On the afternoon of March 2, at the Santiago Bernabéu in Madrid.

In the 26th round of La Liga, Real Madrid hosted Barcelona.

In the current La Liga standings, Real Madrid is in first place with a three-point lead, while Barcelona is in second place, which has attracted the attention of media and fans around the world, thinking that it will be a wonderful scene of Mars hitting the earth.

After all, Real Madrid has to defend the top spot, and Barcelona has to close the gap.

Especially three days ago, Real Madrid defeated Barcelona 4-0 away and advanced to the Copa del Rey final, which made Barcelona feel humiliated and threatened to beat Real Madrid at the Bernabeu Stadium to tie the points gap.

But in fact, when it came to the game, everyone couldn't help but find that it was a dull duel.

In the words of de la Morena, a well-known commentator on Radio Serre, it was a game with no rhythm and no speed, but the two teams lacked the ambition to forge ahead, and seemed to be a little content with the status quo and content with a draw.

'Perhaps, it's acceptable for them, because in three days' time, they will face the second leg of the Champions League last-16 knockout round, which is their focus.

De la Morena believes it is not difficult to see from the starting line-ups of both sides that neither team has given it its best.

Needless to say, Real Madrid has Diego López in goal, Azpilicueta, Raphael, Ramos and Arbeloa in defence, David Silva, Xavi Martinez and Luka Modric in midfield, and Eden Hazard, Morata and Di Maria in front.

Yang Yang and Robben were both put on the bench, and midfielder Xavi Alonso was also substituted, and Carvajal, who represented the attack, did not start, but with Arbeloa, who was more defensive.

Barcelona were also not at their best, with Valdés in goal, Alba, Mathieu, Pique and Alves at the back, Andres Iniesta, Sergio Busquets and Thiago in midfield, and a combination of Villa, Messi and Pedro up front.

Neymar, Alexis Sanchez, Xavi and Puyol all came off the bench.

This is certainly not something that both sides agreed on before the game, but a choice that has to be made due to the current situation.

In the second leg of the Champions League knockout round three days later, both teams will face a do-or-die showdown, with Real Madrid facing Shakhtar Donetsk at home, a Ukrainian side with so much quality that some even believe they have what it takes to reach the quarter-finals or even the semi-finals.

Barcelona were even worse after losing 2-0 at AC Milan in the first leg and must beat AC Milan at home in the second leg or face being knocked out of the Champions League.

Stopping at the round of 16 is unacceptable for Real Madrid and Barcelona in any case, and because of this, the two teams will invariably choose to release water appropriately in the league.

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Yang Yang sat on the bench in a neat long-sleeved training uniform, but his attention was always on the court.

At the moment, the score is 1-1, and although two goals have been scored, the game is not good.

Real Madrid's goal came in the sixth minute, after Ramos suddenly pressed into the midfield and broke the ball, he quickly distributed to the right side, Di Maria crossed from the right, and Morata pushed the empty goal four meters in front of the goal.

But in the eighteenth minute, Barcelona played the first shot of the game, Alves cut into the front at high speed, cut inside to the middle and sent a through pass, penetrating the Real Madrid defense, Messi successfully countered offside, and scored with a low left-footed shot after winning the ball.

After that, the game was very dull and unexciting.

Yang Yang also frowned on the bench, obviously not satisfied with the performance of his teammates on the field.

"Hazard is still tender." Xavi Alonso leaned into Yang Yang's ear and whispered.

Yang Yang nodded, "His personality is still a little soft. ”

If you look at it by the standards of ordinary people, Hazard's character is excellent, even as a friend, it is quite good, but as the main star of Real Madrid, the future superstar that everyone is looking forward to, Hazard's character is still too soft.

His softness is different from Yang Yang, Yang Yang asks himself to be soft on the outside and rigid on the inside, on the surface it looks harmless to humans and animals, but in fact he is very strong inside, likes to compete, and has high requirements for himself, but Hazard is a little easy to be satisfied with the status quo.

"There is also little experience in controlling the field, and many times he should stand up, but he didn't handle it well." Xavi Alonso shook his head and said that it was mainly due to Hazard's lack of experience.

Being the core of Lille and being the core of Real Madrid are two completely different worlds.

To put it mildly, any player in the Real Madrid team is picked out and put in Lille, which is the absolute main level.

So, at Real Madrid, you have to show your quality and performance to convince your team-mates and make them convince you.

Hazard's ability is undoubted, but he just lacks a bit of sharpness.

In other words, the sword isn't sharp enough!

Di Maria on the right flank did a good job, and the assist for Morata in the opening game was great, but he seems to have a bit of a problem with his mentality in recent times, and he is too easy to get cards.

"You'd better be careful." Yang Yang saw Xavi Alonso staring at the frontcourt, and couldn't help but be a little funny, what do you say a midfielder cares about the frontcourt?

"You see, in this game, Xavi Martinez, Modric and David Silva controlled the midfield very well, and Barcelona's midfield was completely impenetrable, and it took them the first shot in 18 minutes.

"Don't worry, if I can't play the main team, I will change to a team that can play the main team." Xavi Alonso laughed and rightfully replied that he has a very clear plan for his career and that his future will definitely be in the dugout.

This is also the reason why he did not ask for a salary increase when he renewed his contract with Real Madrid, because he paid more attention to long-term development, and not only players, but also future coaches, but everyone in the outside world only stared at the terms of the contract and did not pay attention to some other things.

After seeing Zidane walking towards the bench, Xavi Alonso smiled at Yang Yang again, "It seems that you still have to go." ”

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"Young, the draw is within our acceptable range, but we want you to teach Hazard a good lesson."

When Yang Yang stood on the sidelines, waiting for the substitutions to be adjusted, what came to mind was the meaning revealed by Zidane and Ancelotti, that is, the game could be drawn, because this is not a game that Real Madrid particularly values.

But they were unhappy with Hazard's performance on the pitch for more than an hour, and he didn't live up to his full potential.

Or should I say, he needs some stimulation.

Therefore, Yang Yang replaced Eden Hazard in the 63rd minute as the team's left winger.

For the first time this season, Yang Yang returned to his familiar left winger position.

Hazard ran off the field depressed, hugged Yang Yang after high-fives on the sidelines, and after encouraging each other, one went on the field and the other walked off.

When Eden Hazard shook hands with Carlo Ancelotti and Zinedine Zidane, both coaches asked him to sit on the bench to take a good look at Yang Yang's performance after coming on the pitch and see how the team's number one star should play and control the scene.

"You should learn from him, there are not many opportunities like this, cherish it." Zidane reminded very seriously.

Everyone knows that Hazard's most admired idol is Zidane, and Zidane is also the main reason for him to join Real Madrid, and now even Zidane says so, which shows that his previous performance was indeed disappointing.

But Hazard is also very eager to see how Yang Yang, the once world's top left winger, plays? And how should he control the scene? Breaking through Barcelona's defence?

"According to the current situation, Barcelona has 72 per cent possession, we only have 28 per cent, but we actually have more chances, the key is to see how to use it, take a good look and concentrate on learning." After Hazard sat down in Yang Yang's position just now, Xavi Alonso's big brother demeanor was raised.

Hazard nodded silently, he also wanted to take a look.

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Real Madrid's possession rate is not much, but the defense and pressing are good, so that Barcelona is more in the middle and back of the foot to control the ball, and the number of passes that really go to the front court is very small, which also makes Yang Yang have few opportunities to get the ball.

After coming on the field, Yang Yang's range of activities is not small, but basically in the middle and on the left side, obviously also into the role of left winger, but he is almost not stationary for a moment, he is always running, looking for opportunities.

It wasn't until five minutes later that Yang Yang got a chance near the halfway line.

After receiving a pass from David Silva on the left side of the centre circle, there were no defenders around, he turned and rushed forward with the ball, very fast, and at this time, around him, Barcelona had four defenders, namely Sergio Busquets, right wing-back Alves, Pique and Mathieu.

But even so, Yang Yang still carried the ball by himself, rushed forward quickly, first used his speed to forcibly shake off Busquets, and rushed directly into Barcelona's defensive formation, directly approaching Pique.

Barcelona's defense line retreated again and again, directly into the 30-meter area, and then retreated to the front of the big penalty area, so that Pique realized that he could not retreat anymore, and he must immediately stop Yang Yang and prevent him from entering the big penalty area.

But at this time, Yang Yang suddenly chose to change the offensive line, from the original direct face to Pique, suddenly diagonally outward, striding with the ball and sprinting, passing between Pique and Alves, and directly into the penalty area.

Pique was obviously aware of the danger, and struck left and right with Alves, closely following behind Yang Yang, but in the big penalty area, he didn't dare to make casual moves, for fear of giving Real Madrid a penalty like in the last game.

Under the attack of two players, Yang Yang suddenly stopped and accelerated in the penalty area, created space from Pique, and picked up a pass to the middle, but unfortunately Morata in the middle failed to follow up in time and missed a great opportunity.

When Yang Yang walked out of the penalty area with a wry smile, the whole stadium burst into thunderous cheers, and even the Real Madrid players on the field were encouraged.

And this also made Hazard on the sidelines jaw-dropping.

This is the gap between him and Yang Yang!