Chapter 80 When we let Ronaldo shoot enough, we won

The rise of any team will face the target of a comprehensive analysis of the tactics of the opponent.

Barcelona from 2008 to 2012 knew this very well.

After they swept the football world by the wave of passing, there were many teams who studied and learned their tactical play.

In the same way, there are not a few teams who want to beat them.

And now, after Real Madrid's 5-0 thrashing of Lyon, it has sparked a big discussion in French football about the mode of attacking quickly on the counter-attack.

Many clubs and professional coaches have picked up a magnifying glass and started to look for flaws in Real Madrid's tactical play.

But after studying it, there are a lot more coaches who have deepened their dark circles.

But no one dared to boast to the media that they knew how to target Real Madrid.

"Blame!"

This is the most intuitive feeling of these professional coaches who have studied Real Madrid's current systematic play.

You say that Real Madrid is playing the traditional anti-anti-anti-anti set?

Not necessarily.

Because Real Madrid doesn't have to hook the opponent all over the line, and then swing the bus on their own side, cut off the ball and then hit the opponent behind him.

Real Madrid is now more likely to cut off the ball directly in the midfield, and then launch a rapid advance on the spot that may not take more than six or seven seconds to hit your doorstep!

Is Real Madrid still playing attacking football?

Not even so.

Let's not talk about whether Mourinho is a fan of attacking football.

If Real Madrid is almost the same as their opponents in every game, and in many cases even lower in possession, they are not playing attacking football.

Therefore, these coaches feel that Real Madrid's tactics are very "weird" from top to bottom! ”。

The tactics of conservatism are not sticky, and the tactics of offensive football are not touched, and in the end they can only sigh in their hearts.

"Jose Mourinho is playing with something new!"

This is a new tactic that made Pep Guardiola and Barcelona players uncomfortable and awkward in the Spanish Super Cup before the start of the season.

Space pressing, defensive counter-attacks, tight switching opportunities, plus efficient finishing.

If a fan of later generations saw these descriptions, he would definitely think of the "433 high pressing" system that Klopp created at Liverpool.

Yes, Mourinho's current style of play and Klopp's high pressing system actually look very similar.

In terms of many tactical ideas and building ideas, Mourinho today is compatible with Klopp when he goes to Liverpool in the future.

But there is still a big difference in the tactics of the two men in essence.

That is, Mourinho has a dedication to "stable victory" in his bones.

And Klopp, in his bones, is more of a "passion" that can bet everything in advance for victory!

Reflecting on the tactics, Mourinho doesn't like to press the opposition too much in his half.

He prefers to place tactical traps and the main battlefield near the center circle.

Even if Li Ang was put in front before, allowing him and other Real Madrid attacking players to occasionally play the ultimate high pressing, Real Madrid also achieved very good tactical results.

But Mourinho only makes the occasional attempt.

Because he will think more about the overall situation, considering whether his players will still have enough physical fitness to play around with the opponent after the 70th minute of the game to complete the final victory.

And what Klopp wants is the "now" after betting everything.

His tactics easily allowed his players to accelerate their ability to run after more than 70 minutes.

But for him, it doesn't make much sense to take into account this point in time.

Because his tactical decisive moment came in the first 70 minutes, even in the first half of the game.

As long as his team presses hard enough, fierce enough, and the striker's ability to grasp the opportunity is reliable enough.

Then he can use this high-level pressure mode to complete the all-conquering of strong and weak opponents.

And he did succeed in the Premier League.

Liverpool won the Champions League and then the Premier League.

Jurgen Klopp took that Liverpool team to a successful revival.

It was in the two Champions League duels against Real Madrid that Klopp suffered two big losses.

This also prompted him to devise a new set of tactical play, that is, a backcourt pass control and extended pass guidance system that restricts the high post pressing system.

However, the current Klopp has not even completed the high-level oppression mad dog flow system, and the development of new tactics after that is even more nowhere to be seen.

Speaking of returning to Mourinho's period and Klopp's similar but very different tactical play.

That is, in the pursuit of "stable victory" under the half-court pressure and fast advance play.

Originally, if there was no appearance of Leon, Mourinho would have basically played this style of play this season.

Because Khedira didn't practice, he eventually had to put more of the ball on Alonso.

The alternate Las Diarra wanted to be Zidane II, which made him even more helpless.

In the end, he could only stop further refining the tactic and tapping the potential because his waist was not reliable enough.

And now with the fluttering of the "butterfly" of Leon, Mourinho's tactics have advanced to a more complete and sophisticated level than the original timeline at this time.

Leon's technical characteristics and ability make Mourinho's half-court pressing style both stable and hard.

His "waist" is reliable, and Alonso doesn't have to be too distracted to do dirty work.

Brother Long, who has put a lot of energy into organizing the team, is playing better and better.

Real Madrid's ball possession at the back is very smooth, and the long pass support in the front court is even more accurate and ruthless.

And after Real Madrid basically omitted the link of advancing in the midfield and backfield, playing "football running and bombing" is not just the faster the attack, the faster the threat.

Moreover, the personal ability of the core players on the central axis of Real Madrid in this period is nothing to say.

Casillas, Pepe, Xavi Alonso, Ronaldo.

From defense to playmaking to final finishing hits.

Real Madrid are in the absolute top two in football today.

It can be said that without such a central axis of individual ability, Mourinho's new style of play system would not have been able to exert such great power.

Therefore, it is normal for those professional coaches to be unpredictable at this stage, Real Madrid's new style of play.

Maybe they got some of the contours of Mourinho's tactical structure.

But they dare not think that Mourinho has given Alonso and Ronaldo a lot of tactical freedom and trust.

I didn't dare to think that these two stars dared to accept this trust, and they also played an almost full personal performance.

It can be said that as long as Leon's thinking does not deviate and his performance does not pull his hips, then Alonso's performance is guaranteed.

And Brother Long's organization of long passes is guaranteed, and Ronaldo gets enough offensive ball and firing rights, so Real Madrid's offensive firepower on the counterattack side is also guaranteed.

It's true that the more opportunities given, the more Ronaldo dares to give you the more goals you have.

Li Ang still clearly remembers that in the season of his previous life, Messi finally scored 50 league goals in La Liga, and Ronaldo also scored 46 league goals.

I can really only use perverts to describe these two guys, there is no other word.

Tactics + superstar explosion, indispensable, the combination of the two, plus the right stars, who are willing to make sacrifices to be green leaves, Real Madrid has played today's terrifying performance.

This tactic is almost impossible to replicate, because without a second Alonso in football and Cristiano Ronaldo who is now in full form, it is difficult to find even a similar style.

More difficult to target.

After all, even if you don't give Real Madrid a chance to switch between attack and defense, you will stick to it, and you will not come out once.

Real Madrid also have set-piece tactics to clean you up.

Barcelona, which played in the Spanish Super Cup before, has been smashed by Real Madrid once.

From the front to the back, the most important thing in Real Madrid's three lines is a good header.

If the rest of the teams want to try, they will basically try and die.

At a time when the football world has just set off a wave of tactical research on Real Madrid, many teams in La Liga are also difficult to figure out where Real Madrid's tactics are.

They didn't even think about trying to suppress the number of Real Madrid's attacking rounds.

Manuel Pellegrini, who coached Real Madrid in at least the 09-10 season, didn't think through this.

Manuel Pellegrini, who is now leading the team in Málaga, is still thinking about trying to get off to a good start at home.

Take advantage of the home field advantage to see if you can take advantage of some preemptive tactics first.

After all, the lineup of "Muslim Real Madrid" is left by Pellegrini, and he is also familiar with these main players of Real Madrid.

But on the evening of October 22, when the match officially kicked off at the Rose Garden, Pellegrini quickly sensed a hint of danger.

Real Madrid didn't start the game as aggressively as Malaga, and Leon and Alonso were normal.

Both retreated to their own midline and waited for Malaga to press forward.

Callejon, who had another chance to start, interfered with Málaga's playmaking up front, as did Di Maria.

It looked like a step-by-step tactical play, with Real Madrid waiting to cut off Malaga's attacking possession and their own counter-attacking opportunity.

After watching the situation develop "peacefully" on the pitch for a minute or two, Pellegrini couldn't help but wonder if he was a little too sensitive.

Isco will control the ball and look for a way forward for his teammates.

As the central midfielder of Málaga now, Isco has a strong belief in his skills.

Dribbling to protect the ball and pass the ball forward, he can do all kinds of midfield work well.

Even now that he is about to face Leon, who has recently become more and more famous in Spain, the strong self-confidence in his heart has not diminished by half a point.

However, he had previously felt fine when he was involved in his own half of the ball, and the pressing runs of Real Madrid's attacking players were more of a defensive interference.

But now, as soon as he crossed the halfway line with the ball, Leon rushed towards him aggressively.

Behind him, Callejon also sped up and rushed towards him, with a defensive posture that was about to trap him with Leon!

Isco only felt as if his breath was tight, and subconsciously knocked the ball across to Apoño, a midfield partner who stepped in to pick him up.

Apoño still has a lot of experience.

Seeing that Real Madrid's defensive posture just now didn't dribble much with the ball, the next second he received the ball, he knocked the ball back to the defender Tulalang.

Malaga's first attempt to attack in the middle of midfield came to naught.

But it's not their team's style to cower in their own half.

In the first seven rounds, they scored eleven goals, second only to Real Madrid and Barcelona in attacking firepower, but also conceded ten goals.

This is the lowest number of goals conceded among the top six teams.

This shows that Málaga's protection of the back is somewhat inadequate when the offensive firepower is relatively sufficient.

In other words, their midfield attacking attributes and willingness to attack are too strong.

Even if it feels like it will be a little difficult to break into Real Madrid's half, Málaga's midfielders will have to take the risk and give it a try!

So just six minutes later, Manuel Pellegrini and the Malaga players regretted it.

When Alonso first received a long pass after Leon broke the ball, Higuain made a header and helped Ronaldo make the first attempt of the game for Real Madrid.

The goal was about 28 metres away and Ronaldo didn't have much to pace before it was saved by goalkeeper Rubén Martinez.

It was the fourth minute after Malaga launched an adventurous attack.

And just two minutes later.

When Alonso combined with Leon for the second time to steal the ball at Isco's feet, he still sent a precise long ball without ink.

Ronaldo first got rid of the old defender Tulalang this time, and then buckled Malaga's right-back Gámez!

And under the watchful eyes of more than 50,000 Malaga fans at the scene, Ronaldo directly penetrated Martinez's ten fingers with an unreasonable small-angle far-angle volley!

It's that rough, it's that simple!

Li Ang is no stranger to Ronaldo's way of scoring goals in the backfield.

He had jokingly summed up Real Madrid's attacking pattern on the training pitch before.

"When we let Cristiano Ronaldo shoot enough, we won."

(End of chapter)