Real Madrid drew Osasuna 2-2 away, ushering in the first draw of the new season, with a winning streak ending, and Ramos won another red card, which made the outside media and fans very dissatisfied.

However, thanks to the strong support of the locker room led by Yang Yang and Ancelotti's coaching staff, Ramos' red card incident did not eventually turn into a crisis, but Real Madrid officially gave a fine.

After dating Osasuna, Real Madrid had no time to adjust slowly.

In the middle of the week, the team ushered in the second leg of the Cup of del Rey.

Ancelotti still plays with a young lineup. This time, Ilia La Mendi received a cross from Hesse from the left in the 16th minute, opening the first record for Real Madrid. Then Di Maria won another goal, helping the team defeat the opponent 2-0 at home and advance to the quarterfinals.

In the draw of the quarterfinals, Real Madrid was not lucky and actually won Osasuna.

This team that just tied Real Madrid with 2-2 at home and ended the Galactic Battleships' winning streak, looks like it is going to be narrower with Real Madrid's enemies, and this time both sides will be betting on the fate of the King's Cup.

Coincidentally, after the King's Cup draw, the Champions League quarterfinals also ushered in the draw.

This year, the Champions League strong players gathered, and the teams that only won the second place in the group include teams in the four major leagues, including Manchester City, AC Milan, Arsenal, Schalke Zero Four and Leverkusen, which also attracted much attention from the Champions League knockout round.

Real Madrid finally drew Schalke Zero Four from the Bundesliga.

Barcelona had a bad luck, drawing Manchester City coached by Pellegrini, while Atletico Madrid drew AC Milan, and Chelsea drew with Galatasaray, where Drogba is located, with a narrow road.

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On the evening of December 22, Valencia's Mestania Stadium.

In the 17th round of La Liga, Real Madrid challenged the Bats away.

This is destined to be a difficult game, and Real Madrid is very difficult every time they play Valencia.

In the 28th minute of the game, Marcelo made a diagonal pass from the left, Di Maria inserted at high speed, stopped the ball and drifted over left defender Bernate, and scored a goal in the far corner, scoring the first record for Real Madrid.

But just six minutes later, Bernat used his speed to forcibly get rid of Di Maria, who returned to defense, made a cross. Piatti headed the ball against Ramos at the edge of the small penalty area.

Six minutes later, Modric made a diagonal pass. Hesse, who won the start of this game, shot low at a low angle near the penalty spot in the penalty area, making Real Madrid once again surpass the score.

After the second half of the game, in the 62nd minute, Parejo quickly drove out with a corner kick opportunity. Ramos failed to grab the position. Valencia central defender Victor Ruiz scored a header and tied the score again.

He led twice and was tied twice, which hit Real Madrid a big blow.

Ancelotti finally couldn't sit still and made a substitution in the 65th minute.

Yang Yang, who had been missing for a month, finally appeared again.

...

"Real Madrid made a substitution."

"We saw that No. 11 Yang Yang appeared on the sidelines, and the player No. 20, young player Hesse."

"Hesse is regarded by many people as Yang Yang's apprentice. He has won many opportunities to play this season. He scored a goal for Real Madrid tonight, and his performance is eye-catching."

"But now, Real Madrid wants to bite off Valencia's tough bones, and the young Hesse alone is obviously not good. Ancelotti chose to let Yang Yang play at this time, and he must have high hopes for him, hoping that he can open up the situation for the team."

"In fact, we all know that Yang Yang's injury has been cured, but Ancelotti did not arrange for him to play in the King's Cup and the last group match of the Champions League. The last round of Osasuna also gave him a rest."

"But I'm definitely not able to sit still now. After all, after tied Osasuna in the last round, the gap between Real Madrid and Barcelona narrowed to four points. If they tied again in this game, or even lost, the gap would be further narrowed. This is what Ancelotti doesn't want to see. He definitely hopes that the team will spend this winter break with a four-point advantage."

...

"Look at this time, Yang Yang is very active after he comes on the court, Real Madrid's quick counterattack."

"Yang Yang picked the pass on the right, and there was a gap, and Di Maria had a chance."

"The first stop was not done well, which led to the subsequent shooting angle."

"Yang Yang's pass is very skillful. It can be seen that his passing vision is very broad. On the contrary, Di Maria, who was receiving the ball, did not seem to react immediately, which led to a hasty stop and was not handled."

“A very unfortunate opportunity.”

...

"It's still Real Madrid who is getting the ball, and Yang Yang retreated to participate in the midfield cooperation."

"A continuous quick pass, Yang Yang, David Silva, and Modric's wonderful cooperation, and another pass."

"It's Di Maria again!"

"This time I've hit the ball a little bit."

"Valencia is very afraid of Yang Yang. After he came on the court, the focus of his defense has always been on Yang Yang, so Yang Yang is more running and creating opportunities for his teammates, but Di Maria still lacks some in seizing opportunities."

"Maybe, Yang Yang will miss Suarez and Robben at this time."

...

"After Yang Yang came on the court, Real Madrid's frontcourt offense began to improve."

"This is the influence of the top superstar. As long as he is on the court, the opponent will have to focus on his defense, which will definitely weaken the defense in other areas and then revitalize the entire offense."

"But now it seems that the other points of Real Madrid are still unable to keep up with Yang Yang."

"Yang Yang is more likely to find Di Maria on the right to cooperate."

"Look at this time, it's still Yang Yang who retreated to the response, or to Di Maria."

"Dimaria dribbled forward, but Bernat returned to defend quickly and in time, and Dimalia had no chance."

"Carvajal came up to catch the ball."

"Stop, look up, Kavajal directly passes into the penalty area..."

"Look at the penalty area, Yang Yang..."

"The fish leaps to the top!"

"The ball is in!!!"

"Beautiful fish jumped to the top and headed the ball!"

"In the 82nd minute, a fish jump from Yang Yang scored, surpassing Real Madrid again!"

"Oh my god, this is Real Madrid's third lead in this game."

"Yang Yang's header this time is very beautiful!"

"We can see that he was very smart when he was retracing and responding, which confused Valencia's two central defenders. After Di Maria passed Kavajal back, Yang Yang made the illusion that he wanted to retrace and respond again, but suddenly he inserted his back and caught his opponent off guard."

"Kavajal also appreciated it very quickly. There seemed to be some hint between him and Yang Yang. He directly teleported to the penalty area with a diagonal length. After Yang Yang rushed up, he directly jumped into the top."

"So exciting! So critical!"

...

After Yang Yang scored the goal, he did not celebrate it very much, but quickly signaled his teammates to retreat from defense at all.

Ancelotti also made a substitution as soon as possible. Ilia La Mendi, who performed well in the Cup of Rey, replaced Di Maria and adopted a double midfielder style, which obviously wanted to further strengthen the team's midfield defense.

This is the Mestani Stadium in Valencia!

Then, Real Madrid successfully defended the score of 3-2 until the end of the game.

In the end, Real Madrid narrowly scored a valuable three-pointer at Mestaniya Stadium with Yang Yang's final goal.

Yang Yang's leaps to the top was also his 30th La Liga goal this season.

...

In another stadium, Barcelona challenged Getafe away.

In just five minutes of the first half, Barcelona conceded two goals in a row, leading by zero to two in Getafe.

But soon, Cristiano Ronaldo stepped forward and scored a hat-trick in just nine minutes to help Barcelona reverse the first half, while Fabregas scored two goals in four minutes in the second half.

In the end, Barcelona achieved a shocking reversal of 5-2 away.

In this way, the two sides still maintained a four-point gap.

But what really attracted the attention of the outside world was the downturn of Barcelona's No. 1 star Messi.

Unlike Yang Yang who came back from injury, he came on the bench and scored a final goal in a key battle, helping the team defeat Valencia 3-2 away. After Messi returned from injury, his condition has not been able to recover.

Even in this five-to-two game, Messi's performance was still sluggish, but Cristiano Ronaldo shone, scoring a hat-trick within nine minutes, helping Barcelona reverse Getafe.

It can be said that Messi's downturn has become a question that countless media and fans are very curious about, because they cannot understand that Neymar, Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi are the strongest tridents ever, and together with Barcelona's strong midfielder, why did Messi just flash in the early stage of the season and then fall into a long-term downturn?

You know, even Fabregas can score twice, which proves that Barcelona cannot create opportunities.

Godfather Cruyff believes in the column that this is because Messi is lost in Barcelona's transformation. He has been forced to adjust his responsibilities and scope of activities from the team's undoubted frontcourt core. Moreover, what Martino advocates is more long-distance backcourt and crosses from the wing, which is undoubtedly more suitable for Cristiano Ronaldo.

"Messi's loss is partly because his condition is not ideal, but at the same time, the team's tactics provide him with insufficient support. If Barcelona wants to catch up with Real Madrid this season and want this luxurious trident to play the right level, then you must reactivate Messi."

As for how to activate it, Cruyff believes that Martino should find an effective solution during the winter break.

Catalan media also believe that Messi's performance this season is indeed sluggish and has fallen into the longest trough in his career, which is probably related to the arrival of Cristiano Ronaldo.

Similar to this seemingly dreamy but incompatible offensive combination is extremely popular in the world football world. A little further away is the Shevchenko and Da Inzaghi of AC Milan, and later the English midfielder double-dollars.
Chapter completed!