Chapter 112 These Bastards!

Guardiola adjusted the layout of the midfield appropriately for Atletico Madrid's style of play, increasing the thickness of the midfield, which is beneficial to both offense and defense.

But in fact, anyone can imagine such an arrangement!

If you only increase the thickness of the midfield, you can limit Atletico Madrid, then Atletico Madrid will not be the first in the league!

In this game, Wansheng didn't plan to win by "luck", he just wanted to play against Barcelona and compete with Barcelona for frontcourt efficiency.

If Atletico Madrid played against Barcelona at the beginning of the season, it would not be a good choice. Atletico Madrid was immature at that time, and some players were not familiar with tactics, but it is different now. Wansheng is Madrid. The "B-TF" tactical system designed by Athletics originally focused on the whole and speed. That is to say, Atletico Madrid's tactics focused on offense.

Just simply increasing the thickness of the midfield, it is impossible to limit Atletico Madrid's attack, but it is likely to be penetrated by Atletico Madrid's rapid offensive, and the weakness of the back defense is exposed, and then Atletico Madrid's opportunity !

Guardiola thought he had a response, but he didn't realize that it was completely wrong to face Atletico Madrid in this way!

At the end of the season, Atletico Madrid has matured.

Wansheng wouldn't mind showing Guardiola what Atletico Madrid's offense looks like!

The above is a tactical analysis. In fact, in the game, Barcelona did not bad.

Increasing the thickness of the midfield is just a matter of positioning and movement. Few teams will be as targeted as Barcelona.

Their constant pressing and pressing near the midfield made it difficult for Atletico Madrid's attack to break through the midfield's defense. When Barcelona attacked, their constant passing also made Atletico Madrid often choose to passively retreat, otherwise It is equivalent to giving Barcelona a chance to play behind.

Barcelona's full attack and full defense are not as thorough as Atletico Madrid, but in fact, their tactics can also be classified as full attack and full defense.

When defending, the three strikers Pedro, Messi and Villa all retreated to increase the defensive thickness of the midfield, and kept running to press, forming the first line of Barcelona's defense.

In terms of midfield, Xavi, Busquets and Iniesta are three defensive midfielders in defense. In attack, they will rush forward to become a midfielder. Barcelona's attacking ability and the '3' in the middle of the 433 formation It is inseparable, these three people are the core driving force that supports Barcelona's overall performance.

Alves, Puyol, Pique and the young Adriano are all very good defenders. Their main job is to defend, but when attacking, the two full-backs will plug in to support their teammates. Pique also often Going forward to look for opportunities, only Puyol will serve as a pillar to stabilize the defense.

That's the whole squad for Barcelona.

In Guardiola's arrangement, the defense of the middle is the top priority. Atletico Madrid has Reyes and Aguero on the wing, but in fact, neither of them is so prominent. The ball relies more on the forward penetration of the penalty area, and Ozil is mostly cut inside to create a threat. Their ability to support the middle is not very strong, so when the time is right, the wing can choose to give up.

The middle is the most important!

Atlético de Madrid has Aguero in the middle, which is a team that must be restricted, while Maurice, Raul Garcia, and Ozil on the side often go to the penalty area to make threats and watch a lot of Madrid After the Atlético game video, Guardiola knew that Atletico Madrid was most active in the middle.

Therefore, while increasing the thickness of the midfield, Barcelona also increased the blockade of the middle.

When the time is right, even Messi and Villa can retreat to the penalty area to participate in the defense. At that time, the formation will be recovered, the midfield and backcourt will be assembled together, and Barcelona will also be able to form an iron barrel formation.

Of course, that's rare.

Usually Barcelona doesn't play like that, and more just pays more attention to the defense in the middle. Guardiola specially explained that Xavi, Iniesta and Pedro should pay attention to the middle when defending.

In this way, Atletico Madrid's attack can be limited to the greatest extent.

Barcelona's defense is always secondary, they won't use defense to win, it's a humiliation for them, even the head coach Guardiola thinks so, so Barcelona's more arrangements are actually still on offense.

Barcelona's offense is to push forward, and the best thing is to find opportunities to fight behind. Needless to say, the personal ability and cooperation of Xavi, Iniesta, Messi and Villa on the field, they All are the best players.

In the arrangement for Atletico Madrid, Guardiola's emphasis is on the left side of the middle, which is the defensive space of the teenager Rafael Varane.

A season is almost over and everyone knows what's wrong with Atlético de Madrid's squad.

Needless to say in the frontcourt, Atletico Madrid has done quite well, but Atletico Madrid has problems in defense. They only have one mid laner - Godin. Gore has excellent personal ability and has been performing consistently, but Atletico Madrid only has one. Godin, and there is no second, the other position, whether it is Ujfalusi or Domingos, can not guarantee stable performance.

After Christmas, Wansheng started to use young Rafael Varane.

Rafael Varane, who has just turned 18 and has only signed with AS-Hellemmes in his professional experience, is not well-known, but so far this season, Rafael Varane has also played a bit of fame, because he is still dissatisfied At the age of 18, he started for Atletico Madrid, and his performance is stable, which means that his future is bright.

So far, Rafael Varane has played 17 times for Atlético Madrid, 8 of which have been full and 6 have come off the bench.

That's all Rafael Varane's resume.

Although the resume is very vague, in fact, any club knows that Rafael Varane will definitely become an excellent central defender in the future, because he can now stand on the stage of the top league.

Many were jealous of Atletico Madrid having such a central defender, but Guardiola saw an opportunity in Rafael Varane.

Rafael Varane's performance is undoubtedly outstanding, but that's only in comparison with the status of an 18-year-old teenager. In terms of real performance, Varane can only be regarded as a 'qualified central defender'. That’s it, being qualified does not mean outstanding. Among the teams with abilities such as Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, Varane’s performance and ability are somewhat poor.

So Guardiola asked Barcelona to attack Rafael Varane's point.

"He is Atletico's weakness!"

Guardiola told all the players.

So it was reflected in the game that Messi, Villa and other players kept playing from the left side when attacking, making Rafael Varane's defense busy, while Godin's side was a bit idle, and many times The players he was defending simply stayed where they were, as if the opponent's task was to get his attention, but there is no doubt that any of the Barcelona players are good players on the field, Godin knows that if he runs A wrong move is likely to bring opportunities to the opponent, and he can only watch Rafael Varane's defense secretly anxiously.

"These bastards!"

Godin gritted his teeth!

Godin and Rafael Varane get along very well on weekdays. He knows that Varane is a very good junior and has a bright future, but it is definitely not now. If the opponent is just an ordinary La Liga team, Godin will not be in a hurry, but the opponent is Barcelona, ​​the team with the strongest offensive ability in Europe and the world, not even one of them. The pressure that Varane will face can be imagined.

So... can he make it through?

Godin was secretly worried.

Guardiola, who was sitting on the coach's bench, was very relieved to see this scene. In terms of football games, he and Wansheng have similar ideas. Targeted tactics and so on are all for the sake of victory. The young general showed mercy.

Professional games are like this. If the opponent has a weakness, they must fight against the weakness.

This will give you a better chance of winning the game.

Rafael Varane is a promising centre-back, maybe in Barcelona in the future?

Who knows.

But now he is part of Atlético de Madrid and Barcelona's opponents for the Copa del Rey.

It is an opponent, there is no such thing as young and old!

As long as it gives Barcelona more hope of winning, what is the point of playing against a young player?

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Wansheng also saw Barcelona's targeted play off the field.

I have to say...it's sleazy.

But Wan Sheng is not as worried as Gore, who knows his players better than him.

Rafael Varane is still very young. In fact, in 10 days, he will just turn 18 years old. This age is a bit too young. There is no need to talk about experience. It must be unmatched by other players. , Varane still has a lot of room for improvement, but in fact, the best thing about Varane is not his potential and strength, but... mentality!

To say that a player who has just turned 18 has a good mentality, everyone feels a little surprised, but the fact is that Varane's mental attributes are extremely high.

In the entire Atletico Madrid team, the player with the best mental attributes is Maurice, followed by Aguero, and then Varane. Because of this, Maurice has been able to play stably, Aguero It belongs to the 'competitive player'. Whenever the official game, Aguero can always have a good performance.

Varane’s mental attributes are also very high, at least higher than those of Raul Garcia, Ozil and others. Mental attributes are a comprehensive thing, not just a mentality, but a high overall ability and a mentality that is not too bad.

Although Varane is young and inexperienced, there have never been any major problems in past games.

Therefore, Wansheng is not worried that Barcelona will attack Varane. If they hope to make Varane panic and make some mistakes, then they are really wrong. On the contrary, they are worried that they will use technology to attack. Varane's ability and experience are not enough to take on a big job.

Fortunately, Barcelona doesn't seem to think so, or, in other words, it doesn't have a fair and honest attack on Varane's point.

They felt that Varane was young and went to "bully" him, and did not play technical coordination, so that three times in a row, Varane completed his defense very well, so Barcelona failed to return three times.

"Keep doing it."

Wan Sheng smiled.

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Barcelona's offense is unfavorable, but it doesn't mean that Atletico Madrid's offense is also unfavorable. In fact, Atletico Madrid has begun to threaten.

After a wave of attacks from Barcelona, ​​Atletico Madrid quickly took the ball and started a fast break.

Godin made a direct pass to Raul Garcia, who crossed and transferred to Ozil. Ozil dribbled the ball quickly from the side and directly broke through Xavi's interception, and then Ozil passed the ball to the middle.

Morris catches the ball and hits the goal directly!

Goalkeeper Valdes reacted fairly quickly, he managed to save the ball, and the ball out of the baseline.

Atletico Madrid's corner kick failed to threaten, and they quickly retreated to the backcourt to defend, making people feel that Atlético Madrid seemed to have played a counterattack and went back without a chance.

The same goes for subsequent games.

Whenever they get the ball, Atlético de Madrid will launch a very fast offensive, often from the back to the front. , the speed is even faster, often Barcelona players have not reacted, Atletico Madrid players have completed the pass and receive the ball.

In this fast coordination, mistakes are inevitable.

However, Atlético de Madrid did not slow down their speed. Instead, they deliberately increased their passing speed every time they got the ball, which made Barcelona a little confused, but if they wanted to defend well, they had to keep up with Atlético de Madrid's speed, so unconsciously, Their speed has also increased.

Guardiola frowned slightly off the field.

He felt something was wrong.

On the field of play, Atlético de Madrid seems to be playing a defensive counterattack. Every attack is very fast. There is no intention to control the ball at all, and there is no positive and orderly advance. However, this kind of counterattack is different from the last game.

The last time the two teams met, Atletico Madrid was the real counter-attack.

At that time, As soon as Atlético de Madrid got the ball, it would go directly to the frontcourt with big feet, or pass the ball to the frontcourt players quickly, and then rely on the personal ability of the frontcourt players to attack.

This is different.

A few times, Atletico Madrid's rapid offensive did not rely on Aguero, but on the contrary, Ozil, Reyes and the middle players cooperated a lot. The cooperation between Guero is also very close, it seems to be... speeding up the progress! ?

Guardiola was puzzled, he looked more closely at the game. (To be continued ~^~)