956 threats from Real Madrid
The game restarted, but Real Madrid seemed to be more morale-boosting, and directly launched a midfield pressure on Barcelona, which caught Barcelona off guard, and soon grabbed the ball again.
In the second minute, David Silva was on the left side of the 30-meter area and crossed diagonally to the left wing to find Yang Yang.
Yang Yang pulled to the side of the gap to stop the ball, directly facing Alves, who came to defend him, after a bicycle feint, he made a gesture to cut in, deceived the Brazilian right fullback to make a block, suddenly buckled, and rushed to the bottom line at the fastest speed.
After breaking through a gap, Yang Yang quickly crossed with his left foot into the penalty area.
Ibrahimovic followed up with a close-range header that was held up by goalkeeper Valdés with both hands and flipped off the crossbar.
Although they failed to score, Real Madrid's attack was still threatening.
Ibrahimovic gave Yang Yang a thumbs up from afar, obviously very satisfied with Yang Yang's pass.
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The first corner of the game failed to create a threat, and Barcelona quickly counter-attacked, straight into the heart of Real Madrid.
Real Madrid retreated at full speed, and Marcelo combined with Pepe when facing Sanchez, while stealing the ball and quickly handing it to Xavi Alonso.
As soon as the Spanish midfielder stopped the ball, he turned around and made a diagonal long pass, which was accurately sent to the left side behind the Barcelona defense.
Yang Yang and Alves competed for speed, and both of them sprinted towards the ball at the same time.
During the sprint, Alves pulled Yang Yang's jersey several times and tried to stop him, but he couldn't stop him.
Seeing that the ball was about to go out of bounds, Yang Yang took the first step, hooked the ball back into the line with his left foot, and grabbed before Alves, and gently swiped to the bottom line.
The ball was so fast that even a single trip almost made the ball roll off the line.
Alves tried to keep Yang Yang out on the left, preferably with the ball straight out of the bottom line and into a goal kick for Barcelona.
But Yang Yang seized the opportunity everywhere, first made a fake move to cross directly, and deceived Alves into blocking it, but in fact, he suddenly pulled the ball back from the bottom line.
When the Brazilian right wing-back lifted his foot, the ball passed right under Alves' crotch, creating a crotch piercing.
The Brazilian right full-back turned around, pulled desperately, and pulled Yang Yang down directly on the left side of the periphery of the penalty area.
The referee blew the whistle for a free kick but did not give a card.
Yang Yang and the Real Madrid players were a little dissatisfied with this decision, because if Alves had not pulled down Yang Yang at that time, he was fully capable of taking the ball directly into the penalty area, and it was very likely that Real Madrid would score again.
But on the field, the referee is God, and since he doesn't think that such a possibility exists, no one can do it.
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In less than a minute, Real Madrid made another comeback.
It was sent to the feet of Yang Yang on the left side again, but this time Marcelo's forward insertion was stronger, directly from the left rib to the left side of the front of the penalty area, and Yang Yang also attracted Alves's attention and decisively passed the ball to the front of the penalty area.
Marcelo stopped the ball and turned around and fired a powerful left-footed volley that grazed the post and went off the line.
All the Barcelona players were shocked into a cold sweat, and even Guardiola on the sidelines jumped up, walked to the sideline angrily, shouted at the players on the field, and signaled them to return to the defense in time to block Marcelo.
"His back-thrust this time was too fast, too sudden, and too resolute." Villanova shook his head and sighed.
This is indeed quite a surprising move, because in the previous Benitez era, although Marcelo would also be forward, but not so strong, especially when Real Madrid adopted a double back tactical play, the two full-backs were still limited to the strength of the front, in order to ensure the stability of the backline.
But now, Arbeloa on the right is not good at attacking, but he often crosses the halfway, and Marcelo on the left side pressed directly to the front of the Barcelona penalty area this time and almost entered the penalty area.
This strength can be said to be unprecedented, and it also surprised Barcelona from top to bottom.
Could it be that Carlo Ancelotti is really determined to play attacking football?
"It's a repression." Pep Guardiola sees it more clearly.
Vilanova quickly understood, "You mean, attacking instead of defending, using the left side to suppress our right side?" ”
Pep Guardiola nodded, it is true, otherwise, it is impossible to explain why Yang Yang was so active after the opening, and Real Madrid played directly on the left side every time he counterattacked.
"Marcelo pressed so high, isn't he afraid of our counterattack?" Vilanova asked.
Guardiola shook his head, his assistant was still thinking too simply.
The premise of counterattacking is to be able to grab the ball first, but when Real Madrid is attacking the left side, Yang Yang, David Silva and Marcelo not only have an advantage in numbers, but also these three players have excellent foot skills, Yang Yang is famous for his focus, as long as he loses the ball, he will immediately put into the counter-robbery to delay Barcelona's counterattack.
Even if Barcelona really plays a quick counterattack, Real Madrid has a Xavi Alonso and Xavi Martinez on the side to drag the last, as long as the counter-attack line is compressed on the side, it can only be crossed, and Pepe and Ramos in the middle will limit Messi.
Of course, this is also a risk, betting on the player's dedication and tactical execution.
At first glance, Ancelotti and Benitez's tactics seem to be in the same vein, and they seem to be more similar, but the Italians have more offensive input, higher requirements for passing and receiving, and richer tactical coordination routines.
But these are laymen, and Guardiola is well aware that there is a fundamental difference between the two managers.
Carlo Ancelotti believes in the players, Benitez believes in the system.
Rafa Benitez believes that with a tight system at its core, the best-case scenario is for players to become robots and unswervingly carry out his tactical demands, then he will be able to win every game.
Ancelotti also values the system, of course, but he values people even more, so he is willing to adapt his tactical system for the sake of the players, because he believes that the players are the team, the protagonists of a game, not the tactical system.
From Benitez's point of view, it can bring integrity to the team, but it will inevitably limit the individual performance of the players, just like Yang Yang's continuous individual singles after the opening just now, which is rare during Benitez's coaching period.
In a way, Benitez is conservative, imprisoning the player's imagination and on-the-spot play.
Carlo Ancelotti, on the other hand, is on the middle-of-the-road side, wanting to bring out the individual performance and creativity of his players on the basis of the overall stability of the team.
So, the two managers are very different in nature.
Carlo Ancelotti looks more like a Spanish coach influenced by Italian football, while Benitez is more of a rigid and dogmatic Italian coach.
That's where it gets interesting.
Pep Guardiola himself has been influenced by Italian football and at the same time guided by the madman Bielsa, so in a way, he doesn't like Benitez and admires Carlo Ancelotti more.
But in this game, he suddenly had a disgust and didn't like Ancelotti.
Because Real Madrid put him under threat.
Just when Pep Guardiola was wary, Real Madrid on the pitch once again played an attacking combination.
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Marcelo sprinted forward quickly along the left flank.
Xavi Alonso sent the ball in front of him with pinpoint accuracy, allowing the Brazilian left wing-back to catch up with the ball before striding forward without slowing down in the slightest, sprinting all the way across the halfway line and straight into Barca's 30-metre zone.
David Silva came over to pick up the ball, and after receiving Marcelo's pass, he quickly knocked it back, forming a two-by-one wall-hitting combination.
Yang Yang has already given up the entire left side, and he appeared on the left side of the front of the penalty area, which is the area he is best at and the most sure of, and is nicknamed the Yang Yang area by the media and fans.
Marcelo tried to use his speed to force Alves' defence after catching up with David Silva's back, but the Brazilian right wing-back was also very flexible and fast, and did not give him such a chance.
On the left side of the penalty area, Marcelo suddenly made a sharp stop and crossed the ball with his left foot to the feet of Yang Yang.
Because Barcelona's defensive attention was taken away by Marcelo, Yang Yang deliberately ran to the unguarded area, so when receiving the ball, he deliberately stopped with his right foot, and the whole person quickly turned around, and after taking a step forward, he quickly hit a volley with his right foot.
The ball was like a cannonball, quickly flying out of Yang Yang's right foot, passing between Pique and Abidal who were trying to block sideways, and hanging straight to the upper right corner of the goal!
"World !!!"
"God, it's only eleven minutes!"
"Real Madrid scored Barcelona again in the 11th minute of the first half!"
"It's unbelievable!"
"Yang Yang was too active after the opening, he scored a brace to help Real Madrid take a 2-0 lead!"
"After the start of this game, Real Madrid's attack was very sharp, Barcelona did not even create a threatening attack, but was repeatedly attacked by Real Madrid, and several times threatened the penalty area."
"It's unbelievable, if you look at the performance of the first ten minutes, Real Madrid completely dominated the field, and even Barcelona's proudest pass and possession, Real Madrid has taken an overwhelming lead."
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Yang Yang rushed out of the stadium excitedly, and in the cheers of the Real Madrid fans, he rushed directly to the sidelines, slid and knelt in front of the live camera, and kissed the live camera of the game hard.
On the field, except for goalkeeper Casillas, all the Real Madrid players rushed to the sidelines frantically, surrounded Yang Yang, and celebrated this wonderful goal with him.
From stopping the ball to getting up and hitting into the corner, this is a real wave of the world.
Yang Yang's form in this game is indeed too good, which is what everyone has expected before, because he has always been the hardest training player in the Real Madrid team.
In fact, as early as last season, Yang Yang was already in good shape, but unfortunately he was injured in early September, interrupting his state, otherwise, his performance would have been even more amazing.