World Cup in Qatar 2022
World Cup in Qatar 2022
Herve Renard he will always remember the World Cup in Qatar and everyone will always remember him: he coaches the extraordinary Saudi Arabiathe only team that dared to challenge theArgentina and win, before Seleçiòn took action in the tournament by reaching the final as scheduled. But that debut knockout that always calls for revenge was a tactical masterpiece by the Saudi coach, who on the eve of the France-Argentina clash reveals how he managed to stop the most decisive man: Leo Messi.
Argentina fell into a nightmare after the break: ahead in the first half, Scaloni’s charges, in their world debut against the ‘Cinderella’ of the Group, managed the match, convinced that they could do it until the 90th minute and, in instead, early in the second half the unthinkable happened. Arabia returned to the field and turned Argentina upside down and annulled the final verdict in an apotheosis that saw a dangerous but correct tactical choice, capable of frustrating the Argentine attackers. Merit from coach Renard who, during the half-time break, focused on his players’ pride, encouraging them and showing which opponent to stop: Leo Messi.
Weeks after the feat, Renard wanted to discuss the merits, confiding in the Team how he managed to hold the finalist Argentina: “I admit I focused only on him and how to stop him” began Hercé Renard enjoying those remarkable moments again: “I had mobilized the left side of the team and at half-time my conversation was mainly about my left-back and a midfielder: they were too worn out away from Messi, while I had organized everything so that there was immediate pressure when he received the ball. That’s when you have to attack him!”
Renard’s tactical study addresses the merits of the tactical ‘cage’ around the Flea, now the increasingly evident fulcrum of the Argentine game: “You have to keep him 35-40 meters from the goal. He should never have freedom of action, Argentina don’t use depth in the pass so much” Then he added, highlighting the defensive line of 5 men from Saudi Arabia that during the 90 minutes played with systematic impediment, a very risky tactic but which yielded the victory: “France also has what it takes to do it.”
But for Renard, the change from “checkmate” was above all another because if it is true that he hammered his team in the suffocating control of Messi on the field, it is equally true that he managed to take away from Pulga his main source of inspiration: Rodrigo De Paul🇧🇷 The former Udinese player is almost unanimously considered one of the best midfielders in the entire tournament and for Scaloni he has become a key element in midfield. Renard had the intuition to understand right away: when you stop him, Messi stops.
🇧🇷We need to analyze Messi in this context to understand his area of influence and see how the balls get to him. So I understood that it was necessary, above all, to put pressure on De Paul. For me he is one of the best Argentines and one of the most useful to put Messi in the best conditions to be decisive🇧🇷 Renard succeeded, others did not have the same intuition and gave in. France, however, in view of Sunday, found an ally (and a letter) more.
Source: Fan Page IT
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