Chapter 22 Is it a blessing or a curse, but a curse cannot be avoided

Castilla's starting line-up for this game: goalkeeper Yáñez, right wing-back Forlan, central defenders Hector and Leon, left-back Abonel, central midfielders Odegaard and Toro, forward Enzo, right winger Alvaro, left winger Pull Left, center Mbappe.

Because he had expected that this opponent might be difficult to deal with, Li Mudi did not dare to be careless, and the main forces all appeared.

As expected, after the opening, the home team took the initiative in the frantic cheers of the fans. Guadalajara also have a 4-2-3-1 formation, but unlike Castilla, the two midfielders have dropped back to become central midfielders, which has led to a particularly large gap between the two lines of midfield. It stands to reason that this gives the opponent an excellent range of possession and will put them in a passive position. But in the face of Li Mudi's team, it unexpectedly achieved very good results.

Guadalajara gathered heavy troops in the backfield, which just suppressed Castilla's front-court pass-and-control tactics; There are no players in the midfield, and after getting the ball in the backfield, a long pass directly finds the front four, just avoiding the shortcomings of their midfield skills that are inferior to their opponents; Igleslas, the centre-forward, was a tall header and Ricky led two other skilled players to lurk behind him, waiting for an opportunity to respond and use only two attacking routines of cross and long-range to disrupt the visitors' backline.

The situation in the first 20 minutes of the pitch was a surprise, with Castilla's central midfield unable to take on the opposition's six-man defensive combination, while the home team's attacking four-man team kept the visitors' defence on the ground and rubbed it off. Castilla, who were under pressure at the back, had no choice but to drop back in attack, increase the number of people involved in the defense, and change the pass-and-control tactics to defensive counter-attacks, which worked wonders in previous games. But in this game, Guadalajara did not repeat the mistakes of the previous team, in the face of Castilla's active retreat, they did not take the opportunity to press, or implement the previous style of play, 6 defenders, 4 offenses. The midfield doesn't control the ball, and the ball in the backfield is to find the center at that point, the four of you play in front, it doesn't matter if it succeeds or not, anyway, we don't have anyone to go up.

Seeing this situation, Li Mudi frowned. After the retreat, the home team's offensive threat was immediately much smaller, but it could not fight back, and the positional attack still had little effect. But if this continues, several midfielders have to come back to participate in the defense, and they have to go forward to run tactically to grind the position, which is too much physical consumption, and the opponent's strange tactics really make him feel a little helpless.

Thirty-eight minutes, the physical fitness of the players in the half of the away team is almost to the end, and Li Mudi, who just guessed that the players in the back of the home team will take this opportunity to press up, looked at the six people who seemed to be firmly nailed to their own half, and shook his head helplessly, it is really difficult to express the feeling in words! When I was about to summon Solari over to study how to adjust, there was a sudden commotion on the field. After the central defender Hector took off the scrum, he may not be able to control his body well due to physical reasons, resulting in a broken foot when he landed, and he couldn't get up at that time, rolling on the ground with his right ankle. The team doctor hurriedly ran up to check on the injury, and quickly responded that it was time to make a substitution, and Linhardt, who had not made any warm-up preparations, had to go straight to the field.

Fortunately, Castilla, who maintained the advantage of defending numbers, did not make mistakes, and the score was still 0-0 at half-time.

In the dressing room, the morale of the players in Castilla was low. The warm-up before the game was startled by the home team fans, and in the first half, the opponent's tactics were rigidly restrained, and the house leak happened to rain overnight, and a big general was injured before the break.

Li Mudi seized the time to appease everyone, but it was difficult to adjust tactically. In fact, Guadalajara's style of play is not difficult to break, using the space left by them in the midfield, full control of the ball, siege, even if the opponent defends to the death, there is still a good chance to break the deadlock by using the super individual ability of the Castilla frontcourt players. Sadly, however, Guadalajara's frontcourt players have also crushed the backline in terms of ability, and it seems to have a greater advantage. Once the visitors move their energy to the attacking line, they can't be sure when they will concede a goal.

In fact, Real Madrid's youth training has always had a problem, that is, most of the talented players produced in recent years are attacking players, but there are very few world-class stars at the back. In the goalkeeper position, Cassie is still a handsome and ugly man, while Arbeloa and Carvajal can only be said to be first-class fullbacks in La Liga, not the top in the world, and the central defender position can only be topped by Pavin. Real Madrid's backline has never been short of superstars, but none of them came from the academy.

This shortcoming has also been carried over to the present day, with neither the Castilla nor the Under-19s below having a single defender who can establish themselves in La Liga. Although the teams we have encountered before also have good offensive strength, they can still hold it with the midfielders, and they all play with the overall press, leaving a lot of counter-attacking opportunities for their own attacking line. But today's special style of play in Guadalajara, the front and back parts are completely separated, and they put on a posture of hurting each other. If you really want to fight to the death, it is very likely that Castile will die in the end.

Is it completely as the opponent wants, divided into two halves 6 against 6 and 4 against 4, to see who ends up scoring more goals? Or do you basically give up the attack and spend the game with the opponent in a 0-0 pattern? This is not too difficult for rookie coach Li Mudi to choose. Choosing the former is likely to be a defeat, while the latter can be a draw at worst, and it is not impossible to score a goal if there are any variables in the second half, such as the opponent's attacking line running out of energy or a mistake at the back.

So as soon as the second half began, the away team was completely recycled, and since the defensive counterattack could not be played, on the basis of solid defense, the football was controlled in the midfield, and the opponent was not given too many offensive opportunities.

Li Mudi on the sidelines was waiting for the emergence of variables, and then, variables appeared.

In the 70th minute, Li Mudi summoned Solari to study whether to make a substitution to adjust the formation, because at this time, the opponent had just replaced the forward midfielder and added a central midfielder, and the pressure on Castile's side at the back was reduced a lot. In the end, it was decided to replace Toro, and put the new Muñoz from the central midfielder to the midfield, changing the formation to 4-1-4-1, strengthening the number of people in front of the ball and looking for attacking opportunities.

Just when the fourth official led people to the sidelines with the display screen and waited for the dead ball, five meters in front of Li Mudi's position, Ricky wiped the left, but because of the disadvantage of speed or physical fitness, the opponent was not thrown away, and when he caught up with the interception, Cruyff turned around, killed the carbine, and passed the left for the second time in three seconds. This time the left winger of Castile could not get over the face, and an irregular sweeper tripped the old guy who had humiliated himself to the ground, and the referee hurriedly blew the whistle to stop the game. Solari suddenly jumped out of the coach's seat, ran over and grabbed Li Mudi and said: "Oh no, Lazuo already has a yellow card, and now I'm afraid I'll be punished for such a kick." ”

Li Mudi's heart flickered and his throat was raised, I still plan to win, this kid suddenly came with such a hand, it is really a drop of the chain, how to play behind this?

Under the extremely nervous gaze of two people on the sidelines, the referee came to the place of the foul, raised his hand and touched the pocket on his chest, and then put it down again, only to verbally warn La Zuo a few words.

......Seeing this scene, Li Mudi and Solari both breathed a sigh of relief, and it felt like the moment when the father-to-be, who had been waiting outside the delivery room all day, heard the baby crying.

Taking advantage of the dead ball, the substitution that was waiting on the side just now was also completed. Li Mudi immediately told the assistant coach next to him to immediately recruit Lin Liangming, who was warming up, and replace the left with the next dead ball.

Just as Solari nodded and turned back to call for someone, the referee signaled that the ball could be teed, and Ricky noticed that the left side was a little close to his tee-off and immediately kicked the ball to the opponent. Lazuo thought that this old fritter was deliberately doing something, and angrily stepped forward to clean him up, but was pulled by the team members around him. The referee ran back with a serious face, questioned Ricky and then ran to the linesman for advice, then showed Razuo his second yellow card, which turned two yellows and one red and sent him off for not retreating beyond the required range when the free-kick was taken.

I'm X! This old fox! If it weren't for Li Mudi feeling that he was not Ricky's opponent, he couldn't wait to go up and give him a national scolding, and now he could only enjoy it in his heart.

I have calculated so much, but I can't imagine that I have been calculated. It's just a moment of work, it's really a blessing or a curse, it's a disaster that can't be avoided!

I couldn't take advantage of it, but now there are fewer people, how to play? Thankfully, there was still a substitution to no avail, and Lee had no choice but to replace Odegaard with substitute left-back Tejero. Since the La Liga B can only put 5 players on the bench, the only substitute defenders in this game are Linhardt and Tejero, and they are all replaced. With one man missing, he needed to strengthen his defence, so he had to put Abnell on the left wing-back and make Muñoz drop back to make it 4-4-1, and Kobayashi lost a second chance.

After that, the home team with one more person on the field still didn't press the attack, which is really weird! The two teams peacefully spent the remaining time before the league leaders ended their six-game winning streak in Guadalajara, ending a run of six consecutive matches.

In the locker room after the game, Li Mudi first did a self-examination, and failed to adjust his tactics on the spot, resulting in the team being restrained very badly. Later, he severely criticized Lazuo, believing that his lack of calm caused the team to lose the possibility of winning in the end. The moment he was shown a red card, the kid calmed down, so he solemnly apologized to everyone at this time and promised never to do it again in the future.

This criticism of Lazuo made the team discipline in the Coach Attributes column of Li Mudi change from 50% to 55%, but it did not cause him emotional fluctuations. Now Li Mudi has been troubled by the team's backline problems, and after returning to Madrid, the team doctor examined Hector, and the final diagnosis was a moderate sprain, which was three to four weeks out of injury. This undoubtedly made the already unstable backline even worse, and the remaining three central defenders Leon, Bernabeu, Senna and Linhardt, who can make a cameo, are not very stable, and the situation is quite not optimistic!

And the relative two words in front of the not optimistic are removed, and the fax of the national team match will come a day later. Senna was called up by Spain's Under-19s and Ringhart by Austria's Under-21s, with only two centre-backs remaining.