Chapter 112 I Told You that Li Ang Will Be the Key Figure in Breaking the Impasse Today! [Please Subscribe, Big Guys! ]

"Real Madrid's players took the initiative to press Bayern at the Allianz Arena in Munich! They chose to take the initiative! Essien and Li Ang also went up!"

The development of the game situation greatly exceeded the expectations of Duan Xuan and Zhang.

Real Madrid did not consolidate its defense at the beginning as expected.

Instead, Bayern's attempts on the offensive end were seriously hindered by Real Madrid!

Ronaldo and Di Maria were also very active on the defensive end today, and Zhang praised them.

"We can see that the players on both sides, especially the players in the midfield and frontcourt, have been engaged in defense since the beginning of the game today.

On the Real Madrid side, Ronaldo and Di Maria were very aggressive in their pursuit of the ball, and Ribery on the Bayern side, hey! Ribery saw that he could not catch up with Di Maria who was stealing the ball, so he directly chose a tactical foul.

It seems that Heynckes also made good arrangements before the game to deal with Real Madrid's counterattack, and both sides were well prepared."

The two watched the game that started at the beginning, and the commentary speed gradually increased.

Of course, the offensive players on both sides have been praised, and Li Ang must be included.

Even though Li Ang has not been taken care of by the camera yet, Coach Zhang has spoken in advance.

"Today, the midfielders on both sides, especially the players in the defensive midfielder position, have a big stage to play. Xiao Li will be the key to Real Madrid's midfield!

I am not bragging, I feel that the coaches on both sides must grasp the fight for the ball today, and maybe Xiao Li can play a role in the offensive end today."

As soon as Coach Zhang's voice fell, Li Ang and Essien carried out a decisive siege and interception against Kroos in the live camera!

The young TK is now playing as a central midfielder, not the midfield rhythm master in Real Madrid in the future.

In the premise of his position, he needs to advance in the offense and look for opportunities to deliver shells to several sharp teammates.

The work of organizing and sorting out the backcourt is still done by his teammate Schweinsteiger, so now he and Li Ang are directly facing each other.

How to get rid of Li Ang's defensive interference in today's game was an important tactical issue that Heynckes had arranged for him half a month ago.

Kroos himself was also mentally prepared.

However, at this moment, he really didn't expect that Li Ang and Essien would double-team him decisively at the beginning of the game!

Kroos, who was a little surprised but not panicked, planned to pass the ball to Gomez who was retreating to respond through the gap between the two double-teaming.

This is not his arrogance, he has this ability, and he has used his skills to find such passing opportunities more than once in the Bundesliga with his balanced left and right feet.

But he still underestimated Li Ang's "understanding" of him.

When he accelerated slightly to get rid of Essien and just passed the ball to his left foot with more space for passing, Li Ang had already decisively chosen to put the shovel!

No space for Kroos to kick, not at all!

Kroos fell to the ground, but his expression was not painful, because Li Ang was not coming for others, and the shovel action was very clean, and he retracted his foot after shoveling the ball out of the sideline.

However, for the benefit of the team, Kroos rolled on the ground twice and lay down.

The referee blew the whistle and did not give Li Ang a verbal warning. He saw it clearly just now and just blew a foul.

Li Ang did not make any appeal. He knew very well that this was a normal home whistle.

"Hey, can you stand up?"

Li Ang walked straight to Kroos, stretched out his hand to him, and asked in English.

"No problem. Thank you."

Kroos took Li Ang's hand, stood up from the ground, and replied in English.

"They actually underestimated you, but I won't."

In the short close approach, Li Ang left such a sentence to Kroos, and then trotted back to his own defensive zone three to set up defense with his teammates.

Kroos was even more surprised. He didn't understand Li Ang's intention of saying this to him.

It doesn't sound like sarcasm. It's praising him?

"Tony, how do we play this set-piece?"

Ribery, who came to discuss the arrangement of the set-piece in the frontcourt, brought Kroos back to his senses.

Ten seconds later, Kroos, who was about to take a free kick, looked at Ribery's figure who continued to gallop on the left. While running to coordinate, he could not help but glance at his right front subconsciously.

Well, Li Ang followed again.

Seeing this, Kroos subconsciously asked Ribery, who had been locked by Aveiroa, to pass the ball back to him.

The moment he received the ball, Kroos quickly passed it back again, allowing Schweinsteiger to reorganize the attack route, and he himself trotted back.

Seeing that Kroos chose not to move forward this time, Li Ang also slowly retreated and focused his attention on Robben, who was likely to get the ball next.

After watching the development of these two attacks, Heynckes nodded secretly.

Kroos's choice was a little more stable, but this was the tactical effect he wanted.

He did not want to give Real Madrid too many opportunities to steal the ball and counterattack in the middle of the midfield, especially in Real Madrid's half.

As the link between the midfield and the frontcourt, Kroos can stably deliver the ball to the wingers on both wings and the full-backs who come in, and he has completed his tactical task.

Bayern's winning hand lies in the wing, in the individual performance of Ribery and Robben, in Lahm's cross, and in the forward rush of the wing and the middle.

So if you want to take tactical risks, it is also around the wing, allowing Ribery and Robben to take advantage of these adventures.

Instead of letting Kroos and Schweinsteiger use the loss of ball possession to allow Real Madrid to quickly launch a sharp counterattack.

This is Heynckes' winning strategy.

The middle road must be stable and must be stable. He must also draw Real Madrid's attention to the wing.

If Mourinho wants to play against him, he must force Real Madrid to pull Ronaldo and Di Maria back to the half court to defend!

In fact, Heynckes also succeeded, at least in the tenth minute of the first half, he was successful.

Real Madrid began to shrink its formation.

Facing the constant overlapping attacks from Bayern's left and right wings, Mourinho "had to" choose to stabilize the defense first in accordance with his tactical prediction.

This is also what commentators from various countries think.

Many commentators looked at Real Madrid, which had already deployed its offensive formation, with regret and began to return to defense.

The offensive and defensive battle is not as exciting and interesting as the attack between strong teams. Unfortunately, Real Madrid only lasted for the first ten minutes.

But, is this really the case?

While Duan Xuan was constantly explaining the rationality of Real Madrid's current shrinking formation, Coach Zhang saw Mourinho standing up from the Real Madrid coaching bench!

"Mourinho seems to be giving tactical instructions. Essien in the midfield was the first to see Mourinho's tactical gestures! Is Real Madrid planning to put Bayern in the half to target them tactically?!"

Coach Zhang's voice made countless Chinese fans focus on Mourinho, who was shouting loudly from the sidelines to the field!

It was like a signal, a switch.

After Mourinho made a tactical adjustment, Real Madrid's front players who retreated back accelerated their pressing and running.

And Li Ang, who was facing Robben at this time, also launched their own defensive performance in the backcourt!

Robben has met many top midfielders on the field in recent years.

He has played against steady midfielders with excellent positioning, and also played against sweeping midfielders who run actively and like to confront.

But Robben is really the first to see a midfielder like Li Ang who never forgets to block his inside space during active sweeps.

He felt very uncomfortable, and he also realized that Li Ang knew his characteristics very well.

If he wanted to cut inside, Li Ang would always press his space first.

If he wanted to dunk the ball to the bottom, Li Ang would keep at least half a meter away from him.

Just let him pass the ball with his back foot. If he passed the ball to Li Ang, he really didn't care, just let him pass.

But he didn't give him the opportunity to dunk the ball back and cut into the penalty area or pass the ball with his back foot!

How to do this? !

Robben had tried several times before, but felt that the kick was awkward. Seeing that Li Ang did not give him any chance, he passed the ball back first.

But in the 14th minute of the first half, after seeing that Gomez and Kroos were both rushing into the Real Madrid penalty area, Robben could not help it.

He was determined to break Li Ang!

Before Gomez entered the penalty area, Robben took the ball and accelerated on the right.

As before, Coentrao and Li Ang completed the position change, and Li Ang moved inward to help Li Ang fill the position. Li Ang forced Robben to fight one-on-one with Bayern's right-wing sharp knife.

Robben did not give Li Ang the opportunity to get close to him, and chose a simple and rough dribbling to cut in!

His burst speed was still much faster than Li Ang, and this breakthrough choice was very effective. Li Ang was indeed left behind by Robben in the first time.

And as Robben expected, Li Ang cleverly chose to cut a straight line and return to defense to block his cut-in route again.

So Robben dribbled the ball with confidence. When he judged that Li Ang did not react in time, he could successfully complete the pass after dribbling the ball!

But Li Ang's reaction speed exceeded Robben's expectations!

In other words, Li Ang predicted his offensive choice this time, stopped his momentum of returning to defense in advance, turned around and directly confronted him!

Thanks to the fact that he had practiced boxing since Serie A, Li Ang's sense of balance was quite good, and he was not troubled by sudden stops and turns.

On the contrary, Robben did not react well after Li Ang approached him, and was instantly squeezed away by Li Ang and lost control of the ball!

"Run!"

Li Ang, who dribbled the ball in the opposite direction and launched a charge at the first time, yelled, and after carrying the ball for more than six or seven meters, he decisively sent a short pass to his own center.

There, Alonso, who followed up and inserted forward, did not stop the ball. The advance observation allowed him to quickly simulate the best offensive route.

Facing the short pass from Le Ang, Alonso quickly swung his right calf and made a long diagonal pass to the right side of Bayern's half, which is where Ronaldo was!

However, the Real Madrid player who received the ball was not Ronaldo, but Benzema who had moved to the side in advance!

Long Ge's long pass was still flat and accurate, and Benzema could stop the ball comfortably and pass it back.

Ronaldo, who had previously rushed forward from his own half, had already stepped up in the middle.

After stopping and running, he quickly passed Bayern's midfield, and before Gustavo intercepted, Ronaldo knocked the ball to Di Maria who was following up on the right!

Ronaldo was much faster than Gustavo without the ball. In desperation, Gustavo could only signal Badstuber, who was lagging behind, to come and restrict Ronaldo with him.

Di Maria chose to pass the ball in advance at this time!

A smooth outside instep cross quickly ran to the back of the Bayern goal!

Benzema, who had previously made a pass and moved forward, jumped up with all his strength in front of Boateng and completed a mid-range header!

Neuer's reaction was quite quick and his choice was very bold. He chose to block the ball with one hand after exploding sideways!

Some goalkeepers with insufficient arm strength may deform their save gestures, causing the football to continue to fly into the goal.

But Neuer is not one of these goalkeepers.

He successfully hit the ball out of the baseline amid the exclamations of more than 70,000 fans at the scene!

After the thrilling emotions faded, Bayern's home fans cheered and applauded Neuer crazily!

Benzema didn't care about being upset at this time, and trotted to the baseline to quickly put the ball in the corner area.

And several Real Madrid headers in the backcourt have joined Li Ang and Ronaldo, and plunged into Bayern's penalty area!

Neuer began to yell and command his teammates' defensive positions.

Real Madrid's set-piece threat is still very large. Heynckes has done detailed research before and dare not take Real Madrid lightly in this regard.

Ronaldo, Ramos and Pepe became the focus of Bayern Munich's defenders.

Li Ang, who was less threatening with headers, and Benzema, who was even less threatening, moved in the penalty area to attract Bayern's defensive attention.

Essien and Long Ge were ready to connect at the outside of the penalty area.

Di Maria stood at the kick-off point and raised his right arm high.

The Bayern penalty area began to become chaotic, and the players on both sides began to push and block.

Li Ang suddenly started at this time, retreating from the middle of the penalty area to the back point, and retreated to almost the same area as Pepe.

This change made Boateng alert, and he quickly directed Badstuber to the back point to assist Gustavo in defending the two.

Di Maria's corner kick was also sent out at almost the same time, looking for Ronaldo in the middle of the penalty area!

The ball was a little high, but this was what Ronaldo liked the most.

Because other defensive players couldn't reach it, he could just rely on his excellent jumping ability to complete the header.

However, Boateng did not give Ronaldo space to sprint at this time. The two completed a head-on confrontation in the air. Boateng failed to jump up, but he successfully interfered with Ronaldo's power!

"It's a header!"

Duan Xuan yelled loudly, with a lot of anxiety in his voice.

Coach Zhang saw Li Ang who broke free from Gustavo's defense at a glance!

The football falling in the back of the penalty area soon ushered in the scramble of Real Madrid and Bayern players.

But Li Ang was the one who reacted the fastest!

Even though he had no chance of completing a shot facing the goal at this time!

Gustavo was behind Li Ang, and Lahm also rushed over quickly from outside the penalty area, and was about to destroy Real Madrid's offensive opportunity this time!

Li Ang had no time to think and make a decision.

All he could do was to complete the header back swing as soon as possible!

And it was a header back swing towards the ground. He hoped to see a white figure on the Bayern penalty area line, anyone could do it!

Fortunately, after Li Ang completed the header, he saw Long Ge's face, which was as calm as water at the moment.

And those determined and bright eyes!

Alonso slightly raised his left foot and stopped the ball in front of his right foot.

Under the attention of thousands of cameras and the wide-eyed gaze of hundreds of millions of fans, he completed a powerful shot one step inside the Bayern penalty area!

When the football penetrated Bayern's defense, suddenly appeared in Neuer's pupils and then rapidly enlarged, the heart of the German goalkeeper began to sink infinitely.

His super reaction ability allowed him to make a save at the first time.

His strong body and abundant physical strength allowed him to quickly approach the football in an instant.

But at the moment when his fingertips rubbed against the football, Neuer's eyes showed pain.

He couldn't save the ball!

"Shua——!!!"

The crisp sound of the football and the net rubbing against each other echoed in the ears of every Real Madrid fan at this moment, like the sound of nature!

Li Ang, who had completed the key pass back earlier, excitedly rushed towards Alonso who had completed the amazing shot!

The Allianz Arena in Munich, which had previously cheered passionately for Neuer's god-level save, was like a library at this moment!

No, there was a small group of people, the people in white clothes were shouting and screaming wildly in the red fans group!

Mourinho, who was roaring and celebrating like a release on the sidelines, this scene deeply hurt the hearts of all Bayern fans watching the game in front of the TV!

Duan Xuan roared in anger at the moment of the goal, and Coach Zhang on the other side was equally excited.

"A steal and counterattack! A header back! I said, Li Ang will be the key figure to break the game today!"

I will definitely not be able to finish writing about this game today, so I left some words to finish writing about the first leg of this Champions League semi-final tomorrow.