Chapter 227

Guardiola wants to defend by slowing down the game. M

When the football was at the feet of Barcelona, ​​he suggested that everyone should pass it back and forth more in the midfield instead of rushing forward.

Direct passing is very risky, the pass accuracy is low, and it is easy to be intercepted by the opponent to counterattack.

So he would rather let the team back and forth in the backcourt, wasting time. Also unwilling to take risks.

Such a style of play is naturally not beautiful.

Cruyff, who was sitting in the box at the Nou Camp, looked less ugly this time than he did in the first round.

Because he is already mentally prepared.

In fact, after the first round of the game, he wanted to write an article criticizing Guardiola.

But he saw that the whole Barcelona was in a frantic atmosphere of fighting for victory at that time. The media called on the fans to go to the scene to support Guardiola's team and help Barcelona beat Lazio.

So he temporarily changed his mind.

In fact, he also knows that Barcelona and Lazio... no, it is the grievances between Barcelona and Chang Sheng, so he understands the media and fans' desire for victory.

He chose silence and did not comment on Guardiola's approach.

He just wants Guardiola to beat Lazio.

Then he would come back with criticisms against him.

In this case, at least people will not think that Barcelona's final failure is his responsibility, and his criticism is to disturb the morale of the army.

As the godfather of Barcelona, ​​he also hopes that Barcelona will be good after all.

Now he can only be a bystander.

Guardiola once again resorted to control **.

But is it necessarily effective to control sex?

In this position, Cruyff can see the game clearly, especially the running of the players on both sides.

From this, we can somewhat see the tactical arrangements of the head coaches of both sides.

He can clearly see,

If Barcelona has the ball in the backcourt, it's fine, but as long as the Barcelona players pass or take the football past the halfway line. Will immediately be sieged by Lazio players. There are at least two people, and sometimes three to four people.

And very quickly.

People almost come with football to the Barcelona players.

This kind of rapid siege made Barcelona's players very uncomfortable.

The game had just started, and Barcelona's first attack was aborted because Butzkes encountered such a siege.

Few of Barcelona's players have been able to break through this siege.

Even Messi. It is also difficult.

Because Lazio will use foul tactics when they see that they can't stop them.

Hesitating foul place is in the midfield. It is still far away from the dangerous area, so the referee will not play cards. At most it is a verbal warning, which is already considered "severe". More often than not, they just say nothing and just signal Barcelona to take a free kick.

There are already Barcelona players who have been surrounded by Lazio. Blindly played the ball.

They just don't seem to want the football to be broken at their feet, so as not to be the main culprit for the team conceding the ball.

For this reason, they pass the football out casually, as long as the direction is roughly correct anyway.

As for how much trouble this kind of irresponsible passing will bring to teammates' response, they can't control it.

At the same time, these passes increase the difficulty of receiving the ball, and the football can be stopped in one go. Under Lazio's pressure, the receiver had to make a few more adjustments.

As a result, after he finally stopped the football, Lazio's mad dog group had rushed up again.

In order not to lose the football, the receiving player had to pass the football out hastily...

So the next player to catch the ball is in the same predicament as the last player to catch the ball...

It's almost a vicious circle.

Cruyff knew what Guardiola was going to do. But now it is obvious that Lazio is also prepared, often knowing that Guardiola will do this, so he has already prepared countermeasures.

The two are too familiar...

Cruyff shook his head.

Guardiola is taking a gamble right now.

Bet on Lazio not being able to score before their stamina is exhausted...

But the question is, when will Guardiola, who is so cautious, be like a gambler as usual?

Are you really being rushed?

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Cruyff's worries are justified. Guardiola's tactics have no problems in the backcourt, but once they enter the frontcourt, they will be besieged by Lazio's mad dogs.

Either take the initiative to pass back, or we will steal the ball.

Lazio put on such a posture in the midfield.

This makes Barcelona feel very uncomfortable.

They want to pass -- the passing lanes are stuck.

They want to break through -- pick up players and come under siege.

Adding Lazio's pace is really fast, they are almost dragging Barcelona to fly with them.

Because they are also very fast when attacking, and if Barcelona does not speed up, they will be thrown off, and then watch their space be easily exploited by the opponent.

So when it's Barcelona's turn to defend, they must follow suit.

Even in the attack, Barcelona speeded up somewhat involuntarily-because if they want to avoid Lazio's defense and press, they naturally have to be faster than them.

Speed ​​is really a good thing. When you are immersed in it, you will not feel any discomfort, you will feel very cool, very exciting, and very smooth. This is an illusion that covers up your fatigue.

When you find that your lungs are burning in the chest cavity, it is actually too late, and your physical energy has long been burned as fuel...

Now the Barcelona players haven't felt anything wrong, that's because the game has just started ten minutes.

It's impossible for their physical fitness to last even ten minutes, right?

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In the 15th minute, Lazio used mad dog-like defensive tactics to steal Iniesta's ball, and then quickly launched a counterattack.

Like the previous attack, they pushed their speed to the extreme to attack Barcelona's defense.

The continuous one-kick pass made Barcelona a little unable to keep up with the rhythm...

It was Meireles who broke the ball. He passed the football to Ledesma next to him.

Ledesma went forward and passed it to Gotze.

Gotze had his back to the attacking direction, but he didn't spend that time and energy turning around with the ball, but passed the football back directly.

The one who received the ball was Modric who plugged in from behind.

After Modric received the ball in the middle, Lazio's frontcourt attack has opened up. Cavani, David Silva and Gotze are slightly in the middle. Balzaretti and Azpilicueta advanced forward on both sides, forming a layered offense.

This way Modric has a lot of passing options. He can pass to Cavani in the middle, or pass to the two full-backs on the two sides.

So many passing options made it difficult for Barcelona to defend.

Modric passed the ball straight to Cavani.

Pique wanted to defend around the front, and Cavani was more alert and did not wait to catch the ball on the spot. Instead, he took the initiative to respond.

Then he swiped the football back.

Pique fluttered to nothing.

He passed the football back to Modric.

It's just that compared with when passing the ball, Modric's position has changed, and he ran to the left.

It seems that he intends to cooperate with David Silva and Balzaretti here.

Lazio's left-back assist ability is better than the right-back, which is recognized by everyone, whether it is Balzaretti or Coentrao, they are better than Azpilicueta and Faraoni.

As for Belletti. He is now chronically injured. It is basically out of the game, so it is not included in the comparison list.

So when Modric moves to the left, Barcelona will definitely focus on defending this side.

Modric, David Silva and Balzaretti are concentrated here, and the threat is indeed greater.

So Barcelona reacted quickly. They shifted their defensive strength and focus to this side.

Unexpectedly, Modric suddenly made a long pass!

The football took off from the right and went straight to the right!

Flying over Goetze's head, he chased directly to the right!

Azpilicueta stopped the football with his foot.

At this time, Barcelona left-back Abidal, who had defended in the penalty area before, rushed over again and lay in front of Azpilicueta.

The Spanish teenager didn't want to break through with the ball himself, nor did he make a direct pass, but passed the football to Gotze in the rib.

As soon as the football reached Gotze's feet, all Barcelona players and fans began to get nervous.

Gotze is amazing, they have already experienced it in the first round.

The man of the match in the last round was Mario Gotze, who contributed a goal and had two assists.

Some European media already regard Gotze as the next Messi, which shows how threatening he is.

In this game, he is also a key figure for Barcelona to mark.

After Gotze took the ball, he made a movement to go in. He leaned forward with his upper body and made preparations for dribbling.

Pique was immediately in front of him.

But Gotze immediately dribbled sideways.

Pi Ke didn't dare to neglect, and immediately followed up, for fear that he would be the kind of person who would shoot at any angle.

Gotze did not shoot, but passed the football to the center forward Cavani who retreated to respond.

Then he continued to run.

Cavani traded the football back to Gotze.

At this time, David Silva has also entered the middle lane.

All three of them gathered here, as if they were going to make a strong attack from the middle.

Lazio's offense is in the middle, and Barcelona's defense will naturally shrink in the middle.

In this way, their sidewalks are actually empty...

Gotze made a gesture to play two-for-one with David Silva, but passed the football an overhead ball.

The football flew from the top of Barcelona's defense to the edge of the penalty area!

Here, Balzaretti cuts in at high speed and catches the ball!

The Barcelona players didn't even dare to make the "opponent offside" gesture, and immediately returned to defense.

Just when they were all pressing back in front of the goal, Balzaretti made an inverted triangle pass!

The football brushed past these returning Barcelona players, who could only turn their heads and watch the ball fly behind them and out of the penalty area... and there was nothing they could do.

Then, they saw Modric coming in from behind, swinging his right leg against the football...

"Modric-direct long-range shot!! This goal is here! Beautiful!! World wave-Lazio took a goal away away!!"

Valdes slumped down from the air, turned over several times, and let go of the impact. The football was already bouncing in the goal behind him.

After the goal, Modric pointed his finger at the Barcelona fans in the stands with a grim look on his face.

This fucking is Laozi's getting up, can you feel it, idiots!