The starting list can be postponed until two hours before the game. Unless something unexpected happens, there will be no changes to this.
So Rijkaard only got Lazio's starting lineup for this game in the locker room.
In the starting lineup, he found that Chang Sheng did not start Modric in the midfield, nor did he have the experienced Rocky on the front line.
On the contrary, Chang Sheng uses a group of young people.
Among the starting three forwards are Falcao, who has just joined the team for a month and a half, right winger Benzema, and left winger David Silva.
There is no attacking midfielder among the three midfielders, they are all defensive midfielders.
Inle, Khedira Gamelo.
Three defensive midfielders line up to form a line of defense in front of the centre-back.
The center backs are Jose Passarella and Francisco Pavin, with left back Balzaretti and right back Stefan Lichtsteiner.
Goalkeeper Handanovic.
This is really a young and over-the-top starting lineup.
Falcao is 20 years old, David Silva is 20 years old, Benzema is 18 years old, Inler is 22 years old, Khedira is 19 years old, Melo is 23 years old, Jose Pasa
Leila was twenty-four, Pavin was twenty-six, Balzaretti was twenty-four, Lichtsteiner was twenty-two, and Handanovich was twenty-two.
The average age is twenty-one.
Youth means lack of experience, and among these eleven players there are three players who only joined the team this summer. Whether they can perfectly integrate with the team will also directly affect the team's performance.
So when Rijkaard saw that Lazio's starting lineup was different from what he expected, he did not panic. This lineup was too young and lacked experience, which made Rijkaard feel that such a Lazio team was not enough.
consider.
At the same time, Rijkaard did not delve into what this lineup meant.
In his opinion, the purpose of arranging three defensive midfielders in the midfield is simply to strengthen defense.
Rijkaard's contempt for this winning youth team made Rijkaard not even think about how Mourinho's Chelsea eliminated his Barcelona in the quarter-finals two years ago...
So when the game started, he found that Lazio was very tough, which surprised him.
He didn't expect to see Lazio like this!
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In fact, not only Rijkaard was surprised, but the audience in the stands, reporters in the media box, commentators in the commentary box, and even the distinguished guests on the rostrum were also surprised.
Anyone who knows football knows what "a winning team" means.
It means playing the most advanced, beautiful and beautiful football in Europe. His team always holds high the banner of offensive football, plays the offense smoothly, and uses powerful offense to kill the suspense of the game. Because the offense is too powerful, so
Don’t even need to defend…
These are the impressions most people have of winning teams.
This impression has lasted for many years. From the time he coached Valencia with a winning streak until now, five seasons ago, his team has always been like this.
So it is normal for everyone to be surprised when they saw a Lazio team that showed off its muscles on the court and destroyed its beautiful attack today.
"This... what's going on with him?"
A reporter asked this question in stunned silence in the media gallery.
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When Barcelona's midfielder Deco took the ball in the midfield, he was knocked to the ground mercilessly from the side by Melo.
He fell to the ground, looking embarrassed and confused.
He looked around and felt something was wrong.
Then he saw Chang Sheng standing on the sidelines, the mentor who completely changed his career and life. He was applauding Melo for this collision foul.
He suddenly thought of what Chang Sheng had said in response to him during an interview with reporters before the game.
"I still have to remind them that when we get to the court, we are the enemy. We will go all out to defeat the enemy, just like my team will go all out to beat them."
At that time, he always felt that Chang Sheng was just making a statement in front of the media to prevent the media from talking nonsense.
After all, his relationship with Chang Sheng was unusual.
But now, he discovered that Chang Sheng was actually telling the truth!
Chang Sheng really won’t show mercy to himself!
At this time, when I thought about what Chang Sheng said at the beginning, I gained something else.
Deco got up from the ground, and captain Puyol came up to ask him about his situation. Deco shook his head and indicated that he was fine.
But his eyes were always on Chang Sheng.
As long as you are against each other on the court, you must go all out to defeat your opponent.
He felt that this might be the last lesson Chang Sheng wanted to teach him.
Don't think that if we have a good relationship, I will let you go in the game and kick you as hard as you want.
Next, Deco felt hostility from Lazio during the game, not malice, but hostility.
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Chang Sheng saw in subsequent games that Deco was adapting to his team's defensive intensity.
Although he was knocked to the ground again and again, or lost possession of the ball due to personal interference from Melo, Khedira, and Yin Le.
But he didn't stand there with his hands spread out and complain to the referee. If he lost the ball, he would immediately grab it. Even if he couldn't get it back, he would try his best to interfere with the Lazio players' ball play.
Chang Sheng looked at it with a smile on his face.
This is the player I trained...
Chang Sheng is very proud. There is a sense of accomplishment that a teacher feels when he sees his students excelling.
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Deco performed very tenaciously, but other Barcelona players were not like this.
They seemed very uncomfortable with Lazio's physical style of play.
As long as they get the ball, they will be chased and intercepted by Lazio players.
It seemed that in such a huge stadium, there was no corner where they could hide.
It's fine in the backcourt, but once Barcelona's offense advances into the midfield, it will begin to suffer from Lazio's defensive pressure.
By the time they advanced to Lazio's 30-meter zone, Barcelona was almost unable to move forward.
The offense was unfavorable and there were also mistakes on defense.
In the seventeenth minute, Lazio intercepted Eto'o's ball and launched a quick counterattack.
Their offense is not as advanced as everyone thinks, with short passes and penetration.
Instead, just hit the ball high and kick it big!
Falcao used his header to knock down the football in the frontcourt and gave it to Benzema who came in behind.
Benzema took full advantage of his newborn calf's ability to not be afraid of tigers and ran wildly with the ball.
That posture made people feel that even if Benzema passed several people in the end, passed goalkeeper Valdes, and then scored, it would not be surprising.
Barcelona's backline scrambled back to defend.
Puyol and Marcos forced Benzema.
Then Benzema passed the ball.
The football was passed to the back of the goal, and David Silva, who came in at high speed, directly made a tackle!
He shoveled the football firmly into the goal!
"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!! David Silva! David Silva! A beautiful counterattack! Lazio's counterattack is really sharp!"
"David Silva made a beautiful tackle! Lazio only used three passes to score Barcelona's goal! Look at the stunned Barcelona players and fans... They must find this scene unbelievable! Techniques and tactics account for more.
They actually lost the ball first!"
"From the beginning of the game, Lazio took the initiative. Their tactics completely curbed Barcelona's performance. Barcelona was unable to perform under their pressure. The ebb and flow of the game for more than ten minutes was enough for Lazio to take the initiative."
"This really surprises me. Is this football that we often play? Defensive counterattack, almost foul defense... This kind of game really opened my eyes!" the Catalan commentator said angrily.
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But no one cared about him.
Someone finally thought about it - winning teams are not unfamiliar with this style.
Because when he first started in Getafe, he relied on defensive counterattacks to lead the team to upgrade and win the championship.
It’s just that after he switched to playing mad dog football in Valencia, he never played defensive counterattack again, let alone such a thorough defensive counterattack...
So much so that everyone has forgotten that those who win often also shrink and defend.
But everyone shouldn’t make such a mistake. Why is the ever-victorious mad dog tactic so impressive to people?
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David Silva got up to celebrate his goal and ran towards Benzema who passed the ball to him. Falcao, who was originally running towards the goal to grab the ball, also changed his route and ran towards the two people.
The Lazio fans in the stands let out deafening cheers.
When the media before the game were not optimistic that Lazio could beat Barcelona, these Lazio fans had nothing to do even if they were not convinced.
But now, they are finally proud!
Didn’t you say we can’t beat Barcelona?
Who is in the lead now?!
It’s us Lazio!!
Extreme Lazio fans even shouted insulting slogans against Barcelona, venting their frustrations.
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While everyone was excited, Chang Sheng seemed very calm.
He stood on the sidelines and only applauded his team's performance. He did not jump three feet high, nor did he rush onto the court with his arms spread out, circle around and come back again.
He wasn't the only one showing calm.
In addition to him, there were three other people on the Lazio coaching bench who were also very calm.
Because of his feelings for Barcelona, Guardiola never celebrates when a winning team plays against Barcelona, regardless of whether he scores a goal or wins.
Rudy Gonzalez and Elias Dominic went through the Valencia era with Chang Sheng. At that time, Valencia's victory over Barcelona was as easy as eating.
So it's not worth their excitement and excitement.
On the other hand, the Lazio coaches on the coaching staff were particularly excited, shouting, jumping, running wildly, and hugging each other.
As if they have already won the game.
What makes them so excited is not that the goal gave Lazio the lead, but more importantly, what Lazio showed in the game proved that they can take the lead. This shows that they are on the right path...
The stone in their hearts finally fell to the ground.
When the ever-victorious team asked the entire team to practice defensive counterattacks to deal with Barcelona, these coaches expressed their opposition. They believed that Lazio, which gave up offense and chose defense, was exploiting its weaknesses and avoiding its strengths.
This is wrong.
But Chang Sheng insisted on his own opinion.
They were very uneasy, fearing that Chang Sheng had made a wrong choice.
Now judging from the game scene, Lazio completely suppressed Barcelona...
Then he scored naturally.
They finally breathed a sigh of relief.
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