Chapter 278 The power of BBC combination

The gap between the double crown champion and the triple crown champion seems to be only "one", but the difficulty is not the same.

After all, in European football, there are many teams that can compete with each other, but in the Champions League, they are all hard-core, and it is not that easy to win the championship!

Let’s just talk about the overlords of the five major leagues: Paris Saint-Germain, Bayern Munich, Juventus, and Barcelona. Which one doesn’t often win doubles?

Even Manchester City in the Premier League later - of course, they won more League Cups than FA Cups.

If you expand the scope further, including the Celtics of Scotland, Ajax of the Netherlands, Galatasaray of Turkey, etc., there are countless others.

Therefore, double crowns are common, but triple crowns are not.

After Pan Yi led Hamburg to win the German Double Championship this season, they are only one step away from this goal.

The last thing standing in front of Pan Yi and Hamburg is Real Madrid!

If Real Madrid under Mourinho is a team that resolutely fights counterattacks, then under An Pang's rule, Real Madrid's tactics will be richer.

It can be seen from the title of the system tutorial "Good Old Man Ancelotti: The Art of Predicting the Dishes" that he formulates corresponding tactical strategies based more on the characteristics of the players currently owned by the team.

As a world-famous coach, Ancelotti possesses a humility that is incompatible with his status in football.

Because of this, the Italian did not even propose his team building plan to Florentino before taking office this season.

In line with the principle of "seeing the food and eating the food", An Shuai conveyed such a signal to the outside world: the chairman is responsible for recruiting, while he is responsible for integrating the team and forming new combat effectiveness.

Under this "indifferent" coaching mentality, if someone asked Ancelotti whether he knew that Lafayette would spend 100 million pounds to introduce Bale on September 1, the answer should be no.

Therefore, with Isco newly joining and Bale not yet arriving, Ancelotti's preferred formation for the new Galacticos is 4-4-2.

Under this system, Benzema is still the team's main center, while Ronaldo plays the role of a second forward next to the Frenchman;

In the midfield, Isco and Di Maria are on both sides, Modric and the future Arsenal No. 10 guard the center. The Magic Flute is relatively far back, in front of the defense, while the German appears behind the forward.

Looking back at Ancelotti's 4-4-2 system in his early days from today's perspective, its actual results were not ideal.

The main reason is that Ronaldo cannot adapt to the new role, and the midfield attack and defense are not balanced.

Anshuai knew this very well, but before Alonso came back, he was determined to implement this system.

The real change happened after Bell joined.

The former Premier League top player broke Cristiano Ronaldo's transfer fee record and got into Ancelotti's arms with an unstoppable attitude!

Since then, the Italians have been deeply aware of one thing: Florentino spent huge sums of money to introduce Bell not just to make him sit on the bench. He must make adjustments to the existing lineup.

What is quite interesting is that when it comes to the use of Bell, the Western media generally suggested that Anshuai return to the 4-2-3-1 system, that is, let Cristiano Ronaldo and Bell serve as left and right midfielders respectively, and Arsenal's No. 10 will play as an attacking midfielder in the future.

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But Ancelotti has his own considerations.

In his view, the traditional 4-2-3-1 cannot maximize the strength of a luxurious offensive combination such as Ronaldo, Bale, and Benzema, and the team will inevitably embark on the old path of extreme counterattacks.

Therefore, the best solution at this time is to change the formation to 4-3-3 and use the front trident!

As a result, under Ancelotti's reform ideas, the prototype of Real Madrid's "BBC" combination took shape.

However, the 4-3-3 system implemented by Anshuai in Real Madrid is slightly different from the conventional 4-3-3, and it is not even very consistent with the 4-3-3 Pan Yi currently uses in Hamburg.

In Hamburg, the 4-3-3 system has three forwards positioned forward, paired with two central midfielders and a defensive midfielder to form a "3-3" position in the midfield.

But Ancelotti's 4-3-3 is somewhat deformed from the routine.

In addition to the above positions, it also shows that while still maintaining the 3 forward positions, the midfield configuration changes to 2 defensive midfielders + 1 offensive midfielder.

Ancelotti used this deformed 4-3-3 system (although many people thought it was 4-2-3-1) for a considerable part of the early season because Xavi Alonso had been injured.

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Before Bale made his debut, Di Maria was usually the right winger, and it wasn't until the Welshman made his Real Madrid debut in the league match against Villarreal that the BBC finally officially merged!

From then on, Arsenal No. 10 was basically abandoned in the future, completely heading towards the road of death...

It was also from this time that Real Madrid truly entered a new era, moving from Mourinho to the era of Ancelotti.

After Kroos joined next season, Real Madrid also completed the last piece of the ceremonial midfield puzzle.

BBC+ Ceremony Three midfielders, plus Marcelo, Ramos and others in the backcourt, this is really a frightening team with almost no obvious weaknesses!

It can also be said that it was from this time that Real Madrid truly completed its transformation in strength and laid the foundation for winning trophies in the Champions League repeatedly in the future.

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After winning the German Cup, Pan Yi often watched recent Real Madrid games with the coaching staff.

The highlight, of course, was their victory over Barcelona in the Copa del Rey final, in which Real Madrid demonstrated their quick counterattack style to its fullest.

But what Pan Yi studied more was Real Madrid's 4-0 defeat of Bayern Munich in the Champions League semifinals.

That's because, although Real Madrid's performance in the Copa del Rey final was wonderful, after all, without Ronaldo, the BBC team was not complete.

In this big victory against Bayern, Pan Yi saw more details of the tactics of Real Madrid!

First of all, there is the change of Di Maria's position.

Xavi Alonso's return allowed Real Madrid to implement a serious 4-3-3 system, but at the same time, the use of Di Maria troubled Ancelotti.

The Italian coach then suddenly had the idea to put Angel in the central midfield position, in order to allow the latter to stabilize the ball in the midfield and strengthen support for the wings.

Judging from the actual situation, this arrangement is very effective.

In both rounds of the game against Bayern Munich, Di Maria appeared in the left center midfielder position, and he partnered with Modric to play a high-quality game.

Another detail is reflected in Real Madrid's offensive operation.

Ancelotti's teams emphasized pace, accuracy and concentration when passing the ball;

When launching the offense, we do not deliberately pursue interception and counterattack, but give full play to the power of the front trident while stabilizing the midfield.

As a result, the connection between Cristiano Ronaldo, Benzema and Bale became very close. The three of them repeatedly performed wonderful cooperation in a small area, and the power of the BBC was released to the greatest extent.

Especially in the four-goal victory that conquered the Allianz Arena, Ramos's opening goal was also the product of such cooperation.

At the moment when Modric took the corner kick, it was Cristiano Ronaldo who took off high and feinted a shot, taking away Dante's attention. Only then did Shui have the opportunity to score with his head almost unmarked.

In the same way, in Ronaldo's first goal, Bell intercepted the ball and handed it to Di Maria. The latter found Benzema with a long pass. When Benzema was about to fall to the ground, he passed the ball back to Bell. The Welshman

He drove straight into the penalty area and was not greedy for credit at the critical moment. He helped Ronaldo score his 15th goal in the Champions League in a single season.

The entire counterattack process was a smooth one. Three people from the BBC were involved in the process at the same time, and their cooperation was seamless.

Throughout the game, BBC perfectly executed Ancelotti's pre-match plan: the formation was 4-3-3 when attacking, and the positioning was 4-4-2 when defending;

At the same time, it avoids counterattack opportunities left to the opponent when forward players fight alone, strengthens the connection with the midfield, and uses high-speed and multiple passes to tear apart Bayern's defense.

The effect of their execution is indeed perfect! Otherwise, there would not be such a great victory.

The following data can also prove the importance of the BBC in this Real Madrid team.

Real Madrid has been on full fire in the 12 Champions League games that have been played this season, scoring a total of 41 goals, of which the BBC combination scored 28 goals in total, accounting for 68% of the team's total goals.

Considering that the front three failed to participate in all 12 games (Cristiano Ronaldo played the most with 11 appearances, followed by Benzema and Bale), this kind of goal ratio is quite terrifying.

Specific to the individual level of the "BBC" trio, Cristiano Ronaldo, Bale and Benzema are the top three scorers in the Champions League this season, and their direct participation in goal ratios (i.e. goals and assists) are 51% respectively.

24%, 24%, the importance is self-evident.

In addition, the more important point is that among the 28 goals scored by the BBC, the proportion of key goals (the first score or the victory) is also high.

For example, Bale and Benzema scored key goals in the quarter-finals 3:0 Dortmund and the semi-finals 1:0 Bayern respectively.

The greater the pressure, the greater the motivation, the more important it is to score goals. This is what the BBC means to the current Real Madrid team.

"So, we must find ways to limit the performance of their front three."

After Pan Yi analyzed the basic tactical system of Ancelotti's Real Madrid, he pointed to the top three chess pieces placed on the opponent's tactical board.

"Of course, we don't need to choose a tight defensive formation because we are afraid of the strength of their forward combination."

"Our style has never been to show off. The strict defense when playing Atletico Madrid is just a special strategy."

"The main thing is that I don't think it would be a good idea to defend against Real Madrid in the final. Even if they don't defend, they can easily put the ball into our goal if they attack in a positional manner!"

"We have to give full play to our strengths! Physical fitness, running, and skillful passing and cutting abilities! We can have a real fight with Real Madrid and beat them!"

"This Real Madrid is indeed very strong, but it is not completely without loopholes. I will tell you later how to crack Ancelotti's Real Madrid..."

Pan Yi spoke slowly, and everyone on the coaching staff listened quietly. No one expressed any objection.

In addition to my consistent trust in Pan Yi, it is mainly for the Champions League final and for Real Madrid...

Only he has experience!

Inzaghi has played many times in the Champions League finals, but this is two different things from being a coach.

Pan Yi had a head-to-head confrontation with Real Madrid when he was an assistant coach in Milan, and finally reached the top of Europe after the Champions League final.

So, just listen to Pan Yi!

If he says he wants to defend, then defend; if he says he wants to attack, then everyone should throw away their arms and rush forward!

As for the tactics against Real Madrid, Pan Yi actually had some ideas and frameworks very early on.
To be continued...