champion light

Chapter 1285 Defensive counterattack versus defensive counterattack?
Before Real Madrid's game against Manchester City, public opinion generally believed that if Manchester City really wanted to defend the title, then they had to cross the hurdle of Real Madrid.

And just a season ago, Real Madrid was a much-mocked team in the Champions League. Although they have nine Champions League trophies, after all, it was already eight years ago.

After that, it became very difficult for them to even reach the quarterfinals.

He was once crushed to death by Manchester City in the group stage.

But today's Real Madrid is different, and even the most critical media have to admit that Mourinho has transformed Real Madrid.

His first season in charge had some ups and downs.

But this second season, Real Madrid has been terribly stable.

Thirty rounds of the league, Real Madrid leads No.2 Barcelona by as many as six points.In the just-concluded league No.30 Lun, they swept Real Sociedad 5:1 at home.

This season, Real Madrid fans and the Madrid media are very confident that Mourinho helped Real Madrid successfully win the tenth Champions League.

Because the team coached by Mourinho has always been better in the second year than in the first year.When he was coaching Inter Milan, his Champions League results in the first year were only mediocre, but in the second year he led Inter Milan to Italy's first treble!

With such past results as a reference, everyone naturally has confidence in Mourinho.

Moreover, since Mourinho took over, Real Madrid has bid farewell to the embarrassing "top sixteen every year" situation.

Last season, he broke into the quarter-finals and was eliminated by Manchester City.

This season, Real Madrid, who are in better and more stable form, hope to take revenge.

Those optimistic Real Madrid fans even thought it was an apocalypse that God had drawn them with Manchester City, offering them a golden opportunity for revenge in person.

Manchester City are strong, but Real Madrid are just as strong today.

The meeting of these two teams is the real "strong dialogue"!
This time they must let Rong Guang bow their heads to them!

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But before the start of the game, Rong Guang was not as provocative as when the result of the lottery came out.

Of course, it wasn't because he was cowardly, but because the closer the game was, the more Rong Guang focused on the game itself, instead of playing verbal battles so much.

In addition, during this period of time, Kaka was everyone's topic of conversation, so no one bothered Rong Guang.

He only spoke to reporters as City captain the day before the game, in which he expressed his confidence.

"We're definitely going to win."

A reporter questioned his self-confidence: "But Real Madrid today is different from the Real Madrid you met before. They have become stronger. This season they are in La Liga..."

Rong Guang didn't let the reporter continue rambling, but interrupted him firmly: "No matter how strong the opponent is, we will win."

He didn't explain why, there is no need to explain, or in Rong Guang's view, the explanation in words is far less powerful than the proof in action.

If there are still people who disagree with what he says, let them go to the game, which is going to start soon anyway.

Before this game, Rong Guang was not the most popular player, but Kaka was.

All the media wanted to hear how he viewed the game.

And Kaka still strictly abides by his code of dealing with the media, absolutely never saying a word that might affect his image.

On the Real Madrid side, Cristiano Ronaldo expressed in an interview that he was very happy that Kaka was able to recover: "I am a very good friend with him. I am happy when my friend is doing well. But I must first declare that when I met him in the game, I will not be merciful just because I am a friend!"

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In the eyes of everyone, the game finally started at the Manchester City Stadium.

In the first round of the match between the two sides, Manchester City played at home first.

This schedule is not very favorable for Manchester City, of course, Manchester City itself does not care about this.

But some people care, like the Manchester City fans.I feel that this arrangement is not good for Manchester City. This is a stumbling block that UEFA deliberately does not want to let Manchester City successfully defend their title.

Rong Guang didn't care the most. He didn't think whether the home game or the away game first on the schedule could affect the final result of the game.

There is only one factor that affects the final result of the game, and that is how well the players perform.

Even if it is an away game, there will be some unfavorable conditions, but as long as you play well enough, you can still turn these unfavorable conditions into clouds.

He is not afraid to go to the Bernabeu to play away games.

At the Bernabeu last season, Manchester City opened minutes, Ibrahimovic was sent off for a retaliatory foul.

At that time, Manchester City was still one goal behind, and everyone thought that Manchester City was finished.

But then Rongguang was like a hang-up. He scored three goals alone, completed a hat-trick, turned the tide, and defeated Real Madrid 3:1 in an away game, laying a solid foundation for the final elimination of Real Madrid.

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Mourinho's Real Madrid played a defensive counterattack tactic. This tactic was wavering last season, because Real Madrid supporters thought that how could such a noble club as Real Madrid play such a wretched defensive counterattack tactic?When Capello was in the most difficult time for Real Madrid, he came to coach and helped Real Madrid win the La Liga championship, breaking Barcelona's monopoly on the championship.Relying on defensive counterattack tactics, Real Madrid played very badly that season, but it was very bloody.

But after winning the championship, Capello was still kicked out by Real Madrid.

It doesn't even matter which president of Real Madrid is in charge, it's the tradition of the Real Madrid club, it doesn't matter who the president is.

Calderon was the president of Real Madrid at the time.

Because neither the media nor the fans can bear Capello's extremely ugly football.

When Barcelona played the amazing "art football" to win the championship, the Real Madrid people thought that they could not be worse than Barcelona. Since Barcelona can play well and win honors at the same time, why can't Real Madrid win honors if they play well?

So they hope that Mourinho can also make Real Madrid into that kind of team.

However, although the team coached by Mourinho has scored a lot of goals, he pays more attention to victory and results. Defensive counterattack is a set of tactics he has continued from Chelsea to Inter Milan.

Mourinho will not give up his ideas easily.

This kind of ideological confrontation was vividly reflected in the first national derby last season.

At that time, before the game, the Spanish media debated whether Real Madrid would play three midfielders, double midfielders or single midfielders in this game. Today they said it was three midfielders, and tomorrow they said it was double midfielders.

Hidden behind this debate is actually the debate over what kind of football Real Madrid should play.

In the end, Mourinho seemed to succumb to the pressure of Florentino and public opinion and chose a single midfielder tactic.

As everyone has seen, Real Madrid was exposed by Barcelona at the Nou Camp. 0:5, Real Madrid suffered a disastrous defeat.Barcelona's central defender Pique even slapped Real Madrid during the game celebration to show off his might.

It was like a slap in the face of all Real Madrid people, making their cheeks burn.

After that game, the debate in the media about what kind of football Real Madrid played gradually subsided.Mourinho also used a fiasco to convince the most stubborn Florentino, allowing the team to be organized and trained according to his vision.

Real Madrid's style is gradually fixed.

But last season, the entire season was actually used to train Mourinho.

By this season, Real Madrid's "Mu's counterattack" can be regarded as solidly formed.

Real Madrid has had many classic and wonderful fast counterattack goals this season.

For example, when they played against Ajax at home in the Champions League group stage, Real Madrid took advantage of the opponent's corner kick from the backcourt and played a wonderful one-kick counterattack.From the attack from the backcourt to the final goal in the frontcourt, the Real Madrid team had five players involved, and there were five consecutive one-foot passes, which took only 13 seconds.And then football comes in.

Ajax didn't react at all!
It can be called a textbook case of quick counterattack.

And it just so happens that Manchester City is also such a team that is good at quick counterattacks.

These two teams are both defensive and counterattacking teams, so who will be counterattacked by whom?
That's really a... question.

After the game started, everyone found that Mourinho's Real Madrid took the initiative to fight back.Because it was Manchester City who kicked off, Manchester City had to attack first after getting the ball.

Real Madrid quickly contracted, waiting in the backcourt, waiting for Manchester City to press up.

Manchester City players also often play defensive counterattacks. Just by looking at this posture, you can tell what kind of medicine Real Madrid is selling in the gourd.

Are they going to fight our defensive counterattack?

So Manchester City immediately launched their plan B, which is not to be in a hurry... to deal with Real Madrid.

Mourinho's Real Madrid are very good at counter-attacking. Several players in the frontcourt have speed and cooperate very well. They specially practice this kind of fast attack routine in training. As long as they are given a chance, they will seize it.

In response to this characteristic of the opponent, Benitez designed a set of B plans for Manchester City.

That is to use control of the ball to deal with Real Madrid.

If Real Madrid counterattacks defensively, then Manchester City will pass back and forth in the midfield, look for this opportunity in the pass, and then suddenly accelerate to give Real Madrid a fatal blow!
(End of this chapter)