Iron Man on the pitch

On August 30, Real Madrid's away game to Mallorca in the first round of La Liga.

Mourinho continued the Bernabeu Cup arrangement, but in order to ensure stability, he replaced Moutinho with the more experienced Gago as the starting lineup.

Goalkeeper: Casillas; defenders: Aberoa, Sergio Ramos, Pepe, Marcelo; midfielders: Li Ling, Xavi Alonso, Gago, Coentrand; Forwards: Ronaldo, Higuain.

Facing the powerful Real Madrid, Real Mallorca, who plays at home, performs tenaciously. Although the Iberian Star Stadium can only accommodate more than 20,000 people, they do not want to be embarrassed in front of home fans.

It’s a pity that the Real Madrid generals were not very lucky today, and none of them seemed to have brought shooting boots.

Higuain and Ronaldo missed a one-on-one opportunity repeatedly, Li Ling's free kick missed the post, and Xavi Alonso's long shot was above the crossbar...

Amid the exclamations of the home fans, Mallorca defended the score 0:0 and entered the midfield break.

During the halftime break, Mourinho wanted to say something, but when he spoke, he wanted to say something but stopped. In the end, except for sighing, there was only one sentence "Come on."

His tactics are fine, and the players' execution is also quite good, at least he has made a quick counterattack that conforms to his philosophy. During the positional war, Li Ling's direct pass and Xavi Alonso's dispatch seemed to be fine.

But he just kicked the ball and couldn't get in, which made Mourinho very worried.

Fortunately, after the second half began, the players' form gradually recovered.

First, Ronaldo shot with two consecutive long shots. Although one shot was more straight, the goalkeeper lost his hand. Unfortunately, Higuain did not have time to shoot again and was hugged by the goalkeeper; the other shot with a long shot was more tricky. Mallorca's goalkeeper made a world-class save before he lifted the football out of the baseline.

Li Ling temporarily put aside his idea of ​​scoring and focused on command and dispatch. The cooperation with Marcelo and Coentran on the left side became more and more tacit. The three-man pass and cut match made Mallorca's right side storm, creating many opportunities for Ronaldo and Higuain.

In order to compete for the football landing point, Mallorca players have to use various almost foul tricks. However, when the referee enforces the law, he takes good care of Mallorca. He tries not to fouls in the penalty area and gives Real Madrid the corresponding compensation, which is to yell when he is fouled outside the penalty area.

After all, if the law is really strictly enforced, there would be no suspense in the game.

But frequent frontcourt free kicks eventually allowed Real Madrid to find a chance.

In the 67th minute of the second half, when it was Li Ling's turn to take the free kick, he finally broke the deadlock on the court.

Li Ling assisted, raised his leg, and kicked a free kick that was almost unsolvable and hit the dead corner, and Mallorca's goalkeeper did not respond at all.

Mourinho jumped up in excitement, and he didn't even care about his tie being crooked; Florentino's face in the stands was also full of pleats.

"Congratulations!"

"come on!"

The goal was scored in the first official game, and his teammates came to congratulate Li Ling on his good start in Real Madrid.

Then in the 72nd minute, Real Madrid once again got a free kick in the frontcourt, and it was Ronaldo's turn to take the penalty.

Li Ling scored a free kick just now. Ronaldo, unwilling to let the enemy down, took a deep breath, helped him run, and used almost the same ballistic to replicate the free kick that Li Ling had just shot, and Mallorca's goalkeeper continued to have no response.

Ronaldo, who finally opened the goal account, suddenly melted the coldness on his face, and he smiled happily hugged his teammates.

As Li Ling and Ronaldo broke the deadlock and expanded the score, the situation on the court suddenly became clear.

Mallorca, who was behind 2 goals before he understood what was going on, quickly adjusted his tactical philosophy, from winning 1 point to winning 1 goal to trying hard to score 1 goal.

After all, in the case of 0:2, even if you want to defend yourself, the players' enthusiasm will not be able to keep up. Moreover, from the beginning, Mallorca has been playing against Real Madrid. La Liga teams, known for their delicate skills and teamwork, naturally tend to play against football.

Losing to Real Madrid is not scary, what is scary is that you have no idea of ​​attack.

But it was precisely this mentality that ultimately made Mallorca lose.

In the 80th minute, Real Madrid intercepted the ball and counterattacked. Li Ling, who returned to the backcourt to assist in defense, got the ball. After getting rid of the entanglement of Mallorca players, he made a long pass directly to the back of Mallorca's defense line.

Higuain won the confrontation in front. After controlling the football, he returned to Ronaldo who was plugged in at high speed. When Ronaldo stopped the ball, he rushed forward and after catching up, he naturally got rid of the defense of the Mallorca players around him, and a pair of goalkeepers were always facing.

This time, Ronaldo did not miss his single shot. He shook the goalkeeper and then pushed the ball into the empty goal.

3:0! Real Madrid alsoIn the goal.

During the injury time period, Li Ling attracted three players from Mallorca in the frontcourt. He passed the football to Xavi Alonso in the cracks, and the latter passed it with a long pass, accurately Found Marcelo on the highway on the left.

Marcelo made a cross from the bottom, and Higuain grabbed the front point and pushed the ball into Mallorca's goal.

4:0! After Real Madrid scored a goal, the referee blew the whistle to the end of the game.

Real Madrid players who had a good start were talking and laughing to the player channel.

Higuain trotted two steps and found Li Ling.

"Thank you, Li Ling. I'm so bad today. You are willing to pass the ball to me." The gratitude on Xiao Yangui's face was sincere.

"You're welcome, they're all teammates, and I'm waiting for you to pass the ball to me." Li Ling smiled.

"No, that's different." Higuain said that he had to show his gratitude for everything and hooked up with Li Ling. "As Ronaldo's national teammate, you can keep the number of balls you pass to me and him. I'm impartial, it really touched me."

Li Ling was a little puzzled, where did this guy get excluded from the faction? Why is he so excited? Could it be the national team?

"It should be, it should be tactical arrangements." Li Ling was a little embarrassed by Higuain's praise.

"No, it really made me happy. I thought I would lose the main position."

"Ahha..." Li Ling scratched his head embarrassedly.

In fact, I have already leaned towards Ronaldo because the opponent's defense against Ronaldo and Higuain is different. There are more defensive players around Ronaldo. In this case, I pass it to the two of them. The number of balls is the same, and it is partiality itself.

"It's really hard for Xigua to count the number of passes."

The news media after the game praised Real Madrid's first victory in the new season and praised Li Ling's performance. After all, there was no problem in this game.

"Real Madrid finally found Zidane's successor."

"As" editor-in-chief Long Zero personally wrote an article: "This game perfectly demonstrates Li Ling's talent, and he will be the core of Real Madrid's midfield for the next 10 years."

However, the Daily Sports News can still make things worse from a different perspective: "Li Ling performed well, and Mr. Golden Ball Kaka's future is bleak."

"World Sports" is unwilling to fall behind: "Crossing for free kicks and taking the penalty power, Ronaldo Li Ling has a dispute."

After seeing the news, Li Ling couldn't help laughing: "These guys! They're so boring."

However, Li Ling has no time to worry about these things at the moment. He boarded the plane to Lisbon with Ronaldo, Pepe, Cointran and Moutinho.

The 2012 European Cup qualifiers have begun.