Chapter 42: Contradictions
You** I come out, it's better for me ** you to come in.
Less than three minutes into the game, Guardiola could already seem to hear Linson whispering something in his ear.
In all competitions, there are always several stages, such as temptation, entanglement, breaking, game, and closing...... However, in this game, both sides subconsciously skipped the first step.
As soon as the game opened, Barcelona began to show their best passing ability, and the outrageously proficient triangle pass was almost easy, almost without any hesitation, and the storm of attack blew towards the penalty area of Malaga, which is Barcelona's routine, generally speaking, the opponent should still be in the tentative stage at this time, testing Barcelona's offensive strategy, testing the state of Barcelona players, and even testing the referee's penalty scale. In Málaga's previous style, their midfield should have pressed the possession players at this time, however, to everyone's surprise, Málaga also skipped the tentative phase this time.
The only difference is that Barcelona directly launched an attack, while Malaga directly chose to shrink, and then, put out a big iron bucket.
Of course, if it's just like this, it's not worth letting Guardiola care, because this is not a new move at all, what makes him interested is the decisiveness of Malaga's defense, you know, this game has just begun, Málaga except for Lewandowski who occasionally swings near the halfway, the other players actually shrank into their own half.
This is the rhythm that is going to be held to the whole time?!
Camp Nou is a very domineering stadium because it requires not only the home team to play well, but also the visitors to lose well. So, Malaga, at the moment, is clearly not a welcome guest.
So, just ten minutes after the game, Linsen enjoyed the first boos at the Camp Nou, leaning on the side of the coach's bench with one hand, and even hearing the angry and inexplicable scolding of the Barcelona fans in the back stands that seemed to him to be angry.
"If you have the ability, you can attack, and you can only defend what kind of ability!"
"You're ruining football, it's a shame for football!"
"Hillbilly! Stop insulting Spanish football, go back to farming in the Chinese desert! ”
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Lin Sen found that he was really getting more and more used to the role of head coach, at least, the concentration value was definitely full. If nothing else, maintaining a calm mind under such insults was almost unthinkable before.
When you think about a few months ago when he was struggling to buy people at Atletico Madrid, and even had to gamble on one of the few official matches that he could prove himself, and now, looking at Malaga on the pitch with a phalanx of hopelessness, he has completely controlled the team, and sometimes, you have to believe that the pressure of coaching can change a lot of things.
Therefore, it is not that Lin Sen is arrogant, for this trip to Camp Nou, Lin Sen actually has little ambition, because no one knows better than him the terrible current Barcelona team, so he is at ease, and even has a little idea of winning with less loss.
On the pitch, Barcelona still relentlessly organized a wave of attacks, trying to penetrate the attack into Malaga's defense, and even Puyol, who was dragging behind him, frequently crossed the midfield to participate in the attack. Barcelona fans probably never imagined that one day the pitch at the Camp Nou would become so small: almost all the players on both sides were piled up in one half, and then, there was an endless stream of sideline kicks, goal kicks, and interruptions......
When Yaya Toure received the ball again, he was a little numb.
As a player brought in as a defensive midfielder, it is very easy to play in this Barcelona team at the moment, because there are really not many teams capable of posing a threat to Barcelona. On the pitch, his job is very simple, which is to intercept the opposition's attack, act as the team's midfield response, and then insert the attack when the team is in the ascendancy.
But now, Barcelona don't even need to act as a point of contact for the triangle pass, and the one thing he's done the most so far is to run and drive the ball to the back and bring it back. Sometimes, he really wants to make a long pass, but he knows that passing the ball without purpose is something that Guardiola will never allow.
So, when he looked up for a passing spot, he was able to find a lot of passing routes as usual, but he could also see the opponent's face waiting for him.
At this time, he also had to admire the other party in his heart, regardless of anything else, the formation was maintained too well.
Throughout the first half, Xavi and Iniesta kept passing the ball, but never reached the finish line, while Messi and Eto'o were also constantly passing, but not a decisive pass. Guardiola couldn't help but start scratching his head frequently on the sidelines, and the most annoying thing for him finally appeared: what should he do when he encounters a team that "does not want to make progress"?
When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half, Linsen immediately moved into the dressing room, and the whole Camp Nou was booed, however, for Málaga, it was nothing less than an affirmation of their first-half appearance.
At the Camp Nou, there are generally only two types of teams that will be booed. One is the "unceremonious" team, what is unwelcome, dare to be at the Camp Nou and Barcelona players with a red face and a thick neck is called unwelcome, obviously, this point Malaga is not touched for the time being, after half the game, not to mention the yellow card, the players who verbally warned Malaga have not been a few times. Well, the boos can only come from the second reason, which is that Malaga makes them feel uncomfortable.
"Do you hear the boos? That's the best compliment to you. Why? Because you make it hard for them. Why is it uncomfortable? Because it's hard for you to make the offenses they're proud of. Lin Sen, who entered the locker room, clapped his hands, not hiding his satisfaction with the first half, "What I want to say is that your table in the first half was very good, this is the defense I want!" ”
'In the second half we had the same tactics but we had to be more aggressive. Remember, in this game, I don't want to keep the ball, if I get the ball, find Robert in front of me with a long pass at the first time, don't worry about the success rate, if you don't even have a pass, what is the success rate. In addition, if anyone is cut off in the backcourt because of ball control, don't say I didn't remind me, take the initiative to help Miguel move equipment for a week after I go back. Well, one week at a time! ”
"Robert, Barcelona's offensive in the second half is probably more fierce than in the first half, when the time comes, you don't have to keep retreating, you can rush forward a little bit, don't worry about offside, you have to make them aware of your savings!" The Robert in Linsen's mouth is none other than Lewandowski. In the first half, Lewandowski had few chances, which were hidden.
The Pole nodded faintly, a deep green light above his head.
"And, Koke, you played too politely in the first half. At Camp Nou, politeness doesn't get applause. As long as it's not a dangerous location, make bold moves! Can't let them treat you like a kid in the second half! ”
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Tiannan University, China.
"The possession rate is 73 percent to 27 percent, the number of shots on goal is dozens of times more than one time, the score is actually 0 to 0, Linsen's bus is not only placed in front of the goal, it is simply lined up in the entire half, unscientific, just Malaga this card ......"
"Hey, hey. Now take it, sue you, this is Lin Sen's strength! The train runs fast because of the headband. ”
"Not necessarily. Eto'o was not in good shape in this game, and Messi sent the ball in front of him on several occasions, and he actually sent it directly to the opponent's goalkeeper. If you can seize even one chance. ”
"Fart! You call that the ball in front of you? His nickname is Cheetah, and he is not a real Cheetah, he can bite people when he opens his mouth, Nima's angle is so small, it would be good to be able to make shooting movements, Messi felt embarrassed after passing it himself, are you embarrassed to say seize the opportunity? ”
"Labor and management don't tell you, and you can't communicate with a brainless fan."
"Rub, you don't look like you're a brain-dead fan, and I don't know who even chose the color of Barcelona......"
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Yang Dong is a die-hard fan of Lin Sen, Zhang Feng is a die-hard fan of Barcelona, when watching the game in the first half, the two quarreled every other day, and as soon as they broke at halftime, the two suddenly got together. The other results were neutral fans, and they were naturally happy to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and occasionally fanned the flames, only Tang Hua was still sitting quietly in the back.
Maybe it's because of the relationship between his majors, every time he watches the game, he unconsciously counts some of the numbers on both sides of the game, although it is not accurate, but he can often draw some of his own judgments.
For example, in this half of the game, almost everyone said that Barcelona was in an absolute advantage, but Tang Hua didn't think so, others cared about the ball possession, but what he cared about was the pass success rate, and it was not a meaningless backcourt pass. In the first half, Barcelona's possession rate was as high as 70%, and the pass success rate was as high as 80% overall, but in Tang Hua's statistics, Barcelona's forward pass success rate was clearly less than 60%, which was almost unimaginable for Barcelona based on passing control, and it is also possible to imagine how tight Malaga's defense was in the first half.
This made Tang Hua wonder a little about a question: is the ball really so heavy? If possession can't be converted into goals, then how much does possession really mean?
Tang Hua, who was still an amateur fan at this time, didn't know that the question he was wondering about was actually one of the most hotly debated issues in the football world, the most typical being the "uselessness of ball control" and "the supremacy of ball control". In recent years, with the success of Mourinho, the former has temporarily overtaken the latter, but this situation will not last long, because soon, there will be one person who will let the latter overpower the former, and this person is the current Pep Guardiola.
Offense is the best defense.
When this sentence reached Cruyff's hands, it became: possession of the ball is the best defense. The reason couldn't be simpler, as long as the ball is at your feet, you don't have to worry about conceding the ball. Possession has always been at the heart of La Masia's system, and for Barcelona, possession is like a daily routine. From his days as a player to his time as a coach, Pep Guardiola has always been a follower of Cruyff.
Now, however, Pep Guardiola has the idea of giving up possession.
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PS: Sanjiang is really an artifact, although the total collection is still very bleak, but the collection that has increased in a few hours is almost a week, and it is decisively added to a more, there is wine today and drunk today, and there is no wine to sell in the cabinet tomorrow......