Although Riverola, who is in charge of the front waist, is only 16 years old, his physical development is very good, his height of 1.84 meters and his body are far stronger than his peers, like the president of the year.

What's more, he also has an incredibly handsome face, which makes it easy for him to garner a large number of female fans — well, if that kind of person can be called a fan too.

However, in the eyes of professionals like Li Mudi, the reason why Riverola is so valued by the entire Spanish football world is because of his rapidly improving skills and seemingly endless potential in his body. What kind of height will Kaka reach, who doesn't get injured frequently, should be difficult for anyone who has witnessed this gorgeous performance as if he was possessed by a "son of God" before the start of the Mero Double Pride era.

Judging from the values given by the FM system, the young man who has just entered the first period of rapid growth in theory has the current overall ability of more than 130 (estimated by Li Mudi), of which the speed and explosiveness of double 15, 16 dribbling, 14 passing and technology and many other individual items can already be compared with the main level of those weak teams in La Liga. As for corners, set-pieces, defensive positions and other abilities that are not necessary for a forward midfielder, Riverola also happens to be at a low level, which means that the "bias" is extremely serious, but it is also extremely efficient.

Theoretically, if this growth pattern can be continued, it is estimated that when his current ability rises to around 175, it is possible that he will be close to reaching the level of his peak Mero in terms of individual attack, which has never happened in football in the past.

In addition to the fact that his original way of personal growth is not small from the pursuit of all-round development by most young players, the external training package used by Li Mudi on his body also plays a great role in external intervention. Because Real Madrid's current counter-attacking tactics can only create a great threat on the two wings, and the middle still lacks impact, if it can achieve superhuman speed in all three lanes, then the team's attack power will reach a perfect level. That's why the Real Madrid coach is so eager to adopt the training method of pulling seedlings, just hoping that Riverola can grow up as soon as possible, so that what may be the strongest tactical play in his mind can be realized.

Of course, because of the training package, he doesn't have to worry about the development of the players who are too biased, because they can be adjusted according to the reality at any time. This is equivalent to letting Riverola maximize the outstanding growth of his own superior abilities, and then make up for other weaknesses according to the remaining potential value, and the normal training method will eventually achieve the same effect, but in the use of instant combat power, there is no doubt that the new training method is better.

This can be seen from the current Spanish football fancy for Riverola, because if he follows the all-round development of the promotion method, his characteristics will definitely not be so prominent, and naturally he will not be able to become the most dazzling among many talents of close age.

However, Li Mudi cultivated this Kaka II in this way, not for frivolous things such as hype, but everything is based on the needs of the team. Therefore, in the face of excessive praise from the outside world, he still kept telling the rising star to devote all his energy to training by pouring cold water on the situation, and not to lose his heart in the spotlight.

Fortunately, although Riverola is young, his mind is far more mature than his peers, and he has long been reminded by his family and coach to understand how many geniuses who have fallen into the praise or self-satisfaction of the outside world have died.

Because they don't have much time to focus on protecting one player, the team will not only have their first do-or-die match next weekend – a local derby against Atletico Madrid, but will also make their appearance in the quarter-finals of the Champions League against an equally formidable Borussia Dortmund.

The Hornets have caught up with their peculiar peak this season, and every three or four years or so, they have exploded into a wave of strong performances, even beating Bayern Munich in the league. However, this kind of performance was just to last for a season, and soon returned to normal form, and this year happened to be the node where this old powerhouse came to the crest.

So against such an opponent who broke out during the intermission, you can't use common sense to judge, if you catch up with Dortmund's new batch of young talents to play a super-level state, then even a giant team of Real Madrid and Barcelona is difficult to say easy to win. Therefore, Li Mudi and his colleagues conducted a more rigorous analysis before the game, and worked out various plans to deal with possible unexpected situations, in order to ensure that the result of promotion can be achieved with minimal investment.

In the end, in this group of matchups that lasted for two consecutive weeks, the average age of the starting lineup was only 22.7 years old, and it really made everyone who watched the game feel a compelling youthful atmosphere. Black centre-forward Youssef Moukoko, both 22, and centre-back Dennis Luke-Freery are already the most expensive players in the transfer market in this age group, while 18-year-old winger Alessandro Koper has been hailed as Leroy Sane's successor and one of the strongest contenders for this year's European Golden Boy award.

Even Li Mudi, who has gathered countless good seedlings, can't help but have a very strong desire to buy after seeing the skills and future development potential of these talented young players in the opponent's lineup, but because of the name of the "German black shop" on Dortmund's head, he also knows very well that the price of poaching will definitely not be small, and it is better to keep the funds and use them for immediate combat power.

It's just that no matter how eye-catching the vitality and future prospects of these young players are, they are still a certain distance from their maturity, and it is difficult to play an evenly matched performance against Real Madrid, who are already on top of the world.

And this too young Hornets still has a fatal flaw, that is, the experience in the European competition, especially in the Champions League knockout round, is too little, in addition to the first 30 minutes of the first leg between the two sides, they can rely on their momentum and talent to barely fall behind in the situation, but in the following game time, they can only be led by the nose of the old and spicy Galaxy Battleship, and it is difficult to play the rhythm they are best at. In this way, the results of defeats at home and away will not be considered too surprising by the outside world.

2-1 away and 1-0 at home, Real Madrid used the depth of its squad and the experience advantage of more than 100 times that of the opponent to eliminate Dortmund, which once again set off a wave of youth in European football, in the most secure and economical way, and entered the Champions League semi-finals for the third consecutive year.

As for their opponents in the semi-finals, we'll come back to the weekend between those two Champions League games.

At 8 o'clock in the evening of April 11, Li Mudi led the team to welcome their city rival Atletico Madrid at the Bernabeu Stadium, and considering the current situation in La Liga points and the subsequent schedule, the significance of this derby is not limited to the aspect of historical grievances, but will directly have a decisive impact on the final title situation.

Theoretically, if Real Madrid can win this game, they will increase their chances of winning the tournament to more than 40%. Because even if Barcelona can maintain the three-point difference through consecutive wins, but then there is a second national derby between the two sides, and the match is played at the Bernabeu, Real Madrid will have a big chance of winning, and the possibility of tying the points in one fell swoop is still extremely high.

And since the two teams played 0-0 at Camp Nou in the first match, Real Madrid can rely on the advantage of a direct win-loss relationship to rank in front of the opponent on the same points, as long as they can win the remaining league opponents, they can declare the goal of achieving the goal of three consecutive La Liga titles.

As for Atletico Madrid, who are more behind in points, although they cannot completely control their fate in their own hands, as long as they can defeat the Galaxy in this derby, and then sit back and watch the latter win in the national derby, the unfavorable situation will be reversed. Then the Sheets only need to beat Barcelona 1-0 or 3-1 at home in the penultimate round to reach the top of the standings with a direct win-loss relationship in the case of a tie between the three teams.

Therefore, for the Madrid duo, this is a victory that must be won no matter what, if it is a draw, it will be cheap for Barcelona to sit on the hill and watch the tiger fight, and at the same time, it can also be announced in advance that the impact on the league championship will end in defeat.

As a result, a verbal confrontation broke out between the two teams before the official start of the game, with the hot-tempered stars such as Mbappe, Bediacharal, Masengo and Garczé all expressing some radical remarks in interviews. Even Li Mudi, who has always boasted of maintaining a good attitude in football, chewed gum because he felt that he was a little too nervous, and his two cheeks were about to lose consciousness in two days.

And at the moment when the opening whistle sounded, the coaches of both sides walked out of the coach's bench and came to the sidelines to watch the game with a solemn expression, reflecting that their psychological pressure at that time was indeed very large.

Due to the self-evident importance of this game, and the fact that the two teams are already familiar with each other to the point where they know what kind of feces is under them as soon as they lift their butts, there is no slightest temptation at all, and they unfold restrictions and counter-restrictions in the midfield area like a fight.

Aspas's strategy is very clear, that is, to use his own tougher and better teamwork midfield line to destroy Real Madrid's attacking organization, forcing the latter to choose to launch an attack through long passes in the backfield, which can greatly reduce the success rate of the opponent.

As for the reason why Li Mudi will choose a similar style of play in the opening stage, it is actually very simple, that is, the suspension of Fabas and the poor form of Martin Calderón have made the Galaxy Battleship lack the threat of the previous attack in the middle, and for the time being, it can only play two wings. However, in the case that Atletico Madrid does not use all-round pressure, Mbappe and Rodrygo's speed advantage cannot show the strength to break the opposing full-back in the positional battle, so he did not use the Brazilian winger, but put Ferran Torres in the starting lineup, hoping that the latter's excellent passing ability can help his teammates create better opportunities.

Considering the high defensive hardness of Atletico Madrid's defenders, it is difficult for Torres, who is a little thin to get organizational space, without the help of midfielders, so he must grab a "base" behind the striker to provide corresponding support to his left winger.

But in this way, too much time and energy will be wasted in hand-to-hand combat that is of little significance. It's okay for Atletico Madrid, who are better at this tactic, because they are very accustomed to winning in chaos, but Real Madrid, who enjoy home advantage and have an advantage in overall strength, cannot accept this situation for a long time.

So the first to change his tactics could only be Li Mudi, who instructed the players to give up the fight for the ball and switch to a defensive counter-attack strategy that he had already mastered. Although this avoided unnecessary attrition, it also made Torres's role in replacing Rodrygo's starter impossible to play, and it was a small loss to Aspas.

Atletico Madrid, who succeeded in grabbing the territory, always adopted a steady attacking style in the following time, even as a side that was more eager for victory, but did not have a hot head to prefront the three lines too much, and once they lost the ball in the front court, they immediately tackled fiercely on the spot, never giving the home team a chance to easily counterattack.

Because of this strategy alone, they received four yellow cards in the game, but the price was well worth it, because before Li Muddy changed his style of play twice, Real Madrid's threatening attack was arguably almost non-existent, which is extremely rare in a normal game.

It wasn't until almost 60 minutes into the second half that the home side replaced Valverde with Rodrygo and moved Ferran Torres to the middle for a more attacking 4-2-3-1 formation.

It's just that on the other hand, the defensive thickness of the midfield has also dropped a lot, and Atletico Madrid has also found two loopholes and almost completed the goal. Therefore, in the end, neither side can make up their minds to break the kettle, a boring exchange of blank papers is an extremely reasonable result.