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Chapter 237 Tactical Analysis
"Atlético Madrid have just beaten Valencia 1-0 in the league and are now leading the La Liga standings. They only need to win two of the remaining three La Liga games to win the La Liga title. So we can't count on them. I will be distracted by the La Liga game, and the next round will definitely be a tough game for us." In the conference room, Blanco started with these words.

"Before the last round, I said that Atletico Madrid's ability to be the leader in La Liga and eliminate the thriving Barcelona in the Champions League is not because of the strength of their players, but because their tactics are very trendy. Their Both offense and defense have relatively complete and clear tactics, oppressive defensive structure, sharp and crisp counterattacks, and impressive positional battles. These all constitute their basic tactical routines. But in the last game, among you Some people still underestimated the enemy, which also caused us to be passive almost the whole game."

Blanco refused to admit that his tactical arrangement was wrong, and some players below were unhappy.

Blanco ignored their little emotions and started to play the game: "Let's revisit the last game together and see what Atletico Madrid did, and what we did."

After everyone watched the game quietly, Blanco began to explain: "Atletico Madrid has never had a clear advantage in ball possession this season. In the last game, you can see that, except for the second half of the game, they Except when the ball possession rate has increased when we need to attack aggressively, the ball possession rate at other times is about the same as ours."

"Their counterattacks are very sharp, and their ability to consume blood is very strong. They can not only play defensive counterattacks, but also attack the city from the position. Of course, their good defense does not mean that they will only shrink the penalty area and simply shorten the team. Shape and formation. Their continuous pressure on the opponent in the high position is a key to the stability of their defense. If they can put enough pressure on the opponent in the high position, the pressure on the defense will be much, much less. "

"Look at this place," Blanco apparently asked the staff to edit the game video, and now he played a small clip, "This ball, they started a one-on-one press near the center line, and We only had three people in this part, and no one could respond to the ball, Hao had to pass back."

"Here, I'm sorry that you have been a negative example again. You didn't put enough pressure on their central defenders in the high position, allowing Miranda and Godin to hold the ball comfortably. You see, they almost easily dribbled the ball into the 10-meter range. No one is going up to force you, Hao, you have no desire to step forward and interfere here."

Shi Hao stuck out his tongue in embarrassment.He is really lazy on defense, which has been criticized by the media for several seasons.However, because his offensive firepower is too strong, everyone doesn't care too much.

"Look at this ball. At this time, Felipe has basically advanced to our 30-meter area. Hao went to stare at Godin to prevent Felipe from passing back. Bryce should have stepped forward to block Felipe, but Bryce, you're still unimpressed here."

Matuidi looked down.

"Look here, they are pressing us with the coordination of the midfielders and cutting off our short passing paths. Atletico Madrid's most common method is to play in a high position, one striker against one defender, trying to let the opponent's winger or full-back be in. The winger takes the ball, then the winger goes forward to grab the ball, the striker cooperates with the winger, cuts off his return route to the defender, and takes possession of the ball. This video clearly shows their thinking."

Everyone watched attentively, and Shi Hao also felt that he had gained a lot from his experience of playing against the front midfielder in these two games.

"Atlético Madrid like to let the opponent's ball move to the side, so that they can arrange enough numbers on the side, and use the number to create a large trap area of ​​their own. Watching this video, it is very clear Reflecting that, this trapping area keeps us from being able to use it, again limiting our ball options on the wing."

"The strong midfield and backcourt linkage ability is a major measure for Atletico Madrid's defense to make up for their lack of personal ability. Even if they have a gap, they can still make up for their mistakes by filling in vertically and horizontally. Look here," Blanco said. Pointing to an area on the video, he circled it with a highlighter, "This is the area where they had a hole. At that time, Hao plugged in and seized the gap. But Godin and Miranda filled the position too quickly. Destroyed the ball when the rest of our players came to meet it."

"Look at their set-pieces again. After the set-pieces, they had a number of players jumping back into their half-court to prevent us from making a quick counter-attack. It was the discipline of Atlético Madrid, they played in The discipline is quite good this season, even better than Barcelona, ​​the discipline of a team is very important, they can reach the current level, and their discipline is inseparable."

The Paris Saint-Germain players nodded.In the game, they felt this very deeply. It looked like a good counterattack opportunity, but Atletico Madrid's players were able to execute defensive tactics efficiently and wiped out the Paris team's counterattack opportunity.

"Look at their attacking. Atletico Madrid can use the wings very flexibly to make a fuss. It can even be said that most of their attacks are initiated from the wings. Their attacking ideas are very diverse, and the full-backs are theirs. An important support point. Felipe and Juanfran may not be very famous, but you also felt in the game that their offensive ability is no less than that of any giant team in Europe."

"When they play positional warfare in the frontcourt, you pay attention to this video. Look, the central midfielder first forms a triangle attacking area with the full-back, winger, and winger. Then the winger gives way to the fullback. The conditions for imbricate assists, and then the winger or central midfielder hits the gap on the wing through a short pass or a long pass, and the fullback forms an assist. Watch this video again, this is the final offensive routine for scoring in stoppage time ,Is it this way?"

"It should be noted here that although Atletico Madrid's full-backs have strong assisting ability, they cannot maintain a double-assist full-back mode. When one full-back steps forward to assist, the other full-back needs to retreat to defend the midfield. Look at this video, Juanfran went up, you pay attention to Felipe's position," Blanco circled a piece, "Look at this paragraph again, when the attack fails and retreats, a full-back needs to be the first Three central defenders. Look, Juanfran returns to the defense, and Cork is responsible for retreating to the wing to make up for the gaps of the full-backs and realize the construction of three and a half central defenders."

Paris Saint-Germain's offensive players suddenly realized, no wonder they always felt that there were too many opponents when they counterattacked.

(End of this chapter)