"424 formation?"
"This guy really thinks highly of me."
Chen Mo was stunned when he saw that he had two centers, Aguero and Higuain, and two wingers, Messi and Di Maria, with the vest still on his side.
Although the 424 formation has a poor reputation in modern football and is called the "god formation" by many people, in fact the 424 formation has a great origin.
Pele has three World Cups, one in 1958, one in 1962 and one in 1970.
When winning the first two World Cups, the Brazilian team all used a 4-2-4 formation. In the 1966 World Cup, Brazil changed to a 4-3-3 formation. Then in this World Cup, Brazil did not win the World Cup.
Of course, it seems a bit stupid to attribute the problem of not winning the World Cup to the formation, but the magic is that in Pele's last World Cup in 1970, the Brazilian team played 424, and Pele finally won the third World Cup. Become a king.
Yes, Pele used the 424 formation in all three World Cups!
However, with the development of the times, the 424 formation began to be gradually eliminated.
No other reason.
Just look at the formation and you'll see why.
424, this formation only has two midfielders.
Modern football is either 442, 433, or 4231.
No matter which one it is, there are at least three people in the midfield.
Two on three, the offensive end is very difficult to fight, but the real trouble is not the offensive end, nor just the defensive end, but the combination of offense and defense.
The midfielder must have a linking effect.
The midfield was suppressed, and even ten forwards in front were useless because they couldn't get the ball at all.
The 424 formation is almost torture for one's own midfielders.
When defending, you need to retreat to the middle and back sections of the formation to defend. When holding the ball, you need to organize the offense and guide the whole team.
What does this mean? Add Habaib together and add Yaya Toure.
Only midfielders with the technical abilities of these four players can play a 424 midfielder, or in other words, can play a 424 effect.
Moreover, it’s not just about being strong in the midfield.
Because there are only two players in the midfield, with a numerical disadvantage, even if Chen Mo is a god, the defense will not be stable no matter what. Therefore, the team playing 424 needs to have extremely high finishing efficiency on the offensive end to avoid being defeated. The opponent strikes back quickly!
424 requires a strong midfielder and a strong striker!
And this is why Messi's status is above Pele after winning the World Cup.
Many people say that Pele is the number one soccer champion because of his three World Cups. However, in any of these three World Cups, Pele never reached the personal heights of the 1986-year-old Ma or the 22-year-old Messi.
It's not that Pele wasn't strong, it was mainly because Brazil at the time didn't give Pele a chance to carry the weight forward.
How strong was Brazil back then?
Didi, the core of Brazil's first two World Cup champions, was the strongest midfielder of that era and is considered by many to be the earliest midfield master in the history of world football and the originator of the drop ball.
Center forward Vava, who scored six goals after two World Cup semi-finals.
The left foot is 6 centimeters shorter than the right foot. The national team only lost one game in 60 games and won Garrincha, the best player in the 1962 World Cup.
The left and right backs, D. Santos and J. Santos, were both selected into the best team of the 1958 World Cup.
Plus Bailey.
These are just some of the more famous ones. The level of terror in Brazil at that time was far greater than this!
Brazil's first championship in 1958, the best team was selected after the game. Brazil scored seven of the eleven spots, and the one who could steal the other four spots from Brazil was two of the greatest players in the history of French football - —Fontaine and Kopa, historical goalkeeper Yashin, and Swedish star Hamdan.
Brazil won its second championship in 1962. After the game, the best team was selected. There were eleven places, and Brazil entered seven more.
Pele won his third championship in 1970, and Brazil once again entered six of the eleven places.
What is this concept?
Even in 2002, when the three-R combination of Brazil was endlessly touted by fans in the new century, only five people entered the best team of the World Cup that year!
In Pele's era, Brazil was either No. 1 or No. 3 in each position in the world!
In fact, the best midfielders and forwards in the world at that time were in Brazil!
The result of this is that although Brazil played 424, Brazil did not lose much defense. At the same time, because the forward line is the absolute top, the offensive efficiency is also very high!
Put it this way.
"It does seem a bit like us in Argentina?"
Thinking of this, Chen Mo raised his eyebrows strangely.
To be honest, their Argentina team is indeed somewhat similar to the Brazilian team at that time. They both have the top midfield and frontcourt configurations.
In the midfield are Chen Mo and Ma, and at the forward are Messi and Angel Aguero Iguain.
Needless to say, Messi and Di Maria, one is the world champion and the other is a top flying wing, and because they were exposed to top competitions earlier, Messi and Di Maria are even stronger than in the original timeline.
As for Aguero and Higuain, although they are not the top players, they are still very strong.
Last season, because Torres joined Liverpool, Aguero, who was corrected, ushered in the first statistical explosion of his career. He scored 19 goals in the league in a single season, ranking third in La Liga's scorer list.
Higuain
Although many people only remember his weak foot in the 2014 final, this guy is actually very strong. In the original timeline, Ronaldo, who was called "Phnom Penh Ronaldo" by Ronaldo fans in 2009, went to Real Madrid, but that year Real Madrid's The top scorer is not Cristiano Ronaldo, but Higuain. He even put Benzema on the bench and won the La Liga Silver Boot. He scored 5 fewer goals than Messi in Dream Three.
To put it simply, Argentina does have the strongest striker and the strongest midfielder in the world.
but
"I didn't expect that when I returned to the national team, I would still have to worry about the full-backs."
Thinking of this, Chen Mo shook his head with a smile, put on his vest, and trotted onto the stage.
Yes, Argentina's problem now is similar to Arsenal's, both are that the full-backs are not strong enough.
Argentina's current full-backs are Monzon and Zavaleta.
The former is what someone calls a low-grade player from a team in the lower reaches of the five major leagues.
The latter transferred to Manchester City in the summer window of this year, and his net worth is only 9 million euros.
The full-backs are not strong enough, which is fatal, especially for teams that play attacking football.
Very simple logic.
On the right is Messi, and Messi's style is to cut inside.
Let’s not talk about the cliche of full-backs putting on defensive personnel.
Another point is that when Messi cuts from right to left at the top of the arc, it will drive the defensive players inward, so the entire right wing will actually be free. At this time, the full-back needs to cover it to get this open space. Cross.
The right wing requires the full-back to cross the ball, and the same goes for the left wing.
On the left is Di Maria. Although Di Maria is left-footed, he can only go down with his foot. But after Di Maria went down the wing to attract defensive players, the rib area between the left wing and the center was open.
At this time, either the left back presses to the rib area to contain it, or the left back pushes to the midfield to liberate Chen Mo, letting Chen Mo move forward to press on the ribs like pushing a box.
To put it simply, whether it is on the left or the right, if Argentina wants to play 424 well, the winger must have very strong offensive ability and awareness, and these two points
"Forget it, it's not a big problem."
"Zanetti and the others should return to the team during the World Cup. The main thing now is to clear the midfield and frontcourt."
Argentina is not yet complete.
There is no way. Although there are three over-age quotas in the Olympics, Zanetti and those guys are all veterans.
With this kind of continuous rhythm of taking over the national team games just after the season, the club was worried that they would be at risk of injury, so they did not release them.
The back line may undergo a major overhaul, so Chen Mo's focus will be completely on the frontcourt offense. As a result, the substitute players who are training will be in pain.
Soon, as the old horse whistled, Higuain knocked the ball directly back to Chen Mo in the center circle.
No surprise, the ball was halfway through the roll, and the double midfielders of the blue team under the 433 system swooped in directly.
Double team!
Chen Mo is the core of the red team, and it is still a 424 formation. If Chen Mo is restricted, the midfielder of the red team will not be able to move!
And because of the 424 formation, Chen Mo has fewer shooting points. Chen Mo will most likely choose to protect the ball, and then wait for them to double-team before looking for opportunities to distribute the ball!
This can help Xiao Ma gain easier space to get the ball.
The idea is correct, but it's a pity.
"too naive."
"What?!"
Without any hesitation, facing the ball rolling in front, under the surprised gazes of the blue team's midfielders, Chen Mo did not protect the ball, but directly passed the ball with his left foot. The ball went directly to the right winger Messi. Underfoot!
Cross pass, but the ball rolled to the feet of right winger Messi!
Yes, Messi is a right winger, but he does not press forward, but hangs in the upper area on Chen Mo's right side.
There is no doubt that Messi also knows that Chen Mo is under great pressure under the 424 system, and this is why Chen Mo did not object to Lao Ma playing 424.
Because Messi is not only a wing blaster, but can also drop back and serve as an organizer!
There was nothing to worry about. After sending the pass, Chen Mo moved forward immediately!
The two midfielders of the blue team pressed forward and double-teamed. Chen Mo moved forward towards the middle. In just a blink of an eye, Chen Mo passed between the two. At the same time, Messi's pass also rolled to Chen Mo just right. In front of me!
"Wowo! There is indeed nothing wrong with my tactical thinking! Sure enough, the only way to test the compatibility of their styles by taking them by surprise is like this!"
"Of course, your decision is so wise!"
Seeing this scene, Maradona clenched his fists excitedly on the sidelines and asked the assistant coach for credit.
The assistant coach was naturally smiling at the excited Lao Ma, but after lowering his head, he was speechless.
Why are you specifically testing the players' style compatibility? To put it bluntly, it means that your tactical layout ability is not good, and you can't layout too careful tactics!
Assistant Fana complained silently, but he was right.
Lao Ma was so pretentious that he didn't tell the players about the tactics in advance. He didn't announce that he was going to play 4-24 until before the start of the training match. He was testing whether the players had a tacit understanding and whether the original style of play was suitable. It made him look like a sophisticated player. It looks unpredictable, but in fact it's just that Lao Ma has no coaching ability.
In 1994, Lao Ma coached the Mandiyu team in the A-League. After a dismal record of 1 win, 6 draws and 5 losses, he was dismissed and the Mandiyu team was relegated to the second division. In 1995, he coached the competitive team, with 2 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses, and was dismissed again. Then until he coached Argentina this year, no team asked him to coach.
But fortunately, Lao Ma is a bit crazy, but not stupid. Before taking over the team, he also learned a lot from Pekerman, and finally summed it up in one sentence-set the framework and then hand the ball to Chen Mo.
But now it seems that the effect is indeed very good, the chemical reaction between Chen Mo and Messi is still there!
Lao Ma's face turned into a chrysanthemum with laughter on the sidelines. Chen Mo on the court naturally didn't know all this.
Messi's through ball was advanced just right. As soon as Chen Mo passed through the gap, the ball came to him.
There was no hesitation. Looking at the blue team's midfielder about five meters in front of him, Chen Mo immediately made a small splash!
He headed the ball with the instep of his right foot and pushed off the ground with his left foot at the same time. His whole body was suddenly sent forward. In just a blink of an eye, Chen Mo rushed to the midfielder!
"I want to get to the top!"
"The opportunity has come!"
Seeing Chen Mo rushing towards his midfielder with great momentum, he knew that his teammates couldn't guard him. The blue team's midfielder, who was quite aware, immediately prepared to rush forward. He wanted to steal the moment when Chen Mo passed by the defensive midfielder, but he was blocked in front of him. At that moment, Aguero, the right center forward, had a flash of light in his eyes. He immediately retreated to the right and gave Chen Mo a passing route!
"pretty!"
Great move!
Pass the ball to Aguero in the front right, then accelerate and rush from the left side of the midfielder, and then receive the pass from Aguero to challenge the goalkeeper!
A perfect one-two opportunity!
The moment he saw Aguero running, Chen Mo immediately wanted to take the ball, but at this moment, Chen Mo, who caught Higuain's position with his left eye from the corner of his eye, frowned and began to slow down his movements.
Aguero pulled towards the right back, but left center Higuain did not understand his intention!
Higuain didn't move!
And his position is just behind the left midfielder, on the path of Chen Mo after hitting the ball!
As if sensing Chen Mo's frown, Higuain immediately realized that he had done something wrong and immediately pulled to the left, but
"pity."
The opportunity to attack is just one or two moments. Higuain didn't react immediately, and the attack had already failed.
In this situation, it is impossible for Chen Mo to pass the ball to Aguero, because Aguero's only passing route is Chen Mo, but he, Chen Mo, can't get in now.
In this case, Aguero will be double-teamed immediately after taking the ball.
Now there is only one offensive method left, which is for Chen Mo to rely on his personal ability to get past the midfielder.
Chen Mo was sure he could get through it, but the problem was, it was meaningless.
This is a question of risk-benefit ratio.
No one can guarantee that their passing success rate is 100%, and even 50% is difficult to achieve.
The success rate of passing through is far lower than that of hitting the wall in a one-two. Once Chen Mo fails when trying to pass the midfielder because his position is too high, then Argentina will only have one midfielder left when facing a counterattack. Little Ma.
The risk is too great and not worth the gamble.
There was no hesitation. In the blink of an eye, under the confused looks of the blue team's midfielder and the central defender who pushed forward, Chen Mo immediately slowed down and took a penalty kick with his left foot. He caught up with the blue team's double midfielder who was chasing after him. Before the close-up, he swept the ball with his right foot and passed it to Di Maria on the left.
"There was no attack?"
"Are you releasing water?"
"I guess I've rested for too long and my condition hasn't been fully adjusted yet."
Seeing this scene, many substitute players wearing vests on the sidelines and reporters holding cameras near the barbed wire were talking about it.
Only Lao Ma, after taking a deep look at Chen Mo's running back, put his hands on his hips and shook his head with emotion: "This is really a scarier monster than I imagined."
Ordinary people can't see what Chen Mo's stopping the attack means. How could he not see it?
Chen Mo is now a monster in human skin in his eyes!
Chen Mo didn't know what Lao Ma was thinking and had no interest in knowing.
After the failed attack just now, Higuain looked a little uneasy, but Chen Mo didn't blame him for anything. He just started to consciously go to Higuain for cooperation.
Outstanding effect.
After all, Higuain is a genius who can play the main role in Real Madrid at the age of 20. The mistake just now was mainly because he had never played with Chen Mo, and his brain waves did not match up for a while. But now with the small cooperation with Chen Mo, he is getting better and better. The more he touches the ball, the more Higuain starts to get better and better, and his running range becomes wider and wider.
Yes, the running range is getting bigger and bigger.
Higuain and Marco Polo are two extremes.
When Pony started playing, he played as an attacking midfielder. As a result, he played all the way from the attacking midfielder to the central midfielder, then from the central midfielder to the defensive midfielder, and finally directly played as a central defender.
Higuain also started playing as an attacking midfielder, but soon changed to playing as a winger, and then played from winger to center.
He has played as a midfielder, winger, and center. Strictly speaking, Higuain is actually a versatile frontcourt player, but he has not yet developed his fulcrum ability.
But that's enough.
The average height of Argentina's four forwards is less than 1.8 meters, and they cannot pass the ball in the air at all. They mainly rely on ground passes and cuts, and ground passes and cuts test more movement and consciousness.
Higuain is very good at these points.
As time passed bit by bit, seeing Higuain's condition beginning to improve, Chen Mo no longer "played a small role", but used constant running and passing to try to completely connect the four forwards.
The effect is not particularly good.
Yes, it's not particularly effective.
There is no way, this is the problem of the national team. The players are from different clubs. They spend very little time playing together on weekdays, and their tacit understanding is not enough.
In other words, the tacit understanding between Chen Mo and Messi has not been affected much. The cooperation between Di Maria, Aguero and Messi is not as smooth as when they played in the Copa America, not to mention the addition of someone they were not familiar with before. Higuain.
It would be impossible to polish off the offense in just one game.
However, Chen Mo is not in a hurry. It is only mid-to-late June, and the Olympics are in early August. He is confident that he can use this month to kick off the offense!
By then, the whole world will once again feel the terrifying dominance of Brazil in four World Cups and three World Cups!
