Chapter 816

On the evening of January 16, the San Mames Stadium in Bilbao.

In the eighteenth round of La Liga, Real Madrid played away to Athletic Bilbao.

When the referee Vazquez blew the whistle of the end of the game, the whole San Mames stadium sounded deafening cheers.

40,000 Athletic Bilbao fans cheered wildly as they celebrated a difficult victory for their side, while many chanted for goal-scoring hero Fernando Llorente name.

One to zero, this is the final score of this game.

Real Madrid suffered their third defeat of the season, which made the post-Christmas situation even worse.

Yang Yang played all over the court, sweating profusely. Before the whistle sounded, he was still trying to get a chance, but when the whistle sounded, his whole body seemed to be hollowed out.

Standing on the unfamiliar court, looking up, let the sweat on his face slide down.

The Basque Lions are notoriously xenophobic, and they are also quite unfriendly to the visiting team. These difficult teams have all thought of it before the game.

But no one thought that the game would be so difficult.

Less than two minutes into the opening, Athletic Bilbao relied on a corner kick, and Llorente headed the goal.

That's right, another corner kick!

From Liverpool to Real Madrid, Benitez's teams have been tortured by corner kicks.

The team's defensive problems are constantly being exposed and dug, especially after Christmas.

One is that the state of the team after the holiday has fluctuated, and the other is that the team's defensive problems are frequently used by opponents.

First draw with Osasuna in the league, then eliminated by Santander in the Copa del Rey, and now lost to Athletic Bilbao, such a report card is definitely not satisfactory.

Athletic Bilbao also paid a heavy price, receiving eight yellow cards and one red card throughout the match.

Among them, Gupegui's red card was obtained by accumulating yellow cards in the final stage of the game.

In the last few minutes, Athletic Bilbao kept delaying time, and after Isoles was warned by the referee, they still did not converge.

Yang Yang worked very hard throughout the game, but his recent state is indeed not very good. In addition, the overall performance of the team is not good, and the support given to him is not enough. As a result, he also failed to score in this game.

In this game, he also got a yellow card because he was impatient and out of control.

It was at the end of the game. Yang Yang tried his best to chase a ball that was about to go out of the bottom line, but was interfered by the defender of Athletic Bilbao and failed to catch up, which made him a little angry.

Just at this moment, the fans of the San Mames Stadium raised a wave of insults towards Yang Yang, and the audience was boiling.

From the beginning to the end of the whole game, the fans of the home team were using everything to attack Yang Yang, and even attacked him with some vicious words. These Yang Yang tolerated it, but at the end of the game, he was sitting in the front row. The fans of Yang Yang, who was chasing the ball, almost pointed at his nose and cursed.

At that time, Yang Yang was a little anxious in his heart, and the opponent kept delaying the time on purpose, and now he was scolded by the opponent pointing at the nose. The distance between each other was only less than one meter, and there was a billboard. How could Yang Yang hold back?

He grabbed the ball on the ground and was about to smash it, causing the fan to fall back on the seat.

But at this critical moment, he finally regained his sanity and quickly dunked the ball back, but the Athletic Bilbao fans in the audience seemed to be in a climax, cursing him even more hoarsely and overwhelmingly.

Yang Yang was shown a yellow card by the referee, believing that his actions provoked the fans of the away team.

"Don't worry, I will write their attack on you in the game report." After the referee gave the yellow card, he reassured Yang Yang.

But in the end, Real Madrid still failed to beat Athletic Bilbao on the road.

Yang Yang stood in the stadium, and the cheers at the scene were deafening.

He knew very well that it was the fans of the visiting team who were demonstrating to him and showing off to him.

And he can imagine that after tonight, the situation for him and Real Madrid will be more difficult.

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Real Madrid lost 0-1 away to Athletic Bilbao, while Barcelona beat Sevilla 4-0 at home.

Yang Yang's former teammate Escud scored an own goal, Pedro scored the second goal, and Messi scored twice.

These two goals helped Messi reverse Yang Yang with 15 goals and lead the La Liga scorer list.

The Barcelona ace was very excited after the game. He repeatedly said that there are only 18 rounds of La Liga, and scoring 15 goals is not enough to explain the problem. More importantly, after the end of this round, Barcelona is still three points behind Real Madrid. .

"I hope to help the team reverse Real Madrid in the standings and win the championship!" Messi said smugly.

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The narrowing advantage in the standings, the scorer list was tragically reversed by Messi, Yang Yang seemed to be knocked to the ground from the legendary cloud of the three-time world footballer, making him clearly aware of the fierce competition.

Messi said that he wants to beat Yang Yang, which is definitely not an empty word.

What's even worse is that now Real Madrid is really in trouble, and Yang Yang himself is not in the best condition.

Marca analyzed Yang Yang's recent problems after the game, and believed that the main reason was that the team gave him insufficient support, and even thought that Benitez's tactics were a bit conservative.

You know, in the Premier League last season, Yang Yang scored 44 goals in 38 rounds, and the previous season, Yang Yang scored 34 goals, but so far this season, 18 rounds He has only scored 14 goals, and although he has contributed nine assists, this report card is indeed inferior to the past.

Marca also believes that Real Madrid's current problem is that the team's offensive end has not fully activated the attacking power of the superstar tridents Yang Yang, Ibrahimovic and Robben, but at the same time the defensive end has exposed serious The problem, which led to the team entering into January, suffered a series of unfavorable battles and was tragically eliminated from the Copa del Rey.

Not only Marca, but also Aspen also analyzed Yang Yang's performance this season, believing that it will be much more sluggish than the past two seasons.

"Comprehensive analysis of the current problems that Real Madrid is encountering, one of the main reasons is that the team's tactics have not been fully formed, especially the team's defensive tactical system, which has been exposed in Santander and Athletic Bilbao. Due to the defensive problems, several superstars in the team have not been integrated into the team 100%, which will become a very serious problem for the team.”

Aspen believes that being eliminated from the King's Cup is not important, because the cup itself is relatively tasteless, and the real challenge is the Champions League round of 16 in February.

This time, the opponent Real Madrid drew is the French club Lyon.

"Legacy Lyon, dubbed by the media as the [Real Mark Star], because in the past few years, Real Madrid have been divided into the same group with Lyon twice in the Champions League group stage. Got a victory."

"In the group stage of the 2005-06 season, Real Madrid lost to Lyon 0-3 in the first round away. After returning to the home court, it was a 1-1 draw. After that, Lyon beat Real Madrid to qualify from the top of the group. The second place was unfortunately drawn by Arsenal, who finally reached the final, and stopped in the round of 16."

"One year later, in the Champions League group stage, Real Madrid faced Lyon again, in the first round away, the score was 0-2, and then back at home, Real Madrid drew Lyon 2-2 in the second game, but still failed to win the opponent, and finally fell to the ground. Under Lyon, they qualified second in the group, and they were drawn to Bayern Munich in the knockout round of the 16th round, and they fell into the round of 16 again."

The Aspen newspaper believes that Lyon can be said to be the initiator of the embarrassing nickname of Real Madrid being crowned the Champions League Sixteen.

And this season, the galactic battleship that Benitez reorganized, a very important mission is to break out of the Champions League round of 16, but did not expect, once again encountered the sworn enemy Lyon.

What's more terrible is that Real Madrid is in a bleak situation now. First Kaka was seriously injured and operated, and then the team's defensive ills were exposed. Now the team is in a slump as a whole and Yang Yang's state is not good. All these make people feel about Real Madrid's next performance. concern.

"Could it be that the team will continue to stop at the top 16 this year?"

Obviously, this is a statement that will not be accepted by the management and fans, or even the players and coaching staff.

Invested huge sums of money and brought in so many superstars and world-class stars, but still ended up in the top sixteen?

Does this make sense?

But the team’s performance since January has been really unsatisfactory, which can’t help but stir up public opinion outside the team, and there are even tabloid media creating momentum, arguing that the team should make a decision as soon as possible and dismiss Benitez from get out of class.

The reason is very simple. Benitez's football is not pleasing. Real Madrid prefers a hearty attack. At the same time, they also believe that Benitez cannot solve the current crisis and challenges the team is encountering, and needs to change coaches through coaching. To stimulate the vitality and fighting spirit of the team.

"The most important thing is that we need a head coach who is good at tuning offense to activate Yang Yang. If the team wants to break through the curse of the top 16, which goal is needed, the unstoppable Yang Yang!"

Inside the team, there are some differences.

Real Madrid's dressing room has never been a good one, and some people even believe that Real Madrid's dressing room is the most complicated dressing room in the world.

Before the team kept winning, it was all good to say, but now the team lost, although they still lead the standings, but for Real Madrid, this is nothing at all.

In the eyes of the media and fans, and even in the eyes of the management, with the investment of Real Madrid and the strength of the team's current lineup, if they cannot lead the standings, I am afraid they would have proposed a coaching change.

There was a lot of talk outside, people were panicking inside, and there was trouble both inside and outside. Benitez's Real Madrid encountered the first major crisis since coaching.

Yang Yang did not receive any accusations and criticisms, but the team's poor performance, his number one superstar is also responsible, and Benitez's coaching crisis also made him uneasy.