Since the European Cup is approaching, the League Cup matches are in full swing. After Alkmaar has played the Dutch Cup semi-finals, the Champions League quarter-finals are about to begin.
On April 4, AZ Alkmaar will face the challenge of La Liga giants Barcelona at their home court.[]
Barcelona is one of the few wealthy teams in the world, known as the dream team. Being able to play against such a team at the Dehout Stadium will definitely be a great success for Alkmaar.
Even the residents of the entire small town of Alkmaar are proud of this.
A week before the game, Alkmaar Mayor Luther Backus mentioned the quarter-final match between Barcelona and Alkmaar in a TV interview. He said: "Being able to play in the quarter-finals with Barcelona
The final is the pride of Alkmaar. Although our stadium is not big and the number of fans it can accommodate is limited, our fans are enthusiastic enough. They will surprise Barcelona. Although I know the possibility of us advancing.
Not big, but I still wish Jiang Mu and his team good luck in advance."
The battle between Alkmaar, a dark horse, and Barcelona, the favorites to win the championship, is not as influential as Real Madrid and Manchester United, but it has also attracted the attention of many fans and media.
In order to watch this game, Alkmaar fans have made all preparations. They have completed their work in advance, moved forward or postponed the reception, and temporarily canceled their travel holidays, all in order to watch this game.
In the week before the war, the number of reporters and fans coming to Alkmaar to watch the Alkmaar team's training increased sharply, almost as many as the number of fans attending a league game.
The media in both the Netherlands and Spain have also made suggestions for their teams, looking for ways to defeat the enemy.
The Telegraph of the Netherlands said: Although Alkmaar cannot compete with a giant like Barcelona, Van Gaal's Barcelona is not without weaknesses. They emphasize using the width of the field and opening up the wings, and they can't wait for the limited 11 people to do so.
Every corner of the stadium was filled, and the formation was spread out. Rivaldo, Figo, Kluivert, Enrique, Cocu, etc. piled forward indiscriminately. If they cooperated, Alkmaar
It's dangerous. Jiang Mu should divide and surround these geniuses with strong personal attack capabilities and let them fight on their own. In this way, Barcelona's combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.
"International Football" believes that it is a miracle that Alkmaar can reach the quarterfinals. No matter how you play next, you will make money. The Dehout Stadium is very small. If Alkmaar wants to win against Barcelona, it must set up a iron barrel formation and use defense.
Counter-attack tactics, attack Barcelona's defense. No matter how powerful Barcelona's genius is, there is nothing they can do if there is no room for breakthrough. At this time, face no longer matters, Alkmaar is just a small shrimp compared to Barcelona, put down the iron bucket
There is no shame in the formation, and it’s not like Jiang Mu has done this before.
Spain's "World Sports" reminded Van Gaal to be careful with Alkmaar. Although Alkmaar has not encountered a real giant team before, Dortmund, Chelsea, and Lazio are also strong mid-level teams in the world. They are competing with Alkmaar.
Alkmaar has suffered enough in their matches. In the league, teams like Ajax, PSV, and Feyenoord cannot suppress Alkmaar, which shows how fierce this team is. Although Alkmaar
Kemar's average age is very young, but Van Gaal should know that young age has no direct relationship with combat effectiveness. His Ajax team has won the Champions League. If Van Gaal cannot control Alkmaar's Ronaldinho,
Thomasson, Drogba and other rising little monsters may cause big trouble for Barcelona.
"Daily Sports" believes that Alkmaar is very likely to field an extremely conservative lineup with three defensive midfielders. Because Barcelona's offensive power is very strong and the players' personal abilities are sudden, it is impossible for Alkmaar to send everyone to mark.
Zone defense may not be able to prevent it, so the three defensive midfielders shrink the defense and then counterattack is Alkmaar's best option.
"Daily Sports" suggested that Van Gaal should practice counterattacking. In the league, Valencia's defense made Van Gaal suffer a lot. Alkmaar's defensive counterattack is not inferior to Valencia.
If Van Gaal can't figure out a way to score early, he might really create a big upset.
These statements made by reporters are just to coax the fans and increase the fun of watching the game, which is not helpful to the head coach and players. Jiang Mu and Van Gaal cannot play according to what the reporters said. They not only have to rack their brains
In order to restrain the opponent's original style of play, they must also consider possible changes in the opponent's game. For them, they are much more tired before the game than during the game.
Jiang Mu paid much more attention to this game than all the previous games. Although Chang'e-1 helped, Jiang Mu still spent a week preparing, and handed the collected information to Chang'e-1 for digestion, and then
Based on the analysis results, deductions are made repeatedly in the game "Magic Coach".
Although Van Gaal's Barcelona team was far inferior to the Dream Team 2 a few years later, let alone the Dream Team 3 later, this already gave Jiang Mu a feeling of fear.
Not to mention the playing style that Barcelona has cultivated since he was **, the Dutch team's playing style is very similar to Barcelona's playing style. In terms of playing style, Jiang Mu is not afraid, but there are so many players in the opponent's camp.
Genius players are the biggest headache for Jiang Mu. He also has many geniuses, but his geniuses are still little demons and are far from mature. Unlike the superstars of Barcelona, who have already cultivated to perfection, with a flash of inspiration, they become
Can change the course of the game.
During repeated deductions in the game, Jiang Mu found that the outcome varied greatly and was not as stable as when playing against civilian teams. This was because the individual abilities of Barcelona's frontcourt players were very strong, and everyone had the ball.
He can always score goals based on his personal ability, which greatly increases the uncertainty of the game.
In order to reduce this uncertainty, Jiang Mu adopted various forms such as man-to-man defense, zone defense, and zone-to-man defense. He also considered the issues mentioned by the media, but in the end he was still unable to solve the problem. Jiang Mu finally
He finally gave up this futile approach. Football is a game with a high degree of chance. This did not change just because he had Chang'e No. 1. He decided to find another way, not to suppress the performance of Barcelona's talented players in the frontcourt, but to control Barcelona.
The midfielder, namely Guardiola at position 4, is a key figure in switching from defense to offense. If he is strangled to death, Barcelona will no longer have anyone to send cannonballs forward.
Moreover, Van Gaal's playing style is very risky, usually using a single defensive midfielder. Xavi is Guardiola's substitute. The two of them take turns playing instead of playing together. It is better to just mark Guardiola, a genius, than to mark the frontcourt.
It is much safer and more reliable to have so many geniuses.
After Jiang Mu adopted the tactic of letting Gattuso mark Barcelona's Guardiola, he directed Alkmaar to greatly increase the probability of winning against Barcelona in the game, once reaching more than 50%, which made Jiang Mu very happy.
Satisfied, playing at home, the opponent has many inconveniences, and if you can match Barcelona with a 50% probability of winning in the computer game, then the possibility of winning in reality is greater.
However, for players like Rivaldo, Figo, and Kluivert, Jiang Mu still did not relax. Marking with the ball is a must. Giving these players space to play freely is simply difficult for him. Jiang Mu
Mu would definitely not do such a stupid thing.
Although Van Gaal has a good deck of cards and has a lot of big-name superstars at his disposal, he also has headaches. The first is that there are too many superstars and they are disobedient. Rivaldo is the core of this team's frontcourt, but he doesn't like it.
Van Gaal assigned him the position of left winger, and he wanted to play in the center. But Rivaldo went to the center, and Kluivert placed him somewhere. Rivaldo could play in the middle or on the wing, but Kluivert could only play in the center.
After he won the World Footballer of the Year, Rivaldo's attitude became even more determined. Van Gaal had to talk to Rivaldo repeatedly in every important game, which made Van Gaal very distressed.
In addition to the superstars' full personalities who often question the head coach's arrangements, the internal conflicts within the Barcelona club also put Van Gaal at risk of a backyard fire. In the second half of the league, Spanish fans began to boo the Dutch players in Barcelona.
When Barcelona failed in the game, the fans and the media blamed the Dutch team. Later, even if Barcelona won, if the players of the Dutch team made mistakes during the game, they would also be booed by the Barcelona fans. This
This makes the players of the Dutch Gang very distressed, and some of them are already tired of it. Because no one wants to play in the boos of their own fans.
Van Gaal knew who was causing trouble, but he had no choice, because this was a conflict between club president Nunez and his opponent Laporta. Laporta wanted to be the president and he took advantage of the Catalan fans of Barcelona.
Asian sentiment attacked the large number of Dutch players brought in by Van Gaal, and many of the Dutch players brought in by Van Gaal did not perform well, which was one of the reasons why they were booed by the critical Barcelona fans and reporters.
In addition to these own reasons, Van Gaal is also very afraid of Jiang Mu. He is an arrogant and stubborn person, but he is by no means a stupid person. He has been paying attention to Jiang Mu's success. From Jiang Mu's formation,
Directing the players on the spot, he knew that this was not an easy guy to buy. Before the draw, he had always hoped to avoid Alkmaar, but unfortunately they were still drawn together.
Although Alkmaar's strength is worse than Barcelona, Van Gaal feels that Jiang Mu will not set up an iron barrel formation. Alkmaar has defeated its opponents by a big score in many games, which shows that Alkmaar's offensive ability is very strong. Jiang Mu
Those who will not abandon their martial arts skills should give up the attack and set up the iron barrel formation.
Van Gaal is sure that Alkmaar is playing to prevent counter-attacks, but even if it is to prevent counter-attacks, Jiang Mu will not passively prevent counter-attacks. He will never invest less troops in counter-attacks, and his interception in the midfield will never be weak.
This is Valencia's way. Although Barcelona was beaten by Valencia in the league, Van Gaal believed that he would not give Jiang Mu this opportunity in the Champions League. He had already found a way to deal with Valencia-style defensive counterattacks.