1316 A good show
"I've got Real Madrid's lineup."
In the Bernabeu away locker room, Barcelona assistant coach Robert Moreno grabbed a freshly released lineup list and walked into Barcelona's coaching rest area, which immediately made all coaches, including head coach Enrique, watch over.
"The goalkeeper is Courtois, Marcelo, Xavi Martinez, Ramos and Danilo, the midfield is Tony Kroos, Casemiro and Modric, and the frontcourt is Hazard, Suarez and Yang Yang."
After Robert Moreno finished reading Real Madrid's roster, the Barcelona coaching staff also fell into deep thought.
Everyone, including Enrique, was guessing the idea of Zidane and Yang Yang's formation in this battle.
Four-three-three-on-four-three-three, what exactly do they want to do tonight?
But it is not difficult to see from this lineup list that Yang Yang and Zidane's ideas are still traceable.
"Danilo didn't play in two national team games. Fermall, Varane and Ramos all played two games, but it seems that Ramos is in better shape. Marcelo has been recuperating in Madrid recently."
"In the midfield, Mascherano was replaced by Casemiro, who also replenished his strength. Kroos, Modric, David Silva, James Rodriguez were all put on the bench, and there was no Di Maria in the frontcourt. It is not difficult to see that Yang Yang and Zidane are also very experienced in their use of troops."
The more critical the moment comes, the more stable you demand.
Adventure and surprise can certainly surprise and gain miraculous effects, but it is often very risky. It is nothing to use once or half a time, but it is not possible to use it frequently.
If you walk by the river often, how can you not get your shoes wet?
They always use strange things in a blind way, and sooner or later there will be ships capsized from the gutter, so Yang Yang and Zidane have always been relatively stable in their use of troops.
Real Madrid has an advantage in strength and its steady use of troops is in line with the current situation of Real Madrid.
Of course, there will be many media and fans accusing them of being conservative at critical moments, which is a layman.
In the finals, no one will take risks easily in any key decisive battle.
"What do you think?" Enrique looked at his assistant Robert Moreno.
This assistant is Luis Enrique's right-hand man. He has been with him for many years. Although he has always been behind the scenes, he is the best in Spain in terms of scouts, data analysis, video research, intelligence collection, etc. Enrique has always relied on him very much. The two of them have experienced Rome, Vigo Celta and Barcelona's first team together.
"From the perspective of the formation of troops, it is still relatively stable. This is not surprising. I guess they will not take risks easily, because they should be a little puzzled. Will we join Messi, so that's why we did this."
Whether to play with Messi, let alone Real Madrid, even Barcelona himself and even Messi himself only knew when he came to Madrid in the morning, because the Barcelona coaching staff had to observe Messi's condition.
And everyone knows whether there is Messi or not, and Barcelona plays differently.
"I think we should still stick to our original style of play, let Sergi Roberto play the right winger, and help Alves and Rakitic to curb Real Madrid's left side. From the lineup, we can see that both Marcelo and Hazard are there."
All the teams that have played against Real Madrid are full of fear of Real Madrid's wings.
Marcelo and Hazard on the left, and Carvajal and Di Maria on the right. Such a wing combination must be handled with caution by any team. If you are not careful, you may be beaten into a sieve at any time.
Tonight, Di Maria has not been there because of a long journey and two games in the national team, but Yang Yang and Suarez may appear on the right, and Danilo's offensive ability is also very strong.
Of course, Barcelona's left side is not vague. Neymar, Alba and Iniesta's left side attack is enough to penetrate any defense line in the world. This will be the offensive line that Barcelona relies most on tonight.
Sergi Roberto replaced Messi with the goal of defense, Rakitic was to stabilize the midfield, and Neymar and Alba on the left were the team's offensive channels.
"Nemar, Iniesta and Cristiano Ronaldo are the world's top left-hand in-cut players. As long as the ball reaches our left side, with our personal ability on the left side, we can completely tear off Real Madrid's defense."
Moreno analyzed the current situation in Barcelona, "Unlike in the past, our left-side offensive channel has been formed, and the players are also very tacit in understanding each other. I believe that tonight, our left-side has the ability to break through Real Madrid's right-side defense."
Enrique frowned, but nodded constantly to express his approval of Moreno's analysis.
Eleven people, no one can get along with whom, all of them have been carefully considered by the coaching staff.
If Messi can play, then Barcelona will adopt another way of play, but Messi cannot play now. Barcelona's pass and control need Iniesta and Busquets. The two attack and defense, one front and one back, which is the guarantee for Barcelona to defeat Real Madrid.
In the past, Barcelona had a golden iron triangle in the midfield, but everyone focused on Xavi and Iniesta. However, they didn't know that Guardiola abandoned Yaya Toure and chose Busquets, who had just debuted, was not just because he was stable, nor because he debuted at Barcelona youth training.
More importantly, although Busquets' defense is not very good, he has a very special ability, or it comes from Barcelona's traditional four-position inheritance. He can make the entire system run more lubricating and smoother. He can send the ball out in the opponent's midfield and frontcourt pressing and plan Barcelona's offense.
It can be said that after seeing the Real Madrid lineup list and after some analysis, Enrique can basically confirm that this is a continuation of Barcelona's matches with Real Madrid in the past few years.
According to the old scripts over the past years, Barcelona should control the ball, and Real Madrid patiently planned a defensive counterattack.
But tonight, Enrique temporarily revised the script and he made adjustments because his most important player, Messi, did not, but would play in the second half.
This is not his killer move, but his double insurance!
"Okay, everyone, get ready to go!" Louis Enrique clapped his hands hard to encourage his assistants.
"According to the script we wrote before, we will perform a good show at the Bernabeu tonight and kill them!"
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At the beginning of the game, Barcelona took the lead in using their serve rights to seize the opportunity and control the ball rights.
Real Madrid is more patient and mainly deploys defenses in the center line.
After several tests at the beginning, the game began to become more intense, while Barcelona began to play their own intentions and threats, especially on the left side of Barcelona.
In the seventh minute, Iniesta had just dribbled the ball across the center line, and Modric had to come to intercept him immediately, but Barcelona's midfielder reacted quickly and directly passed the ball to the left.
Alba quickly inserted it, and continued to move forward without slowing down after stopping the ball.
Neymar and Cristiano Ronaldo are both in the penalty area, and the two are quickly flipping forward one in front and one behind.
Danilo immediately grabbed the ball, but Alba suddenly dunked the ball into the inside, cut inwardly, and suddenly gave a diagonal pass, going directly to the front point of the goal.
Cristiano Ronaldo rushed forward quickly and threw Ramos away. When he was about to catch up with the ball, Courtois suddenly abandoned the goal and attacked. The well-known Belgian goalkeeper fell to the ground and saved the ball.
Barcelona missed an offensive opportunity and failed to pose a threat.
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Enrique was very satisfied with the player's attack and applauded hard on the sidelines.
"Good job! Just kick it like this!"
"Left, left, left, left, pay more attention!"
"You can put more pressure on them!"
Soon, in another left-wing offensive planned by Barcelona, Modric returned to the penalty area before successfully stealing the pass to Iniesta, but the subsequent attack failed to create a threat.
But Enrique still reminded the players on the sidelines that they should control the ball, control the game, and continue to play on the left firmly.
In the tenth minute, goalkeeper Bravo sent the goal with his big foot and landed in the frontcourt.
Cristiano Ronaldo suppressed Ramos when competing for the top spot with Real Madrid player Ramos, causing Ramos to lose balance. However, neither of them grabbed the ball. Instead, Neymar, who ran from the left, rushed to catch up with him.
After Neymar got the ball, he quickly dribbled the ball along the right side of the penalty area to rush towards the bottom line. Danilo followed from the left, keeping close to the defense, entangled Neymar, while Xavi Martinez quickly blocked Cristiano Ronaldo.
In the one-on-one contest, Neymar forced his breakthrough through Danilo with his strong personal ability and passed the ball to the goal from the bottom. Under the interference of Xavi Martinez, Cristiano Ronaldo grabbed the point in front of the goal and wanted to hit the far corner, but slipped out and failed to score.
The Portuguese people were so angry that they shook their hands hard, obviously dissatisfied with their missed opportunity.
Real Madrid was also frightened, and there was booing at the Bernabeu Stadium.
"It's close! It's very close!"
Enrique was excited on the sidelines, "I have already smelled the goal and are getting closer and closer!"
The Barcelona coach is now full of excitement.
After the opening, Barcelona not only controlled nearly 80% of the ball, but also almost suppressed Real Madrid.
Facts have proved that the tactics of the two Real Madrid rookies are still relatively conservative. They do not have any decent midfield and frontfield pressing and oppressing, but instead allow Barcelona to pass and control the ball very easily in the midfield and backfield.
Everyone knows that Barcelona is good at passing and controlling, and Real Madrid does not press and pressure in the midfield and frontcourt. Doesn’t this mean giving Barcelona a chance?
"Continue to attack me!"
"More effort! If you add another effort, as long as you score a goal, you will definitely continue to continue!"
This is the Bernabeu Stadium. As long as Barcelona scores a goal, Real Madrid will definitely not be able to calm down.
Attack?
Especially when Real Madrid is in a hurry, this is definitely the scene that Barcelona wants to see the most.
At this point, the competition lasted for ten minutes and was always following Enrique's script.
Chapter completed!