Champions League final, Olympic Stadium, Germany

June 6 at 20:48:23 p.m.

When Rakitic suddenly cut in from the edge of the penalty area, appeared in the Real Madrid small penalty area, received Iniesta's cross, swept the ball with his left foot, and sent the ball into Real Madrid's goal, the whole stadium presented a very paradoxical scene.

The stands where the Real Madrid fans, who occupied more than half of the number, were silent, while the stands where the Barcelona fans were located erupted in cheers and cheers like a landslide, and all the Barcelona fans rushed out of their seats frantically, screaming wildly.

Inside the stadium, Rakitic turned and kissed his right ring finger after sweeping the goal, and sped to the sidelines, while the Barcelona players ran towards him one after another, wanting to celebrate the wonderful goal with him.

It was the first shot of the game for either side, and Barcelona only had one attack to penetrate the Real Madrid goal.

Courtois was really powerless in the face of this close shot, and his face was full of depression.

Without a doubt, it was a brilliant goal and a very surprising attack!

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Barca's starting line-up for this game was no surprise, with Ter Stegen in goal, Alba, Mathieu, Pique and Alves at the back, Sergio Busquets behind, Andres Iniesta and Rakitic in the middle, and Neymar, Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi up front.

Compared with Real Madrid, Barcelona can be described as full staff, no injuries and no illnesses, plus this season's Champions League has revised the rules, and there are no players suspended, with a full squad to deal with Real Madrid, and from the beginning of the game, it has directly entered the state.

Real Madrid also lined up the strongest lineup in this game, with Courtois in goal, Marcelo, Xavi Martinez, Ramos and Carvajal in the back, Mascherano in the midfield, David Silva and Toni Kroos in the front, and Hazard, Yang Yang and James Rodriguez in the front.

Placing Mascherano in the starting line-up was clearly an attempt to stabilize the midfield, but Ancelotti's starting idea was to grab the start, try to disrupt Barca's rhythm and gain more possession and initiative.

This point is very inconsistent with Yang Yang's thoughts.

Yang Yang's previous advice to Ancelotti is to seek stability, because Barcelona has two weeks of preparation time, which is a very big advantage, and Real Madrid does not need to grab the start with the opponent, which is too risky, and Real Madrid does not know what kind of killer moves Barcelona has prepared, Enrique can't have no preparation during the two-week preparation period, right?

This is Carlo Ancelotti's last game in charge of Real Madrid, and it is such a crucial Champions League final, the Italian wants a decent finish, he doesn't want the team to play embarrassed, he wants to play that kind of beautiful attacking football, it is better to press Barcelona all over the field and completely suppress the opponent.

But it was clear that Ancelotti had lost the bet!

Enrique's opening tactics were very surprising, and even putting aside the opposing identities, it can be described as amazing.

The goal just now was not accidental, but a very targeted arrangement formulated by Barcelona for Real Madrid's defense, which should be one of the results of Enrique's two-week training camp.

This time the attacker is still the backline, but the real turning point is Messi.

Barcelona's right winger retreated directly from the front to the midfield, even further back than Rakitic and Iniesta, and after receiving the ball from the midfield, he turned sideways and delivered a long diagonal pass with his left foot.

Messi's diagonal long pass landed precisely on the left side of the Real Madrid backline, and Alba quickly cut along the left side and stopped Neymar on the left side of the penalty area, forcing Mascherano to follow in the first place.

At the same time, Cristiano Ronaldo chose to open the line on the right side, purposefully pulling out space for the middle, and at the same time running for himself to create a gap, if the Real Madrid central defender does not follow the defense, Neymar and Alba on the left side of the one-two cooperation, directly to the back point, with the Portuguese's scoring ability, is also a mortal threat.

At this time, when Neymar faced Mascherano one-on-one, he did not do anything, but shook an angle and crossed into the penalty area, Iniesta quickly inserted it, received the ball behind Mascherano and went straight to the penalty area, attracting Ramos as well.

The last to cut in was Rakitic, who kept David Silva out behind him and opened the scoring for Barcelona with an easy left-footed curling shot.

At this time, it was only two hundred and three seconds before the opening, that is, less than three and a half minutes.

The whole attacking routine is very subversive, completely different from the previous Barcelona attack.

Messi actually gave up the threat of the front, retreated to almost the same position as Busquets, and attacked with a long diagonal pass after receiving the ball, which was unimaginable before, but this game happened.

Enrique must have reached an agreement with Messi, otherwise the Argentine superstar would not have been able to make such a big sacrifice.

In addition, the other two superstars in the frontcourt, Neymar and Cristiano Ronaldo, were obviously opening up the defensive gap for Andres Iniesta and Rakitic who were inserted in the back.

The three superstars up front were all at the service of their teammates, and it definitely made everyone's jaws drop.

Finally, Barcelona's back-insertion tactics, in the past, Barcelona's two central midfielders were generally only one, but this time, due to Messi's deep retreat, Iniesta and Rakitic both plugged in at the same time and directly attacked the penalty area.

Judging from the formation, at that moment, Iniesta and Rakitic were more like strikers, and Messi was more like a midfielder.

In addition to the difference in the player's running position and coordination routine, Barcelona's offensive coordination at the beginning of the game was very refined, from Messi's diagonal long pass to Alba stopping the ball to Neymar, and then to Neymar shaking the angle, Iniesta inserted a horizontal pass, and Rakitic pushed and shot, all of which were coordinated in a small area, but they played very fast and very refined.

Throughout the goalscoring process, no one dragged the mud and water, resulting in Real Madrid's defense being unguardable.

This is enough to prove that this offensive routine Barcelona has been trained for a long time, otherwise it would be impossible to have such a tacit understanding and play such a cooperation at one time.

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After seeing Rakitic sweep the goal, Luis Enrique on the sidelines jumped up, raised his hands in the air, and rushed straight to the sidelines, cheering loudly and shouting at the players on the field.

"Great! It's so exciting! ”

"See? See? Our cooperation is out! ”

"Haha, that's amazing, you're doing amazing!

"Keep playing like this, the championship will be ours!"

Shouting loudly without scruples shows the excitement and excitement in Luis Enrique's heart at this moment, and indirectly proves one thing, that is, this cooperation is the result of Barcelona's purpose, not accidental.

After being excited, Enrique exhaled heavily, turned around and walked to the coach's seat, but he saw Ancelotti with a frown on his brow and a shocked face in front of the Real Madrid coach's seat, and he was proud in his heart.

This is an attacking routine that he has carefully prepared over the past two weeks and has been specially designed to contain Real Madrid.

For a giant team like Barcelona, it is not worth making a fuss about what kind of cooperation is played, but it is very surprising to let the three superstars in the front field work for their teammates in the back at the same time.

Is this a clever tactic?

No, it's not clever at all, and it can even be said to be familiar.

Isn't it just the midfielder's back insertion?

Yes, it's not clever, but for a team like Barcelona, it's extremely difficult to achieve.

The biggest challenge for Barcelona to play such an attack is not the technical ability and tactical quality of the players, which are not problems, but how to convince the three superstars in the front field to make them willingly accept such an arrangement.

Let Messi drop back to a near-midfield position, let Cristiano Ronaldo pull up defenders for his teammates at the right time, and let Neymar take the ball and shake up space for his teammates......

These are huge sacrifices for the three superstars!

But it was precisely their sacrifice that gave Barcelona an extremely rare and excellent start to the lead after more than three minutes in the opening game.

It's the Champions League final!

A match that will be decided in 90 minutes!

Taking the lead in the first three minutes is a huge advantage for any team!

Luis Enrique couldn't help but want to laugh out loud when he thought of this.

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I've been tricked!

Ancelotti frowned tightly, gritted his teeth in resentment, and regretted that he had not done it at the beginning.

He began to regret that he should have listened to Yang Yang's advice, and should not have fantasized about being able to use beautiful football to kill Barcelona like in the previous games in such a crucial and important game, when the opponent had a long and careful preparation, but as a result, his opening tactics pushed Real Madrid into a desperate situation.

Like everyone else, he didn't expect Luis Enrique to prepare for Real Madrid, but if he had taken a steady approach and started the game, the attack might not have worked.

But there is no regret medicine in this world at all, no if.

After falling behind by one goal in the first three minutes, what happens to the rest of the game?

This is a big problem for Ancelotti and he must come up with a solution as soon as possible!

But now, for Real Madrid, the most important thing is not the technical and tactical level, but whether the military will be chaotic? Will the players waver?

The manager's opening tactics were caught by the opponent, caught him off guard, and scored a goal, which made the players on the field think?

Ancelotti didn't know, and wasn't sure.

In the dugout behind him, Zidane reached out to cover his face and shook his head incessantly.

He didn't expect this to be the result, but now, like Ancelotti, regrets it very much.

Yang Yang is right, facing Barcelona tonight, the attack is to find death!

In Yang Yang's words, this is not in line with the essence of Sun Tzu's Art of War!