[Football] I'm just a defender

Chapter 115 hapter 115

After the meeting of the Spanish team was dissolved, Bosque left Casillas and said he had something to tell the captain.When everyone was gone, Bosque turned around and saw Cassie sitting there with a stiff back. He went over and patted him on the shoulder, "It's okay, relax." He even went to fetch a bottle of water for Cassie.

Cassie held the bottled water in his hand and waited for Bosque's lecture. He knew that from the perspective of the national team, this captain is incompetent.Bosque sat beside him in silence for a while and finally said, "It is difficult to achieve a complete balance between the national team and the club. This is a fact. You did nothing wrong today. To be honest, although my plan is the same, but even I have to think about whether Kars has his own intentions in saying this. You see, I think so as a national team coach, let alone you have no burden... But it seems that you are not only worried about these .”

"You don't know him, no, no, I'm not talking about Kars, I mean you don't know Fran." Cassie unscrewed the water bottle, but didn't drink it, just played with the bottle cap, and realized what he said Shi Cassie paused, rubbed his face and stood up, "...it's okay, I was thinking too much." I hope he was thinking too much.

"Igor," Bosque stopped him, looked at Cassie who looked back for a few seconds and waved again, "It's okay, go back."

When Casillas returned to the dormitory, he opened the door and saw Ramos and Alonso lying on his bed with bare feet. He could clearly feel the veins on his forehead jumping, "Lie on your own bed!" Ramos said. Seeing that Cassie was obviously angry, Si obediently held Alonso and lay down together on his own bed next to him.

"What did the coach say to you, the national team wants to live in peace with the Barcelona people?" Ramos patted the pillow behind him to adjust to a comfortable posture, and yawned big.Seeing how comfortable he was, Alonso patted Ramos' stomach, and simply laid his pillow on his stomach.

Seeing the leisurely look of the two, Casillas took a few deep breaths before calming down, "No, the coach mainly told me not to think too much." The captain of the national team." Alonso of the Basque Country raised his eyes slightly and glanced at Ramos of the Andalusian Autonomous Region, complaining about Puyol of the Catalan Autonomous Region, and said casually, "At least he didn't really think that Lia alone can break through the Swedish defense... Didn't you say anything else?"

"Let me put it this way, I can say that the kid has a good temper, but if he is really angry, he can do all kinds of shit?" Cassie snorted, and Ramos was a little curious, "Seriously, he is angry I rarely see it, what does it look like to be anxious?"

"...Walking him for the whole game according to the arrangement plan, who can think that he can't see what we are going to do? When he gets angry, he can really do something that completely wipes out Villa or Torres."

After saying this, Ramos and Alonso looked at each other, surprised that Casey would be so angry, and also surprised by the Fran who would destroy the striker in Casey's mouth.Ramos whispered, "I've never heard of him shoveling anyone..." Alonso curled his lips, indicating that he didn't know.

"Isn't it the worst guess?" Casillas sighed and threw himself directly on the bed.With his seemingly soft temperament, who knows what will happen when the jar really breaks?

"How to say, I believe that he will be forced to fight hard, but he will not use his skills to destroy other people's competitive career." Ramos retorted, and Alonso saw Ramos' rebuttal It was too blunt, so he quickly eased the atmosphere, "Igor, you think too much, you just feel that this arrangement is too sorry for him, we all understand."

Actually not.

At first glance, Fran seems to be a bit lazy and shrewd, and sometimes he even has a "Oh, it's good to be so happy and happy" all over his body.However, in his bones, he was clearly stubborn and wanted to die. Once he really decided on something, he was so stubborn that he would risk his life to achieve his goal.

Casillas knew that this was the reason for his worry. Spain had an obvious advantage, so it was enough to play directly and neatly.But now this decision obviously makes the obvious result confusing.

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The game between Spain and Sweden is the last round of quarter-finals.The Netherlands, Uruguay, and Germany have confirmed their qualifications, and they are waiting for the winner between Spain and Sweden to be announced.

It is generally believed in Sweden that the national team has completed the mission goal by breaking into the quarter-finals this time, and it is considered profitable as far as it can go.It may be that the former head coach and the captain and deputy captain were so successful in relaxing the players that even most of the players in the Swedish team were particularly optimistic. It is a joy to win against Spain, and there is no shame in losing to Spain. .

Lagerbeck himself felt tired looking at this group of players who seemed to have no desires and desires. Fran was still there desperately trying to ease the emotions of his teammates, which made the head coach want to kick him over, "Don't relieve them any more. The pressure is on, and this group of people is going to go to the sky with ease, and you have achieved your goal, right?" As a result, none of the people who were reprimanded by him restrained themselves, but everyone was laughing at Ragbeck.

Adhering to the truth of out of sight, out of mind, Lagerbeck took the penalty kick list and began to alter it, and wrote his name on the position of the first penalty shooter in front of Fran.As expected, Fran's struggle did not come, and this man looked at the head coach with a strange look of 'I just watched him die but I don't want to stop', "Tsk tsk tsk, well, I'm the first, right? Just be happy."

...Hey, it's boring if you don't struggle!Lagerbeck meditated in his heart.

As if seeing Lagerbeck's mind clearly, Fran drove two or three teammates around him out of the locker room, and turned around and said with a smile to Lagerbeck, "Igor's penalty-blocking skills, you Even if you let Zlatan play the first position, it is no different from me playing." Anyway, it is very likely to be saved, maybe it is more likely that I will score a goal.

When Fran walked into the player tunnel, he faintly felt that Spain was constantly looking at him with eyes that they thought they were not noticed by others.Fran felt that this scene was a bit familiar. When Barcelona made a fuss about himself, he was like, "Hey, hey, be careful, you're going to be miserable." I'm afraid that others will not know.He had some ideas in his mind, but he didn't know what these people really planned to do. Alonso came over and hugged him, trying to arouse the friendship in Fran's heart.

To be honest, after Igor said those words, he made himself, the only Real Madrid player in the midfield, panic.

Players from both sides lined up to enter the field. The Swedish team did not have many choices. The lineup has been thoroughly studied in the second half of the World Cup. Of course, Lagerbeck cannot choose to let Ibrahimovic or Forlan not play.In Spain, Casillas is undoubtedly the goalkeeper in the starting lineup. Puyol, Pique and Ramos are lined up as defenders. Xavi, Iniesta, Alonso and Barcelona are the midfielders. Squets and David Silva are full of talents, and Villa and Torres are at the top of the forward line.

"Spain has a 3-5-2 lineup. It seems that Bosque did not choose a conservative style of play. The three defenders also have the ability to go forward from the sideline. The offensive plan is obvious." The commentator silently said 'Spain this I really don't pay attention to the Swedish team's striker' swallowed it back.

A few years ago, when Fran was not mature enough to support a defense line alone, the lineup of the Swedish team Ibrahimovic, Ljungberg and Larsson could play against any team.Now Lagerbeck's "defense first" Swedish team has a proud and stable defense, but because of the excessive weakness of the midfield, it cannot provide too much support for the striker headed by Ibrahimovic.

"Spain is going to fight directly in the midfield." Looking at the smooth ball-handling style of Spain, which had an absolute advantage in the midfield at the beginning of the first day of junior high school, people thought they had grasped Spain's strategic intentions in this game.It turns out that what people really look down on is not the striker, but the midfielder.

Spain firmly controlled the rhythm in the hands of a few rhythm masters in the midfield, which was very similar to Forlan's disgusting Barcelona's set of Tiki-taka quick short passes. Tiki-taka includes two aspects: pass control organization and high position press.The formation of the whole team is high in the opponent's half, and even if the ball is lost, they can immediately counter-attack in a high position collectively on the spot. Relying on the running awareness and physical strength of the players to cut the opponent's passing line, complete the monopoly of the ball possession and offensive rhythm , to grab instead of defending.

The way to control the ball in this system is to pass the ball, not to dribble.In the short pass, the players need to form a passing triangle. There are two receivers around the player who can pass the ball. If there are more passing triangles, it means that there are more receivers around him.The triangle can be extended. When a player receives the ball, other teammates need to approach quickly to form another triangle. In this way, when the defensive player presses up, there will be no less than one pass option. The possibility of the ball is also reduced.

The Spanish midfielder pushed forward slowly, but it seemed that he was just passing the ball for the purpose of passing the ball, and had no intention of attacking.The Swedish midfielder tried to make a rush, but failed in Spain's delicate pass.But Lagerbeck had told everyone about this possibility before the game. Spain always used this method to control the rhythm of the game at the beginning of the game, but as long as they exposed their offensive intentions, there would be loopholes.On the one hand, it is like Mourinho who led Inter Milan to defeat Barcelona, ​​forcibly destroying Barcelona's defensive triangle system; on the other hand, it is patience, taking the initiative when Spain can't help but attack.

"Spain is not Barcelona after all. Bosque has played this set of tactics well in the national team, but after all, not everyone in the midfield can integrate into this system. The longer this set of games is used, the easier it is for people to When the loopholes are detected, when Spain relaxes a little after the opening, it is our chance to attack." Lagerbeck said that he also got inspiration from Ibrahimovic.No one doubts Ibrahimovic's excellence, but the fact that he cannot integrate into Barcelona also exposes the shortcomings of this system. Tiki-taka is different from other systems, not only the players cooperate with each other, but all the players serve the system as a whole.It is difficult for a player with outstanding personal ability like Ibrahimovic to integrate, so how can it be so easy for Spanish internationals other than Barcelona to fully master the routine?

After all, the pros and cons of the "false number nine" have always been in doubt, and the "passing triangle" is not so easy to achieve.But Lagerbeck thought of this. Would Bosque, who knows the Spanish team best, not think of it?

Bosque on the sidelines made an offensive gesture. In order to facilitate the attack, the previously stable passing triangle opened up space and dispersed.Fran, who is familiar with this set of offensive methods, was vigilant at the first time, but the scattered Spain did not choose to attack as Fran expected, but switched from short passes to crosses in the area.

Seeing that Harvey was going to pass the ball to Silva in the next step, Fran vaguely felt a little strange. Harvey shouldn't be so slow in throwing the ball at such a distance. It was almost sending the ball to his feet.He subconsciously slowed down, and seeing Silva throw his foot to Alonso after receiving the ball, this strange feeling became more and more obvious.

Lagerbeck on the sidelines frowned. For a moment, he didn't understand why Fran temporarily changed his mind about going up to grab, but he could also see that it wasn't Fran's mistake, but that he had his own ideas.

Alonso stopped moving the ball and began to push forward with the ball at a slow pace. The forwards hiding behind him were ready.Alonso runs laterally along the front of the penalty area, with Xavi at his side, and the Swedish left-back has to defend.At this time, Alonso hit the outside of his foot horizontally, kicked the ball directly into the air, passed the head of the left back and fell to the rear.Villa immediately jumped out. Alonso's pass was extremely concealed. It was an excellent counter-offside opportunity, but it was a pity that Fran found a good spot first and showed a perfect chest stop.

Seeing that Forlan successfully intercepted the ball, more than 1 Swedish fans who came to the scene erupted into warm cheers, mixed with the booing vuvuzelas of the South African fans.His footsteps were steady and steady, and he did not hand over to the left and right full-backs to advance from the sideline, but took the ball straight to the midfield by himself.Spain moved back in coordination, no one even stepped forward to grab the ball symbolically, and all returned to the midfield.Forlan passed the ball to Larsson. The former Swedish captain had quit the national team, and this young man was the core player of Birmingham in the past and is now playing for Sunderland.

Larsson's dribbling skills are very high. After receiving the ball, he fine-tuned and immediately chose to go straight down the left. It is a pity that Spain returned too quickly after the last attack. Intercept and re-pass to midfield.

The offensive and defensive transitions of the two teams are very fast. The difference is that Spain gives people a feeling of constantly trying to attack in the process of passing and receiving the ball, while the Swedish team can't hold the ball in the midfield.

Forlan had to be gradually dragged out of the conventional defensive area by Spain in the process of guarding left and right, and quickly returned to make up for the opponent's strikers who bombed from time to time.This time, Torres made an inward cut with the intention of going to the bottom, but not only did he not get rid of Fran, but he was directly close to him.Torres was startled and wanted to move away from Fran, but his strength was not as strong as Fran's. Torres' center of gravity shifted, and Fran directly poked the ball away from between his legs.

But this time, when he was about to pass the ball to the midfielder, he found that Larsson, who had the best footwork, had already been marked, and Svensson had Iniesta watching over him, and Ramos was waiting for the football to leave behind. Fran's feet.Fran didn't think it was a good idea to pass directly to Svensson, so he could only step forward to block Iniesta for Svensson. After stealing the ball, he hesitated and followed a few steps.

"He's almost in the penalty area, it's too..." the assistant coach muttered next to him, and Lagerbeck was taken aback, wondering if Spain had some kind of conspiracy.But if Forlan doesn't help the midfielder protect the ball, with Spain's crazy midfield lineup, how can Ibrahimovic get the ball so easily to attack?

This time Sweden's attack ended when Ibrahimovic knocked on the goal post and popped out. Casillas held the football firmly in his arms. Afterwards, instead of handing it over to the defender, he kicked towards the Swedish half.Fran immediately turned his head and rushed to the base camp. His speed compared to football was seen in the court shots, which was extremely inconsistent with the overall style of painting.

Arnold Theodore sat in the reporter area and frowned. His peers around him constantly questioned "is there such a big gap between the midfielders of Sweden and Spain?" But the fact is that even if the gap itself is not such a big gap, the layout of the two sides seems to be like this strong.

Bosque deliberately piled up five midfielders, three defenders also frequently advanced, and the offensive power of the two forwards should not be underestimated.The Swedish team's striker and defense are good, but the midfielder is really crushed, and it is difficult to play a decent offense.

And watching Villa attack, drop back, pass the ball to Torres, Torres passed back to Alonso, Alonso made another long pass, the football happened to be on the running line of Villa...

The unlucky guy who was constantly pulled out and then had to return quickly was Fran. He seldom made up for his teammates, but the Spanish team's offensive and passing adjustments happened to be stuck in his defensive range. within.That guy has never been a person who spares his physical strength and will watch his opponent pass by leisurely. He always thinks that it is his duty that the opponent is within his defensive range.

When Fran, who struggled to save the football from the bottom line, took a deep breath and rushed to the midfield again, Theodore, who was on the sidelines, was stunned. He probably guessed Spain's plan.

"Spain is going crazy this time..."

The assistant next to Theodore couldn't understand what the senior senior said. He only saw that both Spain and Sweden were wasting opportunities, and even felt strangely that Spain had not tried its best and still had a backup.What impressed me the most was seeing Francisco Alvarez exhausted.

"...do you know that many people think that tiki-taka's pass control is very similar to the traditional Spanish matador's style?"

The assistant nodded blankly, and saw Theodore whispering to the man running back and forth, "Then do you know why Barcelona is the anti-bullfighting center?"

The author has something to say: Regarding the game in the early morning, I just want to say, good-looking game, clumsy referee

I didn't go to Douban Post Bar to find anger on purpose. Anyway, it was a happy thing, but I was disgusted by the referee.

The "Bayern must win" that has been hanging for a week can finally be removed, and I want to reset my dear Barcelona to the top.

The update is to cheer Barca up