Football on the ground: Ronaldo thought I was going to assist him

But the real situation...

"Benfica's defense is in good shape this year, and they don't lack height. Although Ibrahimovic has solved the difficulty of physical confrontation subjectively, his real confrontation ability is lower than that of Drogba."

"He hasn't started hanging meat yet, and this high-intensity confrontation may cause injuries."

"In addition to the training of the Benfica team, with Nuno Gomez as a training partner, this defense line can cope better with the attack from the center."

"So I suggest that Ibrahimovic try to pull as many sides as possible in this game."

João Pinto also joined the discussion with the coaching staff.

This made Paul Bento, who is also the golden generation of Portugal, envious and jealous.

Pinto naturally told Triguera everything he had learned in Benfica.

It is precisely because of this that Deng Kai told Ibrahimovic that the team will create a chance for him to beat Maniche in the next game.

Isn't Maniche a winger?

Naib is also active on the wing.

This is exactly in line with Ibrahimovic's mind.

As for whether Ibrahimovic can play on the side...

If you let him play as a winger like Quaresma and Ronaldo, it will definitely not work.

Lukaku later used his actions to show that the "beer belly winger" is unreliable.

But the center forward... Ibrahimovic can still play a kick.

What is an edge center?
The usual fulcrum center mainly retreats to the top of the penalty area to receive the ball, providing the midfield teammates with a fulcrum between the center and the front field to help the football pass through this area and form a real threat to control the ball.

Or wait in the penalty area for teammates to pass from the side, make a long pass, and directly cause damage.

The wing center does not have the latter ability, because their area of ​​activity is not in the penalty area, but on both sides.

The area where they realize the fulcrum role is not in the middle outside the arc top of the penalty area, but in the sideways on both sides.

The team's high ball will mainly be passed after they move to the wing.

This makes the pressure on the center forward when receiving the ball much less than when receiving the ball in the middle, and the environment for them to handle football will be much more relaxed.

Correspondingly, however, the requirements for their speed, foot skills, inside cutting skills, and crossing ability are also higher.

This is also the reason why Ibrahimovic can become a winger. His foot skills are no worse than ordinary wingers. Although he is not as fast as Quaresma, his silkiness is not inferior.

Although the speed is not as fast as Ronaldo, it is definitely not a classic car.

After all, he is young and healthy, and his current speed is not much worse than that of Drogba.

And Drogba's speed is already a high-speed tank among the centers.

……

On October 24, the seventh round of the Portuguese Super League.

Sporting Lisbon is a guest at the Stadium of Light to challenge Benfica.

So far, Sporting Lisbon is at the top of the standings.

Porto is ranked second. They have won the league so far.

It's just that the goal difference is slightly less.

But Jardel's goals are currently the first in the Portuguese Super League, higher than Ronaldo's six goals in the league and Quaresma's five goals in the league.

The third place is Benfica, they played a draw with Boavista, two points behind the former two.

If this game wins, Benfica will overtake Sporting Lisbon.

Considering that this season is mostly a battle between the three major powers of the Portuguese Super League, this game has become a game worth six points!

The Stadium of Light was full of seats.

In the new season, all fans are looking forward to the bright future of the club.

In the first 5 minutes, the two sides fought fiercely, and no one was willing to give up possession to the opponent.

As a striker, Maniche was extraordinarily desperate in strangling the midfield, which also helped the team win some slight advantages in the midfield.

It seems that football is more run in the Sporting Lisbon half.

But in the 7th minute, Mateus suddenly made a horizontal press, teamed up with Deschamps to overshadow Benfica's midfielder, and completed a steal in the middle.

Sporting Lisbon's frontcourt is still running, and Benfica's defense speed is also very fast, so there is no good chance.

Mateus only took a look and passed the football back to Deng Kai, without too much invalid possession.

Deng Kai, who was pushed to the backcourt by Maniche, didn't stop the ball and directly passed it with a big foot.

It turned out that at this time, Ronaldo on the left had already switched positions with Ibrahimovic on the center.

Ibrahimovic is running to the left.

When the opponent finishes retreating, it is not easy for a speedy wide player like Ronaldo to get the ball, because if he wants to get the ball, he has to give the ball behind him and let him run.

When running, he has a probability of more than 50.00% to get the ball.

But the opponent has finished retreating, which means that there is not much room left for you to run, and you will rush out of the bottom line within two steps.

If you don't give the ball behind you and grab the opponent directly, Ronaldo's biggest advantage is gone, and the probability of getting the ball may only be 30.00%.

Similarly, for Quaresma, give the ball in front of him and let Quaresma retreat two steps to catch the ball, so that the average probability of getting the ball can reach 80.00%.

Because Quaresma is directly looking for Quaresma, Quaresma fights with the opponent, the advantage is even smaller, and the probability of getting the ball is less than [-]%.

But retreating to catch the ball, on the one hand, can pull the opponent out, on the other hand, with his flexibility and skills, they might be able to pass the opponent by turning around after receiving the ball, and then the next step will be cool.

So the opponent didn't dare to press too hard, and Quaresma could easily catch the football.

However, Ibrahimovic is different.

Deng Kai's long pass gave Ibrahimovic a distance to compete with the opponent.

Not near or far, no need for Ibrahimovic to sprint and retreat.

Ibrahimovic caught Benfica's right-back and received the ball easily.

The opponent harassed desperately behind him, but the effect was obviously not good.

You said that such harassment by the central defender may be useful, but the full-back... Ibrahimovic can only say sorry to the opponent.

Gently leaning against each other, Ibrahimovic completed his turn.

After shaking his feet twice in succession, he suddenly dialed the ball and made a pass.

After Benfica's right back was knocked away by Ibrahimovic, he didn't go up to find a confrontation, because that was looking for abuse.

He opened up a little distance, which is conducive to defending Ibrahimovic, because Ibrahimovic's speed will not be too fast. Once the distance is opened, Ibrahimovic will not be able to pass him.

Even if it is Ibrahimovic's cross, he is sure to block it, and he can completely block it with his legs before Ibrahimovic's pass.

This is the advantage of small players with high agility over big players with low agility.

The front and back swings of the big man's movements are too long.

however……

boom!
The football flew into the penalty area.

The Benfica right-back was terrified.

He did predict Ibrahimovic's actions.

But he didn't expect Ibrahimovic's legs to be so long!
Relying on the advantage of his long legs, Ibrahimovic kicked the football a little further outside when the action was predicted, thus avoiding the opponent's interception.

It's too late, it's too soon.

Ronaldo, who had just stood still in the penalty area, followed the strength of the opponent pushing him and rushed to the front point again. When he walked, he gave the opponent a strong confrontation, so that the opponent had no chance to catch up.