Chapter 23 Boss, Can You Give Me a 100% Guarantee of a Main Position [Two in One]

Li Ang once again felt the "love" from the system.

Seeing 30 points in his account, plus a golden first victory package in the Champions League, his mouth was almost unable to close.

Alonso thought he was excited and happy for winning the first Champions League, and immediately touched his head.

"There will be many such opportunities in the future, don't be too happy. Let's go and thank the fans."

Li Ang did not argue after hearing this. After slightly restraining his smile, he followed Alonso to his teammates who were still hugging and high-fiving each other to celebrate.

After patting Ronaldo's buttocks more skillfully, pulling Marcelo's hair, and hugging Di Maria, Li Ang and his teammates stood in a row and applauded the stands around the Bernabeu in turn to express their gratitude.

All this seemed very harmonious. The team won a big victory, and Real Madrid's starting players and fans were very happy.

Perhaps some substitutes who did not get a chance to play would feel a little disappointed.

But they can only work harder to train after the loss in order to get a chance to start in the future.

It is useless to complain about yourself. At least with Mourinho, if you work hard, you will have more or less opportunities, even if you have a bad relationship with him.

But if you don't work hard and just complain, then there is really no way out in Real Madrid today.

After thanking the audience, after returning to the locker room and making a fuss for a while, the Real Madrid players all received simple physical therapy to relax.

Because after playing today's Champions League game, they only have two and a half days of rest time before they have to set off to challenge Real Sociedad away.

The time is too tight, so there is naturally no relaxing holiday. Tomorrow afternoon they will report to the training base to start restorative training.

So at this time, the Real Madrid players will do physical therapy massage directly in the locker room, and then go home to rest.

Li Ang got a lot of bonus points after today's game, and a Champions League first victory gift package, so he has been in a good mood.

After taking Alonso's "ride" back to his residence, Li Ang did not rush to open the gift package.

He chose to take a good sleep after a high-carb and high-protein meal.

Then he would calmly open the pack and draw cards after finishing the recovery training the next day.

But the next afternoon, when he drove his second-hand Ibiza car to Valdebebas.

Benzema, who happened to park with him, told him a "bad news".

"The boy's agent made a big noise. I heard that the chairman also called the coach this morning. You know, the coach specifically asked to bring him in during the summer window, so if he is abandoned now, it will definitely not be justified in the board of directors. You have to be mentally prepared, little lion"

After listening to Benzema's general description, Li Ang first patted Benzema's arm to express his gratitude, and then nodded with a calm expression on his face.

The afternoon training session entered a subtle atmosphere from the beginning.

Li Ang and other players who played yesterday were divided into a group for recovery training, while other Real Madrid first-team players first conducted normal-intensity training sessions on another training ground.

The joint training will be held in the training session tomorrow morning, so at least at this time, Li Ang has not communicated with a certain front midfielder.

Of course, when the front midfielder's agent was interviewed this morning, he said in a sarcastic tone, "Real Madrid's youth training is of course great, but I don't think XXX, who cost Real Madrid 18 million, is here to play as a substitute. When Kaka is still recovering from his injury, my players should get more opportunities to prove themselves." After this controversial statement.

It is even more impossible for Li Ang to have any friendly communication with the dead front midfielder.

After a brief appearance, Mourinho handed over the training matters to Karanka, and he himself plunged into the office.

After Li Ang and his teammates completed the recovery training and finished the physical therapy massage again, Karanka called Li Ang's name outside the physical therapy area and motioned him to go out with him.

Ronaldo seemed to feel a little irritated again, and muttered something in a Portuguese dialect that no one could understand.

Marcelo, who was always funny and smiling, also became serious, and looked at Li Ang with his lips pursed.

The other Real Madrid first-team players who were in the physiotherapy room all had slight changes in their expressions.

Finally, Alonso patted Li Ang on the shoulder.

"Go, communicate with the coach well, don't be arrogant, but don't give in to your interests, just talk about it, you are not a youth training student who has no one to help you, do you understand what I mean?"

Li Ang turned his head to look at Alonso's encouraging eyes. In his peripheral vision, Ronaldo behind Alonso was still very arrogant, but he also nodded slightly to him.

Marcelo came up and covered his mouth and said quickly in Li Ang's ear, "I'm on your side!".

After that, he blinked at Li Ang.

Li Ang suddenly grinned, and then skillfully pulled a handful of Ma's hair, nodded slightly to Alonso and Ronaldo, and then walked quickly towards Karanka who was still waiting patiently outside the physiotherapy area.

Three minutes later, Li Ang and Mourinho, who were sitting in their "old seats", were speechless.

But before Li Ang could ask, Mourinho rubbed his temple and broke the silence in the office with a sad face.

"I was really optimistic about him at the beginning. Even though he was not good at defense and his body was not very good, his insight into the changes in the game situation and his passing skills made me not want to miss the opportunity to sign him. Real Madrid's midfield needs to be reorganized, but I came here not just to rebuild Real Madrid. I must lead this team to get the honor it deserves and bring it back to where it should be."

In Mourinho's slow, half-venting and half-explanatory words, Li Ang also felt the huge psychological pressure that this football madman is now under.

On the basis of Real Madrid's already very luxurious lineup, Mourinho spent tens of millions of euros this summer and personally named several young midfielders.

At that time, Li Ang was still working hard at Real Betis and did not attract Mourinho's attention at all.

So Mourinho completed the signings in batches according to his own idea of ​​reorganizing Real Madrid's midfield.

Among them, Khedira and the dead front midfielder are the two young midfielders he values ​​most.

One defends and the other attacks, plus Xabi Alonso, this is the main midfield combination of Real Madrid in the new season that Mourinho originally envisioned.

But later, when some of Real Madrid's first team and players promoted from the second team began to train in advance, Mourinho discovered Li Ang, a "lost pearl".

He really likes young players like Li Ang who are down-to-earth and hardworking.

So after Las Diarra was accidentally injured, he immediately stopped the negotiation of Li Ang's loan and kept him in the first team.

Originally, he wanted to let Li Ang take the position first, and wait for Khedira to adapt to his new position and Las Diarra to return from injury, and then continue to let Li Ang rent out to level up and grow.

As a result, no one expected that Li Ang forced Mourinho and the coaching staff to disrupt the original reconstruction plan and experimented with a new starting lineup that seemed to be more in line with Mourinho's taste!

It seems that the biggest reconstruction problem has been solved.

But when the agent of the attacking midfielder made trouble and accepted an interview, Mourinho had to face the trouble that he had caused himself.

First, he recruited the player himself, and promised to reuse and train him before buying him. If he put him on the bench without any hesitation, he would not feel comfortable psychologically.

Second, Real Madrid spent real money to buy him from the Bundesliga, and he used the kid as a substitute. The 18 million substitute is really unreasonable.

Third, and the most critical reason, the front midfielder really has a very high ability to pass the ball. His offensive skills and threats are the highest among all the midfielders in the Real Madrid first team!

So the madman who has always been swift and decisive also rarely feels that things are difficult.

Otherwise, he would not have made this slightly apologetic explanation to Li Ang.

Li Ang was silent for a moment.

He can understand, but, as his teacher Alonso said.

He is not arrogant, but he also has to fight for his own interests.

If he can continue to play as a main player in Real Madrid to level up, he will naturally be very happy.

But now a dead front midfielder has to jump out to compete for the starting position after only three games as a substitute, and he will probably not stop after Las Diarra recovers from his injury.

So he will have to talk to Mourinho about this matter sooner or later, it's just a matter of time.

Thinking of this, Li Ang no longer had any psychological burden, and asked Mourinho decisively and directly.

"Boss, can you guarantee me a 100% starting position?"

Mourinho shook his head without even thinking about it.

"No, after Las Diarra recovers from his injury, even if he is your substitute, you have to rotate with him frequently. In my opinion, your priority is the most advanced defensive midfielder, but it is not a 100% priority choice without thinking, because your strength is not at that level yet, do you understand what I mean?"

Mourinho was very realistic and told Li Ang the truth.

And Li Ang was not unhappy with Mourinho's direct statement, he was quite satisfied with Mourinho's honesty.

To be honest, only Cristiano Ronaldo and Alonso in Real Madrid can get Mourinho's sincere promise of "absolute main force".

Because their strength is there, no one can replace them in the market.

Li Ang has played a brilliant and stable performance under the new system of Real Madrid, but he also knows himself.

If he asks himself, except for the header, he doesn't think he is better than Las Diarra in all aspects.

How can Mourinho give up an offensive midfield genius and invest all his efforts in cultivating his playing time when he can't even make up for the gap in strength in the same position?

"Fifteen appearances. After this season, I will further clean up the redundant midfielders. You will have more appearances next season."

Mourinho looked at Li Ang's increasingly clear and determined eyes, and finally gritted his teeth and gave his conditions and "promise".

If Li Ang chooses to stay in the winter window, he can give Li Ang almost fifteen appearances in the remaining games of this season.

When playing the "hard" midfield trio, Leon needs to rotate with Las Diarra to partner with Alonso.

When using another formation that is more offensive, the dead midfielder will occupy one midfield starting position, and Alonso will occupy another.

Leon, Khedira, and Las Diarra can only compete for the last midfield starting position.

Mourinho's promise to Li Ang is actually quite sincere.

If other coaches were to take the position of Real Madrid head coach, they would not dare to train a 19-year-old midfielder in this way.

Li Ang was grateful to Mourinho from the bottom of his heart, but he still flatly rejected Mourinho's "retention".

He is indeed still very young, but at the age of 19, he is not a child anymore.

Not to mention that he has a cheat that requires a lot of game wins to increase points to draw cards and buy props.

Just to say that at this age when he needs the most game training and improvement, he can't just rotate for one or two seasons and patiently wait for the so-called "right opportunity" to appear.

Even if the club he is in is Real Madrid, it won't work.

"Can't you really wait any longer? Even if I find a way to let that kid play more data when playing against weak teams this year, play a good price, and sell him to make room for you in the summer window next year, it won't work?"

Mourinho was a little anxious. He told Li Ang the truth, but he didn't want Li Ang to run away from Real Madrid.

On the contrary, he values ​​Li Ang's talent, potential and characteristics more.

He just needs Li Ang to wait for him patiently for a year. After he sorts out Real Madrid's locker room and clears out the extra restless players, Li Ang will naturally be able to slowly rise to the top and secure a main position.

Now he really can't make a promise.

After hearing Mourinho's sincere words, Li Ang's mind became clearer.

"Boss, what you said before still counts, can I try to choose a club that suits me best for loan during the winter window?"

Seeing Li Ang's firm look, Mourinho was helpless, sighed lightly, and waved his hand.

"Don't worry about this, I will greet the uniform team at that time. As long as the club you choose is not too outrageous and the other party really wants to bring you in, there will be no problem."

Li Ang got the answer he wanted, and his mood was not as complicated as before. Instead, he felt a sense of relief from leaving the vortex.

"I actually like working with you, boss, but I really need more actual commitment to the main force and more playing opportunities now. Whether it is next summer or the summer after, if you think my strength has reached your "top priority" requirement, then I will still return to Madrid, but before that, I hope you can give me enough opportunities to practice outside. I have confidence in myself, and you can have more confidence in me."

Li Ang finally left his honest words and thoughts, and walked out of the office door step by step under Mourinho's slightly melancholy gaze.

He walked firmly and never looked back.

Two days later, Li Ang, sitting on the bench, still watched the third round of La Liga between Real Madrid and Real Sociedad on the field with a calm expression.

But even if he was on the bench, a dead front midfielder did not get the chance to start.

Gago and Alonso started as double defensive midfielders today, and Khedira still served as the starting central midfielder.

Mourinho has made his choice, but he also wants to let the dead front midfielder and his agent behind him know.

No one can coerce the madman in public opinion, even if the madman is in the wrong this time, that's not okay!

As an internal "punishment", the dead midfielder was even left out of the 18-man roster for this round of the league.

The recent public opinion storm surrounding his and Li Ang's starting debate seems to have gradually subsided with Mourinho's strong handling.

At least, it has subsided for the time being.

The storms in the giants are always like this.

Sometimes they come quickly and last for a long time, with a huge impact, and sometimes they come and go quickly.

And under this storm, only a very few people know.

Li Ang's time in Real Madrid's first team has entered the countdown.

Two chapters in one, just put the turning point chapter directly.

Some brothers may feel unhappy after reading this chapter, but brothers who know Real Madrid's signings and midfield redundancy that season should also understand.

The protagonist of this book is not a talented striker, he is a defensive midfielder, and a defensive midfielder whose basic talent is only defensive skills.

The way to grow is not the type that can be achieved overnight, after all, we don't add points.

We need to slowly extract talent fragments, and after raising the talent limit, we will work hard to increase the ability value.

So the tone of the opening of this book is set, and the little lion is destined to grow slowly under the tempering of a large number of games.

Speaking of a large number of game opportunities, in the 10-11 season of Real Madrid, the midfielders are crowded, and the protagonist's strength is not enough to transcend the specific system and allow Mourinho to gamble all his efforts to cultivate, so naturally there is only one way to go, which is to rent out.

Li Ang is a down-to-earth, clear-headed, not arrogant but not overly humble player.

He was ready to leave Real Madrid and go to Betis from the beginning, so now that he can't get the promise of the main position from the head coach, in order to ensure his smooth growth and the acquisition of plug-in points, he still chooses to rent out to find a club that can promise him a main position. Isn't it reasonable?

I said so much just to explain and clarify myself first.

This is the "reasonable plot" that I can write out based on my deduction, and it has been set in the outline long ago. There is no weird subjective idea of ​​deliberately slowing down the rhythm or "torturing the protagonist".

This is a sincere explanation, and I accept any reasonable criticism~

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