In a 1-0 win away at Barcelona, Mascherano was voted Man of the Match for 90 minutes of the game, and the Argentine defender was judged to have re-proven his worth in a brilliant game and regained his place in the midfield race.

Marca said publicly after the game that Real Madrid should keep Mascherano because the Argentine midfielder is an important stabilizer for Real Madrid's midfield, especially in the absence of Luka Modric.

Alfredo, editor-in-chief of the newspaper As, also said that the presence of Mascherano has re-established Real Madrid's defence.

"In fact, Carlo Ancelotti's side have had problems defensively this season, and even in a way, it was a trade-off, with Ancelotti opting to sacrifice a little defence to activate the team's attacking firepower."

Alfredo believes that Real Madrid's choice in the first half was correct, because the presence of two technical midfielders, plus a forward midfielder, made Real Madrid's midfield very creative and controlling, and the attacking firepower in the front field was completely exploded, but with the injury of Modric, this style of play is obviously not suitable for Real Madrid today.

'At least, we can't find a second midfielder as well-rounded as Luka Modric.

The editor-in-chief of the newspaper Ace compared Modric to Deco during the Barcelona Dream II team, believing that both midfielders are very versatile, capable of playing in many different positions such as midfield, midfielder and midfielder, and are very good in attack and defense.

"In fact, there has always been some kind of concern for everyone, Deco has also been in a rapid decline in form and fitness since the age of 30, which is an almost irreversible trend, and this time Modric's serious injury has further deepened the concern that the Croatian midfielder will be able to regain his peak form?"

By September 15, Modric would officially turn 30 years old, and this time the serious injury of four months is indeed very worrying, because it has always been taboo to be seriously injured at a sensitive time.

A young man like Jose was interrupted by a surging upward momentum, while a veteran like Luka Modric is likely to exacerbate the downward trend in physical performance.

In this environment, Alfredo believes that Real Madrid should prepare early and return a defensive midfielder like Mascherano to the main position, which is believed to be a good choice.

In addition to Marca and As, Jose de la Morena, the host of Radio Serre, who has always been known for breaking news, broke the news in his own program that the second half against Atletico Madrid, the game against Getafe, and even the game against Barcelona to return Mascherano to the main position, were all contributed by Yang Yang and Zidane.

"As we all know, in Real Madrid's tactical system, Yang Yang has always occupied a pivotal position, before Ancelotti even allowed him as a player, on the pitch or standing on the sidelines to direct the player's game, which is equivalent to recognizing Yang Yang's particularity, but now, Yang Yang's transcendent status is becoming more and more obvious."

"In the past few years, Real Madrid players can attend high-level meetings, generally only the team's captain and vice captain and Yang Yang, many times even the captain and vice captain have not been able to participate, but Yang Yang has received an invitation, Real Madrid everyone knows about it, so that Yang Yang is happier at the Bernabeu, this is everyone's top priority."

"During the winter break, everyone thought that Real Madrid's slump was caused by fatigue, so Yang Yang took the lead in standing up and speaking out on behalf of the dressing room, hoping that Ancelotti could pay attention to the substitute players and carry out greater rotation, and as the game deepened, the problem gradually became obvious, and the defensive back was the key to Real Madrid's weakness, and it was Yang Yang who stood up and appealed."

"He is not the captain, but in fact, his position in the dressing room is something that the past captains, and even several managers cannot ignore, and even Ancelotti was able to take over Real Madrid smoothly, Yang Yang's nod is the key, which has long been known to everyone."

"Now, Yang Yang is constantly expanding his influence in the dressing room and even Valdebebas, and he has even begun to show his attitude and play his role on some important issues involving Real Madrid."

De la Morena believes that Yang Yang's positive statement is what Real Madrid's management and technical team want to see, because they want the team to rally more around Yang Yang and hope that Yang Yang can play more happily at Real Madrid.

As to whether Yang Yang's judgment is correct, de la Morena has reservations.

"Judging from the last three games, Real Madrid's stability in the second half against Atletico Madrid, and the clean sheets against Getafe and Barcelona, these have proved the value of Mascherano's existence, but the league is long, and whether Yang Yang's appeal is correct or not needs more and longer games to verify."

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At the weekend, in the twentieth round of La Liga, Real Madrid challenged Cordoba away.

The conditions of the Akengier Stadium are very bad, the turf has even been damaged in many places, and the home attendance rate is quite poor, even with the arrival of the superstar-studded Real Madrid, the stands on all sides still look empty, and there are not many fans at home.

Real Madrid launched a fierce attack on the visitors from the start, but they were always a little less lucky, opening with a Yang Yang's in-cut shot from the left at the post, and then his kick after passing three opponents was saved by the goalkeeper.

Mascherano was given another start, his third consecutive start in the last week, and his performances were also more consistent and better than one game, which made the Real Madrid backline solid and stable.

It wasn't until near the end of the first half that Córdoba's defense finally showed its flaws.

Yang Yang retreated to the periphery of the penalty area to receive the ball and turned, a kick to the left side, Hazard into the penalty area at high speed, after stopping the ball on his chest, hit a powerful volley, and opened the scoring for Real Madrid.

In stoppage time, it was Yang Yang who retreated to receive the ball, divided the ball to the left side, Hazard passed diagonally to the back of the goal, Suarez followed up in front of the goal and shot from close range, once again breaking through Córdoba's goal, giving Real Madrid a two-goal lead.

In the second half, after the rematch, Real Madrid threatened in the first attack, Carvajal quickly inserted a cross from the right, Yang Yang inserted it at high speed, and scored with a header near the penalty spot, which was another goal for Real Madrid, 3-0.

In the 53rd minute, Real Madrid repeated the old trick, but this time it was Yang Yang who pulled out the gap, and Suarez inserted a header to score, still from the assist of Carvajal on the right side, 4-0.

In the 65th minute, David Silva sent in a corner kick and Xavi Martinez headed home to make it 5-0.

In the 80th minute, Hazard and David Silva collided with the wall in succession, sending a wonderful pass in the penalty area, and Yang Yang stabbed the goal under the interference of the defender, 6-0.

Then, Real Madrid scored a goal in the 85th and 88th minutes through Eden Hazard, and then De Bruyne assisted Suarez to score a goal, and the Uruguayan striker scored a hat-trick.

In the end, Real Madrid beat Cordoba by eight goals and won a hearty victory.

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The away win over Cordoba is not in itself enough to tell the story, because the opponent is indeed too weak.

What's more, Barcelona have also been in great form in recent rounds, beating Atletico Madrid 3-1 at home, then Deportivo La Coruna 4-0 away, and Elche 6-0 away in this round.

Both of the Spanish Super League have ushered in a strong recovery in recent times, which has also made a lot of changes in the La Liga rankings.

Real Madrid is only one point ahead of Barcelona because of one less round, and it should be said that the two teams are biting each other tightly.

Atletico Madrid have fallen a bit lately, but they are still only three points behind Barcelona and could catch up at any time.

Simeone's side have lost several important players this season, but they are still quite competitive.

If Real Madrid's momentum in the first half of the season was fearful, the trough after the winter break was worrying, and it was only recently that Mascherano returned to the main position and Real Madrid's performance stabilized again.

However, in late January, when the transfer market was about to close during the winter break, there was news again in La Liga that Real Sociedad was interested in buying back Ilia Ramendi, and the player himself did not come forward to clarify, but took a silent response.

This has to be questioned, is Ilya Ramendi interested in returning to Real Sociedad?

In fact, Athletic Bilbao wanted to sign Ilia Ramendi on loan as early as last summer, but Real Madrid was very optimistic about the homegrown midfielder and did not think about loaning or selling him, even during the winter break.

According to the media in the player's hometown, the high intensity of the game and the competitive pressure of playing at Real Madrid, as well as the tension of being watched by the world all the time, have left Ilya Ramendi at a loss, and he himself prefers to return to Real Sociedad to get rid of the mental pressure of playing for Real Madrid.

Such rumors and the attitude of the players have attracted the attention of Real Madrid.

Yang Yang, Ramos, Ancelotti, Zidane, and even Baldano and others have communicated with Ilia Ramendi, showing Real Madrid's trust and support for him, but the player's attitude is always inclined to "go home".

In the end, Real Madrid's attitude was that they couldn't go during the winter break, and they had to wait until the summer.

So soon, Ilya Ramendi stood up to clarify his transfer rumors, and Real Madrid officials also reiterated their attitude towards Ilya Ramendi, expressing their trust and support for him, believing that he could play his own world in Real Madrid.

But everyone in Real Madrid knows that if Illia Ramendi still can't adapt to Real Madrid's environment and competition in the next six months, he will return to Real Sociedad at a discount in the summer transfer half a year later.

This also means that Real Madrid's cultivation of Ilya Ramendi has failed in the past period.

Yang Yang watched Ilya Ramendi come in with his own eyes, and his performance was indeed not bad, but if the player's personality was really not suitable, then no one could force him, and he could only feel sorry for it.

But this is professional football!

That's the risk and the price you have to pay for developing young players!