We agreed to play football together, and you will be the head coach?

Chapter 372: Champions League Final, Master and Disciple Kill Each Other (New Book, Please Read)
"Arteta, Motta, Ribery, Toni, Ronaldo, Di Maria, Ibrahimovic, Mido, Viana, Alonso, too many people shine around Modric."

"He's always been willing to help his teammates, and as long as anyone recognizes his efforts, he will persevere."

"His plight at Real Madrid is a pity in my opinion. It is a pity that such a big club like Real Madrid lacks that little bit of recognition for Modric. Especially the club's top management, the coaching staff and the fan groups."

He Tianqi responded to Real Madrid's question with just one sentence.

Even some European human rights organizations are preparing to sue Real Madrid for its abuse of Modric.

Real Madrid is in tears.

abuse?

Do you think giving someone 15 million euros a year and asking him to play fewer games is abuse?
Can you give me some of this abuse?
……

The time finally came to May 25, 2013.

At Wembley Stadium, 85,000 fans gathered.

London is full of red and blue.

But it’s not the red and blue of Barcelona, ​​but burgundy and sky blue.

Inside the stadium, Real Madrid fans were not outdone, occupying nearly half of the seats.

There are large tifo's on both sides.

On the Real Madrid side is Cristiano Ronaldo wearing a crown.

On Villa's side is De Bruyne, who won the Golden Ball.

On Real Madrid's side is Di Maria, the king of support with angel wings.

On Vera's side is the Monkey King Bell.

Real Madrid has the new midfield core, the green-eyed Ferrari.

On Villa's side is Kaka, the son of God.

The starting lineups of both sides were also revealed.

Real Madrid uses a 4231 formation.

Argentine striker "Little Smoker" Higuain is the lone striker.

His goal-scoring ability is better than Benzema, so he was favored by Mourinho, who kept Benzema on the bench this season.

Ronaldo is a left midfielder, but actually he plays like a left winger.

Attacking midfielder Modric.

Di Maria plays as a right midfielder with a wide range of movement, and can also be seen as a wing midfielder.

The two defensive midfielders are Alonso and Khedira. Alonso is better at organization and dispatch, and is good at long passes.

Khedira is an all-around midfielder who can do both offense and defense.

Left back Marcelo, right back Ramos, center back combination Varane + Pepe.

Varane was originally a substitute for the team, but the main central defender was injured, so he stepped up.

Goalkeeper Lopez.

Real Madrid goalkeeper Casillas sat on the bench.

With Mourinho coaching Real Madrid this season, there have been some changes in Real Madrid's regular lineup.

Benzema was pushed out by Higuain.

Casillas was pushed down by Lopez.

Ramos wanted to play as a central defender, but was pushed to the right back by Mourinho.

Marcelo's starting position is also in jeopardy.

Of course, there are many well-known players on the Real Madrid bench, young and old.

For example, Essien, Morata, Albiol, Cohen Ronte and so on.

Among them, Essien was loaned here.

But the most surprising thing is that the regular starting core midfielder Ferrari actually sat on the bench, which may be related to his contract renewal issue.

On the other hand, Aston Villa's starting lineup is well known:
Vardy, Lukaku, Bale

De Bruyne, Kante, Kaka

Azpilicueta, Boateng, Van Dijk, Walker

Courtois
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Morata was extremely envious when he saw Lukaku starting the game.

He became famous earlier than Lukaku, but he is still a substitute among substitutes in Real Madrid.

And Lukaku has already started in the Champions League final.

If he had known this would happen, he would have agreed immediately when He Tianqi invited him to Aston Villa when he left Real Madrid.

If he really did that, I guess even if he is not De Bruyne now, he should be Bale, right?
Anyway, he is definitely better than Lukaku and Lewandowski.

With a whistle, the strongest battle of the year began.

In the third minute, Alonso made a through ball.

Modric pretended to receive the ball, but in fact he cleverly missed the ball and it rolled into the penalty area.

Ronaldo rushed towards the football.

Boateng also moved towards the football and had a physical confrontation with Ronaldo.

Ronaldo then fell in the penalty area.

The scene immediately became hot.

"C Ronaldo fell to the ground! How should this ball be judged?"

"No penalty! The referee thought it was a normal physical confrontation."

"C Ronaldo sat on the ground to protest. He was very dissatisfied with the referee's decision."

"Players from both teams were surrounding the referee. De Bruyne wanted the referee to give Ronaldo a yellow card for diving."

"The referee shook his head. He insisted on his own standards and was not subject to pressure from either side."

On the field, a harsh voice suddenly came: "No penalty for this? This is definitely a foul from behind, right? Boateng is almost out of position, you have to look at the problem from a development perspective!"

Modric is heartbroken and has good reasons to be angry.

But there were also noisy voices from the sidelines: "Development? Then why not just use the perspective of development to blow the game through? Anyway, it was us Villa who won the Champions League last year, and it will definitely be the same this year!"

Modric turned around and was about to curse, but found that the person who was arguing with him was He Tianqi, and immediately put on a smile.

Southgate was moved by this friendly master-disciple relationship: "What a kind master and filial disciple!"

Modric turned around and pointed at the referee, He Tianqi: "He just scolded you for being unfair!"

Southgate: ???
Fortunately, He Tianqi found the fourth official immediately and said, "Did you see Modric's provocative smile to me just now? He is attacking our coaching bench and substitute bench!"

The referee and the fourth official looked at each other and thought, you guys are doing the same thing.

Refereeing this game was more difficult than expected.

In the twelfth minute, Bale forced Marcelo back on the right and then made a cross pass.

Although Marcelo is fast, his body is suppressed by Bale. Once he gets close to him, Bale can easily break him through the collision, so he must keep his distance.

Kaka made a run forward to score, but his legs stretched out and the ball slipped past, giving Modric a response.

Kante followed up with a shot, but his shooting skills were not good and was saved by Lopez.

"Oh! Great pass, great miss!" "It's a pity that Kante didn't play the last shot well. This is also the biggest difference between him and Motta. He really has no talent in passing and shooting."

In the 17th minute, Modric took the initiative to return to the backcourt and dribbled the ball continuously.

Ronaldo and Higuain had several chances in the frontcourt through fake runs, but Modric did not give them the ball.

Everyone knows Ronaldo, of course he spread his hands to express his dissatisfaction, but he always expresses his dissatisfaction on the court, and then he acts as if nothing happened when he comes off the court.

As the old core, Modric has made up his mind and no one can help him. He doesn't care about Ronaldo at all.

The revolutionary friendship between the two is very deep. You complain about yours and I spread mine, but it will not affect their private friendship.

On the sidelines, He Tianqi frowned.

Modric is controlling the tempo.

Southgate: "Modric missed several chances!"

Zidane was unsure: "No, I think Modric... doesn't want to give us a chance?"

He Tianqi nodded: "I have already put pressure on Real Madrid. According to my insider inside Real Madrid, the top management of Real Madrid has discussed the issue of the final with Mourinho."

"They hope Mourinho can make Real Madrid play better."

"This can also be seen from today's lineup. If Real Madrid wants to control the tempo, then their starting center forward and defensive midfielder should be Benzema and Essien."

"The former is more active in passing and controlling the ball, while the latter is more stable in defense. They are two powerful weapons for passing the ball in the midfield and the backcourt and counterattack."

There is actually something correct in the outside analysis.

That is, at this stage, there are actually only two combinations that are most likely to defeat He Tianqi.

One is Guardiola + Barcelona or Bayern, without internal strife.

One is Mourinho + Real Madrid, that is, Real Madrid's lineup plus Mourinho's tactics.

Modric's tactics now seem to be controlling the ball in the backcourt, but in fact the core is the same as Mourinho's tactics, which is to defend instead of attack, to wait for the opponent to tire, to reduce the frequency of attack on his side, and thus reduce his own flaws.

The strength of this Real Madrid team is fully capable of achieving the core goal of Mourinho's tactics while using ball possession tactics.

You can even say they play like Barcelona.

Real Madrid players have this skill.

As a result, the offensive opportunities of both sides are greatly reduced, and it all depends on the flashes of inspiration of the offensive players, especially the strikers.

In this regard, the combination of De Bruyne + Bale is actually weaker than the combination of Ronaldo + Di Maria.

Mainly because of Cristiano Ronaldo, he is so deadly.

However, He Tianqi's worries did not last long, because Real Madrid fans in the stands began to boo.

Zidane specifically confirmed that the ball was still in the hands of Real Madrid's Modric, so the booing was for...

Southgate gave a bitter smile. The England team was very familiar with the feeling of being booed by their own fans.

"Launch an attack! There's such a good opportunity!"

"This idiot only knows how to dribble the ball and pass it back!"

"How many times has Ronaldo run in vain? Does Modric have eyes?"

"This ball was so ugly, if you didn't know, you would think it was Barcelona!"

"Coward! Replace him now and get Ferrari in!"

"Ferrari's passing is a hundred times better than Modric's. I don't know why he was chosen as the starting player in this game!"

"Is Mourinho full of shit? Why did he hire such a loser?"

"I heard that the top management wanted Modric to reduce his salary and renew his contract, so they promised him to start in the Champions League final."

"This is ridiculous! This kind of rubbish should be sold immediately! Even if it can't be sold, it's better to send him to the reserve team than to let him stay in the first team and affect the whole team!"

Due to the contract renewal controversy, Real Madrid fans are very dissatisfied with Modric.

Real Madrid fans are booing Modric, so Villa fans will naturally boo him too.

For a time, Modric was surrounded by enemies.

But he still made firm gestures to his teammates, not allowing them to pass the ball forward at will, and at the same time signaled Di Maria to come back and provide support.

Di Maria has experienced Modric's two core eras in Palermo and Real Madrid. He has a gentle personality and is convinced by Modric as a leader, so of course he will cooperate with him.

Alonso, Ronaldo and others are similar. Although they have different opinions, they will not directly go against the arrangements of the core players on the field.

Players like Marcelo, Pepe and Ramos have to listen to the core's dispatch in terms of offense. No matter how strong the offensive attributes of a full-back are, their overall view is generally not very good. If they want to perform well, they must have the help of the core to dispatch and have a good opportunity.

After this round, apart from the innate complaining saint Higuain who also made a few grumbles, Modric really helped Real Madrid to control the situation.

Considering Modric's rocket shots and counterattack passes are unique, Villa did not dare to press too frantically in the midfield and frontcourt.

He Tianqi frequently gave instructions to Villa players, asking them to stop and defend well.

For a while, the game entered a boring stage and was far less exciting than everyone had imagined.

This is what it means to be an eagle.

See who can survive who.

In the 24th minute, after at least five minutes of rest, Real Madrid adapted to Modric's ball control rhythm and opportunities gradually emerged.

Modric motioned for Ramos to move forward, then passed the ball to Ramos and started to move forward himself while pointing his finger forward.

After Ramos took two steps forward with the ball, he handed the ball to Di Maria who came back to support him and continued to move forward.

Villa's defensive players were immediately pulled away by Modric and Ramos.

Di Maria turned around and immediately pulled the ball, dodging Kante's steal, then easily passed the steal king of this season's Champions League and Premier League!
Although Kante is strong, Di Maria is not weak either.

Di Maria instantly accelerated from the right side and headed directly into the penalty area.

Boateng immediately defended.

Di Maria looked at Ronaldo on the left, interfering with Boateng to a certain extent, and then directly chose to challenge Villa's strongest midfielder!

It went by in a blink of an eye!

The angel's wings began to flap, and Di Maria shot with his left foot from the top of the penalty area.

The football drew a beautiful curve.

Courtois made the save immediately, stretching his whole body, but he was still ten centimeters away from the football.

Swish!
The football almost brushed the left post and hit the side net from the inside of the goal.

"GOAL! One to zero! Real Madrid broke the deadlock first!"

"The goal was scored by Angel Wings, Di Maria!"

"Too strong, this is simply a world-class individual performance! Di Maria broke through Villa's iron defense alone!"

"The two defenders he dribbled past were the two best in the Premier League and Champions League this season!"

"Di Maria is worthy of being called the deputy king of football. In many cases, he can burst out energy that is not inferior to Ronaldo and Messi!"

There was immediate cheers from Real Madrid fans at the scene.

Some people even said that this is the real Real Madrid!

They didn't consider at all that if Modric hadn't made previous arrangements to stretch Villa's formation, how would Di Maria have had such a good space for continuous breakthroughs?
The camera turned to He Tianqi, who was shaking his head helplessly: "This is why I think Ronaldo + Di Maria are better than De Bruyne + Bale in a pure competition of star ability."

"Di Maria can also be seen as Cristiano Ronaldo at certain times, so they have two of the best attackers in the world."

"De Bruyne is a midfielder after all, and he lacks a little in terms of direct goalscoring. Bale is the best in the world when he is given space, but Real Madrid is not giving him space now, so part of his ability is blocked."

[PS: New book PK today, please read it, the title is "He Must Be the King of Football"]

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