On the evening of February 18, Gersenkirchen, Germany, Battlens Arena.

In the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 knockout round, Real Madrid challenged Schalke 04 away.

After nearly three months of absence, the Champions League is back in flames.

Real Madrid, which has been in poor form recently, challenged Schalke 04 away from home, which has always been quite jealous of the German team, and had to be cautious after the opening, and the home team Schalke 04 was even more cautious.

Real Madrid had their first shot on goal until the 18th minute, from the distance of teenager Ilia Ramendi.

Illia Ramendi, who was excellent in the last league game against Deportivo La Coruna, qualified for the start again this time and looked a bit eager to win, coming straight up but failing to create a threat.

The home fans booed the home team in attendance, while the Real Madrid players were understanding and encouraging.

Playing at Real Madrid is like that, except for the Bernabeu, everywhere you go, you will face a flood of boos.

But in the 26th minute, Ilia Ramendi split the ball in the midfield, and Carvajal on the right side faced the defender alone on the periphery of the penalty area, and after a false shot, he buckled to the middle and crossed the box with his left foot.

Yang Yang shrewdly broke away from the defenders who were attacking him left and right, and easily headed the ball into Schalke's zero-four goal at the edge of the six-yard box to open the scoring for Real Madrid.

Carvajal's performance is also getting better and better, and now he and Marcelo on the left side form the strongest left and right wing combination in world football today, which also makes Real Madrid's wing attack invincible, and Yang Yang himself has benefited a lot from it.

In the 35th minute, David Silva and Eden Hazard combined a pass from the edge of the box to create a free-kick in front of goal, about 28 metres from goal, also on the left side.

Yang Yang stood at the penalty spot, took a deep breath, quickly ran forward, and used a wonderful definite ball to directly blast the ball into Schalke's goal again, 2-0.

This season, many media have pointed out that Yang Yang's free kick score has dropped a lot, but now, he has begun to find his foot sense and repeatedly hit the penalty shots, and the success rate is still very high.

After scoring twice, Real Madrid were basically in control of the situation on the field.

After the second half of the rematch, in the 79th minute, Marcelo suddenly inserted the ball on the left side, Yang Yang pulled to the left side to respond, Hazard took the opportunity to cut into the penalty area diagonally, took away the defenders, and Yang Yang received Marcelo's pass, faced with the two defenders, still chose to take the ball out laterally, and crossed to the left side of the front of the penalty area.

Marcelo followed up and hit directly, pumping out a world wave.

The ball went straight to Schalke's goal with a thunderous momentum, further expanding the score for Real Madrid, 3-0!

With two shots and one pass, Yang Yang helped Real Madrid defeat Schalke 04 3-0 away, stepped into the quarterfinals with one foot, and was once again elected as the best player of the game.

It was also after this game that Yang Yang called Wei Zheng and Wei Zhen, who were far away in China, hoping that they would help him convey his apologies to the Shanghai Laureus Organizing Committee, saying that Real Madrid would most likely reach the Champions League semifinals, and he really couldn't get out of the way and couldn't return to China to participate in Laureus.

Everyone knows that Yang Yang is refusing.

There is no award to receive, let him put down the intensive league and make a special trip back to China to participate, how is this possible?

If there was a prize, he would consider going back.

After all, in the world of professional football, no footballer has ever won Lawrence, and if he can get it once, it will be a zero breakthrough, and it will be a huge success for him.

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After playing Schalke 04 away, Real Madrid returned to China and went non-stop to challenge Elche away.

This is a match in the twenty-fourth round of La Liga.

Another key game played a day before Real Madrid, Barcelona hosted Malaga, and the result was extremely surprising, Barcelona lost 0-1 to Malaga at the Camp Nou, causing a big upset.

What is even more surprising is that Neymar, Messi, and Cristiano Ronaldo started at the same time, and the results were all very sluggish, and Messi only had one shot on goal in the whole game, and he didn't hit the goal.

It was a long pass from goalkeeper Carmeni that led to Malaga's goal, and Alves grabbed the ball and made a mistake in the return pass, which was seized by the Málaga striker and scored a goal just seven minutes into the game.

Barcelona then went on a rampage, but Kameni showed great courage to help Malaga beat Barcelona 1-0 away.

Barcelona fell, and there was no one happier than Real Madrid.

At present, the two teams are biting very tightly in the La Liga standings, and neither is willing to give in easily.

Luis Enrique said in his post-match press conference that everyone is responsible for Barca's home loss, and as the team's manager, he should take the first responsibility.

As for the trend of the league, Enrique still said that he has not yet decided the winner or loser.

'Even though Real Madrid are four points ahead of us and have a game less, we believe there is still a chance.

Enrique also defended his side, as Barcelona will be distracted by their midweek trip to Manchester City, but he is confident they can get out of the situation and find form soon.

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Regarding Barcelona's unexpected upset, Real Madrid remained silent up and down.

Coach Carlo Ancelotti said in his pre-match press conference that he was surprised by Barca's loss, but this is La Liga and any team can beat Real Madrid and Barcelona, so the team cannot afford to be careless.

Before this game, Real Madrid received two good news, first Modric, who had been absent for almost four months due to injury, finally returned to the team to participate in the team's joint training, and James Rodriguez, who was injured during the winter break, also began to participate in the team's joint training, but Ancelotti did not arrange them to play in this game.

The Italians explained that they are not yet ready to play and that it will take time.

Real Madrid's recent form has not been very good, as can be seen from the course of the game.

Ancelotti once again sacrificed 442 this time, allowing Yang Yang and Suarez to partner in the front court.

In the 49th minute of the first half, Yang Yang sent a wonderful pass for Suarez, but the Uruguayan goal was ruled offside by the referee, and Real Madrid did not get a good chance.

Until the second half, after Yang Yang cut inside with the ball on the left side, he suddenly changed direction and entered the left side of the penalty area, crossed to the goal, and Suarez easily scored an empty goal to open the scoring for Real Madrid.

In the 69th minute, Isco crossed from the left side, Yang Yang ran out of space in front of the point, and scored with a header in an unguarded situation, making another goal for Real Madrid.

In the end, Real Madrid defeated Elche 2-0 away with Yang Yang's pass and shot.

After the game, both the media and the fans affirmed Real Madrid's victory.

The team is not in good form but being able to take the opponent and get the three points is more important than anything else.

And with these three points, Real Madrid has seven more points than Barcelona.

With fourteen rounds left in the league, a seven-point lead isn't particularly big, but it's enough to reassure Real Madrid.

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In midweek, there is a key match in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 knockout round.

Barcelona challenged Manchester City away, and in the first half, Messi and Alba assisted Cristiano Ronaldo to score two goals, scoring a brace and establishing an advantage.

But after taking a two-goal lead, Barcelona began to play more conservatively, which gave Manchester City a chance, and Manuel Pellegrini's side have always been a headache for Barca, and this time was no different.

City pressed hard and saw hope of an equaliser and a comeback in the 69th minute when Sneijder assisted Sergio Aguero to give hope of an equaliser and a comeback.

However, in the 73rd minute, left wing-back Klich was sent off for accumulating two yellow cards, completely pronouncing the death of Manchester City, and the home fans were extremely dissatisfied with the referee's decision, boosing, but in the end could not change the result.

With a brace from Cristiano Ronaldo, Barcelona beat Manchester City 2-1 away.

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Atletico Madrid, another side, was in an even worse position, losing 1-0 at Bayer Leverkusen.

Simeone's side are aiming to make another run of Champions League attacks this season, but they were beaten in the first leg of the round of 16.

However, the Sheets are also the first to the home, and after returning to the Calderón Stadium, the possibility of a reversal is still very high.

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At the weekend, Barcelona took on Granada away.

Luis Enrique's side came out of the woods, beating Manchester City before beating Granada 3-1 away thanks to goals from Lionel Messi, Rakitic and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Among them, Cristiano Ronaldo made one pass and one shot and was voted the best player of the match.

But what is surprising is that in the last few games, Neymar has been completely lost and out of form.

This has once again sparked heated discussions among Barcelona fans and the outside media, since the addition of Cristiano Ronaldo, Barcelona has rarely seen three superstars in the front field play well at the same time, and the kind of fantastic attack that everyone expects has not been presented in Barcelona, which has always been regrettable.

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Barcelona wins the opponent, and the pressure is on Real Madrid.

In the 25th round, Real Madrid hosted the opponent of the Copa del Rey semi-finals, Villarreal.

This will be the first game between the two teams in four days, with Real Madrid travelling to Villarreal for the second leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final three days later.

Perhaps it was because of two games in a row, or Villarreal's desperate attempt to retain their Europa League qualification, and although Real Madrid opened the scoring, Villarreal quickly took advantage of a mistake in the Real Madrid backline to pull a goal back.

The youngster Varane did not intercept in time in the scuffle, and was seized by the opposing striker to hit the goal from close range, and Navas could not do anything.

Subsequently, Villarreal's goalkeeper Asenjo showed great courage and repeatedly defused Real Madrid's attacks to keep the goal intact.

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