On the evening of August 20, in the opening round of La Liga, Real Madrid visited Deportivo La Coruña.
Just twenty minutes into the first half, Marcelo crossed from the left. Modrić struck from the edge of the box, but the opposing goalkeeper, Ruben, parried it away. Yang Yang reacted first at close range and squared the ball toward the left side of the goal. Suarez followed up at a sprint and calmly tapped it into the empty net.
One-nil!
Just seven minutes later, Hazard switched the play, and Marcelo sent a low cross from the left to the far post. Unmarked, Yang Yang calmly finished.
Two-nil!
After that, Real Madrid firmly controlled the flow of the match.
In the sixty-second minute of the second half, Suarez and Hazard combined with a quick passing move. Yang Yang laid the ball back from the left side of the penalty area, and Toni Kroos calmly fired home, extending Real Madrid's lead. Three-nil!
In the end, Real Madrid defeated Deportivo La Coruña three-nil away from home, with Yang Yang contributing two assists and a goal.
Midweek, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.
The annual Champions League Group Stage draw ceremony was held there once again.
Real Madrid did not have much luck in the draw. They landed in the Group of Death alongside Bundesliga side Dortmund, Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur, and APOEL. Whether Dortmund or Tottenham Hotspur, both teams had the strength to challenge Real Madrid.
It was also the most fiercely contested of the Champions League's eight groups.
But after the draw, both Yang Yang and captain Ramos said in interviews that the team was not worried about the Group of Death and was confident of defeating every opponent in the group stage.
"No matter who our opponents are,