"Five Guards?" , Hugh McAuray thinks Mack is going crazy, not to mention that he is here to dictate the tactics of the first team, just say that this formation can be changed when it is said?

Last year he suggested playing a back three, how long did it take for the team to get used to it? , this is still because of the play of a false three-back, everyone's position has not changed fundamentally, but the timing of the attack and defense has changed.

It was also after careful discussion between Hugh McAore and Sammy Lee that his suggestion was adopted as the team's right-back did face problems.

There are two people who have changed the most in the back three, one is Enrique, the other is Mascherano, Enrique has actually become a wingback, and Mascherano has become a defensive libero at the back, after more than half a year of adaptation, the defensive system in the backfield is officially established.

Now Mack Qin took advantage of the team's holiday, ran to his house, and told himself that he was going to play a back five with Barcelona, if it weren't for the fact that he was his protégé, Hugh McOle would definitely kick him out.

Mark Qin shrugged his shoulders, sat down and brought himself a cup of coffee, and sat down on the sofa, "Old man, I'm not kidding you, by the way, you should let Olya come over, look at your mess"

The old man stared and turned his head to look around for something, hey, I remember the baseball bat I used when I was young and hung behind the door, where did it go?

"Don't look for it, old man, I'll take it to Sunny and play with them," said Mark with a smile.

Hugh McAuray glared at him with a smile, and after a while, he was defeated, "You stinky boy", he shook his head, sat on the sofa opposite, and said helplessly: "Say it"

"If we don't change the lineup, there will be no hope against Barcelona", as soon as he came up, Mackin made a ruthless blow first.

"Hmm", the old man poured himself a cup of coffee, "and then"

"Then we'll say goodbye to the Champions League."

"Well, got it, you can go," Hugh McAuray gestured to the door with his coffee.

Mackin rolled his eyes, the stubborn old man, "Hugh, I'm really not joking, I'm not pranking, this is the Champions League semi-final, can I be joking?" ”

"This is not like the Mark I know", the old man crossed Erlang's legs, "before the game is admitted, there is no competition, how do you know that we will lose?" ”

yes, how do I know? I pondered for a night, and then I ran over early in the morning and said to Hugh McAuray in a hurry, we will lose if we don't change?

How can this be explained? Say you haven't seen how terrifying Barcelona's dominance is? Say that you now simply think of him as a big team too short-sighted?

Is it because they have been influenced by the past and don't realize that they are already here, creating a new history, or are they not afraid of Barca's tactics at all?

"Hugh", Makqin threw out the cranky thoughts in his mind, "I am very familiar with Pep Guardiola, you know this, this season, I believe you also understand the strength of Barcelona"

"Mark, Barcelona have been strong this season, Sami Lee and I will definitely develop specific tactics, but that's not the reason for us to temporarily switch to a back five, it's not child's play, you know?" The old man patiently explained to him that he was only whimsical.

"Hugh, you listen to me", he picked up the pen and paper, and said while drawing, "The strength of Barcelona lies in three points, Xavi, Iniesta, Messi, I am not wrong"

At the same time, he drew a green field with a pen on the paper, then dotted three dots, and then joined them to form an irregular triangle.

Hugh McAuray nodded, waiting for him to continue.

'They have Thierry Henry and Samuel Eto'o in front of them and Yaya Toure behind them, so it's fair to say that most of all the possession and threatening passes up front come from these three guys'

"Pep Guardiola's tactics, Alves on the right side pressed very high, very similar to our team's Enrique style of play now, their left-back faces the same problems as our right-back, they are older, their ability to press is weakened, and more energy is focused on strategy and defense"

"I think your thoughts, is it to shrink the backfield, compress the space in the box, and then rely on the speed of Torres and the captain to counterattack?"

Hugh McAuray nodded again, waiting for him to continue, he wanted to hear his overall train of thought.

"If you don't have Messi, this general defensive counter-attacking play doesn't matter, but you can see Messi's performance this season, he is good at creating chances in tight spaces, IMHO, Enrique can't defend him, and when the time comes, his breakthrough will make our defense chaotic and take care of the other"

"So you're going to add a guard?" , the old man shook his head, "This is not the solution either"

"Listen to me, old man", Mark Qin replied with a smile, "I don't mean adding a defender to the back five, but changing the position of our current main lineup."

As he spoke, he took another piece of paper, redrew a green field, and then began to write the names of the first-team players one by one, and when he finished writing, the old man picked it up with a frown and studied it carefully for a long time.

'You switched sides with Gerrard and Kuyt, put Kuyt at wing-back and then put Mascherano up front? , to be specific," he said, looking at Mack.

"I'll start by saying that the captain and Kuyt, in fact, in terms of defense, the two are about the same, but Kuyt's attack is much worse than the captain, and we have to sacrifice the attack when we play Barcelona, because their possession system is much stronger than ours"

"Barcelona's attack on the right side relies on Messi and Alves, and now Henry is old on the left side, in fact, the real playmaker on the left side is Iniesta, if you don't change positions, you have to rely on the captain to return to defense, which is too much sacrifice for us"

"When Kuyt moves to the right, he can focus on keeping an eye on Iniesta, and when attacking he just needs to insert a tackle, and his main role on the left side is also to grab a spot"

Hugh McAuray nodded, agreeing with his statement, and motioned for him to continue.

"And after the captain changes to the left side, he and Enrique can play head-on with Messi and Alves, both sides need to attack and defend, which is equivalent to the strongest side frontal resistance, but this is the most economical and reasonable way for us, because the captain and Enrique have better physical strength than Messi and Alves, and their running ability is also stronger"

Hearing this, the old man's eyes lit up, and it was a little interesting.

"As for letting Mascherano rush forward", Makqin continued, "It is to keep an eye on Xavi all over the field, although Xavi's ability to move forward is not strong, but he is the hub of Barcelona's ball control, and Barcelona's dispatch almost depends on it, we can sacrifice Mascherano's backfield to help defend, as long as Xavi is limited, it is earned"

"What about the back area?" , the old man finally fell into Makqin's thinking.

"Alonso doesn't need any forward insertion in this game", Mackin drew a circle in the back area, "He formed a stable triangle with two central defenders in the back area, mainly to prevent Yaya Toure's back insertion, and to control the penalty area, we have three central defenders in the penalty area, after Kuyt comes back, Cahill does not have to go out on top, so that our three central defenders can dispatch left and right according to the situation to prevent rib space"

"After talking about it for a long time, Mascherano went up, what about yourself?" , the old man asked.

"I play as a free defender, cut the passing route, fill in at any time, and then the main job is to defend Messi and cut inside"

The old man nodded, which can be regarded as recognition, after all, he is in this role in the U18, "The defense is so exciting, you don't plan to attack?" ”

"In these two games, we don't want to control the ball, we don't want the ball, we quickly counterattack and shoot when we get the ball, and we don't have the opportunity to immediately return to defense according to the arrangement just now."

"When Barcelona attack, there will only be one Puyol or Marquis left in the backfield, Pique will press very often, Torres alone is enough, he has the opportunity to shoot on goal, there is no chance to hold the ball, the captain on both sides and Kuyt plugged in, I also plugged in, in the simplest way to form a shot, not to play a positional battle"

Hugh McAuray picked up the messy tactical drawings drawn, frowned and fell into thought, what Mark Qin said was reasonable, he couldn't help but not take it seriously, it seems that this kid did watch Barcelona's video less, at least he put in real effort.

After a while, the old man put down the drawings and asked: "I only have one question, what if Barcelona arranges personnel changes, especially Mascherano and Kuyt, will they run with the whole field, it will mess up the defense"

"No", Mackin immediately replied, he also thought about this problem, but came to the conclusion that it was impossible, "These people in the front of Barcelona, in fact, only Messi and Iniesta are relatively free, and after the others change positions, the threat will be greatly reduced"

"And Barcelona's strength lies in the system, they will never change positions casually to disrupt their rhythm, the only possible change of position is Xavi and Iniesta, but it is also for the temporary control of the ball, if they really change positions, Mascherano and Kuyt do not need to move, just change the marking, then they will be equivalent to wasting Iniesta's breakthrough"

The old man tilted his head and thought about it, but he was actually persuaded again, he flicked the tactical drawing in his hand, "This is what you came up with all night?" , why do you value Barcelona so much?"

After talking for a long time, he had a dry mouth, took a sip of coffee, leaned back on the sofa and said: "Because I want to win, I know they are very strong, very strong, to be honest, if we play according to our usual tactics, we will definitely score goals, but certainly not as many as Barcelona"

"Why?"

"Because of Messi, because of Camp Nou, I don't think I'm inferior to Messi, but the characteristics of the two of us are different, he is like a fish in water in the current Barcelona system, and we are going to Camp Nou away, which is wider than our home stadium, which will expose more rib gaps"

"So?"

"So we must not lose at home, and it is better not to concede goals, so that we will have the capital to play with Barcelona when we arrive at the Camp Nou, and Barcelona is a team that does not know that feeling if it is not actually played, so today I came to you early in the morning, and we only have two weeks to practice this targeted tactic"

"Well, you've convinced me, I'll talk to Sammy Lee, but I'm still curious, why are you so interested in playing Barcelona? , just because we're the Final Four opponents? ", the old man asked.

Marc Qin breathed a sigh of relief, "Maybe you don't believe it, this year or in the next few years, Barcelona may be the strongest team, this season Guardiola has begun to experiment with his football philosophy, we have had a lot of exchanges, I know his football"

'But now I belong to Liverpool,' he said, standing up, 'so I'm going to do my best to beat him'

Ma Qin's state of mind may not be fully understood by others, it is the strongest challenge in his memory, a kind of shout, fight, will fight vigorously, no regrets!

He has to give all his strength to raise Liverpool's hopes of winning, knowing that there are some possible problems that will arise in the team, and he has to make up for them in advance.

When it's time to be utilitarian, he won't hesitate, so he doesn't want to make that kind of brilliant fireworks.

In the afternoon, there was also a huge question from Melwood's head coach's office, "The back five?" ”