Chapter 513: No Limits to Physical Strength

Everyone can just wait and see, but there is one person who can't, and that's Espanyol head coach Lotina.

As the head coach of the Spaniard, he must shoulder the heavy responsibility of leading the team to victory. However, he did not know what Carlo meant by choosing this black-haired kid who was a goal-scoring machine as a single striker to play as a single defensive midfielder. "Maybe he wanted to use this game as a tactical drill?"

In today's football world, it is becoming increasingly difficult for a single defensive midfielder to survive, because the requirements for a single defensive midfielder are very strict, and it is difficult to find such an excellent defensive midfielder, so many teams would rather use two defensive midfielders of average strength to form a double defensive midfielder, and would not try hard to find a strong defensive midfielder.

And now, Real Madrid actually let an orthodox striker play as a single defensive midfielder. Why is this? Is it really a tactical drill? Or is the rookie coach underestimating the opponent?

Thinking of this, Lotina felt a little happy. After all, the opponent's underestimation was an opportunity for his side.

The main defense of Real Madrid's lineup is the back line. The defensive capabilities of their three forwards Raul, Guti and Robinho are obvious. Their better aspect is offense, and Real Madrid's formation looks more like an offensive formation. Lotina doesn't think that such a formation can defend against the Spaniard's offense, just relying on that black-haired boy alone?

How is this possible?

Lotina curled up the corner of his mouth with a smile, thinking: "Single defensive midfielder? This is a breakthrough specially designed for the Spanish attack." He did not believe that the Spanish would not be able to break through Real Madrid's defense by attacking Wang Li in turns. As long as they could stick to this black-haired boy, even if the Spanish attack was ineffective, Real Madrid's attack would definitely be stopped.

Without this black-haired kid, how much of Real Madrid's offense can be played? This is unknown, but at least it will be much lower, which is certain, and many people know this.

So, the game just started, Lotina couldn't help but called the captain Tamdo on the field and briefly explained the team's main offensive point problems in the future. Seeing Tamdo nodded to indicate that he understood, Lotina walked back to the coaching seat safely. In his opinion, perhaps the Spaniard really has a hope of winning the championship trophy.

"... Espanyol coach Lotina called the team captain and said something. Does Espanyol want to temporarily adjust the tactics? However, I think it is not easy for this coach who can lead a team that entered the European competition to relegation to come up with any good tactics. So let's continue to see what changes there are in the game."

Following the commentator's words, the Spanish attack quickly headed towards Wang Li's point.

At this time, 29-year-old Ivan de la Pena Lopez quickly became the most active player for the Spaniard on the court.

This player became famous in Barcelona, ​​where many Catalans gather, which makes it easy for people to forget that he is actually a genuine Spanish or Castilian.

Born in the northern seaport of Santander, De La Pena entered the Barcelona youth camp at the age of 14 and was once a golden pair with Ronaldo. Even Ronaldo had to admit that his success in Barcelona was directly related to De La Pena's repeated passes.

However, the career path of this genius who is as famous as Raul has been very bumpy. Since going to the Italy Mini World Cup in 1998, he has been plagued by injuries, and even his passing movements are a bit hesitant.

Now, back in Barcelona, ​​he has found a place in the city's rival Espanyol. Many Barcelona fans say he is a traitor, but De La Pena said at the time: "I don't belong to Barcelona, ​​I belong to football."

This sentence is still deeply engraved in the hearts of many football fans.

The 29-year-old De La Pena has experienced many ups and downs, so he is very experienced. Now that he has found his confidence, he can become the best player on the team in almost every game.

And now, this best midfielder is working hard to win the King's Cup for the team. In the Spanish attack, De La Pena plays the role of a second shooter in the midfield, which is commonly known as a standard passer and breakthrough player. This role is somewhat similar to David Beckham, but De La Pena plays in the middle and his position is obviously more important.

After hearing what the team captain Tamdo said, De La Pena chose to seek opportunities from the black-haired boy on the opposite side. In his opinion, this black-haired boy was almost the second barrier of Real Madrid. As long as he passed him, he would be able to find a passing opportunity and create good chances for the team's two forwards to shoot.

De La Pena still believes in the strength of the team's forward line. Whether it is Juan Fran, who is loaned from Real Madrid and is known as the 'Spanish Figo', or Jonathan, who is only 19 years old, they are the hope of the Espanyol's future and the team's current hope for scoring goals.

In this game, Wang Li did start as a defensive midfielder. When he heard head coach Carlo say this, Wang Li himself felt a little surprised. In fact, he had only played in this position once.

And now, Carlo has him playing as a defensive midfielder again.

Wang Li is not very familiar with this position, but it doesn't matter to him. Since the head coach asked him to play as a defensive midfielder, he wants to give it a try. Maybe this position can really help him perform better.

Maybe.

Wang Li didn’t know about these, he just thought so.

After the game started, Wang Li stayed near the center line, waiting for the Spaniards' attack. As a defensive midfielder, and the only defensive midfielder on the team, he needed to be responsible for defense. It can be said that the defensive task was the most important.

Now he is the team's defensive barrier.

Seeing the Spanish player rushing towards him with the ball, Wang Li retreated a little. He didn't want to be dragged behind the opponent by a few passes, otherwise he would be completely useless. In fact, in terms of defense, Wang Li didn't know anything except speed and a "shadow-like" leg. He could only try to defend.

But at this time, Wang Li found that the bald player on the opposite side actually ran towards him with the ball, looking like he was going to pass you without any discussion. This scene made Wang Li a little surprised, "Do I have a grudge against him?" He even had this thought in an instant.

However, faced with the opportunity, Wang Li did not care why the other party did this. He immediately went towards the bald player. If this kid did not pass the ball, he would really "cut you off without any negotiation."

De La Pena obviously did not realize what the black-haired boy in front of him was thinking at this moment, nor did he know how good his defensive ability was. However, he felt that as a striker who was like a goal-scoring machine, his defensive ability must be weaker. After all, defenders and strikers are completely different and require different abilities. So, what ability would this black-haired boy have to steal his ball?

"The coach is right, he is the breakthrough point of our attack." Seeing the black-haired boy on the opposite side running straight towards him, looking like he was not afraid of being dribbled past, De La Pena curled his lips and thought to himself.

Indeed, Wang Li's defensive action now looks too amateurish. He just ran straight towards De La Pena. Such a movement can easily be dunked by offensive players.

So, when the two met, De La Pena dribbled the ball directly to the left, turned his body, and tried to dribble the ball forward with a light change of direction, but at this moment, he found that the ball under his feet disappeared! !

Where did the ball go!?

He subconsciously turned his head and saw the black-haired boy rushing towards his own half with the ball. He stared at the back of the boy in a daze for a long time before he gritted his teeth and said, "It must be luck!"

Yes, he can think so. If the defending side sets a direction to steal the ball from the beginning, it is normal for him to not be able to get through.

However, De La Pena never thought that his thoughts might just be to comfort himself.

At this time, Wang Li had already dribbled the ball towards the Spanish half.

"This idiot! Defend, defend!!"

Seeing De La Pena being intercepted by the black-haired boy, the head coach Lotina on the sidelines was so shocked that he stood up directly from the coaching seat. He didn't look calm at all and just kept shouting at the players on the field.

This was mainly because Wang Li was too fast and the interception was too sudden. The Spanish formation was a bit forward, and Lotina was worried that the team would be counterattacked and scored.

According to Lotina's profile, this black-haired boy's counterattack was too sharp! !

However, fortunately for the Spaniard, the only two people who reacted and counterattacked were Wang Li and Robinho who was standing in front of him. After being surrounded by a group of people, Wang Li could only pass the ball to the latter.

The attack ended with a flying kick from Robinho.

Real Madrid's quick counterattack failed to score a goal, and it was Espanyol's turn to attack again.

After the ball was passed several times, it was finally "passed" to De La Pena's feet. The Spanish boy rushed towards Wang Li with the ball again.

Obviously, De La Pena still felt that the black-haired boy was lucky to intercept the ball just now, so it seems that he wants to get back at him this time.

"Hmph! Just a lucky chance!" De La Pena suppressed the uneasiness in his heart and rushed towards Wang Li with the ball slowly and seriously.

Wang Li stared blankly at the bald player rushing towards him, "Hasn't he learned his lesson yet?" This seemed unbelievable to Wang Li. In fact, if De La Pena wanted to get past Wang Li, he could pass the ball to someone else, but looking at the situation, he had to get past Wang Li.

Although passing Wang Li would be more beneficial to the Spanish attack, it would be too reckless.

However, if Wang Li didn't grab the ball that was sent to the goal again, he would be sorry to the fans at the scene, so De La Pena fell at Wang Li's feet again.

"How is that possible?"

Seeing the back of the black-haired boy running towards his own half with the ball, De La Pena was full of doubts. Based on his experience, he had done a very good job in both ball protection and feints. Even for the world's top defensive masters, it would not be easy to snatch the ball directly. After all, the attacking side always has the advantage, and the side trying to steal the ball has no chance to steal it.

But this point seems to be completely unfeasible on this black-haired boy.

Just when he was protecting the ball, the black-haired boy actually used a side hook move to cleanly intercept the ball. This move was very strange, at least De La Pena felt that he could not do it, but the ball was actually snatched away.

At this time, De La Pena was a little annoyed, 'Why do I have to pass him?' Yes, although the head coach Lotina said to find a gap from the black-haired boy's point, he could still pass him with the cooperation of his teammates, so why did he have to dribble past him?

He felt a little regretful, but at this moment he could no longer regret it.

This time Real Madrid's attack worked. After Wang Li dribbled past two Espanyol players, he passed the ball to Robinho, who shot the ball, leaving the Espanyol goalkeeper with nothing to do but sigh.

"goooooooooooooooooooooooooal!!!!!!" The commentator on the scene immediately roared---

"GOAL, ROBINHO!!!"

"After receiving the pass from Allen, the young player scored the first goal for Real Madrid. 1:0, Real Madrid is in the lead!!! This attack was almost identical to the previous one. It was a counterattack launched by Allen after he intercepted De La Pena's ball. In the counterattack, Allen brought the ball from the backcourt to the frontcourt and then passed it directly to Robinho. Two identical cooperations but different results. Robinho finally did not waste this opportunity and helped Real Madrid score a goal!!"

The two counterattacks were almost exactly the same, with only some deviations in the positions of the players on the field. However, this time a goal was scored. Seeing this goal, Carlo in the coaching booth stood up and waved his hands vigorously, taking the lead. This start couldn't be better.

At the same time, the Spanish head coach Lotina in the other coaching booth said with a gloomy face: "Waste!!"

In his opinion, De La Pena was intercepted by the same person twice, which was a very bad performance.

However, he didn't think about it. If he hadn't directed the team to attack Wang Li's point, how could De La Pena have broken through with the ball from Wang Li's direction?

Of course, these are definitely not things that Lotina would consider.

Eight minutes into the game, Real Madrid scored the first goal, which changed the situation between the two teams.

This was a match that would decide the outcome of the match. Since they had lost a goal, the Spaniards had to catch it up. So after the restart, the Spaniards launched a massive attack.

De La Pena's dribbling was intercepted by Wang Li, which made the Espanyol head coach Lotina feel that De La Pena was not in good shape and he thought other players should take over.

So, under the personal command of Lotina, De La Pena's position retreated slightly, and captain Raul Tamdo replaced him. This change was very small and had little impact on the team's formation.

Raul Tamdo is one of the few stars cultivated by Espanyol. He has been playing for Espanyol since the beginning of his professional career and was only loaned out by the team for two seasons at the beginning. At the beginning of his career, Tamdo was a standard forward, and as he gained more experience, he became the offensive core of the team.

In the Espanyol team, Raul Tamdo and De La Pena are a very good pair. When the two of them sit in the midfield, the game always makes people feel so safe.

This season, Tamdo has scored 10 goals for Espanyol in the league and two goals in four UEFA Cup games. These statistics are very good for the core of a team.

Now, Tamdo stood on the court and became the pillar of the team again. With the experience of De La Pena's failure just now, although Tamdo had good footwork, when he faced Wang Li, he still kicked the ball to his teammate calmly, trying to break through Wang Li's point by passing the ball.

This method is very direct and effective, and Wang Li is powerless to do anything about it. When defending, he can only retreat a little to prevent the opponent from breaking through his position directly and being unstoppable.

As the core of the team, Wang Li's retreat shook the entire Real Madrid defense and the team's formation shrank a lot. It was not easy for the Spaniard's attack to penetrate Real Madrid's defense.

At this time, De La Pena and Tamdo showed their ability as a partnership. Although Real Madrid's defense was very orderly and there were few loopholes, they kept using passes to tear apart Real Madrid's defense.

With two people in the lineup, the other Espanyol players were not in a hurry. They just infiltrated slowly and tried to find opportunities with this style of play.

This challenged Real Madrid's defense.

Seeing this situation, Wang Li was a little scratching his head. If the Spanish team really took the opportunity to score a goal against Real Madrid, then the format of the game would be different. This was a game involving the trophy, so he couldn't be careless.

However, Wang Li's knowledge of defensive techniques was very limited. There were many times when his running positions would overlap with those of the Real Madrid defenders. The defense in this area required a completely different running awareness from the offense. Wang Li had no way to deal with this. After careful consideration, Wang Li hurriedly moved his position forward a little. He began to use his speed to run in the Real Madrid half in the hope of disrupting the rhythm of the Espanyol team's offense.

So, under the incredible gaze of all the fans, Wang Li began to run wildly in the backcourt of Real Madrid.

His running is of course orderly, and this orderliness is also very simple. It can be said that he runs towards wherever the ball is.

This kind of ball-grabbing method can perhaps only be seen in the lowest-level leagues. In the top leagues, the opposing players can just pass the ball to each other a few times, making such running ineffective.

"What is Allen doing? Is he wasting his energy?" the commentator on the scene was also surprised.

But after a while, all the fans noticed something different, because after a minute, the black-haired boy was still running!!!

"...Doesn't he feel tired?"

This is what the Espanyol players said. Although this kind of running has little impact on the Espanyol offense, you have to know that other Real Madrid players have been defending, and Wang Li's running speed is extremely fast. If the Espanyol players make a small mistake, the ball is likely to be lost.

Sure enough, not long after, when the Spanish winger passed the ball to the middle, the ball was directly intercepted by Wang Li.

Many people found this interception unbelievable, because the black-haired boy, who had been running for so long, almost instantly rushed towards the Spanish half after intercepting the ball.

"Doesn't he really know how to be tired?"

Many people in the audience opened their mouths wide when seeing this scene, and they added another comment on Wang Li - "physical strength has no limits."

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