Chapter 614
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The game between Real Madrid and Levante was a situation of starting high and ending low in the first half. It went from smooth sailing to a chaotic scene. It had a strong start but a weak finish.
Something that shocked the entire team happened during halftime.
Capello angrily waited for the players in the locker room.
The players who walked into the locker room could tell at a glance that Capello was about to unleash his monstrous anger.
Sure enough, when the players returned to the locker room, Capello roared at the players, "What did you do after the score was 2: 0?! The transition between offense and defense was so slow that it was like an old man walking. You couldn't attack in depth. What the hell were you thinking? "
Qin Xiong sat in the corner silently.
At least what Capello said was right.
The reason for the slowdown in offense and defense was obvious. The teammates were relaxed, and everyone wanted to perform. The focus of the audience would be on the football. Whoever had the ball would be the focus. Whoever had the ball for a long time would be the one who would appear on the screen for a long time.
But not every player had the accelerator effect of the transition between offense and defense.
As for the inability to attack in depth, it was easy to understand.
The lack of effective lateral transfer and patient cooperation in the midfield caused the midfield to frequently hit the ball directly to the forward line. The forward players were caught in a double team and had no time to look for gaps. How could they attack in depth?
Behind these problems was the disorder that reflected Real Madrid's overall tactical thinking.
A team should be orderly.
From status to role, from responsibility to role.
But because Real Madrid had too many big-name players, no one was absolutely above others with ability and prestige. Moreover, the factions in the locker room also formed a small circle. Each of them fought for themselves, which naturally affected the field of competition.
Diarra suddenly said something that provoked Capello even more.
"The quality of the turf in the field is too poor! It affects the movement of the football! "
He seemed to be justifying his mistakes in two of the four direct passes after the score was 2: 0. In fact, Levante's counterattack goal happened because the midfield directly intercepted the pass that he did not know whether it was to Qin Xiong or Raúl!
Capello didn't target Diarra. Instead, he harshly berated the entire team, "We need speed! We need to attack in depth!"
Qin Xiong raised his head and looked at Capello with a strange expression.
He could not figure out if Capello had the artistic charm of Italy, or if he could only bully the weak and fear the strong.
Because Capello's attitude today was obviously contradictory to the previous match.
After Bernabéu took a one-goal lead over Villarreal, Capello's main change was to strengthen the defense to ensure the victory.
This was understandable. After all, defense was the key to victory.
But today, after leading Levante by two goals, Capello did not ask the team to strengthen the defense or control the field. Instead, he flew into a rage during halftime. Taking a step back, Real Madrid was still in the lead!
As long as he did the same and followed the command strategy of the previous game, Real Madrid should not have a problem successfully defending the second half and continue to put the three points in the bag.
After all, Levante was playing with fewer players and there was a certain gap between their strength and Villarreal's.
But now Capello was more like a manager who pursued offense.
Was it really because Levante's strength was not good enough that Capello picked this soft persimmon and wanted to crush it?
Qin Xiong did not understand.
What a strange manager.
Thinking about it this way, his thunderous anger was unreasonable.
On the contrary, it made people think that he was temperamental.
If you want the team to defend, the team must immediately defend well. If you are not satisfied, you will be unhappy.
If you want the team to attack, the team must complete it well. If there is a problem, you are still not satisfied.
Oh my God!
Real Madrid was not the Real Madrid that he had trained ten years ago. Now, not to mention whether they could reach the realm of being able to control and release freely, he was afraid that they could not even be considered to have taken shape!
The locker room was quiet. No one spoke.
It was not that Capello had successfully intimidated the players and made everyone silent out of fear.
It was just that these players were too lazy to pay attention to Capello.
There were not many nobodies here. What kind of storms had they not seen before?
Would the manager's roar scare them?
That would only happen in Real Madrid's youth team.
Perhaps Capello wanted to announce his authority. He substituted Raúl and Beckham off the field during halftime.
Reyes and Robinho were substituted instead.
He wanted to make an example of the captain!
Before the start of the second half, Raúl and Beckham sat on the substitutes' bench with no expression on their faces.
Capello's substitution shocked the commentators who were broadcasting the game live.
"Capello actually substituted Raúl and Beckham during halftime. This is too surprising. Real Madrid is still leading the score. It doesn't make sense for him to do that!"
Perhaps it was not only Qin Xiong who was baffled by Capello's anger, or even a little annoyed. In the second half of the game, Real Madrid's defense in the middle and backfield was particularly tight. The enthusiasm of the players in the middle and backfield to participate in the offense was greatly reduced.
The substitutes, Reyes and Robinho, were unusually excited.
It was only under such circumstances that Qin Xiong became the focus of the midfield again.
At first, he frequently created opportunities for Robinho, hoping to get some interactive reactions from Robinho.
But Robinho would only stare at van Nistelrooy on the front line or simply do it himself.
The cyclist's football had the agility and elegance of a Brazilian, but it was not very useful if it was just a pass from the flank.
He could break through from the flank to attack in depth, but the greater role of this attack was to create opportunities for his teammates who plugged in from the middle and back, which was Qin Xiong.
But Robinho frequently passed directly to van Nistelrooy, so the effect was not very obvious.
Qin Xiong focused his attention on Reyes. In any case, Reyes was his teammate at Arsenal and had a closer relationship during Real Madrid's training over the past month.
Reyes's performance on the flank was obviously better than when he was at Arsenal, which must have been directly related to the defensive style and the intensity of the confrontation in La Liga.
He was more able to release himself, and he did not disappoint Qin Xiong's expectations. The two men frequently played a combination of side and center passes and cuts on the flank and in the middle.
In the 61st minute of the game, Reyes dribbled the ball to break through Zemlya on the flank and suddenly lifted his leg to pass. He passed to the front of the goal, trying to find Qin Xiong.
But Qin Xiong ran a little too far, so he could only turn around and lift his leg to hook the ball. Qin Xiong used the top of his foot to cushion the ball and consciously controlled his strength to let the football roll down his foot to the middle of the penalty area.
In the eyes of the audience, his turn to unload the ball looked more like a mistake in stopping the ball, and the ball slipped over his foot.
Then the sliding football rolled behind Alexis, and van Nistelrooy directly broke through the goal in the penalty area in front of the goal!
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