Four Hundred and Fiftieth Chapters Brumer's Efforts

After twenty minutes of the game, everyone has discovered that the tactics used by Manchester City in the game are not called 'OS-F' offensive football system tactics, but a set of slightly more defensive counterattacks!

But a defensive counterattack is a defensive counterattack!

No matter how complicated it is, this style of play will always make the game unsightly. No matter how high the technical strength of the two teams is, it is impossible to make the defense more exciting, so many media and fans are very dissatisfied.

Those involved in the game were surprised.

Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard is also one of them. Once in the era of players, Rijkaard was one of the famous "Three Musketeers of the Netherlands". Together with Gullit and Basten, he played for AC Milan and the Netherlands. The team has won many championships.

After retiring, Rijkaard first served as Hiddink's assistant and won the fourth place in the French World Cup with the Netherlands. After that, he succeeded Hiddink as the coach and led the team to participate in the 2000 European Cup held in the Netherlands.

Previously, the smooth Dutch team encountered the stubborn resistance of the Italian team in the semi-finals. After a thrilling game, the Dutch team regretted being out, and Rijkaard subsequently resigned as the national team coach.

Although it was a bit of a failure as the Dutch coach, Rijkaard took over as head coach of Spain's Barcelona in 2003, and gave the team a deep stamp on Dutch football.

Barcelona won the La Liga title for two consecutive seasons and won the European Cup in 2006.

Rijkaard also won the "Best Coach in the World" award that year. ,

Looking at Rijkaard's experience, we can see that he is a real 'practical' successful coach. As a professional player, he is regarded as the 'Three Musketeers of the Netherlands' and can be said to be one of the most successful professional players. The coach, who started his career as head coach of the Netherlands national team, also achieved considerable success in Barcelona.

Rijkaard's idea is 'very high-end'. He insists on substituting the concept of Holland's full attack and full defense into Barcelona. During the few years of coaching Barcelona, ​​he also successfully completed the 'penetration of this tactical concept'. .

After his success, Rijkaard reinforced his ideas.

He insisted that 'football can be played beautifully and practically', which is what Barcelona is now. The combination of Spanish and Dutch football styles makes Barcelona quite powerful, and they have become the most powerful football in Europe. One of the teams, every year is the most powerful contender for the Champions League.

In fact, Rijkaard is also looking forward to playing against Manchester City, because he always believes that Wansheng has the same coaching philosophy as him.

Wansheng and Rijkaard, there is an age gap between the two, they are not coached in the same league, they have never played against each other, they don't even know each other, their upbringing experience can be said to be very different... even if there are so many gaps , but one thing is enough, that is, Manchester City, led by Wan Sheng, used offensive football to find a way to success in the Premier League that emphasizes confrontation and rhythm!

Rijkaard believes that Wansheng will definitely adhere to the concept of offensive football. For this game, the two sides will definitely contribute a classic battle that can be recorded in history for the world.

Rijkaard had a good idea, but unfortunately, when it came to the game, he found that this was not the case.

You seem to lack understanding of that Chinese?

Manchester City is not playing offensive football at all, but is dealing with Barcelona with a tough, even rough defense!

"Defensive counterattack?"

Rijkaard's face was full of disbelief. He didn't want to believe it was true. The difference between the game and the "classic offensive football battle" he thought was a little too big.

For a while, the Dutch were even a little unacceptable.

Also unacceptable are the Barcelona fans, who also think it will be a classic attacking battle, not as ugly as when Barcelona meet other Premier League teams... But now they Realizing that their thinking was wrong, Manchester City did not play their cards at all. They, like other Premier League teams, used a defensive counter-attack when they played against Barcelona.

Some Barcelona fans are heartbroken.

Some of them even praised the opponent's head coach before the game, believing that the opponent is good at training players and has a very friendly attitude towards Barcelona players. The tactics adopted by Manchester City are also similar to Barcelona, ​​because there are even many people It is believed that if Rijkaard leaves the coaching position, then this young Chinese is likely to coach Barcelona.

He will be the future head of Barcelona!

Now Barcelona fans don't think so anymore, watching the game on the field, they are a little unbelievable. Why don't you play good and good-looking football, but use tough confrontation and ugly defensive counterattacks to play the game?

What the hell is going on in this Chinese mind?

Many fans couldn't take it for a while.

The commentator at Camp Nou also said, "We all thought that this would be a grand occasion of offensive football, but until now, we have been able to determine that Manchester City will be playing a defensive counterattack. Why is this?"

Yup!

why?

In the UEFA Champions League, Barcelona has played many Premier League teams, such as Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal, etc. When they played against Barcelona, ​​most of them used defensive play, but the effect was actually It's not very good, the game scene is ugly, let's not talk about it, and it will be difficult to beat Barcelona in the end.

Even in La Liga, some small balls will play against Barcelona, ​​and they will also use defensive counterattacks, so Barcelona is still very experienced in breaking positions and defending, with a strong midfield and technical ability. , but also enough that they are not afraid of any solid defense.

Therefore, in the eyes of many people, Wansheng's choice is very unwise.

If it wasn't for defeating Barcelona... Could it be this Chinese, or that the whole Manchester City is afraid of Barcelona? Fear of Barcelona's powerful offensive capabilities? In order to concede fewer goals on the road, and then return home to decide the outcome, they opted for the counter-attack?

This...it really makes sense!

Many British media reporters nodded frequently during discussions, and they all felt that this was the real answer.

They feel that this choice is not bad, after all, this is the Nou Camp, and it is too difficult for Manchester City to take away the victory from the Nou Camp, conceding a few goals.

It's wise to go back to Manchester Stadium to decide the outcome!

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Many people quickly thought that Manchester City wanted to keep the goal and save the suspense until the second leg, at the Manchester Stadium, to draw a draw with Barcelona, ​​but as the game went on, they found their thinking was wrong. Very wrong.

After the players of the two teams gradually entered the game, Manchester City's defensive counterattack began to play a role.

Manchester City's defensive counterattack is not the traditional stick to the penalty area and goal.

They have a lot of movement and are very tough defensively, making frequent physical contact with Barcelona players, especially against Messi.

When Messi just received the pass, he felt a huge impact. He managed to stabilize his body and control the ball under his feet. When he wanted to pass the ball to his teammates, his teammates had already Run past the sweet spot.

Then Messi felt that the defensive player next to him was using his hands and feet to interfere with him.

Messi is very uncomfortable.

After all, he is not the international superstar in the future, he just emerged in Barcelona, ​​so when faced with such a tough defense, he didn't know what to do, so Messi waited for his teammates to respond, just standing Elano Blumer behind him would not let him go so easily.

Elano Blumer was born in the Miners. Compared with those young and famous stars, he is still somewhat unknown, but his experience in the Ukrainian league has given him more 'small action experience' than others. , So when he found that Messi was hesitant, Blumer put his foot on the opponent's right foot.

Messi suddenly felt a huge pain.

He could no longer control the ball for a while, and the football was easily stabbed away by Blumer. Messi wanted to wave to the referee to signal the opponent to foul, but the referee ignored him.

This scene was seen by everyone, but not many people noticed Blumer's small movements.

Wan Sheng didn't notice either.

However, when he felt that it seemed too easy for Blumer to steal the ball, he guessed what Blumer did, so he couldn't help laughing.

In this game, he let Bloomer start, the focus is on his defensive ability.

Compared with David Silva, Brumer's offensive ability is much worse, but his defensive ability is much stronger, especially in one-on-one defense. His experience is by no means comparable to Silva.

For Blumer to deal with a very skilled Xinnen like Messi... It's really the right place!

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Bloomer cherishes his chance to start.

Among the third tier of Manchester City, the competition in the midfield is the most intense, and as a defensive midfielder, he has to face the competition from Maurice, Silva, Ozil, Ljungberg and others, and it is not easy to occupy a place. It's easy. In the Champions League, this is only his second start. The task that Wansheng entrusted to him is mainly defense, especially the defense against Messi.

Bloomer remembered Wansheng's advice, so he paid great attention to Messi in the game and tried his best to do his job well. He knew that if he could perform well, he would definitely have more appearances in the next Champions League. Chance.

That's very attractive!

Until Manchester City can reach the Champions League final, there are only two games left, which are the Champions League semi-finals and finals!

Appearing in this kind of game is what every professional player hopes for, the opportunity is in front of him, he must cherish it, so in fact, among the 11 starting 11 people in Manchester City, Bloomer is the most motivated and actively working hard.

His efforts also paid off.

Under his defense, Messi has done nothing in the game so far, and the Barcelona team has also made some threats.

There is a saying that "offense is the best defense", but when the offense keeps getting blocked, the opportunity becomes the opponent's.

So when Barcelona's attack is blocked, Manchester City has a chance. (To be continued ~^~)