Since Messi and Iniesta joined Real Madrid, speculations about Real Madrid's tactics and starting lineup in the new season have been frequently seen in newspapers. Countless experts, reporters and fans have expressed their opinions and expressed their possible starting lineup and starting tactics in their minds.

Without exception, 95% of people feel that Yang Cheng cannot change Real Madrid's starting tactics.

The reason is very simple, run-in!

In the past five years, Real Madrid has been invincible in La Liga and is also invincible in the European arena. It can be said that it is the most powerful team in today's football world. None of them. If you rashly adopt a new tactic, it is very likely that the team will collapse as a whole. After all, such a precedent is not without.

Manchester United was extremely powerful and arrogant in 1999, but Ferguson wanted to change the team's tactics and let Manchester United cater to the football style of mainland Europe and introduced Perron at a sky-high price from Kaiserslautern. What was the result? Manchester United encountered a downturn next. Although they relied on their previous strength and had some achievements in the Premier League, they were immediately caught up by other teams in the Champions League.

Usually, as the head coach of a club, he often establishes a tactical system first, and then signs according to this tactical system to determine the overall situation. After the overall situation is settled, the team's tactical details are appropriately adjusted according to the player's technical characteristics, so as to achieve the goal of improving the entire tactical system.

Then, during the season, the head coach often only needs to adjust the team's tactics based on the opponent's strengths and weaknesses. For example, if the opponent's left defense is a loophole, then attack your own right; if the opponent's back midfielder is defective, then actively play the middle lane, etc. These are all on-the-spot changes, but they will not hurt the bones.

Last season's Champions League final against Chelsea, Yang Cheng made a move on the spot, which was extremely risky. In the end, he won the game, which once again shocked the entire football world. Everyone has to admire him because there are not many people in football today who can do this. He is the most successful one.

From this game, it is actually not difficult to see that Yang Cheng has never been the kind of head coach who is in charge. He likes to take risks and try. Although he can no longer break through the core tactical concepts he established, he dares to boldly try in specific tactical details and formations, and even try something that others dare not try.

The three defenders were very common tactical formations in the 1990s, but they have gradually been cruelly eliminated by the football world, because when all teams generally have only one forward, the three defenders seem very embarrassed.

Maybe many people will be surprised, nonsense, how come they are so embarrassed when they fight three to one?

Everything has to be seen this way. Every team deducts goalkeepers, and there are 10 players on the court, and 1 forward on the opponent. There are 9 players in the midfield and backcourt, 3 defenders, and 7 players in the midfield and frontcourt, which undoubtedly forms a disadvantage in the number of people in some areas.

Maybe someone will say again, won’t the three defenders run?

Running is easy to pull the team's formation and position, and it is easy to create loopholes. Moreover, when running, the opponent is also running, and the attacker is in the active position. However, if you don't run, there will be redundant things on the back line, but there is a shortage of people in the midfield and frontcourt.

Kaka's position is the front midfielder, on his left and right sides, David Silva and Iniesta.

At first glance, the two players, David Silva and Iniesta, seem to have similar characteristics, but in fact, their roles can even be said to be completely different.

Yang Cheng called David Silva lubricant and booster, which actually proved the characteristics of David Silva.

To be a lubricant, you must have excellent space filling ability. When teammates pull out space, he knows how to take up space as soon as possible. His ability in this area is outstanding, and after filling the space, his ability to catch the ball and stop the ball is also outstanding. In addition, his excellent running without the ball makes his tactical role in Real Madrid very obvious.

The most amazing thing about Iniesta is his man-to-ball combination. He has a very outstanding overall view, organization and last pass ability. This is very similar to David Silva, but the difference between him and David Silva is that he is not fast, but his man-to-ball combination is very good. He can often bring the ball out in extremely narrow gaps and create opportunities for his teammates.

If you analyze Barcelona's game carefully, it is not difficult to find a very interesting phenomenon, that is, Barcelona's tactics use of Iniesta often allows him to drive the ball forward in the middle and then play in depth.

In many games, Barcelona was closely oppressed and guarded by their opponents, and even Messi was unable to make effective breakthroughs and create opportunities in the front. However, when the tactical center of gravity shifted to Iniesta, the latter position was further back than Messi, and he would drive the ball forward. As long as there were players responsible for covering in the front, they could often catch their opponent off guard.

What's even more rare is that Iniesta's pace, rhythm, technique and ball sense are excellent, which allows him to find gaps in the densest defense, and then bring the ball out of the densest defense, and create opportunities for his teammates.

From this point of view, Iniesta and David Silva have different characteristics, but the two people form a midfielder and can complement each other, especially when the second ladder attack is inserted, the effect will be very obvious.

However, both players have an obvious flaw, that is, they both need teammates!

Maradona, Ronaldo, Zidane, and even Ronaldinho are all players who can support a team alone. They can become the soul of this team. Today, Ronaldo, Kaka and Messi are also of this type of players, but neither David Silva nor Iniesta.

If the player is thrown into a weak team, Messi may not be as good as the highlights now, but he will definitely perform well. The same is true for Ronaldo and Kaka. They can both become core figures of the weak team, but if David Silva and Iniesta are thrown out of the weak team, they may be woven.

This is not to say that they are bad and have poor strength. On the contrary, they are all very outstanding. It’s just that they have been trained under the current youth training system in Spain since they were young, forming their football style. Coupled with their physical weaknesses, they cannot face the opponent’s strong oppression and defense alone.

For this reason, Yang Cheng arranged David Silva and Iniesta on both sides of Kaka, while Xavi Alonso fell behind them to play the midfielder, responsible for organizing and protecting the defense line.

The three defenders are Thiago Silva, Delarede and Ramos, which is also an attempt by Yang Cheng.

In his opinion, what the three defenders fear most is the opponent's wing counterattack, and with Real Madrid's current lineup and tactics, what they lack most is wing attacks, but he can push the front of the defense line to a striking level to the greatest extent.

For example, against Chelsea, Real Madrid can push the front of the defense line to Chelsea's 32-meter area, and then completely press the opponent to the half-time. Real Madrid's players have both good ball handling ability in a narrow gap. Ronaldo and Kaka are slightly worse, but both players are offensive and support roles, especially Ronaldo, who is more responsible for offensive tasks.

When the team was attacking, Kaka's position advanced to No. 9 and a half. Messi was rampant from the right and cut inward. Aguero pulled the opponent's defensive player to the right. Ronaldo cut into the opponent's penalty area from the left. The first wave of offense was formed. At this time, the three players formed a triangle running system, and Kaka was in the middle of the three people, and was always used as a mobile force to attract defensive pressure.

Of course, this set of tactics can also be used in reverse. Ronaldo cuts inward, Aguero pulls to the left, and Messi cuts inward into the penalty area. This is just a routine, and players can adapt flexibly according to the situation on the court.

Outside the triangle attack area, David Silva and Iniesta suppressed it. On the one hand, they can respond, transport shells to the attackers in front, and form counter-robberies as soon as possible. On the other hand, they can also forward and participate in the attack, create a sudden attack, and hit the loopholes exposed by the opponent's triangular attack caused by the frontcourt.

Xavi Alonso and the three defenders provided support and protection from behind, thus forming a strong attack. They firmly suppressed the opponent in the 32-meter area, just like in the Champions League final, Real Madrid beat Chelsea to play the whole game.

The ball always moves in the opponent's threat area. This is undoubtedly the most favorable situation for Real Madrid. Moreover, Real Madrid plays three defenders and lacks wing attacks. However, as long as there is a need, any player in the midfield and backcourt can act as an offensive role for the full-back, because Real Madrid collectively enters the opponent's 32-meter area and every move can create a threat.

Yang Cheng's tactics seem beautiful in theory and are so beautiful, but not everyone can use them. Only Real Madrid has such strength. Because Real Madrid now has this group of outstanding superstars.

In other words, if players such as Iniesta and David Silva are not delicate enough, then Yang Cheng would not dare to play like this.

Another point is that Real Madrid's oppressive tactics are very good, and they are very active in counterattacking on the frontcourt, which can effectively prevent the opponent's counterattack and ensure the stability of the three defenders to the greatest extent.

My defense line is pressing forward to the 32-meter area of ​​Jay. The attacking players of Jay must be at least 68 meters away from my goal. If you want to make an effective counterattack, after intercepting the ball, the player must travel a long distance to 60 meters. This is very difficult, because long-distance raids seem simple and not something that anyone can afford.

If you want to play a long-distance raid with the opponent's desperate pursuit, the rhythm, the frequency of the ball, and the pace are indispensable, because once a mistake occurs at a certain step point, the ball path slows down, and the opponent's defensive players in the opponent's unball state can catch up with the ball at any time.

So in today's football world, how many speed players can play long-distance raids?

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When the team arrived in Kunming, Real Madrid began to enter the pre-season preparation stage.

In the morning, it is a physical fitness reserve training class, which is open to the public every three days. At noon, it is still subject to technical and tactical drills, and in the afternoon, it is targeted training and group confrontation training. Each class is 90 minutes, and the content is arranged very compact and intensively.

Especially during training classes at noon and afternoon, Yang Cheng began to focus on practicing the set of 3133 tactics he formulated for the team.

Theoretically, things are not enough, they also depend on practice and the degree of adaptation of the players. For example, three defenders, Real Madrid has played four defenders for so many years, suddenly played three defenders, defense on the wing, overall movement, especially the echo between Drarede, a free central defender and teammates, these are all problems.

Although Messi's joining enriches the team's skills and tactics, how to coordinate the relationship between him and Ronaldo, how to allocate his ball and retracement in the midfield and frontcourt, how to make the triangle attacks of Ronaldo, Aguero and Messi form tacit understanding and cooperation, and Kaka's forward insertion.

These are all problems, but because these players are all players with very high ball quotient and outstanding skills, when Yang Cheng assigns tasks, they can quickly understand that what they lack is to form cooperation and tacit understanding on the court.

How can David Silva and Iniesta effectively complement each other, and how can Xavi Alonso master the balance between moving forward and dragging back, these require a lot of practice and competition to accumulate experience and then get through and form.

Yang Cheng mentioned more than once at the team's tactical meeting that the team has not yet clarified the starting lineup and main position. He just said that he would play 3133. The specific candidate has not been determined yet. Everyone has a chance. After all, Granero can also play the central defender, Parejo is also a powerful challenger for David Silva and Iniesta, and Mata can also play the winger and front midfielder.

Even Marcelo, a full-back, is actually very strong in playing as a winger, especially his on-site counter-attack awareness and defensive ability, and he has made great contributions to the team.

As for Aveloa and Miguel Torres, they can both play the team's left and right central defenders, and Pepe and Kompani are also strong contenders for the central defenders. Although Drared is the center defender, Yang Cheng does not rule out the use of Thiago Silva.

For Yang Cheng, the most important thing is to maintain the team's competition, so that everyone can do their best to show and exert their strength, strive to win the opponent in every game, and ensure their position in the team.

Only in this way can he be able to unite this Real Madrid, which is full of superstars, form a combat power, and prevent them from fighting each other.

And after all, the success or failure of a team is definitely not just these superstars, but also these substitutes in the team. They are also very important links, affecting the team's stability and performance throughout the season.

Therefore, he must not only promote internal competition of the team, but also maintain unity and formulate an orderly rotation system to ensure the stability and unity of the team.

On July 24, we are looking forward to the Galaxy battleship, which has gathered the most superstars in football history, finally officially set sail in China!
Chapter completed!