Football’s First Defender

After defeating Alaves, for the Real Madrid team, in the following games, it is natural to continue to win consecutive games.

After returning to the Bernabéu Stadium, in the 11th round of La Liga, in an early game belonging to the prime time in mainland China, Real Madrid played at home and defeated the visiting Leganes 3-0.

While ensuring his winning streak, he will continue to make great strides in the league.

However, Real Madrid's six-game winning streak in all competitions ended at the hands of an unexpected opponent.

In the third round of the UEFA Champions League group stage, Real Madrid, which had won all three games before, encountered tenacious resistance from the Warsaw Legion players in the away game against the Warsaw Legion.

In a confrontational battle, the Warsaw Legion, occupying the right time, place and people, fought a soul-stirring confrontational battle with Real Madrid.

In the end, the two sides fought to a 3-3 draw in the game.

Real Madrid's midfield defense in this game was completely penetrated by the Warsaw Legion at home.

In this game, what Yang Feng felt most was fatigue.

When facing the opponent's offense, the Real Madrid players' defensive enthusiasm in this game is definitely the worst. In the game, they did not play the desired effect.

Of course, the Warsaw Legion is a Polish team, and the cold weather at home is also one of the reasons why the performance of Real Madrid players is affected.

In Poland, located in Eastern Europe, the drop in temperature made the Real Madrid players who are familiar with Spain's warm marine monsoon climate obviously feel a little uncomfortable.

And this huge change in temperature difference will also cause a certain risk of player injury. After all, in the game, players need more physical fitness to block the cold, and they also need to wear "heavy" clothes. Under various unaccustomed conditions, if there is a slight deviation in force, injuries may occur.

The need for various unsuitable conditions made the Real Madrid players actually worried and did not dare to give full play.

And Zidane didn't criticize his players too much in this game. After all, it was a group match that didn't matter much. With Real Madrid's away victory against Dortmund and the huge initiative, it is no longer necessary It is worth Zidane to make the players must win the game.

And Zidane, who knows the "metaphysics", also knows that the so-called six-game winning streak in the group stage is actually not a good thing.

After all, in almost all such final elimination competitions, the team with the best performance in the group stage basically cannot win the final championship.

And this game with the Warsaw Legion, although it was a 3:3 tie in the final battle, and Real Madrid was tied in the away game, but Real Madrid still occupies the top position.

The victory in the away game against Dortmund directly gave Real Madrid more room for error

, can go in the group stage and make some mistakes.

After being tied by the Warsaw Legion, Real Madrid also ushered in one of the most important opponents in the league, that is his city rival, Atletico Madrid

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Atletico Madrid is a team with a glorious history, but since the new century, Atletico Madrid has actually been sinking. Their reputation is not obvious, and they have not even compared with Sevilla and Valencia in the past few years. Comparable, the team relies on all kinds of "selling, selling" every year to make money in the transfer market.

But with the appointment of the "handsome" Simeone, the temperament of Atletico Madrid's team has undergone a qualitative change.

The team began to gradually transform into a team famous for its tenacious defense and excellent counterattack ability, and broke the monopoly of Real Madrid and Barcelona on the La Liga title in the league, and won a crucial La Liga title in the previous few seasons League champion.

The recovery in La Liga also allowed Atletico Madrid to begin to prove themselves in the Champions League.

Reached the Champions League final twice in 3 years, and staged the first city derby in the history of the Champions League final with Real Madrid, and it happened twice.

It's just a pity that in the 2014 Champions League final, Real Madrid performed a miracle at the last moment of the game and defeated Atletico Madrid, which was in full swing at the time.

Atletico Madrid almost relied on one goal and their tenacious defense to defend the entire game. When they were about to win the Champions League trophy, it was Ramos's header at the last moment of the game. , brought the game into overtime, and completely brought it into the rhythm of Real Madrid. Real Madrid won the tenth crown as they wished.

In the UEFA Champions League final last season, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid also fought fiercely, and finally drew a tie. In the penalty shootout, Real Madrid once again defeated Atletico Madrid in a thrilling manner, and won the 11th crown in the history of Real Madrid.

In the past three years, the same city derby has been staged twice in the Champions League. On the one hand, both teams are at their peak, but on the other hand, Real Madrid will always be the winner of the last laugh.

In the two UEFA Champions League finals, the two teams were definitely settled. Coupled with the fact that the two teams are rivals in the same city, the rivalry between the two teams became even stronger.

You must know that the celebration squares of the two teams in Madrid are different. In the past history, when one team won the championship honor, they would always show off their power in front of the fans of the other side.

Today, Real Madrid is more people who enjoy the joy of victory.

In the past few years, no matter which Madrid derby is a bloodbath, it is a crucial game for two strong teams

, is to fight to the death in the competition.

In fact, the styles of the two teams are very similar. Both teams use defensive counterattacks as the main offensive method in the game.

In the European competition, both teams rely on their strong defensive counterattack ability to pose a huge threat to their opponents.

It's just that although both teams are playing defensive counterattack tactics at the same time, they are very good at defensive counterattack.

But the playing style of the two teams is not the same.

Atletico Madrid's defensive counterattack mainly relies on its own defense, focusing on defense and supplemented by counterattack.

Maybe Atletico Madrid won't get too many counterattack opportunities in the whole game, and they are more defensive in their own backcourt, but as long as they really catch a chance to take the lead. Then, facing the iron wall trained by Simeone, few teams can break through the gate of Atletico Madrid

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On the other hand, Real Madrid relies more on counterattacks in defensive counterattacks in the game.

The defense is supplemented, and the counter attack is the main one.

Real Madrid's defense actually has many loopholes, which can be caught and exploited by opponents, but it is this loophole that is caught and exploited to force the snake out of the hole, allowing the opponent to invest more power in the offensive end, and giving Real Madrid the opportunity to counterattack. More space at the end.

Real Madrid's defensive counterattack mainly relies on the excellent personal offensive ability of their midfielders and their ability to seize opportunities during their rapid counterattack breakthrough.

Every game allows Real Madrid to play their own offensive style. Let alone one goal, they may face any opponent. Two or three goals are very easy.

The game between the two teams actually had a huge smell of gunpowder before the game.

And this is Atletico Madrid's home ground after all.

Atletico Madrid will move to the new stadium next season. This is the last Madrid derby in the league at the old stadium. At home, Atletico Madrid still wants to pose a threat to Real Madrid and end the history of this venue with victory.

And now that Real Madrid is leading the standings alone, if Atletico Madrid wants to put more pressure on Real Madrid in the league, it needs to let Real Madrid lose points in this direct dialogue, or even directly beat Real Madrid.

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Although Real Madrid is the sufferer of Atletico Madrid in the Champions League, in fact, looking at the games in recent years, Atletico Madrid actually has a certain advantage in terms of record.

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After all, in the Champions League, Real Madrid defeated Atletico Madrid twice in the final after overtime, and Real Madrid did not win in regular time.

In the past 3 years, among the 16 Madrid derbies in various competitions, Atletico Madrid has a certain upper hand.

Among the 16 Madrid derby games, Atletico Madrid achieved a record of 6 wins, 7 draws and 3 losses, even beating Real Madrid.

In terms of the chances of a 90-minute game alone, Atletico Madrid has slightly suppressed Real Madrid in recent years.

Even in the La Liga match the year before last, An Jing swept Real Madrid 4-0 at home, and achieved a hearty victory in the Madrid derby.

The last time Real Madrid defeated Atletico Madrid was in the UEFA Champions League knockout match the year before last. Real Madrid defeated Atletico Madrid 1-0 at home, which also made some professional organizations more optimistic about Atletico Madrid before the game.

After all, Real Madrid not only has a bad record recently, but the injury problems in the team's backcourt have also prevented Real Madrid from sending out their full strength to play.

, The strength of the team has been greatly affected.

Compared with Atletico Madrid, which has a well-organized lineup and has been in excellent form recently, Real Madrid has better league results than Atletico Madrid, but Real Madrid has too many injuries.

Real Madrid started the game with many non-main players.

Zidane sent a 442 formation. When facing Atletico Madrid in the away game, Zidane obviously gave up the 433 formation that he had been using before, relying on the addition of a full-back player to strengthen his team's defense. Give Atletico Madrid too many chances to counterattack

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Zidane's rather conservative tactical choice, of course, is also related to the lack of strong enough players in Real Madrid's midfield.

Since the beginning of the season, especially after the team's only defensive midfielder, Casemiro was injured, Real Madrid's midfielder has been in a state where a large number of players are injured.

In this game, Real Madrid's defense was still able to send its own main lineup. Although Ramos is still injured, the partner of Yang Feng and Varane performed well in these games.

The two full-back players Carvajal and Marcelo will give the team a lot of offensive help.

It's just that Real Madrid suffered serious injuries in the midfield. This game can only send out a four-midfield lineup composed of Kovacic, Modric, Isco and Vazquez.

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Toni Kroos had some muscle soreness after the UEFA Champions League match. He did not enter the squad for this game, and Ronaldo was also unable to play due to injuries.

Modric finally returned from injury, but Real Madrid's midfield did not improve significantly after Modric returned.

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In the absence of both a strong midfielder and sufficient control players in the midfield, Zidane can only use a lineup of four midfielders when facing a strong opponent like Atletico Madrid, relying on an extra number of people To ensure the team's midfield defense.

Vazquez, who is active in defense, his speed, and his enthusiasm will be an important part of Real Madrid's midfield defense in this game

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The starting double forwards are Cristiano Ronaldo and Bale, flying on both wings. Today, without Benzema in the middle, what kind of offensive effect can be played depends entirely on the personal strength of the two.

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Compared with Real Madrid's disorganized lineup, Atletico Madrid has a completely full main lineup.

The starting goalkeeper Oblak, Juanfran, Savage, Godin and Felipe on the back line are all veteran players.

In the midfield, Saul, Cork, Gabi, and Carrasco ensure the team's defensive and offensive creativity in the midfield.

And double striker Griezmann and veteran Torres.

Atletico Madrid's lineup is definitely the main lineup that has continued this season, and coupled with being at home, Atletico Madrid still has a certain advantage in direct confrontation records in recent years, so this game. In fact, the organization is more optimistic about Atletico Madrid, and it is slightly biased towards Atletico Madrid. You must know that in Real Madrid games, except for Barcelona, ​​this situation rarely occurs in other opponents in the league. , but today Atletico Madrid is the favored side

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At the beginning of this focus battle, Atletico Madrid was the first to create a threat at home.

Atletico Madrid midfielder Koke, just after passing the midfield area, suddenly sent a long pass over the top, directly looking for Real Madrid's penalty area.

Saul had a tacit understanding, and suddenly quickly entered the penalty area from outside the penalty area line in an anti-offside, facing Cork's pass and directly hooked sideways.

In the case of Varane's lack of defense, he completed an excellent kick, but the ball slid out of the goal, flew out of the bottom line, rubbed the post and flew out of the bottom line and missed the goal.

In just the fourth minute of the game, Atletico Madrid's excellent two-man cooperation, Saul created a chance to hit the goal, which sounded the alarm for Real Madrid players

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For Real Madrid players, this game is regarded as an unfavorable side. They don't want Atletico Madrid to continue to play in the game.

For the Real Madrid players, they showed a very positive attitude in this game. In the game, regardless of the offensive and defensive ends, everyone is trying their best to show their strongest strength, and they dare not have any negative impact on their opponents. underestimated.

However, it is obviously not what Atletico Madrid is good at when they play strong duels.

Even though Atletico Madrid is at home, they only played a wave of impressive offensive in the opening stage, but then because of the personal strength of their own players, they had to return to the defensive counterattack state they are good at, and this gave Real Madrid even bigger Real Madrid began to show their offensive strength, playing steadily, but launched an impact on Atletico Madrid in the away game...