Chapter 1089 The First Red Card
On April 14th, in the thirty-first round of La Liga, Real Madrid challenged Athletic Bilbao away.
Yang Yang scored another hat-trick in this game, helping the team beat the Basque Lions 3-0 away, further pushing Real Madrid to the La Liga title.
Although Barcelona beat Zaragoza 3-0 at home and Atletico Madrid beat Granada 5-0 at home, there is basically no suspense about the La Liga title.
...
A week later, in the thirty-second round of La Liga, Real Madrid played against Real Betis at home.
David Silva scored twice, Yang Yang made a pass and shot, and Real Madrid defeated Real Betis 3-1 at home.
With this goal, Yang Yang also tied last season's 53 goals, but Real Madrid's goal conceded in the final stage is still worrying.
...
In the middle of the week, in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League semi-final, Real Madrid played at home against Bayern Munich.
The Galaxy Battleship played with the full main lineup, Casillas returned from injury, Marcelo, Carvajal and Mascherano all started, but in the twelfth minute of the first half, Ramos' injury The end seemed to cast a shadow over the game.
At the beginning of the second half, Thomas Muller's goal in the 46th minute put Real Madrid in a difficult situation.
It was another omission from the defense on the right during the counterattack. Ribery dribbled the ball past Carvajal and passed it into the penalty area. Thomas Muller followed up and made a push.
Carvajal performed well against Franck Ribery in this game, but it was this mistake at the beginning of the second half that made Real Madrid fall into a passive position and had to choose more aggressive tactics.
In the 71st minute, Yang Yang assisted Robben to score a goal to equalize the score.
But then, no matter how Real Madrid attacked, Bayern Munich defended impregnably.
Heynckes' team is not blindly defending, but adopts more aggressive tactics of pressing and pressing. Once the ball is stolen, it will launch a counterattack on the spot to attack the omissions in Real Madrid's defense. Ribery's assist just now is proof .
Real Madrid, on the other hand, has 71% of the ball possession rate, and has 19 shots. It can be said that the performance is not bad, but the goalkeeper Neuer played extremely bravely, with high blocks and low catches, at least saved Real Madrid. Three must-goal chances.
In the end, Real Madrid had to regrettably draw Bayern Munich one-to-one at home.
Yang Yang fought until the last moment. In stoppage time, he was still fighting for a ball and entangled with Boateng. In the end, he tripped the Bayern central defender and was shown a yellow card by the referee.
...
On the weekend, the thirty-third round of La Liga, the Madrid derby.
Real Madrid went to the away game with a remnant team to challenge the sheet team Atletico Madrid. In the end, with Juanfran's own goal and Di Maria's goal, they reversed Atletico Madrid 2-1.
Yang Yang didn't even make the squad for this game. Ancelotti kept all the main players and prepared to attack Bayern Munich in an away game, striving to advance to the final.
…………
…………
May 1, Allianz Arena, Munich.
At the 91st minute of the game, the scoreboard showed a score of one to zero.
According to international practice, the home team is at the front and the visiting team is at the back.
Bayern Munich had just five minutes into the first half when Toni Kroos scored a long-range shot past Diego Lopez on a counter-attack.
Because Casillas failed to adjust his form in the previous two games, Ancelotti used Diego Lopez, who was in better form this time and performed better in training, to start, but the Real Madrid goalkeeper failed to stop him. Toni Kroos' long shot.
On the other hand, Neuer still performed extremely bravely. Under the indiscriminate bombardment of Real Madrid, he insisted on keeping the goal.
Although the game has entered stoppage time, Yang Yang still did not give up. When Bayern Munich passed back, he quickly put pressure on the frontcourt and ran without hesitation.
Just now, at the 69th minute, he had already been shown a yellow card by the referee for a counter-attack foul. This allowed him to get yellow cards for two consecutive rounds, and he will also be suspended for accumulating yellow cards .
In other words, even if Real Madrid reached the final, he would miss the competition.
But even so, he was still running crazily, chasing the ball non-stop.
Bayern Munich passed back and forth in the backcourt, and Yang Yang kept chasing like a monkey.
Finally, when the ball came to Dante's feet, Yang Yang quickly bullied the Brazilian central defender.
Under the entanglement between the two, Dante failed to pass the ball in time, was blocked by Yang Yang, and successfully intercepted the ball.
But just when Yang Yang was about to sprint forward to chase the ball, the referee suddenly blew his whistle to signal Yang Yang to foul.
Anxious Yang Yang really lost control this time. He roared loudly, rushed forward, and directly kicked the ball into the Bayern Munich goal, cursing angrily, "Fuck! Fuck!" !"
The referee rushed towards Yang Yang immediately, reached into his chest pocket, and took out another yellow card.
Two yellows turned into one red, Yang Yang received his first red card in his career!
Yang Yang also quickly calmed down, shook his head helplessly, and said sorry to the referee, and the referee obviously understood Yang Yang's mood at this moment, and patted him on the shoulder comfortingly.
Afterwards, Yang Yang lowered his head and walked all the way to the field.
It was the ninety-second minute, and it was less than two minutes before the end of the game.
...
"This is a very sad moment!"
"We saw Yang Yang walk off the court, and through close-ups, we could see tears in his eyes."
"It's not that he hasn't experienced failure, but obviously, he played very poorly in this game."
"It should be said that Real Madrid played very poorly in both rounds. Heynckes' team relied on tenacious defense, and their goalkeeper Neuer in front of the goal line stopped Real Madrid's shots again and again. .”
"Yang Yang's loss of control at the last moment is extremely rare. This is the first red card in his career. We cannot understand his mood at this moment, but I believe he must be very, very sad."
"At this moment, I even think of Robert Baggio in the 1994 World Cup and David Beckham in the 1998 World Cup. Maybe the loss in the semi-finals of the Champions League cannot be compared with the World Cup, but Yang Yang walked off the court at this moment The way, but let me feel that he is unusually tall."
"I really want to say that even if Real Madrid really lost this game, Yang Yang, you are still a hero, and you are still the strongest and greatest player in the world."
"There is no eternal winner on the football field, and no one is eternally undefeated, but Yang Yang tried his best in the two rounds. He even got three yellow cards in the two rounds and the first in his career. Red card, his fighting spirit is undoubtedly touching."
"Maybe, tonight, Real Madrid is a loser, but Yang Yang must be a winner."
"This is football, there are joyful laughter and painful tears, but we have every reason to believe that Yang Yang, who has made a comeback, will be even better and stronger than now."
...
Yang Yang walked off the field slowly.
Both Ancelotti and Zidane greeted him, comforted him and encouraged him.
Real Madrid has basically locked in the La Liga championship and reached the final of the Copa del Rey. The Champions League stopped in the semi-finals. Such results are good enough, and it can even be said that they have far exceeded expectations at the beginning of the season.
At that time, the four major stars had just been sent away, and Hazard and Azpilicueta, who were not well-known, had just been introduced. Who would believe that Real Madrid still has the strength to hit the Champions League?
But in such a difficult situation, Yang Yang insisted on leading the team all the way to the semi-finals.
Facing Bayern Munich, Real Madrid's ball possession rate exceeded 70% in the two rounds. Whether it is the scene or the offense, they have an advantage, and Real Madrid's problem lies in defense.
If it weren't for Toni Kroos' long-range shot, maybe Real Madrid wouldn't have played in such a hurry, then Real Madrid would be able to stabilize their minds, organize and sort out slowly.
But there are so many ifs in the world?
"I'm fine, if you lose, you lose." Yang Yang squeezed out a wry smile.
Ancelotti and Zidane don't know the pain in Yang Yang's heart. The gaffe just now is extremely rare. It can be seen that Yang Yang really wants to win, and he really wants to replicate last season's Triple Crown.
What's more, the team has worked so hard this season to the present, losing to Bayern Munich is definitely not reconciled, and no one is willing to accept such a loss.
But that's football!
In professional football games, especially in knockout games like this, there is only one winner!
...
Less than two minutes after Yang Yang left the field, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.
Real Madrid lost 1-1 at home and 0-1 away. In the end, they lost to Bayern Munich with a total score of 1-2 and missed the Champions League final.
From the perspective of the season goals, Real Madrid has definitely completed it satisfactorily, even exceeding expectations, but for the players in the Real Madrid team, such a result is unfair, because in the two rounds, Real Madrid occupied too much Advantage.
Carvajal fell to his knees in the pitch at the end of the game, crying bitterly as his error resulted in Real Madrid being eliminated, and Javi Martinez pounded the grass in chagrin for failing to stop Toni Kroos' long shot.
That was his only turnover of the game.
And Hazard, he stood on the field with his hands on his hips, and what he saw was the carnival of the Bayern Munich players and the misery of the Real Madrid teammates. No one knew what he was thinking, but his eyes were full of resignation.
The ball possession rate in both games exceeded 70%, and the number of shots and various offensive threat data far surpassed Bayern Munich, but only in the final score, they lost to Bayern Munich. How can one be reconciled?
Yang Yang also recovered. He walked into the field and comforted his teammates one by one.
He believes that after experiencing this failure, each of them will grow up faster.
Real Madrid in the new season will definitely be stronger and better than it is now!
At that time, he must personally take this Real Madrid team, capture this stadium, avenge the one shot tonight, and regain the Champions League trophy that slipped through his fingers this season!