Starting from playing as a defensive midfielder for Real Madrid

Big Ibrahimovic's righteous speech came at the right time.

The Italian media, which did not take it too seriously to watch the excitement, immediately started mocking the Western media.

Several well-known journalists in the Italian media wrote articles that went straight to the point, and they were short of directly mocking the Western media for not understanding the importance of defense.

And given Li Ang's late-arriving organizational growth talent shown in Milan last season, sooner or later he will be able to develop in the direction of Alonso.

Even if the final organizational level is not top-notch, combined with Li Ang's defensive talent, he will at least be a top-notch defensive midfielder in future football.

Is it an exaggeration to wear No. 10 in advance, which is something that even the Real Madrid team doesn’t pay much attention to?

Before the Western media, which had been ridiculed by the crowd, had time to unite to counterattack the Italian media, they split into two camps.

The pro-Real Madrid media first attacked several sports newspapers and magazines that had previously published articles provoking this war of words.

Immediately afterwards, other media who were still waiting to see which direction the trend would take quickly fell into line.

The two sides had a heated argument, which in the end further spread Li Ang's reputation in the football world.

Mendes, who was observing the development of the situation, turned his worries into joy and decisively withdrew the subsequent public relations plan.

And Li Ang immediately called his Real Madrid teammates and Ibrahimovic to thank him.

However, during the exchange of thanks with Ibrahimovic, Li Ang was keenly aware of Ibrahimovic's slightly depressed mood.

Li Ang, who has been paying attention to Milan recently and knows Milan's record at the start of the new season, also wisely did not mention the game.

Moreover, there are a lot of messes in the Milan team now, and it's not just a simple record problem.

Li Ang, who knows full well what abyss Milan will fall into in the future, can only comfort Ibrahimovic a few more words.

Apart from that, there was nothing else he could do.

Any advice on Ibrahimovic’s current situation and future career plans?

That's not what he's suitable to do now.

After ending the call with Ibrahimovic, Li Ang also turned his mind back to La Liga and the upcoming Champions League group stage.

In the last round of the league, Barcelona was finally tied again at home in Valencia.

Now Barcelona, ​​which has started with two consecutive draws, has fallen to third place in the league standings.

The Real Madrid generals opened a four-point gap with Barcelona before their eyes, and they were full of energy.

In the sixth round of La Liga, Real Madrid still went all out against Rayo Vallecano, a team whose strength was not much different from Racing Santander.

Mourinho will not be confident in rotating the lineup frequently at this moment. It is enough to give the core players a rest once in a while.

Instead of taking advantage of the good schedule to score more points, why not save your physical strength to fight hard against strong teams later?

Real Madrid, who once again went all out, did not give Rayo Vallecano much chance to resist.

Seeing the team take a two-goal lead in less than 20 minutes in the first half, Real Madrid fans at the Bernabeu knew that they were about to usher in another hearty victory.

Ronaldo didn't score too many goals today and simply opened his goal account, but he gained a lot in assists.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who sent out a beautiful assist in each half, played very relaxedly and did not consume much physical energy.

Benzema did not waste a rare opportunity today and scored twice efficiently in the first half.

Higuain, who replaced him in the second half, finally scored.

This scene made Movistar's La Liga commentator call Mourinho ushered in "happy troubles."

After all, Real Madrid's two centers seem to be in good form.

How to arrange the playing time of the two has naturally become an important issue for Mourinho and the Real Madrid coaching staff at this stage.

In the end, Real Madrid defeated Rayo Vallecano 6-1 at home, changing the start of the league into a dazzling five-game winning streak.

As the only team in La Liga that still maintains a winning streak, Real Madrid tops La Liga with 15 points.

Barcelona, ​​with three wins and two draws, moved up to second place with 11 points.

Comparing the first five rounds of record in other major major leagues, only Manchester United and Real Madrid have the same opening five-game winning streak.

But in the sixth round of the Premier League that has already concluded, Manchester United was also tied by Stoke City.

In other words, among the current mainstream European leagues, only Real Madrid still has the possibility of pursuing six consecutive wins or even more consecutive wins at the beginning of the league.

You can say that this kind of data doesn't make much sense, but it does make sense when viewed over the entire season's timeline.

However, at this stage, the morale of the Real Madrid team has been significantly boosted by this winning streak.

Compared with Barcelona's arrogance in recent years, the impact of this morale is quite important.

After all, many times, the difference between being able to stand up and not being able to stand up is actually just this one breath.

Mourinho also values ​​the players' fighting will and morale more than other head coaches.

In his exact words at the team meeting after the pre-season training, that is:

"We didn't lose to Barcelona by three points last season, but we lost to Barcelona's tenacity and hard work that were worth the last three points!"

It sounds quite mysterious, but that's what Mourinho thinks, and the Real Madrid players finally believed it.

So the Real Madrid players currently carrying this momentum are actually proving to Mourinho and the outside world.

They are no worse than Barcelona.

And to what round can this winning streak be maintained in the end, how much more league pressure can be exerted on Barcelona.

It depends on the determination of each Real Madrid player.

This is mental pressure and psychological burden, but it can also be a source of motivation.

Transforming and growing under pressure and pain is the only way Real Madrid can take to overpower Barcelona again.

And every Real Madrid player now firmly believes that they can eventually achieve their goals.

Because they represent Real Madrid, they are already on a challenging road full of thorns.

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The Champions League group stage resumed on September 26.

In all the games in this round of the group stage, there was barely one that could be called a strong dialogue.

Bayern VS Premier League giants Manchester City.

In the rest of the group matches, the European giants basically faced opponents that were much weaker than themselves.

In comparison, the strength gap between Real Madrid and Ajax is not particularly huge.

The trend of public opinion is basically advocating that the major giants continue to win, thereby consolidating their leading positions in their respective groups.

In other words, in this round of the Champions League group stage, except for Bayern, it is not surprising that the other giants win.

Whoever loses will make the headlines!

Real Madrid is naturally not too worried. After all, they have the pleasant experience of beating Ajax in two rounds last season.

Li Ang was also there at the time, so the players in Real Madrid's main lineup basically had an overwhelming psychological advantage.

And Ajax, who visited the Bernabeu again, was obviously a head lower in terms of momentum.

However, just as the two teams finished their warm-up before the game and the Ajax players were walking back to the tunnel with a slightly serious and reserved look, Li Ang cheerfully took the initiative to approach Ajax head coach De Boer.

Well, it's the same DeBoer who drew the long pass talent fragment before.

Li Ang shamelessly went up to say hello. Although De Boer looked confused, he still had a friendly chat with Li Ang.

In Li Ang's praises of "I am your fan" and "I have loved watching you play games since I was a child".

DeBoer couldn't help but finally took Li Ang's pen and paper with a smile on his face.

He signed and also left his phone number at Li Ang's request.

In the end, under the surprised eyes of the players of Ajax and Real Madrid, Li Ang happily trotted back to the locker room with a pen and paper.

While DeBoer felt happy and comfortable, he couldn't help but have a little question.

"Li Ang is really my fan? Then why didn't he ask me for an autograph last season?"

De Boer, who still didn't know that he had been tricked, thought for a few seconds, and finally shook his head with a smile, secretly saying that he was worrying too much.

After all, Li Ang was so happy when he saw him signing his name and leaving his phone number.

It's not easy to express the joy that comes from the heart. Besides, what was Li Ang trying to do by lying to him?

Right?

"I got it! I'll send text messages to communicate more and greet you later, and then find an opportunity to say that my long biography has been imitating him since he was a child, and then..."

Li Ang, who returned to the locker room with a happy face, kept thinking about learning more about long passes from De Boer.

There is the insight from DeBoer himself on "the best time for defensive players to pass long passes".

At that time, he pretended to casually reveal a few words, saying that he had learned from studying the DeBoer game video tape.

Humph, he didn't believe that De Boer would not take the bait!

Li Ang, who had a preliminary plan in mind, was looking forward to it, but after Mourinho entered the locker room, he quickly returned his attention to the game.

At this moment, under the noisy background of the Bernabeu, commentators from various countries also faced the live broadcast cameras and began to introduce the situation of the two teams to their domestic audiences.

Today on Channel 5, Duan Xuan and Xu Yang partnered to commentate on this Champions League group match.

It was probably past 2:40 in the morning in China, but the two of them were still in good spirits.

After reviewing the results of the group match between Ajax and Real Madrid last season, Duan Xuan watched the players on both sides begin to enter the court and went straight to the topic.

"Okay, the players on both sides have already entered the Bernabeu Stadium with the referee team. Xu Yang, please introduce to the audience the starting players of both teams today."

Xu Yang, who had rehearsed beforehand, quickly took over the words handed over by Duan Xuan, without taking any notes, and confidently spit out a string of player names.

"Okay Duan Xuan. Real Madrid, who are playing at home today, did not start with Kaka's deformed 4-4-2 like before, but instead formed a 4-3-3 formation that is more aggressive.

The starting goalkeeper is Casillas.

The defense is lined up from left to right, including Coentrao, Ramos, Pepe, and Arbeloa.

In the midfield, Alonso continues to play as a single defensive midfielder, Di Maria serves as the left center midfielder, and Li Ang serves as the right center midfielder.

Of course, we all know that Li Ang is very active in his current position. Under normal circumstances, he will provide defensive protection in front of Alonso and can also go forward to support the attack.

When defense is needed, Li Ang can retreat to the midfielder position and form a double midfielder with Alonso. How to play depends on Mourinho's tactical arrangements at that time.

On the forward line, Ronaldo is on the left, Benzema is in the center, and Callejon is on the right.

As for Ajax, De Boer played a good game today."

In Xu Yang's slightly monotonous and hypnotic introduction, the players on both sides also quickly walked through the opening ceremony.

The Chinese audience could only rely on the exciting Champions League theme song to wake up first.

When the game officially started, all the Chinese fans were in high spirits, and they looked forward to Li Ang who ran to the side to receive the pass from Brother Long at the beginning.

Ajax's opening pressure today was very aggressive. Not only did two forwards press Real Madrid's half, but also as many as three midfielders joined the ranks of pressing Real Madrid.

With a 3-5-2 starting formation, Ajax did have a lot of midfielders to do this kind of work.

Real Madrid was not in a hurry to directly kick the ball to make an offensive test, but hooked Ajax's midfielders and pressed all the way into Real Madrid's hinterland.

Li Ang decisively knocked the ball that Brother Long passed to him back to Arbeloa, indicating that he should further pass the ball to Pepe.

Then, Li Ang looked at an Ajax midfielder who ran forward from his side with a hint of curiosity.

That was the young Eriksson.

When playing the Champions League group match against Ajax last year, Li Ang had already played against the young Su Shen.

But this is the first time to play against Eriksen, after all, Eriksen was still a substitute in the Champions League last year.

Li Ang doesn't remember when Elkeson became famous, but he remembers that Tottenham bought Elkeson with the money from selling Bale.

In other words, Eriksen will attract the attention of at least Tottenham's level in the next one or two seasons.

Well, his strength is still far from his peak, but it doesn't prevent Li Ang from being interested and wanting to give him a good "lesson".

"I'm letting Elkeson feel the Premier League level confrontation in advance. Anyway, you have to go sooner or later. It's better to adapt early than late, hehe."

Thinking of this, Li Ang also actively retreated to the backcourt to help Brother Long and his own defenders pass the ball.

After a skilled seduction, seeing that the two wings of Ajax's midfield were somewhat out of touch with the defense, Ramos, who was holding the ball, kicked a precise long pass directly!

Callejon, who received the ball, stopped the ball and quickly advanced along the left side of Ajax.

However, Ajax's left center back Vertonghen also reacted quickly and snatched the ball from Callejon in a one-on-one situation with a faster speed.

Ajax's counterattack was just as fast.

Although they did not like to play long passes like Real Madrid, Ajax also played the ball to Real Madrid's half in a few moves through quick ground short passes.

After Eriksen got the ball near the midline, he wanted to observe the running positions of his teammates on both wings, but unexpectedly, a figure in white quickly approached his area.

"Oh! Li Ang's pressure was decisive. Eriksen wanted to dribble horizontally to protect the ball first. Oh! The confrontation ability is too poor!

Li Ang's kick seemed to knock Eriksen down after poking the ball away. What did the referee say? No problem, the game continues!"

Duan Xuan's commentary was very fast. Xu Yang didn't keep up. In the end, he could only say "That's right!"

Li Ang, who gave Eriksen a warning at the beginning, didn't give other Ajax midfielders too much time to react.

He rushed forward with the ball for two steps, and then sent a bold through ball rolling to the side!

In the end, the through ball that almost stuck to the sideline, but did not spin out of the sideline, and the running Ronaldo entered the Ajax defensive third zone together.

Mourinho was smiling from ear to ear on the sidelines, and Long Ge in the backcourt couldn't help but give Li Ang a thumbs up for this forward through ball.

It has technical content and the lead time is appropriate. More importantly, Li Ang now has the confidence to pass the ball like this!

Real Madrid fans at the Bernabeu burst into cheers.

They cheered for the tacit passing and running cooperation between Li Ang and Ronaldo.

At this moment, Ronaldo was also full of confidence and used his speed to completely get rid of Sidwell, and turned to cut inside at the moment of touching the ball!

Alderweireld had to give up Benzema who was following up in the middle to limit Ronaldo's shooting options.

But the next moment he moved, Ronaldo gently pushed the ball to the middle!

For other teammates, Ronaldo would not choose to pass the ball at this time.

But for Kaka and Benzema, Ronaldo would pass!

Don't ask why, the answer is "preference"

Even if my Guofeng has been happy to receive Ronaldo's pass more than once, when he runs out of a better opportunity, Ronaldo will still find him first.

And this time, Guofeng has obviously correctly switched to the "Lyon Little Overlord" mode.

After stopping and adjusting, he shot a low shot into the near corner. This amazing shooting skill made Ajax goalkeeper Vermeer lose his temper!

In just the seventh minute of the game, Real Madrid took a 1-0 lead at home!

Such a perfect start made the entire Bernabeu a sea of ​​carnival!

Li Ang, who had previously sent a key through ball, stood still, tilted his head and spread his hands in a very chic manner, and then smiled and went to celebrate with his teammates.

Chinese fans who stayed up late to watch the game looked at Li Ang's celebration and laughed happily!

Some Spanish media previously wrote articles about Li Ang wearing the No. 10 jersey of Real Madrid.

Those news were later translated and posted on major domestic sports forums.

Many Chinese fans immediately climbed over the wall to join the crusade against those Spanish media.

Although the Real Madrid stars stood in line, and Ibrahimovic's scolding made them feel quite relieved.

But Li Ang did not continue to speak, which still made many Chinese fans feel a little regretful.

Seeing this scene, they realized that they were worrying too much.

It turns out that Li Ang was waiting for an opportunity to make another "counterattack" of his own.

Look at that coquettish gesture of helplessly spreading her hands. She obviously didn't say anything, but through the camera, she slapped those boring media in the face!

"Yes, I defend a lot, I tackle hard, and I only know how to headbutt violently."

"But I'm a good number ten~"

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