After winning two consecutive league games at home, the focus of the Real Madrid team is on the upcoming Champions League matches.

Real Madrid have been drawn to Group D of the Champions League this season.

In the same group are Ligue 1 giants Lyon, last season's Eredivisie champions Ajax, and last season's Croatian Liga giants Dinamo Zagreb.

None of Real Madrid's three opponents are particularly strong, and two of them are old acquaintances.

Lyon don't need much introduction, Benzema's parent team dominated the entire Ligue 1 from 2001 to 2008 and was once a regional hegemon.

In the 2009-2010 season, Lyon sank the new generation of Real Madrid's Galaxy battleship in the Champions League one-eighth knockout round with one win and one draw over two legs.

Now that Real Madrid meets Lyon again, they also have a chance for revenge.

It's a pity that Lyon's strength is declining year by year, and although they lost the league championship last season, they are still second in the league.

Last season, Lyon slipped to third in the league and have to play a play-off round to qualify for the Champions League this season.

Playing the group stage with such a Lyon team, even if it is a two-legged double kill, the Real Madrid players may not feel much joy.

As for Ajax, Real Madrid's generals are left with only enthusiastic emotion.

"What a coincidence, Brother Jiafu, it's you again?"

The Ajax players may have been dumbfounded when they saw them drawn in a group with Real Madrid at the time of the draw.

The picture of being slaughtered 4-0 by Real Madrid in the second leg last season is still vivid!

This season against the tougher Real Madrid?

The whole Ajax squad almost wondered if the club's hierarchy had a holiday with the UEFA hierarchy.

Fortunately, they couldn't meet Real Madrid in the first round, and Lyon also escaped.

In the first round of the Champions League, Real Madrid had to go away to test Dinamo Zagreb's quality a priori.

And Ajax and Lyon, two powerhouses that are likely to qualify second in Group D, will have to fight hard first.

When it comes to Dinamo Zagreb, the Real Madrid players don't know much.

And the Real Madrid coaching staff has probably figured out the way this team plays the Champions League after research.

In the previous two seasons, the Croatian Primera Dominator fell before the play-offs.

When playing in the Champions League qualifiers, they all wanted to rely on a fairly solid defense to get by.

But it is clear that they did not succeed.

This season, Dinamo Zagreb has clearly adjusted its way of playing in the qualifying rounds.

Attack first and hold on to the half after gaining the lead.

Well, this tactic

It is also unknown if the team's manager stole Allegri before the start of this season's Champions League qualification.

The smell of embarrassment was just too much.

But, you don't care if the scene is good or not.

Dinamo Zagreb really rushed into the main match of this season's Champions League and also got the opportunity to play Real Madrid.

The fans of Dinamo Zagreb were overjoyed with this result.

On the afternoon of September 13, when the Real Madrid players arrived at their hotel in Zagreb, they packed their bags and headed to the Maximir Stadium, the home of Dinamo Zagreb.

There were too many Croatian fans watching the Real Madrid bus on that road.

And most of them have no malice, people just came to see the stars of Real Madrid.

Finally, after greeting the onlookers outside the stadium and signing the names of a few obviously younger fans, the Real Madrid players stepped into the Maximir Stadium with a relaxed face.

Leon's interest in Dinamo Zagreb is still very strong.

It's not because this Croatian hegemonic club has produced football stars such as Kranica, Suker, Boban and so on.

It's because of a midfielder who is still team-mates at Tottenham and Bale and is much stronger than famous.

Luka Modric.

As if remembering something, Li Ang asked Brother Long beside him again.

"Teacher, is there a young player named Kovacic in this team right now?"

Alonso's current players, who had a special record of Dinamo Zagreb before he arrived, nodded to Leon after a moment's reflection.

"There is such a midfielder, and I heard that he is also the best young midfielder in Croatia at the moment. Why do you ask this? ”

"It's nothing, I see that he is much younger than me, and I am a little curious about him."

"What, you want him to play tomorrow?"

"No, it definitely can't be, I want to make more efforts to let him know the intensity of the Champions League as soon as possible!"

Brother Long was amused by Li Ang, but he didn't have any doubts about what Li Ang said.

If nothing else, Leon will face the Croatian kid tomorrow on the field.

Now Leon is holding a midfielder who has not yet turned eighteen years old, well

Alonso will only hope that tomorrow's youngster, Mateo Kovacic, will hold out a few more minutes.

After the end of the field, the whole Real Madrid team spent a night in the hotel in Zagreb.

Since the morning of September 14, the atmosphere before the Champions League has completely enveloped the capital city of Croatia.

Jose Mourinho and Karanka were taking advantage of the final period of time before the start of the game to make the final tactical records and deductions.

However, most of the players in the Real Madrid squad seem to be a little too "relaxed".

Leon felt a little inappropriate about this.

Dinamo Zagreb is indeed a Champions League belly and Real Madrid don't need to be 120 per cent vigilant about it.

But like now, before the game starts, there is already the idea of "beating the opponent", is it a little too optimistic?

However, when he saw Ronaldo and Brother Long remaining calm before the game as always, Li Ang gradually relaxed.

"Maybe I'm thinking too much about it, so I'll watch it after the game starts."

Leon, who sighed in his heart, didn't say anything in the end, but just took the time to read the report on the playing habits of Dinamo Zagreb's main players again before the game.

20:45 p.m. local time in Croatia.

After a full day of final preparations, the two teams met in the first round of this season's Champions League Group D group stage at the Stadio Maximir.

Today, Uncle Bird still discharged the transformation lineup of four four two.

Dinamo Zagreb, on the other hand, was very cautious in releasing a set of 4231 starting lineups.

Ante Chačić, the Croatian coach, is still very pragmatic, and did not use any tactical thoughts that should not be moved, and came up with a big bus.

And Real Madrid's players also understood what the opponent meant after seeing the opponent use five midfielders and shrink to half the field.

Mourinho expected the style of play that Dinamo Zagreb would adopt before the game, but he didn't expect Ante Chacic to be so resolute and did not intend to fight Real Madrid for the ball from the beginning.

Then, since the opponent has retreated, let's press the attack!

Jose Mourinho gave tactical instructions, and Real Madrid's front-court players were also excited to press over the halfway line and go straight to the heart of Dinamo Zagreb.

Li Ang saw that Ramos, the water master on the right, was excited to follow the half, and he also hurriedly settled into a deeper position in his right half.

There are enough people attacking in the frontcourt, and there is no shortage of him, and his priority is to defend first.

However, Dinamo Zagreb seemed determined to give up the attack in the opening stages.

After being on guard for a while, looking at Dinamo Zagreb who was crushed to death, Leon and Long Ge could only follow the forward pressure and maintain the passing contact with the attacking echelon at the moment.

And the game scene that should have been like a hot knife cutting butter did not appear.

On the contrary, Real Madrid pressed heavily in the opening period, but after being forced into a positional battle, the attacking efficiency plummeted.

On the one hand, it is because Dinamo Zagreb has shrunk the space too much, and the scramble is big, which does not give Real Madrid too many opportunities for vertical breakthroughs.

On the other hand, it's because Real Madrid has too many attacking players.

After all, how much space can there be in the half-court?

The defender first hoarded ten men to set up the bus, and the attacker killed six or seven people.

Sometimes Real Madrid's attacking players are not even easy to find a passing line, so they can only pass the ball back to Longgo to reorganize the attacking direction.

Real Madrid's vaunted quick counter-attacks and flank-based advances were not good at this time, and Mourinho was also frowning on the sidelines.

It stands to reason that this would be difficult to penetrate Dinamo Zagreb's defense in positional battles.

Real Madrid's players can also tug on the opponent's perimeter of the defensive line.

In the final analysis, the difference in the level and strength of the two teams is there.

Dinamo Zagreb only needs to expose a defensive gap, and with Kaka's passing ability and Cristiano Ronaldo Benzema's cutting level, it will be time to make a threatening attack once or twice.

But looking at the slightly impetuous and anxious attacking mode of Real Madrid's attacking players on the field at the moment, Mourinho knows.

There are quite a few people in the team who have problems with their minds!

Uncle Bird was a little angry, and he also wanted to wake up those Real Madrid players who had problems with their thinking at this time.

But the game will not be interrupted here, and the top priority is to solve the problem of the team's offensive chaos first.

So Mourinho quickly made a decision after a little observation.

"Leon! Leon! Go up! Tell Sergio and Marcelo not to cut in so often, you rush forward to grab the ball, and after they have the ball in the hinterland, you launch a quick counter-attack with Kaka on the spot."

While Leon was still calmly guarding near the halfway line, Mourinho stepped forward to give him a new tactical instruction.

And after listening to it, Li Ang also hurriedly repeated it to Brother Long, and then began to intervene to call Ramos and Marcelo.

Soon, Real Madrid fans saw Li Ang rushing forward to sweep and intercept.

At the moment, the commentators from all over the world who are commenting on this game are also amazed by Mourinho's on-the-spot adjustment!

Didn't Dinamo Zagreb not press out and give it a chance?

Then Mourinho will move the team's ball-grabbing machine!

In this way, even if Real Madrid lost possession after the attack failed, Leon's large-scale coverage and tackle could make Dinamo Zagreb unable to calmly pass through the backfield.

Correspondingly, Real Madrid will have less time to get the ball back than before, and the number of attacking rounds will increase.

Without Marcelo and Ramos' active set-up, Real Madrid's attacking numbers in the front court are reduced, but correspondingly, the space for several attackers to move has also increased.

When the ball is mainly focused on Kaka and Di Maria, cooperate with the previous Leon who can actively receive and transfer the ball.

Real Madrid's ability to tear the ball through the Dinamo Zagreb defence is greatly increased.

Chances were created as the Dinamo Zagreb defenders moved from side to side.

As Mourinho had thought, with a gap in defence, the dangerous passes of Kaka and Di Maria were not long in coming.

Benzema scored with a header in the 19th minute of the first half on the back of Di Maria's sudden diagonal 45-degree lob.

It was a little bit wide, but it bode well for Real Madrid to get on the ground in attack.

At this point, Mourinho signaled Ramos and Marcelo to look for opportunities to cross the side again.

But they are still not allowed to get the ball and blindly go down to the bottom of the cross.

Again, it is necessary to tear apart the tight defense of Dinamo Zagreb and pull out the gaps in the defense, so that Ronaldo and Benzema, who are the end points in front, will have more and better opportunities.

Three minutes later, Leon simply snatched the ball back from the feet of Kovacic, who wanted to protect the ball.

Ignoring the immature Kovacic sitting on the ground and raising his hand to appeal to the referee, Leon quickly passed the ball short to Kaka on the right side of the field.

And Kaka is also very chic and does not stop the ball and sends it directly to the right front to the side and plugs it directly.

Shui Ye, who was much clearer, calmed down after getting another chance to advance.

He first pretended to continue to make a bottom cross, but suddenly stopped after five or six meters of Wild Rush.

Looking at the Dinamo Zagreb defenders moving towards him, Ramos quickly passed the ball back to Kaka, who was following behind him!

Kaka has already observed the movement of his teammates in the Dinamo Zagreb penalty area.

He adjusted his pace as he stopped the ball and then sent a wide curling cross towards the back post of the Dinamo Zagreb penalty area!

I don't know when Leon, who also stepped forward with him, will be on Benzema's side.

Seeing that Kaka was on the ball, Leon quickly patted Benzema on the back.

And the Guo Feng, who understood it, also had a tacit understanding, and rushed directly to the front point first!

Benzema turned back to the forward post, and Leon was following up in the middle of the box, and the two directly involved a lot of defensive attention from the Dinamo Zagreb defenders.

So when Ronaldo sprinted from the back post and smashed Kaka's cross into the goal with an exaggerated jump, the Dinamo Zagreb defenders were dumbfounded!

Dinamo Zagreb goalkeeper Clava, who was also put on the side, also glared fiercely at Leon who went to Cristiano Ronaldo to celebrate at this moment.

"This sinister boy has lied to us with Benzema!"

After less than 25 minutes of the first half, Real Madrid scored the goal, and the mentality of the Dinamo Zagreb players, who had no hope of scoring points in the game, showed signs of cracking in an instant.

But for Real Madrid fans, from this moment on, their slightly depressed mood finally improved.

Soon, after seeing Leon's small gestures reminding Benzema through the replay, Real Madrid's fans and commentators from various countries also laughed and praised Leon for being smart.

And Mourinho's previous tactical adjustments have once again conquered fans who like and dislike him.

In terms of adjusting tactics on the spot, there is probably no coach in the current football world who can confidently say that he can compare to Mourinho.

"Well done! Next for me to lock them down the middle, we're going to have to get at least enough goal difference in this game, you kid have to keep his head up at all times, get the ball back, give it to Angel or Kaka, we're going to play their quick counter-attack, understand?! ”

After finishing the celebration, Li Ang, who trot to his own half, was once again pulled to the sidelines by Uncle Bird.

Mourinho said a word, and Leon nodded once, and the two almost finished communicating head to head.

"Don't worry, boss! Not even a single mosquito from Dinamo Zagreb today will fly in front of our big penalty line! ”

Li Ang winked at Uncle Bird and made his assurance.

Of course, he also got a happy laugh from Uncle Bird plus a heavy slap on the back.

The home fans of Dinamo Zagreb, who watched Mourinho communicate with Leon again, couldn't stand it anymore and let out uneven boos.

Dinamo Zagreb, who had no options to retreat, were also forced to start pressing forward after the restart.

Kovacic seems to be a little unconvinced by Leon's previous steal.

As a newborn calf, he was very brave and had to find Leon alone on the way forward.

As a result, for the first time, he was forced to jump away in embarrassment by Leang's face-to-face tackle and lost the ball.

The second time in the advance on the wing, he was forced out of the sideline by Li Ang and lost the ball.

The third time. Well, there wasn't a third time, because at the behest of Dinamo Zagreb coach Ante Chacic, Kovacic and his team-mate switched places.

Kovacic, who was dizzy by Leon's defense, was remembered by countless Real Madrid fans in a sad way.

He was replaced by Ante Chacic at half-time.

After all, he is the most talented midfielder in Croatia's new generation, and Ante Chacic is still very responsible and wants to protect him.

As for Kovacic being completely suppressed by Leon, Ante Chacic actually doesn't care.

Just as Mourinho previously felt that it was normal for Leon to be unable to completely restrain Messi.

At this moment, Ante Chacic also thinks that it is normal for seventeen-year-old Kovacic to not be able to pass Leon.

"It's worthy of being a 20-year-old back who can limit Messi's play on the defensive end, amazing!"

Ante Chacic couldn't help but sigh with envy as he watched Leon destroy his offensive opportunities again and again.

As for the final result of the match, Ante Chacic also knows very well that he is unable to recover the defeat.

In the end, relying on Cristiano Ronaldo's brace and Di Maria's long-range strike, Real Madrid got the desired Champions League start at the Maximir Stadium.

Li Ang also conquered almost all Real Madrid fans with his unstable performance at both offensive and defensive ends.

As soon as he returned to the hotel after the match, Leon received a congratulatory phone call from Mendes.

In the end, in the brief exchange with Mendes, Leon also knew.

The attitude of deliberately letting Mendes press and not rushing to negotiate a new contract has won him a very valuable initiative for himself.

At least, after watching this game, Mendes received another invitation from Real Madrid to negotiate a new contract for Leon.

In addition, it is now a mountain of commercial endorsement offers from China that are already piled up in Mendes.

Leon finally smiled with satisfaction.

"It's time to negotiate a few big contracts"

(End of chapter)