Chapter 109 This Is Mourinho’s Ultimate Move, the PLUS Version of the Tough Midfield Trio!

Real Madrid has made it to the Champions League semi-finals for two consecutive seasons, and this year it has gained a huge advantage in the league and overwhelmed Barcelona.

For a while, Mourinho's reputation, which had slightly declined after the end of last season, has once again risen to its peak.

If it is really as the "script" given by some fans.

Mourinho led the team to defeat Bayern first, and finally overwhelmed Barcelona again in the final, leading Real Madrid to win the Champions League and successfully revive.

It is foreseeable that in the world of football coaches, Mourinho's reputation will temporarily surpass all active coaches!

Including Ferguson.

Of course, the higher the expectations, if Mourinho fails to meet the "expectations" of these fans in the end, the more fierce the backlash in public opinion will be.

But Mourinho doesn't care. He doesn't want to bear the expectations of these fans, nor does he disdain to absorb the negative arguments of the outside public opinion.

He has always been like this.

He also asked his players not to be disturbed by the outside media opinion now.

It is worth celebrating to beat Marseille 6-0 in two rounds and enter the semi-finals, but Mourinho believes that they should celebrate a little behind closed doors.

After that, it is time to put the mood back on track, forget the previous achievements, and focus on the league sprint before the next round of the Champions League.

Barcelona is currently very tight and very dead.

Guardiola may have rekindled the hunger for honor among Barcelona players.

They are no longer falling behind, and have been chasing Real Madrid with consecutive wins.

So Real Madrid must withstand this pressure and respond strongly with the same winning streak.

Real Madrid's stars have no objection to this.

They have been suppressed too much by Barcelona in the past three seasons, and it is time to use this league championship to justify themselves.

So there are not many emotional ups and downs this time. Looking at the countdown of the league schedule, all Real Madrid players can't wait to overturn the team that is still blocking their way to win the championship.

Valencia is the most eye-catching roadblock among them.

In all the matches of the 32nd round of La Liga, the match between Real Madrid and Valencia is the most watched by fans.

The only "strong dialogue", La Liga No. 1 vs. La Liga No. 3.

It is also almost the last strong enemy that Real Madrid has to face on the ideal road to winning the championship in advance.

Of course, judging from the situation in the standings, the gap between the first and third in La Liga is a bit big.

At present, Real Madrid ranks first with 85 points, Barcelona ranks second with 70 points, and Valencia ranks third in the league with 48 points.

Real Madrid and Valencia still pull the teams behind La Liga too far, or it can be said that there is nothing wrong with calling Real Madrid and Valencia the two strong teams in the Spanish Super League.

Just looking at the points situation, Real Madrid and Valencia are simply competing behind closed doors, and the rest of the La Liga teams are not their opponents.

But, no matter what, Real Madrid still has to give Valencia enough face and attention.

Because they have stepped on the pit of Levante before.

Their usual strength is not as strong as Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​but if they explode, the whole team will fight hard against you, and the result of the game is still hard to predict.

Considering this aspect, Real Madrid's coaching staff finally decided not to use a pure rotation lineup.

At the end of the season, the sprint stage can only let most of the main players play more.

After Valencia, the main players can choose to play one or two games in the remaining leagues, and there will be plenty of rest time.

So on the evening of April 8, Valencia saw Real Madrid in the Bernabeu.

Xu Yang, who was commentating on the game that night, seemed much more excited than He Wei, a genuine Real Madrid fan.

And He Wei saw that Xu Yang's opening speech was a little shaky, so he simply didn't let him introduce the starting players of both sides, and went on directly.

"Valencia lined up a 4-3-3 formation today.

Goalkeeper No. 13 Guaita.

The defenders are No. 17 Alba, No. 4 Rami, No. 18 Victor Ruiz, and No. 20 Ricardo Costa.

In the midfield, No. 5 Topal, No. 21 Parejo, and No. 24 Alberto Costa started together.

The three forwards are No. 8 Feghouli, No. 11 Aduriz, and No. 14 Piatti.

Real Madrid's Mourinho also chose to use a 4-3-3 starting formation to face Valencia.

Goalkeeper No. 1 Casillas.

The defenders are No. 1 No. 5 Coentrao, No. 4 Ramos, No. 18 Albiol, No. 23 Nacho.

In the midfield, No. 14 Alonso is behind, No. 10 Li Ang and No. 24 Essien are on both sides of the midfield.

The three forwards are No. 7 Ronaldo, No. 9 Benzema and No. 22 Di Maria. ”

“Well, yes, both teams basically sent out the strongest lineup in the team to play this round of the league.

Pepe and Arbeloa from Real Madrid were not selected in the starting lineup in this round of the game due to fatigue problems.

Valencia’s two main forwards Soldado and Jonas are also slightly injured and rest this round.

As the season draws to a close, teams will often choose to make appropriate rotations due to injuries and player fatigue. "

After He Wei and Xu Yang introduced the starting lineups of both teams today, they turned the topic directly to this season's La Liga champion.

Last year, when Li Ang won the Serie A championship, Duan Xuan was very proud.

His commentary quotes on the game when he won the championship were compiled and widely circulated by domestic fans.

This made all the commentators in Wutai jealous.

He Wei really didn't expect that in Li Ang's first full season back at Real Madrid, he would see the scene of Real Madrid winning the championship again.

And it is very likely that he will not only win the league championship.

When he thought that in a month and a half, he would most likely be on the scene to comment on the scene of Li Ang playing in the Champions League final for Real Madrid, he felt hot all over!

At this moment, countless Chinese fans in China are also eagerly discussing this round. La Liga.

After all, after Real Madrid gnawed down the tough bone of Valencia, it was basically easy to win against Atletico Madrid and Sporting Gijon.

After winning three more rounds, Real Madrid will win the championship ahead of schedule, and Li Ang will also win the La Liga championship this season after winning the Serie A championship last season!

And now Li Ang is only a few days away from his 21st birthday.

At this age, he has already won honors that many professional players have not been able to get for more than ten years.

It's not an exaggeration to brag about it!

Some fans who can't wait have directly typed out the title [Li Ang - the first person in the club to win the honor of a post-90s player! ] in the forum to attract attention.

Adding the qualifier of post-90s to Li Ang's head, the disputes between different fan groups disappeared immediately.

Because it does not involve When it comes to their favorite stars, everyone will definitely stand on Li Ang's side without thinking.

What Gotze, what Hazard, can they compare with Li Ang?

All three have won the honor of the league championship, but Li Ang has one more title, the Italian Cup and the Spanish Super Cup.

Compared with the existing honors, Li Ang is indeed the first person born in the 1990s, that is, the position he plays makes him suffer a little in personal data.

But it doesn't matter. Chinese fans believe that if Li Ang has the opportunity to play against Gotze or Hazard in the future.

Then Li Ang will definitely teach these two new stars born in the 1990s a lesson, just like he locked up Zagoyev, Isco and Griezmann before~

At 03:30 that night, when the match between Real Madrid and Valencia officially started, the already eager In the major discussion forums and sports forums, posts are refreshed one after another.

Nowadays, all the real fans in China are basically die-hard supporters of Li Ang.

When this huge support force is converted into specific ratings data, the top executives of TVB can't stop smiling.

And several domestic giant companies that have negotiated cooperation terms with Mendes in advance are also very satisfied.

With Li Ang's current reputation in China and his growing fame abroad.

It's a good deal to spend a little more money to establish a stable cooperative relationship with him!

As long as he doesn't have any scandals and doesn't get into troublesome lawsuits, these companies will only offer him one lucrative contract after another.

At this moment, Li Ang, who is being watched by millions of people, also showed his excellent state to repay their support and trust.

Well, actually it's because Li Ang used a physical recovery potion the day before this round of games.

As long as there is no problem with physical fitness and Li Ang can run, Real Madrid will have a solid advantage in the midfield.

The benefits of Mourinho's previous sparing use of Essien are also reflected now.

Essien and Li Ang, who are healthy and in good physical condition, joined forces, one on the left and one on the right, and disrupted Valencia's organizational rhythm from the beginning.

Alonso played as comfortably as he wanted in his own backcourt.

When defending, he only needed to help the two people fill in the position. After Li Ang and others took the ball, Alonso could also calmly sort out the offensive route.

Once he played comfortably, Real Madrid's offense and defense were unusually smooth.

Mourinho looked at the good results of Essien and Li Ang's pressing, but he felt a pity in his heart.

"If it was Michael (Essien) and Li Ang at their peak, this midfield combination would be more dominant on the defensive end, what a pity"

Uncle Bird shook his head, and then couldn't help laughing and lamenting that he was too greedy.

If Essien is still in his prime, Chelsea would never have loaned him to Real Madrid.

It is too extravagant to have two ball-grabbing machines in their prime in the midfield and a top-level organizer.

Karanka is not thinking as much as Mourinho at this moment.

He is only happy and satisfied.

Seeing the good results of this midfield combination running smoothly, Karanka feels that the chances of winning in the subsequent hard fight with Bayern are at least 20% greater!

Because the combination of Leon + Essien + Alonso is really a perfect match.

From the perspective of player characteristics and cooperation and complementarity, the three are like natural partners.

Each of them can complete the tactical tasks well when performing their duties, and together they can exert a stronger overall control.

Valencia's midfield combination has gradually failed to keep up with the offensive and defensive rhythm of Li Ang and the other three.

Not to mention the frequent loss of ball possession, they are always a step behind Real Madrid in defensive deployment.

If Essien is replaced by Khedira or Kaka today, Real Madrid will definitely not be able to play such a significant midfield advantage.

Mourinho failed in training Khedira, but he played the tactical scene he wanted most with Essien, who was not trusted by many people after being seriously injured.

At this moment, Emery, who was standing in front of the Valencia coaching bench and observing the development of the situation on the field, has begun to have a headache.

He thought that Essien, who had been rotated in the league before, had played well enough.

Not only him, all La Liga coaches who want to study Real Madrid probably think so.

After all, Essien had just had a serious injury and was getting older. No one would have thought that he could still show 70% to 80% of his peak strength even if he recovered well.

So now, looking at Essien who was fighting bravely and seemed not afraid of the recurrence of his old injury, Emery knew that he might suffer a big loss at the Bernabeu today.

"Damn it, if you didn't cheat Real Sociedad before, you're waiting to cheat me in this round, right?"

After cursing in his heart, Emery began to think about whether to add an extra midfielder to withstand the huge confrontation pressure from Real Madrid in the middle.

Alberto and Parejo were almost robbed. If they continued to play like this, Valencia would not be able to organize an effective attack before Li Ang and Essien were exhausted.

But it was only a little over ten minutes into the game. Isn't it a bit too hasty to change players now?

Emery struggled for about two minutes.

But during the two minutes he was struggling, Real Madrid launched a counterattack that was enough to determine the direction of the subsequent game!

It was still Li Ang. The moment he snatched the ball from Parejo, several players in the frontcourt of Real Madrid immediately began to move forward in tacit understanding.

But Li Ang did not send a long pass at the first time, nor did he knock the ball back to Alonso.

He chose to pass the ball to Essien, and then he and Essien decisively joined in!

Two small steel cannon-like tough guys rushed through the hinterland of Valencia, directly disrupting Valencia's defensive position in the midfield and backcourt.

Parejo and Alberto chased back at the first time.

But their midfield partner today, the tall midfielder Topal, did not make the right decision. ,

His speed is not fast, and his height of 1.9 meters also makes his turning not flexible enough.

At this time, what he should do most is to retreat first and erect a frontal interception barrier in front of his own defenders.

But he was eager to make a contribution, so he chose the most unsuccessful way to press forward.

Essien was amused, and knocked the ball to Li Ang who followed him in the advance, and then quickly bypassed the clumsy Topal.

Li Ang was not greedy for the ball, and faced the ball passed by Essien, and gave a moderate advance back to the front of his route.

A simple short pass and two-pass cooperation directly penetrated the midfield barrier of Valencia!

Emery wanted to curse Topal to death!

And the next straight pass from Essien made him even more desperate.

Di Maria did not stop the ball, and he stopped and dribbled to get rid of Alba's pursuit!

After cutting inside and twisting his body, Di Maria sent his signature pass!

Benzema played his supporting role very well, and took away Rami who had defensive air superiority in one breath.

At this moment, Ronaldo, who jumped up at high speed at the back point, had already suppressed Ricardo Costa!

In the competition with his national team teammates, Ronaldo showed no mercy, and after suppressing him, he simply headed for the goal!

Guaita quickly moved to the near corner of the goal when Di Maria passed the ball.

But today Ronaldo chose to head the far corner, and his hand stretched out in vain finally caught only a handful of air!

After Ronaldo scored this header, He Wei and Xu Yang celebrated passionately in the studio!

At the Bernabeu, the crazy cheers that broke out in an instant swept the entire stadium and went straight to the sky!

The live camera first aimed at Ronaldo, the hero of the goal, and then turned to Li Ang and Essien, who were clapping and laughing and hugging in front of the Valencia penalty area!

The two of them deliberately waited for a while, and when Alonso, who was also smiling, came forward, the three of them ran to the celebration area where Ronaldo and Benzema were.

Mourinho looked very happy at this time, and the commentators from various countries also had similar thoughts in their minds:

So this is Mourinho's big move!

Essien, who has recovered his form, completely replaced Khedira, and the PLUS version of the Real Madrid midfield macho trio is officially online!

There is another chapter in the evening!