Real Madrid - FC Barcelona: getting the opponent's strengths against him become

One of the many lessons contained in The Art of War -book with more than a football fan would be surprised, is the one that says if you use the enemy to defeat the enemy, you will be strong anywhere you go. Real Madrid is chaining fifteen consecutive victories, tying a record of fifty years ago. It has come to an optimal state so that costs to find defects. For this reason, perhaps the key is to make their virtues turn against him.

One of the innovations that Mourinho has introduced that has sat well with its 2.0 Madrid is the place to Sergio Ramos as central. Taking advantage of its greater speed compared to Carvalho, the duo that makes up the beds with Pepe gives your team the chance to advance more lines, relying on the capacity of its plants to cover the large space left behind.

Ramos performance in the center of the rear is still outstanding, imperious and unsurpassed in the cut above, but we must not forget that in his eight years in the elite, Ramos has never had continuity and central conditio sine qua non for acquiring all the properties intrinsic to any position.

Ramos has trouble holding the line. It happens on the side and also at the center. There are times when you take two steps back with threatening his entire defense. The uncheck on his back, even if they fall in an offside position, can cause a little kickback Ramos, a circumstance that can exploit a second man to strike the back of another defense line taking advantage of the international brand of Andalusia. You can scratch around the club.

As for the lineup that can present Mourinho are two main questions: who will take the point of attack, Higuain and Benzema, and, above all, if you play a playmaker, Özil or Kaka, or a third pivot, Lass, Coentrao or someone for which almost no one bets, Sahin. This is the big question: Double or triple pivot (very high pressure triangle in Portuguese)?

If the coach chooses Luso more offensive alignment, as it did in the Super-Alonso and Khedira, a second line of three men and a front-, Barcelona can take advantage of the situation to gain control of the party. Do not forget that this alignment was the Blaugrana midfielder who danced in the 5-0 a year ago (Coentrao by Marcelo is the only variant in all three games). There is no doubt that there is a gap between the 5-0 and Madrid today, but Barcelona has also improved.

With Fabregas in the lineup, the club can have up to four men to find the back of Alonso and Khedira: Messi, Iniesta, Xavi and Cesc said. The Barca attack power depends on two factors: finding ways to pass the ball between the lines to enter and those who do receive there looking at the rival goal and back. The opening game to the bands and the rapid change from one to another, Piqué would be capital for it, is the way that the club can find after the space between the central pivots and Mourinho sells so expensive. If you find that space , Barcelona can do much damage.

After seeing Madrid comes to the classic, most believe that Mourinho must play and play with two pivots to put a third man in the second line and thus increase their offensive flow. The goal is imposed Barca once and for all going for them from the beginning. But with Alonso joining the attack, Barca also have the option of pulling cons with the sole bulwark Khedira in midfield, which can cause Mourinho is up regretting not having introduced a third man.