There is no need to look at the previous history too early, just look at this season, which is the season when Mourinho arrived. Real Madrid lost 5-0 to Barcelona in the first leg. That game allowed Mourinho to sum up the tactics of playing three midfielders well in the second leg. Through the fierce snatch of Pepe and others, the Barcelona midfielder was well suppressed, and it was difficult for Harvey Iniesta Messi and others to display it. This is indeed a way to prevent Barcelona from infiltrating the attack. The main idea of this tactic is to resolve Barcelona's attack through the interception of three midfielders, and then find opportunities to fight back, thus making achievements in one fell swoop.
But there is a very important problem in this, that is, this tactic is too risky and the supportability is not high.
The third and third midfielders should ensure the containment of the middle road of Barcelona, which in itself has high requirements for the third and third midfielders. Therefore, we can see that Pepe and other three or three midfielders often complete this blocking through fierce muscle collision, so in this fierce confrontation, the defender is easy to foul, which is likely to lead to the consequences of a red card. This probability has been verified in the first three games.
Especially the just-concluded game, which is particularly obvious, has become a turning point of the whole game. In the first half, when Barcelona was absolutely dominant in possession of the ball, Harvey Messi was relatively silent through the role of three midfielders, and Barcelona did not have a very threatening attack. As soon as Pepe was sent off, his waist collapsed and Harvey Messi was alive and kicking. It can be seen that the defense system of three midfielders has a deterrent effect on Barcelona's attack and is of great significance to Real Madrid's defense depth.
Second, the overall tactics of Real Madrid
Obviously, against Barcelona, Real Madrid's overall tactics are defensive counterattacks. This kind of defensive counterattack, first of all, is on the defensive end, because the possession of the ball is handed over, which leads to the exhaustion of the players. In the first half, Ronaldo was crossed by Puyol Pique and others, and he was extremely angry and impressed. It is a short-term method to eliminate the opponent's attack, which is very costly.
In the counter-attack, because we can't get the ball, the number of counter-attacks is very small. Even in these counter-attacks, we often can't pose a real threat because of the single attack method. Real Madrid's counterattack against Barcelona now is to hang the ball directly to the frontcourt after halftime in the backcourt. This way is the least threatening. As long as the opposing defender stands reasonably, on the one hand, it is easy to cause the attacker to be offside, on the other hand, it is difficult for the attacker to get the ball and control it smoothly. The Barcelona defender can easily defuse the Real Madrid attacker and get the ball. We can understand that Adebayor changed from the second half. Except for his height, Adebayor can't form an advantage in controlling the ball and dribbling, and even his height advantage is resolved under the pressure of Barcelona defenders. The ball in the air is the most difficult to deal with, what's more, Real Madrid's current high balls often can't reach the restricted area, and such an attack method is really helpless.
But I think Mourinho knows this very well. The key is that Real Madrid's ground cross-cooperation cannot be effectively organized. It is difficult for Ozil's midfield to get the ball, and it is even more difficult to launch an organized attack. So we saw that Ronaldo was depressed, wandering in the frontcourt, almost unable to get the ball, and often needed to go back to his own half to steal the ball. This may be why some people say that Manchester United is more suitable for Cristiano Ronaldo and why Messi always seems to be better than Cristiano Ronaldo. In fact, in terms of personal strength, C Ronaldo is more creative than Messi.
So the whole Real Madrid tactical play became defensive fear and the attack was scattered. It cannot pose a substantial threat to Barcelona.
Third, a brief analysis of Barcelona's tactical play
If it can be compared, today's Barcelona is really like Holland and total football in cruyff.
When attacking, we can see that Barcelona's entire defense line has overwhelmed the midfield, and when defending, Pickpuyol and others can always appear in the most critical position.
Barcelona's most common and effective attack is a short pass hitting the wall in a small range, which is tacit and accurate. There are also large-scale lateral movements and sudden attacks on the front of the restricted area.
I think Barcelona's sharpness is mainly offensive, which is richer and more effective than Real Madrid. Barcelona's defense is not unbreakable, but Real Madrid's attack is weak and it is difficult to break through Barcelona's defense.
Four. Real Madrid Barcelona
As can be seen from the above, there is really no obvious difference between high and low simply by pulling players from two teams from each position to play. But today's Barcelona is recognized as higher than Real Madrid, mainly because the overall level is higher. Eleven is greater than eleven, not to mention eleven to ten.
Verb (abbreviation of verb) about Mourinho
I admire him very much! Regardless of the performance of the team leader, it's just personal style.
This season, he came to Real Madrid with a consistent honor, a brilliant club that has not won enough honor for a long time. Indeed, his arrival has made Real Madrid feel refreshed. He did give Real Madrid something different with his personal style. And achieved good results.
After that 5-0 game, Mourinho adopted the tactics of three midfielders, which really played a deterrent role in Barcelona's attack, but I think he knew this at great risk, otherwise he would not have been thinking about the possibility of psychological suggestion of ten to eleven.
But I think there is no way. Indeed, under the premise that the attack can't beat the other side, it's hard to think of any feasible methods except strong defense.
Mourinho is indeed an excellent coach, because he saw a way to contain Barcelona, but the degree of protection is not high enough. That's all.
The Victory Trend of Real Madrid-Barcelona Match Result with intransitive verb
According to our experience, if we attack for a long time, we will gain something, and if we defend for a long time, we will lose something.
Looking at the three derbies, I have to say that two, one to one and one to zero, are really full of luck.
Barcelona's goal lies in time and opportunity, while Real Madrid's goal mostly depends on luck.
So according to the probability, Barcelona's winning percentage is higher than Real Madrid's.
Seven, about real Madrid now need to guard against and lack of.
After the curtain call of the first generation of Galaxy warships, Real Madrid has been suppressed by Barcelona in recent seasons. This is a great psychological pressure for the Real Madrid team. The victory of the King's Cup may have eased this pressure, but it certainly has not lifted this psychological haze. From today's game, we can feel that Real Madrid players are obviously nervous at the beginning of the game. On the one hand, this is the reason why the game itself is important. On the other hand, I am afraid it is also related to this frustration accumulated over the years. Today's defeat, I am most afraid that this haze will continue to spread, and it will be troublesome to substantially cause Barcelona phobia. The gap in strength can be bridged, but psychological weakness is likely to be fatal.
In order to prevent this psychological injury, Real Madrid is now continuing to adjust. However, I believe that Mourinho's style and personality characteristics can bring positive influence to the team in this respect.
What Real Madrid urgently needs now should be to have more possession of the ball when facing Barcelona, especially in the midfield, and organize effective attacks. Ozil has no problem in this respect, but the key is that he must have the ball first. Real Madrid will never appear again. After the ball was broken in the midfield, it could only be hung into the restricted area with a long pass, but the ground passing point could not be found, and it was impossible to organize the passing and cutting cooperation.
Real Madrid players are all good "steel". The key is not to make a good knife that cuts iron like mud.
Eight. On chamfering of Barcelona backcourt
We criticize that Barcelona's possession rate is chamfering in the backcourt. Yes, they did, but that can only be said to be the way they played football. We really understand.
If it's Pique's style, hey, don't you like defense? Dude, chamfering the backcourt will kill you. ...
Nine. Final outlook and information
As a real Madrid fan, I really feel sorry for tonight's defeat. So the current situation shows that it may be difficult to establish a three-midfield system in the next round, and last stand has put all its eggs in one basket. Will Mourinho have any new changes? If so, the focus should be shifted to attack. Higuain, Kaka, Benzema and others are all sharpening their swords ... In the next round, I hope that Mu Shuai's policy is that he would rather lose another 5-0 than have a hearty strangulation!
As a real Madrid fan, I think things have reached this point, and I don't want to think about the probability of Real Madrid away! I just want to say that the next round will be a gorgeous offensive feast, and the Galaxy battleship of absolute beauty will reproduce her charm! Today, the Bernabeu has fallen. Even tomorrow, we will still fall in Jokamp. Before we fall, let the whole Jokamp tremble for us and salute us!
Barcelona's tactical system
First, Barcelona's offensive and defensive characteristics
I have made a long analysis of ball control and ball control in football before, in fact, it is just to attract jade. A few days ago, I saw a wonderful article about rhythm in the Real Madrid fan forum, and the analysis and countermeasures inside were very interesting. The article summarizes the eight-character motto "slow down and fight quickly" against Barcelona. Specifically, it is believed that Barcelona's offensive and defensive characteristics are slow attack and quick defense. When defending Barcelona, you must be slower than Barcelona. The ultimate slowness is quietness. Intensive defense is only a relative static defense. When attacking Barcelona, we should avoid the encirclement of Barcelona at the first time. This perspective is very characteristic, and the viewpoint is basically in line with the facts, but I always feel that there is no breakthrough point, and there is a feeling of itching.
I just watched the Champions League in the middle of the week and listened to Yan Qiang's explanation. Although the sound effect is not good and there is an unnecessary long-distance aesthetic feeling for me, Yan Qiang said that Barcelona changed from attack to defense very quickly, which inspired me. We tend to think in a fixed way. When it comes to the conversion of offensive and defensive, we always think of changing from defensive to offensive, and our thinking is often limited to this. In fact, the conversion between attack and defense also includes the other half, that is, from attack to defense.
In this way, regarding the technical and tactical characteristics of my Sa, it is not the slow attack and quick defense mentioned in the last article. I think it is more accurate to say that defense turns to slow attack (relative to the fast and direct Premier League style) and attack turns to fast attack. Barcelona's game has two typical rhythms, one static and one moving, one static when attacking and one moving when defending.
Of course, Barcelona's slow attack is not slow in the general sense, not slow in controlling the ball, not slow in running, not to mention that the players have no speed, but a kind of slow, slow rather than slow. You can't always see the motive of Barcelona's attack at once. The essence of this slowness is that the team has been pursuing the high-speed operation of the ball. Beneath the quiet and peaceful surface, Barcelona's football has been running and thinking through constant transmission. If you can't see this clearly, you can't understand the harmony and unity of the two rhythms in Barcelona's pursuit of ball speed.
So why should Barcelona pursue and adhere to such a rhythm of attack and defense conversion? What is the reason or tactical idea behind it? Or just to look good? Don't answer this complicated question yet. In fact, the beauty of the football field depends on the subjective feelings of the fans, which is a kind of value, but the value itself is not absolutely good or bad. A tactical thought can last for 20 years and achieve fruitful results just because it can make some people feel good, just like Italian football has far-reaching influence, and it can never be because it is ugly.
High possession rate is a major feature of Barcelona's competition. As I have analyzed before, Barcelona's high possession rate is only the result, not the purpose, not the reason. But in fact, I didn't fully understand and grasp the essential factors of high ownership rate at that time. All I could think of at that time were three factors: personal skills (controlling passing), the number of offensive players (more offensive players) and running without the ball, but I didn't study the relationship and weight of these three factors (the structural composition of the three factors in the tactical system). In this article, I want to add another important forming factor: defense strategy. Together with the three factors mentioned above, this article supports Barcelona's entire offensive and defensive system.
Let me throw a few introductions first:
1, running without the ball determines the passing way, personal skills and team play determine the amount of offensive input, and the amount of offensive input determines the defensive strategy.
2. Without the ball, you can only defend. With the ball, you can't attack. Therefore, you are always active in strategy. More importantly, you have more choices when you have the ball, but you are always passive when you don't have the ball.
3. Everyone can and should become a defensive player without the ball, but not with the ball (except in extreme cases).
4. Playing less depends more on individual ability, and playing more depends on the team as a whole.
5. The most direct factor affecting the ball control rate is the number of passes, followed by individual ball control ability.
6. Space competition determines all the skills and tactics about football. Time competition is space competition, and the possession rate depends on the result of space competition.
7. The competition for space depends on the contradictory unity of speed and accuracy.
8. You can't have both speed and accuracy, you can only complement each other. Speed can make up for the lack of accuracy and gain time, but not necessarily space. Accuracy can make up for the lack of speed and ensure the success of the space race. The result of space competition is directly determined by accuracy.
Second, the ball control rate and the running speed of the ball
Occupancy is essentially the accumulation of occupation time. Whoever holds the ball for more time will have a higher possession rate. The ball right consists of two parts, one is the individual dribbling, and the other is the mutual passing between players. Previous studies have shown that even the player with the highest personal skills has extremely limited personal possession time in a game, so the two factors that form the ball right should be passing the ball, supplemented by personal control of the belt. The mutual passing between teammates forms the control of the ball and accumulates it as passing time in the time dimension. Compared with the accumulation of personal possession time, the accumulation of passing time is obviously the main possession time. The obvious conclusion is that when a team holds the ball, the total distance of the ball divided by the average speed of the ball is the passing time. The sum of the passing time and the player's personal possession time is the possession time, and the comparison of the possession time between the warring parties is the possession rate. So a deeper conclusion is reached: the greater the total running distance of the ball, the higher the possession rate, the faster the running speed of the ball, and the greater the running distance of the ball under the same possession rate.
The formula is as follows: the cumulative running time of the ball in the process of passing on one side+the cumulative personal possession time of different players on one side = the possession time on one side; Ball running speed x ball running time = total distance of ball running; Average passing distance x passing times = total running distance of the ball.
Now do you understand why cruyff always points out in his column that Barcelona's performance is poor, and there is always a saying that "the ball can't run fast"? Do you understand why the midfielder Guardiola of a game asked the players to "speed up the ball" in the second half? This is not the pursuit of possession rate, on the contrary, it is an inevitable choice to strengthen the running speed of the ball and occupy more space under the existing possession rate.
In fact, the reason is very simple. Under the same control time, speeding up the running speed of the ball will obviously increase the total running distance of the ball, thus occupying more space, and space is the lifeline of the attack. The ball is always the "player" who runs the most under Barcelona's football tactical system, not Harvey, Alves or anyone else.
This is also the conclusion of 5 miles: the most direct factor affecting the ball control rate is the number of passes, followed by the individual's ball control ability. Under the system of short and medium pass within 25 meters in Barcelona, the more passes, the greater the total running distance of the ball. In fact, Barcelona's games with more than 500 passes are often easy to win.
Third, the core area of the football field.
Careful fans and friends may also find that cruyff often uses such words as "depth, depth pass, effective pass and invalid cross" when commenting on the ball. Intuitively, it is easy to understand what the godfather is describing, but what is the essence?
In fact, whether it is the time or the way to control the ball, whether it is the number of passes or the running speed of the ball, whether it is the time to pass the ball or the running distance of the ball, there is a "validity" judgment. Effectiveness is actually a spatial concept. A basic understanding is that backcourt pass control is always easy to be disdained by critics, so it is attacked as invalid pass. It can be seen that the spatial position determines the effectiveness of control transmission.
So what kind of spatial position is effective? It is generally understood that in modern football, the opponent's half court may be narrower, which is recognized as within 32 meters. The effective space under these concepts will inevitably become the core area for all high-level teams to compete for, where all the attacks and defenses are concentrated, and all kinds of styles and schools will show their talents in this battlefield. Whether it is intensive defense or secondary attack, whether it is a fierce bombardment of the goal or a header attack by the center, whether it is a breakthrough in the middle or a double defense, all struggles are carried out on this stage.
The reason why it is easy to brush data when passing the ball in the backcourt is because the competition in this respect is not fierce, so it is easy for the ball to get space. Once it has space, it is easy to control and pass the ball. This is my sixth introduction: space competition determines all football skills and tactics, time competition is to compete for space, and the ball control rate depends on the result of space competition. The front is the core area for both sides to compete for, so it can be said that it is difficult to create space for every inch of land. There is no doubt that Basaki can achieve absolute control over his own backcourt in the space competition within the whole audience, and Guardiola has been pursuing to consolidate the space advantage of the backcourt, so he is determined to introduce a pass-controlled central defender like Siglinski; But in parallel with this, Barcelona also spared no effort in the competition for frontcourt space, which is the fundamental reason why Guardiola took pains to introduce Ibrahimovic, and it is also one of the tactical intentions of Barcelona's frontcourt improvisation. Off-topic: Barcelona (Guardiola) is determined to control all the space in the stadium, and 433 is just one of the formations that can fill the stadium best.
Fourth, Barcelona's defensive strategy.
One of the tactical intentions of frontcourt presence is to compete for frontcourt space, so what is its other tactical intention? I think most of my friends know that it is to protect the defense line.
This is my introduction 1: Running without the ball determines the passing way, personal skills and team play determine the amount of offensive input, and the amount of offensive input determines the defensive strategy.
At the moment of losing the ball, the team immediately turned to defense and everyone became defensive players. This is the third lemma: everyone may and should become a defensive player when he doesn't have the ball, but not when he has the ball (except in extreme cases).
Barcelona organized defense from the front and attack from the back. The opposition in this direction determines Barcelona's offensive and defensive requirements for players.
There are many offensive players and high formation, which determines Barcelona's defensive strategy: fast defense. There are two strategies for defense. One is to retreat the whole team to control the core area of the backcourt, and the other is to attack on the spot and strive for the second defense time. The reason why Barcelona adopted the former method is obvious, because the formation pressure leads to huge space behind the defense line, and it is not allowed to redeploy hastily after retreating (it is too late), so it is only possible to use fast defense to gain time, thus making up for the lack of control over the core space. This is Rijkaard's theory: You run more, but your teammates run less. You are for everyone, and everyone is for you. This is a resource allocation principle for close defense, which is undoubtedly the best in space allocation, and I think it is also beneficial to the physical distribution of the whole team in the whole game, so it is also the best in physical distribution.
So why does Barcelona have a lot of offensive input? It depends on the player's ability and the team's personality and hobbies. The stronger the player's ability, the fewer people need to invest.
Generally speaking, the smaller the number of attackers, the higher the requirement for personal ability, as well as defense. High-level counter-attack tactics inevitably need high-quality offensive players to support the tactical system. For example, there must be a passer with excellent long pass scheduling ability, an attacker with excellent speed and dribbling ability, and a shooter with first-class direct scoring ability. Playing less than playing more depends more on individual ability than overall cooperation. Teams with several excellent offensive players can often perform anti-counter tactics in a gorgeous way. For example, in Arsenal in 2004, the personal abilities of Henry, Ljungberg, Pires and Bergkamp in the frontcourt perfectly explained the devastating technical knockdown. In my opinion, Arsenal is the pinnacle of counter-attack tactics, not Chelsea, Hiddink or any other team or coach.
Barcelona put a lot of people into the attack, and even the defender participated in the attack to the frontcourt. Is it because Barcelona's attacking players are not good? This seems to be a paradox. In fact, no matter what kind of defense line Barcelona faces, it will invest as many troops as possible. Even if three players can handle the attack well, they will not let the other players perform well. Once they can get five points, they will never get only three points. If they can take five, they will never leave two. This is the character and hobby of the team.
In reality, the defensive force that Barcelona faces is often beyond the norm, and it is more reasonable to invest more people in attack.
Fifth, Barcelona runs without the ball.
Running without the ball determines the passing way, and high-level running without the ball always precedes passing. Barcelona's running without the ball has two guiding principles, one is to catch teammates, and the other is to attack.
In my opinion, one is heavier than two. This is why Barcelona's running without the ball is centered on the teammates holding the ball, which is different from many tactical systems and centered on the opponent's goal. The reference examples are Henry and Ibrahimovic who just arrived in Barcelona. Their running positions are very out of step during the adaptation period. They always want to go straight to the goal with the ball. The operation mode is too direct, or the motivation is too targeted and profound, but it is incompatible with the whole.
Ibrahimovic is a typical positive example. When he realized that his running position should be based on satisfying his teammates and making it easier for them to pitch, his speed of integration was almost a miracle. Keita is another vivid example.
Why doesn't Barcelona, like many teams, take the pursuit of deep facing goals as the first priority? It is precisely because of the most quintessential word "whole" in Barcelona's tactical thought. Only when you meet your teammates, helping them play the ball is the first priority. Others obey and serve this center, which is the whole, interdependent and supportive. Why Harvey represents the style and essence of Barcelona, because Harvey's first choice after the ball is always to be close to his teammates and always to choose his own running position for the convenience of his teammates.
So does Barcelona have depth? Yes, when your teammates are very capable and occupy a good position and pitching opportunities, it is when you do not hesitate to choose to insert into the opponent's restricted area. Refer to the resolute forward insertion of Ibrahimovic and Alves after Messi took the ball. Meet your teammates when they need you, and charge when they don't need you! This is Barcelona's running without the ball! !
Of course, there were times when it was too late in Barcelona. Too much whole suppresses individual performance, and too much attention to coping sometimes delays fatal opportunities. These are all normal. There is always a balance between speed and accuracy, between the whole and the individual, between stability and adventure. This balance is easier said than done. Barcelona sometimes can't grasp it well, and Arsenal was the same example in previous seasons.
Sixth, the accuracy and speed of Barcelona.
Accuracy and speed are another interpretation of the same kind. Accuracy directly pursues the control of space, and speed controls space by controlling time. Accuracy can eliminate the lack of speed, and speed can also make up for the lack of accuracy.
It is always difficult to balance accuracy and speed. Without the accuracy of speed, it often leads to hard training. Without the accuracy of speed, it can only waste the physical strength of players, which is reflected in the fact that it is often difficult to achieve a better balance between the stability and sharpness of passing the ball when attacking. This is a pair of complementary and contradictory concepts.
Barcelona's overall tactics and the reasonable construction of tactics determine Barcelona's almost obsessive pursuit of accuracy in football, which determines Barcelona's running without the ball and passing the ball. Barcelona's football pursues the speed of the ball (which is a numerical concept and has no directionality) rather than speed (which is a directional vector), which is a manifestation.
Interestingly, the pursuit of accuracy exists not only in Barcelona's tactical thoughts, but also in the teaching thoughts of many famous coaches, such as Mourinho. The difference is that his pursuit of accuracy focuses on defense, requiring the team to pursue the accuracy of defensive position as much as possible and reduce defensive mistakes through strict standing and formation. Isn't this the same as Barcelona's pursuit of the accuracy of passing the ball in attack to reduce the mistakes in attack?
It will be more interesting to continue the analysis. For example, Barcelona's defense gains time through speed to make up for the lack of control over the core space, and reduces mistakes in attack through the pursuit of precision. In the face of Barcelona, Magic Bird's team will often make up for the lack of control in the core space by blocking the space in advance, reduce the mistakes in defense by occupying the space strictly and accurately, and enhance the lethality in attack by pursuing speed quickly.
What is particularly commendable is that Barcelona has continuously promoted the development of contemporary football in practice.
To sum up: the attack starts from the defender and the defense starts from the striker.