Un “Kick and run” He has served all his life to sum up the maximum in the world of football. If you suffer, you take the ball away from you… And if you can’t make a game , you throw hot potatoes at the opponent. Simple to explain and easy to implement in practice, but the work that Real Madrid’s Toni Kroos wasn’t used to it. With his death, part of the legacy he left Johan Cruyff It makes more sense. “Playing football is very simple , but playing simple football is the most difficult thing in the world”, Summarized the former Dutch.
As things stand, the first problems in New Madrid appear at the first change. Men Ancelotti, Who eventually switched to the simplicity of football, They suffer excessively with high competitor pressure. “Imanol has asked us to squeeze upstairs because they find it difficult to get out . In some cases we have to try to jump by“, Admit Sergio Gomes At half-time. The high and coordinated pressure of Real Sociedad Madrid completely sank and the doubts ended up becoming pelotazos.
In search of a free player
To avoid the marks or to find the free space to be able to leave with the ball play. These are some pointers for any coach so that getting out of the balln makes sense. The speed with which you move also seems to be the key to causing the opponent to always be late for defensive action. With Valverde exercise the axis function, The search for those spaces remained in the hands of Arda Glier and Modrich. The movements of the first three are also important. One team stretches, Another one to be dropped for a surprise And the last one freely tries to make the decision to find the key to what the team needs.
Ancelotti: “maybe we didn’t deserve to win!
“Every game I’m better. In every match I understand better what the team, teammates and coach need.”, As Mbappe explains his progress in the White team. Because he’s on a March Cross We should also add access to the eleventh of the franc, which we still have to continue analyzing to find out its movements. And while Madrid was still looking for his game, the problem of not finding a free player ended with the condemnation of the team when the ball came out. “It wasn’t good. They pressed well in the opposite field and we could not always find the free player.”, Carlo admits.
“We understood that the match would be difficult and in the end we won. We suffered a little because we played against a good team. We have to keep winning more games to get to where we want to get“, I had just finished summing up Frank crack. In striving to create new mechanisms for getting off the ball, white players should have the necessary calmness and know how to make the right decision to break the opponent’s pressure. Mobility is important , but it is also important to know how to read what the opponent is proposing and counteract with different movements. Jumps in pressure are risky if they are not timed… So the faster the ball is printed, the easier it is to catch the opponent without protection.
