Chapter 1003 Taboo

While the whole world is admiring Yang Yang's six-dollar hit, the battle in La Liga is still going on.

After the first round of the Champions League quarter-finals, Real Madrid challenged Osasuna away in the thirty-first round of La Liga.

Just seven minutes into the game, Yang Yang made a cross from the left. Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored a stunning volley and pierced Osasuna's goal.

In the 37th minute, Xavi Alonso passed the ball. Yang Yang shot a cold arrow 30 meters away from the goal and broke through Osasuna's goal again. Three minutes later, Herrera passed the ball.

In the second half, they changed sides and fought again. In just three minutes, Real Madrid made a defensive error on the right. Arbeloa took the top and was recovered by Osasuna.

But in the 70th minute, Yang Yang was tripped outside the penalty area and took a free kick himself.

Seven minutes later, it was Yang Yang's cross from the left, and Robben, who was unguarded, scored twice.

In the end, with Yang Yang's two shots and two passes, Real Madrid beat Osasuna five to one.

In another game at the same time, Barcelona defeated the Basque lions Athletic Bilbao 2-0 at home, relying on Iniesta and Messi's penalty kicks.

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It can be described as a long journey from Madrid to Cyprus, even farther than to Istanbul, Turkey. The straight-line distance is 3,300 kilometers, and the one-way flight takes six to seven hours.

After Real Madrid won 7-1 at home, there was basically no suspense. Therefore, for this expedition to Cyprus, Ancelotti decisively arranged a substitute lineup to play, and finally defeated the opponent 3-0 in the away game.

Substitute center Morata scored twice, Kaka passed and shot, and all three goals were concentrated after 75 minutes.

In another duel with Real Madrid at the same time, Barcelona defeated AC Milan 3-1 at home. Messi scored twice and Iniesta scored another goal.

A day later, the results of the two duels in the other half of the area were also fresh, with Bayern Munich and Chelsea both advancing.

In this way, the Champions League semi-finals formed a situation where Real Madrid played against Barcelona and Chelsea played against Bayern Munich.

On the second day after Real Madrid returned to Madrid from Cyprus, Ancelotti held a tactical meeting in Valdebebas, focusing on studying and analyzing the two-round match between AC Milan and Barcelona with the players.

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Unlike Benitez, Ancelotti is a head coach who likes meetings very much.

Of course, don't think that Ancelotti likes to say a lot of high-sounding but unrealistic words.

On the contrary, each meeting of the Italian will not be too long. He will crush some of his ideas and tactical ideas, and then instill them into the players bit by bit.

Ancelotti likes discussions very much. This may be related to his good communication skills. He is very good at telling players what he wants clearly during discussions and exchanges. This will undoubtedly give players a deeper understanding of him.

It is reflected in the team's tactical level, that is, Real Madrid players can easily understand his tactical thinking and specific requirements.

When analyzing the opponent's game video, Ancelotti and his team will not release all the game video, but extract the game clips they want from the game video in advance, make a highlight, and then show it to the players. Watch and analyze, a game is finally condensed into ten minutes, including many clips of analyzing the same event through different angles of lens.

For the first round of the match between the two sides, Ancelotti gave AC Milan a high evaluation.

As the former head coach of AC Milan, Ancelotti believes that the first round of the Rossoneri basically did not give Barcelona a good chance, and there were no obvious serious mistakes on the defensive end, but the first round of the game also exposed AC Milan's serious problem, that is, the slow transition between offense and defense.

This problem was caught by Barcelona in the second round and hit again and again.

"Obviously, after keeping Barcelona clean in the first leg, AC Milan wanted to get more in the second leg, but Allegri obviously underestimated Barcelona's determination and the cruelty of the Champions League knockout round."

This is the second season of Allegri coaching AC Milan. Last season, the Rossoneri stopped at the top 16 and lost to Tottenham Hotspur. This season is the first time that Allegri led the team to the top eight.

Rookies are often inexperienced, especially when Barcelona was almost perfectly sealed in the first round. Allegri naturally wanted to win more in the second round, preferably to advance, but Barcelona did not give him such an opportunity and gave the Rossoneri a painful blow at home.

"They should try to control the ball and plan the offense, but due to the aging structure of the players and the shortage of skilled players, the process of the team's transition from defense to offense is slow, which seriously slows down the offensive rhythm, which leads to too much concentration of the ball in the midfield. The reaction on the court is that the midfielders seem hesitant when they take the ball. This is a big taboo."

Yang Yang shared some of his experiences after watching the video.

"That's right." Ancelotti nodded in praise.

He agrees with Zidane's point of view, and both believe that Yang Yang belongs to the kind of player who is very good at analyzing problems with his brain.

"They lack a Pirlo, the speed of transition from defense to offense is slow, and there are not many options for midfielders to play the ball. As a result, Barcelona's midfield pressing effect is very obvious. Guardiola obviously realized this in the first round of the game, so he increased the intensity of the frontcourt in the second round."

As he spoke, Ancelotti played a video.

It happened at 8 minutes and 2 seconds. Iniesta's pass from the left rib was intercepted by Ambrosini, who was dragged behind by AC Milan.

Barcelona's counterattack was very fast. Both Iniesta and Messi stepped forward to pinch at the first time. Messi quickly blocked Ambrosini's pass. Abate stepped forward to block the ball at the first time and cleared it with a big foot. In the end, he was tackled by Cesc Fabregas who came up later, and the ball was out of bounds.

"Everyone can see that Barcelona's frontcourt counterattack is very strong. When Ambrosini steals the ball, there are no other points around him, but he doesn't make a big kick to clear the siege immediately. This caused Messi's steal. Afterwards, Abate was very determined, but Fabregas stepped forward to press in time."

When Ancelotti said this, the Real Madrid players knew it all.

Attack and defense are like two sides of a coin. When the ball is at your feet, you are attacking, and at the opponent’s feet, you are defending. Therefore, the integration of offense and defense is the core essence of modern football tactics.

When Benitez was in charge of Real Madrid, in order to train the overall pressing and pressing of Real Madrid players, he liked to let the coach throw the ball to train the overall movement and pressing of the players. The purpose is very simple, that is to keep the overall formation tight.

Don't underestimate this, because if the formation is not tight enough, it will be cut into pieces by the opponent like AC Milan, and each area will be opened independently. The final result will be like Ambrosini's. Even if you break the ball, you don't know where to pass it.

In the past two days, the Italian media have been complaining about AC Milan because there were two penalty kicks in the game. Messi scored twice with a penalty kick.

Allegri's team has natural defects and weaknesses. If it fails to solve the problem of slow offensive and defensive transitions, and fails to find an effective solution to the pressure of Barcelona's crazy counterattack in the frontcourt, it is unlikely that AC Milan will retreat from the Nou Camp.

In fact, how to play Barcelona is no longer a new question.

First Real Madrid, then Inter Milan, and even AC Milan did it in the first round. Arsenal did a great job last season. Everyone knows how to play against Barcelona, ​​but knowing how to do it and being able to do it well are two different things.

"In fact, it is not difficult to beat Barcelona. We have watched all the games against Barcelona in the past few seasons, and all the games that can win have achieved two aspects."

Ancelotti waited until everyone basically digested his analysis before giving his most important talk today.

"First of all, we have to face Barcelona in the way Barcelona is best at, that is, the crazy press in the midfield, and use the press to face Barcelona, ​​because they are strong in offense and weak in defense, and their weak defense will reveal their flaws faster and earlier than ours."

Everyone present nodded, everyone knew this.

"Second, improve the speed and efficiency of offensive and defensive transitions. Whether it is from defense to offense or from offense to defense, we need not only to be fast, but also to be efficient. Only in this way can we freeze the opponent in the shortest time and create threats in the shortest time."

"AC Milan achieved the first point in both legs, but failed to achieve the second point, which led to their disastrous defeat at the Nou Camp. This is also a lesson that we need to learn."

When Ancelotti said this, he looked up at the Real Madrid players.

"Of course, there will be many opportunities in the game, such as corner kicks and free kicks. We have enough high ball advantage and long balls. We have Zlatan Ibrahimovic in front of us. These are our advantages."

"After achieving the first two aspects and giving full play to our advantages, we will definitely be able to beat Barcelona at home in the first round of the semi-final, not to mention that they are now at a low point in morale."

After Yang Yang scored 6 yuan alone, Messi was hit badly, and the morale of Barcelona was also shattered. On the contrary, Real Madrid's fighting spirit was high.

And after the two rounds of the Champions League semi-finals, La Liga will usher in the thirty-fifth round, and Real Madrid will go away to challenge Barcelona.

In other words, Real Madrid and Barcelona will play three consecutive games in a short period of time.

What's more, there is still a Copa del Rey final that has not yet been selected.