Chapter 23 He's back!

"Real Madrid's tactics tonight are quite interesting."

When the game reached the tenth minute, seeing Real Madrid once again blocked Atletico's attack, Honorary President Di Stefano spoke softly, with even some appreciation in his tone.

This surprised Florentino, Tapias and others who were sitting nearby.

Instead, Butragueno, Valdano and others nodded in unison, while Carlo in the distance showed a thoughtful look, which made people wonder, what was going on?

"It feels a bit like Valencia back then." Valdano said with a smile.

"Yes, it's a bit like Liverpool now." Butragueno also spoke up.

Whether a player has good skills or not, a professional can roughly tell the difference after watching for a few minutes.

It's like Real Madrid tonight, whether they have the real talent or not. From the opening till now, Real Madrid has not had a single attack and has been defending all the time. However, Real Madrid's defense is obviously different from the previous one with many mistakes and loopholes, and it seems very methodical.

When watching a game, many fans think that mistakes must be due to tactical problems, but this is not necessarily the case.

Mistakes on the court are sometimes tactical issues and sometimes issues with player execution.

Just like Real Madrid tonight, the players' execution obviously had problems, the most obvious being the lack of tacit cooperation. The players were not in good shape at the beginning of the game, which led to them being forced into a difficult situation by Atletico Madrid right from the start and were in a very embarrassing situation.

But gradually, they stabilized themselves and the structure began to emerge.

After watching for a few more minutes, Valdano nodded with certainty: "Sure enough, it is the double defensive midfielder set by Benítez. Gravesen and De La Red are playing the role of Albelda and Baraja. Zidane is like Aimar."

After all, he is a famous coach and Valdano has an excellent eye.

It was at this moment that everyone truly believed that Gao Shen did not learn anything from Carlo.

Because Carlo himself doesn't know how to play this style of play.

Real Madrid also tried the 4-2-3-1 formation with two defensive midfielders, but there were many problems. If Carlo knew how to use this style of play, he would have used it long ago, and they would not have suffered a humiliating defeat like Zaragoza in the King's Cup.

You know, Benítez's style of play is most famous for its stability.

"This kid is quite interesting." Di Stefano praised with a smile.

He likes to watch the youth team's games, so he likes Parejo and even praises Parejo as the best youth training in Real Madrid's history. Di Stefano also has a good impression of Gao Shen, who promoted Parejo to the first team.

Of course, a good impression does not mean that Di Stefano agrees with Gao Shen coaching Real Madrid.

This is ridiculous!

But now, seeing the changes that Gao Shen has brought to Real Madrid, he doesn't mind giving his praise.

"Is this style of play really that powerful?" Manuel Redondo helped his leader ask a question that many confused people were concerned about.

Valdano finally came to his senses and patiently explained: "It cannot be simply said that it is powerful or not powerful, but the key point of this style of play is to balance offense and defense, especially the improvement of defense is obvious. Its concept is zone defense."

"To put it simply, Atletico's 4-4-2 is three lines, while our 4-2-3-1 is four lines. If you pay attention to the positions of Torres and Kežman, have you noticed? Every time they get the ball, they are always in front of Woodgate, with Elguera behind Woodgate."

"If Atletico Madrid adopts positional warfare to advance, Torres and Kezman will get the ball even deeper, and even face Gravesen and De La Red. These two double defensive midfielders are very important for the protection of the defense. Just now, Lucien was knocked to the ground by De La Red. Otherwise, he would have faced the defense directly."

It sounds impressive, but the scene was still a bit chaotic. Real Madrid's defense still had many problems, giving people a feeling that they might concede a goal at any time.

Manuel Redondo once again asked everyone's question.

This time it was Butragueno who answered.

"It's normal. Tactics need players to execute them, and players will make mistakes. Even the best tactics may lead to goals or even failure due to players' mistakes. That's why Benítez said that if he had eleven robots, he could win all the games."

"From the beginning of the game, our defense is indeed very good. Several mistakes that caused dangerous situations were caused by players, not tactics. This proves that Gao Shen's tactical style is effective and has significantly improved defense."

Di Stefano hummed and added: "Most of the starting lineup are young players who are playing for the first time. It is not easy for them to play like this at the beginning. Even Woodgate and Gravesen have played very few games this season or are injured, so it is normal that they have not been able to get into the state yet."

"The next step is to see how the players perform. If the players gradually get into the game and show their tactical strength, the defense will gradually become more stable. If the players make mistakes and the opponent scores a goal, the result will be hard to predict."

The outcome is unpredictable, and this is the most interesting part of a football match.

Florentino, Tapias and others are not professional football players, but they all tasted something from the words of Di Stefano and others, that is, this young boy Gao Shen actually has some skills.

Could it be that Martin really valued his ability and chose him as the head coach?

But soon, everyone stopped thinking so, because Martin's roar came from next door. He was obviously very dissatisfied with the current situation of the game and felt that Real Madrid did not play the offensive football he wanted.

Looking at Martin's performance, if this Chinese boy fails to beat Atletico Madrid tonight, he will probably end up in a miserable situation.

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No one knew what was going on in the box in the stands, but everyone saw that Atletico Madrid coach Murcia, who had been calm and confident of winning, became a little anxious in front of the visiting team's coaching booth.

Even when he walked to the sidelines to direct the game, he was too excited and went out of the sidelines of the command area. He was warned by the fourth official on the sidelines and forced to return to the command area.

On the Real Madrid side, Gao Shen seemed very calm except for shouting a few times from time to time.

This creates a sharp contrast.

At first, when Real Madrid fans saw that they were passive and unable to launch effective attacks, while Atletico Madrid took the initiative and played well, they booed and were very dissatisfied with the situation on the field.

This is at the Bernabeu, how could they play so badly?

But gradually, especially after fifteen minutes, when Real Madrid's defense gradually stabilized and Atletico Madrid began to find it difficult to create dangerous situations inside and outside Real Madrid's penalty area, everyone began to realize that Real Madrid had stabilized.

On the field, every Real Madrid player was running actively, even Zidane, who was obviously playing much more actively than before.

The defense gradually became stable from the chaos at the beginning, and some order also emerged.

After 20 minutes, it was difficult for Atletico Madrid to attack the front of Real Madrid's penalty area, which made many fans feel relieved because the defense began to stabilize.

After the defense was stabilized, Real Madrid began to patiently wait for the opportunity to attack.

In the 24th minute, Real Madrid got the first shot of the game, a long shot from Beckham 20 meters away, but unfortunately the ball was not controlled and went directly into the stands.

Just three minutes later, Raul made a wonderful pass into the penalty area from the left flank. Negredo blocked the Atletico central defender with his body and knocked the ball back. Zidane followed up and shot directly, but the ball slipped slightly out of the goal.

Zidane clapped his hands in anger, obviously very dissatisfied with the shot.

But everyone can see that Real Madrid is gradually starting to gain momentum.

After Atletico Madrid returned to La Liga, they implemented a defensive counterattack tactic. They have always been one of the best defensive teams in La Liga, but offense is a big problem for them.

In tonight's derby, they have been determined to defeat Real Madrid at the Bernabeu since before the game, which led to their active tactics, strong players' desire to attack, and gradually pressing forward in the overall formation.

When the game reached the 31st minute, Torres tried to break through Woodgate with the ball, but the ball was kicked away by the England center back.

After Gravesen grabbed the ball, he turned around and sent a long pass accurately to the frontcourt.

Negredo judged the landing point, blocked Perea with his body, and headed the ball back to the midfield to Zidane.

The French midfielder stopped the ball elegantly and then passed it to Beckham on the right.

Beckham caught the ball, looked up ahead, bent his right foot and made his signature crossing gesture, then sent a precise diagonal pass from the right, directly behind center back Pablo Ibanez.

Real Madrid captain Raul quickly made an offside move and, before anyone else, kicked Beckham's cross in front of him.

The strength of the superstar was reflected at this moment. Raul stopped the ball exquisitely and placed it in front of himself without any error. He then quickly rushed forward and made a light lob shot before the goalkeeper Franco could attack.

The ball passed over Franco's head and slowly fell towards the goal behind him.

Raul continued to charge forward, turned around and rushed out of the court, kissed his left ring finger hard, and cheered and roared excitedly.

This is his sixth La Liga goal this season!

He hasn't scored a goal in almost five months!

Raul was so excited that he rushed to the stands and shouted wildly.

He has never been a player who relies on strength, confrontation, running or defense to win. He relies on his agility, his wit, and his skillful footwork.

He, the golden boy Raul, is back!

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On the sidelines, after seeing Raul score a goal with a lob, Gao Shen excitedly rushed out of the coaching area, clenched his fists, cheered and shouted loudly, and roared non-stop.

He is so excited!

Raul's goal proved that his tactics tonight worked!

This proves that his idea is right and that he can do it!

"Oh my god, is this true?"

When Gao Shen turned around, Lucas was standing behind him with an incredible expression on his face, "Gao, did we really score a goal?"

"We scored a goal!" Gao Shen said loudly, "One to zero, we are temporarily leading!"

Wow!!!

Lucas cheered immediately, rushed towards Gao Shen and hugged him tightly.

"Great! We scored! We scored!!!"

The Real Madrid coaching bench also celebrated.

Scoring goals has never been a difficult task for Real Madrid. In fact, it has long been something they are accustomed to.

But tonight's goal was clearly different.