Chapter Seventy-One: The Second Year of Mu, the Year of the Champion, Pull Barcelona Down from the Damn La Liga Throne!
Jose Mourinho and Real Madrid have once again become the focus of public opinion throughout Spain.
After two rounds of the Spanish Super Cup, Real Madrid defeated Barcelona in an absolute "Mourinho way".
The results of these two rounds quickly spread throughout world football the day after Real Madrid won the championship!
In the words of the first day of the Marca newspaper:
Barcelona, which only won the Champions League and La Liga double this summer, was still a football hegemon just over two months ago.
Now it's like fighting Real Madrid in the quagmire for two rounds and 180 minutes, and then being knocked out by the same exhausted but more resilient Real Madrid.
Leon is the key to Real Madrid's toughness in defence!
This is a view that almost all Western media and fans on both sides agree on today.
Real Madrid fans are glad that Leon is back in time for this summer window.
Barcelona fans are here to hate Leon as soon as they see the report!
If Real Madrid had been the same starting line-up in the second half of last year's league, a two-legged win over Barcelona was a possibility.
But this is very unlikely, and the scene will definitely not be so reassuring to Real Madrid fans.
Barcelona fans are more convinced.
If it weren't for Leon's defensive style being too scoundrel and the physical exertion on Messi, they would definitely be able to win this year's Spanish Super Cup!
The defensive way Leon treated Messi in the game was also discussed with interest by countless fans.
It's not just La Liga.
Premier League, Bundesliga, Serie A
Fans of these major European leagues are talking about Leon's personal stalking of Messi online.
However, after discussing and studying for a few days and summing up a series of defensive points, these fans also put out the idea of letting their own midfielders learn from them.
Without him, the requirements are too comprehensive, and there are too many points to pay attention to.
The first is to respond quickly and be flexible enough; second, the speed can barely keep up with Messi; Third, the defensive position must be selected well, and if Messi loses his position, he can only foul; Fourth, the technique of the foot steal should be superb enough; Fifth, physical fitness must be good
The more it is summed up, the more frightened fans from all walks of life become.
In terms of a few abilities alone, there are still many good backs on the market that meet the conditions.
But it's too hard to have all of these characteristics.
Leon may not be first-class in football in every technical ability, but he is better at one or two specializations, and his other defensive skills are not bad!
This is outrageous, if he continues to grow smoothly for a few seasons, what kind of midfielder will Leon end up becoming?
Milan fans tearfully added a few more words to the topic of discussion.
'He's got a good header and a lot of organisational skills, and I'm afraid he stole Andrea Pirlo's long pass before he left
Now you know why we are reluctant to let the lion cub go, right? It's a big loss, it's a big loss."
Real Madrid fans were also embarrassed to see this, and they comforted the Milan fans and expressed their gratitude.
"Thank you Milan brother for helping to cultivate the lion cub for half a season, this time we defeated Barcelona, and there are three successes of Milan brother!"
"Can you rent the lion cub to us for a few more years?"
"Ah, that's not good, we're using the little lion, you change one, for example, another defensive general in our team, Hedi"
"Get out!"
Today's Leon is directly explosive in the battle against Messi.
The level of fire is even far greater than when he helped Milan win the Italian double.
However, just when it received a lot of attention and discussion, the person concerned was still reviewing the game and was not very satisfied with his performance.
Although I feel very pleased with Li Ang's self-consciousness and sober cognition.
But Xavi Alonso watched Leon shake his head in disgust at his performance at the post-match review meeting.
It's also a little itchy and unbearable.
But before he could make a move, Mourinho took the first step to cover Leon's head with his own slap.
"You give me a serious face! You're facing Messi, and he's almost four years older than you, so you're really so unhappy with your performance? ”
"No, boss, I'm almost staked by him, and he scored two goals in the second leg, I think"
Listening to Leon's methodical analysis, Mourinho was also speechless.
Please, are there still fewer defensive players who have been staked by Messi in the past two seasons?
As for Messi's passing in the second leg, it would be more normal.
Facing your defense as a 20-year-old midfielder, it would be abnormal if Messi was dumb every game.
gave Leon another slap on the shoulder, and amid the laughter of the Real Madrid first-team players, Mourinho no longer cared about Leang and continued today's review meeting.
But Leon clearly wasn't joking.
At the end of the afternoon review meeting, when the rest of the Real Madrid players had started to enjoy a two-day holiday, he changed into his training clothes and ran back to the training ground.
Facing Messi in this cup match, Li Ang could only score 80 points for his performance in the first leg, and there was no score in the second leg.
Because Li Ang felt that his defense failed in the second round, he directly failed.
No matter how the outside media boast about his defensive role, how the big guys in the team praise his performance.
He felt like he had failed.
Especially in the round when Messi scored, he was completely turned into a stake by Messi, and his reaction didn't keep up, and he didn't even have time to foul.
At that time, he watched Messi finish the overtaking shot after passing him.
That feeling is too powerless, Leon hates this feeling of powerlessness, very, very hateful!
It doesn't matter if he really liked the midfielder position when he chose to go on a professional football path in the first place.
Now, seven years later, defense has been carved into his bones and in his blood.
Defending was also his first skill in football.
Every player has his or her proudest skills on the pitch, and Leon is most proud of his defense.
It can be said that Messi, who broke out in the second leg of the Spanish Super Cup, taught him a good lesson.
He woke up a little complacent after the first round.
"I'm still lazy."
After a wake-up sentence in his heart, Li Ang was full of energy and started today's training with the accompanying staff.
Frontal kick interception; Chase sideways foot slide and foot outside slide; Position selection training
Leon warmed up with a few basic defensive skills, and then began to further refine his defensive skills of tackling and keeping the ball.
It wasn't until an hour and a half of training to ensure quality and strength that Leon entered the treatment area for a relaxing massage.
The next day, he did the same, after training and physiotherapy, he regained his relaxation in the club's swimming pool and tossed around for four hours in the afternoon before returning home.
At the end of a slightly tired but fulfilling two-day training session, Leon's heart full of crisis restlessness because of Messi really settled down.
But just as he was getting ready for the upcoming new season of La Liga, the unexpected came again.
The first round of La Liga in the 2011-2012 season was postponed due to the breakdown of collective bargaining between the Spanish players' union and the Spanish Professional Football League.
This has disrupted the preparation of almost all La Liga teams.
After all, after the postponement of the league, the La Liga players who have adjusted their physical condition will have to wait a few more days to see if they have a chance to play.
The big clubs can urgently invite other clubs to play another friendly match to keep the players in shape.
But the clubs in the middle and lower reaches of La Liga will not be so easy to make another friendly match.
For example, Barcelona asked Napoli for a friendly match on August 22, and Real Madrid also asked Galatasaray for a friendly match on August 23.
However, their opponents in the second round of the league will have to rely on training to try to keep their players in shape.
On the afternoon of August 27, the postponed round of La Liga finally officially started.
Most of the lower middle and lower teams in La Liga who played first were mediocre.
The players were generally not very excited, and the score was basically 0-1, 1-1.
It wasn't until the evening of August 28, after Real Madrid's appearance, that La Liga fans finally saw a goal shootout.
Mourinho, who started with a deformed 442 formation, was very confident in his disciples.
Previously, in a friendly match with Galatasaray, Real Madrid won 4-0.
And against their second-round opponents, Zaragoza, there's no reason why Real Madrid can't get off to a good start.
And so it is.
Zaragoza, who had not played friendly matches or official matches for more than ten days, dropped the chain at the defensive end as soon as he came up.
Kaka made his first through ball attempt of the game in the fourth minute of the first half.
As a result, he didn't expect Benzema, who started the game, that this pass broke through Zaragoza's two lines of defense and appeared in the penalty area!
That is, Ronaldo's attention was very focused from the beginning of the game, and finally stopped the ball on the left side of Zaragoza's penalty area and pushed it into the far corner.
Otherwise, Benzema, who missed this opportunity because he was stunned, is estimated to be criticized by the "Marca" newspaper tomorrow.
Well, although he's not a little criticized at all now
With this goal that was almost useless at the beginning of the game, Real Madrid became more relaxed and entered the form quickly.
In the thirteenth minute, Di Maria, who stepped in from behind, connected with two Zaragoza defenders.
Then he used a spiritual pass behind the defense line to help Ronaldo get a chance to go alone!
Ronaldo, who was hot today, did not spit out cakes, and helped Real Madrid extend the lead to two goals with a crisp and beautiful shot!
Leon was surprised to see it in the backfield.
Although Zaragoza was in the bottom of La Liga last season and barely relegated ahead of schedule.
But it's not like conceding two goals in the early tens, right?
Mourinho also sat back in the dugout after seeing the goal on the sidelines.
Whether Real Madrid want it or not, the fact now is that Real Madrid have taken advantage of the postponement of La Liga.
Therefore, it is good that the game can be won smoothly, and Mourinho feels that he does not need to be too "passionate".
But his kindness was not recognized by the Zaragoza home fans.
The Stadio La Romarda was booed in droves.
Perhaps part of it is that Zaragoza fans are booing their players for not being angry.
But there is no doubt that they are more of a real Madrid player.
So Zaragoza was unsurprisingly spent.
The kind that was really spent.
Before the end of the first half, Real Madrid had already scored four goals against Zaragoza!
Cristiano Ronaldo failed to score a hat-trick in the first half, but he still became the most shining presence with his half-time statistics of two shots and one pass.
Angel Di Maria and Karim Benzema each scored for the new season, while Kaka also had an assist.
Real Madrid's four main players in attack all gained personal data, and there was joy in the dressing room at half-time.
After the start of the second half of the game, Real Madrid also slowed down the pace of the attack very face-saving, but Zaragoza didn't appreciate it.
Leon was overjoyed, wishing that Zaragoza would be more aggressive and press the attack, and add more expressive shots to him.
Unfortunately, before he could grab a few goals, Real Madrid's counterattack was played.
Brother Long made a long pass and accurately found Ronaldo who was running forward on the side.
The Portuguese superstar just watched for a moment before swooping in a cross from the edge of the box to find Zaragoza at the back of the box!
After the ball swept over Benzema's head, Kaka unloaded the ball perfectly in a barely unguarded position!
Almost a replica, he also chose to push the ball into the far corner of the Zaragoza goal!
Kaka laughed happily after the goal, pointed at Cristiano Ronaldo, and waited to hug him to celebrate!
The earth-shattering boos at the Stadio La Romarda also disappeared at this moment.
And Leon, who was accustomed to the rhythm of embarrassing Milan in Serie A last season, will not know what to say.
At the beginning of the fifties, Real Madrid took a 5-0 lead!
One goal in ten minutes.
This offensive support and offensive efficiency Ibrahimovic looked at it and cried overest.
In the end, in the general feeling of clocking out and leaving work, Li Ang easily won a 6-0 victory with the team!
Cristiano Ronaldo also scored another goal in the 73rd minute of the second half with an assist from Benzema and scored a hat-trick.
When the one-sided massacre was over, Madrid's local pro-Real Madrid media couldn't wait to release the slogan of regaining the La Liga title.
Although Barcelona only lost the Spanish Super Cup, after all, it has the confidence to win three consecutive La Liga championships.
As a result, the pro-Barcelona media immediately began to fight back.
Barcelona, who won the UEFA Super Cup with a complete victory over Porto, stepped onto the stage of the new season of La Liga on the evening of August 29.
And under the attention of countless La Liga fans, Barcelona finally defeated Villarreal with a 5-0 slaughter!
This shocked the fans much more than Real Madrid's slaughter of Zaragoza.
Because Villarreal was the fourth Champions League team in La Liga last season!
Even if Villarreal released Cazorla and Capdevilla this summer, the central axis of the main body is still intact.
So when Barcelona defeated the Yellow Submarine in the first battle, the wind direction of the Western media quickly changed to touting Barcelona again.
That momentum continued until the end of the international break in early September, when Barcelona were held to a goalless draw away from Real Sociedad.
I don't know if Barcelona's players are too affected by the "FIFA virus".
In the league on the spot, they had already taken a two-goal lead by the early ten minutes.
The Real Madrid players who heard the news at the time were not interested.
As a result, I didn't expect that in the next 80 minutes, Barcelona was difficult to score.
And the resilient Real Sociedad was stunned in the 59th and 61st minutes of the second half, and the lightning hit two consecutive times, which directly stunned Barcelona!
This chain fell off the jaws of countless La Liga fans.
However, the Real Madrid players have also started their third round of La Liga, and they have no idea about the results on Barcelona's side.
Jose Mourinho has once again made a 442 formation after the success of the previous league game.
Against Getafe, a team that performed much the same way as Zaragoza last season, Uncle Bird still disdains to play defensive pressing.
That's it!
And this game is not only Ronaldo who is wreaking havoc on the offensive end, but Leon also intervened with Mourinho's permission.
Watching Li Ang's decent back insertion and top fight on the field, Uncle Bird was very satisfied.
Although he felt embarrassed about Allegri, Mourinho really wanted to send an email to the other party after the game.
Thanks to Allegri's development of Leon's offensive attributes, it's not ~
Leon still hasn't scored his first goal or assist in La Liga in this game.
But he had a pre-goal pass.
Anyway, he pushed forward and distributed the ball to Di Maria who pulled the side, and then Di Maria crossed to assist Benzema to score, right?
Li Ang felt that he could still blow it a little bit this time.
After setting the tactical tone of the main attack, Real Madrid were scored by Getafe in the second half.
But in the final 5-1 victory, the goal conceded was not painful.
After the game, the Real Madrid generals who knew that Barcelona had dropped the chain celebrated even more!
After all, although Mourinho has not emphasized it, the club has never promoted it to the outside world.
But all the players who have joined Real Madrid know that their goal for the season is actually simple.
At least in the league.
They're this season.
I'm going to pull Barcelona off that damn La Liga throne!
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(End of chapter)