Chapter 467 Carlo’s Tactical Experiment (2)

Athletic Bilbao is really not that strong.

Just three minutes into the game, Wang Li received a pass from Robinho and headed the ball in the penalty area to score the first goal for Real Madrid. This goal was also his first goal in the King's Cup.

However, as the game progressed, five minutes later, Real Madrid players automatically changed their style of play. The short pass penetration made Wang Li quite uncomfortable, and it became difficult for him to receive passes from his teammates in the penalty area.

As a result, Wang Li's goal efficiency dropped suddenly.

Carlo's 451 formation should be considered an English-style long pass and lob style of play. Because there is no real concept of center forward in the traditional La Liga style of play, this makes Real Madrid's midfielders extremely uncomfortable with this style of play, and the long passes are also somewhat nonsensical.

But now, Beckham is still in the hospital, the English player who has the best tacit understanding with Wang Li is not on the court, the tacit understanding between the other players and Wang Li is a level lower, and the quality of their passes is also a level lower than that of Beckham.

Under such circumstances, the game entered the second half. Although the team was leading, Real Madrid fans were still a little worried. After all, they were only leading by one goal, and the black-haired boy who scored the goal seemed to be in poor condition.

At this time, Carlo already knew that his center forward tactics had failed, and letting Wang Li act as the center alone in the penalty area was not a good choice.

And now, the team needs to make adjustments to ensure victory in this game.

Although Real Madrid does not care about the King's Cup, it will not give up so easily. After all, the team is not at a disadvantage and the opponent is not strong either.

So, in the second half he made some slight adjustments to the tactics and Robinho was pushed forward by him.

This slight adjustment had a huge impact on Real Madrid's tactics. Although Robinho's personal ability was much worse than Wang Li's, his positioning and awareness were much more flexible. As a result, both the team's offensive ability and Wang Li's probability of receiving the ball were much greater, and Wang Li also automatically retreated slightly to increase his chances of getting the ball.

This adjustment soon took effect. In the 66th minute of the game, Wang Li and Robinho made consecutive short-distance passes in the small penalty area. Three consecutive short passes that teased the opponent ignited the excitement of the fans in the stadium and also gave Robinho a chance to shoot into the empty goal.

Faced with this opportunity, Robinho obviously would not let it go easily, 2:0, Real Madrid expanded its lead.

Then in the 73rd minute, Wang Li retreated to get the ball, dribbled past three opposing players in a row, and made a precise long shot, scoring the winning goal for Real Madrid, and the score became 3:0.

After securing the victory, Carlo waved his hand and replaced Wang Li with Cassano, allowing this bad boy who had just joined Real Madrid to experience the atmosphere of La Liga.

In order to save their face, Athletic Bilbao returned to defense at the last moment and set up a solid defense at the goal, which seriously blocked Real Madrid's attack. In this way, they finally waited for the whistle to end the game.

3:0, Wang Li made two assists and one shot.

This performance was particularly outstanding, but Carlo was quite dissatisfied.

Carlo felt that although the performance of this black-haired boy in this game was not bad, he was not able to play to his full potential. For example: Wang Li scored a goal, but for the entire Real Madrid team, almost all of his goals and assists were scored by him alone, which was abnormal. In addition, his abilities were very comprehensive, but now he seemed to only act as a striker who shot at the end on the court, which made Carlo feel that his abilities in other aspects were wasted.

"Let him play as attacking midfielder?"

The position of attacking midfielder is always the most critical position of the team. In Chelsea, Wang Li's offensive core is in this position, but in Real Madrid, the tactics are not built around him. With Wang Li's awareness and positioning, he cannot effectively organize the team's offense.

Carlo certainly knew this problem, but he had a new idea.

This is what Carlo thought of the "two attacking midfielders".

If the team can have two attacking midfielders, with Wang Li's comprehensiveness, his performance in the attacking midfielder position will definitely be excellent, and the other attacking midfielder can also play the role of organizing the offense. The dual-core tactics is not a new idea, but Carlo thought of this now just to let Wang Li play his greatest role.

What Carlo needs to do now is to constantly try to adjust the tactics in official games and test which position Wang Li is most suitable for in the team.

So, in the second round of the King's Cup, Wang Li appeared in the attacking midfielder position, and at the same time there was Guti next to him.

As a player trained in Real Madrid's youth training camp, although Guti's ability is not as good as that of a world-class attacking midfielder, his comprehensiveness and good shooting talent can still earn him a place in the team.

Real Madrid had a three-goal advantage away from home, and Carlo was not afraid that the team would suffer a defeat at home, so he boldly used this game to test his tactics.

In the 4321 formation, the Brazilian fat boy Ronaldo is at the front.

As soon as this formation was released, everyone saw what Carlo meant. He was using the game to practice tactics. The commentator on the scene was also surprised and said: "In the last two games, Real Madrid's starting lineup is always changing. I think this is interim head coach Carlo practicing the team's tactics."

"We have to admire the decisiveness of this temporary coach. He actually practiced Real Madrid's tactics in an official match. This is really surprising. From this point of view, at least it proves that Carlo is very decisive."

"I think we shouldn't look for a better replacement now. Carlo's ability should not be questioned at least for now."

The team's president Florentino was also watching this game in a box. He was quite satisfied with Carlo. Of course, this was not because he was satisfied with Carlo's practice of the team's tactics, but because he was satisfied with Real Madrid's recent performance.

For the club's top management, how Carlo trains the team, how he practices tactics, and how he uses the players have nothing to do with them. Real Madrid bought so many stars, one is to expand Real Madrid's influence in the world, and the other is to make the team perform well.

As the head coach, Carlo's task is of course to ensure the team's good results.

Recently, Real Madrid's performance has been very good. Compared with the Luxemburgo era, Real Madrid's record has reached a higher level. However, at least so far, Florentino cannot guarantee anything, because Carlo's qualifications are really limited, and the team has not played any important games. Without important games, these victories against small clubs alone will not satisfy the Real Madrid top management.

In this game, Wang Li's performance was indeed stronger than in the previous game.

As a front midfielder, he has no task of organizing the attack, which obviously allows him to play freely.

Wang Li's position is between the midfield and the forward, and Guti, who organizes the attack, is parallel to him. In this way, his chances of getting the ball increase a lot.

So Wang Li began to perform continuously.

Eye-catching performance

The defenders of Athletic Bilbao do not feel much pressure on him, but as long as he gets the ball, he will pose a serious threat to Athletic Bilbao, and this threat comes more from long shots from the penalty area.

Since the 20th minute of the game, all the fans' attention has been focused on Wang Li. His long shots again and again did not cause exclamations from the audience each time.

At the same time, it also made all the Athletic Bilbao players tremble with fear.

This is not a player, it's an automatic turret.

Seeing this, the Real Madrid players automatically passed the ball to Wang Li. In their opinion, the shot of this black-haired boy was too threatening. Cassano on the bench had a glittering look in his eyes. He thought to himself that if he could have such a shooting skill, not to mention the opposing players, the referee would give him a card. He kicked him off the field directly.

"...That's so cool." Cassano fell into fantasy again.

At this time in the stadium, Guti, as the offensive core, had become just a wooden stake to attract defense. As an offensive core, he would pass the ball to Wang Li whenever he had it, which made Real Madrid's tactics a complete mess.

Carlo's instructions before the game were completely forgotten by the players when they got on the actual field.

But Carlo did not say anything. Because under Wang Li's leadership, Real Madrid was too dominant. On the field, Athletic Bilbao even used three players to double-team Wang Li to prevent him from shooting from a distance. But even so, Wang Li could occasionally shoot threatening shots, which excited the fans.

World wave is always one of the fans' favorite ways to score goals

"Oh my god, just looking at Alan's long-range shot, I think the 200 million euros are worth it. He is so outstanding. Even under the pressure of three defenders, he can still shoot a powerful long shot. Now he has become the most dazzling star on the court. After such a short contact, it seems that Carlo has figured out Alan's ability. Alan's position today is just right for him..."

But in fact, this is entirely due to Wang Li's strong personal ability.

After a period of competition, Real Madrid finally scored a goal with its absolute advantage both on and off the field. This time the goal was not scored by Wang Li, but by the fat boy Ronaldo.

Although Ronaldo did not perform well throughout the game and his physical condition was not very good, his awareness was very outstanding. After discovering that Real Madrid's offensive style had changed, he simply stood still in the penalty area. As soon as he saw Wang Li was about to shoot, he immediately aimed at the goal and was ready to make a follow-up shot at any time.

You know what, this time he finally found his chance.

Wang Li was double-teamed by three people a few meters outside the penalty area and forced a shot. The ball was punched out by the goalkeeper with trembling hands. Ronaldo found an opportunity and made a follow-up shot to check for a leak, and pushed the ball into the empty goal, scoring the first goal for Real Madrid.

"Goal Ronaldo"

"This follow-up shot was clean and Ronaldo scored a goal for Real Madrid. The score between the two teams became 4:0, and Real Madrid gained an absolute advantage."

Afterwards, the performance of Athletic Bilbao players fell into a slump, and when they were four goals behind, they saw almost no hope of the team winning.

So, in the 29th and 44th minutes of the game, Wang Li's two long-range shots hit two world-class goals and also opened the door for Athletic Bilbao.

The first half ended 3:0.

Seeing this situation, Carlo calmed down. The next time was garbage time, so he immediately replaced Wang Li with Cassano, allowing the Italian boy to continue to adapt to the atmosphere of La Liga.

In the end, the game ended with a score of 4:0, and Real Madrid had a seven-goal advantage in two rounds and advanced to the next round of the King's Cup.

After the game, Wang Li was interviewed by reporters. Regarding his long-range shooting performance in the game, he said: "I think my best skill is long-range shooting. When I was in the Wolverhampton youth team, I had been practicing long-range shooting. The person I trained with at the time was Thomas Clarke."

At this point, Wang Li smiled and emphasized: "... Maybe you don't know him, he is Chelsea's main goalkeeper..." Seeing the expressions of the reporters around him, Wang Li felt that he seemed to have said something nonsense. You know, Clark is now Chelsea's main goalkeeper and England's super talented goalkeeper. How could these reporters not have heard of his name? Wang Li touched his head embarrassedly and continued: "... We trained together, and my long-range shooting ability began to improve slowly at that time."

"Alan, can you tell me whether you are best at long-range shooting or dribbling?"

Wang Li lowered his head and thought, then said, "They should all be very good at it. I don't think there is any comparison. After all, there is no definite evaluation..."

Although Wang Li only said a few words, the next day, "Marca", "Real Sports" and "Madrid Daily Mail", three influential newspapers in Madrid, still used his words as the headlines on their front pages---

"Three years of training and hard work are the secrets to Allen's success"

"Childhood friendship, Thomas and Alan's growth story together"

"Genius is always accompanied by hard work. Allen: I worked hard, so I succeeded."

Although Wang Li performed very well in the last game, contributing two goals and half an assist in 45 minutes, Carlo was still a little dissatisfied.

He was not dissatisfied with Wang Li's performance, but he was dissatisfied with Wang Li's dominance over Real Madrid's frontcourt resources.

When Wang Li participated in the game, Real Madrid's offensive ability did rise to a higher level, and the team gained an absolute advantage. But if you think about it from another perspective, if Wang Li did not play, it would not be surprising that Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao won 3:0.

In other words, Wang Li performed well on the court, but he occupied most of Real Madrid's firepower and suppressed the performance of other players.

From a coach's perspective, although this performance was good, the team's tactics failed. In the game, Guti failed to play the role of an offensive organizer, and the performances of other players, including Ronaldo who scored a goal, were really unsatisfactory. This was the suppressive effect of Wang Li on the court.

Although such a game is good, if it continues for a long time, if one day Wang Li's condition declines or he cannot participate in the game, Real Madrid's performance will definitely plummet. This is something Carlo must consider.

This is a memorable day because Beckham came to participate in the team's training match after recovering from injury.

"David, how is your injury?"

"Oh my god, David, when did you turn into Superman? Didn't you say you would rest for half a year? Are you healed so quickly?"

"David, my God, we must celebrate today. By the way, let me introduce you to some new people. This is Cassano and Cicinho..."

Beckham's return from injury undoubtedly gave a great shock to the Real Madrid players, because after the game, Beckham's serious injury has been featured in many newspapers. In their opinion, with such a serious injury, it is very likely that he will retire directly.

Among them, only Wang Li was not surprised.

Obviously Beckham would not say that it was Wang Li who cured him. He only said that he met a good doctor, had a minor operation, and then recovered. However, his Real Madrid teammates did not delve into this aspect. Wang Li and Beckham, two Englishmen, can be said to be the most popular in the team.

Beckham was lucky. On the second day after returning from injury, his hard work on the training ground made Carlo very satisfied, so he was included in the roster for the next league game.

On January 16, the Bernabeu Stadium was already packed.

This is the 19th round of La Liga. The team that came to challenge Real Madrid is from the Autonomous Region of Cantabria. Their name is Racing Santander, or Royal Racing Santander. They obtained the prefix "real" in 1914.

This day is also very meaningful to Robinho because it is his birthday.

"This is my first year at Real Madrid and I still hope I can win the championship for Real Madrid."

Before the game, Robinho seemed full of confidence. In an interview with reporters, he said: "Birthday? The best birthday gift is to win the game, there is no doubt about it. Of course, it would be best if I could score a goal in the game."

After the players from both teams had adapted to the venue under the guidance of the assistant coaches, Wang Li followed head coach Carlo to attend the pre-match press conference.

At the press conference, Carlo looked calm. When asked about Real Madrid's lineup, in the incredible eyes of everyone, Carlo directly announced the starting lineup and formation---

Forwards: Robinho, Cassano

Midfielders: Gravesen, Zidane, Beckham, Alan Wong

Defenders: Cicinho, Helguera, Ramos, Roberto Carlos

Goalkeeper: Casillas

As soon as this lineup was released, the whole audience was filled with surprise, not only because the injured Beckham actually started the game, but also because Wang Li was actually placed as the right winger by Carlo.

"Is Carlo crazy?" all the reporters in the audience couldn't help but think.

It is indeed surprising that Wang Li, a standard forward, was positioned as a winger by Carlo.

But Santander Racing head coach Breciado could not sit still. After answering a few questions from reporters, he kept thinking about the reason behind Carlo's change of formation, and hurried to the locker room to tell the players about this sudden change.

"Alan Wang plays as right winger? Has this black-haired boy ever played this position?" Bresciado was confused.