Chapter 1312: Real Madrid Is a Dog!

Laurent Blanc, former captain of the French national team, was the core of the defense that won the 1998 World Cup.

One that Ferguson will never forget, even when he is thirty-five years old, he will bring him from Inter Milan to Manchester United and entrust him with important tasks, hoping that he can take over Stam's vacancy and provoke the center of Manchester United's defense. Defender.

After retiring, he first coached Bordeaux. In the first season, he brought the team to the runner-up position in Ligue 1 and almost defeated the traditional hegemon Lyon. In the second season, he directly led the team to the runner-up position in Ligue 1. Winning the French Ligue 1 and French League Cup, achieving a double crown, he immediately became famous in European football.

After the World Cup in South Africa, Laurent Blanc succeeded Domenech as the head coach of the national team. In the 2012 European Cup, they stopped in the quarterfinals and lost to the unstoppable Spanish team. Blanco also left. National team coach, in charge of Ligue 1 upstart Paris Saint-Germain.

Under Blanc's coaching, Paris Saint-Germain has achieved a qualitative change in France's domestic performance in the past three seasons, winning three French Ligue 1 championships, achieving three consecutive championships, and has always maintained a stable performance in the top eight in the Champions League. s position.

It can be said that, just for one point, Blanco's coaching results in the past eight years have been so outstanding that people have to admire him with admiration.

This season, Paris Saint-Germain has established an early advantage in Ligue 1. After ten league rounds, they are already five points ahead of their opponents. They have eight wins and two draws in ten games and remain unbeaten. However, such results have long been taken for granted.

Both the management of Paris Saint-Germain and Laurent Blanc are very eager to make a breakthrough in this year's Champions League, at least to break through the restrictions of the top eight and reach the semi-finals.

But no one expected that in the group stage, Paris Saint-Germain's opponent would be Real Madrid.

Last season, Paris Saint-Germain met Barcelona in the group stage, also first home and then away. They defeated Barcelona 3-2 at their home court. Although they soon lost 1-3 at Camp Nou, they were ranked one point behind. They qualify second in the group, but Paris Saint-Germain is not without its strength when facing Europe's top giants.

When encountering Real Madrid this season, Blanco is naturally ambitious and wants to kill his opponent at home.

What I didn't expect was that Real Madrid, coached by master-class midfielder Zidane and top scorer Yang Yang, has maintained a complete victory in La Liga and the Champions League so far this season, and has been on the offensive. Real Madrid was completely defeated at the Parc des Princes. Subverting Blanco and the outside world's various impressions of them.

Real Madrid is so stubborn!

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Blanco has been standing on the sidelines since the beginning and never sat down.

The Frenchman, who was wearing a crisp suit, looked a little nervous. From time to time, he walked to the sidelines, shouted to the players on the court, and kept using gestures to instruct them to adjust the team's tactics. But more often than not, he stood on the sidelines. Over there, he habitually scratched his chin and observed the changes in the situation on the field.

His brows were always tightly knitted, as if he were like those icebergs in the North Pole that would never melt.

As soon as the game started, he noticed something strange about Real Madrid's tactics, but he didn't think much about it.

The goalkeeper is Navas, the defense is Marcelo, Vermaelen, Ramos and Carvajal, and the midfielder is David Silva, Toni Kroos and Maschera. Nuo and Di Maria, the double forwards are Yang Yang and Suarez.

The 4-4-2 formation is not surprising. Real Madrid often played this formation last season, but the difference in the game was that Real Madrid played a bit passively. From the beginning, they did not show the momentum of being determined to win and taking the initiative. .

So far this season, Real Madrid has been on the offensive, very sharp in offense, and very good in defense. This has made everyone talk about it. They believe that Real Madrid, under the joint coaching of Zidane and Yang Yang, is playing a beautiful game. Beautiful attacking football.

Blanco himself felt the same way, but what he didn't expect was that tonight Real Madrid adopted a balanced or even conservative tactical strategy. Instead of taking the initiative, they focused on restraining Paris Saint-Germain's offense.

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PSG's offense relies heavily on Ibrahimovic.

There is an obvious change in the Swedish center this season, that is, when the team switches from defense to offense, he will proactively retreat and look more like a midfielder, with the purpose of receiving the ball from behind. Playing the ball on the field, organizing and planning the overall offensive trend.

Verratti and Motta quickly came in, especially Motta. They were often in the same position as Ibrahimovic, with the purpose of controlling the situation when a quick counterattack failed. Keep the ball and guide the players on both sides, especially the full-backs, to join the attack.

In this case, Lavezzi followed by Aurier was Paris Saint-Germain's weapon to open up the two wings.

To some extent, this style of play is based on Barcelona’s tactics in the Champions League final. At that time, Messi’s retracement was eye-catching, and his ball-taking and delivery were also very interesting. Blanco wanted to let Messi Brahimovich came to play this role.

In the frontcourt, Paris Saint-Germain also has a high center forward Cavani, so there is no need to worry about offensive issues at all.

This style of play is unstoppable in the French Ligue 1, with consecutive victories, Ibrahimovic and other players in the team have also benefited from it. The Swedish center himself can also accept this change in role, because of his The late insertion will also become an important part of the team's offense.

Unexpectedly, Real Madrid adopted a four-four-two balanced formation tonight, ready to fight.

From the beginning to the present, there have been several times when Paris Saint-Germain grabbed the ball and passed it to Zlatan Ibrahimovic. In the ten-meter zone, the midfielder also retreated immediately, without any entanglement at all.

The intention is very clear, you like to have the ball, so you do it.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is characterized by exquisite technique, but the rhythm of kicking is slow and a bit sticky, so every time he catches the ball, he finds that Real Madrid's defense line retreats immediately, and the counterattack cannot be played. After a moment of hesitation, even the midfielder retreated.

Paris Saint-Germain then began to gain possession near the halfway line, but were unable to penetrate forward.

If that's all there is to it, that's fine.

With the ball in hand, control and control, the midfielder is overwhelmed, and opportunities will still come out.

But how could Real Madrid make it so easy for their opponents?

Whenever the midfield is in place and the defensive formation is formed, Toni Kroos will go forward for the first time, forming pressure on players such as Ibrahimovic, Verratti and Motta, forcing them to pass the ball back Or split sides, unable to move forward.

Yang Yang and Suarez will also form an oppression in the frontcourt, and the purpose is also very clear, that is, to force the ball to the side.

Once the ball reaches the wing, Real Madrid will immediately invest in defense. David Silva and Di Maria are both very defensive players, which makes it easy for Real Madrid to hold the ball against Paris Saint-Germain on the wing. The players form a strangle situation.

Once the ball was in hand, Real Madrid immediately passed forward and played a quick counterattack.

It's a good thing if it works, but if it doesn't work, Real Madrid will never love to fight.

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"It shouldn't be!"

Blanc kept shaking his head, he couldn't understand, Real Madrid this season obviously didn't have this kind of style, why did they suddenly become conservative? The key is to be so thorough.

"What is our possession rate?" Blanco asked the assistant beside him.

"Sixty-five percent."

The French cursed angrily, is this like Real Madrid's style?

This team is the strongest team in European football, with the most offensive firepower in the world. In terms of passing and possession, they may not necessarily lose to Barcelona and Bayern Munich, but they played like this?

If Real Madrid now holds 65% of the ball, Blanco would not be surprised at all, and maybe even a little happy, because this is the script he is familiar with.

But now, it's obvious that Zidane and Yang Yang, the two big rookies, don't respect the screenwriter at all and change the script randomly.

What's even more frightening is that the situation is somewhat out of Blanco's control.

Real Madrid is struggling, Paris Saint-Germain has the advantage on the field, and they are playing at home, so they will inevitably want to move forward, but in case there is an omission in the defense...

"Who the hell came up with Real Madrid's defensive tactics?" Blanco cursed angrily.

But soon, he realized it himself.

From Benitez to Ancelotti, the head coach of Real Madrid has always been the top tactical master in Europe, and the defense is not bad at all. The only difference is that in the past, Real Madrid only played against a few teams such as Barcelona. Only when playing against the team, will he show his defensive accomplishments, but now, he even adopts this style of play against Paris Saint-Germain.

"Should I be happy?" Blanco smiled wryly.

But soon, he couldn't help cursing angrily again, so fucking happy!

If he can't win the game, he should cry!

He was happy to be restrained like this by two big rookies?

In case of losing, Zidane and Yang Yang will definitely be accused of being conservative by the critical media after the game, but the key is that they got the three-pointer.

Between the three-pointer and the image, everyone knows how to choose.

Thinking of this, Blanco still felt uneasy.

Real Madrid is too doggy, like a dormant lion, ready to jump out and eat people at any time.

Paris Saint-Germain must be careful.

So, the Frenchman walked to the sidelines and waved to the players again.

"Be careful, cheer up, and return to defense faster after losing the ball!" Blanco shouted excitedly from the sidelines.

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Just when Blanco finished yelling and turned around to walk back, there was a burst of exclamation in the stadium, which frightened the head coach of Paris Saint-Germain and turned around in horror.

I saw Toni Kroos pushing forward again, putting pressure on Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

The Swedish center passed back to Verratti, and Toni Kroos overtook the Italian for the first time.

Divided to the left, trying to find Ravitch.

As soon as the Argentine stopped the ball, Di Maria and Carvajal formed a double team.

The ball is broken!

Real Madrid counterattack quickly!