After finishing the pre-match training at Camp Nou and returning to the visiting team's locker room, Manchester City got Barcelona's lineup.
Not to mention, Mourinho is really tough, and the lineup is exactly the same as the one he announced before.
This makes people feel surprised. Where does he get his confidence?
Or does he really have a trump card?
Otherwise, how to explain that he announced the lineup one day in advance?
This is totally against common sense.
But in any case, the authenticity of this list has been verified.
No one in Manchester City is discussing and studying this list anymore, or guessing Barcelona's tactics. They are more adjusting their own state, discussing with their teammates some details of cooperation on the court, and the team's
overall performance.
In this game, Manchester City also tried its best.
Goalkeeper Courtois, the defense is Marcelo, Pepe, Kompany and Zabaleta, the midfield is Busquets, David Silva and Toni Kroos are in the center, and the frontcourt is
The combination of Di Maria, Sudong and Sanchez.
In the Champions League, Guardiola prefers Di Maria to Hazard.
It's not because of anything else, but because Di Maria and Sanchez have excellent deep penetration capabilities. As long as a certain amount of space is created for them, they can tear apart the defense.
Relatively speaking, Hazard is a ball-taking player, and is more responsible for advancing with the ball and attracting defensive firepower.
This reflects Manchester City's two different offensive ideas, both of which revolve around Su Dong.
If Guardiola wants Sudong to retreat more and form a midfield and frontcourt ball-controlling formation with David Silva, Toni Kroos and Busquets, the two wingers must be able to step up.
The advantage of this is that once the midfielder and frontcourt penetrate the opponent's defense through passing and controlling the ball, the two wingers can hit the opponent's back at any time and at any time, and Su Dong's back-breaking attack will cause a fatal blow.
If Guardiola wants Su Dong to be at the forefront, then at least one of the two wingers needs to be able to drive the ball forward, and Hazard is better in this regard.
Generally speaking, Hazard performs better in England, but in the Champions League, his performance is not as good as Di Maria.
This is not a matter of personal ability. On the one hand, Hazard is still young, and on the other hand, his current characteristics have not been fully explored and need to be further refined and consolidated.
Both Su Dong and Guardiola are very optimistic about Hazard, but he is still a little immature.
Guardiola arranged for Di Maria and Sanchez at the same time in this game, so it was obvious that Su Dongla had to come out to play.
According to his speculation, there is a high probability that Mourinho will adopt a conservative strategy.
To put it simply, it means compressing the defense line and adopting low defense.
Someone once concluded that Manchester City's midfield triangle, Busquets, David Silva and Toni Kroos, all have a strong ability to get and play the ball under defensive pressure, which makes Manchester City's
Excellent ball control ability in the midfield.
The biggest problem for Barcelona in this regard is the fourth position behind.
Needless to say, Xavi and Iniesta are definitely the world's top midfield ball handlers. But the problem is that the existence of Yaya Toure has caused hidden dangers in Barcelona's midfield passing and ball control. Over the years,
The Ivory Coast midfielder has never been able to stay on the same channel as Xavi and Iniesta. They occasionally played together in a few games, and Barcelona basically beat their opponents.
The introduction of Fabregas was originally hoped that he could pick up Barcelona's No. 4 position and form a midfield triangle with Xavi and Iniesta. Barcelona even gave the No. 4 jersey to Fabregas, but as a result, after Mourinho
Under the use of Rinho, Fabregas became a frontcourt attacker.
This is why, in the European Super Cup, Manchester City's ability to pass and control the ball was even stronger than Barcelona's.
Busquets' importance was clearly reflected in that game.
Therefore, Guardiola speculated that Mourinho would take a defensive stance, even at the Camp Nou.
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"No matter what formation the opponent will use in this game or what kind of targeted defense they will adopt, I have only one request for you, and that is to remain patient and stabilize your position. No matter what the circumstances, we cannot mess up.
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"Remember, this is Camp Nou, the most terrifying home stadium in the world. Even if we concede a goal here, it's nothing to make a fuss about. When we return to our home court, we will definitely be able to come back."
When Guardiola said this, he paused, "Also, I want you to always pay attention. Once we seize the opportunity, we will resolutely play behind the two wings, especially Alves' side. I believe,
Barcelona's defense will definitely make mistakes, it's just a matter of time."
"Everyone, don't guess what tactics the opponent will adopt. That is my job and has nothing to do with you. All you need to do is to do your best on the court, implement our tactics, and defeat the opponent.
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When it comes to the Champions League semi-finals, there is actually no need for any pre-match mobilization, everyone will try their best.
Because, all professional players have a dream of the Champions League final or even the Champions League championship.
This requires no mobilization at all.
Just before going off the court, Guardiola firmly held Su Dong's hand, hugged him affectionately, and whispered in his ear, "Please!"
"Don't worry! Leave it to me!" Su Dong comforted.
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The chief referee of this game is Cakir from Turkey. This referee is 35 years old and has considerable experience.
When Su Dong led the Manchester City players to the tunnel, he happened to see the Turkish referee standing at the entrance with his assistant. When he saw Su Dong from a distance, Cakir nodded and smiled at him.
In the European referee circle, Su Dong's reputation is still very good.
Barcelona also came over, led by captain Puyol.
They are all a group of old acquaintances. When we meet, we give them a warm hug first.
Messi and Iniesta, in particular, happily talked to Su Dong, nothing more than talking about Su Dong's upcoming wedding. They were very concerned about the progress.
Su Dong also made a point of shaking hands and hugging Mascherano.
The Argentina international transferred to Barcelona from Bayern and performed well under Mourinho. He can play both the defensive midfielder and central defender positions. I wonder if Mourinho will arrange for him to play as a defensive midfielder tonight?
Or play as a central defender?
But it's all the same.
Barcelona's main central defender has always been Pique paired with another short but more flexible central defender, Puyol or Mascherano, and the burden of keeping an eye on Su Dong must be on Pique.
"Leo, don't worry, I will help you teach him a lesson tonight." Su Dong grinned, fearing that the world would not be in chaos.
Messi shook his head and laughed, and pushed Su Dong, complaining that he was digging a hole for himself.
Next to them, Iniesta and Xavi were laughing so hard.
Pique is a very loud person. When he left Barcelona, he threatened to teach Su Dong a lesson. Of course, Messi was angry, so he told Su Dong to teach him a lesson when he met Pique.
But who would have thought that time has changed and Pique did not play at Manchester United. Instead, he returned to Barcelona and became teammates with Messi.
Every time he saw Messi, Su Dong would joke with him about this incident, and also step on Pique by the way.
In all these years since his debut, this kid has never taken advantage of Su Dong.
Some Catalan media were once worried that Pique would make the same mistake as Senderos and suffer psychological trauma from being tortured by Su Dong. However, this kid has a really big heart and nothing happened to him.
"Just keep laughing, you won't be able to laugh anymore." Pique said with a snort.
Su Dong snorted, "So, you really have some secret killer move!"
"No wonder Mourinho dared to announce the list one day in advance. There is indeed a conspiracy." Su Dong laughed.
It seemed like a casual remark, but Su Dong always paid attention to the movements of Barcelona players and found that when he mentioned announcing the roster in advance, many Barcelona players, including Puyol and Xavi, had unnatural expressions on their faces.
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This matter is neither big nor small. After all, announcing the list one day in advance is a bit too arrogant and overconfident. If it can really exert the effect of surprise troops, it is not bad, but I am afraid that it will not have any effect, but will endanger myself.
Tricked.
Su Dong could sense that Mourinho's move had multiple purposes.
Interfering with Manchester City is only part of it. There is also a very important reason, which is probably to force Barcelona players to stand with him.
He now feels like he is sinking his boat. If he loses, he will basically be dismissed from get out of class this season. By then, Barcelona's dream of defending the Champions League this season will be completely shattered.
At this moment, Su Dong saw Mourinho walking out of the tunnel.
The two met each other, Su Dong waved his hand and greeted him, Mourinho just nodded slightly, seemingly not in the mood to say anything to Su Dong.
Seeing Mourinho again, Su Dong had to lament that the position of head coach of a wealthy club is really torturous.
This guy was forced to turn his hair gray and looks much older than his actual age. It can be seen that the pressure during the coaching period of Barcelona, especially in the past year, is indeed too great.
Many people say that players eat the food of youth, but in fact, the head coach is a high-risk profession.
The so-called high risk is not only because it is easier to take the blame and be fired, but also because it is a huge physical and psychological torture for the head coach. I don’t know how many people are like Ferguson, who have a pacemaker and are afraid of stopping at any time.
The pressure is really too much!
Referee Cakir picked up the game ball and signaled the players from both teams to line up.
The caddies also came over, all of them young players from La Masia. I don’t know if there will be another genius among this group of caddies in the future.
"Su, I wish you good luck!" Messi hugged Su Dong again, then turned and walked to the back of the queue.
"You too." During the hug, Su Dong patted his back affectionately.
