Chapter 392: Barcelona is waiting for it

Barcelona, Gamble training base!

In an outdoor football stadium in the city of Gambo Sports, the Barcelona first team is playing a group match!

This intra-team game, which should have a relaxed atmosphere, has a somewhat dignified atmosphere.

If it were in the past, such a game must have been full of laughter.

Barcelona's players will laugh at a player who has been thrown off by successive passes, and they will applaud Messi's repeated passes.

Even when someone gets a single knife, the defender will pick up the opponent and shout for a foul.

It's normal for the players to be relaxed in training matches, so it's not normal to have a tense atmosphere like this!

Messi took the ball past Alves, then collided with Pique, and both fell to the ground.

Although Pique did not put a tackle, such a collision has already shown that the current Barcelona players are in a high state of tension!

Pep Guardiola and Vilanova on the sidelines were taken aback, but they saw Messi and Pique pat their dust and continue to devote themselves to training.

Vilanova breathed a sigh of relief.

"Is that really a problem? Pep?! Vilanova looked at his boss Pep Guardiola, "I look a little frightened!" ”

Guardiola was actually a little worried about the collision just now, but as soon as he thought of his opponent in two days, Guardiola immediately made up his mind!

"Attitude! Tito!! Guardiola didn't look back, he continued to look at what appeared to be a bit of a fierce confrontation on the training ground.

"We have to show the attitude!! They've won us three times this season and if we lose this time, we're going to lose everything in the league! ”

Pep Guardiola looks serious!

The Copa del Rey was eliminated, and in the domestic arena, the only thing Barcelona could fight for was the league title!

Naturally, Pep Guardiola can't give up this championship, so Barcelona must win this match with Atletico Madrid!

It is no exaggeration to say that this is the most crucial game of the league!

Vilanova sighed secretly, being able to force Guardiola and Barcelona to this extent, and now Gao Bo and his Atletico Madrid have done it.

Almost everything in the Barcelona squad has been revolving around this game in the past two days.

From offensive tactics to defensive tactics, from game details to player mentality!

Pep Guardiola is preparing for this game almost as if he was preparing for a Champions League final!

......

That night, the lights in Guardiola's office were still on.

When Vilanova finished his final work and was about to go back, he saw the lights in Pep Guardiola's office.

He hesitated, came to the office and knocked on the door.

He found Gao Bo sitting in front of the TV, still staring at the screen, frowning, and writing and drawing in his notebook from time to time.

Vilanova leaned over to find that the screen was playing a video of the match between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona, which was already the third time the two sides met.

"You've watched all three games? That's four or five hours? Vilanova asked in surprise.

"Nope!" Pep Guardiola turned his head to look at him.

Vilanova breathed a sigh of relief, but what Guardiola said next left him dumbfounded.

"I've watched all the games between Atletico Madrid and the big teams this season!"

Pep Guardiola picked up the notebook, he paused the screen, and then continued to record something in the notebook.

Villanova shook his head.

The two have worked together for a long time, and Vilanova also knows that Guardiola is a workaholic, but this is the first time that such a detailed study has been done specifically for an opponent like now!

Pep Guardiola is a fan of Barcelona football in philosophy, and under Guardiola, Barcelona with Messi, Xavi, and Iniesta triangle as the core has played amazing football.

So they got everything.

Barcelona's football philosophy is almost Pep Guardiola's belief, and he has always thought that as long as Barcelona play their own characteristics, then they will be invincible in the world!

And now, the appearance of Atletico Madrid has made Guardiola feel a sense of crisis!

Atletico Madrid under Gao Bo is also playing a very offensive football, they are fast, impactful, flying wings, interspersed in the middle, they do not pursue possession, more direct and sharp, and at the same time in defense is also a full implementation of the idea of controlling space, through the overall coordinated movement from the front to the back of the comprehensive pressing.

In a way, Gao Bo's tactics are very flexible, and within the framework of this set of tactics, Gao Bo's team can play the shock flow of pressing up front, they can also recycle the counter-attack from both sides, and they can even learn to play possession from Barcelona.

They seem to be proficient in everything.

Therefore, when facing such a team, Guardiola found that it is really not easy to find the weaknesses of Atletico Madrid!

Since there is no weakness that can be exploited in the opponent, the key to this game is Barcelona's own play!!

It's just a hard-fought game!

"It's hard to imagine that they can achieve this level of chemistry in just half a season..."

After seeing a succession of passes on the screen, Vilanova shook his head and sighed.

Barcelona is also very good at continuous passing and cutting in the front, but Vilanova knows that Barcelona has done this because their core players are their own academy products, and their players have been playing the same football since Barcelona's academy, so La Masia's cadets are almost seamlessly connected to the first team, and now this Barcelona team has also gone through several seasons of run-in to reach the current level.

But why is Atletico Madrid?

"No, they don't have a tacit understanding enough!"

Pep Guardiola smiled.

Atletico Madrid's passing, while also looking good, is a little less sophistication than Barcelona's season-long integration.

"If it's just about passing control, we're definitely better than them, and it's more than a notch better!"

Pep Guardiola said confidently.

"It's a pity that they don't compare with us in this regard..... Every time they pass the ball, they go to the goal, you see? Tito! ”

Pep Guardiola turned his head to look at Vilanova.

"They have more than 20 shots in every game!"

Vilanova nodded, Atletico Madrid have felt like a sharp knife this season, as if they are capable of creating a threat at all times.

"Yes, I know that." Vilanova looked at a thick notebook in Guardiola's hand, which was densely filled with all kinds of tactical information, "Have you found a way to deal with them?" Villanova's eyes lit up.

Guardiola shook his head: "Not yet!" ”

Then he paused: "But..... I've found some sense. ”

With that, Guardiola stood up.

"Let's go, come with me for a drink!"

Pep Guardiola picked up the coat that was placed on the back of the chair.

"I haven't eaten dinner yet....."