Starting From Playing as a Defensive Midfielder for Real Madrid

Chapter 134 You Are Not Vieira, and You Are Not as Good as Vieira [Please Subscribe]

Chapter 134 You are not Vieira, and you are not as good as Vieira [Please subscribe~]

"Leon's ground pass! Great ball! Ronaldo continues to advance with the ball. Long shot!!! Wow! The ball goes in! Joe Hart didn't catch the ball! The ball goes in! A world wave! Real Madrid successfully broke the deadlock in the first half!"

"Oh! Joe Hart made a mistake in this save. His reaction shouldn't be so slow! He didn't catch the ball at all. This is not a close-range grab, but a long shot that looks almost 30 meters long. It shouldn't be!"

After He Wei's passionate commentary paused, Coach Zhang pointed out Joe Hart's mistake in this save in the studio without any hesitation.

He Wei actually wanted to follow up with an explanation:

Isn't Joe Hart's reaction like this every time he encounters a world wave? It's better to say that he made a mistake than to say that he was unlucky.

But thinking about the number of Premier League and England fans in China, which is not small, He Wei finally changed the subject.

"Maybe it's because Ronaldo's kick was too sudden and wonderful. It's rare to make a great save, let alone a world wave! Joe Hart probably didn't expect Ronaldo to kick the ball from that position and distance."

"Manchester City is very passive. Once the ball is scored, Real Madrid can completely start to shrink its formation to counterattack Manchester City.

The four offensive midfielders are so far forward. It's better to pull Barry back and play double defensive midfielder with Garcia. Yaya Toure just doesn't like to return to defense. If he doesn't cooperate with Barry on this side, the gap in the middle of Manchester City's midfield will be too big."

After He Wei made a few excuses for Joe Hart, Coach Zhang shook his head and directly pointed out Manchester City's formation today, which can even be said to be a mistake in selecting players.

Why not say tactical mistakes?

Because Mancini's style of play looks bold at first glance, but after a closer look, it still feels reasonable.

When the 4-1-4-1 formation was arranged, everyone with a discerning eye knew that Mancini wanted to focus on the confrontation and control of the middle road with Real Madrid.

Manchester City has Silva and Nasri in front and Yaya Toure and Barry in the back. In terms of technology and confrontation, they are not afraid of the midfield combination of Real Madrid.

And expanding the defense line as much as possible is also a good attempt to prevent Real Madrid from counterattacking.

After all, Yaya Toure and Barry seem to be playing as central midfielders today, but that is their position on the offensive end.

When it comes to defense, the two of them retreat and sink, and they can quickly form an interception line in front of Garcia.

Silva and Nasri took the lead in curbing the attack launched by Real Madrid on both sides.

Yaya Toure and Barry strangled Real Madrid's counterattack in the middle of the midfield.

How about it, does this tactic seem to be quite reasonable?

But the key is that Yaya Toure just likes to advance and attack. If you ask him to actively return to defense occasionally, he can do it.

But it is impossible for him to maintain such a positive attitude in defense throughout the game.

After Mancini led the team to win the Premier League title last season, he didn't know whether he had a wrong perception of his coaching prestige.

He actually thought that he could control Yaya Toure to change his playing style and nature.

At this moment, he paid a heavy price for his self-confidence.

While Real Madrid was celebrating passionately, Mancini also slowly recovered from the blow.

He first looked at the Manchester City players who were a little nervous in the stadium, and then looked at Yaya Toure who had a calm expression on his face.

The emotions in Mancini's eyes were very complicated, and it could be said that he loved and hated him.

Perhaps, Yaya Toure now does not think that the goal just now was caused by his defensive misalignment.

He will calmly blame Barry's speed, Garcia's conservative delay, and Maicon's positional explosion at the last moment.

But he will not think that he should take the main responsibility.

This is him, Yaya Toure, who has a strong and versatile defensive midfielder template, but is now less and less fond of defense.

Yaya Toure, who is the core of Manchester City but does not have much sense of responsibility and sacrifice.

Mourinho can't take care of Mancini's emotions at this time.

He quickly adjusted the tactics and signaled the disciples on the field to keep their mentality stable and not to press forward easily after scoring a goal, so as not to give Manchester City a chance to counterattack quickly.

It is not shameful to defend and counterattack in the cup competition, especially in the first Champions League group match of the new season. It is more important to win the opening game than the scene.

So after the game resumed, Real Madrid's players on the field did not actively press forward with the momentum of the goal.

They continued to stick to the half court and let Manchester City continue to cross the midline.

But Mancini didn't dare to be stubborn at this time.

He couldn't decisively throw Yaya Toure to the bench because of a goal loss.

This is the core of his team building. No matter how angry he is, he has to bear it himself!

So Barry's position retreat became inevitable.

Manchester City also changed its formation to 4-3-3.

With two defensive midfielders at the back, Yaya Toure rushed forward, while Silva and Nasri moved further to the side, leaving the space in the middle for Yaya Toure to play better on the offensive end.

Seeing this, Li Ang was not afraid. He and Brother Long were destined to face Yaya Toure.

Then the role of the villain would naturally be played by him.

Alonso's physical strength should be focused on organization and counterattacks, and Modric could retreat to assist him in completing the defense of the midfield defense and the two wings.

As for Li Ang himself, of course he would have a battle between tough guys with Yaya Toure.

Between offense and defense, especially in the midfield, you cannot retreat. Once you retreat, the entire defense line will be torn apart and broken.

Li Ang felt that this was a head-on battle. He had a high opinion of Yaya Toure's offensive strength, so his awareness should be more firm.

Go hard, even if you can't hold it, you must hold it!

In comparison, Yaya Toure's impression of Li Ang was a bit complicated.

In fact, he still recognizes Li Ang's strength.

After all, he was once a teammate of Messi, won the treble, and knew how strong Messi's personal ability was.

He could effectively limit Messi's performance in one-on-one entanglement on the defensive end. With this strength analogy, Yaya Toure also roughly understood Li Ang's level on the defensive end.

But on the other hand, Yaya Toure felt that Li Ang's overall strength was exaggerated by the media.

Especially after winning five annual championships with Real Madrid, Li Ang is now a typical case of "not living up to the name".

The British media almost praised Li Ang as one of the top five active midfielders, and said that he has the possibility of further transformation and squeeze into the top three.

This made Yaya Toure very unhappy.

A 21-year-old young midfielder is indeed very strong on the defensive end, but just because he is lucky to be in Real Madrid and won five championships, he should be compared with him at the same level?

What level is it, to be selected as the same level as him?

It can be said that Yaya Toure is completely dissatisfied with Li Ang because of the exaggerated publicity of Li Ang by the media in various countries.

After all, after the end of last season, Li Ang stole his limelight in the public opinion circle, and stole a large part of it, which is simply unbearable!

This time, he finally has the opportunity to compete with Li Ang face to face. Yaya Toure is very confident that he can defeat Li Ang one-on-one, just like he crushed one opponent after another in the Premier League.

However, at the moment when the two faced each other for the first time, Li Ang was in pain, and Yaya Toure was not much better.

The Ivorian midfielder wanted to teach Li Ang a lesson with his height and long legs, and his outstanding confrontation ability trained in the Premier League.

Unexpectedly, Li Ang's core strength was so outstanding that he did not lose his position after being slightly squeezed away by him at the first time, but instead he was tightly defended again!

Li Ang held his breath and was about to force back Yaya Toure's attempt to advance.

In terms of weight and tonnage, he is actually not at a disadvantage.

Yaya Toure is about the same weight as him, but he is 1.84 meters tall, while Yaya Toure is 1.9 meters tall.

In terms of proportion, his body is actually more solid, which means that he did not completely withstand the first strong forward attack of Yaya Toure.

Fortunately, he has strong core strength, stable lower body, and psychological expectation, so he was not directly pushed out of the defensive position.

After the fight, seeing that Yaya Toure's confrontational force was not as durable as his own, Li Ang also saw an opportunity.

After a sudden burst of squeeze, Li Ang quickly kicked the ball under Yaya Toure's feet out of his control.

Modric, who was concentrating on observing on the side, made a smart forward move and took the ball away directly, and then used a clean diagonal long pass to find Di Maria who was running at full speed on the right.

However, this time, facing Barry who had set up his position in advance and blocked his route, Di Maria's strong attack did not succeed, and he could only pass the ball back to Essien, who was still starting as a right back today.

It was a pity that the counterattack failed, but the Real Madrid fans at the scene were not upset.

Instead, they happily cheered and applauded Li Ang, who had just defended Yaya Toure.

At this moment, Yaya Toure's face became visibly ugly.

The fans couldn't tell whether he was red or not, after all, his skin color was too dark, but the shame and anger revealed in his eyes were still clearly seen by the fans in front of the TV under the special care of the live camera.

If it were another midfielder who was almost 30 years old and encountered such a situation, he would be angry for a while and then calm down.

Football is not a one-on-one sport, and a failure in a confrontation does not mean that you have failed.

The real victory is to finally defeat the opponent under the smooth operation of the system.

Who would care about such a small episode during the game at that time?

But Yaya Toure is not such a character.

Not to mention that he is almost 30 years old, even when he was 33 years old, he did not show any signs of maturity in dealing with conflicts with the coach.

So he was stubborn again.

He could have used his opportunity to contain the Real Madrid midfielder to create more offensive opportunities for his teammates.

But Yaya Toure did not do so. Instead, he chose another way that was the least efficient and the most ridiculous.

He also wanted to compete with Li Ang one-on-one!

After getting the ball, he had to rely on his personal strength to penetrate Real Madrid's central defense from the middle, just play hard!

But he didn't think about it. He had tried it with Li Ang just now in terms of confrontation and speed, and he hardly got any advantage.

And to compare skills?

Again, only consider using pure technology to beat Li Ang when his skills are higher than Messi, otherwise don't do these fancy operations.

Yaya Toure was stubborn, but Li Ang was very happy.

Even if he made a few big moves and was called for fouls by the referee, he didn't care at all.

Manchester City's attack was not a big threat after Yaya Toure was silent.

If Mancini was decisive enough to take down Yaya Toure directly and then establish a new offensive system with Silva as the core, then Manchester City would still have a chance to play.

But Mancini was not so decisive. He was still hesitant and did not dare to offend Yaya Toure, the midfield core who combined the characteristics of an angel and a devil.

So the situation of the game became clearer.

Manchester City's offensive rhythm was fragmented, and Tevez on the front line could not even get the ball a few times. Real Madrid took advantage of Li Ang's repeated interceptions of Yaya Toure to counterattack!

Mourinho originally admired Yaya Toure, but today, when he saw the performance of the Premier League's No. 1 defensive midfielder, he couldn't help shaking his head.

A midfielder who only thinks about attacking and advancing, but not about defense, and is so easily emotional, can also be considered the Premier League's No. 1 defensive midfielder?

Mourinho suddenly sighed in his heart, "The Premier League is really in decline."

If Yaya Toure is put back to the Premier League around 2004, he would have been taught a lesson one-on-one by several Premier League midfielders at that time.

In the 29th minute of the first half, Real Madrid took advantage of another interception of Yaya Toure by Li Ang to launch a counterattack.

This time, Li Ang and Modric followed and pressed forward to participate in the counterattack.

Barry and Garcia instantly found the defense difficult.

Pull to the side to mark the two wings of Real Madrid. Modric and Li Ang dare not continue to advance in the middle.

But guard the middle and let Ronaldo and Di Maria play behind the defense line on the side?

In the entanglement, the two Manchester City midfielders could only hold the middle and mark Ronaldo.

Modric chose to pass the ball to Di Maria at the last moment.

Li Ang, Benzema, and Ronaldo rushed to the Manchester City penalty area in an instant!

Di Maria did not force the attack this time, and sent a flat and low pass.

Li Ang and C Ronaldo took away Kompany and Clichy's defensive attention at two points in front of the penalty area.

Benzema withstood Nastasic's defensive interference and successfully shot the ball into the near corner of the goal at the back point!

Joe Hart was also helpless. There were offensive players from the opponent at the three points in front of the goal. His blocking judgment would naturally be wrong. The midfield defense line was penetrated. How to defend? !

Joe Hart was also forced into a hurry at this time. He directly took out the football and smashed it hard on the grass, and sprayed at the defensive players in front of him.

Joe Hart's spray was reasonable and well-founded at this time.

Kompany didn't say anything, but Yaya Toure was a little dissatisfied. He made a gesture to let Joe Hart shut up!

Li Ang, who was celebrating with Guo Feng and others, turned his head and saw this scene.

The little filter he had for Yaya Toure in his heart was completely shattered.

Yaya Toure is not a new Vieira. He is not as good as Vieira, far worse.

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