princely elegance

Chapter 32

No matter what the experts and commentators on the scene thought, they just thought about it. Now that Capello has already set up this formation, it is impossible to change it back temporarily.Therefore, under the watchful eyes of tens of thousands of fans at the Bernabéu, Real Madrid and Bayern, the hard-pressed pair, walked onto the pitch.

On the sidelines, Capello and Heathfield stood together and shook hands, then walked away quickly.They are now in a life-and-death battle. Of the two teams that stopped in the top sixteen last year, only one can enter the top eight.At this time, the coaches on both sides naturally used their own methods and brought out all their strength.

Capello's use of a single defensive midfielder was indeed beyond Heathfield's expectations, because he knew that even with Cannavaro, Real Madrid's defense still did not improve much.If you don't use double midfielders in the midfield, I'm afraid you will be beaten into a sieve.But Capello still chose such a risky tactic, which is not like him.

Hitzfeld looked at Real Madrid's formation a little puzzled. He didn't change much in this game, and he didn't have much time to take over Bayern. The best way is to change on the basis of the original tactics.

In this game, Bayern adopted double midfielders, but the main personnel have made changes. Hitzfeld replaced Salihamidzic and Santa Cruz with Hargreaves and Podolski.

On the field, the players from both sides shook hands when they entered the field, and then stood in their positions under the signal of the referee. After Raul and Kahn guessed the coin, the two did not talk much, and each returned to their own position.

Bayern kicked off first, Schweinsteiger handed the ball to Van Bommel, and he started to run forward.

Van Bommel naturally knew how to deal with the formation of a single midfielder behind him. He directly handed the ball to Podolski, and then ran across the midfield, ready to receive the ball.

But as soon as Podolski received the ball, he was tackled by Beckham.The referee blew the whistle in time, did not give a card, but awarded the ball to Bayern.Seeing this scene, the Real Madrid fans were naturally unconvinced. They all thought it was a good goal and should not be a foul.

It has to be said that the most impressive thing about Beckham is his handsome face, but no one has ever said that he is feminine and sissy.After coming to Real Madrid, he is the one who gets the most cards every year, and getting a yellow card in every game is commonplace.Players who came out of the Premier League, if their style of play were not a little tougher, would have been scrapped long ago, and after staying with a villain like Keane for a long time, Beckham has long learned to give people a bad start.

Sure enough, after Podolski was tackled by Beckham, he began to pay attention to not dribbling too much.Every time the ball reaches his feet, it will be sent out before Beckham comes up to press.

Van Bommel originally had a good idea. It is impossible for a single midfielder to protect the entire front of the penalty area. As long as two players cooperate, they can easily dribble into the penalty area.But Capello had expected this a long time ago. With a wave of his hand, the midfielder started a fierce press.

From the beginning of this game, he was making a fuss in the midfield. Gago is still very immature. Capello naturally knows that his task in this game is too heavy, and he has long thought of a way to share it with him.Both Beckham and Raul are not weak in stamina. The two of them kept pressing in the midfield, which made it difficult for Bayern's offense to pass the halftime. Carlos on the left was inserted into the midfield from the beginning. Also took on the task of defense.And Guti has been staying in the opponent's half, as the offensive core of the frontcourt, helping Gago share the organizational tasks.

This is equivalent to giving Gago part of the defensive task to the midfielder, and the last fatal pass to Guti.In this way, Gago's mission is not as serious as imagined.All he needs to do is to defend and organize as usual. The only thing that changes is that he is the hub that controls the team's offensive and defensive transitions. He must know how to change the team's rhythm in an instant.

It's not like Gago hasn't played this kind of formation before. In his previous life, he always played as a single midfielder, relying on his outstanding anticipation ability to read the game and send the ball to the fatal place in an instant.So when Capello first let him play this position, he didn't show any strangeness. The reason why it took a long time to hone was because the whole team didn't cooperate with him tacitly.

In this game, Gago felt that he had been liberated. In the past, Real Madrid had always played double midfielders. Although their defensive ability was enhanced, Gago always felt unfree.What he likes most is to stand alone in the midfielder position, and in this area, control the entire game.

The difference between a double midfielder and a single midfielder is "freedom".

Now Gago feels that he is completely liberated in this formation, as light as the weight on his feet has been removed.He simulated everything in the entire stadium in his mind, and his super predictive ability clearly perceived the opponent's ball path.

Van Bommel didn't force the attack of Beckham. He passed the ball to Lahm on the right, then accelerated past Beckham, received the ball from Lahm, and was about to turn around when his feet were empty. The ball is gone.

How is this going?

He turned around and saw that the long-haired Gago intercepted his ball and sent it to Guti in the front court with a long kick. The Fourteenth Master sent the ball to the right without stopping.Just now, Ram jumped in to attack, and this side was completely empty. Higuain, who had seen the gap long ago, received the ball without any hindrance in this position, turned around, and shot.

The action is complete.

If it weren't for Kahn's concentration enough, I'm afraid Bayern would concede a goal in the opening 5 minutes.

Although Higuain's goal was saved, Kahn looked very angry. He yelled at Van Buyten and asked him why he didn't go up to cover and let the opponent shoot easily.

"Oh oh oh, it looks like we will be honored to see a wonderful attacking battle at the Bernabeu. Real Madrid had a shot on the goal frame in the first 5 minutes. The Argentine teenager Higuain completed the shot. But this attack was too sudden. The ball was still at Bayern's feet. In just two or three seconds, it arrived at Higuain's feet and flew in front of Bayern's goal. If it weren't for Kahn's bravery , Real Madrid will get off to a fantastic start.

What the hell is going on, let's take a look back in slow motion? "

Following the narrator's words, the big screen at the scene and the TV in the box began to replay the attack just now.

Redondo in the box looked at the replay on TV as if he couldn't believe it. He saw Van Bommel and Lahm hit the wall and passed Beckham. When they were about to catch the ball, Gago suddenly appeared and took the lead. After breaking the pass, it was sent directly to Guti's feet without the slightest delay, and the Fourteenth Master sent it to the right. Higuain stopped the ball and volleyed it within three seconds.

"It's so beautiful. This attack is really beautiful. Gago judged the path of the ball in advance, the pass after the interception, then Guti's cross, and finally Higuain's shot. Such a short time , The three completed an attack. Although this attack did not have a subtle coordination, the absolute speed made the entire Bayern defense line unresponsive. Such a simple and efficient attack, this is the beauty of speed!"

After the commentators at the scene watched it back, they came up with gorgeous and beautiful rhetoric dedicated to the Real Madrid players on the field.The short two-foot pass just now sent the ball to the hole that Lahm inserted. After Higuain stopped the ball, he directly faced the goal and could take a shot calmly.

"This kid, his ability to read the game is already on fire."

After watching the replay, the chubby Bosque in the box looked at Gago in amazement. He is one of the few Grand Slam champion coaches in football in the future.As a bystander, of course, he can see the flaws in the operation of Bayern's lineup, but what is rare is that Gago on the field is also aware of it at the first time, and makes the most correct pass in an instant.What's even more rare is that he didn't directly pass to the gap where Lahm plugged in, but passed it through Guti. Not only did he avoid Lahm who was not fully plugged in, but he even confused the entire Bayern defense line. They thought they were going to attack from the middle.That's why Van Buyten didn't fill the gap in time.

"This kid is the core that you said can control the operation of Real Madrid in the next three years."

In the box, a tall and thin old man with glasses looked at Gago and asked Ye Luo beside him.

"kindness."

"For him, I'm afraid it doesn't take as long as three years."

This tall, thin old man is called Piri.

"I underestimated him."

Redondo said something, then turned his head and squinted at Gago on the court again.

On the field, Gago once again relied on his own prediction to intercept a ball that Schweinsteiger wanted to stuff into the penalty area, and then directly distributed the ball to the right.Beckham parked the ball in a very comfortable position, had time to carefully observe the opponent's defense, and then kicked a cross.

Beckham's crosses have always been erratic and have a large arc, but they can land precisely where he wants.Van Nistelrooy, whose cooperation with Beckham was exposed, immediately ran to the point where the ball fell.He has been marking Van Buyten and immediately provoked him in advance, trying to clear the ball.

But he didn't hit the ball where he wanted it, instead he pushed the ball directly into his own penalty area.

Seeing this scene, Beckham smiled disdainfully. If Lao Tzu's cross is so easy to be destroyed, then why should I play football.

Ruud van Nistelrooy was naturally not polite in the face of this big gift, received the ball 11 meters before the penalty area, turned around and volleyed.

But at this time, Kahn, who saw something bad, jumped out directly.

I have to say that although the Lion King is old, his prestige remains undiminished.

Van Nistelrooy didn't hit the ball well and went wide of the goal.

(End of this chapter)