The world is weird, ideals are sometimes riddled with holes, and reality is often infallible.

With Liverpool's current squad, if you ask Mackin a question, who he would like to play in the final between Barcelona and Chelsea, the answer must be Barcelona.

Pep Guardiola is an idealist, so you can beat him with some realistic approach and some luck, and Chelsea, they are the ultimate example of real football.

They dare to say second in defensive counterattacks, no one dares to say first in the current football world, it is a brand that is seared into the bones of their whole team, and it is difficult to change.

Their current manager, Guus Hiddink, is the godfather of PSV Eindhoven, leading PSV Eindhoven to rise twice, and then achieving unprecedented success in several national teams, leading the Netherlands, South Korea and Russia to the finals or semi-finals of the World Series.

But when it comes to club results, you will find that apart from PSV Eindhoven, his six months at Chelsea have been the most successful of his five or six European clubs, and the rest have been dismissed due to poor results.

Especially in Spain, he led the team to Valencia, Real Madrid and Real Betis with average results, and I have to say whether he is a foul with Spanish football.

The reason for this may be because his football philosophy is full of pragmatism and discipline.

And that's why he and Chelsea fit together.

A few days earlier, he had led Chelsea to their first Chelsea title in an FA Cup final with a smash over Everton.

He led the team halfway through the league and won the runner-up, and now in the Champions League, he also led the team to the Champions League final again in history, and Chelsea's temperament is too good for him.

That's why Liverpool are troubled.

The two teams continued the tradition of meeting in the Champions League in recent years, either in the group stage or in the semi-finals.

This year, I finally realized that I finally didn't see that annoying guy, but the two teams looked up and I went, and it turned out that this thing was waiting for me at the terminal.

It's really not that they don't get together, although there is no love and killing of the bald birds now.

Facing such a Chelsea team that has defeated Arsenal and Manchester United, Mackin honestly doesn't know how to play, the two teams are too familiar, and Chelsea has no weaknesses this year.

That's right, he has always believed that Chelsea have no weaknesses this year, and as an old fan, he certainly knows how Chelsea died in his previous life, and if it wasn't for that human accident, he thinks Chelsea would have won the championship.

They are just victims of UEFA's reluctance to see the same Champions League final for two years in a row.

Take a look at their lineup:

Originally, their right-back has always been a stubborn problem, but after Bosingwa arrived, they greatly strengthened their attack and defense on the right side, and basically formed a winged match with Ashley Cole on the left.

Even if Carvalho can't play at central defender, the combination of Terry and Alex is also the best in the world, and midfielders Frank Lampard and Essien are the main players in the iron fight, Lampard Needless to say, Essien has not been seriously injured, and he can be said to be the strongest all-round fighter in the world at this time.

Maybe some fans who haven't seen him don't know, to use the current player as a metaphor, Essien is a combination of Makelele and Kante, plus Gerrard's unreasonable long-range shooting skills.

Able to defend, hard enough, able to lead, able to score, can shoot from a distance, he is the undisputed top midfielder in the current Premier League.

If Ballack can't play, Chelsea will most likely play Mikel, the Nigerian lad who has been hailed as the next Essien, although years later it was discovered that he only looked like Essien and had nothing to do with quality.

On the front line are the monster Drogba, the prodigal son Anelka and the French wide fast horse Malouda, three frontcourt tridents with very different styles and strong individual ability.

Then, all of these people, except for Mikel, are between the ages of 28-31, and they are all in their prime.

In this case, Liverpool's midfielder was forced to start his absolute single-core era immediately!

In the future, there will never be Alonso by his side to assist, neither Lucas nor Jay can be called an organizational midfielder, everything depends on him, he will be the only tactical core.

However, this Chelsea will definitely not let the half-crippled Liverpool easily play any so-called "core", muscles, collisions, blockades, and packs will be the norm.

They don't have the big gaps to grab in the back like Barcelona's, nor the soft midfielders of the previous Spanish teams that will let you keep the ball at will.

So the core or something, you can forget for a while, for more than half a month, they have mainly practiced defense, defense, and penalties.

With the shadow of last year, Chelsea are definitely more afraid of taking penalties than they are, and they will be more willing to settle the battle in 90 or 120 minutes, which will be their psychological advantage and an advantage that they have racked their brains to find.

On the night of the final league game, the coaching staff joined the three captains for a tactical meeting in Melwood's conference room, which was supposed to be the job of the coaching staff, but Sammy Lee and Hugh McAoray both agreed that the three captains should be brought in.

In the past six months, they have held no less than six similar meetings, and Chelsea have watched a lot of recent videos, but still have not found a targeted solution like the Barcelona game.

Sammy Lee and Hugh McAuray continued to breathe fog, and the pressure on them was even greater than that of captains like Gerrard and Carragher, who had played in two finals.

The big girl got on the sedan chair for the first time.

The only consensus they reached was to focus on defending and joking, and if a team like Chelsea was allowed to score a goal first, all daylilies would be cold.

Unless they have the luck of Manchester United in '99 and can come back from set-pieces to win, it will be too difficult for them to score Chelsea goals in sports.

So now the key question is, keep, how to keep?

'I still think Drogba should be followed up and that's not a limit, the bridgehead is so strong that Martin [Skrtel] can go out when he's out of the box and don't let him turn around easily," Sami Lee said.

Hugh McOle snuffed out his cigarette, "The question is whether this will disrupt our defensive formation and give them a chance to plug in behind them."

'I think so, Javier and I [Mascherano] can fill in," said Carragher.

In this game, it is a foregone conclusion that they will play five backs, they are the real five backs, Kuyt can't play, do you want to let Liela play? , no one is at ease.

"They have a strong attack on the left, Malouda cuts in on the wing, can attack, and Ashley Cole has to cut in, and the defense of Finnan and Lucas is very important," Gerrard said, "Malouda has to be choked

"As long as Finnan doesn't step forward, it's okay to stay at the back, he can mainly mark people in the corner of the box, and it's up to me and Xavier to fill in," Carragher added.

"Is there a problem with Aurelio and Bruno on the left to defend Anelka and Bosingva?" , Sammy Lee asked.

"Aurelio is weak, he will suffer against Anelka, and Agger has to help defend from time to time, Bruno is not bad, and Bosingwa can be defended", Hugh Michaore thought for a while and said.

They don't need to discuss the front trident, how to play is their own business, the coaching staff is now in less and less charge, this is the benefit of having superstar offensive players, Brazil used to be 3R, where to use what tactics, the backcourt will give them the ball.

Mark pinned his chin and didn't speak for a long time, and the video was still playing on the TV, as Essien blasted into a world wave 40 meters away in a Premier League match.

"Hey, Mark, you don't have any ideas, you're full of ideas against Barcelona," Hugh McAuray asked.

Mackin looked away from the TV and said uncertainly: "I have an idea, I'm not sure yet, it's not feasible for you to see, I have to change places with Team Jie"

In the original plan, Torres and Gerrard were the equivalent of free men, that is, you can run as much as you like, but Gerrard has to come back when defending.

"Transposition? How to change it? Gerald asked.

"Why do we have a current formation, which is equivalent to 5132, or 541 is better, needless to say the five defenders at the back, the midfielder Xavier is dragging behind, Lucas and Bruno are on both sides, you are free to defend in the front, but I don't think it's safe, Javier and I can't withstand the impact of Lampard and Essien"

He thought for a moment and then said: "Jay also has long balls that can feed Fernando [Torres], and his biggest role up front is to contain the two centre-backs, and it's more appropriate for me to harass their midfielders and midfielders than to defend hard."

Sammy Lee didn't think about it, but he really had no one available, and immediately asked: "What about the attack, with Chelsea's defensive hardness, it is difficult for you and Fernando to hold the ball with their backs"

"No", Mark Qin shook his head and said, "I have been struggling for a long time just now, instead of hoping for an uncertain attack, it is better to do the defense to the extreme, and not control the ball in the front court"

'Possession is too dangerous for a counter-attacking team like Chelsea, especially when we don't have a fulcrum, Jay is back in the middle and can defend against Frank Lampard and Essien, and he can cut in and shoot directly from distance in the 30-40 metre area.

'When we have a chance in front, we can catch the counter-attack, let Chelsea have the ball, we create more set-pieces, rely on individual ability, play a little more directly, if it doesn't work, we will take penalties

Hugh McAuray looked up at the ceiling and thought for a moment, "You're betting on luck, according to your play, unless any of you can solve the problem by your own ability, or come to the world, you can't fight back like Barcelona anymore."

"Chelsea's defense is not Barcelona, rather than fighting the danger of being interrupted and counterattacked, it is better to give up directly, this is the final, you can't make a single mistake, I think it's better to do it in the safest way, so that even if we lose on penalties, we won't be too sorry", Mackin became more and more firm in his thoughts.

If you don't make a mistake, everything is still possible, once you make a mistake, all your efforts may be in vain, the card is such a card, he can only choose the safest way.

He didn't expect that the first Champions League final he faced would be so difficult, God simply increased the difficulty to a high level, but fortunately, Chelsea also relied on counterattacks to eat, and when there was no Deco, they played a positional battle.

There are no weaknesses in defense, sharp counterattacks, and no matter how special they are in positional battles, they don't have to fight directly.

"What do you think, Steven (Gerald)," Sammy Lee asked.

Gerrard also thought about it for a long time, he doesn't have a special preference for attack and defense, he just wants to win.

So he nodded, "I think it's feasible, at the beginning we should be safe, after all, this is the final, if there is an accident, we can change it back at any time, I don't think Chelsea will dare to invest much attacking force"

Mackin also thinks so, these two teams are really meeting, I wonder if they will create the ugliest Champions League final and turn a football game into rugby?

Platini is probably going to cry angrily, that's my business, as long as we can win the championship! , he thought to himself.

"Then it's decided for the time being, hurry up training in the past two days, this is Plan A, if we fall behind, we still use the Plan B that we originally set for the three of you to go up, and Aurelio to go up"

"Of course, it's better not to be surprised, maybe this is the only time in my life that I can win the Champions League," Sammy Lee said, standing up.

"You have to practice the penalty kick, even the goalkeeper, and then study Chelsea's penalty habits," Mackin finally reminded.

"This has been arranged," Hugh replied.

How can you meet Chelsea, play with me, on the way back, Mark thought diligently, too restrained my style......