219 A tactical game of wits and courage
As expected, Casemiro did not chase Alex Sanchez, but ran in the direction of Nacho Fernandez, on the one hand, in order to switch positions with him, the 27-year-old Real Madrid youth veteran is not the opponent of the tall and strong Oliver Giroud at all, and on the other hand, Casemiro and Nacho cross positions, both of whom can use the fastest speed, one to block Sanchez, the other to mark Giroud. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
As Sanchez was advancing with the ball head-on, he didn't notice Casemiro's movement, so he saw Nacho throw Giroud off and pick the ball in front of Giroud.
Unexpectedly, Sergio Ramos noticed Sanchez's passing intentions, and the experienced one ran forward before Sanchez's pass, and Giroud was offside when he was fighting for the spot.
Seeing the failure of Arsenal's counterattack, the Meilinger breathed a sigh of relief, if they conceded the goal so quickly, it would be difficult for the Galaxy Battleship to play this game, you know, the Gunners are in charge of the door, and even the Bundesliga giant Bayern Munich's forward line can't be broken.
Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane, who was standing on the sidelines, put down the stone hanging on his chest, it was really thrilling, if he lost the ball so quickly, it would be more difficult to get it back than to climb to the sky.
Zidane turned his head to look in the direction of the Arsenal goal, recalled the Gunners' attack just now, and frowned.
In my mind, I seem to have a vague grasp of something, but I can't always grasp it, and if I can catch it, I might be able to find out why the opponent has one more person when attacking.
When Sanchez's premature pass led to the failure of the counter-attack for offside, Steve Boulder slapped his thigh in frustration and sighed: "It's a shame, it's just a little bit." ”
Arsène Wenger said with a calm face: "This is Real Madrid, Steve, if it was so easy to concede a goal, it would not be the defending champions." ”
"Use your personal ability to get rid of your opponent, find out your opponent's flaws with your excellent ability to read the game, and respond to such a wonderful counterattack, palm, you have improved again." In the stands, Josep Guardiola sighed softly.
This Chinese genius demon has grown too fast, I don't know where he got his strong self-confidence, as the last person in front of the goal, dare to boldly dribble past the opponent, and are not worried about the risk of losing the goal after the pass fails.
He is not afraid that the crazy goalkeeper Rene Ikita was beaten by Alberta Mira when he was dribbling the ball and scored an empty goal.
You know, football is a team sport, today's football is no longer an era of individual heroism, nor is it an era of satisfying individual desire to perform.
Guardiola shook his head, it's too early to draw this conclusion, Zhang is definitely not a person with a strong desire to perform, let's watch this game first.
Real Madrid, who escaped the game, restarted the ball and entered the mode of attacking in the half-time.
Considering that last weekend's Madrid derby caused too much consumption to the main players, Zinedine Zidane instructed his players to appropriately reduce the frequency of direct impact on the opponent's defense in attack, and try to use Toni Kroos, Luka Modric and Karim Benzema as the fulcrum to play ground coordination. The reduction in the number of rounds played in favor of Real Madrid, who are at a relative physical disadvantage.
However, Arsenal seem to see the physical problems of Real Madrid players, and when the opponent has the ball, Arsenal also uses high pressing tactics to steal the ball.
This was due to the large rotation of the Gunners in the league last weekend, and the main players were relatively well rested, so when Arsenal launched a high-intensity pressing in the opposition half, Real Madrid were very passive.
Although Arsenal did not send a back, whether it was Aaron Ramsey or Alex Chamberlain, plus Alex Sanchez, the three of them did not hesitate to run and rush in the 40-meter area of Real Madrid's backfield, and even used the Premier League-style body collision.
Of course, it was all Arsenal fouls, and if it was a foul by Real Madrid, a free kick would be a nightmare for Real Madrid players.
In the first ten minutes of the first half, except for the counterattack planned by Zhang Zhetian shortly after the opening, the rest of the time both sides were entangled in the midfield.
In the strong dialogue, Zidane trusts the "new Makelele" Casemiro very much, which means that Real Madrid has paid the price of advancing in the midfield and reducing the ability to pass while improving the safety of the defense.
In the past, in the face of strong opponents who also played in the midfield, Zidane adopted the position of turning the triangle midfield into a positive triangle to complete the breakthrough, getting rid of the poor Casemiro in front of the wall, and Modric and Kroos commanding the wingers and full-backs in the ribs of the backfield.
The 31-year-old lacks the fitness to last 90 minutes, and Kroos' importance in central midfield has been further enhanced, with his most important role in attacking play being to move the ball to the weaker side, a major way for Real Madrid to compensate for the lack of local continuous passing and penetration with impact and speed.
But this opponent, is not know why there is always one more person than their own Arsenal, before the game many people thought that the Gunners' 2-4-2-2 formation advantage is the middle, the wing will be Real Madrid's strong winger burst, when the game is so far, people find that the flowing water formation, the flowing soldiers, the special formation are all deceitful.
Real Madrid accelerated the transmission from defense to attack to avoid the opponent's high pressing, relying more on the promotion of the wings.
Whether it is Cristiano Ronaldo and Marcelo on the left wing, or Gareth Bale and Daniel Carvajal on the right wing, they all have a strong ability to dribble the ball forward, plus Kroos and Modric continue to complete the connection through running, using the diversified promotion methods of combining the side and the center, and the combination of long and short balls, they can hit the ball to the front court, relying on a large number of stacked runs and offensive and defensive conversions, using the "position difference" between the opponent's defense and the midfield to create a threat, and capture the opponent's vacancy in the backfield for the first time. This is Real Madrid's attacking strategy when they have the ball.
However, Arsenal were prepared for this, with Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Alexis Sanchez setting up Héctor Bellerin and Nacho Monreal in the defence of Real Madrid's wingers and full-backs, and Ramsey and Mesut Ozil in the middle of the pitch against Kroos and Luka Modric.
What about Casemiro in front of the midfield?
was targeted by Theo Walcott and found that no, when defending, Arsenal will have one more person in the backfield, yes, two central defenders, they are facing Benzema, even if the French center retreats, it is only to pull out a central defender, and the remaining one can kill the opponent who is in front at any time.
And what they don't know is that the first 2 of 2-4-2-2 is actually 3, which only Gua Shuai knows.