Some people say that football is a war without gunpowder.

  Every football game is an offensive and defetle of wits and ce.

  Teology, physique, tactics, and will are all indispensable; time, space, individual, team, intelligence, and strategy—any one of these may bee the key to winning the game.

  From aimes to the present, Gao Shen's most respected military strategists are the great leaders. Crossing the Chishui River is forever a legendary strategy.

  From many wonderful battles, in disadvantaged situations, he never fronted his oppo head-on, avoiding the oppo's strengths at home, studying the oppo's strengths and weaknesses, and waiting for the best opportunity to appear.

  Sun Tzu said i of War: Those skilled in warfare first eheir own invincibility, and then wait for the eo be vulnerable.

  In the words of the great leader, save yourself aroy the enemy.

  Gao Shen has been practig this philosophy since he began coag Real Madrid, and he did the same when fag Bara tonight.

  Uhe circumstahat Real Madrid is weaker than Bara, it would be absolutely uo choose to face them head-on, so he chose to defend, first trying to put himself in an invincible position, and then slowly waiting for the oppoo make mistakes.

  There are three more sentences after Sun Tzu's art of war: invincibility lies in oneself, but victory lies in the enemy. Therefore, those who are skilled in warfare eheir invincibility but ake the enemy vulnerable. Therefore it is said: Victory be known, but not achieved.

  It means that subjective efforts only put oneself in a position where he ot be defeated, but whether the oppo be defeated depends on the oppo's own mistakes, not what we subjectively decide.

  To sum up: Victory be predicted, but not forced.

  It was like the battle of Turin three days ago. Both Gao Shen and Capello put themselves in positions where they would not make mistakes, and the final result of the game could only be zero to zero.

  There is also aname that is also famous: the Champions League final in 2003, Juventus against A.

  But many times, not all games are like Turin, and not all managers are like Capello.

  Real Madrid may not always be able to keep itself invincible by fog on defense, because with time, physical exhaustion, aed pressure from oppos, Real Madrid will always have loopholes.

  This requires the head coach to stantly ched fill in the gaps on the sidelines, and the pyers to work together on the field.

  As for Bara, tonight they are at Camp Nou, Bara's home ground. A draw is uable for Bara.

  More importantly, before this game, Gao Shehe team from being ten points behind to only five points behind. Even if the game ended in a draw, the result would still be beneficial to Real Madrid.

  Therefao Shen cluded that Rijkaard would not hold on to the end.

  He wants to win!

  ...

  From the beginning of the sed half, Bara could only threaten Real Madrid's goal through le shots.

  First Ronaldinho, theo'o, all le shots from the outside of the penalty area.

  Real Madrid also unched a terattack; Beckham sent a long pass, and ook a long shot from the front of the penalty area but failed to pose a threat.

  The situation seemed to follow the trend of the first half, and Bara never mao break through Real Madrid's defensive position.

  Larsson began to lean toward the ter, f a real double forward with Eto'o, while the right side was handed over to Belletti's overpping runs, whied a very threatening atta the 54th minute.

  Larssourhe ball in the penalty area. Wheti stepped in and shot, Raul, who returo defend in time, blocked the penalty area.

  The captain of Real Madrid frequently returo the penalty area to defend his side tonight, and he was very brave.

  It seems that this attack also made Rijkaard realize the opportunity. In the fifty-seventh minute, he began to prepare for substitutions, and French winger Giuly came out to warm up.

  In front of the visiting team's coach, Gao Shen had been paying attention to what was happening on Rijkaard's side. When he saw Giuly e out, he secretly had some expectations in his heart.

  Bara was going to make a substitution!

  Who to repce?

  "Larsson?" Maquida guessed with a frown.

  Gao Shen thought the same at the beginning, but soon shook his head. "Larsson's sg efficy is very high, and his sense of smell in front of goal is very good. The effect he py in this situation is better thao'o. But Rijkaard won't sub out Eto'o either."

  Repg Eto'o would weaken the pressure on Real Madrid's bae, especially the two tral defenders.

  "He wants to put Giuly on the right with Belletti." When Gao Shen analyzed this, his eyes suddenly lit up.

  "Van Bommel!"

  Maqueda, Lucas, and the others were all stunned.

  Among the three Baridfielders, Ded Ia are both teical and creative. Only Van Bommel is both offensive and defensive, able to defend at the same time, and do some tiring and dirty work.

  "He's really going to repce Van Bommel?" Maqueda asked in disbelief.

  "He doesn't want us to leave Camp Nou alive!" Gao Shen chuckled.

  This move is indeed ruthless, but it also has great hidden dangers.

  The world is like this: risk and reward are alroportional.

  Rijkaard wao eat Real Madrid ie, so he subbed in Giuly, but the defense was weakened.

  Soon, the answer was revealed.

  Ih minute, Bara took the lead in making substitutions and repced Van Bommel with Giuly.

  When the fourth official on the sidelines raised the e for the substitution, Maqueda, Lucas, Bueura, and others looked at Gao Shen again, obviously with a pletely different level of respect from before.

  "You guessed it!"

  "My God, how did you guess?" Lucas was very surprised.

  Gao Shen turned his head and ughed at him, "Was it difficult?"

  That appearance was too much of a pretense, so Lucas couldn't help but want to do something about it, but he was full of admiration in his heart.

  "You let Ronaldo warm up." Gao Shen urged.

  Lucas was stunned for a moment, then immediately realized what he meant and ran to the bench.

  ...

  The movement from Real Madrid quickly attracted the attention of the home team's coag bend eveire field, and even the live TV footage was instantly switched to the away team's ben the sidelines.

  No way, the game och was too dull, not as exg as the movement on the sidelines.

  As soon as Ronaldo stepped out of the bench, there roar in the audience, followed by harsh boos throughout Camp Nou.

  "We see that Real Madrid is also pnning to make a substitution."

  "Ronaldo stepped out of the bend is about to warm up on the sidelines. It looks like he is going to e off the bench."

  "Ronaldo has never pyed since Gao Shen took charge of Real Madrid, but tonight, he will e off the bench. I don't know if he improve Real Madrid's offense."

  "Hey, we see that there is also movement on the home team's bench, and Rijkaard is preparing to make a substitution."

  "This is Thiago Motta, who also came out of the bend is preparing to warm up."

  "The two head coaches are goio-head with their substitutions."

  After Gao Shen g the movement on the home team's coag bench, the ers of his mouth slightly raised, which was not surprising at all.

  Real Madrid scouts said that Bara once arrahiago Motta to partner with Puyol in training, but it was Oleguer partnered with Puyol when the game started, which proves that Rijkaard once sidered starting Thiago Motta.

  And now it seems that this Brazilian pyer ecially prepared by Rijkaard for Ronaldo.

  Actually, this is also normal.

  Gao Shen used Ronaldo as a surprise on, and Rijkaard had to be on guard.

  So the crux of the question now is, will Ronaldo be more effective as a surprise on, or will Thiago Motta be better at taining him?

  ...

  Three mier, Ronaldo finished warming up, came to the sidelines, and walked beside Gao Shen.

  The two are about the same height, but Ronaldo is obviously fatter, and his head is bigger and rounder.

  Sometimes Gao Shen thought that if Ronaldo were thinner, he would definitely perform better than he is now.

  Of course, Ronaldo's weight loss pn had already been arranged by Gao Shen.

  He didn't say how much it could be reduced, but the state must improve.

  "I told you before that Oleguer's turning speed is too slow, which is a loophole, but now it seems that Rijkaard also knows, so he uses Thiago Motta to cover him."

  After Ronaldo got close, Gao Shen warned him carefully.

  "If Giuly hadn't repced Van Bommel, I guess Belletti might have gone, but not now. So I think it's Oleguer or Puyol, which is something we take advantage of."

  After a pause, Gao Shen added, "Thiago Motta is a midfielder. I game against Benfica, Van Bommel pyed as a tral defender, but he was very unfortable and often lost his position."

  As soon as Gao Shen finished speaking, Ronaldo immediately uood. "I'll try to pull him out and then move in ter."

  When speaking, Ronaldo made a gesture of sshing with a knife.

  Gao Shen liked talking to smart people.

  ...

  Ih minute, Real Madrid made their first substitution in the game. Ronaldo repced the captain.

  Before Raul left the field, he hahe captain's armband to Casils.

  This is the sistent strategy of Real Madrid, with the lo-serving pyer ieam serving as the captain.

  During the handover on the sidelines, both Raul and Ronaldo took the initiative to open their arms, hugged each other, and exged a few words of affirmation and encement.

  After Raul came off, he even walked up to Gao Shen, hugged him, and then sat ba the bench.

  This substitution was unicated between Gao Shen and Raul before the game, which is why Raul put in such a hard effort in this match.

  In addition, whether it was holding a birthday party for Ramos or repg Raul with Ronaldo, Gao Shen also had another iion, which was te the gap between Ronaldo and the local pyers.

  In this regard, Ronaldo had done a good job, coordinating with the team's advanced moves, and the local pyers responded positively. Even Ramos accepted Ronaldo's blessings and gifts at his birthday party.

  Now, it's up to Ronaldo to plete the task Gao Shen gave him.

  After Ronaldo came on, Real Madrid's formation also ged.

  Beckham was once again pulled back by Gao Shen to py as a midfielder, f a three-man midfield. Zidaepped forward, while Ronaldo and Negredo formed a double striker in front.

  As a result, Real Madrid's formation became a 4-3-1-2.

  After Giuly came on, Bara faintly transformed into a double-forlus double-wing attag tactic, while Real Madrid used their substitutions to further streheir defense and took a stance of holding the lio the end. At the same time, they showed Ronaldo up front as their sharp on.

  , we will see if Ronaldo break through Bara's defense.