Chapter 124: A Evenly Matched Situation

What is Barcelona trying so hard to buy Mascherano for, Guardiola's idea itself is to use him as an important rotation player, but Busquets has good health, high acting skills, and no injuries, so Mascherano certainly gets few opportunities. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

And Mascherano's position is very dead, he is a defensive midfielder, although he has good ball control ability and good skills, but he really has not played in other positions, Guardiola only began to use him in the defensive midfield.

After Puyol's injury, oh, our Guardiola had a big brain, and he fell in love with Mascherano's moving speed, Pique is not the kind of fast centre-back, Puyol happens to be the kind of short centre-back who can turn flexibly.

So Mascherano was developed another skill, playing as a central defender, not to mention, playing very well, in the good Guardiola expected, so that Mascherano's number of appearances and time steadily increased.

But Mascherano is not without his shortcomings, he is shorter than Puyol, only about 174, which is a congenital disadvantage of headers, which is something that cannot be helped.

Out of the importance of this game, Guardiola hesitated to send the captain Puyol, who had just returned from injury.

No matter how hard you fight on the field, you always have to shake hands before the game, when Zhang Yuan and Messi shook hands, they patted each other on the shoulder and nodded as a big brother greeting, it was Pique's turn, Pique didn't let go of Zhang Yuan's hand.

"You're not going to score today!" said Pique with a grin.

Provocation! Provocation! The game has not yet begun, so provoke Lao Tzu!

"Haha, I'm here to clean you up today, and if you can get into this one last time, you can get in!" Zhang Yuan also responded with a smile, and shook off Pique's hand and walked away.

The starting line-up for Real Madrid's side is 433

Goalkeeper: Casillas

Defenders: Ramos, Albiol, Carvalho, Marcelo

Midfielder: Pepekhdila Alonso

Forwards: Cristiano Ronaldo, Zhang Yuan, Di Maria

Mesut Ozil, Kaka and others can only wait on the bench, Kaka should know the situation very well now, no matter how the team changes, it is difficult for him to get a solid position.

Barcelona's side is also the same old rule 433

Goalkeeper: Valdés

Defender: Alves Pik Puyol Adriano

Midfielder: Andres Iniestabskets, Xavi

Forward: Messi Pedro Villa

This line-up is almost exactly the same as the last time against Barcelona, and this is their strongest line-up.

Today's referee is Muñoz Fernandes, and he has nothing to disput, having only officiated the national derby once before, and there was no loser in that game and certainly no winner, it was a draw.

At the end of the pre-match ceremony, Fernandes blew the whistle and the game began, with Mourinho and Pep Guardiola not sitting in their seats but standing on the sidelines, watching the game.

I have to say that Barcelona is really strong, they controlled the ball firmly not long after the opening, but they are destined to work hard today to break through the door of Real Madrid.

Jose Mourinho's defensive instructions today are very clear, the two full-backs, sorry I don't need your assists today, I can't insert half time, I don't need your support in the front, your task is to work together to defend on the wings.

The first line of defence is in midfield, with Pepe in midfield, who is tall and has long thighs, he is in the middle, Khedira and Alonso are flanked by him, and the most important task of the three of them is to tackle and intercept.

Getting the ball is generally left to Cristiano Ronaldo, who often retreats to get the ball at this stage of the game.

Zhang Yuan is relatively relaxed, his task is to be in front, because Barcelona is more afraid of his speed, so Pique and Puyol, the pair who have already experienced the lesson, do not dare to press easily.

Sometimes even if they tried to connect and leave Zhang Yuan behind, Zhang Yuan ignored it, was careless, and was always reluctant to return to Real Madrid's half, which made the two of them helpless.

"You still haven't gone back?!You see you're all squashed!" Peake said to Zhang Yuan.

Zhang Yuan snorted and chirped at him, but he didn't answer him, you are arrogant, wait and see, I must clean you up today!

But it is precisely because a player like Zhang Yuan is unscrupulously "wandering" in the striker (at least that's what Pique thinks, Zhang Yuan neither defends nor presses in a high position, just like a lonely ghost wandering, isn't this what when hanging out?!), Pique and Puyol didn't dare to let him go easily, and paid considerable attention to him, the brothers are not stupid at all, they know very well how threatening Zhang Yuan is, maybe now his reputation is not as big as Messi Ronaldo, but the threat is not smaller than them.

With such scruples, of course, Barcelona's attack cannot be as sharp as the last game, because Barcelona's offensive means is to move the formation forward as a whole, and now the central defenders in the back line can't keep up, and the team will still be affected.

Because of Real Madrid's pragmatic defensive attitude at home, the correct coping strategy, and the mentality of not being arrogant or impatient, it is indeed difficult for Barcelona to get a chance to shoot, let alone a good chance to shoot.

Of course, it is difficult for Real Madrid to get good shooting opportunities, but in the 20th minute, Ronaldo has completed 2 shots, once he suddenly shot back from a distance, once Zhang Yuan gave him a gun mount, and another shot was from a distance.

Ronaldo's strong project has the subject of long-range shooting, these two shots reflect a very good level, but unfortunately it still didn't score, not sudden enough, the angle is not tricky enough, the power is enough, Valdés is very well prepared, he knows that Ronaldo will come such a hand.

Zhang Yuan also completed a shot, in the 17th minute, Ronaldo passed an overhead ball on the left side, saying that it was over the top, in fact, Zhang Yuan and Puyol had to fight, Zhang Yuan started faster, but Puyol was not slow, under his interference, Zhang Yuan still successfully cushioned the ball to the door of Barcelona, but unfortunately the power angle was all lacking, and Valdés picked up a positive.

Mourinho looked up to the sky and sighed, alas, it was almost hot! But he also knew that it was impossible to receive this ball if he changed other forwards, and Zhang Yuan was very reluctant to hit the goal.

Zhang Yuan gave Ronaldo a thumbs up, indicating that the ball was passed great!

Ronaldo also gave him a thumbs up!

Di Maria on the right side is not as good as Zhang Yuan and Ronaldo, Zhang Yuan and Di Maria are on the field at the same time This is not the first time, but every time Di Maria's performance is not good, no one knows what the reason is, the two of them play together very few times, Mourinho really didn't pay attention to this aspect of the problem.

Today's Real Madrid play is more direct, to put it bluntly, it is the striker's brute force, but the effect is very good, much better than the last round.

In fact, Mourinho's tactics today are a bit like the attitude of a weak team against Barcelona, I am resolute in defense, resolutely hitting you in counterattack and causing you trouble.

In the last game against Barcelona, why Real Madrid lost so many goals, the first reason is that the players' tactical implementation rate of Mourinho is not good enough, and sometimes the luck is not good, and the result is a miserable score.

Real Madrid's defensive system has rarely been tested, Mourinho's defensive system has been established, but it needs to be run in actual combat, and it is difficult for other teams to bring substantial threats to Mourinho's team, and the purpose of tempering defense is not obvious.

Everyone knows that good goalkeepers and good defensive players can only come out through continuous training, and the same is true for a mature defensive system.

There is a big difference between Real Madrid and Mourinho in the Premier League at Inter Milan, whether the Premier League is strong or weak, they dare to invest their troops to rush forward, in essence, Chelsea was not a ball-possessing team in that era, and the pressure on the defense line is always there.

In Inter Milan, Serie A is a place where tactics are particularly emphasized, and Inter's defense line has hardly changed from before Mourinho came.

This is not the case at Real Madrid, where coaches since Capello have basically put attack first, and the arrival of Jose Mourinho has actually started from scratch to build a defensive system that belongs to his ideal state.

The style is slowly reversing, it is not built overnight, and it is normal for the team's current defensive strategy to not meet Mourinho's requirements, so Mourinho is determined to increase the number of defenders and make up for the quality disadvantage with quantity.

Judging from the current effect, it is good, Barcelona has the advantage of possession on the field, but the threat is evenly matched, and no one can help anyone.