Chapter 174: The Only Way to Deal with It (First Update)

After conceding the goal, Casillas looked helpless, and he couldn't understand how the originally tight defence could suddenly appear empty.

Originally, the football was always passed outside the penalty area, which made him feel safe. It seems that the defense of their teammates has left Valencia with little to do, and they are at a loss, so they can only keep crossing or returning passes. But who would have thought that football would come to him after the rumor!

He doesn't want to yell at Hierro, anyone in this backline is his senior.

But conceding a goal frustrated him.

Because in this attack of the opponent, there is really not much he can do, not even the hero who saves the team, and the opponent's goal seems so easy...... He was extremely weak.

Hierro is also reflecting.

In fact, he blamed him for losing the ball just now.

Because if he hadn't stepped forward to pounce on Ibrahimovic, there would have been no space behind him.

Because he suddenly stepped forward to defend, the other teammates in the back line did not react and did not keep up in time to create offside, which made his original position become an empty space, and the whole back line became a dangerous inverted horseshoe shape, protruding forward in the middle, but dragging behind on both sides.

So Ibrahimovic cut through Real Madrid's backline with a simple pass, allowing Villa to seize his chances.

He did not know whether Ibrahimovic's retreat was an accident or an inevitability.

Although the last time the two sides met, Ibrahimovic did the same.

But that time, I didn't see this kind of beating in the Valencia game later.

So Hierro couldn't eat it either.

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Hierro couldn't eat it, but Bosque did.

The goal reminded him of last season's Copa del Rey final.

At that time, when Chang Sheng needed to attack, he was deeply impressed by the replacement of Aimar, because at that time, both the commentator and the media were puzzled, and he, as a coach, was also very puzzled.

Everyone knows Aimar's ability, why did Chang Sheng choose to replace Aimar at that time?

What happened later told Bosque the answer.

It turns out that Valencia does not need to rely on Aimar to threaten Real Madrid's goal.

Because Ibrahimovic can do what Aimar did.

And when Ibrahimovic pulls it out, he will make his backline at a loss and don't know how to cooperate. Thus a lot of problems arise.

For example, the ball that was just conceded was like that.

It's just that Bosque didn't think about this before the game.

Because this style of play only appeared briefly in the Copa del Rey final, it was still very short-lived.

After that, Valencia reverted to the usual mad dog tactical play.

It's hard to find their tactics that day.

Only today did Bosque remember.

Ibrahimovic pulled out, pulled out the space and then created space for wingers like Villa and Vicente.

Football tactics. To put it bluntly, it is a strategy of how to compete for space and time.

Ibrahimovic's retreat. It created space for Valencia's other teammates.

Compared with the previous 4231, the 433 tactics are closer to each other, and they can make more use of the space created in terms of aspects and quickly.

After all, the situation on the pitch changes anytime and anywhere, and maybe after this space is created, it will be gone in less than ten seconds.

If your teammates are too close, you can't take advantage of them.

Now that the three strikers are so close that they can make good use of that space.

For example, just now, Ibrahimovic just created space and immediately passed the ball. And Villa appeared there very quickly.

The tactical adjustment of the winning team is not untargeted, and it does strengthen the team's use of space and time.

This is something that many people do not consider. Everyone only stares at the stars and thinks that the team with the stars must be strong, but in fact, Real Madrid has so many superstars, but Valencia, who does not have a superstar, has a goal ahead.

Bosque suddenly hoped that the match would shed some light on Florentino. To be able to introduce Florentino to football, superstars are not everything.

Makelele was clamoring for a salary increase before the season, but Florentino just didn't give it a rise, because in his opinion, Makelele is not a superstar, such a player, a big handful. There is no need to waste too much money on such players.

But Bosque knows how important Makelle is to the team.

But he couldn't convince Florentino.

Since the team won their ninth trophy, the president has been very self-inflated.

Obviously, he believes that he has brought Real Madrid such a situation, and it is his superstar policy that has brought the team a ninth Champions League trophy.

Bosque shook his head. Now is not the time to think about that here.

At least in terms of victory, he and Florentino have a common language.

I don't want to lose this game, let alone the Spanish Super Cup.

What do you do in the face of Valencia's central striker pulling out and only space in the box?

Bosque came up with a solution, but it was risky.

That's to make an offside.

There is a risk in creating an offside tactic, but Real Madrid is a bit riskier in this game. Because they didn't train specifically for offsides before the game.

But that's the only way Bosque can come up with to deal with Chang Win's move.

He can only trust the tacit understanding of this backline.

After all, this is a line of defense that has been working together for many years.

Then I believe in the captain Hierro's ability to command the defense.

So while Valencia was still celebrating, he beckoned Hierro to him.

Hierro trotted all the way to the manager.

Bosque gave instructions to create an offside position.

Hierro frowned, "But we didn't practice before the game, sir." ”

"I know, but I can't help it. It can only depend on your experience and tacit understanding. Bosque also looked helpless when he heard Hierro's questioning.

Hierro didn't let go of his brow until he was back on the field.

Offside ...... The risk is too great.

If it fails, it will be a situation from which there will be no return!

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The game restarted and Real Madrid took advantage of their kick-off to launch a fierce attack on Valencia's goal.

Valencia's attack against Real Madrid was a two-stage attack, the first of which was to start a siege in the front. Strive to make the opponent unable to play the ball and pass the midfield. But once Real Madrid had passed midfield, Valencia quickly shrunk their defence and shrunk into a ball at the edge of the box. This is the second paragraph.

Only at this time can you vaguely see the Valencia team that was good at playing defensive counterattacks......

Because of the placement of two defensive midfielders in the midfield, Valencia although the number of midfielders is small. But in fact, the defensive forces have not weakened. It has even been enhanced. Because for most of last season there was only one full-time defensive midfielder, either Albi or Baraja, and the two rarely played at the same time.

No such problem exists now.

In addition, Deco can also defend, so when switching to defensive mode, Valencia's interception ability in midfield is quite good.

Every time Zidane cut inside from the left to the middle, he was stubbornly blocked by Valencia.

So Real Madrid's attack could only come to naught.

When it was Valencia's turn to attack, Real Madrid began to create offsides.

This move initially restrained Valencia.

When Ibrahimovic retreated, Real Madrid's back line pressed forward en masse. It is guaranteed that Hierro can continue to press Ibrahimovic and also create an offside position.

Valencia didn't expect Real Madrid to create offside, so at this time there was a ball straight through, and the result was consecutive offsides.

At first, they thought it was an accident, but later they realized that it was not as simple as they imagined.

This is a conscious offside!

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Chang Sheng turned his head to look at Bosque, who was also standing on the sidelines with himself.

Offside was used to turn the space created by Ibrahimovic into a trap for Valencia.

To be able to come up with this trick, Bosque is really worthy of a famous handsome. They can lead Real Madrid to win the ninth European Champions Cup, and they do have a level.

Bosque's adjustment is simple, in fact, the real coach is often seen in these details.

Famous marshals don't necessarily have to make any shocking substitution adjustments, often just very inconspicuous small adjustments can turn the tide of the battle.

This adjustment of Bosque seems simple, but it is not easy.

But......

Chang Sheng smiled.

If Real Madrid had practiced offside before the game, it would have been a game-changing adjustment.

But did Real Madrid practice before the game?

Judging from the information gained, Real Madrid did not practice offside before the game. Because offside defending is not a characteristic of Real Madrid. For no particular reason, they simply don't practice.

This kind of hasty adjustment may work at first, but it will eventually lead to loopholes and problems due to lack of practice.

Maybe they can make the right decision based on their own tacit understanding and their own experience. Nine of the 10 defences were successful offsides, but only one failure was a death chance.

So the simple thing to do to win is to get the team to add through balls.

If the other party wants to create an offside position, then he will keep trying.

Anyway, if you are offside, you won't be punished, and if you are offside a hundred times in a game, no one will be sent off.

But as long as you succeed again, you win.

Now he's a goal ahead, he's got an away goal, he doesn't need to rush at all.

And not in a hurry, it is the psychological basis for the mad dog tactics to be able to play perfectly.

So he also walked to the sidelines, chanting Deco's name, and when Deco looked at him, he made a through ball gesture and did it repeatedly.

Deco nodded his head to show that he understood, and this was a request for the team to increase the number of through balls.

In the following game, Valencia regained control of the ball.

And then they kept passing the ball back and forth, horizontally or back, as before.

Real Madrid's backline moves slowly with them, and no matter how the ball is passed, the center of gravity is always on the area where the opponent's ball is located.

They are now very cautious.

Then Valencia's three strikers started running frequently.

But in the end, the signal for the fatal blow was Ibrahimovic's sudden retreat.

The timing of Ibrahimovic's retreat was in Deco's hands.

Deco thinks the time is right, he will make a move, a code, and then Ibrahimovic will suddenly pull back and pull Hierro out, at which point Deco will immediately plug the ball into the open space and give it to Villa or Vicente who is running.

This is an attacking routine that Valencia has practiced in pre-season training for an unknown number of times. It was to take advantage of Ibrahimovic's retreat to create chances for the team.

Ibrahimovic's goalscoring ability was sacrificed here, but it created a chance for his team-mates to kill.

This requires Ibrahimovic to keep an eye on Deco when he plays.

When he sees Deco make that particular move, he immediately runs back and makes the illusion of answering Deco's pass, drawing all the defensive attention to him. Then Villa and Vicente will interpolate appropriately and go straight to the air.

In dealing with such a blow, Real Madrid can only create an offside position.

They could of course not be pulled out, in which case Ibrahimovic would be left unmarked – Claude Makelele would have to follow Deco and Elgra would have to juggle the rest of Valencia's players.

You must know that Valencia's overall attack is something that everyone can participate in, so don't think that Valencia is only a few people involved in the attack, in fact, basically every player in Valencia's midfield can participate in the attack and have the ability to threaten the opponent's goal.

Everyone saw that last season. Valencia was very scattered with points of fire.

So Elgra didn't dare to leave the others behind and run to defend Ibrahimovic, and Ibrahimovic's defensive work could only be handed over to central defender Hierro.

Otherwise, Baraja would have had a long-range shot.

When the time comes for Ibrahimovic to receive the ball when he faces the goal head-on outside the box, and Hierro doesn't dare to go up, Ibrahimovic can do so much.

He can shoot on his own, he has long-range shots. He can also pass on his own, and he can also use his waist to make a lethal pass in this place......

In short, there are so many possibilities.

In order not for Valencia to turn these possibilities into reality, Real Madrid can only let Hierro go up and post the defense, Ibrahimovic, and interfere with him.

Then when defending, it creates an offside position.

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Deco, who was running off the ball, made a gesture to retreat, and Ibrahimovic was ready to run back.

Albelda, who was in possession of the ball, passed the ball over.

Because Deco was always under the defense of Makelele, he could not keep possession for long periods of time. Pass the ball back when you need to.

Seeing the ball pass to Deco, Ibrahimovic started to run outside.

Hierro followed closely, while the other three Real Madrid defenders followed suit.

Deco received the ball, and Makelele pounced on it, dragging and kicking, trying to break the ball.

Deco didn't entangle with him, and with a flick of his ankle, he sent a through ball.

The ball flew past Ibrahimovic and landed behind the Real Madrid backline.

Then Vicente received the ball.

But at the same time, the referee's whistle sounded - Valencia was offside!

Vicente was surprised and pointed his hands to the linesman who was raising the flag to signal that he was not offside.

But the linesman ignored him and the referee firmly ruled him offside.

Vicente shook his head and ran back.

Real Madrid fans in the stands cheered for the team's beautiful offside defence.

In the coach's box and on the bench at Real Madrid, everyone was also shouting.

Bosque breathed a sigh of relief.

It worked......