Starting from playing as a defensive midfielder for Real Madrid

Modric still felt dreamy when he saw that the score had been rewritten to 2-0 in less than half an hour in the first half.

Last season, his team Tottenham met Manchester City for the first time in the Premier League. The score was 1-5. It can be said that they were completely beaten by Manchester City.

When they met for the second time, the score was a little better, and they only lost 2-3.

The two defeats made Modric think highly of Manchester City. For Yaya Toure, he can also deeply feel the opponent's offensive pressure and dislocation advantage.

At least he couldn't face off against Yaya Toure, and looking at the entire team level, his frontcourt teammates at the time couldn't compare with Manchester City's offensive cluster.

At this moment, it can only be said that Modric once again had an intuitive comparison of Real Madrid's hard power in European football.

Manchester City's tactical layout and offensive and defensive rhythm were firmly grasped by Real Madrid.

For Tottenham, Manchester City, which was almost as insurmountable as a mountain, turned into a rebellious teenager in front of Real Madrid who seemed to only lose his temper.

This young and strong man from Real Madrid did not use all his strength. He just pushed Manchester City twice when he was disturbed. Manchester City fell to the ground and was suppressed by his momentum.

It's okay to get up, but if you provoke Real Madrid after you get up, you'll still get beaten.

There is such a big gap in strength, at least in terms of the current straightforward perception.

Modric also had to lament that at Real Madrid, victory was indeed much simpler and easier.

"Is this the way he played in the Premier League?"

Li Ang pulled Modric to cover his mouth and asked, and Modric looked at the direction of Li Ang's eyes, and soon looked at Yaya Toure, who was obviously in emotion at this moment.

"It's not that excessive. He usually returns to defense appropriately, and sometimes the interception effect is good. Today, he should be considered to have performed abnormally."

Modric's answer was beyond Li Ang's expectations.

However, when he thought about being given the next possession of the ball one-on-one by him, Yaya Toure kept looking for him for breakthrough opportunities like a man possessed, and Li Ang finally understood.

"Isn't it because the English media compared him with me or something? I don't have any personal grudges with him."

Li Ang asked tentatively.

Looking at Modric's "how do you know" look, Li Ang also smiled and waved his hand.

Well, for this reason, Yaya Toure's desire to outperform him in head-to-head confrontations can be explained.

But Li Ang really couldn't understand how Yaya Toure's inexplicable displeasure as if he had been robbed of his benefits came about.

But for Real Madrid, this is a good thing. Li Ang has never cared much about whether he will be overwhelmed by other people's performance on the court.

Since Yaya Toure wants to play basketball-style one-on-one with him, he is naturally willing to accompany him. Mourinho must also hope to see this scene continue to happen on the court.

Having made up his mind, Li Ang also deliberately increased the physical contact with Yaya Toure on the court.

This gave Yaya Toure no time to reflect and calm down.

His kicks became more and more impatient.

Occasionally, he was able to bypass Li Ang's defense, but after he got the ball in front of Real Madrid's penalty area, his first thought was not to attract the defense and then score the ball.

Yaya Toure chose to go it alone.

His long-range shots are actually very threatening, and his powerful shots after evading Real Madrid's defensive players several times also hit the goal frame.

But Casillas's attention was still very concentrated at this moment, and he was not given a chance to continue to shine.

After firmly picking off the football, Casillas directly chose to throw it to the full-backs on both sides for a quick counterattack!

Manchester City seems to be getting farther and farther away from returning to the normal rhythm of the game. Perhaps the only good news for them is that Real Madrid did not score again in the first half.

When the referee blew the halftime whistle, almost all the Manchester City fans sitting in front of the TV breathed a sigh of relief.

They didn't play well today, and Yaya Toure's abnormal performance can be used as a sufficient reason for the defeat in the first half.

But in fact, all Manchester City fans can also see that Real Madrid is not in an "excited" state today.

Even after Ronaldo took three shots, he didn't raise his hands frequently to indicate that he needed the ball.

At the beginning of the season, Real Madrid was obviously still slowly adjusting its state and finding the feeling of the game, but even so, Real Madrid still managed to suppress the upstart football team Manchester City on the scene.

Manchester City fans just hope that Mancini will make tactical adjustments quickly.

They don't expect Mancini to be able to compare with Mourinho when it comes to making decisions on the spot.

But at least during the halftime break, you have to cheer up the players, right?

Don't ask for points at Real Madrid's home court, just score a goal and keep the goal difference!

Manchester City fans have lowered their demands at this time, and Mancini in the locker room also urgently raised Yaya Toure's ideological issues.

He wouldn't curse in front of all the players in the locker room, but Mancini also brought a stern tone so that Yaya Toure must stay calm and clear enough in the second half.

Mancini didn't say much more, but everyone could hear the meaning.

If Yaya Toure can't figure out the current situation, be prepared to be replaced at any time!

Dzeko and Aguero are still sitting on the bench. Mancini can completely replace Yaya Toure with a forward and play 442 instead.

The tactical effect might even be better by then.

This unspecified threat finally had some results.

Yaya Toure did not dare to express his disagreement with Mancini.

In other words, this was enough time for him to reflect on the mistakes he made in the first half and gradually calm down the emotions that had been inexplicably rising in his head.

Mancini is indeed not very good at making on-the-spot adjustments, but the tactical changes he made during the halftime period still had good results.

At the beginning of the second half, Manchester City changed to a 4-5-1 formation.

The dual midfielders of Barry and Garcia remain unchanged, Toure goes to the right midfield, Silva retreats to the center, Nasri is still on the left side of the midfield, and Tevez advances.

With this change of formation, Nasri and Tevez felt instantly more comfortable.

Silva's organization and distribution of the ball from the attacking midfielder position is very reasonable, and there are two defensive midfielders behind him to intercept. He is not afraid of a normal contest with Real Madrid's double defensive midfielders.

The change in the core of the midfield allowed Manchester City's offensive rhythm to improve much compared to the first half.

Real Madrid, whether it is Mourinho or the players on the field, can feel that Manchester City's offensive threat is constantly improving.

Silva and Nasri share the possession of the ball, and it is difficult for Real Madrid to impose tactical restrictions, and Yaya Toure, who will be drawn wide, can be regarded as showing his value as the "first midfielder in the Premier League".

Marcelo couldn't withstand Yaya Toure's impact with the ball. The size difference was too big. Yaya Toure couldn't rush Li Ang, but he could hit Ma Pengpeng.

This time, Li Ang had to distract the defensive attention to help Marcelo defend Yaya Toure, and Modric naturally had to retreat again to assist Alonso in defense.

The situation seemed to be rapidly tilting towards Manchester City, and many commentators also praised Manchester City for their good start to the second half.

With the correct offensive rhythm, Manchester City's front four are not weak in personal ability, and it is entirely possible to score a goal for Real Madrid.

Mancini even had more expectations in his heart.

But Mourinho is destined not to let him get what he wants.

The reason why there was no adjustment before was because Mourinho still needed to analyze the key offensive directions of Manchester City's tactics.

And after seeing through Mancini's plan to let Yaya Toure break the game on Real Madrid's left wing, Mourinho would never give the opponent a chance.

"Real Madrid seems to be taking advantage of this dead ball opportunity to make substitutions! Matuidi has already warmed up before and is receiving tactical tips from assistant coach Karanka. Mourinho's response option at this moment is to add another midfielder ?"

He Wei was a little curious. Now that Matuidi was playing, he wondered if Mourinho planned to remove Modric to further strengthen the midfield defense.

But when the fourth official raised the electronic sign, He Wei and countless Chinese fans discovered that they had once again guessed Mourinho's on-the-spot decision wrong.

"Oh! We replaced Di Maria! So Real Madrid are going to play 4,31,2 instead? Or simply move Modric to the midfielder position and directly change to 4,42?"

Director Zhang is energetic again and is obviously very interested in Mourinho's tactical adjustments.

Soon, Matuidi, who came on the field, conveyed Mourinho's latest tactical instructions to his teammates, and he also took a position on the right side of the midfield.

Three midfielders!

Real Madrid withdrew a winger at this moment and switched to 4312, with Li Ang, Alonso and Matuidi lined up on the backline!

Mancini looked at Real Madrid's formation changes and felt a little uneasy in his heart.

And soon, Real Madrid's players on the field also proved the correctness of Mourinho's adjustment with their performance.

Li Ang now focused on the offensive threat in his defensive zone, and his completely left position completely interrupted Yaya Toure's explosive play rhythm.

With Matuidi marking Nasri on the right, Alonso and Modric in the center can more relaxedly target Silva.

As for Tevez?

If he wants to pull out of the penalty area to catch the ball, just let him. He must face the turns of Ramos and Pepe in Real Madrid's penalty area.

Under this kind of defensive arrangement, Tevez can still get the football into Real Madrid's goal, then he is really capable!

The three defensive midfielders are deployed in a dispersed manner, just in time to deal with the three lines of Manchester City's attack at this moment.

After Li Ang replaced Yaya Toure, the positioning of Real Madrid's three defensive midfielders also locked up the rib area in front of the penalty area. No matter how much Silva and Nasri pass or drill, they can't hit the ribs. , then we can only fight on the sidelines.

Nasri is very unlucky at this moment. He needs to move in. Matuidi, who has a lot of physical ability, is eyeing him, but it will be even worse if he pulls him away.

One-on-one with Essien!

Nasri immediately lost all intention of forcing a breakthrough and did not even dare to hold the ball for a long time, for fear that the two black opponents on the opposite side would force him to double-team.

Mourinho's adjustment on the defensive end completely made Manchester City fans dizzy.

This is a huge blow. Let's quickly go to Dzeko and use it as a fulcrum to fight with Real Madrid's midfielders. Maybe there will be some offensive opportunities.

If Real Madrid passes the ball around the outside of the penalty area, even if it passes for another 90 minutes, I'm afraid there won't be a few opportunities for Tevez to face Casillas!

Regardless of whether the fans at Real Madrid's home court were happy or not, the media commentators in Spain felt comfortable now.

A good start to the Champions League is still important, and Dortmund and Ajax, who are in the same group as Real Madrid, are still 0-0.

If both games end with the current score, then Real Madrid can top Group D after the first round of the Champions League group stage.

Real Madrid's opponent in the next round will be their old friend Ajax. Although Real Madrid will play away from home, it will not be difficult to get all three points.

If Dortmund and Manchester City fight again, it would be best to get a draw. Then Real Madrid's showdown with Dortmund in the third round will be very easy.

Even if they get upset and lose a small game, they will still be the top of Group D.

Of course, it would be best to win the first round of the competition. Currently, various commentators in Spain also have great confidence in Real Madrid.

In comparison, the commentator of the British media Sky Sports was a bit pessimistic at this moment.

After all, Manchester City was also the new king of the Premier League last season.

As a result, before the first round was over, the mentality of the commentators and the audience quickly changed from their confidence to score points at the Bernabeu to their helplessness of having to fight Dortmund to stay second in the group in the second round.

And just when many Manchester City fans were trying to convince themselves to accept the score result, the situation on the field changed again!

Modric's positional conditions and liberation are not without Mourinho's aim.

He didn't let Modric retreat to play as a midfielder, he was just waiting for the moment to seize the opportunity to deliver the ball forward again!

In the 68th minute of the second half, Matuidi and Alonso doubled up in the middle, forcing Silva to make a mistake in passing the ball.

Li Ang got stuck early and stole the ball before Tevez, and then made a long pass to find Modric who was standing at the top of the arc in the center circle!

Ronaldo is not excited enough today.

But he will not refuse the counterattack scoring opportunity that comes to him.

The moment Modric turned around after receiving the ball, Cristiano Ronaldo and Benzema began to follow forward in a tacit understanding.

The moment Modric faced Garcia's pressing interception, he played a coquettish way, using his eyes and movements to directly deceive the Spanish midfielder, and passed the ball to Benzema, who rushed into Manchester City's defensive third zone.

Kompany's cautious retreat became the last straw for Manchester City.

Benzema decisively broke into the right side of Manchester City's penalty area, and then forced both Kompany and Nastasic to press out to interfere with his shooting.

So Benzema's cross gave Ronaldo an unusually easy chance to hit the goal.

Ronaldo, who was facing Joe Hart, didn't even think about passing the opponent before hitting the goal.

He faced the incoming ball decisively and volleyed into the near corner of the goal!

This decisive kick left Joe Hart helpless. Cristiano Ronaldo was as relaxed as taking a penalty kick. The distance was so close, and he even threw a hammer!

3-0!

This is the final score of this Champions League group stage!

After the game officially ended, "Sky Sports", which had previously provoked Li Ang into the top five midfielders in football, and many English fans who spoke online said that Li Ang was not qualified to enter this ranking.

Real Madrid fans began to fight back with public opinion.

One of the Real Madrid fans, who is obviously a loyal supporter of Li Ang, even received a lot of retweets and likes from fans through his live speech.

"Yes, Li Ang may not be among the top five defensive midfielders. He just beat two of the top five defensive midfielders in football!"

Under this ironic tweet, the comparison players in the picture are two stars, Busquets and Yaya Toure!

I, Professor Bu, am just lying down this time.

But faced with the personal data given by Li Ang fans and the comparison of wins and losses, Barcelona fans could not refute.

Li Ang won this wave by relying on the previous momentum and public opinion created by the British media.

Won Ma.

Well, there is still one today