The Ball at Your Feet

After winning Magala, Zhao Yaning appeared in La Liga again. This time, facing Santander, Zhao Yaning played an excellent game again: in the game, he first relied on Raul's The assist scored a goal, and then, after a corner kick, helped Pepe get a chance to score. It was another victory, and Real Madrid remained unrelenting in the long-distance race of the season.

At this time, what made Real Madrid happy is that Barcelona finally kicked out a draw: when facing Villarreal again, Barcelona failed to win. Relying on the excellent performance of Belleron and Giuseppe Rossi, Villarreal scored two goals, although on the Barcelona side, Messi also broke out in the strongest form, scoring two goals , But they still couldn't win-Belleron's prediction of the space was too good, relying on his position, he completely paralyzed Barcelona's mid-range attack, which made Barcelona, ​​finally did not win.

"After seven consecutive victories, Barcelona finally fell behind. And Real Madrid now has six consecutive victories. Since the second half of the season, Real Madrid has not lost a game. Then, their league will lose. Since when? Now, we have some expectations. After all, such Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​if it is not for the end of the season to distinguish the winners and losers, then it would be a pity. Except for the long-distance running in the league. In addition to what is worth looking forward to, now, there is another game that is also worth looking forward to. In the Copa del Rey, at this time, the two teams finally met."

In fact, the Real Madrid team agrees that the biggest problem with Barcelona's loss is because they want to defeat Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey. For them, after all, the long-distance running of the season still has a chance for the next half of the season, but if the Copa del Rey directly loses to Real Madrid, then they have to watch Real Madrid enter the final and win the trophy.

Barcelona obviously does not allow this to happen. Their ambitions are no smaller than Real Madrid. This season, trying to win every championship is also Barcelona's dream.

"You said that they even lost the league for the Copa del Rey... If we were in the Copa del Rey and sent a team of youth players directly to their main team and exhausted their energy, would they live to death?"

Regarding this issue, Real Madrid has some malicious thoughts privately. Anyway, the Copa del Rey is not worth any money, it is really played like this, and no one else can say anything. However, these thoughts can only be thought of after all. Real Madrid meets Barcelona, ​​no matter when and where, they have to play a wonderful game, otherwise, Real Madrid can't explain it.

What's more, this year's Copa del Rey match was played at the Bernabéu first and second. If they lose to Barcelona at home, Real Madrid would be too embarrassed.

In this game, Real Madrid's rare main force will do. For a Copa del Rey, all the main players are pulled over. This is a rare battle for Real Madrid in recent years: even in the four-year Copa del Rey final, Real Madrid’s goalkeeper was still a substitute goalkeeper, but this time, Real Madrid did. All eleven main players were used.

Likewise, Barcelona did not neglect in the slightest. They do the same. However, the difference from the previous game is that they directly replaced Keita, but instead used Bootsques.

After all, Boutzkers' physical condition can guarantee that he will not be kicked too badly by Zhao Yaning. This is very important. After Keita was bullied in the last game, Barcelona made corresponding adjustments.

"In the last match between Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​we still didn't know what we saw." When the commentator explained the game, he also directly said his own views. "Real Madrid and Barcelona have good tactics, but unfortunately, the game came later. , Because both sides are eager to win, so they played a bit impatient. Coach Ancelotti and Coach Guardiola's on-the-spot command were not very good, they did not show us a wonderful game through the change. And now, They have also been thinking for a long time. I hope they will play some fresh tricks in this game."

When the narrator said this, he obviously had a bit of resentment: two super strong teams were facing each other, and the head coaches of the two teams were sitting on the sidelines and playing soy sauce games. It was really tasteless. Don't expect you to have any magical wisdom, but don't always sit steadily and silently! Barcelona can also say that Guardiola is young and inexperienced, and Ancelotti is not a good commander, which is really unreasonable. The on-the-spot command of these two men is really nothing to see. Such a big game, if Mourinho, it may be singing and dancing, but they are not moving, but not good enough.

However, although the presence of both of them is a mess, after all, both of them are very good coaches. This season, the tactical changes shown by the two teams are everyone's eyes. Everyone also wants to know whether Real Madrid and Barcelona have made new arrangements for the opponent's play after the last duel. And can these new deployments be effective? This is also an important issue.

And just amidst the suspicion, the game began.

"Barcelona played very slowly today." Watching the game, Bosque, who was a special guest, also spoke. "Obviously, Guardiola has discovered the biggest weakness of his team: encountering a strong team. At the time, it was easy to be hit by a defensive counterattack, aiming for a fierce attack behind him. Therefore, he used this method to cover up the team’s problems. Relying on the slower pace and more backcourt passes, Barcelona is in the offensive, It can maintain higher efficiency and better ensure that the defensive formation is not scattered. This is of great benefit to them to prevent defensive counterattacks. However, fans would not like this kind of play very much. The rhythm is too slow , There are too many passes in the backcourt, and the play is not good enough."

Generally speaking, football is about ball possession. The high ball possession rate means that the team has good ball control, good skills and is more respected. However, Barcelona's possession of the ball, because of too much passing in the backcourt, sometimes affects the perception of the game. After all, not everyone is interested in watching the team's formation changes, running without the ball, controlling the backcourt, and seeing how tightly controlled a team is. More often, people want to see how to attack, how to make a quick sprint, and even see what kind of solo horse breaks the army or goes straight to the line of defense. Some extreme fans even think that all passes without the purpose of assists are invalid. In the eyes of such fans, Barcelona's style of play is really a bit boring. Of course, compared to Chelsea and Liverpool's defense, and then sneak attack to win, this kind of backcourt fall is boring, but there is something to see, in the strong team, the viewing is still relatively good. But compared to Arsenal's fast-moving style of play, it is really not good-looking.

In fact, this kind of play will make Barcelona's possession rate reach the season average of about %, and it also makes the pass success rate reach the terrible data of 88%. Such data is quite scary. Real Madrid are also trying to play offensive football under Ancelotti, but their possession rate is only 6% on average, and the pass success rate is only 8%. Compared with Barcelona, ​​there is indeed a gap. However, Barcelona’s style of play also allowed Barcelona to spend more than 6% of the time in its own half when facing a strong team. Everyone is watching the ball, and no one is watching Valdes and Puyol pass. Playing with the ball.

However, as Bosque said, Guardiola is very smart, and he does this for a purpose. In Barcelona's defense, the most dangerous is the opponent's quick counterattack. In order to maintain the attacking formation, they need to shorten the distance between each other, but if the distance between each other is shortened, they need to be pressed so that the opponent can easily counterattack. Therefore, Guardiola's method is to slow down and let the players' Running more calmly, can better maintain the position, while reducing the number of offensive and defensive transitions.

In this way, after a game, the opponent can catch at most two or three chances to counterattack. In a big game facing a strong enemy, two or three chances of counterattack are worth it even if they are all intercepted by fouls.

Barcelona's slowness is not for the sake of slowness, but for deep tactical reasons. They are not to induce the opponent to grab and consume the opponent's physical strength, but to better defend against the opponent's attack, so that the opponent cannot get too many opportunities. Their rhythm is for their tactics, and they happen to have a rhythm master, relying on Harvey's control, they successfully managed to stabilize the rhythm.

After finding the right formation, Barcelona now has the most suitable rhythm.

When it was even more surprising, Barcelona's attack also changed. After Barcelona got the ball again, as Barcelona moved, a surprising change also appeared on Barcelona's attack line.

Etoola went to the left, and Henry went to the center.

"By the side of Etoola, Henry moved to the middle. Obviously, Guardiola has found his own better attack routine."

During Rijkaard's time, Barcelona's attack relied on fast passes, interspersed running positions, and extremely wonderful football. But although this kind of football is wonderful ~www.wuxiaspot.com~, it also relies heavily on unexpected passes and breakthroughs. When Ronaldinho is here, they can play a little more lively, after all, Ronaldinho has

The most incapable of letting go. But now is different. The core player now is Messi. Messi does not have the whimsical ideas of Ronaldinho. Although his breakthrough is very sharp, it can kill him by standing on the defensive line well. And, La Liga is now becoming more and more popular with double midfielders, especially Pepe's butcher-style midfielder, which makes it more and more difficult for interspersed running.

Rijkaard also encountered this kind of problem during his time. The strong team can't move, and can't kick up by interspersed running positions. But at that time, Rijkaard had Larson, he could complete the task of holding the ball behind his back and letting his teammates spread the attack behind him. But now, Eto'o can't accomplish this task.

But fortunately, Barcelona still has Henry.

After Etoola's side, the effect immediately weakened a lot, which can be said to be completely incomparable with Henry who pulled side. However, after Henry got to the middle, he also played a very good role: he relied on his back to take the ball, protected the ball, and then, can help Messi launch an attack.

Henry’s ability to protect the ball is worthy of trust. In this way, although Eto’o’s role is weakened, Henry’s role is enhanced. At the same time, with Henry’s help, Messi’s role is also enhanced, and Barcelona’s attack , On the contrary, there is a better routine.

"Obviously, Guardiola is putting all his bets on Messi. For this reason, even if Eto'o is abolished, he doesn't care. I just don't know if Messi is in the game. Bring us enough surprises?"