter)