Office of the President of the Bernabeu Stadium.

During away games, except for playing with strong teams such as Barcelona or Atletico Madrid, or major UEFA Champions League events, Florentino usually watches the game at the Bernabeu Stadium.

Real Madrid butler Manuel Redondo and chairman's special adviser Zidane sat aside, while Bardano, who is in charge of competitive affairs, went out with the team to the away game.

When the game just started, they saw the referee Lajoz showing Casillas a red card and sent off the Real Madrid captain and the main goalkeeper, the three people in the office obviously looked dark and felt the abnormal atmosphere of the game.

Ten to eleven in the entire game will be a huge challenge and pressure for Real Madrid.

"As a goalkeeper, Casillas has a very obvious height defect and has a narrow control range. Therefore, he needs a more flexible body, quicker reaction, and more focused game investment. Only in this way can he make up for the gap between himself and other top goalkeepers in terms of height."

Zidane is obviously very familiar with his former teammate. As one of the best goalkeepers in the world, Casillas' height is an irreparable flaw.

A flexible body, quick reaction and focused investment can indeed make up for Casillas' shortcomings, but once a certain link is not done well enough, big problems will arise.

For example, his reaction is slow, or he is distracted, or he is older, his physical function has decreased, and he is no longer flexible...

This time Casillas's attack was not sure about this foul, so he gave Karejon a chance.

Of course, no one can be perfect, and no one can ask Casillas to be perfect every time.

Just this red card, Casillas must have an unshirkable responsibility.

But what surprised them even more was that Casillas returned to the side of the court from the player channel and took off the captain's armband in his hand. Marcelo did not go over to pick it up immediately, and seemed a little hesitant, which made them shake their heads and sigh.

This is an old problem in Real Madrid's locker room tradition.

"Marcelo's prestige in the team was not enough to allow him to take over the captain's armband, so he seemed very hesitant." Zidane analyzed.

Real Madrid's tradition has its advantages, but there must be problems, just like now, because Casillas was sent off by a red card and Ramos was absent, resulting in Marcelo, a player who was not enough to make everyone obey, had to take over this heavy captain's armband. This is a problem.

Marcelo is definitely guessing now whether others will accept it?

There are many players who are better than him, more powerful than him, and more prestige than him. Will they be convinced?

The captain on the field said it is important and important, but it is not important, and it is not that important.

But just when Zidane and the other two were in a dilemma, they saw Yang Yang suddenly walked over and took the captain's armband directly from Casillas. This made Florentino feel a little unable to sit still.

"Why..." Real Madrid chairman was caught off guard.

In Florentino's plan, Yang Yang is definitely the banner that Real Madrid will focus on in the next few years. Whether it is its strength on the court or its commercial value outside the court, Yang Yang is the impeccable number one in the world.

Even the Real Madrid chairman did not hide his desire to push Yang Yang to the position of leader of Real Madrid's locker room.

But that's definitely not now!

The timing is inappropriate, the method is inappropriate, and everything is not suitable.

"He shouldn't have picked him up." Zidane shook his head and said.

Taking over the captain's armband at this time is more harmful than good for Yang Yang and not worth it.

If he doesn't talk about others, just Marcelo, what would he think?

The captain's armband that should have belonged to him was taken away by Yang Yang. Will he be willing to do so?

Even if he hesitated and he couldn't make up his mind, he didn't say no, didn't he?

There are also others, and there are many people in the team who joined the team earlier than Yang Yang, such as Pepe and Robben. What will they think in their hearts? Do you think Yang Yang is too domineering? Will you even guess secretly that Yang Yang takes advantage of the situation to rob?

In the past two years, the locker room has been in harmony, but Yang Yang has suddenly passed the captain's armband and created a gap, which will inevitably lead to cracks inside the locker room.

"Maybe it was an accident, he might think no one was willing to take it." Manuel Redondo explained.

But the Real Madrid butler has already started to think about several ideas to comfort all parties afterwards, because he knows better than anyone else that there are various interests within Real Madrid. Once a problem occurs, it will be very fatal.

But just when Florentino and others were shocked and at the same time they felt a little dissatisfied with Yang Yang's actions, they saw that Yang Yang took over the captain's armband and walked straight towards Marcelo in the live broadcast.

The three of them suddenly realized.

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Yang Yang took away the captain's armband with Benitez, Casillas and others stunned, but walked directly to Marcelo on the left side of the penalty area in the half.

The Brazilian left-back was shocked when he saw Yang Yang take the armband. It was as if something that should belong to him was snatched away by his good friend Hengdao.

He admired Yang Yang and knew Yang Yang's status and influence in the team, so he couldn't get angry, but he felt depressed and angry because his things were stolen.

But when he saw Yang Yang walking towards him, he immediately began to understand Yang Yang's intention.

Gradually, he began to feel ashamed of his villain just now and was even more grateful to Yang Yang.

Yang Yang walked directly to Marcelo, pulled the magic button of the captain's armband, put it on his left arm with his own hands, and patted his left arm hard, then hugged Marcelo's shoulder and laughed.

At this moment, whether it was Benitez, the coaching staff or Casillas on the sidelines, or Florentino and Zidane who were far away from the other end of the TV, they all breathed a sigh of relief and also felt respect for Yang Yang.

Yang Yang is using his own behavior to stand up for Marcelo!

He put a captain's armband on Marcelo with his own hands, so who else dares to say anything?

This is not only establishing authority for Marcelo, but also defending the authority of Real Madrid's locker room.

Sometimes it is like this. It is inconspicuous and doesn't seem to be important, but once it is destroyed, all the rules in the open and secret will change and become messy.

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"Good!" Florentino couldn't help but praise, his face full of surprise.

He himself never expected that Yang Yang would do this and take the overall situation into consideration.

Zidane and Redondo also nodded constantly, obviously very much thinking about Yang Yang's move.

"In this way, it's more positive than wearing the captain's armband, and everyone will agree with him more." Zidane has been rolling in the locker room for so many years, and he knows the rules of the locker room more than anyone else.

Real Madrid's locker room is indeed special and more complex, but in fact, it has the same essence as the locker room of other teams around the world and is in harmony with each other's bones.

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Yang Yang held Marcelo's shoulder and the two walked towards their half.

This is an Espanyol's free kick opportunity in the frontcourt.

Yang Yang patted Marcelo on the shoulder with encouragement. The latter looked at Yang Yang, felt his encouragement, nodded vigorously, and clapped vigorously, "It doesn't matter, everyone, we are all cheering up."

On the sidelines, head coach Benitez is also making substitutions.

Substitute goalkeeper Adam replaced right winger Robben.

This was a helpless substitution, because Real Madrid was forced to face it with ten players next.

Robben also knew very well that his substitution had nothing to do with his performance, mainly the red card.

The defense line must be stable, because if one person is missing, the opponent will have the dominant advantage, so Real Madrid can only adopt a more conservative strategy, because there are still ninety minutes left.

Yang Yang walked over quickly, first shook hands with Robben, hugged him vigorously, and then pushed Robben Panasonic Stadium.

"Everyone is cheered up, don't be discouraged, we haven't lost yet!"

Yang Yang applauded vigorously and encouraged his teammates loudly.

"We are Real Madrid. Even if we play 10 to 11 away, we are still the strongest team in Spain, so we have to play more powerful and more imposing than our opponents. We have to walk out of this stadium like a man with your head raised and your chest raised!"

Yang Yang's words spread throughout the stadium without any concealment. Real Madrid players and Espanyol players could hear them clearly, and everyone was surprised because this did not look like Yang Yang who was kind to others on weekdays.

But only those who are familiar with and understand Yang Yang know that this is Yang Yang!

From the bottom of his bones, he was full of stubbornness and unyieldingness!

At this moment, whether it is Benitez on the sidelines, Florentino in front of the TV, or Real Madrid players on the court, Yang Yang is the backbone of the team and the toughest players who the team has to say.

He is not the captain, but he is even better than the captain!

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After substitute goalkeeper Adam replaced Robben, the game started again.

Luis Garcia, who was born in Real Madrid's youth training camp, took the direct free kick for Espanyol, but his direct shot was saved by goalkeeper Adan and failed to create a threat.

Real Madrid began to retreat, took the initiative to give up the ball, and adopted a defensive counterattack tactic.

This is also a last resort, because in the next ninety minutes, Real Madrid will have one less person than its opponent. If it cannot effectively resist the attack of Espanyol, once the goal is lost, Real Madrid's morale that has finally been boosted will also be blew up.

You know, Espanyol's home court is the famous Devil's home court this season, with eight draws and two losses in ten games. Only Barcelona and Villarreal escaped from here, and all other powerful men failed here.

Especially when Casillas was sent off, Espanyol launched a fierce attack, Real Madrid was forced to retreat across the board, and even Yang Yang and Ibrahimovic retreated to their own half.
Chapter completed!