Football: After listening to the advice, I became the strongest free man! - Chapter 346

c346 Looking down at the boos at the Bernabeu!

Before the game, Zidane said that he was not as good as Ronaldo for the first time, and the reason he gave was: “He can always stop the ball well and then shoot and score.”

([Zidane: If I and Ronaldo were of the same generation, Ronaldo would still be better).

In this game, Ronaldo’s two “catch the ball and shoot” in the penalty area proved that Zidane was right. In terms of shooting, Ronaldo has entered the historical level from the hall of fame level.

The reason why Ronaldo’s shooting is singled out is that to be fair, he and Benzema (including Higuain on the opposite side) did not have enough influence on the progress of the game.

The biggest highlight of this game is naturally the choice between Bale and Isco.

Whoever starts the game has advantages and disadvantages. No matter who Zidane lets play, the final result of the game will prove whether Zidane’s choice is correct. But putting aside the result of the game, Isco plus the connection between Kroos and Modric ensures that when Real Madrid wants to control the ball, they are the undisputed team that can control the ball the most.

In terms of the chemical reaction and utility maximization between players, how to stimulate the maximum combat power with a limited team, you can take a look at Juventus in the first half, which is basically the best in the world football.

Specifically, it can be seen clearly at the beginning of the game that Juventus’s starting lineup does not have the so-called switching between 3 and 5 defenders, but a typical 442. Alex Sandro is the left back, Barzagli pulls to play the right back, and Alves is pushed to play the right midfielder.

So the two wingers of Juventus midfield, Alves on the right and Mandzukic on the left, are not orthodox midfielders, but can be seen as a full-back pushed up, a striker pulled down, plus Dybala wandering in the middle, a tilted forward line.

There is no secret to speak of. This position is the norm for Juventus this season. Zidane must have studied it thousands of times. But at the beginning of the first half, at least in the first 10 minutes, Juventus still had the advantage. Allegri’s major tactical innovation in Juventus can be said to be to “post” the “front midfielder” created by Ancelotti.

Although Pjanic is the core of Juventus’ midfield in a certain sense, his task is only to receive the ball from the backcourt in the midfield, pass it forward, or use his technical ability to participate in the construction of the passing chain. The function of determining the direction of attack has been partially transferred to the back line.

A linkage reaction is that when the back line composed of Chiellini, Bonucci, and Barzagli, plus the midfield of Pjanic and Khedira determine the direction of attack, the front players are further functionalized.

Take this game as an example. Mandzukic’s play on the left side is to receive the ball from the backcourt (especially the high ball), as an offensive bridgehead, and then pass the ball to Sandro or Dybala who is next to him.

Alves on the right can be used as a winger when advancing, and can help Barzagli defend when retreating. When the situation is tense, he plays as a side midfielder (similar to Guardiola’s full-back as a defensive midfielder, because in the context of the high division of labor in various positions in modern football, if you want to have tactical innovation, the first to start is the full-back).

Juventus’ irregular position brought the effectiveness and chemical reaction to the extreme in the first half. But in the second half, when Real Madrid gradually gained the upper hand (I think there are two reasons for this situation change, one is that Juventus’ physical strength declined, after all, Juventus ran a total of eight kilometers more in the first half, and the second is that Isco got more balls), Juventus’ midfield could not get the ball, and Mandzukic and Higuain were separated.

The disadvantage of this formation is also reflected. That is, although Juventus’ organizational function has moved back, Mandzukic and Alves in the front court are not capable of breaking through the wing and directly attacking, which leads to Juventus’s personal adaptability of attacking players in the front court not meeting the requirements if they are at a disadvantage and cannot control the ball, making it more difficult for Juventus to reverse the situation.

Under the rule of tactical master Allegri (I think there is no doubt about this now), Juventus’ tactical chain is interlocked, and as long as one link is broken, for example, Juventus’s midfield and backcourt are really inferior to Real Madrid’s midfield in terms of ball control and control of the situation, then the frontcourt players will be trapped in the field without the supply from the back and forward, and their personal ability to break the situation is low, and it will be even more impossible to reverse.

Watching the second half of this game, I suddenly thought of the first game of the finals between the Cavaliers and the Warriors. The Cavaliers have reached the best level that this team can achieve in terms of team configuration and chemistry after the baptism and tempering of the entire playoffs. There is nothing wrong with this set of starting lineups and the second lineup, but when the opponent is a level higher than you in hard power, there is nothing you can do (of course, this is only the first game of the NBA Finals, and the Cavaliers still have a chance later. But what I mean is that this Juventus is like the Cavaliers, with good chemistry, but the upper limit is visible and tangible, and on the other side, what the full-strength Warriors/Real Madrid will be like, I personally have no way to predict).

Another thing is that when Juventus was trailing 1-3, they wanted to make adjustments, but at that time, there was only one person sitting on the bench who could change the situation, Cuadrado (he did change the situation later).

On the Real Madrid side, Morata, Bale, and Asensio were on the bench. After the only back-up Cuadrado was sent off with a red card (I disagree with the penalty for this ball), Marchisio and Lemina had limited impact on the scene.

And Dybala’s departure means that the only person in Juventus’ frontcourt who has the ability to change the situation has gone off.

This is the first time a team has defended the title since the reform of the Champions League.

As far as Real Madrid is concerned, in fact, apart from the market effect, the top players in the world football world, apart from Melo, may not be as good as Bale, Isco, Morata, and James Rodriguez in the team, no matter who they buy. But considering Real Madrid’s love of tossing, it is still possible to sell Bale, Morata, and James Rodriguez for the hot chicken (such as Mbappe).

Real Madrid must win every championship, and Juventus needs to prove the dominance of Italian football.

This is not alarmist. The last time a Serie A team won the Champions League was seven years ago.

That year, Inter Milan defeated Bayern Munich, the German double champion who also intended to win the triple crown, 2-0, becoming the Champions League champion and the first triple crown team in Italy’s history.

That was the last golden age of Serie A. They had the world’s top central defender Thiago Silva and Europe’s top midfielder Sneijder. The Premier League and La Liga could not unscrupulously poach players from Serie A.

Seven years later, this year, Serie A has long lost its former glory.

Before the start of this Champions League final, Juventus put themselves in the position of challengers and spoke very low-key.

At the regular press conference, Allegri talked about confidence and courage, because this Juventus lacked them. Real Madrid was the champion of the last Champions League. It had won 11 of the 14 Champions League finals before, while Juventus won the runner-up 6 times in 8 Champions League finals.

Before the game, Real Madrid was different from Juventus. They regarded themselves as the defenders and their attitude was relatively high. Vanella, who just turned 24, admitted that the runner-up was worthless and Bale hoped to win the championship at home.

Head coach Zidane showed off his pictures. Karembe, Raul, Carlos, Figo, Zidane, Miatovic, Salgado and Seedorf in the picture have all played for Real Madrid and won 20 Champions League titles in total.

Gianluigi Buffon, 39, saved Zidane’s header, and this may be his last Champions League final. He has already experienced two Champions League defeats.

He has a chance to challenge Lev Yashin and become the second goalkeeper to win the Ballon d’Or, provided he wins this year’s Champions League.

Alves, 34, has played for Barcelona for 8 years. If he can win the championship against his old rival, it will be the best response to the Barcelona top management.

Ronaldo, 32, has scored his 100th goal in the Champions League over the years. He wants to challenge a curse and a record.

In 1992, the European Cup reformed its competition system. The participating teams were expanded from the champions of various national leagues to the runner-ups, and the group stage was added. It was renamed the “European Champions League” until now. Inadvertently, they started the curse that no team has ever defended the title since the reform. The record of the top scorer in the Champions League final after the reform is also waiting for Ronaldo. The top player has only two goals, and Ronaldo also has two.

This 25-year-old curse was finally broken by Real Madrid, and Ronaldo also raised the threshold for the top scorer in the Champions League final to four goals.

After entering the quarterfinals, Juventus was called the best defensive team among the eight teams.

In this game, Allegri piled his forces on the wing. Real Madrid wanted to organize an attack, and first of all, they could break through the siege on the wing.

As a result, Kroos, who took the ball out of Juventus’ wing, found that Juventus’s midfield and backcourt were open, and Ronaldo made a two-on-one pass to get rid of the defense and scored calmly. Although he opened the record first, Zidane found that this was not like an Italian team at all. At this time, Real Madrid had only one shot, while Juventus had 5 shots and 3 shots on target.

“Except Buffon, all the players on the field have passed the center line.” The commentator said. Navas is 184cm tall, which is a goalkeeper height figure below the average. He saved Pjanic’s long shot with a good position at the beginning.

But Mandzukic once made the game suspenseful. His hook was wonderful, but the speed of the ball was not fast. If Navas was a few centimeters taller, perhaps everything would be different. In Juventus’ lineup, the two Argentines Higuain and Dybala seemed more important, but it was Mandzukic, who was one year younger than Ronaldo, who almost made Juventus turn the tables.

Allegri changed Mandzukic, who was born as a center forward, into a standing center forward on the wing. Although he did not score many goals in the Champions League, this goal was enough to be selected into the best goal list of the Champions League final.

Even Ronaldo shook his head helplessly. Juventus maintained the advantage in the first half. If they could seize that time to do something else, Mandzukic’s goal might be a turning point.

But in the second half, the balance of the game quickly tilted towards Real Madrid. Juventus, who had 8 shots and 4 shots on target in the first half, only had 3 more shots off target in the second half.

The fourth intercontinental championship in two years began to beckon them with the efforts of Real Madrid.

Before the Champions League, Alves wrote a personal letter in the “Star Tribune”, in which he unabashedly praised Guardiola as a genius.

“If you turn the word computer in reverse, it reads Steve Jobs.

If you turn the word football in reverse, it reads Pep. He is a genius.

“I’ll say it again. A genius.” After this game, Alves may change his opinion. Football can also be read as Cristiano Ronaldo in reverse.

Until now, we are still not sure whether Ronaldo said something to everyone in the locker room at halftime like in the European Cup final;

It is also possible that Zidane’s adjustment has paid off: keeping the ball firmly under his feet and forcing the opponent to press to consume the opponent’s physical strength.

Perhaps this is the result of both training and tactics.

In the second half, Real Madrid laid siege to Juventus. What’s the trick to cracking the ‘BBC’ back three? Long shot. Real Madrid’s first two goals were scored by deflections.

After Cristiano Ronaldo scored the second goal, the game had lost its suspense. Losing two points in a short period of time would lead to a “mental breakdown” whether in a MOBA game or on the football field. Juventus, which defeated Real Madrid two years ago, ran 3 kilometers more than Real Madrid. Two years later, they still ran more distance than Real Madrid.

However, they have aged two years. Among the 11 starting players, the average age of Juventus is 30.6 years old, while Real Madrid is only 28 years old. As he gets older, he still has to consume the same physical strength. This may be the reason for Juventus’ rapid collapse.

For Buffon, this result is too unfair. The 39-year-old accompanied Juventus through the “Calciopoli” relegation and subsequent trough, witnessed Juventus’s history of “six consecutive titles” in Serie A, and led the same team to the Champions League three times in the early and late stages of his career. Finals, but failed every time.

How far is it from the Golden Globes? Buffon admitted, “To win the Ballon d’Or these days, a goalkeeper has to do something very special.”

In 2006, Buffon denied Zidane his second World Cup, and Zidane now stood on the sidelines and responded to his opponents who were still fighting on the goal line.

When he first took over as interim coach, he became a regular coach more than a year ago, and he got off to a perfect start: reaching two Champions League finals, winning both of them, and winning a La Liga title. The secret of this young marshal’s success will gradually unfold in the future. Before that, we all called him the “master of metaphysics.” Among his “metaphysics” is Ronaldo.

“Cristiano Ronaldo wants to win all the time, and this is also true in training. His contribution to the team is this belief in winning. This is something in Ronaldo’s bones.” Zidane was also asked before the game, if he and When Ronaldo competes at the same time, who will be stronger? He replied: “I choose Ronaldo because Ronaldo can always score goals. This is the most important thing.”

For Ronaldo, this result is fair. He became the top scorer in the finals, and there was never a final where he didn’t give everything he had, and he personally “carried” this final.

In the second round of the Champions League quarter-finals, Cristiano Ronaldo used his left foot, right foot and header to complete a hat trick to help Real Madrid defeat Bayern 4-2. He made a “don’t boo, applause” action, “I just hope Never boo me again at the Bernabeu.”

Ronaldo said. This is not because Bernabeu fans don’t understand football. Ronaldo failed to score in six Champions League games before facing Bayern.

When a former leader falls into a slump, people will first question whether he is slacking off, rather than discovering that he has aged another year. As a result, Ronaldo not only proved that he is not slacking off, but also that he is still young. In the semi-finals, Ronaldo scored another hat-trick to defeat Atletico Madrid and help the team reach the final. He sat on the billboard and looked down at the boos at the Bernabeu.

Without Ronaldo’s eight goals, Real Madrid’s total score in these two knockout rounds would be: 1-3 loss to Bayern and 1-2 loss to Atletico Madrid. The only remaining important competitions in 2017 are the Confederations Cup, the Ballon d’Or at the end of this year, and the World Footballer at the beginning of next year. The results seem to be no doubts.

When Ronaldo won the award last year, he mentioned the help of his teammates many times. This year, he didn’t need it because he himself was the key figure to win the championship. There are not enough words to praise Ronaldo. Juventus finally lost to this galactic battleship composed of Ronaldo’s belief in winning and Qi Zu’s “metaphysics”. The score of 4-1 was enough to convince Allegri.

The Bianconeri’s old and shaky defense is still eager to make a comeback. Cristiano Ronaldo, who is at his peak, has inevitably entered the list of “watching one less game” due to the passage of time. Before we look to the future, let us once again congratulate Real Madrid.

Cristiano Ronaldo is really strong. In a previous interview, he said that he did retain his strength at the beginning of the season. It seems to be the case. Cristiano Ronaldo’s physical fitness is indeed not as good as before, but his already excellent sense of grabbing points has improved. He is getting better and better, making him the best finisher in football today, and Ronaldo’s performance in key games is really impeccable.

Isco really can’t leave, his ball-handling skills are too important. It should be noted that Real Madrid’s recent recruitment strategy has been significantly adjusted, and the discovery of young talents has been regarded as an important task. Therefore, Real Madrid’s current lineup has a reasonable age structure, no shortcomings, and a deep championship. The football world will be absolutely competitive even in the next ten years.

Juventus is just the opposite. The main body of the lineup is older, so the physical disadvantage in the second half is very obviously exposed. In addition to the lack of response to Real Madrid’s tactical changes in the second half, this is probably the most important reason for Juventus’s collapse in the second half. .

Finally, the old boys like Juventus may really miss the Champions League. If this is true, it will be a real pity, but this championship is not owed to Real Madrid or others (some people say so). Real Madrid deserves to win the championship and beat Bayern all the way. Atletico Madrid and Juventus are full of gold.

Real Madrid’s recent games have been very difficult without Bell. Not only is the frontcourt missing an excellent counterattacker, but it is also missing the feeling of partial cooperation in the frontcourt and smooth counterattacks. Objectively speaking, whether it is Vazquez, Isco, or Ronaldo, the frontcourt work is done well, even better than I imagined.

However, Real Madrid’s exit from the Copa del Rey, the matches against Sevilla and Celta all more or less reflected problems in attack rather than defense. –Until James Rodriguez’s playing time increased and the two wingers began to frequently switch positions during the game.