Chapter Ninety-Eight: Smoothly Like Opening a Plug-in

Although the time to lie in bed was close to 10:40 in the evening, under normal circumstances, Li Mudi should have rested a long time ago, but he has not been able to fall asleep today. In addition to the somewhat noisy sound of the celebration of the monkey cubs coming in from outside the door, another important reason is that the mood is still a little excited, and various thoughts are constantly popping up in their heads, and it is difficult to calm down.

Today's result in the Spanish derby has strengthened Lee's confidence in predicting the outcome of the match between the two teams in the coming weeks. There should be no change in this Barcelona team compared to before he crossed over, so it stands to reason that the results of each of its games should be exactly the same as in the previous life. As for Real Madrid, who was most affected by him, it is still the original squad in terms of staffing, but Cheryshev was sold to Villarreal in advance in the winter transfer period to add Mbappe. However, the impact of this personnel change on the entire team is very weak, the Russian was originally a substitute in the bench, and he could not play a few minutes in a season except for the Copa del Rey; And the French genius is not the "Mr. 100 million N" next season in the original world, he is still in the state of showing his potential and far from being realized, although Zizou values him very much, but he is still very cautious about his use, and rarely sends him on the field in important games or critical moments. If you calculate it carefully, it may be that Qi Zu took office more than a month early, which will have a greater impact on the overall run-in of the team, then the Real Madrid of this world should theoretically be better than the previous life, and at the last time it is flat. In this way, except for the 0-2 away to Wolfsburg in the Champions League, which is not very certain that this result will be maintained, the rest of the games that have been won should be guaranteed.

Thinking of this, Li Mudi immediately opened his eyes, got up and went to the living room, turned on the computer, and sent an email to Baozi's mailbox signed as his nephew, the content of which was pretending to inform his nephew's cousin in China that he had no time to leave the team in a short time, so the previous agreement to go to Germany to buy them gifts had to be canceled.

Ten minutes later, the other party replied: "Got it, then let's rule out the gifts there, but the Spanish gifts shouldn't be out of time to buy, right?" ”

Li Mudi smiled when he saw it, and felt that the communication between the two people was completely barrier-free, so he responded with similar code words that there was no problem in other games for the time being, and finally the two sides said goodbye to each other after confirming the number of games that could be operated. And the Castile coach's mood finally calmed down, and he went back to rest peacefully.

The major media on the second day will naturally leave the main pages for this thrilling battle of the century, misjudgments, controversies, red cards, except for penalties, there should be a complete set of factors, but there will naturally be a lot of things to report, several major newspapers have added editions, and the whole of Spain on this day of the topic is also around this game. However, Li Mudi did not care about the past match at all, except for the occasional worry about how much the 250,000 euros would become, and the rest of his mind was put on the league against Toledo in the evening. Located in Toledo, the capital of the autonomous community of Castile La Mancha of the same name, the club, which is less than 100 kilometres from Madrid, has been in excellent form in Group B2 of La Liga, currently two points clear of Real United in fourth place in the standings, just in time to qualify for the promotion play-offs. But with several teams behind it still clutching at the back of its ass, it is conceivable that they will give their best in the remaining league rounds.

On the home team's side, especially in the middle of the week to Mallorca to play a cup match, several main players are not in the best physical condition, coupled with Lin Liangming, Leon and Dani are absent due to injury, Li Mudi can play a little less cards in his hand, and the situation looks a little grim.

After referring to the opponent's tactical formation settings and tactical analysis given by the FM system, and convening the members of the coaching staff to meet and discuss for more than half an hour, Li Mudi finally decided on the list of players for this game: the formation returned to the usual 4-2-3-1, goalkeeper Abad, right wing-back Linhardt, central defenders Hector and Manu, left-back Tejero, central midfielders Peperu and Grau, forward Muñoz, right winger Cedras, left winger Pieters, and center forward Rivero.

At 19:00 on the evening of April 3, the match officially began, and the 8,400-seat Alfredo Di Stefano Stadium was still full. With over 97% attendance so far, it ranks first in the entire Spanish professional league, and in addition to the fact that tickets are very cheap (only 25 to 40 euros) and the home games against Real Madrid are always staggered, the super record played by Li Mudi's team is also one of the most important factors that attracts fans so keen to enjoy football in person.

At present, Castilla has completed a 41-game unbeaten streak across the season, 39 this season, Zizou had two at the end of last season, although it will not be recognized by the public because it was not created in the top league, but compared to Barcelona, which has just ended the longest unbeaten streak in the history of the Spanish top league, 39 games, Real Madrid fans will naturally use the record set by its reserve team to disgust the fans of the sworn enemy. That's why they're willing to watch these games after the team won the title early and didn't have the slightest impact on the final result.

Toledo, who are playing away, are still in a 4-1-4-1 formation that focuses on defense, and Li Mudi can easily tell through the interface given by the FM system that their two central midfielders and two full-backs have been set up by their manager to defend with an all-out mentality, which means that the visitors' attack is handed over to the lone striker Esnard and the two wing-backs. And due to the formation, their strong main right winger Esparza was also not selected for the starting line-up, resulting in a serious lack of attacking power. Esnard is a brave, willpowered, committed and aggressive center forward who is very good at heading, and is very difficult to deal with for the home team with average header ability, but he needs two wings to constantly deliver cannonballs in front, Toledo's two full-backs in addition to a slight lack of individual ability, and need to invest a lot of energy in defense, so it is difficult to provide enough support for him, resulting in such an air bully has been in a state of idleness for the first 20 minutes.

Fortunately, his boring time was broken in the 21st minute, when Hector accidentally knocked over the visiting center forward during a scramble for the ball, resulting in a serious right ankle injury and had to be substituted early.

In the time that followed, the visitors, who had almost zero attacking ability, were completely suppressed by Castilla back into their own half and began a nightmare defensive drill.

In the 27th minute, the home team's corner kick tactics were successfully implemented, and Grau, who rushed forward from outside the penalty area, was seven or eight meters away from the opponent's goal, and a powerful header hit the goalkeeper's face without being defended, and the ball was then cleared by the opposing player. Manolo, the devastated goalkeeper of the visiting team, was treated by the team doctor for a while before recovering, and his nose bleeded a lot, but fortunately there was no major problem.

In the 30th minute, Pieters drove the ball into the opponent's penalty area and was knocked to the ground by the central midfielder Alcatel, who was making up the defense, and the referee did not award a penalty after discussing it with the linesman, which aroused the displeasure of the Castilla coach and the fans at the stadium. The controversial decision affected the mentality of some referees, leading him to show mercy to Hector's men, who already had a yellow card, three minutes later, and not to be too harsh. In this way, a penalty is exchanged for a player who is not sent off, and the home team still earns it.

Thanks to the tenacity of the team and the lack of scoring ability from the home team's rotation, Toledo managed to hold on to a 0-0 score when the half-time whistle blew, and they were halfway to the pre-game task.

After the fifteen-minute half-time break, Li Mudi directly replaced Hector, who seemed to be possessed by the water master last night, at the opening time, and moved right-back Linhardt to the middle to partner Manu, and the Austrian's original position was reserved for Moroccan teenager Rashraf Hakimi, who made his first appearance for Castile.

With the decline in fitness, the visitors, who had been on passive defense, slowly lost the all-out fighting spirit of the first half, and some gaps in the defensive line were gradually exposed. In the 57th minute, the home team finally seized a chance when striker Rivero pressed the opposition's centre-back on the line of the six-yard penalty area and headed Cedeles' precise cross from the right into Manolo's goal, 1-0, and all Toledo's previous efforts to get points here were met head-on.

With this successful icebreaker, Castilla's goal luck seemed to be recovered, and in the next fifteen minutes, it was scored by Muñoz, Peperu and Rubio who came on as a substitute to kill the visitors' dreams. In the final moments, the home team made another mistake of inattention, and the opponent seized the opportunity to sneak up once, but the score of 4-1 still made the home fans very happy, and the team also started the April journey relatively smoothly.

When he was off on Monday, Baozi, who had returned to China, sent an email, which was an investment contract and related agreement that had just been signed with the crew of "People", according to the above regulations, Li Mudi's side needed to pay a sum of 10 million yuan in five days, in order to get this huge amount of money first, Baozi had already used his work convenience to mortgage his house in the capital of the Celestial Empire in a very short period of time, which can be described as a ruin. But fortunately, the previous national derby gave this kid endless confidence, and the eyes of the two good friends were full of infinite hope and motivation at this time.

There was a big upset in the Champions League in midweek, and Real Madrid ended up losing 0-2 to Wolfsburg in Germany, as was the case in the original world, and the physical disadvantage was too obvious to seriously affect the performance of the players. The other team affected by excessive fatigue was Barcelona, who had just spent 90 minutes with Real Madrid, enjoying 75% of the possession at the Camp Nou, but handing in a dismal result of 21 attempts and just five shots on target, but fortunately, they came from behind to win 2-1 against Simeone's Atletico Madrid, leaving enough suspense for the second leg in Calderón. Because Li Mudi was uncertain and the odds, the betting buns for both games were bought thousands of euros of wrong selections, and while missing the opportunity to make a big profit (the odds of a Wolfsburg victory reached 5.34, which were higher than Real Madrid's victory over Barcelona), it also avoided winning too often and attracting the attention of the bookmaker.

Time came to the second weekend of April in a blink of an eye, in order to avoid any special situation in the last few rounds of the league, the Spanish Football Federation arranged all the matches of La B to kick off at the same time, which led to Castilla's game time in this round of the league coincided with the Barcelona game, which made Li Mudi, who was very worried about what variables would appear, frowned, but at the moment of the rival, he had to try his best to put his mind on his team's side.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that they are fierce opponents, as Baracardo are the second-placed team in the league table, and they are currently fourteen points ahead of third-placed Sokueramos, essentially securing a second-place spot. Although they can't catch up with Castile, with their good form this season, they will be a tough opponent to deal with if they want to secure a place in the promotion play-offs in this game. Therefore, Li Mudi ignored the second leg of the Fed Cup final next week - of course, he also won the game, and directly sent all the main players to play, striving to maintain the unbeaten record.

Castilla's starting line-up for this game is: goalkeeper Yáñez, right wing-back Rashraf Hakimi, central defenders Manu and Leon, left-back Abner, central midfielders Fabas and Toro, right wing-back Alvaro, left wing-back Cedras, libero Kuchi in front, and central striker Mariano, still in a 4-4-1-1 configuration.

Before the start of the game, the Castilla coach imagined the game to be very difficult, and even dropped Kuchi back from the front line for some distance, just to strengthen the control of the midfield and reduce the pressure on his own back line. But who knew that just a minute and a half after the referee blew the opening whistle, the boys of the visiting team gave him a surprise. Kuci's dribbling down the right flank was brought to the ground and Alvaro's free-kick found Mariano, who was lurking at the back of the box, who used his violent physicality to leap high through the crowd and head the ball into the corner of the net to make it 1-0 so easy for the visitors.