Starting from playing as a defensive midfielder for Real Madrid

"Real Madrid had an admirable success last season, but I still want to say that Madrid needs a second voice.

We will prove that we are worthy of this attention.

Atletico Madrid is by no means a supporting role in the Madrid derby forever. It is time to change the inherent situation in the past. "

Simeone spoke confidently at the press conference before the derby.

Of course, this is in line with his character. Without this confidence in strength, he would not have transformed Atletico Madrid today.

But he seemed to have forgotten one fact.

That is, even if you don't look at the previous record, Atletico Madrid led by him has lost all three games against Real Madrid since the end of 2011.

Among them, the two head-to-head matches against Real Madrid were disastrous defeats. They lost eight goals in two games and lost their pants.

Therefore, many fans feel very puzzled and ridiculous about Simeone's inexplicable confidence.

Yes, Atletico Madrid's start to the season has been very impressive, so impressive that Real Madrid fans have to admit that Atletico Madrid is no longer what it used to be.

But as a head coach, don't you know how to restrain yourself and wait until you really get a point from the two teams before starting to show off?

The direction of public opinion before the game seems to be fermenting in a situation that is completely unfavorable to Atletico Madrid.

However, Mourinho was not happy at this moment. Instead, he bluntly said Simeone was cunning and decisive in the tactical meeting.

"He said that on purpose. He was forcing his players to leave no escape route and fight back in a desperate situation where public opinion was completely negative."

Mourinho's point of view is very firm, so firm that Karanka and others are a little surprised.

But Mourinho's next words left his coaching staff with no doubts.

"Well, after all, I've done it before. Occasionally, once in a while. Simeone clearly wants to give his players the biggest and most exciting motivation to win on a psychological level. They should be able to fight defensively and counterattack. !”

Well, Mourinho has said this, and Karanka and Pintus can only quickly change the topic.

After basically understanding Simeone's intentions, the members of the Real Madrid coaching staff only had one multiple-choice question left to answer.

At home tomorrow, they will defend Simeone and stick to the central defense in the opening game.

Or should we ignore all that and directly attack and test the quality of Atletico Madrid's current defensive strength?

"We must not start the game with an aggressive attack. Simeone is definitely waiting for us to take advantage of his anti-counterattack trap!

Their current counterattack tactics from the wing are completely based on Falcao. The Tigers have been in such a hot state recently, and it will be miserable for us to be beaten in the opening counterattack.

Chris, I didn’t mean that you are not as good as Falcao, I meant that if you jump after knowing it’s a trap, it would appear that we are too stupid. In this game, we still have to play smart~”

On the evening of November 30, the night before the game, Ma Pengpeng invited guests to dinner. While waiting for the meal, Li Ang confidently analyzed Atletico Madrid's tactics tomorrow.

Cristiano Ronaldo didn't take Li Ang's teasing seriously and waved his hand. He was obviously more interested in Li Ang's tactical analysis.

"Little Lion, why are you so sure? What if Atletico Madrid chooses to start the match with us tomorrow?"

Li Ang asked the waiter for a lemonade and responded directly to Ronaldo without turning his head.

"I watched their last three games. In each game, they stuck to the center line to defend against counterattacks, and they kept looking for Falcao on counterattacks!

You guys don't know that Atletico Madrid's half-court defense is indeed much more solid than when we played against them at the beginning of the season.

No matter how their midfield four is matched, including Turan and Koke, they are very involved in retreating defense.

And when it comes to defense, their two midfielders in the middle pay attention to protecting the top of the penalty area.

Gabi is so strong, he can be stable when alternately partnering with Thiago or Mario Suarez.

And their current set piece, Godin is very strong in fighting for the top!

"

After hearing Li Ang's methodical analysis, the Real Madrid first team players at the table could only give him a thumbs up.

Look, this is called professional!

After training every day, they went home to eat and rest with their girlfriends, but Li Ang was watching the game videos of powerful opponents.

Well, although it is true that Li Ang does not have a girlfriend to accompany him, that is not important!

The important thing is that with Li Ang's timely analysis and reminder, the Real Madrid generals also have a deeper understanding of Atletico Madrid after the preparations are over.

This is almost as good as the tactical intelligence collected by his own coaching staff.

After finishing the meal, Ma Pengpeng, who had previously wanted to "have fun" nearby, gave up. Now everyone wanted to go home early and watch the Atletico Madrid game video.

After all, according to Li Ang's description, Atletico Madrid may be much stronger than they thought before, especially on the defensive end.

If they still have the same mentality as before, they might really suffer a big loss.

They don't want to let Atletico Madrid succeed in a sneak attack in tomorrow's derby.

Losing is not a big deal, but if you lose at home and it’s a derby, it will be on the front page of the news!

Li Ang did not make any subjective exaggeration in his description of Atletico Madrid's current strength. He has indeed reviewed Atletico Madrid's last three games.

Originally, he wanted to see how the beautiful Costa and Arda Turan were performing recently.

After all, he and Falcao will not have several opportunities to face off during the game, but he will definitely have to deal with Turan and Costa, who is often pulled out as a tactical fulcrum.

But after watching the game, Li Ang became more interested in Atletico Madrid's current tactics and Falcao, who is in great form.

With a special tactical summary and multiple review and analysis, he can speak out his tactical insights without thinking when eating.

As soon as he arrived at the training base the next morning, Li Ang listened to Mr. Karanka briefly explain the tactical arrangements for the evening game.

"Stick to the wings and midfield first?"

"Well, let's protect the wings and rib area first. You'll have to run a lot more today."

"That's no problem!"

Li Ang patted his chest and said that his defense would definitely be able to keep up.

He felt at ease now.

Mourinho's tactical vision is still as sharp as ever. He not only thought of blocking Atletico Madrid's wing attack, but also focused the defense of the center line directly to the rib area.

Li Ang suddenly had a hunch that after the first twenty minutes of tonight's game, Simeone's expression would definitely not look good~

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On the evening of December 1st, after Barcelona came on the scene and defeated Athletic Bilbao 5-1, the pressure of winning streak also came to Real Madrid's side.

As the last game before midnight tonight, it is also the only focus derby game at the same time.

The ratings of the Real Madrid vs. Atletico Madrid game skyrocketed from the moment the live broadcast started.

This is true in Spain, and the same is true for overseas ratings data.

After all, this is the only game that can be watched in La Liga at this point, and Barcelona's five goals previously piqued the interest of the audience.

However, when the European audience was preparing to go to bed after watching the game, the Chinese fans rubbed their sleepy eyes and turned off the alarm clock.

In order to watch this game that only started at 5 o'clock in the morning in China, many fans had no choice but to choose to go to bed early and get up early.

After all, it’s okay to stay up late and watch the game at 2 or 3 o’clock.

If you have to stay up until five o'clock, you will have to stay up all night. How can the large number of older fans in the country endure it?

He Wei is talking about stand-up comedy again today, but his commentary skills are not weak, and he can control the show by himself without any problem.

After briefly introducing the recent results of the two teams in today's game, He Wei looked at the players from both sides who started to enter the field, and quickly explained the starting lineups of both sides.

Atletico Madrid played a 4-4-2 formation today, and the starting goalkeeper was Courtois, who is considered to be the first-tier player in the new generation.

In the defense, Felipe Luis, Miranda, Godin and Juanfran lined up.

This line of defense is also the biggest reason why Atletico Madrid has only conceded ten goals in thirteen league rounds this season.

Performance can be described in one word, tough!

The defense against ground and high-altitude balls is absolutely top-notch in La Liga, and the hard power may only be slightly weaker than Real Madrid's main defense line.

Judging from the paper data, this is indeed the case. Real Madrid only conceded eight goals in thirteen league rounds, Atletico Madrid ranked second from the bottom in terms of goals conceded, and Barcelona ranked third from the bottom.

In terms of midfield, Atletico Madrid chose to let the taller Mario Suarez and Gabi start in the middle today.

The left midfielder is still Arda Turan, and the right midfielder is Koke.

Diego Costa and Falcao continue to partner as a double striker.

If you look at this lineup for future generations, you will see that it is a staff configuration with full anti-counterattack attributes.

Real Madrid also chose a more reliable starting lineup of 4,231.

Starting goalkeeper Casillas

After returning from injury, Coentrao resumed his position as Real Madrid's left back.

The central defender partnership of Pepe and Ramos remains unchanged. Mourinho chose Essien to start at the right back position today.

After all, Atletico Madrid's "Turan + Felipe Luis" corridor on the left is their offensive lifeline.

Mourinho expressed his absolute respect for this and directly put Essien here to confront Turan and Felipe.

Li Ang also stood on the right side of the midfield today, just to limit Atletico Madrid's offensive engine Turan, Alonso served as the left midfielder.

Modric continued to serve as the starting central midfielder, with Ronaldo and Di Maria on his left and right sides, and Benzema burst forward.

The smile on Simeone's face has faded a lot now.

He really wants to "thank" Mourinho now, and his intention to impose tactical restrictions should not be too obvious.

Once both Turan and Felipe Luis failed to fire, it is no exaggeration to say that Atletico Madrid's offense would be paralyzed by at least half.

The key is that Real Madrid's offensive focus is also on the left, which happens to be staggered from Atletico Madrid's strong wing.

Here Mourinho can use Anga Essien to make tactical sacrifices, but when one wing is targeted, does Atletico still dare to let Juanfran and Koke retreat too deep to restrict Ronaldo?

If Simeone really dares to make such a decision, Atletico Madrid's two wing attacks will be finished together.

Just rely on Gabi's support for Falcao in the middle?

How different is that from no support?

Unfortunately, the game started on time and did not leave Simeone much time to think about countermeasures.

From the moment the whistle sounded, Real Madrid's pressure from the right directly put pressure on Atletico Madrid.

Let Li Ang and Essien work together. No matter what position or area of ​​the field they are in, they will put maximum defensive interception pressure on the opponent.

What's more important is that while they compete fiercely, they don't delay in filling each other's positions in time.

Other combinations of full-backs and defensive midfielders usually mean that one cannot come back, while the other has to fill in the position and make tactical sacrifices.

The two of them are different. They went together and came back together. The key is that Turan's speed is not very fast.

Therefore, one of them only needs to block Felipe Luis's breakthrough path first, and the other can unscrupulously engage in physical confrontation when Turan tries to get the ball.

The opening matchup was tested several times, and Turan and Felipe Luis had a lot of head-to-head collisions.

Costa, as usual, subconsciously leaned here from the beginning, trying to help Turando make the ball to resolve his current advancement dilemma.

But as soon as I realized that I would have to face Li Ang again, I subconsciously tightened my pants.

This siege was definitely impossible to solve, but Turan was also an offensive organizer who used his brain to play football. He began to make frequent attempts to change positions with Cork.

Well, in fact, it is just to let Koke come to the left wing for the time being, but it has to be said that Turan currently has the capital to let Koke make tactical sacrifices first.

His offensive organization is extremely important and irreplaceable in Atletico Madrid.

Alonso is also difficult to deal with, but after all, Brother Long is not as stubborn and has a wide range of activities when defending like Li Ang.

Turan began to move more in the rib area, and Juanfran also cooperated with him to actively push forward.

Falcao still had relatively few offensive opportunities, but with the help of Turan, Costa became active first.

After all, he likes to pull out more frequently to help his teammates with the defense.

After avoiding a confrontation with Li Ang, Costa also used just three minutes to defeat Alonso and Ramos, who was fighting with him.

There were a lot of little tricks behind the scenes. The key is that the referee only called Costa a foul once, which made Ramos quite dissatisfied!

At the critical moment, it was Li Ang who stood up and took the initiative to change positions with Alonso.

Costa smacked his lips and cursed secretly. Li Ang was also rude and came up behind Costa and said hello with a smile.

Brother Long is tough and tough, but sometimes his movements are too clean, and he will always suffer some losses against Costa.

However, Li Ang was still not used to Costa. When Costa moved again to receive Juanfran's pass, he grabbed the jersey and struggled with the opponent!

The two finally fell to the wings. Costa complained to the referee that Li Ang had just pulled his clothes, but on the other side, Li Ang was more straightforward!

He had already covered his chest and started rolling!

Good guy, this looks really miserable, and the linesman also signaled that Costa had committed a foul just now.

But before he could say his next sentence, "They elbowed each other," the referee had already decisively awarded the ball to Real Madrid.

The Costa people were dumbfounded.

The live broadcast footage soon allowed the confused fans to see clearly what had happened between the two.

When they saw Costa and Liang avoiding each other's sight and giving each other an elbow, they fell to the ground decisively almost at the same time.

Many neutral fans immediately laughed.

Good guy, fortunately these two players in tandem did not form a team.

Otherwise, players from other La Liga teams will be tortured~

There are still a few hundred words left to reach 10,000, I will make up for it tomorrow.

My status this morning has not been very good, so the update is a little late. I will try to post the first chapter at 12 noon tomorrow.