Chapter 170 If I Say I Will Blast You in the Middle, Then I Will Definitely Blast You in the Middle [Please Subscribe, Big Guys! ]

"Luckily Chelsea slipped away to the Europa League quickly, otherwise they might have been slapped by Real Madrid. The Premier League teams in the Champions League this season are really miserable!"

"It's okay. The traditional strong teams in the Premier League have basically reached the time to rebuild in the past few seasons. When Real Madrid rebuilt, wasn't it still sixteen years old?"

"Don't talk nonsense. Manchester United is about to win the Premier League championship again this season. Does it need to rebuild?"

"It's all thanks to Sir Alex Ferguson's awesome training method. I tell you, when Sir Alex Ferguson retired, Manchester United immediately fell into a slump. Do you believe it? They don't even have a professional CEO. They will suffer a lot when they rebuild later!"

"Nonsense! Manchester United's ability to make money is the best in football. If they have money, they can't sink. Do you think Manchester United is the Milan duo?"

As soon as the draw and half-final division of this year's Champions League came out, the Premier League fans in China were the first to complain.

This season, Manchester United is the only Premier League team left in the Champions League.

They just happened to meet Real Madrid, the current big devil in football. This luck is really bad.

Real Madrid also clashed with the Premier League teams this season.

First, Manchester City was eliminated from the bottom of the Champions League, then Arsenal was eliminated in the round of 16 of the Champions League, and now they are facing Manchester United.

Such "coincidental" grouping and knockout draws really make it difficult for the majority of fans not to speculate.

Does UEFA want to use Real Madrid to discipline the Premier League teams that have never been very obedient?

Otherwise, the probability of Real Madrid meeting three Premier League teams in a row is really too small.

If this is really a coincidence, then fans from all walks of life can also say that the probability of Arsenal meeting Bayern in the quarter-finals next season must have risen sharply.

"Coincidence"!

Real Madrid and Barcelona have already met, isn't it unreasonable for Arsenal to meet Bayern again?

That's too reasonable~

Manchester United fans will have mixed feelings at this time.

They definitely don't want to play against Real Madrid, but they are happy to see Ronaldo return to Old Trafford.

Very contradictory.

Real Madrid fans don't think it's easy to play against Manchester United, they feel that the draw is bad.

After all, Manchester United, which seems to have many problems this season in the future, actually looks quite strong at the moment.

So the confidence shown by Li Ang in the team did not get too many teammates' echoes.

From Li Ang's point of view, Manchester United's current midfield combination is here to give heads.

Carrick, who is nearly 32 years old and has no speed, is the core of the back.

And his partner is either the mediocre Cleverley or Anderson, who has been ruined by injuries and lack of self-discipline.

Shinji Kagawa is completely unsuited to the rhythm of the Premier League and the Champions League. Li Ang is eager for him to play, and then he will directly let him taste the confrontation greetings from the Spanish Super League!

With such a midfield combination, the natural strength defects of the players can be fully utilized.

Just rush to the middle like we did against Arsenal!

If Carrick doesn't have a qualified teammate in front of him, he will become a fatal link in Manchester United's midfield defense.

Because whether it is Li Ang or Modric, they have an absolute advantage over Carrick in terms of speed.

As for Cleverley and Anderson, it's not that Li Ang looks down on them. Let's go together, really.

First of all, they are not heavyweights in confrontation. Li Ang is eager for these two to foul him frequently.

At that time, Real Madrid's set pieces will definitely give Manchester United a good drink.

Ferdinand is now only world-class in frontal interception and header competition, but Manchester United only has an elderly version of Ferdinand.

Vidic is still in bed, and Ferdinand with Evans or Jones is really not easy to deal with Real Madrid's pack of wolves.

Anyway, Li Ang feels comfortable playing against Manchester United. Just be wary of Manchester United's sharp advancement on the wing and Rooney's offensive organization.

Van Persie had already burned out his peak last season. Now Van Persie can cause some trouble to Ramos and Pepe, but that's all.

But in the eyes of other Real Madrid players, this Manchester United has a reasonable combination of old and new players, with superstars in the team, and it even reached the Champions League final last season.

Manchester United now surpasses Manchester City and ranks first in the Premier League.

So like most fans, they generally believe that Manchester United is a strong team with quite good hard power.

Mourinho is also well prepared to face Ferguson's team, and he dare not underestimate it at all.

This special attention from teammates and coaches finally made Li Ang sigh.

It's really the shadow of a tree. The name Ferguson is, to a certain extent, the bottom line guarantee of Manchester United's influence and strength.

Seeing that his teammates are like this, Li Ang didn't say much.

He decided to do something bold on the day of the game with Manchester United!

Pull down the curtain covering the big loophole in Manchester United's lineup in advance?

Why not!

Li Ang felt that the scene would be quite exciting.

He was also looking forward to it.

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After a full week of rest, Real Madrid welcomed Mallorca in the 28th round of La Liga at home on March 16.

After this league, all major leagues will be temporarily suspended and usher in another round of international match days.

Considering that the main players are likely to report to the national team and play two World Cup qualifiers in ten days.

So Mourinho chose to send a rotation lineup to fight Mallorca in terms of arranging troops.

Nacho, Varane, Carvajal, Callejon and other rotation players all got the chance to start.

Li Ang and Ronaldo are still in the frontcourt.

The whole game was basically the whole Real Madrid team passing the ball to Ronaldo, so that Ronaldo had enough rhythm to shoot.

Mallorca is now ranked third from the bottom in La Liga, and lost 52 goals in the first 27 rounds of the league.

This number of goals lost is second only to the 58 goals lost by La Coruña, the second-to-last team in La Liga.

So it can be seen how weak Mallorca's midfield and backcourt defense is.

Ronaldo played for 67 minutes in this game, shot 13 shots, 8 of which were on target, and scored two goals.

So the second half of the game was played for just over 20 minutes, and Mourinho replaced his ace striker to rest.

As for Li Ang, he has no national team match mission.

On the national match day, Li Ang only practiced and rested, so Mourinho simply let him play the whole game.

After defeating Mallorca 3-1, the few Real Madrid first-team players who had no national team match mission entered a week of vacation.

Li Ang took the time to continue to train his long pass ability value, and finally broke the long pass ability value threshold of 85 on the last day of the vacation!

This is really not easy, and this is also the ability that Li Ang feels that he has the slowest training breakthrough speed.

Fortunately, although the progress is slow, Li Ang's persistence has been rewarded.

With a long pass ability value of 85, Li Ang can now say that his long pass level is at the threshold of the top football world.

This is basically the long pass level of the core of the La Liga teams between the top eight and the top five.

When this ability value reaches 87 or 88, Li Ang will be a first-class midfielder in both long and short passes.

Anyway, the 90 level is the threshold of the top football ability, and it is difficult to break through.

But once it is broken through, even if it is only the ability value of 90 and 89, Li Ang feels that the difference is quite large.

He really felt it when he was working on his physical fitness.

After returning to the team and training with his teammates, Li Ang's long pass improvement once again amazed everyone in the training base!

When Mourinho tentatively asked Li Ang to practice shooting more in the future, all Real Madrid players laughed.

After asking, Mourinho himself also reacted and waved his hand rather embarrassedly.

The shooting technique is completely different from the midfield techniques that Li Ang had trained before.

If shooting can be trained, then Li Ang's talent is really abnormal.

Li Ang also laughed with his teammates at this time, without saying much.

Shooting?

Maybe, this is also possible, but it will definitely not be now.

After he has reached 90 in the midfield, he will consider whether to extract the shooting talent.

However, by that time, he should be quite old.

"How about changing positions at the age of 30 to amaze the football world?"

Li Ang even imagined that he would beat Messi and Ronaldo to the altar, and then he would compete with the old Lewandowski and Guo Feng for the Golden Boot.

If that scene can really come true, it would be exciting enough.

But now it is just a fantasy. Changing positions is not something that can be decided by a simple sentence or two.

It would be too troublesome to change your game perspective and playing habits accordingly.

After the episode, Mourinho did not mention letting Li Ang practice shooting, and Li Ang did not have the possibility of fantasizing about this.

On the evening of March 30, some of the main players of Real Madrid who had just finished the World Cup qualifiers and had some physical problems were given a holiday again.

Mourinho once again led the Real Madrid starting lineup, which was mostly composed of rotation players, to challenge Zaragoza at the La Romareda Stadium.

This is the 29th round of La Liga and the last round of La Liga before the start of the Champions League quarter-finals.

Real Madrid did not send many main players to start, which made Ferguson, who was still preparing to observe the recent status of Real Madrid's main players, feel very depressed.

Manchester United chose to play against Sunderland with all the main players yesterday in order to further widen the gap with Manchester City.

This is like before the two armies fight, one side shows most of the cards of military strength and food, while the other side covers the camp tightly.

In this situation, when the two sides fight, the team that first exposes most of its strength will definitely be more passive.

In the end, Ferguson only saw a confident performance from Real Madrid's youth players.

If we have to talk about Real Madrid's main players, then there is the tacit cooperation between Leon and Modric and the double-turbocharged organizational model.

With these two midfielders organizing forwards alternately, the rotation players on Real Madrid's front line have never lacked offensive opportunities.

And the goals of Morata and Vazquez also helped Real Madrid finally win 2-1 away from home against Zaragoza.

The lost ball has no reference value for Ferguson at all.

After all, no matter how optimistic he is, he dare not imagine Mourinho fielding Nacho + Varane as a central defender on the day of the match against Manchester United.

Not to mention that behind them is Adam.

After lamenting that Real Madrid's bench strength is indeed good now, Ferguson can only look up the video of Real Madrid's previous matches against Barcelona and Arsenal to continue to think about the tactics.

On April 2, Real Madrid's main players came out and boarded the plane to Manchester, England again with the coaching staff.

This is their third time to England to play away games in the Champions League this season, and the journey and process are very familiar.

After completing the walkthrough in the evening of the same day, Li Ang also teased Ronaldo, asking him not to be soft-footed in the game tomorrow and to score a goal for Manchester United.

Amidst the laughter, Li Ang received a "passionate" hug from Ronaldo.

But in Ronaldo's determined eyes, Li Ang read the meaning that the Portuguese king would go all out.

On the evening of April 3, after completing the warm-up, the Real Madrid players returned to the locker room to make the final pre-match preparations.

Many Real Madrid players were still surprised by the love and warm welcome of Manchester United local fans for Ronaldo.

Li Ang found Brother Long and Modric, who started with him today, and quickly told them in their ears.

Alonso saw that Li Ang didn't seem to be joking, frowned, patted Li Ang's shoulder hard, and gave his own response briefly.

"Try it once, if it doesn't work, follow the coach's arrangement!"

Modric looked at Li Ang, and finally just pursed his lips and nodded, indicating that he would make tactical arrangements for him.

Li Ang smiled and thanked the two men.

Mourinho didn't know that his generals were thinking about opening the game first.

When the players on both sides finished the opening ceremony and were about to kick off, Mourinho was very confident.

Returning to the familiar Old Trafford Stadium again, being booed by Manchester United fans did not change Mourinho's confidence in winning.

He knew that Manchester United's most threatening offensive method now was the rapid advancement of the two wings.

As long as the two wing players of Manchester United and Rooney connected the overall offensive, Rooney and Van Persie would become Manchester United's sharpest weapon on the offensive end.

Although Rooney didn't score many goals this season, he was still strong in fighting tough battles, and his personal strength was still in the first echelon of football.

So Mourinho decided to focus on the defense of the wing at the beginning, and Rooney in the middle was of course handed over to Li Ang.

Hmm? What is Li Ang doing? !

Mourinho sat in the coaching booth with his eyes wide open!

At the same time, Ferguson, who was sitting next to him, also widened his eyes!

"Li Ang started to advance with the ball. It seems that Real Madrid's tactics today are not conservative. Mourinho still wants to open up the situation on the offensive end!"

Zhan Jun watched Li Ang's forward figure with interest.

After seeing Li Ang first protect the ball and steadily eat up Cleverley's defensive interference, and then suddenly speed up with Modric's cover, passing Cleverley and Carrick's defense, Zhan Jun couldn't sit still!

"Beautiful forward breakthrough! Carrick's speed can't keep up with Li Ang at all. Cleverley should have fouled in advance. Manchester United's mistake Li Ang passed the ball! Hey, Ronaldo's successful bottom!"

Li Ang and Modric boldly penetrated Manchester United's midfield defense line with almost only one pass and cut!

This was a scene that was completely beyond the expectations of Manchester United fans at the scene!

Mourinho, who was about to curse, changed his words instantly!

"Who told you to play like this? Well done, little lion!"

Mourinho changed his words and shouted, and felt a little regretful when he saw Ronaldo's last shot miss.

However, a gleam of light flashed in Mourinho's eyes at the same time. He pulled Karanka over and directly discussed the possibility of modifying the offensive tone tactics at this time.

And Li Ang on the field was not annoyed at all when he saw Ronaldo's last cut-in shot slightly miss.

He looked at Carrick, who was standing in the backcourt of Manchester United at the moment, still with a look of surprise and vigilance, and Cleverley, who was a little palpitating, and smiled brightly!

Li Ang smiled and began to slowly retreat, but Ferguson stood up from the coaching seat and began to walk to the sidelines.

The game had just begun, and Li Ang had many plans in his mind to play against Manchester United's midfield full of loopholes.

He was not in a hurry at all.

"Manchester United, Manchester United, who made your core players in the midfield and backcourt all old, and the new players are not very useful?

Today I said I would attack your midfield, then I must attack your midfield!"