Starting from playing as a defensive midfielder for Real Madrid

Chapter 15 A completely different second half, Li Ang’s role

After all, Mourinho did not directly replace Khedira at the end of the first half.

He strongly pursues control of the team, and he doesn't like his players to violate his tactical intentions.

But he is not stupid enough.

However, leaving the last bit of face for Khedira does not mean that Mourinho will not "punish" the German midfielder.

When the referee blew the halftime whistle, Mourinho called Li Ang into the locker room with the starting players.

Mourinho no longer needs to say much about what this scene represents. Real Madrid's home fans have already started discussing it.

When Real Madrid's starting players returned to the locker room, Mourinho signaled Marcelo, the last one to come in, to close the door.

Li Ang secretly thought something bad.

Sure enough, the furious Magic Bird directly criticized the starting players who he had recorded in the first half!

In the end, except Casillas and Xavi Alonso, the rest of Real Madrid's starting players were all sprayed with blood.

"I know that some of the people I named just came back from playing for the national team three days ago. You didn't have a good rest and your condition didn't adjust."

"Okay, these excuses can all be used as reasons for your poor performance today, and they are legitimate!

But I still want to say that you represent Real Madrid, and your opponent is Osasuna! Any idea what this means? "

"It means that if we are tied or even defeated by them today, then you, me, all of us, will appear on the front pages of all Spanish sports newspapers tomorrow!"

"Tell me, do you want to see headlines like this? Do you want to see Osasuna give you a humiliating defeat at the Bernabeu?!"

Mourinho's stimulation made many Real Madrid stars feel shame and anger!

They shouted "Never!"

Losing to Osasuna at home at the Bernabeu?

That would be a shameful disaster!

If Barcelona players and fans knew the news, they would definitely laugh at Real Madrid.

After all, even Osasuna, which was only ranked twelfth in La Liga last season and just seven points ahead of the relegation zone, couldn't solve it. How dare you say anything about overturning Barcelona?

Therefore, Real Madrid players will never tolerate such a failure.

Seeing that the players' anger was aroused and the morale of the military was at work, Mourinho softened his tone slightly.

He began to explain the tactical adjustments for the second half.

Real Madrid's offense seemed lively in the first half, but the offensive ball rights were too scattered, the route was not concentrated, and the defensive imbalance allowed Osasuna to seize the opportunity to launch several counterattacks, which further affected Real Madrid's offensive investment. Strength and efficiency.

Therefore, they must take the lead in making changes and seize the start at the beginning of the second half to complete the offensive suppression of Osasuna.

The main offensive line is undoubtedly placed on the left where Ronaldo and Marcelo are.

As for the issue of defensive imbalance.

Mourinho looked at Khedira, who was silent at the moment, with a hint of helplessness flashing in his eyes.

He didn't understand why Khedira was always thinking about his front thrust!

It's not that he is not allowed to participate in the offense, but the number and desire of this guy's offense far exceeded the expectations of the coaching staff!

If you want to say that there is no choice, then you can only let Alonso do more dirty work and work harder.

Who makes Alonso strong in ability and tactical execution?

But now Mourinho has a choice.

The most important purpose of his original request to introduce Khedira was to allow him to free Alonso as much as possible.

Alonso is the core organizer of the team, not someone who specifically wipes Khedira's butt to defend him.

Mourinho is optimistic about Khedira's ability and prospects for transformation.

But his patience has limits.

No matter how well you perform in training, it won't work if you can't produce results in the game!

Thinking of this, Mourinho directly named Li Ang.

"Substitute for the Little Lion in the second half. Sami (Khedira), you have a rest. You can watch the game and get a feel for it. Little Lion, please pay attention. You must assist Xavi in ​​the opening stage of the second half to stabilize the midfield defense, even if he uses Fouls cannot allow Osasuna's counterattack to easily pass through the wings of our midfield."

Mourinho quickly and concisely pointed out Li Ang's tactical tasks.

Li Ang couldn't help but nodded. After listening, he confirmed it again and directly stated that he had no problem.

After Mourinho finished talking about the adjustments to the overall tactical thinking and signaled the players to seize the time to rest for a while, the atmosphere in the locker room seemed to gradually become more lively.

Li Ang checked his equipment.

Especially after checking that the "broken strong shin guards" and "broken good luck wristbands" were put on, he took the lead in jogging out of the player tunnel to warm up in advance.

At the beginning of the second half, Movistar's La Liga commentator directly discovered the substitution adjustments made by Real Madrid.

Without him, Li Ang's sunny and handsome face is really attractive to the live broadcast cameras.

Many Spanish girls watching football with their families in front of the TV suddenly had their eyes opened!

Very quickly, he covered his mouth, stared, and exclaimed in one go.

But before these girls could appreciate Li Ang's handsome appearance, Li Ang himself used a fierce sliding shovel to break the girls' filter on his appearance.

Facts have proved that a handsome person may not necessarily be an elegant attacker, but may also be an "unremarkable" midfield butcher.

But Li Ang is quite satisfied with his current positioning.

The opponent's striker might want to break through on his side just because he looks harmless. He feels that he needs to clear up the opponent's mind.

A decisive and fierce tackle forced Osasuna forward Camunas to take off and fall down.

Li Ang, who had the ball, quickly tipped the ball to his master Xabi Alonso on the ground with his toes.

Only six seconds into the second half, Li Ang's first decisive defense took the ball back from the feet of an Osasuna player!

And relying on the ball he regained, Real Madrid finally launched another threatening and smooth counterattack.

Even though Benzema's shot did not hit the goal frame at all, the Real Madrid fans at the Bernabeu were still happy to give their applause!

However, Osasuna's players are somewhat disbelieving.

Three minutes later, they made a comeback and tried to advance quickly from the wing.

The moment Monreal held the ball across the center line, he quickly knocked the ball to his midfielder teammate Nekonan.

Nekonan also had a tacit understanding and immediately pushed the ball behind Arbeloa, who was rushing forward, trying to create a simple one-two with Monreal on the wing.

But this time the Monreal people passed by, but the ball was successfully intercepted by a figure who had predicted the attack in advance!

"Leon! Crucial second defense! Oh! Beautiful diagonal short pass transfer! Soriano didn't touch the ball! Alonso, sent a long pass!!!"

Under the passionate speaking speed of the Movistar commentator, Real Madrid's transition from defense to offense was also extremely fast!

Li Ang stole the ball, quickly connected with Alonso, and then Alonso sent a threatening long pass!

In a few passes without any delay, Cristiano Ronaldo, who started sprinting forward from the left wing, had already got an excellent opportunity to get down!

This is completely different from Real Madrid's scattered offensive arrows and unbalanced offense and defense in the first half!

Fans watching this game knew very well who brought about such significant changes.

They looked at Real Madrid's backcourt and the young man who miraculously improved Real Madrid's offensive and defensive rhythm with his defense and smooth short passing.

Is the performance sparkling?

In fact, it's still not possible.

But he has begun to "glow" weakly.

Prove his worth in his own way.

His name is Li Ang.

Little lion from La Fabrica.

Don't be stingy with your expectations of him.

He deserves it.

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