In the afternoon, the Porto players went to the Olympic Stadium in Rome to acclimatize to the venue, and after a relaxed training for half an hour, Ferreira took the players to visit the Colosseum in ancient Rome, and then returned to the Napoleon Hotel for a meeting. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Before the meeting, Ferreira showed the players highlights of two games, one was Barcelona's 6-2 away sweep of Real Madrid, and the other was Barcelona's 4-0 slaughter of Bayern at home.

The footage of both games and highlights from Porto's players had been watched quite a few times, but the day before the game, Ferreira showed it again.

"Maybe you're tired of watching it, but I have to play it again, and the reason why I'm playing these two games over and over again is to tell you what kind of opponent we're going to face tomorrow.

In all fairness, are we better than Real Madrid and Bayern? This is because everyone knows that these two opponents are stronger than us, and they have lost so badly against Barcelona, if we play against Barcelona, will we concede double-digit goals?

So since reaching the finals, I have been reminding everyone that we can only defend honestly and intensively, steal one when we have the opportunity, drag it to the point if we don't have the opportunity, and never try to attack it.

Our only chance is that Barcelona's left-back Alves, centre-back Marques and right-back Abidal are all suspended due to injury, and the main defender is only the former Manchester United backup defender Pique.

Against Arsenal, we were able to eliminate them because we took advantage of the shortcomings of Arsenal's left-back Gibson and made a breakthrough from one point. This time, Barcelona is expected to play 35-year-old veteran Silvinho at left-back and Puyol at right-back, and we will have to launch a counter-attack from the left this time, every time to the left, if we can break this side, we will have a little chance of winning the title. ”

Explaining the whole tactics to the players, Ferreira pointed out the starting 11 separately, how to mark the opposing personnel after they came on the field, how to run, how to press, and how to destroy Barcelona's mercury-like short pass penetration.

In the end, Ferreira called Gao Xiaodong, Alves, and Falcao to the side, and opened a small stove for his central axis, in Ferreira's tactical design, these three people are the most important, Porto has no hope of upset, Alves's defense, Gao Xiaodong's offensive and defensive conversion and a pass, Falcao's shot is the most critical.

"Barcelona's midfield has a stronger individual breakthrough ability, we can't prevent them one-on-one, we can only compress their space, join forces to help defend, don't hesitate to foul, and can't let them break through at will, Alves, your task is the heaviest, you have to shout more in this game, call on teammates to help defend together. ”

"Xiaodong, Falcao, Barcelona have a very strong ability to control the ball, and the possession rate can often reach sixty or seventy percent, which means that in a 90-minute game, we must have few chances to get the ball, I hope you can play efficiently and cherish every opportunity to get the ball. ”

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Grand Hotel Veneto

4 star Italian hotel in the heart of Rome.

This 19th-century building is surrounded by some of the region's most famous tourist attractions, the most famous of which are the Spanish Steps and the Trevi Fountain, which are just a few minutes away from the Grand Hotel Veneto.

The Spanish giants Barcelona stayed here after arriving in Rome.

While Ferreira was meeting the players, Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola had just led the players back from the Wishing Spring.

According to locals, any visitor to Rome simply drops three coins into the Trevi Fountain and makes three wishes, and when the coins fall into the pool, the three wishes will be granted.

Pep Guardiola's side have already won the league and the Copa del Rey and are now one Champions League trophy away from the treble.

The somewhat superstitious Pep Guardiola not only lived next to the Wishing Fountain, but also personally took the players to make wishes, hoping that the team would fulfill their ultimate dream and lift the Champions League Holy Grail.

After returning, after dinner, Guardiola also held a tactical meeting for the Barcelona players.

Before the start of the meeting, tactical analyst Carlos Pranchote showed the Barcelona players a ten-minute video of the attacking and defensive highlights of Porto's last 12 games.

The usual opponent Barcelona will only analyze 5 to 6 games, and for such an important game as the Champions League final, Barcelona analyzed the video of the opponent's previous 12 games.

Carlos said: "Judging from the game video, Porto will definitely adopt defensive counterattack tactics, dense defense and fierce pressing are inevitable, against Arsenal with a similar technical style to us, Porto used this trick, Gao Xiaodong is the core of this team, his skills are average, but very comprehensive, strong, full of physical energy, amazing long-range shooting ability, and a good long pass, they are the key people we need to mark, lock Gao Xiaodong, basically lock Porto's attack." ”

After tactical coach Carlos finished speaking, Guardiola said: "Coach Carlos has just said his opinion on this game, let me emphasize a few points:

First, Porto must have been defending and counterattacking throughout the game, which everyone can guess, but how to implement this tactic, I think it should be considered in more detail, such as the first leg between Porto and Manchester United, that game Porto was also defensive counterattack, but they attacked at the beginning, scored a goal, and then defended again, we have to take this into account.

Secondly, about Gao Xiaodong, he is the most well-rounded player I've ever seen, he can play in almost any position, and it will be difficult to mark him and it will disrupt our formation, so what is the best thing for us to do? Pedro, you tell me. ”

Pedro was just a substitute, and was named by the manager, a little panicked, and said: "Zone defense, or zone marking." ”

Guardiola smiled slightly and said: "Wrong, we have to control the ball at our feet and not give him the opportunity to pick up the pass and break through." Remember where our strengths are, we don't fight with them physically, we have to fight for technology. ”

Guardiola continued: "It's true that Gao Xiaodong is the core of Porto, but let's not think that Porto is Gao Xiaodong's team alone, in fact, Porto has many attack points, Falcao, Hulk, Rodriguez, Melles, are all good attacking players, if we ignore them, we will be punished." ”

'Our full-backs Abidal and Alves are both injured and the opposition will definitely attack our two wings, and it is very likely that the right midfielder will play especially Silvinho, so you have to pay attention to his help. ”

'In the end, it's not the technique and the physique that decide the winner, it's the mentality and the will, we can't take the odds to heart, we can't take the opponent lightly, Porto are two-time Champions League winners, they knocked out Manchester United and Arsenal to reach the final, we have no reason to underestimate them, we have to give it our all to become the first team to win the treble in La Liga. ”