"Full court press?" Luxemburgo frowned as he muttered to himself. Was the opponent going to press the whole court?!
Luxemburgo paid attention to Sporting de Gijón's formation and found something strange.
Sporting de Gijón's full court press was a little special. The players in the front field and midfield were involved in the defense. They spared no effort in running and forcefully intercepting Real Madrid's offense. However, in the backfield, Sporting de Gijón's defensive line would not easily press out. As long as the opponent did not threaten the penalty area, the defensive line would quietly wait there.
This made Luxemburgo feel a little strange. He looked at Li Ang on the other side. What was this Chinese man doing? Was he not worried that the midfield and backfield would be disconnected?
The midfield and the front field were very close. The distance between the backfield and the midfield was a little big. Were they not afraid that the space in the middle would be used?
Luxemburgo felt that he seemed to have found the weakness of Li Ang's tactics.
However, Luxemburgo frowned. He noticed that although Sporting de Gijón's midfield and backfield seemed to be disconnected, the existence of one person changed the hidden danger of the midfield and backfield being disconnected.
This person was the boy named Juan - Carlos. This player was almost everywhere. He was in the left midfield, the right midfield, the middle, and even the wings. Wherever there was danger, he was there. Luxemburgo seemed to have an illusion at this moment. It was as if there were several Carlos running on the field.
It was not until this moment that the Brazilian manager really began to examine the young player named Juan - Carlos.
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Li Ang frowned.
His current tactics could be said to be overdrafting Carlos's stamina and energy in advance.
He knew that Carlos could run, but in today's game, Carlos's defensive role was quite heavy. He was not sure whether Carlos could persist for the entire game.
Yes, as Luxemburgo guessed, Carlos was the buffer zone between Sporting de Gijón's midfield and backfield!
It was a protective belt that was propped up by a player.
Li Ang did not let the defenders press out. He had his own considerations. Real Madrid's star players were extraordinary. Whether it was Ronaldo, Raúl, Figo, or Zidane, they were all players who could solve the game on their own. If the team's rear defensive line were to press out and directly face the opponent's superstars one-on-one, the biggest possibility was that they would be broken.
The formation of the rear defensive line was relatively neat, which was the greatest protection for the goal.
With the layers of interception by the players in the middle and front field, when Real Madrid attacked the front of the penalty area, although it could not be said to be an arrow from a crossbow, the offense had been blocked. It was relatively safer for the rear defensive line to face the enemy at this time.
This was just like a battle. The Li Ang Army was the defending army, and the Real Madrid Army was the attacking side. The Li Ang Army had set up layers of defense, and his rear line was the last guarantee in front of the headquarters!
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Real Madrid was caught in Sporting de Gijón's tight defense. For a while, the luxurious Galácticos was dragged into the mud in the midfield by a group of bumpkins. They were unable to threaten Sporting de Gijón's goal.
The Real Madrid players on the field also began to panic. They were looking for a solution to the offensive problem.
In today's game, Guti and Beckham appeared in the defensive midfielder position together.
Guti, the second captain of Real Madrid, was observing Sporting de Gijón's lineup. He was surprised to see the gap between Sporting de Gijón's midfield and rear defensive line. It seemed that there was a gap there that could be exploited …
Guti was observing Sporting de Gijón's formation and thinking of a way to break through Sporting de Gijón's layers of defense. In the technical area on the sidelines, Sporting de Gijón's head coach, Li Ang, was also observing Guti.
In other words, it could not be said that he was observing. Li Ang looked at the blonde Wolf King with scrutiny and pity.
Zidane once said that Guti was Real Madrid's most talented player, not one of them. This evaluation was quite high.
Some people said that Zidane's evaluation was suspected of flattery. What kind of player was Guti? This became a controversial topic in the football world later.
In this regard, Li Ang had his own opinion. Guti was definitely a genius … a very spiritual player. Guti was not the top superstar, but he was definitely a strange genius in the football world.
Why was Guti said to be a genius? He had to start from the beginning of his career.
When he first debuted, Guti was a swing player between the shadow striker and the attacking midfielder. He did not have a fixed position and did not have a stable playing time, so his style was not fixed. But he was basically focused on attacking, running, and connecting. In the season when Real Madrid did not have a striker, Guti was actually arranged to be the sole center forward and played as the main force for more than half a season. The result? The center forward, Guti, scored 14 goals!
This level, this adaptability, this thin body, and ordinary speed … Corresponding to that young age, you would think that this guy would be a good seedling for the stream of consciousness striker in the future.
But then, the story followed the old script. He returned to the bench and then sat on the cold bench for year after year. According to the normal development model of a small player, he sat like this for a few years, either rented or sold. Anyway, he should have been scrapped a long time ago. But he still persisted as a stable substitute, an ordinary rotation player …
Finally, Makelele left. Helguera was pulled back to play as a center back. Cambiasso was injured. Beckham, who was not good at defense, suddenly had no partner in the midfield. A defensive midfielder position with a difficult defensive task fell from the sky for Guti. This guy braced himself. For Real Madrid, for the main position, the arrogant Guti also sincerely expressed his willingness to practice defense.
This was the situation of Real Madrid this season. In Real Madrid's team of superstars in the front field, the big players had all kinds of eyes to defend. They let Beckham and Guti work together as defensive midfielders. This was the reason why Real Madrid's number of goals lost this season had skyrocketed. It was the reason for the tragedy.
At the same time, the defensive midfielders of Guti and Beckham working together lacked enough protection for the backfield. This also caused Paven and Helguera to frequently face the opponent's striker. Then, the two brothers also suffered a tragedy. Paven, especially, lost his confidence time and time again because of the opponent's breakthrough …
Well, this was also considered to be one of the reasons why Casillas grew rapidly during this period …
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Li Ang saw all of this in Real Madrid. This was also one of the reasons why he dared to arm wrestle with Real Madrid and look forward to snatching the championship trophy from Bernabéu!
In Li Ang's view, Real Madrid's disaster this season was doomed after the team "happily" sent away Makelele, who had "no artistic football cells!"
The only conscientious defender, the one who guarded the center line like an old ox, was driven away. Could you count on Figo and Zidane to defend?
Fundamentally speaking, this was not the responsibility of the two guest defensive midfielders, Guti and Beckham, nor was it the responsibility of Zidane and Figo.
This was the responsibility of the management. Did they really think that they could make the opponent kneel down and sing "Conquer" just by hoarding the most powerful offensive superstars?!
When Li Ang saw Guti and Beckham appear in the starting lineup in the defensive midfielders' position today, he was overjoyed. He was so excited that he had goosebumps. He wanted to teach Real Madrid a lesson.
An opponent team, a team's midfield, actually did not have a reliable defender. This was simply:
That was great!
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