"The Napoli midfielder successfully intercepted the ball."
"Under the pressure of Naples' midfield, Barcelona made a passing error. Look at Naples' counterattack this time."
"It was passed to Biglia, but Barcelona retreated quickly and Xavi came back."
"Then pass it to the left and pass it to Di Maria."
"Di Maria stopped the ball on the left wing."
"Biglia came up to help him, but Xavi followed him every step of the way."
"Di Maria passed the ball to Villa, sprinted forward quickly, and Alves also started."
"Biglia knocked back to the baseline on the left side of the penalty area."
"Look at this time, Di Maria and Alves are competing for speed."
Di Maria sprinted very fast, slightly ahead of Alves, but inside Alves, Pique was also close to the left line of the penalty area, blocking Di Maria's low pass route.
The Argentinian just glanced at it, noticed Cavani's movement, and knew it in his mind.
If this ball is passed low, even if it is not blocked by Alves, it will definitely be blocked by Pique.
Therefore, he almost didn't think much about it. When he caught up with the ball, Alves was right behind him, but Di Maria hardly made any adjustments. He passed the ball with his left foot and sent it directly to the center of the small penalty area.
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Sanchez was ambushing him at the back point, restraining Puyol, and Pique was standing close to the left side of the penalty area. As a result, Busquets in the center had to deal with Cavani alone, and he blocked Cavani behind him.
When Di Maria sprinted, Busquets and Cavani also rushed into the penalty area from the front.
But Cavani first tried to move to the left side of the penalty area from behind, and pushed Busquets with his body, making the Spaniard mistakenly think that he wanted to rush to the left side of the penalty area, hit behind Pique, and meet Di Maria.
This caused Busquets to move diagonally to the left when he entered the penalty area, still keeping Cavani behind him.
In other words, if Di Maria wants to pass the ball to Cavani, he must first pass Busquets.
Unexpectedly, Cavani behind him suddenly changed direction, shook off Busquets, and crossed into the middle of the small penalty area.
At this time, Di Maria just happened to get rid of Alves and passed the ball with his left foot.
Alves, who was on the outermost perimeter, did not block the cross. The ball quickly passed Pique's header, flew past Busquets, and landed in the center of the small penalty area.
Puyol was experienced and had the fastest reaction. He immediately shook off Sanchez and chased after the ball.
But after Cavani rushed up, he was also very fast. Like a heavy tank, with the roar of the wind, he rushed to the landing point of the passed ball. With the help of a run-up, the whole person jumped high.
Puyol's jumping ability is actually good, but he can't stand up to his short height. Cavani took advantage of his height advantage and took the initiative to attack again. He seized the opportunity and jumped up one step ahead of Puyol to meet Di Maria's cross.
The ball was a direct headbutt.
The ball was headed to the right side of the goal by Cavani.
Valdes also reacted quickly. He originally stood close to the left post and quickly moved to the center, but his speed could not keep up with the speed of the ball. When he saw Cavani leaping for a header, he dived sideways.
But still couldn't touch the ball.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
"Fifty-ninth minute, Naples wins again!"
"Two to zero!"
"Wonderful assist from Di Maria on the left, Cavani beat Puyol from the center and headed the goal."
"It was a quick counterattack from Naples after stealing the ball, which was very sharp."
"Barcelona's defense reacted quickly, but it still couldn't stop Naples' lightning counterattack."
"We still have three defenders on the wing, and we still play behind Alves."
"In the second half, after Barcelona changed its formation and adjusted its formation, Naples' counterattacks were almost all from the wings."
"Barcelona is in a very difficult situation now. The offense in front has been unable to open up the situation, but the loopholes behind it have been breached again and again."
"Two to zero, there is about half an hour left in the game, Barcelona must hurry up."
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The live TV camera switched to the sidelines.
Gao Shen, who scored the goal, was obviously excited. He jumped up to celebrate. He seemed even more excited than Cavani who scored the goal.
But on the side where the ball was lost, Guardiola looked helpless, standing on the sidelines with his brows furrowed, giving people a feeling of powerlessness. No one knew what he was thinking in his heart at this moment.
Two to zero!
After the change of formation, Barcelona had more possession of the ball, but the overall performance was still the same as in the first half.
"This goal was a big blow to Barcelona, especially Guardiola."
In the stands, many Italian football people were also sitting in the stands. Lippi, Ulivieri, Capello, Ancelotti and others all gathered together. They watched the game together and analyzed it together.
and discussion.
After seeing Cavani score, Lippi shook his head and sighed, obviously very pessimistic about Barcelona's situation.
"Guardiola is still too young after all. Substitutions in the midfield are not unacceptable, but the sudden change of formations to three, four, and three is a bit too much. No matter what he thinks in his heart, in this kind of high-intensity confrontation
, such a subversive adjustment can easily lead to not affecting the opponent, but instead crippling oneself first."
Lippi's analysis was also affirmed by everyone.
Silver Fox Lippi's eyesight is still very good.
"The first half was too contained. Naples' entire tactical discipline and the players' off-the-ball movements were excellent." Ulivieri also analyzed, "I heard that starting from the elimination of Manchester United,
Until the Champions League final, Gao Shen focused on practicing team pressing and off-ball movement every day."
"Guardiola probably also saw that he was in a strong position in the first half but could not score and could not create a threat, so he wanted to make adjustments and strengthen the team's wing attack, but who would have thought..."
After a pause, Ulivieri glanced sideways at Capello, who was sitting upright, and said: "This game reminds me of the battle at the Olympic Stadium in Athens."
When he heard this, Capello reacted and looked at Ulivieri.
The latter smiled softly and said, "Maybe the score will be repeated again! It has been many years since we scored more than four goals in the Champions League final!"
From the 1993 to 1994 season, a classic matchup in the history of the Champions League final took place at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece.
Capello led his AC Milan to encounter Cruyff's Barcelona in the final.
It was a fantastic season.
At that time, Capello was coaching AC Milan and struggled in the group stage. In the battle for first place in the group, he narrowly defeated the Porto coached by Bobby Robson. There was an interpreter in the Porto team that year.
The name is Jose Mourinho.
In the other group, Kluyinf's Barcelona was unstoppable, setting off an offensive storm in the group stage and repeatedly defeating powerful opponents, especially Monaco, who doubled up in Ligue 1 and advanced to the semi-finals as the first in the group.
At that time, Monaco's head coach was also a famous coach named Arsene Wenger.
The Champions League in the early 1990s had just been restructured. There were not many participating teams. Only champion teams from various countries could participate. The competition system was still in the stage of repeated adjustments and trials and was constantly changing. However, the overall policy was to introduce group stages and increase the number of games.
The UEFA Champions League format from the 1993 to 1994 seasons was that 32 teams first played two rounds of double-leg knockout rounds, and the remaining eight teams were divided into two groups for the group stage. The top two teams in the group directly advanced to the semi-finals.
The semi-finals are a two-leg knockout with the first place player in one group facing off against the second place player in another group.
It can be seen that by this season, the Champions League competition system has basically taken shape.
At that time, Barcelona's godfather Kruyinf was still young and much more arrogant than he is now. In addition, the team's outstanding performance made him very high-profile before the final. When inspecting the final venue, he said that the real AC Milan is Barcelona.
In Key's team, AC Milan, which has the Dutch Three Musketeers, Capello only likes to use defensive players like Desailly.
"We will be the winner, there is no doubt that we are more competitive and more comprehensive. They can only rely on defense, while we rely on a gorgeous offense."
These are Cruyinf's original words.
One month before the final, Barcelona won six consecutive games in six games, scoring 20 goals and conceding three. They were simply unstoppable.
But who would have thought that in that final, Kruyinf's three-pronged team consisting of Romario, Stoyinchkov and Begiristain (now Barcelona technical director), who scored 91 goals throughout the season,
The halberd actually misfired across the board.
The defensive formation formed by Guardiola, Koeman and others was shattered by AC Milan's sharp counterattack.
Four to zero, Capello created a classic duel in the history of the Champions League final!
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Even though fifteen years have passed, for seniors such as Lippi, Ulivieri, and especially Capello, everything that happened seems to be still vivid in their minds.
Although their glory has faded, and although they can no longer shine on the Champions League stage, they have left their own footprints and witnessed the emergence of latecomers.
Ulivieri said that this season's Naples match against Guardiola's Barcelona is very similar to the matchup fifteen years ago. It's not for nothing, because when Gao Shen first debuted, he was dubbed Capello II.
title, Guardiola is Cruyinf's direct disciple.
If it had been anyone else, they would have been overjoyed to hear Ulivieri's words, but Capello still had a cold expression on his face, "He is completely different from me."
After hearing this, Ulivieri chuckled and said, "That's because he is not as conservative as you."
Capello frowned.
He was not happy to hear this.
Am I conservative?
Next to him, Lippi was also happy, "After tonight, I will win more Champions League titles than you."
The expression on Capello's face suddenly twitched.
I...the Champions League...he...hasn't he won the second one yet?
What the hell!
Ancelotti, who was sitting on the side, even laughed and made a perfect finishing touch, "The key is, he is younger than you and even more handsome than you!"
Capello was immediately stunned.
Damn it, are you all targeting me on purpose?
Tell me, what benefits has Gao Shen given you to make you kneel and lick him so shamelessly?
