Casillas' red card was unfair. After being sent off, Real Madrid players were in a state of anger. In addition, Yang Yang took the initiative to stand up for Marcelo and supported the Brazilian left-back as the captain of the field. The two worked together to encourage the team's morale.

This series of events completely inspired Real Madrid's bloodiness, and every player became angry.

In terms of ball possession, Real Madrid is definitely at an absolute weakness, and may even be about 40%, but they have more opportunities, especially the opportunity to counterattack.

Espanyol is a team that has always been relatively balanced in offense and defense. It has played twenty-two rounds this season and is currently ranked sixth in La Liga, scoring 30 goals, conceding 30 goals, and having zero goal difference. The number of goals scored is only two more goals than Malaga, who is ranked last, and conceding a lot of goals.

But one thing is very obvious, that is, the Spaniards are obviously not good at dealing with opponents' defensive counterattacks.

Especially the defensive counterattacks of strong teams like Real Madrid.

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Six minutes into the game, Real Madrid quickly counterattacked. Yang Yang drove the ball alone to the left side of the Espanyol penalty area, earning a corner kick opportunity based on his personal ability, but the subsequent corner kick failed to create a threat.

Just three minutes later, Yang Yang got the ball in the frontcourt. After a cross, Xavi Alonso followed up and shot a long shot, which was saved by goalkeeper Cameni.

In the 12th minute, Xavi Alonso passed the ball to the left. Yang Yang dribbled the ball from the left and cut in at high speed. He suddenly took a long shot and shot with a powerful and heavy shot, but failed to score directly. Instead, he hit the post and bounced out of the baseline.

In the 19th minute, Xavi Alonso made another long pass. Yang Yang inserted it at high speed and successfully counterattacked. He volleyed at the outside of the arc top of the penalty area. He was held by the opponent's goalkeeper and went out of the baseline. However, the subsequent corner kick still failed to create an opportunity.

Real Madrid has adopted a more pragmatic tactical strategy, focusing on defense, waiting for an opportunity to launch a counterattack.

It seems that the team has lost possession of the ball, but in fact it has created more opportunities to counterattack.

Everyone gradually began to believe that even if they were one less person than their opponent, the team still had the ability to defeat their opponents.

The premise is that you must focus on defense and wait for the opponent to make mistakes.

And just in the 24th minute, Espanyol made another mistake during the attack.

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Mascherano tackled, and Xavi Alonso quickly stabbed Kaka in front.

The Brazilian player directly passed the ball, trying to cross the center line and find Ibrahimovic in front.

But unexpectedly, the Swedish center retreated to the defense near the central circle just now, causing Kaka to pass the pass directly to the Espanyol's central defender.

This was originally supposed to be a mistake in Real Madrid's offensive cooperation, and Real Madrid itself is also preparing to give up and reorganize the defense.

Ibrahimovic was on standby, preparing to oppress the opponent's ball path, while Yang Yang quickly stepped forward and applied pressure.

The Swedish center is tall and has a slower speed, which consumes a lot of energy when moving. Yang Yang is more physically active, faster and more flexible, so the two often exchange positions, and Yang Yang goes forward to press.

But at this moment, Espanyol's central defender was not sure whether he was too nervous or not paying attention to the situation while retreating. Without any pressure, he actually headed the ball directly and pushed Kaka's pass back.

This sudden change was unexpected by everyone, but Real Madrid players responded faster.

Ibrahimovic rushed over quickly and grabbed everyone's most favorable position with their bodies. After stopping with their chest, he quickly kicked the ball behind the defense line with his right foot.

Yang Yang understood it very well. Almost at the moment when Ibrahimovic passed the ball, he quickly started and penetrated directly behind him. Before the Espanyol defender, he stopped Ibrahimovic's pass and dunked in the middle, making a move to cut inward.

Espanyol had three defenders back to defend. In the highway, the right defender quickly stopped with Yang Yang and immediately wrapped around, but Yang Yang dunked the ball back with his right foot, and went out to control the ball.

He is waiting!

When he wore Real Madrid's captain's armband for the first time, Marcelo felt the burden on his shoulders heavy, and Yang Yang's support made him very grateful, and at the same time he was full of fighting spirit.

He must show what the captain should have.

So, when he saw Yang Yang inserting forward quickly, Marcelo also inserted forward as quickly as possible.

This is his cooperation with Yang Yang.

When Yang Yang stabilized the ball and faced the defensive player directly, Marcelo's speed did not decrease and he penetrated directly outside Yang Yang.

Yang Yang has been with him for a year. When Yu Guang saw Marcelo, he glanced at the defensive player. He immediately passed the ball to the bottom line on the left side of the penalty area.

Marcelo entered the penalty area as fast as possible, catching up with Yang Yang's pass before everyone.

The cooperation of two players on Real Madrid on the left directly broke through Espanyol's defense, forcing Espanyol's right back and two central defenders to pounce on Marcelo's side with no chance.

But at this moment, Marcelo suddenly hit the left side of the small penalty area and passed the ball backwards to the arc area of ​​the penalty area with his left foot.

At this time, Yang Yang had already thrown away the defensive player and inserted into the top of the arc with the fastest speed. He faced Marcelo's return pass and directly pushed the ball. The ball ran into a straight line and hit the lower right corner of the Espanyol goal.

In order to prevent Marcelo from standing on the left, goalkeeper Cameni was unable to stop him.

One to zero!

"goallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!!!!"

"In the 24th minute, 24th minute, Yang Yang scored the first record for Real Madrid!"

"This is an assist from Marcelo. After hitting a post, Yang Yang used a precise shot to penetrate Cameni's goal and scored a goal for Real Madrid."

"One to zero!"

After Yang Yang scored the goal, he immediately pointed at Marcelo and rushed out of the court quickly.

The Brazilian left-back also rushed towards Yang Yang immediately, and the two celebrated the team's goal in the corner kick area.

Other Real Madrid players also ran over and hugged the two.

This is Real Madrid's left side!

The two players blew up the entire defense line of Espanyol!

Of course, all this happened during a high-speed counterattack, which caught the opponent off guard, but it definitely reflected the strength of Real Madrid's left-hand attack.

“It’s really surprising.”

"After Real Madrid's opening, the ball possession rate was only 34%, but if we look at the number of shots, Real Madrid will beat Espanyol, and now Real Madrid is the first to score goals, which has to be said to be a very strange phenomenon."

"It is not difficult to see that Real Madrid's defense is well organized, especially the overall position and defensive order of the players. This reminds us of the last two seasons of Barcelona. Real Madrid has played very patiently and efficiently."

"It is obvious that Real Madrid voluntarily gave up the ball with one less person at the beginning and adopted the strategy of playing Barcelona to deal with Espanyol. Espanyol is not Barcelona. Their passes and controls are not as skilled and stable as Barcelona. They have more mistakes and are even more deadly."

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With a goal, Real Madrid achieved the gains they wanted, and at the same time it also severely shrunk the Spanish's agility.

Perhaps considering that Real Madrid's main goalkeeper was sent off at the beginning, Rahoz's law enforcement in this game did not favor the home team, not only ensuring the smooth progress of the game, but instead imposed severe penalties on Espanyol players in several enforcements.

Especially after Real Madrid scored a goal, Espanyol's players looked a little impatient.

In contrast, Real Madrid showed the temperament that a strong team should have tonight. Whether it was after being wrongly accused of a red card, the team chose to deal with it strongly, creating more threats and eventually gaining the lead, or the patience shown in the process, it all showed the stability and maturity of a strong team.

But even if Real Madrid's overall strength is far superior to their opponents, they still can't stand it.

The second half was only in the 60th minute, and Benitez had to make substitution adjustments.

Javier Martinez replaced Kaka and Real Madrid formed a three-middle midfielder formation.

Everyone also understands Benitez's intentions very well. This may seem a bit conservative, but it is the most pragmatic choice.

The reason is very simple. Barcelona lost points in this round of the game. As long as Real Madrid recovers this game, the gap will be shortened. There is still suspense in the La Liga, so no matter from which perspective, Real Madrid's tactics should be based on results.

Real Madrid's strict defense and defense, even if it is as strong as Barcelona, ​​don't try to break through easily, let alone Espanyol.

Although there was one less person than his opponent, Yang Yang's goal gave everyone hope and confidence. Every player worked together, performed very hard, and executed tactics meticulously, blocking Espanyol's offense again and again and resolved the goal crisis.

The best chance in the second half happened in the 82nd minute. After Ibrahimovic intercepted the frontcourt, he quickly passed the ball to Yang Yang. Yang Yang dribbled the ball to the left side of the penalty area and made a cross. However, Ibrahimovic, who followed, obviously could not keep up with his physical strength and barely made a shovel. The ball hit Kameni's arms and missed the opportunity to establish the victory.

It is not difficult to see the unity of Real Madrid players.

Even Ibrahimovic tried his best to do his best, and the team really tried their best.

Soon, Benitez made his last substitution, replaced Ibrahimovic with Granero, continued to strengthen the defense in the midfield and backcourt, and retreated Martinez to the defense line. Marcelo pressed to the midfield, leaving Yang Yang alone in the frontcourt to counterattack.

Until the injury time period, Yang Yang got another shot from the left side of the penalty area, and then created another direct free kick opportunity. This was originally an excellent goal opportunity, but Yang Yang had already tried his best at this time.

In the end, the free kick hit the wall directly, and failed to make a curve.

With too much physical energy consumption, Yang Yang could not control his technical movements and could only miss the opportunity to score.

But in the end, Real Madrid narrowly defeated Espanyol by 1-0 with Yang Yang's goal away.
Chapter completed!