rpbooks Chapter 857 The Invincible Inter Milan
Chapter 857 The Invincible Inter Milan
Chapter 857 The Invincible Inter Milan
Real Madrid's training has always been carried out in Valdebebas.
As the Champions League final approaches, the training of Benitez and the coaching staff has gradually undergone some adjustments.
For example, began to add more small-scale group confrontation training, as well as key offensive routine drills.
Everyone knows that for Real Madrid to play against Inter Milan, their offensive ability will be a crucial part. How to defeat the enemy is the key factor in the final victory or defeat. If they cannot break through Inter Milan's defensive system, then Real Madrid will undoubtedly lose this battle.
In addition to offense, defense is also a link that Benitez attaches great importance to.
Judging from the situation this season, Real Madrid's defense is not reassuring.
The number of goals conceded in the second half seems to have stabilized a lot, but in fact the team's defense is still not reassuring.
Or it should be said that compared with Inter Milan's reinforced concrete defense, Real Madrid's defense is really average.
Then the question arises, if Inter Milan's defense cannot be broken in the frontcourt, what if the time is too long and the defense makes a mistake?
This is not alarmist talk. Real Madrid has made countless defensive mistakes this season, especially set kicks.
There are gains and losses, this is a matter of team selection.
For example, the central defender, because Pepe was injured, Benitez reused Ramos and Vermaelen, and gave up Metzelder. This will inevitably lead to the team's weakness in defense against high balls, but the team's defense's recovery speed and overall mobility, as well as the ability to play the ball have been considerably improved.
It depends on how the team chooses.
Do you want Metzelder's air superiority, or something else?
For a team at the level of Real Madrid, there is basically no problem with the quality and ability of the players. The key lies in the trade-offs.
Of course, no one is perfect, and the combination of Ramos and Vermaelen is not stable enough.
This is also normal, you can't ask a central defender to go up and dribble frequently, without allowing him to make mistakes.
It's as if no one can ask Yang Yang to grasp every scoring opportunity created by the team.
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After the small-scale group confrontation training, Benitez arranged a half-court four-door group confrontation, that is, four small fans were placed in the half-court, and the opposing sides defended two goals each.
The range is small and there are many goals, which requires players to improve their concentration on the court, and at the same time try to increase the speed of passing and receiving the ball.
Benitez's requirement for the team is to pass and receive the ball quickly, try to control it within two feet, and try to transfer as much as possible, using the advantage of passing and possession to pull Inter Milan's defense.
Real Madrid has an advantage on the two wings. Yang Yang and Robben have considerable deterrent and attack power on the two wings. Benitez means that both wings fly together to create articles through the wings, and the center is completed by Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the world's top center forward, and Sneijder.
Yang Yang is no stranger to the team's tactics, but he is somewhat worried.
Inter Milan must know what Real Madrid wants. Mourinho knows Benitez, Yang Yang, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Robben very well. He will definitely not let Real Madrid create an obvious advantage on the wing.
If Inter Milan simply let go of the sideways and imprisoned Yang Yang and Robben on the sideways through defense, how would the ball return to the center?
Judging from the current situation, Mourinho must still play with four backs and three midfielders. The center will be a dense area for their defense. If Yang Yang and Robben are both restricted to the side, it will be difficult to penetrate the center.
Yang Yang also raised this question to the coaching staff at the team's tactical meeting, and this is also a headache for everyone.
To some extent, if Inter Milan is strictly guarded against death, Real Madrid really has no good way.
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The last training is the half-court offensive and defensive training.
The players showed their best after a period of adjustment.
Yang Yang also scored a world wave in training, which won cheers from his teammates and coaching staff.
Entering the end of May, Madrid ushered in the summer heat, and every player was sweating profusely after training.
After the players have undergone relaxation training, it can be regarded as the end of a day of training.
Yang Yang, as usual, took the ball and the personal trainer assigned to him by the team, and ran to the side for extra practice.
With something hidden in his heart, Yang Yang seemed somewhat absent-minded. The coach who accompanied him also saw that he had something on his mind, so he didn't dare to disturb him. After all, Yang Yang seemed kind on weekdays, but after all, he was the number one star in the team. As long as Yang Yang said a word, he had to leave in minutes.
This uncomfortable atmosphere was finally broken by a sudden sentence.
"What's going on? Are you in trouble?" Zidane walked over with a smile.
He dismissed the personal trainer and accompanied Yang Yang to train by himself.
Seeing Zidane coming, Yang Yang stopped practicing at all, and directly asked him to sit down in a place where no one was around.
"I heard that you are getting married?" Zidane asked with a smile.
Yang Yang immediately became depressed, "That big mouth told you?"
Zidane laughed, "The whole team knows."
"I knew that this guy couldn't tell him any secrets." Yang Yang scolded Ibrahimovic angrily.
The Swedish center has a bold and uninhibited personality, speaks and does things as he pleases, and can't hide any secrets at all.
"Are you worrying about this?" Zidane asked with concern.
He noticed that Yang Yang was a little absent-minded during training.
Yang Yang shook his head, "It doesn't matter to me at all, I can marry Su Ye anytime, you know."
"That's..." Zidane nodded. He knew Su Ye, a very beautiful Chinese girl who was a perfect match for Yang Yang.
"I was thinking about playing Inter Milan in the final." Yang Yang replied, "You said, like this, can you play through Inter Milan's defense?"
"It seems that you have no confidence in the team's offense." Zidane said, he did not mention Benitez, but the meaning is clear.
"I think Mourinho must be ready, and may even have dug a hole to wait for us over there."
Inter Milan's tactics can be said to be very rogue, which is to focus on defense and counterattack.
The most troublesome part of this style of play is that their defense is solid, and as long as you can't penetrate their defense, as long as you reveal your own flaws, the opponent will immediately seize the opportunity to counterattack.
Barcelona is dead on this point!
Is there any problem with this style of play?
Of course there is, and it's huge.
Whether it is Mourinho's Inter Milan or Benitez's Liverpool, they have played very average in the domestic league.
Of course, now that Serie A has fallen, Juventus and AC Milan lack combat effectiveness, so Inter Milan can dominate Serie A, but in fact, Mourinho’s team still cannot come up with effective countermeasures when facing the defensive counterattack of domestic league teams.
The same is true of Benitez's Liverpool back then. The Champions League swept thousands of troops, and the dialogue between the strong and the strong is also remarkable, but the league results are not ideal. Why?
Because the league relies on offense!
In the face of the defensive counterattack of the middle and lower teams, you have to press out and come up with a highly feasible offensive system.
Barcelona is very stable in the league because they have a nearly BUG pass and control system. This is not an offensive tactic at all, but a system that combines offense and defense. If I can't break you, I will pass you to death!
Now, Real Madrid has become Barcelona, but without the support of Barcelona's passing and possession system, Inter Milan continues to play the role it is good at. This is a very scary thing.
Yang Yang's worry also comes from this.
"You're absolutely right." Zidane nodded. "Although most outsiders are optimistic about us, thinking that we are playing at home and have superior offensive power, but in fact, this game is still [-]-[-]. We don't have any advantage."
Yang Yang agrees with Zidane's judgment very much.
"Mourinho's defense has been sublimated by Inter Milan this season and has reached a new level, especially in the second round against Barcelona. After the whole game, Inter Milan only passed 68 passes, one less than the opponent, but they kept the zero to one."
Yang Yang admired Mourinho's tactical arrangements and on-the-spot command in this game.
"Of course, we are different from Barcelona. We certainly have no way to limit Inter Milan to that extent, but you must know that our stability is not as good as Barcelona. This will inevitably bring about a whole new problem. What should we do if we make a mistake and are caught by the opponent?"
Benitez also made a plan in this regard, and when that time comes, he can only further strengthen the offensive.
But the problem is also here. For Inter Milan, whether you increase the offensive or not has no effect on them, because how they should defend and how to defend, as long as you can't crack their defensive system, even if you push all eleven people to the front line, there is still no solution.
"Professional football has been developed for so many years, and such teams appear almost every year. Do you still remember the zero-to-zero match between Juventus and AC Milan in the Champions League final?" Zidane asked.
Yang Yang nodded, of course he remembered.
"It's dull, it's not good to watch at all, but on a tactical level, neither of them can do anything about the other, and they are forced to decide the victory with a penalty kick, isn't it?"
Yang Yang understood what Zidane meant. Inter Milan was like Juventus and AC Milan back then. They advocated to put themselves in an invincible position through solid defense, and then find ways to defeat their opponents.
Of course, if they can't beat their opponents, they don't mind ending the game [-]-[-].
It is said that Mourinho has been rehearsing penalty shootouts, and it seems that he is preparing for both hands.
"This is the charm of football. A team is strong and has all kinds of advantages. It presses the opponent to play, but it can't score a goal. Instead, it was attacked once by the opponent and lost the game. This is professional football. Many fans are familiar with the legend. That's how it came about."
Hearing what Zidane said, Yang Yang suddenly thought of it. Zidane studied under Jacquet in the French national team, and he also paid attention to the concept of solid defense. France won the World Cup and European Championships with this method.
And Zidane has also played for Juventus for a long time, deeply influenced by Lippi and Italian football.
When Yang Yang was still savoring Zidane's words, the French legend said another sentence that touched his thoughts.
"You have a very serious problem, do you know what it is?"
(End of this chapter)