Lord of Greenery

Chapter 455 Inter Milan's Weakness

In the second round of the knockout round, the biggest highlight of Barcelona's starting lineup is undoubtedly the arrangement of the defense.

Just like blind spots, they didn't think about the possibility of Mascherano as a central defender.

It may also be that someone thought about it, but didn't dare to kick it out.

Inter Milan put a lot of pressure on Barcelona. Under such pressure, it is not advisable to use such a dangerous formation.

In fact, Guardiola is also having a headache for the positions of the two central defenders.

Barcelona has high requirements for central defenders, because in name, Barcelona actually plays with a single midfielder.

When Guardiola played professionally, he was the so-called single midfielder.

At that time, the single midfielder had not yet lagged behind. Guardiola himself was also one of the single midfielders, as famous as Albertini, Redondo and others.

The same as the latter two, with the increase of age and the change of overall European skills and tactics, the single midfielder is gradually eliminated by the times. They also have conflicts with their old clubs because of their temper and declining competitive status. .

Guardiola, who was once known as the King of Camp Nou, was finally kicked out.

Now, because Guardiola returned to Barcelona and even took charge of Barcelona to stand on the top of Europe, some of the past grievances are no longer worth mentioning.

The question now is, why is the single midfielder's style of play being gradually eliminated?

Why is Barcelona still using a single midfielder when other teams in Europe are slowly starting to use double or even triple midfielders?

Barcelona, ​​which is already relatively weak in defense, why dare to use a single midfielder?
Why is Barcelona, ​​which uses a single midfielder, so strong?
Puyol!
As mentioned earlier, Barcelona is only a single defensive midfielder in name, and there are many people around him who will assist him.

Puyol is the most crucial player, but he is not the only one.

Now that football is running more, it brings not only more active fighting, but also the blurring of player positions.

In the past, those who played forwards were purely forwards. Now the standing centers are basically extinct. In the future, pure shooters like Little Pea will not be able to gain a foothold in the giants.

This type of player is a typical player who has been abandoned by the times.

Barcelona's tactical philosophy is just the opposite, they lead the world.

When other teams crossed the river by feeling the stones, they had already adopted the so-called "single midfielder" style of play.

That's why Guardiola hates Ibrahimovic so much.

Because Ibrahimovic's style of play is incompatible with his tactical philosophy, to be precise, it runs counter to it!

Ibrahimovic cannot be said to be a stand-up center, but he is not good at running more, so he is doomed to be unable to adapt to Barcelona's tactical requirements.

Among Barcelona's existing players, many are superstars who are famous enough to be famous in football history.

This is a group of players who play with their brains. They can understand Guardiola's tactical intentions and they will not get lost in frequent running.

The strength of Barcelona is not only because of the excellent players, but what makes them really strong is that they are a whole, a whole that blurs the position through running and the so-called "total defense" in advance!

Therefore, Guardiola discharged the combination of Mascherano and Pique in the central defender position.

He did it directly when others didn't dare to think about it.

There is a lot of pressure on him, and there are many doubts around him.

After losing to Inter Milan in the last game, these voices have not stopped.

But Guardiola still did it!
Guardiola, who watched Mascherano walk onto the green, was filled with the firmness and piety of a martyr.

Pedro, Messi, Villa in the frontcourt, Harvey, Iniesta, Busquets in the midfield, Alves, Mascherano, Pique and Abidal in the backcourt, the goalkeeper is Balde s.

This is Barcelona's starting lineup for this game.

Just looking at the personnel, it seems that there is not much difference from the starting lineup of the previous round.

However, whether it was Benitez outside the field or Li Ze entering the field, the expressions of both of them were not very good-looking.

They all knew that the situation of this game might be a bit grim.

As the loser in the last round, Barcelona did not change the lineup, and Inter Milan will naturally not change easily.

Goalkeeper Cesar, Maicon, Lucio, Chivu, and Zanetti lined up in the defense. The three midfielders are the combination of Cambiasso, Vidal, and Stankovic. Li Ze and Sneh Germany stood in the midfielder position, Milito as the lone striker.

In addition to the injury factor, both sides have sent the strongest players.

As soon as the game started, the two sides skipped the stage of testing each other.

They have played against each other four times in two seasons, and they already know each other very well.

Barcelona started to attack directly, while Inter Milan set up a defensive formation from the beginning.

This time their offensive target was obviously placed on the wing.

Maicon, who once had unlimited assist rights, has declined a lot this season.

The powerful border nuclear capability for which it is famous has declined a lot.

However, in the game against Barcelona, ​​Maicon still fought hard to return to the peak.

And the reason, no doubt, lies in Alves.

In the Brazilian national team, the positions of the two of them are in conflict.

Maicon, who has no desires in club competitions, is still unwilling to give up his starting position in the national team easily.

Barcelona's offensive center of gravity, on the position of Zanetti.

Messi deliberately came to the position on the right side, in order to target the big brother of the national team.

Messi's absolute speed is not fast, and he can't catch up with Kaka without the ball.

Many people believe that his football talent was buried in the Chinese Congress because of his physical problems.

But with his terrifying dribbling ability and stride frequency, not to mention the old Zanetti, even Zanetti at his peak couldn't stop him.

But Zanetti is not helpless.

Old age brings not only physical weakness, but also experienced experience.

Can't stop Messi's advance, Zanetti will choose to foul.

Because he has a good grasp of the size of the foul, the referee Busacca often just gives a warning and it's over.

"The situation is a bit unfavorable for Inter Milan, but they have to use foul tactics at the beginning." He Wei looked serious.

"Besides, Busacca is a referee who plays a lot of cards. If Zanetti accidentally gets a yellow card, it will be really difficult later." Zhang Lu is also full of worries.

Zanetti faced Messi and seemed to have no problem for the time being, but he didn't know when it would explode.

However, Benitez has nothing to do here, and he was beaten by Messi if he changed to another person.

At least, Zanetti can use his seasoned experience and tricks to stop Messi at a small price again and again.

Switching to someone else, whether it is a breakthrough or an excessive foul, is the death penalty for Inter Milan.

With the current situation, 10 against 11 is simply an impossible task.

In terms of offense, Li Ze's situation is also very uncomfortable.

It's rather frustrating...

(End of this chapter)