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"Hello, everyone. This is the Stade de France, and now we are broadcasting the 99-00 UEFA Champions League final match. Both sides of the match are clubs from La Liga, Real Madrid and Valencia."

"The starting lineups for both sides are out, let's see the starting lineups for both sides. Real Madrid's goalkeeper is the young Iker Casillas, the back line is Carlos, Campo, Elguera, Karanka, Salgado , Raúl, Redondo, McManaman in the midfield, Morientes and Anelka in the striker."

"Valencia has the goalkeeper Canizares, the back line is Carboni, Pellegrino, Ayala, Angloma, the midfielder is Makelele, Gerard, Mendieta. , Lopez, Angulo, the striker is Jan Koller."

With the start of the referee's whistle, the Champions League final has finally begun.Rist once thought about how Benitez would deal with Real Madrid and what method he would take.Although Rist is just an agent, after all, he has been in football for nearly 30 years and has his own views on some tactics.But when the game started, Rist realized that he was still a layman.I really can't figure out how these famous marshals think about it.Of course, it wasn't just Rist alone, but everyone who followed the game was taken aback.

Benitez is a recognized defensive coach in La Liga football, which is different from many Spanish coaches.Valencia has been able to go all the way to the Champions League final, everyone thinks it is due to the defense.Although the games against Lazio and Barcelona all resulted in large-scale victories, no one thought it was because of Valencia's good offense.On the contrary, everyone knows that this is a good defense.

Benitez's game was won by defensive counterattack.No one cares what happened to Benitez before.Everyone knows Benitez from Extremadura to Valencia.Among the two clubs, Benitez's approach is to hoard a strong defensive midfielder in the midfield and then counterattack whenever he has the opportunity.That's the way it is.

Therefore, when Valencia's starting list came out, everyone understood it even more.Look at the players who played in the midfield, the double midfielder combination of Makelele and Gerard, and Mendieta, Lopez and Angulo in the frontcourt.It was exactly the same as playing Barcelona, ​​a complete clone of that game.Bosque let out a long sigh of relief when he got this starting lineup.After all, compared to any sudden changes in Valencia, it was the original style of play that made Bosque more able to grasp it.

Because he has carefully studied the Valencia and Barcelona games.There are also countermeasures on how to deal with Valencia.Barcelona's offense was too fierce, and they didn't care about the opponent's counterattack at all.Bosque has learned this lesson and is going to grind Valencia first.

It's all so understood.But after the game started, Benitez suddenly gave everyone a huge surprise, a surprise that no one expected.After the game started, Valencia didn't play like it used to.Instead, the defense suddenly moves forward.Then start scrambling for the ball in midfield.A play that no one has thought of.

"Redondo, he gave the ball to McManaman. McManaman gave the ball back to Redondo, Herald, Gerard came up."

Moving the defensive line forward is a very dangerous style of play.Especially for the defense line of classic cars like Valencia.For example, Anglomar is 35 years old, and Carboni is also 35 years old.They can also be the main full-back in Valencia mainly because of their excellent positioning ability and experience.

But in terms of physical condition, they are no longer comparable to when they were young.Explosive power and speed are completely at a disadvantage.Therefore, once the defense line moves forward, their position is the biggest loophole.Real Madrid's Carlos, Anelka, and McManaman all have speed and technology.Once play their speed.This place is simply irresistible.

So no one thought about it.Benitez would choose such a risky style of play.As long as it is a slightly normal coach, it will not choose such a risky style of play.Of course it can scare everyone.Of course, even the opponent was scared.

Redondo is a very elegant midfielder.As a defensive midfielder, his technique is very good, and his passing is also very beautiful.But even he didn't expect the Valencia player to grab the ball as soon as he got it.Herald came up immediately, but fortunately Redondo's skills are very good.

Facing Gerald's pressing left-footed spike.It can be regarded as initially passing Herald.But Herald is also a talented player, how could he pass by him with just two hits.So it was also posted.Redondo really couldn't get rid of Herald directly, so he handed the ball to Raul who came to meet him.After Raul got the ball, he was forced to do nothing, so he handed it to Anelka next to him.

When Anelka moved to Real Madrid, he shocked the entire European football world. At that time, his reputation in European football was almost comparable to those of those princes.But his performance in this year was very average, and it can even be said that he did not meet his worth at all.If it weren't for his good performance in the semi-finals of the Champions League, it would be impossible for him to start in the final.Anelka wanted to turn around after taking the ball, but found that Makelele had been following him, so he had to pass back again.

But a good genius fell in Real Madrid.It should be said that in Real Madrid, his talent was suppressed by those superstars.So he chose the safest method, which is to pass the ball back again.It's a pity that this is not Anelka's style of play. Anelka's greatest strengths are his technique, speed, breakthrough, and shooting.His pass was limp and lacked power.

"Anelka, pass back... less power, Gerard has the ball."

Valencia's overall pressure-on style of play made Real Madrid players very uncomfortable.They originally controlled the rhythm of the game according to Bosque's request, but it was a pity that they were destroyed by Valencia before they could control it.In fact, this time is also a very good opportunity for Real Madrid.Once they got the ball it was easy to tear through Valencia's defense with their passing and speed.

However, Real Madrid, who were unable to respond in time to Valencia's changes, could only give up such a good opportunity and gave Valencia a chance.After Gerard cut off Anelka's return ball gift, he immediately went into attack.Gerard handed the ball to Mendieta in front, and then continued to run forward.

Redondo has the most tasks in Real Madrid's lineup.He has to defend and organize offense, but he is also powerless in the face of Gerard and Mendieta.In addition, the ball was an error in Anelka's return pass, which caught Redondo by surprise.

"Mendieta, give the ball back to Gerard. Gerard passes!"

Real Madrid plays with three central defenders. The two wingers, Salgado and Carlos, are nominally full-backs, and they will go up to assist during the game.When defending, he returns to the full-back position.Therefore, Real Madrid's defensive midfielder seems to be Redondo alone, but when Redondo fails to defend the opponent, Elguera will rush up from the guard position and take on the role of a defensive midfielder.This is Real Madrid's defensive play.

That's how Elguera comes up when Gerard dribbles.Gerald did not entangle with Elguera, but made a direct pass and passed the ball into the penalty area.

"Jan Koller, Jan Koller got the ball in the penalty area. Karanka was defending Jan Koller, and Jan Koller leaned on Karanka. Jan Koller, shoot!"

Because of his height of [-] meters, Jan Koller is not very fast, and his explosive power cannot be said to be very strong.This is a huge disadvantage and why he cannot be Ibrahimovic.But also he has plenty of physical strength.When Herald passed the ball, Jan Koller made an anti-offside, but because of his slow speed, he was quickly blocked by Karanka.

Karanka pushed Jan Koller from behind, preventing Jan Koller from turning around.As a tactical center, Jan Koller is well-recognized by everyone, because Lopez, Mendieta, and Gerard can score a lot of goals this season, all relying on Jan Koller's cover.But Jan Koller's own scoring ability is questionable in Spanish football.

Jan Koller scored most of his goals with headers.Either a set-piece header, or a header after two crosses from the wing.Jan Koller rarely scores goals with his feet in open play.So Karanka did not defend frontally, but defended the inside line to prevent Jan Koller from turning around and facing the goal.Force Jan Kohler to pass the ball to other players.

But after being resisted by Karanka, Jan Kohler used his body to push Karanka back.Then instead of passing the ball back like they thought they would, all of a sudden they shoot straight with their left foot.

In the position on the left side of the penalty area, it is difficult to shoot from this position.Not to mention a tactical center like Jan Koller who rarely scores, even those top forwards will not shoot directly from this position.Because the shooting success rate in this position is too low, and there is still a defender like Karanka defending.

But Jan Koller kicked the goal decisively and directly.

"goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"It was a beautiful shot, it was shot suddenly. Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas didn't react at all. One to zero, one to zero. Jan Koller has scored very few goals in Valencia this season, but suddenly in the Champions League knockout round. A goal in the Champions League quarter-final against Lazio, a goal against Barcelona in the Champions League semi-final, and now a goal against Real Madrid in the Champions League final."

"One to zero, Valencia led the opponent 7 to [-] with Jan Koller's goal in the [-]th minute of the game. Valencia took the lead in this Champions League final." (To be continued...)