Chapter 1 The Beginning

The few Spanish members of Real Madrid's squad shook hands and hugged Li Kang in the player tunnel, the tense atmosphere rapidly spreading through the huge passage. Some stars, no matter how many times they stood on the stage of the Champions League final, would feel immense pressure. For example, Marcelo had been so nervous these past few days that he had chewed all his fingernails off. Before a media interview, he even said that he was a little short of breath and kept wanting to go to the bathroom. But there were exceptions. Isco pulled Li Kang's jacket zipper up.

Diego Costa patted Casemiro's butt. C Ronaldo touched the head of a young ball boy, then suddenly turned around and stared at Li Kang with a very sharp look. The director's camera captured this moment in time, and the fans in front of the TV immediately laughed. 'Death Stare.'

Full of the desire to win!

In Li Kang's vision, a white-clothed, gold-trimmed silhouette gradually condensed, maintaining the "siu" pose.

Even when he was playing against himself, he had such a strong desire to win?

Li Kang smiled. C Ronaldo immediately turned his head away. A moment later, the referee team led the players of both sides onto the steps of the tunnel exit. The dazzling lights on both sides of the wall seemed to separate the tunnel from the stadium into two worlds. Instantly.

The cheers and applause of the Olympic Stadium were like a vast avalanche, rolling down the white stands from all four sides, instantly drowning out the players on the field.

Li Kang brushed past the Big Ears Cup. A system notification sounded quietly. [Ding! Task triggered: Establish and Destroy.] [Task Description: The brilliant stars at the top of Europe will be dimmed tonight!] [Task Reward: Champions League Champion Treasure Chest.] "Now we will introduce the starting lineups of both sides."

"Chelsea, wearing blue jerseys, are lined up in a 4-3-3 formation!"

"Goalkeeper: Buffon."

"Defenders: Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Cahill, Rudiger."

"Midfielders: Li Kang, Kante, Fabregas." "Forwards: Hazard, Diego Costa, Willian."

Live broadcast room.

-[Another peak Blue Army squad.] -[The last championship journey was an old boy's fairy tale, this time it's a small...a young man's unstoppable momentum!]

-[This midfield configuration is too unsolvable in the game.] -[Li Ming Deng + Kante, this historical-level midfield combination is too perverted in the game.] -[Heard that Hazard is going to join Real Madrid?] [Hazard's Champions League knockout stage goal count this year is two! More than the past five years combined. Real Madrid won't be able to buy him unless they shell out two hundred million! Weekly salary of at least £400,000!] -[Whether they shell out these two hundred million or not, Real Madrid will observe Isco's performance next season. There are still many candidates for the new king of the Bernabeu.] -[Isco is not good. He's been secretly eating vegetarian this season, and his condition has declined severely... He was led astray by that girlfriend.] "Real Madrid, wearing white jerseys, are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation!"

"Goalkeeper: Navas."

"Defenders: Carvajal, Varane, Ramos, Marcelo."

"Midfielders: Isco, Modric, Casemiro, Kroos."

"Forwards: C Ronaldo, Benzema." Live broadcast room.

-[The Galaxy Battleship!] -[The strongest lineup in Europe!]

-[The classic midfield trio!] -[I can close my eyes and know Zidane's adjustments: a diamond four-midfielder formation before 70 minutes, then substituting Isco for Bale after 70 minutes, changing to a 4-3-3 formation.] [I hope Real Madrid can win their twelfth Champions League title this year!] -[I remember Pepe from last year's final, elbowing Li Kang's face, stepping on the back of his hand, and making a move to cripple him.] [Emperor Bei said that his childhood dream was to join Munich 1860, but he was slapped in the face by a player from that club.] With the referee's whistle, the game officially began.

The Olympic Stadium once again erupted with thunderous cheers. Real Madrid takes possession.

Benzema passes the ball back to Varane after the kickoff.

Chelsea's frontcourt quickly launches a pressing attack. "Two passes."

"Then pass the ball to Kroos."

"Good vision, quickly passed to Carvajal, who is on the right wing, in an open space."

"Modric moves to the left sideline to open up space."

"Casemiro moves up."

"Real Madrid's lateral ball transfer speed is very fast! It completed the transfer from right to left in an instant!"

The positioning rotation range of today's classic midfield trio is also very large.

"Chelsea's interception net is also tilting very quickly!"

Modric's ability to hold the ball with his back to the goal is world-class.

This is not the traditional center forward's pivot back.

The premise for midfielders to resolve the siege in the state of holding the ball with their backs to the goal is to ensure the distance and passing B-axis between themselves and their teammates, thereby affecting the entire team's advancing framework. For example, generally, a midfield player needs a team's tactical response to make a full response under the backing state, but players like Modric, Busquets, Pogba, and Li Kang are different. The former two can independently complete the back-to-back 'one-on-many' through technical connections to find the optimal solution for advancement and attack paths, while the latter two rely solely on body balance, control radius, and explosiveness to solve the problem in this historical period.

Only these four top midfielders in Europe possess this excellent ability. Kante immediately presses against the Croatian midfielder's butt. Modric did not forcibly turn around for a technical explosion, nor did he perform a center of gravity deception.

Why?

Because in this historical period, the five midfielders with the strongest European ability were: Kante, Kroos, Modric, Li Kang, and Pogba.

In the side-body state, only one person is unique: Juventus's Pjanic. "Did not directly confront Kante."

"Modric is very smart, taking the ball back a few steps, a small step arc circle." "This retreat prevents Kante from continuing to chase, as chasing would expose the space behind him."

Kante did not expect the opponent to handle it like this. The black egg brains spread out, predicting Real Madrid's next advancing path. Small steps are adjusted, ready to pad the steps to accumulate power and intercept. "Marcelo moves forward!"

"He and Modric performed a rotation switch. Chelsea's frontcourt interception line was mobilized at this moment."

The formation's center of gravity continues to tilt to one side. The unexpected happened. Cao Deguo did not pass the ball, nor did he pass it back to the defender. Instead, he found an unusual passing path. Pop!

"Beautiful!"

"Outside of the foot, ground arc pass!"

"Like a knife, accurately cutting through the cake in the middle."

"The perfect combination of penetration and concealment."

"According to the newly launched 20-zone division concept, Modric's pass penetrated zones 4, 5, 6, 13, and 1!"

"An unfathomable conduction path!"

"This is the awareness and decision-making of a top midfielder."

"Kroos!"

"The Galaxy Battleship accelerated at this moment! The space for advancement also opened up at once."

The classic midfield trio does not need forward teammates to retreat and respond in order to break through the pressure.

The audience at the Olympic Stadium had not yet reacted. In the VIP box, Beckenbauer couldn't help but applaud, looking at Cruyff and exclaiming: "This Real Madrid kid not only looks like you." Cruyff was expressionless and did not respond. The moment Kroos received the ball, Chelsea's defense had already responded. David Luiz was closely marking Benzema.

Cahill kept a distance from Benzema, with his body facing the end of Isco's forward path. If the picture were frozen, it would be found that the space Isco was trying to move forward into was in danger of being blocked by Cahill and Rudiger at any time. "Kroos did not pass the ball immediately!"

"Continue to dribble towards the center!"

Easily got rid of Fabregas!

"He can pass!"

The characteristic of Latin midfielders is: if the opponent's defense is set up, I will use an unexpected method to break through it.

The characteristic of German midfielders is: if the opponent's defense is set up, I will use the simplest method to break through it. Kroos is the most perfect German midfielder. A few steps of dribbling.

Changed the angle of the pass directly in front of him, disrupting Cahill and Rudiger's co-defense and package of "Isco's forward insertion." Pass the answer, but there is no change. "The distance between David Luiz and Cahill is shrinking!"

"Beautiful!"

"Kroos's scalpel-like through ball, looking for Isco!"

"The intention is really too obvious."

"Isco!"

"One-on-one!"

"Slipped!"

尹斯科 almost stepped on the edge of the penalty area line and fell on the turf. Rudiger cleared the ball with a big foot!