364 Warm Up(1/2)
As the players participating in the World Cup ended their holidays one by one, the team reported that Betis's lineup in the new season finally became uniform.
Several newly joined teams have gradually integrated into this team.
Diego Milito has compatriot Maxi Rodriguez in the team, and Chiellini has a cheerful personality and soon got along with his teammates.
However, Vidic, because of his prophecy obstacles, it seemed a bit slow to integrate into this group. However, his stable performance in the training matches these days has won him the recognition of his teammates.
Regarding Vidic's situation, Tang Feng not only asked the club to arrange a Spanish teacher to help Vidic with Spanish, but also arranged a big brother for him in the team, that is Pablo Alfaro, who is in the same position as him!
Pablo Alfaro should be regarded as a standard tough central defender in Spanish football.
He has fierce defense, excellent physical fitness, and a very hot temper. The most important thing is that his fighting spirit is always so strong. This also gives him a strong aura when defending and can bring considerable pressure to the opponent's offensive players.
To a certain extent, Vidic and Alfaro have many similarities. He is taller than Alfaro, and he is also a standard tough central defender. He is strong in body, fierce in tackles, and excellent air defense ability!
At the same time, Vidic also has strong fighting spirit, allowing him to always give his all in the game!
Let Vidic learn from Alfaro, a big brother with a similar type, not only helps him learn some experience from the big brother, but also helps him quickly integrate into the team.
You should know that Alfaro, who has a straightforward personality, has a very good popularity in the team.
As for Ronaldo, who has just been introduced, although he also has a compatriot Carvalho in the team and assistant coach Boas is also his compatriot, it is not a big problem for him to integrate into the team. However, what Tang Feng needs to solve is his way of playing football, which is unhurried. He can only expose the problems in the game first and then help him solve them one by one.
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After the team is fully assembled, Tang Feng can also conduct tactical drills.
Although the leading scorer Adriano transfers and leaves, and the main left winger Robben will undergo surgery again, Tang Feng does not intend to change the team's basic tactics.
In the new season, Tang Feng will continue to focus on the 4-2-3-1 formation.
At the center position, Drogba and Diego Milito can both act as an excellent arrowhead.
In the left winger position, before Robben returned from injury, Tang Feng planned to use Villa. Of course, Maxi Rodriguez can also be competent for this position.
Letting these two men play on the left will also make the team's offense change on the left. Robben is more likely to use his speed to break to the bottom line on the left to create opportunities for his teammates in the middle.
Villa and Maxi Rodriguez are more suitable for inward cutting.
Especially Villa, who was originally a current striker in the Sporting Sporting youth training camp in the past two seasons, quickly integrated into the role. Moreover, his skillful in-cutting and shooting skills have also made him have a considerable scoring rate in these two seasons.
As a right winger, Joaquin's performance on the right is already very mature. However, Tang Feng does not intend to let him guard this acre of three-point land. In the new season, he will let Joaquin switch to the left to show his inward shooting skills. This tactic is the most suitable for Robben to match him. After all, Tang Feng is very clear about the power of Robben's replacing to the right in history.
In addition to the center and two wingers, Tang Feng will also have more requirements for Kaka's offense this season.
Kaka has also played for the forward, so his scoring ability is very good. He is also more likely to get opportunities when there is a high center ahead to cover him.
Last season, he performed many times when he inserted into the penalty area in the back row and received a cross from his teammates on the wing.
Similarly, as a substitute midfielder, Louis Garcia also has good scoring ability, so he can adapt to this tactic.
In terms of the midfielder position, Tang Feng did not make any adjustments this season.
Guardiola's condition has declined after experiencing severe injuries last season, but his experience and overall view can still make him competent for the team's main player.
Of course, considering his physical fitness, Cascro and Senna will get more opportunities for the game in the new season.
For the double-middle tactics that Tang Feng is used to, the configuration of the four-middle midfielders can basically meet the third-line combat. Of course, the premise is that Guardiola can no longer be seriously injured like last season.
On the defense line, the central defender will still be mainly Pablo Alfaro and Carvalho, but Vidic will also get many opportunities for games. After he adapts to the La Liga style, his combination with Carvalho will be a defensive combination that Tang Feng can rest assured.
In terms of full-back position, Alves has made great progress in one season. In the new season, he will be able to effectively challenge Barrera's position. This Brazilian's assist ability will be a deadly weapon for Betis in the new season.
If you want to talk about the most stable position of Betis, then you have to count Van der Sar.
Although Betis conceded a lot of goals last season, no one can deny that Lao Fan's performance is definitely world-class.
It can be imagined that as Betis's defense becomes more and more stable, the goal guarded by Lao Fan will become more and more difficult to break!
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After the team practiced together for three days in a complete state, Betis ushered in its first warm-up match this summer.
The opponent is Ronaldo's old club, Sporting Lisbon!
The game was played at Sporting Lisbon's Jose Alvarad Stadium.
Last season's La Liga champion, double champion team, and Betis led by the hottest young coach Shen Dao, the most popular European football team in today's European football, this series of resounding names also gave this warm-up match a good attendance rate.
Of course, there are many Chinese fans in the stands who come here specifically for the magical Tang.
They should be one of the few Betis supporters on the court today.
Tang Feng has always been very concerned about the results of the warm-up match, so even if the opponent is a traditional strong team like Sporting Lisbon, Tang Feng still has a formation mainly composed of new players.
Diego Milito was at the front of the front line.
The two sides are Villa and Ronaldo, while Kaka is sent in the front midfielder.
The double midfielders are Guardiola and Cascrolo.
Chiellini, Carvalho, Vidic and Alves lined up in the back line.
Van der Sar is still guarding the goal for Betis!
Obviously, Tang Feng is using the warm-up match to inspect new players.
Relatively speaking, Sporting Lisbon attaches great importance to this game, and they almost line up all the main players.
At the beginning of the game, Sporting Lisbon, who played at home, launched several fierce offensives with the momentum of home.
As the main right winger of Sporting Lisbon, Quaresma performed very actively today. Perhaps he wanted to prove to Tang Feng through his performance that he had misunderstood? Obviously, his younger brother, Ronaldo, joined the La Liga championship for 5 million euros this summer, but he still stayed in Lisbon, which made him feel a little unbalanced.
After the opening, he continuously tested the tall Chiellini with his gorgeous foot skills.
Where did Chiellini, who played for a low-level Italian team before and had no professional experience in playing games, had he ever encountered such a gorgeous player?
So, soon, Chiellini's left guard was beaten up.
Facing Quaresma's cross balls were sent again and again, Vidic in the middle was very steady. He almost completely controlled the sky above the Betis team's penalty area, gained an advantage in the conversation with Brazilian air dominant Jadel, and pushed the ball out of the penalty area again and again.
Also the top defender in the future, Chiellini has never experienced any professional games, but Vidic has played for the Belgrade Red Star for two seasons, and the performance of the two is also in sharp contrast.
From this we can see that experience is indeed very important.
Although Vidic's performance in air defense was eye-catching, Betis still conceded the ball when the game was twenty minutes old.
This is a mid-lane attack that Sporting Lisbon suddenly launched after a continuous wing attack.
Sporting midfielder Viana suddenly sent a very high-quality straight pass after drifting past Guardiola's defense.
The ball was sent to the gap between Vidic and Carvalho!
At this time, Vidic and Carvalho cooperated with each other to show their tacit understanding and they gave in!
Another veteran on Sporting Lisbon's forward, Joo Pinto, took the opportunity to break into the penalty area and easily pushed and shot against Van der Sar.
One to zero!
This loss of the ball made Tang Feng on the sidelines shake his head helplessly.
He knew that the running-in of the defense line would take more time than the midfield and frontcourt. If he wanted to work hard to straighten Vidic, there would probably be many such goals this season.
After being pushed by the opponent for so long, even Tang Feng couldn't stand the result of the warm-up match.
He walked to the sidelines, waved at the players and shouted: "Observe, strengthen the attack!!!"
Betis players obviously feel that it is embarrassing to be beaten by the opponent like this.
They were the double champions of last season and they were going to play in the Champions League this season. If they were not able to fight back by Sporting Lisbon, which also wanted to participate in the Champions League, how could they still create good results in the Champions League in the new season?
The team strengthened its offense, and the happiest ones were the two new players in the frontcourt, Milito and Ronaldo.
Soon, Ronaldo got the chance to get the ball on the right.
The first game he played for Betis was facing his old club, which made the seventeen-year-old boy very excited.
Although Ronaldo has never had a record of playing for the first team, this is his parent team after all.
This warm-up match may be one of the few opportunities he will be able to play in front of his parent team fans in the future.
After all, even Betis and Sporting Lisbon can participate in the Champions League all year round, the probability of two teams meeting is really smaller.
To a certain extent, Ronaldo's current football style has many similarities with Quaresma. Of course, it is also possible that Ronaldo is invisibly imitating the big brother Quaresma.
Not to mention, the full-back of Sporting Lisbon really takes this trick.
After several consecutive bicycles and dazzling fake moves, a speedup formed a break.
You know, for the same action, Evra directly cut off the ball under his feet yesterday.
After forming a breakthrough, Ronaldo also sent a cross.
Although Diego Milito in the middle of the penalty area is not as tall as Drogba, his ability to judge the landing point is very outstanding.
He saw that Ronaldo's cross was accurate, and went around to the front point and headed to the goal!
The header was completed very beautifully this time. Sporting goalkeeper Thiago Ferreira almost failed to save, but watched the ball fly into the goal!
One to one!
Tang Feng on the sidelines saw Diego Milito's goal and couldn't help but applaud him.
Boas, who was standing beside him, also smiled and said to Tang Feng: "Hey, Tang, this guy has a very good sense of catching some points. It seems that we have made another profit!"
To be continued...