Soccer Card System

Chapter 566 The Erupting Fire (Second)

Chapter 577 The Eruption of Fire
What are Barcelona's weaknesses?
In the tactical meeting before the game, Gao Bo had clearly laid out the two most obvious weaknesses of Barcelona.

One is of course a physical confrontation!
"Barcelona's midfield mainly relies on the linkage control between the three midfielders of Xavi-Iniesta-Busquets to create opportunities for the frontcourt. Xavi and Iniesta's foot skills and ability to get rid of are good, but there is one thing, their physical confrontation ability is not top!"

The day before the game, Atletico Madrid's tactical meeting had been held until after nine o'clock in the evening.

Tomorrow's game is too important, Gao Bo and his players dare not be perfunctory.

Gao Bo pointed to the tactical board: "Therefore, what I request is that from the very beginning of the game, Xavi and Iniesta must be pressed close to each other, giving them bodies from the very beginning!!"

"The action doesn't need to be too big, as long as it can interfere. Be careful, don't get a yellow card easily!"

Gao Bo emphasized.

Barcelona's physical weakness is well known to many and it's no secret.

Back then, Inter Milan played a dream game with a muscular three midfielder and eliminated Barcelona.

But apart from that time, although many people also know that Barcelona's physical confrontation is not good, but few teams seem to be able to successfully take advantage of this.

First of all, of course Harvey and Iniesta are both master players. They know how to play their own advantages. Whether it is Harvey or Iniesta, they always send the ball while running when receiving and passing the ball. They rarely let themselves be entangled by the opponent's defensive players.

Gao Bo was not worried about this.

Just because others can't entangle them doesn't mean Atletico Madrid can't entangle them either.

Atletico Madrid is already very good at pressing the frontcourt, but now Gao Bo just allows the players to increase the intensity of confrontation.

"In Barcelona's formation, Busquets is dragged behind the three midfielders. In front of him are Xavi and Iniesta, one on the left and one on the right, forming a configuration of three midfielders. Once Xavi and Iniesta encounter a close press, the role of Busquets is obvious. He is the strongest among the three midfielders in Barcelona. His ability to hold the ball and pass the ball is not weak. Therefore, what we have to do is not only to press Xavi and Iniesta, but also to cut off Busquets and them. Contact everyone to watch this ball!"

In the meeting room, Lin Sen's meticulously edited Barcelona game video is being played.

"It was a goal for Barcelona against Getafe. Iniesta came up, Xavi came up, Busquets came up, look at their backcourt!"

Gao Bo drew a big circle on the touch screen!
"At this moment, Barcelona's midfield was empty, so Mascherano came up!"

"This has brought two results. In fact, the empty midfield situation has not been alleviated. At the same time, only Piqué is left on the back line of Barcelona!"

Gao Bo drew two lines.

"So, they couldn't take care of both sides at this moment, and at this time Sanchez broke through and was intercepted, and then Getafe counterattacked!"

The screen continues to play.

"Therefore, what we have to do in this game is to increase the intensity of the game, so that Barcelona has to frequently fight us physically!"

After Gao Bo finished speaking, he immediately cut to the next video clip.

This video is the video of Barcelona conceding the ball.

"This is the video of Barcelona's conceded goals this season. Except for the conceded goals against us, the conceded goals in the other 31 league games plus 31 Champions League games are all here. There are a total of [-] conceded goals!"

After Gao Bo finished speaking, the screen began to play!

"31 goals conceded, excluding four penalty kicks, there are 27 conceded goals. Among these 27 conceded goals, 27 goals were conceded from set kicks! There were also 23 headers that were scored in wide crosses, [-] conceded goals, and [-] were conceded headers!"

Gao Bo said.

"This shows that Barcelona's air defense is a very big problem! The central defender Pique has a certain air defense ability, but he alone is not enough!"

Gao Bo emphasized.

"Therefore, an important offensive tactic in our game is to make good use of the set kicks in the frontcourt!"

"The set-piece routines we have focused on practicing this week must be fully utilized in this game!"

"In this game, what we have to do is to score goals more efficiently!! At the same time... not concede the ball!!!"

What Gao Bo said is very simple, but in fact it is extremely difficult to do.

And the players at Atletico Madrid know that too.It may not be difficult to score a goal, but the difficulty is to keep the opponent from scoring while attacking! !

That's a little harder.

Gao Bo spent more than two hours interspersed with various battle examples and videos as supplementary explanations, making Atletico Madrid players clear about their responsibilities in the game.

This is the most important step before the game, so that the players can fully understand the tactics before they can actually execute them on the field!
It is useless to just shout slogans.

A head coach's job is much more than just fighting. He has to say something and give his players that "we can win this way" feeling.

Gao Bo will also give the players blood, but after inciting the players, he will also give a specific plan!

After today's tactical meeting, everyone is full of confidence in tomorrow's game.

The players know that it is really possible for them to beat Barcelona and then knock them out!

April 25st!

Game day is here!
Morning, hotel restaurant in Barcelona.

The Barcelona players enjoy their breakfast leisurely.

Although Guardiola has been emphasizing caution, emphasizing the importance of this game.

The Barcelona players also thought they had listened, but after all, their advantage is so great, so although the Barcelona players did not underestimate the enemy, their mentality was relatively relaxed before the game.

Relaxation is not the same as slack.

Guardiola also doesn't think he has to make his players extremely nervous.

Too much tension is not a good thing for the performance of the game-teams that are too tense are generally prone to extremes, either playing extremely well or playing abnormally.

And Guardiola believes that he only needs his team to perform normally!

Therefore, he tried his best to let the players relax.

After yesterday's intense training, Guardiola does not plan to arrange any training today.

At Atletico Madrid, assistant coach Moya is at the door of the restaurant, and every player who comes in to eat gets a small note.

Every player will look down after getting it, and then look in.

This is a different task assigned according to each player's different position, as well as the corresponding tactical requirements!
Every player has a different task. Even if they are both strikers, Diego Costa and Aguero have different tasks and different tactical requirements.

For the tactical arrangement of each player, Gao Bo and his coaching team have paid attention to every time period of the game and the response to different situations!

A game of victory.Especially for the victory of an impossible game, there must be a lot of unknown sweat and dedication behind it. It is absolutely impossible for the head coach to talk about it 15 minutes before the start of the game, as in the novel and movie, and then the team wins like chicken blood.

You must know that the preparation for a game has started since the end of the last game.

Atletico Madrid players also know the importance of this game.

Every player is involved in this game, including the substitute players in this game-even if it is a substitute player, the coaching team also has arrangements.

Although only three substitutes are likely to play, Gao Bo has a purpose in choosing every player to enter the roster.He will not choose an unusable player to enter the list in such a game!
Everyone is watching carefully even when they are eating.

No one was chatting casually, and the atmosphere of the restaurant was a bit chilly for a while

In the afternoon, after a nap.

Under the leadership of the fitness coach Savor, the players performed simple physical strength training in the hotel gym to maintain their physical condition.

The players are doing very well, no one is lazy, everyone is full of desire for the game!

It was like a fire, burning more and more vigorously in their hearts! !
Now they just want the game to start quickly, so that this fire can burst out!

(End of this chapter)