Starting with Real Madrid kicking the midfielder

Chapter 19 A Story Doomed to Tragedy
On the afternoon of September 2010, 9, when Mourinho participated in the pre-match press conference for the first round of the UEFA Champions League group stage of Real Madrid's new season, he "generously" released the starting roster of 14 players.

Because Albiol is still recuperating and Pepe has just returned from injury. To be on the safe side, Mourinho also put Garay, who has not yet been used in the league, into the squad this time.

This was the only place where the reporters on the scene were surprised.

The other Real Madrid first-team players selected for the UEFA Champions League squad are basically the same as the Western media guessed before the game.

Aside from Ronaldo, Di Maria, Alonso, Ramos and other stars who are almost guaranteed to start.

What the reporters at the scene most wanted to confirm was whether Li Ang, who had had ample chances in the league recently, would continue to start.

No way, after the two league games, Li Ang has indeed become the traffic code in the Spanish football world recently.

In the words of the fans.

When you see a player with a sunny and handsome face like Kaka, but actually doing Gattuso-style hard work, a player who can play in Real Madrid at the age of 19 and play pretty well.

It is really hard not to be curious and interested in him.

Even Real Madrid's official tweets have already released Li Ang's growth experience and his performance in Real Madrid's youth teams at all levels.

But fans from all walks of life are still not satisfied.

They are eager to see more different things from Li Ang, an emerging "alternative genius".

Therefore, the reporters also raised various questions about Li Ang to Mourinho as much as possible at the pre-match press conference.

Mourinho showed his signature smile. Facing these reporters, his answer was only the same sentence.

"No comment."

This is what Mourinho himself and Li Ang personally mean.

Naturally, the Real Madrid club also prioritized respecting the opinions of the players in this regard.

Li Ang doesn't want to deal with the media prematurely, and Mourinho also dislikes the media's intense attention to disturbing his players' private lives.

On this point, Mourinho and Li Ang once again reached a tacit agreement.

So no matter how the reporters insinuated, Mourinho smiled and rejected one question after another related to Li Ang.

Until, a reporter from China raised his hand and was qualified to ask questions.

"Mr. Mourinho, what kind of role does Li Ang currently play in the Real Madrid first team? What is your opinion or evaluation of his future development? Do you think that Li Ang will have the opportunity to become the main player in Real Madrid in the future? location?"

This reporter with a social worker card from a certain newspaper in Huaguo asked three questions in one breath.

Mourinho hesitated for a while, and in the end he didn't know whether it was for Li Ang's sake, or he slowly answered these three questions that could easily arouse public opinion controversy.

"You can actually see the role positioning. Li Ang is still a midfielder at present. He needs to take on more defensive tasks in the backcourt to block the opponent's advance. What is my evaluation of his development? I think he still has a lot to offer. He is easy to learn and smart, and always wants to learn more from competitions and training. As for the last question you asked, maybe you should interview Li Ang in person in the future. He is a confident young man. I'm afraid you won't get the answer you want from me, but you can from him."

There was nothing wrong with Mourinho's answer, and finally made a humorous joke.

But to the surprise of him and many reporters, the Hua country reporter who asked the question did not look very happy in the end.

Instead, he pursed his lips in embarrassment and sat back with a smile.

Mourinho felt a little strange, but such a small episode just passed by in a flash.

He quickly forgot about it after finishing his pre-match press conference duties.

The time is pushed back several hours.

When the news of Real Madrid's press conference before the UEFA Champions League was updated on the major sports forums in China.

Fans in Huaguo were not uniformly happy about Li Ang's selection to Real Madrid's starting squad and Mourinho's praise of Li Ang.

They quickly split into several camps as they did when they learned that Li Ang was starting to represent Real Madrid's first team, and started a fierce "confrontation".

And everything has to be traced back to the scarf news that Li Ang posted in February this year.

"There are a lot of innocent people, whether it's the victims or the blamers, they may be people who take care of the overall situation, even if they are disgusting, they want to mend and continue to drive this rotten boat, but for me, the last What is sad is that these innocent people far underestimated the greed and shamelessness of those 'high-ranking people'! If the real revival of this sport in China requires someone to use enough tragic sacrifices as the price, then I am willing to pay the price today !"

This seemingly foggy bib dynamic did not attract much attention at the time.

But on the second day after Li Ang posted this scarf, a reporter broke out that Li Ang resolutely rejected the call-up of the national team and was unwilling to come back to play the East Asian Cup held in Tokyo at that time, domestic public opinion exploded!
As the only young player in China who received youth training in Real Madrid at that time, Li Ang also joined the Huaguo National Youth Team early.

He is not only the captain of the national youth team, but also a future star who has high hopes from fans all over the country.

Unsurprisingly, Li Ang has become the heart of domestic fans. I don't know how many people are looking forward to him being promoted to the first team of Huaguo when he is an adult, and helping Huaguo team to successfully enter the World Cup finals again.

But all these good hopes were completely shattered on February 2010, 2.

After Li Ang sent out the staunch and decisive bib news, he directly announced his permanent withdrawal from the Huaguo national team at all levels!

Without a reason, without a more detailed explanation, a cold announcement completely cut off the possibility between Li Ang and the Huaguo national team.

In the past few days, domestic sports reporters broke the news.

Some people said that Li Ang played a big game, and after being reprimanded by the team leader, he directly chose to quit the National Youth Team in a fit of anger.

Some people said that some of the national youth coaches asked Li Ang's teammates and friends for benefits, and Li Ang made a big fuss after being discovered.

There is also a rumor that Li Ang was directly asked for an "appearance fee" by a manager of the Football Association who has the right to choose.

Li Ang scolded the opponent on the spot, so he was fired.

Under the divergent opinions, no one knew why Li Ang chose such a violent way to announce that he would no longer play for the Huaguo national team.

At that time, only a small number of fans clearly expressed their understanding of Li Ang.

Most of the fans could not understand and approve of Li Ang's withdrawal from the national team.

So the title of "traitor" gradually came to Li Ang's head.

Even after Li Ang went to Real Betis on loan, many Huaguo fans still felt "difficult to appease".

They just don't want to bless Li Ang, who has gradually been kicked out of Real Betis.

The same reason.

Even now, more and more Huaguo fans have softened their attitude towards Li Ang because he has gained a firm foothold in the Real Madrid first team.

But there are still a group of heartbroken fans who cannot "forgive".

The more popular Li Ang is in Spanish football, the more controversy he can cause in the country, but Li Ang doesn't say anything himself, and the top officials of the Football Association have always kept silent.

So a foggy "official announcement of withdrawal from the team" became a story that made countless Chinese fans feel sad.

As for Li Ang, who traveled back after more than ten years, he once hesitated, struggled, and joined without hesitation, and now he quit in complete despair.

The knife did not fall on him, but he could not turn a blind eye to what happened to his teammates.

So he chose the most rigid way of breaking up.

This is a story that was destined to be tragic from the very beginning.

Because Li Ang, who has no ties or interests with domestic football, does not need to compromise.

Being uncompromising, he is destined to have serious conflicts with some idiots sooner or later.

If he didn't bow his head, he would naturally end up being rejected and expelled.

But as Leon himself said.

If the real revival of domestic football requires someone to use enough tragic sacrifices as the price.

Then he is willing to pay the price.

He doesn't look back.

Do not regret it.

　The choice of the national team, um, actually, I plan to explain it later, but I thought about it again, hey, let’s mention it earlier.

　　Friends who want to read the content of the national team can read the previous football article of Chihuo.

　　Foodies can be regarded as a loss, and a lesson, this book really can't write the story of the national team, sorry.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)