0254 Evolution of full-backs 3

On the other side of Europe, in Barcelona, Spain, two people are also watching the Champions League match between Leeds United and Fenerbahce.

One of the people with less hair was explaining to the person next to him, saying: "Mr. President, I think Leeds United's high-pressing method will be one of the mainstream ways of playing football in the future, and it is a more advanced way of playing. ”

The person on the side nodded when he heard this.

Then the man who spoke just now went on to say his own: "Their head coach, George Lee, is one of the managers I admire so much, even though he is 2 years younger than me. ”

"Indeed, it's hard to imagine that he is so young."

'He's tried full-back at centre-back and the full-back at midfield, and I've had some inspiration, but I didn't have the opportunity to try it out on the pitch.

"Jose, you've got a chance right away."

"No, no, no, Mr. President, I don't think these things are suitable for our current Barça team, what we need now is a serious full-back, a full-back who can attack while defending well, what we need is a full-back who can hold on to the wings, only then can our front-line players have the opportunity to attack in the middle."

The president of Barcelona, Joan Laporta, pondered for a moment and asked the bald head on the side: "So, do you have a candidate for Jose?" ”

"That Brazilian, that one from Seville." The bald Pep Guardiola took out a document that had been prepared a long time ago and handed it to Laporta.

Laporta opened it and saw that it was the Brazilian full-back that the team had wanted to bring in, Danny Alves.

"So, José, do you think he has the potential to be a full-back like his Brazilian predecessors, Carlos and Cafu?"

"Yes, Mr. Chairman."

"Brazil is not only rich in front, but also rich in full-backs." Laporta sighed at the end.

^^^

"Brazil is not only rich in front, but also rich in full-backs." The same exclamation was made by Jose Mourinho, who was released by Barcelona and is now in Italy.

He is now also lamenting Inter full-back McConn.

After the failure of Mao's self-nomination to Barcelona, Mourinho received an invitation from Inter Milan, and after going to Inter Milan, he visited Inter's training base under the guidance of club president Moratti, and saw McCone training at the base, and then let out this exclamation.

'We have not only good full-backs here, but also good strikers. Moratti wants Mourinho to continue to show his other players.

"Mr. President, can we find an office with a TV to sit down and talk?"

"Why?" Moratti didn't understand the mind of this so-called "madman" coach for a while, thinking that this coach had some special requirements.

'No, a friend of mine is leading the team in the Champions League and I think now if we turn on the TV we can catch them in the second half.'

Moratti understood who Mourinho's friend was, because there were only two Champions League games in the game, one against Leeds United and the other against AC Milan and Celtic. Among the managers of these four teams, the only one who can be called a friend of the Portuguese is George Lee.

The pair then went to an office where staff had a TV ready for the Champions League match between Fenerbahce and Leeds United.

The second half of the game has begun, it is now 56 minutes, and the score is still 1-1.

At halftime, George Lee did not make major adjustments, but instead instructed Robben and Milner to continue to strengthen the attack on the right flank.

In the first half, Fenerbahce forced Leeds United to strengthen the defense on the right side by attacking from the left, so Leeds United's attack in the second half of the first half was blocked. Now George Lee is ready to do the opposite, I step up on the right flank, so that you can't attack on the left, and finally free up your right back.

As soon as the right-back is freed up, it's the same as at the beginning, and the team is able to come alive and well.

Robben received the ball from Smith in the middle and started to face Carlos one-on-one.

After two consecutive changes in the center of gravity, Robben still did not get rid of Carlos, after all, Carlos's territory is low, the center of gravity is also low, and it is not easy to be deceived.

After trying to no avail, Robben chose to force an inward cut. With a small left-footed step, he picked up the ball and then made another trip to the middle.

However, Carlos would not let Robben succeed so easily, and he sent Robben to the ground with a tackle.

"Good shot!" Moratti shouted directly after seeing it, "Sure enough, Brazil's fullbacks are better." ”

Carlos also previously played for Inter Milan, who moved from Palmeiras in 1995. In the 1995-96 season, Carlos scored five goals in 30 games in his debut season in the European League, but then Inter Milan manager Roy Hodgson asked Carlos to play left winger this season, but Carlos was only willing to play left-back, so Carlos decided to leave the team at the end of the season.

Therefore, the strength of the Brazilian left-back Moratti is also known.

However, this tackle was missing a foul, and the referee's whistle sounded late, but it still sounded. Carlos' tackle was made with his usual left foot, so the first touch was with Robben's leg instead of the ball.

This set-piece, Leeds United was refereed by Baines. Because Sneijder, Pederson and Sigurdsson are not on the pitch, the best set-piece footwork here at Leeds United is this left-back.

All eyes were on Baines on the penalty shoot, but Mourinho saw Charlotte Black who stayed alone at the back.

Like other managers in the Premier League, Mourinho has watched Blake grow step by step, but this season he has had more appearances since Mills left.

Sure enough, in the following games, Mourinho gradually attracted to Blake, as he also noticed that the Welsh youngster was a bit of an odd position in the team's attack. He has been playing in a central midfield position, giving up most of the flanks to Milner.

Although the commentary on TV is in Italian, this does not affect Mourinho's observation and research.

Blake's presence in this position was certainly not spontaneous, but was arranged by the head coach.

Seeing the picture of George Lee appearing from time to time in the picture, Mourinho once again silently thought in his heart: "You kid is alive again." ”

The turning point of the game came in the 74th minute of the game, and this time Blake fooled everyone when attacking. Black, who had been in that position for the whole game, actually switched positions with Milner, and he fought from behind Milner to receive a through ball from Barry and past Fenerbahce's left midfielder. Then he used his speed to eat hard, passed Carlos, who was already a little unable to run, came to the side and used a move of Carlos at the beginning of the game to deceive the opponent, and then found Smith in the box with a precise cross.

The Leeds United captain leaps high and heads the ball into the opposition's goal.

2 to 1.

It was also with this goal that Leeds United finally took away the victory.

After the game, when asked by reporters about the performance of Carlos and Blake in this game, George Lee left a sentence: "Not only Brazil can produce excellent full-backs, but Wales also has them." ”

After saying that, he led everyone in the team straight to the barbecue restaurant in Istanbul, leaving only the English reporter who came with the team to cover the news.

To be honest, the England journalist was a little sour because he thought that Leeds United also seemed to have a Welshman who could play at left-back, called Gareth Bale.