Chapter 406: The mountain that weighs on the heads of all the Barcelona players
In recent years, the Spanish national derby has become less and less flavorful, to be honest.
The attention is still No. 1 in the world, and the topic of the Mero battle has also endured.
But compared with the "Western Super League" period in 10 to 13 years when Real Madrid and Barcelona took turns to dominate Europe.
Not to mention the decline in the quality of the current Spanish national derby, the excitement of the scene is not as good as before.
In addition, in the past three seasons, Real Madrid has faced Barcelona in La Liga and returned to the cycle of losing more and winning less, and the outcome of the game has almost lost its suspense, how can neutral fans buy it?
It wasn't until this time that Leon made a provocative speech before the national derby that more neutral fans were convinced:
The Spanish national derby, which they had been looking forward to and always contributes to the sensational scene, seems to be coming back!
The quality of the game is not up to standard, at least the smell of gunpowder before the game has been strong to the point that they are satisfied!
Take a look at the Catalan media who were stimulated by Leon's speech, and their mentality exploded and they fought back.
Li Ang once again ignited the fire of public opinion, and he didn't seem to care how to stop such a public opinion dispute.
Just like he never backs down against Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, he only hardens his attitude to the end!
He is like an old-school post-70s or post-80s player, eager for the baptism of derby, and even more eager to break the opponent's psychological defense in such a big battle, stimulate the opponent's fans, and take away their points!
Players like them often become the brightly coloured "flags" of derbys.
Their own fans love them a lot, and as the opposing fans, they can't wait for them to break their legs directly on the field!
Leon is a typical flag player.
How much the Millingers love him, how much the Barcelona fans hate him!
However, this hatred will not subside in the precipitation of the years, and will only deepen in the memories of the relevant battles in the past over and over again.
Because the team they are supporting really hasn't won against Leon!
And Real Madrid, which has Li Ang as the starter, is indeed qualified to be proud of Barcelona.
The historical record says it all.
Barcelona's current players can talk about the winning rate against Real Madrid in recent years, but they can't deny that the return of Leon has indeed caused them a lot of psychological pressure.
This pressure comes not only from Leon's unbeaten record against Barcelona when he was at Real Madrid, but also from the several slaughtering battles that Leon later led Chelsea to Barcelona!
So much so that when Leon took the lead in firing, only Pique stood up and made a verbal counterattack on Leon in the Barcelona team.
It's an awkward reality.
However, fortunately, the recuperation period between the 4th and 5th rounds of La Liga is very short, and Barcelona fans do not need to be embarrassed for too long.
Real Madrid and Barcelona only rested for three days before the fateful showdown of the fifth round of the new season at the Camp Nou!
Playing at home should have given many Barcelona fans psychological comfort.
At least Leon could feel it when he was warming up, and the Barcelona fans at Camp Nou were still very confident.
I haven't seen him for a long time, and Li Ang is not too enthusiastic to express his "miss" for Barcelona fans.
simply buried his head in a smile, and worked harder to complete the warm-up action seriously.
But Leon didn't know that his hard warm-up made the hearts of the Barcelona fans on the scene beat drums.
After the warm-up, Leon looked at Camp Nou, which seemed to have calmed down a little, and subconsciously plucked his ears.
He is really not nervous, at least compared to his old Real Madrid brothers, he really has no special opinion of Barcelona.
If he had to describe it, he could only say that Barcelona was the most familiar opponent who often sent him warmth in the Champions League......
It sounds a bit Versailles, but it's also an indisputable fact.
As for Messi, who many Catalan media had high hopes for before the game?
Well, Leon absolutely respects Messi's performance on the field, but since he moved to Chelsea, he has never lost against Messi on the pitch!
It's a big deal, just keep redeeming it!
Just like Lao Mu always has a way to deal with Barcelona, Li Ang always has a way to deal with Messi on the field.
And Li Ang is looking forward to it today, looking forward to Messi's ability to play the kind of performance that ignores the defensive intensity that he did back then?
If Messi can't explode today, the number of games lost to him will be added again~
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On the evening of September 21st, the Spanish national derby, which came very early this year compared to previous seasons, officially kicked off at the Camp Nou!
In the new season, Real Madrid and Barcelona have won all the first four rounds of La Liga, and Real Madrid is currently leading Barcelona at the top of La Liga on goal difference.
Therefore, this round of derby between the two teams is also a key "six-point battle".
Whoever wins will have the absolute initiative to take the lead in the early stage of the league!
Real Madrid presented the most commonly used and most offensive 433 starting formation this season.
Barcelona also play four-three-three, but their forward trident does not have a central striker in the traditional sense.
After Paco was sidelined due to injury, Barcelona manager Ernesto Valverde pulled Turan directly into the central striker position.
Turan, who was the core of the wing organization at Atletico Madrid, would never have imagined that he would become a piece of the puzzle after his transfer to Barcelona, and he would be put together wherever there was a lack of people.
He must be reluctant to let him play as a central striker, and he does not have the ability to compete with the powerful central defenders of La Liga.
But there is no way, who made him have a lower tactical position in the current Barcelona team?
When Messi made it clear that he didn't want to play in the middle, Valverde had to sacrifice him in order to make Messi and Neymar more comfortable.
Leon didn't know what to say after seeing Barcelona's starting 11 squad.
In the past few years, Barcelona has suffered successive defeats in the Champions League, and the continuous failures should actually make the Barcelona senior management realize:
There is a real lack of stability in the no-striker formation, and if you don't use it well, you can't use it well, and if you use it strongly, it will only bring constant trouble to the coaching staff.
But Barcelona's top management doesn't know what's going on over the years, and after spending a lot of money to bring in Neymar, they have been slow to recruit in the center forward position.
They are not stingy, but the targets set for the team every summer window are too unrealistic.
After a while, I went to the local tyrant Manchester City to dig Aguero, and if he couldn't dig it, he would compete with Chelsea for Suarez.
Cavani deliberately recommended himself, but the media in Catalan soon broke out again, and the Barcelona top management disliked that Cavani's skills were too poor and did not fit Barcelona's temperament......
The center forwards that Barcelona executives look up to are quite strong, and they all seem to fit well with Barcelona's tactical system.
But the key is that people want money and money in the current team, and they want a tactical position, and there is no reason to leave everything behind and run to your Barcelona team and start from scratch.
Finally, there is a top center forward in football who is interesting to you Barcelona, and you suspect that the skill type of the person does not meet Barcelona's requirements.
This thing is done, which highlights an unprofessional!
Anyway, Li Ang thinks that if he is a member of the Barcelona management, he will definitely solve the problem of whether the team has a reliable center forward first
When this problem is solved, he will continue to patiently search for a better and more suitable top center forward for Barcelona.
Valverde was also quite miserable, and after being fooled into coming to Barcelona to take over Enrique's class, he found that the reinforcements were not relaxed and free at all.
Basically, he has no power to recruit him, he can only watch the dishes, the team's lineup is flawed and he can't play a tough game, and he has to be criticized in the end.
In Leon's view, today's Barcelona team has an advantage in playing the familiar La Liga, but the ability to play tough battles is really not good.
He also couldn't figure out how Real Madrid couldn't beat Barcelona in La Liga a few years ago.
Maybe it's really the restraint of metaphysics.
Barcelona Real Madrid, Real Marc Atletico Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona.
The current top three in the Western Super League are really forming an internal restraint attribute closed loop!
Li Ang complained in his heart about the strange restraint relationship of the three teams of the Western Super League, and shook hands with all the Barcelona players before the game with a calm expression.
He is no longer representing Chelsea and, as a member of the Real Madrid team, he will not be able to continue to 'talk and laugh' with the familiar Barcelona players before the game against Barca.
The live broadcast camera soon captured the scene of Li Ang's serious expression.
Many neutral fans watched the live broadcast and felt goosebumps all over their bodies.
Leon laid out his "hostility" towards Barcelona nakedly.
And the strong boos that erupted from the Barcelona fans at the scene further aggravated the smell of gunpowder before the game between the two teams!
That's exactly what the vast majority of fans watching tonight's Spanish derby want to see.
Conflict, antagonism, hostility, toughness!
In the game, if the two teams have players who fight again, then the TMD will be even more exciting!
Thinking of this, many fans looked at the famous villains among the starters of the two teams in the live broadcast camera.
Ramos, Pepe, Casemiro, Alves, Mascherano ......
Oh, and Leon!
Don't look at Leon's lack of cards in La Liga back then, but he was definitely one of the most photographed players in the game against Barcelona!
"Which Barcelona player will Leon give to him first today?!"
As the referee's whistle blew, many onlookers in front of the TV also had such a question in their hearts.
Fortunately, Leon didn't keep them waiting too long.
The game had just kicked into the eighteenth second, and Turan, who tried to turn around and pull the side after receiving the ball with his back, was directly tackled by Li Ang, who was inserted forward!
The Turkish striker was directly taken out of the sideline with the ball, and Neymar, who was waiting to receive the ball next to him, seemed to be a little dumbfounded, and the referee on duty also directly stopped the game!
The Barcelona players who were closer rushed up in a swarm, shouting exaggeratedly to signal to the referee that Li Ang had just made an extremely bad foul!
However, Li Ang didn't eat them, spread his hands and went straight to the top of the head, confidently asking them to quickly call the Barcelona team doctor to check to see if Turan was really injured.
The referee was relatively close to the place of the incident, so he saw Li Ang's tackle relatively clearly.
Needless to say, Leon tackled the ball first before bringing Turan to his calf, and Turan's exaggerated jump and tumbling out of the sideline was a little exaggerated.
According to the rules, he can not give Li Ang a foul on this ball, because Li Ang did tackle the ball first, and there was no additional malicious action.
But if he blows the penalty strictly, he can also judge Li Ang's defensive action too much.
In the end, after a little consideration, the referee still gave Camp Nou face at home and awarded Leon a foul in the tackle.
But for the protests of more Barcelona players on the field, hoping to show Leon a yellow card or something like that, he simply ignored it.
Li Ang smiled with satisfaction after watching the referee give a fairly fair penalty.
He nodded in disgust and gestured to Lan to stop pretending and get up from the turf quickly, while making tactical gestures to the other teammates beside him, and slowly retreated.
Casemiro, who was eager to try, saw Li Ang's gesture, suppressed the blood in his heart that wanted to fight, and retreated to his position with Li Ang's rhythm.
And the other Real Madrid players also have a score in their hearts.
Li Ang's big move at the beginning of the defensive attempt was to test the referee's blowing penalty scale today.
Now it seems that the referee will give Barcelona some care of the home whistle, but it can also be regarded as encouraging the two sides to make big moves to fight.
With this information, Real Madrid's subsequent defensive aggressiveness will be easy to grasp...
The game quickly restarted, and I don't know if it was bluffed by Leon's ferocious defense at the beginning, and several of Barcelona's frontcourt players subconsciously avoided Leon's defensive zone when they tried to break through.
However, they soon discovered that it was not only Li Ang in the Real Madrid team today, but several other defenders were also very open-minded.
You know, Barcelona's offensive penetration is about fluency.
If the offense is not coherent, the state will not be able to come out for a long time, but today's referee seems to be more supportive of both teams to let go and play?
Isn't that a loss for Barcelona?
Engage in some hidden small actions under strict rules, and a few old oilers of Barcelona are good at it.
But they fight openly and honestly, they and Real Madrid can fight an egg!
Dissatisfaction has been building since the start of the game.
Barcelona's players complained to the referee in the face of a fragmented rhythm of the game.
The Barcelona fans at the scene even let out a violent boo!
It's a pity that none of their actions can shake the determination of the referee on duty today.
Real Madrid has taken a big advantage, but to be honest, the blowing penalty scale is large and applicable to both teams, and you Barcelona can't play the body now, so you can't blame the referee and Real Madrid!
Leon is like a fish in water in such an environment.
In the seventh minute of the first half, he first pulled the side to help Carvajal make up for the defense, directly squeezed away Neymar, who was advancing with the ball, and returned the ball to the feet of Modric.
A minute later, in the face of Messi, who seized the opportunity to switch between attack and defense, held the ball and counterattacked, Li Ang judged Messi's change of direction rhythm in the frontal interception, and intercepted the ball accurately again!
Messi waved his hand helplessly, he didn't expect Li Ang to be so bold and dare to confidently steal directly in a one-on-one head-to-head battle with him!
But he also ignored the cruel fact that as he grew older, his ability to force breakthroughs has been declining year by year.
His dribbling speed and ability to change direction quickly are not as good as before, but Leon's defensive awareness and experience are still growing!
Under the influence of one another, Leon will only gain more and more advantages in the dialogue with him.
At this moment, looking at Li Ang, who successively cut off the ball at the feet of Neymar and Messi, all the Barcelona players on the scene had great pressure in their hearts.
They've seen the tough way to win this game.
I also saw a silent and majestic mountain in front of the Real Madrid backline!
(End of chapter)