Italian football has always struggled with deploying wide pyers.

  On one hand, this is because Italian teams pce great importan defense, leaving very little spa the wings. Oher hand, it's a long-standing tradition in Serie A.

  There's a saying in Italy that no matter how well you py on the wings, you still have to return to the ter to score.

  As a result, i years, most of the promi pyers from Italian football have beeral pyers.

  Particurly, the number 9 and a half, represented by Roberto Baggio, led this trend.

  However, this doesn't mean that Italian teams don't use wingers, but their wingers focus more on running, cooperating, and defending.

  Camoranesi is a typical Italian winger. He is adept at both attag and defending, has boundless energy, is active in running, very versatile, and possesses high tactical execution. Whatever task the coach assigns him, he plete it.

  But such wingers are no longer petitive in the Premier League, La Liga, or even the Bundesliga.

  Times have ged!

  Juventus boasts a very strong lineup. Take their midfield, for example. From left tht, there's Nedved, Emerson, Vieira, and Camoranesi. It's the most luxurious and powerful midfield figuration.

  Even Gao Shen thought at first ghat this was incredible. Who could match this?

  But upon careful sideration, it's not difficult to see that this lineup, while seemingly powerful and all-enpassing, is actually quite mediocre.

  Camoranesi, Emerson, and Vieira are all versatile, but eveandout Nedved is known more for his toughness and tenacity rather than his footwork and creativity.

  So, the question arises: what does a midfield formed by these four pyers look like?

  The simplest question is, if the oppo's formation is tight and their pyers are well-anized, who break through in a one-ouation to dismahe oppo's defense?

  The answer is obvious: no one.

  When fag a tight defense, Juventus usually relies on twies: tinually pressing forward, f the oppo into mistakes, much like a battering ram that repeatedly strikes but 't breach the city's gates. In other words, it depends orength of the oppo's defense.

  The other option is to go directly to the ter forwards, Trezeguet and Ibrahimovic.

  But everyone knows that Trezeguet 't hold the ball, Ibrahimovic is th, and Juventus' long pass strategy is very ineffit.

  The midfield cks creativity and the ability to ect effectively. The two ter forwards don't have a rge range of movement and their ability to drop bad link up is weak, making Juventus' offense appear strong but actually quite meical and inflexible.

  ...

  This ih analysis was collected from the tactical library, whicludes opinions from many tactis such as Wenger, Lippi, Ai, and Mani on this season's Juventus team.

  But Gao She just look at others' opinions. After repeated researd verification, and after thhly uanding it, he fully transforms it into his own.

  Now, he's expining his uanding while chatting with Zidane and Beckham.

  The two superstars across from him were taken aback for a moment because they were so surprised.

  Could a twenty-five-year-old rookie who just started coag really express susights?

  After Gao Shen's destru, they both felt that Juventus didn't seem so scary.

  Not scary at all!

  As long as Real Madrid maintains a tight formation and doesn't make defensive mistakes, why be afraid of them?

  After digesting what Gao Shen had just said, Zidane suddenly thought of a sed question.

  "Did you mention tactics just now?"

  Gao Shen nodded, "As I said with Camoranesi, times have ged."

  Nowadays, the popur formations in the Premier League and La Liga are 4-3-3 and 4-2-3-1, but the three strong teams in Serie A, Juventus, A, and Inter Min, are currently pying 4-4-2. Ai hasn't yet implemented his famous Christmas tree formation and, under pressure from Berlusi, is using two forwards.

  Then es the problem.

  pared to 4-4-2, what are the advantages of 4-3-3 and 4-2-3-1 as we usually uand them?

  The answer is the midfield.

  In fact, 4-4-2 is a formation that's very unsuitable for trolling the midfield. It's more suited to long passes and rushing, which is an English style formation that quickly hits the front line.

  But everyone knows that the efficy of long-pass rushing is very low. I years, the maiactical trend in European football is to trol the midfield and pce superior forces there. Whether attag or defending, it offers an advantage.

  This cept reached areme in Bara's ter dream team.

  Ai will lead A to win the Champions League season, relying on the 4-3-2-1 Christmas tree. Seedorf and Kaka are essentially midfielders, plus Ambrosini, Pirlo, and Gattuso, achieving effective midfield trol.

  In Serie A, Roma does this best. Capello adopted the 3-6-1 formation at Roma, using six midfielders, but at Juventus, especially after Vieira joihis season, he had to use four midfielders.

  It's like Real Madrid's superstar strategy: who be left out?

  Vieira is there, and there's another Emerson ieam. Who spare the two world-css midfielders?

  Plus Nedved and Camoranesi, how the lineup be arranged?

  Who will win in the front line?

  Is it Trezeguet, who has the most sg ability? Or will it be Ibrahimovic, who is the most capable in singles?

  Juventus' problem is actually the same as Real Madrid's superstar strategy.

  This is what Gao She earlier: the stro often have the weakest points.

  ...

  After listening to Gao Shen's remarks, Zidane and Beckham looked at each other, uo hide the sho their eyes.

  This is the first time they've been so close to analyzing an oppo with Gao Shen, which is very different from previous tactical meetings.

  In the past, they always thought it was the collective effort of the coag staff.

  But now it seems Gao Shen really has something of his own.

  Zidane sighed heavily and said with a smile, "After hearing what you said, I suddenly found that Juventus isn't scary at all. I go bad have a good sleep."

  Gao Shen smiled, feeling somewhat satisfied. After all, getting Zidane's approval wasn't easy.

  "However, if you follow your line of thinking and aim to keep the away game level, you'll probably get scolded even more after the game," Beckham ughed.

  Gao Shely led the team to five secutive victories, but he was also heavily criticized.

  However, he is quite blunt and hasn't softeoward the media. So far, he hasn't even attended a post-game press ference, causing Maqueda to suffer the criticism.

  Why?

  The media veheir grievances of not being able to see Gao Shen and scold him in person on Maqueda, the press ference spokesperson.

  "Let them scold." Gao Shen was nont, "We only have this much strength now. If we don't py like this, how else we py?"

  Zidane and Beckham were speechless.

  A superstar be arrogant, but not blind.

  They know Real Madrid's capabilities. Otherwise, how could Zidane maintain such good form and announce his early retirement while still under tract with Real Madrid?

  On the football field, everything still depends on strength.

  If you want to win, you have to wiifully and show your strength!

  Just like Rijkaard's sed dream team and Guardio's third dream team.

  ...

  ...

  The m, Real Madrid held their st tactical meeting before the game.

  After sending Zidane and Beckham away st night, Gao Shen "stayed up te" iactical library and perfected some of his thoughts and ideas, including how to effectively defend against Juventus' problems.

  As a head coach, Gao Shen must implement his tactics through the pyers.

  In this game, Gao Shen emphasized pressing and pressing from a high position, but he didn't he pyers to run all over the field. Instead, they should keep the formatioiculous and orderly, relying oeam's overall bat to defend.

  If Juventus' attack is like a battering ram, then the 4-2-3-1 formation Gao Shen prepared for Real Madrid is like setting up multiple gates. It won't be easy to breach.

  Ramos and Woodgate have good maneuverability. Trezeguet and Ibrahimovic aren't fast, and even their running ability is limited. Trezeguet is more of a traditional ter forward who relies entirely on the midfielders to deliver the ball.

  So, Gao Shen fidently apply high pressure.

  But Gao Shen emphasized one point: redug their own mistakes.

  "I want each of you to uand that the Champions League knockout stage is a two-legged, 180-minute game, not just 90 minutes. Whatever we do at the Alpenstadion will depend on the sed leg at our home ground."

  "So, I hope you maintain enough patien the game, knowing that our most important task tonight is to keep a sheet. As long as we do that, we'll have an advantage wheurn to the Bernabeu. I have fidehat we beat Juventus."

  Gao Shen spoke with great certainty.

  It doesn't matter how beautiful the theory is; the key is to practice it on the field.

  Tonight is the best opportunity to practice.

  As long as they hold out tonight, it will prove that Gao Shen's idea is correct, and in the sed leg, he will have more fidence.

  Moreover, he also wants to use the first leg to better observe the situation of Juventus.

  There are many things that are not found iactical library ao be dug up and explored on your own.

  It's not that Gao Shen didn't think about grabbing an away goal on the road, but it's too risky.

  Capello adheres to the oo-zero principle. If given a goal, he will defend more tightly than anyone else wheurns to the Bernabeu. At that time, Real Madrid would be very passive and have to press hard.

  Against such a team, you really 't take risks; you have to fight to the death with the oppo.

  As for the scolding from the media and fans at that time, Gao She care.

  He has only one goal now: to lead Real Madrid to tinue ohs of both the Champions League and La Liga.