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While 2025 is not a World Cup and European Championship year, and the schedules of the major leagues are not as tight as in even-numbered years, the relative relaxation is limited to just before the winter break. When the break is over, double matches a week have become the most common occurrence for the top teams fighting on the third line, and the almost suffocating schedule has made it more difficult for the team to maintain consistent form.

No, even though they thought they had prepared as much as they could before the game, Real Madrid still stopped their winning streak in the league against Valencia on the 19th, ending their unbeaten run in La Liga this season, much to the disappointment of the club.

In fact, this game still has a good chance of scoring three points in Li Mudi's plan, although the overall strength of the opponent is not weak, under the management of Singaporean wealthy businessman owner Lim Rong Hock for ten years, they have been able to maintain their combat power at a very high level, but after all, they are still affected by the club's status and absolute wealth, and cannot introduce top superstars in world football, so it always seems very close to the final honor, but it is actually very far away, and it should not be able to resist the way forward of Real Madrid.

However, in this encounter, the Bat Army, which regards Real Madrid as the club's number one enemy (in turn, Valencia can only be ranked third in the Galaxy) suddenly ushered in a big explosion, and the team's team including the core of the midfield Carlos Soler, left-back Toni Lato, right winger Ferran Torres and Argentine striker Maximiliano Romero all played extraordinary performances, which caused a headache for Li Mudi, who was already prepared.

The Real Madrid boss had originally developed a set of counter-attacking tactics, hoping to wear down the morale of the home team with a solid defense in the first hour, and then launch a winning offensive in the final stages. Unfortunately, Ferran Torres scored a brilliant long-range strike near the end of the first half to make Limdi's plan fail.

While the away league leaders were looking to change their strategy and strengthen their attack after the rematch, centre-back Melle was ejected for a second yellow card of the game quickly, and the Galaxy Battleship, who had played one man less, faced a huge dilemma in the 57th minute.

Unwilling to end his unbeaten league run at the Mestalla Stadium, Li Mudi boldly chose to continue the attack, adjusting the formation to 3-3-2-1 in an attempt to fight for a draw. However, it backfired, and whether the three midfielders concentrated in the middle or spread out to increase the defensive area, they could not limit the continuous impact of Valencia's in-form attackers, and soon conceded a second goal before the 70th minute, completely losing hope of a point.

In the end, the 0-2 score not only allowed Real Madrid to fail to score in an official game for the first time since the start of the season, but also narrowed their advantage in the table to two points. Barcelona have won three in a row since the winter break, winning by at least three goals in each game, with new signing Kai Havertz's performances increasingly being recognised by the outside world, giving people hope that they will complete the comeback.

Under such intense pressure, Li and his disciples who returned to Madrid ignored the criticism of the media for the time being, and turned all their attention to the next few tough matches, starting with the Copa del Rey at the Bernabeu on Wednesday night.

Drawing a home-and-away schedule in a two-legged knockout round is basically equivalent to giving the opponent a half-goal advantage, because once the two sides are tied within 180 minutes, the subsequent extra-time and possible penalty shoot-outs will be played on someone's doorstep, which is extremely disadvantageous for the team playing away in the second leg.

In order not to find themselves in that dire situation, Real Madrid will have to win at least two goals or more at home, otherwise the pressure will be on to travel to the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain a week later, which will not be conducive to the team's plan to preserve strength for the rest of the league.

So even though they were about to visit the Stadio de la Romance on Sunday to challenge Villarreal, who had a very high win rate at home stadium, Li Mudi still sent a more in-form player to start in the Copa del Rey this midweek, without deliberately rotating it, just to try to end the suspense of promotion in the first leg.

However, his wishful thinking will not be so easy to start, although the overall strength of Celta Vigo is average, in the last three or four years, it has often been reduced to a relegation team, and the highest ranking is only 13th. But when they faced the Galactic Battleship, they always managed to perform according to people's expectations, which is also a difficult puzzle to explain.

If it weren't for the pre-match science popularization by the media, most people would find it hard to believe that Real Madrid had only completed one league double against Celta Vigo in the previous six seasons, and that the last two meetings in the Copa del Rey had not taken any advantage.

Three seasons ago, Guti led the team to meet this opponent in the quarter-finals, only to win the right to qualify by virtue of the advantage of more away goals; In the 2016-17 season, when Zizou was still in power, the two teams met in the quarterfinals, and the result was that the Galaxy Battleship, which was almost the main force, was eliminated with a shock of 1-2 at home, 2-2 away, and a total score of 3-4, which became a sensational news at the beginning.

Although he doesn't believe in Western metaphysics such as fate, Li Mudi still kept enough caution before the game, because the opposing team does have two stars with good current ability and potential: 25-year-old Mexican striker De la Loza and Turkish international and short multi-faceted Emre Moore, plus homegrown goalkeeper Ruben Blanco and winger Diego Pam who has been selected for the Spanish national team.

Former homegrown striker Aspas, who just retired last summer and took over the reins of his old club, is a rookie coach with a lot of ideas on the offensive end, and he changed the team's strategy of reusing a playmaker who has formed for more than a decade, and distributed all the tasks evenly among all the players in the frontcourt, solving the problem of paralyzing the team's offense when a player does not play well or is targeted.

From this point of view, he and Li Mudi are teammates in the same camp, and they should be able to have a lot of things that can communicate with each other.

Under the influence of the new manager's strategy, Celta's attacking power has improved compared to previous seasons, which is one of the main reasons why they can move to the 10th to 12th place in the league this season. Against most opponents, there is always someone in the front three or four who can step up and make a difference, making it difficult for their attack to be completely limited.

It's just that this strategy can work well against teams that have holes or concerns in their defensive line, but it can't pose much of a threat to a top-class team with average strength, both individually and overall at a top-notch level, such as Real Madrid today, who controlled the situation on the pitch brilliantly and did not allow the visitors to find any opportunities.

Celta's defence, on the other hand, also performed well in the opening stages, at least in the first half hour without showing signs of collapsing under the strong pressure exerted by the home team. Of course, the 0-0 score can be maintained until this time, which is also inseparable from the fact that Rodrygo and Mbappe and others have not been able to go well before, and they have wasted two or three good opportunities to score.

However, Vinicius broke the deadlock on the pitch with a stunning individual dribble down the left in the 32nd minute, providing a nanny-style assist to his team-mates after passing three defenders in a row, and the unguarded Rodrygo at the back post naturally did not spit out the pie that had been put in his mouth again, and his easy push gave Real Madrid a one-goal lead.

The goal opened the seal on the home team's attacking players who had worn crooked boots, and their attack began to become more and more aggressive, launching two long sieges against Celta Vigo and scoring the second goal of the game in the 56th minute of the second half, completing the minimum goal set by the manager.

Of course, for the sake of safety, scoring at least one more goal without conceding a goal is what Real Madrid need to actively strive for in the remaining 30 minutes. So Li Muddy took the lead in changing his moves, and he replaced Mbappe, who always felt a little worse in this game, with Oyarzabal, who had been rumored with other teams in the winter transfer window but finally stayed in the team, hoping to make the team's originally somewhat dull right side also active and create more threatening attacks.

However, in the face of Jonny, the captain of the visiting team who returned to Celta after moving to Atletico Madrid a few years ago, Oyarzabal's disadvantage in speed led to a succession of multi-footed crosses of good quality that failed to help Rodrigo, who was too short and could only play on the ground, get a decent chance, and the opposing defenders could mark with great pertinence, so that the Real Madrid manager's attempt almost ended in failure.

So after seeing the Brazilian striker's best efforts and just fighting for a difficult shot that he was not sure of, Li Mudi, who was standing on the sidelines watching the game, turned around and signaled Platz to find Pellegri who had been warming up for a while, and his move naturally did not escape the broadcaster's cameras and many fans who paid attention to his movements. Less than half a minute later, there was a not-so-violent but still palpable cheer at the Bernabeu Stadium as the Melingers welcomed the new signing's debut, and the Italian striker's fan base was indeed envious.

In the 69th minute, Genoa-born Pieto Pellegri stood on the turf of the Bernabeu for the first time in the face of his 24th birthday, wearing the world's only white report, which was a milestone moment.

Years later, when Manuel Pellegri was interviewed by Marca after his retirement ceremony, he described in detail the scene when he made his Real Madrid debut on January 22, 2025, as if that moment had been etched in his mind and would never be blurred.

However, compared to the previous excellent performances of many super strikers of the Galaxy Battleship in their debut, although his debut cannot be said to be disappointing, it can only be regarded as unsatisfactory at best.

In the 24 minutes of playing time, the total statistics completed are as follows: passing, three attempts and two successes; passing, twenty-three attempts and nineteen successes; Won three of the five times with headers; fouls, twice; And the most important shot for a striker, two out of four. Just judging the Italian international's debut performance through the above figures on paper should be relatively good.

But anyone who watched the game live can feel that Pellegri still has a lot of problems to solve urgently before he is fully integrated into the team. He is really good at his feet, able to hold the ball in the opposition box and at the top of the arc, and has made dangerous passes to his team-mates who are running on a number of occasions. But when it comes to when it comes to breaking through on his own, and when it's time to get out quickly and get forward, he hasn't been able to satisfy the coaching staff yet.

In order to find a tacit understanding with his new team-mates as quickly as possible, the Italian was a little too deliberate in his pursuit of teamwork, and missed some good individual surprise opportunities. Although Li Mudi did not ask the Spanish striker to increase his attempts to break through with the ball when Villarrivre came on, it was based on the premise that the local centre-forward's foot work was only average, and the reason why Pellegri was the most promising target for the Real Madrid manager was because of his ability to hold the ball beyond Harry Kane and only slightly weaker than Ibrahimovic.

A striker who can catch the cake from his teammates and create his own scoring opportunities will have the potential to take over the mantle of the likes of Van Basten, Batistuta and Ronaldo, and put the title of world football's number one striker on his head in a moment. Obviously, Li Mudi asked this for his beloved apprentice, and he firmly believed that the latter could do it.

Fortunately, the current Galaxy has plenty of time to wait for Pellegri to adjust to his style of play in the new environment, and even if his Real Madrid opening goal is not achieved for a long time, it does not affect the trust of the coaching staff and team-mates.

As the schedule progressed, the outside world began to have some doubts about the ability of the new signing, and the Italian striker began to appear frequently as a substitute for the new club, and the playing time was gradually increasing, and the player's performance also developed towards the better side at a visible rate.

1 indirect assist, 1 shot at the post, 1 direct assist...... Those who originally questioned whether the striker, who was exchanged for 200 million yuan, would become the number one parallel commodity in Real Madrid's history, had to admit that Pellegri's ability was still worthy of playing for the world's No. 1 giant, but he didn't know when he would pierce that layer of window paper.