Chapter 1461 Learn More, Kid!

On the evening of August 13th, at Camp Nou in Barcelona.

Real Madrid challenged Barcelona in the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup.

This is also the second match between the two teams this summer. They played one in the International Champions Cup before, when Barcelona defeated Real Madrid 3-2, and this time it was the Spanish Super Cup.

Barcelona still uses the traditional four-three-three to face Real Madrid. The goalkeeper is Ter Stegen, the defense is Alba, Umtiti, Pique and Vidal, and the midfielders are Iniesta, Busquets and Rakitic, with Deulofeu, Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi up front.

Both Dembele and Paulinho, who have just been introduced, are not in the starting lineup. Obviously, Valverde is also out of consideration for familiarity. After all, before the key battle, the tacit cooperation of the team still needs to be considered.

Real Madrid looks a little bolder.

Courtois in goal, Marcelo, Vermaelen, Varane and Carvajal in defense, David Silva, Kante and De Bruyne in midfield, Suarez in front The double striker combination of Si and Mbappe, Isco acts as a free agent in the midfielder position.

This is also a way Yang Yang and Zidane use Isco to let the Spanish midfielder take the ball to attack the opponent's defense.

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After the start of the game, the two teams fought fiercely for the ball.

Real Madrid's David Silva and De Bruyne, in addition to the rotation, the intention to compete for the ball is also very obvious.

Yang Yang and Zidane both guessed Barcelona's starting lineup, and at the same time they also knew the problem of Barcelona.

To put it bluntly, Barcelona still has an old problem, that is, the lack of running ability in the midfield.

Many people miss Barcelona's pass-and-control football back then, but they didn't notice that the real foundation of Barcelona's style of play back then was not pass and control, but running coverage.

The active running coverage of the central and frontcourt players, combined with Barcelona's central and frontcourt pressing and pressing, brought almost suffocating pressure to all the teams at that time, but now, Harvey left the team, Iniesta was old, the frontcourt Both Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo rarely invest in defense, which makes Barcelona's midfielder far from protecting the defense.

This is why Barcelona has failed every time they met Real Madrid in the past few years. Last season, they lost consecutive knockout matches at the feet of Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus.

Everyone can see it, and Barcelona must also understand it.

At least Valverde knows it, because when he coached Athletic Bilbao, he used this set of targeted play to restrain Barcelona, ​​but when facing Real Madrid, he still chose this way.

Is Valverde stupid?

No, it was because he had no choice!

Dembele is to make up for Neymar, but it is unknown how much strength this young player can show when he is new.

Paulinho came to strengthen the midfield running coverage and defensive pressure, but the question is, who can the current Barcelona midfielder win?

Iniesta? Rakitic? Or Busquets?

I believe that most people know that it should be the old Iniesta.

But the problem is, if Iniesta is won for no reason in the first game of the new season and Paulinho is replaced, it is easy to say to win, but what if you lose? What will the media and fans think?

More importantly, win or lose, how will the dressing room look after Iniesta?

In the final analysis, Valverde can't hold down the superstars of Barcelona, ​​​​he can only temporarily compromise.

Real Madrid has done enough to address this point.

Use the midfield to compete with Barcelona for possession, keep the defense at a tight distance from the midfield, so that the speed of Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo cannot be played, and then use Kante to freeze Messi, which makes Real Madrid and Barcelona In the first half, we played very fiercely, but they were very stalemate. No one could create a good chance.

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"It is still necessary to let the midfielder retreat properly, and hit directly behind after stealing the ball. The speed of Mbappe and Suarez is very advantageous, especially Mbappe."

"Isco should also retreat appropriately to control the midfield with David Silva and De Bruyne, forming an echo."

"Marcelo is under a lot of pressure on the left, and David Silva should pay attention to protecting his ribs."

"Close-on marking is faster, and their transition from defense to offense is basically handed over to Messi and Iniesta."

Yang Yang kept giving his opinions to Zidane in the coaching area.

That's his job as an assistant coach.

It’s not that Barcelona didn’t get a chance. One counterattack directly penetrated Real Madrid’s defense and hit the back of Carvajal, but without Neymar, Barcelona’s left side lost the threat. Deulofeu did not take the opportunity turned into a threat.

This is the difference in the individual abilities of the players.

Sometimes, the biggest difference between superstars and other players lies in their grasp of opportunities.

If you can catch it, you will be a superstar, if you can't catch it, you can only become mediocre.

But don't underestimate the grasp of opportunities. Behind this is not only the use of a certain technical movement and on-the-spot performance, but also the accumulation of time and time, and it even rises to the competition of talent and character.

In Yang Yang's view, the biggest problem for Barcelona now is defense and offense.

The midfielder can't hold back. After leaving Neymar in the frontcourt, the offense needs to be adjusted. Both Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo need time to adapt to the environment without Neymar. There are still many problems in the defense, especially on the right.

The opponent has problems in all three lines. As long as Real Madrid plays normally, it is not difficult to win the opponent.

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The first half ended at zero to zero.

Neither Real Madrid nor Barcelona managed to score against each other's goals.

Both teams are clearly not at their best, especially Real Madrid.

The rotation in this game is also not small. Using Mbappe to replace Yang Yang in the starting lineup, and Isco as a midfielder as a free agent, these are all changes, but they all need time to adjust, especially Mbappe.

During the intermission, Yang Yang and Zidane also gave the team affirmation and encouragement.

Especially Yang Yang, he firmly believes that the team can win and beat the opponent.

"When counterattacking, pay attention to hitting both ribs. They now have very weak protection for the two ribs, especially from the sideline to the ribs. We have to use them."

After changing sides and re-fighting in the second half, although Real Madrid made adjustments, Suarez and Mbappe both actively pulled to the two wings, and Real Madrid also focused on dividing the ball from the two wings when counterattacking, but there are still problems.

Isco played very actively, and Suarez is also trying to cooperate with Mbappe as much as possible, but the French teenager is a newcomer. Although he is working very hard, he still lacks a tacit understanding with his teammates. The cooperation is still relatively rusty, and he often fails to find it when he counterattacks. Point, missed a few good opportunities.

On one occasion, Suarez had already run to the point, but Mbappe's pass was slow, which made the Uruguayan feel very depressed, and it was obviously a pity for the missed opportunity.

In the 65th minute, Zidane finally couldn't help but want to make a substitution.

"It's up to you!" Zidane shook his head and smiled wryly.

Yang Yang smiled, took off his coat, and walked directly to the sidelines.

This time he replaced Suarez.

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Yang Yang's appearance aroused the vigilance of Barcelona.

As a teammate, Mbappe is also very much looking forward to competing with Yang Yang again, but Zidane on the sidelines shouted at him, signaling him to pay attention to Yang Yang, "Look at how he plays and how he drives the game. "

"Learn more, kid!" Zidane reminded earnestly.

Mbappe nodded heavily, not at all disobedient, because Yang Yang is the idol he admires and respects the most.

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At first, Yang Yang's appearance didn't seem to change anything.

Real Madrid's offense is still the same, he seems to be running, running at a constant speed, but constantly changing directions.

Mbappe has studied Yang Yang's game video, so he knows that Yang Yang is looking for opportunities.

And one thing that caught his attention was that at the moment when the team turned from defense to offense, the running positions of Real Madrid's frontcourt players often revolved around Yang Yang, and they all decided how to play according to his running route. run.

This is obviously different from when Suarez was on the court just now.

The game was even and stable for ten minutes, Barcelona made two substitutions, Daniel Suarez replaced Deulofeu, Roberto replaced Iniesta.

Obviously, Valverde is also aware of the problems in the midfield and frontcourt.

But shortly after Barcelona's two substitutions, Real Madrid completed a steal in the penalty area.

After David Silva intercepted the ball from inside the penalty area, he kicked the ball forward with a big foot first.

Yang Yang has been cruising around the front of his own 30-meter area. Seeing David Silva pass the ball with a big foot, he immediately ran back two steps, got stuck in the position first, and stopped the ball directly to Isco with his chest. , turned around and sprinted forward.

After receiving the pass from Yang Yang head-on, Isco continued to rush forward without slowing down. Before crossing the center line, he made a diagonal pass and sent the ball behind Pique on the left.

Mbappe was also ready to sprint behind Umtiti at this time, but after seeing Isco's diagonal pass from the left, he slowed down appropriately and was on par with Umtiti to avoid falling offside s position.

It is obvious that Yang Yang's speed has dropped a lot compared to his peak.

If it was him at his peak before, Pique couldn't even catch up with him, but now his speed is obviously much slower.

After Yang Yang caught up with the ball outside the left corner of the penalty area, Pique had already returned to his position and blocked him inside.

Mbappe is waiting for Yang Yang's cross, and Isco is also sprinting forward in the middle. As long as Yang Yang makes a pass, Real Madrid's players will be in the middle and back.

Yang Yang caught up with the ball, but suddenly he stopped suddenly, and the spike cut inward, forcing Pique to take another step back into the penalty area. Yang Yang suddenly accelerated and stabbed the ball horizontally.

It was this poke that allowed Yang Yang to create a direct shot line from Pique.

The next thing is simple, Yang Yang has already been familiar with this area, even with his eyes closed, he knows where the goal is, so he chased after him, bent his bow and shot an arrow, and volleyed vigorously with his right foot.

The ball passed over Ter Stegen's head with lightning speed and fell into the right side of Barcelona's goal behind him.

Very crisp, very simple, but very deadly!

Mbappe, who was still waiting for the pass at the back point, was dumbfounded!