Gao Shen, who was on the sidelines, saw Ronaldo scoring as soon as the game started. He immediately clapped vigorously with both hands and cheered loudly for the Portuguese. At the same time, he turned around and hugged and celebrated with Carlo, Zidane and others who rushed out.
At this moment, the entire Bernabeu Stadium has turned into a sea of celebration.
In the first game of the new season, the goal was scored just 50 seconds into the game. Is there any better start than this?
"His long pass is still a bit green," Gao Shen said, looking at Zidane critically.
When it comes to players' technical refinement, Zidane is really a good player.
Take shooting skills as an example, Ronaldo has to be convinced.
The two had competed for free kicks before. Although Zidane saved a hand and did not make the Portuguese look too ugly, Zidane's free throw ability is also very surprising.
"The arc is a bit high, and there are still some problems with my footwork. I will consider it carefully with him later," Zidane said with a smile.
A good long pass should have three major characteristics: fast, accurate and stable.
This is the case with Toni Kroos and Xavi Alonso's long passes, and they are very comfortable receiving their long passes.
If Pogba's long pass just now had been transferred faster, it would have been Dzeko who scored.
Who is the goal scorer is not the most important thing, the real problem is that if there is no need to cross over, the success rate will be greatly increased.
In the entire scoring process, one more link often represents a risk.
"This kid is really a treasure!" Carlo also did not hesitate to praise him.
Who says it's not?
Pogba is one of those players whose talent can be seen at a glance.
His physical fitness is very good and he is very stable on the ball, which is very different from Yaya Toure.
What Yaya Toure is best at is impact, the kind of frontal impact. This is his most threatening moment, especially when he rushes to the front of the penalty area, he can often exert the greatest threat.
Whether it's passing or shooting, he is a good player.
But Pogba is different. His frontal impact ability is actually slightly inferior to Yaya Toure, but when Pogba slows down to pick up the ball, dribbles, controls and passes, he far surpasses Yaya Toure.
This is Pogba's biggest advantage.
Both players actually have some problems. For example, they are both tall and strong, which makes it impossible for them to run all over the court like smaller players such as Kanter, Modric and others.
None of them are serious defensive players, and they have not even undergone serious defensive training. Therefore, putting them in the midfielder position, especially the single midfielder position, will really kill them.
Gao Shen has always felt in his previous life that Manchester United spent so much money to buy Pogba from Juventus and ended up putting him in the midfielder position. It was definitely a waste of natural resources.
Pogba's most threatening area should be in the frontcourt, so he should be less involved in defensive tasks and more pressure should be put on him from the front. The goal of advancing the ball is to take advantage of Pogba's ball-taking advantage.
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The most typical one is the one used by Zidane when Gao Shen first coached Real Madrid.
Zidane is very similar to Pogba in this regard. They are both very strong in physical confrontation and have excellent ball-taking and passing abilities. They are very suitable for the current ball-taking point.
But if you use Pogba as a defensive midfielder, isn't it like buying a Ferrari sports car to drive a cargo truck and then complaining about its poor cargo capacity?
"The continuous pass from the left wing just now was good. I should try this more often." Gao Shen was very satisfied with the goal just now.
The most important thing is that pass from the left, which was really beautiful.
"Marcos Alonso's position should be further forward, and Casemiro should come back to release the offense from both wings." Zidane suggested.
Gao Shen nodded, this was also his idea.
Therefore, Gao Shen walked to the sidelines, immediately gave instructions to the players on the field, adjusted the players' positions, and asked the two full-backs to actively move forward. The game restarted.
When Real Betis kicked off the ball, Real Madrid immediately pressed forward and quickly made a pass error from Real Betis.
The ball reached Real Madrid's half and was intercepted immediately.
Real Madrid immediately planned an attack and passed the ball to the left again.
Soon, Marcos Alonso got a chance to pass from the left side of the penalty area, but he was given a little further back.
The center back of Real Betis headed the ball and it flew 30 meters away.
Casemiro, who was dragged deep in the midfield, stopped the ball and quickly passed it to Verratti, reminding him that there was someone behind him.
Verratti knew this already and immediately stopped the ball to the left. After barely avoiding the defender behind him, he took a step laterally and passed it to Pogba.
As soon as Pogba stopped the ball, the defensive players behind him blocked him.
But at this moment, Pogba used his body to lean on Nosa who was guarding him. After skillfully stopping Verratti's pass, he dribbled the ball straight to the left and doubled up when another defensive player came over.
At this time, he took the ball one step forward.
These days, not to mention midfielders, even centers, many are unable to pick up the ball with their backs and then stop the ball and turn around.
But Pogba's move was so beautiful that Real Betis' defenders were caught off guard, and he drove the ball past two players.
As soon as he broke out of the defense, Pogba distributed the ball to the left.
Marcos Alonso stepped in, looked at the penalty area after stopping the ball, and passed the low ball with his left foot to the goal.
I saw Cristiano Ronaldo move forward quickly, get ahead of the defender, take a kick from the front of the small penalty area and poke the ball into the lower left corner of Real Betis' goal.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
"Two to zero!!!"
"Less than three minutes into the first half, Real Madrid scored two goals with two shots."
"C Ronaldo scored twice!"
"My God, Real Madrid's offensive efficiency was so high tonight!"
"Paul Pogba, the French midfield genius who just joined Real Madrid for 60 million euros this summer, showed amazing talent and talent in his first appearance."
"The first goal just now came from the opportunity created by his long pass transfer after continuous cooperation with his teammates on the left, and this time he used his body to forcefully dribble the ball through the defense and then passed it to Marcos Aaron
Create opportunities.”
"They scored two goals in less than three minutes. Real Madrid's performance tonight was amazing!"
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On the big screen at the Bernabeu, you can see Gao Shen raising his hands excitedly and loudly applauding the Real Madrid players.
Everyone rushed out of the stadium to celebrate with Ronaldo, but at the same time many people also congratulated Marcos Alonso and Pogba.
Everyone can see that the two Real Madrid young players played a huge role in this goal.
Especially Pogba.
In the box, King Juan Carlos of Spain was already looking a little dumbfounded.
"This kid is really a genius! His body and skills are simply amazing!"
Florentino laughed and nodded, "It's highly recommended, you can't go wrong!"
Juan Carlos kept nodding.
In today's European football, every player selected by the master has become a talent.
"To be honest, with his physical confrontation ability and foot skills, not many teams can stop him in La Liga," Juan Carlos praised repeatedly.
"And you see, Gao Shen's use of him is also very interesting. He was used as the fulcrum in front just now. I remember that in 2006, he also used Zidane in this way."
"Yes, but Real Madrid at that time was not as strong as it is now, and Zidane was old at that time."
"Isn't it?"
Juan Carlos himself never expected that Real Madrid would give such a big surprise at the start of their first game of the season.
In less than three minutes, two goals were scored in a row. This offensive efficiency was simply too high.
The key breaking point is Paul Pogba.
This kid was so surprising that he caught everyone off guard.
The head coach of Real Betis must have studied Pogba before, but he never imagined that the French midfielder could be used like this. He can't stop him one-on-one with this kind of play!
"This 60 million euros is worth it! Super worth it!" Juan Carlos burst out laughing.
Florentino couldn't help but feel a little proud.
This is also the star he introduced, who is destined to become a top star in the future.
As Gao Shen said jokingly before, his next biggest headache should be how to arrange and coordinate the players' playing time, because he has four outstanding players in Toni Kroos, Modric, Pogba and Verratti.
Midfield.
what to do?
When the Real Madrid president talked about his deep troubles, Juan Carlos couldn't help laughing.
"Okay, let him have a headache!"
After a pause, the Spanish King praised again: "The ability to cultivate young players and reuse players is really amazing. Looking at our start tonight, it is still very good. It is definitely not an accident."
From the start to the present, less than three minutes have passed, and Real Betis has basically been unable to hold the ball. Real Madrid is all on the offensive.
First on the right, then on the left, Real Madrid's offense was very lively.
"I always feel that the team played tonight was not simple at all, especially the advanced formation, it should not be played like this." Juan Carlos clicked his tongue twice, but he really understands the football emperor.
the meaning of.
"During the first ball just now, Isco seemed to be leaning towards the center. I always felt that we were not playing 433, or in other words, the 433 at the beginning was an illusion."
Don't tell me, looking at it this way, it seems like that's really the case.
For the first ball, Pogba passed a long pass, and Nacho came up from the wing to receive it.
What about Isco?
Florentino didn't pay much attention, but he was definitely not on the wing.
In fact, last season, Gao Shen used Isco to play on the wing several times, but the effect was not good because his impact ability was not strong.
On the contrary, when Gao Shen played Isco in the midfield, the Spanish teenager was able to give full play to his advantages, but he was too sticky to the ball and failed to release the ball in time, which delayed the opportunity. Therefore, Gao Shen was angry and asked Ramos and others to play in the midfield.
Isco was "carved" hard in training.
Because of this, Isco complained in the media that the head coach had "abused" him.
So why did Gao Shen arrange for Isco to play as a right winger in this game?
The more Florentino thought about it, the more he felt that Juan Carlos's suspicions were reasonable.
