«It is not easy to understand a defense of five, with three centrals and two more advanced.

To them, to the lanes, the ones you send to push up and influence the offensive more than the defensive.

The lanes are vital in the exit of the ball.

It is not easy to want to do everything: defend, squeeze and be more daring.

It depends on the footballers.

In 2018, during his time at Betis,

Quique Setién

reflected in a conversation with this newspaper about the virtues of a system, that of the three center-backs, with which the Verdiblanco team managed with joy.

Simeone, on the other hand, was choking.

Both to attack him and to execute him with his footballers.

His first official experiment, with Giménez, Lucas and Savic in the center, and Filipe Luis and Vrsaljko in the lanes, led to Atlético's first league defeat at the Metropolitano (0-2 against Espanyol).

Previously,

Pablo Machín's

Girona

, with that same drawing, had already choked him a couple of times.

From those distant experiments to the reality on which, since November, Simeone has moved, until now always faithful to his beloved 4-4-2.

On the new drawing he has cemented the leadership of Atlético, which accumulates the second best score in its history, only behind the 67 points of 2014, when they were champions.

But he's not the only one.

Ronald Koeman

has been using it uninterruptedly for a month, after tracking throughout the season in search of a system with which to get the most out of his squad.

The Dutchman's balance in this period: 18 goals in favor and only three against.

For his part, from time to time,

Zinedine Zidane

also modifies the automatisms of his Real Madrid to unleash his lanes.

This happened in the second leg of the Champions League round of 16 against Atalanta or in the league match against Elche, on the green of Alfredo di Stéfano.

Both duels ended in triumph.

Alba, heading to her best numbers

It is they, the lanes, who give meaning to the new bet.

To do this, Simeone converted

Carrasco

, to his left flank, and expanded

Trippier's

field of vision

, whose two-month loss due to the betting case affected the team's vital signs.

With two months of competition ahead, the Englishman has six assists, one more than last year and has unleashed

Llorente

.

Three goals and five final passes have come from the left.

At Barcelona,

Sergiño Dest

and

Jordi Alba are in

charge of stretching the team.

The Spanish side, friend and infallible partner of Messi, who was already placed in that position by Setién himself, a few days after arriving.

Alba accumulates five goals and 12 precious gifts to his teammates, who have returned the focus of the selection to him, with his third European Championship on the horizon.

On the right flank, newcomer Dest scored a double at Anoeta on Sunday.

With

Ramos

,

Nacho

and

Varane

protecting Courtois,

Mendy

has the whole field to look out of the rival area (two goals).

And

Lucas Vázquez

, driven by the absence of Carvajal, already has two goals and seven assists.

The lanes move a good part of the threads of this League.

Luis Suárez, Messi and Benzema have been thanking him for a long time.

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