"There is no problem with the starting tactics of the two managers, although Barcelona started to attack, but also watched out for Manchester United's counterattack, and the Red Devils are based on defense, but once they seize the opportunity, the counterattack is also very resolute!"

"The contest between these two European coaches has not been problematic on a tactical level. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

After attacking a few points, Barcelona also seemed to realize that Manchester United's opening tactics were quite targeted, and the defense was also very solid, and it was basically impossible to eat the opponent in one bite. Therefore, after Xavi and others made eye and gesture exchanges with Guardiola, they no longer attacked.

The pace slowed down, and everyone in the Olympic Stadium breathed a sigh of relief.

From the very beginning of the game, Barcelona held their breath and attacked with their lives.

And what about Manchester United? Although he was playing with his life, he didn't mean to retreat to the half court at all, but used his best active running and pressing to defend, and the scene was not ugly. And, too, create a lot of threats.

For example, just one minute into the game, United used a counter-attack to create a free-kick opportunity from 30 yards out in front of goal, and then Cristiano Ronaldo's direct free-kick led to Valdés getting out of his hands, but the defender scrambled to clear the ball before he could clear a goalmouth danger.

Although neither team could score, it made everyone in the stadium breathe a sigh of relief and worry about them.

Now that the pace has slowed down, everyone has relaxed.

"Alright, now it's finally time to introduce the starting lineups of both teams."

"Manchester United made changes to the starting line-up for this game, the goalkeeper is Van der Sar, the back line is unchanged, from left to right is Evra, Nemanja Vidic, Rio Ferdinand and O'Shea, except for O'Shea, the other three are the main players in Manchester United's defence this season."

"But in terms of midfield, Ferguson did not use the usual four midfielders, but used a three-midfield tactic, from left to right, Ryan Giggs, Anderson and Carrick, and it is clear that Gabi is because the Atletico Madrid captain is more experienced, and his role in the midfield is quite large, and it is most appropriate for him to be in charge of the midfield."

"Up front, Manchester United fielded a front trident of Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney and Park Ji-sung against Barcelona's Samuel Eto'o, Lionel Messi and Thierry Henry."

"Compared with the adjustment of the Manchester United team, Barcelona still adopts the four-three-three tactics that they are best at."

'The goalkeeper is Valdés, and the backline is Pique, Puyol, Yaya Toure and Silvinho.

'The midfield hasn't changed, it's still a combination of Sergio Busquets, Xavi and Andres Iniesta.

'The front three, Samuel Eto'o, Lionel Messi and Thierry Henry, are Barcelona's main attacking squad in the Champions League this season.

But just after the commentator introduced the squads of the two teams, Barcelona launched another attack at the back.

This time, captain Puyol, who was a temporary guest at right-back due to the suspension of his main right-back Alves, burst along the right flank and quickly crossed the halfway line to reach United's half.

As soon as Puyol passed the half, all the Barcelona players who appeared in the Manchester United half, as well as in the area before and after the halfway, suddenly became active, and they all began to rush forward one by one.

As soon as the Barcelona captain came up, he immediately kicked the ball forward and passed it to Messi, who was pulled to the side, so scared that Evra quickly stuck the position, and Puyol himself took the opportunity to slant into the ribs of Manchester United's skills.

Messi is also a smart person, and he has cooperated with Puyol for many years, and he has long had a tacit understanding, as soon as he receives the ball, he immediately knocks it back.

The pair formed a beautiful one-two on the right flank. However, Nemanja Vidic was experienced and blocked Puyol's diagonal path into the box early, forcing Puyol to hammer the ball back to Andres Iniesta behind him.

Andres Iniesta took the ball out and passed it to Samuel Eto'o, who was pulled to the edge of the box.

The Cameroonian centre-forward blocked Godin with his body before turning and picking up a cross to the left behind United's defence.

Henry chased the ball quickly, and when he received it, he was about to cross. But Ferdinand was also fast, one fell to the ground and put a tackle, and even someone took the ball to shovel Henry to the ground, and the ball went out of the bottom line.

The referee awarded Manchester United's goal kick, which immediately made Barcelona very dissatisfied.

However, judging from the slow motion of the game, it was indeed Ferdinand who kicked the ball to Henry's body when he cleared the ball, and then popped off the bottom line.

Zeng Cheng sat in the chairman's stand, and when he saw the scene where Ferdinand turned back to the bottom line just now and shoveled Henry to the ground, he couldn't help but praise repeatedly: "This guy is really a tiger general!" ”

Isn't it?

Just now, he was still behind Eto'o to help the defense, and after seeing the Cameroon centre-forward's pass, he immediately turned back and broke Thierry Henry's dribble in front of the baseline. With this speed, this decisiveness and determination, Ferdinand deserves the title of Tiger General.

Speaking of which, Ferdinand was more cowardly in the past few years. Because he habitually deserted on the pitch and fell into a state of short-circuiting his mind, he often made low-level mistakes. Zeng Cheng even clearly remembered that in his previous life, he used to hate Ferdinand so much that he had a toothache.

But then Ferdinand slowly matured as he got older, not only did he change his habit of deserting during games, but also led Manchester United to win the European Champions Cup in 08, and he and his partner Nemanja Vidic formed a backline, which can be called the world's number one central defensive combination.

Ferdinand, now 30 years old, is definitely in the prime of life as a centre-back. However, Zeng Cheng remembered that from the beginning of the next season, Ferdinand had a serious decline in form due to frequent injuries. That's why Zeng Cheng is now asking Manchester United to buy Italian centre-back Andrea Ranocchia.

Zeng Cheng was thinking about his talent reserve for the team, and a voice came from next to him: "Eh, Zeng Cheng, let me ask you something!" ”

Zeng Cheng turned his head and saw that it was Senior Sister Xin Xiaoqiang, so he nodded and said, "What's the matter?" Senior sister, just ask. ”

Xin Xiaoqiang hesitated for a moment, and then said: "You are now engaged in football abroad, and you are also engaged in it at home, what do you think is the biggest gap between our domestic professional players and European professional players?" ”

"Gap?" Zeng Cheng shook his head with a smile and said, "You underestimate European professional players too much, and you overestimate domestic professional players." ”

"What do you mean?" Xin Xiaoqiang asked strangely.

Zeng Cheng said helplessly: "I can tell you that the gap is all-round, and there is hardly any aspect that can be compared, or even close to the standard of European professional players." ”

Xin Xiaoqiang's brows furrowed, and she asked in disbelief, "Is it really that big?" ”

Zeng Cheng nodded and said: "It's true, even if it is the simplest and easiest to do, professional ethics, I can say that there are very few domestic players who can meet European professional standards!" ”

But after Zeng Cheng finished speaking, he thought about it again and added: "Of course, this is also the reason for the overall environment, and it can't be completely blamed on the players, but we're talking about the gap between the players now, right?" ”

Xin Xiaoqiang nodded blankly, she didn't expect Zeng Cheng to give such a frustrating answer.

But soon, she thought of something and asked Zeng Cheng: "Could it be that the body and running of our domestic players are not as good as those of European players?" ”

You must know that domestic football attaches great importance to physical fitness, and it has also specially made an individual fitness test, and if the physical fitness is not up to standard, it cannot pass the registration. In this way, the physical fitness of domestic players should be very good, and the body and running should also be good. Could it be that there is a huge gap with European players in this regard?

Zeng Cheng thought for a while, pointed to the field, and said to Xin Xiaoqiang: "Senior sister, you see, this is the world's professional football league, and I can even say that it is the most intense game in the world's football competition. ”

"Let me tell you, the average running distance of the players of the two teams in this game is at least more than 11 kilometers, or even 12 kilometers, and even in any game in the four major European leagues, the average distance traveled by the players in a single game is about 10 kilometers, and in China, do you know how much?"

Without waiting for Xin Xiaoqiang to give an answer, Zeng Cheng himself gave the answer: "It's eight kilometers!" That is, in a match, on average, each player runs at least two kilometers less than a European player. One player is two kilometres off, ten players are twenty kilometres, do you know how big that is? ”

Of course Xin Xiaoqiang knew, how could she not know such a simple calculation problem? That means that the European team has at least two more people than the Chinese team in the game. If the Chinese team plays against a European team, it is as opposed to 11 people playing against 13 people.

Zeng Cheng continued to say to Xin Xiaoqiang: "In the European professional league, in the sixties, players ran an average of six kilometers per game, but now, midfielders in the top league can often run 12 kilometers, but this is only a part. ”

"In the '60s, a player's sprint distance per game was about a tenth of the distance traveled, but now, it's about a quarter. In addition, 50 percent of the technical movements are done in high confrontations, which is quite a physical drain on the players. ”

"You should have heard of rushing and encircling, so do you know that the mainstream tactics in Europe now, to a certain extent, are also rushing and encircling, but why is it also rushing and encircling, which is used on domestic players and European players, but it is two levels that are very different?"

"It's like a gun, in the hands of someone who can't even open insurance, it's completely different from in the hands of a professional soldier!"