In order to strengthen the team's defense, Rijkaard rented Edgar Davids from Juventus when the winter break transfer window just opened, and his contract renewal negotiations with Juventus had reached an impasse.
The arrival of the "Wild Boar" has strengthened Barcelona's defense in the midfield. This improvement is very obvious and immediate.
The Barcelona midfielder who used to be easily beaten by the opponent has now become impregnable.
Of course, Davis's style of play is not "Barcelona" at all, and there is no trace of Tiki-taka at all.
But the effect was very good, so Davis quickly won Rijkaard's trust.
Starting from the 19th round, Barcelona has five wins and one draw, remaining unbeaten. The league ranking has also jumped from 12th place in the 18th round to the fourth place today, and finally entered the Champions League.
In these six games, Davis played all the games, started every game, and has never been substituted early.
This shows his importance in the game.
However, the result of this is to sacrifice the viewing quality, which caused dissatisfaction among some Barcelona fans.
But Rijkaard can't care about that much now.
He knows very well that the simplest examples to measure whether a head coach is qualified and successful are wins and championships.
He knows very well that Barcelona has struggled for so many years and how much they want to win the championship and win.
So as long as the tactics are beneficial to the team's victory, they are good tactics.
In fact, it is true that many people began to reflect and desperately hope to have a championship or victory after not having a championship for many years.
Under such circumstances, Rijkaard would encounter much less resistance when implementing changes.
So Tiki-taka was re-launched after a slight adjustment.
In fact, Rijkaard's inspiration for this came from his constant victory.
Before deciding to reform, Rijkaard had studied the winning tactics of the mad dog.
He found that under the premise that the core is Tiki-taka, the biggest difference between Valencia, which has always won, is that it is tougher, especially defensively. This is very different from the fact that he lined up Baraja and Albelda in the midfield.
big relationship.
These two main defensive midfielders of the Spanish national team have tough and sharp defense, helping Ayala and Carvalho filter out many opponents' attacks.
In fact, there were not many attacks that could really threaten Valencia in the end.
This is also the reason why Valencia concedes so few goals every season.
The ever-victorious Valencia inspired Rijkaard.
He thinks he can do the same thing, that is, find a pure defensive midfielder with excellent defense to strengthen the team's defensive capabilities.
In this way, he found Edgar Davis.
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After the winter break, Barcelona's performance recovered, which gave many Barcelona fans confidence.
It also gave confidence to their number one supporter, club president Joan Laporta.
Laporta believes that although they failed to sign Ronaldinho, finding Rijkaard can still prove him right.
An excellent head coach represents the future of this team.
Although it is good to win often, it doesn't come. Fortunately, they still have Rijkaard... Otherwise, I can't believe what Barcelona will do this season.
"...We don't need to envy Valencia, because we have Rijkaard!" Before the game between Barcelona and Valencia, Laporta cheered the team and expressed his support for Rijkaard.
Rijkaard did not participate in the pre-match war of words and was concentrating on preparing for the league.
In the process of repeatedly checking the Valencia game video, Rijkaard suddenly saw a piece of game video from last season.
The match between Valencia and Real Sociedad.
Real Sociedad's playmaker is Xavi Alonso, who plays as a defensive midfielder. This is very similar to today's Valencia, whose playmaker is Deco, who plays as a defensive midfielder.
How did Valencia deal with Real Sociedad's Xabi Alonso? They moved Albelda and Baraja to the attacking midfielder positions, and their unexpected arrangement had a miraculous effect.
Real Sociedad had no idea that the winning team would let two defensive midfielders play as attacking midfielders, just to freeze their defensive midfielder Xavi Alonso.
In that game, the young Alonso was completely lost in the defense of two fierce midfielders. In the end, his team lost to Valencia, and he watched the opponent celebrate the victory at his home court.
The defensive midfielder moves forward to contain the opponent's organizational midfielder.
The more Rijkaard thought about it, the more he felt that this adjustment was wonderful.
Last season, the entire Spanish football world was looking for ways to contain Valencia.
Unexpectedly, they contributed this method themselves!
If it were Rijkaard in the first half of the season, even if he knew this idea, he could only stare at it and be unable to do anything.
Because he doesn't have a suitable midfielder.
Now he has it. The ferocious Edgar Davis is about to turn thirty years old. It is at the best time of a player's career that Davis is the most suitable in terms of body, experience and awareness.
Candidate.
Use him to contain Valencia's core Deco, I believe the effect will be good!
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To be honest, Chang Sheng did not expect Rijkaard to use this move against him.
When he saw Edgar Davis appear in the frontcourt, directly targeting his core player Deco, he understood what was going on.
Isn't this the same trick he used to deal with Xabi Alonso?
The reporters in the media box also saw that Davis's sudden move was directly aimed at Deco's arrangement.
Under Davis's unreasonable defense and heavy equipment, Deco looked a little embarrassed.
Except for reporters from the Valencia region and China, other reporters were cheering.
"Finally found a tactic to deal with Valencia!"
"From now on, we no longer need to rely on referees to defeat Chang Sheng!"
"Look, I just said it, Valencia's tactics can't be perfect... they will definitely have loopholes!"
Reporters in the Madrid area began to worry about the winning team.
Facing a team like Barcelona, their tactical weaknesses have been thoroughly studied by the opponent. Even at home, Valencia may be in trouble.
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But just when everyone was worried about Chang Sheng, or gloating about Chang Sheng's misfortune, Chang Sheng seemed very calm.
Taking advantage of a dead ball opportunity, he handed Ronaldinho to his side and taught him face-to-face instructions.
"Although you are placed in the forward position, I think you can still be competent as an attacking midfielder and organize attacks. Now Deco is frozen. If we want to attack, the next step is up to you! Go up and play the attacking midfielder,
Take over the ball control."
Ronaldinho nodded excitedly - this is the opportunity he has been waiting for!
After he came on the field, he conveyed the latest instructions to Deco about winning.
Deco went from being a creator to a simple deliverer.
When the football is at his feet, he just passes it out, whether it is forward or backward. He does not control the ball too much, nor does he make any risky through balls.
As a result, Edgar Davis' close pressing on him was ineffective.
Because the football didn't stay at Deco's feet at all, he couldn't steal the ball even if he wanted to.
Moreover, Edgar Davis' forward position also brought a fatal problem to Barcelona.
That is, when Ronaldinho becomes active, no one in the original defensive midfielder position will be able to defend Ronaldinho, and the opponent can play however they want!
When the game restarted, everyone quickly saw the winning arrangement - Deco's time to control the ball at his feet was shortened, while Ronaldinho frequently raised his hand to ask for the ball, signaling everyone to pass the ball to him.
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Immediately before Barcelona could react, Ronaldinho sent several consecutive seconds passes and almost assisted his teammates to score!
Only then did the whole Barcelona team realize that although the opponent's Deco was frozen, they still had a Ronaldinho!
Although Ronaldinho played as a forward most of the time in Valencia, no one can forget that in the Brazilian national team and Paris Saint-Germain, he played as an attacking midfielder and was an organizer!
Deco was frozen, so they passed the ball to Ronaldinho and let the Brazilian make the decision.
After working on it for a long time, Valencia turned out to be...a dual-core configuration!
Deco is the core of the organization, and so is Ronaldinho!
No matter who does it, it's the same.
Ronaldinho may even have done better than Deco!
Because he is closer to the opponent's goal.
With Ronaldinho so active, Valencia reversed its previous decline.
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Rijkaard was shocked when he saw this change on the court - he didn't expect Valencia to be so understated and easily defeat his own strategy. He originally thought that at least in the first half, his sudden move
Valencia can't score a single goal!
I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it...
It turns out that Valencia has two playmakers! You can trap one, but you can never trap the second one...
The media box in the stands was also in an uproar!
Everyone is discussing how to deal with victory.
In fact, Chang Sheng's response method is nothing unusual. It doesn't seem to be anything special at all, it's just that they have two offensive playmakers...
It's just that Ronaldinho usually hides it very deeply and can't see it at all.
The media reporters in the Valencia region breathed a sigh of relief, and smiles appeared on their faces again - we knew that the Chinese would not let us down!
The smiles on the faces of reporters from the Madrid and Catalonia regions froze.
Because they found that Valencia is still unsolvable...
Even if you follow their example of positioning the midfielder forward and freezing the opponent's organizational midfielder Deco, they still have an attacking midfielder and forward Ronaldinho!
You can guard against one, but you cannot guard against two.
If you can guard against the front, you can't guard against the back.
No matter what they do, Valencia has a way to deal with it.
For a moment, these reporters felt a sense of despair... (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)
