Chapter 15 A Completely Different Second Half, Li Ang’s Role

After all, Mourinho did not directly replace Khedira at the end of the first half.

He strongly pursues control of the team, and he doesn't like his players to violate his tactical intentions.

But he is not stupid enough.

However, leaving the last bit of face for Khedira does not mean that Mourinho will not "punish" the German midfielder.

When the referee blew the halftime whistle, Mourinho called Li Ang into the locker room with the starting players.

Mourinho no longer needs to say much about what this scene represents. Real Madrid's home fans have already started discussing it.

When Real Madrid's starting players returned to the locker room, Mourinho signaled Marcelo, the last one to come in, to close the door.

Li Ang secretly thought something bad.

Sure enough, the furious Magic Bird directly criticized the starting players who he had recorded in the first half!

In the end, except Casillas and Xavi Alonso, the rest of Real Madrid's starting players were all sprayed with blood.

"I know that some of the people I named just came back from the national team game three days ago. You didn't have a good rest and your condition didn't adjust."

"Okay, these excuses can all be used as reasons for your poor performance today, and they are legitimate!

But I still want to say that you represent Real Madrid, and your opponent is Osasuna! Any idea what this means? "

"It means that if we are tied or even defeated by them today, then you, me, all of us, will appear on the front pages of all Spanish sports newspapers tomorrow!"

"Tell me, do you want to see headlines like this? Do you want to see Osasuna give you a humiliating defeat at the Bernabeu?!"

Mourinho's stimulation made many Real Madrid stars feel shame and anger!

They shouted "Never!"

Losing to Osasuna at home at the Bernabeu?

That would be a shameful disaster!

If Barcelona players and fans knew the news, they would definitely laugh at Real Madrid.

After all, even Osasuna, which was only ranked twelfth in La Liga last season and just seven points ahead of the relegation zone, couldn't solve it. How dare you say anything about overturning Barcelona?

Therefore, Real Madrid players will never tolerate such a failure.

Seeing that the players' anger was aroused and the morale of the military was at work, Mourinho softened his tone slightly.

He began to explain the tactical adjustments for the second half.

Real Madrid's offense seemed lively in the first half, but the offensive ball was too scattered, the route was not concentrated, and the defensive imbalance allowed Osasuna to seize the opportunity to launch several counterattacks, which further affected Real Madrid's offensive investment. Strength and efficiency.

Therefore, they must take the lead in making changes and seize the start at the beginning of the second half to complete the offensive suppression of Osasuna.

The main offensive line is undoubtedly placed on the left where Ronaldo and Marcelo are.

As for the issue of defensive imbalance.

Mourinho looked at Khedira, who was silent at the moment, with a hint of helplessness flashing in his eyes.

He didn't understand why Khedira was always thinking about his front thrust!

It's not that he is not allowed to participate in the offense, but the number and desire of this guy's offense far exceeded the expectations of the coaching staff!

If you want to say that there is no choice, then you can only let Alonso do more dirty work and work harder.

Who makes Alonso capable and capable of executing tactics?

But now Mourinho has a choice.

The most important purpose of his original request to introduce Khedira was to allow him to free Alonso as much as possible.

Alonso is the core organizer of the team, not someone who specifically wipes Khedira's butt to defend him.

Mourinho is optimistic about Khedira's ability and prospects for transformation.

But his patience has limits.

No matter how well you perform in training, it won't work if you can't produce results in the game!

Thinking of this, Mourinho directly named Li Ang.

"In the second half, it's time to switch to the Little Lion. Sami (Khedira), you can take a rest. You can watch the game and get a feel for it. Little Lion, please pay attention. You must assist Xavi in ​​the opening stage of the second half to stabilize the midfield defense, even if he uses Fouls can no longer allow Osasuna's counterattack to easily pass through the wings of our midfield."

Mourinho quickly and concisely pointed out Li Ang's tactical tasks.

Li Ang kept nodding, and after listening, he confirmed it again, and then directly stated that he had no problem.

After Mourinho finished talking about the adjustments to the overall tactical thinking and signaled the players to seize the time to rest for a while, the atmosphere in the locker room seemed to gradually become more lively.

Li Ang checked his equipment.

Especially after checking that the "broken strong shin guards" and "broken good luck wristbands" were put on, he took the lead in jogging out of the player tunnel to warm up in advance.

At the beginning of the second half of the game, Movistar's La Liga commentator directly discovered the substitution adjustments made by Real Madrid.

Without him, Li Ang's sunny and handsome face is really attractive to the live broadcast cameras.

Many Spanish girls watching football with their families in front of the TV suddenly had their eyes opened!

Very quickly, he covered his mouth, stared, and exclaimed in one go.

But before these girls could appreciate Li Ang's handsome appearance, Li Ang himself used a fierce sliding shovel to break the girls' filter on his appearance.

It turns out that a handsome guy is not necessarily an elegant attacker, but may be an "ordinary" midfield butcher.

But Li Ang is quite satisfied with his current position.

The opponent's striker may have chosen to break through him because he looks harmless, and he feels that he needs to make the opponent's mind clearer.

A decisive and fierce shovel forced Osasuna striker Kamnas to fall down after jumping awkwardly.

Li Ang, who had the ball, quickly poked the ball to his master Xabi Alonso on the ground with his toes.

In just the sixth second of the second half, Li Ang's first decisive defense took the ball back from the feet of Osasuna players!

And relying on the ball he took back, Real Madrid finally played another threatening and smooth counterattack.

Even though Benzema's shot didn't hit the goal frame at all, the Real Madrid fans at the Bernabeu still happily gave their applause!

However, Osasuna players were somewhat unconvinced.

Three minutes later, they came back and tried to advance quickly from the wing.

Monreal quickly passed the ball to his midfielder Nekonan the moment he crossed the center line.

Nekonan also tacitly passed the ball behind Aveiroa who rushed forward, trying to make a simple two-on-one cooperation with Monreal.

But this time Monreal passed, but the ball was successfully intercepted by a figure who had made a pre-predicted attack!

"Leon! The key second defense! Oh! A beautiful diagonal short pass! Soriano didn't touch the ball! Alonso, send a long pass!!!"

Under the passionate speech of the Movistar commentator, Real Madrid's transition from defense to offense was also very fast!

Leon stole the ball, quickly connected with Alonso, and then Alonso sent a threatening long pass!

In a few passes without delay, Ronaldo, who was running forward on the left, had already obtained an excellent opportunity to go to the bottom!

This is completely different from the Real Madrid in the first half, where the attacking arrows were scattered and the offense and defense were unbalanced!

And the fans watching this game knew very well who brought such a significant change.

They looked at the Real Madrid backcourt, at the boy who magically improved the attack and defense rhythm of Real Madrid with defense and smooth short passes.

Was the performance brilliant?

In fact, it is still not necessarily.

But he has begun to "shine" faintly.

In his own way, he proved his value.

His name is Li Ang.

The little lion from La Fabrica.

Don't be stingy with your expectations of him.

He deserves it.