After Naples scored, the game once again reached a stalemate.
But before the end of the first half, Barcelona accelerated their attack again, and Naples quickly counterattacked and once again threatened.
This time it was Rakitic who shot from behind, without suppressing the momentum of the ball, and went straight high.
Four shots, three threats, and one goal were scored. Naples' offensive efficiency was still very high.
Barcelona, on the other hand, has a 63% ball possession rate, but only took six shots, but none of them were on target. Four of them were long-range shots. This proves that Barcelona's offense is actually very difficult to penetrate.
Penetrate Naples' defense.
If it can be beaten, with Barcelona's pissing ability, they would like to pass the football directly into Naples' goal, and will they shoot from long range?
This also proves that Naples' targeted tactics in the first half, especially the defensive tactics, were very successful.
But as the on-site commentator analyzed, the real game depends on the adjustments made by the head coaches of both sides during the halftime break.
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Barcelona players have no idea how Naples will adjust.
But on Barcelona's side, they quickly saw the clues.
At halftime, when we returned to the locker room, before everyone could take a breath, they saw Guardiola and Vilanova coming in, but they didn't say anything, but asked the players and employees what they should do.
What are you busy with?
At first, no one felt anything unusual. It wasn't until Sylvinho opened the door and came in that everyone realized something was wrong.
This is a signal to replace someone!
Sylvinho is the left back, and the first one to bear the brunt is Puyol, who plays on the left in this game.
Everyone immediately looked at Puyol, and found that the Barcelona captain was not panicked at all. On the contrary, the old man was there, as if he didn't smell the crisis at all.
When everyone thought about it, they were right. No one could replace the old captain.
So if Puyol doesn't come off, then Sylvinho will play as left back and Puyol will go to the right?
That's not right, Alves was rock solid on the right, and it was also the wing where Barcelona performed most normally in the first half.
As for that goal, there's really no way to blame Alves.
Then, the answer is obvious.
Almost as soon as everyone reacted, they saw that Yaya Toure's face turned ugly.
Even his dark skin couldn't conceal the huge waves in his heart at this moment, because he could see that he was going to be replaced!
In fact, throughout the first half, he was the player named most.
He felt like he was being targeted.
The other players didn't say anything, but Yaya Toure could feel that they were all blaming him for not getting the ball in time.
If he comes back, maybe the ball won't be missed.
But Yaya Toure still sat in his position, motionless, pretending that he had not guessed anything at all.
Until Vilanova walked up to him and told him softly, "Yaya, we need to strengthen the attack on the left side in the second half, so we need to adjust the lineup and position. You can go take a shower now."
Even though he had guessed it and was mentally prepared for it, when Vilanova said it, Yaya Toure was still furious and stood up immediately.
The Ivorian's reaction made everyone in the locker room nervous, fearing that he would lose control.
In the Champions League final, he was substituted at halftime, which was really sad.
Especially in this season's Champions League, Yaya Toure played a lot more minutes than Busquets, which can be said to be the biggest contributor.
Puyol, Pique, Xavi and others also stood up one after another, intentionally or unintentionally standing between Yaya Toure and Guardiola.
This made the Ivorians understand.
No matter how much he contributed to Barcelona, no matter how much he paid for the team, he was still an outsider.
In this locker room, he can only obey!
The silence lasted only ten seconds, but it felt extremely long.
Yaya Toure finally took a deep breath, nodded slightly, turned and walked towards the shower area.
From beginning to end, he didn't say a word, but his back looked a little sad.
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As soon as Sylvinho entered the locker room, Gao Shen immediately got the news.
His first reaction was that Emperor Tang finally couldn't help but want to replace him.
Sylvinho is the left back, who will he replace?
After much deliberation, Gao Shen set his sights on Yaya Toure.
But he has some doubts about whether Guardiola will really continue the four-three-three tactics.
That’s the Tangled Emperor!
"Barcelona will make substitutions and adjustments in the second half, and we need to be mentally prepared."
Gao Shen walked among the players and said loudly.
"Staying the same should be the answer to all changes. No matter what tactics and style of play Barcelona adopt, they essentially still focus on passing and controlling the ball, so we still have to continue to stick to the style of play in the first half."
"Sylvinho is the left back, and his appearance will definitely strengthen the attack on the left, especially the connection between Sylvinho and Henry, so in the second half we need to pay attention to the defense on the right."
Having said this, Gao Shen looked at Sanchez and Di Maria.
"When necessary, you must retreat to defend in time, do you understand?"
Sanchez and Di Maria are not the kind of players who are unwilling to return to defense. After listening to Gao Shen's words, they both nodded in agreement.
"Everyone, I still say the same thing. Our performance so far tonight is very good. We will continue to work hard. I believe that as long as we maintain the current rhythm and style of play and continue to contain Barcelona's passing penetration and offense,
Then it must be us who take home the championship trophy in the end!”
After a pause, Gao Shen looked at his players with a confident smile.
"You know me, I don't like one to zero, so I'll work harder in the second half and try to score one or two more!"
The players responded in unison.
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At the beginning of the second half, Barcelona made substitutions.
Guardiola's substitution targets have also been revealed.
But what Gao Shen didn't guess right was that Guardiola didn't adopt a 433, but changed to a 343.
Busquets was pulled back to the defense to form a back three with Puyol and Pique, while the two full-backs Sylvinho and Alves were pushed into the midfield.
When Gao Shen saw Barcelona's position on the sidelines, he really thought a lot.
The first reaction is that this weird and entangled emperor is here!
Then he really thought it was outrageous that he would play with a back three.
But thinking about it again, he vaguely guessed Guardiola's thinking.
The first is Busquets. He was forced by Naples in the first half and had to drop deep to get the ball. He was basically even with the central defender. So now, Guardiola simply withdraws him to the central defender.
Secondly, in Barcelona's four-three-three tactics, the two full-backs have always been positioned very forward, so now Guardiola has pushed them to the midfield. To a certain extent, this is just Barcelona's tradition.
A manifestation of position.
The full-backs will be more advanced and have more contact with Henry and Eto'o, so they will have more opportunities to participate in the attack.
To some extent, Guardiola's decision is to strengthen the offense.
But if there is more offense, the defense will inevitably be weaker.
The first is the midfielder. Can Xavi and Iniesta, two short midfielders, provide effective protection?
In the back line, Puyol is a right-footed player who plays on the left side. Busquets and Pique are both slow, slow to turn and not flexible enough. Now they are all on the back line, plus the three defenders themselves.
The defense and protection of the wing are not strong enough. Once the two forward full-backs cannot return to their positions in time, the defense of the wing will become a big problem.
Not to mention, Naples also has Cavani in the middle.
"He is really a very traditional Spanish coach!" Carlo sighed and said.
When traditional Spanish coaches think about problems, they always put me first and start from the offense.
For example, Spain's winger tactics used to be used in the past.
Non-traditional Spanish coaches, such as many Serie A coaches, or people like Benitez, Aragones and others, will first think from a defensive perspective when considering problems, and their tactics are more pragmatic.
Guardiola is now thinking purely from an offensive perspective. This is partly due to his personality, and partly because Barcelona is now trailing 0-1 and they must strive for goals in the second half.
Both Gao Shen and Zidane understood why Carlo sighed.
Because playing with a back three is not a good decision.
Guardiola has his own set of logic for thinking about problems, and it does hold true, but Naples can also make targeted adjustments.
Gao Shen didn't even wait for the game to start and went straight to the sidelines to adjust the team's tactics.
He first signaled Cavani and continued to stare at Busquets.
Since he has retreated to the back line, it would be better. Cavani directly presses forward and suppresses Barcelona's back line.
Di Maria and Sanchez both played against each other in the first half. After Gao Shen saw Barcelona playing with three defenders, he immediately made an adjustment and signaled them to switch over. Di Maria returned to the left, while Sanchez continued to play on the right.
During the halftime break, Gao Shen asked the two of them to retreat appropriately, but now when they were directly asked to defend, they retreated to the midfield and followed Alves and Sylvinho.
At the same time, Biglia and Rakitic moved up to suppress Xavi and Iniesta.
The two Napoli midfielders have physical advantages over Xavi and Iniesta, especially Rakitic, who has an obvious advantage against Iniesta. Gao Shen is confident and can still suppress it.
Thiago Motta was responsible for holding back and was one of the team's best players in the first half.
After all, what he faces tonight is his old club Barcelona, which once made him feel painful.
Regardless of whether he returns to Barcelona this summer, he wants to show his best tonight, in Barcelona, in front of these former teammates, and prove his strength and value again.
After Gao Shen made these arrangements, he felt much more relieved.
Especially after seeing the game start, the Napoli players basically understood his tactical intentions and were playing according to the blueprint he had drawn.
Confused about the emperor?
Instead of waiting until the future, you will be taught a lesson by others?
Why don't I give you a good time tonight? It's better to leave a shadow on you. Don't get entangled in it in the future and change your tactics on the spot!
