Chapter 243 Anti-offside
Maduro came back on the court and told all his teammates Emery's instructions. But his brows were frowning. He understood what the coach said, "There's no way." Until now, he knew that the chance was not great. The main reason was that the team played too passively, but what he didn't understand was why the coach insisted on using dangerous tactics to fight for goals.
If you lose, you lose.
Winning and losing are common. Valencia is not the number one in La Liga or Europe. It is not a big deal to lose in the league, especially against Atletico Madrid, which is the number one in the league. The game is still held at Calderon Stadium. Even if the game is lost, the media and fans can understand it.
But it would be different if you lose a big score!
If Valencia loses the game with a big score, Valencia will definitely be dissatisfied and accused. At that time, the media and fans will be dissatisfied. They will also say in the report that "Valencia was defeated in shame."
That is unacceptable.
Haven't the coach thought about this?
Maduro was very confused, but he was just a player and could only do it according to the coach's arrangement on the court. The Valencia player didn't know that the club's chairman Lorent's requirement for the game was to "win".
Emery had no other way, so he could only work hard to fight, at least let Lorent see that he had already worked hard.
After the game restarted, Valencia took advantage of the ball possession opportunity to launch a fierce attack towards Atletico Madrid's halftime.
When facing Valencia's attack, Atletico Madrid's formation also slightly contracted backwards. Since only Morris was one midfielder, Kevin De Bruyne and Raul Garcia from the two sides had to retreat quickly to ensure the defensive hardness from the front of the penalty area to the center.
Atletico Madrid's backcourt actually has not many defenders.
In this game, Wan Sheng emphasized the main focus of defense in the middle. With Morris and two central defenders, the penalty area in the middle can still be guaranteed. Valencia's most powerful offensive is in the middle. As long as he can defend the middle, he will almost hold half of it.
Valencia's offense was in trouble, and forward Soldado was restricted to death.
Soldado is a very important player in Valencia. He just turned 26 this year and is at the peak of his career as a striker.
This Spanish striker who is in his year of playing is a "product" of Real Madrid youth training. However, in the star-studded Real Madrid first-team team, Soldado could not get a stable chance to play. In three seasons, his cumulative number of appearances was only a pitiful 27 games.
This ultimately destined Soldado and Real Madrid.
Soldado had no choice but to leave after being unable to get a chance in Real Madrid for a long time. After that, he played for Osasuna, Getafe, and especially in the two seasons he played for Getafe, Soldado truly showed his talent and made 66 appearances, scoring 33 goals, and his efficiency was 05 per game. His outstanding performance made him a representative figure among Spanish local strikers.
In the summer of 2010, Valencia officially announced the joining of Soldado.
Last season when he played for Valencia, Soldado continued his efficiency, scoring 17 goals in 35 league games, which is enough to prove his state and stabilize his main position.
In Valencia's current lineup, Soldado has a very important influence on the offense.
When Soldado was restricted, Valencia's offense was blocked in front of the goal. Soldado could not compete for Atletico Madrid's defensive player, and he could never receive the pass, and his chances were wasted. Even the Valencia commentator admitted, "Atletico Madrid's defense against Soldado was very successful!"
Not only Soldado is defending, but also their core midfielder Banerga.
Banegas is the core of Valencia's offense. Although his performance has been criticized in the Argentina national team, he is still very outstanding in Valencia Club.
Atletico Madrid made special arrangements for the defense behind the center line, with the purpose of limiting Valencia's breakthrough and transmission in the middle to pass the ball to dangerous positions. Therefore, every time Banéga wants to drive the ball to press, he will be stubbornly blocked by Atletico Madrid.
After two failures, Banegas began to seek cooperation with his teammates, but Atletico Madrid's pressing was very fierce. Valencia made quick passes and made mistakes easily after making quick mistakes.
Time and again, Valencia's attack could only return without success.
When it was Atletico Madrid's turn to attack, Valencia began to engage in offside. This was the advice of head coach Emery and Valencia's helpless choice. When most players stepped forward to participate in the attack, the defense was completely insufficient, and they could only limit their opponents by creating offside.
This trick was very effective at the beginning.
Atletico Madrid did not know that Valencia was going to offside. When he saw the opponent's back line collectively pressing forward, he thought the opponent was going to launch a large-scale offensive to win the opportunity to equalize the score.
This is definitely a good opportunity to pass the ball directly, but the referee blew continuously and signaled offside.
Atletico Madrid didn't take it seriously at the beginning. It was normal to occasionally offside twice, but continuous offside was unusual.
"Valencia is trying to create an offside?"
Wan Sheng turned his head to look at the Valencia coach's seat, using offside to limit Atletico Madrid's offense to support Valencia's continuous offensive. Emery was really capable of thinking of this method.
For Valencia, who was almost in desperate situation on the field, it was almost like a magical stroke of a dead tree.
but……
Even if a dead tree survives, it requires a lot of luck to continue to survive. It requires enough sunshine and nutrient-rich soil. If one condition does not meet, the fate of the dead tree is also destined.
Wan Sheng smiled.
Atletico Madrid will not cooperate with Valencia's manufacturing conditions. Instead, it should seize the opponent's weaknesses and stomp the opponent to death, so that the opponent has no chance. It is certain that Valencia has not practiced offside in a targeted manner. Although they may be familiar with this defensive style, they still have very few opportunities to use it. After all, in the La Liga, Valencia's strength is enough to defeat most teams. Playing against three teams, Real Madrid, Barcelona or Atletico Madrid, should also stabilize the defense and seek counterattack, rather than using dangerous offside tactics to support the attack. In short, offside is a hasty adjustment made by Valencia. Perhaps it will play a role at the beginning, but after so long, they are not so adaptable and skilled, and problems will always arise next.
All Atletico Madrid needs to do is to seize the opponent's problems and find the opportunity to make a final decision.
The team will do very simple next, that is, to pass more straight passes. If there are more straight passes, Valencia will have more chances of "problems" in offside. Even if there is only one mistake in ten times, it will become a fatal problem.
As long as Atletico Madrid keeps trying, there will always be a chance.
Atletico Madrid is not in a hurry because they are leading the way, Valencia's offensive is also good, but the threat they create is not great. To break Atletico Madrid's goal, it takes not only time, but also luck.
So Wan Sheng walked to the sidelines again and shouted Morris' name. Morris looked here. Wan Sheng pushed forward with his right hand and stood horizontally with his left hand. Morris immediately nodded to show his understanding.
Wansheng's gesture means "to pass directly".
In the following game, Atletico Madrid slowly re-controlled the ball and continued to compete with Valencia as before. Valencia was also very cautious. No matter how Atletico Madrid passes the ball, their defensive focus will follow the ball.
Atletico Madrid's three forwards, Raul Garcia, Isco, and Kevin De Bruyne, also began to run forward. Their position is behind the striker and can be inserted to assist at any time, but the most critical point is Diego Costa's retreat. Diego Costa is the player at the forefront. Most of the offsides were Diego Costa. As long as he can successfully retreat, he is likely to be able to directly counter-offside.
It is difficult for Diego Costa to judge the best time to retreat. This time is in Morris' hands. As long as Morris observes the best time and sends an action signal to Diego Costa, Diego Costa will suddenly retreat and pull the position back. Valencia's defensive players will also pull out, and then other players can pass the ball forward.
This is an offensive routine that Atletico Madrid often trains.
When Diego Costa retreated, Valencia's defensive players followed, which was a very important step in the offense. This means that Valencia would lose one defensive player, and it is very likely that he would be a central defender. If the pass was successful, the players holding the ball would hardly encounter a puzzled defense. Of course, they could not follow him, otherwise Diego Costa would have no one to guard him.
Diego Costa is unmarked, which is even more terrifying than Atletico Madrid's success in a straight pass. He can rely on his own ability to kick a very threatening shot, or directly break through to form a threat, which is what Valencia wants to see.
In short, Diego Costa is very important in the entire offensive path, but in fact, Diego Costa is also a sacrificed role. As long as he retreats and does not offside, other teammates can pass the ball directly. He needs to pay attention to Morris during the entire offensive process, and he still needs to run continuously to attract the opponent's defensive attention and create opportunities for other teammates to insert. The most important thing is actually Morris' control of the offense. Therefore, Morris is the most core player of the team. He is sharing his work to his teammates step by step, but other players can't do a good job in many of the work. Even J-Rodriguez is the same. Morris can only continue to shoulder the heavy responsibility and hopes that his teammates can grow up slowly.
Chapter completed!