Chapter 172: Dortmund's twin engines are not easy to make in front of Leon [Ask the bigwigs to subscribe!] 】
Real Betis made a stubborn late counter-attack attempt, but Real Madrid's defence contracted more in time.
Although a newcomer came on today, Real Madrid still put on a three-back formation at the last moment.
Real Betis's strong attack was very painful, and the rest of the La Liga fans who watched the excitement were not happy after watching it, and the fans who followed Betis felt the pain together.
Because they found that this new back boy has a lot of action and a fierce defense!
Although he only played for about ten minutes, he didn't see where Casemiro's offensive strength was.
But just looking at this defensive attitude, fans who are watching the fun can only say that Real Madrid may really pick up the treasure again!
It's going to make them feel bad.
Do the math, Real Madrid now has four players in the team who can play in the back, two top-level, one quasi-first-class, and one veteran who has only fallen from first-class to quasi-first-class.
This configuration has already seen the covetousness of most of the fans of other teams in the football world now.
As a result, one of the four backs did not have injuries, not to mention, Real Madrid has now promoted new potential stocks!
How about playing!
Other teams lack a back, and Real Madrid's quasi-first-class midfielder is still playing as a substitute!
And Mourinho is swinging three midfielders after the big lead at every turn, and even a frenzied four-back formation.
The backward team plays an offensive game that is called a difficult one.
This will see Real Betis play so uncomfortable, many La Liga fans think about the scene of their team facing Real Madrid in the future.
If you have relatives, you will naturally feel the pain with you.
But for Real Madrid fans, this meeting is too cool.
Casemiro's buyout fee is only 6 million.
6 million, buy a 21-year-old potential stock back, and at present, the defensive performance in the games of La Liga and La Liga is good.
Even if you don't develop offensive skills in the future, with this body physique and defensive aggressiveness, the 6 million is worth it!
Real Madrid managed to keep a clean sheet 3-0 against Real Betis.
Casemiro, who only played about 20 minutes, made his debut and was mediocre, but his defensive potential was clear.
Good positional sense, strong confrontation, decisive defensive will.
Under the exaggerated publicity of the media after the game, Casemiro, who only made his La Liga debut, seems to be a new star with endless potential.
But Casemiro knows it in his own mind.
He's not the kind of supertalent in Brazilian football who's been in the limelight since childhood, like Neymar.
His family, his upbringing, made his development step very solid.
That is, Real Madrid's loan request made him really unable to refuse.
Otherwise, he originally wanted to log in to the Portuguese Super League first, and then find a way to log in to the four major leagues when he was twenty-four or five years old.
And since he was a child, he played with a bunch of so-called "geniuses", and his inconspicuous and calm observation made him know the unreliability of the media.
After all, if what the Brazilian media said was true, then the children who played with him back then should now be playing in European giants and making a lot of money.
But the truth is that too many geniuses have grown up lost and degenerate, and many of the reasons come from irresponsible media touting.
He's not a genius, but he's now part of Real Madrid.
Leon's encouragement and vigilance to Casemiro after the game were all remembered by Casemiro.
"Everything we have now comes from our own efforts, keep trying, keep trying, Carlos, until you really touch your dreams.
At that point, you'll know that all the hard work you put into your youth was worth it.
You're going to be the best midfielder in Brazil, like the seniors you look up to, and I'm looking forward to seeing that day come. Go for it! ”
Leon, who is obviously only about a year older than Casemiro, used his sincerity and maturity at this moment to exchange Casemiro's trust and admiration.
The day after the game, Li Ang ended his vacation early in the afternoon as usual and came to the training base to practice.
And to his surprise, it was Casemiro who had been sitting in the dressing room waiting for him for a long time.
Leon smiled happily.
So the training personnel of the day also became two.
When Ronaldo came to the base for physiotherapy at five o'clock in advance, he saw Leon and Casemiro sweating profusely.
So the three of them did physiotherapy and swimming together again, and didn't drive out to eat together until seven o'clock.
With Ronaldo treating, Li Ang was naturally not polite, and ordered a rather sumptuous after-practice meal.
And the news of the three of them practicing and dining together soon appeared on the Internet.
Mu Shuai also smiled with satisfaction after seeing the screenshot of the news sent to him by Karanka at night.
"This kid will have a bright future, let Leon take him well, maybe we can get another surprise when the time comes."
The evaluation given by Mu Shuai's text message reply is not high, but it is also expected by Karanka.
After all, he has been working with Mourinho for almost three years, and he also knows that Mourinho likes this kind of young player who has the potential and is willing to actively train.
Add to that a defensive midfield buff, and it's strange that Casemiro isn't on Mourinho's radar.
'Give him a few more chances to play later, if it's appropriate, keep him in the team next season, and when Michael [Essing] returns to Chelsea, we just want to keep a reserve of four midfielders, so this kid won't have less playing time."
Casemiro didn't know that Mourinho had made up his mind and was ready to develop him slowly and give him a season or two to level up.
He continues to strengthen the tacit understanding with his new teammates in his daily training and training.
However, after playing Real Betis, he will have to wait at least a week if he wants to get another official appearance.
In the first round of the Champions League semi-finals between Real Madrid and Dortmund, he can only watch it greedily and can't participate in it.
On April 22, Borussia Dortmund's main players arrived in Madrid with the coaching staff a day earlier to acclimatize to the venue.
The atmosphere of the Champions League battle in the whole city of Madrid was instantly thickened.
Atletico fans watched with envy.
At present, the rules of participation in the Champions League have not been changed.
Atletico won last season's Europa League, but they finished fifth in La Liga last season.
So this season they can still only play in the Europa League, not the Champions League.
Although Atletico Madrid have also reached the last four of the Europa League again, they will host Benfica on the night of April 25.
But now seeing that the city's sworn rivals are about to start playing the Champions League semifinals again, Atletico Madrid fans can't help but envy from the bottom of their hearts.
This is the semi-final of the Champions League!
They have already won the Europa League and have won it twice in the last three seasons.
It's nice to win the title, but compared to playing in the Champions League and reaching the final four, the Europa League doesn't seem to be so good.
"It's okay, we can play in the Champions League next season! Our results will not be bad then, and the whole of Europe will be surprised by the new Atletico Madrid! ”
Some Atletico Madrid fans posted online to comfort their fans.
Envy is envy, but now Atletico Madrid's results have also given Atletico fans more confidence.
Real Sa continues to maintain a unique lead in La Liga, but under Real Sa, Atletico Madrid is currently also the only one.
This year's league results have finally come to fruition, and Simeone's coaching skills have been recognized by fans and the club's big owners.
After completing the reinforcement in the summer window, Atletico Madrid will finally bloom their iron and blood style in next season's Champions League.
And at this moment, Real Madrid fans have no time to sarcastically mock the inexplicable confidence of their opponents in the same city.
They have already quarreled with Dortmund and even Bundesliga fans online.
Real Madrid's current size is here, and there is no talk of a close match before the game.
Even if it was Bayern Munich who arrived in Madrid early today, the media would overwhelmingly think that Real Madrid is the more dominant team.
It's the same as the public opinion treatment that Cosmos Barcelona received a few years ago.
So now not only the fans of the Hornets, but also the fans of the Bundesliga, including Bayern, are clearly on the side of Dortmund.
Of course, such an act of solidarity does not mean that Bayern fans support Dortmund.
They still hope that Dortmund can play a few more tactical cards of Real Madrid.
No matter how bad it is, you have to consume more of the Real Madrid players' playing form.
The rest of the Bundesliga fans are a little more pure.
Whether it's realistic or not, they would prefer to see this year's Champions League final turn into a Bundesliga civil war.
Borussia Dortmund really did a miracle to knock Real Madrid out.
Then they surfed the Internet in the future, and then encountered the fans of "West Blow" and "Ying Blow", and they also had a sufficient reason to fight back.
A strong team showdown, and at the same time, a traffic public opinion war is about to start at the Bernabeu.
Teams of journalists from all over the world gathered in Madrid early.
Radio 5 also sent a "commentary group" and a press corps to Madrid early.
On the afternoon of April 23, before the players and fans on both sides entered the stadium, the commentary booth was already full of on-site commentators who had debugged the equipment.
He Wei and Duan Xuan are a rare strong partner today, and the commentator is also Director Zhang, this lineup is really luxurious.
The five stations that released the preview of the commentary lineup earlier have once again attracted the attention and expectations of the vast majority of domestic fans.
As the local time in Madrid progressed, the huge Bernabeu began to let fans into the stadium continuously.
Before the game, there was a small concert in the nature of a warm-up, with Spanish stars and English boy bands taking the stage to perform.
The atmosphere at the scene is still good.
However, after the players from both sides entered the stadium together and began to warm up, the Bernabeu scene suddenly erupted in passionate cheers dozens of times higher than before!
Leon felt Götze's gaze in the tunnel, but he didn't deliberately ignore or avoid it.
He smiled and nodded generously at Gotze, as if to say hello to the simplest of all.
His relaxed gesture made Gotze's eyes stagnate.
The German star knew that Li Ang was just like the Western media promoted before the game, and he still didn't regard himself as his opponent.
"Leon only treats me as an ordinary opponent, just like the opposing players he usually meets in games!"
Such a thought flashed, and Gotze subconsciously felt a burst of sullenness.
But he didn't know who to be angry with.
Li Ang was quite kind and friendly to him after playing before, and he didn't say anything bad about him to the media.
So Gotze couldn't be angry with Leon.
In the end, he became sulky to himself.
Leon didn't know what Götze was thinking, but he did not regard Götze as his competitor as he thought.
This is a matchup between the two teams, and Li Ang plays any game, and he puts the team's victory first.
Do you want him and Gotze to compete like children for the quality of their personal performance?
That's just stupid.
Li Ang didn't think about this stubble at all.
But he didn't want to, and he couldn't stand the pre-game media publicity.
When the live broadcast officially began, Director Zhang joked in the studio about the respective performance levels of Li Ang and Gotze today.
He Wei and Duan Xuan's standing in line naturally didn't need to say much, but they were still more subtle, unlike Director Zhang, who said "Li Ang is to restrain Ge Ce from playing".
After talking about things outside the field for a while, with the players from both teams on the field, Duan Xuan was also in good spirits and began to deliver a message to He Wei.
"Okay, now we can see that the players on both sides have finished lining up, let's ask He Wei to introduce the starters and formations of both sides of today's game to the audience and friends!"
"Okay, Borussia Dortmund started today at the Bernabeu:
The goalkeeper is No. 1 Weidenfeller.
Schmelzer is the No. 29 at left-back, No. 15 Hummels and No. 4 Subotic at centre-back, and No. 26 Piszczek at right-back.
In midfield, No. 6 Svende and No. 8 Gundogan lagged behind, and No. 10 Gotze stepped forward.
The left and right wingers are No. 11 Reuss and No. 16 Kuba.
The forward center forward is No. 9 Lewandowski. ”
"On the home team's Real Madrid side, the goalkeeper who started today is No. 1 Casillas.
At left-back, No. 5 Coentrão, in central defence No. 3 Pepe partnered No. 4 Ramos, and at right-back No. 6 Essien.
In midfield, No.14 Alonso and No.10 Leon dragged behind, and No.8 Modric played in central midfield.
To his left and right are the No. 7 Cristiano Ronaldo and the No. 22 Di Maria.
The starting point of the center is No. 9 Benzema. ”
As soon as He Wei's introduction fell, Director Zhang smashed his mouth and began to analyze.
"The formation is basically the starting 4231, and both sides can change the formation at any time to play 433, Gundogan and Li Ang can also play in the central midfield at any time, the two teams are very similar.
It feels like today is very interesting at the tactical level, and Mourinho and Klopp will try to catch the opponent's offensive and defensive transition mistakes as much as possible.
After all, their teams are good at playing fast counter-attacking advances."
As soon as Director Zhang's tactical analysis was finished, the referee who pinched his watch to watch the time blew the whistle at the beginning of the game in time!
And Duan Xuanhui also took over the conversation and began to read the opening remarks.
"Cushion the table, put the cushion table! Dear viewers, welcome to the semi-finals of the 2012-2013 UEFA Champions League.
Dortmund, who wore yellow and black shirts today, launched an onslaught at the beginning of the game despite the violent boos at the Bernabeu!
Jurgen Klopp, who had learned the lessons of his previous two defeats to Real Madrid, did not allow Götze to dominate the attack from the opening kick-off.
Dortmund's playmaking core has become Gundogan, who has dragged behind, while Kuba and Reus, who started today, have become the starting point for the rhythm of the Hornets.
Götze became a tandem point up front and a second striker who played off the ball.
If this set of tactics is used in the group stage, then Mourinho is indeed likely to be beaten by Klopp's strange moves.
But what Klopp didn't expect was that Mourinho didn't arrange for Leon to keep an eye on Gotze today.
Yes, after Leon gave advice, the tactical task given to him by Mu Shuai today was to open a wide range of sweeping interceptions in the backfield.
In other words, Gotze, Royce, and even Kuba, including Coopa, are all the targets of Leon's sweep today!
Borussia Dortmund's front court features a centre-forward with a group of young quickeners.
Most of the goals conceded by Real Madrid against the Hornets before came from Reuss's start.
After the next two rounds of elimination, Royce and Gotze are in better shape.
If Real Madrid does not have Leon in the team now, and only relies on Alonso and Modric, then the Hornets may really be repeatedly broken up by the Hornets on the defensive end.
But there is no such if.
Real Madrid has the best defenders in the current football team!
Since Borussia Dortmund's evolution, today's battle is already doomed, and Mourinho will use his strongest shield to crush their counter-attacking spear.
And from the first minute of the game, when Leon made a sideways tackle and forced Reuss to stop, Klopp had a bad premonition in his heart.
Li Ang stopped attacking, and without the slightest idea of stepping forward, he ran and squatted in the Real Madrid half on a large scale!
Gotze didn't take the ball, and Leon wasn't even interested in looking at him.
And whether it's Royce or Kuba, when they want to beat the rhythm on the wings, they have to face the sweeping interception that Leon is likely to face head-on.
Of course, Mourinho did not use the tactic of double sweeping the back midfielder today, which led to Dortmund's intermittent offensive rhythm even if it was grabbed by Leon, but it could always play a good threatening attack.
After all, Leon is just a person, no matter how he can run, he has to have a focused road, and this road is naturally the left side of Dortmund where Reus is located.
Luka Modric was in charge of the attack, and could only help defend both Kuba and Gotze.
With Coentrão in average form today, Kuba is still very capable of playing.
Jose Mourinho frowned from the sidelines, but he still believes Coentrão will be able to adjust his form quickly.
And when Real Madrid also played a smooth combination on the counter-attacking end and posed a threat to Dortmund, Mourinho gradually relaxed.
Today, Real Madrid still have to fight with Borussia Dortmund to attack.
If Leon can press down Reuss's play along the way, take care of the middle, and grab the ball at the feet of Gundogan and Gotze, then Real Madrid can quickly take the initiative in tactics.
In the seventh minute of the first half, the young and energetic Reus did not believe in evil, and once again received a pass from Luctze in the middle, and pulled the side to rush towards Modric and Leon, who were about to rush towards him.
At first, as Reuss advanced, Leon and Modric were still slowly retreating.
But at the moment when Modric just retreated into the defensive third, Li Ang took the initiative to bully forward!
Royce's face was overjoyed, and he forcibly turned to the inside to take the middle lane!
But the joy in his eyes dissipated in the next moment.
Because he found that he had changed direction inward, as if he had just hit the path of Leon's decisive shovel!
Leon's decisive tackle made Royce completely unable to dodge, and before he could even make a ball move, he fell on the turf!
When people fell, the ball was lost, and the only thing to be thankful for when Royce fell was that Leon couldn't control the ball at the first time.
The ball bounced and rolled irregularly towards the top of the arc in the center circle.
Modric reacted quickly enough, but was still one step ahead of Götze and jumped forward to receive the ball.
And Leon got up from the turf almost at the same time and buried his head in pursuit.
Royce hugged his calf, which was still a little hard and painful, and saw that the referee did not say anything, knowing that the whistle would definitely not sound, so he could only get up slowly.
The Real Madrid fans at the scene suddenly let out a thunderous exclamation!
At first, Gotze thought that these fans were worried that their advance with the ball would cause big problems for the Real Madrid defence.
His heart was hot, and he was about to swing his leg to send a straight plug when he observed Lewandowski's running position.
But in the next second, the appearance of a familiar force on his side quickly cleared his mind!
Real Madrid fans are not exclaiming for his threat with the ball, but for Leon's super-fast recovery speed!
"Damn it!"
Gotze wanted to keep his body in control of the ball, but he and Leon were at least one notch worse off!
The moment he grabbed the ball, Li Ang decisively chose to pass sideways.
Coentrão stepped forward, Real Madrid launched a wave of counterattacks, and Mourinho waved excitedly with his fists on the sidelines!
What Hornet offensive dual-core engine?
In front of the little lion in Madrid, that's not good!
(End of chapter)