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In the first round of La Liga in the new season, Real Madrid's opponent is Villarreal. Last season's runner-up and the seventh-ranked team in the league last season launched an already high-level duel.

Qin Xiong made pre-match preparations step by step, and Capello emphasized the defense during the game in his pre-match speech.

With the end of the preparations, Capello has a general understanding of some tactical ideas in the players' minds.

As for whether it can be successfully implemented, it can only be observed in actual combat.

Qin Xiong was keenly aware that many teammates were resisting Capello's tactical arrangements.

In addition to the two double defensive midfielders already equipped in the middle, Qin Xiong's defensive area is directly pulled back into the penalty area, the full-back's activity area is limited to the midfielder, and the winger needs to return to the front of the penalty area!

In other words, except for center Van Nistelrooy who does not need to retreat to the second half, all other players have defensive requirements to retreat to the front of the penalty area or in the penalty area!

As for offense?

Do a good job of defense and play according to the situation.

Italy is indeed a green country with a strong tactical background, but can Italy's tactics keep up with the times, and can it survive in Spain today?

This is all a question.

Just because Capello was successful here ten years ago, we can't simply think that he can also be successful.

In particular, his success ten years ago came at the cost of losing "popular support".

As night falls, the lights of Madrid come on.

Qin Xiong, wearing Real Madrid's traditional white home jersey, stood behind captain Raul in the player tunnel.

His mind was blank.

He will not be inflated by his good performance in the warm-up match, he knows that the real challenge begins now.

Players from Real Madrid and Villarreal walked into the Bernabéu stadium.Deafening cheers erupted from the pitch at one of Europe's top stadiums.

After a long wait, the new season of La Liga has finally begun!

"Welcome to the Bernabéu Stadium. The 2006-2007 season of the Spanish Football League officially kicked off today. Real Madrid, which was runner-up last season, regrouped and spent about [-] million euros to rebuild the team in the summer. Can they be in the league?" What about the brand-new changes in the new season? The whole world is watching!

Let's take a look at today's starting roster.

Real Madrid starting 433.

Goalkeeper: Iker Casillas.

Defenders: Salgado, Cannavaro, Bravo.Carlos.

Midfielders: Diarra, Qin Xiong, Emerson.

Forwards: Cassano, Ruud, Raul.

Real Madrid's new aids are all on the field, and Capello's midfielder is a brand new combination, with three lines in the front, middle and back.In particular, the change of the central axis is clear at a glance.Will the Bernabeu forget Zidane?Let's take a look.

Villarreal start 442.

Goalkeeper: Vieira.

Defenders: Venta, Alvarez, Peña, Aruabarena.

Midfielders: Carney, Riquelme, Senna, Sousa.

Forwards: Forlan, Nihat.

The game is about to start.Real Madrid will kick off first. "

With the passionate support of the Bernabéu fans, Real Madrid kicked off first.

Villarreal shrank their formation after the opening, and would not rush to intercept and counter-robber in the frontcourt.

Their coach Pellegrini's defensive tasks for this game mainly focused on Qin Xiong.

The trident composed of Van Nistelrooy, Raul, and Cassano is not as important as Qin Xiong.

The reason is very simple. Two of the three forwards have passed the age of fighting the team with their own strength, and the other has delayed his own growth due to his professionalism.

It is undeniable that the three of them still have a very high threat and popularity.

But they need the midfield to feed the ball and deliver the shells.In the link of opportunity creation, Qin Xiong's creativity is the strongest.And Pellegrini saw it with his own eyes.

Last season, Villarreal was double-killed by Arsenal, and Qin Xiong contributed a lot.It was Qin Xiong who raised the knife and landed on Villarreal's body, leaving scars that were painful to die.

At the beginning of the game, Real Madrid's offensive was very bad and chaotic!

Qin Xiong fell into a double-team state in the middle, and he did not force a breakthrough, because the risk of being counterattacked by the opponent after losing the ball was too great.

Although the opponent was Villarreal he had fought against, what stood behind him was not Arsenal's midfield defense!

And Real Madrid's defensive problems really do not lie in the individual abilities of the players, but in the overall defensive tacit understanding and the team's offensive and defensive posture.

Qin Xiong didn't have the feeling of being overwhelmed by obstacles.

Including Fran and Nihat will attack from behind him, Senna is watching from the front, Carney and Sosa are ready to defend at any time, he is not worried, and looks calm.

When Fran came to press and Nehat blocked his forward path, he sauntered around to protect the ball 180 degrees, turned and dodged Fran, and then passed the ball back to Emerson.

Immediately afterwards, he saw Emerson pass the ball directly to Raul who responded from the wing.

What he passed was a ball under his feet. Raul was pressed by Venta. After barely controlling the ball, he tried to pass the ball to Ruud van Nistelrooy in the middle, but Senna intercepted the ball first.

Qin Xiong glanced at Emerson, and began to defend as usual.

Villarreal played high quality in their first attack.

Even though Real Madrid's players are actively returning to defense, Villarreal's offense is still very smooth when Riquelme reduces sticking the ball to avoid being entangled and delayed by Qin Xiong.

Sousa made a very simple diagonal pass forward cooperation with Forlan on the left.

Forlan cut into the space between Salgado and Cannavaro, and then kicked the ball back from a small angle to complete the shot directly. Casillas hugged the ball securely, and the Real Madrid fans in the Bernabeu stand were falsely alarmed. one game.

This seemingly simple offense actually exposed a fatal loophole in Real Madrid's defense.

This is not because the player's one-on-one ability is poor, but the area control ability in the overall defensive thinking is too weak!

Full-backs like Salgado and Carlos are all one-sided roles. In their careers for a long time in the past, the participation in offense is much more important than defense!

This has led to a decline in the protection ability of the full backs on the back line against the central defenders or the penalty area!

Not every offense on the court is played one-on-one.

Especially in the contest between strength and weakness, a strong team may be able to rely on the personal ability of a super player to overwhelm the opponent, but wouldn't a weak team not attack without a superstar?

Of course not, teamwork!

The most basic requirement for teamwork is space. Without space, it is impossible to develop offensive cooperation with high technical content that catches opponents by surprise!

Therefore, to limit the opponent's cooperation, the first priority is to control the area, that is, to compress the defensive space.

Real Madrid has not done a good job in this area. Even if it seems that the defense line is stable, when the critical defensive decision-making moment comes, the previous step or step back will determine the control of the area! (to be continued~^~)