Super Coach

In a Real Madrid team filled with handsome men, David Silva may not even be ranked in the top ten.

He is not tall, only 1.7 meters tall and has a relatively thin body. He does not have an advantage in confrontation. However, he has quietly occupied a stable main position in the Real Madrid team with many strong players.

From the left winger when he first joined, he later added the task of cutting in from the left, and is now transferred to the right winger. David Silva has always used his almost incredible comprehensiveness to interpret an inconspicuous but yet and indispensable role.

He has exquisite skills, excellent speed, and quick movements with his feet, which means that he has excellent speed, direction and acceleration abilities, so he was originally selected as the left winger in La Liga's best team of the season on the left wing, but his passing The ball is also very good, with broad vision, strong ability to read the game, and strong organization and passing abilities.

At one time, Yang Cheng had a headache about the positioning of David Silva's role and had many interviews with David Silva. He felt that David Silva's style was a bit like Iniesta, but his He is faster than Iniesta and has better forward ability than Iniesta, but his organizational ability is not as good as that of Xiaobai, and Real Madrid does not have a role like Iniesta in the team.

In the end, Yang Cheng decided to pull David Silva to the right and let him act as a free agent in the right frontcourt. He can make moves according to the situation on the field. For example, when the team needs to attack, he can Press forward and organize the frontcourt from the outside, which is why he has so many assists; when the team is in a stalemate, he can drop back to support Xavi Alonso.

Yang Cheng very clearly told David Silva that his characteristics destined him not to be a midfield organizer, because Xavi Alonso, Pirlo, Carrick, and even Busquets and Asia Only players like Ya Toure can adapt to the current tactics and become a qualified organizational core.

Due to technical characteristics, body size, etc., it is difficult for David Silva to become such a player, so he should continue to take another route, which is to act as a promoter of the team's offense!

David Silva stopped the ball very well. As he consciously increased his interspersed running, his offensive contribution became more and more. Gradually, the attackers in the frontcourt also took a liking to him. Trust, knowing that he has no chance. Pass the ball to this little man, and he can often re-point an offensive direction for the team in the shortest time. Even David Silva himself said in an interview: He always has two lines of attack ready in his mind.

How much help will having such a player in the frontcourt help the offense?

Real Madrid's formation is said to be 4231, but in fact, with the tacit understanding of the players and the team's overall tactical proficiency, the positions and formations are no longer fixed. For example, Kaká, he and David Silva always have a tacit understanding. They maintain a certain distance, and it often happens that both of them appear in the middle.

Ronaldinho is said to be a left winger, but he often cuts inside and goes forward. He often switches roles with Villa during counterattacks and runs to act as an arrow. Maicon and Marcelo are also restless, especially Marcelo. Luo often plays the role of left winger.

The only more rigorous part of the team is the double midfielder. Xavi Alonso's position always remains in the middle, while Mascherano completes a wide range of coverage defense. Coupled with the double central defenders behind him, Real Madrid's key areas are Internal defense is guaranteed.

As more and more outstanding stars such as Kaká and Ronaldinho join Real Madrid, players including David Silva, Villa, Mata, Granero, Aguero and other players have been stimulated to a higher level. level.

This is normal. Training with the best players in the world every day, every player will improve unconsciously.

After repositioning his role and position, David Silva's contribution to the team has become greater and greater, but many times the players focus more on the goalscorers Kaká, Villa and Ronaldinho and others, or simply transferred to the playmaker behind Xabi Alonso, but ignored the role of David Silva between the two types of people.

Others don't know it, but Yang Cheng knows it, so he has always trusted David Silva very much and always entrusted him with important tasks, because he knew that David Silva would not let him down!

David Silva, 22 years old.

When David Silva stood at the penalty spot, the commentator on the scene was a little surprised when introducing him, because the 22-year-old David Silva has now played the main force in Real Madrid for 3 seasons. In other words, he was selected into La Liga's best team of the season when he was 19 years old, and he was also the best local player selected by Marca last season.

This is really not easy for a 22-year-old player who is often called a teenager.

Real Madrid's current lineup is very young. The first line is full of young players such as David Silva, Mata, Ozil, and Granero. This season, Parejo, Canales and Bueno also They have all had opportunities to play in cup competitions and have also played in the Champions League. Although they were tied with Zenit at home, it can also be seen that Yang Cheng has made great efforts to promote young players.

Yang Cheng said that David Silva is the deputy commander of Real Madrid and Kaká's assistant, but he also said that he is the offensive promoter of the team and a very powerful player. After Yang Cheng came to La Liga, he tapped and He was cultivated and hailed by the outside world as another top-level attacking midfielder.

Barcelona obviously attaches great importance to this indirect free kick and is very careful to defend it. It depends on how Real Madrid handles this attack and who will take the kick!

While the on-site commentator was talking, the referee had already arranged everything, walked to the area between David Silva and the penalty area, and blew the whistle for a free throw.

I saw David Silva take a deep breath, raise his left hand, run a few steps towards the ball, and hit a curved ball with a strong spin with his left foot in Barcelona's penalty area. It suddenly became a mess and turned into a scene of hand-to-hand fighting.

I saw several of Real Madrid's high points, including Thiago Silva and Ronaldinho, move backwards as soon as the whistle sounded, while Kaká and Ramos, who were in front, stood still. Ramos, in particular, blocked Pique behind and jumped high to meet the ball.

Ramos' position had already crossed the near post, and the possibility of hitting the goal was very small, so when he saw his move, Valdez's first reaction was to cross over and immediately shouted, Back point. !”

The ball rubbed Ramos' head, passed over the defender in the middle, and landed at the back point. Ronaldinho jumped up high and smashed the ball to the ground like a green onion, hoping for a rebound.

But Valdes was the first to react and stood still, but instead of catching the ball, he quickly moved his hands forward to block the ball and landed it in the penalty area.

But just when Puyol rushed over to clear the siege, a figure came from outside the penalty area and pushed the ball blocked by Valdez. The ball came from the right side of Puyol, Valdez. The left side of the ball got into the goal.

“ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!”

It's Marcelo!!!

Oh my God, at the critical moment, Marcelo came in from behind and took advantage of the melee in the Barcelona penalty area to score a go-ahead goal for Real Madrid. Real Madrid won 1:2 in less than 5 minutes. , even scored 2 goals to reverse the score!

Marcelo excitedly rushed out of the penalty area. He was jumping up and down on the sidelines with excitement, forgetting everything. Then he hugged Ronaldinho, Kaká, Maicon, David Silva and others who followed closely. Celebrating his goal.

If Barcelona's first goal came from Marcelo's mistake, then now the Brazilian left-back has made up for his mistake with a goal of his own! The TV was playing back the slow-motion action just now. , A very calm push. Valdes also made a fatal mistake. He should have saved the ball instead of blocking it.

1:2 Barcelona only took the lead for 2 minutes before being equalized. But just 5 minutes later, Real Madrid overtook the score. It was really exciting. Both teams played very proactively in this game. There is no conservatism at all, both Real Madrid and Barcelona are taking the initiative to attack, which is very rare nowadays!

After Barcelona conceded two goals in a row, all the players looked a little demoralized, because just after they scored a goal, when their morale was on the rise, they were suddenly scored two goals in a row. This blow and gap will definitely give them bring psychological impact.

The most important thing for Guardiola now is to adjust the morale of the players as soon as possible. Real Madrid has now overtaken the score and the morale is strong. On the other hand, Barcelona must get out of the shadow of conceding goals as soon as possible. Otherwise, with Real Madrid's current momentum, Barcelona will be very It’s hard to stop!”

The on-site commentator's position was very neutral. He obviously also represented the voice of the fans, hoping to see a classic derby of the century and a pleasing offensive battle.

If the fans want to see an offensive battle, then in the opinion of Cruyff in the stands, such a game pleases the fans, but at the expense of the head coach, because it represents a tactical failure. fail.

Tactics, to put it bluntly, are to restrict opponents and prevent them from scoring goals!

Barcelona's goal exposed Real Madrid's loophole, which is the hidden danger of left back Marcelo in the defensive system, but the two conceded goals also exposed Barcelona's problem, high balls.

The first goal conceded was Kaka's pass to Ronaldinho. Puyol missed the ball because he was not tall enough. If he had been as tall as Ronaldinho, the ball would have been blocked. The second goal was conceded. The ball is also a problem of high ball defense. Pique cannot suppress Ramos and Puyol cannot deal with Ronaldinho, which results in a melee in the penalty area.

Of course, this is not to say that these are the only flaws of the two teams, but the three goals exposed these problems of the two teams.

But in Cruyff's view, this game is pushing Barcelona towards an increasingly unfavorable situation.

Why?

The reason is simple, Barcelona's rhythm is controlled by Real Madrid!

In Barcelona's midfield and frontcourt press, Real Madrid used its skillful passing and receiving coordination to try its best to pass the ball quickly. In order to seize the ball, Barcelona had to run. Ibrahimovic was pressing in the frontcourt. The lack of enthusiasm forces Barcelona's other players to invest more in this.

Okay, you don’t have to run too much, but as soon as Real Madrid’s pass is blocked, it immediately passes to Ibrahimovic’s defense zone. Anyway, the Swede hardly runs or defends closely, passing to Ramos and Thiago Schier. Watt is the safest, and then passes out from the feet of the central defender to reorganize.

This is equivalent to encountering a deadlock. If you don't run, the ball will be controlled by Real Madrid and the rhythm will be lost; if you run, the more running, the more physical energy will be consumed. Especially after taking the lead and being overtaken again, every player will be anxious. Wanting to regain the situation, everyone began to run wildly without sacrificing physical energy. The waste and consumption of physical energy was very serious.

What are Real Madrid doing now?

Walk the monkey!

Ironically, the Barcelona player who is best at playing the monkey-walking game is now the monkey being walked, running around and bumping around like headless flies.

If Ibrahimovic had switched to running more and pressing Eto'o, who was more active, or even Bojan, the situation in this game would not have been so bad. But now... I should have thought of it a long time ago, Bachi! Cruyff shook his head and sighed bitterly.

What comes to mind? Assistant Bucky asked.

How is it possible for a 1.95-meter giant to be as flexible and closely guarded as a 1.7-meter dwarf? Cruyff sighed deeply. He felt that it was not just Guardiola who was guilty of this matter. Wrong, he himself was mistaken.

Ibrahimovic's height is what Barcelona needs, but it is precisely his height that has become the biggest obstacle for him to integrate into Barcelona!

In fact, it is not only Ibrahimovic, Henry is also not active in pressing in the frontcourt. On the contrary, Pedro from Barcelona's youth training is better in this regard, so Henry's situation this season is not very ideal. Regarding Barcelona's strong The call for promotion of youth training is getting louder and louder.

Do you think there is no need to play this game? Bach asked with a frown.

Cruyff looked at Yang Cheng on the sidelines, and then looked at Guardiola. Both of them were standing on the sidelines, but Yang Cheng stood quietly, while Guardiola was commanding and shouting frequently, and it seemed like The latter was a little impatient.

No, football matches don't rely entirely on tactics, especially this kind of strong dialogue. Real Madrid can't let Barcelona have no chance in a game. The key is whether Barcelona can support Real Madrid's offense and grasp the opportunities created by itself. opportunity, if we can do it, then the game will still be played!”

Although they have successfully overtaken the score, Real Madrid are still very dissatisfied with the current situation. They are still launching a crazy attack on Barcelona, ​​almost overwhelming Barcelona.

After the tragedy of conceding two goals in five minutes, Barcelona quickly stabilized the situation, because every Barcelona player knew very well that as long as this situation was sustained, there would still be a chance, but once Real Madrid was defeated If it is defeated, everything is over.

No Barcelona player is willing to see Real Madrid win for three consecutive seasons, especially after experiencing two 0:5 defeats last season. They are all holding their breath, but they have not been able to find one for the time being. An effective way to suppress Real Madrid's offense.

Facts have proved that when Real Madrid pressed out to attack, they mostly advanced through the two wings, and then completed the offensive process from the wings to the center in the frontcourt. In this case, Alves was forced to He went back to be his right back and guarded Ronaldinho, giving Marcelo a lot of opportunities to attack forward.

In the 22nd minute, Marcelo dribbled the ball into the Barcelona half and passed the ball to Ronaldinho. The Portuguese leaned on Alves, cut inside with the ball, and went straight into the penalty area. Villa grabbed the point in front of the goal and was blocked. Valdes saved the ball and turned it into a corner kick.

Xabi Alonso's corner kick accurately found Ramos at the front point, but the latter's header hit the post and went off the baseline.

3 minutes later, after stealing the ball in the midfield, Xavi Alonso made a precise diagonal pass and passed the ball behind Puyol and Alves. Ronaldinho quickly passed Puyol and Alves. After Sri Lanka got the ball, he drove straight into the penalty area, but as soon as he entered the penalty area, the linesman raised his flag to signal that the Portuguese was offside, and he missed a single shot in vain!

The slow motion shows that Ronaldinho's start was indeed a little early and offside.

But soon, Real Madrid was on the right, with Maicon, Mascherano, and David Silva completing a continuous wall-hitting collaboration. The ball penetrated Barcelona's defense very quickly, and Maicon in the penalty area. Entering the penalty area from the right, a low pass was made. Villa's volley shot was missed. The ball hit the crossbar and bounced back into the court. David Silva stepped in and shot. , the angle was too right and Valdez was confiscated.

After a break, Real Madrid launched a round of crazy attacks, but although Barcelona defended in a very awkward manner, they still did not allow Real Madrid to seize the opportunity, especially since their three lines were all relatively compact and firmly protected the goal. It will also be difficult to break into.

Yang Cheng also realized that it was dangerous for the team to be unable to attack for a long time, and strongly asked the players to stabilize the situation first and not to be too aggressive, but in the end Barcelona seized another opportunity.

In the 36th minute, Real Madrid, which had been attacking for more than ten minutes, showed a flaw. Puyol suddenly stepped forward, stole the ball in midfield and passed it to Iniesta, but he chose to continue to rush forward.

Xiaobai took the ball and turned around, and was about to start dribbling the ball forward, but after Mascherano came over, he intercepted the ball accurately and knocked the ball away, but the ball fell to the feet of Busquets behind Xiaobai. The player was immediately transferred to Harvey.

After Xavi got the ball, he ignored Mascherano who was rushing towards him, made a diagonal pass, and transferred the ball to the left side, passing it to Henry.

Henry dribbled the ball on the left and cooperated with Messi who came over to support him. After passing Maicon in a one-two, he passed the ball from the left side of the penalty area and passed the ball into Real Madrid's penalty area.

Ibrahimovic rushed to the forefront. When the Real Madrid players quickly returned to defense, their attention was focused on Ibrahimovic, but they did not notice Puyol who quietly inserted behind him. When the ball landed at the back point, Almost unguarded, Puyol headed Thiago Silva's cross into Casillas' goal, 22!

The ball went in!!!

Puyol! 22! Barcelona finally tied the score!!

A very quick counterattack, Real Madrid finally paid the price for their reckless advance. Yang Cheng has obviously warned his players, but in the fierce game atmosphere, the players' emotions have been difficult to control. Barcelona caught it So far in the game, we have had one of the few opportunities to score a goal and equalize the score!”

Now the two teams are back on the same starting line!

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