Starting from playing as a defensive midfielder for Real Madrid

"Chelsea's starting players entered the game very quickly today! This quick counterattack was quite threatening! Unfortunately, they also faced Navas who was in full form today.

Navas' outstanding performance is very good news for Real Madrid, but Real Madrid's midfielders, especially defensive players, also need to be more vigilant!

We really can’t just let Chelsea fight back like this! Hazard was just a little bit away from successfully breaking the balance of the game..."

"Yes, after Hazard hit the ball, I thought it was going to go in, but I didn't expect Navas to perform so well!

Ancelotti may also need to consider the issue of offensive rhythm. Chelsea is best at this kind of quick counterattack. I don't think it is rational for you to press so close and attack hard now. "

In the studio of LeTV Sports, the golden commentary partners Zhan Jun and Director Zhang expressed their respective opinions on Chelsea's counterattack that penetrated Real Madrid's defense just now.

Real Madrid now seems to be taking the initiative on the court, constantly attacking the Chelsea defense.

But their overall offensive threat is not as good as Chelsea's counterattack.

Real Madrid, which seemed to want more control over the rhythm of the game, now fell into Chelsea's tactical rhythm.

Ancelotti is naturally responsible for the failure of this opening tactic.

Fortunately, An Pang's on-the-spot adjustment ability is also very good.

Seeing that the game situation was getting worse, after a quick discussion with the assistant coach, Ancelotti quickly walked to the sidelines and called out Modric for new tactical instructions.

When Li Ang saw this scene, he also signaled to Cross beside him:

"Luka (Modric) is definitely going to return to the defensive midfield position. We can press forward to grab the rhythm! Push them out of our half."

Li Ang said it with certainty, and Cross didn't doubt him.

Because in Cross's own view, there is no other better way for Ancelotti to make tactical adjustments other than asking Modric to retreat and take more care of defense.

It's impossible to let James Rodriguez, who serves as Real Madrid's starting midfielder today, retreat to the eighth position to help with defense, right?

James's playing style is closer to that of a classical attacking midfielder. He has strong feet and excellent long-range shooting. At the same time, he can take the ball in the middle and send threatening direct passes.

Ancelotti used too many classical No. 10 positions in Milan back then, and he was very comfortable using such a frontcourt core player.

But in today's situation of strong dialogue, James's coverage area in the midfield is not large enough, and he basically only plays his advantage in the middle. The shortcomings of poor defensive ability will be infinitely magnified.

After all, modern football is about more powerful running, confrontation and overall offensive and defensive balance.

The stronger the team, the more it pays attention to these "fundamentals."

When you are playing strong against a weak player, one or two players in the midfield and frontcourt will run less, and the range of return to defense will not be that large, OK.

Because strong teams can use more prominent technical advantages to suppress weaker opponents, it is not a problem for other engineering teammates in the midfield and backfield to help you run more.

But in the dialogue between strong teams, there is basically no technical difference between strong teams and strong teams.

At this time, if there are one or two people in the team who are not running actively enough, it will be very fatal!

James's technical characteristics and his playing habits are destined to have him on both sides of the midfield, which will not be very effective.

As for the enthusiasm to return to defense, this aspect of habits and tactical obedience can be cultivated slowly.

If James overcomes this flaw, there won't be any big problem if he drops back to play in the eighth position.

But he needs time to convince himself, and it is unrealistic to let him adapt to the new position and new playing style right now.

Therefore, Ancelotti wants to make tactical adjustments at this time. If he does not want to replace James directly, he has to sacrifice Modric first.

From this point of view, James' tactical status in Ancelotti's heart is still greater than Modric.

Li Ang is not a Real Madrid player now, and it is difficult for him to express any opinions on this, but he can use practical actions on the court to "remind" Ancelotti:

Modric can become the core of any team in today's football.

It's not that James is not good enough, but Modric's tactical value has long surpassed personal data on paper.

Let him drop back to play as a defensive midfielder to help defend?

What a waste of his ability!

Ancelotti made a tactical adjustment with his front foot, and Li Ang led his midfield teammates with his back foot to press forward decisively to compete for midfield control.

Modric retreated, and James Rodriguez was unable to support himself. In the end, he had no choice but to give up the tactical idea of ​​organizing the offense in Chelsea's half.

After a while, Chelsea's defensive pressure in the midfield and backcourt was greatly reduced.

Although Chelsea did not regain the ball right away, Real Madrid could not press through the center line and continue to attack Chelsea as before.

Real Madrid's early start tactics failed, and the two teams officially entered the stalemate stage of the game.

However, the Chelsea players, who had countered Real Madrid's offensive at this moment, did not immediately actively use high-position pressing tactics.

On the contrary, they still maintained a cautious attitude in testing Real Madrid's offense.

Press forward, but not too much. To put it bluntly, in this kind of strong dialogue, Chelsea still prefers to be more passive~

This kind of tactical habits cannot be said to be good or bad, but from a mental point of view, Chelsea's current main players are still calm.

However, they are patient enough, but Real Madrid, which has been accustomed to playing more proactively and attacking more aggressively in recent seasons, does not want to continue to waste this way.

For Li Ang and Mourinho, such a Real Madrid is very unfamiliar.

Perhaps in Real Madrid's occasional quick counterattacks between Modric, James and Ronaldo, some shadows of the former Muscovite Real Madrid can be vaguely seen.

But the tactical foundation of this team has completely changed. They have lost a lot of patience on the defensive end, and instead have more desire for active offense.

Mourinho and Li Ang did not have more time to express their emotions. They had a very tacit first reaction at this moment:

That is to take advantage of this tactical characteristic of Real Madrid!

When fighting against such an opponent, as long as one's own defense line is stable and not afraid of repeated attacks, one's side will always be able to control the initiative in tactical variations.

This not only reminded Li Ang of his several battles with Bayern Munich when he was at Real Madrid.

Real Madrid at that time was like Chelsea now, with a rock-solid defense and extremely sharp counterattacks.

The current Real Madrid is like Bayern at that time. Although the offensive and defensive levels are balanced, the tactical blood of attacking is flowing in their bones.

Therefore, it is easy to judge the tactical tone of Bayern back then and Real Madrid now.

They are going to take the initiative to attack anyway. Let them cower and fight back. It is not impossible to say that it is impossible, but the possibility is very small.

Real Madrid and Chelsea under Mourinho make tactical adjustments based on the game situation.

Tactical tone?

That thing doesn't exist for Mourinho and the Chelsea players.

Chelsea can go head-to-head with their opponents in the first 15 minutes of a game and have a blast.

You can also set up a luxury bus during the next 75 minutes of the game to wear down the opponent's will with a tight defense.

Such a completely different tactical switch is completely routine for the current Chelsea players.

After more than two seasons of running together, they will not have inconsistent tactical ideas on the court.

Anyway, it's all about winning. It doesn't matter how the winning process is. Chelsea can play ugly or beautiful football. The key is whether they can win the game!

With this mentality, the Chelsea players saw that Real Madrid had been calm for a while and then started to become more aggressive, so they chose to shrink the formation again in a tacit understanding.

Such a cautious and conservative tactical stance made many Real Madrid main players feel that something was wrong.

Li Ang and Mourinho know them, and conversely, of course they also know Mourinho and Li Ang very well.

After all, they were iron comrades who had defeated powerful men from all walks of life together and used many "underhanded tactics" together.

How could they not know how capable Mourinho is at adapting to situations?

But vigilance is vigilance. Now Chelsea has taken the initiative to give up control of the game. They can bear it, but their new teammates and head coach Ancelotti may not be able to bear it!

Sure enough, just when these Real Madrid players who had worked with Mourinho were still hesitating.

Ancelotti gave new tactical instructions and asked them to press forward as a whole!

Bell and James seemed a little impatient. They didn't like to play a stalemate with Chelsea.

As Real Madrid's starting player in the frontcourt, of course, they must use their physical energy as much as possible on the offensive end. Defense is a complete waste of their physical energy.

Therefore, as soon as Ancelotti's tactical instructions were issued, they responded very positively.

Ronaldo stood in the frontcourt and scratched his head. Although he was a little worried, he didn't say anything in the end.

Because if Real Madrid focuses on offense, he is also a vested interest, and he is not happy to have him frequently retreat to defend him.

Marcelo behind him also had the same idea.

With half push and half give, Real Madrid's veteran players finally unified their tactical thinking and once again launched a massive attack on Chelsea.

The Bernabeu was once again filled with loud cheers and cheers.

Such beautiful football is indeed what Real Madrid fans like to see the most.

Perhaps this is one of the important reasons why Ancelotti was not fired by Real Madrid management last season.

An Pang is very smart. He led this Real Madrid team to play the smoothest and most beautiful active offensive scene in recent seasons.

Although he has only led Real Madrid to win one Copa del Rey, Real Madrid's top management and a large number of fans are still willing to believe in him and are very tolerant and continue to give him opportunities.

However, Real Madrid's active offense today found it difficult to open up the situation.

Whether it was the opening attack or the second attack launched now, Chelsea's strong defense after shrinking the formation seemed a bit "big thunder but little rain".

Ronaldo and Bell can only tie up Chelsea's defense through more frequent running and passing in an offense without much sprint space.

But at this moment, Benzema, who could act as a tactical human shield for them, was taken turns to be guarded by Li Ang and Matic, losing his tactical role.

The two people who could not easily penetrate Chelsea's penalty area to complete the shot could only take turns to hit long-range shots from the edge of Chelsea's defensive third zone.

Their long-range shooting ability is naturally very powerful.

However, Oblak's performance today was also outstanding, and he steadily knocked down their long-range shots every time.

In the past two seasons, Chelsea's reputation for strong defense has spread throughout the football world.

But Real Madrid has never met Chelsea in the Champions League, and Real Madrid fans feel that the English media's praise of Chelsea's strength is somewhat exaggerated.

However, after today's group match, most Real Madrid fans may have to change their minds and admit that Chelsea's current defensive level is indeed the best in Europe!

I really can’t accept it. Real Madrid has never had such a hard time against Atletico Madrid in the past two seasons!

The first half of the game has been played for almost 30 minutes, but Real Madrid failed to get a serious shooting opportunity near Chelsea's penalty area!

Regardless of the large number of shooting statistics, most of them are long-range shots and Ronaldo's forced kicks after cutting in from the wing.

Whether there is a threat or not, fans watching this game know it well.

After being unable to attack for a long time, the tens of thousands of Real Madrid fans present gradually became anxious.

The game had just reached the 31st minute of the first half. Ancelotti wanted to see how the game developed and planned to wait until the 35th minute before calling it a day.

But James's slightly anxious through pass gave Chelsea an excellent opportunity to seize the transition between offense and defense!

This pass failed to break through Matic's interception. Ma Ma stretched out his long legs and intercepted the ball, and immediately passed the ball to Li Ang who had retreated to receive the ball!

Li Ang did not take the ball and turn around at this time, but directly turned his back and swept the ball to the side!

This made James and Modric, who were double-teaming him, miss!

Bertrand, who got another chance to start today, did not dare to do anything fancy on the court. After receiving the pass from Li Ang, he advanced with the ball at full speed.

At the same time, several key players in Chelsea's midfield and frontcourt also turned to start pushing forward.

Li Ang deliberately ran to the right side of the midfield, taking away the defensive attention of Real Madrid's midfielders and backfielders.

Cross thus successfully received Bertrand's pass in the left area of ​​the center circle.

Casemiro was still wondering whether Cross would continue to advance with the ball, but Cross raised his arm and directly sent a wide diagonal long pass!

He did not look for Hazard, Chelsea's most threatening counterattack, nor did he directly pick up the ball and look for Suarez. Instead, he passed the ball to De Bruyne, who was running forward on the same side as Li Ang at the moment!

De Bruyne's movement was very smart, and he tried his best to get as close to the sideline as possible, directly bypassing Marcelo's defense zone, which was in the inward position at this time.

After unloading the ball, he took small steps to cut inside and beat Marcelo, but in the next moment, he knocked the ball back to the wing!

Azpilicueta, who was on the edge, took the ball and went straight to Real Madrid's bottom line!

However, both Ramos and Pepe seemed very calm at this time. They did not let go of their defense zone easily, but shrank back into the penalty area faster!

"I look at Suarez! Look at Li Ang!"

Ramos quickly assigned defensive tasks, and Pepe nodded tacitly.

But just when they firmly believed that Chelsea's counterattack would end with a cross to grab points.

Azpilicueta, who reached the bottom line, directly sent an inverted triangle pass to the ground!

Suarez, who had deliberately slowed down his movement before, was very calm and took the lead to get stuck!

He withstood Ramos' defense, and then very cleverly used his heel to pass the football to the center of the Real Madrid penalty area again!

This amazing pass made countless fans in front of the TV mesmerized!

At this moment, Li Ang, who had already stepped in at high speed and flexibly got rid of Master Pei's personal defense, faced the ball and made a determined push from the corner!

Navas resolutely pounced towards the near corner at this moment!

But he was deceived by Li Ang's previous step point adjustment!

Li Ang once again hit the ball towards the center of the goal!

The football crossed the line without any suspense and hit the net!

The Chelsea fans at the Bernabeu cheered wildly!

But Li Ang pursed his lips at the moment, raised his hands slightly with a calm expression, and stopped near the bottom line of Real Madrid's half.

Facing Real Madrid, he will not celebrate after scoring a goal.

This is his respect for Real Madrid and his respect for Real Madrid fans.

But if he doesn't celebrate, his teammates won't care so much.

At this moment, other Chelsea players swarmed forward, hugging Li Ang and cheering loudly, smiling happily.

In the studio of LeTV Sports, after Zhan Jun and Director Zhang passionately celebrated Li Ang's goal together, they suddenly felt something:

"When I saw Li Ang scoring the goal at the Bernabeu on behalf of his opponent, I wonder if the Mellingers can hold on at this moment!"