Rafael Benitez made his debut as a player and coach at Real Madrid, and has been a die-hard Real Madrid fan since he was a child, and even at the press conference announcing his coaching of Real Madrid, he had tears on his face, making everyone feel his love and loyalty to Real Madrid.

From an emotional point of view, he is definitely the most suitable manager to coach Real Madrid among today's famous coaches.

But professional football has never believed in tears, nor does it require too much emotion, and even Benitez himself believes in it.

From the perspective of coaching philosophy, he is the least Real Madrid Real Madrid, and some people even believe that his football is the same as Capello.

Who is Capello?

Twice coached Real Madrid, won two La Liga titles in two seasons, but both were fired after winning the championship The gold medal coach of Squid.

And Capello was fired twice for almost the same reason, that is, no one likes his football at Real Madrid.

Real Madrid's football is all about imaginative creativity, and it's an attacking football.

Rafael Benitez is certainly a great master tactician, but in his football world, there is no creativity, no attacking football, only a rigorous and meticulous tactical framework, and the mechanical execution of the players.

As early as when Liverpool was in charge, everyone believed that Yang Yang was an outlier under Benitez.

But this is clearly an unexpected product of Benitez.

Before announcing the introduction of Yang Yang, what Benitez wanted was a scorer who could provide more than 20 goals per season, but after Yang Yang joined, from the beginning of the second season, he shocked the whole world all of a sudden, so that Benitez had to formulate the team's offense around him.

From 25 to 34 goals, and then to 44 goals in the third season, Yang Yang has not only repeatedly subverted the outside world's impression of him, but also constantly broken the tactical ceiling set by Benitez for him, making exceptions for him again and again.

As the Guardian once said, it was not Benitez who changed his stubbornness, but Yang Yang was so strong that Benitez had to make compromises, because he had never seen a player as strong as Yang Yang.

Now, at Real Madrid, the same is the case.

Yang Yang, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Arjen Robben and Kaka, Benitez suddenly gathered a large number of talented superstars, and he clearly looked a little inadequate, especially when it comes to the team's attack.

But from another point of view, Real Madrid need Benitez very much right now.

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Florentino is a long-time football fan who has watched football for decades, and he knows professional football very well.

Around him, Baldano is also a brilliant European star, Zidane is a legendary superstar in European football, and Real Madrid's Five Eagles Padessa and Putragno are all legends who have been inducted into the Real Madrid Hall of Fame.

These people are also very knowledgeable about professional football.

As early as Florentino's decision to return to the Bernabeu, he and his men worked out a rigorous plan, and as a football club, it was the commercial and day-to-day operations that were the most decisive success.

How to succeed at the competitive level?

Then look at the most successful teams.

Liverpool have nothing to learn from other than their squad of players, and their dressing room.

On the contrary, it was the sworn enemy Barcelona, a team that revolutionized the technical and tactical philosophy of European football, and brought the most profound shock to Florentino and all the people under him.

Many people only mention Barcelona with their passing and possession, but in fact, in the eyes of professionals such as Baldano and Zidane, the most important thing for Barcelona is not their passing ability at all, but behind this ability, the high-pressing defensive system that Pep Guardiola has created for this team, as well as their abundant physical fitness.

Barcelona's tight high pressing and pressing system allows Barcelona to put more pressure on their opponents, get the ball down in the shortest possible time, and ensure the stability of their team's backline, which is a new concept of combining attack and defence.

And the abundance of fitness allows Barcelona's players to make more and more active runs on the pitch.

To some extent, defence and fitness are the key factors that Pep Guardiola has improved the most on the basis of Rijkaard's team, and Barcelona has been able to sweep the whole of European football.

But for Real Madrid at that time, the best passing players in the world were in Barcelona, and Real Madrid did not have a systematic transmission and control gene like Barcelona, and for reasons related to the objective laws of football, it was impossible for Florentino to create a passing and control team similar to Barcelona at the Bernabeu out of thin air.

This is impossible and unrealistic.

So what to do?

Step by step!

Barcelona's pass-and-control football is composed of three parts, skillful pass-and-control ball, rigorous high-post pressing and pressing defense and physical fitness, the three factors are indispensable, and physical fitness is not difficult to achieve, and the first two are really more difficult.

Skilled pass-and-possession requires a good midfielder, but looking at the current European football, apart from Valencia's David Silva, there is no player who can play at Real Madrid for the time being, and the elf king of the Bat Army has not been able to transfer to the Bernabeu in the summer of '9.

Looking at European football, there are not many tactical masters in defense, Mourinho and Benitez are the best of them, these two coaches are known for their ability to build a defensive system, especially Benitez, the double back high pressing and pressing style of play, is his famous skills, from Valencia to Liverpool, have been successful.

So, the answer is obvious, Real Madrid gave up on Carlo Ancelotti, and Benitez came to the Bernabeu with his team to take on the task of building a rigorous defensive system for Real Madrid, while also taking on the burden of sniping at Barcelona.

The 5-0 away win over Barcelona was almost all scored on the counter-attack, and Real Madrid's possession rate in the whole game was only half of Barcelona's, which shows that Benitez's style of play has achieved initial success.

The next step is to see how Rafael Benitez adjusts the team's midfield and backline.

But neither Florentino, nor Zinedine Zidane and Valdano will see Benitez as the future of Real Madrid, or the Real Madrid they expect.

Benitez can't play that game, and so are many of Real Madrid's current players.

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Manuel Redondo sent Yang Yang out and waited for him to get in the car before returning to the box.

Florentino told him to strengthen his support for Benitez, as it is not yet the key to the success or failure of Benitez.

There are only two situations that can shake Benitez's position, one is that the management feels that Benitez has not been able to achieve the management's goals, that is, they are unable to help the team create a stable and rigorous system of pressing and pressing in the high post.

And then there's the fact that he's helped the team achieve that goal.

Although the latter is a bit cruel, this is professional football.

"To be honest, the current squad configuration of our team is indeed biased towards counterattacking, which is not good for the league." Baldano said with a frown.

Kaka, Arjen Robben, Sneijder, and even Xavi Alonso before the injury were all players who preferred a counter-attacking type, which was also a helpless choice.

Needless to say, Kaka is one of the few superstar targets for Real Madrid, Robben and Sneijder are both on the side, Xavi Alonso is one of the best playmaking midfielders in the active team, and Real Madrid have no choice at all, unless poached from Barcelona.

This is also the reason why Florentino will not consider Cristiano Ronaldo in life or death, the Portuguese is also a counter-attacking player, after having a well-rounded player like Yang Yang, there is no need to bring in the Portuguese and increase the counter-attacking elements in the Real Madrid team.

Tactics are still to be executed by players, and too many counter-attacking players are not conducive to Real Madrid's future transformation.

And everyone, including Florentino, Baldano and Zinedine Zidane, agreed that Barcelona's tactics would be the future of football and would revolutionize the concept of European football.

So why can't Real Madrid play on the counter-attack?

The reason is very simple, this type of play works in the Champions League, but in La Liga, all teams are strictly defended against Real Madrid, where is the opportunity to counterattack?

The two games against Osasuna and Athletic Bilbao are the best example of this.

These opponents holding 0-0 are considered victories, where will it be easy for you to fight back?

Therefore, in La Liga, the control team has more advantages.

Ideally, of course, it's a combination of counter-attack and control.

This concept was put forward by Zidane, which is very tempting, but everyone is still figuring out how to implement it.

Thinking of this, Florentino turned his head to look at Zidane.

The Special Adviser immediately understood what was in the Chairman's eyes.

'I think you should reconsider my proposal, go to the first team, learn a little more experience, and you're what we're looking forward to.' Florentino said earnestly.

Yang Yang is valued on the pitch and Zidane is expected on the sidelines, which is the policy set by Florentino when he returned to the Bernabeu.

Zidane smiled bitterly, "Let me think about it again." ”

"You've been thinking about it for half a year."

"But I'm not qualified to coach yet."

"Then go to the test, and we will reimburse you." Florentino pressed for it.

Zidane was depressed, did he look like someone who couldn't afford to pay for training?

Both Redondo and Baldano are pretending to be eating, but in fact they are snickering.

If this scene gets out, the whole world will go crazy with laughter.

Is this still the Zidane they admire?

But on the other hand, it can also be seen that the relationship between Zidane and Florentino is extraordinary.

"It's so decided, Manuel arranges, you go to Benitez to study." Florentino said unequivocally, and after a pause, he looked at Zidane again, his tone softened, and even a little pleading.

'We need people like you in our dressing room right now to improve the communication between the coaching staff and the players.

Zidane couldn't refuse.

From the day he agreed to be Florentino's special assistant, he knew that it was a matter of time.