Chapter 352 This Was Once Real Madrid's Unique Counterattack Style

Li Ang sat on the bus, and everywhere he looked were the streets and buildings that he was most familiar with.

Even though he had been away from this city for more than two years, once he returned here, Li Ang only needed to adapt a little and soon became relaxed again.

Maybe emotionally, he did not regard Madrid as his so-called second home.

But no matter what, having lived in this city for nine years and starting his career here, Li Ang always had a special feeling for Madrid...

Real Madrid fans also expressed their longing for Li Ang and Mourinho very directly.

The other Chelsea players on the bus saw the enthusiasm of Real Madrid fans along the way.

They were certainly not jealous, but to be honest, they were very envious of Li Ang.

After all, this is Madrid. To be so loved by Real Madrid fans in this city, to some extent, this also shows the success of a player's career!

Li Ang and Mourinho also returned home in glory this time, but when they arrived at the hotel where they were staying and faced the interview requests from local Madrid media reporters, they still declined politely.

After all, this is only the first round of the Champions League group stage of the new season. They are now representing Chelsea. Why are they so affectionate?

Even if they don't think much about it, as long as the reporters catch a little opportunity, they will write the news in a mess.

So it's always right to be cautious. It's not too late to interview after the game.

The pre-match walk of the Chelsea team in the evening of the same day was also very interesting.

Generally speaking, if the visiting team visits the Bernabeu and there are visiting players who want to know about Real Madrid's past honors, the Real Madrid club has special staff to do reception and explanation.

But this time, the official staff of Real Madrid were robbed of their work. Li Ang took his Chelsea teammates to visit the Bernabeu inside and outside~

That night, the official Twitter of Real Madrid also updated several social dynamics for this purpose.

It welcomed Li Ang and Mourinho "home" and took photos of Li Ang taking other Chelsea players to visit the Bernabeu Hall of Honor.

Many Real Madrid fans also left comments and jokes under their club's official Twitter account.

The tweet with the highest number of likes was very interesting.

"The two Champions League and two league championship trophies that were recently placed in the Hall of Fame were all won by Li Ang and his Real Madrid teammates. How could he not be familiar with them!"

This message seemed to be a joke, but it then triggered the collective emotion of Real Madrid fans.

Yes, the latest heavyweight championship trophies in Real Madrid's Hall of Fame were all won by Li Ang and the group of Mourinho Real Madrid players when he was there.

It has only been more than two seasons, but Real Madrid has no chance of winning the Champions League and La Liga titles.

The club's performance is not bad. It has been in the top three of La Liga every season and has reached the semi-finals of the Champions League.

But everything is afraid of comparison. Mourinho and Li Ang are about to create a Blues dynasty at Chelsea. Chelsea is even likely to replicate Real Madrid's miracle of defending the Champions League this season.

On one hand, they are trying to maintain their strong demeanor, and maybe when they lose their momentum, they may return to the era of "Champions League 16".

On the other hand, their development momentum is rising like the rising sun, rushing to the peak of dominating an era of football!

The key is that in terms of investment, the two teams are actually almost the same.

After entering the new century, Real Madrid has not been thrifty and reluctant to invest.

Almost every season, there are big signings, and there are no fewer superstars in the team.

If you think about it carefully, Real Madrid's current so-called decline actually started in the season when Leon and Mourinho left the team.

And Chelsea's revival of momentum and restoration of the glory of the iron-blooded blue army can also be said to have started with the transfer and joining of Mourinho and Leon.

Fans never study the rise and fall of the development momentum of the team they support too thoroughly.

This intuitive comparison and the simple answer obtained are what they believe more.

After all, even the old man once implicitly stated in public that it was a wrong decision to let Leon and Mourinho leave the team together.

The boss regretted it, so the fans will naturally feel even more regretful.

Many Real Madrid fans even discussed on the Internet the possibility of Li Ang and Mourinho returning to Real Madrid together.

Once the discussion started, it was hard to stop.

Chelsea fans who learned about this were of course unwilling to do so, and directly joined the public opinion battlefield, asking Real Madrid fans to wake up and stop dreaming.

"Leon has just signed a new three-year contract with the club, and Jose's contract extension is about to be completed. You should stop daydreaming!"

"Contract renewal? When you, Chelsea, triggered the penalty clause of the little lion, our club officially announced that it would complete the contract renewal with the little lion. What happened?

Anything is possible in the club market. Could you have predicted that Leon and Jose would join Chelsea at the same time?"

"This is completely sophistry! Leon is living well in London now, and he is about to win the first Golden Ball Award in his career at Chelsea!

This is what Real Madrid can't give him now. You have Ronaldo and Bale. If Leon goes to Real Madrid now, he will only be split. I can't think of any reason for him to return to Real Madrid!"

" Ronaldo and Bale are both old, Real Madrid always needs a new king. The little lion is our prince, and it is natural for him to come back. You understand this, right? You are panicking!"

"You are talking nonsense!"

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The fans of the two teams have not even watched the game yet, and they have already quarreled over a false thing.

So much so that the next morning, when Li Ang, who had completed the last pre-match training at the Getafe training base, was questioned by the reporter of "Marca", he was completely confused.

"Transfer? The summer transfer window is completely closed. Where should I transfer to? Where did you hear this fake news!"

"The fans said... There may be some misunderstandings. I am now 100% focused on Chelsea, that's it."

"I don't want to comment on such discussions. I just want to focus on the court now. Thank you..."

After sending away the reporter of "Marca", Li Ang returned directly to the hotel where he was staying to rest.

It was not until the evening of the same day when the players of the two teams took the field to warm up that Li Ang appeared in front of the media reporters again.

This time, Li Ang did not shy away from being photographed by reporters on the sidelines. Before the warm-up officially began, he hugged and greeted his former teammates!

Now Real Madrid has added many familiar and unfamiliar faces to Li Ang, such as James Rodriguez and Bale.

But more are old friends he is familiar with.

Nacho, Ronaldo, Modric, Vazquez, Carvajal, Pepe, Ramos, Casemiro...

Li Ang hugged and greeted his old friends one by one with a familiar smile. The only thing that made him feel a little regretful was that he did not see his teacher, Xabi Alonso, again at the Bernabeu.

Brother Long left Real Madrid after the end of the 14-15 season. He did not go to Bayern or Paris Saint-Germain, which were the powerful teams pursuing him, but chose to return to Real Sociedad.

At an age when he can still play, Brother Long chose to enjoy football and began to prepare for his future coaching career in advance. This may also be a perfect career ending for him.

After all, if you think about it carefully, Brother Long's career over the past decade is worthy of every club he has been in.

He has won the Champions League for two teams, has a club honor grand slam, and has won three championships in a row at the national team level.

Long Ge has no regrets in his career. Since he wants to return to football itself, this is the best choice for him.

Li Ang doesn't know whether Long Ge will come to watch the game today.

After all, when he talked to Long Ge on the phone a few days ago, Long Ge joked that he would stay at home with his wife and children, and he was no longer interested in the Champions League.

But Li Ang still has some small expectations in his heart.

What if Long Ge just wants to give him a surprise today, and now he is sitting in the box with his wife and children waiting for the game to start?

Since he can't play with Long Ge on the same field again, as Long Ge's only direct disciple and closed disciple, Li Ang really wants Long Ge to see his current growth and strength level.

Not to show off, but to express gratitude to Long Ge.

Thank Long Ge for his selfless help and willingness to help him improve his strength when he was still unknown.

He also wanted to show off to Brother Long for the last time on the court:

"Teacher, look! I am as good as you now!"

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With some expectations, Li Ang returned to his team after a brief greeting with his former teammates.

After the warm-up, the players of both teams returned to the locker room quickly.

They had to hurry up to make final preparations for this important Champions League match.

Today, Li Ang did not need to do pre-war morale mobilization in the locker room.

Because Terry, who has performed well in recent training, will replace Maguire in today's game.

It's not that Maguire's recent performance in the game was not good enough, or that he was punished by Mourinho for his poor training attitude.

Mourinho made such a starting arrangement for the sake of safety, after all, Terry has much more experience in major competitions.

Maguire has performed very steadily recently, but with Terry also showing good form, Mourinho must still trust the veteran's game feel more.

Although Terry said in advance that he would still let Li Ang be the captain on the field, Li Ang still returned the captain's armband to Terry.

In terms of respecting veterans, Li Ang has always done a good job.

So today, Chelsea's pre-war mobilization work was still done by Terry, and Li Ang was integrated into the "atmosphere group", shouting with other teammates to boost momentum!

This match with Real Madrid is still relatively important for Chelsea.

After all, they were put into the death group in the Champions League group draw this time, and it is definitely not as easy as in the past few seasons to grab the right to qualify as the top of the group.

And Real Madrid is Chelsea's first competitor to qualify as the top of the group. In a direct dialogue, Chelsea must do their best to win!

The pre-war mobilization went very smoothly, and Chelsea's starting players were eager to try and wanted to show their strength and style at the Bernabeu.

Of course, most of the Real Madrid players also had the same idea as Chelsea's starting players.

This duel is a contest where both teams can advance but not retreat. Whoever loses is likely to lose the initiative to qualify as the top.

Mourinho and Ancelotti also sent out their strongest 11 players.

When the live camera was focused on the 22 stars who were equally confident on the field, many neutral fans in front of the TV were subconsciously excited!

It was really fun to watch the strong dialogue!

Li Ang stood in the familiar Bernabeu Stadium, and his expression before the game today was a little solemn.

The Spanish commentator was also teasing Li Ang, asking him if he had recalled the various scenes of the game in the past in this stadium.

Such teasing was still a little warm.

When the referee blew the whistle to officially start the game, Real Madrid, who kicked off first, decisively and quickly spread out the formation and launched an offensive test against Chelsea.

And the Chelsea midfield defense led by Li Ang also pushed forward without showing any weakness!

The two teams launched a fierce duel near the center circle.

Benzema tried to retreat to receive the ball as usual, but before he could stabilize the ball, he was squeezed out by Li Ang from the side!

Perhaps because the action of this confrontation was a little too big, Li Ang was directly called for a foul by the referee.

But Li Ang was not angry. Instead, he kicked the ball away and pulled Guo Feng up from the grass with a smile.

The two brothers patted each other's buttocks and didn't take this confrontation to heart.

But Ancelotti, who was watching the progress of the game off the court, felt a little bit bad.

He felt that Li Ang knew these main players on the field of Real Madrid too well.

Benzema's retreat to receive the ball is very important for the normal operation of Real Madrid's offensive system.

Ronaldo needs to allocate more of his physical energy to attacking forward and diagonally into the penalty area.

So Benzema needs to retreat more frequently to respond, and even take part of the responsibility of organizing the offense.

This is conducive to Modric's advancement from behind, and also conducive to Bale and Ronaldo's offensive activities on both wings.

But seeing Li Ang's defensive posture at the beginning of the game, Ancelotti felt that it might be difficult for Benzema to play his tactical value today!

After Li Ang committed a foul, Real Madrid, who had the ball in the frontcourt, continued to take the initiative to attack.

But just three minutes later, Benzema was intercepted by Matic when he retreated to receive the ball!

The two fought for only a second, and the ball was first poked to the side by Matic.

Azpilicueta quickly knocked the ball back to Kroos. At the same time, Li Ang had already started to move forward at full speed!

For the sake of safety, Kroos did not give Li Ang a ground ball, but sent a long pass over the top with a lot of advance.

Li Ang had already observed the landing point of the football and the opponent's running interception in advance during the forward movement.

So this time he did not choose to stop the football at his feet first, but headed the football forward in advance, and then bypassed Casemiro's front defense!

"Stop Li Ang! Foul! Direct foul!"

Master Pei stood at the front of the penalty area and directed Carvajal, who was running inward, to commit a tactical foul on Li Ang first.

But at this moment, Li Ang took the opportunity to pass the ball behind Carvajal!

Hazard pushed forward at full speed, and after receiving the ball, he went straight into the heart of Real Madrid's penalty area!

Before Pepe intercepted, Hazard cut inside and shot with his foot!

The football drew a beautiful arc in the air and went straight to the far corner of Real Madrid's goal!

Navas's save reaction was very fast!

The Costa Rican goalkeeper stretched his body as much as possible in the air, stretched his arms straight, and tried to rub the spinning football with his fingertips!

In the end, he also rubbed a little ball skin, forcibly changing the direction of the football!

Hazard's shot failed to completely bypass Navas's ten fingers.

When the football hit the intersection of the crossbar and the goal post and bounced out of the bottom line, tens of thousands of Real Madrid fans at the scene all breathed a sigh of relief!

"God! Navas saved Real Madrid!"

The reporter of Sky Sports in England explained with excitement and regret at this moment.

But then, he enthusiastically cheered for Chelsea's wonderful and unusually fast counterattack!

Li Ang patted the back of Hazard's head, who was still holding his head in frustration.

It was a pity that the ball didn't go in, but they had also made a successful counterattack attempt. The whole Chelsea team was in good shape in today's game and there was a lot of potential!

Real Madrid fans who had just experienced the emotional ups and downs of the roller coaster came back to their senses and sighed again.

Back then, such a fast and efficient counterattack was also the unique style of Real Madrid!