Chapter 524: Attacking Barcelona Excellently
After the whole Inter Milan team got off the plane in Paris, Italy finally took its attention away from the phone door for the time being, and began to pay attention to the Champions Cup final - if it wasn't for Inter Milan to participate in the Champions Cup final, then Italy may not really pay attention to this final now, you must know that during this period of history, the sports media throughout Europe are analyzing the Champions Cup final between Arsenal and Barcelona, while Italy's domestic attention continues to be on the phone gate. It wasn't until the start of the World Cup that the Italian national team began to play in the World Cup, which diverted Italy's domestic attention. [No pop-ups. 】
I have to say that Dick made the Italian prosecutor's office breathe a big sigh of relief this time, after all, when the Milan sports newspaper disclosed the details of the phone door, the Italian prosecutor's office, which had been secretly investigating before, had no other way but to expose the whole thing, on the one hand, it was to startle the snake, on the other hand, under the public's gaze, many things you can't go very smoothly, and now the attention is on the Champions Cup final, and after the final, you have to pay attention to it for a few days, and after a while, The imminent start of the World Cup will also divert the attention of the whole of Italy and bring great convenience to their investigations.
Dick didn't care about this, and what he was focusing on now was still only this final.
Barcelona in the first few years after entering the 21st century, life is quite depressed, the watershed is Figo's transfer, although Figo got more than 50 million transfer fees, it seems to take a big advantage, but the next purchase of Overmars and others spent a lot, but the performance was not good, and in the next few years it fell into a vicious circle, and there was no shortage of top players, but all of them performed like a plague - until the introduction of Xiao Luo in the summer of 03, Barcelona has only gradually recovered, if the introduction of Ronaldo that season only stopped Barcelona's decline, then the following summer, Barcelona's transfers are simply god-level - Eto'o, Giuli, Deco, Edmilson, Silvinho, Belletti, Van Bronckhorst...... The introduction of seven, all useful, either the top main or excellent substitutes, directly made Barcelona's combat effectiveness rise to a notch, and they also won the long-lost league championship in the next place, although they were eliminated by Chelsea in the Champions Cup, but after a year of running-in, although only the two players of Escuero and Van Bommel were introduced for free this summer, their strength is still rising steadily, and they have hardly encountered any trouble in the league this season, It has always been the leader in the standings, and the Champions Cup is also uneventful, with four consecutive wins in the group stage to qualify early, and the knockout round relied on solid defense and excellent attack, defeating Chelsea, Benfica and AC Milan all the way to the final, and the gold content is also quite high.
Inter Milan's double striker theme, the midfield provides power, the defense is stable and solid, Barcelona's tactics are ornamental four, three three, three, Eto'o, the cheetah finally stepped onto the big stage after joining Barcelona, in Dick's opinion, he can be called the most suitable center forward for Barcelona, his speed, agility, technique and scoring ability provide Barcelona with a steady stream of firepower, he is also a leader in the La Liga scorer list, if it is not for the last few rounds because of distraction Champions Cup, he does not play muchIf there are not many goals, Forlan will definitely not rely on consecutive goals in the last few rounds to overtake Eto'o to become the top scorer in La Liga.
But even in the end of La Liga, Forlan scored one more goal than Eto'o, but as long as there are people with eyes, they can see that Eto'o's role is much greater than that of Forlan, after all, Forlan is just a pure goalscorer, and Eto'o is the sharp knife of the whole team.
On the wings of Eto'o, is the source of their creativity in the front field Ronaldo and excellent winger Gyuli, Gyuli as the former captain of Monaco, in the 0304 season had the opportunity to win the Champions Cup, but unfortunately in the final because of injury early he can only watch his teammates lose 0-3 to the opponent, in fact, if it is not for Gyuli down, Porto may not be able to win so easily, you must know that before Gyuli left, Monaco still has some advantages on the field.
Needless to say, this Brazilian with rabbit teeth has now become a well-deserved world No. 1 player, in recent years, his limelight has completely overshadowed his predecessors Rivaldo and Ronaldo, in terms of limelight, probably only Adriano who has performed equally well in Inter Milan can compare, but in terms of ornamentation, Adriano and Ronaldo still have a huge gap.
In terms of midfield, Xavi is not the absolute core of Barcelona in the future, and now in the midfield of Barcelona, the absolute core is the Brazilian Portuguese Deco, it is precisely by his side that Xavi has grown up, not only Xavi, but even another Barcelona later midfield superstar Iniesta, also learned something by Deco's side to be able to grow to that height, you must know that before Deco joined, Xavi has debuted for several years, but has not made much progress, This has a lot to do with the lack of learning objects around him, after all, Pep Guardiola has left......
What players to put behind the midfielders of these two organizations has a deep meaning, this position of the back, there are many people in the Barcelona team who can play, Edmilson, Motta and even central defender Marquis can also play this position, but with the stability of Barcelona's midfield, Marquis is mostly a partner of the central defender and captain Puyol, and if Edmilson with strong defensive ability is sent on the field, then Barcelona's midfield is mainly offensive and defensive, if it is Motta, Then Barcelona's midfield will be more aggressive, which is also a variable in Barcelona's main lineup.
Dick also studied this very deeply, but no matter which one of them Rijkaard sent, it didn't make much difference to Inter Milan, either that Motta could attack more from the middle when he was on the field, and when Edmilson was on the field, he could play more on the wing, and this difference could be done even if the players themselves were improvised, and Dick didn't need to adjust too much.
It's just that for Barcelona, their good results in the past two years have a lot to do with the great improvement of their backline, Barcelona in the Van Gaal era, although the offensive ability is equally sharp, but there are many flaws in defense, after Bogard left, there is no high point in the Barcelona backline, and none of the four main defenders has been laughed at many times in a period of time with a height of more than one meter eight, which is also the Barcelona team although it has a brilliant record in the league, One of the reasons why the results in Europe are not very good, when Dick led Atletico Madrid, he used this to directly stun Barcelona's backline several times, especially when he had goalscorers like Jadel and Cruz, and every time Barcelona lost very embarrassingly.
It's just that the current Barcelona backline is different, Puyol has fully grown, although he is only 1.78 meters, but his jumping, fighting spirit and defensive skills can fully make up for this - Dick does not dare to underestimate this, he also has two similar defenders, Cordoba and Cannavaro, these two people are also in their early 1.7 meters tall, but few people can take advantage of their heads.
The 1.87-meter Marquis provides high altitude protection for Barcelona's backline, the Mexican is also temperamental and defensive, and the only weakness of his and Puyol partnership may be that both are violent and unstable, which is something Dick can take advantage of.
The two full-backs, Belletti and Van Bronckhorst, are both attacking and defending, explosive and rushing forwards, and Belletti can almost become a winger, and Van Bronckhorst is also excellent, if not for Ashley? With Cole's existence, I am afraid Wenger is reluctant to loan Van Bronckhorst to Barcelona.
Goalkeeper Valdés is the result of Barcelona's hard work in the goalkeeper position, after Baia, there is Hesper, but after Hesper, Barcelona has been looking for a long time in the goalkeeper position like Manchester United, and has changed several goalkeepers, including Rustu, who shined in the World Cup, and his performance after coming to Barcelona is also very average, and finally found that the young goalkeeper trained by his own academy is the most suitable for Barcelona.
In the final analysis, this Barcelona lineup is attack-oriented, the two fullbacks are very attacking, Marquis and Puyol also have good scoring ability, the midfielders are all players who can attack and defend well, and the three forwards are all quick and agile technical flows, such a lineup is indeed more hearty than the attack, and after Rijkaard brought the Dutch football set, it fits perfectly - his later failures and tactics in Barcelona are because of infighting, His game was also able to play well at Barcelona, as evidenced by Rijkaard's lack of decent achievements in his later tenure.
"Tut-tut, when it comes to attacking personnel and means, Barcelona is indeed much stronger than us...... It's a pity that our team doesn't rely on this alone, and our defense can also cause a lot of problems for your offense, and our offense is ...... Can your backline really hold it? Even if we have fewer attackers, all of them are good players......"
Late at night, Dick looked at the paper that was already full of drawings in front of him, and began to laugh slightly, as everyone said, Barcelona is indeed a team that looks better in attack, but Inter Milan is not worse than them, in defense, it is better than the other party!
Although Barcelona played 80 minutes in that final with one more person in the final, but at this time Platini had not yet taken office, and there was no godfather to help, that red card honestly still helped Arsenal, in such a final, with Dick, I would rather have one less person than fall behind by a goal, didn't see that Arsenal could still rely on a set-piece to lead after holding it for so long? If it weren't for Larsson's sudden outburst, the championship would not have been a big deal......
And Dick also believes that his own backline is unlikely to give Barcelona such a big gap, and Cesar is not the kind of goalkeeper who is very unsecure.
This final, Dick has to win, he has participated in so many European competitions, as long as he enters the final, he can win, this time, will be no exception!