Green Dragon

Chapter 180 Barcelona's Weakness

"Barcelona is without a doubt the best team in football today, and I think even Real Madrid fans should admit it."

At the press conference before the game, Van Basten changed his previous pride and completely lowered his posture:
"Mr. Guardiola is the coach with the most outstanding performance in football today. In his first season of coaching Barcelona, ​​he won a great honor that most people can't get in their lifetime. His tactical impact on Barcelona This method of control has made an extremely successful improvement, making the team's style of play more pleasing to the eye and more dominant. This control style of play has already led the trend and is bound to bring about changes in the entire football technique and tactics."

"Of course, we must also admit that Barcelona has gathered a large number of excellent players. Because of their existence, Coach Guardiola's tactics have found their way. Among these players, Leo Messi is undoubtedly The best player in today's football, he has dominated the Ballon d'Or and Footballer of the Year for two consecutive years, even in the entire history of football, few people can achieve this honor."

"I have carefully checked Barcelona's results this season. Except for the loss to Hercules in the second round of the league and the small loss to Arsenal in the first round of the quarter-finals, they have not lost a single game. I am so devastated, I can't even think of other words to describe how I feel right now."

"In short, the strength of Ajax and Barcelona is too different. We only hope to play our own style and learn something from our opponents."

Van Basten's speech was almost tantamount to a blatant surrender, and the player representative who accompanied him at the press conference was also surprisingly not the club's "official spokesperson" and vice-captain Long Shute, but the first captain Suarez who hadn't shown up for a long time s.

"I agree with Mr. Coach's opinion just now. As a Uruguayan player, I grew up watching Barcelona players play football. I respect them very much, and I also yearn for this football temple. , Xavi, Iniesta, it's definitely a great pleasure to play together..."

The Ajax captain almost made it clear that he wanted to be part of Barcelona.

The statements of the Ajax coach and captain disappointed the Dutch media who went to Spain with the team, but they could only admit that, judging from the cards, there was nothing wrong with these two statements.

The opposing team not only included the top three winners of the 2010 Ballon d'Or, but also a number of players selected for the 2010 FIFA, UEFA, and World Cup best teams. Such a super luxurious lineup even has two Golden Globe players Real Madrid are dwarfed by comparison, and it is guaranteed that even if they were robbed of last season's Champions League by Inter Milan, they will still be the favorite team to win the championship.

Facing such a dream team, it is the most reasonable thing for Ajax to bow their heads obediently, isn't it? -
Arrived as scheduled on January 4th.

Compared with the Amsterdam Arena with a capacity of only 5, the Nou Camp, which can accommodate 10 spectators, is undoubtedly a magnificent football temple. In European football, perhaps only their sworn enemy, the Bernabeu of Real Madrid, can compete with it comparable to.

Even the visiting team's locker room is more spacious and comfortable than Ajax's home team's locker room-after all, Ajax's transfer budget for a season can't even buy a Barcelona player, and the financial situation of the two clubs is completely different. compared to.

The huge stands were filled with three colors of red, blue and yellow. Less than [-] red and white Ajax fans were completely squeezed into an inconspicuous corner by [-] times their home fans. If there were no jobs The staff told the players in advance that there was a good chance they would not find their supporters...

Long Shute, who walked into the player tunnel, looked at the opponents who were close to him.

Vice-captain Xavi, goalkeeper Valdes, four defenders Alves, Pique, Busquets (guest), Adriano, midfielders Mascherano, Keita, Iniesta, and forwards Villa and Messi.

This lineup is not perfect, at least two positions they are obviously not on the same level as others.

Long Shute's eyes moved slowly over these starting players, and Van Basten's final emphasis was still in his ears:

"Pay attention to their left back. Adriano is just a new aid. He has not yet achieved a perfect harmony with the whole team, especially his defensive ability, which is far less stable than Abidal. In addition, Busquets cameo as a central defender, between the two of them will definitely be our breakthrough!"

If Abidal hadn't suffered from liver cancer, Adriano would never have gotten so many playing opportunities just after joining Barcelona.

In fact, in some less important games, Guardiola would rather let Adriano play as a left winger, and let captain Puyol play as a guest left back, leaving the vacant center back position to Mascherano Nuo or Busquets is because they are not sure about Adriano's defensive ability.

But now Puyol is absent due to injury, and facing a striker of Suarez's level, Gua Shuai did not dare to use the tall and flawed pony to play as a central defender, so he can only let Busquets continue to play as a cameo.

Busquets' height close to 1.9 meters zero is enough to compete for high-altitude balls, but in contrast, his ability to turn around and chase back is not so reassuring, and another central defender Pique is even more tall and long-legged. , A tall defender who turns slowly.

The combination of these two central defenders... is simply the best gift for Suarez, who is best at taking advantage of gaps!
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In addition to Adriano, another relatively weak player is Seydoux Keita in midfield.

Compared with Harvey, Iniesta, Busquets and other midfield partners, Keita seems to have a much weaker reputation, but when he first debuted, he was able to crush these teammates better than these people. He was in 1999 The MVP of the World Youth Championship!

In the selection of this honor, the two opponents he defeated were called Frank Lampard and Ronaldinho...

If you only compare the honor of the youth team, in the Barcelona team, perhaps only Messi, the MVP of the 2007 World Youth Championship, can be compared with him.

But the former MVP, who can serve as the core of other teams in La Liga, can only play the role of a substitute player in this star-studded Barcelona team, and has undertaken many defensive tasks without complaint. It looks quite a lot, but less than half of them are the starting games, and most of them are insignificant games when the main players are in rotation...

His characteristics are very comprehensive: he can carry out simple organization, actively advance when attacking, can act as an arrow for grabbing points, has a satisfactory long-range shooting ability, and often serves as a defensive midfielder. In terms of technical footwork, he can also achieve demanding Such as Guardiola's requirements, coupled with the spirit of hard work, bravery and hard work, can also win the favor of the head coach.

But his shortcoming is also in terms of comprehensiveness. He can play almost all positions, but he is not outstanding in all positions.

As a defender, he can't compare with Abidal and Puyol, and as a midfielder, he can't compete with Mascherano, who is the absolute main force in Liverpool.

Organization, I'm sorry, Barcelona has Xavi and Iniesta, and his ability to cooperate in a small area is not as good as the young La Masia youth trainer Busquets; compared to speed, Pedro and other teenagers are no match for him Slower; compared to goals, he has not been one-tenth of the club champion in a season, not to mention that Barcelona's forward line has always been world-class. There is no one who can shake the superstars such as Eto'o, Henry, Ibrahimovic... …

So he can only be regarded as a panacea, and when the team has injuries or rotations, he can get a chance.

It is also thanks to the flourishing Barcelona in the past few years, all fronts are making great strides, with a maximum of more than [-] games throughout the year, teammates will always have injuries or ups and downs, so his number of appearances is not too small.

"This Barcelona team is far from being the best. They have too many weaknesses. We have boasted so much before the game. They will inevitably underestimate us. We can seize this opportunity..."

Van Basten's tactical analysis is still in my ears, and the game has already begun.

The home team kicks off first.

Villa, Messi, Iniesta, Xavi, Busquets, Mascherano, Pique...

Their passing is like flowing water, the frequency and speed are extremely fast, dazzling, unless there is no Ajax team within ten meters around, otherwise few people will stick to the ball for a long time.

Passing and controlling football is a habit they have cultivated for a long time, and the unparalleled sense of tacit understanding supports them to defeat all opponents.

Long Shute stared at the person he let go of, but he couldn't complete the interception in this rhythm of passing the ball.

He could only follow Messi back step by step, and then watched helplessly as the entire Barcelona team pressed up.

Adriano, who was called by Van Basten as "strong in offense and weak in defense", stepped forward along the left flank. After receiving the pass from Harvey, he immediately made a two-for-one cooperation with Keita. Jax's Dezeu and the others broke through easily.

Adriano didn't stop at all, he shook Van der Weil away with a fake move forward, but suddenly pulled the ball back, and directly lifted his foot and swept towards the middle!
Messi, who was closely guarded by Long Shute, suddenly accelerated, and even Long Shute was thrown away by him with his incomparable instantaneous explosive power!

It's not that he is much faster than the Ajax vice-captain, but he has the advantage of taking the initiative to attack. Even if the other side of passive defense is of the same level, it will always be half a step slower in starting time.

What is half a step long enough for?
If it is a Chinese player, they can't do anything, even if they are given three seconds, they can't adjust the cross from the wing comfortably...

But for Messi, as long as he has room to stretch his feet, he can create chances!
Messi didn't make any adjustments, he stepped forward very casually in front of the pass!
The football flew past Vertonghen's feet as if he had eyes!
A red and blue figure came out from behind him!
Ajax's back-up goalkeeper Vermeer hadn't even looked away from Messi when Iniesta, who had completed the counter-offside, gently pushed the ball into the goal.

The whole Camp Nou is boiling!
They chanted the name of the scorer:

"Andre... Iniesta!"

Only one minute and 40 seconds into the game, Barcelona broke through the opponent's goal with a surprise attack!
"Clap clap clap!"

Van Basten suddenly felt his cheeks swell!
What weakness?
what weakness?
Adriano and Keita are all involved in this attack!
You say wanting Barcelona will underestimate Ajax?
You said that you can learn things at Camp Nou in order to paralyze your opponents?
Now you learned it?!

(End of this chapter)