Yang Yang vs. Zidane

The atmosphere at the Valdebebas Training Base had clearly changed after Real Madrid drew 1–1 away to Lyon.

After six long years of longing and frustration, they could finally see hope. Everyone was brimming with fighting spirit.

For a team like Real Madrid, and for these Real Madrid players, failing to reach the Champions League quarterfinals for six straight years was an unacceptable disgrace, no matter how one looked at it.

Ramos had even cried in the locker room after the match against Lyon.

The Spanish center-back wearing number four had been entrusted with the highest hopes of everyone at Real Madrid. Everyone believed that after Raul, Guti, and Casillas, he would become another homegrown leader in the Real Madrid locker room.

This was Ramos's fifth season with Real Madrid. The league match against Villarreal that weekend would be his two-hundredth appearance for Real Madrid. For the twenty-three-year-old Ramos, it was undoubtedly the highest honor.

Before Ramos, the legendary number four shirt of Real Madrid had been worn by club legends such as Pirri, Santana, and Hierro. That alone proved how highly Real Madrid regarded Ramos.

But over the past five years, Ramos had personally witnessed Real Madrid fall from the dazzling Galácticos era to becoming a laughingstock in European Football, and then finally see hope again. His feelings were clearly deeper than those of anyone else.

Ramos's tears not only testified to his feelings and loyalty toward the club, but also allowed everyone in the locker room to feel the weight of that match. Yang Yang's goal seemed especially precious as a result.

And everyone was even more motivated for the second leg!

On the training ground at the Valdebebas Training Base, Real Madrid's players had become even more fired up. Every one of them carried a hot, burning