Champion’s Heart

"...2002 was the last year that Real Madrid won the Champions League trophy. After twelve years, Real Madrid went through two galaxy battleships, spending a total of more than one billion pounds to buy the world's superstar. But since 2005 For the past six years, Real Madrid have broken the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals for six consecutive seasons, creating the bitter joke of'Sixteen Lang'. Now twelve years later, Real Madrid has finally come to the final stage, waiting for their tenth championship Trophy?"

The TV screen is playing the preview of the Champions League final, followed by Real Madrid’s highlights of the journey this season, especially when Real Madrid defeated Bayern Munich 4:0 away, Cristiano Ronaldo shook his palm back and forth The scene celebrating the goal was really highlighted.

Coupled with the various roars of the live commentary, it was really bloody.

After introducing Real Madrid, it was replaced by Dortmund.

"As the Champions League champion last season, Dortmund created a miraculous season last season. But in fact this season is even more miracle. In this season, many people are not optimistic about their performance this season. For a while, the league, the Champions League, and the defending champions seemed to be defeated... But who can think of the team that won the Bundesliga championship by the end of the season? Now they have beaten Simone’s Madrid Athletic, broke into the Champions League final for two consecutive seasons. Since the restructuring of the Champions League, no team can successfully defend the title. This has become a "magic". Then this time, Dortmund, who magically reached the Champions League final Break the'magic spell'?"

The same is the way to play Dortmund's Champions League this season.

The highlight was the first round of the semi-finals. Dortmund defeated Atletico Madrid in a home blitz.

The players of the Chinese national team all sit in the restaurant of the hotel where they are staying and watch TV while having dinner.

It was the final of Real Madrid and Dortmund in the Champions League.

The players of the Chinese national team are waiting to watch the live broadcast of the final.

They are not just to cheer for Zhou Yi and Yan Min, this is the "task" assigned by the new head coach Lippi to the team.

As a team that wants to participate in the World Cup, of course it is necessary to look at the world.

So how can you not watch the most technical football game in the world-the Champions League final?

Watching such a high-level game can also improve the tactical qualities of the players, and at the same time open their eyes to know what the top level of modern football looks like, so that many people's impressions of modern football remain for several years. The former Tiki-taka label. This year's Champions League final, no team is playing Tiki-taka football, Real Madrid is obviously not, although Dortmund has excellent pass and control ability, but their style is more changeable.

Lippi hopes that by watching the Champions League final, his players can gain more.

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While TV broadcasters are warming up the finals through various programs, players from Dortmund and Real Madrid have arrived at the final venue, Bright Stadium in Lisbon, Portugal.

At the same time, the starting lists of both parties came out.

On Real Madrid's side, Hedira replaced Alonso who missed the final because of the suspension, while Varane replaced the injured Pepe. Hedila has only played 117 minutes since November last year. Ancelotti's arrangement is very risky and must be put under pressure.

The starting goalkeeper is Casillas. Before this Champions League final, Cassie played in La Liga, the last round of La Liga, and Casillas played the second league this season. Although Mourinho has left Real Madrid, Casillas did not become a winner. After Ancelotti came to power, he was still firmly pressed on the bench. At the same time, in order to take care of the face of Real Madrid captain, Ancelotti adopted the exotic method of rotation. That is, in cups such as the Champions League and the King's Cup, Casillas is used as the starting goalkeeper, while continuing to use in the league Diego Lopez.

After Real Madrid reaches the UEFA Champions League final, if he insists on only Casillas playing the cup, then Casillas will face from April 30 to May 24, a full 24 days There is no embarrassing situation to play.

This is very bad for Casillas, who is going to play in the Champions League final, because if he does not play for a long time, his state cannot be maintained.

A goalkeeper who hasn't played in more than 20 days, what will he do in the Champions League final? It's hard to imagine.

Under such circumstances, Real Madrid finally arranged Casillas to play two league games.

One game was in the 34th round of the league on May 7.

Another game is the final round of the league, Real Madrid vs. the Spaniards.

Although he played two league games, he played these two games in twenty-four days. Casillas' game was still not enough...

No one can tell what kind of performance he can show in the final.

In addition to goalkeeper Casillas, Real Madrid's starting defender is right-back Carvajal, central defender Varane and Ramos, left-back is Cohen Trang, not Marcelo. Midfielders are Modric, Hedila, Di Maria, and Bell, Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo are on the front line.

Dortmund's starting lineup is no different than before.

Goalkeeper Weidenfeller, right-back Piscek, center-backs Humels and Papasta Sopros, left-back Schmelzer. Midfielder Sven Bender and Zhou Yi, Yan Min, and Royce, with Aubameyang and Mark on the front line.

It can be said that, in addition to players who are injured and unable to play, both teams have sent the strongest lineup they can.

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When he went out to warm up, Zhou Yi did not observe the layout of the final venue of the photosensitive stadium, nor did he look at the TIFO of the fans on both sides of the stage.

In fact, in the final battle against this opponent, Zhou Yi has simulated many times in the virtual space.

In countless simulations, he discovered a problem, but he is not sure whether it will appear in reality, so he now wants to find some clues by observing Casillas' warm-up...

Real Madrid seemed to be consciously feeding Casillas when he warmed up, asking him to look for the state.

Zhou Yi noticed that Casillas was fairly stable when he took the shot. However, when teammates began to deliberately increase the ball to Casillas, Cassie made some mistakes, although not many, but Zhou Yi received the eyes.

In fact, Casillas has always had weaknesses in catching high balls, but he made up for it with an excellent second reaction, and deliberately strengthened training in this area, so when he was at his peak, this problem was not very serious. protruding. But as he grew older, and he didn't play well in these two seasons, the state of the decline was obvious. This problem re-emphasized, and even some...fatal.

Casillas' instability in receiving a high ball stems from a defect in his personal height.

Among the world's top goalkeepers, Casillas' height of only 1.85 meters is a short board.

Compared with him, whether it is Buffon or Neuer, the height is more than one meter nine, Buffon one meter ninety-one, Neuer one meter ninety-three, both height and flexibility. Even Sun Pan has a height of 1.90 meters.

The high ball, which is the weakness of Casillas that Zhou Yi observed in the virtual game, has not been corrected very well in reality.

After seeing Casillas' performance~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Zhou Yi turned his gaze back and concentrated on his own warm-up, he had got the information he wanted.

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After finishing the warm-up and returning to the locker room, Zhou Yi directly found Klopp and told the head coach what he observed during the warm-up.

"It wasn't noticed before..." Klopp murmured after listening. "But this is helpful to us. Thank you, Zhou Yi."

"You're welcome, the coach is within your power."

"But few players pay attention to these details."

Zhou Yi scratched his head. He couldn't tell the head coach that he noticed that Casillas always made mistakes on the same problem again and again in virtual games. Did he notice this?

It seems that the long-term failure to regularly and steadily play the game has a far greater impact on Casillas than most people think...

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