Starting with Real Madrid kicking the midfielder

Chapter 77 The curse does not belong to me, I am also the most special one

The match between Real Madrid and Levante in the fourth round of La Liga ended with Real Madrid winning 2-0 without bloodshed.

Although Levante's defense is good enough, it is also tenacious enough in the subsequent game time.

But the conceded goal in the first half hit them too hard.

Mourinho saw that Levante was not a soft persimmon, so he decisively played defense after 10 minutes in the first half.

Real Madrid, who can lower their stance, is obviously not an opponent that Levante can take advantage of.

Relying on Higuain's No. 605 minute goal in the second half, Real Madrid also successfully sealed the victory without any risk.

And Li Ang also became the best player of the game with one assist and the most efficient defensive data in the game.

The best player was awarded to Li Ang. Callejon and Higuain who scored today are not jealous, they are very convinced.

After all, in terms of Li Ang's nine steals, five effective interceptions and two clearances, it's really unconvincing!

It can be said that Levante's desperate counterattack in the second half was cut to death in the midfield by Li Ang.

And Li Ang also made Levante fans lament with the highest running distance of 14.2 kilometers in the game.

"He ran out of an invisible wall in Real Madrid's half! Otherwise we should be able to get a better ending at home. Faced with such an amazing performance by Li Ang, what can I say?

Luckily for Mourinho and Real Madrid, they have a 'new Makelele', and perhaps they will produce a surprising performance this season. "

At the press conference after the game, Levante coach Ignacio Martinez could only speak helplessly.

And Mourinho also smiled and praised Levante's performance.

Although Barcelona was in full swing in the previous match with Osasuna, they slaughtered Osasuna with a score of 8-0.

But at this moment, Real Madrid, which has successfully won three consecutive La Liga victories in the new season, is obviously the side that the media pays more attention to.

The starting lineup is strong, and the rotation strength is also not bad.

The stable performance of Real Madrid has given fans more hope and expectation than last season.

And Li Ang's iron man performance also made countless Real Madrid fans forget a certain midfielder successfully.

After all, fans who often watch football know it.

How important is a midfielder who can't run to death and can show a stable performance in every game.

An attacking midfielder can of course increase the upper limit of a team's output firepower.

But without at least two strong enough midfielders, if you want to achieve good results or even win the championship in multi-line battles, it is simply a dream.

Well, now Real Madrid almost has four midfielders of this type, so Real Madrid fans are quite at ease.

Alonso is a perfect one, Las Diarra, who is not sticky, counts as one, and Li Ang counts as 1. There is no way, he is really good at running!

As for the remaining 0.5, it is naturally the brother face who is still actively recovering.
After returning to Madrid with a three-game winning streak in the league, the Real Madrid team has won unanimous praise from fans and the media.

But Li Ang couldn't escape the contract renewal.

Because Zidane, together with Karanka, sent an invitation to him as a representative of the club, he could not refuse.

After making an appointment for the meeting, Li Ang called Mendez and talked for an entire hour that night.

At five o'clock in the afternoon the next day, Li Ang, who had not practiced after the training session on a rare day, met with the current CEO of Real Madrid in the training base.

Angel Sanchez.

After receiving a series of unnutritive condolences and compliments, Li Ang waited for Mendes' team.

This also announced that his contract renewal negotiations with Real Madrid will start for the second time.

And this time, he will participate in the whole process.

Of course, the focus of the differences is still on the distribution of portrait rights.

For Real Madrid, they basically treat the players in the current Real Madrid first team equally.

That is, the club must obtain a sufficient share of the portrait rights of the players!

This is the bottom line of Real Madrid and an important part of Real Madrid's global promotion business plan.

But Li Ang's previous request was very clear, and Mendes' negotiating team could only cling to this point.

The negotiators on both sides talked from 05:30 pm until [-] pm. Seeing that there was no progress, Li Ang moved.

Li Ang, who hadn't spoken much before, burst out with great confidence.

He looked directly at Sanchez, who also didn't say much before, and asked a straight-forward question.

"Mr. Manager, if I want to complete this contract renewal, can I only choose to give up more personal portrait rights?"

Sanchez still had the kind smile on his face when he met Li Ang before, but the tone of his answer was firm and unquestionable.

"Yes, this is the club's strategic bottom line, Li Ang, you should understand."

Li Ang nodded, and looked at Sanchez again.

"What does Mr. Chairman mean?"

"You can make another concession, 40%. We only need 40% of your portrait rights. You can enjoy the same renewal treatment as Cristiano. This is the greatest sincerity of Mr. Chairman!"

Li Ang finally began to nod slightly thoughtfully.

But just as Sanchez secretly breathed a sigh of relief, Li Ang spoke again.

"But the bottom line in my heart is to retain at least 80% of the personal portrait rights. Can the club really be more flexible in this regard? I can ask for a lower annual salary."

Sanchez was silent, and after a while, he shook his head with a smile.

"Have you really stopped thinking about it, Li Ang? Giving up 40% of the portrait rights is not harmful to you. With Real Madrid helping you to operate, you will get a more lucrative endorsement contract than before, and we will further Promoting your reputation throughout Europe, and even the world, is the most important thing for you at this stage."

Seeing Sanchez's resolute appearance, Li Ang probably knew the attitude of Real Madrid's management.

In his signal eyes, Mendes personally played and promoted the progress of the negotiation with Sanchez.

"We need to retain at least 70% of the portrait rights, but the new contract signed cannot exceed three years. Real Madrid must bear part of the responsibility for promoting Li Ang's reputation around the world. In addition, we will do our best to help Li Ang run this year's Golden Boy Award. "

This is slightly higher than the bottom line condition that Mendes and Li Ang reached after discussing last night.

But are you still negotiating now? Naturally, you have to "lion open your mouth" first, and then let the other party grind down bit by bit.

If the conditions are not raised first, then how should Mendes continue to deal with Lafayette's counter-offer later?
Among these conditions, the contract year limit of three years is actually a smoke bomb.

Let Real Madrid increase the promotion of Li Ang in the world; and help to fully operate this year's Golden Boy Awards.

These two items are what Mendes and Leon need most now.

Sanchez thought for a while, and then asked his negotiating team to continue to deal with Mendes on the terms of the new contract.

And he himself called Lafayette himself after leaving the meeting.

The two sides continued to talk while confirming, until nine o'clock in the evening, and finally reached a preliminary agreement with both Lafayette and Li Ang nodding.

Li Ang finally gave up 40% of the portrait rights to Real Madrid.

But correspondingly, Real Madrid also generously offered Li Ang a contract with an annual salary of 400 million euros after tax but only a three-year contract.

However, behind such generous conditions, there are conditions.

That is, if Li Ang insists on only signing for three years, he must give Real Madrid the priority to renew the contract.

That is to say, more than two years later, when other clubs offer offers to Li Ang, who is about to return to free agency, as long as Real Madrid is willing to match the team's salary to Li Ang, then Li Ang can only complete the contract renewal with Real Madrid.

At the same time, Real Madrid also readily agreed to promote Li Ang's global promotion and fully operate the Golden Boy Awards at the end of this year.

The rest of the details need to be further confirmed by the two sides, and Real Madrid also proposed another contract extension plan for Li Ang.

That is, Real Madrid can directly raise Li Ang's annual salary to the salary level of a certain midfielder last year.

That is about 500 million euros after tax, but correspondingly, Li Ang has to accept a contract period of up to five years.

For this second plan, Li Ang said that he still needs to discuss it with Mendes.

However, when several main conditions in the contract have been negotiated, the successful contract renewal between Li Ang and Real Madrid is only a few days away.

Li Ang, who had resolved the matter, was relaxed, and Mourinho, who had been following up silently, was also relieved after getting the news.

What he is most afraid of now is that the internal and external environment of the team has become turbulent again.

The reason why he was in Porto back then and Inter Milan last year achieved almost perfect success.

In fact, a large part of the reason is that the team is monolithic internally, the generals are single-minded, and there are no strange chores outside that affect the team's preparations.

When I went to Chelsea in the middle, it was quite successful at first.

But the British media is really capable of making troubles, and there will be constant disturbances off the court in the Champions League.

The hearts of the people are not in harmony, the record cannot be broken, and he is always lacking the last sliver of luck, won't he lose the boss's continued trust?

So now seeing that Li Ang's side has settled the contract renewal first and safely, without giving the media the opportunity to create public opinion, Mourinho is very satisfied.

"Li Ang is not entangled in trivial matters, and there is no problem in performance. We can steadily win as many mid-lower teams as possible in the league. Even if we defend all the way, we can get more points more steadily than Barcelona."

After another day of training, Uncle Bird saw that Li Ang still chose to practice with high spirits, and he couldn't help but sighed with Kalanka.

"Maybe, the premise is that Li Ang will not be injured. If he is lying on the hospital bed for a few months like Khedira, we may have to let Ramos play the midfielder when we rotate the lineup."

Karanka reminded Mourinho noncommittally.

After all, judging from Real Madrid's current style of play, neither of the two iron waists can be injured.

Whether it's Alonso or Leon, hurting one is troublesome.

Ras Diarra is always flawed in frontal interception and high-altitude competition, and his problem of sticking to the ball cannot be changed.

Khedira.
Forget it, let's not mention Khedira, Mourinho understands what Karanka means.

The schedule of this meeting has not yet become intensive, so Real Madrid's games are naturally played smoothly, and the record is also good.

But it is also time to consider signings again.

Khedira is more versatile. Although he has more injuries, he can still greatly enrich Mourinho's play and tactics when he can play.

In contrast, if Ras Diarra can be released in the winter window, in exchange for a non-stick ball and equally defensive midfielder.

At that time, Real Madrid will really not have the slightest worry about the position of the midfielder in the third-line battle.

As for the appearance of Altentop and Shaheen?
The two who can't play the "Mu-style midfielder" should stay on the bench honestly. It is not shabby to be a substitute for Kaka and Di Maria.

Mourinho, who was thinking, soon flashed a decisive light in his eyes.

Moreover, he already had a suitable initial candidate in his mind.
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On September 9, Real Madrid once again embarked on an away journey in the league.

In the fifth round of La Liga, they will play against Racing Santander at the Sardine Stadium at 19:00 tonight.

Facing the penultimate team that currently has two losses and one draw in the league, Real Madrid, which has almost all the main players on the field, has no weakness at all.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, Benzema and other players who have been rested have scored successfully in this round of the game.

Among them, Ronaldo successfully won the most dissatisfied strong boos from the Santander fans with his perfect performance of two shots and one pass.

Benzema opened the scoring first, Kaka made a pass and made a contribution, and after a half-time rest, Di Maria, who only came on the field in the No.703 minute of the second half, finally scored a goal.

A perfect 5-0 victory, while Real Madrid ushered in a four-game winning streak in the league, it also made Ajax, who is about to play in the Champions League group stage in Madrid, tremble.

Li Ang clocked out of get off work again in this league. He had no offensive personal assists, focused on defense, and Long Ge blocked the possibility of Santander's counterattack.

But he didn't show much on the court, and the uneasy western media once again pushed him into the focus of public opinion after the game.

Another No. [-] Unlike No. [-]? "

"The Origin of Real Madrid's Curse No. [-]"

"Ras Diarra's sanity gives way to a brighter future at Real Madrid"

"The reason why Li Ang doesn't care about the curse: he is not a number ten player"

When the defensive pictures of Li Ang shoveling or intercepting with his feet are matched with these news headlines.

Interested Spanish fans quickly discussed the incident enthusiastically.

Because the Western media targeted Las Diarra once last year, complaining that Real Madrid's No. [-] player is the least like No. [-] among the active football giants.

And Las Diarra, who has been complained about for almost half the season, finally couldn't stand it anymore, and directly chose to give up the No. [-] jersey before the start of the new season.

If a certain attacking midfielder does not leave the team, then he is undoubtedly the most suitable player to wear No. [-] in Real Madrid.

But he left before the start of the season, and the No. [-] jersey was naturally vacated.

Both Di Maria and Kaka said they didn't want it, and the newcomers Shaheen and Altintop might also be a little worried about Real Madrid's No. [-] spell and dare not wear it.

But with Li Ang, he has no scruples in this regard, and he doesn't have much psychological pressure.

So when Mourinho said that Real Madrid's No. [-] jersey was empty, Li Ang simply asked for it.

After all, in Real Madrid, since Figo left the team, the players wearing the No. [-] jersey have not played what the media and fans expected of them.

Before Robinho, Sneijder, after Las Diarra.

The performance of the trio has dimmed Real Madrid's No. [-] for six years.

Under such circumstances, Li Ang really didn't understand the point of the media hyping up this number.

Therefore, before the start of the second round of the Champions League group stage, Li Ang also felt a little annoyed when facing the reporters outside the training base who were chasing and intercepting him for many days.

He remembered a sentence that Uncle Psy once snarled the British media.

In the current scene, that sentence actually fits him very well.

"I don't think I need to prove anything for a number. I came back to Madrid with the Italian double. If you want to ask me what qualifications I have to wear this number, then ask my Milano. Former teammates!
Moreover, the spell does not belong to me, I don't believe in it, because I am also the most special one. "

After leaving these words, Li Ang started the car and drove away.

And Li Ang, who has always been calm, finally got the news material, and the reporters on the scene were also very happy and satisfied.

Unsurprisingly, Li Ang once again appeared on the pages of major sports western media newspapers the next day.

His speech this time was somewhat controversial.

"Double crown title", "The curse does not belong to me", "I am also the most special one"

These words are talked about by Spanish fans.

Some people think that Li Ang is stubborn, so he should ruthlessly scold these media reporters who are always looking for trouble.

And this kind of self-confidence is what they like.

You can start in Real Madrid at the age of 20. If you are not confident, do you have to feel inferior?
In his early 20s, he should have been more energetic.

Previously, Li Ang was too low-key off the court, but this time his tough speech made many neutral fans feel better about him instantly.

Of course, many fans and people who eat melons sneered at Li Ang's speech.

Mourinho dared to say that because before going to Chelsea, he had already won the UEFA Cup and the Champions League in Porto.

But you, Li Ang, have just won the double crown in Italy and dare to say this?

Where does the confidence come from? !
The quarrel inevitably happened again on the Internet.

Li Ang still didn't care about these public opinions, but his teammates stood up to speak out for him.

Alonso, Ronaldo, Benzema, Marcelo, Kaka, Ramos
One Real Madrid star after another unequivocally supported Li Ang's speech on social media.

And just when the Spanish fans lamented the unity in the Real Madrid team, in Italy, Ibrahimovic, who heard about this, also stood up and accepted the reporter's interview.

"What do those paparazzi reporters who only know how to follow the players all day long and try to deliberately provoke the players to make news?
They don't fucking know anything!And I can clearly tell all Spanish media reporters and fans today.

Li Ang is a player that I, Zlatan, approve of. His strength is outstanding and his growth talent is extremely high.

Like me and Mourinho, he is the most special one! "

(End of this chapter)