Chapter 907： Play against Barcelona? Looking for death!

Monaco is actually very small.

It's not far from the Grimaldi Conference Centre back to the hotel where Manchester City stayed.

This is the first time Manchester City have participated in the European Super Cup. Although Soriano and Bergistan have been prepared and contacted Monaco in advance, it is a pity that Barcelona has taken the lead.

Their relationship with Monaco is obviously better.

As a last resort, Manchester City can only live further away, looking for another team from Monaco, Beausoleil to borrow the venue.

Like Monaco’s training ground, which is located halfway up the mountain, Beausoleil’s training ground is located on the other half of the mountain. It’s just that the scenery is not as beautiful as the Monaco training ground. There is basically no seaside view. Training facilities are relatively simple and security is useless.

Fortunately, Manchester City only needs one training session in the afternoon.

When Sudong and Bergistan returned to the hotel near the Monte Carlo Casino, the team had finished training and returned.

As soon as Guardiola heard that the two had returned, he immediately invited them over.

Not only Guardiola, Estiate and Torrent are there.

Seeing the frowning look of Guardiola in the center, Su Dong and Begiristan looked at each other, and they both responded helplessly.

In private, the players have given Guardiola a nickname, Mr. Tangled.

Why?

Because he is so entangled!

In many cases, he has to repeatedly struggle with many things.

To put it nicely, this is meticulous, to consider everything that may happen, but to put it down, it can also be said to be indecisive, so Guardiola's on-the-spot command is also quite poor.

Obviously, the reason for his entanglement this time is not the draw that just ended.

Although it was a terrible signing, the first game is still far away, and there is no need to think about it for the time being.

There is only one thing that can make Guardiola so entangled, and that is the next European Super Cup.

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Many people will not understand Guardiola's complicated feelings for Barcelona.

He is the legendary captain of Barcelona, ​​but in the twilight of his career, he was ruthlessly swept out by Barcelona at the age of thirty, so that he later fell into Serie A and almost had no ball to play. The next few years were basically mixed.

It can be said that Guardiola's feelings for Barcelona are both love and hate.

After retiring, Guardiola began to work as a coach. After getting the coaching certificate, he entered the Barcelona youth team to coach, which is the opportunity that Begiristan and Soriano created for him.

Later, Barcelona was turbulent and determined to change coaches. Guardiola once became the number one favorite of the Barcelona coach, which gave him hope that he wanted to show his ambitions in Barcelona.

But the reality is extremely cruel. At that time, Barcelona's management did not give him such an opportunity. He would rather be accused by many famous places, including Cruyff, to choose Mourinho, who is not in harmony with the traditional style of Barcelona.

Guardiola continued to coach in the youth team, and finally decided to leave England to start a business in Manchester City.

Compared to other coaches, Guardiola's entrepreneurial history is very lucky, because he met Soriano and Begiristan who trusted him, as well as Sutton who has always supported him, which made Guardiola feel full. Controversial, but in the end the get out of class did not end.

From the beginning to the end, he was under tremendous pressure. It was not until last season's Triple Crown that he was slightly relieved.

During that painful time, he always had a belief in his heart.

It is not enough to just prove himself like everyone else, he has to prove his strength in front of Barcelona!

The European Super Cup gave him such an opportunity.

One game will determine the winner!

He attaches great importance to this game, but precisely because of this, he is nervous, nervous, anxious, anxious...

He is such a sentimental and complex person!

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"I still remember that during Bayern Munich, Beckenbauer, Rummenigge, Hernes and Heynckes, we sat together, discussed the tactics against Barcelona, ​​and finally came up with two ideas. ."

Su Dong somewhat eased Guardiola's anxiety, because he did not want Guardiola to make the wrong decision because of anxiety and pressure, which is not a good thing for Manchester City.

"The team's tactics are always based on the characteristics of the players, whether it is offensive or defensive. The head coach only makes choices based on his own ideas. Therefore, Barcelona must be playing pass and control the ball. A choice needs to be made on this point."

"One is to counterattack defensively. By strictly guarding to limit Barcelona's pass space, compress Messi's offensive space, and then limit Barcelona's pass ball attack, and then look for opportunities to counterattack and create murder."

Needless to say, this is basically the past few years, all teams facing Barcelona have adopted this tactical play, even in the most difficult period of Barcelona.

Because from the time of Rijkaard, Barcelona has always been one of the strongest teams in European football.

"The other kind is confrontation. In the past few years, many media and fans have asked why no team dares to play confrontation with Barcelona? And everyone's answer is only two words, looking for death!"

Guardiola, Begiristan and others nodded one after another.

What Su Dong said is not wrong at all. Playing a counterattack with Barcelona is really looking for death.

Arsenal's passing ball is good enough, right?

In the first round of the Champions League Final 16 knockout round last season, the Gunners touched Barcelona at the Emirates Stadium, and the result was a 2-1 victory.

But in this game, the Gunners' possession rate was only half of Barcelona's, thirty-four to sixty-six.

Arsenal also won through defensive counterattacks. At best, Wenger's team was not so ugly to defend.

Just two weeks later, in the second leg, at the Nou Camp, the possession rate was 68 to 32. It seemed to be similar to the first leg. Arsenal still wanted to repeat the same tricks and adopt the same set of the first leg. , But the result?

Three to one, the gunman was directly disabled.

To some extent, Van Persie's red card is both an accident, but it is also a necessity.

Just like the encounters of many teams against Barcelona, ​​red cards, fouls, miscalculations... all of these are actually the result of a contest between the two sides.

It is impossible for Arsenal to win because they were so suppressed that they didn't even shoot a goal.

What is this concept?

In other words, the powerful Arsenal couldn't even kick a shot in the 90 minutes of the game at the Nou Camp.

Such a huge gap, even without Van Persie's red card, will he lose?

And this is still based on Arsenal's shrinking defense, and they are constantly being beaten behind. What if they are pressed out?

Like Real Madrid, the score will be maxed out every minute.

Wasn't it all about Manchester City vs. Manchester United and Arsenal last season?

In fact, this European Super Cup is now attracting the attention of the whole world.

Because Manchester City and Barcelona are the two teams with the strongest pass and control ability in European football today, and both have superstars.

Everyone is looking forward to it very much, want to see if Manchester City has the strength and courage to challenge Barcelona?

Because so far, no team has dared to press out, play against Barcelona, ​​and beat the opponent!

"At that time, we reached a consensus, that is to play against Barcelona, ​​we must meet three conditions."

"First of all, the whole team must have a stable, unified and efficient press. This is because Barcelona's ability to handle the ball is too strong. Only this level of press can grab the ball."

If you can't grab the ball, you can only let Barcelona pass the ball to attack. Without the ball, you can only shrink the defense.

"Second, just grabbing the ball is not enough, because in Mourinho's tactics, Barcelona's anti-grab and oppressive abilities are also very strong, so after grabbing the ball, it must be able to protect the ball and be able to keep it. Take possession of the ball and avoid losing the ball soon."

Losing the ball after grabbing it is a terrible thing.

For example, throughout the ages, the standard for judging an excellent midfielder is whether it can be protected after grabbing the ball?

Can't protect the ball's midfielder, no matter how good the ball is, it will be scum.

By the same token, in the face of Barcelona, ​​being able to grab the ball is just the beginning. If you can protect the ball, this is a step forward.

"So, you need to have a very good pass and control ability that does not even lose to Barcelona, ​​and this has basically eliminated all the current teams in European football, except for our Manchester City!"

Su Dong said this with confidence, but it is not unreasonable.

Manchester City's pass and control are indeed very good, and Barcelona have their own advantages. If you really want to fight, you may not win or lose, but Manchester City will still be slightly inferior in terms of tacit understanding.

The first one is very difficult. There are very few teams that can do it, but there are still some, such as Arsenal and AC Milan last season.

But the second one is more difficult than the first one. I don't know how many times the difficulty is. Even for many teams, there is no solution.

If you want to play pass and control, tactics are not enough. You also need players who can play pass and control.

Xavi and Iniesta are the best midfielders in this set of history. Who else is better than them?

Not to mention, there is a Messi in front of him.

Speaking of this, in fact, everyone also knows what Su Dong meant.

There is another very important and very important point. Su Dong didn't say it, but everyone knew it well.

"The third one, excellent physical fitness!"

Many people think that Barcelona is playing pass and control, and the players are weak in body and stamina, but in reality?

Wrong, UU reading is so wrong!

Barcelona's players are short, but it does not mean that they are poor in physical confrontation. They pass and control the ball, but it does not mean that they are physically weak.

On the contrary, it is because they are a group of short players with excellent physical resistance, technical players with outstanding physical ability and technical skills at the foot, so Barcelona's passing and control system is so terrible.

Even Mourinho can only be forced to play pass control.

In other words, after changing to any head coach in the world, Barcelona is playing pass control.

Unless all these players are cleaned out and replaced with a new batch.

The three points that Su Dong said are not unclear to everyone present, but he is focusing on the points now, so that everyone's mind becomes clearer.

Looking at the world football, Manchester City is the closest team to the three conditions listed by Su Dong.

No one!