Chapter 506 It’s all Benzema’s fault

Author: Sanjingshou

Just the day after Real Madrid's victory, the second opponent in the final was announced.

Atletico Madrid defeated Barcelona 3:2 and advanced to the final.

The final is three days later at King Abdullah Sports City to determine the winner of this season's Spanish Super Cup.

During the training session, Zidane was walking around the stadium, worried.

He is not afraid of Atletico Madrid, but is worried about the team's defense.

Real Madrid captain Ramos conceded a point at the last moment of the game because he did not have time to stop when covering Marcelo's gap.

This happened not just yesterday.

In this season's games, most of Real Madrid's goals conceded were due to the full-backs being too aggressive and often unable to come back after attacking.

Once Real Madrid's frontcourt attack went smoothly, Ramos, Marcelo and Carvajal in the defense turned into forwards and participated in the attack.

The reputation of Emperor Ridema is not unreasonable.

Especially on the left wing where Marcelo sits, at the beginning of this season, due to age and injuries, his attendance rate cannot be guaranteed and his condition has been greatly affected.

When attacking, his breakthroughs and passes are still Real Madrid's secret weapons in breaking games.

But most of the time, Real Madrid's frail defense was broken with one strike due to their awkward back-and-forth defense.

This kind of defense is often a weakness that allows opponents to seize opportunities when playing against strong teams.

If Real Madrid wants to gain something in third-line combat, it must first solve its defensive problems.

Zidane's idea is to let the young Mendy replace Marcelo as the team's left back.

In fact, he has already done this in the first half of the game.

Seeing Marcelo laughing and joking with his teammates, Zidane's complicated emotions suddenly surged into his heart.

Marcelo has been the hero and founder of the dynasty for Real Madrid in the past ten years. In the hearts of Real Madrid fans, he has become the best left back comparable to Carlos.

He also misses the days when Cristiano Ronaldo and Marcelo were prosperous on the wing.

But the decline in form is a serious fact. Zidane has to put aside his personal emotions and put the team's interests first.

After announcing the roster for tomorrow's Super Cup final, Zidane secretly looked at Marcelo.

The team darling seemed calm on the surface, and encouraged the players with captain Ramos, vowing to win the championship.

The Western Super Cup final is about to begin.

This is the first championship game since the reform of the Western Super Cup.

Zidane continued the formation that defeated Valencia in the last game, but sent Mendy at the left back position.

In the Madrid derby, the two teams already know the basics and there is no need to test further.

After the opening, Real Madrid's entire formation pressed forward and launched a fierce attack on Atletico Madrid.

Carvajal and Mendy advanced from the wing to participate in the attack, and the latter and Isco were responsible for penetrating the opponent's ribs from the left wing.

Modric and Valverde are responsible for attacking the ribs on the right.

Rossi acted as a single arrow, pressing Atletico Madrid's center.

Judging from the offensive arrangement, Real Madrid is divided into three camps: left, center and right.

However, in front of Atletico Madrid, which is best at defending, Real Madrid's pre-match tactical arrangements failed to achieve very good results.

Atletico Madrid's long-term heroes Juanfran, Felipe Luis and Godin all left the team last summer, which ushered in a major overhaul of Atletico Madrid's defense.

New recruits Trippier, Felipe, and Lodi quickly became the team's main players.

Judging from the first half of the game, the performance of these three people met Simeone's expectations.

In this game, center back Jimenez's main task is to cut off the connection between Real Madrid's wing and Rossi, leaving him completely isolated in the center.

In the 10th minute of the game, Rossi received a cross pass from Isco in the penalty area and hit the goal from a small angle. He was blocked by goalkeeper Oblak and completed his first shot since the start.

This is also the first time the two have connected in this field.

Subsequently, Isco tried to contact Rossi many times, but was either cleared by Jimenez or intercepted by Saul who returned to defend. Real Madrid's offense was temporarily paralyzed.

Zidane looked at his opponent, somewhat surprised.

Unexpectedly, after losing in the league, Simeone quickly designated Rossi's defense, and the effect was remarkable.

Without the cover of Benzema, Rossi was in the frontcourt and cooperated more with his teammates' attacks, which severely reduced his range of activities and fell into Atletico Madrid's "jail situation."

In order to relieve Rossi's pressure on the front line, Zidane asked Modric to strengthen the offensive connection in the middle.

However, Atletico Madrid also immediately made adjustments, strengthening the siege in front of the penalty area, aiming to destroy the connection between the midfielder and Rossi.

Throughout the first half, Real Madrid showed strong midfield control and frequently threatened the opponent's goal.

Atletico Madrid focused all their energy on the defensive end, restricting Rossi and strengthening local sieges to cut off Real Madrid's offense.

Although they successfully limited Real Madrid's offense, Atletico Madrid's performance on the offensive end was also mediocre.

If the game continues like this, the two teams will not be able to decide the winner within regular time, and the game will enter overtime or even penalty kicks.

Simeone has been fully prepared for this.

Although Zidane is not afraid of overtime, he still wants to try it first and gain the initiative by attacking.

But at the beginning of the second half, Atletico Madrid changed its previous defensive posture and moved its defense near the midline.

Atletico Madrid's right back Trippier boldly pressed forward and attacked Mendy's wing, which put huge pressure on Real Madrid's wing.

Although Mendy's defense is flawless, on the offensive end, he cannot replace defense with offense.

Mendy, who could not be pressed out, made his opponents more unscrupulous and stepped up their attacks on the wing.

After gaining an advantage on the wing, Atletico Madrid's versatile midfielder with a balanced offensive and defensive balance began to show their power.

Simeone has deliberately increased his players' participation in offense this season.

In particular, the number of passes and receptions in the middle is increased. Regardless of forwards or midfielders, everyone actively participates in the organization work, reducing the previous offensive routine that relied on the midfielder to turn to the side for the two fullbacks to pass to the goal.

Morata and Felix began to get shooting opportunities.

Real Madrid began to switch to defense. Thanks to Casemiro's outstanding performance, the defense was impregnable.

Whether outside or inside the penalty area, Felix often chooses to force his shot when under pressure.

The result is either blocked or deviated from the target.

As for Morata, his double inverse foot attribute caused him to miss an excellent one-on-one opportunity in the second half, which enabled Courtois to make a superb save.

Under Atletico Madrid's aggressive attack, Rossi began to get offensive opportunities.

In the 65th minute, after receiving a pass from the backcourt, Modric advanced with the ball from the right. Surrounded by three Atletico players, Modric passed it to Rossi who was advancing forward.

Under the double-team of two central defenders, Rossi first spiked the ball to the right, attracted the central defender Jimenez from the front left, and quickly pushed the ball to the front left with his right foot.

Heminis's defense movement not only made himself eat, but also blocked the line that teammates made up, giving Rossi's shot space.

When he stretched his legs to block, Rossi had completed a low shot.

The ball flew towards the goal far corner, but was stabbed with his fingertips with his fingertips, wiping the bottom line with his fingertips.

In the sigh of fans, Rossi missed a chance to get a goal.

Seeing that Real Madrid still had a counterattack, he still ordered the power of fighting, and immediately ordered back to retract and defended. He continued to nest near the restricted area and could not stick to it.

Rossi repeatedly retracted and pulled out the defender's defense.

But Isco and Modric are not players with strong assault, and it is difficult to achieve results.

At this time, if Benzema is there.

His cooperation with Rossi is much better than Isco or Modric.

Therefore, Real Madrid has not scored the goal now, and it is blame Benza.

Seeing that Real Madrid was limited by Simonxi's tactics, in the 70th minute, Rodrigogou made a substitute and replaced Isco.

Simonny also made adjustments.

The L -Toren who has just played, has enough physical fitness to run round trips in the midfield.

As the second forward, in the last second, on the right side of the restricted area, a high -quality pull -up angle shot was completed.

In the next second, he immediately appeared in the defensive position of the right rear waist, destroying Mendi's passball.

The conventional time of 90 minutes passed quickly.
Chapter completed!