Xu Zhu's Successor's Football Journey

Chapter 455 When Art Meets Barbarism (1)

Riquelme is one of the most outstanding players of Argentina's new generation.

If you don’t really play against Riquelme, you will never be able to understand his football art and understanding of football. It is really difficult for ordinary people to keep up with Riquelme’s thinking. Therefore, his traditional Argentine football is not popular in Europe. The mainland spread was not smooth.

Riquelme is from Argentina's Boca Juniors. When he first landed in Spain and joined Barcelona, ​​he was worth as much as 1150 million euros, which is absolutely outstanding among South American players who have landed in the top European leagues.

However, Riquelme was in trouble in Barcelona. Barcelona gave him half a year to perform. As a result, his football could not be accepted by Barcelona's style.

And now, he's spreading his footballing art at Villarreal.

Compared with Barcelona, ​​Villarreal seems to be more suitable for Riquelme. The purpose of this team is to absorb South American players and compete in La Liga with South American football style. It seems that they have succeeded. Their results Proof that the South American football style is very popular in Spain.

Of course, the reason for this team building purpose is not that the fans like the South American style, but that South American players are cheap.

In any case, Riquelme finally made his mark in Villarreal.

And now, Real Madrid have encountered Riquelme.

Yes, that can really be said.

When Real Madrid met Riquelme, it seemed to be a contest of artistic football, Real Zidane's French artistic football, and Riquelme's Argentine artistic football collided.

The town of Vila-real in the province of Castellón in the Valencia region is not big, with a population of only about 1. The economic situation of a club supported by this population can be imagined, even if there are some fans around , but the Love Song Stadium, which can only accommodate 17000 fans, is still always empty.

But today, the Love Song stadium is full!

The arrival of thousands of Real Madrid fans made the stadium's rare voices roar.

The ongoing match on the court also made the fans of the two teams very excited. It was an artistic contest, a contest between Riquelme and Zidane.

Since most of Villarreal's players are from South America, the inherent style of these players makes the team's offensive speed very slow.

Of course, Riquelme also accounts for a large part of the reason. As the core of the team, his slow speed prevents the entire team from speeding up their offense.

Driven by the rhythm of the opponent, Real Madrid seems to have slowed down, but they are not afraid of this slow-paced game.Real Madrid is full of big names, and there are many Brazilian players on the court, and the personal skills of the top stars are no less than that of Villarreal players, so they are not afraid of this kind of slowness.

But I have to say that Riquelme's football art does have his advantages.

For example, this goal in the opening 11 minutes.

Villarreal got the ball, and Riquelme moved forward slowly and casually. In the rhythm, he pulled lightly and made a random forward move. After turning around and protecting the ball, he swung to the left. With a dunk, Baptista, who started the game in this game, was stuck behind him, and then Riquelme continued to take two steps forward until Baptista behind him was about to catch up again, and he passed the ball .

He crosses to the left, which is Valencia.

Valencia is an Ecuadorian player who has been playing in Ecuador's domestic league before. With this opportunity to enter Europe, he didn't care about the club's salary at all, so he decided to "sell himself" to Villarreal .

His skills are not bad, but it is not easy to compete for a main position. He got a chance in this game.

In the whole club, he admires Riquelme the most. In the South American league, Riquelme is the king of Boca Juniors. The impression left on these players is that they are almost undefeated.

Valencia never dreamed that he would have the opportunity to be on the same team as Riquelme, and at the same time play against Real Madrid, the world's top club.

Therefore, he is very serious about this game.

very serious.

Roberto Carlos saw the opportunity and wanted to grab the ball, but Valencia actually made a very sophisticated spike and passed him. After that, Valencia didn't even think about it, and kicked again. Passed to Rick Erme, it is safest to hand the ball to Riquelme, this is Valencia's idea.

It has to be said that Riquelme's movement awareness is very good, no matter where the ball is, his position will always be the most standard.

After receiving the ball again, he looked for an opportunity to pass the ball to the right, and after a few passes, the football returned to his feet.

Driven by Riquelme, Villarreal seemed to be cooperating with small-scale passes around Real Madrid's penalty area.This style of play is very dangerous, but they keep the ball under the team's control with very good technology.

After an unknown period of time, I finally saw a chance and Riquelme finally made a cross.

Diego Forlan!

The best shot in La Liga last season did not disappoint the expectations of Villarreal. After receiving the ball, he saw the opportunity and pushed directly.

Faced with this shot of about six meters, Casillas had nothing to do, so Real Madrid fell behind.

This is Villarreal football, they are always steady.

Of course, the competition of artistic football is by no means the stage of a Villarreal team. Real Madrid also has such players, and that is Zidane, who is known as a true master of art.

Zidane is famous for his slow-paced football.

In the French team, he and Henry can't always cooperate, because Henry's football is passed down from Arsenal style, completely fast attack, fast forward, but Zidane seems to enjoy the art of football more, so his rhythm is always slow It's a little slow.

But this slow pace has played a little role today.

In a Real Madrid push, this slow pace effectively opened up Villarreal's formation.

Originally, Villarreal was in defense, and the team's line was very deep. Their players were all surrounded by the penalty area to deal with Real Madrid's attack. Another point was to deal with Real Madrid's No. 21 black-haired boy's attack. It's too threatening. The team's head coach Pellegrini knows very well that it is almost impossible to defend Wang Li with one or two players. Countless "predecessor clubs" have already used blood Lesson learned, told him that.

Therefore, before the game, Pellegrini told the players very clearly: "When defending, don't stand too far forward. We must use intensive defense to effectively restrain the opponent's performance."

This is the crowd tactics.

Slowly advancing in offense and using crowd tactics in defense, Pellegrini wisely chose this steady style of play. For him, a draw is also acceptable.

At least, the current score on the court has proved the effectiveness of the tactics.

However, Zidane himself seems to have destroyed Villarreal's intensive tactics. He seems to feel that his skills are stronger than Riquelme, so he began to perform personal football art in the midfield. He made Real Madrid's attacking speed one of the rubs, and at the same time made Villarreal's players have to step forward to grab the ball.

In this way, the opponent's formation was opened, but at this time, the head coach Carlo on the sidelines was watching the game on the court, touching his chin with one hand but thinking about a question: "Should Zidane be replaced?" end?"

Recently, he has been struggling with these big-name players in the team, the most important of which are Zidane, Raul and Ronaldo.

These three players are all big-name players who are like the pillars of the team. They were highly valued in the Luxenberg era, but their performance on the field seems to be a bit of a drag on the team.

For example, Ronaldo, the alien's technology and consciousness are very good, but his physical fitness is not good, and he runs less and less on the court as the game progresses. According to a data analysis of "Real Madrid Sports Daily", the presence of the alien The longer the game, the higher the probability of Real Madrid losing.

As the team's main striker and main goal point, he only scored 10 goals in the half-scheduled game, which is really a bit low.

In the past, Carlo would not have considered this issue. After all, as a temporary coach, stability is the most important thing. But now that the team has Wang Li, even without Ronaldo's scoring point, the team will still be able to win. It can also have a good scoring efficiency, so what is the use of Ronaldo on the court?
Among the three, Raul is better. He is a standard striker, and his task on the field is to score goals. Letting Real Madrid's previous captain act as a substitute striker is also a good supplement to the striker.

Now, Carlo is considering Zidane.

From the beginning of the game to the present, Zidane's problem of slowing down Real Madrid's offensive rhythm can be seen by even a fake fan. Will such an important position be held by such a player, will it weaken Real Madrid's offensive power?
Carlo didn't know.

But on the pitch, Zidane's artistic football seems to have worked.

In this slow pace, Villarreal's formation was unknowingly pulled away. Seeing an opportunity, Zidane passed the ball to Baptista in front left.

Compared with Zidane, Baptista's football is much 'faster'.

After receiving the pass, he didn't stop the ball at all and gave it to Wang Li on the penalty area line. Seeing the opportunity, Wang Li quickly ran two steps in the direction of the ball, and then kicked obliquely, and the ball reached Luo in the penalty area. Binho's feet.

Faced with this good opportunity, Robinho volleyed for the win, and the football flew directly to the upper left corner of the goal! !

"Goooooooooooooooal!!! Robson de Sousa!!!"

"Real Madrid equalized and it was a fantastic game, it was a match between Zidane and Riquelme and it was fantastic!! From the moment it looks like the scene is evenly matched, we are looking forward to the next game .”

The commentator of the Royal Sports Channel seemed very excited, and even he could tell that this was a technical contest between the core players of the two teams.

But when Real Madrid celebrated the goal, Carlo was considering replacing Zidane.

This substitution is definitely the most difficult decision Carlo has made in coaching Real Madrid.It is a test for him to replace a big-name star who has performed well, but Carlo is more and more convinced that Zidane sitting on the bench will have a greater effect than on the court.

"Fight!"

After a period of hesitant thinking, Carlo said firmly in his heart.

So, after Real Madrid celebrated the goal, the fourth official on the sidelines signaled Real Madrid to make a substitution. The 30-year-old veteran Gravesen replaced Zidane.

As soon as this substitution signal appeared, it aroused the exclamation of the fans in the stadium.

Villarreal fans looked at Real Madrid's substitutions in disbelief, "Do they have internal conflicts?" Many fans thought so.However, some senior fans of Real Madrid gave the interim coach a thumbs up in their hearts. This substitution is indeed in line with the current situation. The back leg of the team is undoubtedly Zidane.

And Zidane himself looked a little depressed. He thought he performed well in this game, but why did the interim head coach replace him?

He doesn't know.

So, after a symbolic pat with Gravesen, he took the coat handed over by the assistant coach, and sat on the bench dully without saying anything.

And at this time, Wang Li was so depressed that he went crazy on the field! !

As a standard striker, he is now the team's finishing player, but since the start of the game, the two teams have competed to start playing at a slow pace.

From the game to now, he has only received 4 passes. He is very uncomfortable with this kind of slow-paced game, and the slow-paced offense requires the player's awareness of running positions. Breaking through Xiaocheng, but this has nothing to do with running positions.

A game that I was looking forward to turned out like this. Although he had one assist, but only received four passes, Wang Li even felt that he was visiting his own back garden.

"Fuck!! It's a football game!!"

The continuation of this situation made Wang Li a little distressed, so after thinking about it, he went directly to Baptista and asked for a change of position. He felt that it was difficult for him to receive the pass because he stayed at the front.

"You play my position, and I will pass the ball to you." Wang Li said this, every time he switched positions with others, he would say this.Hearing this, Baptista was not angry, but very happy, because Wang Li's words are still credible in the team, and he basically did what he said, 'Then I will have a chance to score? ' he thought so, and ran forward alone.

Wang Li is domineering and squeezed the veteran Gravesen who had just played to the wing, and he himself stood in Zidane's position.

This position is the most central part of the team. In theory, it is between the defensive midfielder and the front midfielder. A little more premise, it is his position in Chelsea. After coming here, Wang Li feels that he feels very good. He found that casual, active state again.

Zidane's replacement did not seem to affect Villarreal's performance. They are still playing slow-paced football under the leadership of Riquelme. Football is centered on Riquelme. The players are constantly passing each other. Under such circumstances, they can press Real Madrid's defense and look for excellent offensive opportunities.

Seeing this situation, Wang Li went straight to Riquelme without even thinking about it.

Villarreal's offense is undoubtedly centered on Riquelme, so as long as he is watched, he can effectively intercept the opponent's offense. In this way, Real Madrid's chances will increase.

After being dull for the whole game, Wang Li didn't suppress his desire to attack at all. He wanted to release it on the court, and he didn't want to just waste it indifferently.

"Alan and Riquelme collided!!"

"In the last season, Allen was known as the 'Dancing Master' at Chelsea, and now this title has been picked up again by Real Madrid fans. His personal skills, especially his dribbling ability, are undoubtedly outstanding. And Rickel May is also known for his skills, and no one can deny his personal ability. Now, these two most outstanding technical players in Europe and South America have played against each other, and we seem to be able to foresee a more eye-catching technical contest."

"Who will win the battle in the end"

Before the commentator finished speaking, Riquelme was already showing his magnificent footwork on the court. He bounced the ball back and forth twice on the court, and then wanted to break through with the ball directly. The fans of Arreal are shouting loudly.

"Riquelme!! Riquel"

But the cheers stopped abruptly.

Riquelme seems to have chosen the wrong target. He actually showed gorgeous footwork in front of Wang Li and wanted to dribble the ball directly.

So, he was doomed to tragedy.

Wang Li didn't pay attention to his various movements at all, not to mention his "following legs like a shadow" like a plug-in, now that his little Wuxiang Kung Fu has achieved a small degree, even in terms of reaction speed, it is by no means comparable to ordinary people.

When Riquelme put the ball up for the second time, Wang Li fixed his eyes on the football, like a tiger out of the cage, he slammed into the air with his head, and then his head hit the ball, and his body broke immediately after following. the ball.

When Riquelme didn't react, Wang Li rushed forward with the ball. With the kick to counterattack, Real Madrid's rhythm suddenly accelerated. The players on the wings and the center all followed Wang Li's running Move, and rush forward and rush forward!
The players of the Villarreal team didn't seem to be used to this sudden change of pace. They didn't react at all, and when they wanted to keep up, it was already too late.

Wang Li dribbled the ball alone, past Peña and Aruya Ballena in a row, and reached the opponent's penalty area line at a very fast speed, and then he stabbed the ball to the side, Robinho Then got another chance.

Unguarded, the Brazilian kicked a clean long-range shot, so that the opposing goalkeeper Vieira could only watch the football fly into the bottom corner.

"Robinho!!! Goooooooooooooooooal!!!"

"This is his second goal of the game, Real Madrid overtook the score!!!"

(End of this chapter)