September 28 at 22 o'clock in the evening, at the Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid.

In the seventh round of La Liga, Real Madrid hosted Atletico Madrid.

This is the third match between the two teams this season, the first two being the Spanish Super Cup, Real Madrid are unbeaten with one win and one draw, and win the Super Cup, and now it is the third.

Both teams started with six wins in a row, a rarity in La Liga history, and the Madrid derby caught the attention of the entire city, with the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium packed and the crowds of fans from both teams gathered outside the stadium.

It can be said that tonight's Madrid is empty.

Carlo Ancelotti made a rare return to a two-man midfield in goal, with Iker Casillas in goal, Marcelo, Vermaelen, Ramos and Carvajal at the back, Mascherano and Luka Modric at the back, and Xavi Alonso still on his lap.

The first three midfielders are Eden Hazard, Isco and Di Maria, and the single striker is Yang Yang.

Real Madrid's starting line-up was rotated, but it was no surprise.

Compared with Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid can be described as strong and strong, especially the bench is very thick.

The Sheets are a thunderous four-four-two, with Courtois in goal, Felipe, Godin, Miranda and Juanfran in the back, Turan, Gabi, Mario Suarez and Koke in midfield, and Villa and Diego Costa in the forwards.

Simeone's team hasn't changed much, having played the previous two Super Cup games in this way, but now it's the same old game, except for Raul Garcia, who has been doing well this season, sitting on the bench.

Raul Garcia comes on whenever the team wants to strengthen the midfield, especially when they are attacking from behind, so there are plenty of goals, which is one of the biggest scoring points for Atletico Madrid this season behind Diego Costa.

But in the face of Real Madrid, Simeone obviously didn't dare to hold it up.

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The start of the game began with an attack from Real Madrid.

When the ball was advanced to the edge of the Atletico penalty area, Isco and Di Maria combined on the right side, and both of them hit the goal with their feet on the right side of the box, but they were either blocked by defenders or saved by the goalkeeper and failed to threaten.

Atletico Madrid didn't get a chance until the 11th minute, when after stealing the ball at Di Maria's feet, Koke passed through, Diego Costa shook off Ramos, and when it was about to form a one-on-one knife, Vermaelen stabbed diagonally, put a tackle on the ground, and shoveled Diego Costa into the Real Madrid penalty area.

Although Diego Costa collapsed in the box, the referee still awarded a corner accurately, not a foul.

Vermaelen's tackle was bold, but it was also dangerous, but given that Diego Costa was close to his feet at the time, it would have been dangerous if Fermaelen had not made a move.

Subsequently, the game was still under the control of Real Madrid.

In this game, Real Madrid adopted a two-back style of play, as if it was back to the past, only turning Xavi Alonso into Modric, but there was a very obvious difference, that is, Hazard, Isco and Di Maria in front of them all got more opportunities to get the ball, and they all dared to try to break through with the ball.

Simeone has been standing on the sidelines since the opening and quickly saw the clues.

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"They want a free-kick!" Simeone said through gritted teeth.

"Free kicks?" Assistant Boggs frowned.

Over the past few years, all teams facing Real Madrid have known to minimise fouls in the 30-metre zone, especially at the edge of the box, because Real Madrid have an extremely BT guy who can take a free kick as a penalty.

"I've reminded them again and again in the dressing room." Boggs said.

Simeone shook his head, "It's useless, they'll keep creating chances." ”

Just now he was still wondering, Hazard, Isco and Di Maria, and even Yang Yang, are there too many opportunities to take the ball and dribble? Didn't they always take the initiative to seek cooperation before?

But gradually, he understood that Ancelotti was deliberate.

Atletico Madrid's fouls are created through the player's individual ability, as long as it is a foul in the front court, especially on the periphery of the penalty area, it is an excellent scoring opportunity for Real Madrid, which has Yang Yang, a master of free kicks.

'Then let's get the players to press out a bit, preferably near the halfway line. Boggs nervously suggested.

As opponents, they know better than anyone the horror of Yang Yang's free kicks, and they are naturally extremely jealous.

Simeone smiled bitterly when he heard this, and shook his head, "Once the defense line is pressed forward, it will be difficult for us to maintain a careful defensive position, and Yang Yang's start speed is too fast, and the explosive power is very strong, it is difficult for Godin and Miranda to stop him, if our defense line is pressed out, they will immediately adopt the strategy of hitting behind and let Yang Yang rush." ”

"Then reduce the foul ......," Boggs immediately realized the problem again.

This summer, too many people have paid attention to Barcelona, Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar and Sanchez, but many people have overlooked one thing, that is, Real Madrid's players are not bad, and they are not even lost to Barcelona at all.

Needless to say, Yang Yang, Arjen Robben and Angel Di Maria have all proven themselves, Hazard also proved his quality last season, and after last season's Champions League defeat, this season has clearly gone further.

There is also Isco, this guy has played incredible form since joining Real Madrid, and even pressed David Silva, which shows how amazing his form is, and more importantly, he, like Hazard, is extremely good at breaking through with the ball.

It is conceivable that if Atletico Madrid's defenders are afraid of fouls, they will definitely be restrained, so can they still stop these attacking players of Real Madrid?

Don't forget, there is also Yang Yang in front, there is also Di Maria on the right side, Modric in the back, Marcelo and Carvajal on the wings......

Suddenly, Simone wanted to cry.

He felt the stratagem from Ancelotti, the ploy of the open!

"Damn, rich people can really be willful!" Simeone scolded indignantly.

Players like Eden Hazard and Isco, other teams can get one, it's all incense, only super giants like Real Madrid and Barcelona can be so extravagant.

But what's even more terrifying is that Real Madrid has Yang Yang.

This is an attacking man who is very well-rounded and has few flaws, and more importantly he has an amazing free-kick prowess.

Yang Yang is like a sword of Damocles hanging above Atletico Madrid's head, which could be cut down at any time.

It's a terrible feeling!

It doesn't work, it doesn't work, Boggs couldn't sit still, restless.

At this time, in the 23rd minute of the game, Hazard shook off Juanfran with the ball on the left and tripped Mario Suarez to the ground when he cut in laterally.

The referee's whistle sounded suddenly, foul, free kick!

In an instant, Simone couldn't bear to look at it and slapped his forehead hard, turned and walked back.

The fans at the Bernabeu Stadium cheered wildly as if they saw hope.

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Courtois stood in front of the goal line, his head down, looking at the turf, trying to calm himself.

He was about to face Yang Yang directly, the most feared attacker in the world.

Yang Yang not only has the best scoring ability, but also his free kick accomplishments are also recognized as the world's No. 1.

But Courtois quickly raised his head and exhaled deeply.

He was confident that he would save Yang Yang's free kick.

Commanding the wall of men, Courtois kept observing the situation around him.

This is a direct free kick opportunity on the left side of the top of the penalty area, the distance is about 20 meters, the position itself is very good, Yang Yang's direct free kick skills have nothing to say, Courtois needs to use the human wall to make up for some shortcomings.

He knows very well that he is not fast to the ground, after all, he is close to two meters tall, extremely burly, known as the best height template for a goalkeeper, and his physical fitness is very good, which gives him a very good range of control, but it will definitely bring some drawbacks, such as his fall to the ground is not fast enough.

He needs the human wall to seal the near corner for him to avoid Yang Yang directly hitting the door.

After arranging the human wall, Courtois carefully observed it again, and finally confirmed that there was no problem, and then he signaled to his teammates that he was okay, and he stood slightly to the left in the center.

He was sure that if Yang Yang hit the far corner, he would be able to save it.

The premise is that it can't be a dead end.

The reason why the dead spot is called a dead end is because it can't be sealed at all.

But if you want to punish the dead corner, for the vast majority of players, the difficulty is almost like buying a lottery ticket to try your luck.

Courtois bent slightly, looking directly at Yang Yang on the other side of the human wall.

I saw that Yang Yang had already set the ball, and the whole person slowly took three steps back, and after standing still, he was also adjusting his emotions.

After the referee set up the penalty area, he quickly withdrew and whistled to signal that he could take the penalty.

Hearing the whistle, everyone in the stadium, including the more than 80,000 Real Madrid fans in the stands, all of them paid attention to Yang Yang's every move on the field, and the live TV cameras were all aimed at Yang Yang.

They all hated to see everything that happened to Yang Yang next.

I only saw Yang Yang running forward quickly, the whole person stepped on the familiar pace, ran in front of the ball, stood still with his left foot, leaned his body, and kicked out quickly with his right foot, directly hitting the still ball.

Everyone at the scene only heard a muffled bang, and then they saw the ball quickly fly out, climb with a speed that is not clear to the naked eye, cross the high jumping human wall, and quickly fall to the right side of the goal.

Courtois quickly figured it out and quickly moved to the right to gauge the ball's fall.

It's high!

The Belgian goalkeeper immediately judged that the ball was a little too high in order to go around the wall.

If he judged that there was no problem, the ball would have grazed the crossbar.

But the scene that followed made him shocked.

The ball is falling rapidly!