Chapter 511: Challenge Modric!

"This tactic of Manchester City is actually more suitable for weaker teams, especially when weak teams play against strong teams!"

Wenger said in the commentary booth: "Because in order to achieve this tactical effect of Manchester City, they must attract the opponent to press forward. Otherwise, it will be difficult to break through the opponent's complete defense with only two players in the frontcourt, even if Manchester City has Lin Quan in the lineup."

"So what Real Madrid needs to do is actually very simple, that is to control the formation, don't blindly press forward, especially the midfield position, don't go too deep and leave too much space behind the opponent!"

Wenger's analysis was very accurate, and Zidane also said the same thing.

In the subsequent games, Real Madrid paid great attention to controlling the distance between the lines to avoid the disconnection like before.

The effect of this was immediate, as it became difficult for Manchester City to find opportunities to break through from the middle.

However, the shrinking formation also brought another problem, that is, no one could put enough pressure on Kroos who was positioned behind the attacking midfielder.

Kroos has a very high pass success rate and is very good at long passes.

More importantly, his overall view, broad vision, and ability to read the game are among the best in Manchester City.

If he is not pressed, Manchester City can often launch very threatening wing attacks under his command.

In the 30th minute of the first half, Kroos made a long pass as accurate as a guided missile, finding Lin Quan in the frontcourt and almost allowing him to score another goal.

It seems that we can no longer ignore this guy!

Real Madrid continued to make defensive adjustments. Ronaldo retreated a little bit, behind Benzema, and then asked him to continue to harass Kroos, preventing Kroos from receiving the ball so comfortably.

The reason why Ronaldo is asked to do this kind of dirty work is mainly because among the three people in the frontcourt, Ronaldo has neither speed nor the ability to hold the ball with his back, so letting him retreat and participate in defense is the best choice.

Otherwise, if Bale or Benzema is asked to perform this task, Real Madrid's offensive threat in the frontcourt will be greatly reduced.

If the head coach made such an arrangement in a normal game, Ronaldo would most likely be very unhappy and might even ignore the head coach's arrangement.

However, when Zidane's task was handed down to him, Ronaldo did not hesitate at all and immediately carried out the order.

Although he knew very well that doing so would reduce his chances of scoring, he had to make such a sacrifice for the sake of the team as a whole and for the final victory.

"C Ronaldo has changed!"

"Yeah, you're actually willing to do such dirty and tiring work!"

"I remember that Ronaldo had the privilege of not returning to defense when he was in Real Madrid!"

"This shows how much Ronaldo wants to win!"

Ronaldo's defensive ability is not strong, but he is tall, strong and very motivated.

With his interference, it became much more difficult for Kroos to handle the ball, and the number of passes he made was obviously less than before.

In Manchester City's double defensive midfielder system, the two defensive midfielders do not stand in parallel, but one in front and one behind, Kante in front and Kroos behind.

Although Kante's organizational and passing abilities are not as good as Kroos', he has more energy and a larger range of activities, so he actually assumes more defensive responsibilities.

While Kroos takes on some defensive responsibilities, he also plays a more organizational role.

He is responsible for controlling the tempo of the game, distributing the ball, choosing offensive routes and other important duties.

Therefore, Guardiola deliberately placed him at the back, almost right next to the back line, to keep him away from the threat of the opponent's midfield.

This is also the reason why Zidane asked the forwards to retreat and participate in the defense. In terms of distance, Ronaldo is indeed closer to Kroos than Casemiro, Modric and others.

In fact, Guardiola's arrangement is a bit helpless. He wants a defensive midfielder like Martinez or Mascherano who can play as a defender.

But Manchester City does not have such a person, so they can only resort to this last resort.

However, this problem is not completely unsolvable. He has already set his sights on Everton's young defender John Stones and plans to sign him this summer to fill the vacancy in this position in Manchester City.

The coaches of both sides responded to each other's moves, the pace of the game was very fast, and the attacks of both sides were very clean and neat, without any delay. It only took a few passes and a few seconds to quickly get from their own half to the opponent's 30-meter area, and even make a shot.

However, the defenses of both teams did not make any mistakes, resulting in a large number of shots for both sides but no goals, and the score remained at 1:0.

However, just when the game was at a stalemate, Ronaldo stood up.

In the 38th minute of the first half, Modric intercepted the ball in the middle and quickly transferred the ball to the wing.

Bale used his speed to successfully overtake on the wing, dribbled the ball to the bottom, and made a cross into the penalty area.

Benzema's diving header was swatted away by Navas with one hand. Real Madrid took a corner kick, Modric kicked the ball to the back post, Ronaldo made a quick run, jumped high, and slammed the ball into Manchester City's goal.

Navas had no way to deal with Ronaldo's header and helplessly spread his hands to several defenders.

With this kind of distance and this kind of power, even if he is given ten chances, he may not be able to save one! This is much harder than saving a penalty! Manchester City captain Kompany raised his hand to indicate that this goal was his fault. He did not keep a close eye on Ronaldo, allowing the opponent to get a chance to head the ball. This goal was his mistake.

Among all active players, Cristiano Ronaldo has the best heading ability, no one else.

Goalkeepers of all La Liga teams are well aware of how difficult it is to defend against his headers.

Navas has also played in La Liga and played against Ronaldo, so he knows how powerful his opponent is in heading.

So he did not blame Kompany, but just patted him on the shoulder and encouraged him.

Van Dijk came over and discussed with Kompany, planning that next time he would defend Ronaldo and Kompany would mark Benzema.

After confirming that his header had broken through Manchester City's goal, Ronaldo rushed to the sidelines like crazy, grabbed a camera and let out a roar!

Only he himself knows how much pressure he was under before scoring this goal!

And now, after scoring this crucial goal, he can finally stand up straight and declare loudly:

I, Cristiano Ronaldo, am the most powerful person in the world!

"This heading ability is really unreasonable!"

Lin Quan stood in the center circle with his hands on his hips, waiting for the kick-off. Aguero, standing next to him, showed an envious expression, looking from afar at the Real Madrid players who were celebrating wildly.

"C Ronaldo's headers are indeed strong, but that's nothing to be envied. With our heights, forget about headings!"

Aguero's height is the same as Lin Quan's, both are 173cm. With this height, he can't gain any advantage against tall and strong defenders.

Therefore, both of them are not very good at heading, and there is no need for them to practice heading specifically because the gain will not outweigh the loss.

Instead of wasting time on this, you might as well improve your abilities in other areas.

Real Madrid's goal greatly boosted the morale of the entire team. The voices of cheering for the Real Madrid players were heard one after another, changing the previous dull atmosphere.

While Zidane was ecstatic inside, he quickly calmed down. The score was only 1:1. They just tied the score and did not take the lead.

So now is not the time to be happy, they need to keep up the good work and strive to score another goal or even more!

"The opponent's defense in the middle is tight, so attack from the flanks! Take advantage of set-piece opportunities and give full play to our header advantage!"

Real Madrid has several players who are very good at heading the ball, while Manchester City has a limited number of tall players.

Through previous games, Zidane found that it was difficult for Manchester City to completely keep an eye on everyone, which gave Real Madrid an opportunity.

Since they can't find any other weaknesses of Manchester City for the time being, they will naturally take advantage of the weakness exposed by the opponent and attack it to death!

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After the game resumed, fans soon discovered that Real Madrid attached much more importance to set pieces. Whenever they got the chance, they tried to pass the ball into Manchester City's penalty area, as if they really wanted to replicate the previous goal!

Such an obvious intention naturally could not be hidden from Manchester City's coaching staff.

Guardiola also made quick adjustments and strengthened his control over Modric.

Compared with the Real Madrid in the original time and space, this Real Madrid lineup lacks Kroos, making Modric's task even heavier.

If they can successfully strangle the opponent's key point connecting the midfield and backcourt, they can weaken Real Madrid's offense to the greatest extent.

In fact, Manchester City has been targeting Modric from the very beginning.

But Modric is not that easy to restrict. De Bruyne alone obviously cannot do it. If Kante comes out, it will be no problem to defend him, but Modric's range of movement is too large, and Kante cannot cover his entire range of movement, especially when he has to protect and support Kroos.

This means that Manchester City needs someone to step up in the frontcourt and put enough pressure on Modric when he retreats to receive the ball, so that he cannot easily connect with Real Madrid's midfield and backcourt.

This person must have sufficient physical strength to participate in defense and offense, and must have a large range of activities to completely cover Modric's activity area.

In the midfield, there is only one such person in Manchester City, and that is Lin Quan! Since Ronaldo can sacrifice himself for the entire team, Lin Quan can naturally do the same.

So, when Modric retreated again to receive the ball, Lin Quan stood up and stuck to him.

Seeing Lin Quan approaching, Modric was shocked. He didn't expect Manchester City would send him to defend him. This really thinks highly of him! However, Modric recognized Lin Quan's offensive ability, but his defensive ability still needed to be tested!

After all, Lin Quan is only 20 years old and should not have much defensive experience. To become an excellent defensive player, in addition to outstanding talent, he must also accumulate experience bit by bit.

If you don't accumulate enough defensive experience, it's easy to make mistakes when defending, which will not only fail to help, but may even make things worse.

As he heard the hurried footsteps behind him, Modric judged that Lin Quan had no defensive experience.

In this situation, you can't rush in so hastily! Let me teach you a lesson!

Modric made a quick judgment in his mind and planned what to do next in advance.

After receiving the pass from his teammate, he did not turn around in a hurry. He waited until Lin Quan approached, then suddenly pulled the ball and turned around, intending to take advantage of Lin Quan's huge inertia and the opportunity that he could not easily brake to completely pass Lin Quan.

As a top midfield master, the ability to get rid of the ball after getting it is a very important indicator to evaluate their own strength.

Modric is a leader in this area. He has a wealth of ways to get rid of defenders, find space, and deliver a fatal pass to his teammates! In a contest between strong teams, victory or defeat is often just a matter of seconds.

Perhaps at some point in time, because he failed to keep an eye on the opponent's midfield core and let him make a fatal pass, it could lead to a defeat! "Lin Huang is still too young!"

"Yes, we lack experience in defense. I'm afraid Modric will succeed!"

"There's nothing we can do, the opponent is Modric after all!"

Just when everyone thought that Lin Quan was about to be dribbled past by Modric like a wooden stake, an accident happened.

Modric successfully turned around, but found that Lin Quan was still in front of him and had not been passed! How is this possible?

How could this guy still be here? Modric's eyes widened with an expression of disbelief.

Lin Quan saw Modric’s expression and smiled at him: How about it, are you surprised or shocked?

If the player defending Modric was an ordinary young player, he might really be fooled.

But Lin Quan is a time traveler, how could he not know how powerful Modric is?

Before the game, Lin Quan had conducted a lot of targeted research on Modric, watched many of his game videos, and based on his playing style and habits, thought of ways to deal with him in his mind.

He knows how good Modric is, but Modric doesn't know how good he is.

So just now, he took advantage of Modric's lack of knowledge of his own weaknesses and caught his opponent off guard.

Modric misjudged and turned around and dribbled the ball almost straight towards Lin Quan.

Naturally, Lin Quan would not be polite to such an opportunity that was presented to him.

With a stretch of the foot and a grab, the ball changes hands!

At this moment, the roles of both parties were instantly reversed:

Now it's Modric's turn to defend and Lin Quan's turn to attack!

At this moment, Modric has completely put away the contempt in his heart.

Let’s not talk about the opponent’s defensive strength for now, but the opponent’s offensive strength is recognized as the best in the world of football!

Facing such a strong opponent, even Modric couldn't help but feel nervous: Can I stop him?

Lin Quan didn't give Modric much time to react. The moment he got the ball, he started moving! (End of this chapter)