Chinese Yaya Toure's goal did not lead to victory – Valladolid equalised the game with a goal in the second half, and Real Madrid only managed to draw one game in the fourth round. However, this game also has a very important significance: after Yaya Toure showed his strength, he was also established as the main player by Real Madrid.

The midfielder that Schuster needs is a midfielder who can dribble the ball frequently and has enough impact to make up for Guti's lack of impact. And whether it is Gago or Diarra, on this issue, they are all unqualified. Diarra was excellent at interception, but his technique was limited and his ability to cut forward was insufficient. And Gago's style of play, to put it nicely, is called all-round, but this kind of all-round is okay in a worse team, but in a team of Real Madrid's level, it is called mediocrity. The ability to shoot forward, he is not outstanding, at least, not enough to give a feeling of eye-catching.

And Yaya Toure's ability in this regard is obviously outstanding. His stature, impact, speed, and even technique are all out of words. Although he is a black player, Yaya Toure has never been a player who survives by playing brutally and roughly. His dribbling, ball control, passing organization, inserting assists, all of them are extremely good, but it is his defensive attitude that is his biggest flaw. Use him as an iron gate, and he can't use it well. However, if he is given a certain degree of tactical freedom, his terrifying degree is definitely not lost to any top midfielder.

And this also makes Zhao Yaning very happy, it seems that in the past few years of hard work, Yaya Toure's strength has not only not regressed, but has improved significantly.

"I've always been playing well." Yaya Toure's answer to Zhao Yaning's congratulations was very simple, "I will one day become a player as good as you." ”

Zhao Yaning didn't say much about this, Yaya Toure is a very proud person, let him maintain his pride - although Zhao Yaning doesn't think that he can catch up with him.

And Yaya Toure sits firmly in the main midfield, which means that Real Madrid's midfield is even better. And the old relationship with Zhao Yaning, coupled with the fact that he is also a French-speaking player, his relationship with Zhao Yaning is also closer, and in the main force, there is one more person who agrees with Zhao Yaning.

The second step is communication, and it is done.

And in the home game against Werder Bremen, Yaya Toure was given the chance to play.

At this time, Bremen has fallen a lot from last season. In the summer of 07, Bayern entered a rebuild, and Bayern's rebuilding was naturally based on buying German players. Bremen's core player, Klose, was finally sold to Bayern.

This has a great impact on Bremen's strength, which is also an important reason why Zhao Yaning thinks their strength is much weaker.

In this game, Bremen's lineup is goalkeeper Van Deel, defenders Fritz, Mertesacker, Naldo, Pasanen, midfielders Vlañes, Baumann, Jensen and Hunt, and on the forward line, Sanogo and Rosenberg.

Such a lineup, no matter how you look at it, is also at the level of a second-rate team. On the other hand, Real Madrid looks much better.

However, as soon as the game began, Real Madrid conceded the first goal. The reason for conceding the goal was another simple side down and a cross to score.

This kind of play is really a big threat to Real Madrid.

Zhao Yaning also discovered that the biggest problem of Real Madrid now is that the defensive situation is not very good.

Real Madrid's defensive players, the strength of each is very good, how many players can use two defenders of 30 million? And coupled with a Ballon d'Or winner-level defender and a Brazilian star with excellent skills, this backline is not too much to say that it is 100 million yuan defense.

However, strength is strength, but strength does not mean that defense is good. The current style of play of Real Madrid needs to be inserted by the fullbacks, and when the fullbacks are inserted, the loopholes in the back line will naturally leak in front of the opponent, and when the opponent hits behind him, there will naturally be a lot.

And if there is a player on the back line who is willing to honestly drag the back defense, it would be good, but in the Real Madrid backline, there is no such person. Pepe and Cannavaro are not good behind, they are both up-and-coming defenders, which naturally makes the defenders a big problem.

And again, at this time, Real Madrid's attack was in trouble.

As a forward midfielder, Guti has the advantage of passing the ball very well, but his poor physical confrontation ability and his lack of running ability are also hard injuries that he cannot avoid. If the opponent is a single midfielder, he can naturally play well, but when the opponent starts to use the defensive system of double back, the pressing of the two people makes Guti have no room to play, and the advance in the middle is interrupted.

Zhao Yaning, who watched such a problem, was extremely helpless: the development of tactics all over the world is not without reason: the birth of double back midfielders is to block the playing style of single front midfield. After the double back became popular, the classical front waist quickly ran out of living space, which made the organization of the wing, the back, the emergence of Ronaldinho and Pirlo in the wing and backfield core. At the same time, the double back style of play makes the front court only have a single striker, and the attack power is seriously insufficient, therefore, Zhao Yaning's tactical frontcourt free man play style has a great degree of freedom - the development of football is traceable, and it is forcibly reversed to develop, because the development is not conducive to itself, so the development is whipped as unartistic and anti-football, which is actually anti-football. In the 80s, the continental style of playing free man football was played to the death by England 442, and in the 90s, Milan dominated the world with chain defense, and in the new century, the gradual rise of the double back under the leadership of France is the law of football development. If you don't follow the rules, you will be eliminated. If you don't respect the laws of football development and use the old-fashioned tactical system in the context of modern football, you are asking for trouble.

Real Madrid's blind pursuit of artistic football, when it comes to the Champions League, will naturally have to pay the price.

"Real Madrid's attack has come to a standstill. Guti had a terrible game in this match, and the opponent's marking made him very uncomfortable, and he didn't play a decent attack until now. Real Madrid's problems in Europe remain, and they still can't play well enough in Europe.

Real Madrid's style of play is really not the way you should play against strong opponents. Zhao Yaning thought silently in his heart. Against a weak team, such a lineup can brush out an extremely strong number of goals, but against a strong opponent, it is indeed a not good enough attack system.

Is the opponent a strong enemy? Not really. However, because it is a European competition, the opponent's posture is low enough. They don't care about the ugly evaluation of the game, and when facing Real Madrid, they honestly put on a double midfield style against Real Madrid. And Real Madrid obviously can't pull down their faces, and they have to worry about playing well, which is also blocked by the opponent.

It's impossible for the coach not to be unaware of the problem, but he has his concerns. One is the reaction of the fans, and the other is that he feels emboldened to use something outside of tactics to win. As for Schuster's idea of something extra-tactical...... Zhao Yaning smiled bitterly. Zhao Yaning can also figure out his thoughts. What he wants is not to rely on Zhao Yaning's strength to be a player who breaks the balance?

Zhao Yaning has no objection to such an approach. When the team can't open the situation, it is normal to rely on their individual ability to achieve the attack. However, this kind of approach is not what a strong team should do.

Zhao Yaning didn't think too much about that, dissatisfied with the tactics, and discussed it with the coach after the game, on the field, it's best not to come nonsense. When he got the ball again, he still rushed up with the ball, wanting to rely on his ability to fight for a better situation for the team.

This is not difficult for Zhao Yaning. Although the opponent's backline is not bad, Zhao Yaning is very clear that Mertesacker's speed is not fast enough, not to mention, Real Madrid's forwards are Raul and Vanney, and the ability to grab points is superb, as long as Zhao Yaning plays smart enough to break the opponent's defense, it is not difficult at all.

And Zhao Yaning played very smartly, after a continuous shake at the edge of the penalty area, Zhao Yaning suddenly stepped out, which made Navarro chase him out. However, by the time he realized that he had missed his position and lost his defensive position, it was already too late. Zhao Yaning kicked the ball behind him, Mertesacker's movement was problematic, his speed has always been a huge shortcoming, especially against the top scorers, his problem is even more serious. Ruud van Nistelrooy easily got rid of him with his running position, and after receiving the ball, he didn't make much preparation, and directly turned and fired the ball into the net with a clean turn.

"Ruud van Nistelrooy's goal!"

"This goal is enough for us to see the difference between Real Madrid's Zhao Yaning and Guti. They were all able to pass the ball well enough, and even sometimes, Guti's pass was more beautiful and eye-catching than Zhao Yaning's. However, when Real Madrid is facing difficulties, it is Zhao Yaning who can be counted on more than Guti. ”

Commenting on this game, it was Real Madrid's former coach Bosque, and his tone was also quite emotional, "On the one hand, this is caused by strength, Guti's own normality is not smooth enough, and he has not been able to tap his full potential, so that his strength is not good." On the other hand, this is also the characteristic of football in this era. In a football environment where there are more and more runs and confrontations are becoming more and more intense, it is becoming more and more difficult to play a role in the classical style of play, avoiding confrontation and counter-robbing, and relying on passing to determine the outcome of the game. Guti's physical problems determined that he was abandoned by the times. Although Zhao Yaning's passing aura is not as good as Guti's, his physical fitness is better and his dribbling ability is better. He can rely on his own tearing to bring opponents to positions they are not good at, and make the opponent's back line porous - this kind of play similar to Zidane's style of play is the style of play that is more needed in football now. ”

Players with stronger dribbling ability can naturally tear apart the opponent's backline better, even if the passing ability is not as good as those classical strikers, they can also rely on the huge gap that is torn out, and easily complete the pass assist. Zhao Yaning's many passes are like this, it seems so simple that anyone can pass them, but if you change people, there will be no such opportunity.

Such a person is a superweapon that upsets the balance on the court.

Soon, Zhao Yaning set off an offensive again. This time, he went down from the right side, and after a series of smashes, he did not choose to break through, and in the penalty area, Raul and Ruud van Nistelrooy both ran out of good enough positions, which also made Bremen's defense a lot of noise.

But Zhao Yaning did not pass the ball to Ruud van Nistelrooy, as people imagined, or directly into the penalty area. He lifted his foot and made a passing feint, and when he blocked the passing route by the opponent, he rushed to the penalty area with the ball in one step, pulled himself out of an excellent position, and then, with a kick, kicked the ball towards the goal!

"Zhao Yaning successfully broke the goal!"

This shot sealed the win for Real Madrid: the 2-1 score was not good enough, but it was not bad to say.

But after the game, Zhao Yaning couldn't help but put forward his opinion to Schuster.

"Coach, is there something wrong with the way we play?" Zhao Yaning didn't beat around the bush too much, "I'm glad you value my strength, but for our European games, should we have some other ways of playing to achieve a bigger breakthrough?" ”

"Do you have any ideas?" Schuster asked.

"Yes, I do, have an idea." Cat flutter Chinese