Chapter Seventy-Five: I defend a lot, steal ruthlessly, and only violently head hammer, but I'm a good number ten
The Great Eevee's righteous assertion came at a timely time.
Because it is not a big deal to watch the excitement, the Italian media followed closely and started the mockery mode of the Western media.
Several well-known reporters from the Italian media wrote articles that went straight to the point, almost directly mocking the Western media for not understanding the importance of defense at all.
And with Leon's talent for post-playmaking growth shown in Milan last season, he will be able to develop in the direction of Alonso sooner or later.
Even if the level of organization is not first-class in the end, combined with Leon's defensive talent, he will at least be a super-first-class defender in future football.
Is it an exaggeration to wear a number 10 that is not very important in the Real Madrid team in advance?
Before the Western media, which had been ridiculed by the group, had no time to unify and counterattack the Italian media, they split into two camps first.
The pro-Real Madrid media first bombarded several sports newspapers and magazines that had previously published articles that provoked this war of words.
Immediately afterwards, other media outlets who were still watching to see where the wind was blowing quickly stood in line.
The two sides quarreled, and in the end, it further spread Li Ang's fame in the football world.
Mendez, who observed the development of the situation, turned his worries into joy and decisively withdrew the follow-up public relations plan.
And Li Ang also called Real Madrid's teammates and Ibrahimovic to thank him as soon as possible.
However, in the process of thanking and communicating with Eevee, Li Ang was keenly aware of Eevee's slightly depressed mood.
Recently, he has been paying attention to Milan and knows the opening record of Milan's new season, and Li Ang, who is also interested, did not mention the game.
Moreover, there is a lot of mess in the Milan team right now, and it is not just a simple problem with the results.
Knowing what abyss Milan would fall into in the future, Leon could only appease Ibrahimovic a few more words.
There was nothing else he could do.
Advice on Ibrahimovic's current situation and future career plans?
That's not what he's right to do right now.
After ending the call with Ibrahimovic, Leon also put his mind back to La Liga and the upcoming Champions League group stage.
Barcelona were held to a draw again at home in Valencia in the last round of the league.
Barcelona, who have now drawn two consecutive games at the beginning, have fallen to third place in the league standings.
Real Madrid's generals opened a four-point gap with Barcelona at a glance, and they were full of energy.
In the sixth round of La Liga, against the Rayo Vallecano team, whose strength is not much different from Racing Santander, Real Madrid is still attacking with all its might.
Jose Mourinho doesn't confidently rotate his squad as often as he does here, and it's enough to give his core players a break once in a while.
Why don't you take advantage of the good schedule to score more points, and save your physical energy to fight with strong teams in the back?
Real Madrid, who went all out again, did not give Rayo Vallecano too many opportunities to resist.
Watching the team take a two-goal lead in less than 20 minutes of the first half, the Real Madrid fans at the Bernabeu knew they were in for another hearty victory.
Cristiano Ronaldo didn't score too many goals today, he simply opened his goal account, but he scored a lot in assists.
Cristiano Ronaldo, who delivered a beautiful assist in each half, played very easily and did not consume much energy.
Karim Benzema didn't waste a chance today, scoring an efficient brace in the first half.
Higuain, who replaced him in the second half, also scored in the end.
This scene made Movistar's La Liga commentator call Mourinho ushered in "happy troubles".
After all, the two centre-forwards in the Real Madrid team are in good shape.
How to arrange the playing time of the two has naturally become an important issue for Mourinho and the Real Madrid coaching staff at this stage.
In the end, Real Madrid thrashed Rayo Vallecano 6-1 at home, turning the season's opening league record into a dazzling five wins in a row.
As the only team in La Liga who is still on a winning streak, Real Madrid are at the top of the La Liga table with 15 points.
Barcelona, with three wins and two draws, moved up to second place with eleven points.
Comparing the first five rounds of the top five games in the other major leagues, there is currently only one Manchester United and Real Madrid who have won five consecutive games.
However, in the sixth round of the Premier League, Manchester United was also held to a draw by Stoke City.
In other words, only Real Madrid is the only major European league that has the possibility of pursuing six consecutive wins or more in the league.
You have to say that this kind of data doesn't make much sense, but it makes sense to look at the timeline of the whole season.
However, at this stage, the morale of the whole Real Madrid team has been significantly boosted by this winning streak.
and the Barcelona hard top that has been unbeatable in recent years, the impact of this morale is still very important.
After all, many times there is a difference between being able to withstand and not being able to resist, and the difference is actually this breath.
In Mourinho's case, the players' fighting will and morale are also more important than other managers.
In his words at the team meeting after pre-season, it was:
"We didn't lose three points to Barcelona last season, we lost to the tenacity and hard work of Barcelona in the last three points!"
It sounds mysterious, but that's what Mourinho thinks and the Real Madrid players ultimately do.
So the Real Madrid players who are currently carrying this momentum are actually proving to Mourinho and the outside world.
They are no worse than Barcelona.
And in the end, if this winning streak can be maintained until the first few rounds, how much more league pressure can be put on Barcelona.
It depends on the determination of every Real Madrid player.
It's mental stress, it's a psychological burden, but it can also be a source of motivation.
Growing up under pressure and pain, this is the only path Real Madrid can take to get past Barcelona again.
And now every Real Madrid player is convinced that they can achieve their goal in the end.
Because they represent Real Madrid, they are already on a challenging path full of thorns.
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The Champions League group stage resumed on 26 September.
In all the games of the group stage in this round, there is barely one that can be called a strong dialogue.
Bayern vs Premier League giants Manchester City.
In the rest of the group games, the European giants basically faced opponents who were much weaker than themselves.
In contrast, the difference in strength between Real Madrid and Ajax is not particularly large.
The wind of public opinion is basically advocating that the major giants continue to win, and then consolidate their leading positions in their respective groups.
In other words, in this round of the Champions League group stage, except for Bayern, it is not unusual for the rest of the giants to win.
Whoever loses will make headlines!
Real Madrid, of course, are not too worried, after all, they have the pleasant experience of beating Ajax over two legs last season.
At that time, Li Ang was also there, so in Real Madrid's main lineup, the players basically had an overwhelming psychological advantage.
Ajax, who visited the Bernabeu again, is also obviously a head shorter in momentum.
However, just before the game, when the two teams ended the warm-up, and the Ajax players were walking back to the players' tunnel with a little seriousness and restraint, Li Angle took the initiative to find the head coach of the Ajax team, De Boer.
Well, it's the same De Boer he drew the long pass talent shard before.
Leon cheekily went up to say hello, and although De Boer looked confused, he was still friendly and chatted with Leon.
In Li Ang's praise of "I'm your fan" and "I like to watch you play games since I was a child".
De Boer couldn't hold back a smile on his face and finally took Leon's pen and paper.
signed and left his phone number at the request of Li Ang.
In the end, in the surprised eyes of the players of the two teams of Ajax and Real Madrid, Li Ang happily trotted back to the locker room with a pen and paper.
And De Boer, while feeling happy and refreshed, couldn't help but have a small question.
"Leon is really a fan of me? Then why didn't he ask me for an autograph last season?"
De Boer, who didn't know that he had been tricked, thought for a few seconds, and finally shook his head with a smile, secretly saying that he was too worried.
After all, Li Ang was too happy when he watched him sign and leave a phone call before.
That heartfelt joy is not easy to perform, besides, if Li Ang lied to him, what did he want?
Right?
"Got it! After that, I will send a text message to communicate more greetings, and then find an opportunity to say that my long biography has been imitating and learning from him since he was a child, and then ."
Leon, who returned to the locker room with a happy face, kept thinking about how to learn more from De Boer.
There is that insight from De Boer himself on "the best time for a defender's long pass".
When the time came, he pretended to inadvertently reveal only a few words, saying that he had studied the learning summary of the De Boer game tape
Hmph, he doesn't believe De Boer will not be itchy to take the bait!
Leon had an initial plan in mind and was looking forward to it, but after Mourinho entered the dressing room, he quickly returned to the game.
At this moment, under the noisy background sound of the Bernabeu scene, commentators from various countries also faced the live camera and began to introduce the situation of the two teams to their own audiences.
Today, Wutai is Duan Xuan and Xu Yang partnered to explain the Champions League group stage.
At this time, it was about 2:40 in the morning in Huaguo, but the two of them were still in good spirits.
After reviewing the results of last season's group match between Ajax and Real Madrid, Duan Xuan saw that the players on both sides had begun to enter the stadium, and went straight to the point.
"Okay, the players on both sides have entered the Bernabeu Stadium with the referee team, Xu Yang, let's introduce the starters of the two teams to the audience today."
Xu Yang, who had rehearsed in advance, quickly took over the words handed over by Duan Xuan, didn't take the manuscript, and confidently spit out a string of player names.
"Okay Duan Xuan. Real Madrid, who played at home today, did not play the deformed four-four-two as before, but discharged a more active offensive formation of four-three-three.
One of the starting goalkeepers was Iker Casillas.
The backline is lined up from left to right, with Coentrão, Ramos, Pepe, and Arbeloa.
In midfield, Alonso continued to play as a lone midfielder, Di Maria played as a left central midfielder, and Leon played as a right central midfielder.
Of course, we all know that Leon is in a very dynamic position at the moment, and under normal circumstances he will provide defensive protection in front of Alonso, and he can also step forward to support the attack.
When it is necessary to defend, Leon can retreat to the back position and form a double back with Alonso, and how to play depends on Mourinho's tactical arrangement at that time.
In the forward line, Cristiano Ronaldo is on the left, Benzema is in the middle, and Callejon is on the right.
And on the Ajax side, De Boer put out a set today."
In Xu Yang's slightly monotonous hypnotic introduction, the players on both sides also walked through the opening ceremony quickly.
The audience in China can only wake up first by relying on the passionate Champions League theme song.
And after the official start of the game, all the Chinese fans cheered up and looked forward to Li Ang, who ran to the side to receive Brother Long's pass in the opening stage.
Ajax's opening press was aggressive, with not only two strikers pressing towards Real Madrid's half, but as many as three midfielders joining in the rush.
With a three-five-two starting formation, Ajax do have a wealthy midfielder to do the job.
And Real Madrid is not in a hurry to directly open the big foot to do the offensive test first, so he hooked the midfielders of Ajax all the way into the hinterland of Real Madrid.
Leon decisively knocked back the ball that Long had passed to him, and motioned for him to give the ball to Pepe further.
Then, with a hint of curiosity, Leon looked at an Ajax midfielder who was running forward from his side.
It was young Erikson.
When he played the Champions League group stage with Ajax last year, Li Ang had already played against the young Su Shen.
But this is the first time against Eriksen, after all, Eriksen was still a Champions League substitute last year.
He doesn't remember when he became famous, but he remembered that he was bought by Tottenham with the money he paid for Bale.
In other words, Eriksen will attract the attention of teams at least Tottenham Hotspur in the past two seasons.
Well, his strength is still early from his own peak, but it does not prevent Li Ang from being interested and wanting to "teach him a good lesson".
"I'm here to let you feel the Premier League-level confrontation in advance, anyway, you have to go sooner or later, it's better to adapt early than late, hehe."
Thinking of this, Li Ang also actively retreated to the backfield to help Brother Long and his defenders transfer the ball.
After some skillful seduction, seeing that the wings of Ajax's midfield were a little out of touch with the back, Ramos, who was holding the ball, directly got up and made an accurate long pass!
Callejon, who received the ball, stopped the ball and advanced quickly along the left side of Ajax.
However, Ajax's left centre-back Vertonghen was quick to react and snatched the ball from Callejon at a faster pace in one-on-one plays.
And Ajax's counter-attack came just as quickly.
Although they don't like to play long balls as much as Real Madrid, Ajax also hit the ball in Real Madrid's half with three or two short passes on the ground.
Eriksen wanted to watch his wing-mates get a better look at the runs of his teammates after winning the ball near the halfway line, but a figure in white quickly pressed into his area.
"Oh! Leon's forward pressure was very decisive, and Eriksen wanted to dribble horizontally to protect the ball first, alas! This is too bad for confrontation!
Leon's kick seemed to have knocked Eriksen down after poking the ball away, what the referee said. No problem, the game continues! ”
Duan Xuan's explanation of this paragraph was very fast, Xu Yang didn't keep up, and finally could only follow dryly, "That's right!" ”
And Leon, who gave Eriksen a dismissal, did not give the other Ajax midfielders much time to react.
He took two steps before taking the ball, and then sent a bold through ball that rolled to the side!
In the end, it was almost close to the sideline, but it was the through ball that did not spin out of the sideline and the running Ronaldo inserted into Ajax's defensive third.
Mourinho looked at it off the field and smiled, and Brother Long in the backfield couldn't help but give Leon a thumbs up for this forward straight stopper.
There is technical content, the amount of advance is also appropriate, and more importantly, Li Ang now has the confidence to dare to send such a pass!
The Real Madrid fans at the Bernabeu erupted in cheers.
applaud the tacit cooperation between Leon and Ronaldo.
At this moment, Ronaldo is also full of confidence to use his speed to completely shake off Sidwell first, and turn to complete the inside cut at the moment of touching the ball!
Alderweireld will have to give up Benzema, who is following up in the middle, to limit Ronaldo's shooting options.
But the next moment he moved, Ronaldo gently pushed the ball to the middle!
For other teammates, Ronaldo may not choose to pass the ball at this time.
But against Kaka and Benzema, Ronaldo will pass!
Don't ask why, ask is "preference"
Even if I've been happy more than once when I receive Ronaldo's pass, when he runs out of a better chance, Ronaldo will still find him as soon as possible.
And this time, Guo Feng has obviously switched to the mode of "Lyon Little Overlord" correctly.
Even a low shot into the near corner after stopping and adjusting, this amazing shooting made Ajax goalkeeper Vermel lose his temper!
Just seven minutes into the game, Real Madrid took a 1-0 lead at home!
Such a perfect start turned the entire Bernabeu into a sea of revelry!
And Li Ang, who had sent the key straight plug before, stood in place, and made a very chic gesture of tilting his head and spreading his hands first, and then smiled and went to celebrate with his teammates.
The Chinese fans who stayed up late to watch the game watched Li Ang's celebration, and they all laughed happily!
Previously, some Western media wrote articles on the situation of Li Ang wearing Real Madrid's No. 10.
Those news were all translated and posted on major sports forums in China.
Many fans in Huaguo immediately jumped over the wall and joined the crusade against those Western media.
Although the stars of Real Madrid stood in line at the back, and Ibrahimovic's scolding made them feel quite relieved.
But Li Ang did not continue to speak, which still made many Chinese fans feel a little regretful.
Seeing this scene, they will know that they are overly worried.
It turned out that Li Ang was waiting here for the opportunity to make another "counterattack" of his own.
Look at the coquettish helpless hand-spreading action, obviously he didn't say anything, but through the camera, he slapped the faces of those boring media fiercely!
"Yes, I defend a lot, steal ruthlessly, and only violently head hammer."
"But I'm a good number ten~"
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