i want to be king

Chapter 370 Do you have the confidence to suppress Lucio?

On the special plane flying back to Barcelona from Munich, there was a dead silence.

No one spoke, and the atmosphere became quite strange.

Strictly speaking, this score is not bad.

Two away goals, after returning home, Barcelona is fully capable of reversing.

But everyone is still worried because the team's defensive problems are too serious.

Serious enough to make people very worried, can the second round really win Bayern Munich at home?

Members of the coaching staff such as Rijkaard and Ten Carter are also thinking about their own problems. They need to focus on thinking about the countermeasures for the second round, and at the same time find out the weaknesses and loopholes of Bayern Munich.

You know, in the first round of the game, Bayern midfielder Michael Ballack was absent.

But in the second round, Ballack will definitely come back, which will be a considerable threat to Barcelona's midfielder.

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When the plane rose into the air and the flight was stable, Captain Puyol stood up from his seat, came to the middle of the cabin, looked around for his teammates, and gathered everyone's attention.

"Old rules, everyone talk about it, sum up the first round and think about the next round." Puyollang said.

After a pause, Puyol said again: "I'll come first."

Still no one spoke, they just listened quietly.

"In the first round of the game, our defense line should be responsible for this. We should not push the problem to a certain person. Everyone is responsible. We are a whole and we must bear it together. As the captain, I have the greatest responsibility."

At the critical moment, Puyol still has the responsibility as the captain.

As soon as they said that, the rest of the defense, including Oleg, apologized and expressed their willingness to take responsibility.

Whether it was during the halftime break, or in the locker room after the game, or up to now, no one has blamed the conceded goal in the first half. Although everyone knows what the problem is, there is no way, the team's personnel are so little.

Not to mention using Oleg, even if Marcos comes back to the defense, can he defend Ma Kai?
The Mexicans aren't all that safe either, are they?

Furthermore, Marcos returns to the defense, who will play the midfielder?
Barcelona has tried many methods this season, and Herald has completely lost confidence. He can't find the state he was in Valencia that year, and it is difficult to meet the team's requirements.

Thiago and Edmilson have not been able to return from injury for a long time. Even if they come back, what is their state?
Barcelona can really be said to have been seriously dragged down by defense this season.

And if you want to delve deeper, it will definitely involve the power struggle of the management.

Russell believes that it was Laporta who spent all his financial resources and even used bank loans to sign Sudong from Valencia, which led to Barcelona not having enough financial resources to operate other players.

If you use the money to buy Su Dong to buy a striker and a back midfielder, it is definitely more than enough.

Ballack, for example, was once very close to Barcelona last summer.

Laporta believes that the team's current plight has a lot to do with Rosell, who is in charge of football affairs, because two Brazilian players, Motta and Edmilson, have been absent for a long time due to injuries.

Another point is that the midfielder that Barcelona wanted to sign at the beginning was to make up for Davis's shortcomings. Russell strongly advocated signing Deco, but it turned out that Deco was not Davis.

It is a pity that the Brazilian midfielder cannot play in the Champions League.

It can be said that this is a very troublesome matter. Once disputes arise, it will be endless bad debts.

In the second half of last season, Barcelona's strong revival, the structure of the midfield iron triangle is very important, Davis is responsible for sweeping and oppressing in a large area, Harvey is responsible for organizing and passing the ball, and behind him is Cocu's excellent defensive ability.

Judging from the idea of ​​forming the club at the beginning of the season, Edmilson wanted to make up for Cocu's position, but since a serious injury, Herald is completely out of shape. No one on the team can replace Cocu's position, not even Davis's vacancy.

It is precisely because of the imbalance in the midfield that Barcelona can rely on their strong attack power to dominate the league, but in the Champions League, especially in the knockout rounds, when they encounter a strong opponent like Bayern Munich, the problem is immediately exposed.

Conceding three goals in a row in the opening game seems to be accidental, but it is actually inevitable sooner or later.

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"I think, in the second leg, we should take a more proactive approach, just like we did against Real Madrid."

After many people expressed their opinions, Su Dong also put forward his own ideas.

Since it is very difficult to defend, then simply press out and attack the opponent.

When playing Real Madrid, Barcelona's most eye-catching tactic is to press and press the whole court.

But as soon as Su Dong finished speaking, someone raised different opinions immediately.

"Real Madrid's defense is so poor, but Bayern Munich's defense is very good. I am afraid that it will be difficult for us to use the tactics we used against Real Madrid to deal with Bayern. On the contrary, we may be directly defeated by the opponent's counterattack." Deco raised his own concerns.

Many people also nodded, expressing their agreement with Deco's point of view.

"The key lies in ourselves. As long as everyone concentrates on the game and immediately invests in counter-attack after losing the ball, then Bayern Munich may play worse than Real Madrid. Their players' technical skills are not as good as Real Madrid."

Speaking of this, Su Dong added, "In the second half, or in other words, the whole game, we did not do well in one place, that is, we didn't dare to take and pass the ball in the opponent's half.

Looking at the current players in Barcelona, ​​not many have actually played in the Champions League knockout rounds.

Su Dong and Deco are the only players among these people who have played in the Champions League final.

Ronaldinho has played in the World Cup, but to a certain extent, the technical and tactical level of the World Cup is really not as good as the Champions League knockout, because the Champions League knockout has gathered the best football players in the world, and the technical and tactical level is even higher than the European Cup.

It is precisely because of lack of experience that after losing the ball in the opening game, the players began to fear making mistakes.

But sometimes, the more you are afraid of making mistakes, the easier it is to make mistakes.

Barcelona has too much ineffective possession of the ball, which just shows the mentality of the players.

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Rijkaard did not express his opinion from beginning to end, and he and Ten Carter were listening and recording carefully.

No one knew what he was thinking.

The only thing that is certain is that he listened carefully to his players.

This is actually a good tradition in the Barcelona locker room. For example, when selecting the captain, it is basically universally elected by everyone, whoever they like can be elected, and there are not even candidates.

However, when the team started training after returning to Barcelona, ​​Rijkaard consciously wanted to try the high-position pressing tactics proposed by Sudong.

This style of play has gained a lot against Real Madrid, but there are not small problems, the most important one is excessive physical consumption.

Against Real Madrid, the reason why they were able to achieve miraculous results was mainly because Real Madrid's defense was terrible, and they were not active in pressing and oppressing. Especially for the superstars in the frontcourt, the defense was useless.

But even so, Barcelona's full-court pressing and oppression still consume a lot.

Bayern Munich is not Real Madrid. Adopting high-position pressing and oppressive tactics against such a team will only consume more.

Even, whether it can last until the end of the game is a question.

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No one knows what the coaching staff is thinking, but in the weekend's La Liga, Rijkaard carried out a large rotation, and several core players, including Su Dong and Ronaldinho, did not play.

In the end, Barcelona drew with the deputy squad leader Numancia in an away game [-]-[-].

The team's defense is still not reassuring, although this time Marcos Senna started and played the whole game.

Entering March, the No.20 six rounds of La Liga ushered in the middle of the week.

Barcelona hosts Espanyol.

Although it was a derby in the same city, Rijkaard still stayed strong in this game.

In the end, the two teams drew [-]-[-].

Ronaldinho and Sudong both played 65 minutes, but neither gave it their all.

Everyone is very clear that Barcelona is now fully committed to next week's Champions League round of [-] second-leg match.

Barça have enough of a league lead to ensure they focus on the Champions League for the time being.

On the weekend, La Liga No.20 has seven rounds.

Barcelona away to Osasuna.

Su Dong came off the bench in the second half and scored a goal for Barcelona in the No. 80 minute.

That is, Su Dong's goal, Barcelona beat Osasuna [-]-[-] in the away game and scored three points.

After two consecutive draws, Barcelona finally won again.

But the Champions League final is imminent. Barcelona has performed poorly in the last three games, but the defense is not bad. They only conceded one goal in three games, but the offense is not satisfactory. They only scored two goals in three games.

After the game, the German media summed up four tactics to deal with Barcelona.

First, sacrifice a striker and mess up Barcelona's defense; second, destroy Xavi and Deco's pass, and destroy Barcelona's midfield organization; third, set up an iron bucket formation at the front of the penalty area, so that Barcelona cannot enter the big penalty area; fourth and most important, freeze Su Dong's performance.

The remarks of the German media have attracted a lot of attention. The style of play they summed up is indeed effective for Barcelona.

As early as after the Gamper Cup, AC Milan coach Ancelotti once said that if he meets Barcelona again, he will undoubtedly win. Later in La Liga, many teams used this method to deal with Barcelona.

To put it bluntly, it is to use the numerical advantage to contain Barcelona's midfielder, and then counterattack to attack Barcelona's fragile defense.

But facing Bayern Munich, Barcelona's biggest problem is not defense.

It is attacking.

The next morning after playing Osasuna, Rijkaard and Ten Carter left Sudong alone after the recovery training.

They only asked Su Dong a question.

"Facing Bayern, do you have the confidence to press Lucio?"

(End of this chapter)