Chapter 169: Copycat Control

"At the start of the game, Arsenal immediately launched an attack. Aubameyang broke through along the wing. They did not give Real Madrid any buffer time. At the Bernabeu Stadium, the Gunners still played very strongly!"

Aubameyang's sudden attack caught Real Madrid off guard.

But they reacted instantly, retreated quickly, and surrounded Aubameyang.

Aubameyang did not pass the ball immediately, which was the opportunity he missed. When he raised his head, he was surrounded by Real Madrid players.

Facing the double-teaming in front and behind, Aubameyang still wanted to break through, but there was no room for breakthrough.

The ball was kicked out by Marcelo and flew to Arsenal's half.

In Arsenal's half, Lekai also quickly came to the landing point of the ball. Arsenal did not think that the first attack would work.

When Lekai ran to the landing point, Ronaldo arrived a little slower.

Lekai took the lead in stopping the ball, and Ronaldo was waiting for an opportunity to steal the ball on the left side, but suddenly Lekai took a step forward and used his chest to unload the ball to the right, and his whole body deflected to the right, isolating Ronaldo from the contact with the ball.

Seeing this, Ronaldo immediately stepped forward and pushed Lekai with his body.

Most people would not be able to withstand Ronaldo's push, but before Ronaldo pushed him, Lekai took a small step and prepared to be impacted. For this reason, he slid forward with Ronaldo's strength.

Although his upper body was knocked forward, his lower body was as stable as a mountain, and his center of gravity was not affected.

At the same time, Lekai also successfully opened the distance and ensured the safety of the ball.

"Beautiful stop!"

In the private room, Enrique couldn't help but exclaimed.

Lekai's stop was full of details.

If he stopped the ball standing still, it is likely that Ronaldo would interfere with him at the moment of stopping, resulting in the inability to control the ball.

In this case, Lekai's choice is indeed to take a step forward, use his chest to relieve the force in advance, and turn the ball to the other side of Ronaldo. Finally, he borrowed the force of Ronaldo's collision to pull away and control the ball steadily.

As the head coach of the Spanish team, Enrique attaches the most importance to the ball possession, and his requirement for the back waist is that he must never lose the ball.

Other positions are fine, but the midfield must ensure the ownership of the ball.

For this reason, for Spain, losing the ball in the midfield is a huge problem.

Lippi looked at Erling with his legs crossed and a cigar between his fingers. Although he didn't speak, the smile at the corner of his mouth also showed his recognition of Lekai's stop.

This kind of detail can only be seen in the top league.

In this level of competition, any small mistake and irregularity of technology will lead to a loss of the ball.

And Lekai's handling is in place and very stable.

"It's still Arsenal's attack time, but Real Madrid has begun to move!"

Enrique said as he watched Real Madrid's lineup clearly begin to press forward.

Lippi: "Arsenal is not afraid of midfield confrontation."

Enrique: "But what if the forwards are controlled?"

Hearing this, the situation on the field suddenly changed.

Arsenal's three forwards were all tightly pressed, and Arsenal could not find a chance to move forward.

Real Madrid's 4-1-2-1-2 formation is very changeable.

Not only can it be changed to 4-3-3, but it can also be instantly changed to 4-4-2. Even if necessary, due to the presence of the back midfielder, Kovacic can be said to retreat directly to the back line to form a five-back position.

It can be said that the defense is airtight.

After watching forward for a moment, Le Kai directly chose to pass back, wanting to pull Real Madrid's players out.

This is also the only way in this situation.

And Real Madrid players really started to act.

However, they have increased their defense of the central axis a lot, but have relaxed their defense on both sides.

"Want us to attack from the wing?"

Le Kai muttered to himself.

He didn't know what Real Madrid was thinking, so he didn't rush to pass forward.

Real Madrid also had patience in their defense.

However, Ronaldo, Benzema and Asensio's rampage in the frontcourt had a significant impact on Arsenal's passing.

Crazy scramble throughout the game!

Somewhat similar to Liverpool's style of play, but not completely the same.

Zidane's own understanding was added here.

For this reason, Arsenal cannot apply all of Liverpool's tactics, but the essence remains the same, and the meaning of pressing is to counterattack.

So, the ball cannot be lost in dangerous areas.

"Handle the ball quickly! Don't dawdle!"

Lekai quickly issued an order, and under Lekai's order, Arsenal's passing rhythm was significantly accelerated, almost all of which were one-foot passes, which actually had some Barcelona passing control.

Of course, this is also a copycat.

More of it comes from the foundation of Wenger's period.

"One-foot pass, Arsenal handled it very well, the passing rhythm was fast, and it also made it not so easy for Real Madrid to press in the frontcourt."

"But how long can they last?"

Lippi and Enrique are both deadly coaches, and they look at the problem directly to the core.

They also saw that Arsenal was playing a copycat pass and control in order to create pressure in the closing stages.

But again, the core of pass and control is to pass the ball forward, break through the defense, and create goals.

Meaningless passes will only make the situation worse.

As everyone watched patiently.

Arsenal's lateral passing rhythm in the midfield became faster, and Lekai became the core of the entire passing.

The ball kept starting from Lekai's feet, coming back, and passing out again.

After a while, Real Madrid's pressing rhythm also increased rapidly.

Unknowingly, Lekai's position actually stepped into the opponent's half.

"Oh?"

Lippi raised his eyebrows.

This position is not a defensive position.

Sure enough, when Yin Wobi passed the ball back to Lekai.

Lekai turned his head sideways and looked at Aubameyang.

This action was very sudden, but all the Real Madrid players saw it, so their subconscious center of gravity shifted to the left.

At this moment, Lekai suddenly met the ball and passed it to the position between Real Madrid's right-back Vasquez and central defender Varane.

At the same time, Yin Wobi, who was originally retreating, pulled back and forth, and immediately began to move forward diagonally, instantly passing Vasquez and rushing towards the ball.

"Oh no!"

Vasquez realized it later, and he turned around and ran wildly to catch up.

At the same time, Varane on the other side also rushed towards the ball quickly.

Just when Yin Wobi was about to touch the ball, Varane made a fierce tackle and was the first to destroy the ball out of the baseline.

Arsenal's second attack was also resolved.

"Beautiful! Lekai's feint to the east and attack to the west, just glanced at Aubameyang on the left, he deceived Real Madrid's attention to the left, and then passed the ball to the empty space on the right!"

Zhan Jun exclaimed.

Lekai's pass was still so unexpected.

Based on Lekai's attack, Arsenal got the first corner kick opportunity in the half.

"Come up! Fight for the header!"

Lekai called his teammates to retreat to fight for the header.

At the same time, he looked in the direction of Ramos. He thought Ramos would come to defend him, but found that Ramos was close to Giroud.

No one defended him?

The next second, Lekai felt his shoulder hit. He turned his head and found that Ronaldo was standing parallel to him.

Ronaldo actually retreated from the front court to defend himself.

Ronaldo's ability to head the ball is very strong, which also means that his ability to clear the ball is also the same.

Faced with Arsenal's diverse corner kick tactics, Real Madrid obviously did not dare to relax.

For this reason, Ronaldo was also called back from the front court.

Lekai did not dare to underestimate it.

He looked at Aubameyang who was about to take a corner kick.

Aubameyang raised his hand to indicate that this was a front point.

The Arsenal players received the information.

Beep!

At the moment the corner kick was taken, the Arsenal players rushed forward frantically.

Lekai wanted to rush forward at the first time, but was blocked by Ronaldo and Varane.

And Vazquez was already standing at the front point and used the arch of his foot to push the ball out.

"Retreat! Defend!"

Lekai shouted immediately.

The ball flew high and fell in the direction of Benzema.

Benzema was about to stop the ball and turn around, but suddenly he felt dizzy and fell to the ground instantly.

Beep beep beep!

The sharp whistle sounded again.

The referee rushed to Benzema's position and gave a yellow card to Kante who was getting up.

Kante, who was always honest, suddenly made a fierce sliding tackle at this moment.

He used a tactical foul to resolve a counterattack opportunity of Real Madrid.

Lekai was also relieved. He patted Kante on the shoulder and continued to retreat.