There is a saying that is right. The essence of football tactics is to create space on the court and use the created space.

Guardiola once said in an interview that he is not obsessed with ball control. The reason why he is obsessed with ball control is that the ball is in hand and can force the opponent's defensive players to leave their positions by passing the ball.

As the name suggests, the space is created when the defender leaves the position, and the rest is the question of how to use it.

Creation and utilization are carried out simultaneously on the court.

From the massive push from full-backs, to the passing and ball control in the midfield, to the prevalence of side and front midfield, large-scale transfer and rib attack have gradually become the mainstream. In the past two seasons, double forwards have begun to become popular.

Why take a double striker?

It’s like Real Madrid this past season has two world-class forwards, Yang Yang and Suarez, and it’s understandable to play at the same time, but why do they often have to replace one more after the two rotate?

It used to be Morata, but later it became Mbappe. Why?

The reason is very simple. Both Yang Yang and Zidane gradually discovered that there is no enough single striker.

This situation has been revealed a long time ago, and it is not obvious enough.

What are the benefits of so many strikers?

The answer is that the double striker can better suppress the opponent's defense line. It is not difficult to understand. It is better to suppress two people at the same time than suppressing one person, which is certain.

But in addition to this, the biggest advantage of the double striker is that he can pull back and pull the edges better.

In the past two years, the Real Madrid coaching staff has been working hard to relieve Yang Yang's tactical pressure. He originally had a large range of running, and he had to suppress the opponent's defense line, retreat, and pull the side. He could only run non-stop on the court.

But when he reaches a certain age and when Real Madrid wants to relieve his pressure, they can only find one person to share the burden.

It was Hazard, Robben and Di Maria at first, but later he simply pushed Suarez up, which became a double striker.

The two forwards are also used in Barcelona, ​​and the two forward combinations of Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi are also for the same purpose, so Valverde has long adopted the 442 formation, which is not accidental.

Does that mean that the two forwards will become the mainstream in the future?

Not.

Nowadays, European football is full of flowers, and the 433 formation is popular, but many teams still have a certain market for the double midfielder of 442 and 3231, and even the three defenders are beginning to show signs of recovery.

Real Madrid itself also has different tactical formations, such as 433, 4312, 442...

It seems very complicated, but in fact, the so-called tactical formations can be adapted to each other.

For example, on the court, 433 can be switched to 442, and the player's position will be slightly moved.

The core essence of the formation is the creation and utilization of space.

Based on this lineup, the head coach adopts targeted strategies based on the characteristics of the opponent and then adopts different formations.

Ajax's tradition is 433. From youth training to first team, all the same lineage are all in this formation.

The characteristic of 433 is offense, especially offense on the wing.

In this tactical system, the importance of full-backs is unquestionable.

Today's football emphasizes overall offense and defense, emphasizing the advantage of creating a numerical advantage in local areas. On the other hand, capable teams often do the opposite, that is, attract all the defensive players through offense from one side, and then transfer the ball to the other side where the defense is relatively weak through large-scale transfers.

Real Madrid can be said to have used this style of play with perfection, and Tony Cross's Modric's long pass transfer is the key.

There is also such a passer in Ajax, that is Frankie DeJong.

Then the problem comes. When Ajax attacks the left and attracts the attention of the defensively, if the opponent focuses on the defense, then when Ajax transfers the long pass to the right, whether it is Dumfries or other right backs, it is difficult to create a threat when getting the ball on the right.

This led to Ajax's continuous setbacks last season, because when other Eredivisie teams found that Ajax only had a strong attack from the left, they always focused on Ajax's left. After the left was contained, Ajax had no choice.

So, Yang Yang wants and must get an offensive right back.

It can be said that this is the biggest shortcoming in the Ajax lineup at present.

Dumfries has excellent defensive ability, but when it comes to offense, he is indeed inferior to Joe and Taliafico on the left.

The biggest feature of Ajax at present is that he is young, energetic, passionate, but lacks experience.

Such a team is not suitable for stability at all, so don’t want to seek stability, you can only attack.

It’s like Liverpool faces Real Madrid, knowing that their strength is not as good as their opponents, they still have to attack, but they still continue to attack if they fall behind.

Because there is no way, retreating is death!

Klopp clearly knows that he is nicknamed the 60-minute team, but why is he still so persistent and persistent?

Because this is his strength.

The first sixty minutes are his advantage, and the last thirty minutes are his weakness.

So the question is, should he maintain the advantages of the first sixty minutes and then work hard to fill the shortcomings of the last thirty minutes on this basis? Or should he give up the advantages of the first sixty minutes and explore a tactic with fewer shortcomings?

The answer is obvious, and there is no need to even think about it.

The same is true for Ajax now, and there is only this path.

Young and lacking experience, you can't keep it.

Since that's the case, then go another way and try to score one more goal than your opponent!

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After leaving Amsterdam, Yang Yang quietly headed south and arrived in Austria.

At this time, many media reporters who heard the news gathered outside the training ground of the Chinese national team. They came from all over the world and tried every means to find the training base of the Chinese national team, with only one purpose, that is, Yang Yang.

They all want to know why Yang Yang left Real Madrid?

Where is his next stop?

But Yang Yang obviously was not willing to face the media directly, so he entered the national team training site at night.

Since the national team is a closed training camp, media reporters did not immediately learn that Yang Yang had returned to the team.

The teammates of the national team were excited about Yang Yang's return. Many of them also saw Yang Yang's performance in the Champions League final and believed that under the leadership of Yang Yang, the team will definitely be able to perform in the Russian World Cup.

Of course, it is basically impossible to reproduce the miracle of the last World Cup.

The reason is very simple. Yang Yang is old, Feng Xiaoting, Zheng Zhi and others are also old.

Although a group of new generation players such as Wu Lei, Hao Junmin, and Zhang Xizhe have emerged in the national team, they are not as good as they were back then.

Especially Yang Yang, he is the core combat power of the Chinese national team.

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The Chinese team successfully advanced to the World Cup finals this time, but the luck of the grouping was not ideal. They drew opponents from Germany from the last World Cup finals, Sweden from Nordic, and Mexico from North America.

The strength of these three teams is not bad, especially Germany.

Everyone is basically sure that the German team will win one promotion place in advance, and the Chinese team needs to compete with the other two opponents for the other one. The situation is quite serious. If you are not careful, you will have no hope of qualifying in the group.

To this end, the Chinese team specially arranged three targeted warm-up matches, with the opponents being Switzerland, Colombia and Denmark, and the three teams were simulated Germany, Mexico and Sweden. Among them, Colombia and Denmark also hope to understand the Asian team through the Chinese team, because they were also divided into a group between Japan and Australia.

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It was not until the first warm-up match of the Chinese team that the outside media discovered that Yang Yang was sitting quietly on the bench.

But the result was surprising. He did not play in the whole game, but just watched from the sidelines. The Chinese team lost to Switzerland by zero to two, which was also very passive in the scene.

It can be seen that the Chinese team is not in shape.

Head coach Queros said in an interview with the media that the team is still adjusting, and the most important thing is to expose the problem through the warm-up match. As for whether to win, this is not the purpose of the warm-up match.

Yang Yang also said in an interview with the national TV team reporter, "What we want is a victory in the group stage, and we should not be too concerned about how we perform in the warm-up match."

"Exposing problems and solving problems is the purpose of the warm-up match."

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Three days later, the Chinese team faced Colombia.

Although the Chinese team scored a goal with Wu Lei, they eventually lost to Colombia one-to-two, and suffered two consecutive losses in the warm-up match. Yang Yang still did not play in this game for even a minute.

This also made the outside world suspicious, and many people were speculating why Yang Yang was not allowed to play?

After suffering two consecutive losses, will the Chinese team be able to successfully break out of the group stage in the Russian World Cup?

You should know that with the outstanding performance of the last World Cup, the media and fans' expectations for the Chinese team are getting higher and higher.

But now, the two consecutive losses in the warm-up match make people see the decline of the Chinese team.

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In the last warm-up match, the Chinese team's performance improved. Facing Denmark, the Chinese team was able to repeatedly create threats and attacked the opponent's penalty area many times.

Yang Yang came on as a substitute in the 60th minute of the second half, replaced Gao Lin, formed a double striker with Wu Lei, and performed well afterwards, but in the end he failed to break through the Denmark goal.

In the end, the last warm-up match between the two teams was a zero-to-zero handshake.

In this way, the Chinese team's three warm-up matches were tied with two losses, and they failed to win even one victory.

This has made domestic media and fans very worried, especially Yang Yang.

The three warm-up matches only lasted 30 minutes without scoring, which made many fans worried, is there something wrong with Yang Yang? Or is the transfer affecting his condition?
Chapter completed!