Starting from playing as a defensive midfielder for Real Madrid - Chapter 433

c422 Barcelona can clean their necks and wait for us

It feels really good to win key battles in succession.

More importantly, this kind of continuous victory has given other Real Madrid players enough confidence.

And enough victories can cover up 99% of the problems within the team.

As long as they can continue to win, the various Spanish sports media, Real Madrid supporters, and even all the Real Madrid executives will unite around this new Real Madrid and move forward firmly.

Li Ang feels very good now. He feels that the team he is in has found a lot of the unity of Mourinho’s Real Madrid.

As for the problems within the team, the current Real Madrid is actually very mild. Like Mourinho’s Real Madrid back then, it was like sitting on a powder keg!

At that time, Li Ang basically held the mentality that the team could live one day at a time. Who knows if the captain Casillas stood up and blew up the team one day.

And the high-pressure locker room strategy adopted by Mourinho at that time was even more likely to arouse the rebelliousness of a group of superstars.

But even with such difficulties, the Mourinho Real Madrid of that year still embarked on the road to success, and finally won everything, and also left a dynasty legend in the history of football.

This is the qualitative change of the team brought by the team confidence built up by continuous victories to the Mourinho Real Madrid at that time.

Facts have also proved that even the fiercest conflicts within the team will eventually ease in the face of consecutive big wins.

Don’t look at how intense the competition between Ronaldo and Bale in Real Madrid, and even the competition between Li Ang and Ronaldo for the core position, is hyped up by the outside media.

In fact, it’s not a big deal for Li Ang and Ronaldo, the two parties involved.

In the face of media interviews, Ramos openly stood on Casillas, did not give Mourinho face, and directly expressed his dissatisfaction with Mourinho’s tactical arrangements. As a result, after reaching the Champions League final, Ramos directly talked about reconciliation with Mourinho in the locker room.

At that time, such conflicts could be called storms, and the public opinion momentum they are facing now?

At best, it’s just a drizzle.

In addition, Ancelotti is now more relaxed about rotation, and many substitutes in Real Madrid have been given more opportunities to play, so there is naturally less dissatisfaction.

After defeating Sevilla in the league, facing the upcoming Copa del Rey quarter-finals, Ancelotti once again chose to send the “second team” to play with confidence.

Even though Jesse and Mariano were both absent due to injuries, Real Madrid’s midfield trio led by James and Kovacic still suppressed the performance of Celta’s midfield.

The death three small forwards composed of Vazquez, Asensio and Isco may not be so effective in the tough battle.

But the three of them played a set of frequent position changes to involve the defense line, which was very effective.

Throughout the first half of the game, Real Madrid relied on the technical advantages of the midfield and frontcourt and even played the passing and control penetration that its old rival Barcelona is good at.

The lineup without a traditional center forward happened to be the strikerless formation that Barcelona loved in the past few years.

Well, this imitation is also unique, it is simply complete in all elements.

As a result, you can’t say that Barcelona’s passing and control penetration tactics are really useful against Celta, a team with average midfield control and defensive capabilities!

Because a lot of game time was spent on control and transmission, Real Madrid did not have many offensive rounds, and finally led Celta by only one goal at the end of the first half, which seemed to be a poor result.

But in fact, Real Madrid’s tactics of controlling and seducing Celta to keep rushing in the first half have greatly consumed the reserve physical strength of Celta’s starting players.

After the start of the second half, the two teams continued to stalemate in the midfield until the 65th minute of the second half, when Ancelotti replaced Kovacic with Li Ang.

This was like a signal of tactical variation. Li Ang’s appearance immediately made Real Madrid’s offense simpler and more aggressive!

In terms of midfield, he and James’s rotation put great pressure on Celta’s midfield defense.

In the 79th minute of the second half, Celta’s backcourt defense finally collapsed due to lack of physical strength.

Li Ang seized the opportunity to score a long shot, and then passed the ball to Asensio to end the suspense of the game!

In the first round, Real Madrid defeated Celta 3-0 at home, and almost stepped into the semi-finals of this year’s King’s Cup!

The main players of Real Madrid’s first team are still in good physical condition, and they still don’t need to be distracted by the King’s Cup, and can fully prepare for the league and the Champions League.

So on January 21, Malaga went to the Bernabeu and was unlucky to face the main team of Real Madrid in full form.

The game process was very smooth for Real Madrid. After all, the current Malaga is completely different from the Malaga that broke into the quarterfinals of the Champions League with Isco as the core.

Defeating a mid-level La Liga team is not worthy of praise for Real Madrid now.

A simple 2-0, Ronaldo and Ramos each scored a goal, and Bale and Modric received assists respectively.

Li Ang did not have any personal data in this game, but he and Casemiro locked the midfield defense and did not give Malaga too many penetration opportunities.

After winning another league victory, Real Madrid’s main players also welcomed a long-awaited wave of holidays.

Before, they could only rest for one day in rotation. Although they did not have to play games afterwards, they still needed to participate in daily training.

This time, La Liga ushered in a nine-day long rest period, and Ancelotti was also very generous to give the main players three days off.

The “second team” actually needs a holiday, but they still need to finish the second round of the King’s Cup match with Celta on January 25 before they can have a good rest.

This round of the King’s Cup is not too difficult for Real Madrid’s rotating second team, and Ancelotti has directly formulated a tactical plan for counterattack.

At Celta’s home court, Real Madrid was not affected by the opponent’s provocation at all, and resolutely played a whole game of defensive counterattack.

Although Real Madrid suffered its first defeat of the season, losing 1-2 to Celta away, it still easily advanced to the semi-finals of this season’s King’s Cup with a total score of 4-2 in two rounds.

The other three games also ended one after another, and finally Atletico Madrid, Barcelona and Alaves took the remaining three seats in the King’s Cup semi-finals.

At the draw ceremony later, Atletico Madrid drew Barcelona, ​​and Real Madrid was very lucky to draw Alaves!

Such a draw result is acceptable to Atletico Madrid and Barcelona.

They can’t pinch the soft persimmon, but at least they didn’t meet Real Madrid, the big devil of La Liga this season, in advance.

Atletico Madrid and Barcelona are now half a level weaker in mentality when facing Real Madrid.

After all, they have already met in the league and are very familiar with each other’s combat power.

Playing Real Madrid, it is still a two-round knockout match, and both teams feel that it is difficult to win the final victory.

But whether Atletico Madrid looks at Barcelona or Barcelona looks at Atletico Madrid, they both feel that they are stronger than their opponents and are more confident to reach the King’s Cup final.

Except for Alaves, the three Spanish Super League teams are still relatively satisfied with the draw for this year’s King’s Cup semi-finals.

But Real Madrid, which Atletico Madrid and Barcelona are afraid of, unexpectedly fell at Real Sociedad when they had enough rest and preparation.

In the 20th round of the La Liga, the main players of Real Madrid’s first team, who obviously had more rest, played at home, but ended up with a 1-1 draw with Real Sociedad who came to challenge!

Real Sociedad fought fiercely throughout the game, and the players’ explosive performance was the key to their fight for this draw, but Real Madrid’s main players also showed considerable problems.

To describe it in the words of many commentators, the main players of Real Madrid’s first team lost their form after this relaxing vacation.

This statement may not be correct, but the excessive relaxation of mentality must have had a certain impact on Real Madrid’s performance in this game.

Real Madrid’s winning streak in the new season of the league ended here, staying at 19 games.

And the Real Sociedad players who fought hard for 90 minutes and finally successfully broke Real Madrid’s league winning streak also celebrated excitedly.

Li Ang was naturally not very satisfied with the process and outcome of the game, but he was not so angry because of an unexpected draw that he put pressure on his teammates.

After sorting out his mood, Li Ang trotted to the Real Sociedad half, and then hugged Brother Long, who played the whole game today and looked like a knife in good shape!

This pair of former masters and apprentices have not met on the court for a long time.

After Li Ang left Real Madrid, it was difficult to meet Real Madrid in the main competition. Later, he finally met in the Champions League group stage, but Brother Long had already transferred back to his old club Real Sociedad.

Long Ge announced through social media before the official start of this season that this would be the last season of his career.

In the first half of the league, when Real Sociedad and Real Madrid met, Long Ge was also absent due to injury.

So for Li Ang, this was his first and last meeting with Long Ge in La Liga this season.

The master and apprentice actually talked and met privately quite a few times, but at this moment, when they thought that the last game they met on the field was over, they were infinitely sad.

However, after sighing and a little sadness, Long Ge became open-minded again, and Li Ang was also happy for his first midfield teacher.

I am happy that Long Ge can finally spend more time with his family in the future, and I am also happy that Long Ge can stay away from injuries and slowly start another career path.

Even if he did not transfer to Bayern Munich, and did not learn anything from Guardiola’s coaching team, Long Ge still decided to start his coaching career.

This is something he decided a long time ago, and it is not a secret, because he has expressed his interest in coaching the team many times in interviews with reporters.

Li Ang doesn’t know whether Brother Long will choose to stay in Real Sociedad or go to other clubs to start his coaching career after the end of this season.

But he firmly believes that no matter what choice Brother Long makes, he will eventually become an excellent head coach through continuous learning and reflection.

He also sincerely hopes that one day in the future, they can meet again and work together again, as a young coach and an older player~

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After the 20th round of La Liga, all teams ushered in a 12-day rest period.

Of course, there are teams with King’s Cup tasks.

Because from February 1st to February 8th, the two rounds of the King’s Cup semi-finals will be played.

Previously, the main players in Real Madrid rested too much, so they fell a little in the league.

So in these two rounds of the King’s Cup, Ancelotti chose to let the main players continue to play instead of rotating them.

And the main players of Real Madrid, who were holding their breath, had no objection to this, but were eager to fight.

On the evening of February 1, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona started the first round of the King’s Cup semi-finals. After 90 minutes of fierce battle, Atletico Madrid finally lost to Barcelona 1-2 away and lost.

However, Atletico Madrid did not lose the opportunity to advance, because they were only one goal behind and had a valuable away goal.

Atletico Madrid, who returned to their home court in the second round, still had a great chance to overturn Barcelona and break into the King’s Cup final.

Compared with the tense situation between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona, ​​the situation of the game between Real Madrid’s main force and Alaves was completely one-sided!

To be more precise, when Alaves took the lead in scoring at the Bernabeu, the angry Real Madrid superstars directly took over the rhythm of the game, and used a full 90 minutes of attack to make the two-round knockout match suspenseless!

Alaves’s tactical strategy at the beginning was still very good. Facing Real Madrid’s massive pressure and high pressure, they wisely chose to shrink their formation to fight Real Madrid’s quick counterattack.

Their first goal came from a quick counterattack on the wing.

Real Madrid’s attack at the beginning was a little impatient, giving Alaves a chance, and the situation quietly changed after Alaves scored the first goal.

But Alaves shouldn’t have chosen to shrink and defend after scoring the first goal.

If they continued to play defense and counterattack, Real Madrid might still be a little timid, but they chose to give up control of the midfield and return to the penalty area to set up a bus, which was completely giving Real Madrid more opportunities for trial and error!

Mourinho left a rich tactical legacy for Real Madrid back then. One of the “legacy” that has benefited the entire Real Madrid team to this day is the rich means of breaking the bus.

Even if all Alaves players shrink, their defensive strength is just average.

Real Madrid didn’t waste too much time. In the 24th minute of the first half, Benzema scored a header to equalize the score!

And just seven minutes later, Li Ang received Bale’s return pass and decisively shot from outside the Alaves penalty area, scoring another goal!

Alaves, who suffered two consecutive blows, finally panicked and began to try to expand the defense line to counterattack.

But their delayed tactical adjustment sounded the death knell for themselves!

Real Madrid continued to implement high pressure on Alaves. In the first half stoppage time, Ronaldo scored Real Madrid’s third goal!

In the second half of the game, as the physical fitness of the entire Alaves team declined, Real Madrid forced to speed up, and finally scored three goals in 45 minutes of game time, defeating Alaves 6-1 in the first round!

Such a score also completely lost the suspense of the second round of the match between Real Madrid and Alaves.

After a week of rest, on the evening of February 8, Atletico Madrid started a bloody battle with Barcelona at home.

But in this game, Barcelona unexpectedly chose to consolidate the defense first, which made Atletico Madrid, which lacked offensive means, play very uncomfortable.

Valverde’s correct tactical thinking eventually helped Barcelona to draw 1-1 with Atletico Madrid away from home, and finally defeated Atletico Madrid with a total score of 3-2, taking the lead in getting a ticket to the King’s Cup final this season.

Real Madrid challenged Alaves away the next night, and defeated the opponent 3-0 again without suspense, and finally met Barcelona in the King’s Cup final.

Li Ang did not hide his expectations for the King’s Cup championship after the game.

Facing the challenge of old rival Barcelona, ​​Li Ang is even more confident.

“Of course I will continue my unbeaten record against Barcelona. There is nothing to say. Just clean your neck and wait, our dear old rival!”