Volume 3 Chapter 68 It's over, brush off your clothes
3:2, with the home team in front and the away team behind, Barcelona won at home, but lost on aggregate, and they were eliminated from the Champions League 4:5 and missed the final again.
Although Liverpool won badly, they will have three and a half of their main players unavailable in the final: Kuyt, Alonso, Enrique and Cahill.
Alonso and Kuyt are okay, Alonso has played in two finals and won the title, Kuyt has also been in the final, but Enrique and Cahill have red eyes when they celebrate wildly at Liverpool, this is their first final!
"Don't be sad, we'll go back in the future," said his teammates who hugged them in a circle.
"Oh, final, final, yes", there was no noise, and the huge Camp Nou seemed unusually quiet, only a pile of white in the stadium made noise.
Then, the boos rang out, and slowly rang out, and then the whole stadium.
This is Catalonia.
It didn't take long for the Liverpool crowd to walk up to the visitors' stands, and although they couldn't see clearly, they applauded and thanked them, and Sam in the stands put his arm around his buddies and shouted excitedly: "See, see, we're fucking in the final again"
"Wave the flag for me", so the MKQ18 flag flew higher and appeared at the Camp Nou.
Journalists and media outside the venue were already agitated, they were all waiting for the interview, this special moment.
The Reds Liverpool dragged the Cosmos team Barcelona back to Earth, and they shattered a myth.
No one had ever seen football like this before, with the La Masia system rising to prominence and Cruyff's fame.
But Liverpool lifted the veil of its mystery and told the world that it is not as strong as imagined, and you can imagine how fierce the tactical debate in football will be after the game!
The main thing is that Liverpool didn't win by swinging the bus and blocking the door, they shredded Barcelona's midfield, and their counter-attack was extremely sharp.
I don't want to know how many teams will take these two Liverpool tactics as a guideline in the future.
Well, as long as they also have such a personnel combination.
"We never thought we would lose", Messi said with mixed emotions standing in front of Mackqin, "Pep has always said that you are very good, now I know"
Mackin turned his head to look at Pep Guardiola, who was comforting Barcelona's next player, and said with a smile: "We are also lucky, you are also very good, and you were almost overturned by you"
Messi shrugged his shoulders, "It didn't happen, did it", and his hat-trick seemed to be overshadowed.
He scored ten goals in the Champions League this season, but he missed the final, missed the top scorer, and there is nothing more depressing than this, if he has watched the Three Kingdoms, he will definitely sigh.
Both Shengyu and He Shengliang!
Cristiano Ronaldo said MMP from thousands of miles away.
The atmosphere fell into a brief silence, it was difficult to say anything at this time, it was just the politeness of them to be at the same level, and they were both sneaker sponsors.
"Let's not exchange jerseys", Makqin held out his hand, "Then I guess the Catalan media and fans will get you in trouble"
"Slap", Messi slapped his hands with him, and left without looking back, but he secretly swore in his heart that he would take back what he lost today one by one sooner or later.
"Whew", the remaining one person stood on the field, looking up at this dream place, we won? We won! When it was over, he had a sense of unreality.
Dude really did Barcelona out, Niubi!
"If you don't go back tonight, contact me when you get back to the hotel, go to my place for a drink", a sentence interrupted his reverie.
He turned his head to see that it was Pep Guardiola, smiled and hugged him, "Pep, I'm sorry this time"
Guardiola sighed, shook his head and said: "It's my problem, you guys win as a matter of course, but if we fight again, we will definitely win"
Mackin nodded and did not refute, "We'll be back tomorrow, we'll see you later."
The noise finally overwhelmed them, and the managers of both teams went to the press conference, and many players were stopped by the media in the interview area, especially Mack.
Although the best of the match went to Messi because they won today and he also scored a hat-trick, two goals from Mack Qin allowed Liverpool to advance.
"Mark, of course he's unbeatable, we always knew he could have such a phenomenal performance"
"He's my number one superstar, yes, that's right, number one, sometimes I even get jealous of him, haha"
'Mark has been even crazier this season than he came last season, look at the stadium he's conquered, every time after the New Year, he's in form and he's glad he's at Liverpool'
The subject of his teammates' interviews is still inseparable from him, and the microphone blocked from his mouth has almost overwhelmed him.
Even crazier than here is the press room, where the mutual modesty of the two coaches goes without saying.
But when Sammy Lee was pressed about the tactical arrangement, he shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "Don't ask me why I suddenly became so powerful, because the tactical arrangement of these two games came from Mark's advice, and I didn't expect it to be so effective"
βhatοΌβ "What the hell are you kidding?" β
The reporters below were scorched by Ray, and even Guardiola looked at him with an unkind face, do you want to humiliate me?
Sammy Lee waved his hand, "I'm not lying, there's no need, I don't want you to lift me to the sky today, and throw me down next time, haha"
"Maybe Mark and Mr Guardiola are more familiar, and his restrictive tactics are working very well so far"
Guardiola was dumbfounded, a little difficult to accept for a while, from tactics to on-field performance, I lost to that kid?
Shet, he wasn't going to be secretly happy in his heart just now, this is really Nima, hell!
"Mr. Sammy Lee, you said that all of your tactical changes in these two games came from Mark's suggestion?" , and the reporters at the bottom couldn't believe it.
"That's right," Sammy Lee nodded, "he convinced our assistant coach, then Hugh convinced me, and then we met and agreed it would work"
"Who......a", this is a frying pan, it was big news that Liverpool could win Barcelona, and that Mack Qin scored three goals in two games, no less than Messi.
His on-field performance was already stunning, but I didn't expect the bigger news to be here!
He single-handedly killed Barcelona? Barcelona died at the hands of one man?
Wow, it's exciting just thinking about it!
Pep Guardiola twitched his face and scratched his shiny head, unwilling to believe it, but Sami Lee didn't need to lie to anyone.
It's really not April Fool's Day yet!
"Mr. Guardiola, did you elaborate on your tactical philosophy with Mark? How do you feel now? The media's spearhead was instantly aimed at him.
I think of your hair, I have to find that kid to settle accounts now, so he left the table directly.
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Pep Guardiola's study is a perfect match for his personality, and things are arranged in an orderly and meticulous manner.
And there is basically no dust, it seems that it is not often read, or someone will be arranged to clean it every day.
Mark Qin flipped through the pages, "Lenin's Biography", "On the Space of the Stadium", "Shakespeare's Poems", there are a few books in English, but the scope is really wide.
People who pursue romance and perfection must have a colorful inner world!
"Give", Guardiola handed him a glass of cider and sat on the sofa across the bookshelf, "is what Sami Lee said true?" β
Mack Qin nodded and continued to rummage through the bookshelves, Guardiola couldn't help but laugh angrily, "You don't have anything to say?" Take what I told you to deal with me? β
Even if you don't tell me, I know how to deal with you, he finally turned around and said in his heart.
"Pep, do you think that we are a little invincible now, and feel that the dreams in our hearts have been tarnished?"
Makqin put down his wine glass, leaned back on the sofa and said with a smile.
"Tsk", Guardiola smacked his mouth, he really couldn't speak, in short, it was a bit complicated and inexplicable.
"Ideals are destined to be scandalized by reality, and the exquisite porcelain imagined will eventually be shattered, so rest in peace, Amen"
"Smack", what greeted him was a book on his face.
"Crime and Punishment", good books, good books.
"Pep, did you feel particularly awkward in these two games? Can't do it? He got serious.
"Nonsense"
"Barcelona are very strong at the moment, but they are definitely not invincible, even if you don't meet us, you don't have to meet Chelsea, you don't necessarily get through it"
Now is the time for Guardiola to be struggling, because his tactics have been restrained to death, and he has not yet come to systematic analysis and research, and this year is also his first year of debut.
"I don't know what La Masia's system is like, and what kind of kicks and kicks are there, but now a lot of teams are throwing buses against you and making you feel like you're close to being invincible"
"Actually, it's just that everyone hasn't gotten used to your tactics, and you will face more and more difficulties in the future, even if there is no Liverpool, there will be other teams to beat you."
Guardiola was noncommittal, he just wanted to listen to Mackqin's train of thought and see if there was anything that could give him a flash of inspiration, he nodded and motioned for Mackin to continue.
"Our aim in these two games is actually very simple, even if we sacrifice our own attack, but also to limit your dangerous possession and make your possession as ineffective as possible"
"In this way, you will be less of a threat to our goal, you will have so much ineffective possession, you will still press so high, these are all hotbeds of counter-attacks."
Since you said it, let's simply say it cleanly, "Also, have you noticed that you are actually very rigid, and the passing looks dazzling, in fact, the attack mainly relies on the interspersed ribs of Messi and Iniesta"
"Oh, and Xavi's pass, I restrained you all to death, and I see you guys don't seem to know how to kick"
"Your system is too strong, passing, running, even passing speed and distance have to be very fixed, if one day your system is limited to death"
Mark Qin leaned back, "You will find that only Messi can be relied on, but no matter how good Messi is, he can't beat our whole team."
As he gained more and more experience in the game, and as he gained absolute freedom at the heart of Liverpool, his understanding of football slowly changed.
A year ago, he would never have said that, when he thought Barcelona football was a mess.
"What do you mean", Guardiola also fell into this purely academic discussion, "we lack creativity? β
"Yes, the reason why Ronaldinho left is not only because of his personal laziness, but also because he can't fit into your system."
Guardiola was silent, and finally nodded helplessly, acknowledging this reality.
"It's always difficult to build an ideal when you first start building, your idea is strong, but you still need to refine it"
Through this victory over Barcelona, he has a new understanding that Guardiola is only one of the search army, but he has taken another path, the other extreme.
He and Mourinho are actually no different in terms of football philosophy, possession and non-possession are just illusions, they are actually the kind of Europeanized coaches who are bigger than the players.
It's just that the emphasis on the system is different, and to put it bluntly, it is a modern and ultimate overall concept of European football.
It's just that Pep Guardiola is more idealistic than Mourinho and pursues something more difficult, but more pandering to the fans.
Hehe, what is the elixir, the elixir of immortality, on the way back, he himself seemed to have been baptized by the spirit and pushed open a heavy door......