Starting from playing as a defensive midfielder for Real Madrid

Li Ang's stable and outstanding performance gave the members of the Real Madrid coaching staff great confidence.

In the past few seasons, the only true core that Real Madrid's coaching staff can rely on on the offensive end is actually Ronaldo.

Previously, James had strict requirements for the ball, and his performance in tough battles was actually average. He could be relied on in normal times, but investing a lot of tactical privileges at critical moments may not necessarily yield results.

Bale is quite tough, but in addition to starting 46 games for Real Madrid in the 2014-15 season, he only started 36 and 29 games in the other two seasons after joining Real Madrid.

Last season, Bell spent almost half of the season recuperating from illness. This attendance rate is really difficult for Ancelotti to trust him.

Only Cristiano Ronaldo's performance in key battles has always reassured the coaching staff, and his attendance rate is extremely high. In the past three seasons, he has only suffered a few minor injuries at most.

This season, Li Ang stepped up just when Cristiano Ronaldo was in poor league form, playing the role of stabilizing military morale that Cristiano Ronaldo could originally play.

It is precisely because Li Ang has been able to perform in the recent close league and Champions League group matches that the Real Madrid coaching staff can safely put the construction of the second team on the agenda.

Knowing that he is likely to rotate out of the league as the core of the second team's frontcourt in the future, James is not discouraged.

After gradually adapting to the new tactical style of play, he knows that he will have many opportunities to play in the Real Madrid first team.

With this basic guarantee, it is better to be the core of the second team's frontcourt offense than to be abandoned by the coaching staff and eventually leave Real Madrid helplessly.

Other Real Madrid rotation players are even more happy because they will get more playing time in the future.

The construction of the second team is carried out step by step at the Valdebebas training base.

In order to better connect and cooperate with the main players, the second team's tactical play is the same as that of the starting main players. They all use 433 control and offensive tactics.

In the midfield, the midfield trio of James, Llorente and Kovacic is enough to provide sufficient offensive shells for the second team's forward line.

The striker trident composed of Isco, Jese and Asensio is enough to suppress the defense of most La Liga teams.

The second team's frontcourt substitutes include the young Odegaard and the more mature Mariano.

On the defense line, Achraf, Nacho, Varane, who is currently in the starting position due to Pepe's injury, and Danilo are not bad in configuration.

In addition, Casilla's strength is completely above the average level of La Liga.

Once Real Madrid's new second team is formed, its strength is close to the top eight in La Liga!

By then, with further integration, it will be possible to recreate the style of Real Madrid's second team that was among the top six or even top four in La Liga.

Ancelotti has great expectations for the newly formed second team.

However, in the ninth round of La Liga on October 23, Ancelotti chose a more reliable starting position, allowing the main players of the first team to meet the challenge of La Liga strongman Athletic Bilbao.

Today's Athletic Bilbao has changed a lot compared to the Basque Lions that Li Ang was familiar with back then.

However, the changes in the turnover of team personnel have not caused this tough team to lose the tactical style that they rely on for survival.

Even when challenging Real Madrid at the Bernabeu, Athletic Bilbao's starting players were still fearless and took the lead in attacking.

Their forward combination is not efficient in scoring. Raul Garcia, who has the most scoring ability, only scored 11 goals at Athletic Bilbao last season.

But despite its shortcomings in scoring ability, Athletic Bilbao's current striker's disruptive ability is among the top in La Liga!

There is not only Raul Garcia, who is extremely capable of confrontation, but also the other two forwards of Athletic Bilbao, Merino and Williams, who are also tall and strong young players.

The body is strong enough, he is active in fighting for the top, and he can press and attack well.

Three lousy strikers have been putting pressure on Real Madrid's backcourt defense since the opening stages of the game.

Li Ang is not afraid of the ability of these three forwards to suddenly explode and break the balance of the game.

But their active fighting and tough confrontation can indeed continuously consume the physical fitness and energy of Real Madrid's defense players.

This kind of tactical play is quite annoying.

Even though Real Madrid has the convenience of home whistle today, it cannot withstand the tireless aggression and harassment of Athletic Bilbao's three "shield" forwards!

For a moment, Li Ang even thought about whether to retreat first and join forces with Casemiro to consolidate the backcourt defense, first to relieve some pressure on his defenders, and then talk about the offense.

But Ancelotti, who stood on the sidelines and finished his observation, quickly made corresponding tactical adjustments.

An Pang did not ask Li Ang to retreat to solve the defensive problem first, but signaled him to press forward further and enter the hinterland of Athletic Bilbao's defense.

Later, An Pang signaled the players who were mainly holding the ball in the backcourt to give up the too delicate ground passing option, and instead made long passes and directly picked up the ball to find the offensive players in the frontcourt!

After this adjustment and deployment, Ancelotti calmly sat back on the coaching bench, and the situation on the field quickly changed!

The pressing pressure of Athletic Bilbao's three forwards can no longer put too much pressure on Real Madrid's defenders.

Ramos and Casemiro's relatively accurate long passes directly skipped the midfield organization and directed the ball towards Athletic Bilbao's defensive hinterland.

And just in time, with Li Ang in position at this moment, the four players in Real Madrid's frontcourt are all top contenders!

They may not be able to grab one point every time, but Real Madrid who grabs two high-altitude balls almost always have an absolute advantage!

It was precisely by relying on this seemingly simple tactical play that Real Madrid quickly suppressed Athletic Bilbao's defense and launched a wave of continuous attacks!

Li Ang and Modric, who stepped forward in time to provide support, controlled the offensive ball. After distributing it reasonably, the BBC combination was able to attack behind the Athletic Bilbao defense.

And when Ronaldo and Bale were still testing each other with their opponents, looking for more threatening breakthrough opportunities.

In today's game, Benzema, who was back to his heroic form, was the first to show off his power. He repeatedly grabbed points and completed shots in the penalty area of ​​Athletic Bilbao, which put great pressure on Athletic Bilbao goalkeeper Elisos. !

Upon seeing this, Li Ang naturally worked harder to deliver shells to Benzema. At the same time, he also increased the frequency of his forward penetration into the Athletic Bilbao penalty area.

Originally, he wanted to help Guo Feng further restrain his opponent's defensive energy, so as to create more kicking opportunities for Guo Feng.

Unexpectedly, Benzema failed to score first. Instead, he took advantage of Benzema's tactical cover during his frequent forward penetrations. He took Modric's threatening through ball and volleyed the goal!

After many years, Li Ang finally scored against Laporta's close defense!

The Spanish central defender lowered his head and muttered a few words with some dissatisfaction, seeming to be annoyed that he had not been able to get stuck in the defensive position in time.

But at the same time, he had to admit in his heart that compared to the Li Ang who was still lacking in scoring methods three years ago, the current Li Ang has grown into a killer in the penalty area.

Top confrontation ability, powerful burst start speed and stable shooting skills.

These characteristics of Li Ang make him not afraid of personal competition with any central defender in the penalty area.

Laporta could only admit his failure in marking Li Ang, and Athletic Bilbao could only swallow the bitter pill of conceding the ball first.

At this moment, the game time has just reached the 16th minute of the first half.

After Real Madrid scored, they did not immediately switch to a defensive stance. Instead, they continued to suppress Athletic Bilbao's offense.

It was not until the 30th minute of the first half that Real Madrid gradually shrank its formation and began to pay more attention to defense.

At this time, Athletic Bilbao, which had lost some of its physical and mental energy by Real Madrid's suppression tactics, could only reorganize its attack and slowly find its offensive status.

But Real Madrid's defense was indeed impeccable, and they successfully entered the intermission with a one-goal lead at the end of the half.

As soon as the second half started, Real Madrid switched from defense to ball control.

Not rushing to attack and focusing on killing the game time, Real Madrid's style of play is quite rogue.

Athletic Bilbao was eventually forced to enter the stage of risky forward attack in advance.

Real Madrid took advantage of the situation and took out a weapon to prevent counterattacks. There were not many opportunities, but in the end Real Madrid seized the most important opportunity to counterattack quickly.

So the suspense of this game was completely ended in the 78th minute of the second half.

Bell received Ronaldo's in-cut ball and scored with a single goal. Real Madrid finally defeated Athletic Bilbao, a hard nut in La Liga, with a score of 2-0!

After the game, Li Ang once again won the honor of the best player of the game, but when he was interviewed by the media, he immediately praised his teammates, especially Ronaldo's performance in today's game.

Cristiano Ronaldo still hasn't scored many goals in La Liga, but reporters and fans can clearly see that Cristiano Ronaldo's performance in recent rounds of the league has gotten better and better.

He has good offensive contributions and assists. If he keeps playing like this, Ronaldo's full recovery will only be a matter of time.

Meilingers are naturally very satisfied with this situation!

After playing the ninth round of La Liga, Real Madrid's main players also received a sufficient rest time.

In the Copa del Rey match on October 26, Ancelotti chose to let Real Madrid's newly formed second team play.

All Real Madrid's main players, including Li Ang, rested at home that day.

In the end, the newly unveiled Real Madrid second team lived up to the expectations of the coaching staff. They directly swept their opponent Leon Sports in the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey 7-0 in the away game and successfully advanced to the next round.

On October 29, Ancelotti took the victorious Real Madrid second team to the away game to challenge Alaves in the tenth round of La Liga.

Several important Real Madrid players, including Li Ang and Cristiano Ronaldo, traveled with the team, but they did not start the game, but started on the bench.

Ancelotti made a bold attempt at rotation, but his backhand was still quite well prepared.

Li Ang, Cristiano Ronaldo and Ramos are all sitting on the bench. Once the situation on the field goes wrong, Ancelotti can immediately make corresponding substitution adjustments.

But the players of Real Madrid's second team, who were in high spirits and were in full form in the last Copa del Rey game, did not give Ancelotti a chance to make emergency substitutions.

Facing the strong Alaves, Real Madrid's second team still performed a strong suppressive performance in the away game!

James, who changed his playing style, and his partners worked together to suppress Alaves' midfielder.

Asensio, who has been in scoring form in recent games, opened the scoring in the 13th minute of the first half, using a wonderful inward shot to force the door open for Alaves!

Although Alaves soon retaliated, Brazilian forward Davidson scored the equalizer.

But just six minutes later, Jese's small-range breakthrough volley in Alaves' penalty area once again helped Real Madrid take the lead, suppressing Alaves's counterattack.

In the second half of the game, as Isco and James scored successively, Alaves gradually lost their will to resist.

In the end, Real Madrid relied on a pure rotation of the second team to defeat Alaves 4-1 in the away game, which is currently ranked tenth in La Liga, once again triggering a major earthquake in Spanish football!

Countless neutral La Liga fans exclaimed that the Real Madrid Super Second Team that could defend the other top six La Liga teams in La Liga was perfectly resurrected!

The fans of Barcelona and Atletico Madrid sighed, and for a moment they didn't know what to say.

Real Madrid fans naturally cheered and praised Ancelotti's correctness in reorganizing the team.

The outstanding performance of Real Madrid's second team in being able to fight tough battles gave all Meilingers more expectations for the team's championship prospects this season.

Real Madrid's main players, who had more rest time, also rushed to Portugal under such high-profile circumstances.

On November 2nd, Real Madrid visited the Stadium of Light and ushered in the test of the fourth round of the Champions League group stage in the new season with Benfica!

Originally, Benfica fans had strong confidence in the team.

Even though Real Madrid directly defeated Benfica in the last round of the group stage, they are playing at home this round. They also believe that Benfica, who has the advantage of home court, can avenge their shame!

As a result, they encountered the main players of Real Madrid who were fully rested and their energy was almost exhausted. Benfica only lasted for half a half before being overturned again!

The bloody reality of being three goals behind at halftime dampened the enthusiasm of tens of thousands of Benfica fans at the scene!

And when Cristiano Ronaldo scored another victory in the second half of the game and successfully rewritten the score to 4-0, many home team fans at the Stadium of Light directly exploded and chose to protest and leave the field!

In the end, the score of this massacre that should have further widened the point difference was only fixed at 5-0.

Real Madrid did not "rush to kill them all". After taking a four-goal lead, they successively replaced several core players in the midfield and frontcourt.

Sky Sports commentators also cracked jokes in the closing stages of the game.

"Real Madrid's recent form is really outstanding! And seeing Ronaldo, who has almost returned to form, and Li Ang, who is currently in great form, I think Simeone, who will lead his team to compete head-on with Real Madrid in the next round, will not be able to sleep well. Already~"

The Sky Sports commentator directly expressed the thoughts of countless fans at this moment.

Over the years, Atletico Madrid led by Simeone has gained a huge reputation in European football.

But from being dealt with by Li Ang and Ronaldo together, to being dealt with by Ronaldo and Li Ang separately, Atletico Madrid seemed to be cursed, always performing mediocrely when encountering these two people.

Now the two super giants have joined forces again and vowed to lead Real Madrid back to glory. Simeone, who was exposed to the mask of pain by both of them, should indeed be sweating profusely~