Starting from playing as a defensive midfielder for Real Madrid

Many fans even said during the summer window that Real Madrid's performance would drop significantly in the new season.

After all, Real Madrid sold three rotation midfielders at that time, two of which were important rotations.

One of the two new midfielders signed is a black and tough player who is not very famous in Ligue 1, and the other is a Tottenham core who does not seem to be top-notch.

Forget it if you can't make ends meet, new players have to have some time to adapt, right?

Real Madrid's veteran players who won the Triple Crown last season will have to relax for a while, right?

These are all normal situations.

Inter Milan, which was very successful in 2009-10, and Barcelona, ​​which made a comeback in the 10-11 season, did not continue to be strong enough to defend the Champions League.

Having just won enough championships, professional players who have had enough attention and sense of honor always have to take a break before rushing for the championship.

It's human nature, there's no one who insists on training hard and doesn't like to enjoy it.

After Real Madrid defeated Barcelona 6-3 in two rounds and won the Spanish Super Cup, such voices gradually disappeared.

And after Real Madrid defeated Atletico Madrid and won the European Super Cup again, pushing the number of annual championships to five.

Those fans who had previously badmouthed Real Madrid's performance in the new season were immediately silenced.

It's obvious that Real Madrid's players haven't been fed a treble yet.

These Real Madrid stars are just like the Barcelona players who won the Triple Crown in the 2008-09 season.

They have a big appetite and even greater ambitions. They also want to win a six-time championship!

Moreover, at least for now, Real Madrid's six-time crown is basically a certainty.

Having won the more difficult Spanish Super Cup and European Super Cup, will Real Madrid let go of the last and least difficult Club World Cup title?

When it comes to Real Madrid's final performance prediction this season, there is actually a good comparison example in their previous years.

Barcelona, ​​which had just won the Triple Crown, failed to successfully defend the Champions League in the 2009-10 season.

Barcelona, ​​known as the Cosmos Team, was tactically restrained by Inter Milan led by Mourinho at the time, and fell in front of the 10-year Champions League final.

But now, there is no second Mourinho leading the team to snipe this seemingly more comprehensive Real Madrid.

Madman is the helmsman of this big devil Real Madrid, and his style of leading the team in cup competitions is indeed more stable than other coaches.

Therefore, let’s use the Barcelona team from the 2009-10 season as a template for comparison.

If this Real Madrid team can learn a lesson, ruthlessly abandon the domestic cup competition, focus on the league and the Champions League, and continue to use their positional warfare style in the Champions League.

Then they have a high probability of winning the double crown again!

They are also likely to become the first team to successfully defend the Champions League title after the Champions League was restructured.

Then the world of European football will really change.

However, Bayern, which has been further strengthened this summer window, currently looks very strong.

If Barcelona can't count on it, then it will have to wait and see whether Bayern gets the script for Inter Milan in 2010.

The international match day arrived as scheduled. After enjoying the joy of winning the fifth championship of the year, Real Madrid's generals went to their respective national teams to report.

Li Ang stayed in Madrid as usual.

On the one hand, he had to try his best to avoid negative public opinion. On the other hand, he was not in the mood to travel and rest at this time.

Because his newly developed abilities, which are still slowly improving, require a lot of time to practice.

Li Ang asked Mendes to find another training team for him that could accept short-term cooperation.

Originally, he wanted to hire Pintus to accompany him to practice strength training during these ten days.

But after hearing that Pintus' family had just moved to Madrid, Li Ang gave up his thoughts.

After joining Real Madrid, the boss finally looked forward to being reunited with his family, so he didn't bother him too much.

To be honest, the time for special training alone does not fly very fast, even if Li Ang is used to extra training on national competition days.

Fortunately, the slight sense of boredom soon dissipated with the fulfilling training plan.

When almost every day is filled with training, physical therapy, recovery, and rest, Li Ang has no time to think about boring problems.

On September 10, his short-term special training was completed, and Real Madrid first-team players who did not have national team competition duties also arrived at the training base to report.

The World Cup preliminaries are still in full swing, and the Spanish and Portuguese national teams are still fighting fiercely with their group opponents.

Mourinho and the entire Real Madrid coaching team are quite worried about this.

After all, let’s not talk about the physical exertion of Real Madrid’s core main players.

What they are most afraid of is which players will be accidentally injured.

In the upcoming fourth round of La Liga and the Champions League group stage, Real Madrid's formation will be passive.

On the evening of September 11th, the Spanish national team returned home triumphantly after completing this stage of the World Cup preliminaries.

But the injury that worries Mourinho the most happened again.

Arbeloa was injured in the second half of the game against Georgia. Fortunately, he only suffered an ankle sprain.

On the other side, in the Portuguese team, which had just finished its World Cup qualifying match against Azerbaijan, Coentrao was also replaced during the halftime break due to a strained thigh muscle.

The fact that the two main full-backs were injured made Mourinho feel bad instantly.

On the afternoon of September 12, when most of the main players reported to the Valdebebas base a little tired, Mourinho's brows almost turned into the word "囧".

There is no way. After being examined by the team doctor, the main players who are prone to injuries will first undergo physical therapy to recover.

Among the remaining players who are in reasonably good physical condition, Mourinho also cautiously allowed a small number of players to start recovery training first.

The two days of preparation time passed quickly, and the names of several main players were crossed off the injury prone list.

Before the start of the La Liga match against Sevilla, Mourinho finally confirmed the starting list of players for this league.

Mourinho has no intention of throwing any more tactical smoke bombs this time. In the 18-man roster he released, Marcelo and Matuidi are inevitable to start.

Coentrao was injured and Alonso, who was still a little tired, was directly excluded from the starting lineup.

Therefore, the outside media does not need to speculate on the positions of left back and defensive midfielder.

Regarding the starting choice of right back, most media speculation is that Mourinho will directly let Essien start.

Playing this position is not a problem for Essien. He can already play at right back and central defender, and he often made cameo appearances at Chelsea.

Carvajal and Nacho still mostly start when playing for teams in the middle and lower reaches of La Liga at this stage, and neither of them is as stable as Essien.

It was on the last choice of the midfield trio that Mourinho left a suspense.

Di Maria and Modric are both on the eighteen-man roster, and both can play as central midfielders or even attacking midfielders.

It all depends on Mourinho's final decision. At this stage, it is reasonable for either of them to start in the midfield.

On the evening of September 15th, with the attention of countless fans, Real Madrid's starting lineup was released only one hour before the game.

Di Maria started, but at the same time, Modric also got the chance to start!

Sevilla head coach Michel also feels a little bit tricky now.

Because Modric has not had a chance to play since he came to Real Madrid, he has been training and running in with his teammates.

The level of the player can be roughly judged by Modric's past performance in Tottenham and the Croatian national team.

But there is no game video that Modric can refer to for his current playing style and tactical status in Real Madrid.

Unless you get real training videos of the Real Madrid team.

In other words, Modric is the X factor in this game.

Michel did not expect that Mourinho would dare to start a new player who had not played for a minute before.

So now he can only be more vigilant and prepare to see Real Madrid's new tactics today.

He Wei, who partnered with Coach Zhang to commentate on the game in the early hours of that night, was actually very curious when introducing the starting players of both sides.

"Luka Modric, this midfielder from Croatia has performed very well for Tottenham before, and earlier, on the stage of the 2008 European Cup, he also impressed many fans. It left a deep impression.

Today is his first appearance on behalf of Real Madrid and he will start immediately. Mourinho also said in a previous interview that when he thinks Modric is ready and under a suitable situation, he will send Modric. Derrick appears.

It seems that today is the right opportunity! "

Coach Zhang looked at Modric's side face that looked like Cruyff, and his tone was very expectant.

"The No. 8 jersey left by Kaka was taken over by Modric, which also represents the trust and affirmation of Mourinho and Real Madrid in Modric.

Li Ang has expressed his "love" for his new teammate many times before. Look, today is the first time that the two have started together on the field. Mourinho dares to arrange this, at least the tactical effect during training should be not bad. "

The two people's explanations immediately raised the expectations of Chinese fans for Modric.

At this time, Modric's mind was surprisingly clear.

There was some pressure, but not as much as he expected.

In other words, he had been mentally prepared for it.

When he comes to play for Real Madrid, the attention and scrutiny he faces in every game is a hundred times more than in his previous games.

He has this awareness, coupled with his strong ability to withstand pressure, which will actually make him appear calm.

After the opening ceremony, Modric took a deep breath and stood still in his own half.

As soon as he turned his head to observe, Li Ang's almost parallel figures came into his eyes.

"Don't be nervous Luca, watch me more when the time comes!"

Li Ang seemed to feel Modric's gaze, turned his head, smiled, and shouted loudly.

Modric also smiled, feeling an inexplicable sense of peace in his heart.

The game started on time with the referee's whistle, and more than 40,000 fans from both teams at the Pizjuan Stadium also began to cheer at the top of their lungs.

Sevilla, who kicked off first, adopted a 433 starting formation today, which was very offensive. They spread out their formation at the beginning and began to test the offense.

Their starting center Negredo can also be regarded as an excellent attacker "processed" by Real Madrid's youth training system.

With a height of 1.86 meters and a weight of 85 kilograms, he has a relatively standard center body shape.

He has strong confrontation ability and is also very capable of catching and shooting.

And today, the only defender in Real Madrid's midfield is Li Ang, who is quite tall. Matuidi and Modric basically have no good way to get the ball from Negredo.

Michel should also have seen the defensive deficiencies of Real Madrid's midfielder at this point, and made tactical adjustments at the last moment before the game.

Negredo now pressed on the side of the midfield where Modric was and raised his hand to score the ball.

His fulcrum role is very prominent. Sevilla's left winger Trochowski also got several opportunities to attack Matuidi's defense through Negredo's cover.

Judging from the offensive and defensive responses at the beginning, Modric's slightly weaker figure still suffered a disadvantage in the confrontation.

Even if his positional sense is pretty good and he is not out of position by the opponent, it is already a big loophole in Real Madrid's midfield interception line.

However, Mourinho was not in a hurry at this moment, and Modric looked normal.

Just when many commentators felt confused, Li Ang moved.

His range of activities has always been very wide, but he rarely changes positions with his teammates right from the start.

"It seems that Modric still can't withstand the offensive pressure from Negredo. At this time, it is the right choice for Li Ang to switch positions and face Negredo."

He Wei explained dryly.

But the Sevilla fans seemed to have seen Real Madrid's defensive goal and began to cheer and applaud.

Real Madrid fans looked worriedly at the left side of the midfield where Modric was now changing positions.

Because Negredo's position changes can be very flexible. He is a center, and he will retreat to the midfield to serve as a fulcrum for his teammates to sort out the offense. He can run left and right.

Real Madrid can't keep changing their midfield positions, right?

The offensive characteristics and playing habits of the two wings are different. Fortunately, Li Ang often switched between the left and right midfielders, and Real Madrid fans were not afraid of his abnormal performance.

But Modric has only been with Real Madrid for a long time, so don’t get lost in the team’s offensive and defensive rhythm.

The concerns of Real Madrid fans are not unreasonable. Modric joined Real Madrid too late. It seems that the little adjustment time he had before was not enough for him and his new teammates to get familiar with each other.

However, as the game progressed, Modric gradually vindicated himself with smooth passing and wide range of position changes to assist defense.

His familiarity with the movements of his teammates on the field exceeded the expectations of many Real Madrid fans.

It is true that what he will do now is more about sorting out the ball transmission in the backcourt and assisting in defense. He has no outstanding performance on the offensive end.

But it was Li Ang who partnered with him.

Today, Modric helps him sort out the ball in the backcourt, and Matuidi defends from behind.

In addition to competing with Negredo on the defensive end, Li Ang can devote most of his energy to advancing with the ball.

His acceleration ability has been greatly improved.

He is definitely not a speed demon, but in the midfield, his acceleration ability is already considered top-notch.

Steady ball control, quick acceleration, and a precise short pass.

Li Ang used his excellent half-court organization skills to make his own offensive rhythm on both wings start very fast.

The Sevilla fans who were still clamoring happily before now also felt that something was wrong with the situation on the court.

At first, they all thought that Li Ang would wipe Modric's butt today. Modric is the organizational engine of Real Madrid's new starting lineup.

So when Modric repeatedly failed on the defensive end, they even thought they were going to gain control of the midfield.

After all, a new player whose confidence has been frustrated can no longer effectively organize Real Madrid's offensive rhythm.

Unexpectedly, they were completely at odds.

Emotional Mourinho sent Modric to play today to let him do the dirty work. Li Ang is the core of the attack!

Sevilla's midfield defensive general Medel will not be able to do much against Leon now.

This "Chilean Bull", who is also famous for limiting Messi's performance, cannot squeeze or pull in the face of Li Ang's arrogant confrontation and advancement.

In terms of pace, Li Ang is not slower than him, but in terms of reaction, Li Ang is more likely to surpass him.

After Medel found that all the defensive advantages he had used in the past to "defeat the big with small" could not be used, he could only resort to foul tactics.

Li Ang was also unambiguous when he saw this. When there was no good passing opportunity in front of him, he would just take the pass.

Well, now Real Madrid's set-piece advantage comes in handy.

Several set-pieces in the frontcourt made the Sevilla defenders complain incessantly.

Li Ang used his strong and durable body to constantly bring offensive opportunities to Real Madrid. Mourinho and Karanka couldn't help laughing when they saw it off the court.

Well, this way of launching an attack is a bit strange, but it works~

While the entire Sevilla team was feeling headaches from Li Ang's sudden advance, Modric on the other side was constantly improving his position.

The defensive players on Sevilla's side didn't notice much at this moment.

So when Li Ang once again advanced with the ball and attracted the attention of Medel and Rakitic, Modric smoothly got the chance to advance from the left side of the half.

Sevilla's right midfielder Maduro will be alert and about to chase back.

As a result, Li Ang's cross pass had already reached Modric, who was slightly open, one step ahead of him!

"Hey! This is a good opportunity! Li Ang suddenly made a cross pass to the ground, and Modric kicked the ball!!!"

Modric, who was treated with almost no defense, took the ball unceremoniously and continued to move forward.

However, after seeing Benzema advancing in the middle, Modric was unambiguous and directly gave a bold and confident long pass with the outside of the foot!

"Sexy!"

Li Ang looked at the wonderful arc that spread out from Modric's instep, and subconsciously thought of the word "coquettish" in his mind.

This long over-the-top pass was freehand and elegant. The forward forward seemed a little surprised that his new midfielder would dare to pass it like this!

Fortunately, his eyes subconsciously caught a glimpse of Brother Luo, who was desperately thrusting forward.

So he used an almost perfect header to give Ronaldo a fleeting opportunity to hit the goal!

If it were another striker, he might have to struggle with whether to shoot without stopping the ball, but Ronaldo doesn't need to struggle like this.

He even had the time to pause, wait for the ball, and then stretched out his right calf!

A volley with a small leg swing, but full of power, was shot out by Ronaldo in an understatement.

Sevilla goalkeeper Palop reacted quickly, and his palm seemed to hit the ball immediately.

But the speed of the ball was too fast, and Palop's amazing save was not completed. After the football slightly changed its direction, it still plunged into Sevilla's net!

In just the seventeenth minute of the opening, Real Madrid took a one-goal lead at Sevilla's home court!

Mourinho and Karanka looked very satisfied and hugged each other to celebrate after cheering in front of the coaching bench!

At this moment, after watching Ronaldo and several nearby teammates celebrate for the first time, many fans followed the change of live broadcast camera and looked at Modric, who was brushing his long hair!

He smiled a little relieved and relaxed.

And after seeing Leon trotting and opening his arms to him, Modric's eyes seemed to be shining with light, and he looked very happy!

The two hugged each other tightly, and the fans finally reacted.

How could this be a single-core launch? They were all deceived by Mourinho's opening tactical arrangements!

This is a turbo dual-core engine!

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