[Yesterday's review: Chelsea will be in charge, the Italian Cup is normal, and the British Championship is blacked].
Although Middlesbrough scored first in the first half yesterday, but injured two, Chelsea escaped a penalty and did not award, but the subsequent shot and Pochettilo's substitution were even worse, 4 absolute chances, including two shots in the small penalty area, Pocellotti substitutions The weaker the offensive momentum on the field, this game can be said to be the same as the Boxing Day defeat to Wolves.
The Italian Cup dragged on to the penalty shootout to win in line with my judgment, the British Championship was abandoned later, and everyone's fighting spirit and attitude in this cup were a little difficult to grasp, such as Derby County gave up directly.
In the second Madrid derby of the season, Simeone worked set-pieces and headers before the game, can the same method work twice in a row?
January 10th
Spanish Super Cup semifinals
[Real Madrid-Atletico Madrid].
1.Referee: Not a big problem].
Rojas, as the best referee in La Liga this season, although he officiated the first Madrid derby of the season, his characteristic is that the scale is more encouraging confrontation, in fact, he is a more fair candidate.
*Referee Iglesias officiated the match between the two teams without much controversy.
2.Real Madrid: Defending headers and crosses is a big problem
In addition to a couple of serious injuries, Kroos, Mendy, Tchouameni and Vinicius, who have missed the Copa del Rey squad, are all in the Super Cup squad, and it is worth noting that Vinicius has also missed the first derby of the season, and the Brazilian striker will be a significant variable.
At the same time, Ancelotti also brought Tobias, Carrillo, Nicopas, and Mario Martin 4 B team youngsters who played in the Copa del Rey.
The only absentee was Vázquez, but in the first derby of the season, it was his side that was blown off by Atletico Madrid, forming three crosses that resulted in three headers from Alvaro Morata and Antoine Griezmann, so it had little impact.
The line-up nodes are left-back, centre-back and two veterans.
Real Madrid's poor header defense is actually related to the team's defensive position, the central defenders are all in front and back, and in addition to Rudy, the best player in the defense is Tchouameni, which is also the reason why I compare him with Nacho in the front possible start.
And Real Madrid's midfield this season has always been a diamond or a four-man two-by-two position, which is too easy for opponents to play crosses on the wing.
3.Atletico Madrid: Free up the ball spot, cross header has an advantage].
Atletico Madrid's last round of the Copa del Rey Simeone originally wanted to rotate the lineup, but because the game process was not very smooth, most of the main players played for at least 1 hour, this game Atletico Madrid's starting decision is Savic and Azpilicueta who will play the right central defender, Witsel may Simeone really want to push to the midfield, and Girona in the game Atletico Madrid's ball was pressed too hard by the opponent.
From this position, you can clearly see that after Atletico Madrid made a cross from the wing, there were many header points in the middle, especially Morata in the top five leagues after Sevilla's En-Nesyri on the Africa Cup of Nations.
4.Conclusion: Each plays to its strengths].
The conversion of the ball between the two teams, Real Madrid regained the ball more on the left side in the non-defensive round, and very little on their right side, while Atletico Madrid was under pressure at the back, it should be noted that although we have made Atletico Madrid's important tactical means of crosses and headers in this game, the number of crosses and headers in the past against Real Madrid is more, but the efficiency in this regard is not as good as Atletico Madrid.
A map of the positions of the two teams was drawn, and since both teams were able to play red zones on their left flank, Griezmann and Bellingham were the key defenders of both sides, as well as the tactical anchors of the front, so it was Alvaro Morata, Vinicius or Rodrygo who really decided the game.
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The game between the two sides can take up to 120 minutes, or even a penalty shootout, to settle the game.