Starting from playing as a defensive midfielder for Real Madrid

The night of February 26, 2013 was a night that made Atletico Madrid fans very excited and excited.

It was also a sleepless night that devastated countless Barcelona fans.

"Madrid Two" seems to have become a name well known to European fans on this night.

Atletico Madrid also used their domestic cup performance to eliminate Barcelona and once again announced their strong rise to the world.

Last season, Real Madrid laid the foundation for its revival by defeating Barcelona head-on. This season, Atletico Madrid also used the same method to become famous.

Barcelona became a stepping stone for the two Madrid teams.

How can this cruel status quo be accepted by Barcelona fans who were confident more than a year ago and could overlook the fans of all other teams?

But this is the reality of Barcelona now. The meritorious coach has left, the team's rotation is thin, and the previous effort to support the third line ended in failure.

The most critical point is that Barcelona has played so many Copa del Rey games in vain, and now the shortcomings of the main players' fluctuating form have been fully exposed.

In the second half of the season, it is obvious that Barcelona's main players have physical problems.

There is almost no time to adjust. Both the league and the Champions League have reached the stage of sprinting for a breakthrough, so Barcelona still has to make a decision.

After being eliminated from the Copa del Rey and losing 0-2 to Milan in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, do they still need to continue to support both lines?

The goal is to concentrate on stabilizing the league results and compete for the La Liga title while Real Madrid still have to fight for the Champions League in the second half of the season.

Or desperately reverse Milan, and then continue to advance in the Champions League and the league?

This issue once again tests all Barcelona players, coaches and fans.

But before they make a choice, a bigger test has come to them.

They are going to the Bernabeu to challenge Real Madrid, the current leader of La Liga!

Before the start of this battle, Mourinho did not ask Real Madrid players to continue to keep a low profile in terms of public opinion.

This is a league showdown that the Real Madrid coaching staff expected.

If they win the head-to-head matchup with Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid will lead Barcelona by five points with one game less.

Counting the most ideal make-up results, Real Madrid's expected points lead over Barcelona will be eight points!

This one point difference is enough to put constant pressure on Barcelona.

Just like last season, when Real Madrid's lead reaches about three wins, Barcelona will start to get into trouble.

If Guardiola is still leading Barcelona now, with the record in the first half as a reference, Mourinho might be more cautious.

But Vilanova, Mourinho admitted that he is an excellent coach who is very suitable for the Barcelona system, but he cannot become the commander of this Barcelona.

Vilanova will be very strong when fighting with the wind, but he cannot withstand the headwind.

Mourinho has this confidence. After all, there are only one head coach with leadership qualities in football.

Vilanova wants to completely control this Barcelona, ​​and it is impossible without three seasons to clean up the locker room and recruit direct lineage.

So judging from the public opinion before the war, Mourinho directly showed his madman nature.

Put pressure on Barcelona and Vilanova in advance from public opinion!

In their pre-match interviews, Real Madrid players, like Mourinho, confidently expressed their belief in defeating Barcelona!

"I know Barcelona are ready, but they have to accept that they are no longer a top team in football.

This is the current landscape of football. Every two or three years, stronger teams will join the ranks of the top teams.

Some of the original top teams are constantly regressing, from top to first-rate, and then from first-rate to second-rate.

This was the case with Inter Milan a few years ago, and now Barcelona is also following this old path.

I think there are only two and a half teams that can be called top teams this season.

Real Madrid and Bayern are two complete top teams, and Dortmund counts as half, because they still need further growth and transformation.

Barcelona is no longer in the ranks of such top teams, which is a pity.

Even though I don’t want to say something controversial like ‘Barcelona is not as good as us and Bayern’, it’s the fact. "

Li Ang's sharp and straightforward speech once again became the focus of the entire Spanish football world.

No, it may have become a hot topic in the entire world of football.

Some people in the industry may have commented that Barcelona's current strength has declined significantly.

But this is the first time that a popular star like Li Ang has stood up and said that Barcelona is far inferior to Real Madrid and Bayern.

Combined with the fiery words that Li Ang used to annoy Barcelona fans and the Barcelona club last season, many Barcelona fans were once again angered by Li Ang.

"He did it on purpose, he must have said it on purpose! This Madridist bastard!"

"I hope the players will not be disturbed by such remarks and must teach Real Madrid a lesson at the Bernabeu!"

"We must protest and submit articles to Mundo Deportivo. We must accuse Leon of slandering Barcelona's reputation!"

“Fuck him and blast him under social media!”

"How dare he say that we are no longer the top team in Europe, damn it!"

Countless Barcelona fans who broke through the defense launched a strong counterattack in public opinion.

However, Real Madrid fans were already on standby at this moment, and Barcelona fans who came to make trouble on Li Ang's social media were sprayed back.

Moreover, whether it is said that Li Ang is arrogant or that he is damaging Barcelona's reputation, the pro-Barcelona media do not have much confidence to criticize Li Ang in public opinion.

Barcelona has only won one game against Real Madrid in all competitions in the past two seasons, and that was in the Spanish Super Cup last season. It was just a small victory that did not affect the overall situation.

When the record is not dominant at all, to be honest, you don’t have the confidence to criticize others. It would be even more embarrassing if you lose the game after you criticize others!

To Li Ang, public opinion counterattacks with loud thunder and small raindrops are like mosquitoes flying by his ears.

Mourinho was even more fired up at the pre-match press conference, bluntly agreeing with Li Ang's statement and views.

Many Catalan reporters at the scene were turned green with anger, but more reporters were having fun and wrote these interesting things on the scene into their match reports.

Chinese media reporters did not publicize the "wonderful" scenes at the scene.

However, they still truthfully sent the photos of Mourinho verbally quarreling with Catalan journalists back to China.

If reporters don't take offense, they can't hold back the enthusiasm of domestic fans.

Many pictures have been freely used by domestic fans with accompanying text and then posted to the forum.

Some fans who did not know whether it was true or not believed it to be true and accelerated the spread.

By the morning of the game, reports that "Mourinho vigorously mocked Barcelona's weakness" had spread throughout China.

As a result, several fans who were involved in the second creation had to come forward urgently to refute the rumors.

Li Ang, who was surfing the Internet, couldn't help but forward a scarf that a fan brother used to refute the rumors, and paired it with a homemade picture of a panda head with a laughing and crying expression.

Then he became popular again.

He became popular not because of his forwarded content, but because of the picture of a panda with a laughing and crying expression that he made himself!

Countless fans and onlookers left messages under Li Ang's scarf, asking for a picture of the laughing and crying expression without a watermark.

When Li Ang saw how enthusiastic domestic netizens were, he wore another scarf and shared the watermark-free panda laughing and crying emoticon pack.

As a result, the panda head laughing and crying emoticon quickly spread on the domestic Internet that day.

Whether it's a scarf, major sports forums, post bars or penguin chat, many netizens who don't know why will see such a magical panda laughing and crying emoticon appearing.

It can only be said that Li Ang did not mean to create rumors, but he went further and further.

Li Ang, who once again aroused domestic discussion, also brought more attention from Chinese netizens to the El Clasico.

The chairman of La Liga smiled when he looked at the overseas ratings that had been increasing since the game started that night.

Now it is Li Ang and Real Madrid who are deeply involved in China's big market and take the lion's share, and the entire La Liga league is following behind.

But even this soup has kept La Liga alive.

After all, La Liga is not like Li Ang who still chooses endorsements. There are many large-scale endorsement contracts that are still being negotiated or rejected after considering them and feeling that they are not in line with their own positioning.

The La Liga league basically "rejects no one". The fathers of financial backers from China give money happily and the requirements are concise and clear. All La Liga teams are greedy.

From this point alone, Li Ang's existence has completely protected La Liga's expansion and growth in the East Asian market.

Even though it is still not as good as the Premier League, the growth rate of La Liga's brand value in China has entered a period of brutal growth.

What rises every quarter is not a simple value index, but stacks of banknotes!

So some care from La Liga comes naturally.

It's not that I want to help Real Madrid blow whistles or whistles that are biased, but I want to ensure that Real Madrid won't encounter some outrageous whistles.

Then at the Bernabeu's home court, the home whistle that should be given is in place. If this is done, La Liga will be very proud.

This is the case for today's Spanish El Clasico.

Referee Laos changed his "card master" style and whistled the game between the two teams on a relatively loose scale from the beginning.

After the players of Real Madrid tested out Laos's style today, they didn't have much psychological pressure in the confrontation.

After suffering several losses, Barcelona's midfielders once again put pressure on the referee.

However, Laos is not used to it. His whistleblowing scale today is on this scale, which applies to the players of Real Madrid and the players of Barcelona.

But if anyone wants to question his penalty standards, then he doesn't mind becoming a card master again.

Xavi was the first to see something was wrong and quickly pulled Busquets and Alves away from the referee.

Alba, who was a little slow, was directly called aside by Laos. He looked confused and received a verbal warning at the beginning.

All the Barcelona players understood at this moment that Laos was killing the chicken and the monkey!

Whoever dares to play the trick of besieging the referee later may be really punished.

Movistar's commentator also bluntly said that Barcelona's players need to curb their little moves.

It is normal for Real Madrid to receive the home whistle at their home court. Didn’t Barcelona also receive the home whistle in the previous El Clasico at Camp Nou?

So this will relax your mind and focus on the game itself which is the most important thing.

Vilanova also called on his players to stay calm on the sidelines.

Mourinho calmly signaled to his disciples to continue to put pressure on Barcelona.

Laos has already given the standard for whistleblowing, so of course Real Madrid must use it openly.

Strong confrontation, pressing defense, counterattacking, and limiting Messi's performance.

Real Madrid opened the net step by step step by step, waiting for Barcelona to start struggling in the tactical trap and eventually lose the remaining strength to resist!

In the last round of El Clasico, Guardiola's strategy of having Messi retreat is now impossible for Barcelona.

Because Modric is on standby today, Li Ang serves as the starting central midfielder, or in other words, serves as the "free man" in the frontcourt.

The double midfielders are Matuidi and Alonso, so as soon as Li Ang came on the field today, he ran towards Messi hidden in the midfield!

Such a shameless tactical design that aims to crush Barcelona's only hot spot has really made countless Barcelona fans anxious.

Li Ang chatted with Messi again. He talked shamelessly anyway, and Messi could only stare at him helplessly.

What can be done? On the offensive end, Barcelona basically relies on Messi alone to drive the front line.

He was entangled by Li Ang and could break through and score the ball, but his teammates were not very good at finishing.

Villa was originally very stable before, but his tactical status in Barcelona has declined year by year in recent years, and his condition has long been worse than before.

These long-standing problems have been plaguing Messi and the entire Barcelona since the beginning of this season.

Aguero, whom Messi was looking forward to in the winter window, did not come, Guardiola left office, and Barcelona did not make any signings.

Vilanova was unable to improve the forward problem after taking office.

It has become a dead end.

Other teams do not have defensive players who can limit Messi's performance one-on-one, so Barcelona is not very afraid in most games.

Messi is strong enough to support Barcelona's offensive system by himself.

But when they met Sevilla and Real Madrid, it was very difficult for Barcelona because Medel and Li Ang made Messi uncomfortable.

When Messi feels uncomfortable, Barcelona becomes constipated at the end of the offense. That's really hopeless.

After Real Madrid stood firm in the middle, they launched Barcelona's quick counterattack as soon as they got the ball. This was considered to be the implementation of the tactical plan formulated by Mourinho before the game.

As soon as the home fans of the Bernabeu saw that they had taken the initiative to control the rhythm of the game, their cheers never stopped.

This wave of sound swept through the hearts of the Barcelona players in waves.

Real Madrid's current mature style of play also makes it difficult for Barcelona to find an entry point to break the game.

Li Ang's growth rate is still too amazing.

His flexible posture and extremely fast reaction speed allowed Messi to once again spend a lot of energy on the offensive end to make a strong breakthrough.

Li Ang has no dissatisfaction at all about making tactical sacrifices. He is stronger, but his mentality is the same as before and he is still stable.

In the 37th minute of the first half, Li Ang and Di Maria, who was retreating, suddenly changed their targets and double-teamed Iniesta, who was also retreating!

Xiaobai's control of the ball was still stable, and he immediately picked up the ball and passed it to Messi.

But this will be followed by Matuidi, who is pressing forward and defending, and will very cleverly go around and steal the ball!

Li Ang immediately opened his position and moved forward in the middle, and Matuidi's pass followed!

But when Busquets chose to focus on Di Maria, who was also pushing forward, Liang sent a diagonal ball towards his left side with enough advance!

Not Cristiano Ronaldo, but Marcelo, who started instead of Coentrao in this game!

Throughout the first 35 minutes of the first half, Marcelo didn't push forward very much, and he played very conservatively today.

He helped Matuidi defend the left defense area well and withstood the attacks of Alves and Sanchez.

Many fans thought Marcelo had honestly obeyed Mourinho's instructions today and would stick to the left like Coentrao.

As a result, Marcelo's positive and decisive forward attack shattered their speculations.

Needless to say, Ronaldo's containment ability goes without saying. Alves, who was chasing after him, and Mascherano, who was pulling wide, were both forcing Ronaldo, who was cutting inside.

As a result, Marcelo did not seek cooperation with Ronaldo after he was in place, but made a cross directly to Benzema in the penalty area!

This is also the first time Benzema has caught the ball in Barcelona's penalty area!

Pique is ready to compete with Benzema for the top spot, and he also has this confidence.

It's a pity that Marcelo passed a half-high ball this time.

It’s difficult for the attacker to handle, and it’s also difficult for the defender to handle!

Pique was thinking about whether to half-raise his leg to block the ball out of the penalty area, but Benzema had already decisively stepped forward and then confidently chose to half-turn and volley!

This is a very difficult shot.

But Benzema is very confident in his sense of smell in front of the goal, his skills and his physical condition!

And in just one second, the football that was drawn quickly crossed the line and hit the net, which completely stunned Valdez!

A wonderful Ruud van Nistelrooy goal once again appeared at the Bernabeu!

Cristiano Ronaldo, who has always had a calm expression, did not hold back this time. He widened his eyes, covered his forehead with a smile, and looked at Benzema with a look that seemed to say:

"You just leave your happiness in the usual league. Are you so good at fighting tough battles?"

Li Ang was also in a good mood and chased Guo Feng all the way to the corner flag area!

With this finishing efficiency, how to defend from behind, and how to fight with Barcelona's midfielder, Real Madrid's midfielders and backfielders feel at ease!

With one goal in hand, all Real Madrid players on the field pumped their fists in celebration!

Guofeng's head was also slapped all over by his teammates, but he didn't seem to feel it at all and grinned happier than anyone else.

Barcelona's players began to panic.

Because they have experienced such scenes too many times in the past two years.

As long as Real Madrid takes the lead first, the defensive counterattack can be fought to the end, torturing all Barcelona players until they lose all confidence.

Therefore, the result of losing to Real Madrid always makes Barcelona players feel particularly uncomfortable.

Not only because he lost to his mortal enemy, but also because this way of losing was complete torture.

After half-time, Vilanova made a bold decision.

He must take the initiative and use offense instead of defense, and cannot let Real Madrid drag the rhythm of the game into an unfavorable situation for Barcelona.

But at the beginning of the second half, Barcelona faced the midfielder that Real Madrid almost voluntarily gave up.

Mourinho actually did not expect Barcelona to choose to press heavily at the beginning of the second half.

He just formulated a tactic to first seduce Barcelona's midfielders and press them out, and then wait for opportunities to continue Barcelona's counterattack.

But now Barcelona's pressure of soldiers with no regard for the defense is also in line with the minds of Mourinho and Real Madrid players.

Their false retreat turned into a real retreat.

As for the defense in the center line, even if Essien is not on the field today, the three defensive midfielders of Alonso, Liang and Matuidi will be there.

The sweeping and interception capabilities are also among the top in Europe.

Barcelona wanted to attack, but Real Madrid was not afraid at all. Liang and Matuidi used all their firepower to press Barcelona's ball-handlers without any regard for physical exertion.

Of course, Li Ang's focus is still on Messi.

In the chaotic battle, Messi got more opportunities to play than in the first half, but Real Madrid couldn't stand it as they piled up people in front of the defensive third zone.

Even if Messi's medium and long-range shooting ability is very good, he cannot fire at will from a distance of more than 30 meters from the goal.

Thanks to the relatively loose standard of the referee's whistle today, Real Madrid's physical confrontation and defensive pressure were quite adequate.

Barcelona was stunned to find only one shot opportunity in the first twenty minutes of the second half!

It was still a direct free kick attempt from Messi.

There was no chance of shooting in sports matches. Real Madrid's three defensive midfielders were so solid in half-court defense that it almost suffocated the Barcelona fans!

Messi had no choice but to enter the "lone hero" mode in advance.

And this was also the beginning of Barcelona's collapse.

Because Messi's strong breakthrough will inevitably start to increase the probability of losing the ball, but Barcelona's midfielder can no longer protect Messi and help Messi regain the ball.

Xavi and Iniesta's physical energy was depleted very quickly, simply because they were trained by Real Madrid's midfielder.

Their defense was not in place, and Busquets' late defense was in vain, because Real Madrid's counterattackers bypassed him and played on both sides, leaving Busquets extremely helpless.

Once the game reached this point, Barcelona completely lost control of the rhythm of the game.

Real Madrid's counterattacks became more and more fierce.

In the 77th minute of the second half, when Di Maria was in full form and forced Alba into the Barcelona penalty area, Pique finally couldn't hold back his emotions and made a shovel to let Di Maria pass even with the ball. fall!

This is a very irrational defensive move.

Pique received a yellow card, and what made Barcelona fans even more desperate was the referee's signal for a penalty kick from Real Madrid!

Ronaldo didn't hesitate at all and kicked the ball neatly into the middle of the goal, completely deceiving Valdez!

The score of 2-0 basically declared that the suspense of the game was gone.

When the stoppage time ended and the referee blew the whistle to end the game, Harvey's legs went weak, he leaned on his legs and began to breathe heavily.

Messi looked at Li Ang, who was still smiling happily and came to him to change his jersey. He could only smile helplessly and completed the exchange of jerseys with Li Ang.

But this time the two did not have a dinner date after the game.

Messi was in no mood, and Li Ang wanted to celebrate with his teammates more.

After defeating Barcelona 2-0, Real Madrid successfully completed the pre-match goal and also completed the league performance goal at this stage!

As they advance in the league, Real Madrid also faces Arsenal in the second leg of the quarter-finals after four days of rest.

Real Madrid, who was sitting at the Bernabeu at home, took a defensive stance first.

Throughout the first half, Real Madrid did not launch any decent offensive against Arsenal.

After holding on for half the game, Real Madrid started to counterattack in the second half.

At this moment, Arsenal no longer cared about the defense in the backcourt, and began to attack the entire team in a desperate attack.

Real Madrid seized the opportunity and scored a counterattack goal from Ronaldo. Arsenal also scored a goal from Mertesacker in the 81st minute of the second half from a corner kick.

But now the total score has reached 4-1, Arsenal's counterattack has no physical support, and they can only get a face-saving 1-1 draw at the Bernabeu.

So far, Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus, and Real Madrid have taken the lead in breaking into the quarterfinals of this season's Champions League.

After Manchester United returned to home, they beat Shakhtar Donetsk 2-1 and had no choice but to enter overtime.

Fortunately, in the overtime period, Nani showed off his power and almost broke Donetsk's left defense with sudden fouls.

In the second half of overtime, which was also the 113th minute of the game, Nani made a pass to help Van Persie score the winning goal!

In the end, after 120 minutes of fierce battle, Manchester United defeated Shakhtar Donetsk 3-1 at home and a total score of 4-3, and also entered the quarterfinals of this season's Champions League!

On March 9th and March 10th, the twenty-seventh round of La Liga started. Barcelona and Real Madrid both won their respective games, one with a 2-0 victory over Deportivo and the other with a 1-0 victory over Sel. tower.

On the evening of March 12, the two rounds of the Champions League quarter-finals started at the same time. The most eye-catching battle between Barcelona and Milan started at the Nou Camp.

And the result was just as Li Ang had guessed before.

Milan, who was unable to launch a superb offensive, was firmly suppressed by Barcelona in the midfield contest.

Messi and Villa each scored twice, completing a four-goal victory over Milan and advancing to the Champions League quarterfinals.

Schalke 04 lost to Galatasaray at home and could only stop in the top 16 of this season's Champions League.

On the evening of March 13th, Bayern Munich and Dortmund fought fiercely for 90 minutes and finally defeated their respective opponents 2-0.

This season's Champions League quarterfinals are also freshly announced.

Juventus, Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid, Manchester United, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Barcelona, ​​Galatasaray.

Here, only Paris Saint-Germain and Galatasaray are slightly weaker, and the rest of the teams are all traditional European giants.

If there is a choice, then the six stronger giants teams will definitely want to draw Paris Saint-Germain or Galatasaray to compete in the next round of knockout rounds.

What a pity, UEFA just likes to cause trouble.

Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich have all been assigned to different halves.

Among them, Real Madrid faced Manchester United and Dortmund faced Galatasaray. Four teams were in the top half.

Bayern faces Juventus and Barcelona faces Paris Saint-Germain. These four teams are in the bottom half.

As soon as the draw came out, the fans of Real Madrid and Manchester United were silent.

However, in Real Madrid's team chat group, Li Ang is still as confident as ever.

He even issued a new game slogan:

Our goal is to defeat the Premier League as a team this season!

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