Franco pulled the grass off his face and turned back to apologize to Casillas. Casillas hammered the turf in frustration, and he realized why Forlan didn't choose to attack directly in front just now but chose to pass back, attacking too fiercely in the midfield, and even moving forward too much with the backline. Forlan wanted to press the tempo and adjust his position back, but he was the least vocal person on this team.

Of course, this can't be blamed on his head, what else is there to apologize for.

The 1-1 draw lasted until half-time, and although it was a tie, Villarreal was fighting because of the goal. Real Madrid was much more sober because of this goal, and it was obvious that the yellow submarine did not intend to be a role for them to knead, but these big names were used to the wind and waves, and quickly adjusted. The second half was like starting from the beginning.

But in addition to the table on the court, many people also paid attention to the sideline factors, "Alvarez seems to want to control zhì to slow down some of the offensive tempo, if the players on the court fail to understand for a while, Queiroz on the sidelines will definitely be able to see clearly." However, Queiroz did not adjust the situation, presumably thinking that there would be no crisis in the team within 10 minutes. It can be seen that the Portuguese has been worried about the lack of on-the-spot performance, and he has hoped for a change in midfield, but in the end it is still a step too late. ”

And in the locker room, Fran, who sat obediently in the corner with Casillas leg by leg, was indeed pitiful for making mistakes and regretting them. No matter how good it sounds, Carlos cut in too hard and Pavon was out of position, and after all, Francisco Alvarez's position in the team is to drag the central defender, the last barrier between the opponent and his own goalkeeper. He didn't expect the defense line to be broken through easily, but in fact, his own defense did not bring the slightest threat to the opposing striker.

Sure enough, at half-time, Queiroz ignored Forlan's previous intentions and criticized him by name. Villarreal's first half was still unclear as they said in the newspapers, but only Fran could see the clues when he was in front of Casillas. Unless it is Francesco Alvarez's deep love for Igor Casillas, in fact, Real Madrid's double center-back combination, which is mainly defensive, is not actually Pavon or Elguera.

In that case, Queiroz finally clamped Wen Jiàn to his knee and knocked lightly, "Fran, the previous ones probably didn't work, let's go according to the usual way of playing in team training." ”

The whole team walked out, Guti patted Forlan on the shoulder and hoped that he would not be sluggish because of the goal conceded in the first half and the criticism of the manager, "Look, this is also a blessing in disguise?" After all, everyone can see that this kid's style of play is really uncomfortable, and the most important thing for him as a newcomer now is to adapt to the field and integrate into the team, even if he hasn't met a strong opponent except for Valencia before, he can't play like this.

At the beginning of the second half, sure enough, although Real Madrid as a whole was still coherent, its position was a lot back. It doesn't mean they gave up on attacking, it just didn't give up defending in spite of what they did in the first half.

Forlan and Pavon looked like they were in parallel, but once the attack started and the ball was shifted in midfield, it was clear that Forlan was no longer as close to midfield as he had been in previous games, but was gradually retreating. What followed was more of Forlan's individual defensive ability than team defense. Close defense, fierce pressing, blocking guns and all kinds of shovels are piled up in front of Villarreal as if they don't need money, if the main purpose of close is to prevent the opponent from receiving the ball, then blocking is to interfere with the opponent's ball line.

Riquelme, who was holding the ball, faced the defending Pavon's body and protruded as if he was going to pass through immediately, but when Pavon stretched out his foot to grab it, he pulled the ball back, and a turn and dribbled past Pavon. The home fans at the Stadium de la Love Song cheered for the beautiful watch of their star, and Riquelme, who was about to burst into the penalty area, only had to face Casillas alone, but the next second, the football in front of Riquelme was gone, and he was greeted by brown sneakers and a pair of white socks that had been stained.

The corners of Fran's mouth unconsciously crooked, and the back-tackle was so decisive and precise that even the most discerning critics would have to give the defense a thumbs up. The football was won by Salgado, Riquelme stumbled forward but did not completely collapse, he turned his head to look at the young man who had just gotten up from the field, the manager told him to be careful with this kid's interception and jamming, but he did not say that he still had such a beautiful tackle. Seeing that there is a penalty area in front of him, if there is a slight mistake in his tackle, this is going to pay a penalty, where does he get so much confidence as a newcomer?

Fran looked up to meet Riquelme's gaze, stunned for a moment, and then smiled at the Argentine. There was still a strange smile on his lips that he had failed to restrain after the prank, and his honey-colored eyes were slightly curved, but there was not the slightest clarity and innocence, but he was as proud as a fox that had successfully captured its prey.

There was a reporter on the sidelines who clenched his fists fiercely, and there was a feeling of being fooled by this guy. The Italian is an elegant gentleman's defender, what is there about this man's style of play from beginning to end?

If Fran knew what he thought, he would have frowned and looked innocent, why didn't you ask me if you wanted to put Nesta's hat on me?

"The game was over, and in the end the pre-match was hyped up with a 1-1 draw, and the draw did say a lot about it. Villarreal didn't really grasp the key, and before the game Villarreal said that Real Madrid's key breakthrough was their rookie defender, but I think this is a bit of a wrongful blow to the kid. I believe that the audience who watched this game will find that unlike the previous style of play that focused on pre-judging the card position, Alvarez's defensive ability from the second half should be the key factor that really allowed Real Madrid to promote him from the reserve team. Of course, this also makes the previous rumor of 'little Nesta' a joke.

Real Madrid's offensive ability is still on perfect display in this game, and we don't need to analyze and elaborate on how powerful this all-star squad is. If until then, Queiroz had been criticized for relying on this lineup and not choosing to rotate, then we can now see that the team's defense is far from impregnable compared to the razor-sharp attack.

But what is interesting is why most of Real Madrid's opponents before Villarreal have been defensive-oriented and not attacking? When any of these players who can be the core and top of the rest of the team are concentrated in the same team, it is only natural to tiptoe.

But over time, they may (and should be) discover that this Real Madrid team, although not fancy, is far from being as indestructible as they imagined.

That's when the real test of this team is the case, and that's the crux of the matter. ”

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When the game was over, Fran took a shower, walked out with a towel on his shoulder□□ his upper body, and his thick soft hair was lying on top of his head, and after strenuous exercise, the whole person looked a little lazy, and he sat on the chair when he came out, leaning on Casillas as if he had no bones. Cassie, who had just been dressed, was dripping, rolled his eyes at his dead friend, pulled out the towel he was holding, opened the whole towel and put it on top of Fran's head, and frantically rubbed the hair under the towel in the name of 'helping Fran wipe his hair'. It's just that when Casillas took the towel away, even Raul, who was a little unhappy because of a draw, looked at Fran's head after being □□ and laughed.

Fran raised her hand to touch her hair amid the laughter of the crowd, yawned after making sure it had been dried by Cassie, and slowly stood up with a comb and went to the mirror to fix the messy hair. When the group was packed up and the team boarded the bus to return to Madrid, Casillas, who had been used to sitting together, sat next to Zidane first, and Forlan touched his nose blankly and was dragged by Beckham to sit down.

As the bus started, Fran took out his headphones and began to listen to the song, but before a song could be played, the headset in his right ear was pulled down by Beckham. Beckham looked at his teammates who were doing their own things around him, and lowered his voice, "I thought you would at least be unhappy?" When he heard this, Fran sued him with a 'huh?' written on his face, and he didn't know what he was talking about. It seemed that the frustration on Beckham's face was too obvious, and Fran pulled the other headset off as well, "I'm not happy because what?

Of course, because of Queiroz's reproach in midfield, Beckham thought to himself, but he couldn't say that, "Robert is too fierce in front, Sisko will be caught off guard when he is out of position, and he will be broken through when defending." After saying this, Fran was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly motioned to him to whisper, this anger is not worth offending the two defensive partners, Beckham has already looked at it before speaking, but he still cooperated with him to shrink down, only to hear the little teammate say as a matter of course, "But the ball did slip under my feet." ”

Sure he wasn't pretending, Beckham sneered and raised his hand to rub his hair, "You stubborn temper!" Fran shook his head helplessly, "Are you used to it?"

Beckham laughed and withdrew his hand, "Have you tried to retreat?" "For a defender, retreat is a disaster," he tilted his head to look at the Englishman, and nodded at Casillas, who was squinting by the window in front of him, "There is him behind me, where else can I retreat?"

Beckham looked at Casillas as he softened his words, "That's right, it's the same for midfielders. ”

"So, you're going to solve the disaster?" said Fran jokingly, facing the olive green eyes, Beckham's eyes were full of seriousness, Fran swore that he would gain a heart by smiling at any beautiful woman with such eyes, and then heard him say solemnly, "I am not enough alone, you have to come with me." ”

Okay, don't you just want to conquer my knees with your looks? Here you go.