No matter how hard he tried to cover it up, when Gao Shen announced the 18-man squad for the Nou Camp and everyone discovered that captain Ramos was not there, they had already guessed the clues.
Yellow card suspensions in the Copa del Rey and the league are counted together, but red card suspensions are counted independently.
In other words, the red card Ramos received in the league will be suspended for the next round, but it will not affect the Copa del Rey semi-finals.
But when Gao Shen was hiring people, he excluded him from the big list, and his meaning was quite obvious.
Although Ramos is only the vice-captain of Real Madrid, everyone knows that he is the future captain of Real Madrid and the future captain of the Spanish national team. Gao Shen's ban on him still caused quite a stir.
Many tabloids even feared that the world would be in chaos and believed that this incident would be comparable to Mourinho's banning of Casillas last season.
But in fact, it didn't cause too much trouble.
What surprised everyone was that even Real Madrid captain Casillas said in an interview with the media that this was not a big problem. “We had rules in the locker room before. He made a mistake and accepted the punishment.
so."
Even Ramos himself is unwilling to talk about it outside. He just admits his mistakes and hopes that it will not affect the team's performance, especially the impact on the Copa del Rey and Champions League.
"I hope that even if I am not here, the team can still defeat strong opponents in the next games."
He reiterated time and again that he will listen to the call at any time and stand with the team.
Ramos said he would travel with the team to the away game.
Between words, he still felt to some extent that he was important and hoped that the head coach would change his mind.
But Ramos's name is not at all on the list of players heading to Camp Nou.
Gao Shen showed his firm determination.
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In the first round, Barcelona suffered a 4-0 defeat at the Santiago Bernabeu. After returning to Camp Nou, Barcelona still did not give up hope.
As soon as the game whistle sounded, Barcelona, who took the first kick off, launched a fierce attack towards Real Madrid.
33 seconds into the game, Barcelona fired the first shot of the game, a long shot from Sanchez's left rib cut in.
Real Madrid continued its tactics from the first round and resolutely tightened the front line.
Gaoshen arranged for this game to have Varane and Pepe as central defenders, with Carvajal and Arbeloa on the wings.
The iron triangle in the midfield, with Xavi Alonso at the back, Toni Kroos and Modric in the centre.
In the frontcourt are Cristiano Ronaldo, Yin Guayin and Di Maria.
Real Madrid's defensive strategy is still to focus on the small and magnify.
Tighten the three lines, focus on setting up defense near the midline, give up pressing Barcelona's two central defenders, focus on Busquets, and suppress Barcelona's midfield.
This style of play is similar to the first round.
Barcelona obviously knows this too.
The tactics adopted by Jordi Luela, the temporary head coach of Barcelona, is to have the two central defenders actively participate in organization and attack. Busquets' position is more flexible, withdrawing to the central defender position from time to time.
Barcelona's first shot was planned by a long pass after Puyol advanced with the ball.
This is a relatively new change.
But after several similar collaborations, Barcelona gradually returned to its old ways.
In the first ten minutes of the game, Barcelona shot four times, showing their aggressive momentum. What about Real Madrid?
Not a single shot on goal.
The entire team was forced to retreat to their own half.
But gradually, everyone discovered a very interesting phenomenon.
Barcelona's offense had the advantage, the momentum was loud and the kicks were loud, but there was no threat.
If before at the Bernabeu, Barcelona's problem was that the ball could not reach the frontcourt, then tonight this problem has indeed been solved.
The ball can reach the frontcourt.
Sanchez, Messi and Pedro can all get the ball.
But what’s the result?
Barcelona still played without any threat.
No, it cannot be said that there is no threat, but it looks very threatening, but in fact there is no threat.
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"Do you know why I dare to block Ramos?"
Gao Shen stood in front of the visiting team's coaching bench and asked Zidane and Hierro beside him.
Both assistants shook their heads.
"Because playing against Barcelona has always relied on the overall defense rather than the individual abilities of the players, so Ramos is very important, but not that important."
Gao Shen's words were a bit convoluted, but Zidane and Hierro really understood them.
If you want to defeat Barcelona, you actually need to rely on the team's overall coordination. Tactical discipline and execution are the key.
Ramos's personal ability is very strong, and his tactical discipline and execution are also excellent, but Varane is not bad.
Especially in the past few games, the performance of the French central defender has continued to improve, and he has become more and more general-like.
"Barcelona's success relies on the passing and possession system, but now their failure is precisely because of this system."
Gao Shen explained his understanding of Barcelona football.
"You see, we have four defenders and three defensive midfielders. The two lines organize a tight defense, and the protection of the center and ribs is very strong. In this case, the team usually chooses to play on the wing.
Open up a breakthrough on the wing and then switch back to the center."
"But what about Barcelona? Once, again, and again, every time they go to the frontcourt, they still go to the ribs and the middle."
"This team has lost the ability to attack from the wing. All of them, even the full-backs Alves and Alba who came in behind, are all focused on rushing towards the penalty area."
This is actually a very interesting question.
In other words, not playing on the wing was a comprehensive consideration made by Guardiola when he tailored tactics for Barcelona.
During the Rijkaard era, Barcelona actually had traditional wingers, such as Giuly.
At that time, Ronaldinho dribbled the ball from the left and cut inside to find Eto'o and Giuly to form a connection. This was Barcelona's regular tactic and it was difficult to prevent.
But now?
The left wing also cuts inside, the right wing also cuts inside, everything cuts inside.
Long pass?
It doesn't exist. The success rate of that thing is not high enough and the risk is too great.
Barcelona has become accustomed to relying on the flexible and skillful small-scale cooperation between their players to create a breakthrough in the opponent's tight defensive formation. This is Barcelona's advantage.
But in this way, defending Barcelona no longer seems to be a difficult task.
No, in the first round at the Bernabeu, I was beaten by Real Madrid.
In the first leg of the Champions League knockout round of the top 16, AC Milan was held to a 0-0 draw at the San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy.
Now, Real Madrid's schedule is very stressful, and Barcelona's is no less stressful.
"In this world, there has never been a so-called invincible tactic or system, especially in European football. The only constant thing is that it is always changing. If you don't change, you will be eliminated."
Zidane and Hierro both nodded in understanding.
This is true for Barcelona, it is true for Real Madrid, it is true for all teams.
After reaching the peak, you should have the courage to seek change instead of continuing to live on your laurels.
This sounds simple to say, but it is very difficult to actually do it.
But it's very realistic.
If you don't change, sooner or later someone will force you to change.
It may be a year, it may be two years, but there will always be a day.
And this process will be very painful, just like Barcelona now.
Suddenly it seemed like every team in European football could compete with Barcelona.
This is because everyone knows how to face Barcelona.
And here, Gao Shen is an indispensable promoter.
He is the gravedigger of Barcelona's tactical system.
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Real Madrid successfully defended the start and also defended Barcelona's offensive.
Gao Shen is patiently waiting for the opportunity to appear.
Throughout the entire process, Barcelona had the advantage and seemed to be in control of the game.
Until the 31st minute, during a Barcelona attack in the frontcourt, Sanchez's ball was blocked by Carvajal and turned into a throw-in for Barcelona.
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Alba quickly ran over to take the throw-in, but the ball was intercepted by Real Madrid at the front of the penalty area.
After grabbing the ball, Barcelona launched a counterattack on the spot, but Real Madrid's midfielder passed the ball continuously.
Modric passed the ball back to the right wing and handed it to Carvajal.
At this time, Real Madrid's right back quickly sent the ball behind him and passed it forward directly along the right sideline.
I saw Cristiano Ronaldo diagonally cutting behind Barcelona's defense as quickly as possible and catching up with Carvajal's pass.
Real Madrid's frontcourt trident has switched positions again.
After Ronaldo caught up with the ball, he dribbled the ball forward and sprinted towards Barcelona's penalty area.
Puyol chased him all the way, trying to entangle Ronaldo.
But the benefits of cross-transposition are revealed.
Previously, Real Madrid played Di Maria on the right wing. Everyone knows that his best left foot is his left foot. Puyol is a right-footed player and plays as a left center back. The defense in this area happened to be able to pin down Di Maria.
But now, Ronaldo is a right-footed player, and the direction in which he dribbles the ball makes it difficult for Puyol to defend.
The Portuguese was also very aware of this. When he advanced to the outside of the right corner of the penalty area, he deliberately paused and waited for his teammates to catch up in the middle. Puyol also naturally returned to the penalty area and stood still.
Almost in an instant, Ronaldo started quickly, continuously changing fake moves, and making moves to cut inside.
His left foot is also very capable.
Puyol reacted immediately, but Ronaldo suddenly changed direction, moved the ball to the bottom line of the penalty area with his right foot, went down, and forced a breakthrough against Puyol.
Although the Barcelona captain was well prepared, he was a right-footed player and could not block it with his left foot. Cristiano Ronaldo broke through from his right side, which made it difficult for Puyol to defend and was passed directly.
The Portuguese rushed to the right corner of the small penalty area, glanced inside the penalty area, and passed the ball horizontally.
The ball was passed along a very good route and was not close to the penalty area, so goalkeeper Valdes did not dare to attack rashly, but the ball was very fast.
Yin Guayin in the middle followed up as quickly as possible, got ahead of Pique, and sent the ball into Barcelona's goal.
This made Di Maria, who was also following behind, feel quite depressed. She pointed at herself towards Yin Guayin, as if to say: My position is better, buddy!
But Yin Guayin paid no attention to him, turned around and rushed out of the stadium to celebrate crazily.
It was at this moment that the Camp Nou stadium erupted in exclamations from Barcelona fans.
Real Madrid's counterattack was too fast!
It was so fast that even the fans in the stands didn't have time to react, and the ball had already been scored.
