Some people say that football is a war without smoke.
Every football game is an offensive and defensive game of wits and courage.
Technology, body, tactics, and will are all indispensable; time, space, individuals, teams, intelligence, strategy... any one of them may become the key to the outcome of the game.
Throughout the ages, the military strategists who are most highly respected by Gao Shen are undoubtedly great leaders, and those who crossed Chishui four times will be immortalized forever.
From many wonderful battles, when he was at a disadvantage, he never confronted his opponents head-on. He avoided the opponent's edge at home, studied the opponent's strength and weaknesses, and waited for the best opportunity to appear.
Sun Tzu said in The Art of War: In the past, those who were good at fighting first made themselves invincible, then waited for the enemy to become victorious.
In the words of the great leader, preserve yourself and destroy your enemies.
Gao Shen has been practicing this philosophy since he coached Real Madrid, and he did the same when facing Barcelona tonight.
When Real Madrid is weaker than Barcelona, it would be unwise to choose a head-on confrontation, so he chooses to defend, first trying to put himself in an invincible position, and then slowly waiting for his opponent to make mistakes.
There are three more sentences behind this sentence in Sun Tzu's Art of War: The invincible lies with oneself, but the victorious lies with the enemy. Therefore, those who are good at fighting can be invincible, but they cannot make the enemy victorious. Therefore, it is said: Victory can be known, but cannot be done.
This means that subjective efforts can only put yourself in a position where you cannot be defeated, but whether the opponent can be defeated depends on the opponent's own mistakes, not on our subjective decision.
To sum it up: victory can be predicted, but cannot be forced.
This is just like the Turin battle three days ago. Both Gao Shen and Capello put themselves in a position where they would not make mistakes, so the final result of the game could only be zero to zero.
There is another game that is equally famous, that is the UEFA Champions League final in 2003, between Juventus and AC Milan.
But many times, not all games are like the Turin game, and all head coaches are like Capello.
If Real Madrid just focuses on defense, it may not always put itself in an invincible position, because as time goes by, as physical energy is consumed, and as the opponent repeatedly applies pressure, Real Madrid will always have loopholes.
This requires the head coach to constantly check and fill in the gaps on the sidelines, and the players to work together on the court.
As for Barcelona, tonight is at Camp Nou, Barcelona’s home court, and a draw is unacceptable to Barcelona.
More importantly, before this game, Gao Shen led the team from being ten points behind to only five points behind. Even if the game was a draw, this result would still be beneficial to Real Madrid.
Therefore, Gao Shen concluded that Rijkaard would not hold on until the end.
He wants to win!
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From the beginning of the second half, Barcelona could only threaten Real Madrid's goal through long-range shots.
First Ronaldinho, then Eto'o, all long-range shots from outside the penalty area.
Real Madrid also launched a counterattack, with Beckham sending a long pass and Negredo shooting a long shot from the front of the penalty area, but it failed to pose a threat.
The situation seemed to be following the trend of the first half, with Barcelona still unable to break through Real Madrid's defensive formation.
Larsson began to move to the center, forming an actual double forward with Eto'o, and the right wing was left to Belletti's back-up. This formed a very threatening situation in the 54th minute.
attack.
Larsson returned the ball in the penalty area. When Belletti stepped in and shot, Raul, who returned to defense in time, blocked the ball out of the penalty area.
The captain of Real Madrid frequently returned to his own penalty area to defend tonight and performed very bravely.
It seemed that this attack also made Rijkaard realize the opportunity. In the 57th minute, he began to prepare for substitutions. French winger Giuly came out to warm up.
In front of the visiting team's coaching bench, Gao Shen had been paying attention to Rijkaard's movements. When he saw Giuly coming out, he was secretly looking forward to it.
Barcelona are going to make a substitution!
Who to replace?
"Larson?" Maqueda guessed with a frown.
Gao Shen thought so at first, but quickly shook his head, "Larson's scoring efficiency is very high, and his sense of smell in front of the goal is very good. The effect he can produce in this situation is better than Eto'o."
, but Rijkaard will not replace Eto'o."
Replacing Eto'o, doesn't this reduce the pressure on Real Madrid's defense, especially the two central defenders?
"He wants to play Giuly and cooperate with Belletti on the right." When Gao Shen analyzed this, his eyes suddenly lit up.
"Van Bommel!"
Maqueda, Lucas and others were stunned.
Among Barcelona's three midfielders, Deco and Iniesta are both technical and good at creativity. Only Van Bommel is both offensive and defensive, able to defend at the same time and do some hard work.
Do you really want to replace Van Bommel?
"He doesn't want us to get out of Camp Nou alive!" Gao Shen chuckled.
This move is indeed cruel, but the hidden dangers are also great.
The world is like this, risks and rewards are always directly proportional.
Rijkaard wanted to eat Real Madrid in one go, so he went to Giuly, and what followed was a weakening of the defense.
Soon, the answer was revealed.
In the 60th minute, Barcelona took the lead in making substitutions, replacing Van Bommel with Giuly.
When the fourth official on the sidelines raised the substitution number plate, Maqueda, Lucas, Buenaventura and others looked at Gao Shen again, and their eyes were obviously completely different from before.
You can guess this!
Awesome!
"Oh my god, how did you guess it?" Lucas was very surprised.
Gao Shen turned his head and laughed at him, "Is this difficult?"
That look was so pretentious that Lucas couldn't help but want to take action, but he was filled with admiration.
"You let Ronaldo warm up." Gao Shen warned.
Lucas was stunned for a moment, then woke up immediately and ran to the bench.
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The movement on Real Madrid's side quickly attracted the home team's coaching bench, and even the entire audience. Even the live TV camera instantly switched to the visiting team's coaching bench on the sidelines.
There is no way, the game on the court is too boring, not as good as the movement on the sidelines.
As soon as Ronaldo walked out of the bench, there was an uproar in the audience, and then the entire Camp Nou let out harsh boos.
"We see that Real Madrid is also planning to make substitutions."
"Ronaldo walked out of the bench and was about to go to the sidelines to warm up. It looked like he was going to come on as a substitute."
"Ronaldo has never played since the current head coach Gao Shen coached Real Madrid, but tonight, he will come on as a substitute. I don't know if he can improve Real Madrid's offense."
"Hey, we saw that there is also movement in the home team's coaching bench, and Rijkaard is also about to make a substitution."
"This is Thiago Motta, he has also come off the bench and is getting ready to warm up."
"The two head coaches are tit for tat, and the substitutions are tit for tat."
After Gao Shen glanced at the movement on the home team's coaching bench, he raised the corner of his mouth slightly, which was not surprising at all.
Real Madrid scouts said that Barcelona once arranged Thiago Motta to partner with Puyol in training, but when the game started, it was Oleg who partnered Puyol. This proves that Rijkaard once thought about it.
Let Thiago Motta start.
And now it seems that this Brazilian player was specially prepared by Rijkaard for Ronaldo.
In fact, this is also normal.
Gao Shen used Ronaldo as a surprise weapon, and Rijkaard must also be on guard.
So the key to the question now is, is Ronaldo's surprise weapon effective? Or is Thiago Motta better?
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Three minutes later, Ronaldo finished warming up, came to the sidelines, and walked next to Gao Shen.
The two are about the same height, but Ronaldo is obviously fatter and his head is bigger and rounder.
Sometimes Gao Shen thinks that if he were thinner, his performance would definitely be better than now.
Of course, Ronaldo's weight loss plan has been arranged by Gao Shen.
I won’t say how much it can be reduced, but the condition must be mentioned.
"I told you before that Oleg's turning speed was slow, which was a loophole, but now it seems that Rijkaard also knew it, so he used Thiago Motta to go up."
When Ronaldo came closer, Gao Shen warned him carefully in his ear.
"If Giuly hadn't replaced Van Bommel, I guess he might have replaced Belletti, but not now, so I guess it will be Oleg or Puyol. This is a point we can take advantage of."
After a pause, Gao Shen thought again, "Thiago Motta is a midfielder. In the last game against Benfica, Van Bommel played as a central defender. As a result, he was very uncomfortable playing and often lost his position."
As soon as Gao Shen finished speaking, Ronaldo immediately understood, "I tried to pull him out and then inserted him back."
While speaking, Ronaldo's hand made a gesture of slashing with a knife.
Gao Shen likes to talk to smart people, and he can tell the truth.
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In the 65th minute, Real Madrid made its first substitution of the game, replacing captain Raul with Ronaldo.
Before Raul left the field, he handed the captain's armband to Casillas.
This is also Real Madrid's consistent strategy, with the longest-serving player on the team serving as captain.
During the handover on the sidelines, Raul and Ronaldo both took the initiative to open their arms, hugged each other, and said a few words of affirmation and encouragement to each other.
After Raul came off the field, he walked up to Gao Shen, hugged him, and then sat back on the coaching bench.
This substitution, Gao Shen, had communicated with Raul before the game, which is why Raul ran so vigorously in this game.
In addition, whether it is holding a birthday party for Ramos or replacing Raul with Ronaldo, Gao Shen has another intention, which is to break the gap between Ronaldo and local players.
In this regard, Ronaldo did a pretty good job, matching Gao Shen's actions, and the local players also gave Gao Shen a lot of face. Even Ramos accepted Ronaldo's blessings and gifts at his birthday party.
Now, it depends on whether Ronaldo can complete the task assigned to him by Gao Shen.
After Ronaldo came on the field, Real Madrid's formation also changed.
Beckham was once again pulled back by Gao Shen to play as a defensive midfielder, forming a three-back midfielder. Zidane advanced forward, and Ronaldo and Negredo formed a double forward.
As a result, Real Madrid's formation became 4312.
After Giuly came on the field, Barcelona faintly changed into a strong offensive tactic of two forwards and two wingers, while Real Madrid used substitutions to further strengthen the defense, assuming a posture of defending to the end, but at the same time exposed Ronaldo in front
This sharp knife.
Next, it depends on whether Ronaldo can penetrate Barcelona's defense.
