"Manchester City's move is actually more suitable for the weak team, especially when the weak team plays the strong team!"

On the commentary bench, Arsene Wenger spoke:

"Because in order to achieve this tactical effect of Manchester City, it is necessary to attract the opponent to press, otherwise, it is difficult to break through the opponent's complete defense with only two players in the front, even if Manchester City has Lin Quan in the team."

"So what Real Madrid has to do is actually very simple, that is, to control the formation, don't blindly press, especially in the midfield, not too deep, leaving too much space behind the opponent!"

Arsene Wenger's analysis was very accurate, and Zidane also explained it this way.

In the ensuing matches, Real Madrid took great care to control the distance between the lines to avoid disjoints like before.

The effect was immediate, with City struggling to find a breakthrough through the middle.

However, the shrinking formation also brought another problem, and that was that no one could put enough pressure on Kroos in the back of the midfield.

Kroos has a very high pass success rate and is very good at long balls.

What's more, his big-picture vision and broad vision, as well as his ability to read the game, are among the best in the Manchester City squad.

If they don't press him, City can often play dangerous wide attacks under his command.

In the 30th minute of the first half, Kroos sent a long pass as accurate as a guided missile, found Lin Quan in front, and almost let him score another goal.

It seems that this guy can't be ignored!

Real Madrid continued to make defensive adjustments, Ronaldo's position dropped back a little, behind Benzema, and then let him continue to harass Kroos and not let Kroos receive the ball so comfortably.

The reason why Ronaldo is asked to do this kind of dirty work is mainly because in the front three, Ronaldo has neither speed nor the ability to hold the ball with his back, so letting him retreat to participate in defense is the best choice.

Otherwise, if Bale or Benzema were to carry out the task, Real Madrid's attacking threat up front would be greatly reduced.

If it is in an ordinary game, the head coach makes such an arrangement, Ronaldo will probably be very unhappy, and even ignore the manager's arrangement.

However, when Zidane's task reached him, Ronaldo did not hesitate at all and immediately went to carry out the order.

Although he knew in his heart that doing so would lead to a decrease in his chances of finding the back of the net, he had to make such a sacrifice for the sake of the team as a whole and for the sake of the final victory.

"Ronaldo has changed!"

"Yes, it's tiring to do such dirty work willingly!"

"I remember that Ronaldo had the privilege of not defending back at Real Madrid before!"

"It can be seen how much Ronaldo wants to win!"

Cristiano Ronaldo's defensive ability is not very strong, but he is tall, strong and very aggressive.

With his interference, Kroos has become much more difficult to handle the ball, and the number of passes and catches is significantly less than before.

In Manchester City's two-back system, the two midfielders are not standing in parallel, but one in front and one behind, with N'Golo Kante in front and Kroos in the back.

Although N'Golo Kante is not as playmaker and passing as Kroos, he has more energy and a wider range of movement, so he actually takes on more defensive responsibilities.

Kroos has taken on some of the defensive responsibilities while taking on more of the role of the playmaker.

He is responsible for controlling the tempo of the game, distributing the ball, choosing the offensive route and other important duties.

As a result, Pep Guardiola has placed him in the back, almost on the edge of the back line, to keep him away from the threat of opposition midfielders.

This is also the reason why Zidane let the striker retreat to participate in the defense, in terms of distance, Ronaldo is indeed closer to Kroos than Casemiro, Modric and others.

In fact, Guardiola's arrangement is also a bit helpless, he prefers a midfielder like Martinez or Mascherano who can play as a defender.

But there is no such person in the Manchester City team, so this is the only way to make a decision.

However, the problem is not entirely unsolvable, as he has set his eye on Everton's young defender John Stones and intends to fill the void in the Manchester City position this summer.

The coaches of both sides saw the moves, the pace of the game was very fast, the attacks of both sides were very clean and neat, not dragging mud and water at all, only a few passes, a few seconds can quickly hit the opponent's 30-meter area from their own half, and even form a shot.

It's just that the backlines of both teams did not make any mistakes, resulting in a lot of shots on goal on both sides, but no goals were scored for a long time, and the score remained at 1:0.

However, just when the game was deadlocked, Ronaldo stepped up.

In the 38th minute of the first half, Modric made a tackle in the middle and quickly moved the ball to the side.

Bale used his speed to overtake on the wing, dribbling down the ball and slotting a cross into the box.

Benzema's leap to the top was flapped away by Keylor Navas, Real Madrid took a corner, Modric took a penalty to the back post, and Ronaldo jumped high after a turnaround run and smashed the ball into the Manchester City goal.

Keylor Navas had nothing to do with Ronaldo's header and helplessly spread his hands to several defenders.

A header of this distance, of this power, gives him ten chances, and he may not be able to save one!

It's a lot harder than saving a penalty!

Manchester City's captain Vincent Kompany raised his hand to signal that the ball was his pot, and he did not keep an eye on Cristiano Ronaldo to give the opponent a chance to head the goal, which was his mistake.

Cristiano Ronaldo is the most capable header among the active players, not even one of them.

How difficult his header is to defend against, the goalkeepers of La Liga teams know it.

Keylor Navas has also played in La Liga, played against Cristiano Ronaldo, and knows how powerful the opponent's header is.

So he didn't blame Kompany, he just patted the other party on the shoulder and asked the other party to cheer up.

Van Dijk came over and discussed with Kompany, planning to defend Cristiano Ronaldo next time and let Kompany mark Benzema.

After confirming that his header had broken through the Manchester City goal, Ronaldo rushed to the sidelines in a frenzy, grabbed a camera and let out a roar!

How much pressure he was under before he scored this goal, only he knows!

And now, after that crucial goal, he can finally straighten his chest and declare loudly:

I, Cristiano Ronaldo, am the best man in the world!

"This header ability is really unreasonable!"

Lin Quan crossed his hands on his hips, standing in the middle circle waiting for kick-off, and Aguero on the side showed a look of envy, looking at the Real Madrid crowd who were celebrating wildly from afar.

"Ronaldo's header is really strong, but this is also unenviable, just our height, don't think about headers or anything!"

Aguero's height is the same as Lin Quan's, both 173cm, this kind of height, in front of tall defenders, can not take advantage of the slightest advantage.

Therefore, both of them are not good at heading, and there is no need to practice heading, because the gains outweigh the losses.

With this effort, it is better to strengthen the ability in other aspects.

Real Madrid's goal greatly boosted the morale of the whole Real Madrid team, and the sound of cheering for the Real Madrid players on the scene came and went, changing the previous lifelessness.

Zidane quickly calmed down while in his inner ecstasy, and now the score is only 1:1, they just tied the score and did not take the lead.

So now is not the time to be happy, they need to keep up the good work and try to score another goal or more!

"The opponent's defense in the middle is tight, and he attacks from the wings! Take advantage of set-pieces and make the most of our headers! ”

Real Madrid have several players who are very good at heading, while Manchester City have a limited number of tall players.

Through the previous games, Zidane found that it was difficult for Manchester City to completely see everyone, which gave Real Madrid an opportunity.

In the case that he can't find other weaknesses of Manchester City for the time being, he naturally wants to catch this weakness exposed by the other party and fight to the death!

After the game restarted, fans quickly found that Real Madrid's attention to set-pieces has greatly increased, and they tried to hang into the Manchester City penalty area when they had the opportunity, as if they wanted to replicate the goal just now!

With such an obvious intention, it is natural that Manchester City's coaching staff cannot be hidden.

Pep Guardiola was also quick to make adjustments and tighten his grip on Modric.

Compared with the Real Madrid team in the original time and space, this Real Madrid squad has the absence of Kroos, which makes the task on Modric heavier.

If you can successfully strangle the opponent, the key point connecting the midfield, you can weaken Real Madrid's attack to the greatest extent.

In fact, from the very beginning, Manchester City has been targeting Modric.

It's just that Modric is not so easy to restrict, De Bruyne alone is obviously not enough, if Kante comes forward, it is naturally no problem to prevent him, but Modric's range of activity is too large, and Kante cannot cover his entire range of activities, especially if he wants to protect and respond to Kroos.

This makes Manchester City need someone to step up on the front side of the field and put enough pressure on Modric when he drops back to receive the ball, so that he can't connect with Real Madrid's central midfield so easily.

This man has to have plenty of physical fitness to play defence and attack, as well as a large range of motion to cover Modric's area of activity.

In the midfield, there is only one such person in the Manchester City team, and that is Lin Quan!

Since Ronaldo can sacrifice himself for the whole team, Lin Quan can naturally do it too.

So, when Modric retreated to receive the ball again, Lin Quan stood up and pasted it.

Seeing Lin Quan leaning up, Modric was shocked, he didn't expect Manchester City to send him to defend himself, this is really worthy of himself!

However, Lin Quan's offensive ability is recognized by Modric, but the defensive ability still needs to be tested!

After all, Lin Quan is only 20 years old and should have little defensive experience, and to become an excellent defensive player, in addition to outstanding talent, he must also accumulate experience a little bit.

If you don't accumulate enough experience in defense, it's easy to make mistakes when defending, and not only do you not help, but you also help back.

No, hearing the sound of hurried footsteps behind him, Modric judged that Lin Quan had little defensive experience.

In this case, you can't rush so quickly!

Let me teach you a lesson!

Modric quickly made a judgment in his mind and planned ahead for the next step in this.

After receiving the pass from his teammates, he was not in a hurry to turn around, and when Lin Quan got closer, he suddenly pulled the ball and turned around, intending to use Lin Quan's huge inertia to rush forward and the opportunity to brake easily, and completely pass Lin Quan.

As a top midfield master, the ability to get rid of the ball is a very important indicator of their own strength.

Luka Modric is the best at this, and he has plenty of ways to get rid of defenders, find space and deliver lethal passes to his teammates!

In the contest between strong teams, the victory or defeat is often between the first line.

Maybe at some point, because he didn't look at the core of the opponent's midfield, let him send a lethal pass, it could lead to a defeat!

"Emperor Lin is still too young!"

"yes, the defensive experience is too lacking, Modric is afraid to succeed!"

"No way, the other party is Modric after all!"

Just when everyone thought that Lin Quan was about to be passed by Modric like a stake, an accident happened.

Modric successfully turned around, but found that Lin Quan was still in front of him, and he hadn't been passed over!

How is this possible?

How could this kid still be here?

Modric's eyes widened with an expression of disbelief.

Lin Quan saw Modric's expression and smiled at him: How is it, is it surprised or not?

If it was the average young player defending Modric, it was really possible to be fooled.

But Lin Quan is a traverser, how can he not know how powerful Modric is?

Before the game, Lin Quan had already done a lot of targeted research on Modric, watched many of his game videos, and thought of ways to deal with him in his mind according to his playing style and habits.

He knows how good Modric is, but Modric doesn't know how good he is.

So just now, he took advantage of Modric's lack of understanding of his weaknesses and caught his opponent off guard.

Modric misjudged, and after turning around, he almost went straight to Lin Quan with the ball.

With such an opportunity in front of him, Lin Quan naturally would not be polite to him.

As soon as the foot is stretched and grabbed, the ball will change hands!

At this moment, the roles of the two sides are instantly reversed:

Now it's Modric's turn to defend, and Lin Quan to attack!

At this moment, Modric has completely put away the contempt in his heart.

Let's not mention the opponent's defensive strength for the time being, but the opponent's offensive strength is recognized as the world's best in football!

In the face of such a strong opponent, even Modric, he couldn't help but beat the drums psychologically:

Can I stop him?

Lin Quan didn't give Modric much time to react, and the moment he grabbed the ball, he started to move!

(End of chapter)