Starting from playing as a defensive midfielder for Real Madrid

It was too late to regret that the 21-game winning streak in the league was ended. Real Madrid's main players boarded a plane to Moscow on the morning of February 13th.

This was a relatively distant journey. The Real Madrid generals had lunch on the plane and spent the afternoon half asleep and half awake.

It was not until 4 p.m. that their plane landed at Sheremetyevo International Airport.

Li Ang felt that apart from returning to China, the longest time he spent on a plane was today when he came from Madrid to Moscow.

And Moscow gave him a kick as soon as he left the warm indoor environment.

In Moscow in February, the outdoor temperature was frighteningly low.

Before Li Ang became famous, in the past month in Madrid, it was almost four or five o'clock in the afternoon.

Wear a thick T-shirt and a jacket for a walk on the street.

But now that he had put on sports thermal underwear and cotton clothes in advance, he still shivered before getting on the bus.

In the sleet and snow, Li Ang could only vaguely hear Karanka telling Mourinho a number of -6℃.

Such a temperature is simply an unimaginable concept for Leon, who grew up in the south of his motherland and basically lived in Madrid when he went abroad.

He took a trip to London not long ago, and the winter climate there already made him feel a little uncomfortable.

But now he has to be prepared to play football in an environment that may reach -10°C at night.

Li Ang felt magical, but he had to force himself to adapt.

Because he didn't want to be ridiculed by Uncle Bird for not performing well on the court because he was afraid of the cold.

cold? When I step on the field later, I can run two more laps and I won’t feel cold!

Li Ang is still very confident in his ability to adapt.

But when they had dinner at the hotel and arrived at the CSKA Arena at 6:40 pm, Li Ang realized that he was still too young.

The almost frost-covered artificial turf appeared in front of Real Madrid's main players.

Li Ang rushed forward and stepped on it firmly. That foot feeling

Well, I can only say that it can be played, but it is hard to say how much technical advantage Real Madrid players will be able to exert on this kind of turf.

In the filming of the staff accompanying the team, the Real Madrid stars smiled awkwardly and walked around the stadium looking confident.

In fact, every player is panicking now.

Bitter cold temperatures, artificial turf, and frost on the turf!

Moreover, the opening time of tomorrow night's game is set to 20:00 local time.

The temperature will only be lower then.

This is no longer a matter of adaptability. When the time comes, it will be difficult for Real Madrid to have three or four players who can perform at a normal level!

At this moment, Mourinho can only try his best to tell the logistics staff to prepare enough linings and gloves to keep out the cold, and by the way, let Ruyfaria and Pintus re-formulate the warm-up plan.

Players must be fully warmed up when playing in the freezing cold on artificial turf of this quality.

He would rather consume more of the players' physical energy before the game than see any players get injured by then.

As for the result of the first round.

Now Mourinho's bottom line has been quickly lowered from a small victory to a draw and no players are injured, which counts as a victory.

Of course, it would be better if we could get one or two goal differentials.

The Real Madrid players, who were a little worried, took the bus back to their hotel after finishing the game.

At this time, only in a warm indoor environment can they feel more at ease.

However, the next morning, they still had to brave the light snow weather to complete the last practice before the game at the rented temporary training ground.

The training ground that Neng can rent in Moscow at this time also uses artificial turf.

Real Madrid's players felt uncomfortable playing, and the coaching staff also felt uncomfortable watching.

But the conditions are just like this, and Real Madrid's players can only adapt first, as if they are simulating the feeling of the night's game in advance.

Li Ang seemed very "excited" and voluntarily increased his running volume during the morning training.

However, after running too much and warming up his body, his performance in confrontation was quite good.

Moreover, he has good physical fitness. Mourinho is not worried that his legs will become weak during the game if he runs too much before the game, so he just lets him do it.

As time went by, the temperature in Moscow began to fall rapidly after rising continuously in the afternoon.

After six o'clock in the evening, the severe cold quickly hit again, and Real Madrid's players and coaches were fully prepared to take the bus to the CSKA Arena.

Because Moscow is too far away from Madrid, and the game starts in mid-week, the number of Real Madrid fans traveling with the team this time is not very large.

At least it is much less than when Real Madrid usually plays away games in Western European countries such as France and the Netherlands.

Li Ang took a quick look during the warm-up and found that there should be less than 2,000 people.

Compared with the pity he and other Real Madrid players felt, Mourinho had already thought of CSKA Moscow's home power.

Even though this stadium can only seat 30,000 people, the fans of the Russian Super League have always been famous in European football for their fierce fighting capacity.

He is strong when cheering on the field, and he is also strong when facing other fans off the field.

Mourinho looked at the Russian macho who was shirtless and leading the song in the sub-zero temperature environment. He could only purse his lips and keep shaking his head.

After the warm-up, which took longer than usual, the Real Madrid generals trotted back to the locker room with almost white smoke coming out of their heads.

Mourinho and Karanka also urged the players to quickly take off their slightly sweaty inner linings and training clothes.

Everyone quickly dried their upper body and cheeks and put on clean sports linings and jerseys.

Li Ang took the thick sports gloves handed over by Mr. Karanka and added the last layer of insurance to his body.

After Mourinho gave his last tactical reminder, he repeatedly emphasized that every player should run more at the start.

"We don't rush to start with them, and we don't rush to attack. You first feel the adaptability of your body, run more, control the ball more when you have the ball, and then pay more attention to your movements. When you feel that your body is still a little warm, Don’t do those big kicking moves when you’re playing.”

After Mourinho gave some careful instructions, seeing that the time was almost up, he asked Casillas and the players to do the final morale mobilization.

At this moment, the CSKA Arena was already buzzing with people.

The "enthusiastic" Moscow fans made the atmosphere very heated with singing and various slogans.

That is to say, no high-alcohol drinks are allowed into the stadium, otherwise one by one of these fans will almost all turn into shirtless super hunks.

When the players on both sides began to line up, as expected, there were strong boos from the stands close to the channel on the side of the Real Madrid players.

Immediately afterwards, the entire stands and even the entire stadium began to boo!

Real Madrid players have seen this kind of huge scene a lot, and those with better psychological quality don't have any special feelings.

If they can only boo people, it shows that the quality of these Russian fans is already good.

If this were to be the case in Turkey, the fans of the Turkish Super League would start the game with a fireworks display and all kinds of abuse, and the quality was extremely touching.

After the opening ceremony, Li Ang took small steps and did several abdominal jumps in his own half.

When he felt his body was warm again, the referee on duty also blew the whistle to start the game.

Duan Xuan and director Zhang Luzhang were sitting in the studio of Channel 5 to commentate on this Champions League match live today.

At this meeting, Duan Xuan also quickly introduced the starting lineups of the two teams after quickly reading the opening remarks.

Real Madrid came out with a 4-4-2 formation today.

That is the deformation 442 they used commonly in the league at the beginning of this season.

Benzema and Ronaldo served as double forwards, and Kakala moved to the rib area near the wing.

However, Di Maria, who used to start in the left midfield, was on standby today, and Li Ang took his starting position.

Essien went behind Kaka for defensive protection, while Alonso trailed behind.

Coentrao, who is healthy in the defense, is still the starter. The double central defender combination of Ramos and Pepe remains unchanged, but the starter on the right has been changed from Arbeloa to Nacho.

Arbeloa suffered a muscle strain during the warm-up this morning and will definitely not be able to force his appearance at the moment.

Nacho, as the first substitute at right back, naturally stepped up.

Fortunately, Carvajal started the game against Levante the day before yesterday. If it was Nacho, he played the full 90 minutes.

Now Mourinho really has a headache.

CSKA Moscow has a balanced starting lineup of four, two, and three one.

If they press forward and attack, their formation can be regarded as a four-three-three.

After the opening, when they actively pressed through the half to put pressure on Real Madrid who kicked off first.

The red and blue jerseys and the four-three-three offensive formation instantly gave the Real Madrid players an urge to fight.

"Hey! CSKA's momentum is quite similar. Their home jersey looks strikingly similar to Barcelona's from a distance? Real Madrid's players won't be inspired to fight because of this, right?"

Director Zhang laughed and made a joke. When Duan Xuan saw it, he immediately became happy.

Because from a distance, CSKA Moscow and Real Madrid are fighting together, and it really looks like Barcelona and Real Madrid are playing a game!

Li Ang also took advantage of the situation and gave himself a wave of psychological hints.

"This is not CSKA, this is not CSKA, this is Barcelona, ​​this is Barcelona"

After muttering a few words in his mind, Li Ang raised his head again and looked at CSKA No. 10 Zagoyev, who was exactly opposite him, with a hint of fiery eyes.

"Xiaomei. Xiaoza, here I come!"

Zagoev is now taking over the ball that his teammate just grabbed, leading the ball forward to test and push forward, thinking about which way to focus the attack.

As a result, before he took the ball a few steps, he met Li Ang who looked extremely excited.

"What's going on with this guy?!"

Seeing Leon's fierce pressing posture, Zagoev did not dare to push the ball forward at the first time, and quickly knocked the ball to his midfield partner Aldonin.

But when Li Ang saw that the ball was no longer at Zagoev's feet, he immediately stopped crossing the center line and continued to press, and just stared at Zagoev and slowly retreated.

Zagoev was stared at by Li Ang and his scalp was numb, and Mourinho was also confused off the court.

"We made a strategy to let that kid keep an eye on Zagoev?"

Uncle Bird asked Karanka uncertainly, and Karanka shook his head.

Mourinho rubbed his chin and watched the development of the game for a while.

Seeing CSKA Moscow's difficulty in launching an offensive due to Zagoyev's restriction, he pumped his fists with his palms.

"Yes, let's play like this first! Anyway, in the first half, we mainly focused on stabilizing the situation, letting the little lions freeze Zagoev, Essien and Alonso blocked the middle, and CSKA couldn't play any tricks! "

Mourinho did not intend to modify his tactics and let Li Ang play according to the original tactical plan.

Li Ang's defensive approach allowed him to find a new idea.

Freezing CSKA's core midfielder Zagoyev forced CSKA to not be able to easily make changes and launch a full-scale offensive.

Before they can solve the problem of Zagoev being locked by Li Ang, they can only use other less efficient offensive methods to deal with Real Madrid.

As for changing positions?

Oh, Zagoyev went from right to left, then Leon went from left to right!

We must arrange for CSKA’s No. 10 core.

The two sides played for about ten minutes, and soon entered a stage where the offense was constipated.

Real Madrid was uncomfortable with the turf and the temperature, and their technical advantages were limited, making it difficult for them to play the sharp offense they had in the past.

CSKA Moscow was simply beaten to death by Real Madrid because of its own core.

Zagoyev couldn't move, so he couldn't find any good offensive opportunities with the two midfielders.

It's even more impossible to rely on two midfielders. Tosic and Musa are not top-notch explosive players in Europe.

Real Madrid can't open up the offense, but on the defensive end it is still among the top in Europe.

Even if you can get past Essien and Leon, you can't easily get past Coentrao and Nacho in a one-on-one situation.

Li Ang's performance is getting better and better with active running, and Essien's body is gradually warming up.

Another thing is that Essien has not been back to Spain for more than two years like Alonso and is not very adaptable to this extreme cold.

Essien has played a lot of games in the Premier League before. During the winter schedule, the temperature in England is not as extreme as in Moscow, but it is also cold.

At this time, his adaptation speed is obviously faster than other Real Madrid players.

So when he also let go of his hands and feet, Real Madrid's defensive hardness in the midfield suddenly went up to a higher level.

The players of CSKA Moscow will become more and more awkward as they play.

The start went smoothly. They all saw Real Madrid's discomfort and wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to take advantage of the start.

But after Zagoyev was targeted by Leon, something went wrong with his style of painting!

After Li Ang and Essien worked together to repulse CSKA's offensive again, they looked at each other and smiled, and then became more actively involved in their mopping up and interception mission.

Make way, the Champions League ace's dumpster truck comes over!

Today should be chapter three.