828 The classic of five consecutive championships
After playing against Lyon, Real Madrid received praise from the outside world.
The depression that had been accumulated for six years completely broke out in this moment, forming a overwhelming momentum, rushing towards Valdebebas, located in the northeast of Madrid city, sweeping everyone from Real Madrid.
But on the afternoon of the game, before the team training, head coach Benitez and captain Raul jointly called the players to have a meeting.
The meeting even alarmed the attendance of Real Madrid chief Manuel Redondo and director Bardano.
Looking at this season, Real Madrid has had two important key nodes.
The first is the Century Derby, away against Barcelona is Real Madrid's first big test this season.
Then there is the Champions League quarterfinals.
Real Madrid never thinks that they will stop there. If Benitez cannot lead the team to advance from the group stage smoothly, he will be dismissed. As for the Copa del Rey, this game is not taken seriously.
Judging from the current situation, Real Madrid's completion rate in the first two nodes is very high.
The away game was 5-0 and the elimination of Lyon five-to-one in two rounds, all successfully completing the team's predetermined goals, and the team will take a two-line battle next.
What kind of opponents will encounter in the quarterfinals of the Champions League and what tactics they use, are still unknown.
For this line, Benitez adopted a strategy to take one step at a time and play every game seriously.
But in La Liga, Real Madrid is currently leading Barcelona by five points. With thirteen rounds left in the league, it is still very challenging for the team to maintain this lead.
It is particularly important to note that the 31st round will face Barcelona at home.
The difficulty lies in the fact that before playing Barcelona, Real Madrid will usher in the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals.
Benitez is also full of worries about this schedule. No one knows who the opponent in the quarterfinals of the Champions League will be, but one thing is certain that the game will be very difficult. It is definitely not a good thing to meet Barcelona after the quarterfinals knockout round.
"This schedule is not difficult, but it should be noted that we feel hard and Barcelona will not be able to have a good time, so the key is that in the next five rounds of the league, we need to maintain our lead over Barcelona in these five games, at least to control it to three-pointers."
The second century derby of the season will be ushered in with a three-point lead, which will give Real Madrid players a more psychological advantage.
To put it bluntly, it doesn't matter if you lose. Real Madrid is still the top spot, but if it draws or even wins, Real Madrid will further expand its lead. Conversely, if Barcelona wants to reverse in La Liga, they can only defeat Real Madrid at the Bernabeu.
When the game reaches the level of Real Madrid and Barcelona, psychological factors often become very important.
For example, in the first leg of the two sides, Real Madrid can be said to have seized the opportunity from the moment they entered the Camp Nou.
Although Real Madrid and Barcelona are outstanding in La Liga, and other teams are not big enough, but being distracted by the Champions League quarter-finals at the same time is also very stressful for Real Madrid.
The opponents in the next five games are away against Valladolid, home against Sporting Gijon, away against Getafe, home against Atletico Madrid, away against Atletico Madrid, and away against Atletico Santander.
The first two games are the most certain, because these two games are one game a week, and the opponent's strength is not strong. Real Madrid can basically defeat their opponents with stable performance, but the last three games are very challenging.
Getafe and Atletico Madrid are both derby battles, so there is no need to say much about the difficulty, especially Atletico Madrid.
Hill, former chairman of the Bedding Legion, once said that Atletico Madrid can say that all games of the entire season are enough as long as they can beat Real Madrid.
It can be seen that for Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid is always a tough bone.
Needless to say, Santander Athletics eliminated Real Madrid from the Copa del Rey, and its strength is not bad.
In contrast, although Barcelona's opponents include difficult opponents like Valencia and Athletic Bilbao, they are both at home, and Guardiola's team is still very competitive at the Camp Nou.
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After a round of in-depth and straightforward analysis by Yesterdam, everyone in the whole team clearly understood one thing, that is, the team's next challenge is still very big.
Not only the unknown opponent in the Champions League quarterfinals knockout stage, but also the mortal enemy like Atletico Madrid in the league, but also the upcoming second century derby.
Yang Yang was not surprised at all because this was the professional league.
The competition in La Liga is not very fierce, after all, the overall strength of Real Madrid and Barcelona is far ahead.
If this is thrown into the Premier League and the two-line battles, the team will face greater challenges.
Only when everyone thinks that Liverpool's four-time champion last season can be said to be a miracle.
After the coaching staff analyzed the situation, Captain Raul made a call as a player representative that all teams could withdraw from the celebration of eliminating Lyon in the Champions League and carefully see the current challenges and crises.
"As the captain of the team, I thank everyone for their efforts and sacrifices for the team, but I sincerely hope that everyone can understand that we are still quite far from success and we should not be satisfied with it."
Raul's appeal also received a warm response from the players.
As the team's number one star, Yang Yang said that he absolutely supported Raul, and said that what he said in an interview with Marca after the game was not a false statement, but a desire from the heart.
"Don't you think it's very exciting to recreate the classic of the five consecutive championships in our home court after half a century of separation?" Yang Yang intended to arouse the interest of his teammates.
Real Madrid won five consecutive championships, which can be said to be the key record of Real Madrid winning the greatest club of the 20th century. The second championship in five consecutive championships, the final of the second European Champions League in history, was held at the Bernabeu Stadium.
Real Madrid, which has legendary stars such as Distefano, Copa and Hento, defeated Italy's Fiorentina 2-0 at home and successfully defended the Champions League title.
How great this record is, you can see how great Real Madrid's honorary chairman is Di Stefano.
Reappearing the legendary record more than half a century ago and winning the Champions League championship at the Bernabeu Stadium is quite attractive to Real Madrid players and fans.
Moreover, since 1980, Real Madrid has not held the Champions League final for a total of 30 years.
Therefore, if Real Madrid can really reach the Champions League final this year, it will not only create history, but also detonate the entire Madrid and even Spanish football market.
If we really win the championship, then all the players in Real Madrid will be recorded in Real Madrid's history.
Whether for fame or for profit, Yang Yang's words successfully aroused the interest and fighting spirit of Real Madrid players.
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On the evening of March 14th, in the 26th round of La Liga, Real Madrid challenged Valladolid away.
When the game reached the 27th minute, Valladolid's Brazilian midfielder Nivaldo fouled Sneijder and gave Real Madrid a free kick from the frontcourt about 25 meters away from the goal and was very well positioned, Yang Yang once again stood at the free throw point.
After squatting with Sneider, Ibrahimovic and others, he set the ball and slowly retreated.
The team has been launching a crazy attack on Valladolid for more than 20 minutes. In addition to the two threatening counterattacks from home team forward Diego Costa, Real Madrid has created almost all the exciting scenes on the court.
However, Valladolid, who played at home, not only had a strong defense, but also had rough movements. It was obvious that the referee team who was rotating tonight was relatively weak in law enforcement and was fighting at home, so he wanted to use this method to limit Real Madrid.
This is also the strategy adopted by many teams when facing Real Madrid and Barcelona, because their players are far less expensive than the stars of Real Madrid and Barcelona, so they want to use this method to fool the stars of the two giants.
However, this time, the direct free kick gave Yang Yang an excellent opportunity.
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Yang Yang stood apart with his feet, his figure straight, looking straight ahead, paying attention to Valladolid's wall of people.
The fans at home made booing everywhere, and the fans in the stands on the back of the goal were even interfering with Yang Yang's free throw.
Obviously, they all knew that Yang Yang's free kick skills were also the best in today's world.
But all of this, accompanied by the referee's whistle, was completely cleared out of Yang Yang's mind.
He quickly helped forward, shot his right foot and quickly sent the ball out.
The ball drew an arc and barely crossed the top of the jumping wall. It oriented Valadolid's goal at an extremely fast speed, and accurately rubbed the angle between the post and the beam, and entered the home team's goal.
Although goalkeeper Bilar judged the direction, he responded one step slower and could not stop him at all.
One to zero!
"goallllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!!!"
"It's another free kick to score directly!"
"Yang Yang's direct free kick skills are the top in the world. He is the best free kick master in the world!"
"Look at this free throw, the speed is very fast, reaching a speed of more than 100 kilometers per hour, and with a significant drop. This is definitely a nightmare for all goalkeepers!"
After Yang Yang scored the goal, he did not celebrate as much as usual, but his teammates still rushed over one after another to celebrate the goal for him.
Another direct free kick score!
And it's the first record!
Yang Yang's free kick is gradually becoming a big weapon for Real Madrid, and it also has very important strategic significance.
In the future, any team will probably seriously consider reducing unnecessary fouls when entering their own 30-meter area.
Otherwise, as long as Yang Yang appears on the court, it would be a foul that would be a conceding goal.
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Perhaps it was stimulated by this direct free kick, or perhaps Valladolid had already formulated the foul tactics.
After Yang Yang scored a free kick and scored a first record for Real Madrid, Valladolid further increased his movements, especially the foul against Yang Yang, which became increasingly rough.
Chapter completed!