Mister Legend

Chapter 482

And when the news of Ronaldo's landing in Serie A was flying all over the sky, and the players of the Turin team ended their vacation early to prepare for the new season, the World Cup in Russia was still proceeding step by step according to the original plan.

After the eight games of [-] to [-], except for Spain’s penalty kick loss to the host Russia, the rest of the results were that the side that was favored before the game made the promotion, but from the situation on the field and the final result, People can easily find that the tactical style of world football has finally undergone considerable changes.

Since Barcelona used their unique Tiki-taka style of pass and control play to establish the Dream II Dynasty in the 2005-06 season, and Aragones brought it into the national team to further develop it, this kind of precise passing and uninterrupted The style of running to control the ball for a long time and indirectly creating space, supplemented by full-court pressing tactics to seize the ball as much as possible, has become the most popular and most outstanding player in the following years. a philosophy.

In the six years from 2006 to 2012, Barcelona and the Spanish national team (or it can also be considered as the group of top pass control masters who are in the golden period such as Harvey and Iniesta) have mastered this tactic to a high degree of proficiency. player), won a total of four La Liga titles, three Champions League titles, two European Cups and one World Cup. It is said that this period is a "Tiki-taka dynasty", and there should not be many people who will jump out to object .

However, there has never been anything invincible in this world. The ancient Roman legion, the Mongolian cavalry, and the Macedonian line of defense were famous things that were once considered invincible, and they all eventually became a mark in the long river of history.

After being suppressed by this close-to-limit pass-and-control style of play for six full seasons, led by Real Madrid, which has experienced four world-renowned coaches in Mourinho, Ancelotti, Benitez and Zidane , the rest of the top European giants have been studying how to fight against this set of playing methods that only Barcelona players can fully master in theory, and after their continuous efforts, another tactic that uses fast offense as the main body finally ushered in " The opportunity to seek to usurp the throne".

When Harvey, the master of the generation, announced his withdrawal from the national team after the 2014 World Cup in Brazil due to his inability to resist the invasion of the old man, and went to the Middle East to retire a year later, the tiki-taka tactics that impressed all fans back then finally ushered in Its downfall after its glory days.Barcelona and the Matador Legion have fallen into a trough. Since then, although the former can still maintain its dominant position in the league, its performance in the Champions League is disappointing. The limelight is completely overshadowed by the arch-rival Real Madrid; Although the latter was able to maintain a good performance in the qualifiers of the World Series, the situation of being eliminated in the first round of the knockout round twice in a row seems to indicate that they once again lost the demeanor of a top team.

Just looking at the situation in this World Cup in Russia, the players who got a super high ball possession rate ended their journey early, and the best results were only in the top 75.Spain, which averaged 72% ball possession per game, used its own pass to "play to death" itself in the game against the host; boldly reformed and changed the original comprehensive tactical style system into a more ball-holding defending champion Germany In the three group matches, the team averaged a high ball possession rate of [-]% per game, but in the end they only got a disgraceful bottom exit.

In addition, the teams that are good at possession of the ball, such as Argentina, Saudi Arabia and Switzerland, also look beautiful, but the actual harvest is not good.

On the other hand, after entering the quarter-final stage, the top four seeded players Brazil, France and Belgium other than England are considered to be the favorites to win the championship. Their players all have unquestionable technical ability. , if you want to control the absolute possession of the ball, this is not difficult for these teams at all.

But in fact, the Samba Army has the highest average ball possession rate of 58% in the four games they have played, but their performance on the field is also relatively the worst team.The European Red Devils' ball possession rate is only 55%, and the Gallic Roosters only get an average of 52%. He defeated the powerful Argentine with only [-]% of the ball possession time.It can be concluded from this that the rise of fast attack tactics seems unstoppable.

Especially in the next quarter-finals, Russia once again resolutely resorted to a defensive counterattack strategy, and once again forced the Croatians into a penalty shootout with 35% of the ball possession rate, although they still failed to win twice in a row. The counterattack was staged, but it also fully demonstrated to the world that when the opponent's overall strength is stronger than his own, facing the opponent's super pass control ability, it is completely possible to adopt a quick and concise offensive method to counter and even win.

What Li Mudi has been in contact with in Real Madrid in this life is also the football concept of this routine, and he has applied it to the two teams he coached. The achievements he has achieved can be said to be obvious to all. The confidence to overthrow the Juventus dynasty before.And the reason why he agreed to be the commentator of CCTV was only because he originally planned to watch a few key matchups live to see if he could learn something from them.Even after the training camp started early, every game will be watched on TV, and generally speaking, there are still certain gains.

From the analysis of the specific configuration, the French team is naturally the strongest in the quarterfinals, but their frontcourt combination does not have much reference value.Although after entering the knockout round, Giroud regained the starting center position with his strong bridgehead ability, but from a long-term perspective, the team's future striker combination will still be Griezmann, Mbappe and Dembele. A player with both speed and skill, this kind of combination is really rare, and it is not something that non-top giants like Turin can easily gather together.

Brazil and Belgium also mostly send three forwards, but in the latter's quarter-finals with Japan, they used 3-4-2-1 and then transformed into 3-4-1-2. In the position of [-], the double striker combination of Lukaku and Mertens is somewhat similar to the Italian international striker partner of the Red Bulls.So this European Red Devils, which finally fulfilled their own evaluation in the world competition, immediately became the key research object of the Turin coach. It just so happened that the opponent's coach was also a Spaniard.

The luxury of the lineup is not even inferior to the national team of a club like Huang Saren. Only the Brazilian team in its heyday has ever appeared before. Starting with 23 people, the Belgian team is not afraid of any other opponents.However, this talented team has never fully displayed its own strength in the previous World Series. Instead, it has exposed scandals of infighting several times, and has become the next team in people's eyes after the Dutch team. A strong team on paper that has never been able to stand on top of the world because of unity problems.

And former Swansea, Wigan Athletic and Everton coach Roberto Martinez, who has been little-known since the player era and has not had a particularly outstanding coaching resume after retirement, took over the coach of the Belgian national team in the 2016 European Cup After that, the European Red Devils really transformed into a top three super team in the world.Although the new coach lost 0-2 to his home country Spain in his first warm-up match, Martinez never gave up his plan to implant his philosophy of pursuing simple and fast offense into the team.

After two years of running-in, Belgium finally found its deadliest move before the start of the World Cup in Russia, which is to quickly insert multiple points in the counterattack at the same time, just like the shotgun formation in a rugby game. Everyone has It may be the final end point, or it may be just a transition point.The fast-moving pass and cut coordination makes it extremely difficult for opponents to defend. This style of play has caused headaches for all European teams in the past two years, and now it has become a problem for the entire world football.

Just wanting to play the essence of this kind of tactics will put forward extremely high requirements on the personal ability of the players. There are a few teams that can be so luxurious that they will have two of the world's top midfielders, Hazard and De Bruyne. There are good players like Carrasco, Mertens, and Januzaj in the organizer and wing assault, and there is a super terminal like Little Warcraft in front of the goal?As far as the current Turin team is concerned, it is naturally inferior in terms of lineup.

However, after the introduction of Andre Gomez, Nicolo Barrera and Bruno Fernandez, three young midfielders with comprehensive capabilities and impressive abilities (the oldest of them has not yet passed the age of 25) [-]-year-old birthday), Li Moody obviously has initially possessed the capital to copy Roberto Martinez's offensive tactics.

Moreover, after strengthening the strength of the defense, the performance prospects of the Turin team on the defensive end can also be ranked at the top end of Europe, which is very similar to the situation of the Belgian team.

So after the physical preparation stage of the training camp came to an end, the coaching staff of the Red Bulls began to increase the training items that were close to the tactical ideas of the Belgian national team based on the team's play style last season. In order to exercise the adaptability of everyone, especially the midfielders and frontcourt players, when the ball is running at high speed, and how to respond to each other through running positions.

Li Moody believes that after the previous "Tiki-taka dynasty" that ruled the world football completely ended at the Russia World Cup, in the coming period, the pursuit of Real Madrid, Manchester City, Liverpool and the Belgian national team "the world's martial arts can only be broken quickly." The offensive method of the concept is very likely to become the leader of the new generation.Coincidentally, he is also a believer in this kind of tactical thinking now. If he doesn't take advantage of this shareholder wind and whip his horse once, how long will he have to wait?
And the subsequent quarter-finals also helped some members of the club coaching staff who had some doubts about this to strengthen their determination to continue along this road to success.When facing the number one favorite to win the championship, the European Red Devils still relied on their super high offensive efficiency, tough With the help of excellent team defense and a little bit of luck, they eliminated the five-star Brazil and advanced to the semi-finals, tying the best result in history.

Although in the semi-finals, the Belgian team lost 0-1 to the top favorite France, but in the eyes of most people in the industry, this is not because they are not as strong as their opponents.The reason for the loss, in addition to the active recovery strategy used by Didier Deschamps, which limited Belgium's best high-speed attack, Roberto Martinez threatened the opponent's goal several times with the team's cross tactics. He even replaced Fellaini, who played as a guest center, with self-defeating martial arts, which caused the pressure on the French team's defense to drop sharply, and finally withstood the opponent's onslaught and kept the fruits of victory.

In addition, the state of several Belgian stars except for Hazard is very average in this game, which is also one of the reasons for the unfavorable attack of our side.Moreover, they got 64% of the data in terms of ball possession rate, which is considered a relatively normal result under the general rule that the side with the ball possession advantage will lose in this World Cup.

However, this defeat cannot conceal the highlight performance and historical status of the strongest European Red Devils in history in the past two years. Although they missed their country's first championship, they have an excellent youth training mechanism and a large number of absorbing physical fitness. The measures taken by the descendants and actively sending domestic excellent seedlings to star processing factories such as France and the Netherlands for training, and then being introduced by many Premier League giants, all these measures have created the country's current extremely brilliant football momentum and bright future Future prospects.

If Tianchao can settle down to learn one or two of them, I believe our football level will also be improved to a certain extent, unfortunately...

In the next three or four decisive battles, the Belgians did not disappoint the fans who supported them. Facing the three-meow army, which returned to the semi-finals after 28 years and was extremely optimistic about the future development trend of many people, it can be said that it was bloodless. With a 2-0 victory, they killed this strong opponent for the second time in this tournament, refreshing their country's best record in the history of the World Cup.Throughout the game, the European Red Devils with better passing and control ability only got 42% of the ball possession rate, and the number of shots was less than that of their opponents. However, with their efficient and quick counterattack, people are still convinced of their victory.

Interestingly, the Belgian national team has been jokingly called the "Second Premier League Team" by many people because of the many international footballers playing in the Premier League.As a result, it was this second team that blocked the deity from creating the second best result in history, which made British football somewhat embarrassing.

In the final held on the second day, the law of ball possession rate determining the outcome was still continued. Even though the Croatian midfielder led by Magic Flute and Rakitic controlled nearly two-thirds of the ball on the field, it was still in Muhammad. Under the impact of the speed of the new generation of French attackers such as Bappé, they failed to take advantage of too much.Although there seems to be some controversy in the first two goals of the Gallic Rooster, in general, Deschamps' team is still the stronger side. In the eyes of most people, this result is still normal.

Eight years ago, the Spanish team created a dynasty belonging to Tiki-taka with almost extreme pass-and-control tactics; The outside world is widely optimistic about the success of reaching the summit; and in Russia in 2018, the concept of football is based on the theory expressed by Lao Tzu's famous saying "The Great Way is Simple", allowing the simplest and most violent speed flow to stand in front of people's eyes.

Although the future development trend is likely to be a process of transformation from simplicity to complexity, at least in the next one to two seasons, reduce ball possession, seize the backcourt space created by the opponent's forward pressure, and The tactical thinking of speed and multi-point response directly to Huanglong will become the mainstream of world football, and it is also very suitable for a team like Turin that is always in the challenger position.

After watching the journey of this World Cup at close range, Li Moody has a new understanding of the use of this style of play. After returning to the club, he hopes to clear his mind as soon as possible and apply it to the team to serve the new team. The outbreak of the season provides more boosting effects.

(End of this chapter)