Starting from playing as a defensive midfielder for Real Madrid

Chapter 134 You are not Vieira, and you are not as good as Vieira [Please subscribe~]

"Leon's through ball! What a great goal! Cristiano Ronaldo led the ball and continued to advance. He shot from a long distance!!! Wow haha ​​-!!! The ball went in! Joe Hart didn't pounce on the football! The goal went in! Shocking World wave! Real Madrid successfully broke the deadlock in the first half!”

"Oh! Joe Hart made a mistake in saving this time. His reaction shouldn't be so slow! He didn't save the ball at all. This is not a close-range grab, but a shot that looks like it's almost thirty. A long shot from a meter is very inappropriate!”

After a pause in He Wei's passionate explanation, Director Zhang bluntly pointed out Joe Hart's mistake in this save in the studio.

He Wei actually wanted to explain:

Isn't that how Joe Hart reacts like this every time he encounters the world waves? It would be better to say that he is unlucky than he is a mistake.

But after thinking about the large number of Premier League and England fans in the country, He Wei finally changed the subject.

"Perhaps Ronaldo's kick was too sudden and exciting. Divine saves don't happen often, and world waves don't happen often! Joe Hart probably didn't expect Ronaldo to kick from that position and distance. Bar."

"Manchester City was very passive. Once the goal was scored, Real Madrid could start to shrink their formation to counterattack Manchester City.

With the four offensive midfielders positioned so high forward, it would be better to pull Barry back and play as a double midfielder with Garcia. Yaya Toure just doesn't like to defend back. If he doesn't coordinate defense with Barry on this side, Manchester City will lose. The gap in the middle of the midfield is too big.”

After He Wei made some excuses for Joe Hart, Director Zhang shook his head and directly pointed out Manchester City's formation position today, which could even be said to be a mistake in selection.

Why not say tactical mistakes?

Because Mancini's style of play seems bold at first glance, but after careful study, it still feels reasonable.

With the formation of 4141, anyone with a discerning eye knows that Mancini wants to compete with Real Madrid in the center for control.

Manchester City has Silva Nasri in front of them, and Yaya Toure and Barry behind them. In terms of technology and confrontation, they are not afraid of Real Madrid's midfield combination.

Expanding the defense line as far as possible is also a good way to prevent Real Madrid from counterattacking.

After all, Yaya Toure and Barry seemed to be playing central midfielder today, but that was their position on the offensive end.

When it's time to defend, the two of them retract and sink, and they can quickly form an interception line in front of Garcia.

Silva and Nasri took the lead in containing Real Madrid's attacks from both wings.

Yaya Toure and Barry strangled Real Madrid's counterattack in the middle of the midfield.

So, does this tactic seem quite reasonable?

But the key is that Yaya Toure just likes to go forward and attack. If you ask him to actively defend for a while from time to time, he can do it.

But if you want him to maintain such a positive defensive attitude throughout the entire game, that's impossible.

After leading the team to win the Premier League championship last season, Mancini did not know that he had a wrong understanding of his coaching authority.

He actually thought he could make Yaya Toure change his playing style and nature.

At this moment, he paid a heavy price for his confident formation.

While Real Madrid was celebrating passionately, Mancini also slowly recovered from the blow.

He first looked at the Manchester City players who were a little nervous in the stadium, and then looked at Yaya Toure, who had a normal expression on his face.

The emotions in Mancini's eyes were very complicated, it could be said to be love and hate.

Perhaps Yaya Toure doesn't feel that the goal he just conceded was caused by his defensive misalignment.

He would readily blame it on Barry's speed, on Garcia's conservative delay, and on Maicon's matchup being blown out at the last minute.

But he will not feel that he should bear the main responsibility.

This is him, Yaya Toure, who has a strong and versatile defensive midfielder template, but now he is becoming less and less defensive.

Yaya Toure, who is the core of Manchester City but does not have much sense of responsibility and sacrifice.

Mourinho could not take care of Mancini's emotions at this time.

He quickly adjusted his tactics and signaled to the disciples on the field that they should still stabilize their mentality and not press on easily after scoring, so as not to give Manchester City a chance to counterattack quickly.

There is no shame in preventing counterattacks in cup matches, especially in the first Champions League group match of the new season. Getting a good start is more important than the appearance.

So after the game restarted, Real Madrid's players did not take advantage of the momentum of the goal to actively press forward.

They continued to hold on to the half and let Manchester City continue to cross the halfway line.

But Mancini didn't dare to be stubborn now.

It is impossible for him to put Yaya Toure on the bench decisively just because he lost the ball.

This is the core of his team building. No matter how angry he is, he has to endure it!

So Barry's position retracement became inevitable.

Manchester City also directly changed the formation and simply played 433.

With the double midfielders in the back pocket, Yaya Toure burst forward, while Silva and Nasri further pulled out to the side, leaving space in the middle for Yaya Toure, allowing him to perform better on the offensive end.

Seeing this posture, Li Ang was not afraid. One of him and Brother Long was destined to face Yaya Toure.

Then he naturally had to play the role of the villain.

Alonso's physical fitness should be more focused on organizing and launching counterattacks. Modric can retreat to assist him in completing the defense of the midfield defense and the wings.

Li Ang himself will of course have a battle between macho men with Yaya Toure.

Between offense and defense, especially in the midfield, you cannot retreat. Once you retreat, the entire defense line will be torn apart.

Li Ang feels that this is a head-to-head battle. He has a high opinion of Yaya Toure's offensive strength, so his awareness must be firmer.

If you go up hard, if you can't stand it, you must!

In comparison, Yaya Toure's impression of Li Ang is a bit complicated.

In fact, he still recognized Li Ang's strength.

After all, he has been teammates with Messi, won the Triple Crown, and knows firsthand how powerful Messi's personal abilities are.

Being able to fight one-on-one on the defensive end to effectively limit Messi's performance, based on this strength, Yaya Toure has a rough idea of ​​Li Ang's level on the defensive end.

But on the other hand, Yaya Toure feels that Li Ang's overall strength has been exaggerated by the media.

Especially after winning five annual championships with Real Madrid, Li Ang is now a typical situation of "not worthy of his name".

The British media almost touted Li Ang as one of the top five active defensive midfielders, and also said that he has the potential to further transform and squeeze into the top three.

This made Yaya Toure very unhappy.

A 21-year-old young defensive midfielder is indeed very capable on the defensive end, but just because he was lucky enough to win five championships at Real Madrid, he has to be compared to him at the same level?

At what level, you were selected to be on the same level as him?

It can be said that Yaya Toure is completely dissatisfied with Li Ang due to the exaggerated propaganda of Li Ang by the media in various countries.

After all, after the end of last season, Li Ang stole his limelight in the public opinion circle, and even stole a large part of it. This is simply unbearable!

This will finally have the opportunity to compete face-to-face with Li Ang. Yaya Toure is very confident that he can defeat Li Ang one-on-one, just like he has crushed one opponent after another in the Premier League.

However, in the first head-on confrontation between the two, Li Ang was in pain, and Yaya Toure was not much better.

The Ivory Coast midfielder wants to teach Leon a lesson with his height, long legs and outstanding confrontation ability developed in the Premier League.

As a result, I didn't expect that Li Ang's core strength was so outstanding. After being slightly squeezed away by him for the first time, he didn't lose his position. Instead, he defended tightly again!

Li Ang held his breath and was about to repel Yaya Toure's advancement attempt.

In terms of weight and tonnage, he actually doesn't suffer.

Yaya Toure is currently about the same weight as him, but his height is 1.84 meters, while Yaya Toure is 1.9 meters tall.

In terms of proportions, his body shape is actually more stocky, that is to say, he did not fully withstand Yaya Toure's forward thrust in the first hard pass.

Fortunately, his core strength was strong, his base was stable, and he had psychological expectations, so he was not directly pushed out of the defensive position.

After the fight, seeing that Yaya Toure's resistance was not as durable as his own, Li Ang also saw an opportunity.

After a sudden squeeze, Li Ang quickly took the football under Yaya Toure's feet and pushed it out of his control.

Modric, who was watching intently from the side, made a smart forward move and took the football away, and then used a crisp long diagonal pass to find Di Maria who was racing at full speed on the right.

However, this time facing Barry, who was positioned early and blocked his path, Di Maria's strong breakthrough was unsuccessful. In the end, he had no choice but to pass the ball back to Essien, who is still starting at right back today.

It was a pity that the counterattack failed, but the Real Madrid fans at the scene were not upset.

Instead, they happily cheered and applauded Li Ang, who had just defended Yaya Toure alone.

At this moment, Yaya Toure's face turned ugly to the naked eye.

The fans couldn't tell whether he was red or not, after all, his skin color was too dark, but the shame and annoyance revealed in those eyes, under the special care of the live broadcast camera, were still clearly visible to the fans in front of the TV. Clearly.

If any other midfielder who was almost thirty years old encountered this situation, he would be angry for a while and then calm down.

Football is not a one-on-one sport, and a failed confrontation does not mean you have failed.

When the system operates smoothly and ultimately defeats the opponent, that is the real victory.

Who will care about such an episode during the game?

But Yaya Toure is not such a character.

Not to mention that he was almost thirty years old, even when he was thirty-three years old, he showed no sign of maturity in dealing with conflicts with the coach.

So he was stunned again.

He could have used his opportunity to contain Real Madrid's midfield defensive general to create more offensive opportunities for his teammates.

But Yaya Toure did not do this. Instead, he chose another method that was the least efficient and the most ridiculous.

He also wants to have a one-on-one contest with Li Ang!

Once you have the ball, you have to rely on your personal strength to penetrate Real Madrid's defense in the middle, just hit it hard!

But he didn't want to think about it. Compared with confrontation and speed, he had already tried it with Li Ang just now, and he hardly took any advantage.

Rather than technology?

Again, if your skills are higher than Messi's, then you can consider using pure skills to defeat Li Ang, otherwise, don't engage in these fancy operations.

Yaya Tu was furious, but Li Ang was very happy.

Even if there were a few times when he moved a little too much and was called a foul by the referee, he didn't care at all.

Manchester City's offensive attack was not a big threat after Yaya Toure misfired.

If Mancini is decisive enough at this moment, directly captures Yaya Toure, and then establishes a new offensive system with Silva as the core, then Manchester City will still be able to play.

But Mancini did not have the decisiveness. He was still hesitant and did not dare to easily offend Yaya Toure, the core midfielder who combines the characteristics of an angel and a devil.

The situation of the game became further clear.

Manchester City's offensive rhythm was sporadic, and Tevez on the front line could not even get the ball a few times. Real Madrid used Li Ang to steal the ball from Yaya Toure many times to counterattack!

Mourinho originally admired Yaya Toure, but when he saw the performance of the Premier League's number one defensive midfielder today, he couldn't help but shake his head.

Can a midfielder who only thinks about attacking forward and doesn't pay attention to defense and who is so easily emotional can be considered the Premier League's number one defensive midfielder?

Mourinho suddenly felt a sigh in his heart: "The Premier League is indeed in decline."

This puts Yaya Toure back in the Premier League around 2004. He had already been given a one-on-one lesson by several Premier League midfielders at the time.

In the 29th minute of the first half, Real Madrid used Li Ang to steal the ball again from Yaya Toure to launch a counterattack.

This time, Li Ang and Modric pressed forward together to participate in the counterattack.

Barry and Garcia immediately felt that the defense was difficult.

Pull back and keep an eye on Real Madrid's two-wing players. Modric and Li Ang dare not let Modric and Li Ang continue to advance in the middle.

But guard the center and put Cristiano Ronaldo and Di Maria behind the defense on the wings?

In the tangle, the two Manchester City midfielders could only guard the center and the other to mark Ronaldo.

Modric chose to pass the ball to Di Maria at the last moment.

Li Ang, Benzema, and Ronaldo rushed forward decisively into the Manchester City penalty area in an instant!

Di Maria didn't force the ball this time, and instead sent a fast pass to the ground.

Li Ang and Ronaldo took away the defensive attention of Kompany and Clichy in front of the penalty area.

Benzema withstood Nastasic's defensive interference and succeeded in shooting the near corner from the back point!

Joe Hart is at his wits end. There are opponents' offensive players at three points in front of the goal. Naturally, he will make mistakes in his blocking judgment. The midfield defense has been penetrated. How to defend? !

At this moment, Joe Hart was also driven into panic. He directly took out the football, smashed it on the turf, and sprayed it at the defensive players in front of him.

Joe Hart will be right to complain.

Kompany didn't say anything, but Yaya Toure was a little dissatisfied and made a gesture to tell Joe Hart to shut up!

Li Ang, who was celebrating with Guofeng and the others, turned around and saw this scene.

The filters he had for Yaya Toure were completely shattered.

Yaya Toure is not the new Vieira, he is not as good as Vieira, far inferior.

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