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Chapter 1423 Snatch them to death!

On February 20th, in the No.[-] third round of La Liga, Real Madrid played against the Espanyol at home.

Lessons learned from Barcelona's away defeat, Real Madrid played in a rotation against the Espanyol. More main players are preparing to challenge Serie A Naples in the UEFA Champions League round of [-] in the middle of next week.

In the end, the team defeated the Spaniard [-]-[-] at home with the goals of Morata and Di Maria.

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Barcelona, ​​which just lost to Paris Saint-Germain in an away game, is facing newly promoted Leganes in this round.

Barcelona's performance was still not satisfactory. Messi scored in the opening 4 minutes, but was then equalized. It was not until the final stage of the game that Messi's penalty kicked in and narrowly beat Leganes [-]-[-].

The loser is still right back Roberto.

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On the evening of February 22, at the San Paolo Stadium in Naples, Italy.

In the first round of the knockout round of the UEFA Champions League, Real Madrid challenged Naples away.

After the opening, Naples took advantage of the advantage of the home court to take the lead, while Real Madrid was cautious and retreated to the half-court defense, focusing more on safety. After all, the shadow of Barcelona's [-]-[-] away defeat to Paris Saint-Germain still reminded Real Madrid that there are no weak teams in the Champions League.

Naples has performed very well in Serie A this season, and they have no fear against Real Madrid in this game. Especially before the game, Naples star Maradona visited the San Paolo Stadium to cheer for Naples, which greatly boosted the morale of the Serie A team.

This is reflected in the fact that after the opening, Naples played very proactively, putting pressure on Real Madrid in the frontcourt.

Toni Kroos missed a pass back and almost conceded the goal, leaving Real Madrid in a cold sweat.

Then forward Insigne turned around in front of the goal and shot a long shot, which was saved by Courtois sideways.

Real Madrid did not complete the first shot of the game until the No.15 minute. Modric made a straight pass from the right and sent a counterattack. Suarez made a pass from the right. Toni Kroos shot from the outside of the penalty area and was confiscated by goalkeeper Reina, failing to create a threat.

In the 204th minute, Insigne sent a direct pass from the left rib. Hamsik did not adjust at the front of the penalty area, and directly knocked the ball behind Real Madrid's defense line. Mertens, who was inserted in the back row, received the ball from the left rib of the penalty area. After receiving the ball, he pushed the ball with his left foot to the far corner. The ball passed under Courtois and pierced Real Madrid's goal.

The Naples player who performed very well in Serie A this season was so excited that after scoring a goal, he was so excited that he was cheered by many Naples fans in the stadium, and the atmosphere in the stadium was extremely warm.

It is clear that Napoli are eager to advance to the quarter-finals.

For them, this will be a historic record, especially the victory over the mighty Real Madrid.

But only 4 minutes later, Hazard sent a cross from the left. After Yang Yang retreated to catch the ball with his back, he turned to the left and sent a low and straight pass with his right foot, which was accurately delivered to Suarez on the right side of the penalty area.

After the Uruguay striker got the ball, he waded directly into the penalty area, forming a one-handed fight. Facing the attacking goalkeeper Reina, Suarez calmly took the ball and sent the ball into the Naples goal.

"nice shot!"

"Real Madrid equalized the score [-]-[-], with an assist from Yang Yang."

"This is an assist that reflects Yang Yang's personal ability. The timing of this kick is just right. Just at the moment Suarez started, he was not offside. After receiving the ball, the Uruguayan striker can easily enter the penalty area and hit the goal directly with his right foot."

"This is the value of Yang Yang. At critical moments, his personal ability can change the trend of the game."

"Real Madrid relied on Yang Yang's assist to Suarez's goal, one to one, and the game returned to the same starting line."

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After equalizing the score, Naples still wanted to control the situation.

No. 307 minutes, Alan sent a direct pass from the right flank, and Mertens shot in front of the goal. Harvey Martinez, who was defended in time, fell to the ground and blocked the ball from the bottom line, failing to pose a threat.

And then the two teams also attacked and defended each other, and neither of them could create a threat.

In the end, the score of one to one was maintained until the end of the first half.

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Back in the visiting team's locker room, Real Madrid's players were panting, but everyone had a strange look on their faces.

"This Napoli team is really weird."

"Isn't it? It's completely beyond our expectations."

"It's not like a typical Italian team, it's a bit like a La Liga team."

"Yeah, I have some doubts, are we playing La Liga?"

Not only the Real Madrid players were surprised by Naples' tactics, but even the coaching staff were quite surprised.

It's not about the technical and tactical style of Naples, because under the coaching of Italian coach Sarri, Naples' tactics are like this, tending to pass and control play, which is unique in Serie A itself.

What really surprised the Real Madrid coaching staff was that Naples' attitude in this game was very positive and not conservative at all, which surprised both Yang Yang and Zidane.

You know, looking at European football, when other teams encounter Real Madrid, they often seek stability, while the Italian team has a strong defensive ability, but Sarri gave up the traditional advantages of the Serie A team, took the initiative, and chose to head-to-head with Real Madrid, which was beyond Real Madrid's expectations.

"In the first half, their midfield press caught us off guard." David Bertoni analyzed.

Yang Yangren was on the court and felt the deepest. He nodded in agreement.

Especially at the beginning, the rhythm was lost directly. Naples made continuous threats at the beginning of the game, and Real Madrid did not take the first shot until the No. 15 minute. This reflects the difference in the opening tactics of the two teams.

It can be said that Real Madrid lost the opportunity.

But this is not the point, because catching up from behind is also the norm.

"We have to reverse this situation in the second half, we need to regain the rhythm of the game and regain control of the ball." Zidane said very firmly, this is the team's second half strategy.

As for how to do this, a lot of game details are needed, especially local tactics.

"I think Sarri's Naples seems to play pass and control, but in fact it is not. Their players are not able to play skillful pass and control. What really shows the skill is Hamsik's assist. The timing of the pass is just right. A direct pass behind us caught us off guard."

"But most of the time, due to the limitation of the technical ability of the players, Naples wants to maintain the pass and control style of play. In order to ensure the accuracy of passing and receiving the ball, they don't want to concede too many goals, so their players are in a relatively compact position, and they seldom go directly from the backcourt to the frontcourt. This is a place that can be used."

As a striker, Yang Yang has the most direct observation of Naples' play in the midfield, because he is the first to bear the brunt.

"You mean..." Zidane's eyes lit up, "In the second half, we strengthened the pressing in the midfield?"

"That's right, just press on them and snatch them to death!" Yang Yang smiled confidently.

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but also laughed.

Yang Yang can always bring confidence to the players and the coaching staff, whether it is his confidence or his analysis.

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The second half restarted, and the two teams changed sides to fight again.

Real Madrid decisively changed their tactical play in the first half. The whole team pressed heavily from the beginning, especially Yang Yang and Suarez, both of whom were almost tightly entwined with Naples' defense.

In this game, Real Madrid adopted a four-four-two formation, and the midfield and defense line followed closely, which immediately put pressure on Naples' passing and receiving.

It turns out that Yang Yang's observations in the first half were correct.

As a Serie A team, Naples' pass and ball control skills are not as good as La Liga, especially in front of Real Madrid, it is even more tricky.

When Real Madrid reacted, readjusted their tactics, and began to apply pressure in the frontcourt, Naples' defense suddenly became disordered, and their tactics were as Yang Yang expected, and they easily refused to pass long passes from the backcourt.

Just like Barcelona's possession philosophy, the risk of long passes is too high.

Another point is that their players' running positions are not like the running positions of passing and possession, because for the passing and possession teams, the players' running positions are to run out of space for receiving and passing the ball, but Naples' players are obviously not enough in running positions, which makes there are not many directions for the ball receiver to respond.

So it happened that once Real Madrid pressed, Naples would mess up the ball in the backcourt.

After only 10 minutes of playing in the second half, Yang Yang realized that Sarri was actually "false possession of the ball", especially in front of Real Madrid. Naples obviously did not have enough weight to control the ball and rhythm.

And soon, the Serie A team's defense finally made a mistake.

Suarez blocked the forward pass of the opponent's central defender Coulibaly and blocked it to the baseline, while the Uruguayan forward quickly chased forward. After getting the ball in front of the baseline, he quickly turned around to protect the ball and knocked back in time.

In the right corner of the penalty area, Carvajal quickly stepped in. After receiving the ball, he made a pass from the right corner.

The ball crossed half of the penalty area and quickly fell to the left side of the front of the small penalty area, while Yang Yang sprinted quickly from the outside of the big penalty area.

After the ball touched Yang Yang's forehead, it changed direction and crashed into Naples' goal at a very fast speed.

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!"

"Two to one!"

"Yang Yang scored another victory for Real Madrid in the 7 minutes of the second half and reversed the score."

"Napoli's mistake in the backcourt gave Real Madrid a chance to counterattack in the frontcourt. This is a very serious defensive mistake."

"Obviously, Real Madrid stepped up their pressure on Naples' frontcourt in the second half, which led to frequent mistakes in Naples' backcourt. Real Madrid seized an opportunity to reverse the score."

"The current situation is very unfavorable to Naples, because if they want to equalize the score, they must take the initiative to fight for more goals, and two away goals are also quite good for Real Madrid."

"Now we'll see how Sarri chooses."

(End of this chapter)