Chapter 94 The New Golden Boy Who Caused a Sensation in the UK
"This kid should spend more time on long pass practice! He's very fast in short pass practice, but why is his long pass still not up to par?"
Mourinho was actually very happy at this moment, but he still grumbled a few words.
Karanka, who heard his words, smiled but said nothing.
If other La Liga coaches heard Mourinho's grumbling at this moment, they would definitely be psychologically unbalanced, and they might even scold Mourinho for being greedy.
Li Ang has only been back for a short time this season, and his short pass has not only improved a step, but his long pass has also begun to make significant progress with the naked eye.
Yes.
Comparing the current Li Ang with the core players in the upper and middle teams of La Liga, his long pass ability must be at the bottom.
But if it were last season, Li Ang would not have been qualified to compare with these players at all.
After celebrating with Kaka and others on the field, Li Ang was also repeatedly thinking about the taste of tearing open Granada's defense with a long pass just now.
"I still don't use long passes enough. If the distance is enough, my short passes should be able to be given out faster. That is to say, against Granada, the ball just now may be destroyed and cleared in advance against other teams in the top six of La Liga."
It feels great to successfully instigate an attack again, but Li Ang reviewed the process of launching the ball just now in his mind. His mind is still very clear and he is not too excited.
After all, he often intercepts the opponent's passes from the backcourt in this way during the game.
If he thinks from another perspective, he thinks that if he was marking Morata in the backcourt just now, Morata's route to chase the ball would be blocked by himself.
Secondly, the landing point of this long pass is too close to the opponent's penalty area. If the command is proper, the goalkeeper can attack in time and destroy the ball first.
However, after finding out several obvious shortcomings and preparing to improve them in the subsequent practice process.
Li Ang is also satisfied that he can occasionally send such a long pass counterattack.
The important thing is to further hone the combination of organizational awareness and passing skills.
There is still a big technical gap between finding opportunities to pass in time and being able to pass well.
However, Li Ang is not afraid of slow progress. He trains bit by bit. As long as he can see the continuous improvement of his skills, he will not lack motivation no matter how slow he grows.
"Keep our stable passing, control the rhythm, stabilize the defense and find opportunities to counterattack them. Everyone has done a good job before. Don't worry."
After returning to his own half, Li Ang took the initiative to applaud and signaled his teammates to look at him.
Today, Brother Long is not here, and Ramos is not here either, so he has to stand up in time to remind his teammates in the midfield and backcourt to keep their heads clear at any time.
With Li Ang's shouting, Albiol and Las Diarra, the old birds on the field, are not to mention.
Varane and Carvajal, the rookies, are indeed more at ease.
Nacho also made a "rest assured" gesture to Li Ang.
The other teammates in the backcourt are stable, and Li Ang is also at ease. Who asked him to play as a single midfielder today?
It's okay to stay behind and organize, but the most worrying thing is that your teammates and your defensive ideas are not on the same channel.
If you can hold steady, but they can't, then you will still be doomed in defense.
Li Ang also experienced the hard work of Brother Long in the second half of last season.
At that time, he was not there to cover the bottom of the midfield and backcourt.
Now think back, Brother Long supported Real Madrid's three-line battle, that's really awesome!
"Move, move! Esteban (Granero), boldly grab their wing! Don't worry about missing someone, I'm behind you!"
After putting away the extra thoughts, Li Ang looked at Granada, who started to press forward actively because of the lag, and signaled Granero to be more active in grabbing.
There is no need for Li Ang to worry too much about Las Diarra. The French midfielder is an excellent sweeping partner when defending.
It's just that Granero needs more reminders from him.
However, Granero has a good temper and is also very committed to defense after Mourinho's transformation.
Well, it's good to be active in defense. With this attitude, Li Ang can save a lot of trouble. As for the problem of average defensive strength.
Li Ang doesn't care. He will defend the Granada players that Granero missed!
After Granada's offensive players poured into Real Madrid's half, the first thing they had to face was Li Ang's frontal interception.
On both sides of Li Ang, Morata and Callejon also actively retreated to their own midline at this moment.
Under the full-player defense tactics formulated by Mourinho and resolutely implemented by the rotating players, Granada's midfield advances were strongly pushed back by Real Madrid several times.
Occasionally, Granada attacked in front of Real Madrid's defense line once or twice, and Albiol, who was in good form, would also take Varane to destroy the opponent's attempt to go further.
Granada tried to attack for more than ten minutes, but the more they attacked, the lower their confidence fell.
After seeing Real Madrid's starting lineup before the game, the idea of picking up bargains completely disappeared.
When Granada's offensive momentum slowed down, Real Madrid seized the opportunity to push the front line back to Granada's half.
In terms of offensive organization in the opponent's half, Li Ang thought he was not as good as Granero.
He also signaled Granero to take possession of the ball.
There was also Kaka in the frontcourt who could help organize the offense and send threatening passes, so Li Ang focused more on the defense.
With this division of labor, Real Madrid's distribution of ball possession in the midfield was very appropriate.
Kaka and Granero are enough to link up a smooth attack, Las Diarra can still play the back-insertion set, and Li Ang does not need to go up and intervene.
Morata played well today. The young man lacked confidence, but he had good skills. He played several threatening cooperations with Kaka and Callejon.
In the 34th minute of the first half, Morata's movement helped to pull away Granada's defensive players in front of the penalty area.
Kaka, who was observing in the right rib area of the front court, saw this and sent a cross pass directly to the top of the penalty area. Granero moved forward and chose to shoot directly after a slight adjustment!
Granada goalkeeper Roberto tried his best to save Granero's powerful shot, but the ball hit the heel of their defender Siqueira and bounced to the right side of the penalty area.
Callejon, who had been actively running without the ball, saw the opportunity and rushed to the football first!
He did not give Roberto a chance to make a second save, and directly sent the football into the far corner of the goal with a non-stop volley!
2-0!
Real Madrid successfully changed the score before the end of the first half!
More than 3,000 Real Madrid fans who traveled with the team also cheered and celebrated happily in the stands!
Looking at the Real Madrid rotation players who have already played well, the Spanish media reporters on the sidelines couldn't help but discuss with acquaintances.
Yes, Granada is not a difficult La Liga relegation team.
But when Real Madrid can control the rhythm and win Granada with an almost pure rotation formation, then this matter is very topical.
Because this at least means that Real Madrid's main players will get more full rotation in the subsequent La Liga.
Teams like Espanyol, Santander Racing, Zaragoza, and Sporting Gijon can directly send this rotation lineup to play in the future!
At most, add Ronaldo to let him play a few games with all his strength and maintain his lead over Messi in the league scorer list.
The main players of Real Madrid, who have been given enough rest time, can rest assured to play the tough battles in the league and the Champions League.
So far this season, Real Madrid is about to tie the record of 16 consecutive wins created by Barcelona last season, and it was won in one go at the beginning of the season.
Don't say anything nonsense about not having any ideas about the Champions League at this time.
Real Madrid is in such a bursting state. In the last round, they just beat Barcelona head-on in the league, breaking the curse of not winning Barcelona in three seasons.
Any normal Real Madrid fan will have the same ambition for the Champions League at this time.
The king of the Champions League has been away from the Champions League for nine and a half years.
Talking about revival, regaining the league championship can only be a basic goal for Real Madrid. Without winning the Champions League, can it be called the revival of Real Madrid?
The reporters who came up with good news ideas became more and more excited the more they thought about it, and even stopped paying attention to the progress of this game. Some anxious ones even started writing articles while sitting on the sidelines.
So the Real Madrid players who scored another goal in the second half and finally won 3-0 against Granada were very puzzled.
In the past, after winning the game, the reporters wanted to hold them for an interview.
Where are the reporters today?
The number is too sparse. Did the reporters go home for dinner early? !
Morata and Carvajal, the rookie players, were a little disappointed, after all, they missed an opportunity to show their faces and gain fame.
Li Ang was very satisfied with this quiet post-match environment. He received physical therapy comfortably, washed up, and returned to the team bus early.
Mourinho is busy attending the post-match press conference, and may hold a tactical review meeting with the members of the coaching staff later.
The coaching staff still attaches great importance to their newly formed "Team B", and many tactical details and personnel arrangements must be fine-tuned.
Unlike the Real Madrid coaches who have heavy work, all the Real Madrid players are in a relaxed mood at this moment.
Whether it was the main players who stayed at home to watch the game, or the substitutes who were waiting on the bus to fly back to Madrid, they were all in a happy and relaxed mood.
Because after the King's Cup match with Ponferradina on the evening of December 20, the Christmas holiday came.
If nothing unexpected happens, Real Madrid will advance to the next round of the King's Cup with a big win, and then usher in a wonderful Christmas holiday.
It would be too difficult to overturn, after all, the main players of Real Madrid started in the second leg of the fourth round of the King's Cup.
And this is exactly the case.
At 9 o'clock in the evening of December 20, Real Madrid, with all the main players starting, ended the last official game of 2011 at home with a 7-0 victory.
The players of Ponferradina did not have much embarrassment of being beaten, but were very excited to take photos with the stars of Real Madrid and exchange jerseys.
Well, it looks like they have completed a successful star-chasing.
Li Ang started again in this game, but he just played a soy sauce.
Because he needed to cooperate with the club's publicity, he held the Golden Boy Award and smiled awkwardly before the game, allowing reporters to take pictures non-stop.
After playing for 30 minutes, he was replaced by Mourinho to rest.
Yes, not long ago, after Real Madrid defeated Barcelona head-on and won the 15th consecutive victory at the start of the league, Turin Sports also announced that Li Ang defeated Gotze to win the 2011 Golden Boy Award.
The German media was naturally very dissatisfied with this.
After all, before Li Ang returned to Real Madrid this season, Gotze's chance of winning this year's Golden Boy Award was much greater than Li Ang's.
At that time, Gotze also suppressed a number of competitors with more impressive personal offensive data.
But Li Ang relied on his increasingly impressive performance in Real Madrid in the second half of the year to gradually turn the public opinion back.
When Real Madrid launched its publicity offensive, coupled with Mendes' public relations efforts, Li Ang finally had the momentum to suppress Gotze after October.
In the final analysis, when it comes to awards, personal performance is naturally the basis, but the platform is also an important factor affecting the public opinion.
If Gotze debuted in Bayern Munich, with his personal data and the honor of the Bundesliga champion, there would be no suspense about winning the Golden Boy Award.
But he happened to be in Dortmund, and he was facing Li Ang, who won the Italian double last season and returned to Real Madrid.
You let Dortmund and Real Madrid compare publicity?
The difference in magnitude is not a little bit.
And Li Ang's award this time is completely justified.
Compared with the championship honor, Li Ang won the Italian Cup in addition to the Serie A championship last season.
Compared with the results of this season.
Real Madrid has won consecutive games so far, ranking first in La Liga, and qualified for the Champions League group stage with six consecutive wins. Li Ang played every game and was an absolute main starter.
What about Dortmund?
Now it is suppressed by Bayern and ranked second in the Bundesliga. In the Champions League group stage, it only won one game and lost four games and was eliminated at the bottom.
This record is really hard to talk about. The German media can only say that Gotze's personal performance is fine, but they dare not mention Dortmund's Champions League results this season.
So the final evaluation result is very clear, and Li Ang has no psychological burden to win this award.
After the game, he accepted an interview with Marca with the Golden Boy trophy at the suggestion of the club staff.
After the thanks, the most anticipated moment of Real Madrid players who returned to the locker room came.
The wonderful long vacation is coming, and Mourinho did not spoil the mood by saying too many precautions.
After explaining the time to return to the base to report, he announced the disbandment in the locker room.
During this period, Mourinho did not care how the players played or how they indulged themselves.
After all, they are all famous stars, and professional ethics is the most basic self-requirement.
Besides, if someone really dares to go to the base for a physical examination with excess fat, Mourinho would not mind letting him feel what the intensity of training is.
Pintus is now in the coaching team, hehe.
Li Ang did not plan to return to China during this vacation. He went directly to Valencia with Ronaldo and Master Pei to enjoy the winter sunshine of the Mediterranean.
There was no intensive training. In addition to daily routine fitness and swimming, several people just played.
During this period, Li Ang spent Christmas with Ronaldo's big family, and met with Mendes to coordinate the future work arrangements.
After nearly a week of pure rest and relaxation, Li Ang said goodbye to Ronaldo and others, and embarked on a journey to England with the assistant team.
The location of the commercial shoot for this business cooperation was in London. After three days of hard work, Li Ang finally completed his shooting task.
During this period, there were many people who looked like reporters holding cameras squatting outside the studio.
Li Ang didn't care at first, until the end of the advertising shoot, the assistant showed him a piece of gossip from the Sun, and then he realized that the people who had been squatting before were all paparazzi from the Sun!
And who else was the protagonist in that gossip report if not him?
"No, don't they know that this is an advertising model? What does "The new golden boy is suspected of meeting with a hot blonde girl in London" mean? This is defamation! Can I sue them for defamation?"
Li Ang was so angry that he laughed when he saw the photos and headlines published by the Sun.
He just came to London, and usually stays in the hotel to rest except for shooting advertisements. He has hardly gone out. How can there be a scandal?
The assistant pondered for a moment, and then told Li Ang that this kind of lawsuit would have no effect on the Sun.
The Sun is absolutely authoritative and professional in reporting gossip. They used the word "suspected" in the title, so there is a lot of room for them to make articles.
Moreover, the Sun may be eager for him to make a decision to sue.
"What they want is traffic and fans' attention. Of course, Li Ang, if you really want to sue the Sun, I can also make arrangements here."
". Is there no other way to sanction them directly?"
"Well, if there is a bigger news in the near future, then the Sun will naturally not earn your gossip traffic, or in other words, their gains will be far less than their planned expectations."
After listening to the assistant's words, Li Ang pondered for a moment, but finally his eyes lit up.
The next afternoon, Li Ang appeared on the streets of London in a high-profile manner, and soon fans and reporters recognized him.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, he appeared in the stands of Stamford Bridge with his assistant to watch the game between Chelsea and Aston Villa.
It was not a private room, but an ordinary fan stand.
This scene quickly attracted numerous reports from the English media, and on the Internet, a large number of Premier League fans also discussed Li Ang's sudden appearance at Stamford Bridge.
Some people said that Li Ang came to London for vacation and watched the game.
After all, among the top five leagues, only the Premier League is still in full swing. It is normal for Li Ang to watch one or two Premier League games during his vacation.
But many fans believe that Chelsea must have contacted Mendes.
All Premier League fans now know that Chelsea lacks defensive midfielders, especially tough defensive midfielders.
Li Ang is not only tough enough, but also known for his durability since his debut. Doesn't it just meet Chelsea's needs?
Amid various opinions, the gossip reported about Li Ang yesterday was quickly suppressed by new rumors.
Many Real Madrid fans who heard about the rumors of Li Ang's transfer in England also quickly refuted the rumors on the Internet.
They posted Li Ang's previous itinerary records and posted Li Ang's response on social media to fans about his current advertising shooting in London.
Real Madrid fans' rumor-refuting work seems to have been successful.
But at the end of this Premier League game, Li Ang used an angry chair-slapping action that seemed to be "true" and really made the front page headlines of various British media!
The reason is simply that Chelsea lost 1-3 to Aston Villa at home.
Rumors, it's starting to take off
Well, La Liga has a small winter break, so I have to write a transition chapter, which is also the biggest reason why I had problems typing this afternoon.
I'm nervous every time I write a transition chapter. Foodie actually really likes to write about the game. For example, if you write about the Premier League, Foodie likes it very much.
It's compact. There is basically a summer transfer window between each season.
But in La Liga, this small winter break must be written out. If I skip it, there may be many big guys who say that Foodie has no daily life at all and writes too dry.
Like the Golden Boy Award selection, I also shortened it to this chapter to explain it together.
Well, this is daily life. Foodie can only say that I will try my best to write some more interesting content. Fortunately, what is released now are all big chapters. The transition chapter is a little more and it will pass. I will try my best to return to the league and the Champions League in the future.
I hope you guys can leave more comments. If there are any shortcomings in my writing, please feel free to point them out. I will also reflect on myself and try to correct them.
I won’t say more. Whether it is good or bad, you guys will judge.
I’m going to fill my stomach first. I’m so hungry!