Chapter 71: One Stick, Two Pull, Three Harassment, Messi, Don't Run Away, I Am Your Fan! [Please Subscribe, Big Guys! ]

"Oh——! Li Ang stole the ball from Messi's feet! Messi's change of direction was very fast, but Li Ang's reaction and kicking speed were also very fast!

The football was driven back to the midfield by Li Ang, a very decisive defensive choice, God!

Li Ang is an absolute genius on the defensive end! At the age of 20, he interrupted Messi's dribbling in a one-on-one situation!"

The La Liga commentator of Movistar praised Li Ang's pursuit and counter-robbery very passionately.

From chasing back immediately after his team was intercepted, to calmly oppressing Messi's inside space, to the final decisive kicking and stealing!

Li Ang used an absolutely wonderful single defense to make himself the protagonist of the Real Madrid camp in just half a minute!

Don't mention the praise of the Movistar commentator, there is no commentator who is currently broadcasting this game live who does not praise Li Ang.

But Li Ang, who seemed extremely confident and calm to them, felt his heart beating very hard at this moment.

At the moment of confrontation with Messi, Li Ang actually felt uncomfortable.

First of all, in terms of proportion, Messi is not thin at all.

The moment they collided head-on, Li Ang felt the stability of Messi's chassis and his strong body like a small steel cannon.

Secondly, he felt that his interception was fast enough, but Messi almost passed it!

"This step frequency is too fast!"

After cursing in his heart without expression, Li Ang also pointed his finger at his temple and gestured to Di Maria, indicating that he needed to be more focused on the defensive end.

Facing the top attackers in the current football world, Li Ang can use his physical advantage and rogue-like close pursuit to limit them.

But not for Messi.

He doesn't want to have this gambling-style one-on-one confrontation again.

It's not because he is afraid of the matchup with Messi, but he clearly knows what a bad result it will lead to for Real Madrid if he accidentally loses this kind of confrontation.

So he needs the help of his teammates.

At least, if Di Maria can chase back to the midfield, his speed can cause a certain degree of delay and interference to Messi.

After seeing Li Ang's rare serious reminder, Di Maria did not feel unhappy, but nodded seriously.

He and Messi have been teammates in the Argentine national team for a long time.

He certainly knows Messi's technical characteristics and strength.

If Li Ang needs his help in defense, he is willing to run more to interfere with Messi as much as possible.

There is no mercy in the national derby. Maybe after the game, he can laugh and tease Messi for giving him a hard time today.

But at this moment, he, like Ronaldo, Alonso, and Li Ang, only fights for Real Madrid's victory.

Fight with all your strength!

"That kid's defense is a bit fierce. Did he not play dirty on you just now?"

After Thiago destroyed another attack organized by Real Madrid out of the sideline, Iniesta also took the opportunity to ask Messi a question in the game.

Messi, who was looking at Li Ang thinking, shook his head after hearing Iniesta's words.

"No, his foot was very clean, he didn't step on my instep intentionally, and there was no additional foul action."

"Hey, that's strange."

Seeing Iniesta's puzzled look, Messi also waved his hand with a smile, and simply ended the topic.

"Do you want me to retreat more to get the ball?"

"That's not necessary. After withstanding their attack during this period, it's our power point. You save your energy for the assault later."

"Okay then."

Seeing that Real Madrid finally threw the ball out of bounds after a long time of hesitation, Iniesta didn't care to communicate with Messi anymore, and quickly called Thiago and himself to return to defense again.

After returning the ball to Di Maria on the left, Ronaldo began to turn around and accelerate.

Di Maria observed for a while, and a bold cross pass just avoided Keita's foot interception.

At this moment, Li Ang, who had advanced to Barcelona's half, did not continue to advance when he met the ball, but made a short pass forward without stopping the ball, looking for Kaka!

This short pass was very comfortable, and Kaka turned around after receiving the ball.

Benzema and Ronaldo were already close to the edge of Barcelona's penalty area.

Kaka looked at Adriano who rushed up to interfere with his defense, and without hesitation, he took the ball and passed it directly to the back of Barcelona's goal.

Benzema's forward run in the middle of the penalty area took away Abidal and Keita who was returning to defense.

At this moment, Ronaldo, who was inserted at high speed, jumped and headed the ball directly against Mascherano's defense!

"Kaka looks like he's going to kick the ball, at the back point, Ronaldo--!!!"

He Wei was also very passionate and shouted angrily at this time!

Seeing that Ronaldo's close-range header was about to help Real Madrid successfully break the deadlock of the game.

Valdez subconsciously waved his hand in front of the goal to block it, but he barely rubbed the header out of the goal frame!

The Real Madrid fans who first shouted excitedly at this moment hugged their heads and cried out in frustration.

Valdez, whose mind was still blank, was hugged tightly by Barcelona's defensive players to celebrate!

Barcelona's goalkeeper was actually stunned by Ronaldo's header. He just stretched out his arms in two directions as far as possible as a reflex.

Who knew that Ronaldo's header was a little bit straight, and he really touched it!

Barcelona's defenders didn't care about their goalkeeper's relief at this moment. They were in high spirits and thought that Valdez was in such an excellent state today, and their chances of shutting out Real Madrid were greatly increased.

And seeing that the goal he had scored turned into a corner kick, Ronaldo was very angry and cursed with his head down.

His desire to win was fully demonstrated at this moment.

Real Madrid's players also felt very sorry.

Only Mourinho quickly regained his calm mind after being angry and regretful.

"Press in! Set-pieces are a good opportunity for us! Pepe, Sergio, and the little lion, all press into Barcelona's penalty area!"

Li Ang, who scored several times with headers in Milan last season, has now become a member of the "Real Madrid Heading Team".

In the previous set-piece training, Li Ang had already practiced with Ronaldo, Ramos, Pepe and other header experts.

So he followed Ramos and pressed directly into Barcelona's penalty area, putting pressure on Barcelona's defenders.

Mourinho was right when he said that set pieces were a good opportunity for Real Madrid.

Because Barcelona did not send Pique to start today, the tallest defensive player on the field was Abidal, who was 1.86 meters tall.

In addition, there was only Keita, who was 1.83 meters tall.

Other Barcelona players except the goalkeeper were less than 1.8 meters tall, and they would naturally be at a disadvantage in defending set pieces.

Guardiola was also a little nervous at this time. He walked to the sidelines and looked at his own penalty area, and also signaled his disciples to try not to give the opponent space to sprint and jump.

To put it bluntly, it would be best to consume the explosive power of Real Madrid's header players on the ground.

If Barcelona really wanted to compete with Real Madrid for high-altitude balls with a good landing point, then it would be a death wish.

Di Maria raised his right arm high, and then after a small run-up, he directly kicked the ball to the back of Barcelona's penalty area.

Ronaldo at the front point and Pepe near the middle missed the ball one after another.

At the landing point, Leon and Ramos had broken through the joint blockade of Keita and Alves, and used all their strength to push off the ground to complete the jump!

Leon's position was a little forward than Ramos. After jumping, he judged that he could hit the ball, so he did not move away.

Ramos's header ability was stronger than him, but there was no humility in the air. Who dared to guarantee that Ramos could hit the ball 100% after the ball passed?

With his waist and abdomen tensed, he made an observation and judgment in the last moment, and Leon still chose the most reliable header ferry.

However, this time he did not continue to swing the ball directly to the mid-air in front of the goal.

He hit the ball hard on the ground, hitting a bounce ball that was the most difficult and annoying for defensive players to deal with!

The football first hit the grass in front of the Barcelona goal smoothly, and did not hit a Barcelona player and fly to the goal in a broken line as Leon expected most.

After another high jump, the football flew to the front point area without any obstruction, and Valdes quickly moved sideways.

C Ronaldo was stopped by Abidal's entanglement, and Pepe was also some distance away from the front point.

But another figure in white, who had almost no live shots and did not have many outstanding performances before, rushed to the front post at the most appropriate time!

"Benzema!!!"

The La Liga commentator of Movistar roared passionately!

And Benzema also jumped slightly, and used a simple head shot to head the ball into the half empty goal of Barcelona!

At this moment, the Bernabeu scene was completely ignited!

Real Madrid fans, who were nervous and worried before, used all their strength to roar excitedly!

They were venting!

They were venting the huge pressure facing Barcelona, ​​and they were also venting the full passion in their hearts at this moment!

Mourinho was no longer as excited as when Li Ang defended Messi before.

In front of the boiling Real Madrid bench, he became the most sober and calm person.

Forcibly suppressing the urge to punch and run, Mourinho pursed his lips and made a gesture of pressing his hands down on the field.

But the Real Madrid players who were celebrating passionately at this time could not see the gesture reminder of their head coach.

After Benzema played a sliding kneeling celebration near the corner flag area, he was directly thrown to the ground by his teammates who rushed over.

Li Ang did not catch up with the first celebration echelon, so he hugged and celebrated with Kaka and Long Ge who were also hanging behind.

After the passion faded, Li Ang had time to high-five and hug Guo Feng.

"Great header, haha, thank you for your assist, little lion!"

Benzema was in a good mood at this time.

Being able to score in the Spanish national derby, the comfort taste is more enjoyable than scoring ten goals against other teams!

Li Ang also smiled and congratulated Guo Feng.

His position was still a little behind the ball just now, otherwise he would have tried to score by himself.

But it's not bad now, he got an assist, and Real Madrid successfully took the lead.

This situation is much better than Mourinho's prediction before the game.

"Hey! Stay focused, calm down first, and forget about this ball!"

At this time, Mourinho's reminder and shouting on the sidelines were heard by Real Madrid's players.

After seeing Uncle Bird's finger on his temple, Li Ang's excitement gradually subsided.

Barcelona's offensive firepower is very strong, and a one-goal lead is not safe. Barcelona can't say when they can equalize the score.

Real Madrid's players also slowly calmed down at this time.

The main reason is that they lost to Barcelona a lot in the past two years, and it was a bit miserable. They didn't dare to have any idea of ​​being proud in advance.

After the game resumed, Real Madrid pressed Barcelona for two or three minutes, and then began to retreat gradually under Mourinho's command.

After all, after attacking for so long before, Real Madrid's midfield players also need to slow down and recover their physical strength.

However, retreating at this time is not as simple as retreating to the half court and setting up a bus.

In the midfield, Mourinho's defense is layered and targeted.

First, we must target Iniesta, and we can't let him press through the half court and still organize Barcelona's offensive calmly and comfortably.

Second, keep a close eye on Messi. One person guarding and two people double-teaming are the must-haves. Messi can no longer be easily given the opportunity to break through and tear the defense line one-on-one.

Third, heavy troops should be stored in the middle of the midfield.

Barcelona's penetration ability in the middle and rib areas is too strong, so the more they value the control of the middle, the more Real Madrid can't easily give up control and space!

Before, when Inter Milan and Barcelona played against each other, Mourinho used a similar defensive mode to make Barcelona play very uncomfortable.

Now Real Madrid has a double defensive midfielder combination with stronger defensive ability, and the players in the midfield and backcourt are also younger and more physically fit.

No matter how you look at it, Real Madrid's lineup has more capital to clamp Barcelona's offensive than Inter Milan last year.

In order to better maintain the lead, Mourinho even pulled Benzema back this time.

When retreating, Real Madrid formed a 4-2-3-1 formation, with Li Ang and Alonso dragging back, Di Maria going to the left midfield, Kaka in the right midfield, and Benzema retreating to the middle of the midfield.

Only Ronaldo was at the front, without having to bear too much defensive responsibility.

This defensive formation did make the Barcelona players spend more energy and physical strength on advancing than before.

Messi, who was still nailed to the left rib area of ​​Real Madrid, felt uncomfortable.

Because Li Ang was sticking to his side again, but not sticking to him like the defensive players he had encountered before.

Li Ang seemed to be more relaxed, with a defensive position of about one meter away from Messi, and even wanted to chat with Messi from time to time.

"I heard that you and Zlatan didn't feel comfortable playing together last season. I didn't dare to ask him in Milan before. Leo, tell me, are those rumors true?"

"Tell me about your usual training mode in Barcelona. They all say that your tactical concepts from the youth training team to the first team are the same. Isn't there anything else?"

"Did the professor almost sign you back then? If the professor was willing to spend more money, do you think Barcelona would let you go?"

"Hey, talk, my Spanish should be fine, or I can communicate with you in Italian."

Faced with Leon's questions that come over to harass him from time to time, Messi is very troubled. This guy also asked some very sensitive questions that Messi subconsciously wanted to refute!

I wanted to stay away from Leon, but seeing that Leon seemed to have made up his mind to stick to him, Messi finally couldn't help it.

"Stop talking nonsense! Those rumors are all false. You are also a professional player. Don't you know what kind of morals the media are?!"

"Ah? I thought you wouldn't say anything, but you look a little anxious? If those are all false, why are you so anxious now?"

"I'm not!"

"You really are. Look, you're a little angry."

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Messi, who felt that his emotions were indeed fluctuating, didn't want to have any more verbal entanglements with Li Ang.

He turned around and retreated decisively, and at the same time signaled Thiago, who was holding the ball on the sideline, to give him the ball.

Messi, who took the ball on his own, started to advance from the right near the center line, and Li Ang quickly put away his previous chatterbox look and followed Messi's cut-in route to defend all the way.

Seeing that Di Maria was about to return to defense at Li Ang's call, Li Ang, this "sticky candy", still didn't take the initiative to grab it.

Messi, who didn't want to be double-teamed, gritted his teeth and made a decision in the end.

He wanted to pass this annoying guy who kept talking in front of him!

Messi lowered his shoulders and began to make a slight change of direction. He did not give Li Ang much time to react. He dribbled the ball and rushed to the sideline in the next moment while pretending to move inward!

Li Ang's reaction was still very fast, and his instantaneous burst speed was far less than Messi's.

But he was careful and did not make a 100% defensive decision when he kept a certain distance from Messi.

To put it bluntly, he had to wait for Messi to move first. Once Messi moved, Li Ang, relying on his excellent positioning skills, once again "stuck" with Messi before losing his position.

Messi was approached by Li Ang halfway through his acceleration, which was really uncomfortable.

The key is that Li Ang kept making small movements in places where the referee could not see.

First, he pulled the jersey to loosen it, and when Messi wanted to burst and rush over, Li Ang pulled Messi's jersey again, and then quickly loosened it!

And Master Pei, who had already pressed out in time, kicked the ball back to the midfield first and completed the clearance!

The referee and the linesman did not say anything, and the game was still going on.

Messi slapped Leon's hand that was still on his waist and grumbled a few words in dissatisfaction.

But in the end, he did not further complain to the referee, but just glared at Leon angrily.

Li Ang did not say much at this time, but smiled and showed a big white tooth to look at Messi.

"Hey, stay and continue chatting. Why are you running? Don't run Leo, I'm your fan!"

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