Seven Hundred and Eighty First Liberated Full-Backs

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On the evening of September 14th, the Etihad Stadium.

When the players of the two teams, led by the referee, entered the stadium amidst the roar of Manchester City fans, Gao Shen and Mourinho stood side by side at the entrance of the player tunnel.

There is actually not much embarrassment when the two meet, because they are very clear that many things are not each other's problems.

In other words, this is the status quo of professional football.

"When did you shave your hair?" Gao Shen asked curiously.

Mourinho chewed gum stubbornly, and after listening to the profound words, he raised his head slightly, as if he could still see his own hair, but in fact he couldn't see anything because he cut himself a short cut.

"At noon, I shaved it in the hotel, isn't it handsome?" Mourinho asked with a smile.

"Ha, handsome, among all the shameless middle-aged people, you are considered handsome."

As long as adjectives and definitions are given enough, men all over the world are handsome.

"But seriously, your hair should be dyed." Gao Shen suggested.

Mourinho reached out and scratched his hair reflexively, "What to dye? This is my trophy!"

Gao Shen smiled again, a bit speechless.

Mourinho's hair has turned gray a lot, even a large area.

The pressure is really terrible, especially coaching Real Madrid, the pressure is very high.

Mourinho this man,

To say he is arrogant is not entirely true.

When you really get to know him, you will find that there is a lack of self-confidence in his bones.

Passing and controlling the ball is the mainstream trend in European football now, no matter which team it is, we must pay attention to it.

The reason is simple, if you have poor pass and control ability, people will catch you in a high position to press and press, if you can't pass the ball, you will die.

When Gao Shen was in Serie A, didn't he rely on this set of unreasonable tactics to make the Serie A team cry?

So over the years, central defenders who can pass the ball have been very popular and very, very expensive.

why?

Now that the central defender can pass the ball, I'm not afraid of your pressing.

Even, I wish you could force me to come out, so that I can hit you behind.

But a central defender who is good at passing the ball is doomed to be difficult to become a standard equipment, and his worth is the biggest obstacle.

Whether Mourinho is arranging troops or employing people, he will involuntarily be cautious.

This is a good way to say it, and it is conservative if it is not good.

Like tonight, he used Coentrao on the left instead of Marcelo.

This is of course because Manchester City has Robben on the right, but Marcelo's attack power is stronger and his technique is better.

In midfield, Khedira started, partnering with Harvey Alonso.

Before, Mourinho used Coentrao to partner Harvey Alonso, and sometimes even used Pepe or Ramos.

The central defenders are Carvalho and Pepe, and the right back is Ramos.

This is a very obvious lineup that defends and counterattacks.

Almost nothing new.

The attacking combination in front is Cristiano Ronaldo, Adebayor and Di Maria.

Real Madrid still adopts a four-two-three formation, with the German midfielder No. 10 playing the front midfielder.

Adam is the goalkeeper.

"Do you want to teach me too?" Mourinho suddenly turned his head and looked directly at Gao Shen, with provocation in his eyes.

It felt as if, as long as Gao Shen gave an affirmative answer, he would immediately break up with Gao Shen.

Gao Shen snorted, "I'm not as idle as you think. Now that it's me, I'll do the same!"

It's really forced to the situation like Mourinho is now. To be honest, there is really no good way except to block Casillas.

This is what must be done, and maintaining the authority of the head coach is more important than anything else.

But Gao Shen didn't tell Mourinho that if it was him, he would definitely not let things develop to the present situation.

As long as things don't develop into this situation, he doesn't need to choose between the two major problems of blocking Casillas and maintaining the authority of the head coach, but can have more time and space to change the status quo.

To put it bluntly, Mourinho shouldn't have launched the so-called "war" against Barcelona.

It is obvious that Real Madrid is not as strong as Barcelona.

Some may object, but this is the truth.

Not only is it not as good as it is now, but it is also not as good as Gao Shen's previous life.

Do not believe?

For comparison, in the few seasons when Real Madrid won the Champions League, how many league titles did they win?

How many games have you won against Barcelona?

The strength of strength has never been necessarily related to the outcome of the game.

When the strength is not as good as that of the opponent and the results are not as good as the opponent, it is very bad to forcefully beat Barcelona, ​​an enemy that is difficult to defeat, and end up with injuries all over his body.

What's more, Mourinho's biggest problem now lies in himself.

He needs a comprehensive upgrade of himself, from tactical concepts to management methods...

"You, before the game starts, don't play the sad card with me, I won't show mercy." Gao Shen changed the subject and said with a smile.

Mourinho laughed, "I still need your mercy?"

"Keep talking. After the game, I'll buy you a drink. You'd better not run away!" After Gao Shen finished speaking, he reached out his hand, shook hands with Mourinho, turned and walked out of the player tunnel, and turned to the home team's coaching bench.

Mourinho looked at Gao Shen's back with a complicated expression, and his heart was like an overturned seasoning plate.

What kind of taste is really special!

To be honest, sometimes, he would rather quarrel with Gao Shen.

In this case, he can still scold Gao Shen in public.

But now, he feels that he is a spare tire, but he has a very good relationship with the real master, and he is too embarrassed to scold him. What's the matter?

"Half of Laozi's white hair is because of you!" Mourinho said viciously.

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Real Madrid's formation is really cautious.

Obviously, the disastrous defeat at the Etihad Stadium last season made Real Madrid cautious.

In contrast, Manchester City, from the very beginning of the game, took the initiative to attack and launched a pressing and oppression against Real Madrid.

Contrary to his previous steady start, Gao Shen played more aggressively at home, showing the momentum to take down Real Madrid.

This makes Real Madrid more careful.

Gao Shen still has a four-three-three lineup for this game.

Goalkeeper: Neuer.

Defense: Felipe, David Luiz, Kompany and Zabaleta.

Midfield: Rakitic, Fernandinho and Yaya Toure.

Forwards: Gareth Bale, Suarez and Arjen Robben.

The start of Rakitic and Yaya Toure made Gao Shen dare to press out his entire midfield.

Because he believes that these two midfielders can provide Manchester City with enough tough pressure in the midfield, coupled with the trident in the frontcourt, it is enough to contain Real Madrid's midfield.

Facts have also proved that this is indeed the case.

On the one hand, it is Real Madrid's prudence and conservatism, on the other hand, it is Manchester City's initiative.

In the opening two minutes, Robben took the ball from the right, accelerated to forcefully break through Coentrao, cut inside the penalty area, and sent a cross. First shot of the game.

Then, when Robben dribbled the ball from the right and rushed into the right corner of the penalty area, when he threw off Coentrao and wanted to cut inside, the Portuguese fell to the ground and failed to tackle, but forcibly pulled Robben down.

The referee did not award a penalty or a foul, nor did he award Robben a dive.

The two consecutive attacks were played from Manchester City's right, which put Real Madrid's left under tremendous pressure.

One of the most important reasons why Robben was able to press up and attack as much as he wanted is that Zabaleta supported him behind him.

From this point, it is easy to see the difference between Gao Shen and Mourinho.

Mourinho's full-backs basically don't go forward very much. Even if they do, they can only play one on both sides.

But now Gao Shen is not the same.

His full-backs often run forward.

Then the problem came, Mourinho did not dare to let the full-backs advance easily, just to ensure the stability of the defense.

After Gao Shen lets the full-backs go forward, how can the stability of the defense be guaranteed?

Only rely on the pressing and oppression of the midfield?

This is certainly not enough.

The answer lies in number four.

Looking back from 2021, it is not difficult to find that almost all giants and strong teams will be equipped with a fourth position.

The fourth position here has nothing to do with Barcelona's heritage, but everyone is aware of a possibility.

In the season that Bayern won the Champions League, the fourth position was Javi Martinez.

Real Madrid won the Champions League, first there was Xavi Alonso, and then Casemiro.

Liverpool won the Champions League, with Fabinho in the fourth position.

The strong team is like this, isn't it a strong team?

I still remember Southampton mentioned by Gao Shen. Under the coaching of Pochettino and Ronald Koeman, the Saints can achieve consecutive successes in the Premier League. One of the important reasons is Schneiderlin.

And Schneiderlin was criticized the most at Manchester United later, that is, he always retreated too far, too close to the central defender.

That's what number four does.

So why do it?

Very simple, liberate the full-backs!

Therefore, Atletico Madrid's coach Simeone later said that the full-back is the most important position in European football.

Real Madrid has Carvajal and Marcelo, Bayern has Alaba and Lahm, Liverpool has Robertson and Alexander-Arnold, Barcelona has Alba and Alves, Juventus also has Alex Sandro and Lichtstein na...

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Both sides are full-backs who are more attacking than defensive.

What about defense?

What should the defense do when the full-backs are pressing up?

The answer is that the late midfielder in the fourth position retreats, forms a three-central defender with two central defenders, and persists until the full-back retreats.

As for the benefits of full-backs plugging in to attack, I believe it goes without saying that everyone knows it.

The current trend is not particularly clear, but many people have been studying Gao Shen's style of play and transformation in Manchester City.

In the future, more and more people will follow up, and finally it will become a trend again.

Of course, there is another problem involved here.

That is, when the full back presses up, the fourth position retreats to the defensive line and becomes a three central defender, what role will the other two midfielders of 433 play?

But when Gao Shen was standing on the sidelines thinking, goalkeeper Neuer kicked a goal kick.

The German goalkeeper kicked the ball straight to the frontcourt with a big foot.

Suarez had already blocked Pepe with his body, and fell backward desperately, trying to grab the first spot, but Pepe still headed back, but the ball was still at the feet of Manchester City.