On the evening of December 5, at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid, Spain.

In the thirteenth round of La Liga, Real Madrid hosted Almeria.

The matchup was already destined to be dramatic and fun enough to rival a Hollywood blockbuster.

When the referee brought the players of both teams into the stadium, the announcer at the Bernabeu stadium habitually read Kaka's name when introducing Real Madrid's starting players, much to the surprise of the more than 80,000 fans in the stadium.

Didn't Kaka have surgery before?

Why are you still playing tonight?

The announcer was quick to correct his mistake, apologised on the spot, and said he had a speech problem, and that it was Dutch midfielder Wesley Sneijder who would start in place of Kaka tonight, who will replace Kaka in the midfield position.

The live TV camera also gave Sneijder a close-up, the hapless Dutchman shook his head in frustration, looking very innocent and helpless, and his teammates around him were amused, and Ibrahimovic reached out and touched his head.

Goalkeeper Casillas, Marcelo, Vermaelen, Pepe and Ramos in the back, Mascherano and Xavi Alonso in the back, Sneijder in the middle, and Yang Yang, Ibrahimovic and Robben in the front.

Compared to the away challenge to Barcelona a week ago, it was only in the midfield position that Kaka was turned into Sneijder.

As if affected by a comedic mistake before the game, Sneijder held his breath and just two minutes into the game he fired a long-range shot that was saved by Almeria goalkeeper Diego Alves before Robben, who had come up to make up for it.

Real Madrid completely controlled the ball from the beginning and launched frequent attacks.

A minute later, Yang Yang kicked the goal, but couldn't threaten.

Then it was Robben who got a chance in the box and got up again, but couldn't find the back of the net.

After the opening, Real Madrid was very active, controlling the game and the tempo, Almeria retreated from all directions, and there was a lot of noise in front of the goal, and it seemed that it was only a matter of time before Real Madrid broke the goal.

Real Madrid started to create chances again and again, and then missed them, as if their shooting luck had been exhausted at the Camp Nou, and the team was in great form, but they were never able to score.

In the twentieth minute, Xavi Alonso realised the problem and immediately slowed down the tempo on the field, and Real Madrid began to patiently organize and comb, especially in the final pass.

But even so, Real Madrid still has the advantage and frequently gets opportunities to get started.

Until the 31st minute, Yang Yang received a pass from Marcelo on the left side, crossed from the left corner of the penalty area, tried to send the ball into the penalty area, and went to Ibrahimovic, but was cleared by the Almeria central defender with a header.

The ball flew to the edge of the box, and after Sneijder won the ball, he moved to the left again.

Yang Yang stopped the ball in the middle, and after catching up, he glanced at the right side of the penalty area and passed the goal diagonally with his right foot.

Ramos, who was plugging in at high speed, burst into the box and flew to the top before everyone else, heading the ball directly into the Almeria goal to open the scoring for Real Madrid.

1 to 0!

Subsequently, although Real Madrid continued to dominate and continued to chase hard, they never scored again.

Almeria's defense is indeed well organized, but Real Madrid's attack is almost meaningless.

But it was in the second half that the situation suddenly changed.

At the beginning of the game, Real Madrid was still on a firm footing, and Almeria, who had been stagnant throughout the first half, suddenly seized a chance to play a strong attack, first a cross from the left flank hit Ramos and changed direction, Soriano volleyed from near the penalty spot, and then hit Vermaelen and bounced into the goal.

One to one, it's flat!

The referee signaled that it was Soriano's goal, not Vermaelen's own goal.

But just when everyone was still struggling with this decision, Almeria took a corner, this time it was a leak in the Real Madrid backline, Ramos failed to keep an eye on Uche in time, and the opponent seized the opportunity to volley and score again.

The man who opened the scoring for Real Madrid in the first half made two consecutive mistakes at the start of the second half, and in just three minutes, Real Madrid went from a one-goal lead to a two-up deficit.

The dramatic start sent the entire Bernabeu in an uproar.

All the fans are starting to wonder, what the hell is going on with this Real Madrid team tonight?

was able to beat Barcelona by five goals at Camp Nou, why did he never break through Almeria's goal at home?

As the clock ticked, after 60 minutes, Real Madrid took the lead in making substitutions.

Captain Raul replaced Mascherano and went up front, partnering Zlatan Ibrahimovic up front.

It was a very clear signal to strengthen the team's attack.

Real Madrid then launched a series of attacks, but never managed to score.

Until the 73rd minute, Yang Yang cooperated with Marcelo on the left side, stuffed the ball to the bottom line, Marcelo followed up and crossed with his left foot to the penalty area, creating a mistake by the Almeria backline players, and Robben followed up with a low shot at the back point, 2-2.

Real Madrid then continued to exert pressure and kept attacking, and Yang Yang, Ibrahimovic and Raul also showed great effort, constantly looking for opportunities on the pitch.

In the eighty-first minute, Yang Yang suddenly appeared on the right side, received a straight ball from Robben, used his personal speed to force a breakthrough, and sent a low flat ball in the right corner of the penalty area to the goal.

Ibrahimovic followed up with a powerful volley and was desperate to shoot the ball through Almeria's net.

The shot found the back of the net again for Almeria and turned the tide for Real Madrid.

Three to two!

Only three minutes later, after Robben cut inside with the ball on the right side, he forced a cross into the penalty area, Yang Yang ran out of the gap, pushed and broke the goal without defense, and expanded the score again, four to two!

The score was maintained until the end of the game.

Real Madrid narrowly beat Almeria 4-2 with Yang Yang's two passes and one shot, and goals from Ibrahimovic, Ramos and Robben.

But in the dressing room after the game, Benitez was furious and extremely dissatisfied with the team's defense.

While everyone knows that Real Madrid's defence has been problematic this season, with Ramos, Pepe and Vermaelen all not being steady, Metzelder is no better either, and Real Madrid's backline needs to stabilize as soon as possible.

The combination of Ramos, Pepe and Vermaelen in a 5-0 win away to Barcelona was a sign of confidence, but the game against Almeria was on the resurface.

Benitez even told his players in the dressing room, "With a fragile defense like ours, we won't be able to get past the round of 16 anyway!" ”

The implication is clear: if they want to break the embarrassing nickname of the Champions League Sixteen for many years, Real Madrid must focus on defending and find a way to stabilize the defense on the basis of the existing players.

And this is also a concern for Real Madrid.

The offense is strong enough, but the defense is too unsettling.

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After playing the thirteenth round of La Liga, Yang Yang set off for Paris to receive the award, but then he did not return to Madrid, but went directly from Paris to Marseille to meet the team.

This is the final match of the Champions League group stage and the battle for top spot between Marseille and AC Milan.

Due to the poor performance in the first five rounds of the group stage, AC Milan are currently in an awkward position in the group, only one point ahead of third-placed Marseille, which can be described as extremely dangerous.

Yang Yang, who had just won his third European Ballon d'Or in Paris, France, started this game and was booed by Marseille fans, who were obviously very dissatisfied with Yang Yang's start.

But the louder the boos from his opponents, the better Yang Yang's form will be.

Just five minutes into the game, Yang Yang broke through the Marseille goal with a direct free kick from 28 meters away.

Then Yang Yang hit the post once and failed to further expand the score.

However, in the 11th minute, Marseille stubbornly broke through from Ramos' side and managed to equalise.

It wasn't until the 27th minute that Yang Yang volleyed and exceeded the score again.

After the rematch in the second half, Yang Yang was replaced by Higuain not long after.

In the 80th minute, Real Madrid took advantage of a corner kick and Vermaelen headed home to extend the score further.

Three to one, Real Madrid ended up beating Marseille away.

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Real Madrid defeated Marseille 3-1 away, and the new European Ballon d'Or winner Yang Yang scored a brace, but the happiest was not Real Madrid fans, but AC Milan.

The Rossoneri were just one point clear of Marseille before the game, while AC Milan had a terrible run away at Zurich, falling behind by one goal and then stubbornly equalising but never being able to turn it back.

Fortunately, Real Madrid defeated Marseille 3-1 away, which is equivalent to helping AC Milan get the second place in the group.

But Benitez denied this, as Real Madrid did not do their best.

As for Yang Yang's start, it is more because he has just won the European Ballon d'Or in Paris.

'This award gives him a huge motivation and he wants to start and I have no reason to turn it down.'

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Sure enough, Real Madrid then won both games before Christmas.

First of all, they were equalized by Valencia twice on the road, but in the end, they stubbornly exceeded the score and beat Valencia 3-2 away.

Although Yang Yang did not score in this game, he still performed very well and planned two goals.

A week later, Real Madrid hosted Zaragoza.

Yang Yang was brave again, although he only scored one goal, but his left side became the most active area of Real Madrid's whole game, with Zlatan Ibrahimovic scoring twice, Sneijder scoring twice and an assist, and substitute Raul also scoring a goal as Real Madrid beat Zaragoza 6-0 at home.