920 Silent Communication

There was an accident in the opening two minutes.

After a minute or two, the game restarted.

After Kaka came on the field, he passed on Gao Bo's tactical arrangements to the players.

You don't need to say anything else, as long as you stand in your position, the players know how to play!

When the game resumes.

Manchester City took the initiative to slow down the tempo.

This is because Kaka is in a hurry, and they still need time for Kaka to adapt to the environment as soon as possible.

On the other hand, after such twists and turns, Manchester City's strategy of grabbing the start is stillborn, and now they have to pamper themselves in control of the ball and wait for Real Madrid to show their flaws.

The game is back on a trajectory that conforms to the "logic of the Champions League final".

This kind of rhythm is actually the norm in the finals.

After all, the phrase "no nameless game in the final" is not nonsense.

Most teams will be more cautious in the final, and that's natural.

For most of the finals, it is impossible to be intense and exciting, which is the inevitability of utilitarian football.

Now it's Manchester City who are in possession.

Instead of rushing to move the ball up front, they poured their feet at the back, in order to attract Real Madrid's players to come up and press, tear the opposition formation apart, and make the most of the width of the pitch.

However, Real Madrid was not fooled.

Up front, the three strikers, including Cristiano Ronaldo, only symbolically harassed City's defence, and when City showed signs of passing the ball across the half, they immediately took it back.

"Zidane is really difficult to deal with!"

Gao Bo smashed it on the sidelines, smashed it in the mouth.

In the history of the time and space he traveled, Zinedine Zidane was the manager who led Real Madrid to three consecutive Champions League titles.

Although people often criticize Zidane, Real Madrid seems to be completely unaware of Zidane's own influence and tactical transformation.

His Real Madrid's tactical system is still inherited from the system created by Mourinho in Real Madrid, and Zidane is Xiao Gui Cao Cheng, basically without making any major changes.

However, in terms of combat effectiveness, Real Madrid seems to be much stronger than in the Mourinho era.

It's understandable that one of Mourinho's weaknesses is his ability to manage the dressing room.

This is not to say that Mourinho is not strong enough, of course, but his character, his demands, completely mismatch the dressing room of Real Madrid's Hollywood.

Mourinho demanded that he be the only star in the whole team, and that he was the only voice in the whole team, and that the whole team should be highly unified.

Such a request, in a dressing room environment as complex as Real Madrid, is obviously so out of place.

In a word, Mourinho can't make all Real Madrid players obedient, and he can't make every Real Madrid player dare not question him.

But Zidane is different.

When it comes to the degree of big names in the player era, even the star-studded Real Madrid now, there are few players who can compare to Zidane's big names.

Moreover, Zidane is still a famous Real Madrid legend, and speaking of which, he is still the childhood idol of many current Real Madrid players.

This is Zidane's greatest strength.

What he said, in the Real Madrid dressing room, is bigger and more effective!

Therefore, although there is no change in tactics, Real Madrid's combat effectiveness has skyrocketed.

After all, Real Madrid's strength on paper is definitely one of the best, and the strength of the united Real Madrid is enough to make any team in the world scareless.

And it is such a star-studded team that has chosen an extremely conservative strategy when facing Manchester City.

Real Madrid's set of tactics is correct, which also just explains Zidane's choice now.

Between attack and defense, Zidane opted for the latter.

Gao Bo frowned.

Real Madrid's choice means that it will not be easy for Manchester City to score goals, and Manchester City must be vigilant at all times and must not be impatient.

Because, Real Madrid's counter-attacking strength is stronger than any opponent Manchester City has encountered in the Premier League or even in the Champions League!

Cristiano Ronaldo is undoubtedly the best player on the planet.

His individual qualities could be a fatal blow to City at any moment.

Bale's speed is also extremely impressive, and the Welshman's famous work is to pass the ball to himself three seconds later, and the impact speed of striding forward with the ball forward is terrifying.

Therefore, Manchester City must not be able to give Real Madrid a chance to counter-attack.

At this level, even one chance can be fatal if an opponent catches it.

Of course, this situation is also in Gao Bo's consideration.

Real Madrid can play beautifully, of course, but they can also take back and defend when they need to be conservative.

Zidane did not feel that he could not tolerate an "ugly" defensive counterattack just because the team he coached was Real Madrid.

On the sidelines, Zidane stood on the edge of the pitch, his hands on his chest, his eyes moving in the direction of the ball, and he seemed very focused.

It can also be seen from his expression that Zidane is jealous of the Manchester City team.

Before Manchester City's rush attack, Zida was a little nervous, and Hazard's injury disrupted Manchester City's rush momentum, which also made Zidane a little relieved.

However, the opposite team is Manchester City, and Zidane knows very well that even if Hazard is replaced, Manchester City may launch a new round of onslaught at any time.

Therefore, regardless of Manchester City, Real Madrid's strategy of first defending solidly and then attacking is the safest.

In the Champions League final, it's always right to be conservative.

Of course, Real Madrid's conservatism does not mean that they are staying in their own half and waiting for Manchester City to attack.

Once Real Madrid feel that Manchester City have advanced to their psychological safety line, they will press forward.

This is exactly the tactic that Zidane formulated for Manchester City, to a certain extent, pressing forward and pressing the steady counterattack, which not only protected his own goal, but did not completely give up the initiative on the battlefield.

In fact, once Manchester City advanced to the center circle, Real Madrid's pressing was still very ferocious, which was purposeful, Zidane knew that blind defense would definitely not work, and this slightly aggressive pressing was with offensive concealment, if it could cut off Manchester City's ball in the front court, and then launch a counterattack directly, it would be better.

......

Manchester City slowed down and didn't seem to be in a hurry to attack.

Zidane looked at Gao Bo not far away, and then touched his head.

In a sense, Manchester City also looks conservative now.

Although they control the ball, they don't attack directly and don't want to give it back to Real Madrid easily.

There is nothing wrong with Gao Bo's choice.

In such a game, the two sides are close in strength, and the competition between each other is often not who is more capable of attacking, but who makes fewer mistakes.

Only if you don't make mistakes can it be a contest of offensive ability and efficiency.

"Both sides are more cautious, whether it is Gao Bo or Zidane, they are very jealous of each other."

"Although we are mentally prepared for the current situation, we are still looking forward to a big battle where Mars collides with the Earth!"

'Eden Hazard's injury was a turning point, as City simply gave up on the opening attack and switched to a more conservative back-of-the-field pass. Real Madrid, on the other hand, simply pressed at half-time, and the pace of the game between the two sides has now dropped to a very slow level. However, both teams are eyeing each other at the same time, like a beast ready to pounce on their prey, and as soon as the prey shows its weakness and loses concentration, they will immediately pounce on it!! ”

The commentators have expressed their opinions on the nearly 10 minutes since the start of the game.

Neither side has any intention of pressing on it aggressively.

So far, there have only been two shots on goal from both sides, and of course, both of them belong to Manchester City.

One was Eden Hazard's shot that hit the target and was saved by Casillas.

The other time was when Kaka came on and tried a long-range shot from a corner that went wide of the goal.

Real Madrid, on the other hand, have not attempted to shoot on goal so far.

"Judging from the current situation between the two sides, the game has not scored for 120 minutes, and it will not be a surprise, and it seems that we can hopefully expect a penalty shoot-out......," one commentator complained.

With five minutes to go, and with 14 minutes played, United finally had their first shot on goal when their star Cristiano Ronaldo finally couldn't hold back and fired a long-range shot from the edge of the box that went over the crossbar and didn't pose a threat to City's goal.

And back in the day, City also had a third shot on goal.

It was a set-piece opportunity.

David Silva didn't rush to pass the ball and find a combination after dribbling the ball in frontcourt, but took a step with the ball and found a foul from Marcelo.

City were awarded a direct free-kick from the right side of the pitch.

David Silva's free-kick flew into the box and centre-back Vincent Kompany flicked his header just wide of the right-hand post.

Real Madrid fans broke out in a cold sweat.

Zidane was immediately alert!

David Silva was clearly looking for a foul just now!

What does Manchester City want to do?

Creating a free-kick up front?

If David Silva had brought in the ball a little bit more, it would have been a good position to shoot.

Antoine Griezmann's free-kick footwork can definitely create a great threat in this position!

Zidane looked at Griezmann and felt more and more that his guess was likely to be true.

Gao Bo's first move is likely to be a free kick.

Settle the situation, look for fouls and take advantage of set-pieces to score the first goal.

Was this City's starting tactic?

Zidane looked at Gao Bo, who was sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai not far away, and rubbed his hands a little nervously.

Regardless of whether this is a tactic arranged by Gao Bo or not, but Manchester City's set is indeed difficult to defend.

Their players are very dexterous and have very good technique at their feet.

It's not easy to get the ball from their feet.

In this way, Real Madrid's players can easily foul and give Manchester City a set-piece opportunity on the edge of the penalty area.

Whether it's a direct free-kick or not, it's not always a good thing to give too many free-kicks up front.

But can Zidane say that his players try not to foul as much as possible?

Of course it's not going to work, on the field you have to do your best.

If you want to keep playing, unless you are against a weak team in some leagues, otherwise, once Manchester City realizes that you are afraid of fouls, then with the strength of the other party, Real Madrid will definitely suffer at this point.

Zinedine Zidane watched from the sidelines for a few minutes, only to find that City had created no other chances other than this one.

Is it because you are thinking too much?

Manchester City's strategy for this game is to keep it to the end?

Zidane was a little confused.

.....

Gao Bo naturally can't be conservative to the end.

It's just that he's watching for a good time to attack.

If his opponent today is Chelsea in the first phase of the year, or a team with a tepid style of play like Juventus, Gao Bo will not hesitate to give up his current style of play.

Because, now this style of play, in fact, is to be patient with Real Madrid.

Gao Bo sat in his seat, his eyes on the court.

He's watching, watching how much patience the Real Madrid players can have.

He doesn't think Real Madrid is a team that can defend with confidence.

It's not in the DNA of this team.

Even Jose Mourinho can't turn Real Madrid into his Chelsea or Inter Milan.

Therefore, Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid, even if they play fluent and fast counter-attacks, but when they don't have the ball, they will press very aggressively, try to get the ball back, and then use a few quick passes to pass the ball to the danger area to complete the shot.

Sixteenth minute of the game.

Gao Bo's eyes suddenly lit up.

He saw Real Madrid's number one star Cristiano Ronaldo in action.

Ronaldo pressed through the half, and at the same time beckoned Benzema and Bale to press forward together!

Although only three strikers pressed out, the midfielders did not follow.

However, this seems to have revealed some kind of signal.

Kompany passed the ball back to the goalkeeper and looked to the sidelines.

Gao Bo pressed down with one hand, and no one noticed his move, but Kompany saw it.

The head coach of the team and the captain of the team completed a silent exchange.

Kompany immediately returned to the edge of the box and beckoned for the ball.

Oblak passed the ball to him, and Kompany passed the ball to Casemiro in midfield before Ronaldo came up, and Casemiro pushed it straight towards the goalkeeper and passed it to the goalkeeper.

Manchester City's pass at the back made it impossible for Real Madrid, who had only three players to grab the ball.

After a few times of teasing, Ronaldo got a little angry.

He patted his thigh with some anger, and then turned around and motioned for Huang Man's midfielder to press up as well!

After all, Manchester City's passes just now seem to be really a bit big, as long as Real Madrid has more people, they can easily grab the ball!

Sure enough, when Real Madrid's midfield also overwhelmed the half!

The light in front of Gao Bo's eyes was even worse.

He left his seat and stood on the sidelines.

With his hands on his chest, he stood like this.

He didn't say anything, but his players knew what to do.