Chapter 286 I Have an Idea

While watching the video, Zhou Yi used the remote control to pause the playback from time to time, then wrote and drew in a small book on the coffee table, thought about it for a while, and then pressed the remote control to continue playing.

After watching it once, he started playing it again from the beginning.

After doing this several times, he turned off the TV.

When he entered the bedroom, Cortana was already lying on the bed, ready to sleep.

"I thought you were going to see the rest of the night," Cortana joked at first.

But she found that Zhou Yi had no reaction to her joke, but always frowned, so she asked seriously: "What's wrong? Is the opponent strong?"

Zhou Yi hummed: "Very strong."

"Better than Bayern Munich?"

"In a sense...better than Bayern Munich. Mainly because their tactics are very targeted, especially for me..." Zhou Yi sat down by the bed. "Simone's team is a team that is very good at physical confrontation, but I am not good at physical confrontation."

Of course Cortana knew Zhou Yi's strengths and weaknesses, and she also became worried: "That is indeed a very troublesome opponent. What can you do?"

Zhou Yi shook his head: "No way."

"Ah?" Cortana actually heard Zhou Yi say this. "What should we do?"

"You have to play even if you have no choice. Let's go all out when the time comes." Zhou Yi really has no choice now. He plans to enter the virtual space to play against Atletico Madrid and accumulate enough experience in the games against Atletico Madrid.

For now, this is the only countermeasure.

It was impossible for him to transform himself into a muscle maniac in just three or four days, completely unafraid of physical confrontation.

Atletico Madrid will definitely make a fuss about his physical characteristics.

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Before training started the next day, Zhou Yi knocked on the door of Klopp's office and returned the USB flash drive to head coach Klopp. Klopp was a little surprised: "...you can continue watching..."

Zhou Yi shook his head: "No need, I've already remembered it in my mind."

Klopp did not question Zhou Yi’s statement.

He believed Zhou Yi, so he asked: "Have you noticed their 'isolation' of Messi?"

Zhou Yi nodded: "I noticed it."

Atletico Madrid's defense against Messi in this game was very successful.

You must know that before the game, Barcelona’s official website also specifically looked forward to Messi’s performance in this game: “Messi scored eight times against Atletico Madrid at the Calderon Stadium. Fans should remember that Barcelona slaughtered Atletico Madrid 6:0 in an away game in 2007. In the game, Messi scored twice. He scored 20 goals against Atletico Madrid and was a killer on the sheet. Atletico Madrid’s defenders will have a nightmare night!”

Barcelona coach Martino also said that Messi will be the winner of this game.

It turned out that these two stood up well.

There were very few shots of Messi throughout the game, and the few times there were close-ups, he looked dejected and lifeless.

Atletico Madrid's high-pressure press pushed Messi desperately towards the outside of the penalty area, guarding the penalty area and preventing Messi from entering.

Messi, who was far away from the penalty area, was also cut off from other teammates by Atletico Madrid. It was difficult for Iniesta, Xavi and Busquets to control the ball calmly under the pressure of Atletico Madrid, and it was also difficult to contact Messi. stand up.

As a result, Messi had to compete physically and mentally with a group of tough guys from Atletico Madrid.

But this is not Messi's strength.

So at the Calderon, Messi completely disappeared. He couldn't see his familiar passing, nor could he see his precise passing, and his shots missed the target time and time again.

In addition, Messi's condition in this game is indeed not good, but I don't know whether his condition is poor due to the restrictions of Atletico Madrid's targeted defensive tactics, or whether his condition is not good in the first place. Because Atletico Madrid entered their rhythm from the beginning and did not give Messi a chance to show his status.

After the game, there was a statistics on the running distance of the whole game. After playing for 90 minutes, Messi, who was not replaced midway, ran only 6,853 meters! Less than seven thousand meters!

In this game, Barcelona's goalkeeper Pinto had a running distance of 5,359 meters. The 34-year-old veteran Harvey's running distance even exceeded 10,000 meters!

This kind of performance even makes people doubt whether Messi did his best in the game against Atletico Madrid...

After the game, in response to the arrogant pre-match declaration on Barcelona’s official website, Atletico Madrid fans made a missing person notice to mock Messi and Barcelona: “Leo Messi, 27 years old, nationality of Argentina, plays for Barcelona Club. In 2014 He went missing at the Calderon Stadium in Madrid at 7:45 pm on April 10, 2018. He was wearing a black T-shirt and black shorts when he went missing... If anyone has any information, please contact FC Barcelona as soon as possible, and the center will definitely reward you! "

It's so full of malice...

"I think as long as there is nothing wrong with Simeone's mind, Atletico Madrid will also 'isolate' you like this." Klopp said.

"Of course." Zhou Yi didn't look surprised at all, nor even worried or troubled.

Klopp noticed Zhou Yi's reaction, so he asked curiously: "What are your ways to deal with it?"

Zhou Yi shook his head: "I can't tell you how to deal with it, I just have an idea..."

Klopp didn't expect Zhou Yi to actually come up with something. He felt more and more that he was right to let Zhou Yi watch the game video - he knew Zhou Yi would be able to create surprises!

"Oh? Tell me!" Klopp moved his body forward to talk expectantly, making a look of "all ears".

"Atletico Madrid's high-pressure press is indeed a big trouble for teams that pay attention to possession of the ball. But coach, we are not a possession-oriented team..." Zhou Yi spread his hands.

Hearing Zhou Yi's words, Klopp was stunned for a moment.

Zhou Yi did not stop and continued: "We do have an advantage in possession of the ball against those weaker teams, but with those teams that are similar in strength or even stronger than us, we never have the advantage in possession of the ball. Excellent. Think about the game we just played against Bayern Munich. After the whole game, we had 29% ball possession, but we won 3:1 against Bayern Munich. So I don’t think we are very afraid. Atletico Madrid’s high press.”

Klopp nodded repeatedly after hearing this, feeling that what Zhou Yi said made sense.

"In addition, we also have a powerful weapon used to deal with pressing, and that is our 'Footbonaut'. Our quick passing and cutting is simply the natural nemesis of high pressing."

Hearing this, Klopp's eyes lit up.

What is high pressing? It is to rely on pressing in local areas to form a numerical advantage to surround and suppress the side in possession of the ball.

Doing this will inevitably leave some areas that cannot be taken care of in other places, and there will definitely be space behind you.

However, for most teams that are pressed, it is difficult to protect themselves, and it is impossible to take advantage of the space left behind after the opponent presses.

But this is not a big problem for Dortmund, a team that can play fast passing and cutting.

You can come up and press, but I can also pass the football out before your press is in place. As long as I can take the football out of the encirclement, your press will be ineffective and I will have a lot of openings. Develop the offense.

Of course, this kind of analysis is only based on theory and lacks practice, but as Zhou Yi said, this does provide Klopp with an idea, and it is still a very good idea. It is better than before. You don’t even have half an idea, right?

Klopp was very excited and happy. He looked at his proud disciple again... He was truly his "proud disciple", which made him very proud. Among all the players he had ever coached, he liked, admired, and was most optimistic about him the most. The player he relies on the most is Zhou Yi.

Sometimes, Zhou Yi's role and influence in the team have exceeded the scope of a top player.

I just showed him the game video. In fact, I didn't give him any hope. I just wanted to prepare Zhou Yi mentally for what he would face in the game.

In the end, Zhou Yi gave him a big surprise. He asked curiously: "Did you come up with this all night?"

Zhou Yi could hear the surprise and appreciation in Klopp's tone. He wanted to keep a low profile, so he shook his head: "Not really. When I watched the live broadcast of the game before, I had already considered what to do if I met them. , but it was not very clear at that time. After watching the video edited by the coaching staff many times this time, the idea gradually became clear..."

In fact, he lied, and it was a white lie. He couldn't tell Klopp that he played eight simulated games against Atletico Madrid in the virtual space while sleeping at night before he could clarify his thoughts, right?

Klopp saw that Zhou Yi had already thought about it. Although it was not as shocking as coming up with it overnight, it was still very remarkable - how many players would take the initiative to watch their opponents' games and think about tactical issues?

Zhou Yi has done well enough, he can't ask for anything more.

So he stood up, rubbed his hands excitedly and said: "Well done, the next step is training. We will continue to strengthen our fast passing and cutting cooperation in training! We must modify the training plan..."

As he spoke, he began to call the coaching staff one by one and notify them to come to his office for a meeting.

Seeing that he had nothing to do, Zhou Yi decided to say goodbye and leave, but was stayed by Klopp: "Wait, Zhou Yi, you stay. Come and tell them your thoughts. I think this can only You tell me."

This was not the first time for Zhou Yi to participate in a meeting between the coaching staff, so he did not refuse and nodded happily.

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