princely elegance

Chapter 12 Perfect Bernabéu debut
Capello let Robinho replace Raul, and the captain's armband was brought to Elguera.At the same time, Capello brought new instructions. He let the three lines press forward as a whole to put pressure on the opponent.

Gago pushed the midfield line to the opponent's half as instructed. The advantage of doing so is obvious, that is, Real Madrid's offensive has become more and more fierce.In just a few minutes, there were several shots to test the opponent.However, the disadvantages are equally obvious. Once the ball is intercepted in this position, the counterattack will definitely reach Casillas' eyes in an instant, and then only the possession of Saint Cassie can be relied on.

The commentators and the media at the scene saw the advantages and disadvantages of this tactic in an instant, and expressed their puzzlement. Capello does not seem to be such a reckless person.

But to their surprise, 10 minutes later, Zaragoza's counterattack was not scored once.On the contrary, Real Madrid's offensive wave after wave became more and more high.Even Gago took the opportunity to take a long shot, which was a corner kick.Reyes started a tactical corner kick, Robinho moved directly to the center after receiving the ball, after Gago received the ball, a fake move shook the opponent's defender away, and shot low to the left corner with his arch.However, the opponent's goalkeeper was very focused and saved the ball.

In this game, Reyes looked very good, passing from the left, cutting, shooting, belting, omnipotent.

In the 25th minute, after receiving a pass from Gago, he turned around and passed Pique, turned around and volleyed directly, but was blocked by Millito from the bottom line.

A few minutes later, it was his breakthrough on the left that caused Pique's foul. He took the free kick and passed it. Elguera grabbed the first point in the penalty area and shot with a header. The top is off.At the second point, Cannavaro and Van Nistelrooy both outflanked but failed to grab the landing point, and the ball flew out of the baseline.

No. In 305 minutes, Gaggo pre-judged the opponent's pass, went straight forward, and the ball passed between the two defenders.Higuain, who had a tacit understanding with him for a long time, ran to the neutral position, and after receiving the ball, he was about to shoot directly, but Millito, who saw the situation was not good, directly put it in at the cost of a yellow card.

Reyes took a free kick and hit the goal directly. The opponent's goalkeeper Cesar made a beautiful save, holding the ball out of the baseline with a single palm.

After 1 minute, Higuain sent the ball into the penalty area after a beautiful pass through the crotch on the left, and was cleared by the opponent's defender Juanfran before Ruud van Nistelrooy.

Diarra hit the first point and handed the ball to Gago.Gago firmly controlled the ball after the press of two men.

"I see, it turned out to be like this."

After observing for a while in the box, Bosque finally understood Capello's intentions.Redondo frowned and thought for a while under Bosque's prompt, and then he saw it.

"What's going on, what kind of riddles are you two playing?"

The irritable Fourteenth Master asked directly.

"Capello moved the front line forward as a whole, and while putting pressure on the opponent, it also prevented the opponent from counterattacking. The key lies in the two midfielders."

After Bosque made a simple point, everyone present began to think deeply, and looked at the actions of Diarra and Gago.Not long after, Hierro reacted first.

"The midfield interception ability of the two defensive midfielders is very strong. The value of Diarra's 2700 million euros, not to mention Gago's 2050 million."

Hierro sighed, and he had to admire Capello's double midfielder partner. He played the midfielder when he was at the peak of Real Madrid, and of course he knew the abilities that the midfielder should have.The black and tough Diarra was originally looked down upon by him. He thought that Real Madrid spent 2700 million euros to buy him from Lyon in the summer.

Although Diarra's offensive ability is not good, his interception and defense ability in the midfield is definitely the top in the world.It is precisely because he does the dirty work without hesitation in the middle of the midfield, and every time he sees the ball at the opponent's feet, he uses various means to pester the opponent to delay time, so that his side has time to return to the defensive position .

"The interception ability of Gago and Diarra is equal to that of Makelele."

Bosque sighed at this time. This comment is not considered low. You must know that the defensive ability of the defensive midfielder has been ranked first in football throughout the ages, and it must be Makelele.Maybe he is not as elegant as Redondo, not as dominant as Keane, but he is definitely a well-deserved NO? 1 in terms of defense.

The Real Madrid under the leadership of Bosque back then used the attacking power of the seven frontcourt superstars and the defensive ability of midfielder Makelele to form the most perfect galaxy battleship.

"I didn't expect Gago's defensive ability to be so good."

Redondo finally made a comment to Gago. As Gago's fellow apprentice, he watched Gago play football a lot.But in the past at Boca, Gago only showed his organizational talent, and he really didn't see him defending much.

Gago in this game has indeed played out his peak level at this stage.He used his super anticipation ability to continuously intercept and steal the ball in the midfield with Diarra, and then organized the team's offense to firmly control the ball in the hands of Real Madrid.The media at the scene calculated that Real Madrid's ball possession rate reached 70%. One can imagine what the game will look like.

Under Gago's control, Real Madrid kept moving the ball and tearing apart the opponent's defense.There are no good opportunities, and basically no shots at will.Judging from the scene, Real Madrid constantly used passes to mobilize the opponent's defense in a mess, and kicked and shot at the best opportunity.If it weren't for the opponent's goalkeeper Cesar's state of being overwhelmed during this period, I am afraid that he has already led by several goals.

Zaragoza's head coach Fernandez couldn't sit still at this time, and walked to the side of the court, constantly directing the defense to keep them from messing up.During this time, even Milito, who was at the top, began to return to his own penalty area.Under the signal of the head coach, he and Aimar kept defending Gago closely. Everyone could see that he was directing the game now.As long as he can be frozen, Real Madrid's attack will definitely not be as organized and powerful as it is now.

But they still underestimated Gago's ability to control the ball. The football kept hovering between his feet, so that the two were still afraid to step down.At first they also tried several times, but each time Gago dodged ahead of time, and then took this opportunity to pass the ball.

"Perfect ball control, good combination of man and ball."

Beckham in the box looked enviously at Gago playing with the opponent's players with the delicate skills of South American players.Players from Great Britain are basically bad guys. Among Real Madrid, Beckham is considered to be the least skilled.

But man, he is always envious of what he doesn't have, how does he know that there are many people in Real Madrid who are envious of his precise crossing skills and coquettish free kicks.

"Gago's ability to control the ball is probably not expected by the opponent's head coach. The only weakness of this tactic is Gago's position. As the core of the midfielder, he must keep holding the ball and constantly dispatch the ball with a wide vision. To the place where the defense is empty. If he is frozen, then Real Madrid's attack will return to the previous individual heroism."

Bosque looked at the long-haired young man with general demeanor slightly approvingly, and was happy for Real Madrid. The fans finally no longer have to worry about Zidane's retirement.

At this time, Gago also understood the reason why Capello forbade him to plug in. There must be someone in the backcourt who can hold the ball.When the offense is blocked and the ball is passed back, it is okay to catch the ball if Gago gets in, but if he does not score, the lack of his midfield interception ability will be weak instantly. Diarra is alone Certainly can't stop it.The opponent's counterattack basically can only pray to Saint Cassie.

The Bernabéu fans don't know how long it has been since Real Madrid attacked so heartily, constantly passing the ball in the opponent's half to exhaust the opponent's players.One kick after another shot continuously forced the opponent's defender to fly to block, and the goalkeeper blocked from left to right.

Since Zidane retired, Real Madrid's midfield can only let them see chaos, and the offense can only rely on the personal flashes of the stars.Now, using the super high ball possession rate and continuous attack to press the opponent's players in the half court and unable to counterattack, this kind of happiness makes many die-hard fans of the South Stand burst into tears.Originally, they were all prepared to watch an ugly 1:0.

As time went on, the cheers of the Bernabeu fans grew louder, especially when Gago took the ball.He made Real Madrid fans see hope, the prince with long flowing hair.They now believe that Gago will definitely become the new prince.

Amidst the cheers of the fans, Gago felt that his condition was getting better and better, and he was more and more able to control the audience in his mind.How teammates will move, how opponents will defend, and what gaps will be exposed when defending, so the feeling of knowing everything is really fascinating.

Real Madrid's offense finally scored a goal in the No. 40 minute. The opponent finally revealed a fatal flaw under the high-intensity defense in the half.

When Gago received the ball returned by Higuain, Pique couldn't help but surrounded him under the pressure of Aimar and Milito. When Gago was about to turn around, he stretched his feet from behind him to break The ball, the other two also have a tacit understanding of one left and one right foot.

This scene made the fans of the entire stadium exclaim. Under the pressure of the three, Gago seemed to be stealing the ball.

At this moment, the most beautiful scene of the whole game appeared.Gago seemed to have eyes behind his back. The moment the three of them stole the ball, he tapped his right toe lightly. Under the desperate eyes of the three, the black and white elf passed over their heads and fell into the penalty area.

Then Ruud van Nistelrooy, who had already run into neutral, received the ball and let the king of the small penalty area get the ball in his absolute domain. The opponent's goalkeeper Cesar cursed fiercely and attacked decisively.

However, Ruud also made a lob shot at this time, and Cesar, who had just rushed out, forcibly stopped his attacking body after seeing it, and was about to turn around.At this moment, his ankle gave way and he fell to the ground. Then he watched the ball gently fall in front of him and bounced into the net on the goal line.

1:0, Real Madrid leads.

(End of this chapter)