When Lin Feng, a Chinese fan who is familiar with the direction of football in the next ten years, accidentally traveled to Real Madrid in the summer of 2021 and took over the coach left by Zidane, the sky at the Bernabeu was shrouded in confusion of the "post-Cristiano Ronaldo era". Benzema's stability cannot conceal the lack of stamina in the forward line. The physical alarm of the three veterans in the midfield has quietly sounded, and the shortcomings in the defense's speed have often been fatal in top matchups - and beside him stands Mourinho, who has returned as a "special advisor", a master tactician who understands iron-blooded defense and has a love-hate relationship with Real Madrid.
With the future script in hand, Lin Feng took the first step to target Dortmund: using a prediction that was accurate to the number of goals scored in the season, he persuaded "Majin Buu" Haaland to put on white clothes in advance and form a striker wing with Vinicius that made the whole of Europe fearful. He combined the delicacy of Gua's style of passing and control with the sharpness of Mourinho's style of counterattack, and created a "flexible 433" system tailored for Real Madrid, allowing Modric's passing, Casemiro's interception and Haaland's finishing to form a perfect closed loop.
From the running-in pain at the beginning of La Liga, to the double defeat of Paris in the Champions League group stage; from the fierce run in the league after the winter window reinforcements, to the classic night of reversing Liverpool in the knockout round; to Haaland's god-killing blow against his old club Manchester City in the Champions League final - every victory is a key piece left by Lin Feng in pre-match analysis, midfield adjustments, and substitution games. When the La Liga, Champions League, and European Super Cup trophies poured into the showroom one after another, Mourinho patted him on the shoulder and smiled: "You are not a time traveler, you are a born chess king at the Bernabeu."
This is a carnival of tactical control, and it is also a film with a future perspective.
