And in the third game of Real Madrid In the Club World Cup … Xabi Alonso decided to take refuge in the Drawing that so many joys gave him in Germany. “We want to play modern football. This means: High intensity with and without ball, active instead of liabilities, and a strong mentality“He confessed the day of his presentation on a plan that begins to take shape. With only eight workouts in Miami, the Spanish coach self -founded that already They had been able to work enough a drawing that seems to be given a lot of use to send your players to the ring against Salzburg.
1-3-5-2. Three centrals (Tchoauméni is in the middle), Two open lanes (Fran Trent), Two pivots (Arda and Valverde) accompanied by a midfielder and two strikers (Bellingham, Vinicius and Gonzalo). An approach to the grass of the Lincoln Financial Field that allows Madrid to enjoy more possession of the ball to achieve the pause that is looking so much. “We have to seek to add passes and not always want to go to attack because sometimes it is better to have possession and open holes”he explained.
The new Defense of three Real Madrid centrals.
The idea Xabi wants to implement is a good different: steal and take care of the ball. There lies the basic principle of Xabi Alonso's libretto: More ball circulation and not sin in the direct game. A drawing that makes the team more compact in attack and defense … where mute 1-5-2-3 to close ranks. A change that has been possible for the hours of viewing with their players, where they have been able to go adjusting the movements and space to be covered so that everything makes sense. “We visually use it a lot. Now that they are at the hotel they don't escape us. It is a dynamic that we want for the whole season“.
Thus, in this approach they acquire a supreme importance the sides, which make lanes. But their influence is not only in how they got up, but also How they held the team without ballpositioning both next to the centrals for Confirm that line of five if the ball circulated on the central lane or even far from its presence And, vary to four defenses when I was in a band. “The team's work, starting from Vini and Gonzalo, help us stay up and not sink. The team's work will be reflected, it is a matter of time“Fran García explained at the break.
