super storm

Chapter 820 Will it be him?

On the evening of February [-]th, Jerez Sapin Stadium.

When the game progressed to No. 15 minutes, Real Madrid passed back to the midfield when an attack from the left was contained.

Sneijder sent a through ball to Jerez's penalty area accurately. Arbeloa, who was inserted in the back row but was unguarded, got the ball and calmly pushed and scored on the right side of the penalty area, opening the scoring for Real Madrid.

One to zero!

This goal also completely disrupted Jerez's defensive deployment.

Only 4 minutes later, Real Madrid launched a wave of offensive again. This time, Robben suddenly changed positions to the left. After getting the ball, he forced a breakthrough.

Yang Yang quickly jumped in, dived to the top from close range, headed the goal, and pierced Jerez's goal again.

Two to zero!
Two minutes later, Robben got the ball again from the right side of the penalty area. He tried to break through to the bottom line but failed.

Three to zero!
……

A brace!

Another brace!

Yang Yang excitedly pointed at Robben, and kept stepping back.

The Dutch Flying Man rushed forward quickly and hugged Yang Yang vigorously, and the two rushed to the sidelines to celebrate together.

During this period of time, Real Madrid gradually regained their form, and Yang Yang also began to pick up his sense of scoring again.

With the help of a group of outstanding teammates such as Ibrahimovic, Robben, Sneijder and Harvey Alonso, Yang Yang found that scoring goals in Real Madrid is really easier than in Liverpool.

Robben himself was very excited.

As early as last summer, he was already mentally prepared to leave the team, but in the end because of Yang Yang's pleading, he was kept and followed Winston Bogard for physical strengthening training, which made his performance this season have indeed improved considerably, especially the attendance rate.

More importantly, with teammates like Yang Yang and Zlatan Ibrahimovic by his side, Robben found that he could get more space on the court, and he played more easily.

This is the role of a strong combination, as long as they cooperate well, they can often produce the effect that one plus one is greater than two.

……

"It's another brace!"

"From the end of January to the present, Yang Yang's state has been better than one game. We have seen that he has scored [-] goals and [-] assists in La Liga so far. This report card is indeed quite amazing."

"Looking at the four major European leagues this season, no player can perform as well as Yang Yang."

"However, Real Madrid will soon usher in the knockout round of the Champions League round of [-]. This is a big test for Real Madrid this season, especially when they play away in Lyon in the first round. I hope Real Madrid can maintain their current excellent state."

……

Due to the Lyon game in the middle of the week, Benitez replaced Yang Yang and Arjen Robben in the No. 60 minute of the second half. Unfortunately, Yang Yang failed to get the chance to perform a hat-trick.

After joining La Liga, although he scored a lot of goals, he has not staged a hat-trick so far.

Originally, he scored two goals in a short period of time in the first half, and he was still thinking about having a chance to score a hat-trick, but Jerez then made adjustments, shrinking his defense, and did not give Real Madrid too many opportunities.

However, things like scoring goals cannot be forced, and Yang Yang is more open-minded.

When Real Madrid beat Jerez [-]-[-] away, Barcelona challenged Atletico Madrid away.

Pedro and Messi helped Barcelona score in the ninth and No.20 minutes of the first half respectively. Not long after that, Forlán came back for Atletico Madrid. In the end, the Sheets lost [-]-[-] at home to visiting Barcelona.

After 22 rounds of La Liga, Real Madrid topped the La Liga table with 58 points, followed by Barcelona with three points.

The two heroes of the Western Super League are far ahead, more than ten points more than Valencia, who is ranked third. Anyone can see that this season's La Liga championship will be between Real Madrid and Barcelona. No other team has anything to do.

In the scorer list, Yang Yang scored twice in a row and led the scorer list with [-] goals by virtue of his explosion at the end of January and early February. Messi followed closely with [-] goals, followed by other players such as Zlatan Ibrahimovic and David Villa.

And the momentum of the recent period has been overwhelming, which has also filled the outside world and Real Madrid with confidence.

Everyone in the team is full of energy, wanting to win Lyon in the away game and break through the Champions League round of [-].

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On the evening of February [-], at the Stade Gerland in Lyon, France.

When the game progressed to No. 801 minutes, Yang Yang took the ball on the left side and faced Lyon's right back Reviere.

Sneijder quickly inserted in the back row and went straight for the ball, but Reviere was even faster. Before Sneijder, he fell to the ground and shoveled, blocking the Dutch midfielder's shot from the bottom line and giving Real Madrid a corner kick.

Sneijder took a corner kick and Ramos headed in front of the goal, but it was slightly higher.

Real Madrid suffered another offensive setback.

Yang Yang has forgotten that this is the first time in this game.

But the scoreboard at the Gerland Stadium clearly shows the score of the game so far, one to zero!

According to international practice, the home team is at the front and the visiting team is at the back.

Real Madrid are one goal behind Lyon.

The goal was Lyon's talented French striker Benzema.

At the beginning of the second half, the Lyon team completed a quick counterattack after stealing the ball in the midfield. Real Madrid's defense did a good job, forcing Lyon's counterattack to the side, but also gave the opponent a corner kick.

Then when Real Madrid cleared the corner kick, Benzema volleyed directly from the top of the penalty area and broke through the goal guarded by Casillas.

……

This is a game of stability.

Not only because this is the away game of the UEFA Champions League round of [-], and not only because of Lyon's strength, but more importantly, Real Madrid entered the Champions League quarter-finals in [-], a full six years ago.

Looking at Real Madrid's current lineup, there were only three veterans in the team six years ago, goalkeeper Casillas, midfielder Guti and striker Raul, of which Guti and Raul have now been reduced to substitutes.

In other words, Real Madrid's current first-team players have all joined in the six years since the team stopped in the top sixteen.

Before this game, both Benitez and Yesterdan have warned the players that Real Madrid has enough strength to face Lyon, but on the psychological level, Real Madrid is very fragile. Whether it is the past four games against Lyon, or staying in the top [-] of the Champions League for many years, the psychological pressure on Real Madrid players is huge.

This is a kind of lack of confidence in the team as a whole, from the management to the players to the fans, the collective anxiety.

Therefore, Benitez adopted a more secure tactical play in this game, and the main lineup did not make much adjustment. He let Maxwell play on the left, Vermaelen and Ramos occupy the center, Arbeloa played on the right, Mascherano and Xavi Alonso are still double midfielders, Sneijder is in the middle, Yang Yang, Ibrahimovic and Robben are the tridents.

This is the team's best and most stable main lineup since the winter break, and it has even won consecutive victories recently.

More importantly, players such as Maxwell, Vermaelen, Arbeloa, Mascherano, Xavi Alonso, Yang Yang and Ibrahimovic are all new players. They have performed very well in the Champions League in the past. It stands to reason that they should not be affected by the so-called top sixteen curse.

But it turns out that emotions are contagious.

Real Madrid played very out of shape and awkward throughout the first half. The important point is that the players' thinking and rhythm cannot be unified. They want to win but are afraid of losing. This kind of mentality of worrying about gains and losses is very terrible.

The head coach of Lyon, Claude Pierre, saw this clearly. Therefore, he rushed to attack at the beginning of the second half, caught Real Madrid by surprise, and took advantage of Real Madrid's weakness in set-piece defense, seized an opportunity and scored a goal.

After the goal, the Lyon team retreated across the board. Real Madrid was eager to equalize the score, and was even hit by the Lyon team once in the post, almost conceding the goal again.

Yang Yang had a feeling that after the whole game, Real Madrid was completely different from the previous games, as if they were bewildered, and the reason for this was the spell of the last sixteen in the past six years.

In terms of strength, he was able to defeat the opponent, and he was able to suppress the opponent on the scene, but he always felt short of breath.

……

In order to highlight the importance of this game, Florentino rarely accompanied the team to the away game.

At this moment, he was sitting in the chairman's stand of the Gerland Stadium, accompanied by Lyon team chairman Aulas to watch the game.

The special advisor Zidane was sitting on the sidelines, and he was responsible for explaining to Florentino what happened on the pitch.

As a professional player, his explanations are often more acceptable.

"That's all we need now!" Zidane shook his head and sighed.

The last time Real Madrid reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League, Zidane was still the team's core force, but now, he has become a retired celebrity and a senior executive of Real Madrid.

Seeing that his beloved team has not been able to break free from the curse of the top sixteen for six years, Zida feels very uncomfortable in his heart, because this is something he failed to do back then.

Not only him, but also Ronaldo, and Raul, and Beckham, and Figo, and...

There were so many superstars in Real Madrid back then, and there have been so many Real Madrid stars in the past few years, no one has been able to do it.

"We need someone who can stand up and lead the team to break out of this cage and regain a new life!" Zidane said eagerly, but his tone was full of unconfidence.

Because, he himself is not sure whether such a person will really appear, whether he will appear tonight.

Florentino also frowned, worried, "Could it be him?"

Zidane shook his head, he didn't know either.

(End of this chapter)