How Real Madrid should play in the Super Copa? (Part 2)
It was hard for Barcelona to get past the Real Madrid midfield and that is exactly the reason why Jose Mourinho will play the same formation against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 this time round. Mourinho has realized that Barcelona can only be beaten by making the defence
line stronger and the Portuguese tactician will play the same formation all over again.
The Catalan Giants are missing out on a few important players as they have suffered injuries and Mourinho is going to try and take advantage of it. Mourinho will lay down a 4-2-3-1 formation which will eventually look like a 4-3-3.
While http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sergio-Ramos-c33096 has recovered from his injury
and the Spaniard might feature in the right back position.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ricardo-Carvalho-c30973 can form a centre back partnership just like last season. With Pepe moving a step forward in position, Albiol will replace him right next to Ricardo Carvalho in the centre back role.
The three man midfield will consist of three players who can tackle the ball well. Lassana Diarra might not play for the Los Blancos; therefore, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Xabi-Alonso-c37045 will join Khedira in the centre midfield position.
The Portuguese star Pepe is going to play in the holding midfield position and he will be marking Xavi Hernandez all over again.
The three man attack might change. While http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Karim-Benzema-c20350 has picked form, there is no doubt that testing him against Barcelona is an experiment for which Mourinho can pay the price. Therefore, Mesut Ozil will be played on the flank while Angel Di Maria will
feature on the other flank. The Portuguese star http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristiano-Ronaldo-c9629 can feature in the “sole striker” role.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 scoring both the goals – one of which was considered to be his best goal of
the season.
Real Madrid were simply phenomenal during that fixture but due to the sending off of the Portuguese centre back http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pepe-c29670, Barcelona took advantage of a ten man Real Madrid and won the game 0-2 while being away from home. Later on Barcelona drew the fixture 1-1
at home to qualify for the final of the UEFA Champions League which they eventually won.
Mourinho needs to make sure that he plays a midfield in which all the players are tacklers. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sergio-Busquets-c33048 might not play in the Barcelona starting line-up; therefore, the Catalans will not have a good tackler in their midfield. All Mourinho has to concentrate
on is the partnership of Xavi Hernandez and Andres Iniesta as they are the ones feeding Lionel Messi with wonderful through balls.
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