Xavi ran onto the court, quickly summoned his teammates, and then conveyed the coach's words to them.
Like Xavi's initial reaction, everyone was surprised by Guardiola's decision.
Their head coach didn't even have the confidence for ten minutes.
There are still ten minutes left in the game before the halftime break. In such a short period of time, can they still score another goal from Lazio?
"Stop thinking nonsense. Since the coach said it, it makes sense. And what he said is right. He does know this Lazio team better than us." Captain Puyol said when everyone's thoughts were not unified.
, stood up and spoke for Guardiola.
Xavi also nodded to express his agreement and support for the coach's actions.
Several bosses in the team nodded, who dared to talk nonsense?
In this way, Barcelona decided to play according to Guardiola's adjustments. Slow down the pace, mainly defend, and use control of the ball to defend.
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Lazio's goal made the commentators particularly excited because the deadlock was broken.
Now you can start looking forward to more goals.
They began to look forward to the various exciting scenes that would appear after the game started. Smooth offensive battles, exciting goals and shots...etc.
But when the game started, everyone quickly discovered that these things they longed for did not appear. On the contrary, compared with the fast-paced offense and defense, the pace of the game actually slowed down.
Especially when Barcelona gets the ball, they start to make more cross passes and back passes.
If they were forced to do so by Lazio's defense before, now they are willing to do so.
They have to use this method to defend.
With the football at your feet, it is impossible for the opponent to organize any threatening attack.
Chang Sheng turned his head and glanced at Guardiola.
It’s really no surprise that Guardiola did this. If Guardiola was in that time and space, he might not have done this.
But now Guardiola...
Chang Sheng smiled.
This is what he hopes to see.
If the pace is slowed down, the game will become unsightly. Many people will criticize Guardiola for this.
Because one of the big selling points of Tiki-taka is that it looks good.
Being able to win without playing well is a unique feature of Tiki-taka.
If you could just win... wouldn't defensive counterattack be better than Tiki-taka?
And after Lazio's performance over the years, everyone's appetite has been whetted.
If there were no winning teams in this world who started playing Tiki-taka as early as 2001, and now that Guardiola is doing it, no one would think that Pisa doesn’t look good, and people are still obsessed with Barcelona’s passing art.
That's because we've never seen him play so well before.
But with the constant wins and Lazio.
On the one hand, everyone is used to seeing it and is used to the way Barcelona is playing now.
On the other hand, there is also comparison.
No matter what it is in this world, I am afraid of comparison... As the saying goes, comparing people is irritating.
After Lazio's fast passing and overall forward football, and then watching Barcelona's football that back and forth in the midfield, not many people will find it beautiful. They will only feel that the game time is delayed and boring.
, making you sleepy.
Chang Sheng bets that if Guardiola really plays like this, then after the game is over, there will be a lot of such voices in the media.
Especially since FC Barcelona also has a strange old man, Cruyff.
This old man is no longer the head coach of Barcelona and no longer holds any position in the club, but he always has to criticize the performance of the club and the team.
Moreover, he has extremely high demands on his team - he wishes Barcelona were the "Team Universe".
If Guardiola makes the slightest move that damages Barcelona's spirit, he will definitely be bombarded mercilessly by Cruyff.
With Cruyff's influence in Catalonia, his bombardment will definitely put enough pressure on Guardiola.
Then in the second round, Guardiola will be forced to give up his plan and have a decisive battle with the ever-victorious Lazio at home. But at that time, how much physical strength can his team have to support a ninety-minute game?
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Having said all this, is Guardiola's response correct?
Of course, his choice to slow down the pace and deal with Lazio slowly is correct from a tactical level.
But……
At this level of football competition, the competition is no longer about skills and tactics.
In battles between two giants, sometimes in addition to technical and tactical considerations, political factors also need to be considered.
Just like when Mourinho first arrived at Real Madrid, he played his first El Clasico with Barcelona. Before the game, the Madrid media revealed that he would play as a defensive midfielder, which immediately caused an uproar in the public opinion and caused Real Madrid's senior management to express disapproval of him.
Very dissatisfied with the arrangement.
How could our magnificent club Real Madrid use such a low-profile and rough formation and tactics when playing against Barcelona? This is simply a shame!
No! We, Real Madrid, must compete with Barcelona!
In the end Mourinho was forced to change his tactics and formation.
The media in Madrid cheered Real Madrid's kingly demeanor, and Real Madrid's top management was also quite satisfied.
What's the result?
Mourinho and Barcelona combined to give these people a scintillating slap in the face at Camp Nou.
Real Madrid lost 0:5 in the away game.
This is the real shame!
This is a typical example of club politics affecting the head coach's technical and tactical arrangements.
From a technical and tactical level, Mourinho's tactics are the most correct and there are no problems.
But...politically incorrect.
So he was killed.
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Chang Sheng thought well.
This game attracted much attention, and many celebrities came to watch the game.
Among them is Cruyff, the King of Barcelona Club.
Cruyff, the godfather of Tiki-taka, frowned when he saw that Barcelona went into full rhythm after conceding the ball, giving up offense and turning to defense.
This was definitely not the Barcelona he wanted to see.
Facing a strong enemy, Barcelona should move forward bravely and defeat the enemy in the way they are best at, instead of... giving in!
Yes.
Cruyff thought Guardiola was giving in. He was intimidated by Lazio's edge.
In Cruyff's view, Lazio's Tiki-taka is just faster, nothing surprising.
Guardiola shouldn't act so shameless.
After conceding the ball, what any team should consider is how to equalize the score as soon as possible. Therefore, at this time, the players' desire to attack is the strongest. Guardiola did not take advantage of the situation and give full play to their desire to attack, but instead suppressed it.
Their desire to attack makes them defensive...
Cruyff completely disagreed with Guardiola's approach.
He was already thinking about how he was going to knock Guardiola after the game.
Don’t think that just because he led the team to win three or six championships, he can get carried away!
He needs to know which team he is the head coach of!
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With Barcelona deliberately controlling the rhythm, Lazio did not have many offensive opportunities, but Lazio did not slow down the rhythm. As long as the ball was at their feet, they would stick to their own characteristics, pass and cut quickly, advance as a whole, and fly all over the field.
Run.
A stark contrast to Barcelona.
Chang Sheng seems to be trying to add another blow to Guardiola's body, completely erecting Guardiola's image as a villain.
At the same time, he had more important plans.
Lazio was determined not to let the game get into Barcelona's rhythm because they didn't want to give Barcelona a chance to rest. They wanted to ensure that Barcelona's exhausted team was in a high-intensity, fast-paced game throughout the game.
Thus completely draining their physical energy.
In this way, if Lazio can end the suspense of two rounds at home, it would be great, but if it cannot be ended, then Barcelona will not have much room to return to their home court.
The final is a two-leg home and away game. Sometimes we cannot just consider this one game. We need to take a long-term view and put the two games together and consider them overall.
So the last ten minutes of the game were still difficult for Barcelona, even though they slowed down the pace - they slowed down the pace, only when they were in possession of the ball, what about when they were not in possession of the ball? Then
Isn’t it true that Lazio can play however they want?
Unless they can steal the opponent's football.
But when Lazio passes and cuts quickly, if they want to steal the ball, they have to run faster than Lazio.
This is simply killing them...
Their already considerable physical fitness is even more in jeopardy...
Barcelona's players now understand why Guardiola said that if they don't change their playing style, even in ten minutes, there is a high possibility that Lazio will score another goal, not one, but two.
Look at Lazio's current offensive. It's like a storm, one wave after another. It seems that it will never stop. It will always be the same rhythm.
Barcelona's players were secretly shocked.
They couldn't stand this kind of high-intensity and fast-paced football after playing for thirty minutes straight. Lazio was able to keep playing until the end of the first half!
Barcelona players like them know best how much physical energy is consumed by such a style of play...especially the defensive method that blocks the passing route...If it were not for Lazio, this defensive mode would not work against ordinary players in their usual games.
The opponent can only play for ten consecutive minutes at most, so he has to take a break, change his method, and change his rhythm. Otherwise, he will collapse sooner or later.
Lazio, on the other hand, persisted for forty-five minutes!
The physical abilities of these people... are simply terrifying!
The media calls them "Team Cosmos", perhaps not referring to the football they play, but to their physical fitness?
A team with this kind of physical ability is really not like what should exist on earth... (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!)
