Chapter 91 The Era when Barcelona Once Dominated La Liga Is Over

"Do you know why you lost against him last time?"

"Yes, his pace is too fast. If he really wants to burst out with all his strength, it is almost impossible to change direction. If I can't keep up, I can only follow him and eat dust."

"But you still successfully limited his score in the first round."

"That was because he was exhausted by me. At that time, he didn't know my defensive characteristics very well, so he didn't allocate his physical energy well in the first round."

"Then can you guarantee to limit his score or help his teammates score this time?"

"No, boss, no one can guarantee to completely lock Messi now, but I will do my best to make him uncomfortable."

"A whole game?"

"A whole game!"

Mourinho sat in the chair in the office and heard Li Ang's answer. Finally, he nodded with satisfaction.

"Okay, your mind is still clear, and you are the clear-headed one I want!"

"I understand what you mean, don't worry, I lose, the team wins, and then I win too!"

Li Ang could see the worry that Mourinho had at this moment, which was different from the calmness on the surface, so he expressed his determination to sacrifice without hesitation.

The main thing is that he has to show his determination. It is clear that he is the only one in Real Madrid who can defend Messi.

Do you really expect Las Diarra and Khedira to do this job?

Then Real Madrid can basically be prepared to be blasted by Messi.

Mourinho slowly exhaled, and finally looked at the tactical book on the table that he had drawn a little sloppily, and suddenly smiled.

"Go to practice more, remember to go home early and have a good rest. On December 10, I want to see you in the best condition."

"Okay."

After a concise answer, Li Ang turned around and trotted out of Uncle Bird's office.

But three seconds later, he poked his head in again.

"Boss, you can actually have more confidence. No one in the football world knows how to play Barcelona better than you, and we are not afraid of Barcelona at all. The advantage is completely on our side!"

Mourinho looked at Li Ang's head, laughed, rolled up the tactical book at hand and pretended to throw it over.

Li Ang really turned around and ran away this time, trotting out of the office building without looking back.

Mourinho spread out the tactical book, and after a while, he raised his mouth and looked at the tactical plan he had made before.

"Little Lion is right, the advantage is completely on our side, and we must win this national derby!"

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Before the Spanish national derby, the mouthpiece newspapers of the two major clubs took the lead in launching a public opinion war.

"Mundo Deportivo" listed the record of Barcelona's absolute advantage against Real Madrid in the past three seasons.

And "Marca" was not to be outdone, and directly listed the results of Real Madrid defeating Barcelona to win the Spanish Super Cup before the start of this season.

What's more murderous is that "Marca" pointed out the reality that Barcelona is currently 11 points behind Real Madrid in La Liga.

Not long ago, when Real Madrid was pursuing its 13th consecutive win at the start of the league, Barcelona lost 0-1 to Getafe away.

This defeat directly detonated the entire Spanish media!

When Real Madrid was still putting pressure on them, Barcelona couldn't even draw, and simply lost a game. You think you didn't fall behind enough in the first half of the league, right?

At present, the situation of the entire La Liga has become that after the 15th round of the league, Real Madrid leads the second-ranked Barcelona by 11 points and tops the list!

This is also the largest points difference between Real Madrid and Barcelona after the first 15 rounds of the league in the past ten years!

This is simply unimaginable and unacceptable for Barcelona, ​​which won the league and Champions League double crowns last season.

Barcelona fans are particularly dissatisfied!

So they have a great obsession with defeating Real Madrid in a direct dialogue.

This obsession and the hype in public opinion are a psychological burden and pressure for the entire Barcelona team.

Winning has now become the basic requirement of fans for them, and it is best to win beautifully and happily.

If they lose, the public opinion scene

Barcelona players can no longer imagine it.

Fortunately, they rely on their absolute advantage in the past against Real Madrid, so they have a lot of confidence in their psychology.

Pique was still in the mood to talk and laugh with reporters before the game, and acted as if he was not worried about the result of the game at all.

The outside world does not know how Barcelona players discuss Real Madrid in private and how they train and prepare for the game.

But seeing Pique's relaxed and confident attitude, Barcelona fans are still relieved.

Real Madrid has been preparing for the game in a low-key manner until the end. No one accepted interviews, and Real Madrid players only posted routine cheering tweets on their social media.

On the morning of December 10, after the last tactical drill before the game, Mourinho also made a general mobilization on the training ground.

There was no big talk, nor any chicken blood-inducing encouragement.

Mourinho actually listed the results of this round of national derby win or lose in front of every Real Madrid first-team player.

If they win, they are 14 points ahead of Barcelona, ​​and if they lose, Barcelona will narrow the gap between the two teams to eight points!

For Real Madrid, even if they lose this game, it seems that the result will not be too bad. They still have enough tolerance to lead the league.

But for Barcelona, ​​the difference between winning and losing is basically the difference between hell and heaven.

And making Barcelona unhappy is naturally the greatest pleasure for Real Madrid!

Complete revenge, win the league championship, and regain the La Liga throne!

Real Madrid players embarked on the journey of this battle with full confidence, more confident than before any derby with Barcelona in the past three seasons!

In the evening, the Bernabeu was already full early.

And in the noisy exchanges and discussions at the scene, the stands near the entrance of the player tunnel suddenly burst into extremely strong cheers and boos!

Then, the entire Bernabeu scene was boiling, and the players of both teams entered the field to start warming up!

He Wei, who was sitting in the studio on the scene, was also excited.

He arrived in Madrid yesterday with Xu Yang and his colleagues from the crew.

Channel 5 attaches great importance to this Spanish national derby and specially sent him and Xu Yang to the scene for live commentary.

As the first Spanish national derby that Li Ang participated in in the league after returning to Real Madrid, there is no need to think about the ratings, it will definitely be explosive.

After all, with the example of the last Spanish Super Cup's explosive ratings, TVB is still very willing to pay for sending the commentary team abroad.

It's just that the live broadcast time this time is still a little inconvenient for Chinese fans.

Although it is much better than the Champions League's two or three o'clock in the morning, the game that starts at five in the morning also forces most fans who are not used to getting up early to go to bed early the night before.

However, after going to bed and getting up early, the energetic fans still feel very novel.

In the past, they stayed up all night waiting for the game to start, yawning all the time, but today they woke up and could watch the game.

This taste is still quite good, but it's a pity that not every Spanish national derby is broadcast live at this time, otherwise it can be barely considered friendly to Chinese fans.

TVB started the broadcast ten minutes in advance, and played a video of the warm-up scene of the players in front.

After that, He Wei and Xu Yang appeared in the camera and greeted the domestic audience as front-line commentators.

At about this time, the DJ on the scene called out the names of the Real Madrid players.

The live camera turned, and the domestic fans clearly saw the stars of the Real Madrid and Barcelona teams coming out of the player tunnel one after another!

In an instant, countless fans around the world looked at these 22 people with their hot eyes!

What is the card face?

In today's world football, the Spanish national derby and the Real Madrid vs. Barcelona battle are the biggest cards!

The combined value of the players of the two teams is almost more than all the remaining La Liga teams, so it's no wonder that the fans always make fun of the two Spanish Super League teams.

This is indeed true. The two Spanish Super League teams belong to another level, and they only regard each other as opponents in their eyes.

At least for now, the rest of the La Liga teams are not at the level to compete with them on the same stage.

The commentators of various countries are basically busy at this moment.

The players of the two teams also lined up and began to walk the pre-match ceremony.

The rest of the Real Madrid players are actually okay. After all, many of them are teammates of the national team, and they can smile when shaking hands.

Even Messi and Ronaldo, two direct competitors, interacted with each other with smiles or winks.

But when Messi and Li Ang shook hands, something was wrong.

Li Ang was still smiling happily, but Messi's smile was very forced.

"See you later, Leo."

After the handshake, Li Ang quickly said something to Messi, but Messi quickly dodged and walked to the next Real Madrid player as if he didn't hear it.

Li Ang didn't care, grinning and looking at the next Barcelona player walking towards him.

The "interaction" episode between the two did not attract the attention of the live camera. At this time, He Wei and Xu Yang were busy introducing the starting lineups of the two teams today, and they didn't notice Li Ang's small movements towards Messi.

"Today, Real Madrid fielded a 4-2-3-1 formation that is relatively balanced in both offense and defense.

Goalkeeper No. 1 Casillas.

The back line is No. 12 Marcelo, No. 4 Ramos, No. 3 Pepe and No. 17 Arbeloa.

In the midfield, No. 10 Li Ang and No. 14 Alonso are double defensive midfielders, No. 6 Khedira is the central midfielder, No. 7 Ronaldo and No. 22 Di Maria are on the left and right wings.

No. 9 Benzema is forward."

"Barcelona still chose to field their most familiar 4-3-3 formation.

Goalkeeper No. 1 Valdés.

On the back line, No. 22 Abidal, No. 3 Pique, No. 5 Puyol, No. 2 Alves.

In the midfield, No. 16 Busquets is behind, No. 6 Xavi and No. 8 Iniesta form a double central midfielder.

No. 4 Fabregas was still pushed to the front line by Guardiola today, and No. 9 Sanchez and No. 10 Messi were on his left and right wings. "

With Xu Yang's commentary, the formations and starting players on both sides appeared clearly in the minds of domestic fans.

Guardiola once again pushed Fabregas to the center position in an experimental manner.

Well, or it can be regarded as "front midfielder".

Currently, only Guardiola can arrange this forward line. There is no need for a fulcrum in the frontcourt, and the technical advantages of the players are used for fast passing and cutting.

It can be seen that Guardiola really wants to maximize the power of the passing and controlling tactics.

In comparison, Real Madrid's formation looks much more normal.

Double defensive midfielders, five midfielders, defensive counterattacks and two wings can play, and today Li Ang's position is destined to face Messi again.

This is a very good point to watch. The live camera also wandered between Ronaldo and Messi for a circle, and gave Li Ang two seconds of focus time.

And with the whistle of the referee on duty, the first national derby of the 2011-2012 La Liga officially started!

Real Madrid, who took the lead, did not rush to start like the last time they played the Spanish Super Cup with Barcelona. Instead, they first used their midfield advantage to stably control the ball.

Barcelona still carried out high pressure at the beginning as usual.

Messi was no exception and invested physical energy in the opening stage to cooperate with his teammates to put pressure on Real Madrid's ball holder.

But today's game is different from the past.

In the past two seasons, Barcelona's targeted pressure on Alonso has achieved good results.

Long Ge's ability to get rid of the ball on his own is not enough, and there is no reliable midfielder and backfield partner around him to help him share the organizational pressure. Obviously, Guardiola has also hit the backcourt organization of Real Madrid.

But seeing Li Ang calmly taking over the ball, and boldly moving forward after pulling the side to get rid of Messi's defensive interference, Guardiola turned his head and looked at Mourinho in surprise.

"Does he really dare to let Li Ang bear the organizational pressure in such a game?!"

Not only Guardiola, but also commentators and fans from various countries are interested at this moment.

Fans who have watched the previous La Liga games know that Li Ang does have a good organizational ability now

But this is the Spanish national derby. Dare to trust Li Ang, a 20-year-old young player, in such a game. I have to say that the Real Madrid coaching staff is really brave!

Organizing in the backcourt is different from in the frontcourt.

Once you make a mistake in the backcourt and lose the ball, Barcelona can launch their favorite attack after stealing the ball.

Real Madrid fans obviously knew the consequences of this situation, so they looked at Li Ang's figure with some concern.

Fortunately, Li Ang did not take it too seriously. After getting rid of Messi's pressure, he only moved forward four or five meters and passed the ball to Ronaldo who was retreating to respond.

This time, Barcelona's pressure in Real Madrid's half did not work, and the forwards and midfielders were almost out of touch, so Iniesta did not dare to steal Ronaldo at the first time.

He retreated decisively and waited for Xavi to return to defense, so that if he robbed again, at least one teammate on his side could fill his position.

But he didn't expect that Ronaldo would see that he was hesitant to press over to interfere with the defense, and directly turned on the rapid advancement mode!

If it comes to speed, Iniesta is not Ronaldo's opponent. Seeing that he was left behind and couldn't catch up, Iniesta could only call Alves to steal directly.

But at this moment, Ronaldo suddenly chose to pass back slightly!

An unexpected figure of Iniesta received the ball from Ronaldo in the rib area of ​​the right half of Barcelona's field, and then quickly transferred the ball to Barcelona's left with a short pass!

This quick transfer caught Barcelona off guard. Di Maria, who received the ball, stopped and dribbled to complete the cut inside, and after shaking the angle, he kicked the ball directly on the line of Barcelona's penalty area!

Valdes did not dare to take the ball carelessly, and after jumping with all his strength, he barely kicked the ball out of the small penalty area. Puyol directly kicked the ball to clear it!

Di Maria looked at Barcelona's goal with regret, and then began to retreat without delay.

At this moment, countless Barcelona fans were also shocked and sweated!

Until now, the live broadcast camera was aimed at the Real Madrid player who had just inserted and completed the quick ball transfer.

It was Li Ang!

"Oh no! What a pity for this shot! Valdez was still very focused, from Li Ang's transfer pass!

In just the first minute of the game, Real Madrid made their first threatening shot of the game. Real Madrid's offensive tactics today were very simple and fast!

Busquets needs to speed up, this kind of defensive mistakes can't happen too many times."

He Wei said so, but in his heart he hoped that Busquets would make more mistakes in positioning and interception later.

At this moment, Real Madrid, which quickly retreated, did not give Barcelona any chance to counterattack.

Mourinho hoarded heavy troops in the middle of the midfield today, and even Benzema followed him back to the top of the arc in the middle circle, just not to easily give Barcelona the opportunity to penetrate in the middle.

C Ronaldo had no objection to investing more energy in returning to defense in today's game.

After all, it was Barcelona who was playing. He wanted to score a goal, but he wanted to win the game more happily.

So from the two wings to the middle, Real Madrid relied on their stable positions and the players' active running back to defend, and for a time formed multiple strong defensive sides against Barcelona's ball holding points.

Several Barcelona frontcourt attackers also felt bad.

No matter how they involved Real Madrid's defense, as long as there was a tendency to advance forward, they always felt that there were more Real Madrid players double-teaming them than their teammates around them!

In this situation, continuing to force the attack would be courting death, and they had to choose to pass back and reorganize the attack.

Messi didn't have many opportunities to get the ball under Li Ang's close defense, and he had no choice but to start retreating frequently to ask for the ball.

But in this way, Barcelona fell into the tactical dilemma they faced Real Madrid in the previous Western Super Cup.

Real Madrid did not give up an inch of land in the midfield, stood in the key position, actively double-teamed defense, but did not take the initiative to grab the ball.

This resulted in Barcelona having a high ball possession rate, but few opportunities to enter Real Madrid's hinterland, and they could only make many meaningless ball possession passes in their own half.

Messi also had to expend his energy in advance to get the ball in the midfield or even the backcourt to help his teammates advance.

So Real Madrid's conspiracy was achieved.

Barcelona must use Messi's physical energy in exchange for effective advancement and smooth offensive operations. After Barcelona launched the offensive, it depends on how Li Ang, the tactical chess piece, restricts Messi.

Mourinho breathed a sigh of relief and looked at his own half a little nervously.

Messi shook off Khedira's defense and started to speed up in the middle, and all the players in Barcelona's frontcourt also began to press forward decisively.

Li Ang rushed forward, but halfway through, he began to block and retreat while keeping a distance of one meter from Messi.

This scene looks very cowardly, but Messi really feels bad!

He had to slow down his dribbling speed a little, thinking about how to get rid of this annoying guy in front of him.

But Real Madrid's retreat speed has far exceeded his expectations, and also exceeded the expectations of other Barcelona players.

Seeing this, Messi gritted his teeth and was about to force a breakthrough, and Li Ang also decisively rushed up at this moment.

But Messi's pace was still too fast!

Li Ang was passed cleanly again, but he showed a sly smile on his face.

Messi staggered with the ball and shook off Li Ang, and then faced Xabi Alonso decisively fell to the ground and shoveled!

Now even a strong Messi would find it difficult to dodge twice.

He jumped helplessly, and the football was shoveled back to the middle of the midfield by Brother Long.

Khedira looked at the ball, but he didn't dare to dribble it himself at this time, because there was a Busquets watching behind him.

With his back to the body, looking at Li Ang who had already started to move forward and raised his hand to signal, Brother Lian didn't think much and directly chose a short pass back!

Li Ang's figure passed the midfield line without stopping almost instantly!

Busquets' speed was too slow, so he didn't even use the foul action, and could only start chasing back.

Li Ang also rushed the ball to Barcelona's left before Xavi fouled and pulled!

Angel Di Maria took off at full speed at this moment!

Guardiola was shocked and roared to let his players chase back quickly.

But how could the counterattack of Real Madrid be so easy to stop?

Abidal barely blocked Di Maria's cut-in route, but Di Maria didn't even think about cutting in at this time!

When he was about to get close to the left edge of Barcelona's penalty area, Di Maria suddenly dribbled the ball to open up the space for kicking.

Then he used his left foot to send a smooth cross to Barcelona's goal!

Pique, who was retreating, had no time to go to the back point, and Puyol just stood in position and jumped, but was pressed under a violent impact figure!

Ronaldo held his breath, and shook his head vigorously at the ball when the fleeting opportunity came!

Valdes waved his arms in panic, but he didn't touch anything except the air!

The football passed his fingertips, crossed the line, and went into the net, no suspense, no suspense!

"Beep!"

The referee on duty saw the football hit the net, and without any hesitation, he pointed to the kick-off point!

At this moment, the Bernabeu scene erupted with thunderous cheers and screams!

"Di Maria passed the ball! Ronaldo at the back point--!!! Oh--!!! The ball went in! The ball went in!!! Ronaldo beat Puyol and headed the ball into the Barcelona goal! Real Madrid took the lead at home!"

He Wei's voice completely overwhelmed Xu Yang at this moment, and he cheered passionately in the live studio!

There were many live commentators who made the same move as him.

This lightning-fast interception counterattack exclusive to Real Madrid was so decisive, so sharp, and so exciting!

Less than ten seconds!

From the moment Alonso intercepted the ball and launched a counterattack to the final goal, Real Madrid advanced nearly 60 meters, but it took less than ten seconds!

The scene at the Bernabeu was completely crazy!

Mourinho kept roaring and punching on the sidelines, and his ferocious face was full of pride and confidence!

This is his team, and he spent more than a year to finally create the Mourinho-style Real Madrid!

At this moment, Li Ang, who was already roaring and hugging with Ronaldo and others, also raised his arms high and kept cheering and roaring at the South Stand of Real Madrid!

Look!

The era when Barcelona once dominated La Liga.

It's time to pass!

I read it twice myself and felt that the previous manuscript was a bit unsatisfying.

So I added another thousand words.

Well, it's comfortable now.