Football: After listening to the advice, I became the strongest free man.

In this defense, Vazquez's positioning was too important. Zidane threw two right backs on the back line.

According to the initial position, Vazquez is the right midfielder; but his retreat is so strong that it is actually equivalent to adding a left back to the team. Is this a 4-4 position or a 5-3 position? Bit, I can’t tell clearly.

This conservative defensive method has actually been used throughout Zidane's entire coaching period. The outside world always said that Valverde next door would turn 433 into 442, but little did they know that this is actually one of the most commonly used defensive ideas.

In theory, it is true that relying on frontcourt pressing to replicate the passing and controlling system of the Guardiola era is the dream of all teams pursuing passing and controlling; but how difficult is it to achieve that?

Zidane gave up pressing in the midfield and adopted this kind of defensive strategy that was separated from the front and back. It is true that he could not prevent the opponent from advancing, but he could also invest heavily in the frontcourt and rely on the backcourt to retain players and limit the opponent's counterattack. .

It is a very typical case of the midfielder giving up the press and shrinking the back line, but in the end, it organized the opponent's fast break shot.

That season, Real Madrid's opponents' counterattacks accounted for 8.11%, ranking second in La Liga; however, only 2% of these counterattacks resulted in shots, which was the fifth lowest in La Liga.

In contrast, Enrique's Barcelona has a net defensive time of 3.07 defensive confrontations against the ball holder per minute (second in La Liga), making it one of the teams that emphasizes pressing the most in La Liga; however, they allow their opponents 2% Counterattacks all result in shots, which is the third highest in La Liga.

This is actually a choice you must make when the defensive resources at hand are not in place - the paradox of rushing and defending has been perfectly solved over the years by Atletico Madrid and Liverpool.

So we all admit that Real Madrid's defense in the 16-17 season was not good, but we can't blame it too much.

Hidden dangers are hidden dangers after all. If we don’t face them, they will explode.

If you read the previous article carefully, this conclusion has basically already been drawn.

In the 16-17 season, Real Madrid actually still exposed many problems. Unfortunately, I don’t know if Florentino considered renovating the stadium and did not make targeted supplements after the season.

Instead, important players were let go one after another. As a result, not only were the hidden dangers not resolved, but new crises emerged.

First of all, Real Madrid's midfield defensive hardness problem has always existed, and as Modric ages and Cross's condition declines, there is even a clear trend of intensification.

Secondly, the decline of the dual-core midfielder combined with the traditional combination of midfield and backcourt, the final result is that Real Madrid loses the ball more frequently in the backcourt, and the threat of opponents catching mistakes and counterattacking on the spot is naturally greater. This has been the case in the past two years. Year is also very obvious.

Once again, Real Madrid made the mistake of letting go of several important players in the team, especially Morata. As mentioned earlier, the team's offense relies heavily on crosses. Before the second half of last season, Benzema was always used to staying outside the penalty area and engaged in so-called "support". In fact, the team's passing and control resources were sufficient to control the ball. When hitting the area around the penalty area and the opponent repeatedly recovers it, the fixed contact point in the penalty area is more important than anything else.

However, Morata, who is the best at this in the team, was given to Chelsea.

Economic value aside, this is a three-lose deal.

At that time, Morata was second only to Cristiano Ronaldo in the team in terms of touches of the ball in the penalty area per 90 minutes. In the 17-18 season, Zidane did not trust Bale very much. As a result, Ronaldo was often in the dilemma of being alone in the opponent's penalty area.

What must be emphasized here is that the above-mentioned problems already existed when Ronaldo was there, and they were also highlighted in Ronaldo's last season at Real Madrid. However, Zidane pulled out Casemiro and played a shocking game against Paris. 442, and using metaphysics to protect his body all the way, he changed his destiny in the Champions League.

In fact, Real Madrid in the 17-18 season is already full of loopholes.

Looking at the history of the rise and fall of major top teams, it is not difficult to draw a conclusion: raising a team is like raising a car, it is easy to buy but difficult to maintain——

Building a good team costs money, and maintaining a good team is not cheap either...

2016 has passed by in a hurry.

The 2017-18 season is about to begin.

Big news - Neymar joins Paris with a transfer fee of 2.2 million, MSN goes bankrupt.

La Liga is in turmoil again this season.

Point 1: Can Real Madrid continue last season's form and defend the championship.

Last season, the five-time crown was won as expected, but whether a group of young talents such as Asensio, Vazquez, Isco, Ceballos, Kova, and Vallejo can take over Real Madrid.

Can Real Madrid create a new era based on its depth?

Whether they can defend the league and Champions League is also worth looking forward to. Barcelona's MSN has disintegrated, and how long the BBC can coexist is also a question.

Point 2: Barcelona is missing Neymar, although they have introduced Semedo, Violent Bird, and Dembele.

But how well does the team work together? More or less, Barcelona has declined. They lost in two rounds of the Western Super Cup. Can Barcelona play their cards well in the new season?

Has Barcelona ever stepped down from the altar?

As Xiaobai gets older in the midfield, Laji's form last season was up and down.

Busquets' condition is also worrying. The midfielder is not strong enough and the right wing is basically paralyzed. But the Kaiser returned, and Dembélé and Semedo joined.

It really gives hope to the winger.

The Violent Bird can give the midfield strength and is also a good addition to the offense when necessary.

Which position Roberto will play this season is also exciting.

The most anticipated DSM combination! ?

Point 3: Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid and Barcelona formed a three-nation situation in the past few years.

In the past year or two, with Turan coming to Barcelona, ​​Gabi, Godin, Forlan, Felipe and others have declined with age and cannot reproduce the iron-blooded defense of the year.

On the other hand, Real Madrid and Barcelona have more or less introduced some strong reinforcements, while Atletico Madrid has been unable to recruit due to violation of the ban and can only leave but not come in. There are scandals again in Gezi.

Torres is too old to play a fulcrum role.

Gameiro is not this type of striker, he needs speed just like Carrasco.

The frontcourt often needs to fight alone, and the midfielder cannot give much support.

And winter windows? Grid transfer? Beauty is back? ?

It’s all about the four points to watch: Sevilla, Biba, Espanyol, Eibar, Huang Qian Villarreal, and Valencia, which one can challenge the Big Three of La Liga as the fourth group army.

I am more optimistic about Sevilla, Valencia and Eibar. Last season, Wallen's distraction in the Europa League led to a serious loss of points in the league. Can he make a comeback this season?

Whether Sevi can enter the Champions League quarter-finals or even further, he fell at the feet of Fox City last season.

Biba has not given me many surprises as to whether veteran Adulis can lead the team forward, and it is also the team's tradition to only use players from the Basque Country. And can the team have more newcomers to lead the team forward?

And can Eibar, a small team that I personally think is good, get even closer?

Point 5: Derby and rivalry. Annual El Clasico. This season, whether Barcelona or Real Madrid, we are looking forward to it.

Madrid derby, Catalonia derby. His old enemies include Valencia, who took drugs when he played against Real Madrid, and the Spaniard, who took drugs when he played against Barcelona.