Yang Yang's return home and Cruyff's news that he posted two consecutive days of columns criticizing Yang Yang occupied important pages of major media in Spain, Europe, and even the world, and attracted the attention of media and fans around the world.

Especially as the century derby war is approaching.

Cruyff made it clear in both columns that he was optimistic that Barcelona would defeat Real Madrid away in the next La Liga, because the two new strong players Sanchez and Fabregas who joined this season have greatly improved Barcelona's combat effectiveness and tactical rich methods.

On the other hand, Yang Yang was involved in too much on off-court affairs, especially pointing at things he was not good at, which was a key factor in his loss of this showdown.

"As far as I know, Guardiola has prepared for the game and is waiting for the game to come."

This sentence in Cruyff's column was immediately reprinted by many media, especially Catalan media.

The Daily Sports News even posted the lineup prediction of Barcelona's century derby on the front page, believing that Guardiola will adopt the best and best three-guard formation in recent times, regaining the peak of the Cruyff Dream Team's period, and battering Real Madrid at the Bernabeu Stadium.

With the help of the media, Barcelona fans are also in a rush.

In fact, in recent times, it has been very controversial about whether Barcelona is suitable for playing as a third defender or a fourth defender, because Guardiola is always unstoppable in playing as a third defender, but his performance is not ideal when playing as a fourth defender.

The most typical one is the game that lost to Getafe not long ago. He just defeated the strong opponent with three defenders in the Champions League, but returned to Spain. Facing Getafe, who is not very strong, the four defenders couldn't even score a goal.

So, when Cruyff's column came out, and when the front pages of the Daily Sports and World Sports were published, Guardiola's team was immediately put on the fire, because he had not decided until now whether to use a three-back or a four-back.

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"They are just making trouble!" Guardiola cursed in anger.

They obviously include the media in Cruyff and Catalonia, because only Guardiola himself knows what's going on, and their fuel will only make Barcelona more passive.

Three defenders and four defenders, this doesn't seem difficult to choose, but it is actually the hardest to choose.

It is not difficult to choose because Barcelona has absolute confidence to control the ball in their hands. If the three defenders can play smoothly, play better offenses, and penetrate Real Madrid's iron walls, then one less defender is not a problem at all.

But this is the hardest choice, because it is not easy to break through Real Madrid's defense, especially when Ancelotti uses the three-middle midfielder style. It should be noted that in the current team, there are top midfielders like Mascherano and Xavi Martinez, there are also players like Xavi Alonso, Modric and Herrera who have both offense and defense.

"Or what if we play three defenders, or let Alves go up and withdraw when something is wrong?" Chief assistant coach Biranova suggested, this is a strategy that Barcelona once used.

But Guardiola shook his head, "I'm not worried that Real Madrid will compete with us for the ball. If they still want to compete with us like last time, they should be double midfielders. There is no problem for us to deal with it with three defenders."

Guardiola has enough confidence in his team. He knows what Barcelona’s problem lies and where the weaknesses of the three defenders lie.

Everyone knows that the natural weakness of the three defenders is on the wing. If Barcelona plays as a three-back, what they fear most is not Real Madrid's double midfielder, fighting with Barcelona to control the ball, and playing against each other, but Ancelotti uses the three-middle midfielder style to defend and counterattack.

Yang Yang and Robben are both the top wingers in the world. Di Maria has also transformed into a world-class winger this season. Fans who are familiar with Real Madrid's wing are definitely familiar with them. Once Ancelotti adopts a three-middle midfielder, Barcelona cannot play in the midfield and frontcourt, and the defense line is difficult to defend on the wing.

You know, Real Madrid also has Ibrahimovic in the middle.

"This time they are fighting at home. Their results have been so good in the past six months and their offensive is so strong. I think he shouldn't be so conservative, right?" Biranova frowned and guessed.

Guardiola looked at his assistant deeply, and Bilanova felt a little nervous. In fact, no one could guarantee what tactics Ancelotti would adopt.

Now, Real Madrid is eight points ahead of Barcelona. According to common sense, Real Madrid can afford to bet. Even if they lose the bet, they still have five points to lead, and directly announce the ownership of the La Liga championship.

But the more this happens, Real Madrid may be more stable.

Because they won this battle, their championship was basically won.

Ancelotti has never been a head coach who is greedy for merit and proactive. On the contrary, he has been an Italian head coach from beginning to end, and radicalism has never been his first choice.

In this case, Real Madrid may even seek stability at home and will not hesitate to ensure a draw.

Then, if Real Madrid adopts the three-middle midfielder style, Barcelona must also seek stability. The three-back style with obvious weaknesses on the wing will become very risky, and the four-back is the best option.

One thing Cruyff is right. The joining of Sanchez and Fabregas has given Barcelona more choices, but the most important thing is to see how both sides view the game.

"There is another possibility, that is, to use a full-time defensive midfielder, such as Mascherano or Xavi Martinez, and to use Xavi Alonso, Herrera and Modric, and even Kaka in the other two positions." Guardiola guessed.

Biranova looked at Guardiola, "You still think that Ancelotti will use three midfielders!"

Guardiola nodded, "Benitez likes to win by surprise and is good at using strange things, but Ancelotti is not, he is an honest man."

Honest person?

Bilanova wanted to laugh a little, because using honest people to describe Ancelotti, isn’t it a bit inconsistent?

Although the fat Italian man looked very smiling, he was actually full of bad water. They had suffered a great loss in the Super Cup competition, especially the damn first half.

"Why do you think he won't take another risk?" Biranova asked again.

Different personalities, different perspectives of considering and viewing problems.

Bilanova felt that Ancelotti would probably be on the verge of danger again.

Guardiola looked at his assistant, thought for a while, shook his head and said, "It feels like it."

It feels like this kind of thing has never been unreliable. This is what Guardiola himself said, so he doesn't like to pin his hope of winning on a certain player, but what's interesting is that he himself believes in the feeling the most.

Of course, he has never been superstitious about his own feelings.

"If they take three midfielders, we should go to the four defenders to deal with them and fight for a protracted battle." Biranova immediately followed Guardiola's ideas and adjusted his plan.

Needless to mention the four defenders, Abidal, Puyol, Pique and Alves, if they are not injured or sick, they are the four of them.

In the midfield, Fabregas will play three or four or three, but if he plays four or three, he can only win Fabregas, because the midfield iron triangle between Busquets, Iniesta and Xavi is unstoppable.

The combination of Villa, Messi and Sanchez is still the one in front.

When Biranova set up the formation with the player's number on the tactical board, Guardiola frowned and walked forward, took away Villa's pawn, placed Fabregas' No. 4, and placed it in the middle of the frontcourt. Then he moved Messi to the right and Sanchez switched to the left.

"You are..." Bilanova was a little strange.

"From the day I decided to introduce Sesque, I have been thinking about how to use him. He is not Xavi at all, and he can't become Xavi. He has trained his physical fitness and confrontational ability in the Premier League over the years. I think he can be put in this position."

Messi plays the right winger with his left foot, Sanchez plays the left winger with his right foot, and Fabregas plays the center position, so the answer is very obvious. Guardiola wants Fabregas to attract the defensive power of Real Madrid's central defender, then retreat to participate in the midfield, and at the same time he can play his excellent ability to pass the last pass.

In this way, Messi and Sanchez's oblique insertion will become more threatening.

Guardiola took a few steps back and stared at the tactical board blankly, obviously constantly deducing everything and changes that might happen in the game in his mind. At the same time, he was thinking about how the tridents of Fabregas, Sanchez and Messi should cooperate in the game? How to play a threat?

How to break through Real Madrid's goal is Guardiola's first consideration, and then how to freeze Yang Yang.

Can these three players, including Busquets, Alves and Puyol, stop Yang Yang?

Guardiola's mind is now full of question marks, but years of coaching experience tells him that this is a very normal phenomenon.

Before the game starts, every head coach does not know whether the tactics he carefully sets can work, nor does he know whether the opponent will be fooled, or whether he will catch his opponent off guard like himself.

The only thing you can do is to make every preparation as much as you can and make sufficient plans for every possible situation. In this way, even if unexpected surprises really occur in the game, there are enough choices to deal with them.

The four-back is Guardiola's tactics, but he is confident that if Real Madrid does not use the three-middle midfielder style, he will make appropriate adjustments before the game and make changes according to the situation during the game.

It hasn't beat Real Madrid in more than two years!

This time, you can't lose any more!
Chapter completed!