Grass roots glory

Chapter 507 Strong No Front
Guardiola has already started preparing for this game. In recent rounds of La Liga, the main lineup has been frequently rotated, and even Messi has entered the rotation, just to be able to form the strongest lineup in this game.

Goalkeeper Valdez, Puyol and Pique partner in the back, the two full-backs are Brazil international Daniel Alves and Adriano, and the midfielders are Xavi, Iniesta and Busquets in turn.In the frontcourt, Spanish international Cesc Fabregas played on the right, and on the left was Chilean international Sanchez, who was transferred from Udinese for 2600 million euros last season. Messi is the team's single arrow.

From the point of view of the formation, this is a 4-3-3 starting formation, but people who are familiar with Guardiola's tactics this season will never see it that way.

"Today's game will definitely be a very exciting collision. If there is any team that can break the control of Barcelona's pass control, I am afraid it must be this mad dog-style Dortmund."

The secret of Barcelona's truly incomprehensible lies in this set of starters, which seems to be 4-3-3, but the midfield is extremely flexible and changeable.Ever since Villa suffered a broken left tibia in the Club World Cup at the end of last year, he was determined to be reimbursed for the season and lost his only reliable striker. Guardiola began to try another tactic: Messi, who was originally playing on the right winger, began to nail In the position of the single arrow, Sanchez is already good at cutting inside.Not to mention Fabregas, who was originally a midfielder, and the center is his most comfortable position.

Once the game actually started, it didn't take long for Barcelona's formation to show a real difference.Messi still remained in front of Xavi and Iniesta, but he was very close, almost standing in the front midfielder position, making continuous short passes, Fabregas also began to swim in the middle.In the most critical double midfielder area of ​​Dortmund's 4-2-3-1 formation, the Barcelona four frequently conduct transmission.

Even Zhou Tiancheng felt very difficult. The opponent was very proficient in short-pass coordination, and almost always sent the ball with one kick, and the four of them cooperated together.

Barcelona were constantly consuming Dortmund with possession of the ball.In less than 10 minutes of the game, Sven Bender had been slipped by the opponent's pass and couldn't find the point. Iniesta suddenly sent an instep pass. Messi rushed out from Hummels and received the ball. After reaching the ball, he directly faced Weidenfeller single-handedly.Dortmund's defense has a fatal hole.

Fortunately, Messi pursues the ultimate perfectionism. Facing Weidenfeller, he did not shoot directly, but wanted to pass the ball into the goal. When passing the ball to Cesc Fabregas, Hummels stretched his leg in time to make up for it. Blocked the ball.

The Catalan TV commentator yelled and regretted: "Leo Messi! He is really selfless. If he can be more selfish, this attack will have a perfect ending. Hey, what a pity."

Duan Xuan said in a serious tone: "This is Barcelona's iconic offensive method. Rather than saying that Messi is a single arrow, it is actually more like no striker. Messi's position is not a single arrow at all, and neither is Cesc Fabregas. As a winger in the traditional sense, Dortmund's midfielder needs to show enough strength, and it is very important to limit Harvey and Iniesta. The key to this lineup is not Messi, but the dual core of the Spanish midfielder."

这就是现在瓜迪奥拉的巴萨，不管表面上呈现出来的是4-3-3，4-5-1还是4-4-2，在真正运转进攻的时候，只有一种模式：4-6-0。

That is, as it is now, without front!

The so-called no-forward formation means that a player who is not a regular center forward is arranged on the forward line. During positional battles, it is no longer just passing the ball to the forward line, but fully mobilizing the offensive ability of the central and frontcourt players. The striker of the front line is not the core of the offense. It is no longer just trying to squeeze into the penalty area to compete for positions and then complete the shot. Instead, it is pulled out moderately and relies on more delicate ground passing and cutting cooperation with the midfielders to form an offense. .

Guardiola is not the originator of this style of play. The real originator is the Italian coach Spalletti, who pioneered it when he coached Rome in the 2006-07 season. He once led Rome to [-] consecutive victories in various competitions, but overall For the time being, the attempt without a striker in Rome was not successful.Roma doesn't really have a dream-level midfield metronome, and Spalletti's attempt once made the core Totti's role awkward.

But just as Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, Spalletti pioneered this formation for the first time and played it to its peak in Pep Guardiola's Barcelona.And probably only Barcelona, ​​which has integrated pass control into its blood, and has two world-class midfield cores, can play such a formation.

For the first time, Zhou Tiancheng found that his pressing was ineffective. No matter how fast his reaction was, he was human after all and could not move faster than the ball. He tried to cut off the connection between Harvey and Iniesta, but Fabrega The addition of Si made him unable to keep an eye on him.

He felt that he was trapped in a maze, and there might be only one way to solve it, but there were countless interference paths around, which were dead ends that couldn't be reached at all.

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During this period, Barcelona completely took possession of the ball and took the initiative on the scene. Dortmund's formation was flattened, and even the two full-backs, Kuba and Royce, were recycled to the position of full-back.

In this way, Dortmund is facing an extremely dangerous situation, which is not the rhythm of the game they are familiar with at all, and Barcelona has seen a lot of iron barrel formations.

Their real horror is that many coaches regard the classic iron barrel formation, which is useless in front of Barcelona's Tiki-Taka today-they can tear out the space through short passes, and then pass the ball in bit by bit. Go in the goal!

No. In 20 minutes, Dortmund escaped the danger of a must-kill goal.

Barcelona made short passes at the front of the penalty area. Iniesta passed to Fabregas. With a light tap on his heel, Fabregas rolled directly from between Subotic's legs to the space behind all defensive players. When they all turned around, Messi had successfully reversed offside in time, and inserted in front of the goal to face Weidenfeller.

"Leo Messi! Leo-oh!"

The Catalan commentator has already started shouting loudly. In his opinion, this is a must-goal goal, and there is no possibility of it not being scored.He is Leo Messi, the king of the ball who scored [-] total goals in a single season as simple as eating and drinking.

But Weidenfeller stretched out his left leg subconsciously and blocked the close-range push with his knee.The king of the ball also has his moments.

Messi covered his face with his jersey in disappointment.In his opinion, it is his own mistake not to score this kind of opportunity.

But such a dangerous situation brought the young Dortmund players close to collapse.

"Zhou, think of a way, I've had enough, I can't even touch the ball, and I'm not so embarrassing as a sparring partner!"

Sven Bender was visibly unstable.

But Zhou Tiancheng ignored him, needless to say, Zhou Tiancheng would think of a way, and this kind of scene was not what he wanted.

He was recalling the danger of the two lines of defense being penetrated, and he didn't believe that no loopholes could be found!
(End of this chapter)