Starting from playing as a defensive midfielder for Real Madrid

"Barcelona's offense didn't go well in the opening game today. Both Messi and Neymar seemed to have lost their dribbling magic. Until now, they have not been able to create threatening opportunities near Real Madrid's penalty area.

The defensive rhythm of Li Ang and Casemiro is simply suffocating! This kind of defensive pressure actually does not match the Real Madrid we are familiar with in recent years.

It has a strong Mourinho style, brought by Li Ang from the Premier League, but I think Real Madrid's defensive quality at this moment is also what Ancelotti wants to see...

The Italian coach's record against Barcelona in the past three years is really not outstanding, but from now on, he should be able to find a magic weapon to curb Barcelona's passing and controlling tactics! "

The commentator of the Spanish Movistar Sports Channel gave Real Madrid a high evaluation of the quality of Real Madrid's opening defense at this moment.

This kind of Real Madrid is unfamiliar to many fans, because in the past three seasons, Real Madrid has never paid so much attention to pressing the opponent's offense in the opening stage of the game.

Not to mention paying so much attention to defense in the key game against Barcelona.

Last season, Real Madrid would only choose to fight head-on against Barcelona's offensive.

This is not only a reflection of Ancelotti's tactical intentions, but also an extension of Real Madrid's high-level propaganda will.

Mourinho's football philosophy has brought Real Madrid heavyweight championship titles.

But in fact, every fan who followed Real Madrid's games in those years knows that Florentino still wants Real Madrid to play better and look better.

After breaking up with Mourinho, Real Madrid's senior management chose the more "obedient" Ancelotti to coach the team because of this consideration.

But as the old saying goes, you can’t have your cake and eat it too.

At that time, Lafayette chose to put results first, so he tolerated Mourinho's tactical style, and in this way led Real Madrid to rise strongly and dominate Europe again.

Now, Real Madrid, which has chosen to compete for the occasion, is playing better and better games, but its results in tough battles have always been unsatisfactory, and it has been suppressed by its arch-rival Barcelona in La Liga for many years in a row.

Li Ang didn't know if Lafayette had regretted letting go of Lao Mu in the past three years. He met Lafayette after returning to Real Madrid and talked a lot in private, but he never talked about this issue of exposing wounds.

But what he is now certain of is that Ancelotti, who wants to prove himself, has become eclectic in his choice of tactics.

Moreover, An Pang likes to delve into the well-known tactics of other coaches.

It has been three years since Mourinho left Real Madrid, but the anti-counterattack mark he once deeply imprinted on Real Madrid has not been completely eliminated with his departure.

After all, the team's main structure has not changed, and most of the main players of Real Madrid's M's are now still in the Real Madrid first team.

Playing familiar tactics and being asked to devote more energy to defense is not a problem for these current Real Madrid stars.

As long as Ancelotti needs it, they can always pick up the counterattack tactics of the Mourinho-style Real Madrid.

At most, it takes some time to review and adapt.

And with Li Ang, the core midfielder who has been immersed in Mourinho's tactics for many years, the adaptation time for Real Madrid's first team to regain their old style of play is greatly shortened.

Ancelotti made up his mind before the crucial battle with Barcelona. After all, the tactical legacy left by his predecessor is too rich, and the super high winning rate against Barcelona is also there. It is not necessary to use it in vain!

Hence the scene where Real Madrid forcibly stifled Barcelona's offensive penetration at the beginning of today's El Clasico.

Tough confrontation, extreme pressure, and the familiar constant disruption of the rhythm of the game!

When the defensive rhythm that Mourinho was best at in Real Madrid reappeared, all Barcelona fans were wailing in their hearts!

At this moment, Ancelotti, who was sitting firmly on the Real Madrid coaching bench, calmly drank some water, and then admired the chain defense played by his team.

As an Italian top-level coach, it is definitely impossible not to learn and study defensive tactics.

Ancelotti may not be one of the best coaches in Italian defense, but he also has a solid foundation in chain defense tactics.

Therefore, he can understand Mourinho's tactical thinking very well, and he also tried to add a little "material" to this set of pressing tactics.

Fortunately, the three midfielders who executed his tactics were able to devote 100% to the defense.

Even Modric, who looks the most "artistic", has a surprisingly large defensive coverage area, and his defensive skills are not bad at all.

If Li Ang and Casemiro shoulder the frontal battlefield on the defensive end, then Modric can be said to be a good player at guerrilla.

It just so happens that Barcelona doesn't have a strong center in the frontcourt. With Modric's physical fitness, he can deal with any Barcelona forward for a while.

And as long as he can slow down the pace of Barcelona's ball holder, Li Ang, who is eyeing the ball, will see the right opportunity to come up and give him a hard blow!

Seeing Real Madrid taking the initiative in defensive rhythm during the opening period, Ancelotti could only silently apologize to his former favorite James James in his heart.

If he still reuses James, no matter whether he replaces Modric or Casemiro, Real Madrid will never be able to play such an effective defensive pressure again.

It cannot be said that the reason why Real Madrid has always lost to Barcelona in the league in the past few seasons is that he reused James.

But at least it has this impact, and now it’s time to change.

It is this national derby that will determine James' future fate at Real Madrid.

Facts speak louder than all words. As long as he can lead his team to suppress and defeat Barcelona this time, Ancelotti will have no choice but to make a selection decision.

He's a nice guy, but he's also a coach who wants to win.

In the face of victory, all personal relationships need to give way.

He could explain to James privately and even express a slight apology.

But now, he just wants to win!

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Real Madrid's defensive suppression of Barcelona continued. After Real Madrid invested more troops in the midfield to strangle, Barcelona's seemingly strong midfield advantage was completely offset.

And Li Ang is not in a hurry to lead his team to counterattack today, because this time point is not yet time to take risks.

The correct time for counterattack should be at least 20 minutes later.

Usually at that time, Messi, who has not been able to get a breakthrough or a shooting opportunity for a long time, will always retreat to get the ball, trying to pull Real Madrid's midfield defense.

Li Ang knows this habit of Messi very well.

In the years when Messi was still at the peak of his personal strength, he would always rely on the trick of dropping back to get the ball and hitting the wall with his teammates to forcefully tear apart the opponent's defense.

At that time, he could use Wushuang to create a "killing chicken", or he could cut into the opponent's hinterland and force a shot.

But after so many years, if Messi still plays like this, his strength is not enough to cover his mistakes.

Li Ang feels that Messi's stubborn playing style will be a good point to take advantage of.

Xavi or Iniesta, who has been squeezed out of the midfield and backcourt space by Messi to get the ball, will definitely move forward passively.

And their actions will also drive Barcelona's two full-backs to participate in the attack.

When only Busquets is left in Barcelona's midfield as a defensive barrier, Real Madrid's counterattack will directly knock Barcelona's defense upside down!

Of course, if Messi no longer makes this kind of playing mistake, then Real Madrid certainly has other counterattack plans.

However, Li Ang still believed in his intuition.

In other words, he believes in superstars' dependence and overconfidence on their own abilities.

The game time continued to pass, Li Ang was not in a hurry, and the rest of the Real Madrid players naturally remained calm.

On the contrary, Barcelona, ​​playing at home, has been unable to open up the situation on the offensive end, and some players seem a little impatient.

Neymar actually thought about relying on his personal ability to break the surface on the offensive end to drive the team's offensive rhythm.

But after being knocked down to the ground by Li Ang and Pepe one after another in single defense, he decisively gave up this unrealistic idea and instead cooperated honestly with his teammates in passing and cutting.

At this time, Neymar also misses his former teammate very much. Sanchez, who left Barcelona for Arsenal this summer.

Although Sanchez is not that interesting in playing in the middle, he has a strong sense of forward penetration and outstanding personal technical ability, which can help him share the pressure of breakthrough.

Now that Sanchez is gone and Turan steps up to play the false 9, he really has no other unique skills except his organizational skills.

He can't carry others, and he can't usually pass one-on-one. Neymar is really full of flaws for his "unlike" teammate.

You said you were doing a good job as a wing playmaker at Atletico Madrid, why did you have to come to Barcelona?

Wouldn't it be nice for Barcelona to have the money to hire a serious center? !

Every day, some offensive players who don't play as center play as a false 9. From time to time, he has to change positions to attract defense in the middle of the midfield and compete with those center defenders!

Is this what he came to Barcelona to do?

The more Neymar thought about it, the worse he felt, and his performance on the court became more and more "reasonable".

But without his breakthrough from the wing, Barcelona's methods of breaking the game have become increasingly poor.

Messi took note of the situation on the field and became anxious again. He no longer paid attention to Li Ang's provocative eyes towards him, and committed the old habit again and began to frequently retreat to get the ball.

At this time, the game on the field had reached the 29th minute. When Li Ang saw Messi's actions, the corners of his mouth turned up subconsciously.

here we go!

Messi's retracement can help Barcelona improve the speed of ball transfer in the midfield and backcourt to a certain extent.

But just as Li Ang had thought before, his retracement would also occupy Xavi or Iniesta's organizational space.

The forced forward position of the two led to the advancement of Barcelona's overall offensive line.

The most deadly thing is the frequent forward penetration of Alba and Alves.

Barcelona's two full-backs were playing like wingers at the moment, especially Alves, who even reached the edge of Real Madrid's penalty area at one point!

This will naturally put pressure on Real Madrid's defense, but accordingly, Barcelona's midfield and backfield have gradually become semi-vacuum!

Before all the Barcelona players could react, Li Ang had already moved his position and started to make many risky forward pressing tackles.

His initial goal was not to target Messi, or in other words, he did so intentionally, letting Messi continue to hold the ball in the midfield and make breakthrough attempts.

But in the 34th minute of the first half, Messi dropped back to catch the ball near the midline and turned to make a dribbling breakthrough towards Modric.

Li Ang suddenly came out from the wing, cooperated with Modric to double-team Messi directly, and decisively and cruelly took the ball away from Messi's feet!

Messi immediately looked at the referee after losing the ball, but the referee did not take any action, and Messi did not immediately chase back to participate in the defense.

In the blink of an eye, Real Madrid switched from defense to offense!

Li Ang decisively knocked the ball to Modric, who stepped in, but the latter just observed for a moment, and then sent an outside instep pass to the right!

At this moment, Bell, who had already inserted at high speed on the right wing, seemed to be in no one's land. Alba was still chasing after him desperately, but Bell did not give him any chance to shorten the gap between the two, and strode forward with the ball!

Benzema was not in a hurry to move forward to grab points. Instead, he almost ran on Pique's side. This made Pique and Mascherano dare not relax their vigilance against him.

Benzema's smart running gave Cristiano Ronaldo and Li Ang enough time to advance.

When Pique realized something was wrong, Real Madrid had already formed three outflanking points in the penalty area!

However, Barcelona only had two defensive players who had to defend in place first. Professor Bu had already been thrown away by Li Ang, and he was still chasing after him desperately!

Bell didn't hesitate too much and directly chose to pass back in an inverted triangle, passing the ball to Li Ang, who was deliberately slowing down at this moment and had just stepped into the Barcelona penalty area!

Mascherano had no other choice but to gamble on Li Ang.

But in the next moment, Li Ang easily scored the ball to the left in front of him under his desperate eyes!

Cristiano Ronaldo rushed to meet Li Ang's appropriate ball and shot directly without any adjustment!

The Portuguese King's performance in the previous rounds was not very good, but at this moment, at this critical moment, his shooting skills showed his superstar style, with a fatal hit!

When the football flew into the gate guarded by Ter Stegen, Ronaldo roared ventively and rushed to the bottom line of Barcelona's half!

Li Ang jumped up behind him, rode on his back and roared with him in front of the live camera!

He didn't say anything at the moment, but it seemed as if he had said everything. His firm support for Ronaldo got the best reward at this moment!

After Ronaldo vented his emotions, he turned around and gave Li Ang a tight hug.

He thanked Li Ang for his clear support of the team before, and also thanked Li Ang for the wonderful assist he gave him on the court.

He is actually such a simple player.

If you trust him, he will repay you. If you are good to him, he will be good to you!

Real Madrid's other players on the court then swarmed up.

They were celebrating the goal excitedly, but at this moment, Messi, who lost the ball and the team was beaten on a counterattack and lost the ball, pursed his lips and lowered his head, pacing back with his waist in his arms.

There was jubilation in front of Real Madrid's coaching bench, but on Barcelona's side, Valverde, who couldn't sit still, had already walked to the sidelines and began to try to calm the anxiety of his disciples.

But to be honest, it is really embarrassing to lose the ball at this time.

Valverde's reassurance did not have any effect.

After the game restarted, Barcelona's tactical thinking was obviously temporarily confused.

They may want to step up their attack and try to tie the score early.

But facing Real Madrid's eager defensive players in the backcourt, and thinking about Real Madrid's super counterattack just now, they seemed to be hesitant.

Li Ang was squatting in the backcourt and laughed subconsciously when he saw this scene.

The rest of the Real Madrid players on the field were also full of pride!

Come on, keep attacking!

Barcelona, ​​I tell you to continue attacking!