I started with Torres, to revive German football

Chapter 177: The battle is full of clouds!
"What do you mean by that?"

In the Barcelona coach's office, Enrique frowned and asked his assistants.

Just now, he showed everyone what Guardiola said when he was interviewed by media reporters at the hotel. As the leader of Barcelona, ​​​​Enrique got relevant news at the first time.

But he is a little unpredictable, what exactly is Guardiola trying to express?And what kind of tactics might he adopt?
This is a very tricky hassle!

In the two previous matches between the two sides, Barcelona has always been the dominant offensive side. Even in the game they lost as a guest at Manchester, Barcelona did not give up their desire to control the dominant offense.

For the current Barcelona, ​​giving up offense and possession is voluntarily giving up their lifeline!
But Manchester City is different. After the lessons of Bayern Munich, Guardiola began to learn to be pragmatic. Whether it is squatting to defend and counterattack, or pass control to press and press high pressure, Manchester City has more tactical options than Barcelona.

If it was before, Enrique would not believe that Guardiola would continue to hold high the banner of offensive football in the away game, but after the duel with Bayern, Enrique was a little bit unsure.

Guardiola is really fighting Bayern Munich, the key is to win cleanly.

This is very problematic.

As for Barcelona's defense, can they perform better than Bayern?

This defense can't hold Villarreal, Real Madrid can't hold it, can they hold the menacing Manchester City now? !

Everything is unknown, but Enrique, who is well aware of his own defense, still feels a little pessimistic.

"We are not greatly affected by the national team's game, mainly in the back line. Both Pique and Alba have played full games in the national team, so no matter how we adjust, the problem in the back line cannot be changed."

"There are also Messi, Suarez and Neymar, etc. These South American players have participated in the last two rounds of the Copa America qualifiers, and they all played the main force. Influence.

The loss to Real Madrid in the last round of the league also had this problem. The players were too tired to play immediately after returning from the national team. In addition, we did not have enough rotation like Real Madrid. Let us play in the last game. Paid the price!
Now according to the current situation, we are very likely to encounter such a situation again in this game. "

Barcelona's chief assistant coach Robert Moreno was single-handedly promoted by Enrique. When he was coaching the youth team in Barcelona, ​​​​Enrique was already familiar with Robert.

After Enrique coached Barcelona, ​​he directly brought Robert Moreno by his side, and the two have cooperated so far.

So that in the future Spanish national team, Robert Moreno has always been Enrique's right-hand man.

"From the current point of view, both of our teams have been affected by the national team's competition. If we simply estimate from the degree of influence, I think we are similar to Manchester City.

However, the impact of the last round of the league was very different for the two teams. Most of Manchester City's main players did not play.

And we fought Real Madrid for the whole game, and then only left us with two days of rest.

Coupled with the long-term problem of rotation, our prospects are not optimistic. Even if we sit at home, the impact of physical fitness is indeed a bit big! "

Robert concluded.

Enrique has always been sullen, reaching out to grab the stubble on his chin, and did not give his own thoughts.

Soon, another assistant took Robert's words.

"Judging from the situation after returning to the team, I'm afraid that Pique is a bit irritating. He played the main force in both games and consumed a lot. Mascherano's state has also declined very obviously."

After joining from Liverpool, Mascherano is the panacea in Barcelona's midfield.
However, as his state fluctuated, Barcelona exposed the instability of the defense, which also made Enrique and others quite anxious.

Enrique is actually very clear. Judging from various signs, Barcelona is at home and has no reason to seek stability. They must take the initiative and try their best to attack, but he is very afraid of Manchester City's offensive ability.

Can Barcelona's defense hold up?
Thinking of this, Enrique was filled with anger!

The club's signings on the defensive line in the past two years have all been stinky shit, and it has been dragged to the point where no one is available now!
Guardiola is determined to revenge, so why not Enrique?

One win and one loss in the two rounds of the group stage, isn't that still a loss?

At that time, he was sprayed bloody by various reporters. Now he is in the midst of the public opinion that just lost the national derby.
If he loses to Manchester City again, the feeling of adding fuel to the fire is not what Enrique can bear.

But the point is, he is a little uncertain now, what kind of tactics will Guardiola adopt?
Barcelona has no choice, and must choose to attack, but Manchester City may not necessarily.

This kind of feeling that I am clear and the enemy is dark is really unpleasant.

What's more terrible is that after playing Manchester City for a week, Barcelona will be a guest at the Etihad Stadium again, interspersed with a La Liga match with Real Sociedad.

The Royal Triad's away games are not easy to play. The direct collision between all the La Liga teams with the Royal name and Barcelona these years is always a headache.

Over there, Enrique's scalp was numb with anxiety, and Manchester City, which had just finished the press conference here, was also caught in the middle of intense preparations.

After the speech, the players disbanded on the spot and went to the hotel's physiotherapy room to relax and relieve fatigue after the flight, but the coaching staff had to stay in the conference room to continue analyzing tactical issues.

In the projection hall of the hotel, after the players were completely relaxed, Guardiola took everyone to review the national derby that ended not long ago, brainstorming to see if they could find some places that could be used.

Before this game, Guardiola sent an assistant coach and scouts to the Nou Camp Stadium, watched the game live, and made very detailed records.

Based on what they learned on the spot, they analyzed the game with Guardiola and the players, and continued to study the tactics against Barcelona.

Judging from Real Madrid's strategy, Zidane's tactics are undoubtedly successful.

The reason why it is said to be successful is because their tactics are correct. Whether it is restraining Barcelona or defending Messi, Zidane's tactics are very successful.

They seized Barcelona's own loopholes, and at the same time keenly launched a fierce offensive in the second half when Barcelona's physical consumption was too high.

As a result, when Barcelona scored the first goal in the second half, they were unsustainable, quickly fell into trouble, and completely imprisoned Messi in a dense cage, and then Real Madrid broke through the defense.

In this case, when Barcelona was leading, they did not adjust their tactics in time.

When he was exhausted, he still chose to continue to press up and continue to attack, resulting in huge loopholes in the defense line of the entire midfield.

This allowed Real Madrid to score goals again and again, and finally lost the game [-]-[-]!
Letting go of the BBC gave Real Madrid enough space to fight back. This is why Barcelona lost.
After Mourinho, that kind of concise and clear, quick counterattack has been deeply buried in the blood of Real Madrid.
Letting fast horses like Bell and Marcelo charge wantonly on the side is simply courting death and there is nothing to say.

From Pique creating the first goal to Real Madrid counterattacking and scoring their first goal, in fact, there was only 6 minutes between the pros and cons.

This is the importance of on-the-spot command. A little hesitation, even if it is a few minutes short, will often cause irreversible consequences.

If Enrique can command the team to fall back to defend after taking the lead, then there is definitely a chance to avoid the next two conceded goals.

But he is coaching Barcelona. At his own home court, this dream team, which is still at its peak, will never think about putting down its airs and surrendering the dominance of the game, let alone facing its own rival ball. Team up.

They are Barcelona!Spain's only Triple Crown team is also the only cosmic team in Europe that has won the Triple Crown twice.

It was impossible for them to put down their airs, and Enrique could only bite the bullet and continue to attack, and then he was defeated vigorously!

The same is true for Manchester City now. Facing their old love, Barcelona certainly wants to use a wonderful event to tell Guardiola that without you, I am still doing very well now.

You once led Barcelona to the first Triple Crown in team history, and our current head coach is also a well-known Triple Crown coach!

Under such emotional rendering, Barcelona had no choice but to attack to death.

Now Guardiola wants to hear everyone's opinions first. Facing Barcelona's doomed offensive, what kind of defense should the team make? The most important point is the defense against Messi and Barcelona's passing and possession system limit.

Domenech, Guardiola's assistant coach, believes that Real Madrid has set a good example of failure for Manchester City. He believes that Manchester City can do better than Real Madrid with their physical fitness and integrity.

"I've discussed this with other coaches and we all agree that if we implement this tactic we can extend the high pressing to 75 to 10 minutes."

What Domenech said was actually a situation where Manchester City was completely passive and could not control the ball, and could only press desperately. This is the worst possible situation.

But with Manchester City's ability, it will never be passive to such a point. Only in terms of midfield configuration, Manchester City is definitely not worse than Barcelona.

Therefore, in general, Manchester City will not have a big physical problem when facing Barcelona. This is Manchester City's advantage. They can use this to continuously attack Barcelona's overall formation throughout the game.

The real problem is Messi.

Whether Iniesta's dribbling or Rakitic's organization and passing, they can all be contained and resolved, but Messi is the most troublesome and difficult to defend in this Barcelona lineup of.

In particular, Enrique also allowed him to move anywhere in the frontcourt.

More importantly, his partners are Neymar and Suarez!
Messi moved in from the wing, Suarez followed up in the middle, and Neymar made a sharp breakthrough from the wing. The harmonious cooperation between the three is the conventional offensive tactics of Barcelona.

Messi, who retreats to take the ball, has a broad vision and precise passing, while Neymar and Suarez in front of him are responsible for advancing forward and outflanking the weak side. This style of play has been tried and tested.

How to prevent?
this is a big problem.

"Zidane uses a single midfielder, but apart from Casemiro, Toni Kroos and Modric will rely on active running to counter Messi and Igne when the team needs it. Sta makes quite a tough interception!
The running distance of these two players and the aggressiveness of returning to the defense are extremely good among Real Madrid players.

It can be said that the two of them made a lot of sacrifices for the team's defense.

Casemiro cooperates with their two fierce central defenders to basically protect the front of the penalty area. After Messi retreats, one of them will always follow up to prevent him from playing easily. "

Domenech continued to analyze.

Manchester City play four-three-three, the position of the single midfielder, it must be Kanter at present, if Messi retreats, one-on-one, compared with Casemiro, the center of gravity is more than ten centimeters lower, flexible and Kanter, who has better turning speed, is fully capable of targeted restrictions.

Of course, if he can form a linkage with Stones and Kompany behind him, there will be more opportunities.

But in this way, the defense of the other two forwards Neymar and Suarez must also be targeted.

The personal abilities of these two players are extremely strong, and it is necessary to cut off the connection between the three of them. After all, the most troublesome thing for their opponents is the skillful wall-to-wall cooperation of the three MSN players, and the interaction between them from all angles. Assists sent.

Everyone is expressing their opinions, taking out some of their own ideas for analysis and discussion, and constantly formulating targeted tactical plans.

In terms of defense against Barcelona, ​​Guardiola had some ideas and frameworks early on.

Real Madrid is a good example of success, but Manchester City can do better.

For example, in the pressing and oppression of Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid's strategy is to establish a solid oppression zone near the center line, so that Barcelona can control the ball in their half and cannot be easily passed into their own half to form a threat.

The same goes for Guardiola's strategy.

After all the players returned from the national team, Manchester City has been sitting in corresponding special training every day, which is to strengthen one-kick passing and team pressure. The former can allow Manchester City to maximize the quality of transfer after grabbing the ball, so as not to Throw away as soon as Barcelona is forced.

The latter is to ensure the strength and quality of Manchester City's team pressure.

What happens once the compression zone near the midline is breached?
Quickly settle down and form your own defensive formation.

Guardiola specially organized several group matches within the team to test the team's ability to quickly position and establish a defensive order. The effect is quite good. Guardiola and the coaching staff are quite satisfied.

That is to say, Manchester City will reduce the pressure on Barcelona in the half, especially near the penalty area. Instead, they will concentrate all their strength and establish a pressure zone near the center line to prevent Barcelona from passing the ball through the half.

Real Madrid and Barcelona also encountered a big problem in the game, that is, physical consumption.

For Manchester City, this is not a big problem.

Because in the past few days, Guardiola has been practicing the rotation strategy, coupled with this more than a week of recuperation, the state of the entire team is obviously better than that of the Barcelona players.

And in the continuous oppression, you can also make a rotation oppression strategy similar to wheel warfare.

For example, for the harassment in the frontcourt, first Zhao Jinge went up, then Zhao Jinge retreated to the side, let the other two forwards go up, and then changed another person.

Keep one person continuing to press, and the other two form a hierarchical position behind you.

In fact, in the next few years, more and more teams will adopt such tactics when pressing.

This is a rotation mechanism, one person is constantly fighting in the front, and the other players can catch their breath in the back.

Among Manchester City's forwards are Zhao Jinge who can't run to death, and Kanter who can't run to death in the midfield. Even if Yaya Toure, who is older, plays only 65 minutes, he can contribute extremely high-intensity full-court oppression and organization. !
Veteran top B2B midfielders are no joke!
In terms of implementing this set of tactics, Guardiola dare not say anything else. Among the current strong teams in European football, no one can compare with Manchester City.

Relatively speaking, Yaya Toure's mission will be more later, mainly to suppress Busquets and Rakitic.

Kanter is closer to Iniesta, because then there must be someone to stare at Messi and protect the ribs, which is the most terrible point.

Suarez and Neymar are both top scorers in the world, and they can create a lot of threats through the ribs. Coupled with Messi who can be super god at any time, Manchester City must gather a lot of troops in this area.

After Guardiola's analysis, when it comes to the present, the whole idea is actually very clear and mature.

In the past few days, Manchester City's training has also been developed and deployed around his idea.

After working hard for so long, it's finally time to see the truth on the court.

On the day of the match between Manchester City and Barcelona, ​​the entire Camp Nou became a sea of ​​red and blue, and the Blue Moon fans who came from afar only took a small part of the away team fans.

Amidst the overwhelming boos of the fans in the audience, Guardiola took his Manchester City to visit again this stadium that once brought him infinite glory and gave him a disastrous defeat.

　I really want to watch the game tonight

　　
　
(End of this chapter)