novelkee Chapter 565 Habitual Leading
Chapter 565 Habitual Leading
Chapter 565 Habitual Leading
The final was held at the Stadio Olimpico in Seville.
Of the two teams participating in the finals, one reversed and eliminated Bi Bao's Real Madrid with a 3:2 reversal.
The other was Barcelona, which beat Real Sociedad on penalties.
trump card!
This is the theme of the Clasico in the final of the Spanish Super Cup.
Rossi vs Messi!
The duel between the two trump cards has become the focus of the game.
Killing Barcelona three times in a year and a half is unique in the history of Real Madrid.
This also established a psychological advantage for this final.
On the other hand, Barcelona drove high and low in the league. After losing to Real Madrid, they lost three consecutive games and could only rank 7th at one time.
In the first 15 rounds, the team scored only 21 points, 12 points behind the top Atletico Madrid, and only 3 points away from the relegation zone, marking the worst start since the 1987-88 season.
But then Messi broke out, Barcelona ushered in a wave of winning streak, changed their decline, and rushed into the European theater of the standings.
In the Champions League group stage, they encountered Juventus led by Ronaldo and lost the only defeat in the group stage.
Barcelona and Juventus have the same points, but because of the low goal difference in the two rounds, they ranked second in the group.
At the end of last year, Laporta became the new chairman of Barcelona, temporarily stabilizing the situation.
Generally speaking, Barcelona lacks some luck on the road to recovery.
But Koeman's team has gotten rid of the chaos before the season and formed a unique tactical system.
This is what Zidane fears.
The pass-and-control style of play under full attack and full defense is scary when you think about it.
But Zidane was not discouraged, because he firmly believed that his team could overcome all difficulties in the game and win the championship.
Although it was a commercial competition, both sides did not want to lose and sent their strongest team.
Barcelona starting:
Goalkeeper: Ter Schent.
Defense: Alba, Lenglet, Ronald Araujo, Durst.
Midfield: Pedri, Busquets, Frankie De Jong.
Forwards: Griezmann, Messi, Dembele.
This season, the teenagers promoted from the second team all performed impressively.
Araujo and Durst, two young players, have calmness and composure that do not meet their age on the defensive end.
With the decline of Pique's state and the long-term hidden danger of the right back, the two will be the strength that Barcelona will rely on in the defense in the next ten years.
In terms of midfield and frontcourt, Pedri's growth made Barcelona fans vaguely see the shadow of Xiaobai playing football back then.
With De Jong, the Barcelona midfielder will not have to worry about the next ten years.
As for the striker, Griezmann gradually regained his peak state. Dembele scored 2 goals in the past three games and is in a hot state.
With a solid foundation, Koeman's back will be straight, and he will be tough when speaking at the pre-match press conference.
On the other hand, Zidane, although Real Madrid is in a good state, he is still criticized by fans in terms of tactics and substitutions.
Some fans even jokingly said that only replacing Rossi is the most correct adjustment in Zidane's career in coaching Real Madrid.
But letting Rossi sit on the bench is not a failure.
Real Madrid starters:
Goalkeeper: Courtois.
Defense: Marcelo, Ramos, Varane, Carvajal.
Midfielders: Toni Kroos, Casemiro, Modric.
Forwards: Rossi, Benzema, Gareth Bale.
Marcelo and Bell returned to the starting lineup. Zidane hopes to use the experience of the two in the competition to help the team establish an advantage in the early stage.
Zidane's starting lineup has a high fault tolerance rate and almost no weaknesses.
But when adjusting on the spot, his substitutions were not as reassuring as starting.
And where it can be adjusted, fans can guess it with their toes.
Valverde, Vazquez, Vinicius, and Rodrigo are commonly used substitution adjustments.
But in this way, the young players such as Erdegaard and Ceballos who Real Madrid tried their best to keep this season are basically firmly nailed to the bench.
The status of Isco and Asensio in the team is not high or not, even a little embarrassing.
Real Madrid's first-team talent pool is sufficient, but many players are high-spirited and are not willing to be substitutes like Nacho and Vazquez.
If Zidane fails to solve this problem, then this summer, Real Madrid will lose many excellent players.
Messi and Ramos, the two captains of the team, led the team out of the tunnel to meet the fans.
Since it is held in a neutral position, there is no home court advantage. The number of diehard fans of Barcelona and Real Madrid is almost the same, which is more fair to both parties.
But the addition of neutral fans broke this balance.
At least 7% of the fans at the scene were wearing white Real Madrid jerseys.
The number behind them is 7.
If Raul's No. 7 is the bullfighter spirit of Prince Bernabéu,
Ronaldo's No. 7 means that this is his domineering king,
So the meaning of Rossi's No. 7 is the key to a new era for Real Madrid.
At the start of the game, Barcelona attacked first.
As the coach of the Netherlands, Koeman still took the lead in the final and seized the advantage.
Although Messi is a center forward, he often has to retreat to get the ball and attack in series.
Unlike the usual center forward who retreats to take the ball, Messi can not only use the pass to tear apart the defense, but can even start in the midfield, dribble the ball into the opponent's penalty area, and score a goal.
It's just so unreasonable.
Therefore, when Messi takes the ball, there are usually more than two defensive players to guard him.
Otherwise, once Messi's speed increases, the chasing defender will basically become the background board for his goal.
Zidane's restriction on Messi is to use Casemiro to defend one-on-one.
Fat Tiger, who is in peak form, can definitely resist the world's number one player.
In the 5th minute, Barcelona launched an attack from the right.
Defender Durst crossed the ribs. After receiving the ball, Messi took advantage of the situation and led it horizontally. He followed up with his left foot and shot.
The whole shot was fast and coherent, and Casemiro's block was a step behind and could not be intercepted.
But it interfered with Messi to a certain extent, the ball was slightly higher than the crossbar and flew out of the baseline.
Facing Real Madrid's game, Messi's state is surprisingly good.
As a free man in the frontcourt, he not only enjoys unlimited firing rights, but also has an erratic position on the field, making it difficult for Casemiro to mark him one-on-one.
In Real Madrid's game squad, the only one that does not have a suitable replacement position is Casemiro's midfielder position.
As the team's only defensive midfielder, Casemiro is responsible for doing the dirty work and is the hero behind the scenes.
In the midfielder area, he has an obvious effect on restricting and interfering with offensive players.
Even Messi is unwilling to fight him face to face.
Therefore, thanks to his position as a free agent, Messi can appear in any area of the frontcourt to organize offenses.
However, Casemiro is constrained by the heavy responsibility of defense and can only restrict Messi's activities in a limited area.
Coman seized the remaining shortcoming of the opponent and launched a fierce attack.
In the 10th minute, Messi, who retreated to the right of the center circle, slowly advanced with the ball.
At this stage, Real Madrid did not launch a frontcourt press, but retreated in an orderly manner.
If you grab Messi in this area, it is easy to be countered by your opponent.
After advancing past a third of Real Madrid's half, Messi passed the ball to his teammate and quickly advanced towards the ribs.
And the teammates also gave it to Dembele on the wing after a simple cooperation.
Real Madrid's midfield and backcourt defense retreated quickly, quickly settled at the front of the penalty area, and switched to positional warfare to limit Barcelona's offense.
But because the defense was too fast and there was no deep protection, Messi had room to receive the ball in the ribs.
Dembele made a pass back from the side with a very clear purpose, which was to give Messi.
After Barcelona passed on the right and formed a strong side, it forced Real Madrid to shift their defensive focus.
In this way, Messi, who received the ball in the ribs, directly passed the diagonal long pass on the ground to Alba who was inserted on the weak side.
Alba, who reached the penalty area at high speed, knocked the ball across the middle before Carvajal fell to the ground to intercept.
And it was Messi who appeared at the reception point at this time.
Starting from the halftime walk, Messi suddenly started to move forward to support the team's offense while speeding up, which caught Real Madrid by surprise.
Varane fell to the ground with a shovel, trying to destroy Messi's shot.
After a chaotic touch in front of the goal, the two leaked to the back point.
Griezmann had been waiting for a long time, followed up with a supplementary shot, and drilled into the net from the lower right corner of the goal.
Courtois was not prepared at all, and helplessly spread his hands.
Barcelona is habitually ahead!
(End of this chapter)