When the players finished warming up and returned to the locker room, it was only twenty minutes before they officially entered the game.
The music continues.
In the sound of music, Chang Sheng said: "Since the European Champions Cup was transformed into the Champions League, no team can successfully defend the championship of this event. No matter how powerful those teams are, they will only be able to win the championship in the end."
Being able to defeat and defend the championship becomes a curse."
"So this is something that has never been done before. This road has never been traveled before. The road ends here. Next, every step we take is to create history. Defending the championship is difficult.
, it is very difficult, otherwise why has no team been able to do it for so many years? But precisely because it is difficult, it is worth doing. If we can't even do this, how can we talk about creating history?"
"We have been shouting slogans like 'making history' and 'taking the road that no one has ever walked before' this season. Now this is the time to fulfill our slogan. Do we only talk with our mouths and use our words?
Let’s prove it in this game!”
"Let's go out and show them!"
Chang Sheng pointed at the gate.
The players stood up from their seats almost simultaneously.
They were moved by the boss's words and were filled with fighting spirit.
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At the same time, in the Barcelona dressing room, Guardiola was also doing pre-war mobilization.
"When we won the Triple Crown and the Sixth Crown, the whole of Europe was praising us, and we were in the spotlight at that time. But when we lost to Lazio, everything changed, and the glory and praise went away.
. And Lazio took our place. When the media praised them, they never forgot to use us as a negative example... You see, this is football. The winner takes all. When we win
, we are the best team in the world, and all kinds of honorary titles fly over. But once we lose the game, all that awaits us is humiliation and ridicule. This is football, if you want to win others over again
respect, then you have to win the game first.”
"Last season, we were knocked out by Lazio. Now God has given us an excellent opportunity to meet them again in the final! I am full of fighting spirit because we have a chance to prove ourselves again.
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"After we were eliminated by Lazio, there was a saying in the media that they believed that Barcelona's triple crown and six crowns were not valuable enough. Because we only won the championship after Lazio was eliminated by Bayern Munich.
.We didn’t go head-to-head with Lazio, so our championship is unconvincing. Well, now we can prove it again – Barcelona’s championship is upright and can withstand doubt!”
Guardiola obviously knows what the Lazio team means to the Barcelona players.
So he used Lazio to boost morale before the game.
In fact, before he coached Barcelona, these two teams had a feud.
It’s not like Lazio has ruined Barcelona again and again.
As early as the Dream II era, Barcelona met Lazio in the European Super Cup. As a result, the powerful Dream II team lost to the then unknown Lazio in the Super Cup. That game was also regarded by future generations as the Dream II team.
The team went downhill.
So Barcelona has too many reasons to seek revenge from Lazio.
What Guardiola said was just one aspect.
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After the players from both sides stand in their respective formations on the court.
The referee blows the whistle and the game begins!
Lazio lost the right to pick the side in the pre-match pick-up, but they gained the right to kick-off.
They can take advantage of this kickoff.
After the kick-off, Lazio was in no rush to attack.
They pass the football back.
Fall slowly in the backcourt.
The pace of the game is not fast.
Everyone is used to it.
When two controlling teams meet, this is the inevitable result.
Lazio went all the way from the back with the goal of attracting Barcelona's players and splitting their formation.
And Barcelona really came forward.
Not that Barcelona were fooled.
But high pressing is the way to deal with teams like Lazio. Since other teams can use this method to deal with Barcelona, then Barcelona can also use this method to deal with Lazio.
Moreover, Barcelona's own defensive characteristic is pressing in the frontcourt.
Therefore, they cannot hide in the backcourt and wait for Lazio to attack.
They will actively press forward.
It would be even better if Lazio could intercept the ball in the frontcourt and launch a counterattack directly.
Many teams have used this trick against Lazio this season, but they have failed without exception.
So is this method wrong?
No, no one has ever doubted the effectiveness of this method.
The reasons for those failures were all the same: lack of physical strength.
High-position defense and pressing in the frontcourt place high demands on the team's physical fitness.
Because the players have to run all the time, from the backcourt to the frontcourt, and from the frontcourt back to the backcourt.
This kind of sprinting back and forth consumes a lot of physical energy.
If the physical strength is exhausted, the high-position defense will not be able to hold on for at least half the game.
For Lazio, they still have half a game left.
Even if they were suppressed by the opponent's high defense in the first half, in the second half, they could regain control of the game and completely defeat their opponent.
But Barcelona is different.
Barcelona's physical fitness is outstanding.
In today's European football, the two teams with the best physical fitness are Lazio and Barcelona.
If Barcelona also adopts a high defense, their physical fitness will be their biggest advantage.
Maybe they can push their high defense to the limit, maybe they can make Lazio struggle?
This is the wish of many Barcelona fans.
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High defense is indeed the best weapon against such a controlling team.
Guardiola's Barcelona has encountered this situation many times this season.
Over time, he began to study high-post defense.
The current match against Lazio is just the right time to put his research results to use.
Barcelona's high-position defense does have advantages that other teams cannot match.
It's physical fitness.
In addition, Barcelona always emphasizes pressing in the frontcourt in normal games, so they can use high defense with little adaptation.
Lazio faced high defenses when facing Juventus and Manchester United.
The opponent's high defense still caused them some trouble. This is one of the main reasons why Guardiola chose to use high defense to deal with Lazio.
In addition, while defending at a high position, Pique was also following Klose every step of the way.
This is to prevent Lazio's long pass.
In the game against Manchester United, Lazio faced Manchester United's high defense. Their response surprised many people - they chose a long pass that Lazio had never tried before.
The result is very good.
The football directly passed through Manchester United's high defensive area and hit behind Manchester United's defense. However, Manchester United's players were concentrated in front, and it was too late to return to defense immediately.
In this way, Manchester United watched helplessly as Lazio scored them a goal using the English football method.
Guardiola paid close attention to this game and naturally knew this detail.
It seems that Lazio has made new adjustments and arrangements for high-post defense.
Therefore, while Barcelona defends in a high position, they also have to be wary of Lazio's long passes.
Defending Lazio's long pass is relatively simple, as long as Lazio's offensive bridgehead Klose in the frontcourt is guarded.
If Lazio wants to play a long pass, the ball will definitely pass to Klose, and then Klose will use his header to pass it.
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Chang Sheng laughed when he saw Barcelona's players on the sidelines press high and pass his own long passes.
Barcelona's reaction was exactly what he expected.
He knew Guardiola would do this.
It is impossible for Guardiola not to study his opponents.
If you do some research, you will easily come to a conclusion.
For Guardiola, there is no suspense about his own team.
So if Guardiola thinks he will use long passes to break through dense defense... he is wrong!
Training in isolation for a week by yourself is not just a ploy.
During this week, Chang Sheng made the whole team familiar with multi-core tactics.
Facing the opponent's high defense and frontcourt pressing, anyone can launch an attack regardless of whose feet the football is at. This is the way to win.
Your high-post defense must always have specific targets to defend, such as Modric, Ledesma, Ballack... these specific players.
Lazio's multi-player tactics weaken the role of these specific players.
The ball stayed at their feet no longer than at the feet of goalkeeper Handanovic.
So if you think that Modric, Ledesma and Ballack are the core of Lazio, they are responsible for organizing the offense, so the defense should focus on them, then you are totally wrong.
There may even be problems!
The essence of multi-core tactics is that anyone can organize an attack, so no one is the core. Without the core, you will be at a loss when defending.
Because any team's defense must be targeted. This point will be arranged by the head coach before the game starts. Who are you responsible for defending during the game, and who are you responsible for defending.
Even regional defense has similar arrangements.
However, as the game progresses, Barcelona's players will soon find that Lazio's arrangements make their targeted defensive tactics before the game meaningless! (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, novel updates
