Xu Zhu's Successor's Football Journey

Chapter 461
As of the third round of League No.20, Wang Li played nine times in Real Madrid's La Liga and scored 23 goals, ranking first in the scorer list, while Eto'o failed in two rounds Goals, the number of goals is still 18, ranking second in the scorer list, Villarreal's striker Diego Forlan is still strong, he scored 16 goals, ranking third in the scorer list .

Since Wang Li's comeback, this strong performance has aroused the amazement of many Spanish media.

"The Allen era in La Liga is coming!" That's what they say.

After losing to Valencia and only ranking first with a slight goal difference advantage, Barcelona's media lamented. They hope that Barcelona can stabilize, play every game well, and strive for the second Spanish derby this season. Before, still leading Real Madrid's points.

If this momentum continues, Real Madrid's results must be very strong. Perhaps as long as Barcelona pauses for a while, Real Madrid may directly surpass and win the top spot in the league standings.

Regarding Wang Li's strength, the Barcelona media are complaining about the club: If Barcelona's top executives are willing to pay the same price, the black-haired kid is already playing for the Nou Camp. When they see Wang Li's skills, they should Playing for Spain's most traditional Barcelona is the most correct choice.

As for the best foreign aid of this season, there is no longer any controversy. A star who has won the top scorer in Spain has no reason not to receive this honor. Wang Li's performance is obvious to all. At least in January, he is undoubtedly the winner of La Liga best player.

If the scope is expanded, it is not too much to say that he is the best player in the world in January.

Regarding the current scene of Real Madrid and Barcelona competing for supremacy, some media commented: "This season will be another battle between Barcelona and Real Madrid. From the perspective of momentum, Real Madrid has a high chance of winning. Their performance is getting better and better, but Barcelona Still occupying the top of the standings, it is still unknown who will win and who will lose. The final suspense is likely to be reserved for the second Spanish derby. Which team can win the Spanish derby is likely to win the La Liga championship. "

"However, now we should focus on the Champions League. The knockout round of the Champions League is about to begin. Real Madrid's opponent is the Premier League giants Arsenal, while Barcelona's opponent is the Bundesliga leader Bayern Munich, Villarreal The opponent is Rangers, except for the last game, the games between Real Madrid and Barcelona are very eye-catching, and Villarreal also has a good chance to enter the next round."

"The Spanish team is likely to have a good harvest in this Champions League. All three teams have the opportunity to enter the quarter-finals. If Spain has three seats in the quarter-finals, this situation is really exciting!"

Not only the media said so, Real Madrid coach Carlo also had to prepare for the Champions League.

Real Madrid's opponent is Arsenal. The first round of the match will start on February 2. The first round of the match will be held at the Bernabéu Stadium. Real Madrid will sit at home to meet Arsenal's challenge.

It seems that Real Madrid is sitting firmly at home, but in fact, this kind of schedule is beneficial to Arsenal. The game of first away and then home is always better than first home and then away.

After the away game, with the general situation of the opponent, it will of course be more beneficial to decide the outcome at home, so Carlo must make more preparations, and strive to gain an advantage in the first round of the contest in order to have a greater chance Advance to the next round.

Carlo's mentality is also very stable, he is very clear about Real Madrid's goals this season.

Although the club did not stipulate what results to achieve, Carlo can continue to coach Real Madrid, but Carlo is very clear that if he wants to continue coaching Real Madrid next season, then Real Madrid must reach the semi-finals of the Champions League, and the league must also win the championship. This kind of achievement can satisfy Real Madrid's top management.

Of course, it also satisfies the fans of Real Madrid.

Under the mess left by Luxenberg, being able to achieve this kind of result also proved Carlo's strength.

Now, Real Madrid is making great strides in the league, and most of the media feel that Real Madrid will surpass Barcelona to win the league championship. This situation made Carlo breathe a sigh of relief, so he also set his sights on the Champions League.

On February 2, the 19th round of La Liga started, and Real Madrid played against the newly promoted Alaves at home.

In order to allow the main players to preserve their physical fitness, in this game, Carlo only sent a limited number of main players such as Wang Li, Ramos, Ronaldo, etc., and all other players took turns.Originally, for the next game, Wang Li was also in the ranks of the rotation, but Wang Li directly went to Carlo to explain that his physical fitness was fine, and asked to play in the game.

After the fitness coach confirmed that Wang Li's physical fitness was higher than the average player's level, Carlo called him abnormal and let him play in the game.

The final result of the game was 3:1. Wang Li scored two goals alone and assisted Ronaldo with one goal.Although Alaves tried their best to win, but at the Bernabéu Stadium, they worked hard for a long time and only scored one goal.

After the game, Wang Li accepted an interview.

What the reporters care about is not the outcome of this game. Facing a newly promoted horse, it is not surprising that Real Madrid will win even if they have a substitute lineup. What they care about is the Champions League knockout match three days later.

"Alan, can you tell me how you feel facing Arsenal again?" The head of the Real Madrid media, a reporter from "Marca" first asked.

Wang Li smiled, and said casually: "I don't feel anything, this is just an ordinary game."

"I heard that you were an Arsenal fan when you were a child?" asked a reporter from the "Madrid Post".

Wang Li nodded, "That's right, but that was a few years ago. At that time, I was still playing in Arsenal's football school. Of course I would like Arsenal."

"So, do you have confidence in this game? Coach Wenger said yesterday that he appreciates you. What do you think about that?" asked the England reporter of the London Post.

Wang Li said with a smile: "This is just a smoke bomb, but I always know that he appreciates me, and I will not refuse to go to Arsenal to follow his command."

Hearing this, the eyes of the non-Real Madrid reporter next to him lit up, but Wang Li continued: ".But Real Madrid will definitely not sell me, and Arsenal also failed to show enough sincerity during the summer transfer. ...I don't play football for money, but when I transfer, a transfer fee that matches my value is necessary, but unfortunately they can't afford it." Another saying is 'they are too poor'.

After hearing this, the reporters who supported Real Madrid showed disdainful smiles. Compared with Real Madrid, Arsenal is indeed a bit too poor.

Not to mention the transfer fee of 2000 million euros, even if it is [-] million euros, Arsenal may not be able to get it out. Now, this team is heavily in debt for the construction of the new stadium. At least in recent years, they will not transfer What's the big move in the market.

After this game is over, Real Madrid will start to prepare for the Champions League.

During the team's training, Real Madrid players train strictly according to the arrangement of the head coach. After the training is over, they have to watch Arsenal's latest game video together and pay attention to the players that the opponent should pay attention to.

In the Arsenal team, there are two key figures that need to be paid attention to. One is Henry. There is no doubt about the strength of this player. After Wang Li left Real Madrid, Henry became the top scorer in the Premier League. All performed well.

The second is the midfielder Fabregas, who is only 18 years old, but he has become the absolute main force of Arsenal last season. He played 46 times on behalf of the team in a single season and scored 9 goals. Assisted 11 times, as a midfield commander, this kind of data is amazing.

"As long as you keep these two points, the defense will be much easier." Carlo kept emphasizing.

But saying it is one thing, doing it is another. It is almost impossible to defend against Henry or Cesc Fabregas. If you want to win Arsenal, it is absolutely not enough to defend, and more importantly, the ball team attack.

In this regard, Carlo is not too worried.

The team has Wang Li, Robinho, plus Ronaldo and Raul who has returned from injury. Scoring goals is by no means a problem. The problem is to score more goals than the opponent.

After all, it still depends on Real Madrid's defense.

But this is where Real Madrid is most vulnerable. Carlo even feels that Real Madrid's defense is even weaker than Arsenal's.

This really gave him a headache.

In fact, at the Arsenal football club in north London at the same time, the head coach Arsene Wenger had more headaches than him, and it was also Real Madrid's offense that gave him headaches.

Wenger is more worried about the team's defense than Carlo.

Real Madrid have too many attacking players to watch out for.

There is an art master Zidane in the midfield. Although this player is 34 years old this year, his skills are definitely the top in the world. Like this world's top star, the occasional flash of inspiration is enough to cause headaches That's right, and Zidane often stepped forward to assist. His small-scale passing ability is excellent. How Arsenal defend against him is an important task.

In addition to Zidane, there is also David Beckham. Although Beckham's condition is declining and his performance in the national team is not good, but the kick of the 'full moon scimitar' has not deteriorated. It makes Wenger especially emphasize to the players to minimize fouls at the front of the penalty area.

The forward line also gave him a headache: Ronaldo, Robinho.

These two Brazilian players with the surname Luo need special attention, especially Robinho. This young player has performed very well after moving to Real Madrid. The number of goals in the league is second only to Villarreal Diego Forlan, this efficiency is really amazing.

Although Ronaldo has long passed his peak period, his performance is still strong. Occasionally, he has experienced shots and breakthroughs in front of the goal, which is a great threat to the goal.

All of the above is enough for Wenger to have a headache, and what makes him even more troubled is Real Madrid's No. 21 black-haired kid Wang Li.

This has become Wenger's heart disease! ! !

How to defend Wang Li? ?

Wenger, Ferguson and Benitez racked their brains last season and failed to come up with an answer to this question. Now let Wenger think about it for himself, what conclusion can he draw?
And now this black-haired kid is still playing right winger in Real Madrid, how to defend this position?Is it possible to divide the troops and focus on defending the right?
This is impractical.

So, what to do now?
When the Champions League round of [-] was drawn, Wenger had anticipated this moment, and he had been complacent not to think about it, but now he had to think about it.

After thinking about it for a long time, Wenger felt that everything had to start with Carlo, the head coach of Real Madrid.

Needless to say, Real Madrid's lineup is at least as good as Arsenal's. If you want to win the game, you must suppress Real Madrid tactically. In this regard, Wenger is confident. He has coached Arsenal for so many years. The experience of the league or the Champions League is by no means comparable to that of a rookie coach in the top league like Carlo.

Only by suppressing Real Madrid tactically can we gain an advantage and make up for the lack of lineup.

So how to suppress Real Madrid?
This is the problem Wenger must solve as soon as possible, and there is not much time before the game starts.

For Wang Li, Arsenal is definitely a very familiar opponent. Chelsea and Arsenal played against Arsenal three times last season and achieved a record of three victories, and he is the key figure for Chelsea's victory.

He knows Arsenal's defense very well. He feels that it is really difficult to guard against that fragile defense, so he was not nervous at all before the game.

Wang Li didn't know what his teammates thought, he just trained casually according to his own habits, and prepared for the game casually.

However, most of Real Madrid's teammates don't know Arsenal. Many players have never played against Arsenal. Players like Beckham have played against Arsenal a long time ago, so they don't know the current Arsenal. accept.

".They have a young player who is very strong." Being entangled by his teammates, Wang Li thought for a while and said something.

"Cesc Fabregas? Is he really strong?" Robinho asked, and his teammates all looked at Wang Li.Wang Li smiled and said, "I know him, and I've drank with him. That kid has a good character, um. His ability is also good."

Hearing this, the teammates around looked at each other. To be evaluated by this black-haired boy as good, the strength is definitely at the world-class level, at least not worse than their average players.

"What about their offense?"

Wang Li thought for a while and said, "It should be pretty good."

Hearing this explanation, the teammates next to him collectively booed, and Wang Licai explained helplessly: "The speed is very fast, it should not be worse than Barcelona."

"That is to say, our defensive task is very difficult?" Ramos said with a bitter face.

"probably."

In fact, I don't know about these Wang Li. After all, he is not a defensive player and rarely participates in defense.

At this time, Robert Carlos joked: "Allen, you can score a few more goals, so that it doesn't matter how many times we make defensive mistakes."

"You should tell Mr. Carlo about this."

"Oh, I don't want to end up not eligible to start."

At noon on February 2, Arsenal's plane had arrived in Madrid.

The news reached the Real Madrid club within 5 minutes. After that, the players' training became more serious, and the whole training ground seemed to have a pre-war atmosphere.

The usual laughter and fights are gone, only seriousness and perseverance remain.

No Real Madrid player wants to lose. Last season they fell in the round of [-]. No matter what, this season, they all want to get a good result, and Arsenal is standing in front of them.

When two tigers fight, there is bound to be an injury. This is a contest between you and me, and there is no room for relaxation between the two sides.

At this time, other teammates are under the arrangement of the head coach. As a small-scale confrontation training, they need to adapt to the physical confrontation intensity of the Premier League team, while Wang Li is doing free kick training with the help of the staff. The target is a goal. column.

Standing on the penalty area line, he has an extremely high chance of hitting the goal post.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

At the beginning, almost no one paid attention to Wang Li, but with his training, the eyes of the other half of the players were gradually attracted.

"Boom!" "Boom!"

At this time, the players training on the other half of the court had stopped playing. They were surprised to see Wang Li doing this kind of shooting training beyond imagination.

"I think he can win if he plays alone." Carlos said in surprise.

He has always been proud of his strength, but after Wang Li came to Real Madrid, he no longer has such pride, and regardless of the accuracy of this kind of shooting, even his strength is absolutely beyond his reach.

"Alan's training is really wonderful."

Wang Li's "follower" Baptista reacted, and immediately took out a DV from the sidelines, pointed the camera at Wang Li and started his "secret filming" work.

Wang Li didn't notice this, he was just intoxicated in the training, but after a while Carlo walked over, he also saw Wang Li's training, and while he was proud of it, he also saw the appearance of other players.

"What are you all doing? Continue training!! Don't you want to play tomorrow?" He yelled, and the players dispersed, but Carlo sat alone on the sidelines and began to appreciate Wang Li's training carefully. It is indeed very ornamental.

Well, maybe this is also a benefit of the head coach.

Tomorrow he will face Arsenal. Although Wang Li is not nervous, he is still training hard.

He knew Arsenal, Arsenal knew him very well and he felt he had to take the game seriously to prevent any surprises.

Perhaps these things should be considered by the head coach Carlo, but as a player, he also needs to win, and what he should do is to restore his peak state before the battle to meet the game.

It's his footballing work ethic and it's an attitude he wants to show when he comes back to Arsenal.

Although he has no grudge against Arsenal, he still hopes to be [-]% in the face of this team.

(End of this chapter)