Starting from playing as a defensive midfielder for Real Madrid

Any team that rises will face being targeted by its opponents' comprehensive analysis of tactics.

Barcelona from 2008 to 2012 knew this very well.

After they set off a trend of passing and controlling that swept across the entire football world, many teams studied and studied their tactics.

Likewise, there are many teams that are studying hard to beat them.

And now, after Real Madrid defeated Lyon 5-0, it set off a big discussion in French football about the quick counterattack attack mode.

Many clubs and professional coaches have picked up a magnifying glass and started looking for flaws in Real Madrid's tactical play.

But after studying it, I found that there are many coaches who have dark circles under their eyes.

But no one dares to boast to the media that he knows 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 Real Madrid is playing the traditional anti-counterattack style?

not necessarily.

Because Real Madrid doesn't have to hook the opponent all the way up, then set up a bus on their own side, steal the ball, and then hit the opponent behind.

Real Madrid now more often seizes the ball directly in the midfield and frontcourt, and then launches a rapid advance on the spot that may hit your doorstep in less than six or seven seconds!

So Real Madrid still plays offensive football?

Even less so.

Let’s not talk about whether Mourinho is a fan of offensive football.

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

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

They don't like the tactics of conservatism, and they don't like the tactics of offensive football. In the end, they can only sigh in their hearts.

"Mourinho is playing something new!"

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

Spatial pressure, defensive counterattacks, seizing offensive and defensive transition opportunities, coupled with efficient finishing.

If future generations of fans saw these descriptions, the first thing they would think of would be the "433 high pressure" system that Klopp created at Liverpool.

Yes, the style of play designed by Mourinho now actually looks very similar to Klopp's high pressing system.

In terms of many tactical concepts and construction ideas, Mourinho today and Klopp when he went to Liverpool in the future are considered compatible.

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

That is Mourinho's persistence in "stable victory".

As for Klopp, he is more passionate about risking everything in advance for victory!

Reflected in the tactics, Mourinho does not 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 put in the front and he and other Real Madrid offensive players occasionally played the ultimate high position pressure, Real Madrid also achieved very good tactical results.

But Mourinho only occasionally makes such attempts.

Because he will think more about the overall situation and whether his own players will have enough physical fitness to deal with their opponents after the 70th minute of the game to complete the final victory.

What Klopp wants is the "now" after risking everything.

His tactics easily accelerated the decline of his players' running ability after more than seventy minutes.

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

Because his tactical decisive moment came in the first seventy minutes, or even in the first half of the game.

As long as his team presses hard enough and is fierce enough, the forward's ability to seize opportunities is reliable enough.

Then he can use this high-position pressing mode to completely defeat both strong and weak opponents.

And he did succeed in the Premier League.

Liverpool became the Champions League champion and the Premier League champion.

Klopp successfully completed the revival with that Liverpool team.

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

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

But now Klopp has not even completed the high-position pressing mad dog flow system, and there is no trace of the development of new tactics in the future.

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

That is, in the pursuit of "stable victory", half-court pressure accelerates the fast-advancing style of play.

Originally, without the appearance of Li Ang, Mourinho would have basically finished this style of play this season.

Because Khedira failed to practice well, he ultimately had to put more responsibility for the ball on Alonso.

The alternative Las Diarra wants to be Zidane II, which makes him helpless.

In the end, he could only stop further improving the tactic and tapping his potential because his waist was not reliable enough.

And now with Li Ang's "butterfly" fluttering happily, Mourinho's tactics have advanced to a level that is more complete and sophisticated than at this time in the original timeline.

Li Ang's technical characteristics and abilities make Mourinho's half-court pressing style both stable and hard.

His "kidney" is reliable, and Alonso no longer needs to be distracted from doing dirty work.

Brother Long, who has invested a lot of energy in organizing the team, is playing better and better.

Real Madrid's possession of the ball in the backcourt is extremely smooth, and its long-pass support in the frontcourt is even more accurate and ruthless.

Real Madrid has basically omitted the aspect of advancing in the midfield and backcourt. Playing "football run and gun" means attacking faster and faster. The faster the attack, the greater the threat.

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

Casillas, Pepe, Xavi Alonso, Ronaldo.

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

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

It can be said that without such a central axis with strong personal abilities, Mourinho's new playing system would not be able to exert such great power.

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

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

But they dare not imagine how much tactical freedom and trust Mourinho has given Alonso and Ronaldo.

It is even more unbelievable to think that these two stars dared to accept this trust and even performed an almost perfect 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 Long Ge's organization of long passes is guaranteed, and Ronaldo gets enough offensive ball rights and firing rights, so Real Madrid's offensive firepower on the counterattack is also guaranteed.

The truth is that the more opportunities you are given, the more Cristiano Ronaldo will dare to pile up goals for you.

Li Ang still clearly remembers that in this previous season, Messi finally scored 50 league goals in La Liga, and Cristiano Ronaldo also scored 46 league goals.

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

Tactics + superstar explosion are indispensable. The combination of the two, coupled with the right stars who are willing to make sacrifices to become green leaves, has allowed Real Madrid to achieve its current terrifying performance.

This tactic is almost impossible to copy, because there is no second Alonso and Cristiano Ronaldo in full form in football, and it is difficult to find anyone with a similar style.

More difficult to target.

After all, even if you don't give Real Madrid a chance to switch offense and defense, you will just defend and never come out once.

Real Madrid also has set-piece skills to deal with you.

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

From the frontcourt to the backcourt, Real Madrid's three lines are most indispensable for header players.

If other teams want to try, they will basically die if they try.

At this time when the football world has just launched a wave of tactical research on Real Madrid, many teams in La Liga are also struggling to figure out the vitality of Real Madrid's tactics.

They never thought about trying to suppress the number of Real Madrid's offensive rounds.

At least Pellegrini, who coached Real Madrid until the 2009-10 season, didn't think through this level.

Pellegrini, who is now leading the team in Malaga to prepare for the game, is still thinking about trying to get a head start at home.

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

After all, the foundation of the "Muslim Real Madrid" lineup is left by Pellegrini, and he is also familiar with these main Real Madrid players.

But on the evening of October 22, when the game officially started at the Rose Garden Stadium, Pellegrini quickly felt a hint of danger.

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

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

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

It looks like a step-by-step tactical play. Real Madrid is waiting to cut off Malaga's offensive ball and is also waiting for their own opportunity to launch a counterattack.

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

Isco will now control the ball and look for his teammates' forward routes.

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

He can do all the midfield work very well, dribbling, protecting the ball and passing the ball forward.

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

However, he felt fine when participating in control passes in his own half before. The pressing movement of Real Madrid offensive players was more of a defensive interference.

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

Behind him on the left, Callejon also sped up and rushed towards him, in a defensive posture that he and Li Ang were about to double-team him!

Isco felt as if his breathing was tightening, and he subconsciously knocked the ball horizontally to his midfield partner Apponio who stepped in to meet him.

Apponio still has a lot of competition experience.

Looking at Real Madrid's defensive posture just now, they didn't take the ball much. The next second after receiving the ball, they gave the ball back to midfielder Tularang.

Malaga's first offensive attempt in the middle of the midfield ended in vain.

But it's not their team style to stay in their own half.

In the first seven rounds, they scored 11 goals, and their offensive firepower was second only to Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​but they also conceded 10 goals.

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

This shows that although Malaga has sufficient offensive firepower, its defense protection is somewhat inadequate.

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

So strong that even if it feels like it would be difficult to break into Real Madrid's half, Malaga's midfielders and frontcourt players still have to take the risk and give it a try!

So just six minutes later, Pellegrini and Malaga's players regretted it.

When Alonso received the pass after Li Ang intercepted the ball for the first time and launched a long pass, Higuain made a header and helped Ronaldo make Real Madrid's first shot attempt of the game.

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

This was the fourth minute after Malaga launched a risky attack.

And just two minutes later.

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

Cristiano Ronaldo first got rid of the veteran defensive midfielder Tulalan this time, and then dunked Malaga's right back Gamez!

And under the watchful eyes of more than 50,000 Malaga fans, Cristiano Ronaldo used an unreasonable small-angle volley from the far corner to directly penetrate Martinez's ten fingers!

It's just that crude, it's that simple!

Li Ang is already used to the way Ronaldo scores goals in the backcourt.

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

"When we let Cristiano Ronaldo take enough shots, we won."