novelweb Chapter 460 The great sage starts racing, and the young master becomes a god!
Chapter 460 The great sage starts racing, and the young master becomes a god!
Leeds United 3:0 Real Madrid.
It seemed that it only took 45 minutes to end the suspense that people had been waiting for for nearly two months!
During the halftime break, Real Madrid fans looked as if they were mourning.
Florentino and Valdano in the office also fell into deathly silence.
Valdano used to be the head coach of Real Madrid, so his perspective on the problem is still somewhat different from Florentino.
Strategically, Florentino's overall view is naturally unparalleled.
But in the details, Valdano thinks he is better.
The superstar policy has brought Real Madrid the most glorious moments and glory since the 21st century.
Therefore, there is absolutely nothing wrong with the general idea and direction of Superstar’s policy.
The mistake was not perfecting the details.
In that era, if a team had two or three superstars, it would definitely have great strength.
Real Madrid's dominance over the league during the five-year Triple Crown period was not very strong. It can also be seen that superstars can raise the ceiling of combat effectiveness, but it is difficult to bring long-term stability.
Times are developing, and football is also quietly changing.
In 2006, Florentino resigned sadly.
It was also Ragnarok.
The superstars of the past era either retired or were on the way to retirement. Apart from the unexpected comebacks of Ronaldo and Ronaldinho on the top stage, the more eye-catching names belong to the Mesozoic and New Generation players.
Kaka, Ronaldo, Messi, Robben, Ribery, Rooney...
Florentino's continued implementation of the superstar policy is absolutely in line with the current competitive landscape of football.
But the problem is...the number of superstars in each era can be determined, as long as they are divided according to their combat power rankings, but even if the number is determined, the gap in combat power is definitely not constant.
Just like excluding the impact on the Ballon d'Or selection score due to the performance of the national team in the competition year.
The Mr. Ballon d'Or in 2003 was Pavel Nedved. Who is behind him?
Henry, Maldini, Shevchenko, Zidane, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Raul, Carlos, Buffon, Beckham, and Ronaldo, who won the Ballon d'Or with the World Cup last year, are not even in the top ten. Didn't make it.
But in today's era when looking for superstars, it is almost impossible for Real Madrid to find a midfielder in the transfer market that can compete with a combination like Modric + Kaka.
As for Drogba, who was among the top ten in the Ballon d'Or last year, in terms of potential, Benzema and Higuain may surpass him in the future.
this is the truth.
The new generation of superstars has not fully grown up.
The situation was not as clear as it was when Florentino first built the Galactico.
It is clear at a glance who is the absolute superstar and who is more powerful.
Moreover, Leeds United's three consecutive Champions League titles also suppressed the birth of "real superstars" to a certain extent.
A superstar without a championship is embarrassed and cannot establish his character.
Valdano had to advise Florentino: "On the road to reconstruction, we need to be patient."
Florentino was unmoved and said coldly: "Pellegrini is like a decoration. Give him another ten years and he will be a sculpture in front of Leeds United."
Valdano hesitated to speak, and finally sighed.
There is some truth, and Florentino should have figured it out through the first half of today's game.
It is undoubtedly a foolish dream for Real Madrid to return to the throne just by replacing players.
The moment Leeds United defeated Real Madrid to steal Kaká, Florentino was told: Leeds United's attraction to superstars is no less attractive than Real Madrid's!
So on the basis of personnel replacement, what Real Madrid needs is a captain who can transform and sublimate the team's combat effectiveness.
The team develops in a three-year small cycle, a five-year regular cycle, and a ten-year major cycle.
Just look at the past three to five years.
The most successful coach in European football and the one who has won the most championships is Real Madrid's current number one rival in Europe, the Leeds Tyrants.
Looking at the team's offensive power, there is no doubt that Barcelona, which recovered strongly after last season's reconstruction, and Leeds United in the past few years are among the best.
The strongest defense...then there is only that man.
Mourinho is now the coach of Inter Milan.
There are teams that occasionally perform better defensively than Mourinho's teams, but in the long run, no coach's style is as distinctive and successful in defense as Mourinho.
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Elland Road Stadium.
The fans in white were in a happy mood and confident of victory. They bought a drink and some snacks during the halftime break, chatting and laughing among themselves.
"Real Madrid doesn't seem to be making any progress."
"Does Florentino naively think that just changing a few players can bring Real Madrid back to the top? Except for Liverpool, who are struggling this year, all three Premier League teams can beat Real Madrid today."
"Haha, Gareth Bale is really surprising. No one expected that Tottenham's unlucky guy would become our new generation of winger in white!"
"The tyrant's handiwork, no need to be surprised, are all basic operations. If you want to talk about magic, just look at Kante. Such a short kid made Real Madrid's Spanish midfielder make a fool of himself today. Haha, by the way, that guy What’s it called?”
"Uh... his name... doesn't matter. He can call him whatever he likes. Kaká also stole the show today. If he can continue to defend the Champions League this year, maybe Kaká can win the Ballon d'Or."
"It's hard to say, it's hard to say. There is a World Cup this summer."
"Yes, in the World Cup, Tyrant will appear on the World Cup stage as the head coach of the Netherlands. As long as we don't meet England, I will support Tyrant."
...
After the intermission.
Players from both teams returned to the court to change sides and fight again.
Real Madrid made substitutions.
Granero is replaced by Diarra.
Well, Real Madrid played two Diarras.
The starter was Mohamed Diarra, and the substitute was Lars Diarra.
The former is No. 6 and the latter is No. 10.
Pellegrini's substitution operation not only allowed Granero to come down, but also stopped being tortured by Kanter.
At the same time, two defensive midfielders are also used to liberate Alonso and push Alonso to the central midfielder or even the attacking midfielder position.
It can be regarded as a solution when there is no other way.
But what he didn't expect was that Leeds United would stop playing.
Shen Hao was still sitting on the coach's bench calmly.
After the start of the second half, Leeds United's formation shrank and changed to 442.
Gareth Bale and Deisler dropped back to the wide midfield positions.
Strengthen support for the defensive line and compress defensive space.
Kaka and Ronaldo were at the front, one behind the other.
Real Madrid fans are already devastated.
But after seeing the change in Leeds United's attitude, he yelled angrily!
"You are so shameless! With three goals ahead and half time left, are you going to retreat now?"
"Okay, okay, so utilitarian, right? I can see it. If you want to overthrow Leeds United, you must do whatever it takes!"
"Leeds United have no strong character!"
Real Madrid fans believe in attacking football.
But that doesn’t mean they don’t know what utilitarian football is like.
After establishing a huge lead, Leeds United began to make an extreme change in posture, which will inevitably lead to fundamental changes in the situation.
The level of excitement will be reduced, and at the same time, the probability of Real Madrid scoring a goal will be greatly reduced.
They were naturally outraged.
But Leeds United fans see it differently.
When it was time to attack, Real Madrid couldn't pose a threat.
So Leeds United is now strengthening its defense, which can be regarded as giving Real Madrid more space to organize the offense and see what else they are capable of.
Pellegrini felt even heavier.
Strictly speaking, his substitution was to remove an attacking midfielder and replace him with a defensive midfielder.
When Real Madrid needed to score, such substitutions obviously did not strengthen the offense.
Leeds United's change of attitude will amplify this.
When Real Madrid was able to organize an offensive calmly in positional battles, they found that under the conditions of limited space, offensive creativity was simply appallingly low.
In other words, there is no creativity at all.
At best, Alonso can deliver the pass smoothly, because his position means facing the defense of Leeds United's midfielder.
Kanter becomes cautious, Modric sits in the middle, and Kanter will appropriately help defend the wings.
In fact, in the first half of today's game, Shen Hao had already noticed that if Kanter concentrated on defense, his coverage of space would be very strong!
This ability is more outstanding than the beast waist of the previous era, because the beast waist generally does not have Kanter's speed.
The first requirement for spatial coverage is speed.
If it can be in place, it is considered covered. If it cannot be reached, it is just running in vain.
Real Madrid is embarrassed.
Leeds United's step back exposed their shortcomings in positional warfare.
Cristiano Ronaldo used his personal ability to frequently perform small-scale escapes in the cracks, but his ability was not enough to support him in continuous breakthroughs.
Therefore, the sudden kick after getting rid of it became Real Madrid's only threat.
People saw him kicking off his feet many times, either jerking off or hitting the target.
Generally speaking, the shooting skills are very strong, but because the timing of the kick is always a little hasty, the quality is also suppressed.
Leeds United fans mocked their former rivals' number one star without restraint.
It seems that he went to Real Madrid and did not become stronger.
Shen Hao ignored Ronaldo's anxious and helpless expression from time to time.
He has already realized that he wants to continue to dominate in the next ten years.
The high probability is to suppress the two most capable stars in the world.
Ronaldo and Messi.
Therefore, it cannot be said that he likes the current situation, but he definitely has no choice.
Leeds United's quick counterattacks threatened Real Madrid's defense one after another.
Real Madrid's two defensive midfielders Diarra have made meritorious deeds, and they performed well in quick interceptions and sniping.
It seems that as long as there are no particularly unexpected changes in Leeds United's offensive method, the value of many Real Madrid players will still be reflected when it comes to personal abilities.
It's just that Leeds United is constantly attacking, and it's hard to keep a secret.
After 65 minutes of the game, Leeds United made a substitution.
Suarez came on to replace Ronaldo.
In the past, Leeds United looked like a bunch of old guys choosing young people.
Now, it can be considered a combination of Chinese and old.
When Ronaldo came off as an older veteran, the entire Leeds United crowd gave him a standing ovation.
Real Madrid fans watched indifferently.
It is impossible to say how well Ronaldo performed today.
Seize an opportunity to grab points, use the ball as a fulcrum in the offense, and play a more prominent role in running, interspersing and covering.
Kaka, who is more eye-catching than the breakthrough effect brought by controlling the ball at his feet, still lacks a lot of visual impact.
But Leeds United fans are content.
Because Ronaldo has given them fantastic visual enjoyment.
He is also a legend of the team.
This is a great achievement that Ronaldo has never accomplished in Real Madrid.
Real Madrid fans are completely speechless about this.
They don't want to talk about Ronaldo anymore.
Shen Hao took the initiative to walk to the sidelines and high-fived Ronaldo to welcome his opponent's end.
Ronaldo now lacks a sense of urgency and pressure, and enjoys football more.
Even if Shen Hao tells him tomorrow: You can no longer serve as Leeds United's main forward.
Ronaldo can also accept it with a smile, and then obey Shen Hao's arrangements. If he can play on the bench, he can make plans on his own, whether to go elsewhere to continue enjoying football, or to retire where he is.
After going through ups and downs, my mentality has been tempered into steel.
Real Madrid's previous quick counterattack to defend Leeds United was to concentrate its forces on Kaká and Ronaldo.
It seems that Leeds United gave them the feeling that just investing in these two forwards is enough.
But when Suarez came on the scene, Leeds United immediately changed their counterattack strategy just after 70 minutes of the game.
From the previous sudden attack in the middle, it became a side attack!
Modric made an overhead pass and sent the ball to the left side of the frontcourt.
Gareth Bale had been silent in the second half. At this moment, he broke out in the movement and stunned everyone. He came from behind Arbeloa by nearly 5 meters, constantly closing the gap!
Arbeloa turned around and started again.
So when he picks up speed, Gareth Bale has basically caught up with him.
When Arbeloa increased his speed to its peak, Gareth Bale overtook from the outside at his peak speed!
This is the difference in speed of hard power.
There is no way to make it up!
Give him space and the right time to start. If the defensive player fails to foul when he has the opportunity, he will definitely be blown away!
After completing the overtaking, Gareth Bale crossed the ball and cut into the penalty area.
Ramos and Albiol are both dropping back.
But Suarez was also not slow, and when Gareth Bale passed the ball outside the penalty area to take advantage of the depth of the attack, he passed the ball.
When Ramos retreated, he gritted his teeth and put out a shovel to intercept, but he was still missing by nearly half a meter.
Albiol has been dumped by Suarez.
Casillas abandoned the goal and Suarez shot the ball.
As a result, the football hit Casillas and bounced behind him.
Suarez braked suddenly and turned around. Before he could lose his confidence, he quickly moved around to look for another opportunity.
The football that popped up happened to be unloaded on the chest of Kaka, who was following up from the back row, to complete the ball control.
He diverted the ball to avoid Las Diarra's pressure, then took a step diagonally towards the ball and hit a long-distance push shot.
The football flew straight to the lower right corner of the goal.
Casillas moved in a hurry to save. He was in a bad position and lacked preparation. When his palm landed, the football had already rolled over.
He looked back and watched the football rolling into the goal against the inside of the right goal post.
Close your eyes in despair.
A sense of humiliation lingers in my heart and cannot go away!