princely elegance

Chapter 388 Beautiful Football

Regarding Pepe's comeback, "Marca" and "Aspen" played up it a lot.Although Real Madrid has only conceded the ball in the first round of the league so far, the remaining four games are all zero opponents.But Ramos is not a full-time central defender, and more people still miss the Portuguese iron guard.

Although Pepe is not liked by some self-proclaimed noble fans because of his rough style of play, but the people who like him must account for the majority.Real Madrid fans are the most knowledgeable people in the world. Although they prefer to attack, they all understand that defense is the basis for a team to win the championship.

In the first round of the Champions League group stage, Schuster really put Pepe in the starting lineup. Although he hasn't played an official game for a long time, Pepe's training in the team is still very hard.For him, the Germans are very reassuring.

And this time after Real Madrid's starting lineup came out, all the Meilingers felt a sense of relief.

Goalkeeper Iker Casillas, the defense line from left to right is Marcelo, Heinze, Pepe, Ramos; midfielder Alonso, Sneijder, Gago's ultra-luxury trio; It is expected that Raul and Robben will serve as left and right wingers, but the single arrow is veteran Ruud van Nistelrooy, and Higuain, who scored six goals in five league rounds for Real Madrid, sat on the bench.

"In the choice of the center forward, Schuster let the Dutch veteran Van Nistelrooy play. Is this based on his experience? This forward lineup reminds me of 08, when Ruud van Nistelrooy and Raul formed the whole team. The most luxurious striker in Europe. Coupled with Gago's organization and scheduling in the midfield, the Blancos won the tenth Champions League championship in team history."

"On the big occasion of the Champions League, Schuster's choice is understandable. After all, compared with the three-time Champions League top scorer, Higuain, who has only single-digit goals in the Champions League, is still not mature enough!"

Seeing the players on the Real Madrid field and the stars on the bench who are worth more than 2000 million yuan, Marseille coach Didier Deschamps expressed envy and hatred.

The biggest name in his team is the former Real Madrid player Morientes, and the others are ordinary people who are known in Ligue [-] and who are not a bird outside of France.

Before the game started, Raul and Morientes talked for a long time in the channel, and the deep friendship between the two can be felt even by people who don't know it.

"When I'm on the court, I won't show mercy!"

After Morientes and Raul punched each other, they said jokingly.

"This sentence should be from me. You know, this is the Bernabeu, and you are facing Real Madrid!"

Raul responded with a smile, but his words were very reasonable. "Being merciful" is the right of the strong to the weak.Now every team that comes to the Bernabeu is holding the attitude of a draw. When Deschamps was interviewed before the game, he even said that scoring 1 point is the biggest victory.

"By the way, congratulations on breaking the record. Remember to exchange jerseys with me after the game. Today's game is very commemorative. Maybe I will have no money in the future, so I will sell it for money!"

This game was Raúl's 709th appearance for Real Madrid. He broke the club appearance record held by Sanchez.That's why Morientes said congratulations to him.

"It would be even better if you can score a goal! How about it, do you want to tell your teammates, put some water and let me score one!"

Raul happily accepted Morientes' congratulations, then put his arm around his shoulder and said with a smile.

"Of course it is impossible, we are professional players!"

"Haha, just kidding, I didn't think so at first. With the strength of the team, the probability of me scoring is not small!"

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At this time, the referee came over to remind the two teams that they were on the field. Raul and Morientes stopped talking, then punched again, and each walked out on behalf of the team.

"Viewers and friends, welcome to the first round of the 2009/2010 European Champions Cup Group G group match, Real Madrid vs. Ligue [-] Marseille at home, I am your old friend Brando, first let me introduce the two sides The starting lineup…”

The referee blew the whistle to start the game before the commentator finished speaking. Van Nistelrooy knocked the ball back to Gago and ran forward. As a center forward, he must be at the forefront.

Off the field, Schuster pulled Higuain to his side and pointed at him.

"Gonzano, take a good look at how Rude does it, this is what a top single arrow should have!"

Although Higuain is still a little unconvinced, he believes that the gap between himself and Ruud van Nistelrooy is only experience, and he is only in his early twenties, both in terms of speed and body, are at the peak.Compared to the old Van Nistelrooy, no matter how inexperienced he is, his role on the field is no worse than him!
But he really didn't dare to talk back to Schuster, he was not Gago, he had all kinds of privileges.After listening to the head coach's words, he could only nod his head to express his understanding.

On the field, Real Madrid had already completed an attack, Gago distributed the ball to Sneijder, the Dutch No. 10 looked up, and a precise long pass sent the ball to Ruud van Nistelrooy's head.

In the press of Marseille's two central defenders, Van Nistelrooy got stuck in the position ahead of time and grabbed the first point. Although he failed to complete the goal, the ball was ferried to the other side.

Raul's ghostly figure tacitly appeared under the landing point of the ball. Amid the exclamation of [-] away fans, Marseille goalkeeper Mandanda narrowly pushed the ball out of the baseline with his fingertips.

"It's really dangerous. Real Madrid almost scored in the opening 2 minutes. Gago gave the ball to Sneijder who was unguarded. The Dutchman had enough time to make a judgment. Veteran Ruud van Nistelrooy is more compatible with Raul than Higuain. A tacit understanding has been formed, although there has been no cooperation for nearly a season, but this cooperation between the two can vaguely see the sharp edge that captured the major European stadiums a year ago."

Raul was a little surprised that he failed to score a goal. Just now, his shot went towards the far corner and basically bypassed the goalkeeper, but who knew that Mandanda's finger had dialed it at the last moment.

After making an apologetic gesture to Ruud van Nistelrooy, Raul then walked away. The game had just started and he had 10 minutes to score.Already a veteran, he will not be anxious because of a failure.

Gago took a corner kick to the back point, and Van Nistelrooy grabbed the first point again, but was disturbed by the people around him when he shook his head and hit the goal, and missed the crossbar.

At the beginning of the game, Real Madrid formed a siege posture against Marseille. After two or three years of practice, Gago's breakthrough ability also increased greatly.Having been around Robben, a breakthrough maniac, for so long, he has been able to perfectly combine his explosive power and ball-handling ability, coupled with his best rhythm change, the state of human-ball integration is no worse than Robben.

No. In the 12th minute, Gago broke through two players from the center and then took a shot. The ball was blocked by Mandanda again, and even Van Nistelrooy's supplementary shot was blocked by his body.

But this is just the beginning. In this game, Van Nistelrooy showed Higuain off the court the role of an all-round center forward, standing up and ferrying, retreating to get the ball, shooting and passing the ball...

At the beginning Higuain really looked at Ruud van Nistelrooy with a dispensable attitude, but as time passed, his expression began to become focused.

When he was young, Ruud van Nistelrooy was completely a goal machine, except for scoring goals, but as he got older, his ability to pass assists and pull the defense became more and more excellent. Basically, the skills that a center forward can possess They have all practiced to perfection.It is an eye-opener for Higuain, who still only knows how to score goals.

Under Van Nistelrooy's excellent performance, this set of 4-3-3 has fully demonstrated the ability to attack. In this game, Gago's position is very erratic. Playing as a winger on the left, he even stood in the penalty area as a guest center when Ruud van Nistelrooy retreated to get the ball.

Schuster asked him to play different positions in the preseason for this set of tactics. With the development of modern football, the positions of the eleven players on the field are becoming more and more blurred.

Although the German "free man" tactics are outdated, Schuster understands the ideas in it very well.You must know that he also played as a free agent when he was a player, and he is still the genius who is said to be the closest to Beckenbauer. If he hadn't quit the German national team permanently at the age of 20, he would have reached the height of Beckenbauer completely. possible.

"My idea is completely feasible, as long as the players' level is high enough, one day they will be able to play the kind of football I want!"

Seeing the smooth cooperation of Real Madrid's frontcourt on the field, Schuster stood up, opened his eyes and carefully watched every pass and every movement.

Just when Schuster was still thinking about the flaws in this tactic, Real Madrid scored a goal, which completely treated Marseille's defense as if it didn't exist.

Sneijder's split, Robben's cross, Van Nistelrooy's back pass, and finally Raul sent the ball to the goal again, and Gago, who quietly inserted, received the ball in front of the goal, and there was no one in front of him. .

Gago even had time to kick the ball up and kick it into the goal. From this, one can imagine how empty Marseille's defense has been pulled.

The fans didn't even react when the goal was scored, and they didn't remember to cheer until Gago came to the stands and raised his hands to the fans in celebration.

"That's it, this is the football I want, 'beautiful football'!"

The moment he saw the goal, Schuster's excitement was even higher than that of Gago. Everyone thought that the "beautiful football" he made when he entered Real Madrid was just casually talking about it to please the fans, but only He knows the ideal in his heart.

As a German, Schuster grew up listening to the legend of the "free man", and he also experienced that unparalleled feeling first-hand, and then dedicated his peak career to Barcelona, ​​playing football. It is the purest "Total Attack and Total Defense" of Cruyff.

When he was a coach, he wanted to combine these two brilliant tactical systems in football to create the most beautiful offensive football.

And today, with the help of Real Madrid, a group of top players in the world, he finally turned the blueprint in his mind into reality!

(End of this chapter)