Football’s First Defender

In the game, Celta wanted to play the early offensive tactics. Under Yang Feng's defense, they didn't even have a chance to shoot, so they declared a failure.

In the opening stage, Real Madrid directly played the strength of their own team in their own Bernabéu stadium in the game, occupying a great offensive advantage on the scene.

Although Celta's offense was not as expected, it created one or two offensive opportunities.

But Celta did a great job on the defensive end.

That is to say, at the beginning of the game, Real Madrid's striker swapped positions and gave it an offensive opportunity.

Afterwards, Celta immediately became vigilant. The team's defense players began to communicate with each other more, and began to put up a more defensive threat. The iron barrel formation did not give Real Madrid the chance to score offensively in the penalty area.

Facing Celta's tenacious defense, for Real Madrid, there is no good way to directly break Celta's defense.

Celta, in fact, the team's tactical style is very offensive, not a defensive team. However, in today's game against Real Madrid, it relied on the outstanding performance of the players and forced them to play on the defensive end. Made a very good defensive effect.

Although Real Madrid had an absolute advantage on the scene from the very beginning, in the game, except for the first attack at the beginning, the subsequent attacks could not form an absolute threat at all.

On the one hand, Celta players are more concentrated in the penalty area. For the protection of the penalty area, Celta has invested a lot of defensive players on the defensive end, just to play the role of regional restrictions in the game. Prevent Real Madrid's offensive players from getting good offensive opportunities in the penalty area.

On the other hand, it is Celta's goalkeeper. The three saves so far have shown a very good game state.

Real Madrid had 4 shots on target in less than half an hour. Except for one shot that was blocked by Celta defenders with their bodies, the remaining three shots were all saved by Celta goalkeeper Alvarez. of.

Alvarez was really helpful in today's game.

Always be able to appear in the right position when making a save, have a better defensive space, and an observation angle to pave the way for your save performance in the game.

As for Real Madrid's siege of Celta Vigo for half an hour, in fact, the team's offense also fell into a certain stagnation in the end.

For the Real Madrid team, the biggest offensive problem encountered is actually the inability to truly achieve one-shot positioning in the game.

Although Zidane's trident in this game is not weak in terms of overall strength.

But in the face of a pure positional warfare attack, the performance of the three of them was limited to a certain extent.

In terms of player style, Real Madrid's starting tridents in this game are all offensive players with outstanding counterattack capabilities.

It is true that he has athletic ability and a good personal offensive effect, but in terms of Celta, when the penalty area is completely restricted, for Real Madrid's striker players, in the game, there is actually a lot less offensive space. To use, to play their own offensive characteristics.

In the face of such a situation, for Real Madrid, in the positional battle attack, it is actually necessary to use more crosses from the side in the game to combine the side and the center to complete the contention in the penalty area.

Or simply use the space outside the penalty area released by Celta to hit more long shots and try to use long shots to break the deadlock.

However, both aspects have their own problems.

Needless to say about long-range shooting, even the players in the Real Madrid team are the best players in the world, but in the game, if you want to play the most threatening long-range shooting ability, of course you still need to be in the game. A certain element of luck is required.

Sometimes there is no well-controlled long-range shot, needless to say, I finally hit a high-quality shot, but it was intercepted by Celta's goalkeeper directly in front of the goal line. It is indeed a bit of a blow to Real Madrid. Offensive morale.

On the other hand, Real Madrid's side pass, Marcelo and Carvajal, can indeed get a very good side in the game, because Celta chose to shrink back to the penalty area to defend. Cross space.

It's just that the ball is kicked from the side, and crosses from the side can indeed get better space. However, if you want to play a threatening offensive effect in the game, you need to be able to transform these crosses from the side into a threatening attack. .

However, the most embarrassing thing about Real Madrid's lineup in positional battles is that the team's ability to compete is actually very limited.

Asensio, as a young player, his main offensive method in the game is to use his speed and vitality to tear apart the opponent's defense.

As far as breakthrough ability is concerned, Asensio is not without, but it is not too strong.

Asensio is definitely not a breakthrough player.

Therefore, Asensio, who is not too strong, does not have enough breakthrough threat. In the positional attack, there is really no way to create enough threat.

This also happened to Morata.

Although Morata is tall, his own confrontation ability is actually not that good.

The guy who eats Morata is his technical ability, and his ability to create opportunities interspersed with various running in sports battles.

He has no choice but to stand in the penalty area like a traditional high center forward, and compete with his opponent for a header in a purely physical confrontation.

With a simple wing pass tactic, Morata has no good offensive opportunities at all under the opponent's strict penalty area defense arrangement to show his strength.

In terms of attacking the position, Bell actually did a good job.

After all, he is also a super attacker, and Bell's offensive skills are very comprehensive.

It's just that Bell was targeted by Celta in this game.

Celta's defense is directly gathering a large number of defensive players during the game to encircle and suppress Bell, so that Bell has been under tremendous defensive pressure on the offensive end, and cannot fully exert his strength at all.

The entire Real Madrid Trident actually has limited performance in the offensive end of the position, mainly relying on the long-range threat of the midfield trio to create opportunities for scoring.

And the Real Madrid team, which was still unable to rewrite the score on the field after nearly half an hour of oppressive attack, inevitably showed a certain degree of anxiety.

After all, there are only 15 minutes left before the end of the first half. If there is no way to rewrite the score in the entire first half, let Celta successfully defend the tie in the second half, then for the team The offensive play in the second half was equally unfavorable.

Sometimes the morale of the defensive side is a process of accumulation.

In defense, the longer you defend, the morale will turn to the defender little by little when the opponent's onslaught cannot be effective for a long time.

And the halftime game is definitely a very important node.

For the defending side, if half the game is delayed, in fact, even half of the game time has been delayed, this will allow the defensive side to continue to maintain a high game attitude during the intermission. In the second half of the game , There is a better play space.

In the second half of the game, as the game time is consumed little by little, and the score does not change, it will bring more and more pressure to the offensive team, causing the offensive players to fall into anxiety. At this time, sometimes the offensive As soon as Fang gets to the top, he may actually be caught by the opponent in the game and give him a fatal blow.

In Real Madrid games, it has always been advocated that it is best to take the lead before halftime, so that Real Madrid will have more confidence in the second half.

The last 15 minutes of the first half of the game was also the last chance for Real Madrid to take the lead in the first half.

And it was Modric who kicked off Real Madrid's offensive in the final stage of the half.

"Modric!"

"Going forward with the ball alone, Celta's defenders are fighting and retreating."

"This is Celta's defensive tactics today. They absolutely do not risk coming out to defend. In the game, facing Real Madrid's offense, they always keep retreating step by step, retreating to the front of the penalty area and then completing the defense. Not at all. Real Madrid , take advantage of the space in the penalty area to play offensive opportunities."

"Moreover, Modric's ability to play the ball and get rid of it on the spot is definitely not an opponent that is easy to limit for Celta's defensive players. Retreating to play a collective defensive ability is a defensive method. "

"but……"

Sometimes on the football field, it is just pressing the gourd and picking up the scoop.

For an all-around world-class midfielder like Modric, his offensive ability is very good.

Otherwise, Real Madrid wouldn't have really been like this for many years. Modric has always been the main force of the team. Naturally, it is because the Magic Flute has two brushes.

Celta's scruples are Modric's ability to get rid of, and his ability to play the ball under defense.

But they allowed Modric to advance freely on the periphery, but they still allowed Modric to show off his long-range shots.

Or it was because Modric's foot feel in the game was not very good before, and both of his long-range shots missed the goal.

Let Celta's defensive players let go of Modric's long-range shooting restrictions.

But this time, Celta's players have been retreating all the time, even retreating faster than Modric's advancing speed. Naturally, Modric lost the defensive pressure in an instant and could shoot directly from long distances. Space.

Modric didn't let almost lose. When the long-range opportunity appeared, Modric directly completed the swing of his legs and completed a long-range shot to hit the goal.

The defensive threat provided by no defensive players depends entirely on one's ability to adjust in the game or the field he is familiar with.

Having adjusted from the general state in the early stage of the game to the better state of the game today, Modric's third long-range attempt in the first half made a very high-quality long-range shot.

"Modric hits the goal directly from long distance!"

"The ball went straight to the goal with great speed."

"This ball..."

"Oh! It's just a little bit worse!"

"Modric almost relied on a long-range shot to break the deadlock for Real Madrid."

Just hearing a "bang", Modric's long-range shot hit the crossbar directly with his foot.

The opponent's goalkeeper didn't take off high enough. He wanted to block the ball directly without occupying a good position. Alvarez's ball did not reproduce his magic. The ball was still far away from Modric's long-range shot. With a lot of distance, it is impossible to complete the save.

It's just that the ball passed Celta's goalkeeper, but it was still a little bit higher. The ball hit the crossbar directly, scaring the Celta players into a cold sweat, while the Real Madrid fans A little disappointed, a little joyful.

"Although this goal was not scored, for Celta, it also reminded their team's defense, that is, facing the constant threat of long-range shots from Real Madrid players, will they be able to survive if they keep putting it down like this? By the end of the game?"

In the last 15 minutes of the entire first half, Real Madrid accelerated the pace of the game again.

Fast-paced games are indeed Real Madrid's game style, but the fast-paced game in positional warfare is also a new challenge for Real Madrid.

It can only be said that Zidane did not expect that in this game, Celta Vigo, known for its offense, would put on a five-back guard. The key is Celta's defensive position, which is very targeted.

And the defensive effect, at least so far in this game, Celta has not made too many mistakes, defending most of Real Madrid's attacks.

Before halftime, Real Madrid's offensive frequency was significantly faster than in the previous 30 minutes, and it also created more goals and dangerous offensive opportunities per unit time.

It's just that, gaining power but not scoring, Real Madrid's final long-range shot was still a cross from the wing, which didn't have any good results.

The entire Hang Polo team played quite aggrievedly on the field.

From the perspective of pure game scenes, although Real Madrid are wearing the most familiar white clothes at the Bernabéu Stadium, but from the perspective of the scenes, this is not Real Madrid's gorgeous offensive play at all, it is not a Real Madrid-style game at all.

Long shot, long shot, missed cross...

Although Real Madrid's offenses were extremely numerous, they were all extremely simple offensive styles. They only had an offensive momentum, but the real threatening balls they played were only those few times.

The most important thing is that this rough offensive style is not the gorgeous offensive style of Real Madrid in the past.

But there is no way, Zidane also knows the shortcomings of this lineup.

This is a fairly standard counter-attack lineup. If it is on the offensive end, or when the team is leading, this 433 lineup can exert its strongest strength.

Facing the opponent's iron barrel formation, because of the lack of enough breakthrough hands, it is not good for tearing apart the opponent's defense.

Zidane has already started preparing for Isco to come off the bench in the second half, using a good breakthrough player to put more pressure on the opponent's defense.