But the real situation is...
"Benfica's defense is in good shape this year, and they don't lack height. Although Ibrahimovic has subjectively solved the difficulty of physical confrontation, his real confrontation ability is lower than Drogba."
"He hasn't started to show off yet. This kind of high-intensity confrontation may cause injuries."
"In addition, with Nuno Gomez as a training partner during Benfica's team training, this defense can better cope with attacks in the center."
"So I suggest Ibrahimovic try to be more wide in this game."
Joao Pinto also joined the coaching staff in discussions.
This makes Paul Bento, who is also part of Portugal's golden generation, envious and jealous.
Pinto naturally told Triguera everything he learned at Benfica.
It is for this reason that Deng Kaicai told Ibrahimovic that the team's next game will give him a chance to overpower Maniche.
Isn’t Maniche a winger?
Naizibu is also active on the wing.
This is exactly what Ibrahimovic wants.
As for whether Ibrahimovic can play on the wing...
If you ask him to play as a winger like Quaresma and Ronaldo, it will definitely not work.
Lukaku later showed with actions that the "beer-bellied winger" is unreliable.
But as a wing center...Ibrahimovic can still play.
What is a wing center?
The ordinary fulcrum center mainly retreats to the top of the penalty area to receive the ball, providing the midfield teammates with a fulcrum between the midfield and the frontcourt, helping the football pass through this area and forming a real threat to control the ball.
Or wait in the penalty area for teammates to pass from the wing or make long passes to directly cause damage.
Wing centers do not have the latter ability, because their activity area is not in the penalty area, but on both sides.
The area where they realize the fulcrum function is not in the middle outside the top of the penalty area, but on the wings on both sides.
The team's high balls will mainly be passed after they move to the wing.
This puts the center under much less pressure when receiving the ball than when receiving the ball in the middle, and the environment for them to handle the football will be much easier.
However, accordingly, the requirements for their speed, foot skills, cutting skills, and passing abilities are also higher.
This is also the reason why Ibrahimovic can become a wing center. His foot skills are no worse than ordinary wingers. Although he is not as fast as Quaresma, his smoothness is not inferior.
Although the speed is not as fast as Ronaldo, it is definitely not a classic car.
After all, he is young and has no talent. His current speed is not much different from Drogba.
And Drogba's speed is considered a high-speed tank among centers.
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October 24th, the seventh round of the Portuguese Super League.
Sporting Lisbon visited the Stadium of Light to challenge Benfica.
Sporting Lisbon tops the standings so far.
Ranked second is Porto, who have won the league so far.
It’s just that the goal difference is slightly less.
But Jardel's number of goals is currently the first in the Portuguese Super League, higher than Ronaldo's six goals in the league and Quaresma's five goals in the league.
The third place is Benfica. Their game with Boavista ended in a draw, and they are two points behind the first two.
If they win this game, Benfica will overtake Sporting Lisbon.
Considering that this season is mostly a battle between the three major powers of the Portuguese Super League, this game has become a game worth six points!
The seats at the Stadium of Light were packed.
In the new season, all fans are looking forward to the bright future of the club.
In the first five minutes, the two sides fought fiercely, and no one was willing to give up possession of the ball to their opponent.
Maniche is a forward, but he is particularly hard-working in the midfield, which also helps the team win some slight advantages in the midfield.
It seems that football is running more in Sporting Lisbon's half.
But in the seventh minute, Matthäus suddenly pressed horizontally, teamed up with Deschamps to block Benfica's midfield, and completed a steal in the middle.
Sporting Lisbon's frontcourt was still moving, and Benfica's defense was also very fast, so there was no good chance.
Matthäus only took one look and passed the football back to Deng Kai without making too many invalid possessions.
Deng Kai, who was pushed into the backcourt by Maniche, made a long pass without stopping the ball.
It turns out that at this time, Cristiano Ronaldo on the left and Ibrahimovic in the center had completed the position change.
Ibrahimovic is running towards the left wing.
When the opponent has retreated, it is not easy for a fast wide player like Ronaldo to get the ball, because in order for him to get the ball, he has to give the ball behind him and let him run.
When running, his probability of getting the ball is more than 50%.
But the opponent has finished retreating, which means there is not much room left for you to run, and you will cross the bottom line in less than two steps.
If you don't give the ball behind you and directly compete with the opponent for points, Ronaldo's biggest advantage will be gone, and the probability of getting the ball may be only 30%.
Similarly, if you give Quaresma the ball in front of you, and have Quaresma take two steps back to catch the ball, the average probability of getting the ball will be 80%.
Because Quaresma directly approached Quaresma, Quaresma fought with the opponent, and the advantage was even smaller, and the probability of getting the ball was less than 10%.
But when returning to catch the ball, on the one hand, he can pull the opponent out, and on the other hand, with his flexibility and skills, they may be able to pass the opponent by turning around after catching the ball, and then it will be fun.
Therefore, the opponent does not dare to press too hard, and Quaresma can easily catch the football.
But Ibrahimovic is different.
Deng Kai's long pass gave Ibrahimovic a distance to fight with the opponent.
Not too close, not too far, no need for Ibrahimovic to sprint or retreat.
Ibrahimovic jammed Benfica's right back and easily received the ball.
The other party tried their best to harass him behind him, but the effect was obviously not good.
You said that such harassment by the central defender may be useful, but the full-back...Ibrahimovic can only say sorry to the opponent.
Leaning gently against the opponent, Ibrahimovic completed his turn.
After shaking his feet twice in succession, he suddenly passed the ball.
After Benfica's right back was knocked away by Ibrahimovic, he did not go up to fight again, because that was looking for abuse.
He opened a little distance, but it was helpful to defend Ibrahimovic, because Ibrahimovic's speed will not be too fast. Once the distance is opened, Ibrahimovic will not be able to pass him.
Even if it is Ibrahimovic's pass, he is sure to block it. He can get stuck in front of Ibrahimovic's pass and stretch his legs to block it.
This is the advantage that small, high-agility players have over big, low-agility players.
The forward and backward swings of big men's movements are too long.
However……
boom!
The football flew into the penalty area.
Benfica's right back looked horrified.
He did anticipate Ibrahimovic's movements.
But he didn't expect that Ibrahimovic's legs would be so long!
Ibrahimovic took advantage of his long legs and kicked the football a little further outside when his movements were predicted, thereby avoiding the opponent's interception.
It was too late, but it was soon.
Cristiano Ronaldo, who had just stood in the penalty area, rushed to the front point with the force of the opponent's push. When he left, he gave the opponent a strong confrontation, giving the opponent no chance to catch up.
