Real Madrid aggressively launched an offensive after the restart, opening up and launching a swift attack on Liverpool.

However, the team's attack did not create particularly good chances.

In the 7th minute of the game, Qin Xiong's long-range shot after shaking off Mascherano laterally in front of the penalty area was saved by Reina.

In the 12th minute, Qin Xiong's header opportunity created by Raul with a cross from the side was also deflected by Raul.

Liverpool, on the other hand, are more aggressive.

Gerrard, Liera, Kuyt, and Alonso pressed frantically in the midfield, and consciously suppressed Guti and Diarra.

Steven Gerrard missed a golden chance in the 14th minute when Liverpool unleashed a flickering rush after Diarra's pass to Robben was cut off by Aurelio.

Aurelio drove the ball straight to the right side of the field.

It was Kuyt again, who rushed to the edge of the box to get a header from Marcelo to cross.

Torres attracted Pepe and Cannavaro in front of the goal, Gerrard rushed to the back of the goal to rush to the top, and in the face of the almost half-empty Real Madrid goal, Gerrard's header actually flew over!

Rafael Benitez shook his hand the sidelines, secretly annoyed that the Jaews had missed a godsend.

Despite his years in charge of Liverpool, Benitez has a very average relationship with his players, he is a madman at work, but he is an indifferent person in life, and he tends to be unkind to players.

Because of this, even though the players listened to Benitez, they did not necessarily have a very good personal relationship with him.

At this moment, the spectators in the Bernabeu stands also saw an obvious problem: Real Madrid couldn't control the midfield!

This is something that has hardly been seen in the last two months of competition.

It's not that Real Madrid's ability to control the field has declined, it's that the opponents are different!

Liverpool, who hail from the Premier League, are noticeably more aggressive in both running and pressing in defence at the outset.

Secondly. It was also the conclusion that Benitez came to after studying the Real Madrid game.

The vast majority of La Liga lives in the shadow of last season's terrifying firepower of the Whites!

So in the last two months of the competition. Real Madrid's opponents are restricting Real Madrid's forward line!

Five-back tactics. Iron bucket formation, three back and so on to contain Real Madrid.

This method was adopted last season and is very common.

But it still can't stop Real Madrid's crushing.

Benitez thinks this phenomenon is strange: why can't the same defensive strategy lead to better results when Real Madrid is not as good as last season?

After studying the Real Madrid game, he found that these La Liga teams were too afraid of attacking groups like Qin Xiong, Raul, Robben and Sneijder. It has already reached the reaction of blindly blocking and containing the individuals of the Real Madrid attack group.

This is a dungeon, without really starting from the big picture.

Real Madrid's forward line is indeed very strong.

But where are Real Madrid's weak points?

Midfielder!

M. Diarra was injured in the first half of the season and was not in good form after recovering from injury, and Las Diarra has not fully integrated into the team, and he has not formed a whole with Real Madrid's skillful and tacit technical and tactical system last season.

Secondly, midfielder Guti's competitive form this year has a downward trend, and the 32-year-old Guti is already an out-and-out veteran!

His physical condition does not guarantee that he will be able to be as energetic as he has in the past, and secondly, Guti has also suffered minor injuries this season, which has seriously affected his competitive form.

Most teams in La Liga have focused their defensive strength on the back line when facing Real Madrid, which has not exposed the weaknesses of the midfield combination of Guti and Las Diarra!

They can play freely in a relaxed environment. Guti organizes the attack, and when it is easy, he can also step in and participate in the attack. Diarra only had to deal with occasional and not violent counter-attacks.

Liverpool faced Real Madrid last season with extreme counter-attack, waiting for the Real Madrid midfielder to press and expose the back air defense before going on a quick counter-attack.

This season, Benitez has changed his strategy, and the fast attack is still the main attacking tool, but there is no need to wait for Real Madrid to make a mistake before making the fatal attack.

Set the main battlefield in the middle of the field!

Blocking Real Madrid's midfield organization, or even launching a fast attack after a direct steal, can even kill Real Madrid!

The first goal was a testament to his tactical set-up.

Since then, Liverpool have had more attacking opportunities from this, but they have not been able to capitalise on them.

Benitez doesn't think his pre-match tactics will work until the end of the game, but Liverpool will have to take every opportunity that comes their way until Real Madrid can respond and make adjustments.

That's why he's angry at Gerrard for failing to take advantage of the golden opportunity.

The player who saw Liverpool's intentions also included Qin Xiong on the field.

Guti was limited today, Diarra did not have the playmaking talent to calm the scene, and Real Madrid's attacking and defensive center was suppressed by Liverpool and almost on the brink of destruction.

Real Madrid were able to push their attack forward with a hard time, and it wasn't necessarily a good chance, but it was struggling.

In Qin Xiong's eyes, Guti may have lost his fighting spirit after achieving unprecedented glory last season, after all, he is a veteran, and he has the mentality of just waiting to return to the field after being successful and famous.

Before last summer, before Real Madrid's recruitment began, there were media outlets that Real Madrid needed to bring in a high-quality midfield commander to be Guti's successor.

It was originally thought that Cesc Fabregas would go to the Bernabeu to make Real Madrid's midfield strength rise instead of diminishing.

As a result, Cesc Fabregas did not appear at all, but acted in a summer soap opera with Ronaldo.

This is not without warning, and the problems that Real Madrid are now exposed against their truly top opponents have in fact been exposed in the national derby against Barcelona.

At that time, Real Madrid could only restrain Barcelona with extreme counter-attacks.

But when it comes to the Bernabeu and faces Liverpool at home, does Real Madrid also go to defend and counterattack?

That's impossible!

Especially with the momentum of the past two months, and the fact that most of the players are now looking to perform better and try to stay in the football temple after the era of change at the Bernabeu this summer.

Faced with the poor organization of the team's midfield, Qin Xiong took the initiative to retreat, and this retreat was different from his occasional retreat as a shadow striker.

It's a change in role, from a shadow striker to an attacking midfielder, and with it, Real Madrid's formation will also change.

From 442 to 4231. (To be continued.) )