There is no reason to be following Benzema who needs to either receive and turn at 40 yards on the left wing, or lay it off to Vinicius. The more likely of the two was the latter and Semedo would have been in perfect position to stop the run if he didn't follow forward forcing Pique to close the space behind him.
Simeone's low block never takes these baits and lets the forwards knock it around as long as they please until ~5-10m from the penalty area. Trying to follow a striker and intercept a pass in this circumstance is fruitless and reckless. You're wrong dude.
What are you talking about, if Semedo is not there, Benzema is the most dangerous and easiest player to pass the ball to. I know you hate him ffs, but
it's hilarious how wrong you are. Easiest pass to make is to Benzema. You can even see him asking the ball.
Forget about what happened. Judge the play before the pass is made. Pique should be closer to Semedo. Simple as. And Umtiti adjusts accordingly. It's an easy play. You have a 3 vs 3 in the wing, and a 5 vs 2 centrally, we basically keep 5 (!!!) players there to mark a couple of unlikely targets by Madrid, while their 2 most dangerous attackers are creating a 3 vs 3 on our right. Easy-peasy, central players translate more to the right where the action is, because they have no one to mark. It's one of the basics of modern defending. This is ball oriented zonal to create a compact shape around the ball, not space oriented zonal like in the 90s. You adjust in relation to the ball. If attacking team brings more players around the ball, you counter-move. You don't pretend everything is fine while leaving the flank be overpowered, just so you can keep your "supposed position". Positions are relative. What is good in a particular situation is bad in another situation. Here the shape doesn't adjust according to Madrid's attacking moves. We are faced with a 3 vs 3, in which Madrid's attackers use the advantage to score a goal. A 2 vs 2, 3 vs 3, 1 vs 1 in attack is always a favorable situation for the attacking team.
Pique is simply too far off Semedo. It's why Kroos pulls the trigger there in the first place lol. If it's 3 vs 4 this is almost never a goal. But it's 3 vs 3 because Pique is out of the action. He is so far out that he escorts Vinicius up until he's 6 meters off Stegen.
What you say was what football was in the 90s. In the late 00's teams started to move more players near the ball and create superioty. And defending teams have to adjust positionally to this. If you keep your shape and allow teams to create superiority in micro-zones, like you or JamDav are implying you are fucked.
