After a brief contact, Leon showed his current attitude, and in the team, as he expected, there were no rumors.

This proves at least one thing, even if Galeries Lafayette wants to make a move, he still has some restraint at the moment.

Leon can be sure that Lafayette has not only sent someone to contact him recently, but on the surface, as long as the team is not chaotic and the atmosphere in the locker room has not become tense, then he does not care.

is still the same sentence, he has expectations in his heart, and he is also fully mentally prepared.

As long as this season, in this season when Real Madrid is in full swing and the desire for the title has not subsided.

If they can work together to finish all the games and get all the championships in their hands, then he won't bother to care about the follow-up cleaning and team building.

At the moment, the players and coaching staff in the team are still on the same mind.

If you continue to win, it is unlikely that there will be a thunderstorm in the middle of the game.

Of course, if Casillas can still do something to reveal the news of the locker room to his girlfriend, then Leon really has nothing to say.

At that time, it will be the luck of this Mu-style Real Madrid to dominate the football world.

Leon could only pray that his luck would not be so bad again, and he had no other preventive shots to give Cassie another dozen.

"Be yourself, I can only be myself"

Leon, who was secretly determined in his heart, put aside this worry and focused all his attention on the upcoming first leg of the Spanish Super Cup with Barcelona.

On August 23, Real Madrid's main players who had finished their rest boarded the plane with the coaching staff to Barcelona.

A year later, the two teams face each other again with completely different mentalities.

For Barça, it was their battle for revenge.

They are even more reluctant to see Real Madrid replicate Barca's six-time treble miracle in '09.

So every Barcelona player is determined, starting from the Spanish Super Cup, they will show their previous strong form and tenacious will to snipe Real Madrid.

But for Real Madrid's players, the six-time title is something they have to get this year.

Than determination? They are not afraid of Barcelona in the slightest.

Than strength? Let's talk about it after a dignified fight.

For now, at least, they have absolute confidence in the readiness of Jose Mourinho and the Real Madrid coaching staff.

That night, at the mighty Camp Nou, after the Real Madrid generals warmed up, they stepped into the stadium with their heads held high in the face of strong boos from more than 90,000 Barcelona fans.

Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho exchanged friendly pleasantries before the game.

They can go toe-to-toe during the game and even abuse each other, but off the field, their camaraderie is still quite deep.

The two don't see each other as enemies in private.

But the players of the two teams did not have the slightest "friendly" interaction before the game at this moment.

Messi looked serious today, and so did Ronaldo.

Originally, after the two shook hands routinely, the live broadcast camera passed by, but it was so good that Li Ang turned his head and grinned at Messi after that, and it seemed that he had said something.

Messi pretended not to hear anything, but the live camera faithfully recorded this scene.

Well, the Barcelona fans at the scene, who were stunned for a moment, once again let out earth-shattering boos.

They may have thought that Leon took the initiative to provoke Messi before the game.

But Leon still maintains that smiling appearance, and he looks more sunny and energetic after cutting his hair short again recently.

Barcelona fans don't like him, but the neutral fans who are watching the game in front of the TV at the moment have a little more affection for Leon.

After the vignette, both teams took their positions in their respective halves.

Before the referee blew the whistle, the commentators from various countries also quickly introduced the starters and formations of the two teams today.

The home team Barcelona still lined up their best four, three and three starting formations today.

The goalkeeper is Valdés.

In the backline, from left to right, there are Adriano, Mascherano, Pique and Alves.

In midfield, it is still an iron triangle of Xavi, Iniesta and Gbsquets.

In the forward line, Pedro and Sanchez split the left and right wings, with Messi in the middle.

And Real Madrid, as most of the media speculated before the game, adopted a 4231 starting formation.

Goalkeeper Casillas.

At the back, a healthy Coentrão took the starting position at left-back, with Arbeloa at right-back, and the main centre-back partnership of Sergio Ramos and Pepe unchanged.

The double back is still the same, with Leon partnering Xavi Alonso.

Essien played in central midfield, with Cristiano Ronaldo and Angel Di Maria on the left and right wings.

Karim Benzema plays as a central striker.

It's true that looking at the position of the game is like this, but the La Liga commentators from all over the world who commented on Real Madrid's game last season know it.

Real Madrid's lineup is changed to be able to play both four, three, three and four, and if Guardiola wants to be prepared, then the tactical plan will have to do at least two more sets.

The game started on time, and with the passionate cheers of the home fans, Barcelona, who took the lead in kick-off, soon launched an active offensive test against Real Madrid's midfield defense.

Originally, before the game, Mourinho also considered playing 442 directly, letting Matuidi mark Messi, and then liberating Li Ang, and letting Li Ang partner Di Maria as a central midfielder.

After all, if you look at the shape and defensive characteristics, Matuidi should also be able to play a certain role in limiting Messi, and Real Madrid can make a big fuss on the offensive end.

But the day before the game, Mourinho decided not to do anything.

The tactics that played Barcelona well last season are no reason not to continue this season.

In other words, well, Mourinho's attention and vigilance towards Messi still dare not be lowered for half a point.

If Matuidi is blown up by Messi one-on-one, it will be a problem to restore defensive confidence.

After thinking about it, Mu Shuai still felt that Li Ang was the most reassuring to him.

Strength is one of the reasons, and on the other hand, the reason is that Li Ang's ability to resist pressure is indeed strong enough.

He was abused by Messi so many times last season and didn't see any psychological problems.

Before the game, when he saw the scene of Li Ang smiling at Messi again, Mu Shuai also subconsciously laughed and scolded twice.

The confrontation between the two teams in midfield was the same as last season.

Real Madrid tightened the defensive fence in the middle of the midfield, anyway, Messi let in, Leon went to star, but you Iniesta and Xavi don't think about following up together easily.

Essien seems to be playing in central midfield, but today he was playing at the back of the midfield.

He is not trying to target Barcelona's two major midfield engines, just do enough defensive interference and delay Barcelona's midfield organization and advancement.

In addition, Di Maria and Benzema, who started the game, were also actively retreating and pressing, and the familiar sense of defensive pressure instantly made the Barcelona players uncomfortable.

Pep Guardiola isn't completely out of tactics.

Barca's two full-backs today will be more involved in the attacking task of advancing possession and organising the transfer.

And Xavi and Andres Iniesta, even if they can't play the playmaking power together, sacrificing one of them to contain Real Madrid's midfield defender, and allowing the other to deliver the ball to Messi steadily, the situation is much better than last season.

As for Leon, Messi talked to Guardiola before the game, and Guardiola also agreed with Messi's tactical proposal.

That is for Messi to be the tactical bait, taking away Leon and giving Sanchez more opportunities to break into Real Madrid's rib area.

Messi may indeed have a lot fewer shooting opportunities under Leon's dead-end play, but it does not affect his strong breakthrough and ball sharing.

Li Ang really couldn't do it on the field to the point of restricting Messi's shooting and restricting Messi's passing.

So when Barcelona's set of tactics was opened, Real Madrid was definitely suppressed for a while in the opening stage.

Fortunately, Alonso's defense was still very timely, and after Sanchez received a pass from Messi in the opening two minutes and shot a goal, he did not get a good chance to start again in the following minutes.

Pedro was able to get the ball on a couple of occasions as a result, but his cross went uncontested.

Sanchez or Messi, who slightly got rid of Leang's marking and rushed into the Real Madrid penalty area.

Neither of them touched the ball, and Pepe and Ramos took a step forward to make defensive clearances.

Mourinho watched Barcelona's new style of play for a while, and he also had a bottom in his heart, and secretly did not agree with Guardiola's "three small strikers" tactics.

It's not that Mourinho thinks Messi can't play in the middle.

Messi can play, attacking the left, middle and right lines, Messi can play, and Ronaldo is the same.

But just as Jose Mourinho has to have a centre-forward in front of Cristiano Ronaldo no matter how he changes his formation, Messi also needs such a partner to help him attract more defensive firepower.

And the longer you play in the middle, the more likely you are to get injured and tired muscles.

Pep Guardiola has Messi in the middle, and it may not be too much of a problem to play other mid-table teams, but when he really meets a strong European team, it is a self-defeating arm.

In other words, such a starting arrangement may be the most suitable for Barcelona at this stage and can give full play to the power of the overall squad.

But Messi's threat has been forcibly reduced from 100% to below 90%, don't underestimate this 10% threat, the gap is too big when playing a strong team.

Real Madrid let Benzema charge, Ronaldo played, and Barcelona let Messi charge, and Sanchez or Pedro played.

This arrangement is quite magical, and it is no wonder that Mourinho does not agree with Guardiola's tactical arrangement.

And when Barcelona's attack was frustrated, as soon as Real Madrid's counterattack machine was launched, Barcelona's backfield could only be frequently fired, and the east could not be saved from the west.

Alves and Adriano's forward attack can greatly relieve the pressure on Barcelona's midfield.

After all, the scope of the transfer has been expanded, and the width of the stadium has been fully utilized.

But when there is a problem at Barcelona's end, no matter how much you press the two full-backs, you can't score goals, then you have to face a serious defensive problem.

Originally, Pep Guardiola wanted to stop Real Madrid's long ball counterattack by restricting Alonso's possession.

But he didn't expect that Real Madrid played a dual-core tactic on the offensive end today.

And Li Ang, who served as the deputy core of the midfield, also caught Barcelona off guard with a series of flat and fast long passes!

If you want to put it aside last season, Guardiola will not be too worried, because then Leon's long pass will just be watchable.

But now that Leon has reached 83 in his long pass ability, it is not enough to define his long pass with precision, but this level is enough to be in the middle and upper reaches of La Liga!

The vacant area on either side of Barcelona instantly became a Happy Valley for Real Madrid's two wingers.

Pep Guardiola, who made a mistake, can only rush to call the midfielders back to defend first.

But in the face of Real Madrid's ferocious impact and frequent side crosses, Barcelona's backfield defense was directly broken up!

It's still the same old saying, playing Barcelona, don't think too much, it's time to play defensive counterattack high-altitude balls!

Pique's air defense is strong, but he will not shadow the doppelganger, a defensive line has an air defense advantage for him, Real Madrid played misplaced, Ronaldo Benzema grabbed one side, and Mascherano and Alves were dizzy.

In the 21st minute of the first half, Di Maria forced Adriano on the right flank and sent in a cross.

Pique thought he had seen through Real Madrid's attacking routine this time, and resolutely ran to the back point to keep an eye on Ronaldo!

But the corners of his mouth that smug up froze directly on his face after seeing the landing point of the football.

Benzema, who is in the middle of the penalty area, is about to laugh in his heart, and Mascherano will be about to scold Pique in his heart!

Dropping such a big center forward for him to deal with the battle, Pique is a man?!

Little Pony's tragic jump failed to save the end of the collapse of the defensive line.

The striker found the absolute confidence to overwhelm his opponent at this moment, and smashed a powerful close-range header into the Valdés goal.

It has once again smashed the psychological defense of countless Barcelona fans!

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