Chapter 17 Turning enemies into friends, the little lion, the low-key and versatile little prince

Two games 2-0, two consecutive wins at the beginning of the league, even though the score and the scene are not too "amazing", but Real Madrid fans have a preliminary recognition and acceptance of "Mu-style Real Madrid".

Anyway, as long as you can win and win steadily, you can endure the momentary dissatisfaction on the scene.

In the Real Madrid team, the two victories have also made the players more and more recognizable of Mourinho's coaching ability.

At least in this round of the league, Mourinho's decisive adjustment at half-time made Real Madrid's stars very satisfied.

It's not that they have an issue with the replaced Khedira and some dead man.

But in the case of not being well integrated into the team, if you can't play the tactical requirements, you can't play.

At this stage, Leon is a more suitable midfielder to partner with Alonso, not to mention such as everyone privately has a better impression of the little lion.

The most fundamental reason is that Li Ang is on the court, and everyone is more comfortable and at ease.

If Khedira is willing to defend steadily, and he does a better job than Leon, then everyone can quickly accept the fact that Khedira has regained the main position.

This is professional football, everyone is also a professional player, relying on ability to get to the top, as it should be.

After this round of league games, there is no holiday for the players of the Real Madrid first team.

After a solid night's rest, on the afternoon of September 12, the Real Madrid first team resumed their daily training without stopping.

Because in four days' time, they will be at home to the first group stage of the Champions League of the new season.

The opponent is Ajax, the strength is not strong, but it is not weak, Real Madrid has the convenience of playing at home, or to try to get a complete victory, to get a good start to the new season of the Champions League.

After the training session on the afternoon of the 12th, Mourinho patiently waited for Leon to finish training under Alonso's guidance, and then called Leon to his office again.

No one but themselves knew what the two of them had talked about for almost an hour.

However, in the training session on the morning of September 13, Li Ang once again put on the vest of the substitute and formed a new midfield combination with Gago and Granero.

"Is this a collapse of the talks?"

A similar question mark has come to the minds of many of Real Madrid's first-team players.

Ronaldo even asked Leon about the details during the training break.

But Leon's mood was very calm, and he couldn't see anything wrong at all, which in turn reassured Ronaldo.

Alonso didn't ask much, and it wasn't until the end of the afternoon training session and after taking Leon to complete the daily training that he said "you need to call me".

Characters like Brother Long, who were reluctant to get involved in the turmoil in the locker room, now opened their mouths, and Li Ang was really moved.

But there really wasn't anything wrong with him and Jose Mourinho.

On the contrary, the reason why he and Gago are more together today is actually the request he took the initiative to Mourinho.

The reason is simple, he wants to further hone his playmaking skills with the ball.

Compared with Alonso, the all-round playmaker, Gago and Granero, who are currently more flawed in all aspects, are naturally better training partners for Leon.

Li Ang explained the reason for this to Alonso and Pan, and Brother Long looked strange after hearing it.

It's understandable, but why does it sound so weird?

Because I'm too strong, my apprentices feel that it's too easy to train with me in a partner, so they have to learn from me while taking other midfield exercises......

Well... Fair and reasonable.

Although I don't know if Gago and Granero will have the urge to hit this B cub after knowing Leon's true thoughts.

But Alonso himself, I still feel a little comfortable~

"Ahem... Don't put your mind on saying good things every day, just be sure in your own heart, contact me at any time if you don't understand, organize the attack and learn from it, and keep reviewing the game, but you can't leave behind the defensive skills. ”

Finally, after a few more words of advice to Leon, Alonso left the training base satisfied.

The next two days of training were pretty much the same.

Leon and Gago, as well as Granero, and even with Canales, will get a lot of opportunities to play with the ball.

Because these players obviously can't play like Alonso, a single back can catch the organization and defense.

If you don't have enough ability, you naturally have to ask your teammates to help share some organizational pressure.

Li Ang is not greedy for more, and is very satisfied with his current status as an "organizational assistant".

Assist in combing passes, protect the ball transfer, and respond to the central defenders to break the opponent's high pressure.

That's what he mainly practiced, and now he can't do it if he is asked to wash the dirty ball or even push the ball with it.

So Leon's performance is still the same as before, very stable.

Because he doesn't easily try organizational skills that he hasn't started to learn.

And add some fine-tuned "identity" to the main positioning of the backward defense.

For example, assisting the core of the organization to sort out the ball and plan the transfer will not affect the good relationship between the other midfielders of Real Madrid and Leon.

He still doesn't eat the ball.

A midfield partner who doesn't want the ball very much, and can always wipe your ass, so that you can rest assured that you can organize or even attack forward, just ask if you want it!

Not to mention Gago and Granero, when Mourinho tried to play a training match with Alonso, Leon and Khedira as a team.

Khedira looked at Leon with something wrong.

From a little wary to a gradual hint of friendliness, all it takes is one training match.

Although my face brother likes to cut forward, covering a large area, he has no outstanding role, and he has a good sense of running but often grabs the positions and opportunities of the forwards.

But!

When he has two midfielders behind him to help him wipe his butt, so that he can devote himself to attacking forward and returning to the defense, his B2B attributes have been benignly "amplified".

It can be said that in this training match with Leon and Alonso, Khedira finally played his best performance since joining Real Madrid!

So much so that Mourinho had to doubt his eyes on the midfield.

A simple positional premise, Khedira, who was not forced to stay honestly at the back, helped his team greatly on both offensive and defensive ends.

Although he is not very good at inserting shots, he can always run to the right position and can help other attacking players successfully disrupt the opponent's defense.

The defensive level is average, but with his large coverage sweep, Leon can also put more effort into blocking in the card position.

Alonso was also relaxed, with Khedira in front and Leon behind him as defensive protection, and he was comfortable organising the attack and assisting Leon in defence.

It's like opening a whole new tactical door.

Jose Mourinho and Karanka had to work urgently at base with the rest of the coaching staff on the eve of the Champions League tie.

And the eyes of the Real Madrid stars are becoming more and more kind and curious when they look at Leon.

What kind of simple defensive back is this, it is completely a wild little prince, and his competitors and head coaches are "subdued"!

Awesome, really awesome.