Del Bosque found his forward pressing attack useless against Valencia.
He was surprised.
What's surprising is not that it's useless, but that Valencia's tactics with a bad name are so powerful.
It's very simple to say, just keep passing and running, and just pay attention to the changes in rhythm.
How come he is so powerful when he is on the court?
Real Madrid's well-prepared frontcourt pressing attack was broken up by just letting them run.
He stood up from his seat, walked to the sidelines, and stared at the court with a frown.
The situation is not good...
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The even worse form is yet to come.
The players of Real Madrid found that their frontcourt pressing attack did not work. This discovery surprised them and seemed very unprepared...
This is a tactic they have been preparing for a whole week. Head coach Del Bosque has studied the Valencia game videos over and over again with them to understand their tactical characteristics and then make targeted countermeasures.
They firmly believe that as long as they press like this up front, Valencia will soon collapse.
In addition, this is the Bernabeu, the home stadium of Real Madrid.
Valencia will be under tremendous pressure.
But now they realize they were wrong.
Because it is not Valencia who is under huge pressure, but them...
Real Madrid is notoriously demanding. They can boo their players and coaches mercilessly, wave white handkerchiefs at their home stadium, and angrily scold their players and coaches just because the other party does not meet their demands. Their patience
It's famously rare.
In fact, the players of Real Madrid know this, but this time they understand it especially deeply.
Five minutes into the game, Real Madrid did not threaten Valencia's goal. Instead, Valencia nearly broke the goal with an attack.
Ten minutes into the game, they finally had a high-quality shot, but it was confiscated by Canizares. Similarly, Valencia's offense once again threatened Real Madrid's goal.
In the first fifteen minutes, Real Madrid fans discovered in the stands that the initiative of the game had somehow fallen into the hands of Valencia!
They were shocked, and then finally couldn't bear it and booed!
We all gave you fifteen minutes. You were playing at home, and we were cheering you on so hard. Before the game, the media all said that you would win. Why did the game end like this?
Fifteen minutes! It’s been so long, and not only have you not taken the lead, you have actually given your opponent an advantage!
Listening to the boos from the stands, although they are only sporadic and have not yet formed a climate, it is already showing a very dangerous signal - the patience of Real Madrid fans is about to run out, if they cannot break the deadlock before then
If so, I'm afraid the situation will be bad...
If you let your fans boo you at home...that would be really embarrassing!
At this moment, the Real Madrid players felt the tremendous pressure from the stands.
Florentino worked hard to arrange the King's Cup final at his home court, but he never thought that the enthusiastic support of the home fans would also become a source of pressure for the players...
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Chang Sheng stood up from the ground. He also heard the boos from the stands. Although there were not many, he knew that this was just the beginning. As long as his team could persist for a few more minutes, the situation would be reversed!
Real Madrid arranged the final at the Bernabeu. Although he felt humiliated by winning often, this was actually what he expected.
If you want to beat Real Madrid, the best stage is the Bernabeu, and only at the Bernabeu will the chance of beating Real Madrid be greater.
Because this stadium is not only the home stadium of Real Madrid, but if not done well, it will become the tomb of Real Madrid.
Just like this game.
Chang Winning knows that in the history of this season's Copa del Rey final, Irueta's Deportivo La Coruna defeated Real Madrid at the Bernabeu.
He had not watched that final, but he thought that the reason why Real Madrid lost to Deportivo La Coruna when so many people were optimistic about it must have something to do with this home court.
When he watches Real Madrid games in the future, he is very aware of the moral character of Real Madrid fans.
Florentino thinks that choosing the Bernabeu can double the combat effectiveness of Real Madrid players?
Then he really made the wrong calculation...
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Real Madrid's players became more and more impatient as they played. When Valencia attacked, they were often too reckless and would get passed by others when they pounced on them.
When attacking, they also lack the necessary coordination. The result of too many superstars is that everyone feels that he is the one who can determine the game. When the football is at his feet, he wants to perform a drama of personal heroism.
Unfortunately, football is a team sport, so playing alone may still work when facing other teams.
But facing Valencia, which puts more emphasis on the overall situation, these Real Madrid superstars have nothing to do.
What Mad Dog Tactics is least afraid of is the opponent acting alone. If someone really dares to do this, he must let the opponent see what the "vast ocean of people's war" is!
Seeing that the Real Madrid superstars were really going it alone, Chang Sheng simply turned around and returned to the coaching bench, sitting on the coaching bench with his legs crossed.
He really has nothing to worry about now.
Real Madrid lost this final from the moment Florentino decided to schedule it at the Bernabeu.
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Real Madrid played more and more disorganized in the game, and there were more and more sporadic boos in the stands.
The smile on Valencia president Jaime Otti's face who was sitting next to him was growing more and more, as if he was doing it deliberately for himself.
Florentino Perez, the chairman of Real Madrid Club, was sitting in his seat with a very ugly expression on his face.
He now feels that as long as he plays against Valencia, his face will definitely not look good.
Why is this?
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While Florentino was still thinking about this problem, Valencia launched another attack on the field.
They still used the mad dog tactic to stop Real Madrid from pressing in the frontcourt, and then smoothly passed the football to the opponent's 30-meter area.
Every time football is passed here, Real Madrid fans start to worry.
In fact, they were not worried at first, but when Valencia almost scored in their first attack, many Real Madrid fans began to get nervous involuntarily when they saw Valencia's attack reaching the 30-meter zone.
And as time goes by and Valencia's offensive increases, more and more people have this worry.
This time, it's no exception.
Those Real Madrid fans sitting high up in the stands watching the game saw it clearly.
When Valencia's offensive hit the 30-meter zone in front of Real Madrid, they had as many as seven people participating in the attack, as if they had people everywhere.
Real Madrid's defensive players looked embarrassed.
When the football fell to Ibrahimovic's feet again, Hierro still stayed close to him.
But Campo wasn't around. Everyone was worried about Valencia's late pass.
Real Madrid suffered a loss because of the last league game. In this and that game, Real Madrid paid special attention to Valencia's late penetration.
Ibrahimovic took the ball and tried it. He wanted to break through on his own.
He thought about the situation when the head coach talked to him alone a week before the game.
He still remembers his own surprise when the head coach told him his mission for this game.
Because, this time, the head coach did not ask him to cover his teammates, but asked him to be a battering ram.
"Well, in this game, your task is to score. The Real Madrid players will definitely think that you are a pretense to attract their attention. The real killer move is actually to insert other people from behind. I think you don't mind giving them
A surprise, right?”
Ibrahimovic was frightened and could only nod.
"That's good." Chang Sheng smiled. "Your talent is the reason why I am willing to pay you eight million dollars to bring you here from Sweden. But you have to know that no matter how good your talent is, it is meaningless.
, because it is your strength, not your potential, that determines your success in this industry. Now you need to unleash your potential and turn it into strength."
Ibrahimovic continued to nod.
Now that I think about it, he nodded patronizingly at that time, which was very poor...
Now, this inferior image should be reversed. He wants Chang Sheng to show his strength!
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Hierro noticed that Ibrahimovic wanted to turn around, so he increased the pressure to prevent Ibrahimovic from testing in this regard.
Ibrahimovic found that if he turned around, there was really no good way to deal with this experienced central defender.
So he passed the football back to Aimar.
Seeing Ibrahimovic's return pass, it was indeed Aimar and not someone else. Real Madrid was obviously relieved. It was not that they looked down on Aimar, but because Aimar did not intervene.
A simple pass back, not some back-up and hit-the-wall coordination.
After passing the ball, Ibrahimovic ran.
He didn't run into the penalty area, nor did he pull horizontally. He ran back and reached a position almost in line with Aimar.
At this time, the football has been passed around again.
Then it fell to Ibrahimovic's feet.
This time, he no longer had his back to the attacking direction to receive the ball. He was facing the attacking direction head-on, and the difficult Hierro was not by his side. Because he had retreated to the midfield, he was worried about being pulled in the penalty area.
It was empty, so Hierro did not follow him out.
Of course, that doesn't mean that Ibrahimovic doesn't have any Real Madrid defensive players around him.
Right next to him, Elgra was watching eagerly.
When Mendieta passed the football to him, Helguera rushed after him.
Ibrahimovic pushed Helguera with one hand to prevent him from getting close to him, and stretched his right foot to catch the ball.
But the ball did not stop well. The ball passed to him by Mendieta had a strong spin. Ibrahimovic used the instep of his outside foot to stop the ball, but the ball hit his foot and then bounced around.
It's open.
There was a complex sound in the stands.
The main component was the sounds of relief from the Real Madrid fans and their roars of laughter.
They were happy that their team was out of danger again, but at the same time they did not forget to laugh at Valencia's players as a blow.
In the midst of this roar of laughter, Ibrahimovic exerted his strength with his left leg, jumped forward with his body, and shot the football that he had not stopped!
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When Ibrahimovic stopped the kick, Chang Sheng thought the attack was over. He had no worries or dissatisfaction.
It cannot be required that every attack can threaten the opponent's goal, or even that every attack can be successful.
Ibrahimovic pulled out in order to avoid Hierro, which was already a good attempt.
So Chang Sheng was indifferent to Ibrahimovic's mistake.
But when he saw Ibrahimovic suddenly rushing toward the football, something seemed to be flashing in his mind. Unfortunately, it flashed so fast that he couldn't tell what it was.
But his intuition made him feel very familiar with Ibrahimovic's action, as if he had seen it there a long time ago. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to (this
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