First defeat of the 1342 season
Since FIFA issued a transfer ban, it has caused panic among Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid. Then Real Madrid took the lead in attacking and appealing, demanding FIFA withdraw the transfer ban. Although FIFA did not respond immediately, all media and fans basically guessed that it was basically impossible to cancel the ban.
In the last few days of the winter break transfer market, European football was full of news of Real Madrid's transfer signings.
From recalling Morata to forcing Kante and Pogba, media around the world are looking forward to the result of Real Madrid's panic signings. Even the moment before the transfer market closed, news about Real Madrid's successful signings were still everywhere in the media.
But disappointingly, in February, the transfer market was officially closed, and Real Madrid did not have any signings.
Not only did the plan to introduce Kanter and Pogba fail, but the recall of Morata failed. Real Madrid's transfer was ultimately not done during the winter break, which not only disappointed Real Madrid fans, but the media and fans around the world who were waiting to watch the fun felt disappointed.
Didn’t Real Madrid ever think about preparing for the future and preventing it?
Not to mention the media and fans outside, even many people in Real Madrid are quite worried. Only a very small number of people know that Real Madrid did not think about signing players, but they were frustrated.
Yang Yang is one of the most familiar people with the inside story.
Real Madrid tried to recall Juventus' Morata and wanted to negotiate a transfer, but Juventus refused Real Madrid's request without hesitation. Although Real Madrid can redeem Morata according to the terms of the contract, the winter break is definitely when Juventus is least willing to let go, especially when time is tight.
Pogba is not the first choice for Real Madrid to sign up, because in the midfield area, Real Madrid is full of talents, but Kante is on the contrary.
More than half a year ago, Ngolo Kante came to Leicester City from Ligue 1 Caen with a transfer fee of 8 million pounds. At that time, he was unknown and few people paid attention to it. Eight million pounds were not considered a big deal for the wealthy Premier League team.
But half a year later, Real Madrid increased the transfer fee to 30 million pounds in one go, a transfer fee of nearly 40 million euros, but it still failed to impress Leicester City to release the person.
The leader of the Premier League standings made a clear statement after several contacts with Real Madrid that he would not release people during the winter break in any case, but he did not say anything, and the possibility of selling Kanter in next summer is not ruled out.
For a team like Leicester City, Ngolo Kante is already a big Buddha they can't stand, and it's a matter of time to leave, so they are happy to see Kante sell for a good price.
Morata and Kante's introduction were frustrated, so Real Madrid lost the operating time of transfer signing during the winter break, and finally had to give up.
Zidane was also quite disappointed because he was worried that if Real Madrid's legal department failed to handle FIFA, once the summer transfer was banned, Real Madrid would likely miss Kanter and even Pogba.
Everyone knows that Kanter and Pogba are very likely to transfer this summer, and once they transfer, the next stop will basically be the giant team.
Even for Real Madrid, which is rich and powerful, it is not easy to poach from a wealthy team.
Fortunately, the legal department is quite powerful. After formally filing an appeal, it frequently went to the FIFA headquarters in Zurich to negotiate. At present, FIFA has not yet given a reply.
Without a reply, the ban will not be implemented for the time being.
According to Real Madrid's plan, if the transfer ban can be postponed to the summer transfer like Barcelona, it will undoubtedly be the best result, so the technical team led by Valdano is still in full swing to contact and operate.
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After defeating Espanyol 6-0, Real Madrid's first team failed to take a break.
The first leg of the King's Cup semi-finals was once again in the middle of the week, facing Sevilla at home.
After just kicking out a wonderful offensive feast, Real Madrid rotated again, but facing Sevilla, who was strong at home, he failed to continue his outstanding performance in the first two games.
In the 20th minute of the first half, Vitolo took advantage of Real Madrid's mistake in the defense line to score a goal for Sevilla.
Fortunately, in the 31st minute, Yang Yang equalized the score for Real Madrid. After the side change in the second half, it was another corner kick opportunity created by Yang Yang in just three minutes of the opening game. Tony Kroos assisted Ramos to head the ball, reversing for Real Madrid.
In the end, Real Madrid reversed Sevilla 2-1 at home.
The game was won, but the process was very dangerous, especially Real Madrid's overall performance was still unsatisfactory.
Some media accused Real Madrid of being too strong in rotation and not continuing the lineup of Atletico Madrid and Espanyol in the previous two games, but Zidane believed that there was no unchanging tactic.
More importantly, Real Madrid is currently fighting on both the La Liga and the Copa del Rey, and then the two-line battles on both the La Liga and the Champions League. In such a intensive schedule, if there is no rotation, even if Real Madrid's lineup is strong, it will not be able to go long.
Yang Yang deeply agrees with this.
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Almost in another semi-final match with Real Madrid, Barcelona defeated Valencia seven to zero at home with Cristiano Ronaldo's big four and Messi's hat trick.
The Bat Legion was ravaged by Barcelona throughout the game and had no power to fight back. Barcelona played the most exciting offensive storm of the season, which was admirable.
But what's interesting is that Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi broke out, but Neymar is still in a downturn.
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On the weekend, in the 23rd round of La Liga, Real Madrid challenged Granada away.
When the game reached the 30th minute, Isco made a straight pass, Kavajal made a cross from the right side of the penalty area, and Suarez, who was unguarded in the middle, shot and scored a goal from the front of the small penalty area, opening the first record for Real Madrid.
But in the 60th minute of the second half, Modric was dribbling forward and almost bumped into the referee, but the ball was cut off. Granada took advantage of the situation and sent a straight pass, counterattacked, and equalized the score.
In the 85th minute, Modric made up for the pass from David Silva, and a long shot penetrated Granada's goal, surpassing the score again.
In the end, Real Madrid narrowly defeated Granada 2-1 with goals from Suarez and Modric.
Those who thought the Galaxy battleships had stabilized again because they saw that Real Madrid had won two consecutive games and had begun to worry again because they saw that Real Madrid's performance was relatively sluggish in the last two rounds.
Especially in the face of Granada, when Yang Yang rotated to back off, Real Madrid's offense did not play smoothly.
What's even more serious is that after the game against Granada, Real Madrid officially announced that the main left defender Marcelo dislocated his right shoulder when colliding with his opponent during the game, and he would be on standby for two to three weeks.
This is undoubtedly a worse injury for Real Madrid, which is in poor condition recently.
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Three days later, the second leg of the Copa del Rey semi-finals.
With the first round of victory, Zidane and Yang Yang decided to adopt a prudent tactic. In addition, Marcelo and other players were absent due to injuries and Real Madrid's poor recent conditions. In the end, Zidane and Yang Yang decided to adopt a prudent tactic.
At the beginning of the game, Sevilla took the lead in making a steal, trying to use his home advantage to win a goal. However, Real Madrid responded with a steady defense and did not miss the first move. Sevilla's attack failed to work.
On the contrary, in the 35th minute, Real Madrid made a quick counterattack. Yang Yang dribbled the ball in front and penetrated the penalty area. With the defensive attention, he decisively knocked back. Hazard followed up and pushed the shot and scored the first record for Real Madrid.
The two sides fought fiercely afterwards.
Sevilla fell behind one to three in the total score, and gave Real Madrid another away goal. They had to score two goals back and had to take the initiative, while Real Madrid was more patient in defending and counterattacking.
In the 78th minute of the second half, it was another quick counterattack from Real Madrid, but failed to pass the ball well in Sevilla's penalty area, resulting in the ball being cleared out of the penalty area.
Casemiro entered the back row and without thinking, directly shot a long shot against the ground, and cleanly penetrated Sevilla's goal, further consolidating the results for Real Madrid, 2-0, with a total score of 4-1.
Brazil's midfielder was overjoyed. He felt very sudden about his goal, but he was also very excited because of the suddenness. After all, as a midfielder, he didn't have many chances to score goals.
In the final stage of the game, Yang Yang assisted Hesse, who came on the bench, to score a goal. In the end, Real Madrid played 3-0 away, with a total score of 5-1, defeating Sevilla and successfully advanced to the King's Cup final.
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In another stadium, Barcelona had basically secured the qualification for the King's Cup final after defeating Valencia 7-0 at home in the first leg. In the away game against Mestaña Stadium and challenging Valencia, both sides shook hands and made peace. Barcelona finally advanced 8-1 with a total score.
This year's Champions League final was held at Atletico Madrid's Calderon Stadium, which happened to be a week after the final round of the La Liga and a week before the Champions League final.
This is also the two consecutive seasons between Real Madrid and Barcelona in the Copa del Rey final.
Unlike Real Madrid's recent downturn, Barcelona's condition is very outstanding, frequently creating big scores, and it seems that the team's condition has been adjusted quite well.
After playing the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey, Barcelona returned to their home court. With the double scores of Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, and the goals of Neymar and Rakitic, they defeated Vigo Celta 6-1 at home, and once again scored a hearty victory, showing excellent form.
Real Madrid faced Athletic Bilbao at home in the 24th round of La Liga. Yang Yang scored twice, James Rodriguez and Tony Cross scored one goal each, and defeated the Basque Lions four-two at home, and their performance was quite good.
But in the 15th round of La Liga in the mid-week, Real Madrid regrettably lost to Villarreal away from 0-1.
This made Real Madrid regretfully fail to expand their lead.
Chapter completed!