"Real Madrid broke the ball in midfield and launched a quick counterattack."

"Yang Yang dribbled the ball, the speed was very fast, and he entered the 30-meter area of Manchester United at once."

"Gary Neville grabbed and wanted to stop Yang Yang ......"

"One man has a ball over ......"

"Beautiful! Yang Yang easily shook off Gary Neville and continued to drive straight into the penalty area with the ball. ”

Vidic followed back to the defense all the way and blocked in front of Yang Yang.

"Yang Yang dribbled the ball into the penalty area, Manchester United is in danger!"

"Emergency stop, kickback, transverse inward inward ......"

"Nemanja Vidic and Fletcher were dumped by him at the same time......"

"Carrick rushes over and tackles ......"

"Yang Yang took the lead and hit the door ......"

"Ball ......"

"Van der Sar!"

"At the critical moment, Van der Sar flew like a god to save the ball!"

"Great Van der Sar, at a critical moment, the Dutch goalkeeper saved Manchester United!"

"We saw that Carrick tackled Yang Yang in the box, will the referee award a penalty?"

'The Real Madrid players were negotiating, but the referee seemed to think that it shouldn't have been a penalty because Carrick didn't stop Yang Yang from hitting the goal with his feet, and as for the subsequent trip to Yang Yang, it was because he couldn't collect the momentum in time.

"Real Madrid's attack in the first half was very fierce, especially Yang Yang, who seemed to be stimulated by Cristiano Ronaldo, and performed quite well."

"This time I dribbled the ball directly from the middle line, drove straight in, connected three Manchester United players, and grabbed ahead of Carrick in the penalty area, and hit the goal with his feet, the quality was very high, and the angle was also tricky, but Van der Sar flew to save the ball with one hand."

"It can be said that Yang Yang has done everything a player can do, but unfortunately, he met the in-form Van der Sar, and the Dutch goalkeeper seems to be playing at a super level tonight, continuously blocking high and low receptions, blocking Real Madrid's tidal attack."

'It was a brilliant first half, with both teams playing without reservation, showing the highest level of skill and tactics from the top teams in European football, and it was thanks to Manchester United's goal in the opening less than two minutes that broke the deadlock.

"But Real Madrid will certainly not be satisfied with this result, especially Yang Yang."

"If you just look at the performance, he was definitely one of the best players in the first half, especially this time just now, he single-handedly ran with the ball for a long distance, went straight to the Manchester United penalty area, and almost broke the Manchester United goal."

"Judging from the opening performance, Yang Yang did lack some luck tonight, he had hit the crossbar once just now, but this time he was saved by Van der Sar, who played well, and Yang Yang's luck tonight was indeed a little worse, but the overall performance was still satisfactory."

"On the other hand, Manchester United, the luck is indeed good, with a direct free kick in the opening goal, Cristiano Ronaldo is also very active, and the Portuguese is obviously bent on fighting with Yang Yang."

"Both teams played their best, the game was very unrestrained, there were not too many reservations on both sides, but you went back and forth in the attacking battle, which was really exciting."

"However, relatively speaking, Manchester United still has to pay more attention, as Real Madrid stabilizes the rhythm, and basically controls the ball, several attacks are also quite threatening, especially Yang Yang, which will be a considerable test for Manchester United's defense."

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The first half ended 0-1.

Manchester United took the lead thanks to Cristiano Ronaldo's opening goal of less than two minutes.

The Bernabeu fans stood up and applauded and cheered for the team.

For Real Madrid, a one-goal deficit is not a disaster, let alone the Bernabeu.

Real Madrid returned to the dressing room with a little frustration, and everyone was clearly unhappy with the first half.

Whether it was possession, shots, pass success rates, or even excellent scoring opportunities, Real Madrid had to overtake Manchester United, but they were down 0-1 in terms of scoreline, and United took the lead with the opening goal.

With the centre-back combination of Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic, and Edwin van der Sar, United's defence is quite well organised, and these three players are arguably the strongest defensive triangle in European football at the moment.

The only weakness is the full-backs.

Gary Neville is old, Patrice Evra is weak in attack and defense, and the defense in the midfield is weak, and can only rely on Carrick and Fletcher, Manchester United's defense is actually very problematic.

However, Real Madrid clearly lack a targeted tactic in this regard.

From the current point of view, Real Madrid is a typical bilateral striker, but Yang Yang and Robben are more of an inward route, Marcelo on the left side is also strong in attack and weak in defense, but Arbeloa on the right side is a defensive type, which also leads to the right side of Real Madrid is more dependent on Robben to attack alone, and it is difficult to speak alone.

Yang Yang has a feeling that although Manchester United's defensive weakness is obvious, Real Madrid's offense has not shown an effect, which is completely different from the team's killing in La Liga.

For example, Real Madrid's attacking tools are not rich enough at the moment, and it is obvious that the left and right wings lack a response.

In other words, Yang Yang and Robben are a bit of fighting separately.

It's not because Yang Yang and Robben are both playing alone, but because Benitez's tactics limit them to the core.

Sometimes, Yang Yang wondered why Real Madrid had outstanding mid-to-long-distance passers like Sneijder and Xavi Alonso, so why couldn't they adopt more long-distance transfer play?

For example, the team launched an offensive on the left side, Yang Yang and Marcelo put pressure at the same time, forcing the opponent to tilt the defensive center of gravity to this side, penetrate if it can penetrate, and immediately transfer to the right side to find Robben if it can't penetrate.

Moving the ball from a long distance, which is really not considered by many teams, because the success rate is too low.

Modern football is all about precision, efficiency and consistency, and a low success rate means high risk.

But Real Madrid is different, there are medium and long distance passers such as Sneijder and Xavi Alonso, and this kind of long-distance transfer is not difficult for Real Madrid, and the success rate is also very high.

Benitez's personality doesn't like risk, so he hasn't paid much attention to it.

Real Madrid also had transfers, but more often through short-distance passes and inverted feet in the midfield and re-attacking the ball, which was too inefficient.

After coming to Real Madrid, with the deepening of the season, Yang Yang had a lot of different feelings.

Benitez's coaching and tactics didn't see anything wrong when he was in Liverpool, but after coming to Real Madrid, Yang Yang gradually felt some things that he couldn't feel before.

Even, he vaguely felt that Benitez's stubborn tactics began to limit Real Madrid's offensive ability and hit a bottleneck.

But what the hell is going on, Yang Yang can't say for the time being.

Maybe it's because the overall quality of the Real Madrid players is stronger.

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At half-time, Rafa Benitez pointed out a couple of problems in the first half.

Basically, he was happy with the team's overall performance, and there was indeed a bit of a luck factor behind him.

'Manchester United were overly shrunk in midfield for most of the first half and it was clear that they were afraid of our attack.

Benitez pointed out the problem with great certainty.

There is Yang Yang on the left, Robben on the right, and there is a Nordic giant Ibrahimovic standing in the middle.

'Manchester United's midfield is not strong in the first place, once it shrinks too much, the midfield is very problematic, this is our chance, and their two full-backs will still be the focus of our game, especially Gary Neville's side, if it wasn't for Fletcher's always active defence, we would have opened the way from this side a long time ago."

Rafa Benitez analysed the situation in the first half, with a focus on how to break down United's attack.

In addition to the tactical level, Manchester United is not as good as Real Madrid in passing and possession, and still relies more on the running coverage of players to make up for the lack of possession, so on the surface, the two teams are a bit evenly matched, but in fact, Manchester United players are very expensive.

Both teams face tough fixtures on the table, with United hosting Chelsea at the weekend, the Premier League's top game of the season, and both United and Chelsea are aiming to win.

Real Madrid will face a derby against Atletico Madrid at the weekend, which is also a decisive battle that cannot be lost.

It can be said that whether it is Real Madrid or Manchester United, in addition to worrying about the two-legged Champions League game, they must also consider the league at the weekend, and they will inevitably not be able to go all out, but Real Madrid's bench thickness is obviously better than Manchester United.

"Gary Neville needless to say, Patrice Evra started all 32 games in the Premier League this season, and played seven games in the Champions League, I dare say that the fitness of these two players is at the limit, so in the second half, we still looked for a breakthrough from the two wings and completely dismantled Manchester United's defense!"

There is no winter break in the Premier League, so every year in March, it is the physical limit period for players, and they must grit their teeth to get through.

Yang Yang has played in the Premier League for three years and Benitez has been in charge of the Premier League for five years, and they know this better than anyone else.

"Everyone." Benitez walked in front of the Real Madrid player, "At the Bernabeu, it was enough to give the opponent an away goal, we had to play 12 points in the second half and never give the opponent the slightest chance. ”

"Especially the more we get to the end of the game, the more opportunities we have, and the players of Manchester United are not superior to us in terms of physical fitness or tactical attrition, and as long as we take advantage of that, we will definitely be able to break down Manchester United's defence."

Benitez's confident remarks also rekindled the fighting spirit of the players in the dressing room.

Everyone, including Yang Yang, was confident in Benitez's tactics.

Since he said so, there must be nothing wrong with that.