Super Coach

The bet between Yang Cheng and Cruyff has almost become the talk of the world.

One is a powerful and famous coach who is currently popular in Europe, and the other is the king of the past and the godfather of Barcelona today. The war of words between the two is indeed addictive.

On the day Liverpool arrived in Barcelona, ​​Cruyff blasted Yang Cheng, thinking that the latter was a proud man with no humility and would only create trouble. He believed that Liverpool this season would be disappointed because of Yang Cheng's behavior. Arrogant and achieve nothing.

Losing the League Cup is just the beginning, you will see! Cruyff said confidently.

After Yang Cheng arrived in Barcelona, ​​he was interviewed by reporters in the hotel and laughed at Cruyff's big mouth.

There is a saying in my home country that an old person in a family is like a treasure. It means that having an old person's reminder is a treasure. But I sympathize with the current Barcelona and Rijkaard because of this situation in their family. The old lady is making a lot of noise, and this old guy’s control is too broad and too much. People who don’t know think he is the current Barcelona coach.”

Before such a key competition, no one is willing to get involved in some disputes for no reason. Rijkaard and I have the same mind. We don't want to invest too much energy in wars of words, but Cruyff And La Bōlta broke this situation. I really feel sad for Rijkaard, because it is obvious that there is a gesticulating Cruyff above his head. In Liverpool, this situation Absolutely not going to happen.”

As soon as Yang Cheng's interview appeared, Cruyff immediately refuted it.

I respect Rijkaard, and we will never fall into the dissension of some people. I can only say that if Yang Cheng and his Liverpool are only good at playing this kind of trick, then he will be in Camp Nou. The stadium lost badly.”

When the team walked into the Camp Nou stadium, Yang Cheng chuckled, I call on all smart reporter friends to help me think about it. He pointed to his head, Watch the game a minute. When it's over, I should ask Cruyff to do something for me.

After a pause, he did not forget to remind, Oh, by the way, you have to be careful, we can't disrespect the elderly!

All the reporters were delighted. Cruyff did often criticize Barcelona. Whether it was good or bad, no one could say, but he often used the words of the godfather of Barcelona to criticize Real Madrid and other Barcelona opponents. , has already attracted a lot of media attention.

Yang Cheng now directly labeled him as a transgressor and described him as the emperor of Barcelona. On the one hand, he was a blow to the lively Cruyff, and on the other hand, he also created some signs of contradiction.

Give reporters room to use their imaginations.

However, in the final analysis, football matches still have to rely on the matches to speak for themselves.

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Barcelona's starting lineup is 433, goalkeeper Valdes, the defense from left to right is Van Brontehorst, Oleg, Puyol and Belletti; the midfielders are Iniesta and Marcos. With Xavi, the three forwards are Ronaldinho, Eto'o and Giuly.

Compared with Barcelona's main lineup, Liverpool is currently suffering from a lot of injuries. The goalkeeper is the old Barcelona player Reina, the defense is Warnock, Hyypia, Carragher and Finnan; the midfielder is It's Carrick, Essien and Gerrard; the three forwards are Ribery, Drogba and Robben.

It is worth mentioning that Liverpool's starting list was announced two days in advance. Yang Cheng announced his starting list when he was in England. In fact, he did not make any adjustments and indeed arranged for these players to play. Now it depends on whether Rijkaard can resolve this lineup.

Following the referee's whistle, Liverpool, who took the first kick, immediately launched a bō attack.

In this game, Gerrard's position was more forward, almost behind Drogba, while Carrick and Essien were both behind, looking more like double midfielders.

Liverpool's attack after the opening was on Barcelona's left, which is where Robben is on the right. The Dutch Peter Pan faced his Dutch compatriot Van Blount Horst.

Gerrard was flanked and knocked back. Carrick took the ball and made a long pass. The ball crossed most of Barcelona's half and went directly to the left side of Barcelona's penalty area.

Robben used his own speed to rush past Van Blounthorst. After taking the ball on the right, Puyol immediately got close to him and when he tackled, he tripped Robben to the right side of the penalty area. ball.

Yang Cheng shouted from the sidelines to ask several tall men in the team to move forward. Players such as Hyypia, Drogba, Carragher, and even Gerrard are all very good in height and header ability. Barcelona is here On the one hand, it’s really a disadvantage.”

But this time, Robben's free kick was directly pushed over the crossbar by Carragher.

Yang Cheng didn't complain at all. After all, the game had only started 2 minutes ago. He walked to the sidelines, waved to the players and made gestures. Only the players in the Liverpool team could understand. Yang Cheng was signaling the players to return the battle line. Shrink, stand further back, and leave all the space in front of you.

Yang Cheng knows very well what kind of team Barcelona is.

Although Barcelona led by Rijkaard this season has excellent defense in La Liga and is the La Liga team that concedes the fewest goals, that is in La Liga. In Europe, their defense can be said to be full of mistakes.

The media has long concluded that Barcelona’s two major defensive shortcomings this season are: first, set kicks, and second, counterattacks. These two points are the biggest shortcomings of Barcelona’s defense. The former is caused by Barcelona’s overall height, and it is also what Barcelona has always had. disadvantages, but it is precisely Liverpool’s advantage.

As for the second point, it is caused by Rijkaard's tactics. They pursue offense too much. In order to avoid the disconnection between the front and back fields, the defense always presses very hard forward. But the problem is, Belletti on the right is better. , but Van Blounthorst on the left obviously couldn't keep up.

Pressing forward on the defensive line has both advantages and disadvantages. At least Yang Cheng does not dare to press forward too much in the Premier League, because the speed and counterattacks in the Premier League are enough to make this kind of forward pressing very deadly.

Maybe Rijkaard knew about Liverpool's speed advantage, but in the end he continued to choose this team's usual tactical play. Obviously, he took one thing into consideration. The first round was at home and he had to win the opponent!

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Liverpool retreated, leaving a wide space, allowing Barcelona's midfield to control the ball with ease. However, as soon as the ball enters Liverpool's hinterland, it will immediately be tightly pressed and oppressed.

In this game, Yang Cheng specially studied the simplest and most direct counterattack routine. Just like this time, Gerrard chased Harvey back to defend. After successfully stealing the ball, he immediately handed the ball to Carrick.

The Englishman didn't make the slightest adjustment and sent the ball diagonally behind Van Blounthorst.

As early as when Gerrard stole the ball, Robben had already tagged his compatriot. He even deliberately took a step slower to avoid offside, because he had absolute confidence in his speed and started at the same time. , Van Blondhorst couldn't stop him at all.

Sure enough, Carrick made a long pass and Robben started.

The Dutch Peter Pan was like a gust of wind, whizzing past Van Blounthorst. As soon as the Dutch left-back reacted, he immediately realized that he had made a fatal mistake.

I saw Robben moving forward at an extremely fast speed. He did not slow down after receiving the ball, but instead cut into the penalty area.

Puyol and Oleg were chasing back. Their positions just now were a bit too high because they had to take on a certain role in sorting out the ball. This made them have to fight back hard after Robben successfully countered the offside. Chase.

If you look down from a high altitude, you can see that one of Puyol and Oleg is posted on Robben and the other is in the middle. At the same time, they have to worry about Ribery who is also following up quickly from the left, worrying about France. The man penetrated Belletti's defense, while Drogba was slightly behind, and the entire scene formed a 3-on-3.

Robben was caught up by Oleg in the penalty area, and the latter got stuck between Robben and Valdes, but Robben suddenly stopped, changed feet, and passed the ball behind Puyol with his left foot.

Puyol was in the fast penalty area. He did not expect Robben to pass the ball behind him. He was a little unexpected and stopped suddenly to steal the ball, but Drogba suddenly accelerated.

At this moment, everyone suddenly realized a big problem.

Drogba's height, strength, header, etc. are all outstanding. His ability to crush and suppress the defense is truly the strongest in the world. It is often easy for people to overlook his speed and explosive power.

In fact, once Drogba charges up, he is very fast.

According to data released by Sky TV Data Company, Drogba's sprint speed can reach kilometers per hour, which is enough to rank among the top five in the Premier League.

Of course, speed and 100-meter run are different concepts. The former is measured by intercepting a period of sprinting, while the latter also includes the start and acceleration period, but even so, Drogba's speed is still very fast. .

Therefore, when Puyol realized Drogba's speed, he felt a powerful impact rushing towards him, as if to crush him and make him feel a pressure.

Just imagine, anyone who faces a large truck rushing towards him at a speed of 35 kilometers per hour will not feel stressed?

But Drogba passed by him, and the ball was passed lightly without being affected by his rapid rush. After receiving the ball, he passed Puyol with just the right pace. Once he passed the ball, he stepped on it with his left foot. He held his center of gravity, raised his right foot, and fired directly.

Valdes' attention was focused on Robben. When he realized the danger of Drogba, it was too late to make a save. He could only watch the ball blast into Barcelona's goal, as if to It seemed like he was shooting right through the net.

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In the 5th minute, 5 minutes after the opening, Liverpool took the lead and scored a goal. Drogba inserted a powerful volley into the penalty area from the back row and opened the scoring for Liverpool!

After scoring the goal, Drogba excitedly rushed out of the penalty area, yelling and rushing to the side of the court, roaring at the Barcelona goalkeeper above, venting his excitement.

The Liverpool players also caught up one by one, and they all looked very excited.

It's too fast. Liverpool's whole process from stealing the ball to counterattack went too fast. Carrick's long pass played a huge role. When he passed the ball just now, he happened to transfer to Ronaldinho and In the middle of Iniesta, neither player pressed him effectively.

Ronaldinho is recognized as a player in the Barcelona team who does not need to defend. When Carrick got the ball, he didn't even make a symbolic push. As for Iniesta, he did think about it. Defensively, but couldn't keep up.

Interestingly, when Drogba scored, the live TV camera was first shown to Cruyff in the stands. The Dutch seemed to be shocked by Liverpool's quick counterattack, because this counterattack routine was too simple and too simple. It was direct, but it was clear that the chariot and horses wanted to eat Van Blounthorst.

The first attack after the opening was also on Robben's side, creating a free kick. The second time he attacked, he directly created a goal. It can be said that one hit is accurate, and it also shows the efficiency of Liverpool's offense. .

I believe Cruyff must be regretting now. Why did he make the bet with Yang Cheng? the on-site commentator joked.

Yang Cheng was not too excited after the team scored a goal. He reminded the players with some humiliation, as if the goal was just a very small thing to him.

In the eyes of Caesar, is La Liga's strongest defense really just like his own back garden?

The on-site commentator really couldn't believe it, but judging from Liverpool's attack after the opening, it seemed to be true. At least Barcelona had no idea how to defend Liverpool's attack.

The three lines are retracted, which makes it clear that the initiative is to be given away. I will hold on first and let you come out to attack, while I will defend and counterattack.

In the 14th minute, after successfully stealing the ball again, it was handed to Robben on the right. After the Dutchman broke through with the ball at high speed, he passed the ball beautifully. In a one-on-one situation, without slowing down, Directly passed his Dutch compatriot Van Brontehorst.

The latter was so sudden that Robben could hardly find his direction. But this time, after Robben broke through, he chose to cross.

It has to be said that Robben's right-footed cross was indeed very average, and the placement was a bit inaccurate. Drogba was blocked by Puyol and lost the opportunity. The Barcelona captain headed the ball out of the penalty area.

However, Gerrard, who joined the attack in the second round, stopped the ball at the front of the penalty area, then penetrated into the penalty area and shot a low shot through the Barcelona goal again, 0:2!

Oh my god, it's only the 14th minute and Barcelona is already two goals behind!

Rijkaard must think of a way, or should retreat. He cannot continue to press like this. That would be tantamount to completely exposing his weak defense to Liverpool's cannon.

We have to admit that Yang Cheng may be the most knowledgeable coach in the world about playing Barcelona. He can always come up with ways to defeat Barcelona. Rijkaard was completely defeated in front of him. Black Swan no matter what In terms of coaching experience, ability, and targeted tactics, he is not as experienced and skillful as Yang Cheng.

Liverpool's tactics in this game were very simple. They started with a blitz and attacked first, and they concentrated on beating Van Blounthorst. But Barcelona couldn't do anything about it, twice in a row. They were all opened up by Liverpool from their own left.

When Gerrard scored another victory, Yang Cheng raised his right fist high in front of everyone at Camp Nou, as if he had already secured victory. He didn't care what Barcelona would use next. Tactics, he doesn't care how Barcelona will play next. In short, he just wants to defend and counterattack, that is, to shrink the defense, and then use Carrick to counterattack.

Sometimes, the simplest tactics can achieve the richest results!

Football tactics are just like fighting. As long as you are tough enough, you can unscrupulously seize the opponent's loopholes and hit him until he collapses! Yang Cheng explained to the people around him with a smile.

Su Maozhen was beside him, listening to his words, he felt a lot in his heart.

Many people like to use some clever tactics, but Yang Cheng is different. His tactics can be very complicated, but they can also be very simple. The key lies in what kind of tactics can help him defeat his opponents.

There is no best tactic, only the most suitable tactic!

Can you see Cruyff? Yang Cheng turned around, raised his right hand, covered his eyes, and looked at the stands above his head. There were screaming heads everywhere. He knew without looking that it must be Barcelona. Ball mí.

My eyes were dazzled, but I still couldn't find Cruyff.

If possible, he would really like to see the Dutchman's mood at this moment.

In the past few years after Rijkaard came to power, Barcelona has indeed played very well. However, due to the emergence of Yang Cheng, Deco stayed at Inter Milan, making the midfielder of this second dream team somewhat unbalanced and too inclined. Offensively, Xavi and Iniesta still show no signs of being the playmakers.

Everyone knows that the league tests a team's offensive ability, but the cup tests the defense, especially in this knockout round. Without good defense, it is difficult to continue.

Why did Yang Cheng dare to retreat to defend against counterattacks in this game?

It is because he has enough confidence in his own defense. Hyypia and Carragher have established a tacit understanding in defense. Warnock and Finnan are also good defenders on the wing. In addition, Essien is arranged in the midfield. Like Carrick, this set of defense is still very good. At least the number of goals conceded by the Red Army in the Premier League is second only to Chelsea.

But looking at the defensive lineups of the two teams, if anyone says that Yang Cheng doesn't know how to defend, they will definitely be laughed to death.

However, although Yang Cheng has many shortcomings, he also has many advantages. For example, he knows how to give up when things are good.

Taking advantage of the fierce attack in the opening round, he specifically targeted Barcelona's loopholes, catching Barcelona off guard and scoring two goals. However, when Rijkaard reacted, Yang Cheng immediately waved his hand and revealed the team's tactics. Start focusing on defense.

You have to admit that the offensive lineup composed of Eto'o, Ronaldinho, Giuly, Xavi and Iniesta, coupled with the fact that this is the Camp Nou, once Barcelona recovers and stabilizes the situation, they will The attack is really scary.

Yang Cheng's goal has been achieved, and he can focus more on defensive counterattacks.

Two away goals in hand, isn’t this advantage big enough? ! .