Chapter 18: The Little Lion Who Turned Enemies Into Friends, the Low-Key and Versatile Little Prince

Two games with 2-0, two consecutive wins at the start of the league. Even though the scores and the scenes were not too "amazing", Real Madrid fans have initially recognized and accepted "Mourinho's Real Madrid".

Anyway, as long as they can win and win stably, they can tolerate the temporary dissatisfaction on the scene.

In the Real Madrid team, the two victories also made the players more and more recognized Mourinho's coaching ability.

At least in this round of the league, Mourinho's decisive adjustments during the halftime break made Real Madrid's stars very satisfied.

This is not that they have opinions about Khedira who was replaced and a dead person.

But in the case of not being well integrated into the team, if you can't play the tactical requirements, you can't play.

At this stage, Li Ang is more suitable to partner with Alonso as a midfielder, and don't say that everyone has a better impression of the little lion in private.

The most fundamental reason is that everyone plays more comfortably and more at ease when Li Ang is on the court.

If Khedira is willing to defend steadily later, and he does better than Li Ang, then everyone can quickly accept the fact that Khedira has regained the main position.

This is professional football, and everyone is a professional player. It should be so if they rely on their skills to get promoted.

After this round of the league, the players of Real Madrid's first team will not have a holiday.

After a night of rest, on the afternoon of September 12, Real Madrid's first team resumed their daily training without stopping.

Because four days later, they will usher in the first round of the group stage of the new season of the Champions League at home.

The opponent is Ajax, which is not strong, but not weak. Real Madrid has the advantage of playing at home, and still has to strive for a complete victory and a good start in the new season of the Champions League.

After the training session on the afternoon of the 12th, Mourinho patiently waited for Li Ang to finish the extra training under the guidance of Alonso, and then called Li Ang to his office again.

Except for themselves, no one knows what content and topics the two of them talked about in nearly an hour.

But in the morning training session on September 13, Li Ang once again put on the substitute player's vest and formed a new midfield combination with Gago and Granero for running-in drills.

"Did the talks break down?"

Similar questions appeared in the minds of many Real Madrid first-team players.

Ronaldo even asked Li Ang about the specific situation during the training break.

But Li Ang was very calm and didn't look wrong at all, which made Ronaldo feel at ease.

Alonso didn't ask much until the afternoon training session ended and he took Li Ang to complete the daily extra training, then he said "Call me if you need anything".

People like Long Ge who don't want to get involved in the locker room storm now speak up, and Li Ang is really moved.

But there is really no problem between him and Mourinho.

On the contrary, the reason why he and Gago and others are running-in drills together more today is actually his own initiative to ask Mourinho.

The reason is also very simple, he wants to further hone his ability to take the ball and organize.

Compared to the all-around organizing master Alonso, Gago and Granero, who currently have more defects in various aspects, are naturally better training partners for Li Ang.

Li Ang told Alonso the reasons for this, and Brother Long looked weird after listening.

I can understand it, but why does it sound so weird?

Because I am too strong, my apprentice thinks it is too easy to train with me, so he has to learn from me while practicing with other midfielders.

Well. It makes sense.

Although I don’t know if Gago and Granero will have the urge to beat this B kid after knowing Li Ang’s true thoughts.

But Alonso himself still feels a little comfortable~

"Don’t focus on saying good things every day. Just be sure of yourself. If you don’t understand something, contact me at any time. You have to put your mind to learn about organizing offense and constantly review the game, but you can’t fall behind in defensive skills."

Finally, after telling Li Ang a few more words, Alonso left the training base with satisfaction.

The training for the next two days was basically the same.

When Li Ang plays with Gago, Granero, or even Canales, he will get a lot of opportunities to take the ball and organize the game.

Because these players obviously can't do what Alonso can do as a single defensive midfielder.

If you don't have enough ability, you naturally have to ask your teammates to help share some of the organizational pressure.

Li Ang is not greedy and is very satisfied with his current position as an "organization assistant".

Assist in organizing passes, protecting the ball and transferring, and assisting the central defender to break the opponent's high-pressure pressing.

These are the main things he has practiced. Now he can't wash the dirty ball or even advance with the ball.

So Li Ang's performance is still the same as before, very stable.

Because he won't easily try the organizational skills he hasn't started to learn yet.

And add some fine-tuning "identities" to the main position of the defensive back.

For example, assisting the core of the organization to organize the ball and assisting the transfer will not affect the good relationship between other Real Madrid midfielders and Li Ang.

He still doesn't take the ball.

A defensive midfielder partner who doesn't ask for the ball but always covers your ass, allowing you to organize and even attack with confidence, just ask if you want him!

Let alone Gago and Granero, when Mourinho tried to use Alonso, Leon, and Khedira to play a training match in the first team.

Khedira looked at Leon with a strange look in his eyes.

From being slightly alert to gradually revealing friendliness, it only takes one training match.

Although my brother likes to run forward and covers a large area, he has no outstanding effect. He has a good sense of position but often steals the positions and opportunities of the forwards.

But!

When he has two midfielders behind him to help him clean up his ass, allowing him to devote himself to attacking and defending, his B2B attribute is benignly "amplified".

It can be said that in this training match with Li Ang and Alonso, Khedira finally played the best performance since he joined Real Madrid!

So much so that Mourinho had to doubt his eyes on the midfield.

A simple position premise, Khedira, who was not forced to stay in the backcourt, helped his team greatly on both offense and defense.

Although his shooting skills are not very good, he can always run to the right position and help other offensive players successfully disrupt the opponent's defense.

The defensive level is average, but with his large-area coverage and sweeping, Li Ang can also devote more energy to blocking and intercepting.

Alonso was also relaxed. With Khedira in front and Li Ang as defensive protection, he could comfortably organize the attack and assist Li Ang in defense.

It was as if a new tactical door was opened.

Mourinho and Karanka had to work overtime with other members of the coaching team at the base on the eve of the upcoming Champions League game.

And the eyes of the Real Madrid stars looking at Li Ang were becoming more and more kind and curious.

This is not just a defensive midfielder, but a versatile little prince who "matched" his competitors and head coaches!

Awesome, really awesome.