On February 18, in the 23rd round of La Liga, Real Madrid faced Espanyol at home.

Under the lesson of Barcelona's away defeat, Real Madrid played in a rotational lineup in the game against Espanyol. More main players are preparing to challenge the Champions League quarterfinals in Serie A and Napoli away from home next week.

In the end, the team defeated Espanyol 2-0 at home with goals from Morata and Di Maria.

Barcelona, ​​who just lost to Paris Saint-Germain away, faced the newly promoted Leganes in this round.

Barcelona's performance was still not ideal. Messi scored a goal four minutes into the game, but was then equalized. It was not until the end of the game that he narrowly defeated Leganes 2-1 with Messi's penalty kick.

丢球者依旧还是右边后卫罗伯托.

On the evening of February 22, the Stadium of Sao Paulo, Naples, Italy.

In the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals, Real Madrid challenged Napoli away.

After the opening, Naples took advantage of the home advantage to take the lead, while Real Madrid was cautious and retreated to the half-time defense, and was more stable. After all, the shadow of Barcelona's away defeat to Paris Saint-Germain was reminded that there were no weak teams in the Champions League.

Napoli has performed very well in Serie A this season, and he is also not afraid of facing Real Madrid in this game, especially before the game, Napoli's legendary player and the football king Maradona visited the Sao Paulo Stadium to cheer for Napoli, which greatly encouraged the morale of the Serie A team.

This is reflected in the fact that after the opening, Napoli played very proactively and put pressure on Real Madrid in the frontcourt.

Tony Kross made a mistake in a return pass, almost causing a goal, which made Real Madrid sweat all over.

Then the forward Insigne turned around in front of the goal and shot a long shot, which was saved by Courtois.

Real Madrid did not complete the first shot of the game until the fifteenth minute. Modric made a straight pass from the right and sent a counterattack. Suarez made a cross from the right. Tony Kroos shot from the outside of the penalty area, but was confiscated by goalkeeper Reina and failed to create a threat.

In the 24th minute, Insigne made a straight pass from the left rib. Hamsik did not adjust at the front of the penalty area and directly knocked the ball behind Real Madrid's defense line. Mertens, who was inserted in the back row, received the ball on the left rib of the penalty area and pushed the ball into the far corner with his left foot. The ball passed under Courtois and pierced through Real Madrid's goal.

This Naples player who performed very well in Serie A this season was so excited that he ran all over the game after scoring the goal, and was cheered by many Naples fans on the stadium. The atmosphere on the court was extremely warm.

Obviously, Naples is eager to advance to the quarterfinals.

This will be a historic record for them, especially the defeat of the powerful Real Madrid.

But just four minutes later, Hazard made a cross from the left. After Yang Yang retreated and received the ball with his back, he turned around and went left, and sent a low straight pass with his right foot, accurately sending the ball to Suarez's feet on the right side of the penalty area arc.

After getting the ball, the Uruguayan striker wading into the penalty area and formed a one-on-one strike. Facing the attacking goalkeeper Reina, Suarez calmly stepped out and sent the ball into Naples' goal.

"nice shot!"

"Real Madrid equalized the score one-to-one, with assists from Yang Yang."

"This is an assist that reflects Yang Yang's personal ability. The timing of this kick gave was just right. Just the moment Suarez started, there was no offside. After receiving the ball, the Uruguayan striker could easily enter the penalty area and directly hit the goal with his right foot."

"This is Yang Yang's value. At critical moments, his personal ability can change the trend of the game."

"Real Madrid returned to the same starting line with Yang Yang's goal to assist Suarez, one-to-one."

After equalizing the score, Napoli still wanted to control the situation.

In the 37th minute, Alan made a direct pass from the right rib and Mertens shot in front of the goal. Harvey Martinez, who returned to defense in time, fell to the ground to block the ball from the baseline, and failed to pose a threat.

Then the two teams also had offensive and defense against each other, and neither of them could create another threat.

In the end, the score of one-to-one remained until the end of the first half.

When they returned to the visiting team's locker room, Real Madrid players were panting, but everyone had a strange look on their faces.

“This Naples is really weird.”

"Isn't it? It's completely beyond our expectations."

"This is not like a typical Italian team, but a bit like a La Liga team."

"Yes, I'm a little suspicious, are we playing in La Liga?"

Not only Real Madrid players were surprised by Napoli's tactics, but even the coaching staff were quite surprised.

It's not that it's about Napoli's technical and tactical style, because under the coaching of Italian coach Sarri, Napoli's tactics are like this, tending to pass and control and play styles, which is unique in the Serie A league itself.

What really surprised Real Madrid's coaching staff was that Napoli's attitude in this game was very positive and not conservative at all, which surprised both Yang Yang and Zidane.

要知道,放眼欧洲足坛,其他球队碰到皇马,往往都是求稳,而意大利球队本身防守能力就很强,可萨里却放弃了意甲球队的传统优势,主动出击,选择跟皇马硬碰硬,这反而出乎皇马的意料之外.

"In the first half, their midfield and frontcourt pressing caught us off guard." David Betoni analyzed.

Yang Yang people were on the court, feeling the deepest, nodding to express their agreement.

Especially at the beginning, he lost the rhythm directly. Napoli created continuous threats at the beginning. Real Madrid did not shoot the first shot until the fifteenth minute, which reflected the differences in the starting tactics of the two teams.

It can be said that Real Madrid missed the opportunity.

But this is not the point, because it is normal to come from behind.

"We must reverse this situation in the second half, we need to regain the rhythm of the game and regain control of the ball rights." Zidane said with great confidence. This is the team's second half strategy.

As for how to do this, a lot of game details are required, especially local tactics.

"I think Napoli in Sarri seems to be playing through the pass, but in fact it is not. Their players are not able to play skillful pass, and the one who really sees his skills is Hamsik's assist. The timing of the pass is just right, and he passes straight behind him, catching us off guard."

"But most of the time, due to the limitations of the players' technical ability, Napoli wants to maintain their pass and control style. In order to ensure the accuracy of passing and receiving, they do not want to concede too many goals, so their players' positions are relatively compact, and they rarely directly drive their feet from the backcourt to the frontcourt. This is a place that can be used."

As a forward, Yang Yang's goal against Napoli in the middle and backcourt was the most direct observation because he was the first to bear the brunt.

"You mean" Zidane's eyes lit up, "In the second half, we will strengthen the pressing in the midfield?"

"That's right, just press it up and rob them to death!" Yang Yang smiled confidently.

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but laugh.

Yang Yang can always bring confidence to the players and coaching staff, whether it is his confidence or his analysis.

The second half started again, and the two teams changed sides and fought again.

Real Madrid decisively changed the tactical style of the first half, and the whole team pushed forward from the beginning, especially Yang Yang and Suarez, who almost both of them were tightly entangled in Naples's defense.

In this game, Real Madrid adopted a four-four-two formation, and the midfield and defense line also pressed forward, which immediately put pressure on Naples' passes and receiving.

As it turns out, Yang Yang's observation in the first half was correct.

As a Serie A team, Napoli's pass and ball control skills are not as good as those of La Liga, especially in front of Real Madrid, which is even more amazing.

When Real Madrid reacted, readjusted their tactics and began to impose pressure and pressurize in the middle and frontcourt, Napoli's defense line suddenly became disordered, and their tactics were as expected by Yang Yang, who easily refused to pass the ball in the backcourt for a long pass.

Just like Barcelona's ball-handling philosophy, the risk of long passes is too high.

Another point is that their players' running position is not like passing and controlling the ball, because for teams passing and controlling the ball, the players' running position is to run out of the space for receiving and passing the ball, but Napoli players are obviously not enough in terms of running position, which makes the ball holder not responding in many directions.

So Real Madrid pressed and Napoli made a mess when they shot from the backcourt.

After only ten minutes in the second half, Yang Yang realized that Sarri was actually a pseudo-controlled ball, especially in front of Real Madrid. If he wanted to control the ball and rhythm, Napoli obviously did not have enough weight.

Soon, the Serie A team's defense finally made a mistake.

Suarez blocked the forward pass of the opponent's central defender Culibali and blocked the ball towards the baseline. The Uruguayan striker quickly chased forward, and after getting the ball in front of the baseline, he quickly turned around to protect the ball and knocked back in time.

In the right corner of the penalty area, Kavajal quickly inserted it. After receiving the ball, he rubbed a pass in the right corner.

The ball crossed most of the penalty area and quickly landed on the left side of the front of the small penalty area. Yang Yang rushed from the outside of the large penalty area and jumped high when he assisted to the front of the small penalty area. He headed the ball from close range before Albiol.

After the ball hit Yang Yang's forehead, it changed direction and crashed into the goal of Naples at an extremely fast speed.

"!!!!!!"

“Two to one!”

"Yang Yang won another goal for Real Madrid in the 57th minute of the second half and reversed the score."

"Napoli's mistake in the backcourt gave Real Madrid a chance to counterattack on the frontcourt. This was a very serious defense line mistake."

"It's obvious that Real Madrid strengthened the pressing and pressure on Napoli in the second half, which led to frequent mistakes in the backcourt shots, while Real Madrid seized an opportunity to reverse the score."

"The current situation is very unfavorable to Napoli, because if they want to equalize the score, they must take the initiative to attack and strive for more goals. The two away goals are also a very good advantage for Real Madrid."
Chapter completed!