Starting from playing as a defensive midfielder for Real Madrid

"It's very good to learn and use it. I thought you didn't dare to let go to get the ball, but I didn't expect you to be quite brave. It's very good. Organizing a team actually starts with these trivial tasks. Most of the time What we do here is to sort out the transfer of ball rights and make the whole team run. As for when to speed up, you have to pay attention.”

Alonso put his arm around Li Ang's shoulders in the tunnel and took the trouble to explain to him the reasons for speeding up or slowing down the pace he made in the first half.

Li Ang lowered his head and thought carefully.

He is just getting started in the organizational aspect, and it is actually difficult to understand some of what Alonso said, but it does not prevent him from using his brain to think from his perspective.

What would he have done if he had been in Alonso's position?

What is the difference between his subconscious choice and Alonso's?

Through very intuitive passing comparisons, knowing the differences and gaps, you can naturally summarize the mistakes slowly, and then try to understand Alonso's thinking bit by bit.

Otherwise, imitation is also a good way of learning.

Li Ang didn't know how many times he watched Makelele's game video over and over again.

The crazy ability value gives him the strength foundation to be upgraded every year in the Real Madrid youth training camp.

The valuable "defensive positioning" insights from Makelele allowed him to get twice the result with half the effort on the road of "imitation".

If you didn’t have the talent for organization before, you wouldn’t learn it if you didn’t.

But now that Li Ang has Belleron's "core organizational skills" in his mind, he naturally has to seize the opportunity to ask Alonso about everything he doesn't understand.

"Okay, I've talked too much and you can't remember it now, so just think about what I just told you for half a month, and I will show you how to make passing choices when you practice more later."

Seeing that Mourinho was still standing at the door of the locker room, Alonso stopped communicating with Li Ang, patted him on the head and told him to go back to the locker room quickly.

"Well done."

Mourinho raised the corners of his mouth slightly, smiled and high-fived Alonso first, and then patted Li Ang kindly on the back.

"The first half was good, keep it up."

This sudden encouragement made Li Ang almost bite his tongue.

Mourinho had a good attitude towards him before, but never to the extent of active encouragement.

A little surprised, but unable to ask the reason, Li Ang could only walk into the locker room with questions on his head.

"Hey! Our new star is back!"

Marcelo was sitting on the bench taking off his socks. When he saw Li Ang coming in, he immediately threw up the socks in his hands and started howling.

They successfully took the lead in the first half. Real Madrid's generals were obviously in a good mood at this moment, and they also whistled or cheered in support.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who had lost his arrogant and protective look, grinned and patted Li Ang's butt. Di Maria took the initiative to high-five Li Ang, and Casillas, as the captain, gave encouraging applause to Li Ang.

"It really exceeded our expectations. Your performance in the game was excellent, even better than your usual training. I think José can completely rest assured now."

Karanka rubbed the back of Li Ang's head affectionately. As a Real Madrid star, he would naturally be very happy to see Real Madrid's youth training players perform well.

Li Ang was not complacent, but still said humbly that he would continue to work hard.

After high-fiving his teammates one by one, he returned to his position and took off his shoes to rest.

Mourinho saw all this and was even more satisfied with Li Ang.

When the players in the locker room were all laughing, Karanka moved the tactical board in the corner to the middle of the locker room.

The Real Madrid players stopped talking when they saw this, and invariably adjusted their sitting postures to look at Mourinho.

"Although our offense was not very smooth in the first half, in the midfield, we have firmly taken control of the initiative. After taking the lead, we can slow down the rhythm a little in the second half and control the ball first. Right, and then mobilize the two sides of Mallorca to press forward to assist their midfielder in fighting for the ball. And Cristiano and Angel (Di Maria), you can then move in close to Sergio (Ca Nales).”

Under Mourinho's clear and highly targeted tactical deployment, Real Madrid's tactical tone in the second half was quickly set.

Li Ang couldn't help but admire Mourinho when he saw Mourinho standing confidently in front of the Real Madrid stars.

This is Mourinho. In terms of tactical deployment and adjustments, his abilities are among the best in football.

And this is when Mourinho, who has just led Inter Milan to win the Triple Crown, is at his most confident.

He came to Madrid with the ambition to return Real Madrid to its status as the dominant player in football, high-spirited and confident.

Real Madrid's stars are all closely united around him now, extremely convinced, without the slightest complaint or slack.

Looking at the scene in front of you, who would have thought that just two seasons later, Mourinho would almost become a "betrayer" at Real Madrid?

Li Ang sighed for a moment, but quickly threw these distracting thoughts out of his mind.

After all, emotions are emotions, and these things have nothing to do with him.

It remains to be seen whether he will be at Real Madrid or not after two seasons.

Even if he returns to Real Madrid and becomes the main player, the chaos in the Real Madrid locker room will still have nothing to do with him.

Like his teacher Alonso, it is the wisest choice not to take sides, play well and ignore other things.

"Any more tactical questions?"

After Mourinho finished explaining the tactical adjustments, he asked one last question.

Canales seemed to still need to determine his defensive investment in the second half, and communicated with Mourinho for a while.

The other Real Madrid players who had no problem were seizing the last moment to adjust and rest.

With no substitutions on either side, the game quickly entered the second half.

Li Ang looked at Alonso who had almost retreated to the same level as himself after the game restarted, and his heart became more and more stable.

In the second half, Real Madrid focused on rhythm control.

It's not just about counter-attacking. At least if the players are of sufficient skill, Real Madrid can place the battle line for the ball with their opponents near the center circle.

If Mallorca wants to equalize the score, it must invest more troops in fighting for the ball.

If the midfielder is not good enough, he will inevitably have to move to the midfield from the wing.

And by that time, Ronaldo and Di Maria's opportunity will come.

Of course, we want Mallorca to smoothly follow Real Madrid's game rhythm.

Then Real Madrid's midfielder must first withstand Mallorca's offensive impact, forcing them to pull their wide players into the middle battlefield.

This will put a lot of defensive pressure on Li Ang alone.

But for the double midfielder combination of Li Ang and Alonso, the defensive pressure is within their ability to bear.

Li Ang changed the defensive mode of selecting positions in advance to predict interceptions in the first half, and started a wide range of coverage sweeps in the midfield and backfield.

Xavi Alonso, on the other hand, pays more attention to supplementary defense and assisting defense, and is responsible for intercepting and intercepting people in the back.

Don't be surprised, Li Ang doesn't seem to be a covering and sweeping defensive midfielder. That's just because he didn't have to do this job many times in the past, not because he didn't know how to do it.

From Real Madrid's youth teams at all levels to Real Betis, as long as Li Ang plays in a game, he is basically the player who runs the most in the team.

Just looking at this running ability, you know that Li Ang can cover and protect a large area of ​​​​the backcourt.

So when Mourinho needs Li Ang to become a sweeping machine, he can also change his style smoothly.

With him providing a large horizontal sweep of defense, Alonso's defensive pressure is much lessened than last season.

Mallorca's players did not expect that Li Ang could run so well!

Li Angcai on the front foot assisted Aveiroa in completing a double defense.

Mallorca made a comeback on the back foot, and encountered Li Ang's personal interference when advancing in the middle.

The players who won Mallorca were really going crazy!

Li Ang may not necessarily be able to grab the ball every time he attacks, but his "everywhere" messes up Mallorca's offensive advancement.

Coupled with Alonso's late tackle and timely defense.

Mallorca didn't last until twenty minutes, so they had to pull the wide players in advance and press heavily together.

Real Madrid took advantage of the situation and entered the rhythm of rapid counterattack.

Cristiano Ronaldo didn't score in the first half, which was when he was working hard to perform.

He wanted to shoot, and other Real Madrid offensive players naturally helped him take the initiative to pull away from Mallorca's defenders.

In the 67th minute of the second half, Cristiano Ronaldo received Higuain's pass during the counterattack, dunked past Mallorca's right back and then shot directly!

Li Ang didn't see much from behind, he only saw Ronaldo kicking his feet, and then his teammates in the frontcourt cheered and celebrated for the second time.

"Did the ball go in?"

Li Ang touched his head, feeling a little unsure.

"Then it must have gone in."

Alonso laughed and asked Li Ang to go to the front court to celebrate.

Mourinho off the court also clenched his fists with both hands, finally completely relieved.

During the remaining game time, Real Madrid gradually shrank its formation and launched a thorough defensive counterattack.

Ronaldo's huge threat in the counterattack made Mallorca never dare to make up his mind to attack across the board.

When they made a desperate counterattack in the last ten minutes, Mourinho decisively replaced Gago and defended the two-goal lead until the end!

When the final whistle sounded, countless Real Madrid fans beamed with joy.

Mourinho has made a good start to his coaching career at Real Madrid.

Li Ang also showed a heartfelt bright smile.

Because the system prompt sound in his head brought him a huge surprise.

Not just because winning a La Liga game would net him more system points than he expected.

Also because his crude system, which had not been "moved" much for six years, was finally upgraded at this moment!