1658 Battle of the Young Marshals
Yang Yang's team caused an earthquake in the entire European football world after a 5-0 victory over Barcelona at home.
In two games, Real Madrid has shown strong overall strength and is very stable, whether facing domestic opponents like Barcelona, Atletico Madrid, or European powerhouses like Paris Saint-Germain and Dortmund.
After the game, Catalan media attacked Setien one after another, believing that his poor coaching was the main reason for Barcelona's two-round defeat, especially when facing Yang Yang's clumsy deployment.
"Give up the traditional 433 and the advantage of passing and controlling the ball is equivalent to suicide!"
"The main reason why Barcelona chose Setien is that he is good at passing and ball control, but when facing Real Madrid, he chose to be conservative, which made him suffer a great humiliation on the road!"
On the contrary, media such as Marca and Ass, who are close to Real Madrid, have sang praises to Yang Yang's Real Madrid, believing that the team's performance throughout the season is very stable, just like Yang Yang's football style.
"Real Madrid coached by Yang Yang is like him playing football, and he is always reliable at critical moments!"
“He never disappoints!”
In Europe, many media such as German Photos, French Team and Italian Milan Sports were also surprised by Real Madrid's performance this season, saying that after the Bernabeu defeated Barcelona five to zero, there was no suspense in the title of La Liga this season, and Real Madrid has won the championship ahead of schedule.
"Real Madrid is ahead, Barcelona is significantly behind, and Atletico Madrid ranks sixth in the league. At least from the moment, no team has the strength to challenge Real Madrid, and the La Liga championship has steadily fallen into Yang Yang's hands."
Not only La Liga, but the British Times analyzed that Real Madrid faces a very interesting situation this season.
With La Liga early in setting an advantage, the Copa del Rey is basically Yang Yang's possession.
Because among the four teams that have reached the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey, there is no suspense that Real Madrid defeated Milandis to enter the finals. It is difficult for the winners of Athletic Bilbao and Granada to challenge Real Madrid, so the Copa del Rey is actually almost in the hands of Yang Yang.
"That is to say, this season has just entered March, but Real Madrid has won two championships in La Liga and the Copa del Rey in advance!"
This made the Times amazed at Yang Yang's coaching. They believed that this was not just luck, but more importantly, Yang Yang integrated the team's strength, and Real Madrid's large investment.
"But you have to know that among the players Real Madrid spends a lot of money to introduce, Frankie Dejong, Militon, Jovic and De Rigt, who are currently making outstanding contributions to the first team, are all trained by Yang Yang."
The Times believes that Yang Yang is now facing an excellent god-given opportunity, that is, the Triple Crown!
"Zidane won the triple-champion in his first season, but everyone knows that it is based on the dynasty foundation created by Benitez and Ancelotti. However, Yang Yang helped Ajax create a miraculous triple-champion in the first two seasons of coaching. If he is ordered to win the triple-champion this season, he will become the most legendary coach in the world football history!"
But the Times also reminded Yang Yang and Real Madrid that it is not easy for them to win in the Champions League.
"Manchester City has been punished by UEFA this season and will miss European competitions in the next two seasons, which makes Guardiola and his team have to give it a try this season and do their best to compete for the Champions League."
"There are also teams such as Bayern Munich, Juventus and Liverpool who have performed well this season, who are fully capable of competing with Real Madrid. As long as Yang Yang and Real Madrid are not careful, they may miss an excellent opportunity!"
But at the end of the article, the Times still expressed his affirmation of Yang Yang, believing that Yang Yang never disappointed people at critical moments.
Sure enough, Yang Yang proved this again in the second leg of the subsequent Cup of del Rey semi-finals.
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Three days after playing Barcelona, Real Madrid challenged Milandis away.
Yang Yang rotated eleven players, all of whom played on the bench and substitute lineup.
Real Madrid did not play well away, with too much rotation and poor venue conditions, but with the goal of Rodrigo and Asensio, they still defeated Milandis away from home and successfully reached the final of the Copa del Rey with goals from Rodrigo and Asensio.
In another semi-final, Athletic Bilbao lost 1-2 away with a 1-0 home win, but still managed to advance to the King's Cup final with a away goal and encountered Real Madrid.
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Back in La Liga, the 27th round of the game was in, and Real Madrid challenged Real Betis away.
Just six minutes into the opening game, former Real Madrid player Canales scored his first record for Real Betis.
This Spanish player, who was once very optimistic about by Yang Yang, but failed to meet expectations due to injury and was eventually forced to leave Real Madrid, performed very dazzlingly in the game against his old club.
Just three minutes later, Hazard assisted Frankie DeJong to tie the score.
After that, both teams had offense and defense. Real Madrid was adjusting their state to prepare for the Champions League in the middle of the week. Real Betis made a try. Both sides' attitudes towards the game were not at the same level. Real Betis, led by Feikir, frequently created threats on the attacking lineup.
But in the second half, Real Madrid launched a snatch. First Hazard assisted Kante to score a goal, and then Hazard assisted Dricht to score a goal, which eventually helped Real Madrid reverse Real Betis three-to-one.
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In the middle of the week, Real Madrid faced Dortmund in the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals.
When he had already defeated his opponent four to zero in the first round, when he returned to the Bernabeu, Real Madrid still steadily controlled the pass and ball, pressing and oppressing the opponent at high positions, and striving for a battle, and did not give Dortmund any chance to counterattack.
As early as the first half, Mbappe assisted Hazard in the 28th minute to score a goal. Then Jovic assisted Felan Mendy to win another goal, and the victory was established in the first half, taking the lead for the 2-0 temporary lead.
The total score reached 6 to 0, and Dortmund completely lost the fighting spirit to counterattack.
The second half was like a formality, and neither side could create another opportunity.
Dortmund once tried to counterattack and scored a goal, but with Emre Jan's red card, he was unable to turn the situation around in the end and had to lose regretfully.
Real Madrid defeated Dortmund 6-0 at home and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals.
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In another game, Ajax encountered Atletico Madrid.
The first leg of both sides was held at Wanda Metropolitan Stadium. Ajax sent all his main players, but he lost 0-1 away.
The Eredivisie team's possession rate was as high as 72% throughout the game, but they were blocked by Atletico Madrid and shot directly. Simeone's team did a very good job in this regard, which made Tenhager's team feel very desperate.
But after returning to Amsterdam, Ajax launched a crazy offensive and scored thirty-four shots in the ninety-minute game, refreshing everyone's impression and shocking the entire European football world.
At the Cruyff Stadium, Ajax reversed Atletico Madrid four-to-zero with Haaland's double score, goals from Van der Beck and Joe, and finally reversed the sheets team with a total score of 4-1 and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals.
This game also gave the entire European football world a further understanding of Ajax's young guards.
Young players such as Haaland, Sancho, Van der Beck, Ashraf, Odgao, and Joe are gradually gaining fame.
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After eight knockout matches, UEFA held a draw for the quarterfinals.
Real Madrid was lucky this time and won the Bundesliga Red Bull.
In the quarterfinals of 16 knockout match, this team defeated Tottenham Hotspur four-zero in two rounds and advanced to the quarterfinals. They are very strong, but there is still a relatively obvious gap compared to Real Madrid.
The outside world has basically concluded that Real Madrid is very likely to advance to the semi-finals.
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On the weekend, in the 28th round of La Liga, Real Madrid faced Eibar at home.
From the beginning, Real Madrid completely gained the advantage on the field and completely captured Eibar's goal with a crazy offensive.
First, Tony Kroos assisted Mbappe to score, then Casemiro assisted Hazard to score, and then Mbappe scored another goal, leading three to zero as early as the first half.
After the side change in the second half, De Bruyne and Jovic each scored one goal.
In the end, Real Madrid defeated Eibar five-0 at home.
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A week later, in the 29th round of La Liga, Real Madrid faced Valencia at home.
Just two minutes into the game, Frankie De Jong helped Vinicius break through Valencia's goal with a wonderful assist. Five minutes later, Vinicius returned the favor and Frankie De Jong scored a goal.
In less than ten minutes, Real Madrid was already leading by two goals.
Although Valencia quickly scored a goal, in the second half, De Rigt scored a goal first, and then Suarez scored twice. In the end, Real Madrid defeated Valencia five-1 at home and scored another three-pointer!
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On April 4th, in the 30th round of La Liga, Real Madrid challenged Real Sociedad, the third-ranked Real Sociedad away.
Influenced by the mid-week Champions League, Real Madrid rotated, but conceded a goal in the first half.
But after the side change in the second half, Yang Yang decisively made a substitution adjustment and quickly scored two goals in a row.
In the end, he reversed Real Sociedad 2-1 and scored three points without any danger.
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In the middle of the week, Real Madrid challenged Red Bull Leipzig in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals away.
This is a game that has attracted much attention from all over the world, because both Yang Yang and Nagelsmann are very young.
Yang Yang was only 33 years old, and Nagelsmann was not 33 until late July.
This kind of showdown between two young head coaches is extremely rare in European football and even in world football.
Before the game, both Yang Yang and Nagelsman gave the opponent a very high evaluation, but in the game, no one would easily stop.
One to three!
This is the final result of the game.
Real Madrid scored one goal in the first half. After the side change and then the match in the second half, Jovic won another goal, while Red Bull Leipzig scored one goal until the 83rd minute, saving his face.
Real Madrid won the opponent 3-1 away and basically advanced early!
Chapter completed!