Starting from playing as a defensive midfielder for Real Madrid

Chapter 423 Be the first! Be a champion! 【Please support the new book~】

Li Ang's provocative speech has already surprised Barcelona fans.

Of course they still have to fight back, or at least look like they are fighting back. This is also a "classic show" in La Liga.

As long as Li Ang's unbeaten streak against Barcelona is not broken for one day, he will always have the qualification to speak provocatively against Barcelona.

Barcelona fans don't have the confidence to fight him to the end, and more neutral fans have no objection to this.

Who makes Barcelona unable to fight for this breath and fail to win against Li Ang even once?

The sports media in Catalonia remained silent before the game this time. It seems that they have learned their lesson.

Upon seeing this, Li Ang did not continue to express any opinions on the King's Cup final.

In the end, the game still depends on the results.

Normally, he only needs to tease the nerves of Barcelona fans occasionally and make jokes. He doesn't really want to be a big talker.

As a result, a public opinion war was aborted before it even started.

After having almost no rotation before and enduring this intensive schedule, Li Ang finally received his rare vacation.

The vacation is not long, only two days.

Li Ang stayed at home to spend time with his girlfriend, and Real Madrid did not continue to stumble in the league without him.

Real Madrid, with half of their main team on the away team, finally defeated Osasuna 2-0 and won their 20th league victory of the season.

Three days later, Real Madrid set off for Germany ahead of schedule, and Li Ang traveled with the team. They will compete with Dortmund in the first round of the Champions League knockout round on the night of February 15th.

Coming to the familiar Westfalenstadion again, the image of Li Ang and Ronaldo, both dressed in casual suits, looking side by side at the sunset, became the picture accompanying Real Madrid's official tweet in the evening.

The list of starting superstars announced by the Real Madrid first team has also brought heavy pressure to the Hornets fans!

The starting eleven was announced one day in advance, and there was no intention of looking down on Dortmund. Real Madrid only showed full confidence!

It is to take the lead in breaking through in the away game with dignity, release the starting lineup, no matter how the Dortmund coaching staff studies and targets, Real Madrid will not be afraid.

This is the strong confidence this season's excellent record has given the Real Madrid team!

Dortmund naturally dare not underestimate the confident Real Madrid. Today is different from the past. Compared with 2013, their current strength has declined too much.

Almost all the main lineup has been changed, and their current midfielder is far from as strong as it was back then.

The Dortmund coaching staff headed by Tuchel seized the last night before the game to make tactical adjustments.

So on the evening of February 15th, what the Real Madrid players who boarded the Westfalenstadion saw was a Dortmund team that changed formations and played 343.

This is quite different from the 352 formation that Tuchel has used most this season.

Ancelotti and Li Ang initially thought that Tuchel felt that he could not hold on at home, so he wanted to change the formation and give it a try, so they set up a more offensive 343 formation.

As a result, when the game started, Dortmund's two wingers Royce and Ousmane Dembele were in the inside position, looking closer to the center than to the wing.

Moreover, the playing style of the two is more inclined to the attacking midfielder, or central midfielder.

because. Today, the two defensive midfielders Weigel and Castro arranged by Tuchel did not drive forward very much with the ball. On the contrary, these two players who were supposed to play as wingers often dropped back to get the ball and then pushed forward.

Well, what kind of 343 is this? It’s simply a variant of conservative 361...

After playing on the court for a while, Li Ang also got a taste of it. Tuchel's mentality was "want both."

When defending or controlling the field, he hopes that the two retreating wingers will do more work in the midfield.

Assist in defense, support the ball, and organize advancement.

Of course Royce can sacrifice for the team to achieve this step, what about Ousmane Dembele?

If the coaching staff has strict requirements, he should be able to complete the last two tactical tasks.

The key is that when the team switches from defense to offense, Tuchel also wants Royce and Dembele to quickly advance into the penalty area to help Aubameyang contain Real Madrid's midfield defense!

This is quite excessive. It is simply using the two wingers as cattle.

In terms of ability, Royce can actually meet Tuchel's tactical requirements, but his physical fitness does not support it!

Reus, who was at his peak back then, couldn't resist Klopp's high-intensity usage. Tuchel's usage may have drained Royce's energy in half the game.

Logically speaking, Tuchel should leave the task of organizing forward penetration and defense to the two midfielders he sent today.

Therefore, Li Ang couldn't understand Tuchel's intention of squeezing two offensive players for a while.

But he didn't know that it was precisely because of his presence that Tuchel did not dare to let his two defensive midfielders advance easily in order to limit his performance.

After all, Li Ang underestimated his powerful destructive power on the ecological balance of today's football midfield.

The head coach of almost every powerful European team is thinking about how to limit his ability to play in the back and attack.

In the past, many German media would praise Li Ang and say that he is the new Matthaus in this football era, but now there are no German media who still say such things.

Because Li Ang's dominant performance on both ends of the offense and defense has far exceeded that of Matthaus back then!

Especially his almost incomprehensible kaleidoscope attack style.

Double-team him, and he will send precise passes to allow teammates on both sides to open up defensive space.

Instead of double-teaming him and marking him one-on-one, he simply forced his way past the defender, and then directly performed the "point-breaking" method to break the game.

He has tried this trick time and time again, but the coaches of the powerful teams thought of a solution for this, but they broke their heads!

Tuchel is of course also among these worried coaches.

His final conclusion is that Li Ang's personal abilities on both offense and defense have far exceeded most star players.

So either use two powerful defensive stars to suppress his performance, or hoard enough defensive power in the middle to only target Li Ang, and then hand over more tactical tasks to other players.

Well, at first glance, this response plan makes some sense, but in fact, how long can those players who share more tactical tasks be able to persist in high-intensity competition on the court?

Li Ang didn't quite understand Tuchel's "weird intention", but this did not prevent him from suggesting that his teammates consume more of Reus and Dembele's physical energy.

His keen tactical sense allowed him to quickly grasp the key points of breaking the game.

Other Dortmund players, such as Castro, Guerrero, or Aubameyang, are not key figures in Dortmund in Leon's opinion.

They are more like screws than core components in Dortmund's simple machine.

In Li Ang's view, the only ones who can be called the core offensive figures are Royce, who can link up the frontcourt attack, and Dembele, who has the ability to highlight explosive points.

Therefore, wearing them down and suppressing them is the top priority, and the rest of Dortmund players can just mark them normally.

Li Ang's tactical choice is very straightforward.

Ancelotti observed the situation for a moment and had no objection.

Ten minutes of game time passed, and Tuchel could barely sit still. But another ten minutes passed, and Tuchel looked at Reus and Dembélé, who were still flying up and down, but the tactical effect was not outstanding. Beads of sweat suddenly broke out in my palms!

It was really helpless to choose such a tactical play, but no matter how small the hope was, Tuchel still had some expectations in his heart.

As long as the situation can be opened up and effective in the first half, it is best to score a goal first. Then in the second half of the game, if it is a big deal, the players will be replaced and replaced with fresh troops to beat Real Madrid's counterattack.

Not to mention winning, as long as he can ensure not to lose at home, then Tuchel feels that he is worthy of the home fans and the support of the senior management.

As for round two?

When the time comes to go to the Bernabeu, the worst thing is to fight hard, and even if you lose, you can lose with integrity.

Tuchel's idea is very simple, first defend the home court, save the team's face, and then talk about promotion. He believes that his demands are not too much.

But now looking at the stalemate on the court, his calculations may be empty.

Royce and Dembélé did too much work in the midfield and frontcourt, but in fact they were constantly receiving the ball and interspersed with movements, all of which were actively lured and forced by Real Madrid.

Real Madrid's entire team is very physically fit, so as long as Li Ang feels it's not time to press hard enough to reap the rewards, Real Madrid can keep wearing down the physical fitness of the two Dortmund frontcourt cores like this.

As for the offensive launched by other Dortmund players, it was really not enough for Real Madrid's backcourt defense.

Putting aside Royce and Dembele, except for Aubameyang who can occasionally pull out of the penalty area to catch the ball and rush for a while, the abilities of the rest of Dortmund's players are really "mediocre".

The core players are unable to drive them forward, and their performance can only be considered below average among a group of wealthy teams.

Even though Real Madrid's defense still has to bear certain risks, Li Ang feels that such risks are worth taking for Real Madrid!

Sure enough, after the first half hour of the first half, Dembele took the lead in slowing down his running rhythm.

It's not necessarily that he couldn't withstand the intensity of the game, it was more likely that he started to have troubles because he had doubts about the coaching staff's tactics.

Royce reluctantly held on for a while, but by the 40th minute of the first half, it was difficult to pick up his pace.

He can continue to persist after a period of rest, but the terrible thing is that Real Madrid will not give him time to rest and adjust.

As soon as the frequency of their retracements decreased, the pressure on Weigel and Castro to get the ball in the midfield increased dramatically.

It was not until this point in time that Real Madrid truly launched a strangling siege against Dortmund!

And just four minutes later, Bell crossed in the back of the Dortmund penalty area and then jumped high. Finally, he overpowered Bartra and headed the cross ball sent by Ronaldo into the Dortmund goal!

Tuchel, who was sitting on the coaching bench, buried his entire face deeply in his hands on his knees.

His tactical plan was completely ruined.

Real Madrid played a high-position press for forty minutes, only attacking but not attacking. After consuming a lot of physical energy of Dortmund's two core players in the frontcourt, the balance of the game was broken in one fell swoop!

Li Ang hasn't even exerted much force until now. How should Dortmund cope in the second half?

If Schürrer and Pulisic are replaced, will Real Madrid continue to be so consumed that they can no longer run?

Tuchel was very pessimistic, but at the beginning of the second half, he immediately replaced Dembele with Pulisic, who was running slowly.

Dortmund's formation also changed accordingly, turning into a normal 343.

As soon as Li Ang saw that Tuchel was not doing well, he also directed his teammates to press forward, and he went head-to-head with Dortmund in the midfield!

As a result, the second half did not even last fifteen minutes, Dortmund decisively handed over control of the midfield, and had no choice but to shrink its formation to fight Real Madrid's counterattack.

Tuchel is still very clear-headed at this point, knowing that he has to defend completely against Real Madrid without counterattacking.

He also hopes that Pulisic on the court can perform brilliantly on the counterattack and help Dortmund recover from the decline.

But "Captain America" ​​was obviously not used to Real Madrid's high-position strangulation and pressing.

Dortmund's counterattack basically started and ended with him. There was no way, the ball was lost too quickly.

At this moment, Li Ang no longer had much interest in Royce, who was physically weak, so he kept grabbing Pulisic.

This is the first time poor Pulisic has suffered such targeted treatment.

As Tuchel's well-prepared tactical backup, he misfired, and Real Madrid scored again under a strong attack!

This time the goal came from Benzema's shot from inside the penalty area.

Li Ang and Bale played a two-on-one against the wall and then reached the sideline of Dortmund's penalty area with the ball. Then he distributed the ball to help the advancing Carvajal successfully send a precise pass to the ground!

Benzema showed his keen sense of smell in front of goal this time.

Proper movement and stable shooting under confrontation make him look completely different from the happy pot forward of the past.

And his goal directly pushed Dortmund to a dead end.

Tuchel replaced Reus and Castro with Schurrle and Shinji Kagawa in the 66th minute of the second half.

As a result, Weigl is the only orthodox midfielder left in Dortmund!

The two wing-backs Guerrero and Durm were still actively playing in the frontcourt, which put even more pressure on Weigel.

Real Madrid saw this, but like Dortmund before, they shrunk their formation and fought back!

Soon, Real Madrid's quick counterattacks frequently threatened Dortmund's backcourt defense.

In the 74th minute of the second half, Li Ang quietly pulled in at high speed during the counterattack, received Modric's through ball and accelerated, directly passing the slower Weigel!

Facing the fierce attack of Bartra, Li Ang decisively smashed the ball and cut inside!

After gaining enough dribbling space and getting rid of Bartra's defense, he chose to hit the goal decisively!

This powerful and heavy long-range shot quickly roared straight to the upper right corner of the Dortmund goal!

Burki had already made a prediction by moving his steps in advance, and his prediction choice was correct. He also tried his best to push off the ground and stretch his arms as soon as possible.

But in the end, his fingertips were still half a finger away from the football!

When the football hit the intersection between the crossbar and the goalpost, and then bounced into the goal, the Westfalen Stadium finally became quiet.

Li Ang ran towards the bottom line, smiled and raised his index finger to the live broadcast camera.

This not only represents the number of goals he scored in this game, but also represents his expectations for his team this season.

Be first!

Be a champion!