Simeone is crazy Atletico Madrid is crazy Damn, they're all crazy With one goal behind, Simeone made a crazy substitution decision and replaced the left back Felipe who should have been responsible for conceding the ball with Dutch midfielder Krasi.
This time, Atletico Madrid switched to a three-back tactic, but accumulated a large number of players in the midfield.
More importantly, the Sheets Army changed their passive situation since the start of the game, pressed forward aggressively, and launched a crazy counterattack against Southampton, aiming to score Southampton's goal in the shortest possible time.
To bring Atletico Madrid out to play, this is indeed one of Southampton's tactical intentions in this game.
The reason is simple.
The most powerful thing about the Sheets is the unbreakable defense.
As long as Atletico Madrid is brought out to play, their defense will no longer be strong.
That is definitely a good opportunity for Southampton, who is good at attacking, isn't it?
In fact, Atletico Madrid pressed up, and pressed like crazy, pressing the whole game.
But does Southampton have a chance?
The answer is, no No one thought that Atletico Madrid, which was attacking like crazy, could create such a big threat.
Even Southampton was forced to retreat.
Who would have thought that after seventy or eighty minutes of hard work, this army of bedsheets would still be able to unleash such amazing fighting power?
Southampton also quickly made the third and last substitution adjustment of the game.
Bielsa replaced Ibrahimovic with Matic to strengthen the team's midfield defense.
"The entire Stadium of Light fans are applauding Ibrahimovic, and even many Atletico Madrid fans are applauding him.
The Swedish center's performance in this game is indeed quite good."
"The goal just now was entirely the result of his personal efforts.
If Southampton finally defeats Atletico Madrid with a goal, then Ibrahimovic will definitely be the Saints' biggest contributor tonight."
"Belsa brought on Matic, which is not surprising.
After conceding the ball, Atletico Madrid counterattacked very fiercely, and specifically seized the gap between Southampton's midfield and defense, relying only on Toni Kroos, obviously is not enough” "Now that Matic is on board, we should strengthen the defense in the midfield, especially at the front of the defense."
Atletico Madrid's Koke, Isco and Tevez almost always roam between Southampton's defense and midfield.
As long as the Sheets Legion passes the ball to this area and to their feet, they can create a certain threat.
There were two counterattacks just now, one was Varane's calm tackle in the penalty area at a critical moment, and the other was Neuer's position at a critical moment to save the ball, both of which were very dangerous. .
Therefore, Bielsa arranged for Matic to come up at this time, also intending to fill the gap between the two lines.
"Well done, Zlatan"
After seeing Ibrahimovic hugging Matic, Bielsa immediately came over to hug him as he walked off the field.
"Go and rest first, and leave the rest to us."
Ibrahimovic took the sports drink handed over by the staff and gasped for air.
The reason why he was replaced was because he really couldn't run anymore.
The team is very passive now.
Atletico Madrid is counterattacking wildly and Southampton is retreating across the board.
A center who cannot run is of little use on the court, so it is not surprising that he was replaced.
Besides, he scored a goal "I'm watching from the sidelines," Ibrahimovic muttered to himself as he stood there motionless, staring intently at the court.
"I want to watch the team win the championship with my own eyes."
Not only him, many players on the bench have also left their seats and walked to the sidelines.
The game has entered eighty minutes and is coming to an end.
If Atletico Madrid fails to score, the game will end with a score of 1-0.
So, these last ten minutes are crucial "I didn't expect that even a player like Isco would be trained by Simeone at Atletico Madrid to be so good at running and defending."
Luis Borini really admires Simeone.
The key is not just to be able to run, but more importantly, Simeone maintains the spirituality that Isco had when he played.
Bielsa couldn't help but nod, "The player himself is also very smart.
He has been adjusting since Southampton, aware of his shortcomings, and working hard to make up for it and improve his competitiveness in the team.
This is a player Very smart player” Some players are aware of their shortcomings and will work hard to correct them and make up for them.
But what about some players?
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He has no motivation to discover his own shortcomings.
Even when the coach points them out to him, he has no intention to improve or make up for them.
The team's overall tactics must adapt to his characteristics.
There is no doubt that Isco belongs to the former category.
This is what Simeone values most about him.
"Actually, Simeone has made a lot of adjustments and even compromises in the team's overall tactics in order to inspire Isco.
His tactical position at Atletico Madrid is a bit similar to the core of the midfield.
Once the offense is In a deadlock, Isco is a weapon to break the dense defense."
Because Atletico Madrid's overall defense is excellent from front to back, especially the front is full of fighter players like Diego Costa, Tevez and Griezmann, so behind them, Isco can get More tactical freedom.
What Isco is best at is undoubtedly that when the team's trident suppresses the opponent's defense in the penalty area, he lurks at the front of the penalty area, using his excellent foot skills and spiritual final touches.
By passing the ball, you can maximize your threat.
Atletico Madrid's two threatening attacks just now were launched from Isco's feet.
Therefore, Bielsa chose to replace Ibrahimovic and replace Matic.
Once Matic came on, coupled with Toni Kroos and James Rodriguez who actively retreated, Southampton's front line of defense was protected and the situation was temporarily stabilized.
This also made Bielsa and others on the sidelines breath a little relieved.
The replacement of Matic was timely.
If he hesitated a little more and delayed the time, Atletico Madrid might have scored.
This is fine now.
As long as the defense can hold on, Atletico Madrid should have a headache.
Simeone really has a headache He found that his team missed the best chance to equalize the score.
If the team had been able to seize both opportunities after conceding the ball just now, let alone equalizing, it would have been reversed.
But Southampton is Southampton after all.
At critical moments, the players' personal abilities play a role.
First it was Varane's individual defense, and then Neuer's key save.
Atletico Madrid was just a little bit away from scoring.
Well, the old guy Bielsa also reacted quickly.
Now that he has stabilized his position, Atletico Madrid's chance is gone.
To say that in today's European football, there are only three teams with the strongest midfield strength.
Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Southampton.
As for the old strong team Barcelona, with the aging of Xavi and Iniesta, they have long lost their courage.
But all three teams have some problems.
Real Madrid's front three have too much freedom, especially Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale.
The Portuguese has unlimited firing rights, so the midfielder must wipe their butts.
If the midfielder can strengthen its control and control the overall situation at this time, Real Madrid's overall level will reach a higher level, but Florentino introduced Vidal.
Even if Ancelotti trained Di Maria, Real Madrid's overall control is still very weak.
If you have weak control, you will have poor decision-making power in the game.
If you encounter a team with weak control, you will be abused in all kinds of ways.
But if you encounter a team with strong control, you will easily be led away by the nose.
Of course, looking at European football, there are only a handful of teams that can lead Real Madrid.
But Real Madrid's midfielder is also quite good at attacking from behind, making personal breakthroughs, organizing and making long passes.
This is why almost everyone is calling on Real Madrid to introduce Modric and Toni Kroos.
The former strengthens midfield control, and the latter takes over from Xavi Alonso.
This will take Real Madrid's midfield to another level.
Bayern Munich's midfield is also very interesting.
The combination of Bastian Schweinsteiger, Thiago and Lahm is well organized, has reasonable distribution of ball rights, has good control, and has the ability to break through and attack from behind.
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All good.
But it seems very comprehensive, but in fact it is not top-notch.
This also has a certain relationship with the player's own strength and characteristics.
Bastian Schweinsteiger, for example, has an unsatisfactory turnover rate as a core midfielder, so he has been criticized this season.
In many cases, Guardiola would rather use Lahm than him. .
Therefore, many times, Bayern Munich's midfield is very comprehensive and can keep the team running smoothly, but it does not pose much of a threat.
It is more about supporting the offense of Ribery and Robben in the frontcourt.
This is also the reason why Bayern Munich intends to recall Toni Kroos.
The latter can provide Bayern Munich with the most stable organization and scheduling, as well as excellent offensive routine design, and his precise long passes are also what Bayern Munich currently needs very much.
Just imagine, Franck Ribery and Robben are flying together on both wings, Toni Kroos is behind and makes precise diagonal long passes to both wings.
Isn’t that picture so beautiful that you can’t bear to look at it?
Southampton's midfield has the strongest control, especially after letting Vidal go this season, the rise of James Rodriguez and Pogba, coupled with the combination of double midfielders Toni Kroos and Modric, The midfield control is overwhelming.
Organizational ability, passing dispatch, leading offensive direction Southampton can do almost everything the midfielder can do, and they are all quite good.
To put it bluntly, Southampton is the strongest midfield team in football today.
That’s why we were able to punch Real Madrid, kick Bayern Munich, and reach the Champions League final.
But there are also weaknesses That is, with Vidal moving to Real Madrid, the offense from behind is relatively weak, and the midfield breakthrough ability is relatively lacking.
The two young players James Rodriguez and Pogba have indeed grown very quickly and are quite outstanding, but the characteristics of the players make it difficult for them to make up for the weaknesses and deficiencies in the midfield level.
But Southampton's frontcourt is quite good, especially Ibrahimovic, who is so intimidating in the frontcourt, plus Hazard, Suarez, Sanchez, Ravel Morrison and Sturridge Such players make Southampton's entire midfield and frontcourt strong enough to cover up the weaknesses of the midfield to the greatest extent.
But if Ibrahimovic really wants to leave the team this season, then the problem that will follow is that the suppression ability of the frontcourt will become weaker, and the problems in the midfield are likely to be exposed.
What will be done then?
In addition, Modric and Toni Kroos have been poached by many wealthy clubs, how does Southampton work?
Thinking about others and then looking at himself, Simeone suddenly felt that his team's midfielder was reasonable.
The three-midfield combination of Isco, Illarramendi and Koke has great potential.
What's more, they are still young Even if they lose this game tonight, Atletico Madrid will gain the future Thinking of this, Simone felt much better.
Because he firmly believes that one day he will make a comeback again He must lead this sheet army to sweep across Europe and aspire to be the top of Europe You all just wait for me: