Carlo Ancelotti's Real Madrid is sick!

And it's not lightly ill!

This is the conclusion that everyone has come to after Real Madrid's 3-3 draw with Schalke and 04.

After the game, almost all the media agreed that Ancelotti was the number one sinner after Real Madrid's loss, and they couldn't understand why Modric, who was recovering from a serious injury, would reappear in the starting lineup, and shouldn't he need to be given a little time?

Carlo Ancelotti's explanation for this is that Modric has been training with the team for some time and has adjusted well in training.

However, Alfredo, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper As, pointed out in his column that training and actual combat are two rounds, and injuries like Modric should be substituted and let him adjust slowly and find his form, rather than pushing him into the starting lineup all at once.

Alfredo believes that Carlo Ancelotti is stubborn, even a little paranoid in wanting to prove himself right, and he still hopes to find the Real Madrid team that played beautifully in the first half.

'He wanted to restructure the combination of Modric and Toni Kroos as a technical midfielder to lead Real Madrid's overall attack and give Real Madrid the same attacking football that they had in the first half of the 22-game winning streak, but it was clear that he lost the bet!

Marca also unceremoniously accused Carlo Ancelotti of losing the trust of the Bernabeu and even Real Madrid's dressing room.

'Luka Modric's return is a welcome one, but Carlo Ancelotti's stubbornness is also hard to imagine, so why does he have to revert to a technical midfield duo when Mascherano and Ilia Ramendi are both consistent?'

'Even against Schalke 04, even in the final stages of the game, he still refused to bring on a defensive midfielder, which is incomprehensible, and Carlo Ancelotti seems to have been trapped in his own mental trap and cannot get out.

Marca newspaper believes that Real Madrid did play beautifully in the first half of the season, and the offensive was like a tide, but that has passed, and now the best and most beautiful La Liga is Barcelona, and the two giants have played offensive football for half a season, while Real Madrid has fallen into a trough.

In this case, Real Madrid should choose stability rather than take risks.

"Carlo Ancelotti should be grateful to Cesar Azpilicueta and Luis Suarez, without whom Real Madrid would likely be excluded from the quarter-finals of the Champions League, and this game is also worth pondering, what do Real Madrid need?"

Marca newspaper also said in the end that against Schalke's 04 Real Madrid, people can't see any possibility of winning the cup, even if they barely enter the quarterfinals, they will only be eliminated by their opponents in the end, and they can't go further.

Even, if Real Madrid does not improve and faces Barcelona in such a state, it may be a sure defeat, and may even give up the position of the league leader.

"Carlo Ancelotti mentioned Yang Yang, it is true that Real Madrid is very dependent on Yang Yang, but we can't put all the responsibility and all the pressure on Yang Yang, that is irresponsible, we need to build a strong and competitive team around Yang Yang, but now it seems that Ancelotti is getting further and further away from this road."

Catalonia's World Sports newspaper even made a direct sarcastic statement, believing that on this night at the Bernabeu, Real Madrid was like a soulless headless fly, Real Madrid played a lot of bad scenes in the game, the fans booed the players, and the Real Madrid players were also very bad in the game, and there was no spirit of solidarity in the past.

"Such a team does not dare to have high expectations!"

World Sports has concluded that if Real Madrid does not improve, a visit to Camp Nou, Barcelona, who have been in hot form recently, will give Real Madrid a humiliating defeat.

"Even if Yang Yang returns, it won't be able to change this result!"

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Yang Yang did not participate in the discussion of the outside world, and he neither did he express any opinion on Ancelotti's downfall.

The team lost and everyone felt bad, including Carlo Ancelotti.

But that didn't stop him from researching and analysing the game.

According to the statistics given by the official UEFA after the game, in the match against Schalke 04, the total running distance of the German team was 121.8 kilometers, while the total distance of the Real Madrid team was only 112.4 kilometers, that is, the running distance of the whole Real Madrid team was nearly 10 kilometers less than that of the opponent.

That's a pretty incredible number, as almost one person is missing.

Let's ask, if there is one less person than the opponent in the whole game, how can the game be played?

Schalke 04's game was indeed full of fighting spirit, obviously adjusted well before the game, their team ran the least, in addition to the goalkeeper, it was the central defender Matip, but it was also more than 10 kilometers, and there were three people in the team who ran more than 12 kilometers, including former Real Madrid player Huntelaar.

And the most running in the Real Madrid team is Toni Kroos, 11.8 kilometers, it can be seen that he has been running hard to cover, maintaining Real Madrid's weak midfield, but most of the time is chasing the opponent, the effect is not obvious.

In addition to the lack of active running, Real Madrid's entire team only had 347 accurate passes, and Schalke 04 reached 421, almost 100 more than Real Madrid, which is incredible.

You know, Real Madrid put Toni Kroos and Modric in the back two in order to control the midfield, but in terms of the number of passes, they fell behind Schalke 04 by a large margin, which cannot be explained.

It's clear that it's not just a matter of being in poor shape and being too tired.

These factors are certainly there, but more importantly Ancelotti is gradually losing the trust of Real Madrid's dressing room.

In other words, many players are not comfortable with him, or are not satisfied with his line-up.

From this point of view, Modric returned to the starting line-up, directly replacing Mascherano and partnering Toni Kroos in the back two, although it did not cause strong opposition in the dressing room, but the players also voted in their hearts.

Football has always been complicated.

Carlo Ancelotti stepped up to the top of the table at Real Madrid and now it seems likely that he will step down this season.

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There is a good saying, the house leak happened to rain overnight, and the boat was late and encountered a head wind.

In the first half, when Real Madrid was in full swing, everything went smoothly, but in the second half, Real Madrid began to run out of luck, and all the opponents came out one after another.

The results of the draw for the quarterfinals of the Champions League are out, and Real Madrid once again drew their sworn rival in the same city, Atletico Madrid.

What an unimaginable lot!

In the knockout rounds of the Copa del Rey, they encountered Atletico Madrid and Barcelona one after another, and finally got through, but they met Atletico Madrid again in the quarterfinals of the Champions League.

The other match in the same semi-zone with Real Madrid was Juventus and Monaco, and the Serie A side were lucky enough to draw Monaco, the weakest team in the quarter-finals.

In other words, even if Real Madrid eliminated Atletico Madrid, the next opponent will be the difficult Juventus.

So much so that when the draw results came out, all the media and fans close to Real Madrid were stunned.

The luck in the second half of the race was too much, and it was carried to the extreme.

Of course, if Real Madrid want to meet Barcelona again in the Champions League, they will have to reach the final.

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It's one thing to have bad luck, but the game goes on.

On the evening of March 15, Real Madrid sat at the Bernabeu Stadium and ushered in the opponent of the 27th round, Levante.

Yang Yang returned to the starting line-up, and Carlo Ancelotti also adjusted Real Madrid's line-up.

In midfield, Toni Kroos rested, Luka Modric returned to partner David Silva, Mascherano played as the team's lone midfielder, and Real Madrid returned to a four-three-three formation.

In the eighteenth minute of the first half, Modric sent a through pass, James Rodriguez crossed from the right side of the penalty area, and Yang Yang made a barb on the edge of the small penalty area to break through Levante's goal and open the scoring for Real Madrid.

In the 40th minute, Real Madrid doubled the score again.

Modric sent a quick free kick in front, Carvajal inserted the edge, broke into the bottom line with the ball and passed back, Yang Yang followed up with a right-footed volley, and once again broke Levante's goal, 2-0.

The score was also maintained until the end of the game, when Real Madrid beat Levante by two goals thanks to a brace from Yang Yang.

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In the other match against Real Madrid, Barcelona beat Eibar 2-0 away thanks to Messi's brace, one of Messi's goals was a penalty.

However, it was Croatian midfielder Rakitic who was voted Man of the Match the best of the match, and he was very good in the game, leading the Barcelona midfield to completely neutralize Ebar and create many chances up front with Sergio Busquets out injured.

However, in the complete win over Ebar, Neymar in the trident was once again substituted early, and it was Pedro who replaced him.

The Brazilian winger came off the pitch with an ugly look and expressed his displeasure with Enrique's substitution, but his performance throughout the game was indeed not ideal, not only did he miss good chances to score, but he was also in terrible form.

This is also a hidden danger in the Barcelona team.

Although the front three are a star-studded and feared trident, the three superstars have never been able to form a synergy, which is also a big problem that Barcelona has faced in the last two seasons.

Real Madrid have Real Madrid's problems, Barcelona have their own problems, but in general, Barcelona have more momentum, which also makes the outside world full of worries about the next round of the century derby, after all, Real Madrid will be a guest at the Camp Nou.

Ratletico Madrid, on the other hand, is more of a spoiler.

After beating Almeria 3-0 in the 24th round, Simeone's side suffered three draws in three consecutive rounds, although the opponents were all strong teams such as Sevilla, Valencia and Espanyol, but after three consecutive draws, Atletico Madrid have basically announced their withdrawal from the league and tried to maintain the top three.

Real Madrid are at the top of the table with a four-point advantage, followed by Barcelona, which has once again made the Century Derby an important point in this season's La Liga.

As long as Real Madrid wins this game, the lead will be extended to seven points, basically locking the big picture.

But if Barcelona wins at home, the gap between the two sides will be shortened to one point, which will be a nightmare for Real Madrid, which has not been in good form recently.

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