Volume 1: Males Come and Go, People Pay Attention Chapter 209 The Competition Begins (Fourth Update, Please Vote for Me)

After the players from both sides warmed up, they returned to the locker room. After some warm-up, everyone's tension eased slightly.

But that doesn't completely take away the fact that they're nervous.

In fact, Martin. O'Neal is nervous himself, so there's nothing unusual about being nervous. For them, it is normal to be nervous when participating in a game like the Champions League final.

Even Martin. This is the first time O'Neal has led his team to participate in the Champions League final, and the head coach has no experience. ． ． ． ． ． But Martin. O'Neal has completed self-regulation. When the players went out to warm up, he went into the locker room alone to adjust himself. Try not to think about what you have and what you don’t have. ． ． ． ． ． He replayed his tactics over and over in his mind, trying to figure out what went wrong.

Just thinking about it, he gradually became less nervous. Because of his nervousness, he was thrown to Java.

When the players came back from warm-up, what they saw was a head coach who was no different from usual.

"No matter what Barcelona tactics are in this game, I think they need to attack, so our chance is to counterattack. They will try to control the football firmly at their feet, which is what they are best at. But it doesn't matter, we There is no need to control the ball. They attack, we defend and counterattack..."

In fact, these are nothing new. For more than half a month, Liverpool's first team has practiced this, specifically targeting Barcelona's ball-control style of play. Barcelona wants ball possession, then let them take it. We don’t need these things, we just want the success rate of offense.

So Guardiola wants to control the football at his feet, but he doesn't know that Liverpool doesn't want to control the ball at all.

After talking about tactical matters, Martin. O'Neal planned to say something to encourage the players, because he could see that many players were a little nervous facing such an important game.

But he was worried that the more he spoke, the more nervous they would become.

So Qian Jian waved her hand and left all her time to the players.

※※※In the Barcelona dressing room, Guardiola is also giving everyone his final instructions.

"Liverpool are good at defensive counterattacks, so we have to pay special attention to their counterattacks when attacking..."

Barcelona has its own way of dealing with the opponent's defensive counterattack, which is to control the ball. As long as the football is firmly under your feet, the opponent will not have so many opportunities to counterattack.

At the same time, they are good at attacking in the frontcourt, which can also greatly reduce the opponent's chance of counterattack. Many counterattacks died in the cradle under their walls.

"So after you lose the ball, you must fight back on the spot, and be very active in surrounding them to prevent them from passing the football out from the backcourt..."

Barcelona's players listened to the coach's instructions with relaxed expressions, only Messi looked serious.

This was another direct conversation between him and Chen Yingxiong. In fact, they had quite a few conversations with each other, but not many direct conversations.

Chen Yingxiong's performance this season completely overshadowed his limelight. Chen Yingxiong defeated Dixie. He even watched the live broadcast of the game Dean recorded at home.

He knows that it is not easy to compare with Chen Yingxiong's number of goals in a season, but he can compete with him in a game.

Because the two players encounter different opponents in one season, this comparison is not fair. What if the opponents Messi encounters are stronger than the opponents Chen Yingxiong encounters? Then it will naturally be much easier for Chen Yingxiong to score goals.

But it would be fair if we competed in this direct dialogue game. Barcelona is very strong and Liverpool is not a vegetarian.

Both sides rely on their abilities to see who wins and who loses in the end.

Now Chen Yingxiong's limelight has overshadowed him, which makes him very unhappy. He believes that it is not that he cannot afford to lose, but that he cannot lose to Chen Yingxiong. You can lose to anyone, but you can't lose to Chen Yingxiong.

Therefore, he must score goals desperately in this game and defeat Chen Yingxiong's myth.

He is satisfied with Guardiola's aggressive strategy.

※※※When the live broadcast stopped playing the music and began to introduce the lineups of both sides, the two teams filed out of the tunnel.

Liverpool is led by captain Gerrard, while the Barcelona captain's armband is worn on Messi's arm. Since Puyol and Xavi retired one after another, Messi has become Barcelona's first captain.

The fans at the scene roared like a mountain and a tsunami, and of course there were also boos.

Each name elicited cheers from his team's fans and boos from the opposing team's fans.

Especially Chen Yingxiong, he vividly embodies the "clear distinction between love and hate".

The live broadcaster is also a great member of Zenit St. Petersburg, and his feelings for Chen Yingxiong are also very important, so when introducing Chen Yingxiong, he specially added: "Dear viewers, ladies and gentlemen, let us Welcome...hrqcqcqcqcqcqcqcqcqcqcqco"

The fans of Liverpool and Zenit followed him and shouted: "hrqcqcqcqcqcqcqcqcqcqcqco!!!"

Then the Barcelona fans booed in unison and raised their middle fingers.

These two sounds collided and stirred in the sky above the Russian Yaoranqi Arena, and they were distinct.

"The hero's energy here is still very high..." He Ping, a commentator from CCTV who came to the scene, said with emotion. "But his hatred value in the hearts of Barcelona fans is also very high, ha!"

He is not worried that Chen Yingxiong's performance will be affected by the boos from hostile fans, because this is not the first time he has commented on Chen Yingxiong's game. For Chen Yingxiong, although he usually does not have many opportunities to commentate on games, he knows very well This is about character and temperament.

He is of the stone type, and the harder you hit him, the greater the reaction damage you will receive.

Those who were cold-hearted towards Chen Yingxiong would not end well in the end.

Obviously Barcelona fans haven't understood this yet. ． ． ． ． ． ※※※After a series of necessary rituals before the start of the game, the players from both sides finally stood in their respective positions, waiting for the game to start.

Gerrard won the right to pick the side, and Messi got the kick-off right for Barcelona. In fact, this is exactly what Barcelona wanted.

They can use the kick-off to launch an offensive, and then use their strong ball control ability to always control the rhythm of the game in their hands, pressing Liverpool's half to attack, leaving Liverpool with no time to think about anything else.

In fact, they did it. ． ． ． ． ． I mean within the first five minutes of the game.

Barcelona had a total of three attacks. After the first attack failed, they quickly got the second and third attack opportunities because they were surrounded outside the Liverpool penalty area.

In these five minutes, Messi is the most dazzling player, because the football will be passed to his feet, no matter where he is, the football will be passed to his feet, and then he will complete the attack.

There is a center in Barcelona's starting lineup, and Villa plays this role.

But he is basically not responsible for scoring goals. He is only responsible for providing cover and playing ball for Messi.

This is the difficulty of Barcelona's center. Although he is a center in name, he does not score goals and has no power to shoot. In the end, the football must be handed over to Messi, and the goal-scoring job can only be completed by Messi.

Messi is also really good at scoring goals.

Logically speaking, Messi should be the center himself.

But no, neither Messi nor coach Guardiola intends to use him as a center.

In fact, this is right, because with Messi's small body, if he plays as a center, he will only be drowned in the jungle of strong defenders of the opponent, and it is impossible to use his speed and skills.

The center still needs a dedicated player.

But in this case, Barcelona's center is too pitiful.

It’s no wonder that Ibrahimovic had a falling out with Guardiola, because Guardiola asked Ibrahimovic to sacrifice his own goals and serve as a tactical fulcrum for Messi to help Messi score goals.

So when Ibrahimovic fell out with Barcelona later, he angrily accused Guardiola of pampering Messi like a child, which made him very unhappy.

Villa actually wants to score goals and be a real center forward. The situation before was fine. Although Messi is the core of the offense, I can still eat some leftovers from Messi.

Then suddenly the team changed their tactics and gave Messi unlimited firing rights. No matter where he is, at any time, or whether he is in a good position or not, the football must be passed to him and let him score.

Now, nothing happened to Villa at all.

His only task is to move the ball, and then pass the ball to Messi. If he is lucky, he will get an assist. If he is not lucky, he will get an assist. ． ． ． ． ． Not even an assist.

Villa was having a hard time living like this. Because of his lack of goals, he can't even guarantee his main position in the Spanish national team.

He also thought about leaving Barcelona.

But the question is where else can he go after leaving Barcelona?

He couldn't bear these championship honors. Barcelona and Real Madrid are currently the only two teams in Spain that can win the championship.

Real Madrid will definitely not want him. Although I have pursued him before, now that I have Benzema and Higuain in my family, I don't like him anymore because he is old and lustful.

So after much deliberation, he decided to stay in Barcelona and play a supporting role for Messi.

Just like this game.

※※※However, Barcelona failed to score in these three attacks.

Since Liverpool is good at defensive counterattacks, there is no way their defense will be penetrated by their opponents within the first five minutes.

Messi is the core of Barcelona's offense, Martin. O'Neal also knows very well that after all, he also has to study the game video. If you read too much, you will naturally find the rules.

However, Liverpool does not target Messi in defense. The main purpose is to keep the defensive formation intact, so as to avoid being separated by Barcelona's overall pass and cut and give Messi a chance.

Therefore, under this kind of well-organized defense, the first five minutes were not enough for Messi to score a goal.

Barcelona made a slight adjustment and planned to continue attacking.

But at this time, Liverpool's offensive was launched one step ahead of them. ． ． ． ． ．