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In the history of football, I am afraid that no team has been so addicted to the el ez system like Argentina. (hand) (hit) (bar) (www.() ()

The so-called el ez means 10 in Spanish. In football, it represents the No. 10 player who connects the midfielder and forward, which is the attacking midfielder in the traditional sense.

As early as 1928, a reporter named Polocto wrote in a magazine called Sports Illustrated: A child with a dirty face, unruly hair, and eyes that reveal intelligence, wandering, and cunning. , eloquent, and with a shining gaze, which reveals a gangster smile, but there is no change in the mouth, which is full of small teeth, as if the bread left yesterday will fall off if you bite it. of.

He regarded the child he described as a spiritual statue of Argentine football, and the character and characteristics of the child he described, until later, the emergence of Maradona, completely made all Argentinians completely Admired, and naturally, Maradona has become a symbol of Argentina's football spirit.

They may be stuck in a quagmire, but they have never lacked the pursuit of this type of player.

From Maradona to later Ortega, Dallisandro, Aimar, and even Veron, Riquelme and others, Argentines have been tirelessly looking for their own football spirit. The successor is the new No. 10 player.

However, whether it is Ortega, Dallisandro or Aimar, or Veron and Riquelme who have achieved success and certain achievements in Europe. In the end, they were unable to satisfy the football spirit in the hearts of all Argentines because they were unable to shoulder the responsibility of the No. 10 jersey.

The world of football has changed, and the traditional No. 10 midfielder can no longer gain a foothold in the current football system.

The Argentine national team has the same style. Through the cooperation of the three-man team, they quickly move the ball to the frontcourt, and then hand it to the frontcourt players to get the ball to complete the final pass. You still have to force a breakthrough. This style of play relies heavily on the core, just like Argentina relied on Maradona back then.

The famous Argentine coach Menotti once described the Argentine football culture in this way.

Argentinian players always want to hit the ball every time they get the ball. And win the game, but things don't always happen the way you want them to in football. Football is like life. Scoring goals is like true love. , in life, you cannot get up at 6 o'clock every morning to find your true love, because love can be encountered but not sought. You can only prepare for love and then wait for it to come, but cannot go Look for it!”

The same is true on the football field. You always have to do well in other aspects besides scoring, such as passing the ball, and then wait patiently for the goal to come. But once our players get on the field,

He is always impatient to find his true love, so we need a number 10!

However, with the changes in modern football, the traditional No. 10 midfielder has completely withdrawn from the stage. Even a player as strong as Riquelme cannot gain a foothold in the European League, which proves that the decline of the traditional No. 10 is inevitable.

This trend is also affecting the Argentinian league. River Plate, the traditional No. 10 processing factory, has been relegated. This also represents a serious disconnect among the No. 10 players in Argentine football. There is a lack of connection between their forwards and midfielders. . The reins on their players were broken, and everyone began to run like wild horses.

Maradona does have an outstanding understanding of football. He clearly grasped the problems of Argentine football, so he repeatedly rejected Riquelme. He wanted to transform Argentina and transform this Pampas Eagle. The reliance on the el ez system has been completely eliminated, making the traditional attacking midfielder completely a thing of the past.

At this point, Maradona is definitely worthy of recognition, but this symbol of Argentine football failed to transform the national team because he failed to give up the traditional attacking midfielder. Argentina has found a playmaker who can bring stability and order to the midfield.

In the end, Maradona had to compromise on this situation. He chose to gamble, play a tactic of almost 415, completely hand over the midfield to Mascherano, and then let Messi return to the center, but Messi's responsibilities Not No. 10 in the traditional sense.

However, such a reform ultimately failed, because Mascherano could not cover such a large area in the midfield alone, and although Messi was excellent, he was also unable to shoulder such a large responsibility alone because he was not Mara. Dona!

After Maradona, both Batista and Savilia want to reform Argentina, but the results they have been able to achieve have been limited. A very important reason ultimately lies in the midfield!

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Yang Cheng has been studying Argentina for many years. Since the World Cup in South Africa, he has already mastered a series of problems and shortcomings of Argentina. At that time, the scouts of the German national team also conducted a series of studies on Argentina.

In 2010, after Yang Cheng took charge of the German national team, he asked his think tank to start tracking and studying the top teams around the world. He almost wanted to treat every top team as the next game. Study their opponents and study them thoroughly. Once they actually encounter them, they will be more confident.

Therefore, the German national team has already made up its mind from the beginning on how to play Argentina.

Savilla still played 433 in this game, with goalkeeper Romero, the defense being Rojo, Federico Fernandez, Garay and Zabaleta, and the three midfielders being Maschera. No, Banega and Di Maria, the front trident is Aguero, Messi and Lavezzi.

The offensive ability of the frontcourt trident is indeed astonishing. Among them, Aguero and Messi are both players who rank very high in the number of goals scored in the European League, plus a puller who has already been tempered in the Serie A. Vic makes Argentina's Trident so luxurious that it's coveted. Moreover, there are top forwards like Tevez and Higuain on the bench.

Yang Cheng's arrangement for this game is somewhat similar to 433, but the player positions are different.

Goalkeeper Neuer, the defense line is Lahm, Badstuber, Hummels and Jerome Boateng. This defense line is the best defense line in this World Cup so far. A goal was conceded, so almost all media around the world were full of praise for this defensive line.

But Yang Cheng clearly knows that the German team's defense is an overall defense. Relying on the back-and-forth cutting tactics of the fan-shaped defensive system, he did not directly expose the defense line in this game, but arranged the defense line to be responsible for Argentina's trident.

Argentina has no attacking midfielder. Mascherano protects the defense, and Banega is responsible for sorting it out, but his position is also relatively deep. Di Maria is more active on the wing, so Yang Cheng arranged three midfielders for this game. Sven Bender is responsible for stationing behind the Argentine trident, especially behind Messi. interception zone.

Specifically arranging such a deep-lying midfielder, Yang Cheng's intention is actually to let Sven Bender follow Messi when he retreats. He believes that with Sven Bender's ability, he will be able to complete his arrangement well. task.

Bastian Schweinsteiger is responsible for watching Banega, and Toni Kroos is in a higher position. A direct threat to Mascherano.

On the left and right flanks, Thomas Muller is on the left, pressing up to pester Zabaleta, while Podolski is positioned deeper and retreats into the midfield. Help defend Di Maria, while Gomez is at the forefront, responsible for targeting the two central defenders Federico Fernandez and Garay.

In addition to such one-on-one targeted arrangements, Yang Cheng also made the defense line closer and smaller than usual. He knew very well that as long as Thomas Muller could entangle Zabaleta. Argentina will lose a lot of wing threats. Once the defense shrinks and guards the penalty area, forcing Argentina to pass the ball, their offensive threat will lose the biggest threat.

Suffocate Zabaleta, suppress Argentina's midfield, force Argentina to follow Messi's retreat route, and then let Sven Bender entangle Messi. In this way, the threat of Argentina's frontcourt attack will be greatly weakened and will Get chaotic!

At the same time, Yang Cheng allowed Argentina's two central defenders to take the ball, but as soon as the ball came out of the central defender's feet, the German team immediately started to press step by step, forcing Argentina's ball path to not operate smoothly and effectively advance.

The situation of the game seemed to be going according to Yang Cheng's plan. From the beginning of the game, Argentina was very contained, especially their midfielder, who was unable to effectively move the ball because the German team's three midfielders , coupled with Podolski, who always retreats to support the midfielder when there is no ball, he can always arrange a defensive line between Argentina's midfielder and the trident.

Once the connection between the midfield and the frontcourt is severed, Argentina will have to follow Messi's retreat route.

It wasn't until the 13th minute that Argentina had a threatening opportunity to pass the ball into the German team's penalty area. It was Messi who got the ball after retreating and used his personal ability to break through Sven Bender. Under the pressure, he just passed the ball into the penalty area, but Lavezzi's response was late, and Neuer decisively struck out to win the ball.

Yang Cheng has been observing the situation very carefully since the start, constantly adjusting the team's defensive layout, especially to contain the Argentine midfielder. In addition, Sven Bender's position is deep, so Messi once To retreat, you must move diagonally away from the goal and go to both sides to get the ball.

But in this way, Messi's threat has been greatly weakened, and the German team's shrinking defense can always effectively ensure the quality of defense in the middle, thereby stabilizing the situation.

After stabilizing the situation, the German team began to consciously prepare for a counterattack.

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Toni Kroos is a very smart player, at least everyone who has seen him play will think so.

The position assigned to him by Yang Cheng in this game was actually the attacking midfielder, and his defensive tasks were not heavy. He was responsible for harassing Mascherano, the defensive focus of the Argentine midfielder, but he also had the responsibility of instigating the offense.

But it has to be said that Mascherano is a very good defensive midfielder. Tony Kroos failed to take advantage of him even a little bit. In several battles, Mascherano's The situation at his feet made the German midfielder sigh inwardly, No wonder the boss said. This guy is as difficult to deal with as a dog-skin plaster!

After losing the ball, Toni Kroos also entangled Mascherano immediately, delaying Argentina's counterattack. Then Argentina's Lavezzi made a pass from the right, but Hummels in the penalty area steadily Cleared the ball out of the baseline, corner kick.

Toni Kroos ran back quickly, sweating profusely and looking very stressed. At this moment, Ram came closer.

The boss just said to seduce Mascherano to the right side!

Tony Cross was stunned after hearing this. Looking towards the sidelines, Yang Cheng made a coded signal to him, telling him to go to the right side to get the ball. Let Podolski participate in the defense in the midfield, and this is obviously an adjustment change made by Yang Cheng after observing the situation.

Why?

Toni Kroos was a little confused, because he had always played in the middle, why was he suddenly asked to move to the right?

Soon, Toni Kroos noticed a phenomenon, that is, because the German team suppressed the Argentine midfielder, Banega and Di Maria were positioned closer together in order to shorten the distance from the front trident. on, but Mascherano did not dare to leave his defense line, causing the distance between the two sides to become slightly longer.

Mascherano is the kind of player with outstanding personal abilities. Not to mention defense, it is almost difficult to break through him one-on-one, so under normal circumstances, it doesn't matter if the distance is slightly larger.

As soon as he thought of this, Tony Cross immediately understood what Yang Cheng was thinking. Pull away Mascherano!

After thinking about it, Tony Kroos knew what to do. When the German team launched an attack again, Tony Kroos ran to the right side of Mascherano and raised his hand to ask. Podolski The ball was quickly given to his feet.

Toni Kroos's movement is very smart and his position selection is very interesting. He chooses an area that cannot be covered by defenders, which is relatively close to Mascherano, but if Mascherano wants to defend, he must leave the center.

But this time the latter seemed a little hesitant and did not leave his position. Toni Kroos turned around after getting the ball and passed the ball to the feet of Gomez who was pulled from the center to the right. The German forward was extremely fast. , as soon as it stopped and pumped, the ball went straight to Argentina's goal like a cannonball.

Romero performed very steadily this time and saved the ball steadily, which made Gomez complain greatly!

When he shot just now, the angle was blocked by Garay. If it could be wider, he could have shot this shot!

But this attack also reminded Argentina that if Toni Kroos is allowed to take the ball here, the degree of danger is not high, but the defender cannot be allowed to grab it, even if the left back Rojo is allowed Go up, but if Podolski goes down and Toni Kroos passes to the wing, it will be a direct cross.

Gomez's intimidating power in the penalty area is no joke, so Toni Kroos is quite a threat when getting the ball in this area.

The two sides fought fiercely back and forth. After the missed moment just now, Mascherano also began to realize the threat of the thin-looking German in front of him. Therefore, when he saw Tony for the first time ?When Klos pulled to the blank area on his left to get the ball, he immediately chose to pounce on it.

If according to the usual practice, as soon as Mascherano leaves his own area, Banega should immediately return to the front of the defense to protect and fill Mascherano's gap. However, when the distance between them is too long, Banega There was also a lack of sufficient awareness to help defend and fill positions. As a result, after Mascherano left the center, no player could fill the vacuum. This immediately exposed a hole in the front of the defense.

After Toni Kroos got the ball on the right, he did not fight with Mascherano and hit the edge of the penalty area.

The ball almost ran in the opposite direction to Mascherano. As soon as the latter reached the vicinity of Toni Kroos, the ball passed through him, almost parallel to the penalty area line, and passed directly to the top of the arc.

Because just now Gomez ran to the right to meet and almost scored a goal, so this time when Gomez ran to meet Toni Kroos again, Garay also followed, leaving only Fernandez. Defense in the middle.

When Thomas Muller quickly sprinted from the left along the edge of the penalty area towards the top of the arc, Fernandez also wanted to grab the ball, but Thomas Muller took the initiative and was faster. After getting the ball, he made a diagonal pass. Dribbling the ball into the penalty area.

This time the speed was not high. After entering the penalty area, his body was just right to get rid of Fernandez who was attacking.

Both Garay and Mascherano immediately realized something was wrong, because they felt they had been tricked, so they immediately rushed from the right side, but when they noticed Thomas Muller again, the powerful German scorer He had already raised his right foot and volleyed against the ball!

Mueller!!!

The on-site commentator also shouted his name loudly the moment Thomas Muller took off his feet.

The ball went in!!!

Echoing the roar of the on-site commentator were the cheers and cheers of countless German fans in the audience, as well as countless German fans waiting in front of the TV at this moment. They must be cheering for the German team in the 24th minute. Be amazed and excited about getting ahead.

The live TV footage kept replaying the scene where Thomas Muller got rid of Fernandez and volleyed with his right foot. The ball went between Romero and the right post and into the goal. The whole scene was In the process, except for Fernandez, no Argentine even came back in time to help defend.

In the final analysis, Argentina's overall formation is still too loose, especially in the midfield. It is always difficult to disconnect between Banega and Mascherano, especially when Banega switches from offense to defense. At that time, there was not enough time to get back to the front of the defense and help Mascherano!

We hit this point twice in a row. Savilia must learn a lesson!

But the German players ignored them all. They all rushed out of the stadium excitedly and celebrated on the sidelines as the team finally broke the deadlock, 1:0! (To be continued)

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