Chapter 552: The Unintelligible Rijkaard
"Coach Leon is really very conservative. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info" said commentator Dagstino as he looked at the starting list of Sporting Gijón in his hand.
Sporting Gijón lined up a back four today, Grosso at left back, Ivanovic at right back, and the combination of veterans Hierro and Pepe at central defender, which is no surprise, as long as there are no injuries or suspensions, Sporting Gijón is basically this back-up combination in important games.
Among them, the former Real Madrid captain Hierro has been amazing this season, and he left Real Madrid to go to Qatar after leaving Real Madrid. Travel's veteran of a season, after returning to La Liga, and Pepe formed a central defender partner of Sporting Gijón, although he is old, speed and reaction are not as good as before, but, Hierro with his rich experience, has been firmly occupying the starting central defender position of Sporting Gijón, and his partner with the young Pepe can be said to complement each other, Pepe is young, driven, but, slightly frizzy, Hierro's experience and guidance is Pepe's best teacher.
Let Dagtino think that the reason for Leon's conservatism lies in the midfield, Carlos and Marcos started together, one is a midfielder like a-stirring stick, and the other is a pure defensive player known as Makelele Jr., it is not common for these two players to start together, even when visiting Camp Nou or the Bernabeu, Leon rarely sends these two people at the same time, which is enough to show that Sporting Gijón attaches great importance to defense today.
Juan Mata was injured in the match against Albachet, and the media reported before the game that Mata may not be able to play in today's game, and the final result is that Mata is in the squad and is now on the bench, replacing Mata with Venezuelan Juan Arango.
On the left flank, Franck Franck Ribery started as usual.
Surprisingly, Leon seemed to play a one-striker game with only one Diego Milito up front, and behind Diego Milito was Luka Modric.
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"Leon's start is incomprehensible. Gonzalez said, "Modric is a striker?" he asked.
Luka Modric has made a temporary cameo in a number of games in the midfield position, so Gonzalez will have that doubt.
Leon sat in the coach's seat, and his eyes also stayed on Modric, who was entrusted to Modric in today's game!
It is the real maximum commission reuse!
It can be said that throughout the first half of the game, all of Sporting Gijon's tactics revolved around Modric, and the Croatian youngster's position on the field was definitely not just a midfielder as the commentator thought......
When both players are in their respective positions. While waiting for the kick-off, the El Molinon Stadium, which had been noisy for more than half an hour, also fell into a brief silence, and the sound disappeared in an instant, and everyone was waiting with bated breath for the game to start.
Referee Marienko stood in the centre circle, looked at the watch on his wrist and then at the fourth official on the sidelines, and after getting the kick-off permission, he blew the whistle in his mouth vigorously: a crisp whistle.
The game begins.
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After Ronaldinho passes the ball to Samuel Eto'o. Run forward. Meanwhile. Waiting outside the centre circle, Diego Milito rushed straight at Samuel Eto'o, who had the ball.
Samuel Eto'o didn't give him a chance to break the ball on the spot, turning and passing it to Deco in the back. I rubbed shoulders with Diego Milito.
In this game, Leon let Diego Milito, who had just recovered from injury, start, which once caused the assistant to question when the coaching staff was in a meeting, thinking that Diego Milito had been absent from the battle for a long time and was difficult to take on the heavy responsibility, but Leon firmly trusted Diego Milito, and he believed that this Argentine shooter would give his best performance to repay his trust, and this Argentine is a big player!
Diego Milito ignored Eto'o and continued to charge towards Deco.
Deco then passed the ball backwards to Mexican defender Marquez, but Diego Milito ignored Deco. Continue to pounce on Marquis.
Almost at the same time, Juan Arango and Franck Ribery began to press in desperate acceleration.
On the contrary, Modric did not rush up and stayed in the center circle.
Behind him were Carlos and Marcos.
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Marquez, who was a little worried by the pressing of Sporting Gijón, quickly passed the ball to Berletti on the wing, but Diego Milito did not continue to pounce on Belletti because Ribery rushed up.
As soon as Belletti received the ball, he found that Ribery had rushed to the front of him, and he hurriedly dunked the ball, intending to dodge the Frenchman.
If it was a previous game, Ribery failed to steal the ball for the first time, maybe he wouldn't be entangled anymore, after all, he is an offensive player, but to Belletti's surprise, Ribery continued to entangle.
"Don't rub it off, pass the ball out!" Valdés saw the situation on the field clearly in the back, Sporting Gijón's current formation surprised and worried, Modric was eyeing the midfield, Carlos and Marcos held the halfway, Ribery and other attacking players were pressing, and Diego Milito was cruising outside the penalty area, once Belletti played with fire at the back, then, Sporting Gijón's counterattack will come in an instant.
Rijkaard frowned on the sidelines, he felt that he could see Leon's intentions, Sporting Gijon's tactic today was to defend well in the midfield and backfield, and the frontcourt players were playing hard and trying to find opportunities to sneak attack.
It's just that such a tactic is like dividing the whole team into the front and the rear, isn't Li Ang afraid of the disconnect between the front and back? !
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Belletti was forced by Ribery a little embarrassed, he tried to dunk Ribery, but found that the opponent was very clever to entangle again, and in desperation, he could only choose a big foot to drive the football to the front.
Giuli tried to grab a header in front, however, he lost to Pepe, the Frenchman was no match for Pepe in terms of strength, and the football was pushed back by Pepe.
Barcelona's young player Andres Iniesta hooked the football back in the air beautifully, and then just wanted to stop the ball, he felt someone approaching, he dialed the football to the other side, but saw a foot coming and poked the football away.
"Carlos and Marcos teamed up to break the ball!"
After stabbing the football, Carlos strode forward and carried Andres Iniesta, who was trying to fight back, who pushed him, but felt like he was pushing against a wall.
After completing the interception, Marcos quickly retreated and stayed firmly at the back of the centre circle. There was no intention of participating in the offensive at all.
Carlos, on the other hand, quickly played the ball, not forward, but passed it back to Modric behind him, and at this time, people noticed that Modric's position was actually retreating deeply.
"What is this?" Rijkaard was even more surprised, Modric retreated so deeply, who will organize the attack in the front court of Sporting Gijon?
Leon's starting arrangement today, the tactical arrangement on the field, Rijkaard feels that he can understand it, but he is a little incomprehensible......
PS: First update.