Kashima Antlers, as the representative team of the organizer of the Club World Cup, used their outstanding performance in this competition to rectify the name of Japanese football.

In fact, in the AFC Champions League, compared with the Chinese and Korean teams, the Japanese team has not invested so much in the AFC Champions League.

Even for many top Japanese teams, the league is definitely more important than the championship.

In the case of the AFC champion Jeonbuk Hyundai being eliminated early, it was the host Kashima Antlers who have been upset and reached the final.

Even though the opponent in the final is Real Madrid, for the Kashima Antlers players, they are not afraid at all at this time.

It's normal to lose, and undefeated is earned. Kashima Antlers, who are playing at home, don't have much competitive pressure.

The huge gap in strength between Real Madrid and Kashima Antlers made many people watching this game think that this is a game without suspense.

Without accident, Real Madrid should be able to defeat their opponents within 90 minutes and win another championship of their own.

There are even many viewers watching the live broadcast of the game, just to see how Real Madrid "abuses food" in the game.

But for the players of Kashima Antlers, they didn't want to be the role of accompanying the prince to study while sitting at home in this game, amidst the cheers and cheers from the fans.

Even though the opponent in front of them is last season's Champions League winner Real Madrid, even though Real Madrid is one of the most successful clubs in the world, but the Kashima Antlers players want to use their outstanding performance to cause enough damage to Real Madrid Trouble, to show the demeanor of their own team.

Although it is a home game and they want to pose a certain threat to Real Madrid, the players of Kashima Antlers still have a lot of self-knowledge. They know that when facing Real Madrid's offensive, they will take the initiative to attack Real Madrid. Therefore, the tactics of Kashima Antlers in this game are very clear, which is to use their own iron barrel defense to wear down the offensive strength of Real Madrid players, and try their best to make Real Madrid's offense become better. You have to stagnate, and then wait for the opportunity to find an opportunity to fight back and complete the fatal blow to Real Madrid.

Of course, the premise of all this is to make the Kashima Antlers team's own defense excellent, able to defend the goal, and not give Real Madrid an easy chance to score.

Compared with Kashima Antlers, who were carefully arranged for this final, Real Madrid is not too cold about the Japanese players, although they are preparing off the field.

After all, many of Real Madrid's stars are players from football powerhouses. Although Japan can dominate in Asia, it has always been at a disadvantage in terms of status in world football.

Moreover, the La Liga field does not value Asian players that much.

Compared with the favor of Asian players in the German arena, there are very few Asian players in La Liga. Firstly, it is due to tactical reasons, and secondly, it is also the reason for La Liga's qualification review of origins, which makes Asian players not so popular in La Liga.

As for Real Madrid, no one has much understanding of Kashima Antlers. For Real Madrid, they don’t have to worry about how their opponents perform in this game. They just need to be themselves and use their own advantages to complete the game and take the victory in their hands. just fine.

It's just that at the beginning of the game, Real Madrid's attack was stubbornly blocked by the host team Kashima Antlers.

In the home game, the Kashima Antlers players showed the tenacity of Japanese players and used their excellent running to form a large-scale interference to Real Madrid's offense.

Kashima Antlers itself has not carried out any extraordinary tactical arrangements. Kashima Antlers' performance is quite conservative. During the game, it has always been carrying out a defensive strategy of retreating to its own half to defend Real Madrid. Real Madrid leave too good a chance to attack

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Although it may be in terms of physical confrontation ability, the players of Kashima Antlers, who are mainly local players, cannot limit Real Madrid's personal offense at all in terms of individual defensive ability.

However, the players of Kashima Antlers used their tenacity to display their excellent defensive ability in the game.

Since the defensive ability of individual soldiers is insufficient, Kashima Antlers is constantly gathering advantages in numbers. A defense composed of at least two people has put a lot of pressure on the opponent.

Moreover, for Kashima Antlers, using two people to complete the one-man defense against Real Madrid puts a lot of pressure on Real Madrid when they play the ball and organize offenses.

For Kashima Antlers, there will always be defenders who use their excellent running ability to cover the defense. After completing a defense, they rush to the next point where Real Madrid may attack.

Real Madrid's offensive intention is to use the control of the ball to patiently find opportunities to break the deadlock, but in terms of actual operation, Real Madrid did not play enough offensive effects, but was sitting at home in the game. Kashima Antlers completed a good defensive limit.

Kashima Antlers, who are playing at home, chose a very simple defensive tactic, which is to hand over the entire midfield area to the opponent for passing and attacking before retreating to the penalty area.

For the Real Madrid team, using their excellent offensive ability during the game and wanting to launch an offense, the effect is that it is not good when facing the tight defense formed by the entire Kashima Antlers players piled up in front of the penalty area. Real Madrid is not so easy to break through the opponent to score.

In the several offensive attempts in the opening stage, Real Madrid's offense stopped abruptly after hitting the threat area of ​​Kashima Antlers.

The defense by Kashima Antlers is very targeted. Perhaps there is not enough defensive advantage in one-on-one defense, but it is true that the overall defense can be used to form a local numerical advantage to achieve defensive success.

Real Madrid's offenses launched many times in the opening stage are constantly trying to use through balls or crosses from the wing to pose a threat to the penalty area.

However, Kashima Antlers is like using the running of the players to increase the number of people on the field. In every position where Real Madrid passes the ball, it will be found that the players of Kashima Antlers occupy the majority of the number of players. Advantage.

The players of Kashima Antlers are constantly taking advantage of their superiority in numbers. One person is responsible for top defense and the other is responsible for clearance. The division of labor is quite clear, and they have done a very good job without any delay.

Although Kashima Antlers played very low in the opening stage, the defensive effect they gained was very good. Real Madrid, who are very strong, did not have much suspense in this game. The opening game was not a small test.

At home, Kashima Antlers used their defense to prove the strength of their team and the glory of Japanese football.

Sometimes the respect of others depends on hard work on the field. At least Kashima Antlers' excellent defensive performance in the first ten minutes of the game made everyone watching the live broadcast recognize the spirit of this team .

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