"All viewers in front of the TV, welcome to the Stadium of Light in Lisbon, Portugal"

"What is now broadcasting for you live is the UEFA Champions League final, Tottenham Hotspur vs Real Madrid, the game is about to begin."

"Now we see the former superstar of Portugal. The ambassador of this Champions League final, Luis Figo slowly walked into the stadium with the San Belade Cup. All fans in the entire stadium of Light cheered Figo. This was the former superstar who once played in Real Madrid, so he bluntly stated that he supported Real Madrid in this game."

"I believe this is not the idea of ​​most fans around the world. According to the pre-match evaluations by authoritative media, almost more than UU fans choose to support Tottenham Hotspur, the highest proportion is in Asia, reaching 85 of which in China, almost 99 fans choose to support Tottenham Hotspur’s three consecutive championships."

"It can be said that in the fan battle before the game, Tottenham Hotspur, which has risen strongly in recent years, has laid the foundation for the giants in one fell swoop, can almost be said to have defeated the Galaxy battleship Real Madrid, but Ancelotti said before the game that the popularity battle outside the court is Tottenham Hotspur's strength, while Real Madrid's strength is on the court."

"So, let's wait and see if Real Madrid can beat Tottenham Hotspur in this game"

With Figo's entry, the organizing committee arranged a brief but wonderful opening ceremony. After that, the players of the two teams, led by the referee, took the caddie's hand and slowly walked into the stadium.

"The starting lineups of both sides in this game can be said to be the main force."

"Tottenham Hotspur's starting goalkeeper is Peter Cech, the world's number one, from the Czech Republic. This is also the top goalkeeper in today's football world and the best in form. The left back is Brazilian international Marcelo, and the world's number one left back. The central defender combination is also the best combination in the world. Thiago Silva is partnered with Kompany, and the right back is Kyle Walker. This English young player took over Alves' mantle well. His performance is very eye-catching. He is also the top right player in Europe."

"In terms of midfield, Tottenham Hotspur's best signing this season, Matic is the back midfielder. This Serbian midfielder is Tottenham Hotspur's best performance this season and has been selected for the Premier League's best team this season. In front of it is the combination of Ramsey and Vidal, which is also Tottenham Hotspur's best midfielder combination in the past few years."

"Before this game, some media speculated that Ye Qiu might win Ramsey and play the 3l tactic instead, but we see that Ye Qiu finally chose the more secure 43. This is also Tottenham Hotspur's conventional tactic. Ramsey's performance in the past few seasons has become one of the world's top midfielders.

"But at present, Tottenham Hotspur's midfield is full of talents. On the bench are also French talented midfielder Pogba, as well as English local rookies, Phil O Jones, who is a versatile midfielder, Dutch national team captain Stroman, Danish teenager Eriksson and Italian national team main midfielder Pirlo were not on the bench."

"Tottenham Hotspur's frontcourt is arranged by Ribery, Lewandowski and Messi's trident combination, among which Ribery is the best player in the Premier League this season. Although Lewandowski has only one season, he has established his position as the world's top center and has made great progress. Messi is the world's number one superstar as always."

"Tottenham Hotspur's entire starting lineup is full of stars and superstars, but Real Madrid is not inferior. The starting goalkeeper in this game is Casillas. Although his main position this season has been challenged by Diego and Lopez, Casillas is still the captain of Real Madrid."

"The backcourt is a combination of Vargas, Ramos, Pepe and Carvajal. Compared with Tottenham Hotspur's defense, Real Madrid's defense line is indeed a big hidden danger. Whether it is the two full-backs or the central defender combination, it is difficult to be relieved. This is also the biggest hidden danger of Real Madrid in this game.

"In terms of midfield, Real Madrid adopts a three-midfield combination of David Silva, Xavi Helongso and Khedira. This set of midfield creativity and passing ability are quite excellent, and has also proved well in some past games, this set of midfield's achievements in defense."

"What Real Madrid is most proud of is the luxurious frontcourt trident, the frontcourt combination of Cristiano Ronaldo, Cavani and Gareth Bale, which is almost the most eye-catching superstar combination in football today."

"There are quite a connection between these two teams. In Real Madrid's starting lineup, Vargas, David Silva, Cavani and Gareth Bale are all stars from Tottenham Hotspur, and the joining of these players has almost created sky-high prices. Therefore, some people believe that Tottenham Hotspur is Real Madrid's superstar processing factory, and the next person who may transfer from Tottenham Hotspur to Real Madrid is Messi, the team's number one superstar, said to be worth more than 200 million euros."

"So, we saw that when the players of the two teams were shaking hands, their attitudes seemed very close, because they used to be long-term teammates, but in this game they were their own players and played for different teams."

As the whole process was completed, both sides returned to their own half, while the captains of the two teams, Thiago Silva and Casillas, both went to the referee group to draw lots, and Tottenham Hotspur got the serve.

"The players on both sides are ready. This game is highly anticipated, and many people are speculating about what tactical styles the two sides will adopt in this game, because they are both balanced teams that can advance, attack, retreat and defend."

With the referee's whistle, Tottenham Hotspur made a quick pass after sending the ball, and the overall formation was appropriately opened, but Real Madrid's entire midfield and frontcourt quickly pressed up, especially Cavani, who was the first to be hit by Tottenham Hotspur's double center back.

Cavani is very familiar with Tottenham Hotspur’s entire tactical system, so he knows very well that it is not enough to force Matic one, because Matic is actually not a player with strong ball control ability. On the contrary, Pirlo’s ball control ability is even better.

Therefore, with Matic playing, Tottenham Hotspur's ball control was actually divided into many different positions, such as the two central defenders who assumed great ball control responsibilities, as well as two central defenders and Messi. So at the beginning of the game, Cavani pushed forward, forcing Tottenham Hotspur two central defenders to quickly get the ball.

"Real Madrid's tactics started very positively and took the initiative to push forward, and we also noticed that Real Madrid's desire for this game was very strong, and soon forced Tottenham to launch a long pass."

But when the ball reached the frontcourt, Ramos beat Lewandowski to grab the ball when he was competing for the topcourt, and then pushed it back to the frontcourt. After Khedira stopped the ball with her chest, she hooked the ball to Xavier Heronso without waiting for the ball to land, and the latter pushed it to David Silva.

Although Real Madrid's ball control and pass-and-receive skills are not as good as Barcelona, ​​they are among the best in football today, especially this midfielder. David Silva looks like a midfielder at first glance, but in fact, when he gets the ball, he pulls more from the middle to the left. At this time, Cristiano Ronaldo will move towards the middle and approach Cavani.

"Ancelotti is quite risky in this game." Mauro Tassoti launched an attack from the left at Real Madrid. Left-back Vargas followed up to meet David Silva. After the latter handed the ball to Vargas, he cut back to the middle and wanted to pass directly to find Cristiano Ronaldo in the frontcourt, but Matic calmly intercepted the ball, destroying Real Madrid's attack into the 30-meter area.

Real Madrid seemed to have tasted the sweetness when they entered the 30-meter area for the first attack.

"It's quite adventurous, but he can only take the risk." Ye Qiu still looked very calm.

He has coached for so many years and has encountered various starts. It is difficult to have anything that can make him nervous or anxious.

"Although it seems to be a 433 tactic, in fact, David Silva is equivalent to the left inside forward in the frontcourt. Cristiano Ronaldo and Cavani look like double strikers, Gareth and Bale play on the right, Vargas actively inserts on the back line, and Carvajal is more on the defensive position."

Speaking of this, Ye Qiu turned his head and looked at Mauro Tassoti, and the two of them smiled tacitly.

"Suppress their midfield?" Mauro Tasotti asked with a smile.

Ye Qiu shrugged, "They are all coming to the door on their own initiative, are you still polite to them?"

Mauro Tasotti walked to the sidelines and shouted the names of Ribery, Messi, Ramsey, Vidal and Matic, and made adjustments to them respectively, but all adjustments were made in the form of codes and gestures.

Real Madrid is a player with very strong ability to counterattack quickly. This can be seen from the characteristics of their three players in the frontcourt. Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale are both top scorers with excellent absolute speed, as well as amazing attack power and impact power, while Cavani is a player with a frontcourt versatility, and their defensive ability and running coverage ability are excellent.

So when facing Real Madrid, the happier they will be if you push the defense line up. Now Ancelotti is sure to hope that you push the defense line in front of their 30-meter area, because in this way, once they have the opportunity to pass the backcourt for a long time, their absolute speed advantage when counterattacking will be maximized.

Ye Qiu and Mauro Tassoti both have a very clear understanding of this characteristic of Real Madrid. And as Ye Qiu said before the game, Real Madrid has an extremely urgent desire for the tenth Champions League. Cristiano Ronaldo, Ramos, Pepe, Khedira and others all need a Champions League to prove their strength, so they are very eager to win the championship.

This urgency will be reflected in the game, so rather than being proactive at the beginning, Ancelotti is just passively following the players' psychology, because he knows very well that with the current psychology of Real Madrid players, even if he takes a defensive position, soon, in the game, as long as Tottenham retreats, Real Madrid will definitely push up.

If they can, they would rather swallow their opponents in one breath.

In this case, Tottenham Hotspur's move forward in a defensive line is undoubtedly irrational, so Ye Qiu and Mauro Tassoti started to seek stability. After seeing Real Madrid actively pressing up, they immediately made adjustments.

After adjustment, Messi and Ribery retreated appropriately, and their positions were not fixed on the wing. Only when the opponent's full-backs pressed on and participated in the attack would they pull the edge to assist in defense. Matic still stood in the midfield, Ramsey and Vidal pressed on to resist Khdira and Xavi Heronso, and Lewandowski defended against Pepe and Ramos.

Tottenham Hotspur's entire formation is relatively large. The team's four players are basically at the forefront of the penalty area, defending Real Madrid's frontcourt trident, while Matic pays attention to David Silva, and supports the backcourt defense anytime and anywhere.

Five-on-four, Tottenham Hotspur's defense doesn't seem to have much advantage.

But the problem cannot be one-sidedly looking at the frontcourt. Khedira's ability to shoot is not strong, and Xavi Helongso's ability to get rid of is insufficient. When Ramsey and Vidal both pressed, the two players had to choose to shoot in the backcourt. As soon as the two full-backs were inserted, Ribery and Messi would get involved immediately.

Therefore, since the fifth minute of the game, after Tottenham Hotspur began to adjust, Real Madrid's entire frontcourt and midfield were cut, and it was impossible to effectively connect the ball. The ball could only fall in the midcourt. If you want to go to the frontcourt, you can only pass long passes, but Tottenham Hotspur's air control advantage is quite obvious.

Therefore, in the first ten minutes, Real Madrid seemed to have controlled the ball and pressed it very much, but in fact it failed to create any effective offensive means. All three shots were long shots of about 20 meters, which shows that Real Madrid could not organize an effective offense at all.

In order to better connect the midfield and frontcourt, Ancelotti also made changes, and David Silva retreated.

But Ye Qiu and Mauro Tassoti had been prepared for this long. As soon as David Silva retreated, Ribery and Messi also retreated. Tottenham Hotspurs looked like a 414l tactic. Matic and Lewandowski were both one after another, and the midfield and defense line were all four players, and they were all four-on-four, with very obvious defensive effects.

The ball failed to reach the front court, and the trident in front almost became a decoration

There is no doubt that Real Madrid has good offensive capabilities in positional battles, but they have excellent defense capabilities and adopt retreat tactics at the same time. The reason is very simple. Real Madrid's frontcourt tridents are players of hard bridges and hard horses with strong impact. Although Cavani has excellent coverage, his ability to take the ball and dribble the ball is not strong. The same is true for the two superstar wingers. They are more suitable to play a threat in counterattack.

Real Madrid's midfielder is full of talents, David Silva and Isco are all excellent in dribbling. If they play at the same time, they can solve the offensive problems, but the hardness and defensive problems of the midfield will be exposed. Therefore, in this game, Ancelotti chose Khedira instead of Isco for defensive purposes.

After the first ten minutes of testing, neither side got the chance. Real Madrid had a three-stroke long shot, Tottenham Hotspur had a counterattack, which was more threatening, but not an absolute scoring opportunity. So Ancelotti made another adjustment, dragging Xavi Ronso and David Silva behind, allowing Khedira to actively participate in the frontcourt offense.

After more than ten minutes of testing, Ancelotti finally confirmed that Khedira could not play a threat in the backcourt. On the contrary, his weakness would cause problems in Real Madrid's ball control, so he would participate in the offense and advancement of the frontcourt, support the Trident, and give full play to his physical strength. Xavi Helongso and David Silva stayed in the backcourt to ensure the team's ball control.

The strategy Ancelotti adopted is very simple. Since Tottenham is willing to give up possession, he will accept it as a single order, and has more possession, which can also induce Tottenham to push out and grab it.

"What a cunning old fox." Ye Qiu shook his head and smiled.

After the 20th minute of the game, the coaching teams of both sides were fighting wits and strength. The players were like chess pieces on the court, playing the game under the promotion and guidance of the head coaches of both sides. Ancelotti's wishful thinking also played very well, but Tottenham Hotspur would not be fooled so easily.

"Adhere to our tactics, appropriately increase the forward run of the two full-backs, and increase the pressing strength in the midfield and frontcourt, but only one defender is allowed to take risks at each time. The other three, including Matic, were dragged behind me so that the coaching staff could watch more and don't be fooled by Real Madrid."

Ye Qiu immediately made adjustments and commands. Mauro Tasotti understood Ye Qiu's intentions and quickly conveyed the adjustment to the court. The players also quickly understood Ye Qiu's adjustments.

But this adjustment just now, Ye Qiu quickly made another adjustment, which was for Matic, that is, once the midfield intercepted the ball, it was immediately handed over to the forward full-back, and the full-back dribbled the ball and advanced.

"Ancelotti is indeed cunning, but it does not mean that others are fools. When their frontcourt trident is cruising on our defense line, but we successfully intercept the ball in the midfield and then transfer the ball to the side of the full-back who was already ahead, then their midfield will be short of people. There were only three, so they had to pull one to the side of the side, and there were only two left in the middle, but there were three in the middle."

The so-called targeted tactics emphasize a probability, which maximizes the possibility of scoring and minimizes the possibility of conceding the ball. Ye Qiu's adjustment this time targets the probability of a full-back intercepting the ball after the midfield.

In fact, everyone knows that the reason why football games score fewer goals is because the success rate of defense is higher than the success rate of offense, and it is much higher.
Chapter completed!