Benitez is a very organized head coach, and even to some extent stereotyped.

For example, on the morning of each match day, a tactical meeting will be arranged.

Liverpool arrived in Madrid the day before the game. The temperature in the Iberian Peninsula is much warmer than that in northern Britain. This sudden temperature difference makes many players not particularly adaptable, and they may even fall ill at any time if they are not careful.

However, Liverpool is a team that is experienced and most of the players in the team are experienced. In the past few years, they have long fought back and forth in various parts of Europe and have long had their own set of solutions for away games.

This is the difference between a mature team and a young player.

On the morning of the game day, Benitez held a tactical meeting in the hotel, as before, focusing on discussing the tactics against Real Madrid, but mainly explaining his own ideas and frameworks. The specific details will be announced in the locker room before the game. This is also Benitez's usual approach.

In his words, he was afraid that the players would leak it out accidentally.

But one thing is very clear, that is, in this game, the key to Liverpool's victory will fall on Yang Yang.

The Reds are hailed as Yang Yang's team alone. This is not an exaggeration from the outside world. Even the team has agreed to this statement. Now, Crouch and Gerrard have been injured one after another, and the Liverpool captain can only play as a substitute in this game, and Yang Yang's responsibility will be heavier.

After finally finishing the meeting, everyone stood up one after another.

Captain Gerald also walked to Yang Yang and patted Yang Yang on the shoulder hard, "This game depends entirely on you!"

Team doctor Mark Waller did not give Gerald a green light to his last game, and he barely agreed to let him on the roster. However, Gerald, as the team's spiritual leader and captain, could still play some role if he could not start the situation.

What's more, if Crouch is not around, Yang Yang will become the target of Real Madrid's focus on defense. Once Yang Yang cannot break free from Real Madrid's cage, then Gerald can appropriately share Yang Yang's defensive pressure after he comes on the court.

Anyway, Gerald is also a world-class midfielder.

"Don't worry, I'm here." Yang Yang replied with a smile.

"Your legs are fine?" Gerald asked with concern.

"A minor injury, if it weren't for Mark, I would have been able to get on Manchester City."

Yang Yang's ankle is indeed nothing serious. After all, after playing professional football for so many years, he has learned how to protect himself.

Gerald was silent, saying nothing, but just looked at Yang Yang deeply.

Others may not know, but as Liverpool's captain, he knew very well that this would be Yang Yang's last season with the team, and he could also clearly feel that Yang Yang liked Liverpool from the bottom of his heart and wanted to leave something for this city, this team, and this group of fans.

Therefore, this season, Yang Yang has always been in very good shape and has been training extremely hard.

There are some things that needless to say, and they all know each other's mind.

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Unlike usual, after the tactical meeting, Benitez did not allow the players to move freely in the hotel, but instead organized the players to go out and take a walk around the hotel.

Benitez is a native of Madrid, and, in his words, it is a very suitable city for walking.

I don’t know if it was because he returned to his hometown, or if he wanted the players to relieve their emotions, relax and drive away the tension before the competition, but the serious and taciturn Spanish, who was usually serious and taciturn, became a bit chatty.

It was a bright spring morning and the weather in Madrid was really much better than that in Britain.

At least, it is rare to see such good weather as the morning in the UK a few times a year.

Benitez took the players to stroll through the streets and alleys near the hotel, strolling and strolling, and occasionally introducing the surrounding buildings and famous landmarks leading to nearby roads.

From the Spanish Palace to the Prado Museum, from Piazza Pierre to the Statue of Harvest, from Calderon to Bernabeu…

Benitez obviously knew this city well, so that at this moment, the players in Liverpool suddenly realized that he was really a Madrid native, born and raised and integrated into his bloodline.

He debuted in Real Madrid and his coaching career also debuted in Real Madrid. Maybe his pursuit in this life is the distant and out of reach of the Bernabeu Stadium.

In Madrid, meeting stars is not uncommon.

There are several professional teams here, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Getafe, Vallecano...

Especially with the era of Florentino's Galaxy Battleship, meeting world-class superstars on the streets of Madrid is no longer new, and it has even become a topic of conversation that all Madrid people are proud of.

So when the residents of Madrid saw Liverpool players in casual clothes walking the streets of Madrid, they were not surprised, and they were not even at all hostile because of the upcoming decisive battle.

The team staff opened the way in front to prevent fans from rushing into the team, and refused all requests for autographs and taking photos. The fans were also very self-disciplined, just watching or taking photos from a distance, and no one would come forward.

From time to time, people shouted in the crowd to cheer for Liverpool’s game tonight, but few would wish them a victory.

Yang Yang is Liverpool's number one star and is also the one with the most popular fans.

At first, I didn’t feel anything, but as more and more people heard the wind around, people began to shout slogans such as “Welcome to you by the Bernabeu”, hoping that Yang Yang could join Real Madrid.

This made Yang Yang, who was walking among the players, somewhat embarrassed and could only smile.

Perhaps because I saw more and more people gathering around me, I was afraid of something wrong, or maybe it was almost time, Benitez led the team around and returned to the hotel and started lunch.

The players then got two hours of rest.

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Just after returning to the room, Yang Yang turned on his phone, he found that there were many text messages.

There are both pre-match blessings from relatives and friends, as well as Su Ye’s concerns, and one of them comes from Florentino.

"Welcome to Madrid! I hope to see your best performance tonight!"

After reading the text message, Yang Yang smiled. It was obvious that the incident of Benitez leading the team to stroll on the streets of Madrid had already spread. The news that Florentino received immediately showed the connections of this Spanish business tycoon here.

"Thank you! I will do my best!" Yang Yang replied.

"This is a beautiful city, I hope you can leave wonderful memories here!" Florentino replied quickly.

This is a reply with a pun. Yang Yang naturally knew that he might not be wishing him to win tonight. After all, Florentino is also a die-hard fan of Real Madrid, so he probably is looking forward to the future.

"I hope so too." Yang Yang replied briefly.

He has lived in the southern part of China since he was a child. Although he adapted to the climate of the Netherlands and Britain, he really didn't like it. On the contrary, although he didn't go to Spain many times, he liked the climate here even more.

Of course, what is more important is your own career development.

But these are things that need to be considered in the future. The most important thing now is tonight's game.

Before the game, Spanish media described Juande Ramos' Real Madrid as an invincible lion.

On the front line, they have the strong and fast Higuain. This Argentine striker who is the same age as Yang Yang has a very strong ability to seize opportunities. He is the number one scorer in Real Madrid this season and should not be underestimated.

There is also Raul. After the Real Madrid captain returned to the front line, he performed well, especially in the Champions League. Raul is the player with the most goals in the Champions League among the active players, while Yang Yang chased him fiercely after Raul, which to some extent is their competition.

There is also Robben on the wing. The winger performed very well at Chelsea and was also good after coming to Real Madrid. But now he is more playing on the right side, and his cutting inward on the right is quite threatening.

On the contrary, Yang Yang's close friend Sneed was in a downturn due to his previous divorce and could no longer play as the main player.

Las Diyala and Gago serve as Real Madrid's midfielder double midfielder, and both of them are also very strong.

The defense line is led by world footballer Cannavaro, with Ramos, Pepe and Heinze partnering. Such a defensive combination is second to none in the world at least in terms of the cards.

This defense line, which is known as the strongest in the Champions League, will be the challenge Yang Yang will face tonight.

Losing Crouch, the high center forward and Gerald's powerful arm help, Yang Yang must face these wolves and tigers alone.

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The competition begins at 19:45 pm.

But in fact, just after 19 o'clock, the stands at the Bernabeu Stadium were already crowded with people.

This is undoubtedly one of the most important games that Real Madrid has faced so far this season, second only to the Century Derby.

Florentino showed up in the most expensive luxury box of the Bernabeu with the group of rich and famous people from the offensive fan club. The fans at the scene all gave him warm applause. At the same time, many Real Madrid fans also played banners to welcome Yang Yang to the Bernabeu. This should be considered an invitation from Real Madrid fans to him.

The warm-up training before the game was very harmonious.

Liverpool is a team with a very deep Spanish atmosphere. The head coach is Espanyol, the core Xavi Alonso and Aveloa are also Espanyols. Heinze, Robben and Las Diarra in Real Madrid have played in the Premier League before and are very familiar with each other.

Yang Yang and Sneider, who wore Real Madrid's No. 10 jersey, are close friends, but unfortunately, the Dutch midfielder could only sit on the bench in this game, which has to be said to be a big regret.

When they met, Yang Yang also asked Sneijder about his recent situation with concern. The latter said that his private life problem had been solved, and he realized the problem, and was working hard to find opportunities. But how easy is it to return to the main force?

After the training ended, as soon as Liverpool's lineup was released, Benitez's arrangement was once again shocking.
Chapter completed!