Chapter 26 As Long as He Hasn't Left, He Will Be the Starting Player in Real Madrid's Champions League Game

The outside public opinion disturbance seemed to have nothing to do with Li Ang in late September.

Especially after learning from the coaching staff in advance that he would not start the fifth round of the La Liga against Levante.

Li Ang blocked all interference signals from the outside world and simply stayed in the Valdebebas training base all day.

Whenever he got the chance, he would find his teammates to "check" the results of his recent extra training.

Mourinho was even more distressed.

He asked Li Ang to rotate so that he could take a break from the recent intensive schedule and frequent extra training, so as not to make his body sick.

But Li Ang was not willing to go home and stay for half a day or a day.

In the words of the staff in the training base, Li Ang is now just short of living directly in the player dormitory of the training base.

Well. Well, that's just a little bit short.

Because Li Ang really brought his suitcases here before.

If Karanka hadn't tried his best to stop him, Li Ang might have lived a three-point-one-line life of "training ground" - "base canteen" - "base dormitory".

Never underestimate the determination of a hard worker who has no physical worries.

Li Ang really thinks it's good to live directly in the training base.

He doesn't have to cook for himself. He can see the training ground after getting up and walking a few steps. Even dirty clothes are replaced by staff.

The base life that may be very boring in the eyes of other players is an ideal life mode that can save him a lot of time for training in Li Ang's eyes.

At least during this period of "special training" when he is determined to improve his hard power as much as possible, this kind of life is what he wants most.

But Karanka is really scared and refuses to let him live in the training base.

How can he not be afraid!

There is no need for Mourinho to explain. As long as Karanka receives a call from the physical coach who "supervises" Li Ang, he will rush to the training base in the shortest time.

He was afraid that if he didn't keep a close eye on Li Ang one day, this stubborn kid would train himself to death.

Li Ang had his own tricks, so he could hold on while maintaining the extreme training mode.

After all, there is no muscle soreness and physical exhaustion that can't be cured by using a physical recovery potion.

He is not stupid. If the effect of the intermediate and advanced physical recovery potions did not meet his expectations, he would not have trained so hard.

But the coaching staff didn't know.

If Mourinho and Karanka hadn't seen that Li Ang's physical examination reports showed that everything was normal, they would have forced him to stop training long ago.

However, even if it has not reached the point of using coercive measures, being watched and trained is a constraint that Li Ang cannot escape.

On the evening of the 24th, after finally completing the last set of short pass training under the "accompaniment" of Karanka, Li Ang obediently went to the physical therapy room.

An hour later, he received a comprehensive examination by the team doctor. After the examination was over, the team doctor nodded to Karanka, and the Real Madrid assistant coach was relieved and breathed a sigh of relief.

"What day is it today?"

After Karanka made a routine report call to Mourinho, he suddenly asked Li Ang who was rubbing his calf.

"Ah?"

Li Ang was subconsciously stunned, and then he touched the back of his neck and laughed awkwardly.

"Hmph, you kid, you are not allowed to come to the training base tomorrow. Jose said that no matter whether you stay at home or go out to meet friends tomorrow, no matter what you do, you are not allowed to come to the training base."

Li Ang was a little surprised when he heard this.

"Aren't we going to Valencia in the morning tomorrow? Don't we need to gather at the training base first?"

Tomorrow night, Real Madrid will play the fifth round of the La Liga against Levante. Although Li Ang did not start the game, he was still selected in the 18-man roster, so he is very surprised now.

"I'll give you a day off! Sleep in tomorrow, have a good meal after you get up, and shave your beard! You only know how to practice every day. You remember that you have a game tomorrow but you don't remember what day it is today. Oh my God."

Karanka laughed and covered his forehead, then patted Li Ang's head distressedly.

"You are a professional player, not a professional machine. How can you only know how to train but not enjoy life? To be an absolute main force, is it really that important for you now?"

Li Ang pursed his lips lightly, didn't say much, just nodded.

Karanka was really helpless now. He knew that he still couldn't persuade Li Ang, so he could only force Li Ang to have a good rest tomorrow.

"Save some energy. Although you can't play in this round of the league, do you still want to give the opportunity to play in the Champions League on the 28th to others?"

Karanka's words quickly pulled Li Ang out of his brief "disappointment".

"Coach, what do you mean?"

"Well, I didn't say anything, and you don't have to tell anyone anything. Go back and have a good rest for a day, and have enough energy to participate in the training the day after tomorrow, understand?"

"Got it!"

Li Ang got the answer he wanted most, and then ran to the parking lot with a "disdainful" wave of Karanka.

But in the head coach's office, which he had never noticed, there was a faint light on.

Mourinho, whom he wanted to thank the most at this moment, smiled and watched him drive away.

"This is what you deserve, little lion."

Three days later, on September 27, Mourinho attended the press conference before the second round of the Champions League group match against Auxerre.

In the fifth round of the La Liga match against Levante on the 25th, Real Madrid finally failed to score a goal to break the deadlock away from home and shook hands with Levante 0-0.

But Mourinho, whose winning streak was ended, did not seem to be upset.

At the end of that league, he looked calm in front of the live camera, and now he is also calm in the pre-match press conference of the Champions League.

The various media will naturally not let go of the news.

First, the dead midfielder used by Mourinho in the starting lineup performed mediocrely in the match against Levante.

Second, Real Madrid, whose winning streak in the league was ended, is now narrowed to only one point by Barcelona, ​​which has won four games and lost one game.

The tricky questions surrounding these two events were thrown to Mourinho one after another by reporters.

But the madman spread his hands and directly fought back with full firepower.

"I don't understand. Are we losing now? Why do you think Real Madrid has fallen behind after a draw in the league?"

"There are many reasons for the draw, but I don't want to go into details today. This is the pre-match press conference of the Champions League. Do you need me to teach you how to ask questions?"

"I know what you want to ask, sir. You want to get some bad comments from me about some players, but I can only tell you that I am very satisfied with our current first-team players. I am very satisfied with every one of them!"

"Auxerre is not the soft persimmon you say. They were third in Ligue 1 last season. They are undoubtedly a strong team. We must be vigilant to play against them."

In the conversation, Mourinho called the last reporter, and the other party was not vague and went straight to the point.

"Will Li Ang, who performed well in the last round of the league, appear in the starting eleven of this round of the Champions League? We all saw that he was selected for the 18-man roster again."

Mourinho raised his eyebrows, and then answered abnormally straightforwardly.

"Yes, he will start!"

The reporters at the scene were in an uproar, and the reporter who asked the question was even more excited.

In Mourinho's last answer, they got a very topical news material!

After answering, Mourinho got up and left the press conference.

He didn't finish his words, but now he can only keep that "truth" in his heart.

"As long as he hasn't left, he will be the starter of Real Madrid's Champions League game."