Real Madrid's 5-2 home win over Valladolid was once again questioned by the outside world, but soon good news followed.

Barcelona, who were away at Valencia, were unable to breach the Bats' defence and the two sides drew 0-0.

In this way, Real Madrid managed to recover two points, only one point behind Barcelona.

Not only that, because Messi and Villa did not score in this round, Yang Yang scored twice again, leading the La Liga scorer list with eight goals, allowing the entire La Liga league to see the lethality of the world's number one superstar.

Seven rounds of La Liga have been played this season, but Yang Yang has scored eight goals and four assists, both in terms of goals and assists, he obviously maintains the level of the Liverpool period, and even the overall performance is better than when he was in Liverpool.

You must know that Yang Yang missed a round due to injury.

However, although the outside world affirmed Real Madrid's victory, there were also many media who were worried about the hidden danger exposed by the Galaxy Battleship, that is, the team's defense.

This is not the first time this season has been the case, with Real Madrid conceding two goals against Zurich and Valladolid, both of which are clearly not strong teams.

In the strong dialogue, Real Madrid lost 1-2 away to Sevilla, which made many people worried about Real Madrid's defense.

There are even many people who question whether there is a problem with Benitez's arrangement?

Real Madrid's sporting director Baldano said in a subsequent interview with the newspaper As, that the team is indeed lacking balance.

"Judging from the few games this season, we have played very fluently, but it is easy to have a disjointed phenomenon, which is an inevitable phenomenon in the process of team restructuring and construction, and it needs to be changed through hard training and accumulation, and it is not enough to achieve it."

Baldano believes that Yang Yang's comeback has indeed brought an improvement to Real Madrid's attacking ability.

"Yang Yang is a phenomenal superstar and we all want him to recover and return to the team as soon as possible, and his return has proven to be a welcome change in the team's attack, but we also have to realize that there are eleven players on the pitch and each player's contribution deserves recognition."

"In addition to Yang Yang, Ibrahimovic, Marcelo, Sneijder and Raul, they all played very well, Yang Yang is undoubtedly the best player, but it is also inseparable from the team's teamwork, and I believe he understands that."

Head coach Rafael Benitez also publicly acknowledged Yang Yang's contribution and importance to the team in his post-match press conference, but he also defended himself, arguing that the problems that Real Madrid are now exposed are inevitable in the process of team formation, which is inevitable for any team.

"What I'm going to say next is not to justify, but to show that we are still a team under construction, we restructured this summer and brought in eight players, including the likes of Yang Yang, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Kaka and Xavi Alonso, and it was not easy to put them together.

"Last season, we conceded 10 goals in the first seven rounds and this season we have conceded six, and you should note that last season Real Madrid was a more mature team that won La Liga two consecutive seasons."

Rafa Benitez said the team's defence has improved significantly this season, thanks to the hard work of the players and the improvement brought by a few new signings, but it is unrealistic to want to build a world-class defence overnight.

"I have a lot of confidence in the team, we will improve every week in training and games, we will gradually change our defence and improve our attacking quality even further, I have always believed that Yang Yang still has a lot of potential to be exploited, as are the superstars of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Kaka and Arjen Robben."

Media reporters expressed a certain degree of skepticism about Benitez's remarks, believing that time will not wait for Real Madrid at all.

A month later, in the twelfth round of La Liga, Real Madrid will visit the Camp Nou, which will be the first derby of the century this season, and will also attract the attention of fans around the world, and may even change the trend of La Liga.

Everyone is very worried, with Real Madrid's current defensive state, what are the chances of winning against Barcelona?

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On the evening of October 21, at the Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid.

In the third round of the Champions League group stage, Real Madrid hosted the strongest opponent in the same group, AC Milan.

Although it was a strong conversation between the big clubs, no one actually looked forward to AC Milan, not only because the Rossoneri were inferior to Real Madrid overall, but also because the visitors had never beaten Real Madrid at the Bernabeu.

The prediction for this match, including the Italian media, is to hope that AC Milan will not lose too much away from home.

AC Milan coach Leonardo also lined up in a four-three-two-one formation in this game, adopting a back three style of play, with Gattuso, Pirlo and Ambrosini lined up to form a solid protection at the front of the defensive line.

At the back, Zambrotta, Nesta, Thiago Silva and Odor form a back four, with goalkeeper Dida in goal.

The two midfielders are made up of Ronaldinho and Pato, and the strikers are Inzaghi.

Real Madrid, on the other hand, lined up with a full lineup, with goalkeeper Iker Casillas, Maxwell, Vermaelen, Pepe and Ramos at the back, a combination of Mascherano and Xavi Alonso in midfield, Kaka in the middle, and a trident combination of Yang Yang, Ibrahimovic and Robben in front.

Leonardo's thinking in this game was very clear, and he made very clear judgments at both ends of the floor.

Defensively, a dam was built at the front of the penalty area with the back three, and once Real Madrid penetrated into the 30-meter area, the back three immediately tightened up and protected in front of the defensive line, leaving no gaps for Real Madrid.

Gattuso cooperated with Otto to restrict Yang Yang on the left side, and Ambrosini on the other side cooperated with Zambrotta to freeze Robben, not only to limit Real Madrid's wing cut, but even to break through on the wing.

In the end, it was a Serie A team, AC Milan's defensive strategy was very effective, Real Madrid struggled to create a dangerous attack after the opening, and in the first 20 minutes, there were even very few shots that actually broke into the AC Milan penalty area, and more were long-range shots.

The targeted tactics on the defensive end worked, while the offensive end was dominated by counter-attacks.

Due to AC Milan's strategy of shrinking the defense, Real Madrid is bound to press forward when attacking, and the defense line moves forward, resulting in a void in the back defense, while the Rossoneri mainly play behind the back when counterattacking, Pirlo and Ronaldinho actively pass behind the defense as long as they get the ball, giving full play to the running position of Inzaghi and the speed advantage of Pato.

Defending tightly and counter-attacking sharply, AC Milan's style of play made the game dull, but it worked.

If it's a head-on attack, it won't be easy for any team to break down the defense of a Serie A team, let alone a giant like AC Milan.

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Yang Yang was clearly aware from the beginning that he was the center of gravity of AC Milan's defense.

Gattuso and Oddo, the two main Milan defenders, followed him from the opening moment.

Clearly, Leonardo didn't want to give him the slightest bit of space.

The game lasted for nearly 20 minutes, except for a left rib dribble breakthrough into the penalty area, was sandwiched left and right by Thiago Silva and Nesta, hurriedly got up and failed to hit the right part, the rest of the time was isolated outside the penalty area.

It's certainly not untargeted.

Leonardo didn't want him to get into the AC Milan penalty area, even on the edge of the box.

Real Madrid had already tried many times in the first 20 minutes, breaking through from the middle to the wing, but they failed to play an effect, and AC Milan's defense line was indeed quite calm.

After realizing this, Yang Yang also began to change his role on the court.

In the 23rd minute, after Kaka won the ball in the middle, he broke through with the ball on the left side, and Yang Yang responded on the periphery and raised his hand to ask for the ball.

Kaka quickly distributed the ball to the left side, and after Yang Yang stopped the ball, he dribbled straight to Otto.

AC Milan's right wing-back and Gattuso formed a corner and firmly restricted Yang Yang, because Yang Yang was already standing near the penalty line, so they were more limited to Yang Yang's inward cut.

Everyone knows that the area on the left side of the arc top area at the front of the penalty area is jokingly called the Yangyang area by the media and fans.

Yang Yang also knew this clearly in his heart, so after stopping the ball, he did not think about cutting inside, but went straight to Otto and Gattuso, not giving AC Milan's defenders any chance to observe the surrounding situation.

In the face of Yang Yang, any defensive player is like a big enemy, for fear that he will be thrown away by Yang Yang inadvertently, and Gattuso and Otto have not suffered Yang Yang's big losses.

In the case of lessons from the past, neither of them dared to be careless, and their attention fell on Yang Yang.

But just when Yang Yang was about to start with the ball, he suddenly divided the ball to the right side of Otto and passed it to the bottom line.

This sudden change startled both Otto and Gattuso, and then they saw a figure inserted at high speed passing by Yang Yang's side, and at the same time passed Otto and caught up with the ball in front of the baseline.

Maxwell!

Damn it!

Otto was shocked and immediately turned to chase, he regretted that he should have guessed Yang Yang's intentions, and deliberately slowed down the tempo to dribble the ball closer, the purpose was to delay time and buy time for Maxwell.

But by the time Otto turned to catch up, Maxwell had already caught up with the ball in front of the baseline and crossed to the back post with his left foot.

Ibrahimovic was physically strong and slammed his way up from the penalty spot as if he were a heavy tank starting at full speed, blocking Nesta with his back and squeezing Thiago Silva in front of him, heading in from the edge of the six-yard box and heading a cross from Maxwell into the AC Milan net from close range.

Despite the fall of Nesta behind him and the referee still awarded the goal despite Thiago Silva in front of him signaling for Ibrahimovic to interfere with his own jump.

1 to 0!