Starting with Real Madrid kicking the midfielder

Chapter 83 When we let Ronaldo shoot enough, we win
The rise of any team will be targeted by the opponent's comprehensive analysis and tactics.

Barcelona from 2008 to 2012 has a deep understanding of this.

After they set off a trend of pass control and swept across the entire football world, there are many teams that study their tactics.

Similarly, there are not a few teams who study hard to beat them.

And now, after Real Madrid's 5-0 victory over Lyon, there has been a big discussion in French football about the fast counter attack mode.

Many clubs and professional coaches have picked up a magnifying glass and began to look for the flaws in Real Madrid's tactical play.

But after a pass of research, the number of coaches who made his own dark circles deep became much more.

But no one dared to boast to the media that he knew how to deal with Real Madrid's style of play.

"Strange!"

This is the most intuitive feeling of these professional coaches who have studied Real Madrid's current system of play.

You said that Real Madrid is playing the traditional defense?
not necessarily.

Because Real Madrid doesn't have to hook the opponent across the board, then place a bus on their own side, and then hit the opponent behind after losing the ball.

Real Madrid is now more likely to directly cut off the ball in the midfield, and then initiate a rapid advance on the spot that may hit your door in no more than six or seven seconds!
Does Real Madrid still play offensive football?
Not to mention.

Let's not talk about whether Mourinho is an advocate of offensive football.

Seeing that Real Madrid is almost the same as their opponents in every game, and even has a lower ball possession rate in many cases, then they are not playing offensive football.

So these coaches feel that Real Madrid's tactics are "weird!" from top to bottom.

The tactics of conservatism are not sticky, and the tactics of offensive football are not sticky. In the end, they can only sigh in their hearts.

"Mourinho is playing a new set of things!"

This is a new tactic that made Guardiola and Barcelona players feel uncomfortable in the Western Super Cup before the start of the season.

Space pressure, defensive counterattack, pay close attention to the opportunity of offensive and defensive transition, coupled with efficient finishing.
If fans of later generations see these descriptions, the first thing he will think of is the "433 high pressure" system created by Klopp in Liverpool.

Yes, the style of play designed by Mourinho and Klopp's high-position pressing system actually look very similar.

In terms of many tactical concepts and construction ideas, Mourinho today and Klopp when he went to Liverpool in the future can be regarded as a fit.

But there is still a big difference between the tactics of the two in essence.

That is, Mourinho has an obsession with "stable victory" in his bones.

And Klopp, in his bones, is more about the "passion" that he can bet everything in advance for victory!
Reflected in the tactics, Mourinho doesn't like to press the opponent's organization in his half too much.

He prefers to place tactical traps and main battlefields near the center circle.

Even if Li Ang was placed in front before, allowing him and other Real Madrid offensive players to occasionally play the ultimate high position oppression, Real Madrid has achieved very good tactical results.

But Mourinho only makes such attempts occasionally.

Because he will consider the overall situation more, considering whether his players will still have enough physical fitness to deal with the opponent after 70 minutes of the game, to complete the final lore victory.

And what Klopp wants is the "now" after betting everything.

His tactics can easily cause his players to accelerate the decline in running ability after 70 minutes.

But for him, it doesn't make much sense given the timing.

Because his tactical decisive moment came in the first seven and 10 minutes, even in the first half of the game.

As long as his team is pressing hard enough and aggressive enough, the striker's ability to seize opportunities is reliable enough.

Then he can use this high position oppression mode to complete the take-all of strong and weak opponents.

And he did succeed in the Premier League.

Liverpool has become the champions of the Champions League and the Premier League.

Klopp successfully completed the revival with that Liverpool team.

It was in the two Champions League matchups against Real Madrid that Klopp suffered two big losses solidly.

This also prompted him to design a new set of tactical play, that is, the backcourt pass control and extended pass guidance system that restrains the high-position oppression system.

However, the current Klopp has not even completed the establishment of the high-position oppression mad dog system, and the subsequent development of new tactics has not been seen.

Let's go back to Mourinho's tactics that are similar to Klopp's but very different during this period.

That is to say, in the pursuit of "stable victory", the half-court pressure accelerates and advances quickly.

Originally, if there was no appearance of Li Ang, Mourinho would basically have played this style of play to the end this season.

Because of Khedira, he failed to practice, and eventually had to put more responsibility for the ball on Alonso.

The alternative Las Diarra wanted to be Zidane II, which made him helpless.

In the end, he could only suspend the further improvement of this tactic and tap the potential because his waist was not reliable enough.

But now with Li Ang, the "butterfly", playing happily, Mourinho's tactics have advanced to a more perfect and sophisticated level than at this time on the original timeline.

Li Ang's technical characteristics and ability make Mourinho's half-court pressing play both stable and tough.

His "waist" is reliable, and Alonso doesn't have to be too distracted to do the dirty work.

Brother Long, who put a lot of energy into organizing the team, is playing better and better.

Real Madrid's possession of the ball in the backcourt is extremely smooth, and the support for long passes in the frontcourt is accurate and ruthless.

After Real Madrid basically omitted the promotion of the midfield and backcourt, isn't playing "football running and bombing" just attacking faster and faster, and the faster the threat, the greater the threat.

Furthermore, the personal abilities of the core players on the central axis of Real Madrid during this period are nothing to say.

Casillas, Pepe, Xavi Alonso, Ronaldo.

From defense to organization and scheduling, to the final finishing blow.

Real Madrid are the absolute top two in today's football.

It can be said that without such a central axis with strong personal ability, it is impossible for Mourinho's new play system to exert such great power.

So it's normal for those professional coaches to be unpredictable about Real Madrid's new style of play at this stage.

Maybe they probably got some outlines of Mourinho's tactical structure.

But they didn't dare to think how much tactical freedom and trust Mourinho gave Alonso and Ronaldo.

I don't even dare to think that these two stars dared to accept this trust, and even played an almost full personal performance.

It can be said that as long as Li Ang's thinking does not go astray and his performance does not stretch his hips, then Alonso's performance is guaranteed.

And Brother Long's organization of long passes is guaranteed, and Ronaldo has got enough offensive ball and fire rights, so Real Madrid's offensive firepower on the counterattack end is also guaranteed.

It is true that the more opportunities Ronaldo gives you, the more goals he will pile up for you.

Li Ang still clearly remembers that in the previous season, Messi finally scored 46 league goals in La Liga, and Ronaldo also scored [-] league goals.

I really can only describe these two guys as abnormal, there is no other word.

Tactics + superstar explosion, both are indispensable, the combination of the two, coupled with suitable stars who are willing to make sacrifices to become green leaves, Real Madrid has played today's terrifying performance.

This set of tactics is almost impossible to replicate, because there is no second Alonso in football and Ronaldo, who is now in full condition, it is difficult to find even a similar style.

harder to target.

After all, even if you don't give Real Madrid a chance to switch offense and defense, you just stick to it, the kind that doesn't come out even once.

Real Madrid also has a set piece method that can deal with you.

Barcelona, ​​which played in the Western Super Cup before, has already been stunned by Real Madrid once.

From the frontcourt to the backcourt, anyway, the most indispensable thing in Real Madrid's three lines is a good header.

If the rest of the teams wanted to try, they would basically die if they tried.

And in football, which has just set off a wave of tactical research on Real Madrid, many teams in La Liga are also struggling to figure out the fate of Real Madrid's tactics.

They never thought about trying to suppress Real Madrid's offensive rounds as much as possible.

At least Pellegrini, who only coached Real Madrid in the 09-10 season, didn't think through this layer.

Pellegrini, who is now leading the team to prepare for the game in Malaga, still wants to fight for a start at home.

Use the home court advantage to see if you can take advantage of some preemptive tactics first.

After all, the lineup of "Mu-style Real Madrid" was left by Pellegrini, and he is familiar with this group of Real Madrid's main players.

But on the night of October 10, when the game officially started at the Rose Garden Stadium, Pellegrini quickly felt a sense of danger.

Real Madrid's opening game was not as active as Malaga's, and the performances of Li Ang and Alonso were also normal.

Both of them retreated to their center line and waited for Malaga to press the attack first.

Callejon, who got another chance to start, interfered with Malaga's organization in the frontcourt, and Di Maria did the same.

Looking like a step-by-step tactical play, Real Madrid is waiting to break Malaga's offensive ball, and is also waiting for their own counterattack opportunities.

After watching the "peaceful" situation on the field for a minute or two, Pellegrini couldn't help but wonder if he was a little too sensitive.

Isco will control the ball and look for the forward route of his teammates.

As the core midfielder of the current Malaga team, Isco has strong confidence in his skills.

Dribbling, protecting and passing the ball forward, he can do all midfield work very well.

Even now that he is about to face off against Li Ang, who has recently become more and more famous in Spain, the strong self-confidence in his heart has not diminished by half.

However, he felt fine when he participated in the field control pass in his own half before, and the oppressive movement of Real Madrid's offensive players was more of a defensive interference.

But now, as soon as he pushed the ball past the center line, Li Ang aggressively charged towards him immediately.

Behind him on the left, Callejon also sped up and rushed towards him, as if he was about to double-team him with Li Ang!
Isco only felt that his breathing seemed to be tight, and subconsciously knocked the ball sideways to his midfield partner Aponio who stepped in to meet him.

Aponio's game experience is still very rich.

Looking at Real Madrid's defensive posture just now, they didn't dribble the ball too much. The next second after receiving the ball, they knocked the ball back to the midfielder Tulalang.

Malaga's first offensive attempt in the middle of the midfield ended without a problem.

But it is not their team style to hide in their own half.

In the first seven rounds, they scored [-] goals. Their offensive firepower was second only to Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​but they also conceded [-] goals.

This number of goals conceded is the last among the top six teams.

This shows that Malaga's protection of the defense is not in place when the offensive firepower is relatively sufficient.

In other words, their midfield offensive attributes and willingness to attack are too strong.

So strong that even if it feels difficult to score in Real Madrid's half, Malaga's midfielders have to take the risk to try!
So just 6 minutes later, Pellegrini and Malaga's players regretted it.

When Alonso received a long pass from Li Ang for the first time, Higuain made a header and helped Ronaldo make Real Madrid's first shot attempt.

The ball was about 28 meters away from the goal. Ronaldo hit it without adjusting his pace, and was finally saved by goalkeeper Ruben Martinez.

This is the 4th minute after Malaga launched a risky attack.

And only 2 minutes later.

When Alonso cooperated with Li Ang to grab the ball at Isco's feet for the second time, he still sent a precise long pass without ink.

Cristiano Ronaldo first threw off the old midfielder Tulalan after a consecutive stop this time, and then dunked Malaga's right back Gamez!
And under the gaze of more than 5 Malaga fans at the scene, Ronaldo directly pierced Martinez's ten fingers with an unreasonable small-angle far-angle volley!

It's that rough, it's that simple!
Li Ang is no stranger to Ronaldo's scoring methods in the backcourt.

He has also jokingly summarized Real Madrid's offensive mode on the training ground before.

"When we let Ronaldo shoot enough, we win."

(End of this chapter)