Starting from playing as a defensive midfielder for Real Madrid

"Leon is very clear-headed. He has not forgotten his defensive duties because of the new tactical positioning. Real Madrid's backcourt players will also need to find ways to get into the game faster. Nacho and Carvajal are much better. Pay attention and return to defense!"

He Wei, who was commentating alone on Real Madrid's opening game today, couldn't help but have a touch of worry in his tone.

The first smoke bomb released by Mourinho before the game greatly interfered with Emery's tactical layout and gained more tactical convenience for Real Madrid in the opening stage.

However, Nacho and Carvajal, who started playing as left and right full-backs today, performed somewhat average on the defensive end.

In terms of offensive advancement and fighting in the middle, Real Madrid has the upper hand, and Valencia will have to endure and defend against counterattacks.

However, Nacho and Carvajal, who pressed near the center line and participated in the attack, failed to return to defense in time twice in a row.

This also resulted in Valencia's interception ball counterattack being very effective.

Suddenly, Real Madrid's advantage in suppressing the situation turned into a defensive hazard.

That is to say, Li Ang did not press forward from the beginning, and Matuidi was particularly active in defending today, which allowed Valencia to continuously stop Valencia's rapid counterattacks.

Essien will see the situation change and has withdrawn from the frontcourt.

The excited minds of Nacho and Carvajal, who were awakened by Li Ang's yelling several times, gradually sobered up.

It's not like they were really distracted or in bad condition.

It was purely because I was too excited to start for Real Madrid in the opening game of La Liga for the first time.

In contrast, Varane, who is partnering with Albiol today and is also starting for Real Madrid in the opening game of La Liga for the first time, is much calmer.

Fortunately, Li Ang's merciless yelling was timely, and the two of them gradually performed normally after their heads cleared.

At least after focusing on defense first, Real Madrid's wings were no longer broken by Valencia.

Mourinho, who was watching this scene from the sidelines, gradually relaxed his brows.

After Liang, Essien and Matuidi all stayed in their own half, Valencia's offensive attempts began to hit the wall repeatedly.

The three men who let go quickly cut off the effective connection between Valencia forward Soldado and the midfielder.

This striker who came out of Real Madrid's youth training and has scored 72 goals in the past three seasons can only helplessly fall silent.

With both Jonas and Figuly locked up, he could only start to frequently pull out of Real Madrid's penalty area to help his teammates play the ball and sort out the offensive route.

But no matter how Valencia's midfielders move the ball to look for opportunities.

As long as they cannot penetrate the midfield interception defense with Li Ang as the core, it will be impossible for them to provide offensive shells to Soldado in terms of ground cooperation.

It's okay to use a passing tactic.

Real Madrid also does not exclude Valencia from taking the ball and passing the ball.

After trying twice and seeing that Soldado couldn't take advantage of Albiol, Valencia gave up the idea of ​​continuing to attack with crosses.

Real Madrid calmly withstood Valencia's opening three attacks.

Li Ang made Guardado and Jonas suffer a lot when they tried to attack Real Madrid's defense with the ball.

In terms of flexibility, confrontation, and explosive acceleration, none of their abilities are better than Li Ang.

And speaking of technology.

Li Ang would be really grateful to Messi for "ravaging" him in those games last season.

After experiencing Messi's changes of direction and accelerating pace, and looking at the skills of players like Jonas, Li Ang really didn't feel too much pressure.

Unless there is a many-on-one situation in a local area of ​​the field today, Li Ang can only admit defeat, otherwise Valencia will not have the chance to get past Li Ang and face Real Madrid's defense one-on-one.

Li Ang is confident, and Mourinho and the more than 70,000 Real Madrid fans present are even more confident in his performance!

"Daniel (Carvajal), when you find an opportunity, go forward. We will pass the ball to you later, and you give the ball to Alvaro (Morata) who is retreating."

Li Ang took advantage of a dead ball opportunity to find Carvajal and give him instructions.

Nacho's ability to advance on the offensive end is not as good as Carvajal, so now Nacho can just stay in the backcourt to stabilize the defense.

And Carvajal, who has found a balance between offense and defense, can also start to use his forward ability.

Real Madrid's frontline trident today is Morata, Vazquez and Callejon. No matter who of the three retreats, they can cooperate with Carvajal to complete the advancement of the ball as soon as possible.

However, Li Ang is more optimistic about Morata on the advancement end.

In terms of technique and speed with the ball, Morata is the strongest forward in Real Madrid's rotation.

When fighting a counterattack, the pursuit is to be fast and the finish must be stable.

So instead of letting Callejon and Vázquez push forward, and then letting Morata finish the finishing blow, it's really better to do the other way around.

Let Morata push forward, and then let Callejon finish the shot.

Carvajal naturally understood what Li Ang meant, and Essien also found an opportunity to briefly communicate with Morata, who retreated near the midline.

Valencia is still looking for ways to dismantle Real Madrid's midfield defense.

It had been ten minutes since they attacked, and the connection between the midfield and the backfield was slightly out of sync. It wasn't serious, but in Li Ang's view, that was Real Madrid's opportunity.

Under the command of Li Ang, Matuidi moved to the rib area on the left side of the penalty area.

Vazquez is actively running and pressing on the left side of the half farther ahead of Matuidi.

Valencia subconsciously shifted their offensive line to their left, which is Real Madrid's right half.

Previously, Li Ang was positioned very deep, and the midfield defense on this side basically relied on Essien to complete the sweep first.

Therefore, Guardado, who was on the side to receive the ball, was very relieved and knocked the ball horizontally to Jonas who retreated to respond.

Guardado, who played in Segunda División for one season last season and has not played against Li Ang, feels there is no problem with such a pass.

Perhaps it was also Li Ang's "honest" squatting that made him lose his vigilance.

So at this moment, his passing movement is relatively relaxed, and the ball speed is not too fast.

This is still a normal choice, and Jonas, who has his back to Real Madrid's defense, doesn't think there is a problem.

But when Feiguli's exclamation sounded from the other side, Jonas instinctively raised the hair on his body!

A natural sense of crisis arose in Ruonas's heart, but before he could make any response, a figure in white who was faster than him had already decisively released the shovel!

The figure putting the shovel flashed past him. Ruonas didn't stop himself from running towards the football, and ended up hooking on the opponent and falling to the ground!

The football was shoveled towards Essien's position. The referee on duty did not make any move to signal a foul. The game continued!

Valencia midfielder Costa pressed Essien immediately, but Essien had no intention of turning around and advancing with the ball. Instead, he simply turned his back and pushed the ball to the wing!

Carvajal is starting to speed!

He stopped and started racing wildly on the wing!

Costa's top defense made Valencia's half-court defensive barrier break like tissue paper.

At this moment, Li Ang and Costa, who had completed decisive tackles, formed a clear gap!

This is the difference in defensive awareness, this is the difference in strength!

Mourinho also slapped his palms hard on the sidelines and shouted loudly to Vazquez, who had just started to intervene on the other side, to speed up!

After Carvajal rushed through Valencia's half, he kept Li Ang's instructions in mind, and Morata also ran to his side in time.

As soon as the ball was handed over, Carvajal continued to move down the side, taking away Mathieu's defense, and Morata also strode forward with the ball.

Gago, who returned from a loan spell at Roma this summer but was completely sold to Valencia by Real Madrid, is desperately chasing after him!

In front of Morata, Valencia's central defender Ruiz was already pressing forward aggressively.

There is no doubt that Ruiz will not hesitate to commit a tactical foul if he has the opportunity to get close to Morata.

But Morata did not give him this opportunity.

The moment the two were about to face off, Morata suddenly changed direction, and his entire body almost turned to the other side! He even dribbled the ball into the heart of Valencia's penalty area!

Ruiz's outstretched hand caught nothing but air, and Morata, who had completed the advancement task, also made the final pass.

The moment Mathieu put down Carvajal and pounced, Morata sent a through ball forward!

Callejon was calm.

During his previous moves, he had been calmly observing changes in the situation on the court.

Morata completed the breakthrough, used a point to break the surface, and forcibly tore apart Valencia's defensive deployment. What he had to do at this time was very simple.

After leading the ball into Valencia's penalty area, Callejon directly completed a continuous shot while running!

This made Valencia's other central defender Ricardo Costa and goalkeeper Alves unable to react!

Because Callejon's kicking angle was already very small, Alves was even sure that he would pass the ball to Vazquez at the back point.

This is also in line with Callejon's playing style at Real Madrid last season.

Calm and selfless.

But at this moment, Callejon seemed to have transformed into Ronaldo, and he was extremely confident in his shooting skills in the penalty area!

His shot aimed at the far corner of the Valencia goal clung to the turf and rolled past Ricardo Costa.

Alves gritted his teeth and rushed to the far corner!

His second reaction was quick and not slow, but the football was rolling faster at this moment!

When the football hit the inside of the far post and bounced into the goal line, Alves' interception palm came too late!

Callejon clenched his fists and ran all the way to the corner flag area without stopping!

He jumped high amidst the excited cheers of the Real Madrid fans, turned around in the air, punched and roared!

Carvajal and Morata ran over and hugged him tightly, followed by Vazquez, Essien and Leon.

Callejon's talent is really not particularly good.

But he also really cherishes his opportunity to return to Real Madrid, so he is very diligent, very, very diligent.

The outside world always reports how much Li Ang likes to practice extra.

That is also because Li Ang has more topics, more traffic and attention.

However, every player in the Real Madrid team actually knows that Callejon, like Li Ang, is the most diligent player.

He worked hard on shooting and passing. Perhaps he will never be able to become the most dazzling figure in Real Madrid.

But he will be the most reliable teammate next to every other Real Madrid player.

That reliable teammate who never lacks courage at critical moments and can always make others feel at ease!

Li Ang waited for the teammates in front to finish celebrating, and finally smiled and hugged Callejon firmly.

This kind of appreciation from the heart does not need to be described in words.

Mourinho is like this, and so is Li Ang.

They all like and trust Callejon, and the lead at this moment is the best fruit they have gained after instilling this trust.

Whether a team is united or not, every fan and commentator can see it.

He Wei bluntly praised every player in this Real Madrid rotation at this moment.

"Perhaps this rotation team still has many deficiencies and shortcomings, but they have tightly integrated each other's talents, united with each other, made up for each other's shortcomings, and continued to grow amidst the vigilant voices.

They are young, but they have already represented Real Madrid on the field. Such youthful power and such growth stories are always exciting!

Perhaps, one day in the future, we will find that every member of this team has already achieved great fame in football.

And I believe that day will not be too far away! "

He Wei's explanation resonated with countless domestic Real Madrid fans.

At this time, Mourinho and Karanka, who were standing on the sidelines and applauding, looked at the young Real Madrid players who were united, and their eyes were full of joy.

When they first made the decision to select such a rotation team, they were actually not that confident.

Can trusting a group of children really bring enough rest time to the main players of Real Madrid at the time?

Last season's Triple Crown may have given the corresponding answer.

Real Madrid's rotation, with most of its members made up of young kids, now shows the potential for further transformation.

Mourinho doesn't know. He doesn't know what kind of strength the rotation team he has built under his leadership can exert in the future.

But he's looking forward to it.

Perhaps, as many Real Madrid fans joked at the end of last season, from now on Real Madrid team A will play in the Champions League and tough games, and team B will play in the league?

Haha, if we can really have another Grand Slam season with this division of labor, then La Liga, or the situation in European football as a whole, will really change.

After the game restarted, Real Madrid, who played with great momentum, refused to give up the dominance in the midfield.

Valencia changed their formation under Emery's adjustments and played four, three, and three.

But unfortunately, Mourinho also adjusted his formation.

Real Madrid changed to playing 4,2,3,1.

Emery's face turned ugly instantly after watching Real Madrid change their formation to focus on midfield control and counterattack.

Maybe, Mourinho didn't mean it.

But the reality looks like Mourinho is mocking him.

"I'll teach you how to play the formation that you can't play. If I beat your 4,33 with 4,2,31, I will win. If I beat your 4,33 with 4,231, I will still win."

Emery even imagined a scene in his mind of Mourinho taunting him.

Well, in fact, Mourinho didn't think about it at all.

There are two reasons for changing to 4, 2, 3, 1. One is that Real Madrid is familiar with it, and the other is that Mourinho wants to stabilize the 1-0 lead here.

When the halftime whistle sounded, Emery quickly returned to the dressing room without even shaking Mourinho's usual handshake.

Mourinho shrugged and didn't say much in front of the live camera.

But at the beginning of the second half, Real Madrid's resolute defensive stranglehold in the midfield immediately put great pressure on Valencia to organize the offense.

Real Madrid's rotation may not be that strong in defense and forward.

But only the midfield trio is at full strength, and its defensive strength can definitely be said to be among the top three in La Liga.

Emery did not believe in evil and adjusted his formation to play 442 and attack from both wings.

As a result, Real Madrid's Li Ang fell behind, and Matuidi and Essien pulled wide. Valencia's wide players were in trouble.

The 1-0 score remained deadlocked until the 70th minute of the second half. Emery, who couldn't sit still, was really anxious now.

He removed Gago and midfielder Costa and replaced them with Parejo and forward Piatti.

So Valencia changed their formation again and came out with a 4-1-3-2 ultimate offensive formation.

Mourinho made substitutions at the last moment.

Ronaldo and Alonso are on, goal heroes Callejon and Vazquez are off.

Real Madrid changed to 442.

The midfielder goes directly to the four defensive midfielders, and Ronaldo and Morata in front are all done with long passes, just to fight back to the end!

So in the last twenty minutes, the offensive and defensive battle between Real Madrid and Valencia became more exciting and beautiful.

Because Real Madrid did not defend, even if they played in the back four, they wanted to create another chance to score and completely kill the game.

Valencia went crazy on the offensive end, attacking Real Madrid's half. Soldado and Jonas repeatedly seized the opportunity to shoot!

Of course, with Leon and Alonso guarding the center, Valencia can only find some long-range shooting opportunities.

Adan, who started today, is still in very good condition, and his saves are very cautious.

Without deliberately pursuing to confiscate the ball, he always made a very safe choice to hit the ball.

Cristiano Ronaldo is not in a hurry at all and is very patient in his movements.

Maybe it’s because he won too many championship awards last season.

His attitude towards his teammates and himself now seems to have become more calm.

So in the 86th minute, when Real Madrid's threatening counterattack came out, he had to be more prepared.

Morata's header is really something to say.

Long Ge's long pass from the backcourt was deflected behind Valencia's defense with a steady flick of his head.

Cristiano Ronaldo sprinted with all his strength and threw away the chasing Ruiz.

Facing the attacking goalkeeper Alves, he confidently chose to shoot into the far corner of the goal.

And the football that hit the net again also announced that Real Madrid had safely won the opening game of La Liga this season!

The growing young players of Real Madrid announced their progress to the world with this victory over last season's third place in La Liga.

They are still growing, and so are Real Madrid!

It's a bit late, sorry guys, we will update as usual tomorrow.