1001 Taboo
While the whole world was setting off a wave of praise for Yang Yang's six-yuan independent winnings, the war in the La Liga continued.
After playing the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals, Real Madrid challenged Osasuna away in the 31st round of La Liga.
Just seven minutes into the game, Yang Yang made a cross from the bottom of the left. Ibrahimovic shot with a stunning volley from the back point and pierced through Osasuna's goal.
In the 37th minute, Xavi Alonso passed the ball, and Yang Yang suddenly made a cold arrow 30 meters away from the goal, breaking Osasuna's goal again. Three minutes later, Herrera passed the ball, Robben cut inside from the right side of the penalty area and swayed past the defender, and scored with his left foot, expanding the score to three-to-zero for Real Madrid.
The second half changed sides and fought again. In just three minutes, Real Madrid made a mistake in the right defense, Aveloa made a top shot and was recovered by Osasuna.
But in the 70th minute, Yang Yang was tripped outside the penalty area and took the free kick himself.
Seven minutes later, Yang Yang made another cross from the left, and Robben, who was undefensive in the back point, scored twice.
In the end, Real Madrid defeated Osasuna five-to-one with Yang Yang's two shots and two passes.
In another game played at the same time, Barcelona defeated the Basque lion Athletic Bilbao at home with the penalty kicks of Iniesta and Messi.
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It is a long trek from Madrid to Cyprus, and the distance is even further than that from Istanbul, Turkey. The straight line distance is 3,300 kilometers, and the one-way flight takes six or seven hours.
After Real Madrid won 7-1 at home, there was basically no suspense. Therefore, this time in Cyprus, Ancelotti decisively arranged a substitute to play, and finally successfully defeated his opponent 3-0 away.
Substitute center Morata scored twice, Kaka made a pass and shot, and the three goals were concentrated after 75 minutes.
In another match against Real Madrid, Barcelona defeated A Milan three-to-one at home, Messi scored twice, and Iniesta scored another goal.
A day later, the results of the two matches in the other and half of the zone were also freshly released, with Bayern Munich and Chelsea both advancing.
In this way, the Champions League semi-finals will create a situation where Real Madrid plays against Barcelona and Chelsea plays against Bayern Munich.
The day after Real Madrid returned to Madrid from Cyprus, Ancelotti held a tactical meeting in Valdebebas, focusing on studying and analyzing the two-leg matches between Milan and Barcelona.
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Unlike Benitez, Ancelotti is a head coach who likes to hold meetings very much.
Of course, don't think that Ancelotti likes to say a lot of high-sounding but unrealistic words.
On the contrary, the Italians will not spend too long every time they hold a meeting. They will crush some of their ideas and tactical ideas and instill them into the players bit by bit.
Ancelotti likes discussion very much, which may be related to his good communication. He is very good at telling the players clearly what they want during discussions and communication, which will undoubtedly give players a deeper understanding of him.
It is reflected in the team's tactical level, that is, Real Madrid players can easily understand his tactical ideas and specific requirements.
When analyzing the opponent's game video, Ancelotti and his team did not release all game videos, but extracted the game clips they wanted from the game video in advance, made them into a collection, and then took them out for the players to watch and analyze them. A game was eventually condensed into ten minutes, including many clips that analyzed the same event through lenses from different angles.
For the first round of the two sides, Ancelotti gave a high evaluation of Milan.
As the former head coach of A Milan, Ancelotti believes that the Ross and Blacks basically did not give Barcelona a good opportunity in the first round, and there were no obvious serious mistakes on the defensive end, but the first round also exposed the serious problem of A Milan, that is, the offense and defense conversion was slow.
This problem was caught by Barcelona in the second round and hit it again and again.
"It's obvious that after a clean sheet of Barcelona in the first leg, Milan wanted to get more in the second leg, but Allegri obviously underestimated Barcelona's determination and the cruelty of the Champions League knockout."
This is Allegri's second season in coaching A Milan. Last season, the Ross and Blacks stopped in the quarterfinals and lost to Tottenham Hotspur. This season is the first time that Allegri leads the team to the quarterfinals.
Newcomers often lack experience, especially when they almost perfectly blocked Barcelona in the first round, Allegri naturally wanted to win more in the second round, and it would be best to advance, but Barcelona did not give him such an opportunity, and gave the Ross and Blacks a painful blow at his home court.
"They should want to try to control the ball and plan the offense, but due to the aging of the players' age structure and the shortage of technical players, the team's process of turning from defense to offense is slow, which seriously lowers the offensive rhythm, which leads to excessive ball rights in the mid- and backcourts. The reaction is that the mid- and backcourt players seem hesitant when they get the ball. This is a taboo."
Yang Yang expressed his experience after watching the video.
"That's right." Ancelotti nodded and praised.
He and Zidane have the same viewpoint, and both believe that Yang Yang is the kind of player who is very good at analyzing problems with his brain.
"They lacked a Pirlo, and the speed of defensiveness to offense was slow. There were not many choices for midfielders to make the ball, which led to Barcelona's midfield and frontcourt pressing and pressing effect very obvious. Guardiola obviously realized this in the first leg, so he increased the intensity of crazy pressing in the frontcourt in the second leg."
As he said that, Ancelotti played a video.
That happened in the eighth minute and two seconds. Iniesta's pass on the left rib was intercepted by Ambrosini, who was dragged by Milan. As a midfielder, after stealing the ball, it should have been passed quickly, but after Ambrosini grabbed the ball, he failed to find the route of the ball.
Barcelona's counterattack speed was very fast. Iniesta and Messi stepped forward and attacked at the first time. Messi quickly cut off Ambrocsini's pass. Abat stepped forward and blocked it immediately and cleared the ball with his big foot. As a result, he was tackled by Fabregas who came up later. In the end, the ball was out of bounds.
"Look at it, Barcelona's frontcourt counterattack was very strong. When Ambrocchini intercepted the ball, there were no other points around him, but he did not clear the ball at the first time, which caused Messi's steal. Abate was very determined, but Fabregas stepped forward in time to press."
When Ancelotti said this, Real Madrid players knew it.
Offense and defense are like two sides of a coin. When the ball is at your feet, you are attacking, and when the opponent is at your feet, you are defense. Therefore, the integration of offense and defense is the core essence of modern football tactics.
During his coaching at Real Madrid, in order to train Real Madrid players to press and press, Benitez liked to let the coach throw the ball in training to train the players' overall movement and pressing. The purpose is very simple, to keep the overall formation tight.
Never underestimate this, because if the formation is not tight enough, it will be cut into pieces by the opponent like A Milan, and each area will be opened independently, and the final result will be like Ambrosini. Even if you are cut off the ball, you don’t know where to pass.
In the past two days, the Italian media have been complaining about A Milan because there were two penalty kicks in the game. Messi scored twice with a penalty kick. However, judging from the process of the game, although there is some controversy in the penalty kick, even if there is no penalty kick, A Milan is probably still in trouble.
Allegri's team has natural flaws and weaknesses. It has not solved the problem of slow offense and defense conversion, and has not found effective resolution to resolve the pressure of Barcelona's crazy counterattack in the frontcourt. It is unlikely that Milan will escape from Camp Nou.
In fact, how to play Barcelona is no longer a new question.
First there was Real Madrid, then Inter Milan, and even Milan did it in the first round. Arsenal did a good job last season. Everyone knew how to play Barcelona, but knowing how to do it, whether it could do it well is two different things.
"In fact, it is not difficult to defeat Barcelona. We have watched all the games facing Barcelona in the past few seasons, and we have achieved two aspects without exception."
Ancelotti waited until everyone had basically digested his analysis before giving the most important content of his conversation today.
"First of all, we have to face Barcelona in the way that Barcelona is best at, that is, the crazy pressing in the midfield and frontcourt, and use pressing to face Barcelona, because they have strong offense and weak defense, and their weak defense will reveal their flaws faster and earlier than us."
Everyone present nodded, which everyone knew.
"Secondly, improve the speed and efficiency of offense and defense conversion. Whether from defense to offense or from offense to defense, we need not only to be fast, but also to be efficient. Only in this way can we freeze the opponent in the shortest time and create a threat in the shortest time."
"A Milan achieved the first point in both rounds, but failed to achieve the second point, which led to their crushing defeat at Camp Nou, which is also the lesson we need to learn."
When Ancelotti said this, he looked up at the Real Madrid players.
"Of course, there are many opportunities in the game, such as corner kicks and free kicks, we have enough high ball advantages, and long passes, and we have Ibrahimovic ahead, and these are our advantages."
"After doing the first two aspects and fully leverage our advantages, we will definitely be able to defeat Barcelona at home in the first leg of the semi-finals, not to mention that they are now at a low point in morale."
After Yang Yang won six yuan alone, Messi suffered a tragic blow, and Barcelona also suffered a big morale, but Real Madrid was full of fighting spirit.
Moreover, after two rounds of the Champions League semi-finals, La Liga will usher in the 35th round, and Real Madrid will go to challenge Barcelona away.
In other words, Real Madrid and Barcelona will play three consecutive games in a short period of time.
Chapter completed!