Chapter 686 for the Champions League, ready to go
After winning the Club World Cup, Real Madrid have two crucial games in their Devil's schedule in February.
Champions League 1/8 finals first leg against Liverpool,
Madrid derby in the 23rd round of La Liga.
Prior to this, Real Madrid had two league games to play against underdogs Elche and Osasuna.
Carlo Ancelotti could make the most of two relatively easy games with player rotation and confidence to win.
Facing Elche, who are struggling on the brink of relegation, Real Madrid can make a big rotation to prepare for the knockout rounds of the Champions League.
Recently, the back-to-back Modric, Kroos and Toni Rudiger have come to rest.
Carlo Ancelotti is also looking at the effects of the young mid-court as he prepares for the knockout rounds of the Champions League.
Ceballos played a key role as an important player in Real Madrid's second half of the rotation.
Not only that, Vinicius, Valverde, and Camavinga continued to rise, adding a lot to Real Madrid's frontcourt attack.
And Benzema, after a period of slump, also ushered in an outbreak.
With a 4-0 win over Elche, Real Madrid moved steadily on a familiar track.
Three days later, Real Madrid took on a hard-nosed Ossuna side.
In order to prepare for the Champions League match with Liverpool, Real Madrid chose a more conservative tactic away from home.
Abandon high pressing and push the defensive counter-attack in a 4-4-2 formation.
Vinicius Jr., as the main attacking direction, attacked Moncayola, who played a temporary cameo at right-back.
With Vinicius on the left, Rossi was naturally safely on the right.
As a right-footed player, he is more suitable for low crosses on the right flank.
Vinicius, who came to the left side, completely unleashed his impact on the penalty area and created a threat to the opponent's right side of the defense.
"Father, Vinicius is a much stronger threat on the left than on the right."
Ancelotti didn't know that a right-footed player is better suited to the penalty area on the left.
But from the outset, he intended to leave the left flank to Rossi.
Compared with individual combat ability, Ancelotti pays more attention to teamwork.
What Rossi can bring to the offensive end is a wealth of tactics and penetration.
And Rossi's creativity and finishing ability on the left side are far stronger than Vinicius.
In the pre-match press conference, the media questioned Vinicius Jr. starting as the left winger, as it has always been Rossi's area of activity.
In the face of questions from the media, An Pang answered like this.
'I think it's easier to find chances when you're playing in the box. You can score with just one touch of the ball, but you can't do that from outside the box! ”
'I used to coach a player and he scored more than 300 goals, more than 200 of them were scored by touch, and I think Vinicius can play like him, so I put him in the most comfortable area of his right foot.
The player who could score a goal with a single touch, everyone tacitly said "oh".
This is Ancelotti's promotion and encouragement to Vinicius.
But the media didn't know the deeper meaning of An Fat's sentence.
Rossi has become a player who can score points as long as he touches the ball, whether in the box or outside the box.
Osasuna, who are playing at home, are attacking on the left flank.
Not only is it because of the fact that key player Abboud is active on the left flank, but there is also a factor, Rossi, who is not often involved in defence, is also active in this area.
In order to suppress the advance of Real Madrid on the right side, Osasuna invested a lot of troops in the attack, which made Real Madrid's formation seriously right-leaning, which was not conducive to the counterattack of Vinicius on the left.
Coupled with the center's outstanding ability to fight for the ball, the Real Madrid midfielder cannot limit and interfere with it.
The threat of a high striker is far beyond the imagination of the Real Madrid players.
Real Madrid, who was originally planning to defend against the counterattack, tightened the defense on the left side at the same time, Rossi had to participate in the task of filling the ribs, which led to the counterattack on the right side could not be pushed up.
After the two flanks were restricted, Carlo Ancelotti brought in centre-forward Karim Benzema to come back to defence.
The first is to ensure the integrity of the defense line.
Second, once there is an opportunity to counterattack, Benzema can be used as a fulcrum to quickly connect the attacks on the two wings.
In the 38th minute, Real Madrid was cleared by Benzema's header in the process of defending a corner.
Ceballos from outside the box hoisted behind the opposition defence, and as soon as Vinicius started up, the linesman raised his flag.
Offside!
Two minutes later, still in the same position, Ceballos sent a through ball, Vinicius finally did not offside, ran a long distance, and entered the penalty area.
Facing the goalkeeper alone, Vinicius' low shot was blocked by the goalkeeper with his legs and rolled off the far post, unfortunately missing the chance to score.
One offside, one single knife not to score, the left side of Real Madrid in the past, there will be no such problems.
After asking Rossi to shoot a solo shot last season, Vinicius's improvement was visible to the naked eye.
But after the World Cup, the Brazilian winger's form has been extremely inconsistent.
The speed and breakthrough were still sharp, but the off-ball running and shooting skills were beaten back to their original shape.
In the first half, Osasuna relied on the courage to fight in attack and the active running when defending, constantly consuming Real Madrid.
This is very unfavorable for Real Madrid, who are about to play in the Champions League.
In the second half, Real Madrid's attacking firepower began to tilt to the right.
Carlo Ancelotti had to settle the battle quickly and avoid excessive attrition.
Benzema retreated to the right and after forming a link with Rossi, the attack became more and more smooth.
In the 75th minute, Real Madrid played a defensive counterattack.
After Benzema picked up the ball near the arc of the centre circle, he turned cleverly and longed for a through ball.
Rossi managed to counter offside on the wing, striding the ball off the full-back's defence and crossing the ball to the left.
Vinicius, who frequently missed scoring opportunities in the first half, finally seized this opportunity, stopped lightly with his right foot, and followed up with a volley into the near corner of the goal.
Although the goalkeeper came out to intercept, the timing and position of Rossi's pass was so good that the attacking goalkeeper had no time to judge the way Vinicius shot and the angle of the shot.
I just stood there and watched the ball go into the net.
1:0!
Real Madrid scored in a familiar period.
Vinicius, who scored the goal, came up to Rossi, squatted on his knees, put the right foot of Rossi's pass, on his thigh, and then made a shoe-shine motion.
This classic celebration is to highlight the shooter's superb marksmanship.
And Vinicius used the shoe-shine action to tell everyone that Rossi's exquisite passing was not much better than those superb shooting skills.
Five minutes later, Real Madrid made a steal in the front, and after winning the ball, Rossi did not take it forward, but saw the goalkeeper position in front of him and hung his feet directly towards the goal.
The goalkeeper straightened his arms in the retreat and jumped to pounce on the ball, but unfortunately it was a little short.
In the end, even people dribbled the ball and went into the net together.
2:0!
Real Madrid sealed the win of the match.
Although they took three points away from home, Real Madrid did not suffer a lot in this campaign, and it was not until the 75th minute that they scored.
But in the tactics and the potential of the players, there is no small gain.
In three days' time, they will travel to Anfield to take on arch-rivals Liverpool.
It remains to be seen whether the players' bodies and conditions will be at their best.