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Chapter 1436 Totally desperate!
On the afternoon of April 30th, the No.[-] second round of La Liga, Real Madrid challenged Sporting Gijon away.

In the away game against Bayern Munich just now, Zidane played as a substitute in this game and rotated ten players in one go. Only captain Ramos continued to start and partnered with Nacho as a central defender.

But even so, Real Madrid still performed very tenaciously in the away game.

In the 4th minute of the first half, Sporting Gijon scored first, but 3 minutes later, Vazquez passed the ball, Isco dribbled the ball past the opponent's two players in the penalty area, and hit a volley with his left foot, equalizing the score for Real Madrid.

In the second half minute, Sporting Gijon used a free kick to create chaos and broke Real Madrid's goal again. This time, Real Madrid took longer to equalize the score. It took 9 minutes. Danilo made a pass from the right and Morata scored a header from the small penalty area to help the team equalize the score again.

Then, until the No. 90 minute, Marcelo, who came off the bench, sent an assist. Isco shot a low shot from the front of the penalty area, scored twice, and helped Real Madrid get three points away with a lore goal.

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Ten players were rotated and they were playing away games, but they were still able to win the opponent. Although they conceded two goals, Real Madrid's strength, especially the strength of the bench thickness, amazed the entire La Liga.

In contrast, Barcelona does not have the thickness of the bench like Real Madrid, and still plays with the main lineup, but Neymar, who performed poorly in the Champions League, was excluded from the squad.

But even so, Barcelona still played very dangerously against Real Sociedad at home. In the case of leading twice, they were equalized twice by their opponents, and even almost reversed by their opponents in the second half.

In the end, Messi made two shots and one pass, helping Barcelona beat Real Sociedad [-]-[-] at home.

After this battle, the Catalan media also compared Real Madrid one after another, thinking that Barcelona's biggest problem now is the team's defense in the midfield and the lack of thickness of the bench.

"Real Madrid has rotated ten players, but they can still easily compete in La Liga. On the other hand, we have played the main force, but we still play extremely dangerously. This is the current gap between the two teams."

Many analysts also believe that Barcelona's current problem is not the problem of the players or the head coach at all, but is caused by the failure of the management's transfer strategy in the past few years and the blind accumulation of superstars in the frontcourt.

Nowadays, the midfield is riddled with holes, the bench is thin, young players have to be promoted frequently, but they cannot gain a foothold, the salary structure is out of control, and there is no room for more signings.

"Today, the gap between Barcelona and Real Madrid on the pitch is a reflection of the gap in the level of the club's management."

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On the evening of April [-], at the Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid.

In the second round of the knockout round of the Champions League quarter-finals, Real Madrid played at home against Bayern Munich.

This is Ancelotti's first return to the Bernabeu after leaving Real Madrid.

Despite being an opponent, perhaps influenced by the favorable score in the first round, the Bernabéu fans still gave Ancelotti a warm applause, and countless fans were shouting his name.

Also receiving the same treatment are Robben and Xavi Alonso. These two former Real Madrid players have made great contributions to the team and are still talked about by fans so far. Especially Xavi Alonso, who is about to retire this season, will return to Madrid in the summer.

The difference from the first round is that Lewandowski came back and replaced Thomas Muller as the center forward, Bernat replaced Hummels as the central defender, partnered with Boateng, and the rest of the players basically maintained the lineup of the first round.

Real Madrid rotated ten players in the weekend league, the purpose is to wait for work in this game.

The team still looks like a four-four-two, but in fact it is different. Hazard's position is more like a midfielder, ambush behind Yang Yang and Suarez, and Toni Kroos, Casemiro and Modric serve as the three midfielders.

After learning the lessons of the first round, Real Madrid still attaches great importance to the defense of the two wings, but because they led [-] to [-] in the first round and grabbed a favorable opportunity, Real Madrid was not in a hurry after the start.

On the contrary, it was Bayern Munich. After grabbing the right to serve at the beginning, Robben just kicked the ball to Lewandowski. Like a bolt of lightning, Ribery quickly went straight to the right side of Real Madrid.

Lewandowski passed back to Xavi Alonso, who sent the ball straight into Real Madrid's 30-metre zone with a long pass.

Franck Ribery overwhelmed Carvajal, turned his back to the attacking direction, rubbed his header, and flew behind him. Robben crossed into the left side of the penalty area at the fastest speed. After catching up with Ribery's ferry ball, he tried to cross from the left side of the Real Madrid penalty area.

Lewandowski has also quickly penetrated into the penalty area at this time, ready to receive a cross from the left at any time.

Ramos is very experienced and accurately stuck the inside, not giving Robben a chance to kick.

The Dutch winger had no choice but to take out the penalty area and choose to pass back to Alaba. Under the pressure of Modric, Alaba passed the ball back to the midfielder to reorganize the attack.

This attack made the Bernabéu stadium burst into a cold sweat.

The two old guys, who are 67 years old together, still have such outstanding combat effectiveness, and their speed is still very fast, and the 35-year-old Harvey Alonso's long pass is also quite skillful, which makes people have to be in awe.

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For such a start, Real Madrid is psychologically prepared.

Just like Barcelona's [-]-[-] reversal of Paris Saint-Germain's game, if Bayern Munich wants to reverse, they must grab the start. This is a must. Otherwise, let Real Madrid control the ball and rhythm.

The real suspense lies in Real Madrid's response.

Yang Yang and Zidane are very clear that whether it is Barcelona or Bayern Munich, at this level of strength, the opponent's retreat is tantamount to chronic suicide. Therefore, Real Madrid's strategy is to defend the first wave of the game, press forward as a whole, and strengthen the pressing and oppression of the midfield, especially Xavi Alonso.

This is why Yang Yang and Zidane put Hazard in the midfielder position.

After stabilizing the start, in just 2 minutes, Real Madrid completed the steal in the frontcourt.

Hazard was replaced by Zidane early in the first round, and he clearly knew the reason in his heart. After the game, both Yang Yang and Zidane told him that he hoped that he would strengthen his investment in defense on the court.

For players of this level, proper beating is still very meaningful, at least Hazard did it in this game.

A Thiago pass back to Xavi Alonso was intercepted early by Eden Hazard.

The Belgian counterattacked with the ball on the spot, and before Xabi Alonso could entangle him, he distributed the ball to the left side of the penalty area.

This is the most dangerous place to press in the midfield. Often just one pass can directly threaten the opponent's goal.

Yang Yang stopped the ball on the left side. Before Lahm approached, he immediately pulled the ball sideways. After avoiding the Bayern right defender, he took another step forward and created a gap from the uphill center defender Boateng. He hit a curve ball with his right foot.

What is Yangyang area?

That is in this area, Yang Yang knows where the goal is even with his eyes closed!

With a beautiful arc, the ball crashed into the upper right corner of the Bayern Munich goal.

Neuer was caught off guard and was too late.

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"

"In the first 2 minutes, Real Madrid scored the goal of Bayern Munich first!"

"Yang Yang! It's still Yang Yang!"

"At the critical moment, Yang Yang pierced Bayern Munich's goal with a deadly curve ball in the familiar [Yang Yang area], helping the team lead [-]-[-] and the total score was [-]-[-]."

The whole Bernabéu stadium was shouting Yang Yang's name, and he was running along the stadium.

Ribery and Robben are still able to play at the age of 33, and Harvey Alonso at the age of 35 can still play the core of Bayern Munich. Yang Yang is only 30 years old, and he is far from being too old to play.

All the Real Madrid fans were celebrating with joy, and Zidane was also extremely excited, but Ancelotti looked very lonely, because he knew that Yang Yang and Zidane would not make mistakes easily.

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After taking the lead, Real Madrid still played steadily and focused on defense, but they never retreated. Instead, they actively adopted tactics in the midfield and frontcourt, and slowly retreated according to the situation on the field.

Both Yang Yang and Zidane are well aware of Real Madrid's advantage, which is youth.

Compared with Bayern Munich, whose average age is in their early thirties, Real Madrid has a clear age advantage and more physical fitness.

In this case, Real Madrid are willing to invest more in the midfield and disrupt Bayern Munich from the beginning.

More importantly, pressing in the midfield can not only exchange for defensive stability, but also actively create opportunities for counterattacks.

After being scored by Real Madrid, instead of becoming cautious, Bayern Munich invested more in offense.

The German team knows very well that they have nowhere to go, and the score is too far behind. If they can't score, it doesn't make any sense for them to concede one more goal.

The continuous offense has indeed created opportunities, but Real Madrid's defense is not a fuel-efficient lamp, especially when Toni Kroos and Modric put more energy on the side defense.

Like the first round, Vidal was still very active, frequently getting in, but this time Real Madrid was already prepared.

No. 305 minutes, when Casemiro was in a fight with Vidal, he took the lead and stabbed the ball to Modric on the right.

After the Croatian midfielder stopped the ball, he quickly sent a long pass over the top and sent the ball precisely behind Bayern Munich's defense.

Suarez got rid of Bernat, quickly dribbled the ball in, drove straight in, and went straight to Bayern's goal, forming a two-on-one with Yang Yang on the left.

When entering the penalty area, Suarez lightly sent a cross. Boateng fell to the ground and tried to intercept the ball, but it was a little short. Yang Yang who followed behind easily pushed the lower left corner, [-]-[-]!

This time, Bayern Munich is completely desperate!

(End of this chapter)