880 Speeches before the match
Everyone didn't know what Barcelona was thinking, and they didn't have time to think about it in detail in the face of the imminent match against Manchester United.
"At most, aren't you just going to fight with us? There shouldn't be any big problem." Several people didn't care about this matter. "If you say it, it shouldn't be a big problem to fight Barcelona."
The problem with Barcelona is that Guardiola's excessively idealized team building model has made his players too young and not yet grown into a team that can compete with Real Madrid. Although they have greater potential, when it comes to absolute strength, they are still not as good as Real Madrid. They have fought three times this season, but Real Madrid has not failed at all. Therefore, in this game, Real Madrid also feels that the problem should not be big.
"But speaking of this, Barcelona is really crazy. It's time to play Chelsea, and they are still playing football without restraint." When it comes to this question, everyone also praised it. Barcelona's spirit of struggling to fight the league really made several people quite amazed: Who has ever seen a team who plays hard in the league like this? They ignore the threat of the Champions League semi-finals, and they are really brave.
I don’t know how they arranged it, and Real Madrid was too lazy to worry about it. At this time, the game against Manchester United is imminent. At the moment, Barcelona can also put it aside.
Anyway, no matter what they think, as long as they win the remaining games, Real Madrid will win, and there is no way to run.
At this time, before the match between Manchester United and Real Madrid, the head coaches of both sides were also fighting each other.
"We have no need to worry that Manchester United will be stronger than us." Ancelotti's view when facing reporters was quite calm. "Manchester United is indeed very powerful, but in the past year, they have been sitting in the world championship position, and all the teams have been studying their playing style. Their playing style is no longer mysterious. Challengers and defenders are completely different battles. For them, this is also a big challenge. Moreover, the Glazer family is unwilling to pay, and Manchester United has not made any further improvements after reaching the top in 2008 - you should understand that no matter how powerful a team is, if they are too complacent with their existing achievements and are not enterprising, then they can only be dead end. What's more, they lack the main midfielder and move their whole body. They are no longer the strongest team. Compared with them, we have a great advantage."
"I think Manchester United should be careful. Indeed, Manchester United is very strong, but no matter how strong the team is, there are times when they miss the front. I also have great confidence in this game."
In the eyes of the media, Ancelotti's words are a demonstration and a hint. Does this mean that he has any good tricks to deal with Manchester United? This is a topic of discussion.
And what he said makes sense: Hargreaves was the absolute main player of Manchester United last season, but this season, he has been reimbursed in advance due to injury problems. Moreover, it is said that his injury problems are quite serious, and the consequences will probably not be small... Zhao Yaning doesn't know if it is true, but he can indeed think of what impact Hargreaves will have on Manchester United after he goes on.
On the one hand, Hargreaves is Manchester United's main midfielder and defensive core. On the other hand, Hargreaves has very good pass and receiving skills, and his excellent height and heading ability, it can be said that he is an extremely important role in Manchester United's midfield. Compared with Chelsea's Essin and Liverpool's Alonso, it is not bad at all.
However, this season, he is no longer able to play. In order to make up for his position, Manchester United had to let Carrick and Fletcher play at the same time. Although the effect of playing on the two is indeed much better than using only one Hargreaves, Manchester United is originally a three forward in the frontcourt, with two of the three positions in the midfield occupied by two, leaving only one position, which is easier to be suppressed.
Compared to last season, Manchester United is far behind. It is still a big deal to win the game between Real Madrid and Manchester United.
Although Real Madrid achieved 16 points in the group stage, Manchester United and Real Madrid also had 16 points, and the record was better than Real Madrid. Therefore, in this round, Real Madrid also took the lead and then away. Speaking of which, this is a big disadvantage of Real Madrid. After all, last year, it was lost in the schedule of home and then away. Such a thing is indeed a matter worth considering.
In this game, the lineup sent by Real Madrid is still the strongest lineup that he can use. After three rounds of rotation rest, Real Madrid players have accumulated enough physical strength and energy to do their best to prepare for this game.
On the other hand, Manchester United has sent their strongest lineup. The goalkeeper is still Van der Sar, Evra, Ferdinand, Lucio and Brown on the back line, Fletcher and Carrick are both midfielders, and Giggs occupies the position of the central defender. On the forward line, Manchester United's terrifying Tevez, Rooney and Ronaldo are still.
Such a formation is also the strongest lineup that Manchester United can now play.
"At this time last year, Real Madrid and Manchester United also played a game. At that time, Real Madrid and Manchester United contributed a very exciting attack battle to us... Of course, we later found out that it was a small trick for Manchester United. However, a year has passed, and I wonder if the match between Real Madrid and Manchester United this year can give us something new."
Since the second half of the season, Real Madrid's ten consecutive victories came to an abrupt end before the game. Manchester United brought the identity of the Champions League champion. The game between the two sides can be said to be a fierce collision like Mars hitting the earth. In the game between Real Madrid and Manchester United, there were Ronaldo's hat-tricks and Zhao Yaning's hat-tricks. Almost everyone was waiting. In this game, Real Madrid can play a wonderful game with Manchester United, so that such a wonderful strong dialogue can continue.
However, at the beginning of the game, everyone was shocked. Real Madrid, who took the lead in kicking off, did not take an offensive posture at all, but passed it back and kicked the ball to its backcourt. Then Marcelo and Pepe began to pass it in the backcourt with peace of mind, completely controlling the ball at their feet. What was even more surprising was that when playing against Barcelona and Arsenal, Zhao Yaning, who played very well in the front midfielder, had also recovered a lot in this game and was even about to receive his own backcourt.
"This is really unexpected. Could it be that Real Madrid's killer is to defend and not attack?" The commentator was stunned when he saw the game. Anyone could tell the difference between the backcourt and the active attack.
In his home court, Real Madrid's style of playing is not a life-and-death battle with his opponent, but in his own court, he openly chose to shrink his defense! This is not Real Madrid's method!
"This is really unexpected. Real Madrid's approach seems to be not about attacking, but about defense. It is hard to say whether this decision is correct, but at least, fans will not be happy to choose defense at home."
Indeed, at this time, the Bernabeu had already booed, which also made Ferguson a little uneasy.
When will a team like Real Madrid die on the attack line? At its home court, choosing to shrink and defend is indeed not like Real Madrid's style. This also made Ferguson smell the breath of conspiracy: Ancelotti will not offend fans stupidly. If he does this, he has a backhand or a backhand. Considering Florentino's temper, he doesn't have to consider his backhand. So, what will his backhand be?
At this time, Zhao Yaning, who was on the court, was also thinking about what he said in the locker room before the game.
"To be honest, I think it's easier to deal with when playing Manchester United. Manchester United's strength is not as strong as I imagined. You were scared to death after losing to them last year, right?"
In the locker room, when Ancelotti spoke, the whole team looked a little unfavorable.
Ancelotti's words made Zhao Yaning shake his head, "Of course I wouldn't be scared to death, but they are really hard to deal with. Ronaldo is very strong, their players are also very good, and their tactics are more than we have taken shape. Ferguson is also a cunning person. Isn't they worth worrying about?"
"Ferguson has lost to me several times...and when it comes to Ronaldo... Why should I worry about him? Do we still have you!"
Zhao Yaning smiled bitterly. This kind of trust really made him at a loss.
"The key to dealing with Manchester United is to control the rhythm at your own feet." Ancelotti said seriously at the tactical board, "On the one hand, when we control the rhythm, Manchester United loses the opportunity to disrupt the battle, which is a great opportunity for us. Secondly, if we control the rhythm, Cristiano will be very angry and depressed, and may be anxious and out of control - this is what I want."
"But the speed is fast, isn't it just that the opponent can rush? And if the speed is slow, how can we attack?" Zhao Yaning asked back.
"So our rhythm cannot be constant. I have already thought of how to do it, but it seems to be more troublesome. You have to work harder."
Then, it was the tactic that Zhao Yaning remembered.
"I always feel a little uneasy." After hearing the tactics, Raul spoke.
"It's normal. Didn't you see it? In my tactical arrangement, Joey's task is the heaviest. He needs to suppress the opponent's formation so that the opponent's formation cannot be expanded. At the same time, he also needs to be responsible for connecting the team to get the team to score goals appropriately. Of course, I estimate that against a team of Manchester United's level, Zlatan is likely to dare not enter the penalty area because of his own playing style, and basically play invisible all over the game... So, he also
You have to be responsible for rushing in and scoring when Zlatan cannot score. This task is actually very heavy. He is very likely to fail. If he cannot complete the task, we will fail. It is normal for you to feel pressured."
Ibrahimovic was a little annoyed, while Zhao Yaning started to think.
Ancelotti smiled and said, "But the greater the responsibility, the greater the ability! It's the opposite? It doesn't matter, I just want to tell you, Joey, I have arranged so much pressure for you to burst out and let your opponents see the world's number one strength thoroughly. Don't let me down."
Chapter completed!