Francisco Pavin, a 23-year-old central defender, is a standard Madridist.
He received training in the Real Madrid youth academy since he was a child, climbing up the echelons one by one, and finally entered the first team.
He still clearly remembers that on the night of October 6, 2001, head coach Del Bosque replaced youth training youngster Raul Bravo with him in the 70th minute, who was in his first team of Real Madrid.
In their first match, the team defeated Athletic Bilbao 2-0.
During the winter break two months later, Real Madrid signed a seven-year contract extension with him.
Almost at the same time, Real Madrid president Florentino officially proposed the [Zidane Pavin] policy.
Overnight, this young academy player became famous all over the world and caused a huge response.
Who is Parveen?
Why can his name be ranked alongside Zidane?
Pavin never thought that he would become famous in this way, and he never thought that the pressure this way of becoming famous would bring to him would be so great that it could even destroy a person's self-confidence.
Del Bosque is a good man and has coached Real Madrid's youth team for a long time. He loves Real Madrid very much and often uses his rest time to observe the training and games of the youth team. He understands Real Madrid's youth training and trusts the players in the youth training.
Playing under Del Bosque, Pavin worked conscientiously and walked on thin ice. Although it was controversial, it was still quite satisfactory.
But who would have thought that even a Real Madrid man like Del Bosque would be dismissed from get out of class.
Although Florentino has repeatedly emphasized that the reason for bringing in Queiroz is his ability to cultivate young players and that he hopes that he can cultivate Real Madrid's youth training players into talents, everyone knows that this is false.
In fact, Real Madrid chose Queiroz after being frustrated in poaching famous coaches such as Wenger and Ancelotti.
One superstar every year has brought huge benefits to Real Madrid. The team has eased from the financial pressure in 2001. Especially with the joining of Beckham this summer, Real Madrid's future financial income is even more promising.
, in this case, in President Florentino's blueprint, what is needed is more Zidane, where is Pavin needed?
Therefore, this summer, there are endless calls to introduce world-class central defenders such as Nesta and Samuel.
Although it was not successful in the end, it also sounded a warning to Pavin and other young players.
In the past, the team's finances were limited, and the transfer budget was mostly invested in superstars in the frontcourt. But from now on, Real Madrid has enough financial resources to take into account both the introduction of superstars in the frontcourt and the introduction of strong reinforcements in the backcourt.
If Pavin wants to continue to gain a foothold in the team, he must perform well enough.
As a native of Real Madrid, Pavin has a very clear understanding of his situation, so he worked very hard throughout the summer training camp.
But things did not change for the better because of his efforts.
The old captain Hierro is gone!
Helguera began to become Pavin's partner in central defense.
This player from northern Spain has a strong and fierce playing style, but he was born in the midfield. He is not tall, only 1.84 meters, and lacks physical confrontation. Coupled with the playing habit of a midfielder, he is in the central defender position.
The defense is very problematic.
In the season when Helguera established himself at Real Madrid, he actually played as a central defender, but that central defender was not this central defender.
In the 2000s, Del Bosque came to the rescue of Real Madrid's first team, drastically changing the team's tactics and adopting a five-back tactic. Among them, the most thoughtful move was to withdraw Helguera from the midfielder to the central defender and serve as a sweeper.
This style of play completely reversed Real Madrid's weakness that season and advanced all the way to the Champions League final, eventually defeating Valencia to win the championship. Helguera also became famous in one battle and established a firm foothold in the first team.
With the joining of superstars one after another, Helguera's position is also wandering between the midfielder and the central defender, but his problems have always existed, so much so that some Spanish media joked, "Helguera is Casillas' best
Goalkeeper coach.”
Pavin is good at attacking and fighting one-on-one with his opponents, but no defender can ensure that every time he attacks and defends successfully, especially a young central defender like Pavin, who plays in an important position like Real Madrid.
In a team that excels in offense and defense.
There used to be a seasoned Hierro, but now he has become a half-way monk.
What's even worse is that Makelele, the midfielder's barrier, is gone!
From the pre-season warm-up match, Pavin has clearly felt the intensification of defensive pressure. He has also reacted to coach Queiroz several times. The Portuguese coach gave positive feedback and said that he would consider letting Beckham play a guest role.
Lower back.
Can the combination of Cambiaso and Beckham work?
Parveen doesn't know.
But tonight, facing the wolf-like Valencia in the away game, Queiroz's single defensive midfielder and small diamond midfielder undoubtedly added a mountain of pressure to Real Madrid's defense, especially Pavin and El
Gra.
Cambiaso is no Makelele at all.
When the superstars in the frontcourt did not actively defend, Makelele could barely support himself, and it was even harder for Cambiasso.
Perhaps Cambiaso is worse than Makelele in terms of passing the ball, controlling the ball in the midfield, and controlling the game situation, but in defense, especially when the opponent counterattacks quickly, Cambiaso is far more effective. Not as good as Makelele.
So much so that Pavin had to make up for the midfield weakness again and again.
He knew the danger. Every time he stepped forward, he might cause a mistake behind him, but he had no choice.
If you don't block the midfield, do you want the opponent to take the ball directly to the defense and the goal?
Pavin's only hope is that Ronaldo and Zidane in front of him can break through the opponent's goal as soon as possible.
…
Real Madrid controlled the rhythm of the game and the ball, and also created several opportunities.
First, after Figo received Zidane's pass, he took a kick in the penalty area and was saved by Palop.
But soon, Valencia changed colors.
It was Su Dong who retreated to respond again, took the ball with his back, and overpowered Helguera to turn and pass the ball behind him. Aimar quickly stepped in and hit the goal in the penalty area, but was saved by goalkeeper Casillas.
Left winger Vicente followed up with another follow-up shot, Casillas made a second save and once again saved the ball from the bottom line.
Facing Valencia's attacks twice in a row, Casillas made a second save to keep Real Madrid's goal intact.
But after Santakasi got up from the ground, the first thing he did was to yell angrily at Pavin and other teammates who were chasing after him, showing his dissatisfaction with the defense.
Pavin and Helgra could only keep their heads down and bear the blame.
Four minutes later, the superstars in the frontcourt once again created an opportunity. Another direct pass from Zidane. Ronaldo successfully countered offside and received the ball in the penalty area to form a single goal. When facing the attacking Palop,
, when the Brazilian stopped the ball with his left foot, he failed to control the ball under his feet and missed an excellent opportunity.
Everyone can see that he has gained weight and is slower.
If it were Ronaldo at his peak, Palop would have no chance at all.
Of course, as the best defensive team in La Liga, Valencia's goal is not so easy to break.
Pavin and Helguera saw Ronaldo missing the opportunity, looked at each other, and then turned their attention to Su Dong.
This kid is the most troublesome player in Valencia.
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The game continues.
After Valencia stabilized their position, they gradually exerted their strength.
They do not chase possession of the ball, the team maintains a compact formation, and once they seize the ball, they quickly launch a counterattack.
This makes it particularly difficult for Real Madrid to deal with it, because the superstars in the frontcourt basically do not participate in defense.
Valencia's counterattack will either directly pass the ball to the frontcourt to find Su Dong, or it will be distributed to the wing.
This time, Albelda passed the ball directly to the left to find Vicente.
Vicente dribbled the ball forward along the left wing and quickly attracted Salgado.
Pavin maintained contact with Salgado and also paid attention to Su Dong.
When he saw Su Dong retreating and raising his hand for the ball, he immediately followed suit.
Vicente did not directly single out Salgado, and was obviously not sure of defeating the Spanish international. He made an emergency stop and spiked the ball to the center, and quickly sent the ball to the feet of Su Dong who retreated to respond.
Pavin rushed towards Su Dong immediately, trying to stand behind him and prevent him from turning around.
But Su Dong was already prepared. Without stopping the ball, he directly knocked back Vicente's pass, turned around and sprinted forward without hesitation.
Pavin's attention was first focused on the direction of the ball. When he realized something was wrong, he went to look for Su Dong, only to find that Su Dong had started to accelerate, which shocked him.
Especially when he saw Aimar catching up from behind, facing Su Dong's knock back, he directly kicked the ball behind him.
Damn it!
It’s such a coordinated routine!
Pavin shouted the name of his teammate Helgra [Ivan] and immediately turned around.
But at this time, Su Dong had already rushed to the edge of the penalty area and used his chest to pass Aimar's pass towards the penalty area.
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Amid the exclamations of the Valencia fans, Sudong passed by Pavin as quickly as possible, rushed to the front of the penalty area, stopped the ball with his chest into the penalty area, and then caught up with him.
In the penalty area, Casillas decisively abandoned the goal and attacked.
The Real Madrid goalkeeper is not tall, has a very flexible body, and is very fast in reaction and attack speed.
But Su Dong was already prepared.
Just now when he was knocked down in the penalty area by Casillas with the ball, he had already experienced Casillas' ability.
But he won't make the same mistake twice.
This time, he stopped the ball with a little less force. The ball fell to the left of the penalty spot, and Sudong rushed up as quickly as possible and stopped the ball just before Casillas could get in place.
The Real Madrid goalkeeper was determined to win this attack, but he did not expect Su Dong to be so fast.
Especially when he took the first step to stop the ball, he also stopped suddenly and went to the right.
In this way, very simply, yet very practical, Su Dong deflected the attacking Casillas.
The desperate Real Madrid goalkeeper fell to the ground and failed to stop Su Dong, but he could only watch Su Dong go away, pinning all his hopes on Helgra who returned to the defense.
But before Helguera was in place, Sudong had already caught up with the ball near the penalty spot, fired a furious shot with his right foot, and drove the ball straight into Real Madrid's goal, causing a wave of the net!
It wasn't until this moment that thunderous exclamations erupted from the Mestanha Stadium!