Volume One: Heroes Haunt, People Pay Attention Chapter 257 Barcelona and Naples (Second Update, Monthly Pass!)
Chapter 257 Barcelona and Naples (Second update, monthly pass!)
The team finished warming up and returned to their locker room. At this time, the TV station had begun to officially broadcast the game, analyzing the starting lineups of both sides, and analyzing the status of the main players of both sides...
The starting lineups for both sides have been announced, and now everyone knows the starting lineup. Not much has changed for either team.
Barcelona's side is 433, goalkeeper Valdez, center backs Pique and Mascherano, full-backs Abidal and Alves, midfielders are Butzquez, Iniesta and Xavi, and forward It's Villa, Messi and Pedro.
Except for Puyol who did not appear in the starting lineup due to a minor injury, Guardiola fielded his strongest lineup.
For Naples, Mazzarri also sent 433, goalkeeper De Sanctis, center backs Paul Cannavaro and Ranocchia, full-backs Criscito and Maggio, midfielders De Jong and Hamsik and Sanchez, strikers Arshavin, Chen Yingxiong and Cassano.
This is Cassano's first start in a Champions League game this season, while Raul sat on the bench. Mazzarri valued Raul's experience, but he preferred to let the energetic Cassano play first. Rush for a while, wait until the second half of the game, then consider replacing Raul and use his experience to find shooting opportunities. Raul's physical strength is a problem. Let him come on as a substitute and his physical strength will naturally not be a problem.
Experts from all walks of life have tried their best to analyze the starting lineups of both sides. They can analyze for you a simple eleven people.
In fact, the formation is just something written on paper. When it comes to the game, how can the formation be so fixed? If it is 433, does it really mean it is always 433? Football matches are dynamic and changing, and the formation cannot remain static. According to changes in the game situation and the time of the game, the formation is also constantly changing. 433 can become 343, or it can become 352, or it can also become 442. It is meaningless to discuss whether the formation is better, 433 or 343.
In the locker room, the coaches on both sides did not choose to discuss the other side's lineup at this time.
Because there is really nothing to discuss. Barcelona is an unbeatable 433. Naples has been insisting on the 433 route since Mazzarri came to power. As for which players the opponent will send to play this game, they are basically fixed. How will Barcelona’s lineup be rotated? Is their backbone the same? Knowing how to change, it is easy to know who are the core players and who are the rotation players. In a game like the Champions League final, of course, the main players must be used, so it is easy to guess what players Barcelona can send.
It's even easier for Naples. There is still a gap in strength between their main players and bench players, and their starting eleven is no secret. Rotation is also extremely limited.
The opponent's tactics have also been thoroughly studied. What each player should and should not do on the court has been told to the players long ago, and they must practice according to these requirements during training. It was impossible for the game to start with twenty minutes left. The head coach slowly told the players: "Today, we will play defensive counterattack..."
This is just for fun. What tactics to use in a game have long been reflected in daily training, let alone a game like the Champions League final that everyone has been preparing for a long time. Tactics are definitely not something that a certain head coach comes up with by looking at the stars at night and having an idea in his head. They are finally formulated by the entire coaching staff after analyzing their opponents. They are the crystallization of collective wisdom. It's just that when it comes to letting the public know, it's obviously much more convenient to promote one person than to promote a group of people, so many times tactics seem to have always been a matter for the head coach alone.
So in the locker room where the game is about to start, the head coaches don't discuss tactics or lineups. What do they talk about?
These ten minutes are the time for the eloquence masters to display their unique skills, the time for the psychologist to adjust the players' emotions, and the miraculous moment for the head coach to turn decay into magic.
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"In ten minutes, maybe ten minutes, the most important game in our lives will begin... Maybe we will often encounter such scenes in the future, but for now, it is the most important game in our lives. A game." Mazzarri was telling the players in the Naples dressing room.
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"I noticed that there are a lot of voices outside now, and they put a lot of bad names on us. But it's not a big deal. You have to know why we are the only ones in the world of football who are treated like this." Guardiola said with a look on his face calm. "Because we are the best team on the planet. The best teams deserve to be slandered and attacked by their enemies. The more they yell, the more afraid they are of us. If we lose our normalcy because of this , we fell into their trap.”
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"Our opponents are very strong, very strong. Some people say they are the cosmic team. I agree with this statement. Barcelona plays football that does not exist on earth." Mazzarri said. "In recent years, they have won many championships, and it seems that the whole earth can no longer stop them. You know, Naples always likes to do such difficult things..."
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"Barcelona never compares with others, and never cares about other people's voices. We just play our own football. We have been playing this kind of football for more than 20 years. Many people think that Barcelona is influenced by Without the care of the referee, we were able to win so many championships for some reasons that are inconvenient for others to know. They don't know that we have been playing like this from a long time ago, even though we couldn't win a single championship at that time. We have never given up. So today's result is what we deserve, and Barcelona football deserves it. Today's championship just gives us a late compensation and proof..." Guardiola said, making Barcelona people particularly proud. fact, but still looked calm. He is not humble, but he is proud to the core. This is the true highest level of pride - what you think is great is ordinary to me.
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"We almost knocked them off the altar, but we failed, not at their feet, but at the hands of another opponent. Now Barcelona is stronger than before, at least it seems to be. Such... but we are not afraid of him, it is them who should be afraid!" Mazzari emphasized his tone. "Because without the help of another black hand, they would have been dragged into the mud by us!"
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"Unlike those utilitarian footballs, Barcelona can win the championship as long as they play the football they like to play. Others, when they want to win the championship, they often have to abandon a lot of things they have always insisted on before, and they are forced to To defend, they were forced to commit fouls. They were forced to abandon their former noble bodies and jump into the mud and roll around like barbarians, with mud on their faces. We don't need to, we just need to keep playing Barcelona football. , we can get everything. Because Barcelona is never changed by the world, Barcelona only changes the world." Guardiola still looked calm, but the hearts of the Barcelona players below were filled with overflowing pride and confidence. , they held their heads high one by one, looking down at all living beings like real nobles.
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The Naples players were so excited by Mazzarri's words that many simply clenched their fists and trembled slightly.
nervous?
Heck, it’s exciting!
"They think they are aristocrats. They play artistic football that is praised and praised all over the world. They are like spotless gods who do not eat the fireworks of the world. But last season, we almost let their true nature be exposed! So they simply Not gods! If we want to defeat them, we must first take off their disguises and drag them into the mud! When they lose all face and can only wallow in the mud like us, they will lose! Because they They will be afraid, they will panic, and they will be horrified to find that their own methods have no effect on us!"
Mazari shouted loudly, arousing everyone's emotions.
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"No matter what tactics the opponent will use to deal with us, remember, as long as we still play our own football, no team in the world can stop us from winning this championship!" At this point, Guardiola's tone was just right. Something has changed. He finally revealed his desire for a championship. Although he won an unprecedented six crowns in his first season coaching the Barcelona first team. But his desire for the championship has not diminished at all.
He knows very well that only by keeping the entire team hungry can Barcelona truly dominate the world.
After he finished speaking, there were no passionate declarations or roars in the locker room. The Barcelona players looked at the coach with firm and confident faces.
They firmly believe that Naples is absolutely impossible to stop them! Although they almost lost to Naples in the Champions League quarter-finals last season, it was a near loss after all. In fact, Barcelona won both games.
Besides, can the Champions League final be compared with the Champions League quarter-finals?
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"Whether it's defense or offense, we have to be fierce and aggressive! We have to put pressure on them from every angle! Don't be afraid of fouls, don't be afraid of cards. As long as we can make them scared, we have already won half the battle! Go ahead, guys , this is the best stage, this is the best opportunity, tell the world with practical actions - even if you are all afraid of them, we in Naples are not afraid either!!"
Before he finished speaking, there was a "crash", and Chen Yingxiong, who was so excited by the head coach's words, stood up and knocked over the chair behind him.
He wanted to say something, but he didn't know what to say, so he opened his mouth and simply roared.
It was as if this was the only way to vent the emotions raging in his chest.
Under his influence, other teammates raised their heads and roared.
For a moment, it was like a group of beasts appeared in the Naples locker room.