Chapter 20, the legendary back

To the surprise of Qu Jing and the other players, there was not many fans watching the game in the stands with a familiar figure - Zinedine Zidane.

Zidane who came from Madrid was obviously not just to watch a game, Agusli was also stunned when he saw Zidane, but then regained his calm, and every match day at different echelons will have tens of thousands of scouts or club personnel distributed everywhere to observe the performance of the players, and Zidane's appearance is not surprising, presumably also to observe the players of interest at close range.

Agusli and Barakald's head coach Vinzano can be regarded as old rivals, and the two have led the team to play each other no less than a dozen times, winning and losing each other, and it can be regarded as a sympathy. Vinsano's tactical philosophy is based on spectator possession**, emphasizing the team's protection of possession, starting from the back and progressing little by little, with a 4-3-3 formation that focuses on attack, with three midfielders switching positions frequently, thus creating good opportunities for wide players. This is similar to the way Bayern sometimes plays in Pep Guardiola's hands, in the overall strength of the relatively low West C, Vinsano's tactics have achieved very good results, and the opening winning streak has also made Vinsano complacent, and the formation of this game follows the formation of the slaughter of Real Madrid's B team in the last game, and the players have not made any adjustments.

Agusli had a brief communication with Qu Jing before the game, and he hoped that Qu Jing could lead his teammates in the midfield to coordinate the defense, use the numerical advantage in the midfield to cut off Balakald's attack, and then counterattack as efficiently as possible, striving for simplicity and a sure hit.

The skilful Balakald team caused plenty of problems from the start of the game, especially with Mensalo on the right, frequently breaking into the area defended by Sans and Lampena, creating good chances with two cuts and crosses, but the last shot was narrowly missed.

Qu Jing is weak in this regard, he can defend the left side very tightly, but it is impossible to cover the entire midfield area. On offense, he can drive the flow of the whole team through dribbling and playmaking, but when defending, he can't plug all the holes. He had to move away from the tactical position set before the game and switch to a wider range of running and anticipation positions to stop the opposition's threatening passes.

Agusli on the sidelines also found the seriousness of the problem, the two inactive pressure of Kapillia and Gulidi in the front court gave the Balakad players a gap in passing, plus their quick kick of the ball, it was easy to cross the midfield, even if Qu Jing and Sans predicted the opponent's passing route, but the number of area defenders was not dominant, or the opponent could pass to the feet of the wide players.

With a calm face on the sidelines, clearly unhappy with the lack of discipline on the part of Capillia and Gulidi, Agusli motioned for Orambo, Bengholas and Sangali to warm up on the sidelines before turning back to the dugout.

Shortly after the opening kick-off, team-mates in opposing positions warmed up, giving Capilla and Sangali an invisible deterrent, and their tight pressing up front had an immediate effect, and the success rate of Balacard's players was immediately reduced.

After the defensive pressure was relieved, Qu Jing quickly organised several threatening counter-attacks: on 27 minutes, he slipped a long ball from 50 yards on the left side of the halfway line to Rodriguez on the right, and Rodriguez's sudden inverted triangle pass caught the Balakald players off guard, and Gulidi's push from 12 yards almost opened the scoring.

A wonderful scene occurred in the 34th minute, Qu Jing got the left back Diarra pass, the first time did not receive the ball, in the three Balakald players under the help of the defense of the clever hand, and then a trip, it was easy to get rid of the three defenders, the top in the arrow position of Battista in the Qu Jing control of the ball pulled to the left, flexible running to attract the opponent's central defender, to create an excellent second gap for Capilla, the precise through to create a direct face for Capillia to create an opportunity to face the goalkeeper, Capilla, of course, didn't miss out on this golden opportunity and slotted it into the net with ease.

It was a goal that took the team's tactics to the extreme!

Agusli on the sidelines waved his fists excitedly, applauding and nodding at the players, and to his special surprise, Qu Jing became more and more accurate in passing. The original Qu Jing is good at grasping the timing, and the timing of the ball is always just right, but there is still a lack of landing and accuracy, but after Corone's intensive training, his long passes and through balls have made very obvious progress, and several consecutive medium and long distance transfers have been accurately handed over to Rodriguez and Gulidi, concise, clear, fast and lethal. A goal like the one he just made showed his excellent judgment of the situation on the field, the handicap under the three-man package was amazing, and the incomparably accurate through ball with heat and power was even more miraculous. Agusli shook his head with a wry smile, thinking of Moyes, the stubborn Scotsman who would have decided for himself if he had seen this.

Qu Jing celebrated the goal with his teammates, and what excited him was also his leap forward in long passing, which was tantamount to adding wings. His ability to convert parallel-overhead perspectives would have made him an ordinary midfield metronome if he hadn't been able to make him a metronome with precision passing, but with precision guidance over the middle and long distances, it would have increased his ability to decide the game to a greater extent.

The Balakald players began to become impatient, and the Real Sociedad players, who were increasingly solid in the midfield area, were more at ease, and the counter-attack launched by Qu Jing immediately after intercepting the ball was very sharp, which also benefited from the flexible and changeable running of his teammates up front. Balacard's players, who have been riding well in the league, were a bit unexpected, and they swayed left and right in positional and man-to-man defence, giving Real Sociedad an opportunity to take advantage of it.

Towards the end of midfield, Qu Jing instigated another wave of attack, he took the ball to get rid of two Balakald players and then distributed the ball to Gulidi on the left, Gulidi went down at high speed, and unexpectedly made a long pass to Qu Jing inserted at the edge of the penalty area, and the unguarded Qu Jing met the ball and shot angrily, straight to the bottom of the net.

It's so beautiful!

Zidane, who had been watching from the sidelines, once again marveled in his heart.

But what amazed him wasn't the goal, but the movement and the play. The young players have matured under Agusley's tutelage, switching positions frequently and tacitly, and are able to make the most of the second gap created by their team-mates, which shows a high ball quotient. In particular, whether it is dribbling with the ball, running without the ball, responding, and passing long passes, it can be said that he has played a very high level at both offensive and defensive ends.

Zidane suddenly had several legendary midfield names in his mind: Neeskens, Tigana, and Gerson.