Guardiola has appropriately adjusted the layout of the middle and increased the thickness of the midfield in response to Atletico Madrid's style of play, which is beneficial to both attack and defense. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

But in fact, anyone can think of such an arrangement!

If only increasing the thickness of the midfield can limit Atletico Madrid, then Atletico Madrid will not be the first in the league!

In this game, Wan Sheng didn't plan to win by 'luck', he just wanted to play against Barcelona and fight for frontcourt efficiency with Barcelona.

If at the beginning of the season, Atletico Madrid went to play against Barcelona, it was not a good choice, at that time Atletico Madrid was not mature, some players were not familiar with tactics, but now it is different, Wansheng designed the "B-TF" tactical system for Atletico Madrid, which originally focused on the whole and paid attention to speed, that is, Atletico Madrid's tactics focused on attack.

Just simply increasing the thickness of the midfield, it is impossible to limit Atletico Madrid's attack, but it is likely to be penetrated by Atletico Madrid's rapid attack, and the flaws of the weak defense are exposed, and then it will be Atletico Madrid's chance!

Pep Guardiola thinks he has a response, but he doesn't realize that it is completely wrong to face Atletico Madrid in this way!

So far in the season, Atletico Madrid has matured.

Wan Sheng doesn't mind letting Guardiola see what Atletico Madrid's attack looks like!

The above is a tactical analysis, in fact, in the game, Barcelona did a good job.

Increasing the depth of midfield is just a matter of positioning and movement, and few teams have done it as targeted as Barcelona.

Their constant pressing and pressing near the midfield made it difficult for Atletico Madrid's attack to penetrate the midfield's defense, and when Barcelona attacked, their continuous passing also made Atletico Madrid often choose to retreat passively, otherwise it would be equivalent to giving Barcelona a chance to play behind.

Barcelona's all-attack and all-defense are not as thorough as Atletico Madrid's, but in fact, their tactics can also be classified as all-attack and all-defense.

When defending, the three strikers Pedro, Messi and Villa all retreated to increase the defensive thickness of the midfield, constantly running to press, forming the first line of Barcelona's defense.

In the midfield, Xavi, Busquets and Iniesta are three midfielders in defense, and when attacking, they will burst forward and become forwards, and Barcelona's attacking ability is inseparable from the 'three' in the middle of the 433 formation, and these three are the core driving force to support Barcelona's overall performance.

Alves, Puyol, Pique and the young Adriano are all excellent defenders, their main job is to defend, but when attacking, the two full-backs will step in to support their team-mates, Pique will often step forward to look for opportunities, and only Puyol will be the pillar of the defence.

That's the whole lineup of Barcelona.

In Guardiola's arrangement, the defense of the middle is the top priority, Atletico Madrid's side has Reyes and Aguero, but in fact, the two are not so prominent on the side, Reyes relies more on the front of the penalty area to score, Ozil is also more inward to create a threat, their ability to support the middle is not too strong, so at the right time, the wing can choose to give up.

The middle lane is the most important!

Atletico Madrid have Sergio Aguero in the middle, which is a team that must be limited, while Morris, Raul Garcia, and Mesut Ozil on the flanks are often in front of the penalty area to create threats, and after watching a lot of Atletico Madrid game videos, Guardiola knows very well that Atletico Madrid is most active in the middle.

So while increasing the thickness of the midfield, Barcelona also increased the blockade of the middle.

At the right time, even Messi and Villa can retreat to the penalty area to participate in the defense, and at that time, the formation will be recycled, the midfield and backfield will be assembled, and Barcelona can also form an iron bucket formation.

Of course, that's a rare case.

Normally, Barcelona will not play like that, but pay more attention to the defense of the middle, Guardiola specially explained that Xavi, Iniesta, and Pedro should pay attention to the middle when defending.

In this way, Atletico Madrid's attack can be limited to the maximum.

Barcelona's defense is always secondary, they won't use defense to win, that's humiliating for them, even manager Pep Guardiola thinks so, so Barcelona is more arranged, in fact, it's still in attack.

Barcelona's offense is to advance, and the best thing is to find opportunities to play behind, and Xavi, Iniesta, Messi, and Villa on the field are not to mention the individual ability and cooperation, they are all the top players.

In the set-up for Atletico Madrid, Guardiola's focus is on the left side of the centre, that is, the defensive space of teenager Rafael Varane.

A season is almost over, and what is the weakness in Atletico Madrid's squad, everyone knows it.

Needless to say, Atletico Madrid is doing quite well, but Atletico Madrid has problems defensively, they only have one big player in the middle - Godin, Gore has excellent personal ability and has been very stable, but Atletico Madrid has only one Godin, and there is no second, and the other position, whether it is Ujfarusi or Domingos, cannot guarantee stable performance.

After Christmas, Mansheng started to use youngster Raphael Varane.

Raphael Varane, who has just turned 18 and has only signed for As-Hellemmes in his professional experience, is really unknown, but so far this season, Raphael Varane has also played a little bit of fame, because he started for Atletico Madrid before he was 18 years old and has been consistent, which means that his future is bright.

Raphael Varane has made 17 appearances for Atletico Madrid so far, playing eight full games and coming off the bench six times.

That's all Raphael Varane's resume.

Although the curriculum vitae is vague, the reality is that any club knows that Raphael Varane will surely be an excellent centre-back of the future, as he is now able to play at the top level.

Many people are jealous that Atletico Madrid can have such a talent at centre-back, but Pep Guardiola sees an opportunity in Raphael Varane.

Raphael Varane's performance is undoubtedly excellent, but that is only compared to the identity of an 18-year-old player, in terms of performance, Varane can only be regarded as a 'qualified central defender', that's all, qualified does not mean excellent, in Barcelona, Atletico Madrid and other teams with ability, Varane's performance and ability are a little poor.

So Pep Guardiola asked Barcelona to attack against Raphael Varane's point.

"He's Atletico's weakness!"

Pep Guardiola told all the players.

So it reacted to the game, that is, Messi, Villa and other players, constantly playing from the left side when attacking, so that Rafael Varane's defense was busy, and Godin's side was a little idle, many times his defensive players simply stayed in place, as if the opponent's task was to attract his attention, but there is no doubt that Barcelona's players are excellent on any player on the field, Godin knows that as long as he makes a running mistake, it is likely to bring opportunities to the opponent, He could only watch as Raphael Varane's defence was secretly anxious.

"These-raised bastards!"

Godin gritted his teeth!

On weekdays, Godin and Raphael Varane get along very well, he knows that Varane is a very good junior, and the future is bright, but it is definitely not now, if the opponent is just an ordinary La Liga team, Godin will not be in a hurry, but the opponent is Barcelona, the strongest offensive team in Europe and even the world, and even one of them, the pressure that Varane has to face can be imagined.

So...... Will he be able to make it through?

Godin was a little secretly worried.

Guardiola, who was sitting in the coach's seat, was very relieved to see this scene, in terms of football matches, he and Wan Sheng's ideas are similar, targeted tactics or something, all for the sake of victory, he will not show mercy to the opponent because he is a young player.

This is the case in professional games, where the opponent has weaknesses and has to target them.

That's a better chance of winning the game.

Raphael Varane is a promising centre-back, perhaps in the future for Barcelona?

Who knows.

But now he is part of Atletico Madrid and Barcelona's rival for the Copa del Rey.

is an opponent, there is no such thing as being young and old!

As long as Barcelona can have more hopes of winning, what does it matter to play against a young player?

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Off the field, Wan Sheng also saw Barcelona's targeted play.

I have to say...... Despicable.

But Wan Sheng is not as worried as Gore, and no one knows his players better than him.

Raphael Varane is still very young, in fact, in 10 days, he will just turn 18 years old, this age is a little too young, experience or anything does not need to be talked about, it must be that other players cannot be compared, in terms of ability, Varane still has a lot of room for improvement, but in fact, Varane's best thing is not his potential and strength, but ...... Mentality!

It would be a bit surprising to say that a player who has just turned 18 has a good mentality, but the fact is that Varane's mental attributes are unusually high.

In the entire Atletico Madrid team, the player with the best mental attributes is Morris, followed by Sergio Aguero, and then Raphael Varane, and because of this, Morris has always been able to play consistently, and Aguero is a 'game player', whenever there is an official game, Aguero can always play well.

Varane's mental attributes are also very high, at least higher than Raul Garcia, Ozil and others, and the mental attribute is a comprehensive thing, not just a representation of mentality, but with high all-round ability, the mentality will not be too bad.

Despite Varane's young age and lack of experience, there have never been any major problems in the past.

So Wansheng is not worried that Barcelona will play against Varane, if they hope to make Varane panic, and if there is any mistake in the near future, it is really a miscalculation, but they are a little worried that they will use technology to impact, and Varane's ability and experience are not enough to take on the big responsibility.

Fortunately, Barcelona didn't seem to think so, or rather, there was no bright way to hit Varane's point.

They felt that Varane was young, went to 'bully' him, and did not play a technical match, so that three times in a row, Varane completed his defense well, so Barcelona returned in vain three times.

"Keep doing it."

Wan Sheng smiled.

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Barcelona's attack is not good, but it does not mean that Atletico Madrid's attack is not good, in fact, Atletico Madrid has begun to threaten.

After a wave of Barcelona attacks, Atletico Madrid quickly picked up the ball and started a fast break.

Godin played a straight pass to Raul Garcia, who crossed for Mesut Ozil, who dribbled quickly down the flank and cut straight past Xavi before Ozil slotted the ball down the middle.

Morris catches the ball and hits the goal!

Goalkeeper Valdés reacted quickly as he managed to save the ball and get it off the line.

Atletico Madrid's corner failed to threaten and they quickly retreated to the back to defend, giving the impression that Atletico Madrid had played a wave of counter-attacks and went back without a chance.

It was the same after that.

Whenever you get the ball, Atletico Madrid will launch a wave of very fast offensive, often from the back to the front, it takes no more than half a minute at most, and the speed near the penalty area is also very fast, especially in the front of the pass, the speed is even faster, often the Barcelona players have not reacted, and the Atletico Madrid players have completed the passing and receiving of the ball.

In this kind of quick coordination, mistakes are inevitable.

But Atletico Madrid did not slow down, every time they got the ball, they would deliberately increase the speed of the pass, which made Barcelona a little confused, but if they wanted to defend well, they had to keep up with the speed of Atletico Madrid, so unconsciously, their speed also improved.

Off the field, Pep Guardiola frowned slightly.

He felt something was wrong.

On the field, Atletico Madrid seems to play defensive counterattacks, every attack is fast, there is no intention to control the ball at all, and there is no frontal and orderly advancement, but this counterattack is different from the feeling of the last game.

The last time the two teams met, Atletico Madrid was the real counter-attack.

At that time, as soon as Atletico Madrid got the ball, they drove directly to the front court, or quickly handed the ball to the front court player through passing, and then relied on the individual ability of the front court player to attack.

It's different at this point.

Several times, Atletico Madrid's rapid offensive did not rely on Aguero alone, but on the side Ozil, Reyes and the middle players have a lot of cooperation, Morris, Raul Garcia and Aguero are also very close, that seems to be the ...... Speed up the advancement!?

Pep Guardiola was puzzled, and he watched the game more closely. (To be continued.) )