"The four midfielders of Kroos, Isco, Ronaldo, and Modric completely suppressed Barcelona's iron triangle of Busquets, Xavi, and Iniesta."

"Since the Barcelona Iron Triangle was officially established in 2008, Real Madrid has rarely had the upper hand in midfield conversations. However, this time, Real Madrid ravaged Barcelona's midfield."

"Can you tell me how you do that? I think it's impossible to really limit MSN, but we can limit the shells they get."

Pan Yi has certainly done research on this game.

According to OPTA data, Barcelona had a ball possession rate of 57.7% and completed 515 passes; Real Madrid had a ball possession rate of 42.3% and completed 362 passes.

However, the connection between Xavi Iniesta and Busquets was basically cut off by Real Madrid. No two people in the Iron Triangle passed the ball to each other more than 10 times, which was extremely rare in the past.

Barcelona's passing line is extremely monotonous. Alves passes the ball to Messi, Rakitic, Busquets, and Suarez the most. The iron triangle cannot be integrated with passing, cutting, and running, and Barcelona's offense falls into a one-man operation.

mode, the front and rear fields are disconnected.

Xavi is the brains of Barcelona, ​​but he only played 59 minutes in the El Clasico before being replaced.

In these 59 minutes, Harvey passed the ball 52 times, with a success rate of 94.2%. Apart from accurate passing, Harvey made almost no contribution. He only threatened the ball once, made 14 forward passes, 12 of them were successful, and 7 of them were successful.

Return passes, threatening passes in sports battles, breakthroughs, and fouls are all zero.

Iniesta played 71 minutes and was replaced due to injury. In these 71 minutes, Xiaobai made 64 passes and 56 were successful, of which 24 were forward passes and 20 were successful. Only 1 passed a threatening ball and 1 breakthrough was successful.

0 fouls were committed, and 13 of 14 return passes were successful.

Busquets played the entire game, making 53 of 61 passes successfully, including 15 forward passes and 11 successes, 0 key passes and breakthrough successes, and 14 return passes, 13 of which were successful.

Barcelona's iron triangle had a total of 1 shot and 0 shots on target, 2 threatening passes, 1 successful breakthrough, and 1 foul.

In comparison, Real Madrid's four No. 10 midfielders are efficient and impactful.

Ronaldo, who was positioned on the right, made 3 key passes, 1 successful breakthrough, and 10 successful return passes out of 11 times;

Isco on the left wing made one breakthrough and drew a foul once, and only returned the ball 5 times;

Modric made one successful breakthrough, drew 2 fouls, and only returned 6 passes. Kroos made 2 threatening passes, made 1 breakthrough, drew 1 foul, and only returned 8 passes.

Real Madrid's top four midfielders took 7 shots and 2 were on target, made 5 threatening passes, made 4 successful breakthroughs, and caused 4 fouls, completely destroying Barcelona's iron triangle.

In terms of back passes, Barcelona's Iron Triangle made 35 times, and Real Madrid's 4 midfielders made 30 times - Barcelona only led in this statistic.

Barcelona's midfield lost control, and the athletic ability of the iron triangle was not as good as before, becoming a liability for the team's offense and defense;

Real Madrid's four purely technical No. 10s, with fast and smooth passing coordination, large-scale interception and defense, are smooth and sharp, with consistent speed and slowness.

Modric's passing was 100% accurate. Kroos and Ronaldo both sent wonderful passes and assists in their El Clasico debut. In the most critical midfield session, Real Madrid suppressed Barcelona, ​​which gave people the illusion that Real Madrid's midfield is different from its peak period.

Barcelona is equally dynamic, but Barcelona's midfield has almost zero presence.

Obviously, Ancelotti completely controlled Barcelona in this game, almost toying with the opponent.

If they gain the upper hand in the midfield clash, MSN will be completely unable to unleash their offensive power.

"Why do I feel like you already know what to do, but you still ask me to tell you?" Ancelotti said with a smile, but he still stood in front of the tactical board and set it up.

"The most important thing to deal with Barcelona is of course the midfield. But it is worth noting that although the current Barcelona is still very good at controlling the ball, there are still some differences compared to the Guardiola era a few years ago.

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Chapter completed!