For Milan, who are aiming for the Champions League this season, although sooner or later they may have to play against these strong teams like Barcelona, it is very unfortunate to meet one of the direct competitors of the championship in the first game of the knockout round, and now, there is a certain discount in the strength of the team, which also means that this away game is not easy to play. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

More than half a month ago, when the results of the knockout draw came out, there was already an uproar, Milan and Barcelona met in advance, but it was really not a good opportunity, of course, this is for Milan.

And Milan itself is also very helpless after the draw results come out, they know the strength of the opponent, but Milan will not sit still.

"Remember, brothers, no matter what the reporters ask, put us on the weak side! Blow Barcelona in the invincible direction, how high you can blow, how high you can blow, and you can afford to hold it high... Then we snapped our hands and threw them to death! This is Milan's big mouth, and it is also the "clever plan" of the star Lukaku for the team!

Romelu Lukaku, the star of the game, slammed his arm down.

As soon as the draw results came out, Milan showed weakness, which temporarily made Barcelona's side feel very happy.

So two days later, when the whole Milan team arrived in Barcelona, a group of Catalan media rushed to ask the Milan players, asking if one person was still safe, and the most important players were all asked.

"Do you have a good chance of winning away from Barcelona?"

'Is it stressful to play at Camp Nou?'

"How did Milan feel when they met Barcelona in the quarter-finals?"

In particular, Lukaku, who is famous for his big mouth, is the target of many journalists.

Everyone wants to hear what he thinks about Barcelona as an opponent.

Lukaku was stopped by a group of reporters at the entrance of the airport, and after listening to the questions asked by the reporters in English, he looked serious: "It's a very difficult game, it's difficult to win away from home, but I hope we can get a satisfactory result......

This answer is too ordinary to be powerful at all. So the reporter asked: "So what do you think of Barcelona?" ”

"I don't think they're a planet-level team anymore!"

Lukaku's answer made the jaws of the journalists present, especially those from Italy and China, almost ......drop their jaws. Everyone knows what kind of personality Lukaku usually has, when has he ever conceded defeat?

But these words are really a compliment.......

Wait a minute.

"Isn't this a rhetoric? Lukaku: "An Italian reporter asked with a surprised look on his face, sure.

Lukaku's expression was particularly sincere: "What I'm saying is the truth that Cerro is the strongest now, and no team wants to meet them because ......, there is no way to beat them." But! He emphatically said, "But! Still, Milan will fight the road! ”

With that, he left.

Leaving behind a group of reporters whose spectacles were shattered.

"I'll go ......, is this really Lukaku?"

"He's alien-possessed?"

"When did he become a Barcelona fan?"

"But... His words sound very reasonable..."

The reporters were full of discussions, shocked and at the same time, as if they felt that Lukaku was right, and could not find any problems.

Of course, the most happy are the journalists of the Catalan media.

What could be more valuable than a compliment from an opponent? What's more, the opponent who praised Barcelona is still the star of that opponent.

Sure enough, the next day, the local newspaper in Barcelona appeared in this news:

Romelu Lukaku: Barcelona is the Cosmos team

It exaggerated Lukaku's praise for Barcelona, but in fact, it was just one sentence, but they were stunned to expand it into a news feature of more than 2,000 words.

It's not just Lukaku. The Barcelona media on this day were full of rumors about how Milan praised Barcelona and expressed their "love" for Barhan Rona.

Carvajal: "Barcelona was always the last opponent we wanted to face during my time at Real Madrid. ”

Ventura: Barcelona is strong.

Alexis Sanchez: "I hope to come to Barcelona one day to play ......,"

Gross: "As you know, I've always been a Barcelona fan. ”

Khedira: "Neymar is the best in the world, it's almost impossible to defend him. ”

This is simply too flattering, too shameless, and too undisciplined......

"Hey, Lukaku... Isn't it too much for us to do this...... "In the team, people are not as calm as they appear, they are worried.

Indeed, many Milan fans have no idea why their players would suddenly behave so cowardly.

It's just that the team is in Barcelona, and it is impossible to know the reaction of the Milan fans at the first time, if it is at home, it is estimated that someone will come to Melo to protest the next day"

Chen Long didn't expect the Catalan media to hype up their words so much, as if the Milan players were all undercover agents for Barcelona.

As for before, when many Milan players were interviewed by the media, he did not give interviews, and his performance was very low-key.

Indeed, no one doubted that they were acting, but a group of people were violently criticizing them.

In the midst of such a messy pre-match cup, Milan stepped on the grass at the Camp Nou.

They were greeted not by applause, but by laughter.

This is, of course, due to Milan's pre-match performance without a lower limit...

Many of the Milan players also felt that the laughter was a bit harsh, and they kept their heads down.

Only Lukaku and manager Jose Mourinho held their heads high and greeted the laughter with high spirits. Of course, if there is one more person to add, it is Chen Long, who does not seem to be humble or arrogant.

Laugh and laugh as much as you want!

If you look down on us, we will be happy!

It was Lukaku's work to make Barcelona despise them. As a head coach, you can't expect to rely on this kind of trick to eat.

Therefore, if you want to wrestle with Barcelona away from home, you have to work from both strategic and tactical aspects.

Strategically, it's what Milan want to achieve on the road. Was it an away goal? Or is it a victory? Or is it a draw? Or is it an acceptable failure?

The first thing is to determine the strategy, and then the tactics.

Strategically speaking, no matter how arrogant Mourinho is, no matter how arrogant he is, he can't be arrogant enough to say that he wants to beat Barcelona at Camp Nou, especially when the team is not the strongest, so he set the goal for the team to be a draw, not an acceptable defeat.

The second is the away goal, whether it's a draw or a defeat, if Milan can get the scoresheet, it's even better. Returning to their home stadium in the next leg and scoring away goals will allow Milan to play more calmly and have more tactical leeway, after all, Milan have not lost at home this season!

Once the strategy is decided, it's time for tactics.

Against a strong team, again on the road. Of course, Milan will not choose to play against Barcelona at Camp Nou, so there is no suspense that Milan will have to play a defensive counter-attack.

The lineup was fine-tuned, from 433 to 4321, and the central midfielder Mourinho arranged three midfielders to defend Barcelona, while the two wingers Lukaku and Gross were adducted, and Chen Long was at the front. It can be said that Milan have almost abandoned the wings in this formation, and the purpose of this is to wrestle with Barcelona in the middle of the midfield.

Of course, Barcelona has Malmain in the middle, and Messi often cuts inside, but they are just as good on the wings, what to do? Mourinho's strategy was to open up the flanks in midfield, but when it came to the 30-metre area, he was on guard.

There is a limit to what can be done defensively, because Milan are not good at defending, and even if they defend at Camp Nou, it is estimated that it is impossible not to concede goals. Therefore, the solution to the problem has to fall on the offensive.

Milan have an extremely strong attacking force, with Chen Long, Gross, Lukaku and Rodriguez making up Milan's attacking lineup.

In attack, Rodriguez moved a little forward, protruding from the back three to become 4231.

In this way, he can make the most of his organizational strengths.

Considering that he will probably be on the defensive most of the time, Mourinho also asked Chen Long to retreat aggressively, pick up his team-mates, and keep a reasonable distance from Rodriguez, Gross and Lukaku.

This retracement is not as simple as turning around and running back, and then turning and running forward. Therefore, this requires Chen Long's running ability to be relatively high, not only to have physical strength to run, but also to be able to run to the right position.

Fortunately, Chen Long has been with the technical coach for almost half a season, and he has some experience, and he can be regarded as a small success. It showed in his usual games and training, which is why Mourinho asked him to do it. Otherwise, he would rather use the simplest and least technical play, that is, a long pass to the front court, pass the high ball directly to the frontcourt, and let Chen Long use his head to compete for the top.

However, now this set of tactics also makes full use of Chen Long's header advantage.

As we all know, Barcelona's backline is very bad in terms of air defense, and after Alba came, they had a little air defense.

But Alba alone...... It's useless, and besides, Alba's strength is not a header.

Mourinho has carefully studied the footage of Jordi Alba's game and decided that Milan could play a role with their headers if they wanted to score.

When preparing for this game, he went to ask Chen Long.

"What do you think you and Albabi header ......"

Before he finished speaking, Long Chen said in a very confident tone.

"Finish!"

Mourinho grinned, frozen.

"It's over, hehe!" Chen Long gave a thumbs up and repeated, still saying with a smile.

"Okay, I got it......" Mourinho conceded defeat. Mourinho found that perhaps under the influence of himself or Lukaku, Chen Long has become more and more domineering, and on the pitch, it is definitely a good thing to have this domineering.

He didn't think there was anything wrong with Chen Long saying this, because Chen Long is really the best header he has ever seen in his coaching career, of course, the best here refers to the best potential, the judgment of the landing point of the high ball, and the use of the body's position, as well as the ability to bounce, the header technique, and the impact in front of the goal, these Chen Long are first-class...... No, it's super-top-notch.

What's more, after Chen Long jumped, he could even see the ability to stay in the air that is only outstanding among NBA basketball players!

Having this ability means that he can hit the ball more easily than his opponents.

So according to Chen Long's characteristics, high ball has become one of the main means of Milan's attack.

Especially when the situation can't be opened, it is not ruled out that Lukaku and Gross will be pulled to the side in the attack, and then cross with his feet, so that Chen Long can use his header against Barcelona's backline.

I believe that Alba will experience the power of Chen Long's header for himself at that time......

In fact, Alba is experiencing it firsthand.

Milan's almost flattering overtures to Barcelona before the game, whether or not Barcelona manager Enrique believed it, at least the Barcelona players enjoyed it.

Barcelona were the undisputed kings of the continent last season, having won six titles two seasons ago – the domestic league, the Copa del Rey, the Champions League, the UEFA Super Cup, the Spanish Super Cup and the Club World Cup. Created an unprecedented "Six Crowns".

It's already the pinnacle of what a club can achieve.

The Barcelona players feel that they have already ruled the world, and it is natural for other opponents to be afraid or praise them when they see them. So they didn't think there was anything wrong with Milan's performance, maybe they were really numb...... But it doesn't matter, we can afford it well.

So before the game, the Barcelona players playing at home were in a relaxed mood, and even joked that since Milan was so friendly to them, they would simply win a few fewer goals at home...... Of course, it's really just a joke. When it comes to the pitch, Barcelona will not be relentless if they have a chance.

However, the game is ten minutes into the game, and from the current point of view, it seems that Barcelona will not be soft......

"Milan! Gross takes the ball from the wing...... Not again! ”

In attack, Gross and Romelu Lukaku will reinstate their role as wingers and pull up wide to get the ball up, just like Gross is doing now.

With the commentator's exclamation, the football was kicked into the air by Gross before Abidal and flew straight towards the goal!

And what about Long Chen?

Open your arms along with the soccer ball and fly!

Yes, it was flew, not jumped.

Alba jumped up with him, but was still pressed under Chen Long.

In terms of bounce ability alone, Alba is obviously not as good as Chen Long.

"Hell...... seeing that the other party is above him again, Alba is so angry in his heart!

This is the second time that I have been pressed under the opponent during the battle for the top!

Just ten minutes into the game, Milan had already had a chance to head in the ball when Chen Long pressured him to jump for the top and the ball went just over the crossbar.

This time, here it is again, and he also loses again......

"Header to the top!"

With a loud shout from the commentator, Chen Long pushed the football towards the goal!

This time it was goalkeeper Valdés who saved the team, and he flew up and lifted the football off the crossbar in a single chapter!

"Woo-!" There was a loud gasp in the stands, and the home fans were terrified.

Chen Long, who landed on the ground, clenched his fists with both hands and waved them in front of his chest, his face full of annoyance.

At this time, you can't see what else he has to flatter Barcelona......

'It was Milan's second threatening goal in the opening ten minutes! For the first time, it was the same as Chen Long's header! Looks like Milan is going to make a fuss on the head......"

"When the game started, it was Milan who was in the driver...... Their attacks are quite sharp, especially in the air. Alba is in charge of defending Chen Long, and judging from these two defenses, he may be a little struggling......"

The commentators' eyes widened one by one and exclaimed, unable to believe that this was the situation for the first ten minutes.

They thought Barcelona would surely establish an advantage from the start, take the tempo of the game firmly in their own hands and turn the football upside down. As a result, Milan will have to run behind the Barcelona players.

In fact, in other competitions, Barcelona did just that. Especially at home.

Unexpectedly, at the beginning of this game, it was the visiting team Napoli who took the lead in attacking, using a concise and efficient attack to impact Barcelona's defense, and at the same time increasing the defensive intensity in the midfield, pressing Alba, and then sending Khedira to follow Messi inch by inch, cutting off his connection with other Barcelona players. Mourinho knows very well that although Messi is old, he is still the most dangerous player in the Barcelona team on the pitch, even Neymar, who is at the peak of integrity.

It was only ten minutes, and it was Milan who had the advantage on the field.

Just ten minutes later, the technical statistics of possession rate were played on the screen, and everyone was surprised to find that Milan and Barcelona were fighting with Barcelona in terms of ball possession!

Valdés rolled around the ground and jumped up, spread his hands and shouted at Alba, "Alba! Alba! Focus, it's been ten minutes since the game started! ”

Alba waved at him: "I know, I know...... Damn it! He muttered the last foul sentence and didn't let anyone else hear it.

Well, maybe it's really my lack of concentration......

He raised his hands and patted himself on the sun to sober himself up and concentrate in this way.

Alright, boy, don't even think about putting a football on my head next time!

In terms of height, the two are about the same, Chen Long is 1.93 meters, and Alba is 1.92 meters, but Chen Long has a clear advantage in weight.

But Alba doesn't think this is the reason why he lost to Chen Long twice in a row.

The words of goalkeeper Valdés are the correct answer.

When I get serious...... You've got it!

It's not just Alba and Valdés who think he's just not focused, it's the Barcelona commentators and fans who think so.

After all, it's only been ten minutes since the game, and sometimes it's understandable to slow down.

Of course, slow heat isn't a good thing, let alone at home.

So the narrator spoke everyone's mind.

'Barcelona didn't play well after the opening ten minutes and we want them to recover as soon as possible!'

Whether they can recover as soon as possible depends on themselves on the one hand, and on the other hand, on the other hand, whether Milan agrees or not.

Milan certainly don't want Barcelona to recover anytime soon. Now Barcelona is stunned by a series of sharp attacks from Milan, and Milan wishes that Barcelona could be stunned until the end of the game......

Of course, it's impossible, so you have to take advantage of the fact that they haven't slowed down and score a goal or something.

Chen Long grabbed the header on Alba's head twice in a row, which greatly increased the confidence of the Milan team in attacking tactics - it seems that Barcelona's air defense is still not very good!

In that case, then keep bombing!

Barcelona tried to fight back and kept the tempo at their feet. Barcelona are good at controlling football, so it won't work to compete with the opponent for speed.

So Barcelona didn't give the lethal blow when they attacked, but kept falling to the ground. That's what they're good at, and it's what they do to slow down the pace.

Now the tempo on the field is too fast, all of them are caused by Milan, as long as Milan attacks with the ball, it is forward and forward. There are very few horizontal passes, there are basically no return passes, the two wings rush forward, and then follow a Chen Long in the middle, such a tactic is too simple and has no technical content. In the eyes of Barcelona fans, it is simply not aesthetically pleasing, and it is simply not worth mentioning compared to Barcelona football

Anyway, after getting the ball, it's about pulling the side, passing, breaking, going down, crossing, and following up in the middle to outflank the shot. This kind of football concept that has been behind for ten years, Milan is really embarrassed to show off at Camp Nou! I really don't know how Jose Mourinho is a top coach.

But no matter how disdainful Barcelona fans are for Milan's football, there is one thing that objectively exists whether they admit it or not, and that is ...... Against Barcelona's backline, which has an average height of 1.82 meters and is not very good at heading, this kind of simple, rough and unskilled play is still quite effective......

Barcelona fell for a long time and found that Milan's defensive formation was well arranged, and it was not scattered by their inverted feet, while for Messi, Khedira followed him almost every step of the way, as long as he received the ball, he would stick it up to interfere.

Neymar, meanwhile, was restrained by the combination of Poli and Carvajal, with Poli replacing Raphael Varane in this game and he has been in excellent form so far, while Sergio Busquets has been handed over to the retreating Gross and Gomez on the right.

In fact, don't look at Barcelona as if they didn't get any decent opportunities, but every time they attacked, they could still bring huge psychological pressure to Milan's players. After all, they are Barcelona, after all, they are the six-time champions two seasons ago, after all, they are the defending champions of the Champions League, after all...... This is Camp Nou, their home turf.

So if you want to reduce that pressure, you don't have to defend it, you have to score goals.

Khedira intercepted Messi's forced breakthrough head-on, then quickly kicked the ball in front and handed it to Sanchez.

He breathed a sigh of relief, and with only fifteen minutes into the game, he felt as tired as if he had played forty-five minutes.

Too much pressure.

He turned his attention to the front, where Sanchez was dribbling forward with the ball while Chen Long was pulling back to pick it up, and Gross and Lukaku and even Ventura were rushing forward!

It was an attack for Milan.

Fuck it! Score a goal, Long Chen! I don't know how difficult Barcelona's attack is to defend against!!

Khedira shouted inwardly.

Alexis Sanchez dribbled forward and Sergio Busquets came up to interfere. Before the game, Sanchez had said that Xavi was his idol, and Busquets was known to be hailed as the new Xavi, a phrase that was hyped up by the Barcelona media and one of the proofs of Milan's flattery. But Sanchez is telling the truth, and as a playmaker in midfield, he does adore and like Xavi very much. He felt that Harvey was the direction he was trying to and the goal of catching up.

But now, the mind of chasing stars is put aside for the time being.

Sanchez didn't fight hard with Busquets, he split the football directly, not to the two teammates on the wing, but to Rodriguez, who came forward, Rodriguez was passing the football, and the two made a one-two, bypassing Busquets's defense.

Chen Long was in front of him, retreating to answer himself. That's what the manager requires, if it's too far away, the accuracy of the pass will drop dramatically, so it has to be at the right distance.

But he didn't plan to give the football to Chen Long, Chen Long had his back to the offensive direction, even if he passed the football to him, it didn't make much sense.

Rodriguez made a direct diagonal pass and picked up the ball. He passed to Gross on the left.

Gross unloaded the ball with his chest near the touchline, just as Barcelona full-back Douglas chased back from the front.

When Rodriguez picked the ball to Gross, Chen Long turned around and ran in the direction of Gross, so that the distance between himself and Gross was suitable enough, so that when Gross wanted to pass the ball to himself, it would not be so easy to pass it......

Sure enough, Gross unloaded the football and saw Douglas rushing up, so he directly passed the football to Chen Long, who came up to pick him up.

Chen Long didn't control the ball much, and after receiving the ball, he quickly passed the ball to the front. Without the ball, it was much easier for Gross to get rid of Douglas, and he cut straight forward after passing the ball, very resolutely, as if he knew that Chen Long would pass the football to him.

Then Chen Long really passed the football over!

After passing the ball, Chen Long turned around and ran diagonally into the penalty area.

Alba followed him all the time.

Instead of continuing to dribble the ball after receiving it, Gross ...... Straight cross!

At this time, Lukaku and Rodriguez both entered the penalty area, one in the middle and the other in front, and they were enough to meet Gross's gesture.

But Gross passed the ball into the penalty area instead of in front of goal.

Got a little far from the goal?

It doesn't matter, because the person I'm going to pass on is Long Chen!

In the air, that's his territory!

Chen Long, who was running into the penalty area, had actually been paying attention to Gross all the time, and when he saw that Gross did not carry the ball, but passed the ball directly, he knew that the ball was passed to him, because only he was still running and had not been targeted by Barcelona to death.

What the?

You said he also had an Alba by his side

Ah, I'm sorry, Long Chen almost forgot about him......

The general of the defeated army, why worry about it?

Chen Long turned his head to look at the football and began to adjust his pace.

Barcelona centre-back Bartra was defending Rodriguez in the middle, but when he looked up, he saw that Gross's football was flying towards the penalty spot. So he hurriedly threw down Rodriguez and rushed directly to Chen Long.

Chen Long felt that if he had to wait for the best time to jump, maybe he would be preempted by that Baltra. Because this is the best time to simply refer to the coordination between yourself and the football, and does not take into account the interference of the defenders. Therefore, the best time is only for reference and not for guidance.

He decided to jump early and disrupt the rhythm of the defenders.

Taking off early may result in you not being able to hit the ball, or not being able to hit it accurately. But that's the only way to do it now!

When there was still some distance from the football, Chen Long, who was running, suddenly jumped up!

Alba, who had been running back with Chen Long, didn't expect Chen Long to jump early, and he had been observing the football all the time, judging the landing point and timing......

How could I have thought that the opponent jumped early, does this mean that Chen Long will not be able to top the ball? Was this a mistake?

Alba didn't dare to play this package ticket, so he jumped up with it. It's a bit of a rush, but it's okay, he saw his teammate Baltra, so his main task is to interfere with Long Chen!

After Alba jumped up, he grabbed Chen Long's clothes with one hand, intending to slow down Chen Long's speed, if he could make him miss the ball, it would be even better!

However, in order to prevent the opponent from falling into the penalty area, he did not hold on to it all the time, but grabbed the jersey and pulled it down violently, and at the same time let go of his hand.

He was sure that as long as it was enough, it would be enough for Chen Long to lose his upward momentum.

Next, it's up to Baltra's......

He had seen that Baltra had jumped too.

Three people and one ball in the air, three dragons play with pearls!

Chen Long could feel Albara's own moment, but to be honest, it didn't work for him, because he was very strong when he took off, so the momentum towards the upward movement was also very strong, plus his weight was ...... Alba didn't help at all, unless he kept tugging at his shirt, but then the referee would have noticed.

Since it doesn't affect you, ignore it.

Long Chen's body was like a rocket being launched, rushing diagonally into the sky.

Directly ahead, is Baltra.

Side front, is a soccer ball.

Baltra knew that Chen Long jumped early, and he also guessed that maybe he was competing with himself for the landing spot, so he had to jump early.

As a centre-back, sometimes intimidation is also one of the defensive skills. Being able to force the opponent to panic and make mistakes first just by relying on their ability to appear in the right position is the best defense.

So he was very happy that Chen Long jumped early.

This means that there is a good chance that you will hit this ball!

Chen Long told himself that he must not let go of such an opportunity, an opportunity that seemed very good. (To be continued.) )