When Moroccan players vent their joy of victory wantonly, the era of passing football has finally come to an end. Before the game, almost all media believed that Spain would defeat Morocco and successfully won a seat in the quarterfinals. However, no one expected that Enrique's t

When Moroccan players wantonly vent the joy of victory, the era of passing and controlling football has finally come to an end. Before the game, almost all media believed that Spain would defeat Morocco and successfully won a seat in the quarterfinals. However, no one expected that Enrique 's team and Morocco would fall into a tough battle. After 120 minutes of confrontation, both sides entered a penalty shootout. Three consecutive players failed to take the penalty and hit it, and the Bullfighter Army announced its departure in the most helpless way.

Recently watching this game, the Spanish team still has a ball possession rate of up to 80%. If you only look at the data panels of both sides, it will easily make people think that this is a game in which Spain unilaterally crushes Morocco. However, from the actual situation, the Spanish team has too many invalid ball controls. Within 120 minutes, the Spanish team has produced only a handful of threatening attacks. On the contrary, after shrinking the formation, Morocco used the steals after the wing and midfield encirclement to launch several threatening defensive counterattacks . Objectively speaking, Morocco is the side closer to scoring. Now that things have come, there is no need to blame the three players who lost the penalty, because from the moment the game was dragged into overtime, the Spanish team was doomed to have a defeat.

Once upon a time, almost the whole world was studying the Spanish team's pass-by football. The Bullfighters Army used their proud pass-and-control style to win the championship in three consecutive competitions. Between 2008 and 2012, there were few teams that could beat them. At that time, a trend of learning transmission and control strategies and technology was also set off around the world. The Japanese team , which we are more familiar with, began to pay attention to the cultivation of players' skills and the way of controlling the ball. Control the ball under your feet, use quick and simple short passes and transfers to control the rhythm of the game, while constantly consuming the opponent's physical strength and patience. Then, at a certain node, quickly tear the opponent's defense through passes and threats, and then score. The Spanish team also stood at the top of the world with this technology.

accompanied it is also the rise of Barcelona Dream Three Dynasty. It can be said that it was Barcelona and the Spanish team that carried forward traditional technology and pushed it to the top, and they have indeed created countless glory. However, no matter how outstanding the playing style is, there is always a moment when it is thoroughly studied. From 2013 years later, with the renewed rise of upgraded iron barrel formations and high-pressure and defensive counterattack tactics. The passing and control technology gradually lost its voice in the duel between top teams, and the Bullfighter Dynasty also collapsed. Since then, it will be difficult for the Spanish team to achieve good results in international competitions. In the 2014 World Cup, they boarded the plane home in the group stage in a shameful group match. The weakness of the pass control system is that once the opponent voluntarily gives up the ball rights and chooses to squat the iron barrel formation and squat the pit to fight back. Then it will be difficult for them to find a breakpoint. They may not lose the ball, but it is also very difficult for the side who performs the pass control tactic to score.

During the heyday of Barcelona's dream of the third throne, and during the peak Bullfighter Dynasty. They occasionally seem to have no way to score because of their opponent's strong iron barrel formation, and end up with only one draw. Sometimes they even lose the game because their opponent uses counterattack to steal one. It can be said that after the 2014 World Cup, the transmission and control technology gradually fell behind. Instead, it is replaced by a more efficient and concise style of playing, with high-level pressing and changing rhythmic defensive counterattacks. Such techniques have gradually become the mainstream in the competition. In fact, Enrique had already realized the outdated transmission and control technology during his coaching in Barcelona. After taking over Barcelona, ​​he transformed the team's playing style and technical and tactical system. On the surface, Barcelona played the pass control at that time, but in fact it was fake pass control and real anti-counter.

Enrique used MSN's powerful offensive firepower to keep playing defensive counterattack. At that time, Barcelona would appropriately give up the ball and look for a breakthrough point. It was in the 14-15 season that Barcelona had a brief return and won the European championship through the qualifying match.As it turned out, Enrique had a very clear understanding of transmission and control technology at that time, and he also made improvements. But he, who was the first to see through the direction of improvement of the transmission and control, still failed to change Spain's transmission and control style. The Spanish team at this World Cup is still obsessed with tradition. A large number of invalid ball controls numb the opponent while also numbing the players of this team. As strong as Guardiola, the coach who pushed the pass and control technology to the peak. Since 18 years later, he has also realized that the transmission and control has lagged behind the development trend of football. So he began to add powerful centers to his lineup to try more different styles of play.

Today's Manchester City is nominally a pass control, but it actually combines a variety of play methods such as pass control, high-level pressing and defensive counterattack. Therefore, Manchester City's record in the past two years has become increasingly stable. In the Champions League, it has also stopped in the quarterfinals for many years, gradually reached the finals and reached the semi-finals last season. If even Guardiola has gradually given up on the transfer and control technology, then Enrique should not be obsessed with letting the Spanish team play transfer and control. What is certain is that if the transmission and control technology is not innovated in the future, it will only be a matter of time before it is completely eliminated.