In the following two days, major media around the world were paying attention to Yang Yang's injury and the upcoming derby of the century.

Real Madrid officials did not disclose the specific injury of Yang Yang, and ambiguously said that Yang Yang's nose was not lightly injured, and whether he could catch up with the derby of the last century depended on the diagnosis of Dr. Ramolareja and the team doctor.

Club president Florentino also said in an interview with the media the next day, "We will not risk Yang Yang's body, for us, the weekend Camp Nou is just a league game, but Yang Yang is the club's most valuable asset, and we have no reason to take any unnecessary risks." ”

Florentino said that it will be up to the head coach, the team doctor and the players themselves to decide whether Yang Yang can play.

Ancelotti issued a gag order internally, prohibiting Real Madrid players from being interviewed by the media.

But the pervasive media still captured some news, such as Yang Yang went to La Morareja Hospital for treatment for two consecutive days, and it seemed that he was indeed injured a lot, and he was wearing a black mask the whole time, refusing to show his true face, but only saying that his injuries were red and swollen.

The Catalan media also tried to spy on the military at the La Morareja hospital, but the top private hospital in Spain and Europe is a partner of Real Madrid and will not disclose anything to the outside world, so the outside world rumors are also confusing, and all kinds of opinions are endless.

Some people think that Ancelotti and Real Madrid are taking the opportunity to play smoke bombs and deliberately release fake news, just to confuse Barcelona, but in fact, Yang Yang is not in a big problem at all and will definitely appear at Camp Nou.

But some people think that Real Madrid doesn't need to make such a stupid move, because it is too obvious and can't confuse people at all, and the most likely explanation is that Yang Yang's nose injury is really not light, because even Juventus's central defender Chiellini said in an interview with Italian media after returning to Turin that he was really sorry for Yang Yang's injury.

Yang Yang is known as the [Barcelona Star], almost every time he faces Barcelona will have a good performance, if Yang Yang is not seen in the first century derby of the season, it will definitely be a loss for fans all over the world, and at the same time, it will be a very big blow to Real Madrid.

In fact, everyone can see that after Yang Yang went down, Real Madrid's attack did not have a good way to match Juventus's defense, Suarez performed very hard, but there was still a gap compared to Yang Yang.

Barcelona's defense is definitely inferior to Juventus, but at the Camp Nou, what Real Madrid needs most is Yang Yang's efficiency, as well as stability and calmness in the big game, which is Suarez's shortcomings.

Everyone knows that after joining Real Madrid, the Uruguayan striker is still receiving counseling from a psychiatrist to avoid the recurrence of the biting incident, which shows that it is difficult for him to replace Yang Yang in the key battle.

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In the midst of a heated discussion about Yang Yang and the Century Derby, the list of 40 candidates for the European Golden Boy Award was newly released, but it did not attract much attention from the outside world.

Since its inception in 2003, the award, which was selected by the Torino newspaper Sport, has selected 10 European golden boys, including the first Van der Vaart and the second Yang Yang, as well as the likes of Lionel Messi, Cesc Fabregas and Sergio Aguero.

The biggest name is definitely Juventus' Paul Pogba, who has completely established himself in the main position in the Bianconeri and has performed quite well.

Everton's Romelu Lukaku, Ajax's Fisher, Monaco's Carrasco, Schalke's Draxler, Manchester City's Nastasic are all famous young talents in Europe.

Real Madrid have three of the 40-man roster shortlisted, namely centre-back Raphael Varane, Alvaro Morata and Jesé in the forward line.

All three players have performed quite well at Real Madrid, but the big weakness is that they can't play in the main team, even Raphael Varane, who does not have an advantage in the competition with Ramos, Vermaelen and Xavi Martinez.

In contrast, the most vocal are Juventus' Paul Pogba and Everton's Romelu Lukaku.

However, Real Madrid can have three shortlisted, which shows that the team has indeed gained a lot in the rejuvenation reform in the past two years.

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October 25, the day before the Derby of the Century.

There was a lot of disturbance from the outside world, but the situation was calm in the Valdebebas training base.

Ancelotti issued a gag order to the outside world, prohibiting anyone from giving interviews to the media without permission, and naturally prohibiting outside media reporters and fans from entering Valdebebas, in order to create a stable preparation environment for the team.

In a week of double matches, Real Madrid's training was mainly based on recovery and adjustment, so nervous that they didn't even have time for tactical drills, and could only prepare for the derby of the century by holding meetings and analyzing Barcelona's tactical videos.

This is true not only for Real Madrid, but certainly for Barcelona.

No coach is going to work two games a week, unless he wants to play his players out.

This amount of training was not heavy for Yang Yang, so he still stuck to his original habit and ran to the swimming pool in Valdebebas by himself during the lunch break.

The hardware of Real Madrid's training base can really be said to be the best in the entire European football world, among which the swimming pool is Yang Yang's favorite.

Whether it is Ajax or Liverpool, because the training base is not spacious, so the pool is not big, only 25 meters long, but this pool in Real Madrid has ten swimming lanes, 50 meters long, all around the way of full openness, excellent lighting conditions, and every day care, excellent water quality.

It can be said that swimming in such a pool is really a pleasure for Yang Yang, who has long been proficient in various swimming styles.

Every time he was tired of swimming, he would let himself float on the water for a while, and his whole body was extremely relaxed and comfortable.

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A cough came from the shore, disturbing Yang Yang, who was floating in the pool.

He woke up just in time to see Zidane and Carlo Ancelotti standing on the shore, both looking at him with smiles on their faces.

Yes, there are all kinds of rumors outside, but in fact, Yang Yang has long been fine.

Chiellini's blow was not light, but it was not heavy, but it was bleeding a lot on the spot, which looked a little terrifying, and then it was basically no big deal.

"How?" Yang Yang asked with a smile as he lay on the shore of the pool.

The coaching staff has been working on the strategy for tomorrow's game against Barcelona today, even at noon.

Another thing that is very different from previous years in this season's Century Derby is that the time is arranged much earlier, kicking off at 18 o'clock, which is almost the earliest Century Derby in years.

One of the most important reasons is to accommodate fans in Asia and other time zones.

But even so, Real Madrid still decided to leave for Barcelona early tomorrow morning.

"It's still being studied, and many problems are hard to watch out for." Ancelotti smiled wryly.

Barcelona's biggest reliance at the moment is their ability to control the ball, and the other is the individual ability of the attacking stars up front.

Needless to say about the former, Barcelona's pass-and-possession philosophy can be said to have led the development of European professional football in the past few years, and everyone is absorbing the concepts they need from it, and deriving something of their own, and even restraining Barcelona in turn.

The latter is elusive, because the individual ability of the players is so strong that many times the individual performance of the stars on the pitch is completely unpredictable, and no one can guess what will happen in the next second.

However, the manager's pre-match preparation is to minimize all kinds of risks, and put forward different targeted plans for various situations that may occur in the game, which is obviously difficult to work against Barcelona.

"Then don't think too much, according to our original model, we can fight how we want." Yang Yang said briskly.

Ancelotti and Zidane looked at each other and smiled wryly.

That being said, but it's still worrying about it, which is why the manager is under so much pressure.

After taking charge of Real Madrid, Ancelotti's gray hair on his head has increased significantly.

Everyone only saw the superficial brilliance, but ignored that taking charge of Real Madrid was a stressful thing in itself.

In this team, if you don't win the championship in one season, it's a failure.

And this season's La Liga, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid are all very competitive.

Don't look at Atletico Madrid losing twice, but that's because Real Madrid and Barcelona are both nine wins in a row, which is also the only one in European football.

After chatting for a while, Yang Yang also got up from the pool and discussed some things against Barcelona with the two coaches.

"By the way, tonight, I might be back a little later." Yang Yang rarely asked for leave.

The night before the game, the team is customary to stay in a hotel, even at home.

But Ancelotti and Zidane nodded unexpectedly, "Okay, you arrange your own time." ”

Yang Yang didn't explain much.

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In fact, Yang Yang took a leave of absence because today was his birthday.

Su Ye was busy early in the morning, preparing a dinner and a piece of cake for him.

He hadn't had a serious birthday for many years, and at this time of year, in addition to a competition or a competition, this time Su Ye wanted to give him one.

Yang Yang doesn't want to be too lively, he doesn't want to be extravagant, just a family of three has a meal at home, cut the cake, and it's a birthday.

It's just that what he didn't expect was that after celebrating his birthday at home and returning to the hotel more than an hour later than the meeting time, all his teammates were waiting for him with a specially customized big cake, and this cake was still eaten by the players.

"In the past four years, we have either been busy with the game or for various reasons, we have not been able to help you celebrate, but it is rare to have time this year, so we all want to help you celebrate a birthday." Captain Casillas and Ramos said with a smile as they rolled out the cake.

When everyone in the team, including the coaching staff and staff, lit candles and sang birthday songs for him, Yang Yang was particularly moved, not because of a piece of cake, but because they all remembered his birthday and prepared all this without him.

These people are his comrades-in-arms who fought side by side!