Van Gaal did not agree to Yang Yang's invitation on the spot. Yang Yang was prepared for this and did not care.

He is Manchester United's head coach. He will not easily make promises to others before the cooperation with Manchester has expired.

However, Yang Yang is confident that if Van Gaal resigns from Manchester United this summer, as long as the upstream teams in the four major leagues send him an invitation, he will choose to return to Ajax.

After all, he is already sixty-five years old.

When a person reaches a certain age, many things can no longer be done, this is true for playing football and coaching.

Seeing Van Gaal again, after a detailed discussion, Yang Yang clearly noticed Van Gaal's aging.

He was young and strong more than ten years ago, but he was only hit hard, so he was able to make a comeback through Alkmaer, but now he is 65 years old and has long passed that age.

Returning to the familiar Netherlands, back to the familiar Ajax, back to the familiar position of technical director, is very suitable for him.

After staying at Van Gaal's house for a day, Yang Yang returned to Madrid from Manchester that night.

Real Madrid's next opponent is Barcelona!

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The La Liga has long lost its suspense, and it is an indisputable fact that Real Madrid won the championship, but Barcelona still wants to break the unfavorable record against Real Madrid in the past few years, and Enrique also shouted the slogan of fighting for dignity early on.

It's also interesting to say that both La Liga Century Derby this season were arranged after the national team game.

The first game is the twelve rounds, which is exactly the first game after the national team match day in November. Now the 31st round is just after the national team match day in March. This is a very hard challenge for Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​which have many national players.

As we all know, the international players have played in the national team for two games, and then traveled a long distance to return to the club, which is a very questionable thing.

But there is no way, the schedule is arranged like this, and Real Madrid has no right to interfere with the arrangement of the national team head coaches, especially now that all national teams are preparing for the World Cup or European Cup, the national team coach is under great pressure.

Among them, especially the international players in South America are under the greatest pressure.

South America ushered in two World Cup qualifiers in March, including Brazil's focus match against Uruguay.

International players such as Suarez, James Rodriguez, Mascherano and Di Maria all played two games in a row. Real Madrid's right back Danilo was selected for the Brazilian national team, but he did not play in the game. He became more of a substitute. Instead, Barcelona's right back Alves played two games.

Left-back Marcelo is not favored by Brazilian national team coach Dunga, who did not even recruit Marcelo in good shape, which caused controversial news.

When Dunga was interviewed by the media and explained why Marcelo was not recruited, she said that the national team doctor and Real Madrid team doctor communicated, believing that Marcelo had been suffering from injuries, so the national team decided to let Marcelo rest.

But Marcelo himself was angry about this and indirectly refuted Dunga's statement through the media.

Marca revealed that the Brazilian national team had not had any communication with Real Madrid, nor had any contact with Marcelo himself. Dunga's remarks were just to divert conflicts and transfer the dissatisfaction of Brazilian domestic fans to Marcelo.

Because in two games in March, Brazil drew Uruguay 2-2 at home, and then drew Paraguay 2-2 away, and encountered two consecutive draws, which made Brazilian domestic fans very dissatisfied. Many people accused Dunga of not recruiting Marcelo, who was in a hot state, and Dunga's remarks were undoubtedly diverting the contradictions.

After the Spanish media counterattacked, Brazilian national team doctor Grimarti also publicly accepted media interviews. On the one hand, he said that he was very busy and had no time to pay attention to the outside world's statements, but he did not explain it clearly in the interview, but instead implied that Real Madrid forced Marcelo to prepare for the national derby in Barcelona.

When the war ignited Real Madrid, head coach Zidane immediately stood up to support Marcelo and publicly criticized the Brazilian national team doctor Grimarti, saying that no member of the Brazilian national team had contacted Real Madrid from beginning to end.

"They said there were chat records of communicating with our team doctor, but as far as I know, there seems to be no such thing. Maybe they can publish it and see what's going on." Zidane was also a little angry.

As the head coach, he must protect his players.

In the end, the matter gradually became in silence of the Brazilian national team and finally calmed down.

However, the conflict between Marcelo and Dunga has always appeared frequently. The main problem is that Dunga accused Marcelo of disregarding the interests of the Brazilian national team for the benefit of Real Madrid and even doing nothing to deceive the injury.

And this conflict undoubtedly reveals this contradiction again in front of the media and fans.

When the interests of the national team and the club conflict, whose interests should the players take first?

This is an eternal problem in the football world.

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On the evening of April 2, Barcelona Camp Nou Stadium.

In the 31st round of La Liga, Real Madrid challenged Barcelona away.

Real Madrid once again lined up the 433 formation, with goalkeeper Courtois, Marcelo, Fermuren, Xavi Martinez and Danilo in the back, Casemiro behind the midfield, Tony Cross and De Bruyne in the center, Isco and Vasquez on both wings of the frontcourt, and Yang Yang in the single striker.

All international players who played the main players in the national team were once again excluded from the lineup, including Suarez, Modric, David Silva and other players sitting on the bench.

Yang Yang and Zidane's strategy is very clear, that is, to choose the best, most guaranteed player and the most physical fitness to face Barcelona, ​​because it will inevitably be a bloody battle at the Camp Nou Stadium.

Barcelona sent all their main players to play, with goalkeeper Bravo, defense lineups Alba, Mathieu, Pique and Alves, midfielders Iniesta, Busquets and Turan, front courts Neymar, Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi.

Luis Enrique took another chance in this crucial game and chose Turan instead of Rakitic. Obviously, he hoped to use Turan's technology to help Barcelona better control the game and the ball rights.

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At the beginning of the game, both sides fought fiercely.

Barcelona's pass and receiving speed is not fast, on the one hand because of Real Madrid's active pressing, and on the other hand because of the new player Tulan, the addition of Iniesta and Busquets need to slow down the pass speed and allow Tulan to adapt to Barcelona's pass control.

Another purpose of slowing down the speed of passes and receiving is to seduce Real Madrid to take the initiative to push forward, which is Barcelona's favorite.

Real Madrid seems to be tit-for-tat 433, but in fact, both Isco and Vasquez retreated deeply, looking like two wing forwards, so the formation adopted by Real Madrid is more like 4141.

What is different from the first leg of the two sides is that whether it is Zidane or Yang Yang, they have a clearer understanding of the tactical execution of Real Madrid players and the team's strength, and are more confident.

When playing against Barcelona away, defense is definitely the first priority. How to curb Barcelona's pass and control is the key.

The strategy adopted by Real Madrid in this game was to press forward in Barcelona's halftime, but once the press forward was invalid or the ball crossed the center line, he immediately retreated in the frontcourt, and Isco and Vosques took the initiative to retreat to the midfield to assist in defense of the two wings.

Tony Cross is still responsible for suppressing Busquets, and Yang Yang is also actively running and supporting him in the frontcourt.

Casemiro is guarding the front of the defense line throughout the game, and he is the key to Real Madrid's midfield defense.

Unlike the first leg game, Messi won this time. A very important task for Casemiro is to freeze Messi and seize this gap between the midfield and the defense.

While all the internationals were fighting for the country, Casemiro had not been called by the Brazilian national team for a long time. Dunga would rather choose Gustavo, who played for Wolfsburg, or even Augusto, who played for the Chinese Super League, to partner with Fernandinho of Manchester City, than to call Casemiro.

This made Brazil's back restless.

Before the game, Yang Yang and Zidane both concluded that if there is anyone in Real Madrid who is most eager to show and prove himself in the century derby, the person who is most urgent must be Casemiro, because he is eager to enter the Brazilian national team.

And it turns out that Casemiro did perform quite well.

The Brazilian midfielder, who is 1.85 meters tall, has a pair of long legs. When facing the flexible Messi, his interception and physical confrontation are crucial. He not only steals and interceptions in his position, but also actively expands his range of activities to fill in for two full-backs, Marcelo and Danilo who are in the attack.

By firmly locking the gap between the midfield and the back line, Casemiro helped Real Madrid not only withstand the attack from Barcelona, ​​but also freeze the threat from Barcelona, ​​building an unbreakable barrier almost in front of the defense line, bringing balance to the team.

Many Barcelona players, including Messi, have suffered losses in front of Casemiro.

Casemiro's existence allowed Real Madrid to gain a firm foothold in Camp Nou, and also liberated other players.

Real Madrid's wings were alive, and Tony Cross and De Bruyne had no worries. Marcelo and Danilo both took the opportunity and actively moved forward, which made Real Madrid's counterattack exciting.

Barcelona controls the ball, but fails to control the game.

In the first half, the two sides fought back and forth, but in the end, no one scored a goal.

But in the second half, as the game progressed, Real Madrid gradually accelerated the pace of the game, which made many Barcelona players unable to keep up with the physical fitness, especially after entering the sixty minutes.

This is a strategy that Yang Yang and Zidane had formulated before the game. Because Barcelona's bench is not strong, the players traveled too far and consumed too much. Once they entered the last thirty minutes of the game, they would suffer physically.

In the 68th minute, Vasquez counterattacked to the frontcourt and knocked back from the right side of the penalty area. De Bruyne made a diagonal pass and sent it to the penalty spot. Yang Yang inserted it and directly took off the kick. The ball hit Pique, who returned to defense in time, almost forming an own goal. He went out of the baseline and Real Madrid's corner kick.
Chapter completed!