Due to the World Cup, another 33rd round of La Liga match was held in the middle of the week.

Real Madrid faces Athletic Bilbao at home.

Yang Yang played this time, and in the ninth minute, he received a cross from Carvajal on the right, headed the ball in front of the goal, opening the first record for Real Madrid, scoring his 45th La Liga goal this season.

This goal allowed Yang Yang to tie his league goal record last season.

Anyone can see that Real Madrid's performance this season has declined significantly compared to previous seasons, especially Yang Yang, but in the second half, Yang Yang burst into an amazing state, constantly reaping goals on all fronts, leading Real Madrid to soar.

Whether it is the Champions League match against Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus, or the league table reversal of Barcelona, ​​Yang Yang can be said to have made great contributions. The media and fans are very clear that without Yang Yang's outbreak, Real Madrid in the second half would not be able to achieve their current results no matter what.

In the 14th minute, Cordoba made a straight pass, and Williams scored a single shot from the right side of the penalty area, equalizing the score for Athletic Bilbao.

But before the first half was about to end, Vasquez made a continuous fake move on the right side of the penalty area to deceive the defender and then made a cross. Yang Yang in the small penalty area took the lead under the opponent's close control and sent the ball into the goal, two-to-one!

Scoring twice!

Yang Yang scored his 46th goal in La Liga this season, surpassing last season!

In order to keep the strength of the weekend's Cup of Rey final, Yang Yang was replaced.

In the end, Real Madrid narrowly defeated Athletic Bilbao with Yang Yang's double score.

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Barcelona is also keeping their strength in the Copa del Rey final, and eventually drew Vigo Celta 2-2 away.

This draw widened the gap between Barcelona and Real Madrid to six points.

With only five rounds left in the league, falling behind by six points is undoubtedly a very painful thing for Barcelona.

But there is no way. He was originally four points behind and there was little hope of reversing Real Madrid, but for the weekend's Spanish Cup final, Valverde had to hide the main players such as Messi. In addition, Vigo Celta has always been a nightmare for Barcelona away games, and it was good that he could escape 2-2.

After getting a draw and being further widened by Real Madrid, the Catalan media was very dissatisfied with Barcelona's performance.

This season is Barcelona reaching the Copa del Rey final for four consecutive seasons, but they lost to Real Madrid in the first four times without exception.

This time, after drawing with Vigo Celta, Valverde said that he was preparing for the final of the Copa del Rey, while the media and fans called for Barcelona to take advantage of Real Madrid's decline this season to win a championship.

The Champions League was tragically reversed by Roma and the league was tragically reversed by Real Madrid. If he even lost the Copa del Rey, then Barcelona would once again be empty-handed, especially in succession of reversals, which would have a huge blow to the team.

Invisibly, this also brought pressure to Barcelona.

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There is a saying that is right: a football match is often decided before the game.

This applies to the Copa del Rey final at the Madrid Wanda Metropolitan Stadium on the evening of April 21, and will likely apply to the 36th round of the century derby at the Camp Nou.

The Champions League was tragically reversed by Roma, which hit Barcelona very hard. Afterwards, the draw with Vigo Celta further exacerbated Barcelona's bad situation, which forced Barcelona to perform in the Copa del Rey final and achieve results.

Real Madrid is very familiar with Barcelona's mentality and also clearly knows what Barcelona wants to do.

The excellent bench lineup gives Real Madrid enough rotation opportunities, which allows Real Madrid players to accumulate strength.

In this game, Real Madrid still ranked in the 4312 formation. Tony Kroos, Casemiro and Modric have three midfielders, plus the trident combination of Hazard, Yang Yang and Suarez, which makes people see Real Madrid attach importance to this final.

More importantly, at the beginning of the game, when Barcelona tried to control the ball and the rhythm, Real Madrid decisively pushed forward and directly entered the fast pace of pressing at high positions.

Yang Yang, Suarez and Hazard had very consistent paces. Their pressing and oppression against Barcelona's Busquets and the defense line was also very effective, and they were the first to disrupt Barcelona's pass and control.

Despite losing to Roma 0-3 away, Valverde still insisted on his 442.

The defense line is basically not a big problem, Alba, Umtiti, Pique and Roberto, the midfielder is Iniesta, Busquets, Rakitic and Coutinho, and the frontcourt is a combination of Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi.

Valverde did not choose Paulinho, which is somewhat puzzling.

Perhaps, he had never trusted Paulinho, or he joined the strong aid Coutinho during the winter break, snatched Paulinho's main position, but one thing is certain that Paulinho, who played in the first half of the game, was sent to the bench in the second half.

Facing Real Madrid again, Barcelona wanted to play a pass and control the ball, but Real Madrid drew on the previous tactics of Roma's home game against Barcelona and directly pressed at high positions. The trident in the front court took the initiative to put in the pressure.

If the frontcourt pressing fails to grab the ball, Real Madrid will take the initiative to retreat to near the center line, but the frontcourt trident still stands against Barcelona's defense line and Busquets's drag, which makes Barcelona play very differently.

In the 14th minute, Real Madrid's front court press failed and Barcelona quickly passed to the near midfield. Real Madrid was led by a trident, and Suarez and Hazard, who were retreating, actively returned to defense and organized a second line of defense in the midfield.

Coutinho has obviously not integrated into Barcelona's lineup. Iniesta is old, and Rakitic and Busquets are no longer as brave as they were before. This has caused Barcelona midfielders to make frequent mistakes in the face of Real Madrid's defensive formation.

It was after a steal from Coutinho that Modric gave a long pass over the top and accurately sent the ball to the front of the penalty area.

Yang Yang quickly stepped forward and took Pique. The two arrived at the top of the penalty area almost at the same time, but Pique was blocked by Yang Yang.

Umtiti tried hard to chase back, trying to kick the ball away from the top of the penalty area, but Yang Yang took the lead and picked the ball into the penalty area, turned around and chased after him.

Pique got the lead at the start and was kept behind by Yang Yang and did not dare to foul, especially after Yang Yang picked the ball into the penalty area, Pique became even more passive.

His original idea was to attack Yang Yang with Umtiti and block his shooting angle, but he didn't expect Umtiti to shoot rashly. What's more, he didn't grab the ball after making a shot!

Umtiti missed the best opportunity to block Yang Yang without grabbing the ball.

Yang Yang calmly seized the opportunity, picked the ball into the penalty area, and quickly chased after it, and kept shooting the ball.

Goalkeeper Ter Stegen reacted quickly and tried to block the ball, but the ball eventually slid past his toes, hit the inside of the left post on the goal, and rolled into Barcelona's goal.

"goallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!!!!"

"In the fifteenth minute, Yang Yang scored a goal for Real Madrid, a very beautiful solo performance."

"Umtiti was still a little rash, but more importantly, Yang Yang was as calm as ever in handling it. Every move he made was like a textbook, and he never made even a slight mistake."

"Sometimes we even doubt that he is a robot that pre-written the program?"

Yang Yang was not very excited after scoring the goal.

For him, breaking the goal of Barcelona is not something that is exciting, because the same thing has been happening to him all the time over the past decade, and he has even become a little numb.

This is a very good opportunity because Barcelona's defense is a bit too high.

It is obvious that the Barcelona players are anxious.

If his speed had not slowed down, Pique would have been unable to stop him at all, and he would have been alone long ago.

But the hero doesn't mention his courage back then. Now that he is old and slower, he will naturally be entangled by Pique.

Fortunately, Yang Yang knew too well how to deal with Pike and too well what Pike thought.

To a certain extent, Pique's mentality is the mentality of Barcelona today.

They want to win, and they are even a little anxious, but they are afraid of losing, because they have never used any hand to defeat Real Madrid in the past so many years.

But sometimes it is like this. The more anxious you are to win, the more afraid you are to lose, the more likely you make mistakes on the court.

Even many mistakes that would not happen in normal games have occurred.

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For Real Madrid, playing against Barcelona is already so familiar that it is no longer familiar.

After scoring one goal, Real Madrid was fully confident that they would score the second goal or even the third goal through high-pressure pressure.

But unfortunately, three days later, Real Madrid will be away from Allianz Stadium and challenge Bayern Munich.

High-level pressing consumes a lot of physical energy for players, so after Real Madrid scored a goal, pressed for another time, which shook Barcelona's spirit and gradually returned to its normal position, mainly defending from the center line to the 30-meter area of ​​the team.

Barcelona obviously learned from the previous lessons of playing against Roma. At that time, they fought with Roma head-on, but they were beaten terrible. But one thing is that Real Madrid is different from Roma. Yang Yang and Suarez's scoring ability determines that Real Madrid will not miss opportunities frequently like Roma.

Therefore, after conceding a goal, Barcelona gradually stabilized their position and tried to control the ball and rhythm.

By the time they achieve their tactical goals, the first half will be over.

In the second half, Real Madrid changed into a 442-team, and Zidane replaced Hazard with Asensio in the midfield.

Both sides were 442, with a stunning gaze against Mai Mang, Real Madrid sought stability, Barcelona controlled the ball but did not dare to make a rash move, and the two sides began to fall into a stalemate.

In the end, he played in a relatively embarrassing second half, especially after 70 minutes, Zidane replaced Vasquez and Nacho one after another, both of whom strengthened the team's defense.

Barcelona only launched a crazy attack in the last ten minutes of the game, and even replaced Dembele to strengthen the offense in the frontcourt, but in the end it failed to break through Real Madrid's goal.

Yang Yang played the whole game, but he played leisurely in the second half, mainly playing tactical deterrence.
Chapter completed!