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Chapter 1176 You will all become legends!

"The key to the outcome of this decisive battle will definitely appear in the second half!"

The morning before the final, Real Madrid held a tactical preparation meeting at the Hongfu Hotel. Ancelotti explained his views and strategies for the final straight to the point. He was very sure of his judgment.

"Simeone will not give us any chances easily. What I can conclude is that they will definitely grab at the beginning, prevent us from controlling the game through high-position pressing and pressing, cut our local areas, and then disintegrate our offense. This is what they are best at and will be the key to their defeating us."

There is a saying in European football that there is no name in the final.

What does that mean?

That is to say, it is impossible for any head coach to take risks when it comes to the crucial battle of the Champions League final.

Before the game, both sides will calculate all the possible problems that may arise between the enemy and the enemy, and then evaluate and measure, and finally formulate the game strategy. In this case, it is difficult for accidents to occur.

Unless it is the individual performance of the players.

The more you get to this kind of critical battle, the more you will test the players' personal ability and will to play.

This is why players who shine on stages such as the World Cup and the European Cup are often favored and become famous in one fell swoop.

Because if you want to shine on this kind of stage, it is absolutely impossible just because of luck.

The same goes for the Champions League final.

In terms of players' personal ability, Real Madrid is ahead of Atletico Madrid, so what Ancelotti needs to do is to ensure that the team does not make mistakes in the overall strategy and tactics, contain Atletico Madrid's tactics, and create a foundation for the players' personal performance.

"What they are best at is to cut our offensive line through overall and local pressing and pressing, and launch counterattacks on the spot after successfully stealing the ball, turning the results of pressing and pressing into offensive threats, but this requires a wide range of running, so it can only be executed in the first half, but in the second half, their physical fitness will be greatly weakened."

"So, I can be sure that Simeone will let go of his hands and feet to press and press in the first half, hoping to create unexpected opportunities, win one or even two goals, and immediately adopt a steady strategy after leading. Even if they are not leading or even lagging behind, they will definitely change their tactics decisively after the intermission, adopt a defensive strategy, and save their energy."

Large-scale pressing and pressing are very torturous. With the current personal quality of the players, it is impossible to support high-intensity pressing and pressing for up to 10 minutes, because it requires too much running, especially sprinting and returning.

Many media and fans often attach great importance to running distance when they count statistics, but they have never thought that if they run at a constant speed, any player can run more than ten or twenty kilometers, but in football games, this kind of uniform running cannot exist for a long time.

The reason why Xavi and Iniesta and others in Barcelona's peak period were able to run so much is because they controlled the ball, but if they encountered the opponent's pressing and oppression, they had to take more sprints and return runs, so they couldn't run so much.

Therefore, Atletico Madrid adopted a high press in the first half and a contracted defense in the second half, all because of physical fitness.

Ancelotti's targeted tactics are very strong, and it can even be said that he is not inferior to Benitez, and a very important point is that he has a deep and thorough study of his opponents.

"Facing a team like Atletico Madrid, whether it's us, Barcelona, ​​or any other team, there is no better choice. We can only fight head-to-head. When we play Atletico Madrid, we just want to fight with the opponent. In the first half, we have to defend and counterattack. Let Atletico Madrid press out. We have to force the opponent to fight a war of attrition."

When it comes to defensive counterattacks, Real Madrid can be said to be the best in European football, and other teams can't keep up.

And you must know that the reason why there are so few goals in football is that defense is easier than offense.

Why do basketball games often score dozens of goals?

Because it is easier for them to attack than to defend.

In the final analysis, this is the result of the difference in the number of people.

"In the second half, when Atlético Madrid wants to shrink their defense, we will press forward to attack, speed up the pace of the game, defeat them in one fell swoop, and then end the battle in the second half!" Ancelotti said loudly with a big wave of his hand.

Everyone feels the confidence of the head coach, and the prospects he outlines are very likely to be realized.

After all, Real Madrid is too familiar with Atletico Madrid, and they know very well how important this team is.

In this game, players on both sides were absent. Real Madrid's Harvey Alonso missed the final with accumulated yellow cards, while Atletico Madrid's Turan missed the final. Both sides have a shortage of personnel.

However, the thickness of Real Madrid's bench is much higher than that of Atletico Madrid. In this case, the more it goes to the second half, the more it consumes, the more beneficial it is to Real Madrid.

Of course, the premise is that Ancelotti's targeted tactics must not go wrong, and the execution of Real Madrid players must not go wrong.

A 10-minute football game is always full of countless small accidents, and every detail contains accidental and inevitable factors, which makes every game unpredictable. This is the most interesting and fascinating part of football games.

To put it simply, Atletico Madrid's style of play is very similar to that of Dortmund. They use more physical energy to make up for the technical gap. To deal with such a team, it is necessary to use the technical advantage to consume the opponent's physical energy, and then use the physical advantage to kill the opponent in the second half.

This is what Ancelotti said at the beginning, the key is in the second half!

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After introducing the overall strategy, Ancelotti also highlighted some targeted tactics.

The Real Madrid coaching staff is currently paying close attention to the injury of Atletico Madrid center Diego Costa, which is also of great concern to the media and fans all over the world. Will this Brazilian center, who has been naturalized in Spain and is about to represent Spain in the World Cup, be able to play, and how much can he play after playing?
This is a very suspenseful question.

Everyone who has played against Atletico Madrid knows that with or without Diego Costa, those are two completely different Atletico Madrid teams.

The existence of Diego Costa is not only a stable contact point in the frontcourt when counterattacking, maximizing Atletico Madrid's counterattack threat after stealing the ball. At the same time, his running and pressing of the central defender is also an important part of Atletico Madrid's defensive system.

Apart from Diego Costa, there is currently no other player in the Atletico Madrid team who can play this role.

This shows the importance of Diego Costa to Atletico Madrid.

"Last weekend, in the last round of La Liga, Atletico Madrid played Barcelona and Diego Costa started, but he only played for 6 minutes. Now we can't judge whether he is really injured and can't play? Or is Simeone deliberately releasing smoke bombs?"

Ancelotti frowned, apparently extremely distressed by this question.

Real Madrid has special scouts digging out information on their opponents, but Atletico Madrid has also done a lot of work in this regard. They simply went directly to a small town where no one cares about them for secret training. No one knows what is going on with them.

Obviously, Simeone also wanted to hide the suspense until the end.

"Since there is no way to judge, then we have to make all the preparations. We need to prepare two different plans to deal with whether Diego Costa will play. At the same time, we also have to make plans to prevent accidents during the game and lose the ball first."

Any situation may happen, which requires the head coach and players to make all the preparations before the game, so that there will be no embarrassing situation in the game.

"Another point is the set-piece defense. Atletico Madrid's set-piece defense has always been very strong. In the last round of the league, Godin scored with a header from a corner kick. Atletico Madrid drew with Barcelona and won the second place in the league. It squeezed Barcelona to third place in the league. This needs to attract our attention."

Set-piece defense has always been a stubborn problem of Real Madrid. It has existed since Benitez was in Liverpool, and it has been there since he came to Real Madrid. It took several years to adjust to Ancelotti's period.

A very important reason is that Real Madrid attaches great importance to technology, and the height of the team's players generally does not have an advantage.

However, set-piece defense is a weakness, but set-piece offense has become a bright spot in the past year, especially Ramos.

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The entire tactical meeting lasted for an hour and a half, which was rare during Ancelotti's coaching period. It can also be seen that he and the coaching staff attach great importance to Atletico Madrid and this game.

What I have repeatedly emphasized is that all the previous victories against Atletico Madrid have nothing to do with this final. Everyone must clean up and start again.

In the afternoon, when the team went to the Stadium of Light in Lisbon for pre-match familiarization training, Ancelotti also specially rehearsed set kicks and penalty kicks, just in case, because he felt that if the team failed to start the game, the game would likely enter overtime or even a penalty shootout.

Yang Yang also specially practiced direct free kicks alone, and the hit rate was very high, which won warm applause from the media and fans who came to watch the training, and this was also part of the arrangement of the Real Madrid coaching staff.

Yang Yang's direct free kick is a kind of deterrent to Atletico Madrid. It always reminds Atletico Madrid players that when they commit fouls, especially fouls within 30 meters in their own half, they must think carefully before moving their feet.

After the training, Real Madrid players such as Raul, Hierro, and Guti came to the training ground one after another. These seniors all made a special trip to cheer for Real Madrid. They also gave high praise to the team's performance this season and encouraged the team to make persistent efforts.

"Win this last battle, and you will all become great legends!" ex-captain Hierro encouraged passionately.

They also talked with Yang Yang alone, but basically they didn’t say anything about experience, because when it comes to Champions League final experience, Yang Yang has more experience than all players in the world, and his Champions League final win rate is [-]%.

Raul, Hierro and others encouraged Yang Yang to work harder, hoping that he could lead Real Madrid to win the St. Blair Cup from the Stadium of Light, and Yang Yang also promised that he would go all out.

(End of this chapter)