Starting from playing as a defensive midfielder for Real Madrid

The 16th round of La Liga is the last round before the Christmas holiday in La Liga this season.

Compared with the carefully arranged and promoted Christmas games in the Premier League every year, the pre-Christmas games in La Liga seem to be much friendlier to the players.

There are basically no strong dialogues and not many local derbies. It seems as if the senior leaders of La Liga are more eager for the holidays than the players.

This "humanized" schedule and winter break arrangement simply make current La Liga players who have played in the Premier League cry with emotion.

Even a physical monster like Li Ang was actually a little overwhelmed by the Premier League's intensive winter schedule.

Not to mention that the games are arranged intensively one after another, the key is that the winter in England is wet and cold!

Every year at the beginning of the Premier League's winter devilish schedule, countless Premier League players are lying on hospital beds, and Li Ang has to hang hard enough to survive.

Now I can get more than a week of winter vacation in winter, or in the slightly warmer Spanish winter. In comparison, it is simply happiness on earth~

The happy vacation time is coming, and players from all La Liga teams have begun planning where to take their families or partners during the vacation.

Even the 16th round of La Liga didn't seem to be exciting.

In this round of league showdown between Real Madrid and Valencia, Li Ang, who just won the Ballon d'Or, stole the spotlight.

Because Real Madrid is playing away from home in this round of the league, Li Ang will naturally not do a Ballon d'Or presentation on their territory.

But it can’t stand up to the enthusiasm of fans and tourists near the Valencia region!

Valencia's own fans didn't grab many home tickets this time. Scalpers saw a business opportunity. After hoarding tickets, they quickly increased the price and sold them to many tourists and neutral fans.

These people basically came to watch today's game for Li Ang.

The CEO of Valencia Club even joked in an interview before the game, saying that he should negotiate with Real Madrid in advance and hold a pre-match ceremony for Li Ang to display the golden ball at the Mestalla Stadium today.

But this was just a joke. Li Ang finally appeared on the stage with his teammates. However, when facing the enthusiastic cheers of the fans at the scene, Li Ang waved his hands a few more times to express his gratitude.

There were not many disturbances in this game. After all, after letting go of many main players for two consecutive seasons, Valencia's strength plummeted.

Valencia, which was still able to break into the top four of La Liga in the 2014-15 season, is currently stuck in the middle of La Liga.

There is no need to worry about relegation, but it is difficult to reach the European theater.

Financial problems forced Valencia, like other small clubs, to start selling their main players every year.

This sale not only sold Valencia's reputation and development prospects in La Liga, but also sold the morale of the remaining main players in the Valencia team.

Li Ang didn't exert much force in this game. He only played for 60 minutes and was replaced by Ancelotti early after contributing one assist.

In the end, Real Madrid did not score a big score at the Mestalla Stadium, but defeated Valencia 3-1, successfully ending the La Liga schedule before the Christmas holiday with a luxurious record of 16 consecutive victories.

The only fly in the ointment is that Navas failed to get a clean sheet bonus in this game.

The person who scored the Real Madrid goal on behalf of Valencia happened to be Parejo, who also came from the Castilla youth training camp and was an outstanding "senior" of Li Ang and his group of youth training players.

This powerful midfielder who has only played a few minutes on behalf of Real Madrid's first team has repeatedly scored Real Madrid goals over the years and can be considered a well-known "Real Madrid killer" in La Liga.

Li Ang was not familiar with Parejo, and after the game, he simply said hello to his slightly unfamiliar "senior".

In comparison, several other players in the Valencia team, such as Garay, Mangala and Nani, are Li Ang's real old acquaintances.

After chatting with a few old acquaintances for a while after the game, Li Ang went to find Cancelo, a young full-back who performed well on the field today, and encouraged him.

But he didn't know that his enthusiastic encouragement made Cancelo, who was just emerging now, feel both excited and "scared."

Needless to say, I am excited. Being praised and favored by Mr. Ballon d'Or is an honor for any young player in football.

The fear is naturally due to the widespread legend in football that "Li Ang likes to educate promising young players"~

Of course, Li Ang has never cared about the many rumors about himself in football.

After this round of the league, Li Ang did not choose to stay in Madrid and use the ten days of vacation to continue training.

He agreed to Ronaldo's invitation, simply packed his luggage, and went with Ronaldo to a small city in Spain along the Mediterranean to enjoy the winter sunbathing.

It was okay at first, as the two's frequent updates on their respective social media made their respective fans very satisfied.

But when Cristiano Ronaldo took Li Ang to sunbathe all day long, the style of the messages posted by the two on social media began to change significantly.

Ten days later, seeing Li Ang and Cristiano Ronaldo both tanned and their white teeth becoming more prominent when they smiled, the female fans of the two were so excited that they wanted to cry without tears!

Li Ang does not have the same fanaticism as Cristiano Ronaldo's obsessive pursuit of bronzed skin.

He thought it was novel and fun, so he gave it a try under Ronaldo's repeated persuasion.

However, after returning home to Madrid and being teased and "disgusted" by his girlfriend who had just come from China to meet him, Li Ang could only helplessly tweet that he would try to reduce the number of tanning sessions in the future.

After finishing the work on their skin color, Li Ang and Ronaldo did not let go of their hairstyle.

The two of them didn't know how they discussed it, but they finished perming and dyeing their hair together. The long hair on the top of their heads was made like instant noodles.

Coupled with the shiny and dark faces of the two of them now, they look really miserable!

The top two most handsome coaches in the Real Madrid team are now acting like African refugees, which makes countless die-hard fans of Melinger unable to praise him anymore and only find it annoying.

During the window period when La Liga has not rekindled the war, various Western media have even been very happy by reporting on the news about Li Ang and Ronaldo's appearance and life.

It was not until the King's Cup game approached that the public opinion feast gradually subsided, and the fans' attention shifted from the skin colors and hairstyles of Li Ang and Ronaldo to the stadium again.

Real Madrid drew Sevilla in the 1/8 finals of the Copa del Rey, which was really a bad draw.

Sevilla's league ranking in recent seasons has basically been stable in the La Liga and European divisions. Looking at the rankings alone, it is actually difficult for them to play in the Champions League, but they have played in the Champions League in the past two years.

Because they have won the Europa League three times in a row!

If Real Madrid is the current king of the Champions League, then Sevilla is the well-deserved current king of the Europa League.

Achieving such a result is not easy at all. Sevilla is also a solid player in La Liga, and Real Madrid has no interest in fighting with them.

However, with the main players fully rested and currently having no reason to give up the Copa del Rey, Ancelotti still dare not directly send a group of youth training players to compete in the Copa del Rey like Mourinho did.

On the evening of January 4th, Real Madrid, which had completed its preparations, faced the challenge of Sevilla at home.

Compared with Real Madrid's caution in playing with all the main players, Sevilla unexpectedly chose to rotate some of the main players.

At first glance, many fans will find it difficult to understand the choice made by Sevilla's coaching staff.

But considering that this year, Sevilla finally broke out of the Champions League group stage and entered the top 16. They had played a postponed Copa del Rey game before, and the team had a few days less rest.

Looking at the Sevilla team's choice of not wanting to compete with Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey, it actually seems reasonable.

Sevilla has won three consecutive Europa League honors in the past three seasons.

But to be honest, the pressure that the Europa League brings to the Sevilla team is far less than that of the Champions League.

The difficulty of the knockout rounds of the Europa League is even worse than that of the knockout rounds of the Champions League.

Sevilla's bench depth is actually only average. If they want to continue to break through and achieve better results in the Champions League this season, they can only give up the domestic cup competition to reduce the team's burden.

And when choosing between the Champions League knockout round, where you can get a lot more money every time you advance, and the Copa del Rey, where the profit is not enough, Sevilla's senior management really knows how to choose with their eyes closed.

So Real Madrid, which was fully prepared for a big battle, ended up getting a big bargain.

Sevilla, who was unwilling to play, performed really average at Real Madrid's home court. At the end of the first half, Sevilla was already trailing 1-3.

At the end of the game, the score in the first round of the Copa del Rey 1/8 knockout round between Sevilla and Real Madrid had reached 1-4, which basically made the second round match lose all suspense.

Li Ang once again passed and shot in this game, and Ronaldo scored his first hat trick of the season.

Although the appearance of the two brothers looks funny, their performance is impeccable, so that the Meilingers have to hold their noses and praise them for looking very energetic with their dark appearance~

Three days later, in the 17th round of La Liga, the two brothers continued to start, but they only played half of the game before being replaced by Ancelotti like a baby.

Cristiano Ronaldo was not unhappy at all when he was substituted this time, because he had already scored a goal before he came off the field, continuing his recent good scoring feeling.

Li Ang sent a pass assist in the opening stage of the game to help Bell open the scoring.

At halftime, Real Madrid already led Granada 3-0 at home, so the two brothers could be considered successful at clocking out.

In the end, Real Madrid defeated Granada 5-0 at the Bernabeu, successfully extending the winning streak in the league this season to 17 games, and also continued to put pressure on Barcelona and Atletico Madrid who were chasing behind them!

Five days later, Real Madrid ushered in the second leg of the Copa del Rey quarter-final knockout match against Sevilla.

Although Sevilla played at home in this knockout round, the hole they dug for themselves in the first round was really too big.

With no hope of a comeback in sight, Sevilla's coaching staff simply sent out a starting lineup of rotation and youth training players to face Real Madrid.

So Real Madrid's second team, who started the knockout round, defeated Sevilla 2-0 neatly, helping the team successfully advance to the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey this season!

In the subsequent draw ceremony for the Copa del Rey quarter-finals, Real Madrid was also lucky enough to avoid many strong opponents and drew Celta Vigo.

Atletico Madrid drew Eibar, and Barcelona drew another tough team in the quarterfinals, Real Sociedad.

Such a draw result is very beneficial to Real Madrid, and Real Madrid's supporters are already looking forward to their subsequent Copa del Rey semi-final opponents.

In this way, the members of Real Madrid's coaching staff have both joys and worries.

It is certainly a joy to be able to easily enter the semi-finals of this season's Copa del Rey, but after being "dragged down" by the Copa del Rey competition, can Real Madrid really cope with the third-line battle perfectly?

This is really a big problem for Ancelotti, but we have already reached this point, and any further hesitation will only disrupt the team's championship atmosphere.

In the end, An Pang simply didn't think much about it. Anyway, the previous rotation work was very good, and now the physical fitness and game condition of the main players are also good, so let's continue like this.

If this season really collapses in the championship stage like it did in previous years, then An Pang will consider himself unlucky.

However, An Pang may not have expected that his "calm" temperament would make all the players in the Real Madrid team feel confident.

The players are more willing to believe that their head coach is very confident in the third-line battle and has made sufficient tactical plans.

Anyway, as long as there are no problems with the coaching staff and they feel that they can compete for the championship among the three teams, then they will just work hard to win and that's it!

An Pang, who had improved the morale of the team by accident, soon led the team to the Pizjuan Stadium in Seville again.

After playing two Copa del Rey games against Sevilla in a short period of time, Real Madrid ushered in the 18th round of La Liga against Sevilla.

This wonderful schedule can't help but remind Li Ang of their fate in playing consecutive games with Athletic Bilbao in a short period of time.

At that time, let alone the players they played against Athletic Bilbao, the fans watching the game felt very tired of watching it.

Sevilla's main players do not want to continue to lose to Real Madrid in this round of league competition.

They had reasons to excuse their losses in the first two rounds of the King's Cup. After all, the team sent basically rotation players at that time.

They think that if they play with all their main players and have the home court advantage, they will have the ability to compete with Real Madrid.

So in this round of the league, the whole Sevilla team is holding their breath, trying to get back to Real Madrid where they lost in the previous two rounds!

But they happened to encounter a Real Madrid main team that had no worries about physical fitness and whose morale was greatly boosted.

Sevilla wants a head-on clash?

This is what Real Madrid wants!

The two teams flashed their bayonets at each other from the beginning of the game. In the first 30 minutes of the game when the players on both sides were full of physical fitness, Sevilla relied on their explosive state at home to really compete with Real Madrid in a neck-and-neck match!

Both teams scored a goal each, and Sevilla even came close to taking the lead before the break.

Ben Yedder's shot from the penalty area hit the post of Real Madrid's goal, which also made the Sevilla fans at home excited after regret.

But after the second half of the game started, Sevilla only managed to be strong for less than fifteen minutes, and then were pushed back by Real Madrid, who still had plenty of energy!

Real Madrid's real trump card only began to be revealed in the 65th minute of the second half.

That is to forcefully increase the speed, forcefully increase the pace of the game when Sevilla is already unable to withstand it!

After seventy minutes, Real Madrid's strong attack directly overwhelmed Sevilla's defensive system.

If Sevilla chooses to retreat with all its members at this time and rely on their numerical advantage to hold on, they may not lose too badly.

But they thought too much, and some players even thought about playing against Real Madrid, so their nightmare came in the last 20 minutes of the game!

Li Ang took the lead and cooperated with Marcelo in a one-two and then held the ball hard, directly tearing apart Sevilla's backcourt defense!

When Sevilla's right back Mariano had no choice but to attack, Li Ang handed the ball to Ronaldo who was on the edge of the ball.

Ronaldo then accelerated away from Sevilla's central defender Pareja and sent a low cross!

Benzema's outflanking movement in the middle took away Sevilla's other central defender Rami. Bell did not stop the ball from the back point and directly volleyed into the goal, easily breaking the balance of the game!

After that, the more Sevilla wanted to equalize the score, the more anxious they played.

Real Madrid calmly contracted their formation and started to defend against counterattacks.

In the 83rd minute of the second half, Ronaldo received a pass from Modric's outside instep and counterattacked and volleyed the goal.

Six minutes later, Iscola, who came on as a substitute for Benzema, sent a counterattack cross and assisted Li Ang to score with a hammer!

Real Madrid finally beat Sevilla 4-1 away from home!

The Sevilla players, who were defeated by Real Madrid three times in a short period of time, had a somewhat broken mentality.

It’s true that he was screwed!