Vol 4 Chapter 1503: Score one more goal than your opponent!

There is a saying that is right. The essence of football tactics is to create space on the court and use the created space.
Guardiola once said in an interview that he is not obsessed with ball control. The reason why he is obsessed with ball control is that the ball is in hand and can be used to force the opponent's defensive player to leave his position.
As the name suggests, when the defensive player leaves the position, the space is created, and the rest is how to use it.
Creation and use are carried out simultaneously on the court.
From the full-back pressure on the full-back, to the passing of the ball in the midfield and backfield, to the popularity of the front midfielder, the large-scale transfer and rib offense have gradually become the mainstream. In the past two seasons, double forwards have become popular.
Why take a double forward?
It's like Real Madrid this past season, having both Yang Yang and Suarez, two of the world's top strikers, and playing at the same time is understandable, but why do they often have to replace another one after the rotation?
It used to be Morata, but later became Mbappe, why?
The reason is very simple. Yang Yang and Zidane have gradually discovered that the single forward is not enough.
This situation has shown signs long ago, which is not obvious enough.
So what are the benefits of having one more striker?
The answer is that double forwards can better suppress the opponent's back line. It is not difficult to understand that two people suppressing at the same time is better than one person suppressing. This is certain.
But beyond that, the biggest advantage of double forwards is that they can better withdraw and pull sides.
In the past two years, Real Madrid ’s coaching staff has been working hard to reduce Yang Yang ’s tactical pressure. He originally had a large running range. He had to suppress the opponent ’s defense, retreat, and pull the edge. He could only keep on the field. Run and run.
But when he reaches a certain age, when Real Madrid wants to reduce his pressure, then he can only find someone to share.
The earliest were Hazard, Robben and Di Maria. Later, they simply pushed Suarez directly, which became a double forward.
The same double striker, Barcelona, ​​Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi double striker combination is also for the same purpose, so Valverde long-term use of four or four formation, this is not accidental.
Does that mean that double forwards will become the mainstream of the future?
Not really.
Nowadays, European football can be said to be in full bloom, and the most popular is the four three three formation, but there are also many teams using four four two, three two three one double back still has a certain market, even three guards have begun to have Signs of recovery.
Real Madrid itself has always prepared different tactical formations, such as four three three, four three one two, four four two ...
It may seem complicated, but in fact, the so-called tactical formation can be adapted to each other.
For example, on the court, four, three, and three can be switched to four, two, and the player's position can be shifted slightly.
The core essence of the formation is the creation and use of space.
On the basis of its own lineup, according to the characteristics of the opponent, the head coach adopts a targeted strategy and then adopts different formations.
The tradition of Ajax is four, three, three, from youth training to the first team, the same lineage is the same style of play.
The characteristic of the four three three is the offense, especially the offense.
In this tactical system, the importance of the full-back is unquestionable.
Today ’s football focuses on overall offense and defense, emphasizing the advantage of creating numbers in local areas, and in turn, capable teams often do the opposite. That is to attract defensive players through one side of the attack, Then through a wide range of transfers, the ball is transferred to the other side where the defense is relatively weak.
This set of playing Real Madrid can be described as a perfect use, Tony Cross's Modric's long pass transfer is the key.
In the Ajax team, there is also such a passer, that is Frankie De Jong.
Then the question came. When Ajax stormed the left and attracted defensive attention, if the opponent focused on arming, then the Ajax long pass shifted to the right, whether it was Dumfries or other right backs. It is difficult to create a threat when taking the ball on the right.
This led to Ajax's continuous frustration last season, because when the other Dutch teams discovered that Ajax had only a strong left attack, they always focused on Ajax's left and left After the road was contained, Ajax had no choice.
Therefore, Yang Yang wants and must get an offensive right back.
It can be said that this is the biggest short board in the current Ajax lineup.
Dumfries' defensive ability is excellent, but when it comes to offense, he really is not as good as Jorge and Taliafico on the left.
The biggest feature of Ajax is that he is young, energetic and passionate, but lacks experience.
Such a team is simply not suitable for stability, and don't want to seek stability, you can only attack.
As if Liverpool faced Real Madrid, they clearly knew that they were not as good as their opponents, so they still had to attack, and if they fell behind, they continued to attack.
Because there is no way to retreat is death!
Klopp knew he was dubbed as a 60-minute team, but why is he still so persistent and persistent?
Because this is his strength.
The first sixty minutes are his advantage, and the last thirty minutes are his shortcomings.
So the question is, should he keep the advantage of the first 60 minutes, and then try to fill the short board of the last 30 minutes on this basis? Or give up the advantage of the first 60 minutes and re-find a set of tactics with fewer short boards?
The answer is obvious, even without thinking.
Now Ajax is also the same reason, only this way.
Young and inexperienced, the guard cannot be kept.
In this case, then go the other way and try to score one more goal than your opponent!
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After leaving Amsterdam, Yang Yang went south quietly and arrived in Austria.
At this time, a lot of media reporters had gathered outside the training ground of the Chinese national team. They came from all over the world. They all tried their best to find the training base of the Chinese national team. The only purpose was Yang Yang.
They all want to know, why did Yang Yang leave Real Madrid?
Where is his next stop?
But Yang Yang was obviously not willing to face the media directly, so he entered the national team training ground at night.
Because the national team is a closed training camp, media reporters did not immediately learn that Yang Yang has returned to the team.
The teammates of the national team are excited about Yang Yang's return. Many of them have also seen Yang Yang's performance in the Champions League final. They are convinced that under Yang Yang's leadership, the team will be able to perform in the Russian World Cup.
Of course, it is basically impossible to reproduce the miracle of the last World Cup.
The reason is simple. Yang Yang is old, and Feng Xiaoting, Zheng Zhi and others are also old.
Although the national team has emerged a new generation of players such as Wu Lei, Hao Junmin, Zhang Xizhe, it is not as good as it was.
Especially Yang Yang, he is the core fighting power of the Chinese national team.
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The Chinese team successfully advanced to the World Cup finals this time, but the luck of the group was not ideal, drawing opponents from the previous World Cup finals Germany, Sweden from Northern Europe, and Mexico from North America.
The strength of these three teams is not bad, especially Germany.
Everyone is basically sure that the German team will get a promotion in advance, the Chinese team will need to compete with the other two opponents for another one, the situation is quite serious, a little careless, the group did not expect to qualify.
To this end, the Chinese team specially arranged three targeted warm-up matches, the opponents are Switzerland, Colombia and Denmark, the three teams are simulated Germany, Mexico and Sweden, of which Colombia and Denmark also hope to understand through the Chinese team Asian teams, because they are also divided into a group in Japan and Australia.
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It was not until the first warm-up match of the Chinese team that the outside media discovered that Yang Yang sat quietly on the bench.
But the result was surprising. He didn't play in the whole game, but just watched on the sidelines. The Chinese team lost to Switzerland by 0 to 2. The scene was also very passive.
It can be seen that the Chinese team is not in shape.
Coach Quiros said in an interview with the media that the team is still adjusting. The most important thing is to expose the problem through the warm-up game. As for whether it can win, this is not the purpose of the warm-up game.
Yang Yang also said in an interview with the reporter of the national TV team, "What we want is the victory of the group stage, and we should not go too far to care about the performance of the warm-up stage."
"Exposing and solving problems is the purpose of the warm-up game."
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Three days later, the Chinese team played against Colombia.
Although the Chinese team scored a goal with Wu Lei, in the end they lost to Colombia one by two, and suffered two consecutive losses in the warm-up match, and Yang Yang did not play even one minute in this game.
This also makes the outside world doubtful, many people are speculating, why not let Yang Yang play?
After encountering a two-game losing streak, can the Chinese team successfully break through the group stage in the Russian World Cup?
You should know that with the outstanding performance of the last World Cup, the media and fans' expectations for the Chinese team are also getting higher and higher.
But now, two consecutive losing games in the warm-up match, let people see the decline of the Chinese team.
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In the last warm-up match, the performance of the Chinese team has improved. In the face of Denmark, the Chinese team can still repeatedly create threats and attacked the opponent's restricted area many times.
Yang Yang came off the bench in the 60th minute of the second half, replaced Gao Lin, formed a double forward with Wu Lei, and then performed well, but ultimately failed to break the Danish goal.
The final warm-up match between the two teams was a zero-to-zero handshake.
As a result, the Chinese team's three warm-up matches were one tie and two losses, and failed to achieve even a victory.
This makes the domestic media and fans very worried, especially Yang Yang.
The three warm-up games only played for 30 minutes without scoring goals, which made many fans worry. Is something wrong with Yang Yang? Or did the transfer affect his condition?
It was in such worries that the World Cup in Russia finally came.