Legend of Fengshen

Chapter 470 National Derby ([-])

There is not much difference between people. Even Real Madrid, even if these Real Madrid players are professional players, they are no different from players from other weak teams at this moment.

Mourinho's roar did not pull the Real Madrid players back from their low morale. Many people didn't just wake up, but fell into conflicts, not knowing how to play next.

When the kick-off was resumed, the Real Madrid players were still fighting. Zhang Yuan was extremely anxious. Seeing the team working so hard, he really wanted to snatch the ball from Barcelona.

He really regards himself as a defensive player. From top to bottom, he gallops all over the field, just rushing to grab it. Unfortunately, without tacit teammates, all his efforts are useless. In the 25th minute, Zhang Yuan After failing to grab the ball, he pulled Messi to the ground, and the referee Gonzalez gave him a verbal warning. This was the first time he had received a warning in this game.

Not long after this episode of Zhang Yuan, Real Madrid got a chance to kick the ball from the sideline in the 31st minute. Who knew that Guardiola made a bad move at this time. The ball was given to the red-eyed Ronaldo, who failed to ask for the football, so he pushed Guardiola in anger.

Ronaldo's move aroused strong dissatisfaction among the Barcelona players. Players from both sides complained to the referee and argued with each other.

Barcelona goalkeeper Valdez rushed the fastest. After he ran past, he fought against Ronaldo. There was a posture of two people fighting. Ronaldo was not to be outdone. The two had many verbal conflicts. I'm afraid the two of them are really going to stage a martial arts show.

In the end, Gonzalez used one person and one yellow card to quell the conflict, but after this conflict, the Real Madrid players finally behaved a little more normally and began to recover a little anger.

Although still at a disadvantage on the field, Barcelona can still create some opportunities, but they can't break through Real Madrid's goal. Of course, Iker Casillas has a lot of credit for this. He made at least two saves to save the goal.

Mourinho turned a blind eye to this conflict from the coaching bench, his head already thinking about what to do in the second half? !

Ozil's defensive ability is weak. The midfield composed of him, Alonso and Khedira can't form an effective interception against Barcelona's midfield. The opponent's ball control is too skilled. Ozil's role too small.

Before the game, many media predicted that Mourinho might play three defensive midfielders, but Mourinho did not do what they wanted, but went to Ozil. Now it seems that this is not a step Good chess.

However, the other defensive players in the midfield, Mourinho, on the one hand, do not trust, and on the other hand, they also have some fluke mentality. As a result, the current situation is like this, and maybe there is nothing wrong with playing in the defensive midfielder.

At the end of the first half, Real Madrid fell behind Barcelona 0:2. Mourinho finally realized more clearly that his defensive transformation of Real Madrid was not so successful. Or because this is Real Madrid.

What he built was Real Madrid, not Chelsea. Real Madrid needs to be the main attacker instead of the main defender. The offensive and defensive balance is a joke. Real Madrid is still top-heavy and shallow-rooted.

At the end of the half, Mourinho no longer expected the team to get the score back. This time he also realized that the current Real Madrid and Barcelona's confrontation has no good fruit. If they don't attack and focus on defense, the score will be lost. Not so easy to get back.

After much deliberation, he just needs to keep 0:2. He doesn't want to be ashamed. Losing two goals to Barcelona is not a shame, but if there are more losses, it will be quite a shame.

Mourinho has a lot of research on Barcelona. Real Madrid's style of play is completely different from Barcelona. Barcelona uses pass control to move and move to find the opponent's loopholes, while Real Madrid relies on a fast-paced attack in the frontcourt.

Barcelona's high-position press is very high, but Real Madrid does not rely on high-position press to force the opponent to make mistakes.

Mourinho once said before: "If we play like Barcelona, ​​then we can't even see their goal. We first need to put pressure on the frontcourt, but we can't lose the ball in the midfield. Because once they steal Success, then Messi, Pedro, Iniesta and others can threaten our goal with three or two strikes. Barcelona likes opponents to play against them, and once opponents do this, they will fall into their trap .In order not to let them steal the ball as soon as you pass it, you have to move the ball up the frontcourt as soon as possible and catch them off guard.Barcelona's defense starts from the forward line, they put a lot of pressure on the opponent, once they get the ball, They will go straight for Huanglong. A bad possession, a bad pass or catch will give them the opportunity to attack quickly. But with long balls, Barcelona will have a lot of problems!"

But as a result, Real Madrid did not do this today. Mourinho did not trust Benzema's ability to grab points. Of course, the team also has Ronaldo. His ability to compete for the top is still good. The problem is that he is On the wing, even in the middle, the opponent is focusing on him, and he cannot easily hold the ball.

After all, the general problem is that there are too few troops in the frontcourt. Zhang Yuan is not a winger but a full-back. He was tired of defending in the first half.

But during the intermission, Mourinho decided to change his strategy and plan. He was not going to play three forwards. Ozil replaced Las Diarra and Di Maria replaced Benzema.

Cristiano Ronaldo returns to the left forward position, and Di Maria is active on the right. Ronaldo is not playing a pure winger, but more like a second striker, with a wide range of activities. Di Maria is not a midfielder, but continues to be active on the wing, increasing breakthrough.

The purpose of letting Zhang Yuan go to the front as a center forward is to attract the opponent's defensive power and create greater opportunities for Ronaldo. There is a huge gap in strength between Benzema and Zhang Yuan. Barcelona defended Zhang Yuan in the first half. It's very easy, because Zhang Yuan himself doesn't have many chances to get the ball.

This is also a small mistake of Mourinho's arrangement. Players like Zhang Yuan still have to stand in front to pose a threat to the opponent. The distance is too far. Even if he gets the ball, he can't make a long-distance attack. It also takes a little bit of luck and timing.

Now push Zhang Yuan to the front directly. Zhang Yuan is not strong in fighting for the top, but he has too many bewitching moves when handling the ball. He has shooting ability and speed. It is impossible for the opponent to pay a lot of attention to him.

If they don't pay attention then they will definitely suffer.

Real Madrid changed their formation at the beginning of the second half. The current formation is 433, but it is not 433. This is a very strange formation.

"In the second half, don't worry about the heavy responsibility of defense. My only goal for you is to put pressure on Barcelona's central defender and score a goal!" Mourinho said to Zhang Yuan during the intermission.

Zhang Yuan nodded. In the first half, he played very aggrieved. In the second half, Mourinho got the hang of it and pushed him to the front. This position is Zhang Yuan's favorite position, although Zhang Yuan's freedom is not good. Not as high as he'd imagined, but good enough.

Zhang Yuan's heart is now more active, and there is still a chance, just two goals, as long as we score early, we will definitely have a chance to tie the score.

Mourinho did not arrange for Zhang Yuan and Ronaldo to switch positions, but before the game restarted, Zhang Yuan found Ronaldo, covered his mouth and said to Ronaldo: "The two of us should get closer in the second half. And they have to switch positions with each other so that they can't get to know each other!"

"Okay, it's just that I have been figured out by them! You may be better!" Ronaldo agreed.

There are often substitutes in football games. This is not because the energy of the surprises must be great. The head coach often makes substitutions for many purposes, and some of them are to change the opponent's defensive rhythm.

The same is true for changing positions between players on the court. As a center forward, there are usually special people to mark, but each player has different habits of receiving and handling the ball. And to generate a kind of inertial thinking, the purpose of exchanging positions is to disrupt the rhythm of defensive players.

This approach doesn't always work, but sometimes it does, because even the slightest mistake by a centre-back can turn into a big mistake.

(End of this chapter)