Chapter 74 Mourinho’s Second Year, the Championship Year, Pull Barcelona Down From the Damn La Liga Throne!

Mourinho and Real Madrid have once again become the focus of public opinion in Spain.

After two rounds of the Spanish Super Cup, Real Madrid defeated Barcelona in an absolute "Mourinho way".

The results of these two rounds of games quickly spread throughout the world of football the day after Real Madrid won the championship!

To use the original words in the headline report of "Marca" the next day:

Barcelona, ​​which just won the Champions League and La Liga double this summer, was still a football overlord more than two months ago.

Now it is like fighting Real Madrid in a quagmire for two rounds of 180 minutes, and then being knocked out by Real Madrid, which is also exhausted but more resilient.

Li Ang is the key to Real Madrid's tougher defense now!

This is a view that almost all Spanish media and fans of both sides agree on.

Real Madrid fans are glad that Li Ang returned in time this summer window.

Barcelona fans are so angry when they see reports about Li Ang!

If Real Madrid still uses the same starting lineup as in the second half of last year's league, it is possible to beat Barcelona in two rounds.

But this possibility is very small, and the scene will definitely not be so reassuring for Real Madrid fans.

Barcelona fans are more convinced.

If Li Ang's defense method was not too rogue and it consumed too much physical energy on Messi, they would definitely win this year's Spanish Super Cup!

Countless fans have been interested in discussing Li Ang's defense against Messi in the game.

Not just La Liga.

Premier League, Bundesliga, Serie A

Fans of these mainstream European leagues are all talking about Li Ang's close defense of Messi on the Internet.

However, after discussing and studying for a few days and summarizing a series of defensive points, these fans also gave up the idea of ​​letting their midfielders learn.

There is no other reason, the requirements are too comprehensive, and there are too many points to pay attention to.

First, you need to react quickly and be flexible enough; second, you need to be able to keep up with Messi at a speed; third, you need to choose your defensive position well, and you can only foul when facing Messi; fourth, you need to have excellent skills in stealing the ball; fifth, you need to have good physical fitness.

The more you summarize, the more frightened the fans are.

If we take out a few abilities alone, there are still many good defensive midfielders on the market that meet the requirements.

But it is too difficult to have all these characteristics.

Li Ang may not be the best in football in every technical ability, but he is good at one or two specialties, and his other defensive skills are not bad!

This is outrageous. If he continues to grow smoothly for a few seasons, what kind of defensive midfielder will Li Ang eventually become?

Milan fans added a few more words to the topic of the big discussion with tears in their eyes.

"He also has good headers and adequate organizational skills. I heard that he also learned Pirlo's long pass before leaving.

Now you know why we are reluctant to let the little lion go? It's a big loss, a big loss."

Real Madrid fans were embarrassed to see this, and they comforted Milan fans and expressed their gratitude.

"Thank you, brother Milan, for helping to train the little lion for half a season. This time we defeated Barcelona, ​​and there are three successes from brother Milan!"

"Can you rent the little lion to us for a few more years?"

"Ah, that's not possible. We are using the little lion. You can change one, for example, another defensive general in our team, Hedi"

"Get lost!"

Now Li Ang is directly popular in the match against Messi.

The degree of popularity is even far greater than when he helped Milan win the Italian double crown before.

However, when he received a lot of attention and heated discussions, the person involved was still reviewing the game and was not very satisfied with his performance.

Although I feel very relieved for Li Ang's self-awareness and clear cognition.

But Xabi Alonso watched Li Ang shaking his head in disgust at his performance during the post-match review meeting.

He was also somewhat itchy.

But before he could make a move, Mourinho covered Li Ang's head with his slap.

"Be serious! You are facing Messi, and he is almost four years older than you. Are you really so dissatisfied with your performance?"

"No, boss, I was almost turned into a wooden stake by him, and he also created two goals in the second round. I think..."

Listening to Li Ang's orderly analysis, Mourinho was speechless.

Please, are there not many defensive players who have been turned into wooden stakes by Messi in the past two seasons?

As for Messi's pass and shot in the second round, that is even more normal.

Facing the defense of a 20-year-old midfielder like you, it would be abnormal if Messi was silent in every game.

After giving Li Ang another slap on the back of his shoulder, Mourinho stopped paying attention to Li Ang amid the laughter of Real Madrid's first-team players and continued today's review meeting.

But Li Ang obviously didn't mean to joke.

At the end of the afternoon review meeting, when the rest of Real Madrid players began to enjoy their two-day vacation, he changed into his training suit and ran to the training ground again.

In this cup match against Messi, Li Ang could only give himself 80 points for his performance in the first round, and no points for the second round.

Because Li Ang felt that his defense in the second round failed and he failed directly.

No matter how the outside media boasted about his defensive role, or how the bigwigs in the team praised his performance.

He felt that he had failed.

Especially in the round when Messi scored, he was completely turned into a wooden stake by Messi, and he didn't react in time, and he didn't even have time to foul.

At that time, he just watched Messi pass him and complete the shot to overtake the score.

That feeling was too powerless. Li Ang hated this feeling of powerlessness, very, very much!

No matter whether he really liked the position of defensive midfielder when he chose to embark on the professional football path.

Now seven years have passed, defense has been engraved in his bones and flowed in his blood.

Defense is also his initial ability to survive in football.

Every player has his most proud court skills, and Li Ang is most proud of his defense.

It can be said that Messi, who burst out with all his strength in the second round of the Spanish Super Cup, taught him a good lesson.

He was directly awakened by a little complacent after the first round.

"I am still lazy"

After a warning in his heart, Li Ang started today's extra training with the accompanying staff with full energy.

Frontal kick interception; sideways sliding tackle with the inside and outside of the foot; position selection training

Li Ang started warming up with several basic defensive skills, and then began to further improve the defensive skills of tackling and retaining the ball.

Only after completing an hour and a half of extra training with guaranteed quality and intensity did Li Ang enter the physiotherapy area for massage and relaxation.

He did the same thing the next day. After extra training and physiotherapy, he recovered and relaxed in the club's swimming pool. He spent a full four hours in the afternoon before going home.

After two days of slightly tiring but fulfilling extra training, Li Ang's heart, which was full of crisis and restlessness because of Messi, finally settled down.

However, just when he was ready to welcome the upcoming new season of La Liga, the accident came again.

Because the labor-management negotiations between the Spanish Players' Union and the Spanish Professional Football League broke down, the first round of the 2011-2012 La Liga season was forced to be postponed.

This disrupted the preparations of almost all La Liga teams.

After all, after the league was postponed, the La Liga players who had adjusted their physical condition had to wait a few more days to see if they had the opportunity to play in the game.

Big clubs can urgently invite other clubs to play friendly matches to keep the players in shape.

But it is not so easy for the mid- and lower-level La Liga clubs to arrange friendly matches again.

For example, Barcelona arranged a friendly match with Naples on August 22, and Real Madrid also arranged a friendly match with Galatasaray on August 23.

But their respective second-round opponents in the league can only rely on training to keep their players in shape as much as possible.

On the afternoon of August 27, the La Liga, which had been postponed for one round, finally officially started.

Most of the mid- and lower-level La Liga teams that appeared first performed very averagely.

The players were generally not very excited, and the scores were basically 0-1 and 1-1.

It was not until the evening of August 28, when Real Madrid appeared, that La Liga fans finally saw a goal battle.

Mourinho, who started with a modified 4-4-2 formation, was very confident in his disciples.

In the previous friendly match with Galatasaray, Real Madrid won 4-0.

Facing Zaragoza, the current second-round league opponent, there is no reason for Real Madrid not to win a hearty victory to get off to a good start.

This is indeed the case.

Zaragoza, which has not played any friendly matches or official matches for more than ten days, lost its defense right from the start.

Kaka sent his first through pass attempt of the game in the fourth minute of the first half.

He didn't expect, and Benzema, who started the game, didn't expect that this pass actually penetrated Zaragoza's two lines of defense and appeared in the penalty area!

In other words, Ronaldo's attention was very focused from the beginning of the game, and he finally stopped the ball on the left side of Zaragoza's penalty area and pushed it into the far corner to score successfully.

Otherwise, Benzema, who missed this opportunity because of his distraction, would probably be criticized by Marca again tomorrow.

Well, although he has been criticized a lot now

With this goal that was almost picked up for nothing at the beginning of the game, Real Madrid became more and more relaxed and got into the state quickly.

In the thirteenth minute, Di Maria, who came in from behind, passed two Zaragoza defenders.

Then he used a clever pass behind the defense to help Ronaldo get a chance to score!

Ronaldo, who was in hot form today, did not miss the ball, and used a neat and beautiful shot to help Real Madrid expand their lead to two goals!

Li Ang was surprised watching from the backcourt.

Although Zaragoza was ranked in the lower half of La Liga last season, barely able to stay in the league in advance.

But it shouldn't be the kind of team that lost two goals in just over ten minutes, right?

After seeing this goal on the sidelines, Mourinho was relieved and sat back in the coaching seat.

Whether Real Madrid is willing or not, the fact now is that Real Madrid has taken some advantage of the postponement of La Liga.

So, it's good that the game can be won smoothly, and Mourinho feels that he doesn't need to be too "passionate".

But his goodwill was not recognized by the fans at Zaragoza's home stadium.

There was a lot of booing at La Romareda Stadium.

Perhaps some of it was because the Zaragoza fans were booing their own players for not living up to expectations.

But there is no doubt that they were mostly booing Real Madrid players.

So Zaragoza was beaten without any surprise.

They were really beaten.

Before the first half was over, Real Madrid had already scored four goals against Zaragoza!

C Ronaldo failed to perform a hat trick in the first half, but he still became the most shining presence with two shots and one assist in the first half.

Di Maria and Benzema each scored a goal in the new season, and Kaka also had an assist.

The four main players of Real Madrid on the offensive end all gained personal data, and there was joy in the locker room during the halftime break.

After the start of the second half, Real Madrid also slowed down the offensive rhythm, but Zaragoza didn't appreciate it.

Li Ang was happy, and he wished that Zaragoza would be more aggressive and attack, giving him more performance shots.

Unfortunately, before he could grab a few balls, Real Madrid's counterattack was launched.

Long Ge accurately found C Ronaldo who was running forward on the wing with a long pass.

The Portuguese superstar just observed for a while, and then used a cross from the edge of the penalty area to find Zaragoza's penalty area!

After the ball passed over Benzema's head, Kaka unloaded the ball perfectly in an almost unguarded position!

Almost like a copy, he chose to push the ball into the far corner of Zaragoza's goal!

After scoring, Kaka laughed happily, pointed at Ronaldo, and waited to hug him to celebrate!

The deafening boos at La Romareda Stadium also disappeared at this moment.

And Li Ang, who was used to the embarrassing Milan rhythm in Serie A last season, didn't know what to say at this time.

In the early 50 minutes, Real Madrid took a 5-0 lead!

One goal in 10 minutes.

Ibrahimovic would probably cry with envy after seeing this offensive support and offensive efficiency.

In the end, with the feeling of playing football like clocking out, Li Ang easily won a 6-0 victory with the team!

Ronaldo also scored another goal in the 73rd minute of the second half with Benzema's assist, performing a hat trick.

When this one-sided massacre ended, the local pro-Real Madrid media in Madrid couldn't wait to release the slogan of regaining the La Liga championship.

Although Barcelona just lost the Spanish Super Cup, it still has the confidence of winning three consecutive La Liga titles.

Therefore, the pro-Barcelona media immediately started to fight back.

Barcelona, ​​which won the European Super Cup with a complete victory over Porto, stepped onto the stage of the new season of La Liga on the evening of August 29.

Under the attention of countless La Liga fans, Barcelona finally defeated Villarreal with a 5-0 massacre!

This shocked the fans much more than Real Madrid slaughtered Zaragoza.

Because Villarreal ranked fourth in La Liga last season and was a Champions League team!

Even though Villarreal let go of two generals, Cazorla and Capdevila, this summer, the main axis is still intact.

So when Barcelona defeated Villarreal in one battle, the wind direction of the Spanish media quickly turned to praise Barcelona.

This momentum continued until the end of the international match day in early September, when Barcelona was beaten by Real Sociedad away from home.

I don’t know if Barcelona’s players were too affected by the “FIFA virus”.

In the league, they had already taken a two-goal lead in the first ten minutes of the game.

The Real Madrid players who heard the news at that time lost interest.

Unexpectedly, Barcelona could not score a goal in the more than 80 minutes that followed.

The resilient Real Sociedad struck two lightning strikes in the 59th and 61st minutes of the second half, which directly stunned Barcelona!

This chain dropped the jaws of countless La Liga fans.

However, Real Madrid players have already started their third round of La Liga and have no idea about the results of Barcelona.

Mourinho once again used the 4-4-2 formation after the great success of the last round of the league.

To deal with Getafe, a team that performed almost the same as Zaragoza last season, Uncle Bird still disdains to play defensive pressure.

Attack is all!

And in this game, it was not only Ronaldo who was rampant on the offensive end, but Li Ang also had a blast with Mourinho's permission.

Seeing Li Ang's decent back-passing and header on the field, Uncle Bird was very satisfied.

Although he felt embarrassed for Allegri, Mourinho really wanted to send him an email after the game.

We have to thank Allegri for developing Li Ang's offensive attributes~

Li Ang still did not score his first goal or assist in the La Liga in this game.

But he made a assist pass before scoring.

After all, he passed the ball to Di Maria on the side after advancing, and then Di Maria made a cross to assist Benzema to score, right?

Li Ang felt that he could still brag a little about this.

After playing the tactical tone of mainly attacking, Real Madrid was scored by Getafe in the second half.

But in the final 5-1 victory, the goal lost was not painful.

After the game, the Real Madrid players who knew that Barcelona had failed to deliver celebrated even more happily!

After all, although Mourinho never emphasized it, the club never publicized it.

But all the players who joined Real Madrid know that their current season goal is actually very simple.

At least in the league.

This season.

They are going to pull Barcelona down from the damn La Liga throne!

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