strictlysupreme Chapter 149 The Lonely Classical Midfielder
Chapter 149 The Lonely Classical Midfielder
Chapter 149 The Lonely Classical Midfielder
Morrisi Ramalho is also considered a second-rate marshal in Brazil. Although he is still a little worse than "Scolari", his vision and tactical literacy are no problem.
When he began to pay close attention to the team in front of him, he found a lot of strange things. Before the game, he got the opponent’s starting roster and just glanced at it. He vaguely remembered that the opponent was in a 4-2-3-1 formation. But now he found that the opponent’s right forward was running erratically.
At first, he thought that the opponent's No. 9 lost his position on the field due to lack of experience. Maurice Lamalo himself had also started as a youth team coach. He knew that the most difficult thing for young players was to maintain their position.
But after watching for a while, he found that every move of No. 9 was not random, and it seemed that it was arranged. Thinking of this, Maurice Ramalho's heart skipped a beat. If this was the case, then today's opponent would not be easy to deal with.
He turned to the assistant coach and asked, "What's the name of that number 9?"
"Li Qiao",
"Joe Lee," Mauricie Ramalho murmured and repeated.
"Are you sure he is really Chinese"?
The assistant coach shrugged and said, "That's what it looks like on the roster."
Morrisi Ramalho turned around and continued to watch the situation on the field, "Running like this, I guess that No. 9 will not be able to do it after 30 minutes of the first half. I don't believe he can last until the second half, unless he is training for a marathon."
At this time, the head coach of Santos stretched out the index fingers of both hands, turned his left hand to the right, and turned his right hand to the left, making a cross gesture, which means that the left back and the right back will change positions.
It was originally Danilo who defended Li Qiao, but now he is replaced by "Dulval". The reason for this is that Maurice Ramalho knows his players very well. He knows that Danilo is arrogant, and he must be angry after being passed by Li Qiao.
After all, the team's strength is far stronger than the opponent's. As long as there are no accidents, he is still full of confidence in Santos' victory.
But man is not as good as God, and shortly after he made the switch gesture, Danilo was sent off by Nishimura Yuichi! ! !
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Facing the red card held up high by Yuichi Nishimura, the Brazilian was a little dazed. He didn't make any excuses, but took out his shin guards and smashed them on the ground heavily. He felt that he was still angry, so he kicked the shin guards far away, and then he walked slowly to the sidelines.
How did it happen?
After Guangzhou Tianbao led the score, it strictly followed Stan's deployment. Except for Gudjohnsen, Hassler, and Li Qiao who formed a guerrilla team to harass the opponent, the others obediently defended behind, including Kongka, who was not very good at defense, now used as a midfielder.
And the three of them also tried their best to touch the ball with one foot and advance quickly.
Just when Hassler made a short pass to Li Qiao, Li Qiao wanted to repeat the old trick. Marseille turned around Danilo, who was "lingering" behind him, and when Danilo saw that Li Qiao was about to "pull the ball and turn around" again, he didn't know that the nerve was stimulated, and suddenly he couldn't control himself, and stepped on Li Qiao's ankle.
In fact, when Danilo made a move, he regretted it. This action was neither necessary nor in line with professional ethics, but maybe he couldn't stand being played by a "child".
So when Yuichi Nishimura gave him a red card, he didn't justify himself, but smashed the shin pads to vent his anger. He was not angry with the referee or Li Qiao, but angry with himself for not controlling his temper.
Because it was a little far away from the scene of the incident, Santos' head coach "Merrisi Ramalho" didn't see what happened clearly, but based on experience, he knew that the kid was messed up again.
But when Danilo walked off the field, the assistant coach immediately came up to protect him into the player tunnel. Everyone knew Danilo's temper, and they were afraid that he would continue to chatter with the fourth official, so it was better to let him leave the field as soon as possible.
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One person was sent off. Maurice Ramalho originally wanted to play as a 3-guard, but then he thought about the opponent's travel tactics and had to defend, so he decided to let the midfielder stay on Danilo's side to help defend.
He turned around and let "Elano" on the bench start warming up in case he needed it.
Fortunately, the three players in Guangzhou Tianbao's frontcourt did not pose too much threat after that, and Morrisi Ramalho temporarily dismissed the consideration of substitutions.
But Danilo's red card obviously affected other players. The team didn't even take a shot within 10 minutes. For the aggressive Santos, this is very rare. Not to mention playing against Asian teams, even in the Copa Libertadores, Santos also scored every game. Neymar has become a nightmare for the defense of all South American teams.
But in this game, apart from Neymar having a "Ronaldo-like" breakthrough at the beginning of the game, Neymar passed the ball for his teammates after that, and made few breakthroughs himself.
If Neymar is allowed to run, then Brahimi is not Neymar's opponent, but if it is a stand-alone confrontation, then the thin Neymar is far inferior to Prahimi.
Brahimi has a strong learning ability. After being passed by someone for the first time, every time he defends Neymar since then, he will post it when Neymar has not received the ball.
Neymar's acceleration time is about 1 second, that is, within 1 second of receiving the ball, Neymar can accelerate and run.
But Brahimi's close defense is to kill Neymar's precious 1 second and not give Neymar the space to speed up and get rid of.
This is why Neymar could only pass the ball most of the time in the first half, because several times the ball was not smooth, the players will naturally adjust themselves and reduce the ball.
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But Santos is not a one-man team. In addition to Neymar, they also have "Ganso". It is said that AC Milan once asked to buy Ganso to replace Kaka, but in the end it was unsuccessful because the Santos Lions opened their mouths.
If I were to comment on Ganso, then I would use the word "lonely artist". Maybe Ganso is right for him not to go to Europe. He is very similar to Riquelme in Argentina.
But the biggest shortcoming of the classic midfielder is that they do not participate in the defense, nor can they destroy the city by themselves like Kaka.
In the current European football where the confrontation is getting stronger and the requirements for players are becoming more and more comprehensive, such a midfielder is destined to be lonely, which is why Riquelme is not doing well in Europe.
But in South American football, which requires beautiful football, such a classical midfielder is still very popular. For example, Riquelme is very popular in Argentina.
Stan knew before the game that Ganso was the number two dangerous man in the Santos team, so he arranged for Nei Kenan to focus on defending Ganso, and then let the two central defenders be ready to step forward at any time to make up for it. Ganso must not be allowed to pass a scalpel-like assist.
But it is clear that Nei Kenan is still far behind the Brazilian international.
At this time, Gansuo took the ball, and Nei Konan followed the pre-match deployment and immediately pressed up. Facing the Iranians, Gansuo flicked the outside of his instep and passed the ball accurately to the right winger "Aloka".
After Aloka got the ball, he broke through quickly. The defender here was Taiwo of Guangzhou Tianbao. The Nigerian also played in the Champions League. Facing Aloka, he followed closely. He was not allowed to cut inside to cooperate with his teammates.
And Aloka is not going to cut inside. Although Santos is also playing 4231, but because Santos' Neymar is not a tall center, this also leads to Santos' style of play is not the classic style of winger breaking through the bottom pass and then the center fights for the top.
After the Santos winger breaks through, he still needs to find the midfielder Gansuo, and then let him organize a second attack. This is very similar to "Hertha Berlin" in the "Deisler" era.
After Aloka hit the bottom, he passed the ball back to Ganso in front of the penalty area in an inverted triangle. At this time, Ganso in front of the penalty area was unguarded.
Like a sniper, Ganso aimed at the upper right corner of the goal and rubbed an arc with the arch of his foot. Such a ball may be easier for Ganso than a penalty kick.
Maybe many people disagree, but at least Guangzhou Tianbao's goalkeeper Isaacson agrees. From his experience, he has no possibility of saving the ball at all, and he can only stand still.
After Gan Suo kicked the ball, he glanced at it, and it was almost inseparable. He turned around and prepared to leave like a hero, and then watched his teammates running towards him, celebrating with himself.
With the sound of "bang", Gan Suo's face darkened, and he shook his head.
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"It's so dangerous, the ball hit the inner post of the goal, and then flew to Isaacson," Shen Fangjian exclaimed.
"My heart is about to jump out, the ball is at most two centimeters away from the goal," Tao Wei said.
"I can only say that Guangzhou Tianbao is really lucky in this game",
"Sometimes luck in winning is also very important," Tao Wei said.
"Yes, I hope that luck will always be on Guangzhou Tianbao's side and on China's side," Shen Fangjian said.
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When he saw Ganso's unsolvable shot hit the goal post, Maurice Lamalio held his head helplessly. He didn't believe that the team was so unlucky today. Football coaches are very superstitious.
"Almighty God, bless Santos", Maurice Ramalho said silently in his heart.
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