Chapter 205 Champions League: Real Madrid vs Barcelona (Part 4)
Barcelona played very hard in the first half, but the result had nothing to do with their efforts. On the contrary, Real Madrid's two players, Eggesie and Modric, played a very good trick to divert the opponent away from the mountain. They hit Barcelona's weak point in defense and took advantage of Barcelona's desire to attack quickly, and unexpectedly scored a point directly.
After Real Madrid scored a point, they were going to play defense and park the bus in front of the goal. However, just as the defenders moved closer to Navas, giving him some sense of security, they saw Zidane's gesture on the sidelines.
It didn't matter that they started attacking immediately. Navas looked at his defense line which was very safe just now, and his shoulders drooped in silence. Even his hair which was covered with hair gel was not shiny anymore.
Real Madrid's bus lineup just disgusted Barcelona, but Real Madrid is still continuing to attack. Such a fierce attack was actually caused by Real Madrid's entire body pressing forward, and even the back line was pressed forward, which forced Barcelona to constantly compress their back line.
To be honest, with such collective pressure at the end of the first half, when everyone's physical strength and energy were a little tight, they might score another point. The entire Barcelona team did not dare to gamble, so they had to be on guard.
As for Real Madrid, they have already won 1 point, and such an attack is indeed a bit risky. But Zidane is simply calculating his little calculations crazily. The first aspect is that he is calculating Barcelona's physical strength.
Just imagine that in the last few minutes, Real Madrid's attack continued to compress Barcelona's defense, making Barcelona busy on both defense and offense. The physical consumption of this can be imagined, and it can also effectively curb Barcelona's attack.
Moreover, the increase in physical consumption will certainly hinder Barcelona's plan for the second half, and Real Madrid's strategy for the second half will also be adjusted accordingly. At this time, Guti was discussing the data with other coaches of the coaching staff and gave it to Zidane.
Zidane looked down, and in just a glance, cheers broke out in the Bernabeu stadium!
At this time, Barcelona launched an attack in the last 2 minutes. Iniesta started to dribble the ball forward, and Messi received the ball in front. Similarly, there were two Barcelona midfielders behind him. The intention of attack was very obvious.
Faced with such a situation, Real Madrid certainly did not back down and did what they had to do. Modric directly defended Messi, Kroos faced Iniesta, and the two attacking midfielders were also marked by Kovacic and Casamiro. For a moment, Barcelona also had doubts about this ball's attack.
There is no doubt that they wanted to score a goal, but once they reached the midfield, they were stuck and Barcelona began to get a little irritated! This irritation greatly reduced the delicacy of Barcelona's handling of the ball at their feet, and Real Madrid, who had long been trained by Zidane not to start playing aggressively just because they were one point ahead, was as stable as a rock today.
When Messi's attack in the middle was unfavorable, he could only pass back. And to be honest, many Barcelona players also wanted to borrow the trick of Eggsy and Modric to lure the tiger away from the mountain and come back. But can Eggsy let them win so easily?
It's impossible!
As Real Madrid's free man, he tried to intercept Barcelona's pass on the way back. Although he failed and was taken away by two Barcelona players who passed the ball alternately, he made it more difficult for Barcelona to break through and missed some opportunities for a complete breakthrough.
Barcelona's head coach couldn't help but yell at the players on the field as he watched the situation on the field. After Messi failed to break through the middle, he was not running very actively and even started walking around the midfield.
In fact, strolling is not a real stroll. When the forward is physically exhausted, he will reduce running, but try to get the ball in the back position of the midfield and then quickly make a fast break like checkers.
But the reality did not give him such an opportunity. Real Madrid's defense line was not mobilized much, and most people stayed in their defensive positions. It was impossible for Real Madrid's defensive players to be so honest. They all had the heart of a striker. If it weren't for the bonus time in the second half, they probably wouldn't be so honest.
Moreover, the defense of Real Madrid defenders is offense. Facing Barcelona's sideline attack, Ramos and Marcelo were like a single man blocking a thousand men, blocking the passes from the left and right. Even if Messi was close to the penalty area in the middle, he was so angry that he had no ammunition left and right and could not get in at all.
When the whistle sounded at the end of the first half, Messi was so angry that he kicked the ball far away. He had relied on his running position and speed to get to the ball point several times, but was immediately destroyed by Real Madrid's defenders. Whether it was passing or dribbling, it was so difficult that Messi couldn't help but sigh.
During the half-time break, Zidane asked everyone to return to their home locker room as quickly as possible, closed the door and began to pull out the tactical board. Zidane looked at the players who were now almost sweaty. They were not willing to sit down. They just moistened their lips with water bottles, and started to put on dry new jerseys with the help of the field staff.
Guti had already posted the new tactics in front of everyone. When they saw the tactics, all 11 players were a little confused. Modric leaned next to Eggsy, nudged him with his arm, pointed his chin at him and asked in a low voice: "What does this tactic mean?"
Among all the Real Madrid players present, everyone unanimously recognized that Eggsy was definitely the No. 1 among them in terms of tactics, so when the seven big players and Anne come up with a new lineup that they can't understand, it's right to ask Eggsy.
Eggsy held his chin up and looked at the lineup that looked like a Christmas tree lying on the ground. He took a deep breath and said, "Attack, and... midfield control."
Zidane didn't say anything at the beginning. Logically speaking, there wasn't much time left during the halftime break, so it would have been good enough if he could explain the tactics clearly. However, he still wasted so much time... Of course, he wanted to see if his players could see through this tactic.
As it turned out, Eggsy did not disappoint him.
Zidane couldn't help but nod his head as he watched Eggsy say things, expressing his approval. Then he said directly on the tactical board: "The second half will be the most fun part for you - attack! Kick the ball into Barcelona's goal as hard as you can!"
After Zidane said this, there was a cheer in the Real Madrid locker room ~ But seriously, can Barcelona give you such a weird attack in the second half?
That must be impossible.
Barcelona's second half was actually a clear control strategy. They played offense in the first half, but were unexpectedly dragged down by the situation where the offense trapped the host in the midfield, resulting in them not only making no achievements in the first half, but also giving up the area they were good at in vain.
This also shows from the side that Barcelona's current head coach is not very good at using Barcelona's previous lineup system, and has not fully utilized Barcelona's skills and pedigree. They missed the first half. However, Barcelona will not give up at all, and will definitely play the main control in the second half.
However, this fell into Zidane's calculations. To be honest, Zidane knew Barcelona's traditions too well. Just at the beginning of the second half, Real Madrid's three-man midfielder had already taken root in the midfield. Iniesta and Messi were also troubled by the rotation of these three people.
"Barcelona is attacking now," the host continued to explain, but then suddenly said jokingly: "Why does it seem like Barcelona is attacking in the second half?"
"Yes, it feels like Real Madrid gave up the initiative. At the beginning, every time Barcelona reached the midfield, they couldn't get through," the consultant invited by the program team continued, "but it's a bit strange that Barcelona couldn't get through."
"It should be... here." The host tapped the screen at this time. Of course, the director was also very considerate to circle the location circled by the host for all the audience.
It can be seen that Real Madrid's midfield is very tricky at this time. As long as Barcelona goes to the middle, it will be a three-way attack by Eggsy, Modric and Kroos. If they want to go to the left or right side, they can choose Modric or Kroos, and then Eggsy will attack.
And when Real Madrid's players who were attacking also included defender Ramos, Barcelona was dumbfounded. What kind of tactics is this? I don't understand!
How could they know that this was a compromise that Zidane had to make. It really took some skill to keep these defenders on the back line, and this skill was to make the defenders play as forwards.
To be honest, it was normal for Eggsy and Modric to pass the ball to whoever could score, but it was very bad for Barcelona. Originally, they were probably familiar with decent forwards, but when they met not-so-decent forwards like Ramos and Marcelo...
It was really hard to tell what tactics they were going to use, and the two defenders were actually attacking from both sides, which made Barcelona's defense confused.
Seeing that the second half was already halfway through, the only thing left for Barcelona was to attack. But to be honest, only Iniesta and Messi were still persevering, but the other players knew that they were probably going to lose this time.
But after losing one goal, if we lose another one, then... we're really finished!
Messi just thought about it, but Kroos took the ball from his own defender and passed it directly to Ramos who was running wildly on the left. Bale, who was originally on the left, felt that he was not strong enough at this time, so he went up and started to attack Yangzhuang to disrupt Barcelona's defense.
His help really revealed a flaw in Barcelona's defense. Ramos ran all the way in the air, caught the ball and made a beautiful shot!
Pique looked at the ball that passed by him and let out a fierce breath. Barcelona's loss today could be said to have been decided in the second half of the first half. At that time, Iniesta and Messi asked the head coach to change to a defensive control, but their head coach did not agree at all and insisted that they play offense.
Barcelona's loss was entirely due to no fault of their own.
But all Barcelona players and fans know that the head coach is likely to be fired.
After Real Madrid won the game with a score of 2:0, all the players were celebrating. Eggsy had been planning to hug Ramos and do the tree-climbing technique inherited from his master, but when he just pounced on Ramos, he suddenly found that the black line that had not been seen for a long time appeared in front of him again.
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