972 is not part of Guardiola's game
In the Champions League in midweek, Yang Yang did not play, and he did not even enter the game squad.
Everyone knows that against Dinamo Zagreb at home, Real Madrid has a very high probability of winning the opponent, and there is no need to even use Yang Yang's nuclear weapon at all.
And that's exactly what happened.
In the opening two minutes, David Silva set up Zlatan Ibrahimovic's goal.
In the seventh minute, Ibrahimovic assisted Robben for a goal.
Then in the ninth minute, Alvaro Morata scored from Arbeloa's cross to make it 3-0.
In the twentieth minute, Ibrahimovic set up another goal for Modric.
In the second half, after the rematch, Varane made a long pass in the backfield, Robben easily reversed offside, rushed into the penalty area with the ball all the way, and scored a single goal, expanding the score to 5-0 for Real Madrid.
Then Morata and Ibrahimovic played a quick combination, straight into the penalty area, Ibrahimovic leaned on the defender with his body, even stopped, rushed directly into the penalty area, and pushed the shot, 6-0.
After the big win, Real Madrid relaxed their attack, Dinamo Zagreb fought back to preserve dignity, and then scored a goal, and finally Real Madrid won 6-1 at home to Dinamo Zagreb with Ibrahimovic's excellent performance.
With five consecutive wins in the group, Real Madrid qualified as the group leader without any suspense.
But it was Luka Modric who surprised the team even more.
The Croatian midfielder was dubbed "White Xavi" by the media after the game, meaning that he is Real Madrid's midfielder Xavi.
Judging from this game, although he only scored one goal, after he partnered with David Silva, he firmly helped Real Madrid lock in the midfield, allowing Real Madrid to play very smoothly in the first 70 minutes, organizing waves of attacks.
According to the post-match media commentary, Real Madrid not only had possession, but also a dangerous attack, and even if the frontcourt players were a little more capable of seizing their chances, they should have scored at least five or six goals in the first half.
"He's a keen and perceptive player!" Marca said approvingly after the game.
The Real Madrid dressing room was also very positive about Modric's performance, especially after four months of joining the club, and the Croatian midfield is clearly getting better, with Carlo Ancelotti having a special preference for the likes of David Silva, Luka Modric, Ander Herrera and Xavi Alonso.
If the presence of Xavi Martinez and Mascherano ensured Real Madrid's midfield defense, then in Ancelotti's mind, these four midfielders represent Real Madrid's midfield organization, creativity and creativity.
And Kaka is still working hard for the transformation, but there is really not much time left for him.
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November 26 at 20 p.m. sharp, at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid.
In the fourteenth round of La Liga, the Madrid derby, Real Madrid hosted Atletico Madrid.
It's a derby, but you don't see the passion of the crowd, because Atletico Madrid hasn't won a derby for 12 years, which is a terrible number.
Before every derby, they vowed to break their fate, but after each game, they failed to turn the tide and always fell at the feet of the hated Real Madrid.
Former chairman Hill Sr. once said that as long as you can win Real Madrid, it doesn't matter if you lose to the whole world!
This phrase has always been Atletico's motto, and this season's Sheets have also spent a lot of money, bringing in stars such as Falcao and the likes of Diego, Savio and Felipe, among whom Felipe was a good friend of Yang Yang during his time at Ajax.
The head coach Manzano was obviously also fully prepared, opening steadily, blocking the first wave of Real Madrid's attack, and patiently waiting for the opportunity, and finally in the fifteenth minute, directly behind Marcelo, Savio launched a counterattack on the right, and Falcao successfully hit the goal from a small angle against offside, opening the scoring for Atletico Madrid.
It looks like an upset for the pace of the game.
But Real Madrid is not a fuel-efficient lamp on their home turf either.
In the 24th minute, after Yang Yang won the ball in the middle, he turned away from the defender, advanced forward with the ball, and stuffed straight into the penalty area to find Ibrahimovic, while the Belgian goalkeeper Courtois, who has performed well after being loaned to Atletico Madrid from Chelsea this season, was forced to abandon the goal and knocked the Swedish center to the ground without being able to stop Ibrahimovic.
The referee gave a red card and a penalty, and Ibrahimovic originally wanted to give it to Yang Yang, but Yang Yang resigned, and finally took the penalty himself to equalize for Real Madrid.
In the second half, after the rematch, Real Madrid launched an offensive, Yang Yang forced a breakthrough cross on the left side, Ibrahimovic in the middle deliberately missed, and Robben at the back point followed up to push and hit the score, reversing the score for Real Madrid.
In the 65th minute, Marcelo launched a counterattack with a long pass after winning the ball in the backfield, Godin made a mistake in clearing the siege, Ibrahimovic grabbed the ball, and after the wonderful pass, Yang Yang burst into the penalty area, shook past the substitute goalkeeper Asenjo, and pushed the empty goal, 3-0.
Then in the 82nd minute, Yang Yang passed the ball with his heel, cooperated with Ibrahimovic, Godin fouled on the periphery of the penalty area, and was sent off with a red card, and Yang Yang personally took a free kick and made it overnight, expanding the score again.
Four to one, in the end, Real Madrid won Atletico Madrid at home with Yang Yang's two shots and one pass.
The 12-year unbeaten derby run has been extended again after this game.
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While Real Madrid won 4-1 at home to Atletico Madrid, the entire Barcelona squad was in Madrid, but at a different stadium, the Alfonso Pérez Stadium in Getafe, waiting for kick-off.
In midweek, Barcelona suffered a tough battle away from home, facing AC Milan, who were twice behind and twice equalized, Barcelona finally scored a key goal by Messi to assist Xavi, defeated AC Milan 3-2 away, and after Real Madrid, they advanced to the round of 16 by winning the group.
After the game, Guardiola's three-four-three style of play was appreciated by all the media and fans, and many people even compared it with Cruyff's three-four-three of the Dream Team back then, because Guardiola was the core player of the Dream Team 1.
But perhaps because of the over-consumption of players in the midweek defeat to AC Milan, or for other reasons, Pep Guardiola reverted to a back four in the weekend's away game against Getafe.
The squad is complete, the main force is exhausted, and even the new No. 9 winger Sanchez has returned from injury to form a trident with Messi and Villa, but the team that has just beaten AC Milan at the Sao Paulo Stadium has no way to take Getafe's defense at the Alfonso Pérez Stadium, but in the 67th minute, Real Madrid academy player Sarabia assisted Barella's header through a corner.
In the final stages of the game, Messi also had a shot after stopping the ball on his chest in the penalty area, but he was too angle-seeking and hit the post and failed to help Barcelona equalize.
In this way, Barcelona lost 0-1 away to Getafe and suffered their first defeat of the new season.
After this game, the gap between Barcelona and Real Madrid further widened to eight points.
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After the game, there was a dead silence in the visiting dressing room at the Alfonso Pérez Stadium.
Pep Guardiola didn't say a word from the moment he walked into the dressing room, just sat in his place with his head down, as if he was worried about something.
It's not a game for him!
It's not a team he wants, either!
If Athletic Bilbao's San Mamés Stadium is where any team can drop points, it is definitely problematic to fail to take even a single point away from Getafe at the Estadio Alfonso Pérez.
What's the problem?
Messi, Villa, Pedro, Sanchez, Cesc Fabregas, Iniesta......
Barcelona's midfield attack is definitely not weak, and some people have even estimated the price, this set of strikers is worth at least 200 million euros, even compared to Real Madrid, but the problem now is that it is difficult for the team to even score a goal in the face of Getafe.
Villa's form has slipped too quickly and Alexis Sanchez hasn't settled into the team yet, but that's not a problem.
Outsiders don't know, but Guardiola himself knows very well that the biggest problem of Barcelona today is its dependence on Messi.
It's like Benitez's Real Madrid relied too much on Yang Yang in the offensive end.
Messi's shots this season have reached 70, the number of shots in the Barcelona team is 217, Messi alone accounts for more than 30 percent, and the Argentine star has scored 15 goals so far, and the whole team has only scored 38 goals, a 40 percent ratio, but Messi's assists this season are only five, and the decline is very obvious.
In other words, Messi is gradually transforming into a scorer, which was not the case with Messi in the past.
Last season, he did everything up front, except for corners, he was involved in almost all of Barcelona's attacks, so he set a career high in goals and assists.
But this season, Messi is taking more shooting opportunities and reducing his investment in other aspects, so this part of his reduction, in the current Barcelona team, no one can fill it, but the shooting resources that he squeezed out compressed the performance of other players such as Villa.
The final problem has become the way it is now, when Messi is not in ideal condition, or when he is tired, Barcelona's attack has problems, and what is worse is that Guardiola, as the head coach, has nothing to say about this.
He knew that Messi wanted to compete with Yang Yang, and Barcelona and Barcelona fans also wanted to see a more ambitious Messi, but the result was that the team had problems.
The meaning of the management is to build a team and build tactics around Messi like Real Madrid, and maximize resources to tilt towards Messi and cultivate him into a superstar like Yang Yang.
But this is not what Guardiola wants to see, because the biggest difference between Messi and Yang Yang is that he is too emotional, while Yang Yang is always so calm, so stable, and even sometimes makes people wonder if he is a robot.
Pep Guardiola has no way to bet the fate of his team on a player who is easily swayed by emotions, whether it is Messi or Yang Yang!