On the evening of August 13, Barcelona Camp Nou Stadium.

In the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup, Real Madrid challenged Barcelona away.

This is also the second game of the two teams this summer. They played one in the International Champions League before, when Barcelona defeated Real Madrid 3-2, and this time it was a battle for the Spanish Super Cup.

Barcelona still faces Real Madrid with the traditional 433. The goalkeeper is Ter Stegen, the defense is Alba, Umtiti, Pique and Vidal, the midfield is Iniesta, Busquets and Rakitic, and the frontcourt is Deulofeu, Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi.

The newly introduced strong players Dembele and Paulinho are not in the lineup. Obviously, Valverde is also considering the use of familiarity and not having to be good at it. After all, in the face of a key battle, the team's tacit cooperation still needs to be considered.

Real Madrid looks bolder.

The goalkeeper is Courtois, the defense is Marcelo, Fermuren, Varane and Carvajal, the midfield is David Silva, Kante and De Bruyne, the frontcourt is Suarez's pairing with Mbappe, and Isco plays the role of a free agent in the front midfielder position.

This is also a way for Yang Yang and Zidane to use Isco, allowing the Spanish midfielder to dribble the ball to attack the opponent's defense.

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After the game began, the two teams fought fiercely for the ball.

Real Madrid's David Silva and De Bruyne are also very obvious in their intention to compete for the ball in addition to rotation.

Yang Yang and Zidane both guessed Barcelona's lineup, and also knew what Barcelona's problem was.

To put it bluntly, Barcelona is still an old problem, that is, the midfield's lack of running ability.

Many people miss Barcelona's pass-by football back then, but they did not notice that the real basis of Barcelona's play style back then was not the pass-by football back then, but the running coverage.

The active running coverage of midfield players, combined with Barcelona's midfield pressing and oppression, brought almost suffocating pressure to all teams at that time. But now, Xavi has left the team and Iniesta has grown old. Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo rarely invest in defense in the frontcourt, which makes Barcelona's midfield and frontcourt protection far from enough.

This is why Barcelona failed every time they encountered Real Madrid in recent years, and suffered consecutive defeats in the knockout stages last season at Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus.

Everyone can see it clearly, and Barcelona must understand it too.

At least Valverde knew that when he coached Athletic Bilbao, he used this set of targeted play to restrain Barcelona, ​​but when facing Real Madrid, he still chose this way.

Is Valverde stupid?

No, it's because he has no choice!

Dembele made up for Neymar, but it is unknown how much strength this young player can exert.

Paulinho is here to strengthen the midfield running coverage and defensive pressure, but the question is, who can Barcelona midfielder defeat now?

Iniesta Rakitic or Busquets?

I believe most people know that it should be the old Iniesta.

But the problem is, if you win Iniesta for no reason and Paulinho will replace him, it is easy to say, but what if you lose? What will the media and fans think?

More importantly, no matter whether it is a loss or a win or a win, what will the locker room look at after winning Iniesta?

After all, Valverde cannot hold back the superstars of Barcelona, ​​so he can only compromise temporarily.

Real Madrid has done a lot of work on this.

Using the midfield to compete for ball control with Barcelona, ​​the defense line maintains a tight distance from the midfield, so that Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo cannot perform at the speed, and then use Kanter to freeze Messi. This made Real Madrid and Barcelona play very fiercely in the first half, but they were very stalemate, and no one could create a good opportunity.

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"We should let the midfield and backcourt retreat appropriately, and then intercept the ball and hit the back directly. Mbappe and Suarez have an advantage in speed, especially Mbappe."

"Isco should also withdraw appropriately, echoing David Silva and De Bruyne's midfielder."

"Marcelo is under great pressure on the left side, so David Silva should pay attention to protecting the ribs."

"The close-up guard should be faster. They will basically leave it to Messi and Iniesta to switch from defense to offense."

Yang Yang kept giving Zidane his opinions in the coaching area.

This is his duty as an assistant coach.

Barcelona has gained a chance. Once a counterattack directly penetrated Real Madrid's defense line and hit behind Carvajal, but lost Neymar, Barcelona lost the threat on the left side, and Deulofeu did not convert the opportunity into a threat.

This is the difference between players' personal abilities.

Sometimes, the biggest difference between superstars and other players is their grasp of opportunities.

If you can catch it, it is a superstar. If you can’t catch it, it will only become mediocre.

But don’t underestimate the grasp of opportunities. Behind this is not only the use of a certain technical action and the performance on the spot, but more often it is accumulated over time, and even rises to the competition of talent and personality.

In Yang Yang's view, Barcelona's biggest problem now is defense and offense.

The midfield cannot bear to bear it. After Neymar left in the frontcourt, the offense needed to be adjusted. Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo both needed time to adapt to the environment without Neymar, and there were still many problems in the defense line, especially on the right.

There are problems with the opponent's three lines. As long as Real Madrid performs normally, it will not be difficult to defeat the opponent.

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The first half ended at zero to zero.

Neither Real Madrid nor Barcelona could break through the opponent's goal.

Both teams are obviously not in their best form, especially Real Madrid.

The rotation intensity of this game is also quite strong. Mbappe used to replace Yang Yang and Isco as the midfield libero are all changes, but they all require time to adjust, especially Mbappe.

During the halftime break, Yang Yang and Zidane also gave the team affirmation and encouragement.

Especially Yang Yang, he firmly believes that the team can win and defeat the opponent.

"When fighting back, please pay attention to hitting one and two ribs. They now protect the two ribs, especially from the edge to the ribs. We need to use them."

After the second half of the game, although Real Madrid made adjustments, Suarez and Mbappe actively pulled to the two wings, and Real Madrid also focused on passing the ball from the two wings when counterattacking, there were still problems.

Isco performed very actively, and Suarez was trying his best to cooperate with Mbappe. However, the young French player was a newcomer and worked very hard, but he still lacked tacit understanding with his teammates and was relatively unfamiliar with his cooperation. He often didn't find any points when fighting back and missed a few good opportunities.

Once, Suarez had already reached the point, but Mbappe's pass was slow, which made the Uruguayan feel very depressed, and obviously felt very sorry for missing the opportunity.

In the 65th minute, Zidane finally couldn't help but want to substitute people.

"You still have to go!" Zidane shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Yang Yang smiled, took off his coat, and walked straight to the sidelines.

This time he replaced Suarez.

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Yang Yang's appearance aroused Barcelona's alertness.

As a teammate, Mbappe is also looking forward to playing in the same game with Yang Yang again, but Zidane on the sidelines called out to him, signaling him to pay attention to Yang Yang, "Look at how he plays football and how he drives the game."

"Learn more, boy!" Zidane reminded earnestly.

Mbappe nodded heavily, not disobeying at all, because Yang Yang was the idol he admired and respected the most.

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At the beginning, Yang Yang's appearance did not seem to have changed anything.

Real Madrid's offense is still the same. He looks like he is running, running at a constant speed, but is constantly changing directions.

Mbappe has studied Yang Yang's game video, so he knows that Yang Yang is looking for opportunities.

One thing that caught his attention was that when the team turned from defense to offense, Real Madrid's midfielder's frontcourt players often revolved around Yang Yang, and they decided how to run based on his running route.

This is obviously different from when Suarez was on the court just now.

The game was tied and stable for about ten minutes, and Barcelona made two substitutions, Daniel Suarez replaced Deulofeu, and Roberto replaced Iniesta.

Obviously, Valverde also realized the problems of the midfield and frontcourt.

But shortly after Barcelona made two substitutions, Real Madrid completed a steal in the penalty area.

After David Silva intercepted the ball from the penalty area, he kicked the ball forward with a big foot.

Yang Yang had been swimming around the front of his 30-meter area. When he saw David Silva passing the ball with his big feet, he immediately ran back two steps, stuck the position first, stopped the ball directly to Isco with his chest, and turned around and sprinted forward.

After receiving Yang Yang's pass from the front, Isco continued to rush forward without reducing his speed. Before crossing the center line, he directly passed the ball with a diagonal pass and sent the ball behind Pique on the left.

Mbappe was ready to sprint behind Umtiti, but after seeing Isco pass the left side, he slowed down appropriately and stood on the same level as Umtiti, so as not to fall in an offside position.

Yang Yang's speed was obviously much lower than when he was at his peak, which is obvious.

If he was at his peak before, Pique wouldn't catch up with him, but now his speed is significantly slower.

After Yang Yang caught up with the ball in the left corner of the penalty area, Pique had returned to the position and blocked his inside.

Mbappe was waiting for Yang Yang's cross, and Isco was also sprinting forward in the middle. As long as Yang Yang made a cross, both the middle and back points were Real Madrid players.

Yang Yang caught up with the ball, but suddenly stopped suddenly and spiked the ball inward, forcing Pique to take another step into the penalty area. Yang Yang suddenly accelerated and poked the ball horizontally.

It was this time that Yang Yang created a direct shot from Pike.

The next thing was simple. Yang Yang was already familiar with this area. Even if he closed his eyes, he knew where the goal was. So he chased after him, bent his bow and shot an arrow, and shot a powerful shot with his right foot.

The ball was lightning-thrust over Ter Stegen's head and fell to the right side of Barcelona's goal behind him.

Very straightforward, very simple, but very deadly!
Chapter completed!