Starting with Real Madrid kicking the midfielder

Chapter 80 You Are Already On Your Own Path

Li Ang's obvious joke did not cause any public opinion disturbance after the game.

After all, Real Madrid has already entered the semi-finals of the Champions League this season, and they broke in without Li Ang.

If there is only one knockout round this season and they enter the quarterfinals, it will be an absolute failure for Real Madrid.

And fans all over the world know that since the new generation of Real Madrid Galacticos set sail, Real Madrid has only one goal in the Champions League.

That is to win their tenth Champions League title.

After Lafayette came to power, he spent a lot of money to introduce stars and brought in Mourinho, not to continue to watch Barcelona dominate Europe.

So Li Ang's answer is still "modest" to a certain extent.

Many Real Madrid fans even encouraged Li Ang on the Internet to let go of his courage, and directly said that the goal is to win the championship next time in an interview.

Real Madrid has this confidence, and Real Madrid fans have this confidence even more.

Li Ang was noncommittal about this.

His real idea is indeed to help the team break into the semi-finals of the Champions League first.

Otherwise, if there were too many, he would not be able to enter the semi-finals, so what kind of reinforcement would he return?
As for whether to win the championship, he feels that it is more convincing to show his determination with actions than with words.

Once you get to that point, just go all out and do it one game at a time.

From the semi-finals to the championship is three games anyway.

If you win madly, you are right, and you are right in everything you say.

What is the difference between the top four and the top sixteen if they lose?

At that time, they will just lie down and let the ridicule go anyway. Is it possible to distinguish who is more "successful" among a group of losers?
Mourinho thought much the same way.

Real Madrid's goals are well known, all he can do is to go all out, and the rest is to believe in his players.

The so-called championship slogan is meaningless to Real Madrid.

Because here at Real Madrid, not winning the final championship in the competition itself is a failure.

At least in the past three seasons, that is, last season's "Mu Nian" has been slightly less disgusted by Real Madrid fans.

After all, he still won a Copa del Rey championship, and finally reached the semi-finals of the Champions League.

For other teams, it is quite a good result to be able to enter the Champions League every season, and can also stably enter the knockout stage of the Champions League.

In the eyes of Real Madrid executives and Real Madrid fans, it is not a commendable honor at all.

But the scars of Real Madrid!
It is the same reasoning in La Liga.

The second place in the league in the past three years is not considered a good achievement by Real Madrid fans.

Such a ranking made them feel irritable and aggrieved.

Because Barcelona has won three consecutive La Liga titles on their heads.

This kind of aggrieved feeling was not relieved slightly because of Real Madrid's stable and strong performance in the league until this season.

Therefore, as soon as the current round of the Champions League group stage ended, Real Madrid fans eagerly looked forward to the La Liga game on the night of October 10.

They want the six-game winning streak at the start of the league, and they want to not give Barcelona the slightest chance of approaching in the standings!

Bearing the pressure of this expectation and gaining great motivation for the game, the Real Madrid team also arrived in Barcelona first on the morning of October 10.

When Callejon returned to Barcelona again, his mood was still agitated. Along the way, he and Li Ang, who was sitting next to him, kept chatting about various attractions in Barcelona.

After all, he had been with the Spaniard for three seasons before, and he played well, and he can be called a famous Spaniard after retiring in the future.

And other Real Madrid stars are not too cold about the city.

Even if they didn't come to play against Barcelona this time, they would instinctively feel a little uncomfortable when they saw the Barcelona logo everywhere in the city of Barcelona.

The same is true for Barcelona players going to Madrid.

However, Real Madrid has no hostile views on the opponent Spaniard who will encounter this round of the league.

On the contrary, because of the status of the Spaniard as the sworn enemy of Barcelona, ​​​​Real Madrid has always been quite "friendly" to the Spaniard.

Mourinho led his team to fight here last season and won a small victory with one goal very restrainedly.

Against other teams in the middle and lower reaches of La Liga, Real Madrid can easily win 5-0 or even 6-0.

But against the Spaniards, Real Madrid has always won mostly around 2-0.

In terms of favor and face, Real Madrid can be said to have given the Spaniard a lot, and the games between the two teams have never had any major twists and turns.

The same is true for tonight's game.

Even if Pochettino, who led the Spaniard to eighth in the league last season, has resigned, the Spaniard's start to the new season is not very good.

But in the end, Real Madrid was very face-saving and only scored two goals from the Spaniard before calling for money.

At the beginning of the second half, Ronaldo seized the opportunity of Real Madrid's attack and scored a header.

After that, Real Madrid played against the counterattack, and Higuain, who came off the bench, received Kaka's through pass and made a single-handed contribution.

In addition, Real Madrid is basically controlling the field and defending steadily, but Li Ang doesn't feel much threat from the Spaniard's offense
At the end of the game, Li Ang couldn't help but sigh when he heard the system prompting that the reward points were credited. Now the points are getting easier and easier.

After an unremarkable victory, Real Madrid successfully increased their winning streak to six games at the beginning of the new season.

After joking and returning to the locker room, they got the good news from assistant coach Karanka that Barcelona had tied with Sporting Gijon again!
In an instant, Real Madrid cheered happily in the visiting team's locker room!

Mourinho originally wanted to sullenly tell the players not to be so excited, but to keep calm first.

But in the end, he couldn't hold back the joy in his heart, and smiled a few words with the corners of his mouth curled up.

There is no way not to laugh, the league has only played six rounds at the beginning, and Barcelona is already six points behind Real Madrid, what is this concept?
Last season, when Real Madrid and Barcelona reached the tenth round of the league, Real Madrid was one point behind Barcelona. At the end of the No.19 round of the league halfway, Real Madrid was three points behind Barcelona.

At the end of the season, Real Madrid will be three points behind Barcelona!
This is the intensity of the entanglement between Real Madrid and Barcelona in the league last season.

In last season, when Real Madrid trailed Barcelona by the most points, it was only six points behind.

And that was the No. 30 round of the league, the final sprint for the championship!
So looking at the point difference between Barcelona and Real Madrid, Real Madrid players and Mourinho are so sincerely happy.

Barcelona was able to crush Real Madrid to death after gaining a point advantage over Real Martin last season.

Why can't Real Madrid do it this season?

The lead in the league that exceeded expectations put every Real Madrid first-team player in a good mood.

Mourinho's slightly worried mood because of the upcoming international match day is also a lot easier.

With a sufficient fault tolerance rate, even if the follow-up first team is greatly affected by the international match day, he can bear it even if he comes back to tie a league game.

After exhorting the players who were going to report to the national team to pay attention to the protection of their bodies, Mourinho turned his attention to Li Ang.

"What are your plans for the two weeks of the international break?"

Mourinho is ready, planning to say his supervision requirements after Li Ang said the word "training".

Unexpectedly, Li Ang simply and neatly said that he would take a rest and run more business activities.

"I'm not a real machine. Although I can survive this period of time, it's time to take a good rest for a few days. Rest for four days, and maybe shoot one or two commercials, and then go back to the base for more training."

Li Ang recalled the itinerary email Mendes sent to him a few days ago, and told Uncle Bird directly about his plan.

"That's good. It's time for you to take a good rest. I used to feel sorry that you couldn't participate. Cough, it's good now. They play games. You can recover more during the holiday. Remember to call me during the holiday." Phone, if you want to come back for training early, remember to call me!"

Listening to Mourinho's last detailed instructions, Li Ang also nodded patiently.

For other young players in their 20s, they may have been a little impatient with Mourinho's management style.

But Li Ang thinks this is pretty good. After all, looking at Mourinho with an oriental mindset, he is a very qualified "strict teacher".

In essence, he is responsible for the players under him, and hopes that the players can make further progress in their careers and achieve more growth.

Sometimes it's a little too much, but this is a way of getting along with Li Ang that he can get used to.

After entering the vacation mode, Li Ang was not in a hurry to go to the Mediterranean area of ​​Spain for vacation immediately.

Instead, I sorted out and reviewed all the Belleron game tapes I had watched before at home.

On the morning of October 10, he drove directly to La Coruña with his assistant.

In this seaport city along the Atlantic Ocean, outside the long-gone Super Depor's home stadium Riazor, he saw Belleron who was looking at him with a smile on his face.

Regarding the relationship between Tokashi and Raul, Li Ang successfully got the opportunity to meet and chat with Belleron.

This was not a random interview, nor was it Li Ang's sudden whim.

Rather, he wanted to take this opportunity to get some answers from Belleron that could solve his recent doubts.

The more he collects relevant information and understands Belleron, the more he knows the answer that only Belleron himself can give him.

But he didn't ask Belleron countless questions as soon as he came up.

Sitting with Belleron in an old coffee shop, Li Ang had some simple communication with Belleron, and then listened to the "Spanish Zidan" chat about his past career in a calm manner. career.

Chatting from the beginning of his less promising career.

From Las Palmas to Mallorca, to Atletico Madrid, and then to Deportivo, which is closely connected with him like fate.

Belleron spoke very peacefully. Even when it came to the great period of the club when Super Deportivo shocked Europe, Belleron's expression did not have too many emotional complex fluctuations.

Just like his current style of play and his all-time character.

Calm, restrained, peaceful.

Li Ang also listened patiently, because what he heard was not just a story about going from ordinary to great, and finally returning to ordinary.

Instead, I heard that a true midfielder has experienced a magnificent career, but in the end he has a calm attitude that is not half dissatisfied with returning to "ordinary".

Belleron said that this is his choice after doing his best, and it is natural, and now he has returned to football itself smoothly.

When he said this, he didn't feel unwilling or regretful at all, and he was so calm that even Li Ang was a little surprised.

After all, if you look at it for future generations, Belleron's career is not considered "successful", and it can even be said that there are many regrets.

Because he didn't get enough heavyweight honors.

No matter how he got the respect of Bosque and Iniesta, how he got the heartfelt praise from his former opponents, and how he got the love of Depor fans.

Among the wider fan base, his reputation and strength are not obvious. Maybe as time goes by, one day in the future, he will be questioned by younger fans as a midfielder.

Li Ang tried to put himself in Belleron's perspective to see what happened.

He found that no matter how he tried to calm his emotions, he would feel lost and uncomfortable in his heart.

But from the eyes of Belleron sitting opposite him, he saw real peace.

"Do you not care about these things happening at all? Even if one day in the future, you are forgotten and questioned by a new generation of fans, can you accept such an ending?"

At the end of the topic about Belleron's career, Li Ang still couldn't help asking such a sentence.

And Belleron, who had already vaguely answered Li Ang in expressing his attitude towards football, would still shake his head with a smile.

"I don't mind, the fans of Deportivo should still leave me a place in their hearts. It is enough for me to get the love and support of so many fans, Leon, do you remember Why did you want to embark on the road of professional football in the first place?"

Facing Belleron's rhetorical question, many thoughts suddenly flashed through Li Ang's mind.

To make up for the regrets of being young?

Going with the trend after owning the golden finger?

Earn more money and reap more honors after becoming famous?

After one thought after another flashed through, Li Ang finally blurted it out.

"Because of the love of football"

"Yes, because of the love of football, I also chased honors and careers that seemed to be greater, but in the end I chose to stay here when Deportivo fell, because at that time I found myself. the most suitable career path.

From this point of view, I am actually not as good as many professional players. I don’t have huge ambitions like them. I don’t have the decisiveness to go to the giants to seize opportunities, and I may also lack the courage to step out of my comfortable circle.

However, I have nothing to regret, because this is my path, a career path that I personally chose and I have never regretted until now. "

Looking at Li Ang who was silent and thinking, Belleron finally made another joke.

"But don't imitate me, an old player who has reached the end of his career. At your age, it is time to be brave enough to compete with opponents on the career path."

Li Ang touched the back of his head and smiled, while Beleron put his hand on his shoulder at this moment, and suddenly asked again.

"Are you ready to muster up the courage to start all over again no matter you win or lose on this road?"

"I have done."

"If in the end you still lose the last chance to compete for the title of the most coveted tournament, will you choose to avoid giving up football?"

"No! Absolutely not!"

Hearing Li Ang's resolute answer to the last question, Belleron finally laughed.

"Then you're already on your own path."

　I was very apprehensive when I wrote this chapter before, but I had to write this chapter because of the gradual change in the protagonist's mental journey and the pavement for him to really learn the organizational method of Belleron.

　　This meeting has also been revised for the third time. I think I have tried my best when I changed it to this one. It is still up to the readers to judge whether it is good or bad.

　　In addition, I read the word count of today's two chapters, and there is a distance of [-] words from [-] words.

　　So I will make up this thousand words in tomorrow's update chapter, and please rest assured.

　　that's all.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)