No one expected that this world-renowned century derby ended with a dull zero to zero in the first half.

The reason why it was dull was that the two teams only scored seven shots in the entire first half.

But what's interesting is that Real Madrid shot five times, one shot on the right side, and Barcelona shot two times, but none of them were able to shoot directly.

In terms of ball possession rate, Barcelona is as high as 71%, while Real Madrid is as high as 29%.

There are huge differences in the styles of the two teams, but they seem to be evenly matched.

Yang Yang is different from the fans. He watched with relish on the sidelines.

He found that double midfielders are very important to Real Madrid.

Why do you say so?

Because Real Madrid actually made many mistakes in the game, and they were pushed to the front of the penalty area several times by the opponent, but in the end, it was Xavi Alonso and Mascherano, the pair of double midfielders who resolved the crisis.

It is completely imagined that if there were no such pair of double midfielders, the Barcelona player's chance to pass the ball at the front of the penalty area, what would be the result?

The answer is obvious, that is, Real Madrid's defense will fall apart in an instant.

But with the existence of double midfielders, Real Madrid's defense has become stable.

Unless any team can have almost awesome pass and control skills like Barcelona, ​​it is still very necessary to have a defensive player like Mascherano or Javier Martinez in the midfield.

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After the second half of the game, Real Madrid's defense significantly shrank.

Benitez obviously also considers the players' physical energy consumption, and continues to use high-level pressing and pressure in the first half, the players' consumption will be greater. As the physical energy consumption is too large, the probability of mistakes will be greater.

The most common routine used in Barcelona is that if I can't defeat you, I will waste you to death. That's the reason.

Judging from the performance in the first half, as long as Real Madrid does not make mistakes and players can maintain this level and execution, it will be difficult for Barcelona to break through Real Madrid's defense.

And physical energy consumption is Real Madrid's biggest enemy.

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Guardiolazzo stood in front of the home coach's seat and watched the game with a frown.

The second half had been on the way for ten minutes, but the score on the court was still zero to zero, and neither side scored.

The fans of the Camp Nou Stadium also began to feel a little unable to sit still. He could also clearly feel that the Barcelona players on the stadium also began to be unable to calm down. This is an inevitable phenomenon.

Since the game has been held, both sides are fighting for consumption.

He does not intend to substitute people because there is no player on the bench behind him who can break the deadlock on the court.

Including young player Bo Yang.

This player was seen by countless people, and even within the club, his evaluation of him once exceeded that of Messi. Many people think he is more serious than Messi, but Boyan is not the kind of player Guardiola likes.

If Boyang is placed in the middle, he does not have the physical fitness to withstand the opponent's central defender, nor does he have the ability to hold the ball behind his back; if he pulls to the side, the young player lacks the ability to break through on the side and opens the situation, so his characteristics are very embarrassing.

Since last season, Guardiola has basically confirmed to use Messi as the middle of the frontcourt, playing in frontless teams, and Boyan can only play on the wing, but his performance is not ideal.

At least, he did not show the ability to convince Guardiola.

"We still need a breaker on the wing." Guardiola sighed.

Assistant coach Bilanova heard it and understood Guardiola's thoughts.

If there is a player on the wing who can break through the opponent's defense at this time, Real Madrid's defense will no longer be solid, and Messi's central area will face such a great defensive pressure.

Barcelona is characterized by transmission and control, but blind transmission and control are no longer possible.

Benitez's Real Madrid and Mourinho's Inter Milan have all told everyone with iron-like facts that Barcelona's pass control is not terrible, and it is not impossible to resolve. As long as the defensive formation is tight enough, no matter how powerful the pass control is, it will be useless.

It's like facing Real Madrid tonight, Barcelona's pass control advantage is obvious enough, from the left to the right, and then from the right to the left, but the result is the same, and it can't beat Real Madrid's defense at all.

Messi faced Ramos and Pepe in the middle of the game, and then retreated and faced Mascherano, and performed very sluggishly, but Guardiola couldn't replace him or adjust his position.

If Messi is switched to the right, who will play in the middle?

Neither Villa nor Boyan can stand in the middle, and once the frontcourt loses its strong point in the middle, how will Barcelona's pass control threaten the opponent's penalty area?

Besides, Messi went to play on the right, and Benitez was still sitting on the bench. The Spanish full-back felt like he was specially used to freeze Messi. Every time he met, Messi did not do anything to him.

Messi continued to play in the middle, whether it was Villa or Pedro, they all took the inward line. They could only rely on Alves to insert the side, but Real Madrid was obviously prepared, and Benitez used Maxwell and David Silva on the left.

Suddenly, Guardiola was a little envious of Benitez's lineup configuration.

At least, Real Madrid's lineup is luxurious, even Guardiola, as the Barcelona head coach, is envious of it.

"He still holds an ace in his hand!" Guardiola had a headache.

This ace is Yang Yang!

Everyone thought Benitez would let Yang Yang, and Guardiola had also imagined how Yang Yang would play and where he would take the position. The result was that whether Yang Yang was up or not, Barcelona would play hard.

Why?

Yang Yang is on the way, Real Madrid will have a stronger ability to seize opportunities and will have more threatening offense. Barcelona's slight mistakes are likely to be transformed into a goal threat by Yang Yang's personal ability, just like the two games last season.

If Yang Yang fails to go, Benitez will focus more on defense and build a wall of iron.

And the problem now is that Benitez put Yang Yang on the bench, which was like a sword hanging above Barcelona's head. No one knew when it was chopped down.

Even with Barcelona's current lineup configuration, there is really no good way to curb Yang Yang, so it can only continue to play with its current lineup configuration.

Paying too much attention to transmission and control is Barcelona's advantage, but isn't it also a weakness?

Guardiola remembered what Beckenbauer said at this time, and the strongest ones are often the weakest ones.

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"This is a very strange game, because both sides have played for an hour so far, but no one has the intention of making substitution adjustments."

"Barcelona, ​​who plays at home, obviously still puts all hopes on passing and controlling the ball. Guardiola is unwilling to substitutions to disrupt or weaken the team's passing and controlling ability. He should still be waiting for Real Madrid to make mistakes in defense."

"Benitez did not take the initiative to make substitutions, obviously Real Madrid is also waiting for an opportunity."

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But just less than five minutes after the commentator finished saying this, he saw that Real Madrid finally had to make substitution adjustments.

What is surprising is that Real Madrid replaced Kaka in the front midfielder position this time, and replaced it with the back midfielder Javier Martinez, which seems to be playing three-middle midfielder.

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"It should be said that this is a conservative substitution."

"It is obvious that Benitez realized that the team's midfielder was gradually unable to suppress Barcelona's midfielder as the physical energy consumption became more and more serious, so he chose to make a substitution."

"Javier Martinez is tall and strong, has strong defense ability, and has an advantage in defending high balls."

"From the position of Real Madrid players, Martinez played behind the midfield after he came on the court. Mascherano and Xavi Alonso were on both sides to protect the two ribs, and David Silva's position also returned to the frontcourt, forming two sides with Robben, and Ibrahimovic still occupied the middle."

"We saw that Yang Yang came out to warm up on the bench of Real Madrid on the sidelines."

"Is this a sign that the head coach wants to replace people? Or is it just a habitual warm-up to keep your body warm?"

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When Yang Yang left the bench, everyone's thoughts were on him.

Real Madrid fans are looking forward to him playing, while Barcelona fans are worried, fearing that he will break the situation on the court after he plays.

At this time, both Barcelona and Real Madrid have huge expenses. If Yang Yang is replaced at this time, it is very likely that the deadlock on the court will be broken.

Guardiola was also very careful about Yang Yang's warm-up, and from time to time he turned his head to look at Yang Yang's direction.

Only Yang Yang and Real Madrid knew that Yang Yang was going to join!

Javier Martinez went up to play the three-middle midfielder, in order to prepare for Yang Yang to play on the court, which means to use the three-middle midfielder to stabilize the team's midfield defense first, to ensure that the team does not concede the ball, and then let Yang Yang go up to replace David Silva or Robben and directly attack Barcelona's defense line.

These are the tactics that Real Madrid had formulated before the game, so when Yang Yang saw Martinez on the court, he immediately ran to the sidelines to warm up. When Benitez felt that Martinez had integrated into the game and the team's defense was stable, he would replace Yang Yang.

Sure enough, Martinez only played for seven minutes. When the game reached the 71st minute, Benitez made the second substitution adjustment in the game, replacing David Silva with Yang Yang.

The Spanish midfielder played very hard in this game. Not only did the midfield create a threat, but also actively retreated to the defense line, almost playing the left back position, playing a huge role in freezing Alves.

Nowadays, Alves consumes a lot, and Pique, Puyol and Abidal are also spending a lot in the battle with Ibrahimovic and Robben, which is when Barcelona players are exhausted.

At this time, Yang Yang made Barcelona feel uncomfortable.

Guardiola had thought about replacing people, who could he replace them?

Alves?

Brazil's right back, and Barcelona's offense was immediately cut off most of its attack, and Guardiola was not sure enough. Can Adriano, who can play right back, be more suitable to defend Yang Yang than Alves?

But while Guardiola was still hesitating, the game on the court had already started again.
Chapter completed!