The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 780 An epoch-making signing
There is a phenomenon that can explain Florentino's status and influence in the current Real Madrid.

That is, in the Real Madrid presidential election on June [-] this year, he had no rivals and was re-elected without any suspense. This is not only because, in the eyes of Real Madrid fans, it is difficult for anyone to do better Lorentino was even better, also because he once again fought a series of public relations battles.

For example, in the six months before the general election, he has always associated the team with Tottenham Hotspur's top star Cavani, which makes all Real Madrid fans look forward to it. When Cristiano Ronaldo, Cavani How amazing is the frontcourt trident composed of Johnny and Gareth Bell?

At the same time, the club's financial department also revealed that in the past year, Real Madrid's total financial revenue will set an astonishing record, exceeding 2000 million euros, reaching 1 million euros, an increase of 3 from the previous season. %.

Although the team's growth rate lags behind that of Tottenham Hotspur, becoming the first wealthy team to exceed [-] million has indeed made Real Madrid fans happy for a while. At the same time, the team also announced that The broadcast contract will be negotiated, and the price they offer is [-] million euros a year.

In this series of events, Florentino's reputation has once again been pushed to the top, so there is no doubt about his re-election.

But after being re-elected, the voices of Real Madrid fans asking Florentino to fulfill his promise are also getting louder. At the same time, the pressure from sponsors is not small. According to media reports, the Spanish media giant Pioneer Media has made a request to Real Madrid. If superstar Cavani is introduced, they can make appropriate concessions in broadcast rights negotiations.

In addition, several other sponsors also said that the negotiation of the new contract will depend on the strength of Real Madrid's signings this summer. It is even revealed that the number one sponsor, Emirates Airlines, is willing to pay more for the introduction of Cavani to Real Madrid. The reason is that Cavani's Tottenham Hotspur sponsor is Emirates' rival Qatar Airways.

Regarding the inside story of the external media, no one knows whether it is true or not, but in June, the external media frequently reported that the negotiations between Real Madrid and Tottenham Hotspur on the transfer of Cavani accelerated, and the transfer fee To make substantial concessions on the Internet, the specific transfer amount must exceed [-] million euros, which will create a new sky-high price in football.

Cavani is coming to Real Madrid, there is no doubt about it, because Tottenham Hotspur can't compete with Real Madrid in terms of wages, and Cavani has won everything at Tottenham Hotspur. Joining Real Madrid is more about getting rid of the shadow of teammates such as Messi and Ribery and being alone.

Therefore, the biggest gap between the two sides is the issue of transfer value. According to sources, Tottenham Hotspur received a transfer offer from Real Madrid as early as half a year ago, and as early as the summer of 2012, Cavani was already Real Madrid. Madrid's key signing target, but Tottenham Hotspur have always refused to negotiate.

In the following six months, Real Madrid continued to increase their quotations until they exceeded [-] million euros, which would completely exceed the transfer fee value created by Cristiano Ronaldo, but Peter Kenyon said in an interview that A half-joking tone threw out a transfer fee of [-] million euros, which almost scared off Real Madrid.

But after Tottenham Hotspur reached the final and defeated Bayern Munich with a devastating offensive, Real Madrid took the initiative to restart negotiations. Florentino is eager to introduce a Cavani, the top superstar and the core player of the new Champions League champion, is undoubtedly the most suitable candidate.

More importantly, Real Madrid is very clear that Cavani wants to leave, but the price cannot be negotiated.

So after the two sides resumed negotiations, especially after Florentino was re-elected, the pace of negotiations was significantly accelerated.

On July [-]th, just one month before Florentino was re-elected, the Spanish newspaper Marca and AS announced that Real Madrid and Tottenham Hotspur had reached an agreement, and the two sides had already negotiated for Cavani to join Real Madrid. All the details, including the contract with the sponsor, and even the payment method and time, were finalized one by one.

Soon, the next day, Real Madrid's official website also officially pushed the news that the team's introduction of Uruguayan center Cavani from Tottenham Hotspur has been completed, and Cavani will also arrive before the team's new season training. Madrid received a medical examination and participated in the joining ceremony, but the specific transfer amount was not disclosed.

Many newspapers and media analysts believe that there is no need to argue about the transfer fee exceeding Cristiano Ronaldo. After all, Cavani's performance in the past few seasons is obvious to all, and his huge tactical value also makes him an important player. Celotti's first choice, this is a rare one, the number one goal that both the head coach and the chairman are looking for.

Real Madrid chairman Florentino was questioned by all the reporters on the spot when he participated in a club event on the afternoon of the official announcement of Cavani's joining, and he also specially accepted a joint interview with many reporters.

"I would like to emphasize that Cavani is a professional player, he has proved this at Tottenham Hotspur, I believe that when he arrives at the Bernabeu, the dressing room will give him a welcome, Without any unstable factors, Ancelotti must be able to coordinate the relationship between players very well."

"The club's technical officials and many, many people told me that Cavani is a high-level player with Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. They are the best and most outstanding superstars on the planet, and we are. One of the best clubs on the planet."

"It is the head coach's decision to let Cavani join, but it is also the club's decision. As the chairman, I think more about the new stimulation and improvement that the player can bring to the team's business development after joining. As for I believe no one will doubt his level of competition, and these are the areas considered by the head coach."

Florentino also expressed his gratitude to Tottenham Hotspur.

"This is a great signing of an era. I believe that the arrival of Cavani will bring a new look to Real Madrid. He is a superstar at the same level as Cristiano Ronaldo. After complex and intense negotiations , we finally completed the signing and thank you Tottenham Hotspur for giving Real Madrid the best player in the world."

However, Florentino remained silent on how much Cavani’s transfer fee was, saying that the team had a confidentiality agreement with Tottenham Hotspur and would not announce Cavani’s transfer fee to the public. , but he promised to all Real Madrid members and fans that Real Madrid can complete this acquisition independently without the support of banks and other institutions.

As if to confirm this point, Real Madrid announced the introduction of Isco from Malaga at a high price of 3000 million euros on the second day after the announcement of the introduction of Cavani. Former Real Madrid superstar Zidane went to Malaga in person, Convince Isco to join the Bernabéu.

Cavani, Isco, Illarramendi, Real Madrid caused a huge storm in the transfer market.

When Real Madrid announced the continuous introduction of heavyweight stars, especially midfielders, Tottenham Hotspur was also strengthening the team's midfield, and successively introduced Lewandowski, Stroman and After Mitrovic, Tottenham Hotspur announced the exchange of Sandro plus 500 million euros in cash for Southampton midfielder Nemanja Matic.

Nemanja Matic has been the cornerstone of Southampton's midfield for the past season, and his midfield with Nick Powell and Schneiderlin is seen as Southampton's outstanding performance last season pillar, and this season Tottenham Hotspur announced the renewal of Nick Powell, Coutinho and Lucas Moura in Southampton.

At the same time, Southampton relied on the team's better ranking in the Premier League last season to further strengthen the team's signings, and successively introduced Immobile, Nkuru, Lovren and Sandro. , I still have some money left, and it is said that I have taken a fancy to Wanyama, the beast waist of the Celtics.

Southampton's head coach Adrian Se is ambitious and said that he will strive to get a better league ranking in the new season.

After defeating Chelsea and introducing Matic, Tottenham Hotspur spent more than 5000 million euros this summer. This is also Tottenham Hotspur's most expensive signing season in the past five or six years.

With the joining of Lewandowski, Stroman and Matic, Tottenham Hotspur will also undergo a series of changes in the new season, especially the midfielder, which will obviously become tougher and consider Now that there are stars like Ramsey, Pogba, Phil Jones, Eriksson, Vidal and Pirlo, Tottenham Hotspur's midfield thickness is the highest in the world.

With so many good players, how to coordinate the appearance of the players has also become a problem that Ye Qiu and the coaching staff need to consider, but more importantly, how will the team's tactics for the new season unfold?

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When many people mention modern football tactics, they always think of many things, such as ball control, but in fact, modern football tactics are becoming clearer and clearer, that is one word, fast!

In fact, from the past few decades to the present, the style of football has been constantly changing and evolving, but in the final analysis, there is one word, fast!

The speed here refers to the overall speed, the speed of collaboration, and the speed of interaction.

Now some Premier League teams are pursuing the Continental style and ball possession system, but they don’t pay attention to coordination. Often the central defender takes the ball, and other surrounding players don’t run to meet it, and then the full backs or midfielders see that no one is going. After receiving, they will pull back, or run to meet, once they have the ball and see that no one is responding, they will pass back.

The result is that you have possession of the ball, but the rhythm is slow to a mess.

Therefore, it is very clear that the current football is run out, it is a football with fast fluidity and team interaction. In this case, overemphasizing the sense of position is actually a behavior that restricts mobility. An old-school way of thinking that doesn't keep up with the development trend of modern football.

Ye Qiu is not saying that the sense of position is not important, but that the so-called sense of position should not be pursued too much.

You know, everything on the football field never exists alone, they must complement and interact with each other.

It's like a sense of position. What is a sense of position?Who can tell why?

In the words of some media people and fans, the sense of position is to appear where you should appear.

It seems that many people say that Makelele's sense of position is against the sky, and there is an exclusive Makelele area. From this point of view, the sense of position in their eyes is their garrison area in the entire tactical formation, which is a fixed position , such as in front of the defense line.

Well, if a midfielder who is behind the defense rushes forward away from the defense line, and blocks the opponent's line of the ball in advance, and completes an interception, is this considered a good prediction?Or is it a good sense of location?Or is it better to have both?

But if he didn't steal the ball this time, and the opponent took advantage of the vacuum area left by his upper grab and directly hit the defense line, then it was because his timing of the upper grab was wrong, poor prediction, or a sense of position Difference?
Looking at this issue from another angle, when the defensive midfielder decided not to go up to the tackle, he was actually in trouble, because the defense line formed by his teammates in front of him was broken, and he went up to the tackle. , You must lose your position, but you still have a chance to resolve it. If you don’t go up and grab your position, it’s useless. The opponent will bypass your position to attack your defense.

So on the surface, it seems to be the problem of this defensive midfielder whether he can get up or not, but in fact, it is not him, but his teammates in front of him that is really the decisive factor.

Usually the head coach has two ways to solve these problems, keep the frontcourt, introduce a defensive midfielder with better attack and anticipation ability, and block the ball route in time when the opponent breaks through the heavy frontcourt, even if it can’t To resolve, it is also necessary to force the opponent to slow down the attack speed and provide time for the frontcourt players to return to defense.

The second is to introduce a midfielder with excellent defensive ability and defensive awareness to protect the area in front of the midfielder.

Mourinho wants to introduce Matic, in fact, he wants to take the previous route!
And if you look at the definition of positional sense in some people's eyes, is Matic's positional sense good?
In other words, what Mourinho wants is really a defensive midfielder like Makelele with an excellent sense of position?

The answer is no, because modern football, especially football in the new century, emphasizes mobility and change.

When all ten players on the field except the goalkeeper are running and constantly changing their positions, the definition of position sense should also change. It should be more about players coordinating their connection with their surrounding teammates and maintaining An ability to distance yourself from teammates.

If the distance is too close, the connection is too close, and each other interferes with the other, which will cause internal friction; if the distance is too far, the connection is too sparse, and there will be a gap in the middle, which is easy to be used by the other party, so you need to keep observing and making judgments , especially in a game, the opponent is also constantly changing the running position and passing route, which is affecting and interfering with your judgment.

Not only defense, but also offense. Teammates' possession and running of the ball, teammate's intention to play the ball, the team's offensive direction and strategy, all of these must be clear, because only if you know everything clearly, you can know How to respond to your teammates, how to respond to teammates' shots.

Ye Qiu felt that this was like driving a car.

Anyone who has driven a car, especially a small car, must be very clear that when you are sitting in the cab, you can't see the front, rear, left, and right sides of the vehicle at all. When you look at the front of the car, you feel that you are about to hit the front beam, but In fact, the distance is still far away. When you are turning a corner, it feels as if you are going to scratch the side. In fact, when you get out of the car, there is still a little distance.

Many novices will admire those old drivers who know how to choose the road when driving and can always drive the car very smoothly. When asked why, the old drivers always say that you must have a sense of position and know your four wheels anytime, anywhere Know where your car is.

This is the sense of place!

The so-called sense of position is not only your current position, but also your next position. This requires you to have a clear enough judgment on the situation, and you have enough ability to predict the next development. Even going one step further, you have to be clear about your own characteristics and abilities, as well as the situation of the team.

Just like when you drive a car, you must at least know what kind of car you are driving, how wide it is, how long it is, what kind of road you are taking, how wide it is, etc., because these are the most basic.

In fact, since Ye Qiu sold Cesc Fabregas, David Silva and Yaya Toure, he has been pursuing the transformation of the midfield. He started to speed up the team again, so he played in the midfield. A group of players with both offensive and defensive skills gathered on the field.

If you analyze the three lines of Tottenham Hotspur, when attacking, the frontcourt takes the ball, the midfielder and the two full-backs plug in, Pirlo and the central defender are responsible for delaying the response, and serving as the point of departure, while defending Sometimes, the frontcourt is responsible for pressing and delaying, the midfield is more about interception and oppression, and the backcourt is responsible for defending.

At the moment of transition from offense to defense, the midfielder does not control the ball too much, but emphasizes on taking the ball quickly, transferring the ball to the frontcourt as quickly as possible, and then using the cooperation of the frontcourt players to launch the attack. If the attack fails, the midfielder's back-up and the full-back's catching up immediately form the second and third waves of offensive echelons, especially Ramsey and Vidal, who are very good at using the defensive vacuum created by the frontcourt with the ball. .

That's why Ye Qiu said that Lewandowski is very important, more important than Cavani, because he can hold the ball in front.

But this kind of tactic also has certain risks, that is, once the midfielder gets in and cannot come back when the ball is lost, it is often easy to cause the opponent's offense to directly face Tottenham's defense. Therefore, Ye Qiu There are two players in the midfield, Ramsey and Vidal, and their movement and coverage are quite good.

But looking at it the other way around, if there is a player who can well cover this large area in front of the defense and provide enough stable protection for the midfielders, why bother to play Ramsey and Vidal at the same time?

With the extra quota, can another offensive player be added?

(End of this chapter)