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Chapter 938 Real Madrid must win!
"I don't know if you noticed it just now?"

Before the Champions League final, Real Madrid coach Rafael Benitez was asking Real Madrid players in a deep voice.

"The winner's staircase leading to the Royal Box podium at Wembley Stadium."

In the locker room, many players nodded at the same time. This is the symbol of Wembley Stadium, and they naturally noticed that there are a total of [-] steps leading directly to the podium, which is also the stage that everyone in the two teams is eager to be on tonight.

"There is a saying in the UK that winning at Wembley Stadium is wonderful, but losing is like living in hell, because there are [-] steps leading to the podium. For the winner, this is a wonderful enjoyment, which will be cheered by the fans, but for the loser, it is a disaster. Every step will be extremely heavy and tormented. I wish I could go straight back to the dressing room."

Yang Yang, Harvey Alonso, Mascherano and others all nodded at the same time. They had also heard such rumors.

But a lot of people on the team had never heard of it, so they were all surprised.

Wembley Stadium is the stage of the UEFA Champions League final, and it is also the palace in the minds of all professional players, but only the winners can enjoy the glory of the [-] steps, and the losers are more shameful.

This is professional football!
Cruel but fair!

"If we don't want to be a painful loser, then we have to win Barcelona tonight." Benitez is doing the last mobilization before the game. Just now, he has arranged all the things for the whole game tonight.

"We have this quality because in the last two years we have beaten our opponents five times in a row, and I believe that tonight will be the sixth time and the fourth time this season. We will leave a shadow on Barcelona that will never be erased."

When he said this, Benitez's tone and demeanor were full of pride.

He is the most die-hard Real Madrid fan, both public and private, and he is proud to be able to form such an overwhelming advantage over Barcelona.

Benitez is indeed not an orator. If his words were in normal times, they would not be exciting enough, but at Wembley Stadium, before the Champions League final, when everyone at Real Madrid heard his words, they couldn't help but get excited, as if they were about to be ignited.

Especially when the bell rang in the locker room to remind Hungarian referee Viktor Kassai to enter the field, everyone stood up from their seats at the same time, and under the gesture of captain Iker Casillas, they formed a group tacitly.

"Real Madrid must win!"

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When the Real Madrid players walked to the exit of the player tunnel and waited, the Barcelona players were already here.

They lined up and greeted Real Madrid players with style when they saw them.

On the court, people are turned on their backs, but on the court, they still have the demeanor they should have.

However, when they saw Yang Yang at the end of the Real Madrid team, every Barcelona player's eyes showed wariness, and even a little fear, because Yang Yang was their biggest opponent tonight.

He made his debut in Ajax, moved to Liverpool and then came to Real Madrid. Yang Yang has had an eight-year career so far. He has encountered Barcelona several times, and he has always left the stadium as a winner. This is almost a legend.

Looking at today's world football, no player can do this.

So for Yang Yang, the Barcelona players have a fear from the bottom of their hearts, even fear.

And Yang Yang will definitely be the most terrifying opponent that Barcelona's defensive players will face tonight. In the words of head coach Guardiola, if Yang Yang is frozen, most of the game will be won.

But how easy is it to freeze him?

Many Barcelona players have also noticed the arrangement of Real Madrid's starting players.

Benitez has always been good at winning by surprise, and tonight was surprising again, that is, Robben was not on.

Yang Yang, Ibrahimovic and Robben have always been the iron triangle in the frontcourt of Real Madrid. Yang Yang and Robben play on the two wings. If one of them is missing, Di Maria will be used instead.

But tonight, not only Robben was not there, but Di Maria was not there either.

It was replaced by Kaka.

The goalkeeper is Casillas, the defense is Marcelo, Pepe, Ramos and Maicon, and the midfielder is Xavi Alonso, Javier Martinez and Mascherano.

There is no suspense in Real Madrid's midfield and backcourt. Benitez really adopted a more stable three-pivot style of play, but the problem lies in the frontcourt. Without Robben and Di Maria, how can Real Madrid play on the wing?
Is Kaka going to play right winger?Or let Kaka play the midfielder, Yang Yang and Ibrahimovic play the double striker?
If it's the former, why not Robben or Di Maria, but Kaka?

If it is the latter, what about Real Madrid's wingers?
Barcelona spent a lot of effort before the game to think hard to contain the attack of Real Madrid's front trident, but in the end, Benitez took the initiative to fold his wings and won Robben and Di Maria, but these two players were on the bench.

This situation is a bit like the situation when Benitez hid Yang Yang in the first game of the century derby this season.

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Barcelona is observing Real Madrid, and Real Madrid players are also observing Barcelona.

Yang Yang noticed that Guardiola's starting lineup has not changed much.

The goalkeeper is Valdez, the defense is Adriano, Pique, Puyol and Alves, the midfielder is Busquets, Xavi and Iniesta are in the middle, and the frontcourt is Villa, Messi and Pedro.

Guardiola still has not adjusted the team's starting lineup, and it is estimated that tactics will not change much.

This is a very important issue for Barcelona this season. The shortcomings of the substitute lineup are obvious. Even if Guardiola wants to adjust the lineup now, he has no choice but to change it.

Unless he is willing to trust players like Bojan, Afeilai and Seydu Keita.

Guardiola believes in active control of football, so he doesn't need to think about how the opponent will arrange it. He thinks more about whether the team can play its due combat effectiveness and play its own style and characteristics.

Therefore, regardless of the fact that Barcelona's starting lineup is the same, Guardiola's on-the-spot command is not good, but there are only a handful of teams that can contain or even defeat Barcelona.

But unfortunately, Real Madrid is one of them.

And it's the strongest one!
He guessed it right again!Yang Yang thought to himself.

Benitez's targeted tactics are really powerful, and Yang Yang is also convinced of this.

In response to this, Benitez also made targeted arrangements.

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Before the game, UEFA arranged a brief opening ceremony.

This is also the routine of every Champions League final.

Real Madrid, who drew the home team's lottery, wore white jerseys, while Barcelona also wore their red and blue jerseys.

When Yang Yang and Zlatan Ibrahimovic stood in the middle circle, they immediately became the focus of attention of the audience and even the whole world.

Having partnered in Real Madrid for two years, plus the year at Ajax, Yang Yang and Zlatan Ibrahimovic have already had a perfect understanding, and they don't need any words at all. They can know what the other is thinking with just a look.

And when the referee Kassai whistled, Ibrahimovic quickly kicked the ball to Yang Yang.

The audience burst into thunderous cheers.

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"National TV, national TV!"

"Audience friends, this is the capital of the United Kingdom, London Wembley Stadium."

"What we are broadcasting live for you now is the [-]-[-] UEFA Champions League final, Real Madrid vs. Barcelona, ​​and now the first kick-off is Real Madrid wearing a white jersey."

"We saw Real Madrid's No.11 player, this is our player from China, the No.1 in world football today, Yang Yang."

"This is Yang Yang's fifth Champions League final in his career. The previous one was for Ajax and two for Liverpool. Last season, Real Madrid reached the Champions League final once and won the championship. If Yang Yang can help Real Madrid beat Barcelona again tonight, they will become the first team to successfully defend the Champions League in the 20 years since the restructuring of the Champions League."

"As soon as the game started, the tempo was very fast and we saw that Real Madrid had already attacked the frontcourt."

"We will find an opportunity to introduce the starting lineups of both sides. Now let's look at Real Madrid's attack and leave it to Yang Yang."

"Yang Yang took the ball and rushed forward. Alves was defending, but Yang Yang crossed to the front of the penalty area."

"Kaka follow up and hit the door directly!"

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Kaka's long-range shot was firmly saved by Valdes and failed to pose a threat.

Valdes quickly got up from the ground, holding the ball with both hands, but Real Madrid did not retreat quickly.

Both Yang Yang and Zlatan Ibrahimovic pushed to the outside of the penalty area, allowing Valdez to kick off.

The game strategy developed by Benitez before the game. He studied Barcelona’s recent games and found that the team was always slow to enter the state in the first 10 minutes, so he hoped that the team could start the game and strive for an advanced goal.

Facing Valdes, Yang Yang backed away slowly.

When he saw Valdez rushing out of the small penalty area, he clearly judged the intention of the Barcelona goalkeeper.

Throw the ball to the right.

Yang Yang immediately sprinted towards the left side, that is, the right side of Barcelona, ​​and directly pushed towards Alves.

The Brazilian right back just stopped the ball, and before he had time to move forward, he saw Yang Yang had already killed him.

Just in case, Alves immediately chose to return the goalkeeper.

Yang Yang rushed close to Alves, quickly changed direction, rushed directly into the penalty area, and rushed towards Valdez.

Marcelo also moved forward quickly, filling the gap on the left side after Yang Yang rushed into the penalty area, while also guarding against Alves.

Valdes stopped the ball and moved forward, without waiting for Yang Yang to approach, he immediately passed to Pique. Under the interference of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Pique chose to pass to the unguarded Alves on the right.

The Brazilian right back is the source of Barcelona's offense, and it is one of Barcelona's usual routines for him to drive the ball forward.

But this time, a Marcelo was killed halfway.

The Brazilian left back was originally just to keep an eye on Alves, but he didn't expect Pique to pass such a ball suddenly. He accelerated directly and grabbed the ball before Alves.

(End of this chapter)