After saying that in the Champions League knockout match, Messi and C Ronaldo faced each other again, and the result was that because of UEFA's "oolong", the love was shallow. If you want to
Standing in front of the other side again, you must cross the current opponent.
In the face of former sworn enemies, will Messi find his best self at the Bernabeu? This round of dialogue may also determine Mbappe's future: will you join if you can't fight? Or "say break up after dawn"?
01. Mbappe's submission? He was the key gentleman for the first goal of the Paris icebreaker
A. Paris Attack Plan A: Mbappe runs back
Under the current offensive logic of Paris Saint-Germain, Mbappe is the key to the team's first goal, and even the key to maintaining the acceleration system of counter-attack.
Especially considering that Neymar is now very unstable in shooting, he is more of a cover and interspersed role in the game. Messi doesn't have a special system of scoring at the current pace, and almost all of the goals come from his efforts to keep up with Mbappe on the counter-attack, and then released his first-ever shot.
If the lead can be successfully obtained, the subsequent matches will also be more conducive to the play of Paris. If the team falls behind, it is really not easy for this Paris team to reverse it.
The most desirable result for Paris is that after the team successfully defended the backcourt, Mbappe took the lead in counter-attacking with a single knife or quasi-single knife.
The French have such an ability, but they also need their opponents to give such an environment. However, in terms of the characteristics of the Real Madrid defensive line, their backcourt speed is very fast, and it is not easy for Mbappe to run a single knife directly.
After all, when an opponent consciously places a full-back to protect him, it is often the best way to limit Mbappe. Guardiola's use of Walker is sure that Ancelotti will copy a beautiful assignment.
The key problem is that Mbappe's superiority is more about speed. If the full-back gets stuck in the inside and has the centre-back behind him, the chances of him succeeding are low.
Messi as a forward, timely follow-up to Mbappe's arrival rate is not high, if Mbappe is stuck in the wing by the opponent, Paris's attack will be more than half a fire.
b. Position warfare cannot be without Neymar: he is a combination of no-ball movement and ball-catching
Mbappe brought a counter-attack advantage, but what he could do in position warfare was still too limited. At present, if Paris is caught in a position war, Neymar is still an indispensable presence.
Mbappe's playing habit is that positional battles must be unconsciously moving to the flanks, whether it is running on the flanks or crosses, which is the result he wants.
Therefore, the core player in the middle of the road must have the determination to drive the overall formation speed and resolutely attack the penalty area. Neymar's own shots are indeed unreliable now, but they still have a good standard in terms of retracing and taking the ball around, starting with the overall formation and key passes to the core area.
This time it was Mbappe who assisted Wijnaldum in scoring Red Bull Leipzig, but Neymar was the real attacking nucleus.
Paris has reached the Champions League finals and the top four in the past two seasons, and the team is not far from the Champions League title, Neymar was able to score a key goal in the games after the semi-finals. It is a pity that Neymar does not lack vitality and ability to break the game, but he has missed opportunities many times, which is also the reason why Paris is always a bad breath.
Perhaps Paris is thinking about it, so it bought Messi this summer, hoping to have one more scoring point for the team in the key champions league battle.
After the arrival of Messi, Neymar reduced the frequency of touching the ball, still maintaining the running and rhythm of retreat and reverse insertion, and completing more no-ball cover work.
Neymar is the unsung hero when scoring against Manchester City. He inserted the ball from left-back Mendes without a ball, missed the ball to messi in the empty position, and then ran directly into the box to leave a space corridor for Messi.
Finally, Neymar's cover in the middle gave Mbappe a good opportunity to eat a cake in the back point and successfully sent the ball into the bottom of the Manchester City net.
From the Champions League group stage statistics, Neymar runs from the same distance as his full-back every 90 minutes, 25% higher than mbappe and Messi.
02. How to get Messi to score real Madrid again? Paris must have improved in passing
a. Paris teammates' habit of passing Messi: really not very out of tune
If messi, 34, increases the running distance and increases the proportion of sprints, these sacrifices are still within the reasonable range of tactical arrangements.
Then the work of Paris coach Pochettino should still give Messi more support in the details. This season, although he scored 5 goals in the Champions League, 2 penalties and 3 counter-attacks scored, more of the result of Messi's consumption of more physical output, from beginning to end did not enter the shooting rhythm he was good at.
(Compared to last season's Champions League at Barca and this season's Champions League in Paris, Messi will have a lot less ball))
In this wave of attacks, after Mbappe started, Di Maria ran on the right back point, it seemed that Wijnaldum could get the space to receive messi after inserting himself, the key problem was that Di Maria's back-and-forth power was too small, resulting in Messi having to meet the ball with his right foot.
Because of this lack of detail, Messi could not play the arc top shot he was best at the first time. If Di Maria's cross had been slightly more powerful and the arc a little bigger, Messi would not have had to make more secondary adjustments.
Of course, between the electric light and flint, it is understandable that the passing accuracy is not so high. So in Barca, once Messi needs a second adjustment, he can't shoot at the first time, and there will be Alba on the left side to follow up at high speed, but Paris does not have such a supporting tactic.
So messi came to Paris, the proportion of shots blocked was much higher, which is not accidental, and has a lot to do with the team's tactics and passing habits.
Many people say that Messi seems to have been unlucky since he came to Paris. But is it really because of luck? When Mbappe's magic reached Messi's right foot, the cake was really not so tasty.
At that time, mbappe if the passing strength and line were smaller, Messi could fully take the ball and play the precision advantage of his continuous touch, adjusting to the left foot shot.
As a result, the Frenchman directly let Messi come to the small penalty area to receive the ball, and finally had to shoot with his right foot, but unfortunately rubbed off the goalpost.
b. Real Madrid's defensive line: characteristically limited Mbappe and Messi
Real Madrid's current centre-back combination is Militan and Alaba, both of whom are fast and flexible types. Stylistically, Messi and Mbappe are more restrained.
In particular, if Messi wants to break through the defense in the middle, I am afraid it is not easy. If Real Madrid has targeted full-backs to limit Mbappe, it is likely to make Paris attack dumb.
Real Madrid back Casemiro is very good at chasing back and approaching the centre-back, which will further compress Messi's attacking space.
The defender's defensive action is larger, and if the referee's blowing scale is more relaxed, it will be very unfavorable for Paris.
03. The Paris line can hold Vinicius: but it is difficult to limit Benzema
a. The Paris line is not afraid of Vinicius
Paris' defensive line is actually very strong, and they have a good confrontation efficiency when defending one-on-one at the feet. Vinicius, real Madrid's current hottest, may not be able to take advantage.
In the Champions League group stage against Manchester City, with 3-11 shots on goal in the first half, Paris were at an absolute disadvantage. However, 5 of City's 11 shots were blocked, and the Paris backline was waiting for the front line to take the lead.
The problem is that Paris is routinely a seven-man retreat, and Neymar is not a full-back even if he comes back, but more to find opportunities to counterattack and advance.
If Paris let Mbappe become a full-back retreat, it will lose the strength of the counterattack and the threat of attack.
Therefore, Vinicius's breakthrough through Paris is not afraid, but if Vinicius plays a wide range of shifts to find the back point in the counterattack, it may also take advantage of the blind spot of the Paris defense.
b. Benzema may kill Paris
The Paris defence is most afraid of this type of Benzema: strength and speed. Because the Paris backcourt was mostly light cavalry, even if the center-back used Ramos, it was not against the center.
Benzema's range of activity can be in a way just right to hit the soft underbelly of Paris.
His goal in the Madrid derby is a prime example. Vinicius' cross was not so difficult, and Benzema did not give the top center-back a chance at the first point, taking the ball and inserting it again.
In the same way, it can almost be copied on the Paris line. How to limit Benzema will be the work that Paris manager Pochettino must do well.
Conclusion:
There are no unknown people on the road to the Champions League, and it is only a matter of morning and night to encounter strong enemies. Whether it is Paris or Real Madrid, there is no need to bemoan the impact of the change in the draw. If you want to win the championship, you have to beat all the opponents.
This time it was Mbappe's submission? Or when Messi was back at the top? Perhaps Mbappe and Vinicius are ready to prove to Ramos that Real Madrid are now more united and stronger.