super storm

Chapter 794 Yang Yang Area
Real Madrid beat Valladolid [-]-[-] at home. Although they were once again questioned by the outside world, good news soon followed.

Barcelona, ​​who challenged Valencia in an away game, failed to break through the defense of the Bat Legion, and the two sides drew zero to zero.

In this way, Real Madrid managed to recover two points, only one point behind Barcelona.

Not only that, because Messi and Villa did not score this round, Yang Yang once again staged a brace and led the La Liga scorer list with [-] goals, allowing the entire La Liga to see the lethality of the world's number one superstar.

This season, La Liga has played seven rounds, but Yang Yang has already scored eight goals and had four assists. Whether it is the number of goals or assists, they have obviously maintained the level of Liverpool, and even the overall performance is better than when he was in Liverpool.

You know, Yang Yang missed a round due to injury.

However, although the outside world expressed affirmation of Real Madrid's victory, there are also many media who are worried about the hidden dangers exposed by the Galaxy Battleship, that is, the team's defense.

This is not the first time this has happened this season, Real Madrid have conceded two goals against both Zurich and Valladolid, neither of which are clearly strong teams.

In the strong dialogue, Real Madrid lost [-]-[-] away to Sevilla, which made many people worried about Real Madrid's defense.

Many people even questioned whether there was a problem with Benitez's formation?

Real Madrid sports director Valdano said in a subsequent interview with Aspen that the team still lacks balance.

"Judging from several games this season, we have played very smoothly, but it is easy to appear out of touch. These are inevitable phenomena that will occur during the team's reorganization and construction process. Changes need to be made through hard training and accumulation. Haste makes waste."

Valdano believes that Yang Yang's comeback has indeed improved Real Madrid's offensive capabilities.

"Yang Yang is a phenomenal superstar. All of us hope that he will recover and return to the team as soon as possible. Facts have proved that his return has indeed brought welcome changes to the team's offense, but we must also realize that there are eleven players on the court, and the contribution of each player is worthy of recognition."

"In addition to Yang Yang, Ibrahimovic, Marcelo, Sneijder and Raul, they all performed very well. Yang Yang is undoubtedly the best player, but this is also inseparable from the team's teamwork. I believe he himself understands this."

Head coach Benitez also publicly recognized Yang Yang's contribution and importance to the team at the post-match press conference, but he also defended himself, believing that the problems that Real Madrid is now exposed are inevitable during the team building process, which is unavoidable for any team.

"What I want to say next is not to justify, but to tell everyone that we are still a team under construction. We reorganized this summer and introduced eight players, including world-class stars such as Yang Yang, Ibrahimovic, Kaka and Harvey Alonso. It is not easy to integrate them together."

"Last season, we conceded a total of [-] goals in the first seven rounds, and this season we conceded six goals. And everyone should pay attention, Real Madrid last season was a relatively mature team that won the La Liga championship for two consecutive seasons."

Benitez said that the team's defense has been significantly improved this season, which is inseparable from the efforts of the players and the improvement brought about by several new aids, but it is unrealistic to build a world-class defense line overnight.

"I am full of confidence in the team. We will make progress every week of training and games in the future. We will gradually change our defense and further improve our offensive level. I have always believed that Yang Yang still has huge potential to be tapped, as are superstars such as Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Kaka and Arjen Robben."

Media reporters expressed a certain degree of doubt about Benitez's remarks, thinking that time would not wait for Real Madrid at all.

One month later, in the 12th round of La Liga, Real Madrid will be a guest at Camp Nou. This will be the first derby of the century this season, and it will also attract the attention of fans all over the world. It may even change the trend of La Liga.

Everyone is very worried. With Real Madrid's current defensive state, what are the chances of winning against Barcelona?
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On the evening of October 21, at the Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid.

In the third round of the UEFA Champions League group stage, Real Madrid played at home against AC Milan, the strongest opponent in the same group.

Although this is a strong dialogue between the giants, in fact, no one is optimistic about AC Milan. This is not only because the overall strength of the Rossoneri is inferior to Real Madrid, but also because the visiting team has never defeated Real Madrid at the Bernabeu.

Including the Italian media, the prediction for this game is to hope that AC Milan will not lose too much away.

AC Milan head coach Leonardo also arranged a four-three-two formation in this game, adopting a three-back play style, with Gattuso, Pirlo and Ambrosini lined up to form a solid protection at the front of the defense.

On the defense line, Zambrotta, Nesta, Thiago Silva and Odo formed a back four, and Dida was the goalkeeper.

The two attacking midfielders are composed of Ronaldinho and Pato, and the striker is Inzaghi.

Real Madrid has a full main lineup, the goalkeeper is Iker Casillas, the defense is Maxwell, Vermaelen, Pepe and Ramos, the midfielder is a combination of Mascherano and Harvey Alonso, Kaka is in the middle, and the frontcourt is the trident combination of Yang Yang, Ibrahimovic and Robben.

Leonardo's thinking in this game was very clear, and he made very clear judgments on both offensive and defensive ends.

On the defensive end, the three defensive midfielders built a dam at the front of their penalty area. Once Real Madrid entered the 30-meter area, the three defensive midfielders immediately tightened up and protected in front of the defense line, leaving no gaps for Real Madrid.

Gattuso cooperated with Otto to restrict Yang Yang on the left side, and Ambrosini on the other side cooperated with Zambrotta to freeze Robben.

After all, it is a Serie A team. AC Milan's defensive strategy is very effective. It is difficult for Real Madrid to create a threatening attack after the opening. In the first 10 minutes, even the shots that actually broke into AC Milan's penalty area were rare, and most of them were long-range shots.

The targeted tactics on the defensive end worked, while the offensive end focused on counterattacks.

Because AC Milan adopts a strategy of shrinking defense, Real Madrid is bound to press forward when attacking, and the defense line moves forward, resulting in an empty defense, while the Rossoneri mainly hits behind when counterattacking. Pirlo and Ronaldinho will actively pass behind the defense as long as they get the ball.

Tight defense and sharp counterattack, AC Milan's style of play made the game dull, but it was very effective.

If it is a frontal impact, it is not easy for any team to break through the defense of a Serie A team, let alone a giant like AC Milan.

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Yang Yang was clearly aware from the very beginning that he was the focus of AC Milan's defense.

Gattuso and Odo, the two main defenders of Milan, followed him closely after the opening.

Obviously, Leonardo didn't want to give him a little space.

The game lasted for nearly 10 minutes. Except for Yang Yang dribbling the ball from his left rib into the penalty area, he was flanked by Thiago Silva and Nesta, kicked hastily, and failed to hit the right position. He was isolated outside the penalty area for the rest of the time.

This is certainly not aimless.

Leonardo didn't want him to enter AC Milan's penalty area, or even the front of the penalty area.

Real Madrid has tried many times in the first 10 minutes, breaking through from the center to the side, but they failed to play a role. AC Milan's line of defense is indeed quite stable.

After realizing this, Yang Yang also began to change his role on the court.

No. In 203 minutes, after Kaka got the ball in the middle, he dribbled the ball to the left and broke through. Yang Yang responded from the outside and raised his hand to ask for the ball.

Kaka quickly distributed the ball to the left. After Yang Yang stopped the ball, he dribbled the ball straight to Odo.

AC Milan's right back and Gattuso form horns, firmly restricting Yang Yang. Since Yang Yang is already standing near the penalty area line, they are more restricting Yang Yang's inward cut.

Everyone knows that the area on the left side of the arc top area at the front of the penalty area is jokingly called the Yang Yang area by the media and fans.

Yang Yang knew this clearly in his heart, so after stopping the ball, he didn't think about cutting inside, but went straight to Oddo and Gattuso, not giving AC Milan's defensive players any chance to observe the surrounding situation.

Facing Yang Yang, any defensive player is like facing a big enemy, for fear of being thrown away by Yang Yang inadvertently, and it is not that Gattuso and Odo have suffered from Yang Yang's big losses.

With the lessons learned from the past, neither of them dared to be careless, and all their attention fell on Yang Yang.

But just when Yang Yang was about to start with the ball, he suddenly passed the ball to the right of Otto and passed it to the baseline.

This sudden change startled both Odo and Gattuso, and then saw a high-speed silhouette passing by Yang Yang's side, passing Odo at the same time, and catching up with the ball before the baseline.

Maxwell!
damn it!
Oddor was shocked, and immediately turned around and chased. He regretted that he should have guessed Yang Yang's intentions, and deliberately slowed down the pace and approached with the ball. The purpose was to delay time and buy time for Maxwell.

But when Odo turned around to catch up, Maxwell had already caught up with the ball before the baseline, and passed it to the back point with his left foot.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has a very strong body. He rushed all the way from the penalty spot, as if he was a heavy tank starting at full speed. He blocked Nesta with his back and pressed Thiago Silva in front. He grabbed the header from the front of the small penalty area and headed the cross from Maxwell into AC Milan's goal from close range.

Although Nesta behind him fell to the ground, and although Thiago Silva in front of him signaled that Ibrahimovic had interfered with his take-off, the referee still awarded the goal.

One to zero!

(End of this chapter)