"The key to the outcome of this decisive battle will definitely appear in the second half!"

The morning before the final, Real Madrid held a tactical preparation meeting at Hongfu Hotel. Ancelotti made a clear explanation of his views and strategies for the final, and he was very sure of his judgment.

"Simone will not give us any chance easily anymore. What I can conclude is that they will definitely grab the game at the beginning, and use high-pressure pressure to prevent us from controlling the game, cutting our local area, and then disintegrating our offense. This is what they are best at and will be the key to their defeat."

There is a saying in European football, the finals are unknown.

What does it mean?

That is to say, in a key battle of a final, a team of winning or losing, no head coach can take risks.

Before the game, both sides will calculate all possible problems that may arise between the enemy and us, then evaluate and measure them, and finally formulate the game strategy. In this case, it is difficult to have an accident.

Unless it is the player's personal performance.

The more you get into this critical battle, the more you test the players' personal ability and will to play.

This is why players who shine on stages such as the World Cup and European Cup are often favored and become famous in one fell swoop.

Because if you want to shine on this kind of stage, it is absolutely impossible to be just because of luck.

The same is true for the Champions League final.

In terms of players' personal abilities, Real Madrid is ahead of Atletico Madrid, so what Ancelotti needs to do is to ensure that the team does not make mistakes in overall strategy and tactics, curb Atletico Madrid's tactics, and create a foundation for players' personal performance.

"What they are best at is cutting our offensive line through pressing and oppressing in the whole and local areas, successfully intercepting the ball, launching a counterattack on the spot, transforming the results of pressing and oppressing into an offensive threat, but this requires a large-scale run, so it can only be executed in the first half, but in the second half, their physical fitness will be greatly weakened."

"So, I can be sure that Simeone will let go of her hands and feet in the first half to press and press and pressure, hoping to create an unexpected opportunity, win one or even two goals, and immediately adopt a stable strategy after the lead. Even if they do not lead or even fall behind, they will definitely change their tactics after the break, adopt a defensive strategy, and preserve their physical strength."

Large-scale pressing and oppression is very tormenting. With the current personal qualities of the players, it is impossible to support high-intensity pressing and oppression for up to 90 minutes, because it requires too much running, especially sprinting and back-running.

Many media and fans often attach great importance to running distance when stating data, but never thought that if you run at a constant speed, any player can run for more than ten or twenty kilometers. However, in football games, this kind of uniform running cannot exist for a long time.

Xavi, Iniesta and others at Barcelona's peak were able to run so much because they had control of the ball, but if they encountered pressure from their opponents, they had to take more sprints and run back, and they wouldn't be able to run so much.

Therefore, Atletico Madrid used high-level pressure and pressure in the first half and contracted defense in the second half, all because of physical fitness.

Ancelotti's targeted tactics are very strong, and it can even be said that they are not inferior to Benitez. But one thing is that he has a deep and thorough research on his opponents.

"Facing a team like Atletico Madrid, no matter we, Barcelona, ​​or any other team, there is no better choice, and we can only fight head-on. When we play Atletico Madrid, we have to fight with our opponents. In the first half, we have to defend and counterattack, let Atletico Madrid press out, and we have to force our opponents to fight attrition."

When it comes to defensive counterattacks, Real Madrid can be said to be the best in the entire European football world, and other teams cannot catch up.

And you should know that the reason why football scores so few goals is very important is that defense is easier than offense.

Why do you score dozens of goals in a basketball game?

Because they can attack more easily than defense.

Ultimately, this is the result of different numbers of people.

"In the second half, when Atletico Madrid wants to shrink its defense, we will put out the offense, speed up the game, defeat them in one fell swoop, and then end the battle in the second half!" Ancelotti waved his hand and said loudly.

Everyone felt the confidence from the head coach, and the prospects he outlined were very likely to be realized.

After all, Real Madrid is too familiar with Atletico Madrid and is very clear about how much this team has.

In this game, both sides had players absent. Real Madrid had Xavi Alonso absent the final. Atletico Madrid had Tulane missed the final. Both sides had personnel shortages.

However, Real Madrid's bench thickness is much higher than Atletico Madrid. In this case, the more it goes to the second half, the more it fights and consumes, the more beneficial it will be to Real Madrid.

Of course, the premise is that Ancelotti's targeted tactics must not be wrong, and the execution of Real Madrid players must not be wrong.

A ninety-minute football game is always full of countless accidents, and every detail is filled with accidents and inevitable factors, which makes every game unpredictable. This is the interesting and most charming thing about football games.

Simply put, Atletico Madrid's playing style is very similar to Bumblebee Dortmund, both of which make up for the technical gap through more physical energy consumption. For such a team, you need to use the technical advantages to consume the opponent's physical energy, and then use the physical advantages to kill the opponent in the second half.

This is what Ancelotti said at the beginning, the key is in the second half!

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In addition to introducing the overall strategy, Ancelotti focused on some targeted tactics.

Real Madrid coaching staff are currently closely monitoring the injury of Atletico Madrid center Diego Costa, which is also very concerned by media and fans around the world. Will this Brazilian center who has been naturalized in Spain and is about to represent Spain in the World Cup, and how many states can it play after playing?

This is a very suspenseful question.

Everyone who has played with Atletico Madrid knows whether there is Diego Costa, which are two completely different Atletico Madrid teams.

Diego Costa's existence is not just a steady contact point in the frontcourt during counterattack, which maximizes Atletico Madrid's counterattack threat after breaking the ball. At the same time, his running and oppression of the central defender are also an important part of Atletico Madrid's defensive system.

Apart from Diego Costa, Atletico has not found a second player to play this role.

This shows the importance of Diego Costa to Atletico Madrid.

"Last weekend, in the last round of La Liga, Atletico Madrid played Barcelona and Diego Costa started, but after only sixteen minutes, we can't tell now whether he was really injured and unable to kick? Or is Simeone deliberately fired a smoke bomb?"

Ancelotti frowned, obviously very distressed by this issue.

Real Madrid has special scouts to dig out opponents' intelligence, but Atletico Madrid has also done a lot of effort in this regard. They simply ran to the unwelcome town for secret training. No one knows what the situation is.

Obviously, Simeone also wanted to hide the suspense to the end.

"Since there is no way to judge, we must make all the preparations. We need to prepare two different plans to deal with whether Diego Costa plays. At the same time, we must also make plans to prevent accidents in the game and concede the goal first."

Any situation can happen, which requires the head coach and players to make all preparations before the game so that there will be no embarrassing situation in the game.

"There is another point, that is, set-piece defense. Atletico Madrid's set-piece has always been very strong. In the last round of the league, it was a header from Godin's corner kick. Atletico Madrid drew Barcelona, ​​won the second in the league, and squeezed Barcelona to third in the league. This needs to attract our attention."

Settings defense has always been a stubborn disease for Real Madrid. It has been around since Benitez was at Liverpool and has been around since he came to Real Madrid. When Ancelotti was at the age of Ancelotti, it took several years to adjust.

One very important reason is that Real Madrid attaches importance to technology and the height of the players in the team generally does not have an advantage.

However, set-piece defense is a weakness, but set-piece offense has become a highlight in the past year, especially Ramos.

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The entire tactical meeting lasted for an hour and a half, which was rare during Ancelotti's coaching period. It can also be seen that he and the coaching staff attach importance to Atletico Madrid and this game.

One thing that has been repeatedly emphasized is that all previous victory against Atletico Madrid has nothing to do with this final, and everyone must calm down and set off again.

When the team went to Lisbon Light Stadium for familiarity with the field training in the afternoon, Ancelotti also specially practiced set pieces and penalty kicks, just in case, because he felt that if the team couldn't start the situation for a long time, the game would likely enter overtime or even a penalty kick.

Yang Yang also practiced a direct free kick alone, with a high shooting percentage, which won warm applause from the media and fans who came to watch the training on site, which is also part of the arrangement of Real Madrid coaching staff.

Yang Yang's direct free kick is a shock to Atletico Madrid. It reminds Atletico Madrid players that when fouls, especially if the fouls within 30 meters of the half, they must be considered clearly before moving.

After the training, Real Madrid players such as Raul, Jero, Guti and others came to the training ground one after another. These old seniors came here to cheer for Real Madrid, and they also praised the team's performance this season and encouraged the team to continue to work hard.

"Win this last battle, you will all become great legends!" former captain Jero encouraged enthusiastically.

They also talked to Yang Yang alone, but basically didn't talk about experience, because when it comes to experience in the Champions League final, Yang Yang is richer than all the players in the world, and his Champions League final winning rate is 100%.
Chapter completed!