Real Madrid crushed Villarreal 4–0 away from home!
After the match, Yang Yang once again seized the front-page headlines of newspapers and media outlets across the country.
He used to be a player, and now he was both a player and Head Coach. But so far this season, he had not played even a single minute. Anyone could see that he had begun shifting the focus of his career toward coaching.
That was understandable, after all. He had just become a Champions League-winning Head Coach.
What truly made people look at him in a new light was Real Madrid's three straight wins to open the season.
Their three opponents had been Celta Vigo, Valladolid, and Villarreal. Across those three league matches, they had scored sixteen goals without conceding any. It was an astonishing record, especially with their hated rivals serving as a contrast.
After all, so far this season, Barcelona had managed only one win, one draw, and one loss in three matches, already trailing Real Madrid by a full five points. Across La Liga, only Simeone's Atletico Madrid had kept pace with Real Madrid.
The two Madrid giants had both won three straight, but compared to Real Madrid's unstoppable form, the Mattress Makers had scored only five goals and conceded two in their opening three rounds. Their performance was still far inferior to Real Madrid's.
AS published an article after the match, stating that Yang Yang's return had completely awakened Real Madrid's attacking firepower.
"He is like an incredible magician. He has shown everyone through his actions that the seven straight defeats in the preseason friendlies had never been part of his concerns. They were merely part of his process of adjusting the team's tactics and evaluating his players. Once the official matches began, Real Madrid brought out their