"Barcelona's defense has been very bad for so many years, and it's even worse now."
In the stands of Camp Nou, Gao Shen sighed with regret.
Many people would object to his words, but both Ferguson and Wenger nodded in agreement.
What Gao Shen is talking about is defense.
At its peak, Barcelona may have done a pretty good job in overall defense, but the defense was really poorly organized.
Maybe many people will have questions, if the defense is bad, why is the overall defense good?
The answer lies in Barcelona's pressing and pressing in the midfield and frontcourt.
To a certain extent, this is determined by Barcelona’s passing and possession tactics.
Barcelona's entire tactical style of play revolves around passing and controlling the ball. They need to play to their own advantages, which is the small and quick style of tiki-taka.
Wenger also said just now that what Barcelona is best at is quickly forming a personnel advantage in a small local area, and then using teamwork to break through the opponent's defense.
Attention, Mr. Wenger highlighted two knowledge points here, one is to quickly form personnel advantages, and the other is small-scale teamwork.
The former represents the active movement and coverage of players, while the latter represents the gathering of personnel.
But this will inevitably bring about a problem. Many people gather in a small area, which means that outside this small area, there are gaps everywhere. If Barcelona gets the ball, everything will be lost. Fortunately, once the ball is lost, the opponent can quickly attack these gaps and form a threat quickly.
This is Gao Shen's tactics against Barcelona these years.
In his previous life, Mourinho's Inter Milan also took this tactic to its extreme.
But these are peak matchups. When facing other teams, Barcelona's approach is to actively run and counter-attack on the spot.
Barcelona's entire tactical logic is that my players run quickly, gather a numerical advantage in a local area, and penetrate the opponent's defense through the small-scale cooperation of the players. If this attack fails, I will actively engage in counterattacks on the spot to delay the opponent. When attacking, other players actively run, and the team quickly spreads out and organizes a defensive formation.
Did you find it?
Both gathering and dispersing require large-scale running.
To a certain extent, the reason why Barcelona's so-called passing and possession tactics in the past can ensure the stability of defense is that it can run on a large scale without the ball. Therefore, basically every player in Barcelona back then could run. More than ten kilometers out.
In this case, Barcelona's poor defensive system was protected and covered up.
But now, Barcelona can't run anymore.
It's not just one or two veterans who can't run, more and more veterans, and even the young players, are beginning to be unable to run.
If Barcelona is facing a weaker team and can successfully control the ball and rhythm, then it's not really a big problem.
But if they encounter a strong team like Leeds United, Barcelona's defensive system will be fully exposed in this kind of strong dialogue, and it may even be completely defeated.
This is the reason why Barcelona has always been exposed to big scores over the years.
"Time is like a butcher's knife. Who would have thought that Barcelona's management could play a good hand like this?" Ferguson also shook his head with regret.
After all, this was the team that had abused him many times. It was impossible to say that he didn't feel any emotion when watching Barcelona falter at the hands of their mortal enemy Leeds United.
"Barcelona's defense over the years has really been a mess. I'm even beginning to agree with what you just said. Maybe they can score double digits." Wenger supported Gao Shen's statement for the first time.
Gao Shen suddenly burst into laughter, "Are you thinking too much?"
It is basically unrealistic to score double figures in football matches, especially at Camp Nou.
The 9-0 game last season was actually an accident.
"Ronald Koeman is a good coach, but he always encounters this kind of thing. Sometimes when I think about it, I really feel sorry for him." Gao Shen sighed again.
The Dutchman's coaching level is really not bad. Whether he is coaching at Ajax and Feyenoord, or later coaching Southampton and Everton, his coaching ability can be seen.
But his character does have some problems, and his ability to choose a team is really flawed.
If he chooses that cheating team once or twice, it can be said to be bad luck.
As a person, you can't always be lucky.
But since he has chosen this kind of team so many times in a row, it can only be said that there is indeed something wrong with his vision, or that he is too gambling.
It's like coaching Barcelona.
Who doesn’t know that Barcelona today is a trap?
Not to mention coaching, even cooperating with Gao Shen, Gao Shen chose to stay away for fear of not getting money.
But Ronald Koeman jumped right in.
It's fine now. Were you fooled?
But at that time, he was probably thinking that if he could really bring Barcelona out, his coaching career would be taken to the next level.
Sometimes, things are just that simple.
"Your trident is really strong this season!" Ferguson said with admiration.
"Rashford cuts in from the left. This link is his biggest threat. Alphonso Davies has the potential to be the world's top left back, with sharp offense and solid defense. If Rashford can continue Strengthen the left foot and other skill trees, and then this left path will be more threatening."
Gao Shen smiled and nodded, "You and I want to go together, but don't forget, we also have Vinicius. This kid also has unlimited potential. Rashford has the advantage now, but Vinicius may not be the same." You can’t catch up from behind.”
Ferguson and Wenger looked at each other, and both saw the envy in the other's eyes.
Indeed, as Gao Shen said, Vinicius is also the type with overflowing talents.
Whether a person is a genius or not, you can tell at a glance.
This season Leeds United has also been giving Vinicius opportunities to practice and improve in games.
There is also Rodrygo, not the one from Manchester United, but this youngster from Leeds United. He has a very strong samba flavor and great potential.
"On the right, Sancho follows the organization and support curve, and has strong ability to insert from behind, but he needs strong full-backs to support him. Ashraf and Reece James are his best partners, plus Bale Wade..."
When Ferguson said this, he suddenly realized that Leeds United is really strong!
"Perhaps, you really have a chance this year to compete in the Champions League again, or even... four crowns!"
If Leeds United wins the quadruple crown again, it will be the second quadruple crown in the history of the Premier League.
If you think about it carefully, it's not impossible.
Leeds United has now reached the League Cup final, has also advanced all the way to the FA Cup, and is leading the league early. The possibility of winning all three championships is not small.
The biggest suspense is the FA Cup, but Leeds United has always had an advantage in cup competitions.
This is actually very similar to Gao Shen, like a gene engraved in one’s bones.
The biggest suspense now is the Champions League.
Leeds United are very strong, Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain are both cunning and cunning, and their strength is not weak at all.
Especially Real Madrid, they are so resilient and have so much experience.
In the past few years, Leeds United's results against Real Madrid have not been ideal.
Especially in the knockout stages.
This is not without reason.
Leeds United played very passionately and energetically, but Real Madrid are experienced and can wait with you slowly until you show your flaws.
But in the Champions League, especially in the knockout stages, we simply cannot say that we should pray for luck and avoid certain teams, because this is unrealistic.
The mechanism of the knockout round is determined, and there will definitely be a strong dialogue in the end.
The further you go, the stronger your opponent will be. This is inevitable. Bai
In other words, Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain will be obstacles that Leeds United cannot avoid.
This should also be the biggest suspense in the Champions League this season.
…
In the stands, while Gao Shen was chatting with Ferguson and others, the first half of the game entered its final stage.
But something suddenly changed on the court.
Valverde quickly launched a counterattack after completing a steal on Pjanic from the outside of the 30-meter area in the Barcelona half.
Haaland stopped the ball, turned around, and rushed forward with the ball. Bo
Rashford, who was on the left side of the frontcourt, ran the fastest and rushed straight to the outside of Barcelona's penalty area. When he saw Haaland rushing over, he immediately stood up and played the role of a center.
This is also a transformation of Rashford since this season.
He is now a proper center in terms of physical and strength confrontation, but his skills with his feet are very fine and his speed is very fast, which means that he can also play well on the left.
Based on this characteristic of his, Leeds United often asked him to temporarily switch positions with Haaland when arranging the formation, or he played the role of center when Haaland was on the wing.
Just like now, he suddenly stood still, with his back to the direction of attack, to meet Harland.
Harland passed the ball immediately, but it was not passed into the penalty area, but passed to the position in front of Rashford.
After passing the ball, Harald quickly made a diagonal pass and directly hit behind Lenglet.
Lenglet immediately stuck to Rashford, but the England forward took a step back, stopped Haaland's pass, turned sideways, and kicked directly with his right foot.
The ball was picked over Barcelona's defense by Rashford, over the heads of Pique and Lenglet, and landed in the middle of the penalty area.
I saw Harland rushing forward quickly to meet Rashford's pass. When the football came down, he turned sideways and volleyed with his left foot, getting ahead of the attacking goalkeeper and sending the football into the goal. Barcelona's goal.
"goalllllllllllllllll!!!!!!"
"Majin Buu has transformed!"
"hat trick!!!"
"Leeds United is 4-0, temporarily taking the lead!" Bo
"Oh my God, Leeds United are wreaking havoc at Camp Nou again tonight!"
"Tonight's game reminds us of the 9-0 game last season!"
"That was a night that belonged to Barcelona and Camp Nou!"
"But tonight, again at Camp Nou, we once again saw Leeds United's crazy goals!"
"Haaland already scored a hat-trick in the first half."
"This is absolutely an incredible performance. We even have reason to suspect that Haaland's crazy scoring momentum will continue."
"As we enter the second half, Barcelona's physical fitness will be further affected, while Leeds United will further exert its advantages. By then, the threat on the court will be more obvious."
"We can't even guess how many goals the crazy Leeds United and the crazy Majin Buu can score?"
