What exactly will Lazio's non-nuclear tactics look like?
This is difficult to summarize clearly, because until now, there is no specific presentation method for this set of tactics.
Sometimes it looks like everyone can organize the offense. Sometimes it looks like everyone is the invisible emperor.
If some people think that multi-core tactics are nothing more than a few more Modrics and a few more Ballacks, they are totally wrong.
Some people think that Lazio's multi-core tactics mean that multiple players participate in organizing the offense when attacking.
In fact, Lazio still plays the football they are good at, but the playmaker has changed.
If that's all it is, then Lazio's tactics are definitely not a revolutionary change.
It’s not like the whole Lazio team has been practicing hard for two seasons and still hasn’t fully mastered it.
Multi-core tactics are more of an idea than a tactic.
What it changes is not a specific style of play, but the thinking of the participating players.
The final perfect form of multi-core tactics should not be limited to any football style.
Make the most appropriate judgment and choice based entirely on the situation on the field.
For example, when facing a high defense, Lazio will use long passes to lob, which is one of the optimization options. Because long passes have the lowest cost and the best effect.
But if you think that Lazio will only choose long passes when facing high defenses, you are totally wrong.
They can also use fast passing and running to quickly pass the football from the backcourt to the frontcourt, and then threaten your goal.
Sometimes, they look like they are playing Tiki-taka, sometimes they look like they are playing defensive counterattack, and sometimes they use simple and crude long passes with good results...
They can change their playing style at any time.
And this change is completely invisible.
As their opponent, you don't know what they are going to do next.
In this way, it will be very difficult for you to defend because you cannot be targeted.
Most teams collapse at this point.
A few strong teams will choose a defensive method based on Lazio's offensive method. They will also adjust themselves.
But this way of playing, always running behind Lazio, will make them feel tired and inefficient.
They might be able to keep up at the beginning, but later on, they can't keep up with Lazio's rhythm at all.
In the end, he was defeated without any suspense.
This is the power of Lazio's multi-core tactics.
The initiative is always in their hands, and their opponents can only be led by their noses.
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Even Guardiola, who knows enough about Lazio, doesn't know much more than the average person about multi-core tactics.
The multi-core tactics he knows are the ones analyzed and summarized by the media - in Tiki-taka football, there are just a few more organizational cores. Just like the literal meaning, there are multiple cores.
So when he defends, of course his focus will only fall on people like Modric, Ledesma, Ballack, David Silva and Mario Gotze.
In everyone's opinion, these people are all players who can organize offense. These people take turns organizing offense, which is enough to make their opponents drink a pot.
Such multi-core tactics are difficult enough to defend against. This must be the true meaning of Lazio's multi-core tactics.
Some media once gave Lazio's multi-core strategy a name called "Hydra".
Hydra is the Hydra in Greek mythology. It is a mythical creature in the West. It appears most frequently in ancient Greek mythology. According to legend, it has a hundred heads. If one of the heads is cut off, it will immediately die again.
Two heads will be born.
It is simply a very difficult monster.
It’s a perfect term to describe Lazio’s multi-core tactics in everyone’s impression.
Each head is a core. Even if you freeze one of Lazio's cores, other players will immediately transform into the core, as if two more heads grew immediately.
So some media called Lazio's multi-core tactics "Hydra tactics."
At the same time, it is a metaphor that Lazio is simply a devil's cave and not lovable at all.
But Hydra is just a manifestation of Lazio's multi-core tactics and cannot fully explain Lazio's multi-core tactics.
So up to now, Lazio's internal name only uses "multi-core tactics" to refer to this new tactic, and has not adopted the cool-sounding "Hydra tactics" name given by the media.
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Barcelona's defense was developed in response to Lazio's "Hydra tactics", they were just targeting one form.
Of course, Guardiola doesn't know this. After all, he has left Lazio for three years.
In the past three years, Lazio has also undergone many changes.
Ten minutes into the game, Guardiola was keenly aware that something was wrong.
This Lazio team played so flexibly that he was a little confused.
It stands to reason that based on his understanding of Lazio, he knows very well how Lazio will play.
This is also Barcelona's advantage.
Because he will tell the Barcelona players everything he knows.
But now, he found that he didn't understand Lazio either.
He thought Lazio still played Tiki-taka, but when he looked carefully, it felt strange.
The specific manifestation is that when Modric got the ball, Barcelona's Xavi went up to defend him. At the same time, other Barcelona players also took action around Modric, blocking several of Modric's ball routes. If
If Modric wants to pass the football, they may intercept it and directly counterattack.
Especially Ledesma, Ballack, and Jose Passarella, three Lazio players, are surrounded by a Barcelona player.
This defensive method of blocking passing lanes was used when the two teams faced off last season. Both teams used this trick, so the defenses of both sides were very targeted at that time.
This season, Guardiola has strengthened the marking of several Lazio players who can organize offense on this basis to prevent them from leaving his sight.
It can be said to be an upgraded and enhanced version of last season's defensive tactics.
This kind of defense was enough to trap Modric.
Force him to pass back or make some bad passes.
But Modric's choice surprised both Barcelona players and Guardiola.
Modric did not pass back, nor did he take the risk of passing the football to his teammates nearby. He directly passed the football diagonally to the left!
Barcelona's carefully constructed encirclement just lost its effect. The football flew over their heads, and they couldn't stop it even if they were on the passing route.
This kind of mid-to-long-distance pass with a length of more than 30 meters is rare in Barcelona-style Tiki-taka.
Because the important feature of Tiki-taka is continuous and rapid short passes!
But this is not over yet, Barcelona feels that surprises continue.
It was David Silva who received the ball on the left wing.
After he stopped the ball, he did not dribble the ball himself, nor did he pass it to Ledesma and Klose who were closest to him.
Barcelona also made very detailed and thoughtful defensive arrangements against him.
This leaves him with no good passing options.
David Silva, like Modric, directly made another long pass!
The football moved directly from the left wing to the right wing!
Two consecutive long passes made the Barcelona players a little stunned.
They know Lazio very well, because their head coach knows Lazio very well, and the football played by Lazio is of the same origin as their football, so they all know how Lazio plays.
Over time, a fixed impression formed in their minds. This impression is that Lazio is a team that plays short passing ground like them.
This impression is deeply ingrained in their minds.
So when they saw Lazio transfer long passes twice in a row, they were shocked and didn't expect it at all.
When they reacted, Lazio's right back Azpilicueta had already stopped the ball in the air!
At this time, Barcelona's players woke up from their dreams - before, their defensive focus was on the right wing. As a result, Lazio directly transferred the offense to their left wing through a long pass transfer, but their defensive strength was not
Looks very weak!
So they quickly shifted their defensive focus, and everyone rushed towards this side!
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"Lazio's long pass transfer...beautiful! Quickly and accurately found Barcelona's defensive weakness!"
When he saw this scene, Guardiola also stood up suddenly from his seat.
He suddenly realized something was wrong.
After receiving the ball, Azpilicueta has a tendency to dribble forward.
Barcelona's defensive attention was focused on him.
But Azpilicueta's dribbling forward was just a fake move. He made Barcelona's defender so nervous that he rushed over without thinking.
In this process of continuously changing the center of gravity, Barcelona's defense will naturally focus on one thing and lose sight of the other, and loopholes will appear.
This is what Azpilicueta will exploit.
He didn't break through, but directly sent a through ball!
He sent the football into the penalty area!
All the Barcelona players were staring at him, forgetting the people around them.
Mario Gotze was able to escape. He quickly turned around and cut inside, receiving the ball from Azpilicueta in the open space!
Of course when he received the ball, there wasn't even a Barcelona player next to him!
"This ball... is not offside! A successful pass-and-run combination, anti-offside!"
Amid the commentator's exclamations, Gotze turned around and shot!
The football was hit in the upper part by him, and it flew close to the turf towards the goal!
Valdez rushed to the ground, but was a step too late. The football was ahead of his fingers and drilled into the goal against the goal post! (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!)
