green winger

Chapter 386 Baseline Shot!

After capturing the same ambition as himself from this unfamiliar teammate, Kenny knew that McPhail would pass the ball to his feet no matter what, unless he wanted to continue waiting on the bench for Yaoyao An indefinite opportunity, waiting for Alan Smith and others who were far ahead of him in the sequence to make mistakes.

Kenny, who had figured everything out, immediately acted as soon as McPhail started. Although his pressure increased suddenly after Zidane and others retreated halftime, for Kenny, he still had a way to make him Exercise yourself in an applauded position.

No one is perfect. Carlos has his weaknesses, and Makelele also has his own weaknesses that cannot be concealed.As a typical engineer midfielder, his role in Real Madrid is irreplaceable in this game, but it is precisely because of this that he relies too much on the French iron waist in defense, so that Makelele has no choice Too much self-improvement, he has too many tasks to undertake!

For a long time, although Makelele could not break forward and shoot, he played a very strong endorsement for the practical engineer midfielder.In the future, the departure of Makelele will cost the Galaxy Battleship, a team that focuses on offense and light defense, a terrible price.In the Premier League, Makelele had a huge impact on the rapidly rising Chelsea that year, and his position was therefore named "Makelele's position".

At the same time, with the passage of time, a defensive midfielder who is good at steals and short passes has become a must-have player for coaches, which also made many later players consciously emulate him.For this reason, Liverpool introduced Mascherano, Arsenal used Alex Song, and Tottenham even tried to let the physically outstanding Zokola sit at the back. This type of player has become more and more popular.But Kenny, who is familiar with the development of history, knows that like all popular trends, the golden age of engineer midfielders will not last forever, because it has its own fatal flaws, and now Makelele is obviously not aware of it of.

As the legendary AC Milan coach Sacchi once said, deploying a defensive midfielder is a sign of vulnerability, a passive rather than an active approach: "In my football concept, the playmaker is the player with the ball. But if You put Makelele in, he can't organize the team. Of course, his tackling ability is very good."

Sacchi's remarks were once interpreted as a spit and sophistry about the scarcity of Makelele-type players, because many coaches at the time wanted to follow suit, but they soon discovered that they had no suitable players to do so. .Even if you can make players adapt to new roles, players in each period have their own characteristics, and it is very difficult to force them to change.As a coach, there is no doubt that doing so will bring a lot of performance pressure, so the best choice is to develop strengths and avoid weaknesses, rather than blindly pursuing and imitating.Makelele is an expert player, he is good at reading the game, so he can constantly improve his position.A club like Ajax would make all youth teams use the same tactical system as the senior team, so that players can adapt to specific positions from the age of 15.Therefore, developing this type of player cannot be done overnight.

Coincidentally, as early as when Cruyff returned to Barcelona as a coach in 1988, he let the 17-year-old Guardiola switch from the wing to play an organizational midfielder at that time.What's interesting is that Cruyff's No. 1 choice in this position at the time was Liverpool's Jane Morby. It was only because of Barcelona's attempt to introduce Morby that Guardiola was able to come to the fore.

"Guardiola can control the ball quickly and then pass it out quickly. He can pass the ball well so that his teammates can make a difference." Cruyff said such wise words at the time.So under his training, the young Guardiola quickly became the core figure of the dream team established by Cruyff, and won the European Champions Cup in 21 at the age of 1992, until he left Camp Nou in 2001 At that time, Guardiola was a key member of the Barcelona team.

Later, when Guardiola coached Barcelona, ​​his first thought was to let Mascherano serve as a midfielder, but soon he promoted Busquets from the Barcelona second team.Because he has already been inspired by his mentor Cruyff many years ago, Guardiola believes that Mascherano can slow down the pace of the game like Makelele, but Busquets can pass the ball quickly after getting the ball Organization, which is more suitable for Barcelona's pass and possession tactics.Under such circumstances, the success of Guardiola's Barcelona and its iconic ball possession tactics has to a certain extent contributed to the emergence of the organizational midfielder period.

There was a saying in ancient Rome: prevention is better than cure.

This sentence is confirmed in football theory: possession of the ball is better than counter-attack.

So overnight, deep midfielders like Pirlo and Modric became proficient pass organizers.

All this is because today's football is more about possession, and many teams use playmakers in the deep position.These teams widen the distance between the centre-backs, encourage the full-backs to play forward, allow the playmaking midfielder to drop back to get the ball at any time, and provide many passing spots around him.At the same time, more and more teams are beginning to adopt an oppressive style of play in the midfield, which is one of the reasons why the "Makelele" position is gradually disappearing.

Therefore, Kenny is actually very aware that Makelele's defense is strong, but he can get rid of it relatively easily without the ball. After all, this is football. Kenny can do whatever he wants without the ball, and the defense alone Makelele, who is not good at pressing, can only defend passively, and is ruthlessly led by the nose by Kenny!McPhail's churning of wind and rain is enough to make this French iron waist restless!

"McPhail took the ball and pushed forward. The Leeds United substitute showed a sharp edge. In front of him was Elguera who made a fatal mistake not long ago. The Spanish central defender also realized The immediate threat, he did not choose to grab, but determined to stick to his position. This is not good news for McPhail, if he can successfully mobilize Elguera, then he may still have a lot of good news Small chance, but now."

A commentator looked at McPhail's behavior like a moth to a flame and said in a regretful tone.

"Boy, come on!" At this time, Elgla was also irritated by the Leeds United who rushed straight up. He did not allow anyone to underestimate him. That accidental mistake did not prove anything!
But at the next moment, something happened that stunned everyone. McPhail, who was not optimistic at first, made a breakthrough in an instant, while the Spanish central defender was still standing there stupidly, looking devastated. look!
It turned out that at the moment when the two came into contact, McPhail, who had been preparing for a long time, released his big move. He first used his left foot to suddenly pull the ball behind his foot, and retreated a considerable distance to the rear.Seeing such a situation, Elguera's eyes flashed with pride. The actions of the Leeds United players in front of him obviously proved his own ideas. In his opinion, unless he made a mistake, how could it be possible for these Leeds United players to surpass them with their strength? Own?

Of course, Elguera still maintained a little rationality in his complacency. He did not step forward immediately, but then McPhail used his right foot to pull the ball to the side and rear again. Such two consecutive pulls not only Let him completely get out of the defensive range of the Spanish central defender, and let him have enough space to adjust and pass the ball calmly.

Seeing this, Elguera couldn't bear it any longer this time, he had already planned to spend the last bit of time, seeing McPhail's repeated weakness, he suddenly rushed forward.Elguera knew that if he could successfully grab the player and launch an attack, then maybe this would be an excellent opportunity for him to make up for it!So in a moment the Spanish central defender's negligible vigilance was instantly overwhelmed, but he didn't know that all of this was in McPhail's expectation.

I saw that at the moment he was mobilized, McPhail suddenly used his left foot to dial the ball to the outside. At the same time, he also jumped sideways towards the Spanish central defender, and he completed the accelerated escape!
"God! What did I see! At this most critical and fatal moment, Elguera was actually made a one-on-one breakthrough by the little-known Leeds United substitute Mike Phail! This is the second time Before that, I am afraid that no one would have thought that the always reliable Elguera would become the biggest shortcoming of Real Madrid in this game! And there is no doubt that McPhail has become a hero in the eyes of Leeds United fans. It is a very good opportunity! There is only goalkeeper Casillas left in front of him. This is a good opportunity for him to become famous and announce his return to the world!!!”

"McPhail managed to confuse Spanish centre-half Elguera with two back-to-back pulls! It was an astonishing performance! It was fantastic!"

"This is a wonderful one-on-one, and it is also a wonderful psychological game between the two players! In this UEFA Champions League final that may go down in history, Spanish defender Elguera became McPhail's most brilliant moment background, and he will be remembered by the demanding Real Madrid fans because of his poor performance! Of course, if there is a choice, he would not like to be remembered in this way!"

Almost in a moment, there was a brief silence in the noisy commentary booth in the stands of Hampton Park Stadium, but it was followed by crazy roars in various languages, and it was less than 2 minutes before the end of the regular time of the game. At this time, this tug-of-war that was about to enter overtime turned into a major turning point again!How can this not make people exclaim and not make people crazy?

Seeing McPhail's successful breakthrough, the Real Madrid players were shocked. Hierro and others, who were slightly behind Elguera, had no time to reprimand and complain about Elguera's mistake again, so they could only rush forward immediately and wanted to make another final At the critical moment, even the goalkeeper Iker Casillas rushed out again without hesitation.But at this time, McPhail's next move made all Real Madrid players fall into the abyss.

"Can Hierro stop McPhail's fatal blow!? The Real Madrid captain has completely ignored the danger of his possible injury, and rushed towards McPhail frantically. He wants to use his head to drive Leeds away. Man's shot! He's crazy! He's crazy!"

"At the same time, Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas also rushed out. This is a resolute attack! In this final as a substitute, he has been pierced twice by his opponent. Obviously, he will never allow such a situation For the third time! Can these two players from Real Madrid successfully stop McPhail!?"

"What!!!??? What!!!??? McPhail! This player who came off the bench and achieved a miraculous effect did not choose to hit the goal directly. He gave up a possible history of Leeds United and will be remembered forever Remembering the opportunity, he gave up this great honor! McPhail chose to pass the ball! Facing Hierro's struggling to block and Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas' attack, he turned the ball to the left with ease Pushed out!"

"This is a deadly position! God, no Real Madrid player can appear here in time, but again, this is an almost impossible task for Leeds United players! But! It is Kenny !Number 9! Loris Kenny, wearing a Leeds United retro jersey, appeared in this most threatening place! How did he do this!? Is he a superman!? Is he a superman from Italy! ?”

"He is surrounded by at least two Real Madrid players! How did he do this!? Makelele! This French iron waist fell behind Kenny, and the Brazilian Carlos He fell to the ground even more exhausted! How did he do all this!? No matter what! Kenny’s timely appearance made McPhail’s pass like a stroke of magic! This is simply an amazing tacit cooperation. Did they really only have one head-to-head match?"

"Kenney successfully intercepted the ball in front of the baseline! Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas had no time to return to the defense, and Makelele was barely there! Kenny tapped the ball lightly with his right foot and made a After the adjustment, he directly chose to shoot!! The ball flew towards Real Madrid’s goal in the eyes of thousands of Leeds United fans! We can clearly feel the momentum accumulated in the entire stadium at this moment! The ball is scored !!Goal!!! No.809 minutes!!! Leeds United overtook the score again!!!"

(End of this chapter)