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#3 Lack of tactical variations
The fullbacks play high up the pitch, offering overlapping runs and swinging in crosses from the byline. The inverted wingers drift to the centre and aim to provide cutbacks for the strikers.
The central midfielders spray passes across the pitch and occasionally over the top for the fullbacks or Ronaldo. Benzema starts in the central striker position but spends a lot of time on the flanks, Ronaldo starts out wide but spends a lot of time in the penalty box.
All well and good, except it all stops there. Just like you can’t stop Arjen Robben even if you know what he will do, you can’t stop Real Madrid just by predicting what they are up to. Their players are simply that good.
But up against top coaches in the caliber of Guardiola, Klopp, Heynckes or Allegri, their one-dimensional attacking play might be effectively smothered. In fact if anyone needs help, Pochettino provided a blueprint by beating Real Madrid at Wembley early on.
