Does Lopetegui and Pep Guardolia have the same tactics?

The Barcelona under Guardiola is famous for possessing the ball, and after Lopetegui joined the Real Madrid, the coach is also looking forward to success in the same way.

So far this season, Real Madrid has passed 1505 feet, Barcelona is 1470 feet; the former pass rate is 90.76%, while the latter is 87.89%.

The key player in this Toni Kroos. He has 220 feet in 226 passes and has the highest success rate among all players who have passed the ball more than 15 times.

In the past, there were also many voices of criticism and control in the Bernabeu – because this is Barcelona’s style of play. At the stage of Mourinho’s coaching of Real Madrid, the team’s passing number was 27,366 fewer than Barcelona.

On 21 July 2016, after being strongly linked to English side Wolverhampton Wanderers which was under new ownership,Lopetegui was announced as the new manager of the Spain national team following Vicente del Bosque’s retirement.In his first match in charge, on 1 September, he led them to a 2–0 friendly victory over Belgium at the King Baudouin Stadium; the nation qualified for the 2018 World Cup, winning nine and drawing one of their group matches.

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On 12 June 2018, with the team already in Russia for the tournament, it was announced that Lopetegui would take over as the head coach of Real Madrid on a three-year contract after the conclusion of Spain’s involvement at the World Cup. The following day, he was dismissed from his job with the national team and replaced by Fernando Hierro.

Lopetegui’s first competitive game in charge took place on 15 August 2018, in a 2–4 loss against Atlético Madrid for the UEFA Super Cup after extra time

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