On the evening of January 16, at the San Mamés Stadium in Bilbao.

In the eighteenth round of La Liga, Real Madrid challenged Athletic Bilbao away.

When referee Vázquez blew the whistle for the end of the match, the entire San Mamés stadium erupted in deafening cheers.

Forty thousand Athletic Bilbao fans cheered wildly, celebrating a hard-fought victory for their team, while many chanted the name of goal-scoring hero Fernando Llorente.

One to zero, this is the final score of this game.

Real Madrid suffered their third defeat of the season and made the team's post-Christmas situation even worse.

Yang Yang played the whole game, sweating profusely, and at the moment before the whistle sounded, he was still trying to fight for the opportunity, but when the whistle sounded, his whole person seemed to be hollowed out.

Standing on an unfamiliar court, with your head tilted, you let the sweat on your face slide down.

The Basque Lions are notoriously xenophobic and unfriendly to the visitors, and these difficult teams have thought of it before the game.

But no one expected that the game would be so difficult.

Less than two minutes into the game, Athletic Bilbao took advantage of a corner kick and Llorente headed it in.

That's right, another corner!

From Liverpool to Real Madrid, Rafael Benitez's side have been tormented by corners.

The team's defensive problems are also constantly being exposed and dug into, especially after Christmas.

The first is that the team's post-holiday form has been up and down, and the second is that the team's defensive problems have been frequently exploited by opponents.

A league draw with Osasuna, then a Copa del Rey defeat to Racing Santander and now a defeat to Athletic Bilbao is certainly not a satisfactory result.

Athletic Bilbao also paid a heavy price, receiving eight yellow cards and one red card throughout the game.

Among them, the red card of Gu Page was obtained after accumulating yellow cards in the final stage of the match.

In the last few minutes, Athletic Bilbao kept stalling for time, and after Isoles was booked by the referee, they still didn't relent.

Yang Yang worked very hard throughout the game, but his recent form was really not very good, coupled with the team's overall performance was not good, and the support for him was not enough, resulting in him failing to score in this game.

In this game, he was a little out of control because he was anxious and his emotions were a little out of control, and he also got a yellow card.

It was in the closing stages of the game, Yang Yang tried his best to chase a ball that was about to go out of the bottom line, but was interfered by Athletic Bilbao's defenders and couldn't catch up, which made him a little angry.

At this time, the fans at the San Mames Stadium set off a wave of insults against Yang Yang, and the whole stadium was boiling.

From beginning to end of the game, the fans of the home team were attacking Yang Yang in every possible way, and even attacked him with some vicious words, which Yang Yang endured, but at this time near the end of the game, the fans sitting in the front row rushed towards Yang Yang, who was chasing the ball, and almost pointed at his nose and scolded.

At that time, Yang Yang was already a little anxious in his heart, and the opponent had been deliberately delaying time, and now he was scolded by the other party pointing his nose, and the distance between them was only less than one meter, just across a billboard, where could Yang Yang endure it?

He grabbed the ball on the ground and was about to hit it, causing the fan to fall back on his seat.

But at this moment, he finally came back to his senses and quickly dunked the ball back, but the Athletic Bilbao fans in the stadium also seemed to be high/high, and cursed him even more hoarsely and overwhelmingly.

Yang Yang was shown a yellow card by the referee, believing that his actions provoked the visiting fans.

"Don't worry, I'll write their attack on you into the match report." After the referee gave a yellow card, he comforted Yang Yang.

But in the end, Real Madrid were unable to beat Athletic Bilbao on the road.

Yang Yang stood in the stadium, and the cheers at the scene were deafening.

He was well aware that it was the visiting fans who were demonstrating to him and showing off to him.

And he can also imagine that after tonight, he and Real Madrid will be in a more difficult situation.

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Real Madrid lost 1-0 away to Athletic Bilbao, while Barcelona beat Sevilla 4-0 at their home stadium.

Yang Yang's former team-mate Escud scored an own goal, Pedro scored the second goal and Messi scored a brace.

These two goals helped Messi reverse Yang Yang with 15 goals and lead the La Liga scorer list.

Barcelona's ace star was very excited after the game, repeatedly saying that La Liga has only played 18 rounds, and scoring 15 goals is not enough to tell, and more importantly, Barcelona is still three points behind Real Madrid after this round.

"I hope to help the team reverse Real Madrid in the standings and win the title!" Messi said with pride.

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The narrowing advantage in the standings, the reversal of Messi in the scorer list, Yang Yang seemed to be knocked to the ground from the legendary cloud of the three-time World Footballer, which made him clearly aware of the fierce competition.

Messi said that he wants to beat Yang Yang, which is certainly not an empty phrase.

What's worse is that now Real Madrid is really in trouble, and Yang Yang himself is not in the best condition.

After the game, Marca analyzed Yang Yang's recent problems, believing that the main reason was that the team did not give him enough support, and even thought that Benitez's tactics were a bit conservative.

You must know that in the Premier League last season, Yang Yang scored 44 goals in 38 rounds, and in the previous season, Yang Yang scored 34 goals, but so far this season, only 14 goals have been scored in 18 rounds, although he has contributed nine assists, but this report card is indeed inferior to the past.

Marca also believes that Real Madrid's current problem is that the team's offensive end has not been able to fully activate the attack power of the superstar trident of Yang Yang, Ibrahimovic and Robben, but at the same time, serious problems have been exposed on the defensive end, which led to the team's continuous unfavorable operation and elimination from the Copa del Rey after entering January.

Not only Marca, but also Asa also deeply analyzed Yang Yang's performance this season and believed that it was much lower than the past two seasons.

"A comprehensive analysis of the current problems encountered by Real Madrid, the main reason is that the team's tactics have not been fully shaped, especially the team's defensive tactical system, playing Santander Racing and Athletic Bilbao have exposed defensive problems, and several superstars in the team have not been 100% integrated into the team, which will become a very serious problem for the team."

Ace believes that being knocked out of the Copa del Rey does not matter, as the tournament itself is rather frustrated, and the real challenge is in the Champions League last-16 knockout rounds in February.

This time, Real Madrid's opponent is Ligue 1's Banba Lyon.

"Ligue 1 Lyon, nicknamed by the media as the [Real Killer], because in the past few years, Real Madrid has been in the same group with Lyon twice in the Champions League group stage, and the four matches against Real Madrid are two draws and two losses, and they have not won a single victory."

"In the group stage of the 05-06 season, Real Madrid lost 0-3 to Lyon in the first round, and after returning home, it was a 1-1 draw, and then Lyon beat Real Madrid to qualify from the top of the group, and the Galaxy Battleship unfortunately drew Arsenal in the final as the second place, and stopped in the round of 16."

"A year later, still in the Champions League group stage, Real Madrid met Lyon again, or the first round away, the score was 0-2, and then returned to the home field, Real Madrid drew with Lyon 2-2, still failed to win the opponent, and finally succumbed to Lyon, qualified second in the group, drew Bayern Munich in the knockout round of 16, and lost the round of 16 again."

The newspaper believes that Real Madrid has been given the embarrassing nickname of the sixteenth man of the Champions League, and Lyon can be said to be the initiator, this team is known as the Real Marksman, and has brought countless painful experiences to Real Madrid.

And this season, Benitez's reorganized Galaxy Battleship, a very important mission is to break through from the Champions League round of 16, but I didn't expect to meet the sworn enemy Lyon again.

What's worse is that the current Real Madrid is in a bleak situation, first Kaka's serious injury surgery, then the team's defensive stubbornness was exposed, and now the team as a whole is in a slump, and Yang Yang is not in good shape, which makes people worry about Real Madrid's next performance.

"Could it be that the team will continue to stop at the round of 16 this year?"

It is clear that this is a statement that will not be accepted by the management and the fans, or even the players and the coaching staff in any way.

Invested a lot of money, brought in so many superstars and world-class stars, and still stopped in the round of 16?

Does that make sense?

Judging from the team's performance since January, it is indeed not ideal, which can't help but make public opinion outside the team boil, and there are even tabloid media that are creating momentum, thinking that the team should make a decision as soon as possible to let Benitez go down.

The reason is simple, Benitez's football is not pleasant, Real Madrid prefer a hearty attack, and they also believe that Benitez cannot solve the current crisis and challenges that the team is facing, and needs to stimulate the team's vitality and fighting spirit through a change of coach.

"The most important thing is that we need a head coach who is good at adjusting the offense to activate Yang Yang, if the team wants to break through the curse of the top 16, which goal is like picking up grass mustard, unstoppable Yang Yang!"

And within the team, there is also something unusual.

Real Madrid's dressing room has never been a good one, and some even believe that Real Madrid's dressing room is the most complicated in the world.

Before, the team kept winning, so everything was okay, but now the team has lost, although it is still leading the standings, but this is nothing for Real Madrid.

In the eyes of the media and fans, and even in the eyes of the management, with Real Madrid's investment and the strength of the team's current squad, if it can't lead the standings, I'm afraid that a change of coach would have been proposed a long time ago.

There was a lot of talk outside, panic inside, internal and external difficulties, and Rafael Benitez's Real Madrid suffered its first major crisis since taking charge.

Yang Yang has not received any criticism or criticism, but the team's poor performance is also responsible for his number one superstar, and Benitez's managerial crisis also makes him uneasy.