841 The Power of Leaders

In the visiting dressing room at Old Trafford, the Real Madrid players looked excited, even a little excited, and there was no sign on their faces that they were down by a goal and at the same time were suppressed by their opponents for the entire first half.

On the contrary, their look makes people mistakenly think that it is Real Madrid who are now in the lead.

Why such a noticeable change?

Everyone knew it, so they all targeted Yang Yang.

This hero who led them out of the predicament in the first half!

The head coach has not yet entered the locker room, and the captain on the field, Casillas, has never been the kind of big brother who takes the lead, so everyone pins their hopes on Yang Yang, and they all hope that Yang Yang will tell them what to do in the second half?

Is it an attack? Or shou?

Yang Yang naturally felt the expectant eyes of his teammates, but he didn't feel proud at all, it was more of a responsibility, which represented the trust and support of his teammates, which made him proud.

'Rafael is young, inexperienced, has another yellow card and we can play from his side in the second half.

Yang Yang analyzed the problems faced by the team according to the situation in the first half.

'I'm sure I'll be able to cut through the Manchester United defence on the left flank, but I need someone to match me.

After finishing speaking, Yang Yang looked at Marcelo.

Marcelo is 21 years old and has been with Real Madrid for three years since he joined Real Madrid in January '07.

Over the past three years, Real Madrid have gone through several managers, from Fabio Capello to Schuster to Juan de Ramos and now Benitez, and Marcelo has always had a mixed reputation, if not a bad one.

Because his defense is really weak, and on several occasions when he is on the field, his left side is the focus of the opponent's attack, and even later, after Real Madrid brought in Heinze from Manchester United, they simply pushed Marcelo to the front.

It can be said that in the past three years of Real Madrid's career, Marcelo has never been as comfortable as he is now, and he knows very well that it is because in front of him, there is a world's top number one superstar, Yang Yang is like a giant umbrella, sheltering him from the wind and rain.

And at this moment, everyone in the whole dressing room is watching him, which makes the Brazilian left wing-back even more indescribable pride in his heart, since his debut, when has he been so valued like now?

"I'm here to support you!" Marcelojo stood up and shouted excitedly, "What do you need me to do, you just say." ”

Yang Yang smiled at Marcelo and nodded: "It's still the same as usual, let's cooperate, who cuts inside and who sets the edge, it depends on the situation." After speaking, Yang Yang stretched out his hand.

Marcelo shook Yang Yang's hand hard, and the two reached a consensus and made a deal!

'When we make gaps on the left, we draw attention from the defence and try to get the ball down the middle, even on the right, or at the edge of the box. Speaking of which, Yang Yang looked at Ibrahimovic, Robben and Sneijder.

"I'll leave it to me in the middle of the penalty area!" Ibrahimovic patted his chest and assured.

"Outflank me on the right!" Robben replied.

"Split the ball in the middle and get back on the edge of the box, I'll take care of it." Sneijder was unambiguous.

In this way, the attack in the front court is completely settled.

'Xavier and I are still in midfield, so the two of us will pay attention to the ball and protect the defence at the same time.

Xavi Alonso also stood up and looked at Mascherano, and the two looked at each other and smiled.

After Liverpool cooperated tacitly and came to Real Madrid, the two are still the best partners on the pitch, and they are no strangers to Manchester United.

In fact, except for the two goals conceded in the opening game, Real Madrid's performance in the rest of the time was really not bad, and the defense was also well organized, Manchester United had the advantage, but never scored again, which shows that Real Madrid's defense is indeed good.

"Marcelo goes up, and I'll protect you behind you." Fermaelen also took the responsibility himself.

"And the two of us." Ramos pointed at Arbeloa, and the two stood up at the same time, "You guys go up, and the defense of the back line will be left to us." ”

Casillas also stood up at this time, "I'm here in front of the goal!" ”

All the Real Madrid players looked at their teammates around them and laughed in unison.

This is probably the second time this season that this has happened in the Real Madrid dressing room, and it proves that the Real Madrid dressing room is becoming more and more united and more team-oriented.

"Tonight, we're going to qualify at Old Trafford!" Yang Yang was full of confidence and shouted loudly.

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Outside the locker room, Benitez, the coaching staff and Zidane all heard the voices in the locker room and heard Yang Yang's shouts, and they all felt a sense of strength.

It's a team leader!

Maybe the captain of the team is Raul, Guti, Casillas, Ramos, but the leader of the team can only be Yang Yang!

After Benitez listened to Yang Yang's words, he suddenly felt that he seemed to be a little redundant, because Yang Yang had already said everything he wanted to say, even if he went in now, it was estimated that he would repeat Yang Yang's words just now.

Of course, he will arrange it more finely than Yang Yang, but at this time, the team does not need details.

Tonight, at Old Trafford, Real Madrid need leaders!

Zidane is secretly admiring Yang Yang's football wisdom, because as a bystander, he also clearly sees the problems and weaknesses of Manchester United, but Yang Yang easily sees this on the field, which is not easy.

At the very least, this proves that Yang Yang's ability to read the game and the overall situation, as well as his tactical literacy, are quite outstanding.

There is a saying that there are pros and cons.

Ferguson replaced the old and clumsy Gary Neville with a younger, faster and more agile Rafael to defend Yang Yang, the advantage is that Rafael can keep up with Yang Yang, and the Brazilian full-back has been pestering Yang Yang for almost the entire first half, but there are many disadvantages, such as his lack of experience, and his defense is not as steady as Gary Neville.

And Yang Yang obviously knows this very well, so he specifically caught this weakness of Manchester United!

"I don't think there's any need to go in." Zidane suddenly laughed.

After saying that, the French legend said goodbye to Benitez, turned around and left.

He was supposed to be going to the chairman's stand, and Florentino would certainly be happy to hear from the dressing room.

Yes, tonight, the Real Madrid president personally led the team to Old Trafford.

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At the start of the second half, after the two sides changed sides and fought again, Manchester United took the initiative again.

Real Madrid retreated in an orderly manner, with all three lines of the team retreating to their own half, even within 30 meters.

After conceding a goal in the final stages of the first half, United had to press it down, although they were still apprehensive.

On aggregate, United are still one goal behind, and Real Madrid have already scored an away goal, in theory, one more goal for United to equalize, and if they want to qualify directly, they need to score at least two more goals.

Scoring two goals in 45 minutes was a huge test for Manchester United.

Ferguson didn't have to pick and made a substitution at half-time.

Dimitar Berbatov replaced Nani and moved Rooney to the right, clearly wanting to attack.

The substitutions showed United's determination and made the players on the pitch more motivated.

Real Madrid, on the other hand, held on to their defense and waited for the right time to counter-attack.

Yang Yang, as in the final stages of the first half, expanded his range of activities, pulling Rafael and Fletcher, driving Manchester United's defence, forcing the Red Devils' defense to be difficult to maintain a thoroughness.

In any line of defense, as long as the players move, there will be a flaw.

And when the game reached the 53rd minute, Real Madrid finally waited for a good chance to counterattack.

Vermaelen passed the ball to Yang Yang's feet, who turned around and tried to get rid of Fletcher in vain, and quickly passed the ball to Sneijder.

The Dutch midfielder quickly knocked back, Yang Yang went straight behind Fletcher, formed a two-over-one collision with the wall, and after winning the ball, he took it to the left side of the penalty area, which was very fast, and quickly attracted Rafael to leave his position.

Before Rafael and Fletcher could form a bag, Yang Yang made a direct pass and sent the ball behind Rafael.

I don't know when, Marcelo appeared on Rafael's side like a ghost, the sprint speed was still very fast, straight into the penalty area behind Rafael, intercepted Yang Yang's through ball before everyone, and passed the low flat ball diagonally to the penalty spot.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic was in front of goal, while United's two centre-backs were also keeping an eye on the Swedish centre-forward, while Arjen Robben was ambushed at the back post.

Sneijder is not fast, but after cooperating with Yang Yang, he has been rushing forward, and at this time he came to the penalty area, ahead of Carrick, and in the face of Marcelo's pass, the Dutch midfielder directly pushed it.

The ball went almost in a straight line into the bottom right corner of the United goal.

Van der Sar made a save, but he couldn't reach it!

Two to two!

“GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!”

"Real Madrid equalized!"

"Sneijder scored a goal!"

"It was a very fast counter-attack, and it was very organized and very clear."

"We saw that Yang Yang's through ball was very beautiful, he alone attracted the attention of Rafael and Fletcher's defence, but gave Marcelo a chance to cut in from the wing."

"Rooney was more focused on attacking and failed to follow Marcelo back in time, resulting in the Brazilian left wing-back having no one to follow, easily going straight into the box and crossing to Sneijder."

'It's a very dangerous situation for Manchester United right now.

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2-2, 5-3 on aggregate, Real Madrid led by two goals.

This is undoubtedly creating a problem for Manchester United as the Red Devils are losing the initiative.

What is even more surprising is that less than three minutes after Manchester United conceded the second goal, perhaps under the pressure of two missed goals, or a little recklessly, Rafael actually brought down Yang Yang from the side when he was thrown away when he was marking Yang Yang on the left side.

Despite the pressure from the Manchester United players to show mercy to the referee, the referee eventually issued a yellow card.

Rafael turned two yellows and one red and was sent off the pitch.

With two goals behind and one less than their opponents, it is difficult for Manchester United to have a chance to reverse even if it is bloody, tenacious and tenacious.