1153rd Final Champion
【Starting from coaching Real Madrid】 【】
On the evening of April 16th, at the Mestagna Stadium in Valencia.
In the 2013/14 Copa del Rey final, Barcelona played against Real Madrid.
Gao Shen stood in front of the coaching bench of the visiting team, watching the game silently.
In the first two or three minutes, he could clearly see Martino's starting tactics for tonight's game.
Every game, especially before an important game, the head coaches of both sides will make a series of targeted adjustments and changes, but some changes are very big, such as changing the position of players, which is very obvious.
But some changes will be so small that you might not notice them throughout the game.
As a professional head coach, you must pay attention to this change in your opponent, and even do your best to find out the change in your opponent, and restrain and respond to it, so that you can avoid being restrained by the opponent's targeted tactics.
For example tonight's King's Cup final.
Martino's tactics are still four-three-three, and the lineup has not changed much.
Goalkeeper: Pinto.
Defense: Alba, Bartra, Pique and Alves.
Midfield: Busquets drags behind, Fabregas and Xavi center.
Forwards: Iniesta, Messi and Neymar.
At first glance, everyone must think, isn't this the tactic that was put out in the previous century derby?
Neymar played on the right, and Iniesta retreated to help the midfielder to ensure the stability of the midfielder. At the same time, it can also strengthen the midfielder's ability to hold the ball and run, and make up for the lack of Barcelona's midfielder's running ability to the greatest extent. Consolidate the team's possession.
But this style of play has been blown away by Real Madrid before, and it doesn't work!
Is Martino stupid?
Why did you come up with such a set of tactics again?
This should be the first impression of all ordinary fans, even live TV commentators, when they see this starting lineup and the players' positions after the game starts.
Martino forfeited the race.
But actually?
When Barcelona attacked for the first time in the audience, they had already shown signs. In the second attack, the players' running positions had completely exposed the series of adjustments made by Martino in this game.
When Barcelona steals the ball in the backcourt, when Pique holds the ball, Barcelona's entire formation becomes a four-two-four.
In other words, only Harvey and Busquets are left in the midfield.
Immediately afterwards, the two full-backs actively pressed forward and pushed forward, and the formation became 244 again.
Where is the change?
In addition to Iniesta, Messi and Neymar, the three players were at the top, but Cesc Fabregas also went to the top immediately.
Messi is close to Neymar, Fabregas occupies the front center, and the pass is to find Fabregas.
In other words, Martino used Fabregas as a fulcrum in the frontcourt.
But what about the defense just now?
After the opening, Real Madrid resolutely implemented the profound tactical intentions and wanted to be the first to grab the goal, so they launched a rush attack. When Barcelona was defending, it goes without saying that the four defenders, Neymar and Iniesta both retreated. , Formed a four-one-four-one defensive formation, leaving Messi in front.
This is the biggest difference between Barcelona's game and the previous game.
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If you don't look carefully, it is easy to think that it is caused by the players' running positions on the court, but in fact, this must be Martino's intentional arrangement, the purpose is to play a threat on the offensive end.
Messi, Neymar and Alves are basically on the right, that is, Real Madrid's left.
To some extent, Martino's style of play is very aggressive, and he even has the momentum to give Real Madrid a go.
This is a kind of counterattack when you are cornered and have nowhere to go.
But the price is also very obvious, that is, the defensive end is a big problem.
After the opening, Real Madrid created several opportunities in a row. First, Ronaldo made a quick counterattack and kicked wide. Stopping the ball at the top of the arc, turned around and kicked the goal wide.
But Barcelona is still holding on.
...
"This is the last championship that Martino can fight for!"
Carlo said in the coaching bench of the visiting team, not without regret.
The cruelty of professional football is that it always wins and loses, and professional football is a world where heroes are judged by success or failure.
If you win, you will be decent, if you lose, you will be nothing.
Today's Martino is like this, and tomorrow's Gao Shen will be like this.
Therefore, Martino will want to work hard for this championship, and Barcelona players also want to give it a go.
None of them can accept Real Madrid winning the Triple Crown!
However, now Barcelona's overall strength is not as good as Real Madrid.
This is for all to see.
There is a choice only when there is strength, and there is no choice if there is no strength.
So like Martino, if you want to win Real Madrid, you have to die, you have to take risks, and you have to win by surprise.
Gao Shen saw that Barcelona's offensive was gradually improving, so he immediately made adjustments, signaling the team to retreat, to stabilize a little, to control the situation first, and then to stabilize the scene.
This is the difference between Real Madrid and Barcelona's player configuration.
Like Barcelona's style of play that presses the opponent in the half court, can Real Madrid play?
The answer is yes.
Real Madrid's midfielder also has such strength and ability to pass and control the ball.
But as a result of doing so, the threat of Real Madrid's offensive players in the frontcourt has been greatly reduced.
Especially Ronaldo, he is a scorer who needs space, as are Benzema and Di Maria.
In contrast to Barcelona, what Messi and Iniesta are best at is continuous cooperation in a small area.
Players have different characteristics, and the team's tactics can't be exactly the same.
What Real Madrid is best at is to stabilize their position, concentrate their forces near the center line, and seize the opportunity to launch a fatal blow to the opponent.
This is also the most suitable style of play for Real Madrid's current lineup.
It can be said that since Real Madrid signed Ronaldo and Kaka that year, they have basically decided to take this route.
Thinking of this, Gao Shen walked to the sidelines and signaled that the team should be steady and move more at the same time.
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If you want to say that Gao Shen has coached Real Madrid for the past two seasons, the biggest change in the team is not in the technical and tactical reforms, but in the spiritual level, especially the spirit of the players on the court.
It seems that at this moment, when Real Madrid is in a relatively proportional situation on the scene, it is methodical to deal with Barcelona. Everyone is performing their own duties, and it seems that they are not in a hurry.
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Barcelona has possession of the ball, but they just can't play a threatening offense. Occasionally, they can create some threats through the cooperation of the players' personal abilities, but it is also difficult to break through Real Madrid's goal.
The right side where Messi and Neymar are located, plus Alves, is the focus of Barcelona's offense, and they often concentrate a large number of troops on this side.
But Real Madrid also defended very steadily.
The scene has been relatively stalemate.
Martino has learned from the previous experience and lessons, and made very targeted adjustments to Barcelona's tactics, especially this kind of tactical mentality of letting go, which has played a certain containment effect on Real Madrid, and the effect is obvious.
But Gao Shen has also been waiting.
As long as Real Madrid can hold on and wait for a chance, Barcelona will be over.
Therefore, even though Barcelona broke into Real Madrid's penalty area several times, creating a threat that made everyone frightened, Gao Shen still did not make adjustments, and still signaled that the team should continue to stabilize the defense, continue to be patient, and wait for opportunities.
Until the 39th minute, Real Madrid grabbed the ball in the chaos on the left side of the backcourt. Marcelo poked the ball to Ramos, who then passed it to the midfield. Harvey Alonso made a diagonal pass. , to the frontcourt.
Ronaldo stopped the ball, but Barcelona's defenders were behind him, and he had no choice but to bring it back and pass it back to Toni Kroos.
Facing the attacking direction, the German stopped the ball sideways to the right of the center circle, and saw Carvajal raising his hand for the ball on the right side of the center line.
So, he directly transferred the ball with one kick.
Carvajal crossed the halfway line, stepped forward quickly, stopped the ball when it was unguarded, and dribbled the ball forward himself.
Iniesta came to intercept, but Carvajal quickly crossed the ball and gave it to the right rib.
Modric stepped forward quickly, dribbling forward with the ball.
At this time, Di Maria, who was originally on the right side of the frontcourt, decisively changed direction and ran quickly to the right line, which not only opened up the defense for Modric, but also ran out of space to respond.
After Modric took the ball to the 30-meter area, when he saw that the defense of the Barcelona players was still shrinking in the middle, he decisively passed a diagonal pass to the right side of the front field.
I saw Di Maria running to catch the ball quickly. Before Alba got close, he suddenly pushed the ball to the bottom line behind him. He sprinted suddenly, passed through Alba's defense zone in an instant, and went straight to the bottom line. and go.
This is Di Maria's threat.
He is better at passing the ball, so he is not only an inverted winger, he can also go down.
Alba chased desperately behind him, and Baltra also rushed out of the penalty area quickly, and was about to come to block Di Maria.
The Argentine winger caught up with the ball he just passed near the junction of the penalty area line and the baseline, and passed the ball back to the right of the penalty spot with his right foot in an inverted triangle.
Cristiano Ronaldo rushed to the middle of the goal, surrounded by multiple Barcelona players including Pique, and Benzema was originally ambushing outside the penalty area. At this time, he suddenly stepped forward, although Busquets was chasing all the way , but Barcelona's midfielder was blocked by Benzema on his left side and seized the most favorable position.
Di Maria's left foot is indeed very delicate, but his right foot is not disabled. On the contrary, his right foot ability is actually very good, but it is far less flexible and fine than his left foot, but like this Passing the ball, the right foot can still do it.
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The Argentine's right foot passed to the point, and Benzema also jumped in at a high speed. After leaning against Busquets with his body, he didn't stop the ball, and directly hit Di Maria's pass with his right foot.
In the past two years, Benzema has received special training from Zidane in the past two years.
Benzema, Morata, Jesse, and Di Maria, these are all players who Zidane often makes a fuss about and specially trains them to shoot. Know how many times the drill has been done.
This shot not only suppressed the ball, but also shot it from an angle.
Everyone's attention was attracted by Ronaldo, who was close at hand, and after Benzema's shot, Pinto reacted and flew to the side, but the ball still wiped Pinto's hand and drilled. Into the right of Barcelona's goal.
"goallllllllllllllll!!!!!!"
"Benzema scored a goal!!!"