Inside the Barcelona manager's office.

Valverde stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, looking at the training ground, chasing Yi Le and others, and couldn't help but smile: "In half a month, they have a very tacit understanding." ”

The assistant coach on the side also nodded and said happily: "Yes, we didn't expect the run-in training of the new tactics to be so smooth. ”

"The merger of De Jong and Yi is very important, De Jong's physical confrontation ability has always been a drawback, but Yi's arrival has liberated him, and the other party has to put a lot of experience into Yi, resulting in less pressure on De Jong."

Valverde squinted his eyes and said: "Actually, I really want to try three technical midfielders. ”

The assistant coach couldn't help laughing and said: "Man, I think it's better to forget it, three technical midfielders, this kind of tactical error tolerance is too low, as soon as the opponent rushes, we will disperse." ”

Valverde raised his eyebrows and said, "But we have easy!" ”

Hearing this, the assistant coach was silent for a moment, and he suddenly felt that it was really not impossible, but....

"You believe in Yi too blindly, don't put too much pressure on him."

"Why? Yi Ke is not like others, he has a strong ability to withstand pressure, and pressure is an opportunity for him to explode. ”

"But that's gambling, and we can't expect that every game, Yi is in a state of explosion."

"Yes, that's why I'm hesitant, we can trust Yi, but in other positions, we also have to deploy a certain tactical transformation ability."

"How are you going to use Anthony?"

"Simeone has already told me how to use him."

"Shadow Blade?"

'It's not just a shadow striker, that's Atletico Madrid's style of play, they don't have a midfield like ours.

The assistant coach took out a cigarette and lit it, slowly spit out the smoke ring, and said: "Suarez Yi Pique's central axis, how many years can we use it?" ”

Hearing this, Valverde was silent for a long time and said: "Let's talk about the summer transfer period." ”

.......

The winter break was soon over.

The players are also returning.

The first thing the players did when they came back was a physical examination.

Valverde is a very responsible coach and he is strict with the weight of his players.

For those players who eat and drink during the holidays, they are directly thrown to the physical coach for hard training.

Luckily, Barcelona's players were disciplined and didn't have too many weight problems.

Even Sergio Busquets, Pique and others have consciously conducted individual training, resulting in their physical stats are very good.

This was a pleasant surprise for Valverde.

He didn't expect a reorganization to arouse the competitiveness of the veteran players, who did not give up and desperately wanted to stay on the team.

Valverde doesn't mind giving them a chance, the problem is that these people need to know how to cherish them.

After the team returned, there was no big joint practice.

Valverde pulled the players directly into the tactics room for a day of tactics lessons.

He needs his players to digest the new tactics quickly.

After a day of tactical lessons, most of the players understood how the new tactics worked.

In the training that followed, he played quite well.

But for Barcelona, it's just behind closed doors, and the next training match is the focus of testing their new tactics.

On January 2nd, Barcelona welcomed their first training opponent.

From Portuguese Super League, Sporting de Portugal.

Valverde is very responsible, and in the first training match, he made it public.

This caused a large number of media to come to watch the game.

They are very curious about Barcelona's new tactics after the reorganization.

In this game, Valverde still opted for a 4-3-3 formation.

Goalkeeper: Ter Stegen.

Defenders: Roberto, Pique, Umtiti, Alba.

Midfielders: Rakitic, Yile, De Jong.

Forwards: Antoine Griezmann, Suarez, Messi.

Such a set of formations is really terrifying.

Especially in midfield.

Messi, Suarez, and Griezmann on the front line can be called luxury forwards.

There is also Yi Le in the midfield, and the strength on paper is simply flying.

At the back, Umtiti rotates with Lenglet and the two are in contention.

In Valverde's vision, both Lenglet and Umtiti could replace Pique as the new defensive centre.

He is willing to give these two young men a chance, and if it really doesn't work, he will only consider the issue of recruitment.

Under the high expectations, this Barcelona test match has officially begun.

Everyone played very hard, especially Antoine Griezmann, who was very eager and ran very aggressively, which made him a good connection point with Yile.

Griezmann often retreated, but did not squeeze Yile's activity space, and the two have developed a tacit understanding in half a month.

The midfield played smoothly, and after the whole team began to serve Yile, Yile's rhythm and control ability were radiated to the limit.

Sporting's midfielders, despite their hard work, just couldn't get the ball and could only stare at Barcelona's fluid passing.

The advantage in the midfield was established, and Yile also began to radiate the advantage to the front.

Especially on the two wings, Griezmann and Messi are both sharp weapons to tear apart the opponent's backline.

Now the Sporting backline is one head and two big.

On the one hand, they have to guard against Yile's pervasive passes.

On the other hand, they also have to keep an eye on Griezmann and Messi.

But Barcelona only needed one mistake.

On 27 minutes, when Yi Le suddenly stepped forward to meet the retreating ball, he stuffed a diagonal through ball into the right wing.

And there, Griezmann was already running with his legs spread.

It's a single ball of gold.

Antoine Griezmann's ability to move played a role, and when combined with Yile, he increased the impact of the entire forward line by several notches.

Unfortunately, Antoine Griezmann was a little anxious and couldn't calmly manage the timing of his shot.

He went the extra mile and missed the best chance to shoot and Barcelona failed to score.

Griezmann thumped the ground in frustration, unhappy with his performance.

After getting up, Griezmann gave Yile a thumbs up and praised Yile for the pass.

Yi Le also ran over to respond to him, don't let him be too anxious and slow down his mentality.

Both are actively communicating, which is a good sign.

Off the pitch, Valverde also nodded slowly, and despite not scoring, Barcelona had already played the effect he wanted.

Then it's time for the cannon to come into play.

Sure enough, after establishing an advantage in the midfield, Yile directly turned into a ball machine, providing a steady stream of cannonballs for the frontcourt.

In just ten minutes, Barcelona had eleven shots on goal.

An average of one shot on goal per minute.

Unfortunately, despite the number of shots on goal, no goals were scored.

After the winter break, their goals felt like they had dropped quite a bit.

But Yi Le is not worried about this, and he is confident that with his own feeding, this group of goalscorers will find the feeling of scoring goals sooner or later.

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