1086 Distance from the legendary Ball King
Between the twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth rounds of the league, there are two weeks of national team breaks.
The Chinese team challenged Japan away, and Yang Yang and other foreign international players also returned to China one after another, because as long as they don't lose this game, the Chinese team will lock the top two in the group in advance and advance to the World Cup in Brazil, without having to play the play-offs.
The two sides played a stalemate in the first half, and each side also called back all the foreign internationals, but the long journey and the state was not too good, resulting in a somewhat dull game in the first half, and Japan still had the advantage on the field.
But just before the end of the first half, Shinji Kagawa's goal helped Japan take a 1-0 lead.
In the second half, after the rematch, in the 60th minute, Shinji Okazaki's goal further extended the score for the Japanese team.
At present, in the group standings, the Chinese team is ranked first, Japan and Australia are competing for the second place in the group, and no one wants to participate in the play-offs, but wants to advance directly, so the Japanese team is also doing its best tonight to beat the Chinese team.
After taking a two-goal lead, the Japanese team breathed a sigh of relief, but in the 69th minute, Yang Yang forced a breakthrough with the ball in the middle, disrupting the Japanese team's defense, and sent a wonderful pass to Chen Tao on the right side, who hit the goal and pulled back a game.
Then in the 86th minute, it was Yang Yang who received a wonderful pass from Hao Junmin, successfully picked up the ball in the penalty area, turned and volleyed to equalize the score.
In the end, the two sides were tied 2-2.
Japan were in mourning as they failed to snatch three points from China at home, leaving them passive in the subsequent battle for second place in the group.
In their two away games against Middle Eastern sides in October and November last year, Japan lost by one goal to Oman and Iraq, which led to a 2-1 home win over Australia but were unable to stretch the points advantage, and they will have to win away from home to secure second place in the group.
Playing China at home and Australia away is not ordinarily difficult.
However, there is jubilation in China.
The national media and fans are celebrating the team's entry into the World Cup again, which is the fourth consecutive time that the Chinese team has entered the World Cup, especially with the maturity of the players led by Yang Yang who won the World Youth Championship that year, and the experience in the European League, everyone is especially looking forward to the performance of the World Cup in Brazil.
Especially Yang Yang, everyone has no doubt about his desire for the World Cup.
Because many people say that the distance between Yang Yang and the legendary football king is only separated by a World Cup.
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After a two-week international break, the league is back in action.
Barcelona, which has been as many as six points behind Real Madrid in La Liga, challenged Celta Vigo away this time, conceded a goal in the 38th minute of the first half, and then Tello and Messi scored successively to help Barcelona reverse, but in the 88th minute, Barcelona conceded another goal, and finally drew 2-2 with Celta Vigo away.
When the news of Barcelona's draw away at Celta Vigo came and Real Madrid were preparing to enter the stadium at Zaragoza's home stadium, La Romarda, everyone was thrilled to hear the news.
They all know very well that as long as they win Zaragoza, with only nine rounds left in the league, they are eight points ahead of Barcelona, which is basically a safe victory.
After Modric conceded the ball in midfield, Zaragoza played a quick counter-attack, creating a threat from the wing, and then passing through the box like a box, Rodri successfully counter-offside and scored with a single goal.
But in the 38th minute, Fermaelen made a long pass from the backfield, the Zaragoza defender made a mistake in clearing, Hazard passed the ball again, and Yang Yang forced the ball into the left side of the penalty area in a one-on-two situation, and hit a left-footed volley to equalize for Real Madrid.
After the rematch in the second half, just four minutes later, Robben sent a direct pass, and Yang Yang scored a single goal near the penalty spot to overtake the score.
The score of 2-1 was finally maintained until the end of the game, and Real Madrid reversed Zaragoza with Yang Yang's pass and shot.
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Real Madrid won three points, Barcelona drew away, and the gap between the two sides widened to eight points.
After the game, the media throughout Spain agreed that the suspense of this season's La Liga title has been lost.
Vilanova's first game back in the team was a draw, which he regretted, and in his post-match press conference, he had to admit that it was already difficult for Barcelona to catch up with Real Madrid this season.
'In the league, we will definitely continue to work hard and not give up, and we are still in the Champions League, so we still believe that the team is capable of competing for a major title this season.
The implication is that Barcelona will do their best to focus on the Champions League in the future.
Missing out on the league and the Copa del Rey, but as long as you can get the Champions League that Barcelona has dreamed of in the past few years, or the Champions League that Guardiola has aspired to but failed to do, it can be regarded as a success for Barcelona this season.
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On the evening of April 3, at the Bernabeu Stadium.
In the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals, Real Madrid hosted Galatasaray of Turkey.
This team can reach the quarterfinals of the Champions League, and the overall strength is not too bad, but there is still a huge gap with Real Madrid.
The biggest star of the Turkish team is Didier Drogba, but there are also some well-known European stars such as Felipe Melo, Altentop, Rieira and Eboue, which is why they have been able to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
But at the Santiago Bernabeu, they are clearly not strong enough.
Just nine minutes into the game, David Silva sent a through ball that Yang Yang deftly fired from the left side of the penalty area to open the scoring for Real Madrid, which was also his tenth goal in the Champions League this season.
In the 29th minute, Carvajal crossed from the right, Yang Yang plugged in at high speed, fought for the top in the middle, and hit the header for Real Madrid, 2-0.
In the 73rd minute, Hazard cut inside with the ball on the left side, creating a chance for a free kick in front, and Yang Yang personally took the penalty to lock the score at 3-0 for Real Madrid.
The score is also almost certain, and Real Madrid will advance to the semi-finals of the Champions League.
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At the weekend, in the thirtieth round of La Liga, Real Madrid hosted Levante.
In the 31st minute of the first half, Levante played a quick counterattack, Michel passed straight to the right side of Real Madrid, Rios passed back, Michel kicked the goal in the penalty area, hit Arbeloa, deflected into the net, and opened the scoring for Levante.
This goal also once again exposed Real Madrid's defensive problems, it can be said that in recent games, Real Madrid has conceded almost every goal, and the defense is also very problematic.
Fortunately, Real Madrid's attack was sharp.
Real Madrid equalised five minutes after conceding the goal, Xavi Alonsola crossed from the right, and Yang Yang half-turned and volleyed in near the penalty spot to find the back of the net for Real Madrid.
Three minutes later, David Silva crossed from the left, Hazard crossed from the left, and Yang Yang fired another volley past Levante, only this time with his left foot.
In the first half, both goals were brilliant volleys, and more than 80,000 fans at the Bernabeu Stadium all stood up to cheer for Yang Yang at halftime.
The on-site commentator shouted Yang Yang's name excitedly, "It is precisely because of Yang Yang's stable and high-level performance this season, as always, that he has led Real Madrid all the way to the present." ”
"We can't imagine what Real Madrid would be like this season without Yang Yang."
When any team is reorganized, it will inevitably fall into a trough, or even be confused, but it is precisely because of Yang Yang that Real Madrid has a clear direction and goal, and Yang Yang's goals and play have given Real Madrid enough confidence.
Without Yang Yang, the current Real Madrid would not have been able to go today.
Until the 84th minute of the second half, first Xavi Alonso created a penalty and hit it himself, and then David Silva made a direct pass, Yang Yang received the ball on the left side of the penalty area and formed a single knife, but selflessly crossed to the middle, Hazard followed up with the shovel shot, and the Belgian received an assist from Di Maria in the first minute, scored again, and scored twice.
It was Hazard's first brace since joining Real Madrid, and the Belgian was thrilled.
In the end, Real Madrid reversed Levante 5-1 and played a crazy attack.
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In midweek, in the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals, Real Madrid traveled to Turkey to play Galatasaray away.
Just eight minutes into the opening game, Yang Yang received an assist from Xavi Martinez to open the scoring for Real Madrid.
However, after the rematch in the second half, Eboue took advantage of a counter-attacking opportunity and scored a long-range shot from the edge of the box to equalize the score, and then Arbeloa was sent off the field with a red card after a defensive foul and made an insulting gesture to the referee on duty.
Real Madrid, who had one man missing, conceded goals in succession in the 71st and 72nd minutes.
First a mistake on the counter-attack and a mistake conceded before Raphael Varane was crushed in defense of Drogba and the Ivorian headed home.
But Real Madrid also quickly returned the color, Yang Yang in the 74th minute, after receiving Modric's diagonal pass, volleyed into the bottom edge of the crossbar, and bounced into the goal.
In the 93rd minute, Robben passed the ball on the right side, and Yang Yang volleyed from the right side of the penalty spot to equalize the score and score a hat-trick again, and finally helped Real Madrid draw 3-3 away with Galatasaray.
After the game, Real Madrid's defense was unanimously questioned by the media, and even Carlo Ancelotti made it clear in his post-match press conference that Real Madrid's defense did have problems.
And everyone is worried, with a defense like Real Madrid, how can they advance to the semi-finals?
What's worse is that in the other game of the quarterfinals, Bayern Munich defeated Juventus 4-0 on aggregate with a total score of 2-0 home and away, and successfully advanced to the semi-finals and met Real Madrid.
Heynckes' team is very good defensively and sharp on the counter-attack, what are the chances of Real Madrid winning against such an opponent?