Starting from playing as a defensive midfielder for Real Madrid - Chapter 425

c416 Simeone should be sweating profusely

Li Ang’s stable and outstanding performance has brought great confidence to the members of the Real Madrid coaching staff.

In the past few seasons, the only core that the Real Madrid coaching staff can rely on on the offensive end is actually Cristiano Ronaldo.

Previously, James had a strict requirement for ball possession, and his performance in tough battles was actually average. He was the type that could be relied on at ordinary times, but investing a lot of tactical privileges at critical moments might not necessarily yield results.

Bale is tough enough in tough battles, but except for the 14-15 season when he started 46 games for Real Madrid, he only started 36 games and 29 games in the other two seasons after joining Real Madrid.

Last season, Bale spent almost half of the season recuperating from illness, and this attendance rate really made it difficult for Ancelotti to add burdens to him with confidence.

Only Cristiano Ronaldo’s performance in key battles has always reassured the coaching staff, and his attendance rate is also very high. In the past three seasons, he has only suffered a minor injury at most.

This season, Li Ang just stepped up when Cristiano Ronaldo was in poor form in the league, playing the role of stabilizing the morale of the troops that Cristiano Ronaldo could play.

It is precisely because Li Ang was able to perform well in the recent tight league and Champions League group matches that the Real Madrid coaching staff can rest assured to put the second team construction work on the agenda.

James was not discouraged when he learned that he would probably rotate to play in the league as the core of the second team’s frontcourt in the future.

After gradually adapting to the new tactical style of play, he knew that he would have many opportunities to play in the Real Madrid first team.

With this basic guarantee, it is always better to be the second team’s frontcourt offensive core than to be abandoned by the coaching staff and finally leave Real Madrid helplessly.

Other Real Madrid rotation players are even happier because they will get more playing time in the future.

The work of building the second team is carried out step by step at the Valdebebas training base.

In order to better connect and cooperate with the main players, the second team’s tactical style is no different from the starting main players, and they all use the 433 control offensive tactics for the first time.

In the midfield, the midfield trio of James, Llorente and Kovacic is enough to provide sufficient offensive artillery for the second team’s front line.

The forward trident of Isco, Jesse and Asensio is enough to suppress the defense of most La Liga teams.

The young player Odegaard and the more mature Mariano are on standby in the frontcourt of the second team.

On the back line, Ashraf, Nacho, Varane, who is currently in the starting position due to Pepe’s injury, and Danilo are also well-matched.

In addition, Casillas, whose strength is completely above the average level of La Liga.

As soon as the new second team of Real Madrid is formed, its strength is close to the top eight in La Liga!

By then, it is possible to further run-in and reproduce the style of the Real Madrid second team that was in the top six or even the top four in La Liga.

Ancelotti has great expectations for the newly formed second team.

However, in the ninth round of La Liga on October 23, Ancelotti still chose a more stable starting lineup, allowing the main players of the first team to meet the challenge of Athletic Bilbao, a tough team in La Liga.

Today’s Athletic Bilbao has changed a lot compared to the Basque Lions that Li Ang was familiar with back then.

But the flow of team personnel has not made this tough team lose the tactical style on which they rely for survival.

Even when challenging the Real Madrid, which is in its heyday, at the Bernabeu, the starting players of Athletic Bilbao still took the lead in launching the attack without fear.

Their forward combination is not efficient in scoring. Raul Garcia, who has the most scoring ability, only scored eleven goals in Athletic Bilbao last season.

But although the scoring ability is insufficient, Athletic Bilbao’s current forward ability to disrupt the game is the top in La Liga!

Not only is there Raul Garcia with strong confrontation ability, but Athletic Bilbao’s other two forwards Merino and Williams are also tall and strong young players.

They are strong enough, active in the header, and can also sit in place for oppression and aggression.

The three forwards who are like shit-stirring sticks have been putting pressure on Real Madrid’s backcourt defense since the beginning of the game.

Li Ang is not afraid that these three forwards will suddenly burst out and break the balance of the game.

But their aggressive fighting and tough confrontation can indeed constantly consume the physical strength and energy of Real Madrid’s defenders.

This tactical play is quite annoying.

Even if Real Madrid has the convenience of the home whistle today, it can’t withstand the tireless invasion and harassment of the three “shield” forwards of Athletic Bilbao!

Li Ang even thought about retreating first, and joining hands with Casemiro to consolidate the backcourt defense, first relieve some pressure on his own defenders, and then talk about attacking.

But Ancelotti, who finished observing on the sidelines, quickly made corresponding tactical adjustments.

Anpan did not ask Li Ang to retreat to solve the problem on the defensive end first, but signaled him to press forward further and enter the back defense of Athletic Bilbao.

Afterwards, Anpan signaled several players who mainly took the ball in the backcourt to give up the overly delicate ground pass option, and change to long pass rush, and directly kick the ball to find several offensive players in the frontcourt!

After this adjustment and deployment, Ancelotti sat back in the coaching seat leisurely, and the situation on the field soon changed!

The pressure from the three forwards of Athletic Bilbao could no longer bring too much pressure to the Real Madrid defenders.

Ramos and Casemiro’s relatively accurate long passes directly bypassed the midfield organization and hit the ball into the defensive hinterland of Athletic Bilbao.

And just in time, with Li Ang who had made a forward run, the four players in the front court of Real Madrid were all top-notch players!

They may not be able to grab a point every time, but Real Madrid who grabbed two high-altitude balls almost always had an absolute advantage!

It was precisely with this seemingly simple tactical play that Real Madrid quickly pressed the back line of Athletic Bilbao and launched a wave of continuous attacks!

Li Ang and Modric, who made a timely forward run, controlled the offensive ball. After distributing it reasonably, the BBC combination was able to attack behind the Athletic Bilbao defense line.

While Ronaldo and Bale were still testing each other with their respective opponents, looking for more threatening breakthrough opportunities.

Benzema, who had regained his heroic form in today’s game, took the lead in showing off his power, repeatedly grabbing points and completing shots in the penalty area of ​​Athletic Bilbao, which put great pressure on Athletic Bilbao goalkeeper Iraizos!

Seeing this, Li Ang naturally worked harder to deliver shells to Benzema, and at the same time he also increased the frequency of his forward runs into the penalty area of ​​Athletic Bilbao.

Originally, he wanted to help Guo Feng further contain the opponent’s defensive energy, so as to create more shooting opportunities for Guo Feng.

Unexpectedly, Benzema failed to score first. Instead, he took advantage of Benzema’s tactical cover in the frequent forward insertions and took the lead to receive Modric’s threatening through ball and shot the ball into the goal!

After many years, Li Ang finally scored a goal in the face of Laporta’s close defense!

The Spanish central defender lowered his head and muttered a few words with some dissatisfaction, as if he was upset that he had not been able to get into the defensive position in time.

But at the same time, he had to admit in his heart that compared to the Li Ang who had very few scoring methods three years ago, the current Li Ang has grown into a killer in the penalty area.

Top confrontation ability, strong burst start speed and steady shooting skills.

These characteristics of Li Ang made him not afraid of close competition with any central defender in the penalty area.

Laporta could only admit his failure in marking Li Ang, and Athletic Bilbao could only swallow the bitter fruit of losing the ball first.

At this moment, the game time has just reached the 16th minute of the first half.

After Real Madrid scored, they did not immediately switch to a defensive counterattack posture, but continued to suppress Athletic Bilbao.

It was not until the 30th minute of the first half that Real Madrid gradually shrank its formation and began to focus more on defense.

At this time, Athletic Bilbao, which had been exhausted by Real Madrid’s suppression tactics, could only organize the attack from the beginning and slowly find the offensive state.

But Real Madrid’s defense was indeed flawless. At the end of the halftime, they successfully entered the halftime break with a one-goal lead.

As soon as the second half of the game started, Real Madrid switched from a defensive counterattack to a ball-holding and field control tactic.

Not in a hurry to attack, Real Madrid’s style of play was quite rogue, mainly to kill time.

Athletic Bilbao was eventually forced to enter the stage of risky forward pressure attack in advance.

Real Madrid took out the defensive counterattack weapon again. There were not many opportunities, but in the end, Real Madrid seized the most important opportunity for a quick counterattack.

So the suspense of this game was completely ended in the 78th minute of the second half.

Bale received the inside pass from Ronaldo and scored a goal. Real Madrid finally defeated Athletic Bilbao, a tough La Liga team, with a score of 2-0!

After the game, Li Ang once again won the honor of the best player of the game, but when he was interviewed by the media, he immediately praised his teammates, especially Ronaldo’s performance in today’s game.

Ronaldo’s current number of goals in the La Liga is still not many, but reporters and fans can clearly see that Ronaldo’s performance in recent rounds of the league has been getting better and better.

With good offensive contributions and assists, if he continues to play like this, Ronaldo’s full recovery is only a matter of time.

The Meilingers are naturally satisfied with this situation!

After the ninth round of La Liga, Real Madrid’s main players also ushered in a wave of sufficient rest time.

In the King’s Cup on October 26, Ancelotti chose to let Real Madrid’s newly formed second team play.

All the main players of Real Madrid, including Li Ang, rested at home that day.

In the end, the newly-launched Real Madrid B team lived up to the expectations of the coaching staff, and swept the opponent Leon Sports in the King’s Cup quarter-finals 7-0 away, and successfully advanced to the next round.

On October 29, Ancelotti led the victorious Real Madrid B team to the away game to challenge Alaves in the tenth round of La Liga.

Li Ang and C Ronaldo, several important main players of Real Madrid, all went with the team, but they did not start the game, but first supported the team on the bench.

Ancelotti made a bold rotation attempt, but his backhand was still quite well prepared.

Li Ang, C Ronaldo and Ramos were all on the bench. Once the situation on the field was not right, Ancelotti could immediately make corresponding substitutions.

But the Real Madrid B team players, who were in high spirits and played in the last King’s Cup game, did not give Ancelotti the opportunity to make emergency substitutions.

Facing Alaves, which is not bad, Real Madrid B still played a strong suppression performance away from home!

James and his partners, who changed their playing style, suppressed Alaves’ midfield together.

Asensio, who has been scoring in recent games, opened the scoring in the 13th minute of the first half, using a wonderful cut-in shot to force open the gate of Alaves!

Although Alaves soon responded, Brazilian striker Davidson scored the equalizer.

But just six minutes later, Jesse’s small-scale breakthrough and volley in the Alaves penalty area once again helped Real Madrid take the lead, suppressing Alaves’ counterattack.

In the second half of the game, with Isco and James scoring successively, Alaves gradually lost its will to resist.

In the end, Real Madrid relied on a purely rotated second team lineup to win 4-1 away from home against Alaves, which is currently ranked tenth in La Liga, and once again triggered a major earthquake in Spanish football!

Countless neutral La Liga fans exclaimed that the Real Madrid Super B team that could defend against the other top six La Liga teams in the La Liga field was perfectly resurrected!

Barcelona and Atletico Madrid fans sighed and didn’t know what to say for a while.

The fans of Real Madrid were naturally cheering and praising Ancelotti for the correctness of the reorganization of the team.

The outstanding performance of Real Madrid B team in hard battles made all the fans have more expectations for the team’s championship prospects this season.

The main players of Real Madrid, who had more rest time, also rushed to Portugal under such high-profile circumstances.

On November 2, Real Madrid visited the Luz Stadium and faced the test of the fourth round of the group stage of the new season’s Champions League with Benfica!

Originally, Benfica fans had strong confidence in the team.

Even though Real Madrid directly beat Benfica in the last round of the group stage, they played at home this round, and they believed that Benfica, which had the advantage of home court, could avenge the previous shame!

As a result, they met the main players of Real Madrid who had rested well and had almost no energy. Benfica only lasted half a game and was overturned again!

The bloody reality of falling behind by three goals in the first half hit the enthusiasm of tens of thousands of Benfica fans at the scene!

When Ronaldo scored another goal in the second half, changing the score to 4-0, many home fans at the Stadium of Light were upset and chose to protest and leave!

In the end, the score of this massacre, which should have further widened the gap, was only fixed at 5-0.

Real Madrid did not “kill all the players”. After taking a four-goal lead, they replaced several core players in the frontcourt.

The commentator of Sky Sports also made a joke at the end of the game.

“Real Madrid’s recent state is really too good! Seeing Ronaldo, who has almost recovered his form, and Li Ang, who is currently in full form, I think Simeone, who will lead the team to face Real Madrid in the next round, should not sleep well~”

The commentator of Sky Sports also directly expressed the voices of countless fans at this moment.

Over the years, Atletico Madrid, led by Simeone, has made a great reputation in European football.

But from being beaten by Li Ang and Ronaldo together, to being beaten by Ronaldo and Li Ang separately, Atletico Madrid seemed to be cursed, always performing mediocrely when encountering these two people.

Now the two superstars have joined forces again and vowed to lead Real Madrid to regain its glory. Simeone, who was beaten into a painful mask by the two, should be sweating profusely.