Football’s First Defender

Two weeks is enough for Real Madrid to be in the training ground, allowing Zidane to make some adjustments to the problems exposed by the team in the UEFA Super Cup.

But it might be a bad luck.

At the beginning of this season when Real Madrid needs to aspire to defend the Champions League, the team's injury problems have further increased.

National team competitions, as well as some minor injuries of the original players in training.

Let Real Madrid have injured many main players before the start of the new season.

In the first round of La Liga, in the away game against Real Sociedad, many absolute main players in Real Madrid's squad were unable to be selected due to injuries.

The core of the team's offense, Cristiano Ronaldo continues to be exempted from the game due to injuries, and Modric, who has played in the UEFA Super Cup before, and Benzema are also deeply troubled by injuries.

Navas also suffered a calf strain.

In addition, Pepe, who also has potential injuries and chooses to rest.

On both ends of the offense and defense, players were injured, which made Real Madrid's La Liga first game of the season, it seems, it is not so easy to win the game.

However, at this time, Real Madrid's strong player reserves are reflected.

Even if many of the team's starting players are unable to play, the team roster that Zidane can make in the game is still star-studded.

In the goalkeeper position, the second goalkeeper Casilla directly replaced Navas on the stage.

On the defensive line, in fact, Pepe's injury did not have much impact on Real Madrid.

Because of the arrival of Yang Feng's transfer, Real Madrid now needs a central defender like Varane, who is also the world's top central defender, to return to the bench in the central defender position.

The combination of Yang Feng and Ramos, after these two weeks of training, although the identity of the "core" has not yet been determined, but after both of them have obtained a clear starting position, at least in terms of tacit cooperation, they have begun to become better.

The left back is of course Real Madrid's "team darling" Marcelo. His attack on the left is the only thing Real Madrid can rely on today.

The right back is naturally "Big Stupid" Carvajal.

Although Carvajal has always been in the game, he is not as active as Marcelo on the left.

But anyone who is familiar with Real Madrid's offensive system knows that Carvajal is on the right side alone, and can give the Real Madrid team the biggest and most accurate pass help when counterattacking.

In terms of midfield, in this game, Zidane continued to rotate players in the midfield.

Compared with the midfield combination in the UEFA Super Cup, in this game, Zidane's formation is more conservative in the midfield position.

Casemiro, Kovacic, and Toni Kroos all have certain defensive attributes, which can guarantee Real Madrid's midfield defense and reach the team's strongest midfield defense level.

On the front line, Zidane only made a player adjustment in one position.

When Bell recovered from his injury, in this game, Bell replaced Vazquez in the right winger position.

And because Benzema and Ronaldo in the BBC combination did not play in this game, Bell deservedly became the core point of Real Madrid's striker in this game.

Partnering with Bell is Morata and the young teenager Asensio.

Morata proved himself at Juventus, and Asensio also used his consecutive goals after his Real Madrid debut to prove his strength and attracted Zidane's trust.

Among the three goals scored by Real Madrid in the European Super Cup, Asensio, like Yang Feng, scored in Real Madrid's official game debut.

Now, Zidane lets Asensio play the left winger position, which may be the intention to train Ronaldo's successor.

Real Madrid has such a lineup, even if it lacks a few absolute main players, but facing other teams in La Liga, it is naturally still a higher level in terms of strength. pressure.

Moreover, Real Madrid's La Liga opener is still an away game against Real Sociedad.

The full name of Real Madrid is Real Madrid, and the full name of Real Sociedad has the word "Royal".

So sometimes, Real Madrid and Real Sociedad can be regarded as a faction team.

La Liga has developed to the present, and sometimes it can be turned into two factions.

Correspondingly, Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​as the bosses of the two major factions, are fighting each other.

In terms of the Barcelona faction, more teams tend to lean towards Barcelona.

For example, pass-control teams like Celta and Elva are all hard-core teams of the Barcelona faction.

And like Sevilla, who fought with Real Madrid in the UEFA Super Cup before, it is the number one thug of the Barcelona faction, and they have to beat Real Madrid every year.

On the side of the Real Madrid faction, it is mainly based on geographical location and cultural traditions.

Teams such as Real Sociedad, Espanyol, and Betis can all be counted as Real Madrid faction teams.

The so-called faction teams are actually the most obvious in the five major leagues, namely Serie A and La Liga.

One is that there are fewer wealthy teams, and the battle between the domestic giants will evolve into an all-round battle over time.

The simple point is that Real Madrid's Castilla and Barcelona's La Masia.

The two major youth training systems basically include most of Spain's youth training players.

It is impossible for all youth training players to have the opportunity to enter the first team and play for them.

At this time, among the Real Madrid and Barcelona youth training teams, the surplus players will naturally be sold to their "little brothers" first to improve their strength.

Therefore, in La Liga, there are countless players marked by Real Madrid and Barcelona. Some players even come to a new team, and they will keep their hearts open and aboveboard, always facing their home team.

Therefore, the so-called match between faction teams is sometimes not meant to be match-fixing, but to look at the performance of the players in the match.

For example, the players from Real Madrid Castilla, when facing Real Madrid, some will try their best to prove themselves, and some will finish the game flatly.

However, these players who came out of the Real Madrid youth training system, when facing Barcelona, ​​of course they just said "do it"!

So sometimes the matches between La Liga teams really depend on who the opponent is.

In matches between teams from the same faction, the frogs were boiled in warm water, and the games were played tepidly.

But between teams of different factions, sparks flew everywhere, and all kinds of red and yellow cards flew together.

In fact, for a team like Real Sociedad that belongs to an autonomous region of Spain, the source of his team is not so "Real Madrid".

However, it has always been Real Madrid's stable player "supplier" and the "dealer" of players in the Real Madrid system. In the team, many players, including the team's core Illarramendi, actually have Real Madrid Faction branding.

Coupled with the Royal Society's own player training system.

If Sevilla is the top thug under Barcelona, ​​then Real Madrid's top thug is Real Sociedad...

So this first match between the same faction, no surprises, the game should be quite stable...