Mister Legend

Chapter 26 It's a blessing, not a disaster, it's a disaster

Castilla's starting lineup for this game: goalkeeper Yanez, right back Forlan, center backs Hector and Leon, left back Abner, center backs Odegaard and Toro, midfielder Enzo, Right winger Alvaro, left winger Razuo, and center Mbappé.

Since he had predicted that this opponent might be difficult to deal with, Li Mudi didn't dare to be careless, and all the main players appeared on the stage.

As expected, after the opening game, the home team took the initiative amidst the crazy cheers of the fans.Guadalajara's formation is also 4-2-3-1, but unlike Castilla, the two midfielders retreated and turned into midfielders, which led to the fact that the two lines in the frontcourt between them The space between them is very large.It stands to reason that this gives the opponent an excellent ball possession range and will put himself in a passive situation.But against Li Mudi's team, they unexpectedly achieved very good results.

Guadalajara assembled a heavy force in the backcourt, which just suppressed Castilla's frontcourt pass and control tactics; the midfielder did not place players, and after getting the ball in the backcourt, they directly made a long pass to find the frontcourt four, just to avoid it His own midfield skills are not as good as his opponent's shortcomings; while the center Igleslas is tall and good at heading the ball, Ricky led two other players with good skills to ambush behind him, waiting for the opportunity to respond, and only used a cross The two offensive routines of long-range and long-range shots have disturbed the visiting team's defense.

The situation in the first two and 10 minutes of the field was really surprising. Castilla's midfielder had no way to deal with the opponent's 6-man defensive combination, while the home team's offensive 4-man team held the visiting team's defense at the back. The ground kept rubbing.Castilla, under tremendous pressure on the defense, had no choice but to withdraw the offensive formation, increase the number of people participating in the defense, and change the pass-and-control tactics to defensive counterattacks. This has achieved miraculous results in the previous few games.But in this game, Guadalajara did not repeat the mistakes of the previous team. Faced with Castilla's active retreat, they did not take the opportunity to press up. They still carried out the previous style of play, defending with 6 men , 4 people attack.The midfielder does not control the ball, the backcourt is to find the center point, the four of you play in front, it doesn't matter if it succeeds or not, anyway, none of us will go up.

Seeing this situation, Li Mudi frowned.After the retreat, the home team's offensive threat was much reduced immediately, but they could not counterattack, and the offensive position was still ineffective.But if things go on like this, several midfielders not only have to come back to participate in the defense, but also run forward to grind the ground, which consumes too much energy. The opponent's weird tactics really make him feel a little helpless.

At 38 minutes, the physical fitness of the players in the visiting team's half was almost at the end. Li Mudi, who had guessed that the home team's backcourt players would take this opportunity to press up, looked at the six players who seemed to be firmly nailed to their own half. Shaking his head helplessly, it is really hard to express the feeling in words!Looking back, when I wanted to call Solari over to study how to adjust, there was a sudden commotion on the field.After the center back Hector took off to scramble for the ball, perhaps due to physical reasons, he failed to control his body well, resulting in a sprained foot when he landed. He couldn't get up at that time, and rolled all over the ground holding his right ankle.The team doctor hurried up to check the injury, and quickly responded that a substitution was about to be made, and Linhardt, who had not made any warm-up preparations, had to go directly to the field.

Fortunately, Castilla, who maintained a defensive numerical advantage, made no mistakes, and the score was still 0-0 at halftime.

In the dressing room, the morale of the Castilla players was low.The warm-up before the game was startled by the fans of the home team. In the first half, they were restrained by the opponent's tactics. Moreover, it was raining all night, and a general was injured before the break. If this situation can still be high If you stand up, you will definitely be able to have a common language with Bashen.

Li Mudi took the time to appease everyone, but he encountered difficulties in how to adjust tactics.In fact, Guadalajara's style of play is not difficult to break. Use the space they left in the midfield to fully control the ball and siege. Personal ability still has a high chance of breaking the deadlock.Sadly, however, Guadalajara's frontcourt players also crushed the defense here in terms of ability, and they seem to have a greater advantage.Once the visiting team shifts their energy to the offensive line, it is not guaranteed when they will have to concede the ball.

In fact, there has always been a problem in Real Madrid's youth training, that is, most of the talented players produced in recent years are offensive players, but there are very few world-class stars in the defense.At the goalkeeper position, Cassie can still be regarded as handsome and ugly, while Arbeloa and Carvajal can only be said to be the first-class full-backs in La Liga, not the top in the world. Pavon came to top the bag.Real Madrid's defense has never lacked superstars, but none of them came from youth training.

This shortcoming has also continued to the present. Neither Castilla nor the U19 team below has even a single defender who can gain a foothold in La Liga.Although the teams I met before had good offensive strength, they were able to defend with midfield players, and they all played on top of the overall, leaving a lot of counterattack opportunities for their own offensive line.But Guadalajara's special style of play today, the front and rear parts are completely separated, and they put on a posture of hurting each other.If you really want to fight desperately, it is very likely that Castile will die in the end.

Is it completely as the opponent wishes, divided into two halves, 6 vs 6 and 4 vs 4, to see who scores more goals in the end?Or basically give up the offense and spend 0-0 with the opponent until the end of the game?For rookie coach Li Modi, it is not too difficult to choose.Choosing the former is likely to be a failure, while choosing the latter can lead to a draw at worst. If there are any variables in the second half, such as the opponent's offensive line is weak or the defense makes a mistake, it is not impossible to score a goal. .

So as soon as the second half started, the visiting team completely recovered. Since the defensive counterattack could not be played, on the basis of a solid defense, they controlled the football in the midfield and did not give the opponent too many offensive opportunities.

Li Mudi on the sidelines was waiting for the variable to appear, and then, the variable appeared.

No. 70 minutes, Li Moody called Solari to study whether to adjust the formation, because at this time the opponent had just replaced the midfielder and played a central midfielder, and the pressure on Castilla's rear was relieved a lot .In the end, it was decided to replace Toro, and put the new Munoz on the field from the central midfielder to the front midfielder, changing into a 4-1-4-1, strengthening the number of ball possession in the frontcourt, and looking for offensive opportunities.

Just when the fourth official was holding the monitor and leading people to the sidelines to wait for the dead ball, Ricky swiped to the left five meters in front of Li Moody's position, but because of his speed or physical inferiority, he didn't get rid of the opponent. Open, when he was catching up to intercept, Cruyff turned around, killed the carbine, and passed Lazuo for the second time in three seconds.Now the left forward of Castilla couldn't get over his face. An irregular kick kicked the old guy who had humiliated himself and tripped him to the ground. The referee hurriedly blew his whistle to suspend the game.Solari suddenly jumped out from the coach's bench, ran over to grab Li Mudi and said, "It's bad, La Zuo already has a yellow card, and I'm afraid he will be sent off for such a kick now."

Li Mudi's heart flickered up to his throat, I was still planning to win, but this kid suddenly came up with such a skill, he really lost the chain, how can he play after this?
Under the extremely nervous gaze of the two people on the sidelines, the referee came to the place of the foul, raised his hand and touched his chest pocket, then put it down again, and only verbally warned Lazuo a few words.

"Huh..." Seeing this scene, both Li Mudi and Solari heaved a sigh of relief, it felt like the moment when a father-to-be who had been waiting outside the delivery room for a whole day heard the baby cry.

Taking advantage of the dead ball, the substitution that was waiting on the sidelines just now was completed.Li Mudi immediately told the assistant coach next to him to immediately call back Lin Liangming who was warming up, and the next time the ball was dead, he would replace La Zuo.

Just when Solari nodded and turned back to call for someone, the referee signaled that the ball could be kicked off. Ricky found that La Zuo was a little close to his kick-off position, and immediately kicked the ball to the opponent.Lazuo thought that the old fritter was messing up on purpose, and angrily stepped forward to deal with him, but was grabbed by the team members around him.The referee ran back with a serious face, asked Ricky, and then ran to seek the opinion of the line referee, and then showed the second yellow card to Lazuo. Two yellow cards turned into one red and he was sent off. It is when the opponent does not retreat beyond the prescribed range when taking a free kick.

I X!The old fox!If Li Moody didn't feel that he was not Ricky's opponent, and wished to go up and give him a national scolding, now he can only enjoy himself in his heart.

I have calculated thousands of times, but unexpectedly I was calculated.It's just a short time, it's really a blessing, not a curse, it's a disaster that can't be avoided!

I couldn't take advantage of it in the first place, and now there are fewer people, how can I play?Fortunately, there was still one substitution quota left, so Li Mudi had to replace Odegaard with substitute left back Tehero.Since the West Division B league can only have 5 players on the bench, the only substitute defensive players in this game are Lin Hart and Tehero, and they are all replaced now.Due to the lack of one player and the need to strengthen the defense, Abner had to be placed in the position of the left midfielder. At the same time, Munoz was retreated and changed into a 4-4-1. Xiao Linzi also lost the second time. Chance to show up.

Afterwards, the home team, which played one more player on the court, still did not press the offense, which is really weird!Both teams spent the rest of the day peacefully, with the league leaders ending their six-match winning streak in Guadalajara and ending a run of six consecutive goalscoring games.

In the locker room after the game, Li Mudi first made a self-reflection, but failed to adjust his tactics on the spot, which caused the team to be restrained miserably.After that, he severely criticized Lazuo, thinking that his lack of composure caused the team to lose the possibility of winning in the end.The moment he was shown the red card, the kid calmed down, so he solemnly apologized to everyone at this time, and promised that he would never do it again.

This time's criticism of Razuo made Li Modi's coaching attributes change from 50% to 55%, but it did not cause him emotional fluctuations.Now Li Mudi has been devastated by the team's defense problems. After returning to Madrid, the team doctor checked Hector. The final diagnosis was a moderate sprain, and he was out for three to four weeks.This undoubtedly made the already unstable defense worse. The remaining three central defenders Leon, Bernabeu, Senna and Linhardt, who can play a cameo, are not very stable. The situation is quite pessimistic!

And what removes the word "relative" in front of "not optimistic" is the fax of the call for the national team game that will arrive a day later.Senna was recruited by Spain U19, Lianhardt was recruited by Austria U21, leaving only two people in the central defender position.

(End of this chapter)