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Moreover, he skillfully uses minor movements to create advantageous conditions for himself.

Amidst countless opponents, he leaps up, snatches the header, and launches a shot.

Bang!

The goal on San Remo’s side keeps shaking.

The header hits the crossbar and then flies out, almost resulting in a goal.

Ah!

Real Madrid fans are utterly frustrated.

Whose damn crossbar is this!

How can it block our own player’s shot?

In the 44th minute, Lu Yang also attempts a powerful shot from the flanks.

Batigoal!

Boom!

Real Madrid’s gatekeeper Luis didn’t even allow San Remo a corner kick, directly deflecting the ball to the other side, and Sanchis controlled it at the first moment.

This is a top goalkeeper.

Facing any opponent in the past, Lu Yang’s shot was difficult for anyone else to stop.

Perhaps only a few, such as Juventus’s Audi, Rome’s Ameluci, or Arsenal’s Marduk.

And compared to those just mentioned, Luis ranks even higher as a goalkeeper.

”Saint Louis” has been showing the potential of being the world’s number one goalkeeper in recent years!

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Halftime break.

Sotu took the analysis passed to him by Maniero and began to explain it to the players.

”From the first half’s attacks, you must have noticed that Real Madrid’s weakest link is their central defender combination.” Sotu said as he pulled out two photos, ”Rubio’s height is a hard limitation, something his bravery cannot cover up.”

”And the other central defender Balajana...his skill level is clearly below the other Real Madrid players.”

San Remo’s front three all nodded in agreement, and the other players smiled rarely.

”Honestly, if I may say something unkind, Balajana isn’t much different from our Naji!” Sotu added.

Naji’s smile froze.

That indeed wasn’t kind.

”However, Naji’s height is a class above Balajana.” Sotu continued to emphasize, ”So air defense is the biggest issue for this pair of central defenders.”

Naji’s lips twitched.

Stop trying to comfort, grandpa’s already mad.

In fact, it’s not just the combination of Balajana and Rubio.

The original Real Madrid central defender pair, Rubio and Laveran, also had this issue.

Real Madrid currently lacks a large central defender to command the defense.

”To create airborne threats, you need to create damage from the wings as much as possible,” Sotu said, ”Lu Yang, Bai Zhami, Canyes, I don’t care what methods you use in the second half, but you must make things happen on the flanks.”

”Failing once or twice isn’t scary, but you can’t keep failing!”

”Additionally, after losing the ball, the counter-pressing is something you must pay attention to. In this match, I need everyone to make more effort in running, understand?”

”Understood!” The San Remo locker room united as one.

In fact, Sotu and Maniero hit the mark accurately.

This Real Madrid team has almost no issues except for air defense; otherwise, they are close to perfect.

To score against Real Madrid with ground attacks, unless you can manage a rare exceptional goal like Lu Yang did in the first half, otherwise, don’t count on it.

Joseph’s defensive abilities are too strong, even as a single defensive midfielder, his positional sense, sweeping area, vision, defensive positioning choices, and interception ability are all world-class.

He is currently almost the strongest defensive midfielder out there!

With him in place, paired with the unpredictable Hector who often makes explosive long passes, whenever Joseph intercepts the ball, it’s nearly an opportunity for Real Madrid to send direct passes challenging San Remo’s defense.

The risk is too high.

Therefore, Sotu prefers Lu Yang and Bai Zhami to keep passing on the flanks.

Coming back from halftime.

Real Madrid’s offensive momentum is clearly fiercer.

In the 50th minute, Junior easily shook off Canyes and kicked in with a cross.

Naji, on par with Balajana, made a miraculous contribution again, using his height advantage to head the ball out.

Following Junior’s track back, Lu Yang controlled the ball, made a reverse cut and turn, and started accelerating.

Almost in a blink, Lu Yang surpassed eighty percent of Real Madrid’s players.

But...Junior, who just completed the cross, managed to catch up.

His speed is amazing!

Lu Yang accelerated again!

Junior still clung tightly to Lu Yang!

Lu Yang was stunned.

Ninety-five speed, ninety-two burst, he can still keep up?

Junior’s speed...and yet, it’s far from being the fastest within the Real Madrid squad!

Izalelt, the peak period Lima, Enriquez, even the explosive Madeira...may all be faster.

This...

Just from the physical aspect, you can see the freakish nature of Real Madrid players.

But it also showed why the diligent Sanchis and the erratic midfielder Hector had not gained much favor from the Real Madrid higher-ups.

Because compared to Real Madrid’s other freakish players, these few have considerably weaker hardware conditions.

Real Madrid demands not only skill or enough strength from a player, but also places importance on the physical attributes.

Of course, during financially tight phases, defenders... can be tolerated.

But midfielder Hector is really someone the Real Madrid higher-ups dream of replacing and eliminating from the team.

Therefore, Real Madrid actually has a demand for Morici.

Having Kotler, who’s recaptured from Arsenal next season, is not enough for Real Madrid’s higher-ups to consider.

Next season, they still aim to defend the Champions League title!

Bam!

Lu Yang didn’t slow down, charging into the attacking third, accelerating one last time, touched the ball forward, sprinted, and crossed!