As we all know, on the football field, the higher the position, the closer to the goal, the denser the defense, and the higher the requirements for the attacking players, including technique, physicality and awareness, etc.

It's easy to understand.

The higher the position, the more defensive pressure there is and the more physical confrontation there is.

But the space on the pitch is fixed there, and it's up to the players to use it.

After hitting the body, this requires speed; Rooted in the forbidden area, it requires not only a strong body, but also excellent technique.

If enough fans watch the game, a little attention will show that the back pullback is actually used more.

It's not just the centre-forwards, it's everyone in the midfield who needs it.

The higher the position, the more difficult it is to retreat with your back, but the greater the tactical value.

Just like Barcelona's Xavi, who has been trained in the youth team since he was a child, is the traditional number four position, that is, Pep Guardiola's midfield position, and last season in Louis van Gaal's tactical system, he was also a midfielder.

Why?

Because Xavi's ability to carry the ball with his back is not strong.

In a similar situation, there is also Xavi Alonso.

Few people know that in Yang Hao's previous life, in the next two or three years, Xavi tried to play the position of forward and core midfielder, but the effect was very poor, and the reason is here.

Playing the ball with your back to the attacking direction and taking the ball in the attacking direction is a completely different tactical environment, and the technical characteristics required are also very different.

Xavi, Xavi Alonso, Sergio Busquets, Andrea Pirlo and others, they all lack the ability to take the ball with their backs to the attacking direction, which is why Pirlo did not play well in the forward position, retreated to the back position, and was activated instead.

There is no such thing as a better or worse choice, but rather an inappropriate choice.

But it can also be seen from these that a player who has the ability to carry the ball with his back and turn to plan the attack in a dense defensive area has great tactical value.

The most typical are centre-forwards Didier Drogba and Karim Benzema.

In today's Atletico team, Deco is the only player with this ability among all the midfielders.

If Deco can play, Yang Hao will play 4231, and if Deco is absent, then Yang Hao will play 433's three backs.

But at this time, there will be another problem, how to tear the defense? How does the ball progress?

You can't always play long passes, right?

Adriano is only 18 years old, and Yang Hao can't use him to death, right?

In previous lives, many fans were emphasizing triangle passing, which was actually not deep enough.

Any three players on the pitch can form a triangle, so what is the tactical significance of the triangle pass?

In this match against Real Oviedo, Yang Hao noticed some images that were particularly able to answer this question.

So, he took out this video and put it on the review meeting the next day of the game to explain it to all the players.

At that time, Gravison won the ball in his own half and was facing the attack, and the defender who had been marking Deco immediately pressed towards Gruvisen.

Yang Hao pressed pause here.

"I wish you could think about it, if you were Gravison at this moment, what would be your first reaction?" Yang Hao guided the players to think.

He wants every player not just to understand what he says, but to really understand the tactical philosophy he wants to inculcate.

"I believe that the first reaction of the vast majority of people is, the position of Deco is empty, right?"

Yang Hao's question was unanimously nodded by the vast majority of players.

This is a very normal reaction.

"Okay, let's see, what's the result?"

When Yang Hao pressed continue, everyone found that Graveson really passed to Deco, but the ball was blocked by the defender in the middle of the way, Deco barely got the ball, but another defender around him posted it as soon as possible.

As a result, Deco was forced to return the pass.

An attack was declared a failure.

Yang Hao pressed the pause, but didn't say anything, he let everyone think for themselves.

After about a few tens of seconds, he asked, "Did you notice that this seems to be a trap?" The opponent's defense can't be said to be deliberate, but it is obviously a gap with psychological preparation? ”

Everyone nodded their heads.

Because before the ball reached Deco's feet, the players who were pressing towards Gravisen guessed that the Dane would pass to Deco, and the players near Deco also knew that Deco would receive the ball, so they all acted at the same time after Gravison's pass.

This doesn't even require a rehearsal, it's a natural reaction.

"Let's take a look at another paragraph."

The time in the picture changed, but it was still Graveson who got the ball, and Oviedo's defender still left Deco behind and pressed the Danes, and the whole situation looked very similar to the previous one.

But after a previous experience, Graveson was smarter this time, and instead of choosing to pass the ball to Deco, he passed to the front of Baraja and let Baraja catch the ball.

Baraha's sudden forward insertion was obviously unexpected by the opposing defenders, so the player who went to defend Deco last time pounced on Baraja as soon as possible this time.

And Baraha handled it very smartly this time, he didn't pass the ball to Deco at the first time, but waited until the opponent approached, and Deco also turned around, and he passed in front of Deco, giving enough advance so that Deco could directly face the offensive direction.

Although this attack did not succeed, Yang Hao was very satisfied with it.

After everyone had watched it, he reverted back to the moment when Baraja passed the ball and pressed the timeout.

"I found that no, this time, Deco is really more."

This is the true meaning of triangulation!

'When one of the opposing defenders leaves position, there is room for the opposing player.

"We know that, and so do our opponents."

'It means that we can't take advantage of it directly, but we have to create an attacking situation that is most beneficial for us, which requires one person to come in and form a triangle to transition the ball, interfere with the defense and open up space further.

'From start to finish, Deco was our target and the starting point of our attack, but we couldn't pass him directly, we had to pass through a player first, whether it was Baraja on the right or Evra and Vicente on the left.

'Our goal was clear, to induce the second defender out of position, to open up space even more, and when our ball got to Deco's feet, he was able to easily launch the final attack!"

The few videos intercepted by Yang Hao are very convincing, and they are all from the footage of the game that has just ended.

The players can naturally understand it, and even further understand the tactical concept that Yang Hao wants to express.

"In our tactical play, the extra guy doesn't have to be Deco, he doesn't have to be in the middle, he can be up front, in midfield and at the back, on the left, in the middle and on the right.

"Every one of our players can be 'Deco', but at the same time, we have to be actively 'Baraja', because only then will 'Baraja' come forward and transition for you when you play 'Deco'."

"That's who we are!"

……

Yang Hao's speech to the players in Mahada Hongda will not reveal a word to the outside.

Although the team attaches great importance to the relationship with the fans and will open it to the fans on a regular basis, similar tactical training sessions are strictly confidential.

No one knows exactly what Atletico is doing or what they are training.

The only thing that is known is Atletico's performance on the pitch.

After beating Real Oviedo 4-0 at home, expectations for Atletico have increased.

But with this momentum in full swing, Atletico Madrid made the long journey to Slovenia.

In an overwhelming away game, they lost 0-1 away to Olympia Ljubljana.

It was Atletico's first European game in recent seasons, and it was a defeat on the road, and it was also the first defeat since Yang Hao took charge of Atletico.

Many media and fans who followed the game noticed that Yang Hao was a substitute in this game, and none of the main players came, and the center went directly to Kiko.

But even so, with its own strength advantage and tactical advantage, Atletico Madrid had the upper hand on the field, but it was unable to score for a long time, but was attacked by the opponent in the second half and lost away.

After Atletico Madrid suffered a defeat, the media in Spain also reversed the praise of Atletico Madrid a few days ago, and began to sing Atletico Madrid, and those who were more restrained would express their worries, after all, all the pressure is now in the second leg of the showdown.

There are also some media who are afraid that the world will not create the so-called Atletico Madrid crisis theory.

Not only did they lose the first leg in the UEFA Cup knockout round, but more importantly, in the second round of La Liga, Atletico Madrid is about to travel to challenge Valladolid.

The team has been a bitter favourite for Atletico for several seasons in a row, especially at the José Sohrilla Stadium in Valladolid, where they have lost three seasons in a row.

And Valladolid were excellent last season and were very competitive in their own right, drawing 1-1 away at Aragonés' Mallorca in the first round.

The score was a draw, but Mallorca scored in the opening three minutes, and from the overall performance, Valladolid clearly played better.

In this case, Atletico not only had to distract themselves from the UEFA Cup, but also lost away, which made everyone pessimistic about Atletico's second round of La Liga.

Some media believe that double-line combat is a very big test for a team like Atletico Madrid, and Yang Hao and his team do not have any experience in double-line combat.

Ljubljana's defeat exposed Atletico's crisis.

Valladolid head coach, Argentine Francisco Ferraro, even said in a high-profile manner, "We are ready for everything, just waiting for Atletico Madrid!" ”

Ecuadorian footballer of the year, centre-forward Iván Cavides, who is on loan from Celta Vigo, said he was in excellent form and couldn't wait to score in this game.

"I have a hunch that this is going to be a game for the home fans!"

It's been 6 chapters now, forehead drop god, I'm just crazy!

Hungry to death, Meimei has to catch up on sleep at noon, and then continue to code words when she wakes up.

(End of chapter)