super storm

Chapter 787 Superstar Battlefield

Real Madrid finally defeated Zurich in Switzerland [-]-[-] away and won their first victory in the Champions League group stage.

At the last moment of stoppage time of the game, Raul made another victory for Real Madrid.

It stands to reason that the away victory in the Champions League should be appreciated by the outside world, but in fact it is completely the opposite. The Spanish media were not satisfied with Real Madrid's performance after the game.

The Spanish Public newspaper believes that this is a deceptive victory, and the ABC newspaper also publicly stated that Real Madrid used sharp offense to cover up many problems and weaknesses in itself, which will expose Real Madrid's Achilles heel when facing stronger opponents.

Without exception, they all targeted Real Madrid's defense.

From 3 to [-] in the first half, to the precarious [-] to [-] that followed, Real Madrid played extremely dangerously, and what is even more unbelievable is that the two conceded goals only happened within [-] minutes.

Once the opponent counterattacked single-handedly, Casillas was forced to abandon the goal and fouled, and the other was a corner kick defense missed.

El País also analyzed that Real Madrid's defensive weakness was not exposed until this game. As early as in the first round against Deportivo, although the team beat the opponent [-]-[-], the problem on the defensive end was still very serious. The game gave Deportivo many opportunities.

After that, whether it was facing the Spaniard or playing Zurich this time, the problems exposed by Real Madrid were very obvious, that is, the team's old problems on the defensive end.

"This can be said to be an old problem that has plagued Real Madrid for nearly a decade!" The National newspaper believes.

Real Madrid was reassuring once, and that should date back to 2000, or even earlier.

At that time, after Bosque took office, he changed Real Madrid's offensive football in the past and adopted a more secure five-back style of play.

At the beginning, Del Bosque's style of play was heavily criticized and criticized, and the conservative criticism was loud, because this kind of conservative football was not allowed to be played in Real Madrid.

But later, with the steady improvement of the team's performance, especially in the Champions League, Del Bosque relied on this five-back style of play to force Real Madrid into the Champions League final, where they beat Cooper's Valencia [-]-[-] in the final.

With this Champions League, Bosque became the most successful firefighting coach in the history of Real Madrid, and Elguera, who originally played as a defensive midfielder, was transformed into a central defender after this season. These have become a great story.

But then, Real Madrid started the era of Florentino's Galacticos. Superstars were piled up in the frontcourt, the midfield and backcourt became weaker and weaker, and the weakness of the defense continued. Even now, it still hasn't been improved.

This time, the [-]-[-] victory over Zurich in the away game is certainly gratifying, but the defensive weakness exposed behind it is also worrying.

The famous Spanish ball critic Santiago commented in his column that the five away goals are indeed dazzling, but Zurich's strength is not outstanding. Benitez still needs to learn from it, and Real Madrid needs to become more balanced.

"Balance does not mean blindly strengthening the defense, but to firmly control the possession of the ball and the situation until the most suitable route for the ball is found, and then send the ball to an area that can create a threat, but this is precisely what Real Madrid is doing relatively poorly now."

Santiago also pointed out that Real Madrid's defense does have problems. Ramos and Pepe have always been unable to give people confidence. The two central defenders always play frizzy.

"We should see that Arbeloa and Maxwell are good full-backs in Liverpool and Inter Milan. The double midfielder combination of Mascherano and Harvey Alonso has proven its worth in Liverpool."

"But in Real Madrid, such a set of defensive configuration is frightening when facing a team like Zurich. This has to attract enough attention."

Santiago finally said that the reason why Real Madrid started so smoothly this season should be thanks to the superstars in the frontcourt, especially Yang Yang.

"So far, Yang Yang has played three games for Real Madrid, scored five goals and provided two assists. Such a report card is enough to make him stand out from the crowd. Looking at the entire world of football, there is no second person who can show such a performance."

"As Real Madrid fans, we are full of confidence in the team's offense. We can proudly tell the world that with a top attacker like Yang Yang, we have the confidence to break through any defense in the world. But at the same time, we must also pay attention to the fact that offense alone is not enough to win."

As a famous Real Madrid fan, Santiago's column has written the voices of countless Real Madrid fans.

For Yang Yang, they generally gave the highest evaluation, thinking that the transfer fee of [-] million euros was too worthwhile.

But everyone is most worried about defense, for fear that the team's weak defense will drag down Yang Yang in front.

However, there are also many media helping Benitez explain that Real Madrid's defense has been weak for a long time.

The Marca report listed Real Madrid's defensive data in La Liga in recent years. Since Queiroz took over Real Madrid in 54, Real Madrid has conceded 32, 36, 52, [-], [-] and [-] goals in La Liga over the years.

Among them, although Real Madrid won the La Liga championship in the 33-35 and 39-33 seasons, in the [-]-[-] season, the Real Madrid coached by Capello only ranked fifth in the number of goals conceded in La Liga, losing to Barcelona with [-] goals, Sevilla with [-] goals, Atletico Madrid with [-] goals and Getafe with [-] goals.

Only in the 84-36 season, Real Madrid played more advantageously, ranking first in La Liga with [-] goals, and the defense was the strongest with [-] conceded goals.

The purpose of Marca reporting these data is just to tell everyone that Real Madrid's weak defense is a long-standing problem, and defense is maintained by the system, and it cannot be improved overnight.

"Whether it is Benitez or the several defensive players in the team, they are all players who have proven their strength in the European league. I believe that as long as they are given a little more time, they should be able to integrate quickly."

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On the evening of September [-]th, the Bernabéu Stadium.

In the third round of La Liga, Real Madrid played against Jerez at home.

It was a game that was sentenced to death before the game, and Real Madrid, which invested hundreds of millions of euros, was expected to win at home.

But the trend of the game is a bit surprising.

Due to Harvey Alonso's pre-match training injury, Gago replaced the Spanish midfielder in the starting lineup, with Las Diarra as a double midfielder, while Kaka, Raul, Ibrahimovic and Robben all started in the frontcourt.

But what people didn't expect was that under the pressure of Jerez, Real Madrid failed to create an effective offensive in the first hour, and Gago, who was the core of the midfielder, performed sluggishly, which was disappointing.

In the No.605 minute, Benitez replaced two players in one breath, replacing Gago with Guti and Raul with Yang Yang, determined to completely change the trend of the game.

And this time the substitution quickly reaped miraculous results.

No. 705 minutes, Yang Yang emptied from the left and cut inside. After receiving a return pass from Zlatan Ibrahimovic outside the penalty area, he dribbled the ball all the way to the right. In front of many defensive players in Jerez, Yang Yang dribbled the ball from the left side to the right side of the penalty area.

One to zero!

This goal once again won him a full house of applause!
The whole Bernabéu was cheering his name.

Later, Yang Yang switched positions with Robben. After getting the ball from the right, he suddenly made a pass from the bottom. Zlatan Ibrahimovic missed in front of the goal, followed by Robben with his left foot and made a [-]-[-]!
Two minutes later, Robben forced a breakthrough on the left to create a corner kick. Guti took the corner kick. Yang Yang leaped high from the back and grabbed the header from close range before everyone else, smashing the ball into Jerez's goal.

Scored twice!Three to zero!

Afterwards, Yang Yang made a successful steal in the frontcourt and passed the ball to Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

No. In the 809th minute, Guti kicked a through ball and accurately delivered it to the penalty area. Zlatan Ibrahimovic made a low shot, [-] to [-]!

In the last 10 minutes, Real Madrid's players set off an offensive frenzy on the court.

From the failure to open the situation for more than an hour before, to five goals in a row in the last 10 minutes, and finally, more than 8 fans in the entire Bernabéu stadium stood up and cheered.

At the scene, some fans spontaneously pulled out a huge portrait of Yang Yang to show their love and gratitude to Yang Yang.

"From zero to zero to five to zero, Yang Yang once again scored twice and sent out another assist. He became Real Madrid's most threatening superstar on the court, and at the same time became the source of Real Madrid's frontcourt offense."

"If it wasn't clear enough before, now we should be able to say clearly that Yang Yang is the core competitiveness of this Real Madrid team. With or without him, just look at the game against Jerez."

"At the same time, there is Gago. The performance of this Argentine midfielder is disappointing. During the absence of Xavi Alonso due to injury, he did not show satisfactory strength. On the contrary, the veteran Guti shined after coming off the bench. It seems that he has regained the style of the golden wolf's genius midfielder."

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When Yang Yang scored twice after coming off the bench, he set off a wave of offensive storm at the Bernabeu and led Real Madrid to beat Jerez [-]-[-] at home. At the same time, Messi also scored twice to help Barcelona beat Atletico Madrid [-]-[-] at Camp Nou.

Interestingly, both have an assist.

After this round of competition, Real Madrid continued to lead the La Liga standings, followed by Barcelona.

Yang Yang leads the La Liga scorer list with five goals, followed by Messi and David Villa with four goals.

Everyone can clearly see that this season's La Liga has entered a white-hot stage from the very beginning.

The two superstar teams headed by Yang Yang and Messi started a fierce competition.

This also makes everyone look forward to this season's Derby of the Century.

Especially since it's Barcelona's centennial celebration.

(End of this chapter)