Chapter 212: Rhythm of Positional Warfare

In the case of a dead ball, Dick called out to Belleron: "Juan, control the tempo, do you understand?" Don't let their attacks lead you by the nose and slow down the tempo! We couldn't have been better than them in the fast break! Control the midfield, steady progress, got it? Don't give them too many chances to get the ball! They are meant to fight high, and it is not possible to fight them with this fast pace! ”

Belleron nodded, and then ran onto the court, Dick said this truth actually they all understand, but they were brought up by the other party before, and now after Dick made such instructions, all they have to do is to focus on controlling the ball and mastering the rhythm, so that they can naturally play better.

Dick knows that now he can not rush to score, when Atletico slow down the tempo and start to control the whole game, the goal will naturally come naturally, the strategic advantage is higher than one or two lucky goals, many managers do not understand this truth, but Dick is well aware of this.

The so-called probability theory is that when you master the right method, even if you occasionally fail, the probability of failure is much less than the probability of success, and when you use the wrong method, you may occasionally succeed, but the probability of success is much smaller than the probability of failure!

The key is how you know if you're doing the right thing or the wrong approach – on the football pitch, that's the success of a whole tactic, when you have a whole tactic that works, when your players can play well in that tactic, your chances of winning naturally become greater, and of course, it takes some luck to win some big titles.

After Dick's instructions, Belleron began to slow down the tempo on the pitch with his possession and passing - which was not an easy task, at least he had to be able to control the ball well when the opposition was pressing, and then pass the ball out in time, then take the ball again, and pass it again...... If there are some mistakes in these movements, it will be impossible to control the rhythm.

However, Belleron has completed all this very easily, in a suitable environment, with Dick's targeted tactical cooperation, Belleron has improved very fast for more than a year, his characteristics have been fully exerted, maybe he is not a top superstar in terms of overall strength, but just like in the comic book Yuyou Hakushu, those few abilities may be killed by Yusuke in terms of combat effectiveness, but when he enters their domain, Yusuke can only be killed by him in seconds!

A player with characteristics like Belleron, when played in the right environment, is enough to make a team reach a qualitative leap in quality, just as Riquelme did badly in Barcelona, when he got a suitable environment in Villarreal, a group of teammates who matched him and were strong, he also beat a lot of superstars!

Belleron got the ball in his own backfield, then passed the ball to Jorgensen a little ahead before Smitchell pressed it, and then stepped forward to ask for the ball, and when Jorgensen passed the ball back, he made a sharp stop and turned, dodged Gerrard's press, and then passed the ball back to Baraja behind him, then ran sideways, dodged a catch gap and asked for the ball again, Baraja passed the ball, Belleron turned with the ball, and passed the ball to Héctor when Rither was pressing, Héctor passed the ball to Jorgensen, Jorgensen passed back to Belleron again, Belleron took the ball and turned around, directly to the feet of Vicente on the left, Vicente saw that there was no chance of breakthrough in front of him, turned and passed the ball to Capdevilla, who followed up, and Capdevilla immediately passed the ball to Belleron again......

After a series of passes, Atletico withstood the crazy pressing after Liverpool lost the goal, after this delay, Liverpool's players have returned to the defense in place, Dick doesn't care about this, playing positional battles is actually better at Atletico Madrid, as long as they are not dragged by the opponent to play, dragged to exhaustion.

After progressively getting the ball up front, Belleron continued to look for opportunities with passes, although the attack ended in Vicente with a long-range shot from the corner of the box that Dick nodded from the sidelines.

The opponent is good at running, so you have to tie their legs so that you can have enough advantage on the field!

Although Liverpool was once the most technical offensive team in the Premier League (I don't know if Ferguson is so obsessed with making Manchester United's midfield more technical or not, it also means to compete with Liverpool in this regard), but after such a long period of time, Redknapp and McManaman in that group of technical players have left one after another, and after Fowler's state declined, Liverpool has begun to become more and more like a traditional Premier League team, with two forwards one high and one fast, and a group of strong players in the midfield who can run. A group of tall centre-backs at the back......

Their most accustomed and effective tactic right now is to play fast offense, relying on Husky's body and Irving's speed to create chances!

What Atletico are doing now is to shift the tone of the whole game from a quick attack to a positional attack! Use Thuram and Marchena to block the possibility of the opponent's quick counterattack, slow down the opponent's rapid offensive means by retreating step by step, and slow down the pace of the attack by relying on Belleron's organization and control in the attack - maybe Atletico will miss some opportunities because of this tactic, but it will definitely make Liverpool's players even more uncomfortable!

Either push yourself to the limit or make your opponent more uncomfortable than you – whether it's better or worse, as long as you can give your team the upper hand – that's the way to go on the pitch.

When Atletico Madrid began to gradually control the midfield and continue to slowly advance the attack of positional warfare, the Liverpool fans in the stands began to boo continuously, in their opinion, Atletico Madrid's performance is obviously a cowardly performance, how can such a confrontation satisfy Liverpool fans? Attacking slowly after falling behind is simply intolerable!

But just as Dick never changed his style of doing things because of the comments of journalists, Atletico's players did not change their way of playing because of the boos of the hostile fans.

Liverpool fans are dissatisfied, Liverpool's players are also awkward, their fast attack can't play, when Atletico Madrid starts to attack, there is not much difference between their fast defense and slow defense, but they don't dare not return to defend faster - what if Atletico Madrid suddenly plays fast attack and hits the ball behind them? Liverpool's backline is still not fast, and the pace of Vicente and Jorgensen will be a problem for them......

In such an awkward game situation, the performance of Liverpool players will naturally be affected - emotions are sometimes very important, in a very smooth game state, even if they are at a disadvantage, they will stick to it very well, and at the same time be able to give full play to their abilities, and in the case of not going well, it seems that everything seems to be stumbling, even if they have an advantage, it will make the players feel very irritated, a team that plays awkwardly on the field, even if the strength is strong, will not play too happily - That's the case with Liverpool right now.

Four minutes before half-time, substitute Jorgensen launched an extremely dangerous attack.

He received a pass from Héctor on the right and began to push along the wing, he didn't advance quickly, but he kept using his excellent foot skills to control the ball back and forth, forcing Reese to keep falling back - he couldn't break the ball if he wanted to, because he always controlled the ball at his feet very well, and rushing to tackle would only give Jorgensen a better chance to break through.

When Kankan broke through to a place parallel to the line of the big penalty area, Jorgensen suddenly made a sharp stop, and then passed the ball to Belleron, who followed up in the middle, and Belleron received the ball while making a beautiful turn, dodging Hamann's defense, and then suddenly raised his foot and hoisted the ball into the penalty area!

When he raised his foot to drop the ball, Jadel, who was competing with Hyypia in the penalty area, suddenly turned around, no longer entangled with Hyypia, and rushed directly towards the penalty area!

Huntez jumped up hard in the penalty area, trying to push Belleron's hanging pass out, but Belleron's pick pass was very well controlled, and the arc was very high when flying into the penalty area, so high that Huntez couldn't touch the ball no matter how high he jumped, and then flew until near the penalty spot before it began to fall!

The ball fell in front of Jardel almost like an eye, and Jardel, who had just turned around and rushed to the penalty area, barely had to adjust, and picked up his right foot to meet the falling ball, and volleyed directly into the penalty area!

In the face of this close-range volley, Dudek just subconsciously waved his arm, and the ball flew into the door of Liverpool like a cannonball!

In the tepid attack, suddenly speeding up to hit the back of the Liverpool defense, which itself is one of the tactics prepared by Atletico Madrid in advance, and now it is used, just hitting Liverpool's soft underbelly!

“GOOOOOOOAL! Jadel! Atletico equalized with a beautiful combination in front! Jorgensen breaks through on the wing, the last pass of Belleron's ecstasy! Jardel scored with a coherent shot! When Atletico had controlled the situation on the pitch before, we guessed that there would be such a goal, and it happened! ”

The Atletico players on the pitch hugged each other, while the Liverpool fans in the stands collectively booed, but no matter how loud their boos were, they couldn't hide the fact that they were equalized by Atletico Madrid!

Dick smiled and slapped on the sidelines, continuity is very important at this time, maybe the last game against Barcelona made Atletico Madrid's players overdrawn, but in just a few days, their form will definitely continue well, if the last game let Atletico's main team rest a part, their physical fitness may be better, but in terms of entering the state and continuity, it will not be as good as now!

There are pros and cons to this kind of thing, the key is to see how to arrange it well, try to win more games and win more victories at the peak of the team's state, and try to reduce losses when the state is at a low point, and the most taboo is to be half-heartedly in a dilemma, which will only bury the opportunity in vain.

After the restart of the game, Atletico Madrid still returned to the defense as soon as possible, so that Liverpool could only turn into a positional battle, in this case, the rest of the first half passed quickly, the referee's whistle sounded, and the two sides entered the halftime break with a score of 1-1!

'There's a second half and it doesn't look like it's going to be particularly difficult to win...... Liverpool are still a little worse than Manchester United as a whole, and they are not as difficult to deal with as Manchester United, and the main thing is that they don't have a good way to attack from this kind of position as ours! Dick thought to himself as he walked towards the locker room.