"Van de Beck, nobody is talking about him enough. Of course, De Jong and De Licht really like it, but I think the clearest example of Ajax's identity on the pitch is Van de Beck."

(Mauricio Pochettino when asked about the most important players of Ajax from his point of view before the second leg of the Champions League semi-final) (1)

wrong answer

The first mistake you will make when reading the previous statement is to think of it as a reaction to the goal of Van de Beck in the first leg, the goal that Guardian described as coming after the Dutchman pressed the "stop button" for a moment, as if the Dutchman was giving the world some time to notice how he received the ball It was paved and spin it out in one touch, how Danny Rose and Tottenham defended the whole of the game before facing Loris. (2)

Pochettino did not mean the goal, but continued to refer to the movements of De Peck smart, and as one of the best tactical minds in the game has linked them to the movements of Tadic immediately; "sneaks behind Tadic, reaches the free space, requests the ball and then score." Anyone who has watched Ajax with interest over the past season knows that De Peck is expecting the opposite of Serbian moves, and that the superior liquidity of the Ajax attack was mainly the result of tactical understanding between the duo; Tadic goes out to the party and De Peck fills his vacuum deep, going up and down and vice versa. (3)

Fig. 1-4; note how De Peck moves against Tadic at key moments leading to a goal or a chance (total football analysis)

This was the most important difference between the imaginary Tin Hach striker and his predecessors in the same position; that the offensive support came from the first 8 free before it came from the wings or attackers, and that this liquidity can not be the result of chance, especially when controlling the movements and passes The whole team, which also explains how easy De Beek receives the ball every time in the same way, no matter where he is on the pitch, the half-turn or the "Half Turn" which cuts two movements in one and steals the first step in the speed race with his sergeant.

Why does De Beck receive the ball every time in the same way? He knows what to do next and does not need to stop and think, and makes his decision in seconds that the ball takes on its way to him. Why does he know what to do next? Because there is a solid and coherent system in which the team works. So what's the problem here? Real Madrid cannot sign the system.

Headache of hyper-systemism

After the news spread that Meringue might be contracted with Van de Beck, the view emerged that the Dutch was not the best option for Real Madrid Zidane, and that Pogba was the most realistic solution as a random individual player is not able to adhere to specific tasks, or in a healthier sense no longer favors adherence to tasks. Since his return from Juventus, he has been crowned king as the most expensive player in the world and his career priorities have changed drastically; from a player who aspires to prove himself in Turin and introduce himself to the world to another who considers himself the most important in United's dressing room capable of overthrowing a coach the size of Mourinho, or at least contributing to it. .

This is the closest thing to what happens in the Bernabéu in terms of the influence of the dressing room on the decision and the randomness of artistic decisions, but the difference there is that the Merengue had the skills to balance it, Perez's theory, which seems very effective at times; if the formation is filled with enough stars Someone will produce at least one extraordinary shot per game, and that shot will be enough to win. Of course, things were not so simple and here came the role of Zidane to intervene and stop it at some moments, perhaps the most prominent in his insistence on Casimero as a key element in the formation because of his previous experience with Makelele and the collapse that followed his departure to Chelsea. (4) (5) (6)

Zidane and Pogba (the island)

In this context, Donna wins Pogba in comparison with De Beck, and despite the sources' assertion that the Dutch is not a substitute for the Frenchman, closing the window of transfers on this situation may force everyone - including Zidane - to consider it as well. Hacks when he leaves the system that shined in. (7) (8)

First, Van de Beck is one of Ajax's most dedicated players since his childhood, as he is one of the few elements that has been included in all stages of the club's youth, unlike Ziach, Nerez, Shona and Taliafico, for example, and even De Jong who He joined eighteen years of age. (9) Second, Real Madrid's recent glory deals with Zidane did not include a single player like the Dutchman, coming from a clear tactical background and a style of play capable of carving talent in certain molds, but relied primarily on individual abilities in the absolute, the only exception to this rule Toni Kroos, whose position and duties have changed drastically since he arrived in Madrid, has been transformed by another player who is completely different from the one we saw with Bayern Heinkis.

Tactical

The same opinion becomes less relevant when it adds two different facts: First, we have not seen Van de Beck since his promotion to the first team only last season due to poor coverage of the Dutch league and the lack of individual or collective statistics, and last season the Tin Hack system was already at its peak. Second, we have not seen it in any other tactical system at all, which puts us in the dilemma of the famous egg and chicken, and makes the most important question is; Did the system actually concealed the flaws of Van de Beck or is it concealed its flaws?

The first possibility is true for most Ajax players.For example, De Jong's struggles in Barcelona have already begun during the pre-season, with each attempt to speed up the ball or send passes with a certain amount of risk that De Jong discovers that the system is different. He expected that Valverde players - at least the main players - would prefer canned solutions and safe passes back and forth and would not move enough without a ball, and would retreat in the face of pressure while he prefers to face and overcome. Is this losing Di Young a part of his value? Absolutely, but it does not fault him as much as the Valverde system, if it may be considered a system at all. (10)

A similar thing is likely to happen if Van de Beck joins Real Madrid. The Dutchman is a highly tactical player, fluent in everything that cannot be measured in the game; such as moving, timing, perceiving voids and handling the ball from the smallest number of touches, which makes it very difficult to stop when it is used optimally, but is expected to lose a number of advantages when He plays with Zidane, so as not to drown in vague, infamous and infamous terms such as "system" and "tactical player" without elaboration. Let's say that his great offensive contribution during most of the important stages of the Champions League will be the first to lose, the contribution that made Pochettino regarded as the most important players. Ajax, which made the Guardian its th compatibility Ie. (11)

Van de Beck intercepts opponents' passes at a rate of almost 3 times per game, and retrieves the ball by more than 5 times as well. These are unusual rates for a third midfielder who is sometimes active as an extra striker, and note that we are talking about recovery, not interfering with opponents (Tackle). This shows you the importance of De Beck in maintaining the ball and regaining possession, and reassures any coach will try to engage him as a midfielder in terms of rebound and commitment to defensive tasks, especially since he is the third Ajax players ran 10.1 kilometers in the ninety minutes, in addition to being .. For a moment .. Is .. All of the above seems familiar? (12) (9)

Repeats itself

Last season, Van de Pijk took part in a goal either in scoring or direct industry almost every 137 minutes, a luxury he will never get at Real Madrid, especially with Zidane, simply because the French system allows Modric and Kroos only to participate in a goal every 436 minutes and 232 minutes respectively By comparison, Tottenham and Bayern are finding that they have decreased with Zidane by 46% and 20% respectively. (13) (14) (15) (16) (17)

Of course, this is a fabulous retreat from the pair's participation in the offensive, especially if you add to it the fact that almost half of the crucial crosses come from fixed corners and kicks not from open play, but it is very justified in the style of French play, which relied heavily on the rise of the backs Marcelo and Carbajal and booking a trio To cover the spaces behind them, and the rise of the two backs was mainly due to the presence of an outspoken attacker who can deal with all kinds of crosses within the region, whether former Ronaldo or Jovic, who came to replace him, or to try rather.

Classification of critical crosses expected and actual in terms of positions (open play - corners - fixed kicks) (under stat)

Instead of Tadic, who moves around the region and is well prepared, there will be Jovic, whose role will be limited to the opposite. Originally, she is the one who leads her, and most importantly, she stretches the pitch in the last third to allow the likes of Hazar, Isco, Benzema and Asensio to slip in half-distances and turn the heart of the attack, and the result is a very crowded depth where all the sites that could enable Van de Beck to achieve the addition of attack Its real sites are reserved already. (18)

This is the reason why Modric has played only 21 goals in 114 appearances for Zidane, while Van de Bijk has made 30 appearances last season; not because the Dutch have three Croatian seasons, but because Real Madrid have played in recent years. With the current coach, the midfielders require huge and cumbersome defensive tasks and deny them effective participation in the operations of the last third. That was a common feature even when Zizou switched to Isco's 4-4-2 diamond at the head of the midfield at the end of the 2016-2017 season, and it's hard to imagine he would turn it upside down for one player who was not his top priority.

Just another Dutch bird

The irony of all is that Van de Beck will remind you of Tottenham's version of Modric; exceptional energy and enduring movement that will enable him to be the extra player in every line, and the interesting thing is that Modric was nicknamed the new Cruyff also in the years of his rise, so perhaps imagine Zidane that it would be best to replace him during Unless Zidane has spent the nine months between his departure and his return to rebuilding his training philosophy, Van Dijk's fate with him will not be much different from that of the Croatian; FIFA and UEFA team for the best every year, but Saif It has quite a bit of luster in return for all that.

Extraordinary thermal map of Donnie van de Beck during the last two seasons (sofa score)

This is not the worst thing you know, but in fact it is an essential part of the transition of any player like Van de Beck to a big team demanding at least one major tournament seasonally, but only the ratio varies from case to case, which determines whether collective gains are equivalent Before he took one priority over the other, remember Kovacic, who spent three years between the bench and the stadium and then left because he found no place in the formation except as an alternative defense hub for Casemiro, even during Modric's worst periods.

In fact, the most important question here is not whether Van de Beck is able to cope with it, not how much he is influenced or influenced by the Tin Hack system, but rather about the actual reasons that he put on the radar of Real Madrid and Zidane in the first place. A specialist like Perez is trying to avoid Pogba and his notorious agent at all costs.We will never know what similarities Zidane saw between his game system and that of Tin Hack, and what I feel is that he will get the best that Van de Beek has to offer while his playing style strikes him half of his weapons. at least.

So far, the perception of van de Beck's mistake seems quite right. Of course, everything is still possible, given that what we know about the Dutch is very limited, and the fact that it is still in the beginning of his career and can be modified and developed and transformed, and until that happens will remain a dilemma of another kind existing in Madrid; Is the style of playing Zidane is what drives the contracts or is it Are what leads him?