Chapter 110 Barcelona Lines up to Salute This Season’s La Liga Champions!

"This should be a special 'backhand' that Mourinho prepared for the second half of the league.

Essien, no one thought he could still play in such a state!

It took Essien just over three months to recover from a serious injury and play top performance again. It's not easy!"

He Wei looked at Essien, who was now completely reborn in Real Madrid, and felt happy from the bottom of his heart.

Xu Yang shook his head slightly, feeling a little sorry that Mourinho had played his trump card so early.

"He should have kept it a secret. In ten days, Real Madrid will play the first round of the Champions League semi-final with Bayern Munich. Wouldn't it be better to play this trump card then?"

He Wei held a different view on Xu Yang's statement, but considering that it was a live broadcast, he still saved face for his partner and dealt with this topic.

But the offline Chinese fans did not have this scruple and directly complained about Xu Yang's statement.

"What Xu Yang said, then shouldn't we test the effect of Essien's full performance before the big battle? Can your performance in the training field be compared with your performance in the game?"

"Still waiting? Isn't today's league game crucial? Do you really think that Bayern Munich coach Haier won't study Essien?!"

"If you wait any longer, you will have to wait until the Champions League final next season. Well, we can win this season without revealing Essien's trump card! Xu Yang, you have to believe in your own judgment, and we all support you!"

"Don't be silly, buddy, Coach Xu will really believe it then."

"Ah? I'm just kidding, hehe~"

The reason why Mourinho let Essien play at full strength today is actually similar to the complaints of Chinese fans.

First, he wanted to test the effect of Essien's free performance in a tough battle.

Second, he didn't think Heynckes would miss Essien, a "former superstar" who obviously had the effect of changing the rhythm of the game, in his preparations.

If you say that other coaches may have mistakes in their preparations, Mourinho believes it.

But Mourinho will not take it lightly against an old coach like Heynckes who is famous for his meticulous preparation.

And if you have to say that he will use his trump card at a critical moment, then today's match against Valencia is also critical enough.

Mourinho does not want to be distracted by the league because of an unexpected draw in the middle.

In this sprint, before the Champions League semi-finals and the Spanish national derby, he must win the La Liga championship in advance!

If he wins the championship earlier, he can devote all his energy to the Champions League and the subsequent King's Cup final earlier.

The past few seasons that were evaluated as "failures" by the outside world have made Mourinho deeply aware of this.

The more you want to win enough championships, the less room you can leave in the sprint stage of winning the championship. You should rush all in.

Hesitating to the end, wanting this and that, and finding too many excuses for yourself, the end result is often nothing.

So he revealed his trump card today, and what he wants is to win the La Liga in one battle!

In the next two rounds, they will slowly deal with Atletico Madrid and Sporting Gijon, which are just small players that can't make waves.

And Essien's performance did not disappoint him. He and Li Ang played a good situation on both offense and defense.

Valencia lost a goal first, and it was at the Bernabeu, so they would inevitably lose confidence and feel a little panic.

The more they can't regain control in the midfield, the more anxious they will be. If Emery makes inappropriate adjustments in the back, the tactical thinking will be confused, and it will be easy for Real Madrid to win.

However, Mourinho didn't want to wait for Emery to make a stupid move, nor did he want to wait until the second half to establish the victory in one fell swoop.

He wanted to speed up and see the unbalanced mentality of Valencia players in the first half!

So he moved and made tactical adjustments in the 20th minute of the first half.

"The boss wants us to keep pressing forward?"

Leon was a little surprised. This did not match his guess about Mourinho's tactical changes at this moment. He thought that Uncle Bird would let him and Essien guard against Valencia's possible strong counterattack.

Essien smiled, showing his white teeth.

"Dad is like this. If you follow him for a few more years, you will know his true character. He likes to pursue stable victories, but this does not mean that he is not bold. Let's go!"

After Essien said this, he took the lead in pressing across the center line and rushed to Alberto who was holding the ball closest to him.

Leon did not hesitate too much.

Mourinho dared to make such tactical instructions at this time, so there must be a reason for him.

As for openly opposing the head coach's tactical arrangements on the court?

Forget it. Leon is not Kepakai's coach, he doesn't have such courage.

With Leon and Essien's forward pressure, Valencia finally seized some opportunities to launch a threatening counterattack.

After all, as long as the pass avoids the interception of these two players, the slightly empty Real Madrid half will naturally become a grassland for Valencia's wing players to gallop.

But correspondingly, the Valencia players who organized in the backcourt also suffered excessive psychological pressure.

Because once the ball is intercepted in their own half, Real Madrid's counterattack army is equivalent to directly setting up artillery to block Valencia's door and bombard it!

Mourinho has to play like this despite the risk of defense, in order to further put pressure on Valencia's backcourt players.

He is also putting pressure on Emery!

If it does not change, then both sides will bet on their ability to seize opportunities, to see whether Real Madrid will score first again, or Valencia will turn the tide and equalize the score in the first half.

The on-the-spot adjustment of Uncle Bird really put Emery in a dilemma.

If it comes to tactical changes, it is definitely best to adjust during the halftime break.

But this time Mourinho is forcing Emery to make a choice.

Emery, he dare not go all out to attack, and he is unwilling to add a midfielder to defend.

It highlights his indecision.

Parejo and Aduriz and others in Valencia can't stand it anymore, so they want to have a good fight with Real Madrid.

But Topal and center back Rami, who had made mistakes before, wanted to stabilize their position first.

The front and back players had different ideas, and Emery didn't say anything. If the play was not chaotic, it would be strange.

Real Madrid's players on the field soon discovered the tactical tearing problem within Valencia.

Li Ang deliberately retreated to the vicinity of the center line, increasing the "care" for Parejo, and Benzema quickly moved to the left half.

Parejo wanted to pass the ball to the front court at this time, and sometimes the passing choice was inevitably a little radical.

Li Ang seized the opportunity to suppress Parejo's passing space. As soon as he made a mistake, Coentrao and Alonso behind Li Ang had the opportunity to steal the ball.

In the 27th minute of the first half, Coentrao intercepted Parejo's pass in front of Valencia's right winger Feghouli, and then he quickly knocked the ball to Alonso who raised his hand.

Brother Long stopped and looked, and then made a long pass directly to Benzema who retreated to receive the ball.

Li Ang and Essien once again made a tacit forward move. Benzema passed the ball steadily to Li Ang, who was rushing forward, and then turned around and started to sprint at full speed.

This time, Li Ang did not give the ball to Essien again, letting him do the forward movement.

He chose to make another long pass, directly to Ronaldo!

This long pass to the back of the Valencia defense line was still very advanced.

Ricardo Costa, who was marking Ronaldo, was no match for Ronaldo in terms of speed.

He was 31 years old, how could he outrun Ronaldo, who was 27 years old and at the peak of his physical condition?

And this time, Ronaldo, who had enough space to sprint, quickly calmed down after cutting into the penalty area.

There were too many Valencia defenders in front of him.

Ricardo Costa who chased back, Rami who pressed out to not give him space to advance, and a defensive midfielder Topal who doubled over.

Good guy, Valencia seems to have transferred all their main defensive forces in the right half.

However, when a figure rushed forward and quietly filled the empty space in front of the left side of the penalty area, Ronaldo, who noticed the figure's position, had his eyes light up.

The next moment, Ronaldo pulled the ball back, and the figure who received the ball also cooperated with Benzema who entered the penalty area to make a lob pass!

"Li Ang's position is great! He didn't go to the place where there were many defenders to double-team Ronaldo. Li Ang has a gap here, Ronaldo's pass!"

He Wei praised Li Ang when he saw his excellent position selection and running.

And when Xu Yang saw Li Ang's lob pass later, he exclaimed even more exaggeratedly!

"Beautiful!!! Li Ang made a lob pass to Benzema! Adjust and shoot!!!"

When the fleeting opportunity appeared, the Lyon bully did not soften his feet. After a slight adjustment, he aimed at the near corner and shot!

Although I usually like to kick one or two times for fun, my header ability has yet to be developed.

But at this critical moment, in front of a difficult shot that requires technical support, he rarely flinched!

Do you really think "White Ronaldo" is called for nothing!

The football almost didn't spin and quickly went into the near corner of the Valencia goal!

Guaita's foot blocking action was still a step slower!

And at the moment when the snow-white net flowers splashed, the real carnival moment belonging to the Bernabeu was officially opened!

"Little lion! Good brother!"

Guo Feng pointed his index fingers at Li Ang, laughing and retreating to the baseline.

And Li Ang also pounced on Benzema and cheered to the excited Real Madrid fans in the stands!

C Ronaldo, Di Maria, Essien, Coentrao, Alonso

One after another, Real Madrid's players on the field surrounded him excitedly.

Valencia can no longer make any waves!

They must win this game strongly and announce to Barcelona and the entire La Liga that the dominant Real Madrid is truly back!

Mourinho glanced at Emery who was sitting in the coaching booth next to him. While he was proud of his disciples, he couldn't get too excited.

It's not that he looks down on Emery. On the contrary, Emery has been able to lead Valencia to the third place in La Liga for three consecutive seasons at the age of early 40s. He must have the ability.

But his on-the-spot command level is too unstable.

Sometimes he is decisive and bold, but sometimes he seems hesitant. He is really jumping back and forth between first-class and second-rate on-the-spot levels.

Mourinho believes that Emery's coaching qualifications are still very good, but it is better to concentrate on finding a famous teacher to learn for a year or two, or to challenge himself in Serie A later.

Otherwise, there is basically no possibility of leading a big club in the future.

And beating this young coach who is still in the transformation period is really not a challenge for Mourinho.

So he quickly sat back in the coaching seat calmly, and pointed his finger at his temple to signal his players to calm down.

His gesture quickly made the Real Madrid players on the field restrain their ecstasy.

After the adventure is over and the desired benefits are obtained, what is needed is to play steadily until the final whistle of the game.

In this regard, Alonso is undoubtedly the most authoritative.

If he does not get carried away, Li Ang and Essien will return to their own half in time to consolidate the interception defense line, and Valencia's offensive rhythm will be difficult to maintain consistency.

But it must be mentioned that Aduriz, a traditional center forward, still found a chance to score in a few offensive times.

In the 62nd minute of the second half, if Casillas had not been focused enough, Ramos, who missed the man, almost let Aduriz score a goal!

Aduriz's running and scoring also awakened Real Madrid's defenders.

Later, under the double defense of Ramos and Albiol, Aduriz did not run out of a good opportunity.

At this time, many Valencia fans began to miss their main striker Soldado.

Well, this Li Ang's predecessor in Castilla is also an outstanding player contributed by Real Madrid's youth training system to La Liga.

But to be honest, with the entire midfield suppressed for a whole game, even if Soldado was not injured and could start, his performance would not be much better than Aduriz.

In the end, Valencia suffered a 0-2 defeat at the Bernabeu, and the fourth-placed Malaga successfully narrowed the points gap to one point.

And Real Madrid has removed the last roadblock on the road to winning the championship, and all Real Madrid fans began to stir up.

On the afternoon of April 9, outside the gate of the Valdebebas training base, many Real Madrid fans held up signs to cheer for the players.

When Li Ang drove to the base for recovery training, he stopped the car to sign for the little fan holding the sign "We will hold a championship celebration on April 14!"

Such a move undoubtedly won the cheers of all Real Madrid fans at the scene.

Li Ang said nothing in the end, leaving only a wink and a meaningful smile to the fans.

On the evening of April 11, Mourinho went to the Calderon Stadium with a half-rotation and half-main lineup to play the derby with Atletico Madrid.

Simeone, who has led the team for half a season and helped Atletico Madrid successfully change its style, was interviewed before the game.

He said that he would bring a wonderful derby to Atletico Madrid fans and make all Atletico supporters proud.

This statement was very impressive, and Atletico Madrid's players were also very united and determined.

Li Ang's assessment of Atletico Madrid's strength before the game was relatively objective.

Even a little overestimated.

Because he saw familiar names such as Courtois, Godin, Felipe Luis, Juanfran, and Gabi.

Under Simeone's leadership, this group of already strong defensive players can always cause some trouble for Real Madrid, right?

This is what Li Ang thought at the time.

But when the game started for only 19 minutes, he saw Ronaldo dribble past Juanfran, then dribble past Perea, and hit Courtois with a heavy shot, and his view changed quickly.

Maybe Ronaldo was too strong at this stage, or maybe Atletico was too "soft" at this stage.

Li Ang found that he was overthinking before the game, and Ramos and others were right.

Playing Atletico, there is no pressure, really no pressure!

Ronaldo directly staged a big four in this game, Benzema made up the knife and scored the fifth goal, and Real Madrid finally slaughtered the rivals in the same city 5-1 at the Calderon Stadium!

The bandit coach Simeone's face drooped, and he shook hands with Mourinho with an extremely embarrassed smile after the game.

The jubilant Real Madrid players had no time to care about the frustration of the players in the same city team.

They welcomed Sporting Gijon at the Bernabeu three days later with an extremely firm determination.

On this day, Real Madrid's main players all played against Sporting Gijon, which is currently ranked second from the bottom in La Liga. Mourinho did not arrange any complicated tactics.

Get the ball, find Ronaldo, and let Ronaldo open a gap in the offensive end first!

There is a superstar in the team, when else can he use it?

Mourinho's offensive tactics are simple, but the effect is also obvious.

Because the relegation team Sporting Gijon really couldn't withstand the repeated attacks of Ronaldo and Marcelo along the way.

From the disappointment after being opened up in the first half to the numbness after losing the ball, Sporting Gijon's will to resist was not strong.

So when the 3-0 victory finally settled, many Real Madrid fans really didn't react at the first time!

At this moment, Li Ang once again acted as the atmosphere master, riding on Ronaldo's back, took off his jersey and started to shout excitedly!

"Barcelona, ​​salute the La Liga champions this season!"

Huh! After paying off the owed words, the foodie feels at ease!

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