Chapter 233 Tactical Changes
To date, the Champions League is almost halfway through. The points after qualifying from the group stage have clearly highlighted the strong teams. After Christmas, all major clubs have begun intensive recovery training.
Other teams are closed and confidential, but Real Madrid is semi-open. Most of their players returned to the club the day after Christmas, and they did all the training, from physical fitness to actual combat. This made them very miserable, because in addition to training, they also tested their body fat percentage before training. Most of the main players were able to control their body fat, so it was okay. But half of the substitutes were seriously overweight. In the past few days, they were specially taken care of by the chef, eating grass every day, and they suspected that they were being eaten like rabbits.
The substitutes were in pain, and the main players also had their own pain. Because Bayern and Real Madrid were tied in the previous game, Zidane paid special attention to tactical issues this time.
Real Madrid usually uses a 4-3-3 formation, which emphasizes quick counterattacks to break the defense, while Bayern prefers a 4-2-3-1 formation. Although they use traditional penetration tactics, their suppression and overall coordination are quite strong. It can be said that if one point is touched, the whole body will be moved. If they are not careful, they will be completely pressed up by the opponent and hit everywhere.
At this time, if there was no coordination between the back and the midfield, all Zidane could think of was that his trident was fighting in the front, while the back had been beaten to pieces by Bayern.
Therefore, Zidane was really a little hesitant about the tactical arrangements for the midfield.
Although he has three midfielders, Eggesi and Modric are paired on the left and right without any tacit understanding problems. They are like master and apprentice. There is also a defensive organizer Kroos behind them who can react quickly and organize the defense on both sides and the center.
But this time they are facing Bayern, who are good at passing and controlling the ball. Zidane thinks that Kroos will be noticed by the opponent more than 80%. If Kroos is unable to split his attention, what about the defense organization of the back line? Ramos? Of course, no problem, but what if Ramos needs the midfield to coordinate the attack or defense?
This question kept tugging at Zidane's nerves. He looked at his players and finally mustered up the courage to turn his gaze to Eggsy.
In the past, Eggsy's position was always on the left and right of Modric, but this time, Zidane had the courage to put Eggsy behind Modric, and then moved Modric to the center of the midfield, allowing the three midfielders to form a triangle.
Such tactics made Zidane himself want to laugh. In fact, his tactics against Real Madrid have always been speed, aggression and tight defense as the main goals. On the other hand, Bayern seemed to be stuck on the opposite side of Real Madrid's tactics, specializing in this kind of passing and controlling tactics to defend and effectively start the attack. How could Zidane not be afraid?
How can I push the other person down directly?
Zidane looked at his tactical board and began rubbing his chin.
Whenever he was troubled by these problems, he would have a habitual action, that is, he would cross his arms and drag his right hand to start rubbing his chin, and often he would have a genius idea while rubbing. Today was no exception, he rubbed for half an afternoon and found Eggsy. When Eggsy came in, Zidane saw the tall black-haired boy running in the corridor like a gust of wind, and then quickly came to the door of his office and knocked politely.
Eggsy's face was covered in sweat, and his training suit was almost soaked with sweat, but the pink on the child's face and the sparkling light in his eyes made Zidane couldn't help but sigh in his heart: Young man~!
Zidane didn't hold back at all and asked a question straight to the point as soon as he opened the door.
"Eggsy, how do you think you defended?"
This was really sudden. It confused Eggsy, who was sweating profusely from following Ronaldo in attacking and assisting in attacking.
This, he told me yesterday that he hoped my offense would be extremely sharp and that I would never back down, and now he tells me to play defense?
"...Should I learn more from Ramos?" Eggsy felt that it would be better to give a compromise answer. On the one hand, he could remind Zidane that he had not practiced defense during this period of time. On the other hand, he could remind him that if he really wanted to defend himself, it would be fine.
How could a guy like Zidane not understand such an answer? He immediately understood what Eggsy meant, smiled and asked, "Then go ahead, I believe you can do it."
Zidane had no more words to say, because his thoughts had already shifted to tactics, and he had not thought about the impact that his actions would have on Eggsy. Seeing that Zidane had no more words to say, Eggsy nodded and turned away.
However, this time when I left, I didn't feel as high-spirited as when I rushed in just now. Instead, I felt a little heavy.
So Eggsy returned to the court a little puzzled. At this time, everyone was training in full swing, but Eggsy came over a little dejectedly, and the ball under his feet really didn't look like it.
"What's wrong, cub?"
After Ronaldo kicked the ball into Navas' goal, he walked up to Navas and poked the upset Navas with his elbow.
Navas waved his hand in annoyance: "How should I know?!"
Marcelo, who never misses out on fun, came over and asked Ronaldo, "Did you get scolded?"
Ronaldo waved his hand in disbelief and said, "You think you are the kid? The number of times he has been scolded can be counted on one hand."
This is true. Everyone has seen Eggsy's efforts and hard work. The head coach and the chairman are eager to promote Eggsy as a role model. How could they scold him?
"What's wrong with that guy?" Navas picked up the ball and came over, but Navas was very active. He didn't just wait and guess, but walked over and sat next to Eggsy.
"What's wrong, baby? Come and talk to daddy~"
Eggsy immediately turned around and looked at Navas with resentment. He was really helpless towards this goalkeeper who always liked to take advantage of him by calling him "dad".
"Coach Zidane asked me to play defense with Kroos," Eggsy paused, looking a little unsure. Hesitantly, he slowly approached Navas and asked in a low voice, "Is it because I haven't been working hard enough in attack recently? Am I not in good shape? Or am I not training enough?"
This question almost made Navas spit out the water he was drinking. After calming down for a long time, he looked at Eggsy in disbelief and asked, "Say it again?"
Eggsy looked like Navas didn't hear clearly, but as if he had said something unbelievable, so he didn't say it again, but waited for Navas' answer.
"Kid, I'm not saying anything bad about you," Navas looked at Eggsy seriously, even putting his hands on Eggsy's shoulders, "It's hard for you to work hard. I haven't seen many players who train at 7 am and go home at 7 pm in their career. So it's definitely not a problem with your ability, it's definitely a tactical arrangement, do you understand?"
Eggsy tilted his head, seeming to be half-believing and half-doubting what Navas said, which made Navas unable to hold back.
"Wait a minute, I'll go call Zidane over!"
"No, no, no! Let's not do that. I believe it, I believe it!"
Eggsy pulled Navas over. Although he said he believed it, he didn't believe it in his heart. He thought it was unnecessary to bother Zidane. But Navas didn't think so. He didn't even let Eggsy hold him back. He just took off his goalkeeper gloves, stuffed them to Ramos who happened to be there, and ran to the coach's office building. He didn't forget to turn around and talk to Eggsy.
"Don't worry, it's necessary to let the head coach explain the arrangements clearly."
Ramos had just arrived and didn't know what was going on. He could only look at Eggsy in confusion, and then look at Navas who was gradually running away in confusion.
Less than a minute later, Navas and Zidane came over quickly. Zidane did not find Eggsy alone, but clapped his hands and called all the players over. He brought the tactical board with him and just happened to tell the players about his tactical arrangements. However, when talking about Eggsy, Zidane said something with a smile.
"Eggssi will be the core of the entire tactic. All the quick counterattacks will focus on you. Even Modric's attack in the front will require you to transition as a midfielder. Do you understand?"
What else did Eggsy not understand after all this? He just nodded with a red face, indicating that he understood.
Of course, this little misunderstanding did not hinder Real Madrid at all. Instead, it allowed Zidane to start playing around with tactics without getting tired of it.
In the end, the match between Real Madrid and Bayern was held at the Bernabeu on an afternoon that had just rained.
As usual, this match between two giants was packed with people. The entire Bernabeu stadium was filled to the brim, and many fans brought various cameras to take pictures of their favorite players.
Real Madrid was changing jerseys in the locker room when they saw President Florentino walk in with big strides, smiling and nodding at the players. But he didn't say anything because he knew that this time period belonged to the head coach. Zidane just finished talking to the three midfielders about the key points of this game, and then called all the players, "Okay, my warriors, start playing!"
Many Real Madrid players are not playing against Bayern for the first time. They have met Bayern many times in the Champions League and the Club World Cup. Not to mention that Kroos himself is a player of the German team, and many of the Bayern players are his teammates in the national team.
So in this situation, what will happen if the two sides meet in the player tunnel?
"The dark beer you gave me last time was good!"
"Okay, I'll bring you two more bottles next time."
"That pig leg..."
"Control yourself, bro. You're almost like a door. You know what I mean?"
Navas was very puzzled. He didn't know whether he should say that he was a goalkeeper and was as happy as a goal, or should he tell these Germans that he was just strong and shouldn't say anything nonsense about being like a goal!
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