I Want to Be the King of Football

After finishing pre-match training at Camp Nou and returning to the visiting team's locker room, Manchester City got Barcelona's starting lineup.

Not to mention, Mourinho is really tough enough, the starting lineup is exactly the same as what he announced before.

This makes people have to be surprised, where did he get his confidence?

Or, does he really have a trump card?

Otherwise, how to explain that he announced the starting lineup one day in advance?

This is totally out of the ordinary.

But anyway, the authenticity of this list has been verified.

No one at Manchester City is going to discuss and study this list anymore, and speculate on Barcelona's tactical style of play. They are still adjusting their own state and discussing with their teammates some details of the next cooperation on the field, as well as the team's overall performance.

In this game, Manchester City also did their best.

Goalkeeper Courtois, Marcelo, Pepe, Kompany and Zabaleta in the back line, Busquets behind the midfield, David Silva and Toni Kroos in the middle, and the front line is Di Maria, Sudong and Sanchez.

In the Champions League, Guardiola prefers to use Di Maria instead of Hazard.

It's not because of anything else, but Di Maria and Sanchez have very good deep penetration ability. As long as they create a certain space for them, they can tear apart the defense.

Relatively speaking, Hazard is a player with the ball, and is more responsible for taking the ball to advance and attracting defensive firepower.

This reflects the two different offensive thinking of Manchester City, all revolving around Su Dong.

If Guardiola wants Sudong to drop more and form a midfield possession phalanx with the likes of David Silva, Toni Kroos and Busquets, those two wingers should be able to top them.

The advantage of this is that once the midfield and frontcourt penetrate through the pass and control the ball and pull out the opponent's defense, the two wingers can hit the opponent's back anytime and anywhere, and Su Dong's rear insertion will form a fatal blow.

If Guardiola wants Sudong to be at the top, it requires at least one of the two wingers to have the ability to dribble the ball. Hazard has done better in this regard.

Generally speaking, Hazard is better at home in England,

In the Champions League, his performance is not as good as Di Maria.

It is not a matter of personal ability. On the one hand, Azar is still young, and on the other hand, his current characteristics have not been fully excavated and need to be further sculpted and consolidated.

Both Sudong and Guardiola are very optimistic about Hazard, but he is still a little immature.

Guardiola arranged for Di Maria and Sanchez to start at the same time in this game, so it was obvious that Sudong had to be pulled out to play.

According to his speculation, Mourinho has a high probability of adopting a conservative strategy.

To put it simply, it is to compress the defense line and adopt low-post defense.

Someone once concluded that Manchester City's midfielder triangle, Busquets, David Silva and Toni Kroos, all have a strong ability to take and play the ball under defensive pressure, which makes Manchester City's Strong ball control in midfield.

The biggest problem for Barcelona in this regard is that they are behind the fourth position.

Needless to say, Xavi and Iniesta are definitely the world's top midfielders, but the problem is that the existence of Yaya Toure makes Barcelona's midfield pass and control hidden. Over the years, The Ivorian midfielder has never been able to stay on the same channel with Xavi and Iniesta. Occasionally, in a few games, Barcelona basically beat their opponents.

The introduction of Cesc Fabregas originally hoped that he could provoke Barcelona's No. 4 position and form a midfielder triangle with Xavi and Iniesta. Barcelona even gave the No. 4 jersey to Cesc Fabregas. Under the use of Riño, Cesc Fabregas became a front-court attacker.

This is why, in the European Super Cup, Manchester City's passing ability is even stronger than Barcelona's.

The importance of Busquets was on full display in that game.

So, Guardiola speculates, Mourinho will be on the defensive, even at the Camp Nou.

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No matter what kind of formation the opponent will make in this game and what kind of targeted defense will be adopted, I have only one request for you, and that is to be patient and stabilize your position. No matter what the circumstances, we must not mess up. .

Remember, this is Camp Nou, the most terrifying home ground in the world. Even if we concede a goal here, there is nothing to be surprised about. When we return to our home ground, we will definitely be able to pull it back.

When Guardiola said this, he specially paused, Also, I want you to pay attention at all times. Once we seize the opportunity, we will resolutely play behind the wings, especially Alves' side, I believe, There are bound to be mistakes in Barça's defense, it's just a matter of time.

Everyone, don't guess what tactics your opponents will use, that's my job, it has nothing to do with you, all you need to do is on the court, do your best, execute our tactics, and beat your opponents.

In the Champions League semi-finals, there is actually no need for pre-match mobilization, everyone will do their best.

Because, all professional players have a Champions League final in their hearts, even the dream of the Champions League.

This does not require any mobilization at all.

Just before coming out, Guardiola firmly held Su Dong's hand, hugged him affectionately, and whispered in his ear, Please!

Don't worry! Leave it to me! Su Dong comforted.

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The referee of this game is Kakir from Turkey. The referee is 35 years old and has a lot of experience.

When Su Dong led the Manchester City players to the player tunnel, he happened to see the Turkish referee standing at the entrance with his assistant. When he saw Su Dong from a distance, Cakir nodded and smiled at him.

In the European referee circle, Su Dong's reputation is still very good.

Barcelona's side, under the leadership of captain Puyol, came over.

They are a group of old acquaintances. When they meet, they first give a warm hug.

In particular, Messi and Iniesta happily pulled Su Dong to talk, nothing more than chatting about Su Dong's upcoming wedding, and they were very concerned about the progress.

Su Dong also specially shook hands and hugged with Mascherano.

The Argentina international was transferred from Bayern to Barcelona. He performed well under Mourinho. He can play both positions as a midfielder and a central defender. I wonder if Mourinho arranged for him to play as a midfielder tonight? Or play central defender?

But all the same.

Barcelona's main central defender has always been Pique and another short man, but the more flexible central defender partners, Puyol or Mascherano, and the burden of watching Su Dong must be placed on Pique.

Leo, don't worry, I'll teach you a lesson tonight. Su Dong grinned, lest the world would not laugh in disorder.

Messi shook his head and laughed while pushing Su Dong, complaining that he was digging a hole for himself.

Iniesta and Harvey, who were next to them, were already laughing too hard.

Pique is a big-mouthed man. When he left Barcelona, ​​he threatened to teach Su Dong a lesson. Of course, Messi couldn't be angry, so he told Su Dong that when he met Pique, he would teach him a lesson.

But who would have thought that, with the passage of time, Pique did not play in Manchester United, but returned to Barcelona and became teammates with Messi.

Every time he sees Messi, Su Dong will make fun of him about this, and he will also step on Pique by the way.

Over the years since his debut, this kid has never taken advantage of Su Dong.

Some Catalan media were worried, for fear that Pique would repeat the mistakes of Senderos and be abused by Su Dong, but this kid has a really big heart, and there is nothing wrong with him.

Just keep laughing, you won't be able to laugh when you look back. Pique hummed.

Su Dong snorted, So, what secret killer move are you really hiding!

No wonder Mourinho dared to announce the starting roster one day in advance. There is indeed a conspiracy. Su Dong laughed.

A seemingly inadvertent sentence, but Su Dong has always paid attention to the movements of the Barcelona players, and found that when he mentioned the announcement of the list in advance, the faces of many Barcelona players, including Puyol and Xavi, became unnatural. .

This matter is not too big or too small. After all, the announcement of the starting list one day in advance is a bit too arrogant and overbearing. To pit.

Su Dong can feel that Mourinho's move has multiple purposes.

Interfering with Manchester City is only part of the reason, and there is another very important reason, it is estimated that it is to force the players of Barcelona to stand with him.

He now has a feeling of breaking the boat. If he loses, he will basically have to be dismissed this season. At that time, Barcelona's dream of defending the Champions League this season will be completely shattered.

At this moment, Su Dong saw Mourinho walking out of the tunnel.

The two met face to face, Su Dong waved his hand and greeted him, Mourinho just nodded slightly, it seemed that he was not in the mood to say anything to Su Dong.

Seeing Mourinho again, Su Dong had to sigh with emotion, the position of the head coach of the giants is really torturous.

This guy was forced to have gray hair and looked much older than his actual age. It can be seen that during the coaching of Barcelona, ​​especially the last year, the pressure is indeed too great.

Many people say that the players eat the meal of youth, but in fact, the coach is a high-risk occupation.

The so-called high risk is not only because it is the easiest to take the blame and get fired, but also because it is a huge physical and psychological torture for the coach. I don’t know how many people are like Ferguson, equipped with a pacemaker, for fear of stopping at any time.

The pressure is really too great!

The referee Cakir picked up the game ball and signaled the players of the two teams to line up.

The caddies also came. They were all young players from La Masia. I wonder if there will be another genius in this group of caddies in the future.

Su, good luck! After hugging Su Dong again, Messi turned and walked to the back of the queue.

You too. Su Dong patted his back lovingly when hugging.

So does Iniesta.

Once on the pitch, they are opponents.

But before that, they were still best friends.