1087 First red card
On April 14, in the 31st round of La Liga, Real Madrid challenged Athletic Bilbao away.
Yang Yang scored another hat-trick in this game, helping the team beat the Basque Lions 3-0 away, further pushing Real Madrid to the top of the La Liga title.
Although Barcelona also won Zaragoza 3-0 away this time, and Atletico Madrid beat Granada 5-0 at home, there is basically not much suspense about the final ownership of the La Liga championship.
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A week later, in the 32nd round of La Liga, Real Madrid hosted Real Betis.
David Silva scored a brace, Yang Yang made a pass and a shot, and Real Madrid beat Real Betis 3-1 at home.
Yang Yang also tied last season's 53 goals with this goal, but Real Madrid's conceded goal in the final stage is still worrying.
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In midweek, in the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals, Real Madrid hosted Bayern Munich.
The Galaxy Battleship played with an all-out lineup, Casillas returned from injury, and players such as Marcelo, Carvajal and Mascherano all started, but in the twelfth minute of the first half, Ramos went off due to injury, as if casting a shadow on this game.
At the start of the second half, Thomas Muller's goal in the 46th minute put Real Madrid in an embarrassing position.
It was another lapse from the right side of the counter-attack, as Ribery forced his way past Carvajal and into the box, where Thomas Muller followed up and slotted home.
Carvajal played well against Ribery in this game, but it was this mistake at the start of the second half that put Real Madrid on the back foot, forcing them to opt for more attacking tactics.
In the 71st minute, Yang Yang assisted Robben to score a goal to equalize the score.
But then, no matter how Real Madrid attacked, Bayern Munich was impregnable.
Heynckes' side did not blindly defend tightly, but adopted a more aggressive pressing tactic, launching a counter-attack once the ball was broken, and playing against the leaks in Real Madrid's defence, as evidenced by Franck Frangié's assist.
Real Madrid had 71 per cent possession and 19 shots on goal, which was not outstanding, but goalkeeper Manuel Neuer played extraordinarily bravely, blocking high and receiving low, and saved at least three of Real Madrid's must-score chances.
In the end, Real Madrid had to regret a 1-1 draw at home to Bayern Munich.
Yang Yang fought until the last moment, and in stoppage time, he was still fighting for a ball, entangled with Boateng, and finally tripped the Bayern central defender and was shown a yellow card by the referee.
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Weekend, 33rd round of La Liga, Madrid derby.
Real Madrid went away to challenge Atletico Madrid, the Sheets, and finally reversed Atletico Madrid 2-1 thanks to Juanfran's own goal and Di Maria's goal.
Yang Yang didn't even make the squad in this game, and Ancelotti kept all the main players and prepared to attack Bayern Munich away from home to advance to the final.
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1 May, Allianz Arena, Munich.
In the ninety-first minute, the scoreboard showed a score of 1-0.
In international practice, the home team is in front and the away team is in the back.
Bayern Munich were on a counter-attack after just five minutes of the first half, when Toni Kroos scored a long-range shot past Diego López.
Because Casillas failed to adjust his form in the previous two games, Ancelotti started with Diego López, who was in better shape and performed better in training, but the Real Madrid goalkeeper could not prevent Toni Kroos' long-range shot.
On the other side, Neuer still behaved very bravely, and under the indiscriminate bombardment of Real Madrid, he managed to keep the goal alive.
Although the game had entered stoppage time, Yang Yang still did not give up, and during a return pass from Bayern Munich, he quickly applied pressure in front of the court and ran at all costs.
Just now, in the 69th minute, he was shown a yellow card by the referee for a foul during a counter-attack, which made him get a yellow card for two consecutive legs, and he will also be suspended for accumulating yellow cards.
In other words, even if Real Madrid reached the final, he would not be able to participate.
But even so, he was still running wildly, chasing the ball non-stop.
Bayern Munich passed back and forth in the backfield, and Yang Yang was like a monkey, chasing non-stop.
Finally, when the ball came to the feet of Dante, Yang Yang quickly bullied the Brazilian central defender.
Under the entanglement of the two, Dante failed to pass the ball out in time, was blocked by Yang Yang, and the ball was successfully broken.
But just when Yang Yang was about to sprint forward to chase the ball, the referee suddenly blew the whistle and signaled Yang Yang to foul.
The angry Yang Yang was really out of control this time, the whole person yelled, rushed forward, and directly pumped the ball into the goal of Bayern Munich, and scolded angrily, "Damn it!" Damn! ”
The referee rushed towards Yang Yang as soon as possible, reached into his chest pocket, and took out a yellow card again.
Two yellows turned into one red, and Yang Yang received the first red card in his career!
Yang Yang also quickly calmed down, shook his head helplessly, and said sorry to the referee, and the referee obviously understood Yang Yang's mood at this moment, and patted him on the shoulder comfortingly.
Then, Yang Yang drooped his head and walked all the way down the field.
It was the ninety-second minute, less than two minutes before the end of the game.
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"This is a very sad moment!"
"We saw Yang Yang walk off the court, and through the close-up, we could see that both of his eyes were filled with tears."
'It's not like he hasn't had a defeat, but obviously he played a good game.
"It should be said that Real Madrid played a very poor game over both legs, with Heynckes' side relying on tenacious defending, and their goalkeeper Neuer in front of the goal line to stop Real Madrid's shots again and again."
"Yang Yang's loss of control at the last moment is extremely rare, it is the first red card of his career, we can't understand his mood at this moment, but I believe that he must be very, very sad."
"At this moment, it even reminds me of Robert Baggio in the 94 World Cup, and Beckham in the 98 World Cup, maybe the defeat in the Champions League semifinals cannot be compared with the World Cup, but the way Yang Yang walked off the field at this moment made me feel that he was unusually tall."
"I really want to say that even if Real Madrid really loses this game, Yang Yang, you are still a hero, you are still the strongest and greatest player in the world."
"There is no eternal winner on the football field, and no one is always undefeated, but Yang Yang did his best in both legs, and even got three yellow cards in the two legs, as well as the first red card in his career, his fighting spirit is undoubtedly touching."
"Perhaps, tonight, Real Madrid is a loser, but Yang Yang must be a winner."
"This is football, there are joyful laughter and painful tears, but we have absolutely reason to believe that Yang Yang, who has made a comeback, will be even better and stronger than he is now."
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Yang Yang slowly walked off the court.
Both Carlo Ancelotti and Zinedine Zidane greeted him, comforting him and encouraging him.
Real Madrid basically locked up the La Liga title and reached the final of the Copa del Rey, and the Champions League ended in the last four, which is good enough, and it can even be said that it has far exceeded the expectations at the beginning of the season.
At that time, having just sent away the big four stars and brought in the little-known Hazard and Azpilicueta, who would believe that Real Madrid still has the strength to impact the Champions League?
But in such a difficult situation, Yang Yang led the team all the way to the top four.
Facing Bayern Munich, Real Madrid had more than 70% possession of the ball in both legs, both on the field and in attack, and Real Madrid's problem was in defense.
If it weren't for Toni Kroos' long-range shot, maybe Real Madrid wouldn't have been in such a hurry, then Real Madrid would have been able to stabilize their minds and slowly organize and sort out.
But how can there be so many ifs in the world?
"I'm fine, if I lose, I lose." Yang Yang squeezed out a wry smile.
Ancelotti and Zidane don't know the pain in Yang Yang's heart, the gaffe just now is extremely rare, it can be seen that Yang Yang really wants to win, he really wants to replicate last season's treble.
What's more, the team has worked so hard this season to the present, and losing to Bayern Munich is definitely unwilling, and no one wants to accept such a loss.
But that's football!
In professional football, especially in this kind of knockout round, there is only one winner!
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Less than two minutes after Yang Yang left the game, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.
Real Madrid lost 1-1 at home and 0-1 away to Bayern Munich on aggregate and missed the Champions League final.
If you look at the goal of the season, Real Madrid is definitely a successful achievement, even exceeding expectations, but for the players in the Real Madrid team, such a result is unfair, because in the two legs, Real Madrid occupy too many advantages.
Carvajal fell to his knees on the pitch at the end of the game, crying bitterly as his mistake led to Real Madrid's elimination, and Javi Martinez thrashed the grass in frustration as he failed to block Tony Kroos' long-range shot.
That was his only mistake of the game.
There is also Hazard, who is standing in the stadium with his hands on his hips, his eyes are seeing the revelry of Bayern Munich players, and the misery of Real Madrid's teammates, no one knows what he is thinking, but his eyes are full of unwillingness.
In both games, the possession rate was more than 70%, and the number of shots and various offensive threat statistics were far higher than Bayern Munich, but only in the final score, lost to Bayern Munich, how can people be willing?
Yang Yang had also recovered, and he walked into the arena and comforted his teammates one by one.
He believes that after this failure, each of them will grow faster.
Real Madrid in the new season will definitely be stronger and better than now!
When the time comes, he must personally take this Real Madrid team to capture this stadium, avenge tonight's arrow, and regain the Champions League trophy that slipped through his fingers this season!