Iron Man on the pitch

The Champions League in the mid-week on April 6 is the real test for the current stormy Real Madrid.

The opponent in this game is Tottenham Hotspur. They defeated Inter Milan in the group stage with their youth storm and qualified as the first place in the group.

Gareth Bale emerged from nowhere. In the first leg competition, he fell behind 0:4 in the first half and the starting goalkeeper was sent off with a red card, and he completed a hat-trick in the second half and tied the score to 3:4. Although he was unfortunately defeated, Bell became famous because of this.

After returning to the White Hart Lane Stadium in the second round, Bale even staged a famous scene of eating Maicon, helping Tottenham defeat Inter Milan with a score of 3:1.

Then Tottenham overturned the classic car AC Milan and finally came to Real Madrid.

Tottenham not only has Bale, but also the future midfielder Modric. Now he has a master style. There is also Modric's national teammate Joel Luca on the defense line, which is a defensive gate. .

Other starters of Tottenham, England internationals Aaron Lennon, Defort, Crouch and Ridley King, although they are not the main starting players of the national team, their strength cannot be underestimated.

The first round of the two sides began at the Bernabeu.

Before the game, after listening to Mourinho's arrangement in Real Madrid's locker room, "Brother Tofu" Aberoa let out an incredible exclaim: "What? I'm defending Bale alone? Is it true or false?"

It's not that he is so excited. For the sudden rise of Tottenham Hotspur, Gareth Bale, who has caused Macon and Zanetti to be frustrated by speed, the two right-backs of Real Madrid are really facing a big enemy.

Although Mourinho is not familiar with Bale, he is familiar with Macon and Zanetti, not to mention that there is also former Inter defender Thornton in the team. So in previous training, Real Madrid did a good job in order to deal with Bale. Respond and prepare.

For example, let Li Ling and Ronaldo imitate Bale's playing style in turn to give strength to their right backs. Unfortunately, although they didn't imitate each other, it was enough to make the two right-backs feel like they were dying, so they were ready to invite Boss Ramos, oh no, the second (vice captain), to return. Right back position.

But unexpectedly, Mourinho changed his tactics on the spot, gave up the original three-way balanced offensive plan, and changed to the main attack on the right. Let Aberoa do his best on both offense and defense, without caring about physical exhaustion, the goal is to keep the first half from being sent off.

As for the second half, Thornton will be replaced and there will be a round-robin battle.

Mourinho knows that although players like Bale seem difficult to defend, they are actually easy to defend. As long as there are players with similar physical conditions, they can easily defend him. After all, Bale's feet are really average, which is much worse than Li Ling, Ronaldo, Kaka and Benzema who are of the same height in Real Madrid.

However, the most difficult thing is to find players with similar physical conditions.

Although Li Ling meets the conditions perfectly and is willing to assume defensive responsibilities, Mourinho believes that Li Ling has not discussed tactics with him recently, perhaps because he feels that he has undertaken too many defensive tasks and has made him angry.

Therefore, in order to show goodwill to Li Ling, Mourinho is not planning to arrange too many defensive tasks for Li Ling. After all, what he has always arranged for Li Ling is to cover the entire right half, which is far beyond the scope of responsibilities of a normal player.

Unfortunately, Li Ling didn't know, otherwise Li Ling would definitely be screaming: "I just discovered a knowledge that could pump out a large amount of water when I was rushing my own well a while ago, so I just enjoyed it. I really don't have any objections to you, coach."

And Mourinho is not unaware that offense is the best defense. If your opponent is exhausted by your offense, he will naturally have no energy to spend on offense.

However, the teams he led were not top-notch, and Chelsea is similar to Manchester City now. It is difficult for gold and dollar football nouveau riche to attract top players. This is because Chelsea is a century-old brand and has a certain foundation in the Premier League.

There are no best players, and if you want to win, defensive counterattack is the best tactic, so Mourinho formed a fixed mindset.

Until he came to Real Madrid and drove onto the aircraft carrier, no, the Galaxy battleship. And the two biggest stars of the team, Cristiano Ronaldo and Li Ling, both train hard and obey tactical arrangements. Mourinho feels that he has never been so happy and wants to do this job in Real Madrid for a long time. .

Although he is proud of his football philosophy of defending and counterattacking, Mourinho also wants others to praise him for his football tactics, so he is interested in Li Ling's full-game pressing and high-level pressure tactics. Because this is a tactic that allows him to maintain his defensive characteristics while trying to show off his offensive level, and Mourinho is not worried.So Mourinho set the tactic in this game to let Li Ling on the right side hedge against Tottenham's left side and destroy Bale's left side, so he naturally has no energy to attack.

"Everyone says Tottenham is a youth storm, but my Real Madrid is as young as I! I'm not afraid of you when I attack!"

In this game, Real Madrid still played a formation called 4-4-2, which actually looks like 4-3-2-1 or 4-2-3-1.

Goalkeeper: Casillas;

Defenders: Aberoa, Pepe, Ramos, Marcelo;

Midfielders: Li Ling, Kaka, Xavi Alonso, Fellaini;

Forwards: Ronaldo, Joselu.

In Real Madrid, except for Casillas, there are no more players who are 30 years old. For example, Li Ling, Marcelo, Fellaini, and Joselu are only in their early 20s. If you count carefully, this Real Madrid is also a youth storm, and it should be said that it is about the same as a tornado.

In this game, Benzema and Higuain were both absent due to injury at the same time, so Mourinho sent Joselu, who had a wonderful performance in the last game.

Originally, the starting lineman Adebayo started in this game, but during the summer window, Mourinho had no funds to lend him. At the same time, because Li Ling could reach the center, he was the one who loaned Adebayo. There was even less willingness, so Adebayo, like Ricardo Carvalho, did not follow Mourinho to Madrid.

On Tottenham, coach Redknapp, "Old Ray" set up a 4-4-1-1 formation.

Goalkeeper: Gomez;

Defenders: Joel Luca, Galas, Dawson, Ector;

Midfielders: Lennon, Sandro, Modric, Bale;

Front Middle: Van der Fate;

Forward: Crouch.

"In the interview before the game, Van der Fate, who came to Tottenham from Real Madrid this season, expressed his viciousness to make the Bernabeu look good." After reading the starting list of players from both sides, He Wei talked about the anecdotes off the court.

"Hehe, yes, it's a pity that Li Ling performed very well on Real Madrid. I guess no one of the fans of the Bernabeu will think of Van der Fate, a passerby." Zhang Hehe was the standard starting style again.

"I just don't know if Van der Fate can show his determination and strength in the game to fulfill his bold words before the game."

"Hehe, hope."

"Do you think Bell will perform his magical performance?"

"Hehe, I think it's difficult." Zhang Hehe waved his hand, "Look, both teams have played AC Milan, what is Li Ling's performance, what is Bale's performance. Bale's problem is instability, and of course it can't be blamed. Bell, there are only three people in the world who can maintain a high level and stable performance. "

"Which three?"

"Royce, Messi and Li Ling."