On the evening of March 4, the second leg of the Copa del Rey semi-finals.

Real Madrid visited the Stadio de la Love Song to challenge Villarreal.

With a 4-1 win in the first leg and a narrow 2-1 win in the league, Real Madrid's last two wins against Villarreal have led Carlo Ancelotti to make a significant rotation of his starting line-up.

But there is one thing he doesn't dare to move, that is, Yang Yang in the front court is still the starter.

After the narrow 2-1 win over Villarreal, Carlo Ancelotti joked that if he was given two Yangyangs and let him use them in turn, Real Madrid would be able to keep winning all season.

It is not difficult to see from this that the Italian marshal admires and reuses Yang Yang.

And Yang Yang has never disappointed, in the Love Song Stadium, just three minutes after the opening, Yang Yang once again took the ball on the right side, and in a one-on-one situation, forced a breakthrough through the left fullback Costa, but this time he did not hit the goal directly with his left foot, but rubbed a cross with his left foot after cutting inside, and fell directly behind the defensive line.

Hazard also reacted quickly, quickly plugged in, successfully countered offside, and volleyed the goal seven meters in front of the goal, opening the scoring for Real Madrid, 1-0, 5-1 on aggregate!

Arguably, the goal was a death sentence for Villarreal, as they had to score four goals to equalise, which is largely unlikely in theory.

But Villarreal is not a fuel-efficient lamp either, especially with left wing-back Costa, who can sit firmly in the main force of the Yellow Submarine, and it is impossible to do without a little level.

In the 39th minute, it was Costa's quick back cross on the left side that sent a wonderful pass to the former Barcelona player Dos Santos at the back point, helping the Mexican player score a goal and equalize the score at 1-1.

But after the second half of the rematch, Mascherano sent a precise through pass in the middle, Suarez got rid of the central defender Luiz, scored a single goal, and exceeded the score for Real Madrid again.

In the 88th minute, De Bruyne sent another diagonal pass from the right rib, and Hazard successfully countered offside, scoring a goal six meters in front of the goal, rewriting the score to 3-1.

In the end, Real Madrid won Villarreal 3-1 away and 7-2 on aggregate to advance to the Copa del Rey final.

Real Madrid's opponents in the Copa del Rey final were 1-1 at home in the first leg and 2-0 away to Athletic Bilbao in the second leg.

What's even more interesting is that three days later, Real Madrid visited the San Mamés Stadium to challenge Athletic Bilbao away.

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Only in the twenty-sixth minute of the game, Yang Yang was replaced.

The live TV camera focused on Yang Yang, who limped off the court, and the blood on his right ankle had stained the white socks, oozing out and staining the boots on his feet, making it clear that he had been violated during the game.

Athletic Bilbao has never been a good team, and any team that visits the San Mamés stadium must have the determination to fight to the end, especially Real Madrid, who everyone knows that this northern team is not cold to Real Madrid.

The game was very hot, and Athletic Bilbao was also unkind to the opponent in the Copa del Rey final, and there were many big scenes in the game, especially for Yang Yang, who showed great courage, and he did not hesitate to kill the killer.

Yang Yang only played 26 minutes before two Athletic Bilbao players paid the price for yellow cards, one of which led to his ankle injury, but he finally couldn't hold on and had to take the initiative to signal the coaching staff on the sidelines to make a substitution.

Seeing Yang Yang limping off the pitch like this, not only the Real Madrid coaching staff and the bench were shocked, but even the fans and spectators across the TV were also worried, if he was injured, the blow to Real Madrid would be unprecedentedly huge.

"Yang Yang has performed very well this season, scoring 36 goals and 14 assists in La Liga so far, and creating 50 goals alone, which can be said to be the most important core soul of the Real Madrid team."

"Right now, it's Real Madrid's attack on the La Liga title, and at the same time it's the knockout stage of the Champions League, if Yang Yang is injured, it will be a very big blow to Real Madrid."

Carlo Ancelotti, Zinedine Zidane and team doctor Carlos Díaz and others all gathered around, and when they ripped off Yang Yang's socks and saw the wound that was still bubbling with blood, everyone couldn't bear to shake their heads.

This damn northern team is playing so roughly!

So wild that even Javi Martinez, who was born at Athletic Bilbao, couldn't stand it.

The team doctor quickly helped Yang Yang deal with the wound, but it was obviously unrealistic to return to the game, because then he had to conduct a detailed examination to see if he had injured his ankle, which was not sloppy.

Isco started in place of Yang Yang, Real Madrid changed the formation of four, three and three, and Suarez played as a single striker.

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After losing Yang Yang, Real Madrid's attack is still very strong, but the offensive efficiency is greatly reduced.

The team has not been out of the predicament recently, with continuous mistakes in attack and low offensive efficiency, which makes Real Madrid seem to have a lot of attacking momentum, but they have not gained much.

On the contrary, in the 71st minute of the second half, Athletic Bilbao took advantage of Real Madrid's midfield passing error, made a successful steal, Nick sent a through pass from the right, and near the penalty spot, Aduris beat Xavi Martinez's header to score a goal for Athletic Bilbao.

It was the only goal of the game!

Real Madrid suffered their fourth defeat of the season away from home, missing out on three points!

Barcelona beat Rayo Vallecano 6-1 at home, the front trident was like a bamboo, and it played an offensive storm, Cristiano Ronaldo scored a brace, Messi scored a hat trick, Neymar did not start this game, and Pedro, who replaced him, sent an assist.

On the one hand, it was an upset, but on the other hand, it was a big victory, and Barcelona was full of morale and said that they would reverse Real Madrid in the future.

The four-point gap made Barcelona see the opportunity again!

For Real Madrid, it is uncomfortable to be narrowed by the sworn enemy, but it has received excellent news, that is, Yang Yang only suffered a flesh wound in the game against Athletic Bilbao, and he bled a lot, which looks fierce, but in fact it is not in the way, and it is okay to rest and rest.

However, for safety reasons, Ancelotti still did not arrange for Yang Yang to start in the midweek home game against Schalke 04.

A 2-0 win away from home to Schalke 04 doesn't look like a suspense.

Even, Ancelotti arranged the return of Modric after a long absence from the stadium in this game.

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March 10, Stadio Bernabeu, Madrid.

In the second leg of the Champions League round of 16, Real Madrid hosted Schalke 04.

Carlo Ancelotti responded to the call by once again offering a four-four-two formation, with the midfield once again lined up with Luka Modric and Toni Kroos, with Isco and Di Maria on the wings and Jesse and Suarez up front.

Yang Yang was not included in the squad for this game because of an ankle injury sustained against Athletic Bilbao last week.

After just twenty minutes of the game, Real Madrid's defense made a mistake and was scored by Schalke 04 player Fuchs.

Just five minutes later, Toni Kroos set up Suarez for a goal to level the scores.

But in the 40th minute, former Real Madrid player Huntelaar grabbed a point in front of the goal and once again exceeded the score.

Another five minutes, and Suarez again, received a pass from Cesar Azpilicueta to equalise for Real Madrid.

In the 52nd minute, after the rematch of the second half, it was another pass from Azpilicueta on the left, and Jesus scored a goal to turn the score around, allowing everyone to see the opportunity.

But five minutes later, substitute Leroy Sane scored a goal to level the scores.

3-3, Real Madrid finally drew Schalke 04 at home.

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It's another bad game!

In his post-match press conference, Ancelotti was told by the media that his team was indeed experiencing problems, and they were serious problems.

'We wanted to do better and play football that everyone was happy with, but everybody saw that we played badly and we were booed by the fans and we didn't blame the fans because we didn't do well enough.

Carlo Ancelotti said that the main problem of not winning this game is reflected in several levels, one is the lack of confidence of the team, which is very fatal in the game.

So what is it that makes the mighty Real Madrid lose confidence?

Carlo Ancelotti mentioned Yang Yang, believing that Yang Yang's absence has a great impact on Real Madrid.

"I don't know how to explain this phenomenon, but really, whether it's a player or a coach, as soon as we walk into the locker room and see Yang Yang sitting there, we will feel very relieved, and we will feel a wave of confidence from the bottom of our hearts constantly surging upward."

Despite drawing Schalke to a four-and-four level and qualifying in a terrible fashion, Carlo Ancelotti expressed his confidence in the team, his trust in the players, and his belief that the team can get out of the situation quickly.

'We need to think about defending and that's all the mistakes we made in this game.

Carlo Ancelotti also defended Luka Modric, who was sluggish throughout the pitch, saying: "This is his first game after a few months, it's my responsibility for the poor performance, I'm a bit rushed, maybe it would be better to put him on the bench." ”

As for the boos from the fans in the stands and the rumors of the dismissal from the outside world, Ancelotti reluctantly said that he had heard it many times, "I will not think about it now, I will continue my work and do the best I can for the team, I believe we can get out of this situation." ”

Yang Yang sat in the stands for the entire game, but he did not give any media interviews after the game and went straight to the locker room.

He saw that the Real Madrid players all walked off the pitch with their heads bowed one by one.

They drawn, they didn't lose, but they lost just as much.

When many players saw Yang Yang, their eyes were red.

"Don't worry, it'll be over soon." Yang Yang walked forward quickly, hugging and comforting his teammates one by one.

This year, the winter in Madrid is a bit long.