Wednesday, April 12, is the 69th birthday of Marcelo Lippi, the head coach of the Chinese national football team. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In May 2012, the Italian coach led Guangzhou Evergrande to great success, and after taking over the Chinese team's coaching whip, the national football team has made great progress, achieving an undefeated record of 1 win and 2 draws in the three games of the World Preliminaries, retaining the hope of impacting the Russian World Cup.

On the birthday of the respected coach, the Chinese team sent birthday wishes to Lippi on the official Weibo, and the national football team also recorded a warm video for the coach, and even the official Weibo of the AFC also sent to Lippi to express sincere blessings and high respect.

As Lippi's hand-picked and most valued player, Zhang Zhetian also gave the old coach a gift, which was a pair of self-signed self-branded gloves - Tianzhang.

You must know that Tianzhang is still in production and has not been listed, so Zhang Zhetian used his identity to specifically select the best gloves from the manufacturer's inventory as a birthday gift for Lipi.

It is said that when Lippi received this gift, he was very happy and said that he would keep it as a family heirloom and pass it on from generation to generation.

In the Arsenal manager's office, half a day before the start of the Champions League quarter-finals, Arsène Wenger is meditating.

In front of him, sat assistant coach Steve Boulder and first-team coach Boro Primorac.

Real Madrid's 18-man squad has been released, although the starting lineup has not yet been released, but Wenger and others can still speculate on the opponent's starter, after all, in such an important game, Real Madrid will definitely send the strongest player to start.

Arsenal's 18-man squad has basically been decided, and now it is the starting list that is being considered.

Boulder and Primorac both have a 18-man squad for Real Madrid, and after reading it, the two looked at each other and saw the bitterness in each other's eyes.

Cristiano Ronaldo, one of the two most powerful footballers on the planet and one of the world's top stars, Gareth Bale, who once set the highest transfer fee, Karim Benzema, one of the top ten goalscorers today, world-class midfielders Luka Modric, Toni Kroos and James Rodriguez, world-class defenders Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Danielle Carvajal, quasi-world-class midfielder Raul Isco, quasi-world-class centre-forward Alvaro Morata, talented midfielder Mateo Murphy Kovacic ......

Look at the superstar-studded, star-studded Galaxy Battleship, and then look at the "broken factory", the entire first team, there are only three, oh no, four, three world-class and one quasi-world-class who can start in Real Madrid.

Just looking at the paper, any one who goes to another team can play on the bench of the absolute main force, you can see the depth of Real Madrid's terrifying squad, and it is no wonder that various spinach companies are optimistic about Real Madrid's promotion.

However, the charm of football is that you never know the final result, many people think that the strongest side will win, but sometimes, the weak beat the strong, it is football.

In major competitions, the arrangement of the coaches of both sides and the game of tactics often determine the outcome of the game, but sometimes, football is round, and some unexpected accidents will also affect the outcome of the game.

"In the Cup, the ability to contain the opponent's attack has always been considered the key to winning the cup, so defense is very important. Steve said.

Primorac nodded in agreement, saying: "12 years ago, we were able to reach the Champions League final because we did a good job defensively. We didn't concede a single goal in the knockout round, and we made it all the way to the final, which is a tough defense. Boss, why don't you revert to a 4-2-3-1 formation and focus on defensive counter-attacks? ”

"What is the advantage of the opponent?" Wenger asked, looking at the two in front of him.

Primorac replied: "Superstar effect and squad depth. ”

"What about weaknesses?"

"The main squad is aging, and there are many injuries at the back."

Wenger smiled slightly: "Boro, what do you think of Zidane?" ”

Primorac was stunned, former French legend and current Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane?

Primorac shook his head, he only knew Zidane when he was a player, but he really didn't know much about Zidane, who was the head coach of Real Madrid.

Wenger knew that only he could answer this question, so he didn't pretend to be profound, and said directly: "From last season to now, I found that he tends to limit opponents in the strong dialogue rather than take the initiative to express himself, Real Madrid has many stars, on the one hand, there is a lot of room for rotation in the arrangement, but at the same time, it will cause dissatisfaction with the players who can't play the main team, so I won't say much." Zidane needs to determine which formation the opponent uses, so that he can choose the formation, tactical style of play and players. ”

Boulder and Primoratz's eyes lit up, and Zidane's coaching style was the opposite of the leader's, so wouldn't this aspect be exploited?

Arsene Wenger continued: "We started the game against Manchester City and we started using new formations and new tactics, and I'm sure Zidane is still predicting whether I will play a single midfielder or a double midfielder in this game, with Welbeck or Giroud as the centre-forward. He needs to decide between Bale and Isco who will start, and who they both represent and which formation they will use. ”

"I see, 4-3-3 and diamond 4-4-2 options." Boulder shouted.

"Boss, you're saying that Real Madrid will send out the ceremony squad tonight?" Primoratz's heart moved, and he said.

Sergio Busquets, Cesc Fabregas, Andres Iniesta, and Xavi Fernandes were all shortlisted for the FIFA2012 Team of the Year, the team with the largest number of finalists for the FIFA Midfielder of the Year list.

Later, as long as there were big teams with technical midfielders in the midfield positions of the starting lineup, it was called the ceremonial lineup.

As early as the AC Milan period coached by Carlo Ancelotti, in order to let the four No. 10s play, An Fat specially created a Christmas tree formation, which is the earliest ceremony lineup.

Today's Real Madrid has 5 No. 10 players, but due to the existence of the BBC combination and the need for midfield defense, Real Madrid's three midfielders can only arrange two technical midfielders, so Real Madrid's ceremonial lineup is actually a condensed version.

"4-3-3, the starters are these guys, the only difference and the place we can take advantage of, is him!" Arsene Wenger placed the paper on the table and pointed his finger to a player's name.

Nacho Fernandez, Real Madrid's defensive panacea.