🚨 Roberto Martínez when asked about not subbing off Cristiano.
“It made no sense at all to take off Cristiano Ronaldo who is the best goalscorer in history off the field when we were looking for goals”.
False. Diego Simeone earns €12–13m per year, and that figure includes his entire coaching staff.
He is the 5th highest-paid manager in the world, just below David Moyes (€14.5m), Mikel Arteta (€18.3m), Pep Guardiola (€22.4m), and Simone Inzaghi (€27m), according to @diarioas.
It’s also worth highlighting that before Simeone arrived, Atlético were valued at around €230m. Today, the club is valued at €2.5 billion and is developing one of the largest sports cities in Europe.
You are a clown, @TouchlineX.
Zinedine Zidane's instructions in his first Clásico as Real Madrid coach, against a Barcelona that at the time had a front three of Messi–Suárez–Neymar:
From the very start, Zidane made the strategy clear: an organised and intelligent press on Barça's build-up from the defensive third.
He told the players:
“When Barcelona starts building from the back, we need to press with a 4 against 3 structure.”
"Cristiano your job is to cut off the pass between the goalkeeper and the first centre-back. Benzema, you go for Busquets and block his passing lanes. Bale, press the second centre-back."
That way, we'll force Busquets to drop back to receive the ball—and that will make Barça lose their numerical superiority in midfield."
He then added:
“Kroos and Modrić, don't let the ball reach Iniesta or Rakitić.
Iniesta will try to come inside through the centre to pull you out of position and create space for Suárez or Messi. Casemiro, at that moment, you mark Iniesta.”
If Iniesta or Rakitić receive the ball, press them with maximum intensity to force them to play it back to Busquets.
The goal is to close off all vertical passing lanes to Busquets and leave him only with the wide options, forcing Barcelona to play out wide.
That way, we'll make Suárez stay wide on the flank to try to stretch the field—and out there, he doesn't pose a real threat.
As for Messi, his marking is the responsibility of the whole team; it depends on where he positions himself on the field, not just one player."
Those were the foundations of Zidane's plan, a plan of calm, clarity, and genius.
At that moment, Real Madrid was going through a tough phase: the press was saying the team was finished, that “Cristiano Ronaldo was done,” and the squad had come off a tough loss in the first leg of the Clásico, before Zidane's arrival.
But Zidane restored balance and confidence to the group—and secured a crucial win in the Clásico.
A bit of Zizou genius.
ivan toney’s reaction as cristiano ronaldo tried an overhead kick in the saudi cup final will never not be funny, bro was petrified 😭😭😭https://t.co/epN3W5fvBh
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