Chapter 350: Are the Melingers Still Holding?

'The Chelsea starters were in game form today. This quick counterattack was quite threatening! It's a pity that they are facing the same in-form Navas today.

Keylor Navas's performance is very good news for Real Madrid, but Real Madrid's midfielders, especially defensive players, need to be vigilant!

You really can't just let Chelsea fight back! Hazard was just a little bit of luck away from breaking the balance of the game......

"Yes, I thought it was going to score after Eden Hazard's goal, but I didn't expect Navas to play so well!

Carlo Ancelotti may also need to think about the tempo of the attack, Chelsea are the best at playing this kind of quick counter-attack, and I don't think it's rational for you to press so high and attack so much. ”

In the studio of LeTV Sports, Zhan Jun and Zhang, the golden pair of commentators, expressed their opinions on Chelsea's counterattack and penetrated the Real Madrid defense just now.

Real Madrid now seem to be in control of the pitch and are constantly attacking the Chelsea backline.

But their overall attacking threat is not as good as that of Chelsea, who play counter-attack.

Real Madrid, who looked to have more control over the tempo of the game, are now falling into Chelsea's tactical rhythm.

Ancelotti is naturally responsible for this tactical defeat in the opening game.

But fortunately, An Fat's on-the-spot adjustment ability is also very good.

Seeing that the situation of the game was getting more and more wrong, after a quick discussion with the assistant coach, Ancelotti also walked quickly to the sideline and called Modric to give new tactical instructions.

When Leon saw this scene, he also signaled to Cross beside him at the same time:

"Luka [Luka Modric] is definitely going back to the midfield position, we can press forward and get the rhythm! Push them out of our half. ”

Leon was adamant, and Cross didn't doubt him.

Because in Kroos's own opinion, there is no better way for Ancelotti to make tactical adjustments now than to let Modric drop back and take care of the defense.

It's impossible to let James Rodriguez, who was the starting midfielder of Real Madrid today, retreat to the number eight position to help defend more, right?

James' style of play is closer to that of a classical midfielder, with his hard feet and excellent long-range shots, while also being able to deliver dangerous through balls in the middle.

Carlo Ancelotti used too many classical tenses in Milan back then, and it was very handy to use such a core player in the front court.

But in today's situation of strong dialogue, Hames does not cover enough area in the midfield, and basically only plays an advantage in the middle, and the defect of poor defensive ability will be infinitely magnified.

After all, modern football is all about stronger running, confrontation and overall balance of attack and defense.

The stronger the team, the more attention is paid to these "fundamentals".

When you play weak with a strong guy, there are one or two players in the midfield who run a little bit less and don't have that much range to defend back, OK.

Because strong teams can use more prominent technical advantages to suppress weaker opponents, it is not a problem for other sapper teammates in the midfield and backfield to help you run more.

But in the strong dialogue, there is basically no technical generation difference between the strong teams and the strong teams.

At this time, there are one or two people in the team who are not active enough to run, but it is very fatal!

James' technical characteristics and his playing habits doomed him to move on both sides of the midfield, and the effect would not be too good.

As for the enthusiasm for returning to defense, habits and tactical obedience in this area can be cultivated slowly.

If James overcomes this flaw, he will not have much problem dropping back to play in the number eight position.

But he needs time to convince himself that it's not realistic to adapt him to a new position and a new style of play right now.

Therefore, Ancelotti wants to make tactical adjustments at this time, and if he doesn't want to replace James directly, he can only sacrifice Modric first.

From this point of view, in Ancelotti's heart, the current tactical position of James is still greater than that of Modric.

Leon is not a Real Madrid player now, and he can't say anything about it, but he can "remind" Ancelotti with practical actions on the pitch:

Luka Modric can be the true core of any team in today's football.

It's not that James isn't good enough, it's that Modric's tactical value has long since transcended the personal data on paper.

Let him drop back and play in the back to assist the defence?

What a waste of his abilities!

Carlo Ancelotti made tactical adjustments on the front foot, and Leon led his midfield teammates to press forward decisively to fight for control of the midfield.

Luka Modric retreated, and James Rodriguez struggled to support himself, and in the end he had to give up the tactical idea of pressing the attack in the Chelsea half.

Back and forth, the pressure on Chelsea's midfield was greatly reduced.

Although Chelsea have not immediately recovered the ball, Real Madrid will not be able to press the halfway line and continue to besiege Chelsea as before.

Real Madrid's tactics of rushing the start failed, and the two teams officially entered the stalemate phase of this game.

However, at this moment, the Chelsea players who have withstood Real Madrid's offensive did not immediately play active high pressing tactics.

On the contrary, they remain cautious when it comes to testing Real Madrid's attack.

Forward pressure, but not too much forward pressure, to put it bluntly, playing this kind of strong dialogue, Chelsea still prefers to be passive~

It's not a good or bad tactical habit, but from a mental point of view, Chelsea's main players are still calm.

However, they are patient, but Real Madrid, who have been accustomed to playing more aggressively and attacking more aggressively in recent seasons, do not want to continue to spend like this.

For Leon and Mourinho, such a Real Madrid team is very unfamiliar.

Perhaps the quick counterattack between Modric, James and Ronaldo in Real Madrid can still vaguely see some shadows of the past Muhammad's Real Madrid.

But the team's tactical fundamentals have completely changed, with a lot less patience on the defensive end and more desire to take the initiative instead.

Mourinho and Leon don't have more time to feel emotional, they have a very tacit first reaction at the moment:

That is to take advantage of this tactical characteristic of Real Madrid!

Fighting against such an opponent, as long as your own back line is stable and not afraid of repeated impacts, then you can always control the initiative of tactical changes.

This not only reminded Leon of several matches against Bayern Munich when he was at Real Madrid.

At that time, Real Madrid was like Chelsea now, with a rock-solid defense and sharp counter-attacks.

And now Real Madrid is like Bayern at that time, although the offensive and defensive standards are balanced, there is tactical blood flowing in their bones to attack aggressively.

Therefore, Bayern back then, and Real Madrid's tactical tone now is very easy to judge.

They are going to take the initiative anyway, let them shrink back and fight back, not to mention that it is impossible, but the possibility is very small.

Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid and Chelsea are completely dependent on the situation of the game and make tactical adjustments.

The tactical tone?

That thing doesn't exist for Mourinho and for the Chelsea players.

Chelsea can play against their opponents in the first 15 minutes of a game and play heartily.

You can also set up a luxury bus for the next 75 minutes of the game, and wear down the opponent's will with stubborn defense.

Such a radical change of tactics is a complete occurrence for the current Chelsea players.

After more than two seasons, they will not have a situation of inconsistent tactical thinking on the field.

Anyway, it's all about winning, it doesn't matter how the process of winning is, Chelsea can play ugly or beautiful football, the key is whether you can win the game!

With this mentality, the players on the Chelsea field saw that Real Madrid began to move again after a while, so they very tacitly chose to shrink the formation again.

Such a cautious and conservative tactical stance made many of Real Madrid's main players feel that something is wrong.

Leon and Mourinho know them, and conversely, they certainly know Mourinho and Leon very well.

After all, they are iron comrades-in-arms who have defeated all kinds of heroes together and used many tactical "tricks" together.

How strong Mourinho's ability to adapt on the spot, can they not know?

But vigilance is vigilance, and now Chelsea have taken the initiative to relinquish control of the game, and they can bear it, but the new team-mate and manager in the team, Carlo Ancelotti, may not be able to bear it!

Sure enough, just when these Real Madrid players who had worked with Mourinho were still hesitating.

Ancelotti gave new tactical instructions and asked them to press forward again!

Bale and James are somewhat impatient, and they don't like to play a stalemate with Chelsea.

As a starter in Real Madrid's frontcourt, of course, they should use their physical strength as much as possible on the offensive end, and the defense is a complete waste of their physical energy.

Therefore, as soon as Ancelotti's tactical instructions arrived, they responded very positively.

Ronaldo stood in front and scratched his head, although he was a little worried, but in the end he still didn't say anything.

Because Real Madrid is also a vested interest in attack, he is not very happy to let him retreat frequently to defend.

Behind him, Marcelo had the same thoughts.

After half pushing and half pushing, the veteran players on the Real Madrid field finally unified their tactical thinking and once again set off a big attack on Chelsea.

The scene at the Bernabeu also resounded with loud cheers and cheers.

This kind of beautiful football is indeed what Real Madrid fans love to see.

Perhaps this is one of the important reasons why Carlo Ancelotti was not sacked by Real Madrid's management last season.

An Fat is very smart, and he has led this Real Madrid team to play the most fluid and beautiful active attacking scene in recent seasons.

Although he has only led Real Madrid to win one Copa del Rey now, Real Madrid's senior management and a large number of fans are still willing to believe in him and continue to give him a chance very tolerantly.

However, Real Madrid's aggressive attack today was difficult to open up on the field.

Whether it is the opening attack or the second offensive now, under the tough defense after Chelsea's shrinking formation, it seems to be a bit "thunderous and rainy".

Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale have also been able to pull Chelsea's defence through more frequent runs and passes in attacks that don't have much room to sprint.

But Benzema, who can act as a tactical shield for them at the moment, has been guarded by Leon and Nemanja Matic in turn, and has lost his tactical role.

Unable to easily cut into the Chelsea penalty area to shoot from the spot, the duo had to take turns hitting long-range shots from the edge of Chelsea's defensive third.

Naturally, their long-range shooting ability is also very strong.

However, Oblak played well today, too, and every time he took off their long-range shots.

Over the past two seasons, Chelsea's reputation for defensive toughness has been the hallmark in football.

However, Real Madrid have not met Chelsea in the Champions League, and Real Madrid fans feel that the English media has exaggerated Chelsea's strength.

However, after today's group stage, the vast majority of Real Madrid fans may have to change their tune and admit that Chelsea's current defensive level is indeed the best in Europe!

I really don't accept it, Real Madrid has never been so uncomfortable playing Atletico Madrid in the past two seasons!

Almost 30 minutes into the first half, Real Madrid were stunned to find a serious shot near the Chelsea penalty area!

Don't look at the shooting statistics, most of them are long-range shots and Cristiano Ronaldo's forced kick after cutting inside from the wing.

Whether there is a threat or not, the fans who watched this game know in their hearts.

And after a long time of attacking, tens of thousands of Real Madrid fans on the scene gradually became anxious.

The game had just reached the 31st minute of the first half, and Ancelotti still wanted to see how the game unfolded, and planned to wait until the 35th minute to temporarily withdraw the game.

But a slightly sharp through ball from James James gave Chelsea the perfect opportunity to switch in attack!

This pass failed to penetrate Matic's interception, and the little pony stretched out his long legs, and passed the ball to Leon who retreated to answer as soon as he intercepted the ball!

Li Ang didn't take the ball and turn around at this time, but directly swept the ball to the side with his back!

This made both James and Modric, who were in the top defense of him, pounce!

Bertrand, who got another chance to start today, didn't dare to play any tricks on the court, and after receiving a pass from Leon, he held the ball and advanced at full speed.

Meanwhile, several key players in Chelsea's midfield also turned forward in unison.

Leon deliberately ran to the right side of the midfield, taking away the defensive attention of the Real Madrid midfielders.

Kroos was able to get a ball from Bertrand on the left side of the centre circle.

Casemiro was still wondering if Kroos would continue to advance with the ball, but Kroos raised his arm and sent a wide diagonal long pass directly away!

He didn't look for Hazard, who was the most dangerous on Chelsea's counter-attack, nor did he go directly to Suarez, but passed the ball to De Bruyne, who was running forward on the same side as Leon at the moment!

De Bruyne was very clever in his movement, trying to stick to the touchline and directly bypass the Marcelo defence in the adduction position at this time.

After unloading the ball, he stepped on small steps to cut inside to force Marcelo, but in the next moment, he knocked the ball back to the side!

Azpilicueta, who was on the side, took the ball and went straight to Real Madrid's bottom line!

However, Ramos and Pepe were very calm at this time, they did not let go of their defensive zone easily, but shrank back into the penalty area more quickly!

"I look at Suarez! Look at Leon! ”

Ramos quickly assigned defensive duties, and Pepe nodded in tacit agreement.

But just when they were adamant that Chelsea's counter-attack would end in a cross for the point.

Azpilicueta, who hit the bottom line, directly sent a backward triangle pass!

Suarez, who deliberately slowed down the running position before, took the lead in getting stuck at this time very calmly!

He stood up to Ramos's defense, and then very smartly knocked the football with his heel to the middle of the Real Madrid penalty area again!

This amazing pass has made countless fans in front of the TV fascinated!

And at this moment, Li Ang, who had already plugged in at high speed and flexibly shook off Master Pei's personal defense, faced the incoming ball is a corner and resolutely pushed it!

Navas pounced resolutely into the near corner at this moment!

But he was deceived by Li Ang's previous step adjustment!

Leon hit the ball into the middle of the goal again!

Football crosses the line without suspense and hangs the net!

The Chelsea fans at the Bernabeu cheered wildly!

But Li Ang pursed the corners of his mouth at the moment, raised his hands slightly with a calm expression, and stopped near the bottom line of Real Madrid's half.

Against Real Madrid, he won't celebrate when he scores.

This is his respect for Real Madrid and more importantly for his Real Madrid fans.

But he doesn't celebrate, and his teammates don't care so much.

At the moment, the other Chelsea players were flocking to him, hugging Leon while still cheering and smiling.

In the studio of LeTV Sports, after Zhan Jun and Coach Zhang celebrated Li Ang's goal passionately, they also suddenly had a feeling:

"When I saw Leon break through the Bernabeu goal on behalf of the opponent, I don't know if the Meilinger can hold it at the moment!"

(End of chapter)