princely elegance

Chapter 4 The Core of the Past

Gago originally wanted to rely on his organizational ability to connect the team's midfield in order to fight against the world's top midfielders on the main side, but after halftime, the lack of tacit cooperation declared his failure.

But this matter, no wonder he, no matter how talented a tacit understanding is, it can't be solved in a short time.It took Zidane half a year to integrate into the team at Real Madrid.

Although Gago feels that he is not bad, but there is no virtual space such as infinite space, which allows people to increase their proficiency infinitely. The unnatural thing that can command the entire team freely in a day or two only exists in the starting point novel.

Having figured this out, Gago decided to go it alone. Seeing that the main team led by three goals, the defense line was a little loose.Directly dribbling the ball forward, Gago used his personal ability to tear apart the defense line several times, so as soon as they saw him dribbling the ball again, several people in the midfield immediately started to act.

Guti came up to meet him head-on. After several previous observations, the Fourteenth Master already knew that it was impossible to break the ball from Gago's feet with his own ability, so he didn't do it rashly.He just stood firmly in his position, making it clear that if he wanted to pass the ball casually, if he wanted to break through, there would be no door!

However, Gago didn't feel any pressure on Guti's position. Facts have proved that no matter how hard the Fourteenth Lord tried, his defense was still a scumbag of 5.Going forward with the ball, Gago directly used his speed to eat it raw, but at this time, Gago's position had left the center and moved closer to the left.Beckham saw that Gago had entered his defensive range, and had just broken through Guti, the ball was a bit wide, and he made a sliding tackle directly, trying to intercept the ball.

However, Gago showed his excellent ball control at this time. He dunked his right foot and pulled the arch of his foot back, avoiding Beckham's side tackle.Then he rushed towards the penalty area along the left side close to the center. At this time, Robinho opened up the gap for him very well, and took Ramos away from the left front of the penalty area.

At this time Emerson rushed up again, but now he is not the same as he was in Rome and Juventus. The jaguar, whose peak period has passed, was broken by Gago's light emergency stop and change direction.

At this time, Gago had already reached the front left area of ​​the penalty area. Ramos, who was supposed to defend this area, was restrained by Robinho. Seeing this, Cannavaro immediately made up for it.At the same time, Elguera stood behind him to prevent Gago's bottom cross.

Seeing the new World Footballer of the Year approaching, Gago observed the situation in the penalty area. Robinho and Higuain were entangled by Ramos and Carlos, and the chances of passing the ball were not very good.And Cassano wandered around the top of the arc in the penalty area, and beside him was Emerson who came back to defend.At the back, Marcelo has already advanced at high speed, ready to meet his pass.

Gago didn't have any fear in the face of Cannavaro. He directly hit the ball with his right foot on the penalty area line and broke through near the bottom line.At this time, Robinho also came over to respond, and it seemed that he was going to do a two-for-one cooperation.

"Sure enough, it's the bottom."

As soon as Elguera saw Gago's movements, he knew that his judgment was correct, so he went straight to meet him.Prepare to close the door with Cannavaro and seal Gago.Let this ignorant kid know how powerful the world's top central defender is.

Seeing that Gago had entered the encirclement, Cassano threw off his former teammate Emerson and advanced in the middle, ready to respond to Gago's cross.And Higuain is also ready to occupy a strong position, ready to outflank the first point.

But at this moment, before Cannavaro and Elguera closed the door, Gago suddenly stopped.Instead of continuing to break through, he cut inward along the penalty area line towards the middle, and at the same time observed Casillas' position.It was found that he seemed to stand closer to the left in order to prevent Gago's shot after the breakthrough on the left.

Just now Emerson dutifully chased into the penalty area after being thrown off by Cassano. This made the defense in the middle suddenly vacant, and he could break into the penalty area at any time.Seeing Gago's inward cut, he secretly screamed badly.Hastily turned around to block Gago's breakthrough.

But unexpectedly, Gago did not continue to break through, but shot directly while running.The kick came with his dominant right foot, so it was a high-quality kick, heading straight into the top right corner of the goal.Although Casey reacted quickly and flew to hit the ball, the ball floated out of an arc, avoided his left hand, and got into the dead corner between the post and the beam.

"Good."

Seeing Gago's goal scored, Higuain rushed over happily and hugged him, then Cassano and Robinho who were close also surrounded him and celebrated together.

Cassie reluctantly picked up the ball from the goal for the first time, and kicked it to the midfield with a depressed kick.

At this time, Capello on the sidelines was a little surprised. The decisive forward attack just now reminded him of Redondo.

In 1996, Capello took over Real Madrid for the first time. He established Redondo as the core of the midfield and used a 4-1-3-2 formation, allowing the Real Madrid captain at the time to carry the banner of offense and defense in the midfield alone.And Redondo did not live up to his expectations. He connected Real Madrid's front and back courts alone, allowing Capello, who entered Real Madrid for the first time, to lead the team to win the league championship and the Copa del Rey.

At that time, every time Real Madrid was in a stalemate, it was Redondo who took the ball forward and broke through the opponent's defense. At that time, the peak era of the Argentine prince also began.In the next four years, Real Madrid with Redondo as the core won two league titles and two Champions League titles.Real Madrid won the title of "the best club of the twentieth century" with an undisputed advantage.

After Capello's thoughts returned from the memory, he looked at Gago and rearranged the formation for next season in his notebook.At the same time, Gago's name will be written on the starting lineup for the next round.

At this time on the court, kick-off had already started again, and the main team that had been breached felt very angry, and launched an attack again to win the game.It's a pity that Gago's performance just now boosted the morale of the substitute side. Diarra and Garcia are both well-known defensive champions, and they used all their means to start sweeping the midfield.It makes it difficult for the main team to break through and pass the ball.There is no advantage in the midfield, and the forwards naturally don't get much chance.

Gago's super anticipation ability splits Guti, who is the most threatening pass, into the main formation. Every time the ball is passed to him, he either intercepts it in advance or destroys it.No matter how Guti breaks through this time, Gago just won't let the ball pass.Guti is the front midfielder on the field, and the offense on the field is basically initiated by his passing. Once he is blocked, the connection between the main midfielder and the frontcourt will be broken.

The efficiency of Beckham's long pass alone is still too low.As a last resort, Raul withdrew and began to take the ball more instead of Guti, and then shot himself or made the ball for Ruud van Nistelrooy in the penalty area.However, the target of this defense is obvious, and neither side will have any good opportunities in the next time.

After the assistant referee on the field blew the whistle to end the first half, Gago could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.After the end, he took a bottle of water and drank it. At this time, Marcelo and Higuain surrounded him and began to talk about his goal just now.

"Fair, that one of yours just now is really beautiful. You played three players in a row in the midfield, and your dribbling skills are no worse than those of the forwards."

Marcelo praised Gago exaggeratedly, while Higuain was a little embarrassed.

"Watermelon, don't worry, not every one-handed goal can be scored."

Knowing that Higuain was blaming himself for wasting the wonderful pass just now, Gago said indifferently
"Yes, if you feel guilty, score two goals in the second half and tie the score."

Marcelo comforted him "kindly", but what he said made Gago and Smoking Gun turn their eyes white.Based on the situation in the first half, it would be nice if they scored another goal.In the second half, the defense against Gago must be strengthened. With their team's tacit cooperation, I am afraid they can only parry and have no power to fight back.

And at this time, Diarra and Robinho from their team came together, and Gago and the others naturally would not refuse.The five people talked about the tactics for the second half. Under Gago's deliberate effort, after a while, the five people were already talking and laughing.

At this moment, Capello called everyone together again and said something that made the five of them collapse.

"In the second half, Phil and Robbie, Diarra and Ferreira, David, Antonio swap!"

"Damn, we were ruthlessly torn apart, and the tactics couldn't be implemented."

After Xiao Ma heard this, he cursed directly in Gago's ear.But he didn't dare to speak loudly. Capello, the iron-fisted coach, has a great reputation, and no one who confronts him will have a good end.Even the extraterrestrials Ronaldo and Beckham were firmly pressed on the bench by him. With him as an unknown person, if he dared to speak too much, he might be immediately banned indefinitely.

Gago didn't dare to say a word, changed into a yellow vest, and started to stand on the court.After changing three players, the formation changed immediately. 4-2-3-1, this is Real Madrid's main formation this season, with double defensive midfielders protecting the midfield, and three avant-garde and center forwards are responsible for scoring goals.

After the kick-off, Gago and Diarra passed through half the game, at least they were no strangers to each other.Although the black and tough Diarra's offensive ability is not good, his defense is probably in the top three in Real Madrid.All of a sudden, Cassano's ball was broken and passed to Gago.

Gago is not sticking the ball anymore, after all, it is not a single midfielder formation.He began to use more passes to connect and organize the midfield. He knew that the biggest problem for Real Madrid this season was the chaos in the midfield. He was bought to take over Zidane's position and sort out the midfield.But the current Gago is not as good as Bald Qi. At that time, Bosque sacrificed half a season to help Bald Qi integrate into the team.

Gago does not believe that Capello will sacrifice the second half of the season for him, not to mention that he is "Redondo II", even Redondo won the core position of the midfielder after two years in Real Madrid.

In the next half of the game, Gago tried his best to organize Real Madrid's midfield, but after all, it was the first time, everyone was not familiar with him, and he made some mistakes in passing and receiving the ball.But it doesn't matter if there are mistakes, the most important thing is to adjust your style of play as soon as possible in order to integrate into Real Madrid's formation.

Capello on the sidelines saw Gago's performance and nodded slightly. Although after Gago came on the field, the midfielder's offense was not as smooth as when Emerson was there, but it was just a matter of coordination. As long as there is more time, it will be natural That's it.Capello is satisfied that Real Madrid's midfield is no longer so chaotic after Gago joined.

This season, because of Capello's relationship, Emerson, who Real Madrid has been chasing for two years, finally came to Real Madrid under his call, but it turns out that he is no longer the "jaguar" that Real Madrid fans have been looking forward to.His form and his slow frequency make people feel that he is too old, and the booing at home has never stopped.Even the players on the field began to doubt his core role as a playmaker, causing all kinds of chaos in the midfield.

Now that Gago is here, although he can still see that he is immature, judging from the halftime match just now, there is no need to question his talent.The Real Madrid generals also hope that he can grow into the second "Redondo", succeeding Zidane as the core of Real Madrid's organization.

"Fair, don't worry, you don't need to worry about his talent."

Raul in the front field saw Gago's way of organizing and dispatching, vaguely saw the long-haired captain he respected when he first entered the first team, and sighed inwardly.

(End of this chapter)