Chapter 102 You Can Be More Handsome than Me, but You Can Never Be Dirtier than Me, because I Am a Real Defensive Midfielder!

"Oh, this ball! Beautiful shot!"

"The ball goes in! Li Ang's forward run pulled away the defensive players of CSKA! Ronaldo! Ronaldo successfully helped Real Madrid break the deadlock at the end of the first half! Real Madrid got a valuable away goal!"

Zhang Lu and Duan Xuan shouted excitedly almost at the same time.

Mourinho, who had been very calm on the sidelines before, also excitedly ended his hands-in-pocket show-off mode.

He raised one arm, clenched his fist and waved it in the air, and then was hugged by the even more excited Karanka.

Commentators from various countries also kept praising Mourinho's on-the-spot adjustments.

He signaled two midfielders to join the attack, and after six or seven minutes, Real Madrid really created a chance for Ronaldo to shoot in the penalty area in the chaos in the frontcourt!

What is the adjustment ability of a master on the spot!

The nearly two thousand Real Madrid fans at the scene cheered and celebrated even more wantonly.

In the knockout stage of the Champions League, every away goal counts, and there is no such thing as insufficient gold content.

Real Madrid was able to score an away goal in the snow and ice of Moscow, which was a nearly perfect start for Real Madrid.

The rest depends on whether they can keep the victory as much as possible.

If they win 1-0, Real Madrid fans will be very satisfied.

1-1, they can accept it, and if they score another away goal and the final score is 2-2, they will also be very happy.

Anyway, after returning to the home court, every Real Madrid fan believes that they have plenty of ways to deal with CSKA Moscow.

However, the bottom line of the Real Madrid players on the field is obviously not so low at this time.

With the creation of this goal, Mourinho and Real Madrid players are thinking about how to further expand their lead.

During the halftime break, Mourinho and Karanka also quickly formulated a new tactical plan.

The wretched play in the first half made the players on the field basically adapt to the low temperature environment on the scene.

Poor turf can also be dealt with with a more direct play.

The efficiency of counterattack is much lower than usual, but the players can gradually show their personal strength that is stronger than their opponents.

Of course, the key is to protect themselves from injury first.

After determining the new style of play, the Real Madrid players returned to the field confidently.

The fans of CSKA watched Real Madrid replace Kaka with Di Maria and change the formation to 4-3-3, and immediately booed loudly again.

Mourinho's intention to resolutely counterattack and increase the speed of counterattack on both wings is too obvious.

But CSKA has no choice. Do they have to stay at home until the last moment and fight for their lives?

There is no reason to play at home.

Leonid's tactics in the second half are also very clear, that is, to play more directly and simply, increase the offensive strength, and invest more offensive manpower.

So CSKA almost took control of the midfield at the beginning of the second half and began to frequently attack Real Madrid's back.

But Pepe, who was in good form today, held up at this critical moment.

The ball-carrying attacking players that Li Ang and his team occasionally missed either left the ball behind or left both the player and the ball behind in front of Pepe.

This defensive method was somewhat rough, but very effective.

Pepe received two verbal warnings in 20 minutes, and finally received a yellow gem battle card.

But the defensive pressure he took was meaningful.

Because Real Madrid scored again before CSKA penetrated their own defense!

In the 57th minute, Higuain, who replaced Benzema who was injured in a non-confrontational way, did not let down the cross opportunity sent by Ronaldo after the breakthrough.

He calmly shot the ball directly into the far corner without stopping the ball in front of the penalty area!

Chepchugov was beaten by this almost perfect shot!

And just after this goal was scored, Mourinho immediately made decisive tactical instructions.

Di Maria retreated to the left midfield, Essien was nailed to the right midfield, and Li Ang and Alonso partnered up again to play double defensive midfielder!

442, Real Madrid must rely on midfield defense to win this game!

With Leon's retreat and the whole team's investment in defense, Pepe and Ramos can finally stop facing the opponent's forwards frequently.

The presence of Ronaldo and Higuain also made CSKA never dare to make up their minds to press all the way to besiege Real Madrid's defense.

After all, losing two away goals, there is not much suspense in the second round.

If Real Madrid loses another goal, it will directly kill all the hopes of the Russian Premier League giants.

Leonid is not as brave as Mourinho, and he dare not fight. In the end, he can only watch his team lose cleanly at home.

And the fans of Real Madrid were thinking about who they would meet in the quarter-finals when the final whistle sounded!

On the night of the game, the coaching staff and players of Real Madrid all flew back to Madrid.

The unexpected two-goal victory made them very happy, but the injuries of Arbeloa before the game and Benzema during the game also added a little haze to this victory.

The next morning, without having time to read the media's hype reports, Mourinho rushed to the training base early to get the assessment reports of the two injured players.

The results were one good and one bad.

Arbeloa's thigh muscle strain was a bit serious. Conservative estimates show that he will need more than two weeks of rest, and it is likely to take three weeks of recovery.

The unlucky Benzema sprained his ankle during the game, but fortunately, the ligaments and bones were not injured. The team doctor estimated that he would be fully recovered in one to two weeks.

Such a result finally made Mourinho feel relieved.

It was not a serious injury, and the two main players could return to the team within a month, which was much better than he expected.

But there are troubles.

At least in the subsequent deployment, Mourinho must consider the distribution of firing rights between Higuain and Ronaldo.

When it was afternoon, when the main players arrived at the training base to start recovery training, Mourinho frowned again halfway through.

This long away journey and the low temperature environment in Moscow caused too much loss to the main players of Real Madrid.

It happened that the next round of the league would start on February 18, and Real Madrid only had three days of rest.

So Mourinho had to make a choice at this time.

Is to let the main players work around the clock, hold on to the league match with Rayo Vallecano, and then take a rest.

Or should we directly arrange a rotation lineup in the next round to let the main players recover their physical fitness and condition?

Mourinho thought for a while, and finally looked at the match schedule on his notebook, and then looked at the current points advantage of Real Madrid over Barcelona.

He gradually had a plan in his mind.

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After two days of training, most of the main players of Real Madrid, who felt a little heavy, unexpectedly waited for the holiday.

On February 18, the day before the league match, they got a rest holiday to go home and rest!

Of course, some main players with good physical condition were still selected for the 18-man roster.

Like Alonso, Di Maria, and Ronaldo.

Li Ang's condition is not bad, so he was directly drafted by Mourinho.

If he wants to rest, he has to survive this round of the league before resting.

From an outsider's point of view, Li Ang is really hard. He has been working on two fronts, and he has the least rest time in the entire Real Madrid team.

But Li Ang himself thinks it's okay. After all, he has a job and can earn points, so it's okay to work hard.

He has been watching the highlights of the long-range shooting stars in advance recently, waiting to earn enough points for the diamond card so that he can draw a long-range shooting talent fragment.

So even if Mourinho decides to let him rest this round, he must at least get a chance to be a substitute.

On the evening of February 18, Mourinho led the players of "Team B" to the away game to prepare for the 24th round of La Liga against Rayo Vallecano.

Li Ang, Khedira and Granero started as three midfielders.

Marcelo, Albiol, Varane and Carvajal lined up on the back line.

The forward line is still Vazquez, Morata and Callejon forming a trident.

To deal with Rayo Vallecano, which is currently ranked just above the relegation zone, Real Madrid's rotation lineup is actually enough.

Looking at the points ranking alone, Rayo Vallecano is not much better than the real relegation team.

But Li Ang looked at the two familiar faces opposite him and couldn't help but nag again.

He asked Khedira and Granero to pay attention to the opponent's No. 19 and No. 20 forwards.

"I know Michu, he has scored eight goals in La Liga now, and he is still a big threat, but that Diego Costa, didn't he just come back from injury?"

Khedira asked Li Ang curiously, and Li Ang didn't say much, just let Brother Lian be alert.

Khedira didn't care a little, and his attention was still more on Michu, who was now famous.

As a result, Khedira suffered a loss in the confrontation with the young version of "Shengshi Meiyan" just five minutes into the game.

The two separated after a simple physical confrontation. Costa turned around and advanced quickly after getting the ball, but Khedira fell to the ground with his chest and abdomen covered.

Li Ang, who clearly saw Costa elbowing Khedira, cursed inwardly, and after seeing that the referee didn't give any signal, he accelerated and sprinted back.

With a foul pull, Li Ang ended Costa's excellent offensive opportunity in the opening stage.

But he also received the first verbal warning from the referee on duty.

"Mr. Referee, Costa just elbowed my teammate. You can see Khedira falling to the ground in pain. He is not a player who likes to dive."

"I have the ability to make independent judgments. Are you questioning my standards of judgment?"

"No, of course I don't mean that."

"He was diving! You want to defend your teammates? Come on, Mr. referee, he was very tolerant by not calling him for diving!"

"Okay, both of you, be quiet!"

Li Ang watched Costa run over to ruin his appeal, and was too lazy to waste words. He looked at Costa deeply and walked away to see what was going on with Khedira.

"That guy is a piece of shit. He dared to elbow me! I must fight back!"

Khedira, who had recovered, supported his knees at this time, looked at Costa and cursed him fiercely.

Li Ang covered his head and quickly stopped him.

"If you hit it back and the referee sees it, you'll get a card! There's always a reason why I asked you to pay more attention to him. Don't be impulsive. I'll get you back on track."

"But!"

"Trust me, Sammy! I'll stay behind to watch him, and you should pay more attention to Mi Chu's back-up."

Li Ang comforted Lian Ge with a few words. Originally, they stayed behind together today, and Li Ang's main defensive responsibility was to keep an eye on Mi Chu.

But now Khedira was about to fall into Costa's trap, so Li Ang had to exchange defensive tasks with Khedira first.

After the game started, Khedira, who was not very willing, moved forward a little to keep an eye on Michu, while Li Ang took the initiative to get close to Costa.

"What? That German kid is so bad so soon? It's your turn to fight me?"

Li Ang listened to Costa's active verbal provocation, but he didn't pay much attention to it, but asked himself.

"Brother, has anyone ever praised you for being handsome?"

Costa's voice stagnated, and he turned his head to look at Li Ang suspiciously, but Li Ang's eyes revealing a sincere look confused him.

"Do you want to praise me or ridicule me? I don't buy your tricks!"

"No, I'm just asking, after all..."

Li Ang suddenly paused here, and when Costa was distracted, he suddenly broke out and went around to intercept the ball passed to Costa by Getafe midfielder Fuego!

Costa's second reaction was not slow either, and he fought with Li Ang for position and moved forward.

But the next moment, he felt a sharp pain in the soft flesh of his waist, which stimulated him to scream and jump away quickly!

Li Ang kicked the ball to Granero who was responding on the wing.

Then he turned and grinned at Costa.

"You can be more handsome than me, but you can't be more dirty than me, because I am different from Khedira, I am a real defensive midfielder!"

It's over, huh

Regarding the use of more than two chapters to write about the first round of the Champions League knockout match between Real Madrid and CSKA Moscow today, I will explain to the big guys.

Because this is the most difficult game in the knockout rounds of the quarter-finals and quarter-finals of Real Madrid's original history.

Once this game is finished, I may not write in detail about the subsequent three rounds of knockouts, because the opponent is not strong and there is no weather factor.

So, I am not a foodie who wastes words. I reviewed the original game and the frosted artificial turf on the scene was really abstract.

And the score of that knockout match was 1-1 at that time. The big guys can probably imagine how difficult it was for Real Madrid to play in Moscow.

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