1037 Simeone's Trick

On the evening of May 17th, at 21:30, Calderon Stadium in Madrid.

Copa del Rey final, Real Madrid vs Atletico Madrid.

When the referee blew the whistle to start the game, Gao Shen stood on the sidelines, with his hands folded on his chest, watching the game on the court attentively.

Tonight, Real Madrid put out their best four-three-three lineup.

Goalkeeper: Iker Casillas.

Defense: Marcelo, Ramos, Pepe and Carvajal.

Midfield: Xavi Alonso drags deep, Toni Kroos and Modric center.

Forwards: Ronaldo, Benzema and Di Maria.

Real Madrid's main lineup is quite neat and has not been affected by injuries and suspensions.

As an opponent, the same is true for Atletico Madrid.

Simeone continued to form his own four-four-two lineup.

Goalkeeper: Asenjo.

Defense: Insua, Miranda, Godin and Juanfran.

Midfield: Turan, Gabi, Mario Suarez and Koke.

Forwards: Diego Costa and Falcao.

Atletico Madrid, who took the lead in the kick-off, directly kicked the ball out of the center circle. Turan stopped the ball on the left side of the center circle and rushed forward with the ball.

Atletico Madrid showed an aggressive momentum from the beginning.

But Turan couldn't grab two seconds, and was directly intercepted by Modric and Di Maria.

The ball was broken and people fell to the ground, but the referee did not blow his whistle.

Real Madrid quickly launched a counterattack, but Atletico Madrid returned to defense quickly.

From the very beginning, the two sides did not have any temptations, and did not need any temptations, and directly entered the bayonet-to-blood hand-to-hand battle.

They are all too familiar with each other, and they all know each other's weight.

Atletico Madrid's strategy is still to siege the whole audience, and immediately speed up the pace after the opening,

A high-intensity output.

Real Madrid has long been prepared for this style of play against the Sheets, but it is still somewhat uncomfortable.

Although he took possession of the ball, he still made a lot of mistakes.

Gao Shen was not too anxious on the sidelines, because he knew it was normal.

Even if the passing and control of the ball is as strong as Barcelona, ​​when the players are not excited enough, they will be full of mistakes and omissions when encountering Atletico Madrid's unreasonable style of play, let alone Real Madrid.

If Gao Shen could be given more time to prepare, such as a week, then Gao Shen would have the confidence to stabilize.

But now he didn't give him much time at all, he got on the horse in a hurry, and it would be good if he could control the situation.

Tonight, it is said that it is at the Calderon Stadium, but Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid have half and half fans, and Real Madrid also occupies the home team.

In the stands, the fans of the two teams were screaming loudly, and the players of both sides also entered the state from the beginning. The game was fast-paced, full of gunpowder, and the fight was exhilarating.

Under the leadership of Simeone, Atletico Madrid has no lack of fighting spirit and desire to win at all, and their pressing is also quite active.

Especially in midfield.

Simeone's Atletico Madrid team showed a very high technical and tactical level, which was ignored by many people.

People always remember the external side, that is, fierce fighting, desperate running, tenacious fighting spirit, and the dirty little moves of the players, etc., but in fact, the most fundamental thing about Atletico Madrid is Simeone The set of technical and tactical systems created.

It's not the same as Klopp's Dortmund.

Both teams seemed to be pressing like mad dogs all over the court, but Atletico Madrid has a strong style of Italian football.

The most typical is to compress the midfield. By shortening the distance between the midfield and the back line, the front, middle and rear lines are kept compact, thereby compressing the opponent's offensive space for passing the ball forward.

The integrity of this Atletico Madrid team is very strong.

Therefore, Klopp's Dortmund is known as a 60-minute team, but Atletico Madrid is not.

Because Simeone is playing as a whole.

Some people may ask, what is the difference between Simeone's Atletico Madrid and Klopp's Dortmund?

In fact, these are two teams that look similar but are actually very different.

Even, from the concept of two head coaches forming a team, the most basic starting point, there is a very big difference.

Klopp's starting point is to attack. The purpose of the full-court press is to grab the ball closer to the opponent's goal, which is more conducive to his own offense.

Simeone played an Italian-style defensive counterattack. The purpose of pressing the whole court was only one of his defenses, and his offense still relied on counterattacks.

Starting from these two basic points, we can see a lot of differences, including the selection criteria of players.

Gao Shen is also very aware of Simeone's characteristics. He even studied Simeone in the [Tactical Library], but the on-the-spot command is not only the head coach's tactics, but also the players' on-the-spot performance and execution.

There is one statistic that can reflect how difficult this Atletico Madrid team is.

In the opening 20 minutes, Atletico Madrid completed 5 interceptions, made 13 tackles, and 8 of them were successful.

Moreover, these 18 defensive actions are basically near the center line, and on average, they come once every minute.

It can be seen from this point that Atletico Madrid can be said to be aggressive and menacing.

Before the game, Gao Shen repeatedly told the players of Real Madrid, and they all knew very well that this is the characteristic of Atletico Madrid, so Real Madrid still played very patiently.

The ball is lost, it’s okay, counter-grab on the spot, continue to stabilize the rhythm, and control the ball.

Atletico Madrid's aggressiveness seems to be fierce, but the offense is not threatening.

This is also a major weakness of Simeone.

Tweaking defense is his trick, but tuning offense is not very good.

In the first 20 minutes, Atletico Madrid didn't have a single shot.

At the beginning, Diego Costa and Falcao were able to stand in front. Later, Falcao couldn't stand it anymore and began to retreat frequently to meet Atletico Madrid's midfielder.

If he doesn't retreat, Atletico Madrid's midfielder can't play the ball at all.

But even if he retreated, Atletico Madrid still couldn't organize a decent offense.

But Gao Shen was still very cautious and kept reminding the players on the sidelines.

For stars like Falcao and Diego Costa, give them a chance and they will be caught immediately.

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After 20 minutes, Atletico Madrid's press and pressure slowed down slightly.

But Gao Shen still didn't dare to be careless.

In terms of grand strategy, Simeone still insists on the targeted defense against Barcelona, ​​trying to force Real Madrid's ball to the side.

However, Real Madrid is also very good at playing on the side, and the players are also actively playing on the side.

This led to the two sides near the center line, where you came and went, and the fight was exhilarating.

Gao Shen and the coaching staff had secretly trained two classes before, specifically rehearsing how to break Atletico Madrid's defense.

In the frontcourt, that is Benzema's retracement and pull-side response.

In the backcourt, central defenders Ramos and Pepera responded.

When Atletico Madrid blocks Real Madrid's side attack, increase the number of points of the ball as much as possible.

The rehearsal is just a rehearsal, and the routine is the same, but after the opening, it has not been able to play the effect on the court.

This is not just Real Madrid's own problem. The pressure from Atletico Madrid is too great, which is also an important reason.

"They are now in the center position, keeping the formation compact and forcing us to go to the side. Therefore, most of their steals are distributed on the two sides, especially the left."

Gao Shen went back and looked at the real-time data, and found that the left side was robbed more fiercely, although there were also some on the right side, but not many, it can be seen that Real Madrid's right-sided offense is still not active enough.

"It's okay, just wait a little longer." Gao Shen understood.

What is Real Madrid best at?

Facing Atletico Madrid's pressing, pressing and defense tonight, what is the most important thing?

transfer!

Gao Shen believes that the players on the court understand this, because he chatted with every starting player at least twice before the game, especially players like Toni Kroos, Modric, Harvey Alonso, Lamo Si, Pepe and others even chatted three or four times.

The purpose is to let them know their intentions clearly.

After all, the head coach is watching from the sidelines, and the players are the protagonists of the game. They have personally felt the defensive pressure from Atletico Madrid, so they know how to implement the head coach's tactics.

"After 25 minutes, Atletico Madrid slowed down the pressing rhythm appropriately. Our tactics began to work, especially on the wing. The restrictive effect on us began to weaken. We failed to grab the ball twice in a row." Carlos Vargas analyzed the data and reported it to Gao Shen.

This proves that Atletico Madrid has begun to realize that if they continue to rob like this, their physical fitness will continue to be consumed.

Just when Gao Shen walked back to the sidelines, he saw a sudden change on the court.

Real Madrid launched an attack from the left. Marcelo and Ronaldo tried to pass the ball back suddenly. Toni Kroos pulled the ball to the sideline. After receiving the ball behind Marcelo, he directly transferred it with a big foot.

The ball quickly moved from the left to the right.

Carvajal stepped forward quickly, and after stopping the ball with his right foot, he continued to rush forward with the ball and forced a breakthrough with Di Maria on the right, but the cross was shoveled out of the baseline by Miranda at the front point.

corner kick!

At this time, the game has reached the 28th minute.

Atletico Madrid still didn't take a shot.

And this is already Real Madrid's third corner kick. If it can form a shot, it will be the seventh shot.

Toni Kroos quickly sent a corner kick. In the penalty area, Ramos, Pepe and Ronaldo grabbed the spot at the same time. In the end, Ronaldo grabbed the first spot, but the header was high.

The Portuguese clapped his hands vigorously, obviously not very satisfied with his header.

He has always had extremely high demands on himself!

"It's okay, keep applying pressure, don't worry!" Gao Shen gave instructions.

The current scene and situation are beneficial to Real Madrid. As long as there is no problem with the defense line, as long as Atletico Madrid cannot fight back, Real Madrid will have no worries.

Gao Shen hinted that Di Maria and Carvajal could be more active, put in all their effort, stare at Insua's side, and strive to directly defeat Atletico Madrid's left side like in the league.

But Simeone was also prepared.

At the 35th minute, Atletico Madrid finally got a chance to counterattack.

After Falcao retreated to catch the ball, he got rid of the entanglement of Xavi Alonso and Modric in succession.

The Colombian striker's technique and movement frequency are also quite fast. After getting rid of it, he sent a through pass.

Diego Costa came in from behind, but Ramos chased after him all the way, holding Diego Costa with his body, so that the Brazilian center had to take a long shot near the top of the penalty area, still with the left Foot, the ball was firmly held by Casillas.

This is Atletico Madrid's first shot.

At the same time, it also reminded Gao Shen that he must pay attention to Atletico Madrid's quick counterattack after stealing the ball.

Gao Shen named Harvey Alonso and Modric, and made a decisive foul if necessary.

Anyway, it's the finals, so you're still afraid of the wool?

Sometimes, you should learn from Atletico Madrid.

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