Starting from playing as a defensive midfielder for Real Madrid

Mourinho arrived at the Valdebebas training base early in the morning on September 1st.

Today is the day when players from the Real Madrid first team who have not participated in the national team competition can resume training together.

He will arrive early with members of the coaching staff to prepare.

As a well-known "grab" coach in football, Mourinho is very attentive to daily training.

From the first day he arrived at Valdebebas, Mourinho paid all-round attention to the quality of the turf, training facilities, jerseys and shoes, and even the quality of the locker rooms in the base.

He is outspoken about what the club is not doing well, is meticulous in management, and likes to communicate directly with the staff.

Therefore, although he has brought pressure to many staff in the base that they have never had before.

But correspondingly, the entire base has indeed improved the efficiency of its operations and preparations for war.

However, Mourinho usually has a serious image in front of everyone.

At this moment, in his office, he was watching with joy and helplessness the length and special reports of Li Ang and Cristiano Ronaldo's additional training.

It's not that he doesn't like his players to practice hard.

Extra training is a good thing, it shows that players have higher requirements and ambitions for themselves.

But now Li Ang and Ronaldo are completely "excessive" in extra training.

This gave him "happy troubles" while being extremely satisfied.

But it is definitely not possible to directly deny the two people's approach. Mourinho does not want to dampen their enthusiasm for additional training.

So after considering his words, Mourinho called the two people who arrived at the training base first in the morning into the office for patient communication.

For Ronaldo, there must be more praise than preaching.

Mourinho praised Ronaldo and emphasized Ronaldo's core position in his tactical system, and then tactfully suggested that Ronaldo should pay more attention to rest.

As for Li Ang, Mourinho didn't make so many twists and turns, and his conversation was very relaxed and straightforward.

"You're still young, don't overdo it. You have a place and opportunity with me. Take your time and don't train yourself to death. Have you been under a lot of pressure recently? You have my number there. Sometimes you feel bad, you can call me.”

Li Ang looked at Mourinho, who was chattering a little in front of him, and patiently listened to the other party's "persuasion", and he was inevitably moved in his heart.

He didn't know why the head coach had become more kind to him recently, but he could feel Mourinho's sincere care for him.

The rigors and pressure on the training ground remain the same.

But privately, Mourinho is indeed concerned about his life and growth.

As for pressure, Li Ang has always looked at it from two sides.

Of course he will push back on those who deliberately put pressure on disgusting people.

But if the other party has great expectations and goodwill, hoping that you can further break through the limits of growth and put pressure on you, Li Ang will happily accept it.

After all, he is an uncle's soul in a young body. He still has the ability to distinguish right from wrong and be patient.

Mourinho was also very satisfied when he saw that Li Ang listened to his persuasion without any impatience.

He likes Li Ang's "competitive" talent that has become more and more obvious recently, and he also likes Li Ang's maturity that belies his age.

It is really rare for a young player to be clear at all.

In terms of talent, there is no comparison between Li Ang and Balotelli, whom he led during his two years at Inter Milan.

But if Mourinho is given a choice, he will only choose to train Li Ang.

To him, talent is of course important.

But ideological maturity, communication coordination, and spiritual will are more valuable qualities.

"Go ahead and prepare for the morning training. If you have anything, you can come to me at any time. Don't push yourself during training. Remember to go to the physical therapy room for check-ups on time!"

Mourinho finally patted Li Ang on the shoulder and sent him out of the office with a smile in a good mood.

After spending the morning's episode, the dozen or so players from Real Madrid's first team all realized that their head coach seemed to be smiling more than usual today.

Of course, after the intense training session officially started, Mourinho's smile was no better than the devil's smile.

Because no Central and South American countries had recruited players to play friendly matches during this international match, Di Maria and Marcelo, who had indulged a little during the two-day holiday, almost didn't get kicked out.

When the other players completed their morning training tasks and began to rest, they were still crying and had to complete the extra five-kilometer lap as a penalty.

After having the "negative teaching material", the other Real Madrid players also deeply understood the truth.

That is, Mourinho doesn't care what they do during the holidays and how crazy they play.

But they have to have a balance in their own minds.

Otherwise, Di Maria and Marcelo this morning may be them next time.

In the intensive preparation training, the physical and mental state of Real Madrid players were quickly adjusted well.

And Khedira, who has already returned from injury, wonders if he has a sense of crisis about his starting position.

He did not report to the German team this time, but stayed at the Valdebebas base and actively trained with his club teammates.

Having said that, his performance in training is still very good.

Although he still likes to push forward from time to time, his defense is indeed more active than when he first came to Real Madrid to report.

A healthy Khedira is full of physical energy and can also cover a large area in the middle and backcourt.

Not to mention the actual effect, it just looks like that.

If only he was willing to focus more on returning defense and doing dirty work.

With his current strength and hardware quality, Li Ang and Las Diarra can only play after him.

Even if Mourinho is optimistic about Li Ang, he still has to put the transformation of Khedira at the top of his work at this stage.

Li Ang may become the kind of top defensive midfielder he likes in the future.

But once Khedira's mind "turns a corner", Real Madrid will now have the toughest double midfielder combination in Europe.

So after weighing it, the coaching staff still put Khedira on the first team to train with more main players.

On September 9, Xavi Alonso and Ramos and other first-team players who had participated in the national team competition returned.

The starting lineups of Real Madrid and Osasuna in the next round of La Liga have almost been announced.

On the night of September 11th, Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.

Li Ang, Di Maria and Canales sat on the bench and covered their mouths to discuss.

Mourinho was very dissatisfied when he saw that the situation on the court could not open up the situation for a long time and was almost stolen by Osasuna.

In the 42nd minute of the first half, Real Madrid still had nothing to do against Osasuna, and the score remained at 0-0.

Real Madrid fans at the Bernabeu expressed their displeasure quite frankly.

boos.

From sporadic sounds to completed films.

Ronaldo's face looked ugly.

Benzema stepped in and looked at a "dead man" whose ability to return to defense was almost zero, but in the end he did not complain.

Alonso was panting in the backcourt and trying hard to calm down.

He doesn't like to complain, but Khedira just went forward to attack and then failed to defend in place. He really almost couldn't help but complain!

It is another game that requires both organization and the responsibility of returning to defense.

It wasn't that he was against helping Khedira wipe her ass.

But the German kid always asked him to take care of the situation and make up for the situation. He tried his best on the offensive end but couldn't see any accuracy.

It's really better to focus on the defensive end first, stifle Osasuna's counterattack, and then play his tricks and then attack, so that everyone can play more easily!

Unlike the last round where they played smoothly and reassuringly, most of the Real Madrid players in this round of the league played really badly.

Alonso, Ramos and Carvalho faced more direct attacks from the opponent's forwards, and the offensive players in the frontcourt received fewer offensive rounds and fewer ball rights.

Thinking of this, except for Khedira and a certain "dead person" who didn't play in the last round of the league.

Real Madrid's stars invariably remembered the last round of the league, shouting in the backcourt to remind them to boldly attack, and he himself would be responsible for the interception and pursuit of the little lion.

How reassuring it is to have a teammate in the backcourt who is willing and able to do the dirty work!

Ronaldo muttered something irritably.

He began to dislike his German teammate who often pushed forward.

He wants to be the king of the little lion!