"Hello everyone, hello everyone. This is the Stade de France. The live broadcast for you now is the UEFA Champions League final of the 1999-00 season. Both sides of the game are clubs from La Liga, Real Madrid and Valencia."
"The starting lineups of both sides have come out, let's take a look at the starting lineups of both sides. Real Madrid's goalkeeper is the young Casillas, and the back line is Carlos, Campo, Helguera, Karanka, Salgado
, Raul, Redondo, McManaman are in the midfield, and Morientes and Anelka are up front.”
“On the Valencia side, the goalkeeper is Cañizares, the back line is Carboni, Pellegrino, Ayala, Angeloma, and the midfielder is Makelele, Herard, Mendieta.
, Lopez, Angulo, and Yancole is the striker.”
As the referee's whistle began, the Champions League final finally began. Lister once thought about how Benitez would deal with Real Madrid and what method he would take. Although Lister is only an agent, after all, he is also a player in football.
Having been around for nearly thirty years, he also had his own opinions on some tactics. But when the game started, Riester realized that he was still an outsider. He really couldn't figure out what these famous coaches were thinking. Of course, it wasn't just Riester.
One person in particular, and everyone watching this game was shocked.
Benitez is a recognized defensive coach in La Liga football, different from many Spanish coaches. Everyone thinks that Valencia can reach the Champions League finals because of the defense. Although the games with Lazio and Barcelona were all
There was a big victory, but no one thought it was because Valencia's offense was good. On the contrary, everyone knew it was because the defense was good.
Benitez's games are won by defensive counterattacks. No one cares about what Benitez was like before. Everyone knows Benitez from Extremadura to Valencia.
Among the clubs, Benitez adopts the method of hoarding strong defensive midfielders in the midfield, and then counterattacking whenever there is an opportunity. This is the routine.
Therefore, when Valencia's starting lineup came out, everyone understood it even more. Look at the players in the midfield, the double midfielder combination of Makelele and Hérard, and the frontcourt is Mendieta, Lopez, Andre Andres.
The three of Gulo were exactly the same as when they played against Barcelona. They were a complete clone of that game. The moment Del Bosque got this starting lineup, he breathed a long sigh of relief. After all, compared to the sudden changes in Valencia,
, or the original style of play allowed Bosque to grasp it better.
Because he has carefully studied the game between Valencia and Barcelona. He also has countermeasures on how to deal with Valencia. Barcelona's attack is too fierce, and there is no concern about the opponent's counterattack. Del Bosque has learned this lesson and is ready to grind it out first.
Valencia.
They all understood it this way. But after the game started, Benitez suddenly gave everyone a huge surprise, a surprise that no one expected. After the game started, Valencia did not play like before.
Suddenly the defense moved forward and then started to grab the ball in the midfield. A play that no one had thought of.
"Redondo, he handed the ball to McManaman. McManaman gave the ball back to Redondo, Herard, Herard came up."
Moving the defensive line forward is a very dangerous style of play. Especially for a classic defense like Valencia. Angeloma is already thirty-five years old, and Carboni is also thirty-five.
Years old. They are still able to serve as the main full-backs in Valencia mainly because of their excellent positioning ability and experience.
But in terms of physical condition, they are no longer as good as when they were young. Their explosive power and speed are completely at a disadvantage. Therefore, once the defense moves forward, their position will be the biggest loophole. Real Madrid's Carlos, Anelka, and McMana
People like Man have speed and skills. Once their speed is used, this place will simply be unstoppable.
Therefore, no one thought that Benitez would choose such a risky style of play. No normal coach would choose such a risky style of play. Of course, it can scare everyone. Of course, even the opponent
scared.
Redondo is a very elegant defensive midfielder. As a defensive midfielder, his skills are very good and his passing is also very beautiful. But even he did not expect that the Valencia player suddenly grabbed the ball as soon as he got the ball.
Ladd came up immediately. Fortunately, Redondo was very skilled.
Faced with Herard's pressure, he spiked the ball with his left foot. He initially passed Herard. But Herard is also a talented player. How could he pass by him in two blows? So he also got past him. Redondo
It was really impossible to get rid of Herard directly, so he handed the ball to Raul who came to respond. After Raul got the ball, he was forced to do nothing, so he handed it to Anelka next to him.
Anelka shocked the entire European football world when he moved to Real Madrid. At that time, his reputation in European football was almost comparable to that of those princes. However, his performance during this year was very average, and it can even be said that he was completely unqualified.
His worth. If not for his good performance in the Champions League semi-finals, he would not have been able to start in the final. Anelka wanted to turn around after taking the ball, but found that Makelele had been following him, so he could only start again
return.
But a good genius fell apart in Real Madrid. It should be said that his talent was suppressed by those superstars in Real Madrid. Therefore, he chose the safest method, which was to pass the ball back again. Unfortunately, this was not Anelka's play.
France, the most powerful thing about Anelka is his technique, speed, breakthrough, and shooting. His pass was soft and had no power.
"Anelka, pass back... the power is too small, Herard got the ball."
Valencia's overall pressing style of play made Real Madrid players very uncomfortable. They originally followed Del Bosque's request to control the rhythm of the game, but unfortunately they were destroyed by Valencia before they could control it. In fact, the same was true for Real Madrid at this time.
Very good opportunity. Once they get the ball, it's easy to break down Valencia's defense with their passing and speed.
However, Real Madrid, who did not react in time to Valencia's changes, could only give up such a good opportunity and gave Valencia a chance. After Herrard intercepted Anelka's return pass, he immediately invested in it.
Attack. Herard handed the ball to Mendieta in front, and then continued to run forward.
Redondo has the most tasks in Real Madrid's lineup. He has to defend as well as organize offense, but he is unable to cope with Herard and Mendieta. In addition, the ball was returned by Anelka
The mistake caught Redondo off guard.
"Mendieta, pass the ball back to Hérad. Hérad passes the ball!"
Real Madrid plays with three central defenders. The two wingers, Salgado and Carlos, are nominally full-backs. During the game, they go up to provide assists. When defending, they return to the full-back position. Therefore, Real Madrid's defense
It seems that Redondo is the only defensive midfielder, but when Redondo fails to guard his opponent, Helguera will rush up from the defender position and assume the responsibility of a defensive midfielder. This is Real Madrid's defensive style.
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This is how Helguera came up when Herard was dribbling the ball. Herard did not struggle with Helguera, but directly passed the ball into the penalty area.
"Yonkoler, Jankoler got the ball in the penalty area. Karanka was defending Jankoler, and Jankoler leaned on Karanka. Jankoler shot!"
Because of his height of 2.02 meters, Jankoler is not very fast, and his explosive power cannot be said to be very strong. This is a huge disadvantage, and it is also the reason why he cannot become Ibrahimovic. But also his physical strength
Very good. When Herard passed the ball, Jankoler countered the offside, but because he was not fast, he was quickly blocked by Karanka.
Karanka held up Jankoler from behind, preventing Jankoler from having a chance to turn around. Jankoler is highly recognized by everyone as a tactical center, because this season, Lopez, Mendieta, and Herard can score a lot of goals.
The goals were all scored by Jankoler's cover. However, Spanish football has doubts about Jankoler's own scoring ability.
Most of Jankoler's goals come from headers, either set-piece headers or headers after crosses from two wingers. Jankoler rarely scores goals with his feet in open battles. So it's stuck.
Lanka did not defend frontally, but defended the inside line to prevent Jankoler from turning around and facing the goal, forcing Jankoler to pass the ball to other players.
But after Jankoler was held up by Karanka, he used his body to push Karanka back. Then instead of passing the ball back as they imagined, he suddenly shot directly with his left foot.
On the left side of the small penalty area, it is difficult to shoot from this position. Not to mention tactical centers like Jan Koler who score very little, even those top forwards will not shoot directly from this position. Because the success rate of shooting from this position is too high
It was too low, and there was a defender like Karanka defending.
But Jankoler took the shot directly and decisively.
"This shot was beautiful and sudden. Real Madrid goalkeeper Casillas had no reaction at all. One to zero, one to zero. Jankoler has scored very few goals in Valencia this season, but suddenly in the Champions League knockout rounds
The shooting inspiration has greatly increased. I scored a goal against Lazio in the Champions League quarter-finals, a goal against Barcelona in the Champions League semi-finals, and now I scored another goal against Real Madrid in the Champions League final."
"One to zero, Valencia led the opponent one to zero in the seventh minute with Jan Koller's goal. Valencia took the lead in this Champions League final." (To be continued..
