By the time the players warmed up and returned to the dressing room, it was only 20 minutes before they officially played.

The music continues.

Amid the music, Chang Sheng said: "Since the European Champions Cup was transformed into the Champions League, no team has successfully defended the title of this competition. No matter how good those teams are, they will only be able to sink in the end. The defending champion became a curse. ”

"So it's something that no one has ever done before, this road that no one has ever walked. The road is cut off here. Every step we take is making history. Defending the title is hard, very difficult, otherwise why hasn't a team been able to do it for so many years? But it's because it's hard that it's worth it. If we can't do that, what are we talking about making history? ”

"We've been shouting this season with slogans like 'making history' and 'going the way no one has gone before'. Now is the time to live up to our slogan. Whether we can only talk about it or not, let's use this game as a proof! ”

"Let's go out and show them!"

Chang Sheng pointed to the gate.

The players got up from their seats almost at the same time.

They were moved by the boss's words, and their hearts were full of fighting spirit.

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Meanwhile, in Barcelona's dressing room, Pep Guardiola is also mobilizing before the war.

"When we won the Triple Crown, the Six Crowns. The whole of Europe was praising us, and we were in the limelight at that time. But when we lost to Lazio, everything changed, and the glory and praise were gone. Lazio took our place. When the media praises them, they always don't forget to take us out as a negative example...... You see, this is football. The winner is king. When we won, we were the best team in the world, and all sorts of accolades flew in. And once we lose the game, all that awaits us is humiliation and ridicule. That's football, if you want to regain the respect of others, you have to win the game. ”

'Last season, we were knocked out by Lazio. Now God has given us a great opportunity to meet them again in the final! I'm full of fighting spirit for this. Because we have a chance to prove ourselves again. ”

"After we were knocked out by Lazio, there was a rumor circulating in the media that they thought that Barcelona's treble, six-legged title was not enough. Because we won the title after Lazio were eliminated by Bayern Munich. We didn't go head-to-head with Lazio, so our title was not convincing. Well, now we can prove it again – Barcelona's champions stand up to question! ”

Pep Guardiola is clearly well aware of what Lazio means to the Barcelona players.

So he used Lazio before the game to boost morale.

In fact, before he took charge of Barcelona, the two teams had a feud.

Lazio didn't spoil Barcelona once or twice.

As early as the Dream II era, Barcelona met Lazio in the UEFA Super Cup, and the powerful Dream II team lost to Lazio, who were unknown at the time, in the Super Cup. That game was also seen by later generations as the beginning of the decline of the Dream II team.

So Barcelona have too many reasons to seek revenge on Lazio.

What Guardiola says is just one aspect.

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When the players of both sides are in their respective formations on the court.

The referee blows the whistle and the game begins!

Lazio lost the right to pick the edge in the pre-match pick, but they were given the right to kick off.

They can make good use of the tee-off.

After kick-off, Lazio were in no hurry to attack.

They pass the ball back.

Slowly fall in the backcourt.

The pace of the game was not fast.

People are used to it.

When two teams in control of xìng meet, this is bound to be the result.

Lazio were at the back in order to draw Barcelona players in and tear them apart.

And Barcelona really pressed up.

That's not to say Barcelona were fooled.

It's that high pressing is the way to deal with teams like Lazio, and since other teams can use this method to deal with Barcelona, then Barcelona can also use this method to deal with Lazio.

And Barcelona's own defensive characteristic is pressing in front.

So it's impossible for them to shrink back and wait for Lazio to attack.

They will actively press forward.

It would have been nice if they could cut off Lazio's ball up front and then launch a counter-attack directly.

This season has been used by a number of teams against Lazio, but they have all failed.

So is this the wrong way?

No, no one has ever doubted the effectiveness of this approach.

The reason for those failures is the same, that is, physical exhaustion.

Defending the front court in the high position is very demanding on the team's physical fitness.

Because the players have to run all the time, they have to run from the back to the front and back again.

This back-and-forth sprint is very physically demanding.

If the physical strength is exhausted, the high defense will not be able to hold on for half a game at most.

For Lazio, they still have half a game.

Even if they were suppressed by the opposition in the first half with high defense, then in the second half, they could regain control of the game and completely crush the opponent.

Barcelona is different.

Barcelona's physia is very sè.

The two most physical teams in European football today are Lazio and Barcelona.

Barcelona also play high defensiveness, and their fitness will be their biggest advantage.

Maybe they can take the high post defense to the extreme, maybe they can put Lazio in a tough fight?

That's what many Barcelona fans want.

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High post defense is indeed the best weapon against this kind of control xìng team.

Pep Guardiola's Barcelona have faced this situation many times this season.

Over time, he also studied high defense.

Now the match against Lazio is just the right time to put his research results to use.

Barcelona defends high and does have an advantage that other teams cannot match.

It's physical fitness.

In addition, Barcelona already put a lot of emphasis on pressing up front in normal games, so they can use high defense with little to adapt.

Lazio have faced both Juventus and Manchester United in the face of high defending.

The opposition's high post defense still caused them some problems, which is one of the main reasons why Guardiola will choose to use high post defense against Lazio.

In addition, while defending in the high post, Pique is also following Klose inch by inch.

This is a long pass rush to prevent Lazio.

Against Manchester United, Lazio came as a surprise to many in the way they faced United's high post defence – they opted for a long ball that Lazio had never tried before.

The results are very good.

The ball went straight over United's high defensive area and into the back of the United defence. Manchester United's players are concentrated in front, and it is completely too late to defend immediately.

In this way, Manchester United watched as Lazio scored a goal in the manner of English football.

Pep Guardiola was very concerned about this game and naturally knew this detail.

It seems that Lazio has made new adjustments and arrangements for the high post defense.

Therefore, while Barcelona is defending in the high position, they must also watch out for Lazio's long passes.

Defending Lazio's long ball is relatively simple, as long as it is to keep Lazio's attacking bridgehead Klose in front.

If Lazio were to play a long ball, the football would have gone to Klose, who would have crossed it with a header.

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Chang Sheng laughed when he watched the Barcelona players pressing high on the one hand and their own long balls on the other.

Barcelona's reaction was exactly what he expected.

He knew Guardiola would do it.

It's impossible for Pep Guardiola not to study his opponents.

If you do your research, it's easy to draw conclusions.

His own team is no suspense for Guardiola.

So if Guardiola thinks he's going to break down the dense defence with a long ball...... That's wrong!

Closed training camp for a week is not just a trick.

During this week, Chang Sheng familiarized the whole team with multi-core tactics.

In the face of the opponent's high defense and frontcourt pressing, there is no restriction on whose feet the football is, anyone can attack, this is the way to win.

Your high post defense always has to have a specific target, such as Luka Modric, such as Ledesma, Ballack...... These are specific players.

And Lazio's multi-and-play tactics are to weaken the role of these specific players.

Football stays at their feet no longer than at the feet of goalkeeper Handanovic.

So if you think that Luka Modric, Ledesma and Ballack are the heart of Lazio, they are responsible for organising the attack, so you have to focus on them defensively, you are very wrong.

Or even something is going to go wrong!

The essence of multi-core tactics is that anyone can organize an attack, so no one is a core, and without a core, you will look helpless when you defend.

Because any team's defense has to be aimed at xìng. This is something that the manager will arrange before the game starts. Who you're defending in the game, and who you're defending against.

Even in zone defense, there is a similar arrangement.

However, as the game progressed, Barcelona's players soon found that Lazio's arrangement made their defensive tactics against xìng before the game meaningless! (To be continued.) )