At a time when the European media has been overrun by various transfer rumors, in the distant Celestial Empire, reports or news about Li Mudi have appeared in almost all major sports newspapers and magazines.

"The Celestial Coach shines on Castile, and Real Madrid's future stars are cultivated by him." - "Sports Weekly"

"The young man from the Northeast is proud of Spain, and the mainstream media in Europe keeps paying attention." - Football Newspaper

"The schedule of the Chinese Super League for the new season has been confirmed, and the Spanish Celestial Empire coach has become the target of the new coach of many teams." - "Southern Sports"

"The football center finally has an Asian coach, and if you do a good job, you will become the first person in Asia." ——China Sports News

"The Celestial Empire players are surprised by the opportunity to stay abroad, and the Real Madrid reserve coach is very optimistic about the ability of his compatriots." ——Xinlang.com

"Revealing how a Celestial Empire college student grew up to be the man behind Zidane?" ——Good base friend network

This is the first time that Li Mudi has entered the football circle of the Celestial Empire on a large scale, and the overwhelming publicity has made his name firmly remembered by most football-related people and fans in just a few days. Because there are no good results, there are many people who are hacking him on the Internet, but several media have issued a few articles in the follow-up that Lin Liangming, Xu Gengbao, and even Qi Zu, Raul and others praised Li Mudi, which made his supporters gradually increase.

For a while, there were scolding battles in major football forums, whether Li Mudi was the hope of the rise of football in the Celestial Empire, or the "silver-like wax gun head" that exaggerated his strength, this topic was even on the hot search of Weibo, and it was misunderstood by many people who did not know the truth into another meaning, so it became a widely discussed topic among the people for a while, and even Chinese medicine jumped out to try to take Xiao Li as an example to prove that "compared with Chinese food, the dietary structure of Western food is not conducive to men's physiological development"!

In short, within a few days, Li Mudi's name was as successful as Sister Furong and Sister Feng back then, and his fame was immediately comparable to that of the little fresh meat who had been on fire in recent years.

This wave of propaganda offensive in the Celestial Empire is naturally the work of Gines Carvajal, who has longed for the Chinese Super League at this time to be more tyrant than the Russian oligarchs and Middle Eastern oil tycoons. Before, because there were no resources and channels, I could only watch my peers bring outdated European and American players to the Celestial Empire, and then they would take the check and get it soft, and I really felt all kinds of envy, jealousy and hatred in my heart! And now that God has given him the best gift of Li Mudi, how can Genes let go to the local tyrants of the Celestial Empire to pan for gold - not for gold, but for the golden opportunity to pick up money.

It only took a few euros to reap such a huge effect, which Gines and his agency really didn't expect before. They just wanted to lose their eyes and test the depth of the Celestial Empire football circle, but they didn't think that the opponent was playing a different way than them. There were even a few companies that wanted to find Li Mudi as an endorsement, of course, they were all low-grade commodities and the remuneration was not much, but they were all politely rejected by the brokerage company.

The boss of Castilla is not concerned about the situation on the other side of the globe for the time being, and the team will play the second round of the Federal Cup in midweek, and the schedule is very tight.

On Thursday, January 7, in the first leg of the second round of the Spanish Federal Cup, Castilla challenged Ferrol away.

The home team, like Castilian's first-round opponents, Pontevedra, is located in the north-west of Spain, in the autonomous community of Galicia. The home stadium, A Malata, has a capacity of 12,042 spectators, of which 8,500 seats are available. The length and width of the field are 90m and 55m respectively, which is a very small size and is more conducive to defense.

Judging from the capacity of the stadium, it can be known that Ferrol is an old team with high-level league experience, founded in 1919, and played in the second division for many years in the early days, but after the 70s, it could only be mixed in the third and fourth leagues due to lack of strength. In the previous two seasons, Ferrol won the second and third place in the group, but unfortunately fell short in the promotion play-offs and failed to promote to the second division. Although it has been six or seven years since their last trip to La Liga, the strength of this team is still very good, and Castilla, who have played away from home and rotated all the main players, must be 10,000 careful, otherwise they will lose here to Maicheng.

The home team is currently second in the table in Group 1 of La Liga B, morale is high, and there is no problem with physical strength just after the winter break, so this cup match sent all the main players who can play, in an attempt to make this round of games lose suspense in the first leg. After thinking about it for a long time, Li Mudi still chose to believe in his players and continue to let the substitutes compete in the cup.

Castilla's starting line-up for this game: goalkeeper Abad, right wing-back Dani, central defenders Linhardt and Bernabeu, left-back Tejero, central midfielders Peperu and Fabas, right winger Cederes, left winger Lin Liangming, forward Muñoz, forward Narvaez.

Ferrol's coach Tyna is only 34 years old, and he is one of the few young coaches who is younger than some of the players in the team, and has strong ability in people and management. The main formation of the team is 4-4-1-1, and several main players are also rare in this level of team in terms of strength. Goalkeeper McKay is not significantly different from Castilla's starting Yáñez in terms of various stats, but he is older and has no potential for improvement; Several of the main players in the back line are balanced players and have no particular shortcomings; Both wing-backs have a 15 cross, and with striker Joselu's double 14 shots and headers, they can ensure plenty of attacking firepower.

In contrast, Castilla's substitutes have no distinctive characteristics in terms of technique and tactics, unlike the main team, who can use super ball control to control the rhythm and allow Mariano to play crosses as a fulcrum. Therefore, in this game, Li Mudi asked the players to take advantage of the small field of the court, defend with all their might, and then consider waiting for an opportunity to counterattack after breaking up the opponent's attack.

Spaniards are still relatively free and loose by nature, and they still have romantic and offensive blood in their bones, so it is somewhat unreliable for them to strictly implement a defensive strategy. However, fortunately, the Castile coaching staff is very strict in their usual training, and these players have joined the echelons of professional clubs very early, and their professionalism is still good. So after the start of the game, Castilla rarely became the suppressed side, except for leaving a striker to harass the opposing backline near the center circle, the rest of the people all retreated to the half, forming a half-court defensive drill.

The home team's left midfielder Nano is 33 years old and has a rich resume when he played for Barcelona and Atletico Madrid as a young man. Even now, his technical ability is still very good, whether it is dribbling, passing or running without the ball, his vision is around 14, and even his physical qualities such as speed and endurance are better than his peers, and he can play in the main team in the second division. Therefore, Dani and Cedres on the right side of Castilla were under a lot of pressure in the game, and they often had the dilemma of being broken through with two against one.

Twenty-five minutes into the first half, the visitors received two yellow cards and failed to complete a single goal. It was only thanks to the large number of defenders and the fact that the field was not conducive to the operation of the ball, that the goal was kept and the home team did not get any good chances.

However, if the rubber band is tightened for too long, there is always a danger of complete collapse. In the 31st minute, just as Ferrol suspended the offensive on the field and made the visiting players relax their vigilance, the veteran Nano suddenly picked up speed in the midfield. I saw that he first used a feint to shake off the center of gravity of Cedras, who came up to grab but was a little careless, and then immediately accelerated forward along the left wing. The Castilla player, who had just taken the opportunity to relax as his opponent retreated, failed to react immediately, and by the time he took the ball directly to right-back Dani, he was less than five metres from the penalty line.

At this time, Peperu, who was responsible for helping to defend this area, came to his senses and wanted to step forward to attack, but the opponent's forward midfielder Pelez suddenly cut into the penalty area at high speed from his side, so he had to follow. At the same time, the young Dani didn't hold on for a round in front of the old and spicy Nano, and was easily wiped by the opponent and went straight into the penalty area. The Bernabeu, who was originally marking the opponent's striker with his partner, saw that the situation was critical, and immediately made up for it to try to interfere with the opponent's further breakthrough, but unfortunately the tall figure was too slow here, and it was shaken out of space by Nano with a quick stop. A fast, low-pitched cross was blocked by Joserou's right foot from four yards out, and another centre-back, Linhardt, who was stuck in his main position, could only watch as the ball slipped between Abad's legs and crashed into the net.

1-0, a rare first goal conceded by Castile, who have been smooth sailing this season.

The goal conceded showed the huge difference in experience between the players on the pitch, and the veterans of the battle gave the hairy lads a good lesson when they did not have a clear advantage in strength.

The away players were a little frustrated when they were suddenly breached without preparation, but fortunately, Li Mudi on the sidelines kept shouting loudly, cheering everyone up, not thinking about the goal conceded, and guarding against the opponent's pressure again.

Sure enough, as Li Mudi expected, Ferrol resolutely tackled after the kick-off, and pressed it again after getting the ball, hoping to make persistent efforts to expand the score. Castile's substitutes returned to the form they had started in time, and the whole team worked together tenaciously and did not give the opponent a chance. At half-time, the score was tied at 1-0.

In the away team's dressing room, Li Muddy relieved the pressure on the boy, saying that a one-goal defeat away from home was completely acceptable, as long as the second half waited for the opponent to make a mistake while defending solidly, even if it could not equalize, the team would have a chance to advance after returning to home.

In fact, in his heart, Li Mudi still regrets it a little, because he underestimated Ferrol too much, and competed with the opponent's main team as a substitute player, which was indeed too big. But fortunately, the players still played normally, the gap of one ball was not big, and there were still kicks.

In the second half of the game, not only did the defender withstand the onslaught of the home team, but also in the 77th minute, the substitute Gafoni intercepted the midfielder, directly picked out the ball behind the top, and quickly inserted Lin Liangming to successfully counter offside, and calmly hit the ball into the bottom corner in the face of the goalkeeper. At 1-1, Castilla used the third attack of the game to tie the score.

After that, the home team's indiscriminate bombardment did not achieve much results, and had to accept this result with regret. Castilla got a good score on the road and laid a good foundation for the second leg.

After the game, there was a report in the newspaper "Marca": Castilla, under the leadership of Li Mudi, have been unbeaten in 22 official matches, the best record in the Spanish third division in the last 15 years. Xiao Li's prestige has increased again.