super storm

Chapter 1316
"Just received information from Barcelona that Messi has started training alone."

The two-week national team match has just begun. At the Valdebebas training base in the northeast suburb of Madrid, Zidane and Yang Yang are having a meeting with the Real Madrid first-team coaching staff to discuss the news from Barcelona.

From ancient times to the present, the most important thing in war is intelligence, and football is no exception.

It is not uncommon for European teams to spy on the opponent’s military situation before each game. Real Madrid has special scouts doing these things. For example, David Bertoni, the assistant coach who is currently in charge of Real Madrid’s intelligence and game analysis, was previously an employee of Real Madrid who was responsible for spying on intelligence.

Similar to the derby of the century like Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​Barcelona's intelligence is extremely important. As early as a week ago, Real Madrid scouts began to collect and spy on Barcelona's information in detail, and conducted targeted analysis.

When Yang Yang and Zidane got the news from David Bertoni, they were not surprised at all. Messi's comeback was within their expectations, because the Argentine superstar is one of the most important core combat forces of Barcelona.

Since his serious injury two months ago, Messi has been absent and has been working hard to recover. The purpose is to catch up with the Bernabeu game, and now it seems that he should be able to catch up.

There are still two weeks left, according to the current recovery progress, it is completely in time.

Of course, being able to catch up with the game does not mean that his state can be adjusted, after all, he has been absent for two months.

"Is there only one Messi?" Zidane asked with concern.

"And Rakitic, the Croatian seems to be progressing faster and is already doing recovery training."

Restoration training is now underway, and after the national team match day, they can fully catch up with the derby of the century.

"So, both of them can go?" Zidane frowned and muttered to himself.

Yang Yang pondered for a while, then shook his head, "Not necessarily, he can go, but Enrique may not be willing to let him go, the key depends on the state."

Zidane nodded again, "But it's still worrying."

At the level of Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​every game is a brand new start. No one can say with any certainty, because in the past Real Madrid had an advantage, it is impossible to continue to kill Barcelona in this game.

The difference in strength between the two teams is not very great. As long as any team has a slight omission, as long as it is a little careless, or has a major tactical problem, it will be killed by the opponent at any time.

The Century Derby is definitely the peak duel with the highest technical and tactical content in today's football!
It's like Ye Gucheng and Ximen Chuuxue's decisive battle on the top of the Forbidden City, the contest between the two top masters, if you distract yourself a little, the opponent's sword will pierce your throat.

"I have played many derbies of the century, so I know that such a game has extremely high requirements for every player, because the intensity and difficulty of the game are extremely high, but in comparison, I think the player's state is more important. We don't necessarily have to choose the strongest players, but we must choose the best players."

Yang Yang's words are very serious, this is his attitude towards this game.

This is Zidane's first century derby after coaching Real Madrid, and it is also Yang Yang's first game. He doesn't want to lose.

"Yang Yang is right. The requirements of the game are very high. Players who are not in good condition will inevitably lower the overall level of the team and give the opponent an opportunity to take advantage of it. Therefore, we only choose the best condition. Even if the strength is weaker, at least they can perform. More importantly, we have to form a team to fight."

When Zidane said this, he thought about it again, "I will talk to the technical department later, call the various national teams, and try to get them to minimize the playing time of our players, and even stop playing in some unnecessary games."

This is the usual practice of the club. Of course, if the national team does not give face and insists on asking the players to play, sometimes the club will deliberately ask the players to take some countermeasures, including fraudulent injuries.

For example, many Brazilian internationals have never played in the America's Cup, and every time they happen to be injured before the America's Cup.

Yang Yang has not returned to China to participate in the competition in the past two weeks.

In November, the Chinese national team had two World Cup qualifiers against Bhutan and Hong Kong, China. The strength of the two teams is far inferior to the Chinese team, and it is not a big problem to win the opponent.

After defeating Qatar in the last round of away games, the Chinese team has seized the opportunity in the group stage of the qualifiers. Bhutan and Hong Kong, China are both meat on the chopping board of the Chinese team, and basically they cannot escape.

Under such circumstances, Real Madrid came forward to discuss with the national team, hoping that Yang Yang could not be recruited this time, and let him concentrate on preparing to face Barcelona in Madrid. After all, this is a crucial game.

This is also the reason why Yang Yang is still staying in Baldbebas.

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"In the past few years, we have been able to beat Barcelona, ​​never because we suppressed opponents in terms of passing and possession, but because we can always work together to suppress opponents by relying on a compact body. Our midfield is like a city wall, which can always block Barcelona from outside our penalty area. This is very important."

Zidane has a very clear understanding of Real Madrid's performance advantage against Barcelona in the past, because he has experienced it personally.

In terms of passing and possession, Real Madrid will definitely not be able to beat Barcelona, ​​which is what the opponent is best at.

"If Luis Enrique puts Messi on this game, he must be trying to grab the ball with us. If it's not Messi, then we have to be careful."

After Harvey left the team, the core of Barcelona's pass control is Messi, Iniesta and Busquets. Among these three players, Iniesta and Busquets are in the midfield. Messi now often retreats to the central midfielder position.

Obviously, this is to make up for the weakening of midfield pass possession after Xavi left the team.

It can be said that this style of play is a tradition deeply rooted in Barcelona, ​​and they will never forget it.

If Messi does not play, then Barcelona's ability to pass and control the ball in the midfield will be weakened a lot. This will be an opportunity for Real Madrid, but it can also be said the other way around. Barcelona will adopt different tactics than before, and Real Madrid must be careful.

"What do you think?" Zidane looked at Yang Yang.

He used to communicate in private, but since Yang Yang became his chief assistant coach, he had to analyze the intelligence and tactics of the enemy and us with Yang Yang before almost every game.

Yang Yang has become accustomed to this, and his mind is full of analyzing the current situation, showing a thoughtful expression.

"I found something very interesting in these two games against Paris Saint-Germain." Yang Yang suddenly laughed.

Everyone was a little puzzled, and Zidane was even more curious, "Let's hear it."

"Suddenly, Toni Kroos is really interesting."

Everyone was puzzled for a while, isn't this something obvious?

The core midfielder of the world champion, one of the top midfielders in world football today, can it be bad?

"Do you still remember our tactics against Paris Saint-Germain?" Yang Yang asked Zidane without further explanation.

After thinking about it, the French vaguely guessed what Yang Yang meant, "You mean, Toni Cross pressed forward?"

"Yes, his control of the situation, his judgment and grasp of the timing, and his defensive ability..." Yang Yang shook his head a little funny when he said this, "He is quite complicated. He is a midfielder with a slow rhythm and can't play. He is a defensive midfielder and his defense is too poor, so we always use him as a midfielder."

Everyone nodded frequently, it was true, whether it was Ancelotti or Zidane, they all used him in this way.

"But in this game against Paris Saint-Germain, I found that he has a very good grasp of the timing of the forward press. He can always pinch the point of Paris Saint-Germain, making the opponent play very awkwardly. His defensive ability is not very good in the midfielder position, but when he presses forward, he looks very good in the frontcourt position, and he is very hardworking."

After hearing this, Zidane thought about it carefully, and it was true.

No matter whether Toni Kroos is in Bayern Munich or Real Madrid, whether it is Heynckes, Guardiola or Ancelotti, no one obviously uses him as a front midfielder, and he doesn't play well as a midfielder.

But now that Yang Yang said this, everyone suddenly discovered that if it is really used in this way, Toni Kroos is really easy to use, and more importantly, in the tactical framework of Real Madrid, he can give full play to his characteristics.

"You mean, play Barcelona the same way you play Paris Saint-Germain?" Zidane guessed.

Yang Yang laughed and shook his head, "No, that's too conservative."

Everyone was amused by him immediately. This is what some tabloids outside criticized Real Madrid, but in fact, they can beat Paris Saint-Germain [-]-[-] in an away game and win the Ligue [-] class in both rounds. Who dares to say that Real Madrid is conservative?
"Barcelona's strongest weapon is their offense, and their biggest weakness is their defense. These two seemingly contradictory parts are supported by the midfielder. Therefore, when we play Barcelona, ​​​​we want to directly suppress their midfielder, steal the ball as much as possible, and immediately hit a quick counterattack to directly face their defense."

What Yang Yang said is the experience of Real Madrid defeating Barcelona in the past few years, which can be said to be tried and tested.

In essence, this is the same thing, but in each game, the opponent's formation is different, and the way to achieve the tactical goal is naturally different.

Just like this game, with Messi and without Messi, these are two different styles of play.

Real Madrid also needs to prepare two different plans for this point, but the tactical goal they want to achieve is what Yang Yang said, after stealing the ball as much as possible, counterattack directly against Barcelona's defense line as quickly as possible.

But what does this have to do with Toni Kroos?

Hasn't Real Madrid always played like this?
"Okay, can you stop being tricky? Just say it!" Zidane scolded Yang Yang with a smile, something he admired the most, that is, Yang Yang can always find some places that others can't think of, and has some very interesting ideas.

Seeing that Yang Yang didn't seem to be planning to speak out, Zidane sighed helplessly, "Hurry up, finish speaking, I'll treat everyone to a good meal."

Everyone burst into joy and looked at Yang Yang.

Only then did Yang Yang say a bad move with a smile.

(End of this chapter)