Cruyff sat in the stands at White Hart Lane, and Bucky, who claimed to be Cruyff's spokesperson, sat next to him.

The two sat in the midst of hundreds of Barcelona fans who followed the team to the away stadium, watching this game with some dumbfounded, watching Tottenham Hotspur score one goal after another, watching the Barcelona players like lambs to the slaughter, unable to fight back, and even in the second half, they completely lost their fighting spirit and confidence.

"It's a bizarre game!" Bucky said with a wry smile when he heard Cruyff sigh.

The Barcelona fans, who had shouted loudly before the start of the game and vowed to compete with more than 30,000 Tottenham Hotspur fans away from home, had only been active for a little more than a minute, and since Tottenham Hotspur scored, they could no longer shout because they found that Barcelona had done nothing.

"Maybe someone will suspect this is a match-fixing early tomorrow morning!" Bucky continued with a wry smile.

"Match-fixing?" Cruyff shook his head, he was also depressed, he couldn't laugh, he couldn't even smile bitterly, "To be honest, Bucky, I'd rather he was a match-fixer, because at least it would prove that we weren't a complete failure." ”

Of course, Budge knew it wasn't match-fixing, he just wondered why Barcelona had lost so badly in this game.

You know, a year ago, Barcelona swept the Europa League and won the Champions League, and in the past two or three seasons, Barcelona has been the strongest and most successful team in Europe, but now everything seems to have changed.

"I remember a year ago, they were all saying that the only thing that can beat Barcelona is time, but just a year later, Tottenham Hotspur beat Barcelona on the pitch and it seemed to be completely effortless, I can't understand it." Budge kept shaking his head vigorously, he also has feelings for this Barcelona team.

Cruyff sighed deeply, not knowing how many times he had sighed in the past hour, "It's a dead end, Bucky, it turns out that we have not only walked into a dead end, but we have made an unforgivable mistake!" ”

"I don't understand!" Bucky still shook his head, and he found that he couldn't do anything but shake his head in the face of this kind of thing.

Cruyff looked at Budge and said secretly in his heart, if it is Guardiola, I believe that as soon as he says it, the other party must understand that this is the reason why Guardiola can become an excellent manager, and Bucky can only act as his own mouthpiece.

'Those who think there's only time to beat us because they know Barcelona very well, and the success of our team is based on our unique philosophy and on a group of outstanding Academy players such as Xavi, Andres Iniesta, Sergio Busquets, Cesc Fabregas and Gerard Pique.

Bucky was clear about that, so he nodded.

"This group of players is full of loyalty and affection for the team, and they will not switch to other teams, which ensures that Barcelona's fighting power will last for a long time, but it is precisely because of the presence of these people, as well as the team's own unique concept of possession, that the team has gone into the mistake of creating a tactical system that best suits the team's philosophy."

"The result of this is that it is difficult for foreign players to adapt to Barcelona's tactical system, and our recruitment is more based on the team's own academy, so there is a very strange scene, our starting lineup is full of local academy, our bench is sitting on the local academy, and it has become difficult for us to accommodate and accept new blood from outside."

When Budge heard this, he wondered, "But we have relied on this set of success in the past, we have won the Champions League, what's wrong with that?" Do you want to say, this is wrong? This was the first time Budge had raised doubts about Cruyff's words.

But Cruyff was not upset, because Budge would ask that, proving that he was a normal person.

So, he nodded, "Yes, our success is precisely because of this, we brought in Van Persie to further strengthen this philosophy and system of the team, but it has led us to a dead end, we have started to become complacent, and our characteristics have become very one-dimensional. ”

"I don't understand!" Bucky was still shaking his head.

Cruyff shook his head and sighed again, "How many options do you think we have if we want to bring in some players?" ”

When Budge heard this, he immediately understood, yes, in the past few years, when Barcelona wanted to try to bring in some players, the analysis reports given by the technical department all pointed to the same trend without exception, that is, to further consolidate the team's possession.

The simplest example is that everyone knows that Barcelona's central defenders lack height and their defense lacks height, but the team never considers some central defenders like Kompany, Vidic and Terry, who have excellent command ability but cannot adapt to Barcelona's backfield possession system.

Why would you rather use Mascherano to drop back to a centre-back than bring in a centre-back with a good defense?

The reason is very simple, I am worried that I will not be able to adapt to the team's tactical system!

And just like in the center forward position, everyone knows that Van Persie is a tactical fulcrum, and his ability to break dense and high balls is not strong, but why not bring in strong center forwards such as Ibrahimovic, Llorente, and Drogba? The reason is also very simple, it is still the same sentence, unable to adapt to the team's tactical system.

Do you think this is a good thing, or a bad thing?

"Budge, you must know that everything in this world is not static, it is evolving in a dynamic parabolic way, there must be a high point, there must be a trough, there is a low point must also be able to usher in a high tide, he has a law of development, the same is true of football, and the same is true of a team!"

"I am beginning to understand a problem now, Ye Qiu has been selling people in the past few years, and he has many purposes, on the one hand, he wants to cash out, cash out when the player's value is the highest, in exchange for the team's operating funds, and on the other hand, to maintain this freshness of the team, as well as the team's continuous progress, but more importantly, he wants to ensure the team's ability to resist risks."

"You mean to avoid falling into this homogeneous dead end of our Barcelona?"

For the first time, Cruyff agreed and affirmed Budge's words, "That's right! ”

At this, he sighed again, for he found himself a little late in understanding.

"He sold Yaya? I'm not surprised when Toure was around, but he sold Cesc Fabregas and David? Silva, I'm wondering, from a tactical point of view, Ramsey and Vidal won't be up to Fabregas and David for at least a year or two? Silva's height, and their characteristics are very different from those of these two players. ”

'And, up front, Van Persie, Cavani and Falcao, three different types of centre-forwards, in the midfield position, from Mascherano to Yaya? Toure to the current Pirlo is also a completely different type, he is always changing, always adjusting, but he is not aimless, unplanned adjustment. ”

"Either move the striker, or the backfield, or the midfield, he will not move multiple key positions at the same time, because this can ensure that the overall strength of the team will not decline rapidly, and Ye Qiu's vision of the players is indeed very sharp, and the overall strength of Tottenham Hotspur has always been maintained at a very high level."

Speaking of this, Cruyff was a little ashamed, because he found out too late, "We are now starting to face a very serious problem, Xavi and Puyol are old, as soon as they get old, their mentality is relaxed, especially for players like them who have proven themselves and won countless honors, their fighting spirit is obviously not as good as it was back then, who can take over their class?" ”

"In two or three years, it would be best if the problems of Xavi and Puyol could be solved, but then Iniesta, Pique and others will also grow old, and new problems will come, and if the successors of Xavi and Puyol are not solved, then all the problems will rush together, and the whole Barcelona will completely collapse!"

Cruyff's words may be a bit exaggerated, it is not possible to collapse completely, but it is possible and very likely to be crushed and replaced by opponents, because football tactics change every year.

"Isn't there any other way for us?" Bucky found it puzzling.

Cruyff shook his head and smiled, this was the first time he smiled and smiled bitterly from just now to the present, "Yes, but no one has the courage to make this choice, that is, to break the existing pattern of Barcelona's interests, break the team's existing tactical system, introduce fresh blood, use other types of players and tactical ideas to improve and perfect our current set of tactical concepts, and carry out a fusion to evolve a new set of tactical ideas." ”

At this point, Cruyff smiled again, "I remember that my teacher once said that the success of a set of tactics can only last for a maximum of one season, and it turned out that he was right!" ”

In fact, what Cruyff said is the same as Ye Qiu's previous treatment of Eliza? Moon's self-attack is the same.

Perhaps anyone with a little foresight can easily know the importance of self-attack and be clearly aware of the shortcomings of the team, but the root of the problem is, do you have the courage and determination to attack yourself?

Take Barcelona as an example, their current problem is not difficult to solve, that is, to restructure the current team's tactical style of play and introduce more types of players, such as introducing a central defender who can adapt to Barcelona's tactical style of play and have excellent commanding ability.

Also, bring in new midfield blood and try more different types of play to make the team more diverse.

But in this way, it is bound to affect the interests of many players in the current dressing room, such as the introduction of a midfielder, which is bound to reduce the playing time of the current three main youth players Xavi, Iniesta and Busquets, and a large part of Barcelona's salary is linked to playing time, how to solve this aspect?

Also, bring in some other types of players, adjust some other styles of play of the team, such as reducing possession, reducing crosses and backpasses, etc., but this will inevitably bring about the pain of reform, affect the team's results, and may even cause the loss of stars, how to solve this?

You know, Barcelona is a membership-based club, once the results are not satisfactory, once someone takes the lead in opposing it, and the members decide to launch an impeachment, then the chairman has to bear a lot of pressure, so no chairman can accept such pressure and pain, so they all hope that the team can play smoothly.

A lot of people say that Barcelona are getting slower and slower, which is reflected in the rhythm of their possession, and it is not difficult to see from this that the players are getting lazier and lazier because they are not willing to take risks, and then they have to go into a crazy press when they lose the ball when they fail, and they want to win the game in the easiest way possible.

In other words, both from the management's point of view and from the player's point of view, Barcelona is already in a difficult situation!

Unless Barcelona can elect a president who can give the manager trust and support, and is willing to take the risks brought about by this reform, and the so-called risks at this time are much higher than the risks when Pep Guardiola replaced Rijkaard, when the risks were more in the continuation and improvement, but this time it is a drastic reform, moving the interests and cheese of many people.

Is there no other way?

Clause's question came to Cruyff's mind, but it soon became clear to him that at least for now, the current Barcelona management and coaching staff, there is nothing he can do but try to continue Barcelona's current successful system, take it one step at a time, and take it slowly.

If Barcelona were owned by Ye Qiu, it would have been too easy to make similar reforms, but unfortunately, Barcelona's decision-making level is elected by fans and members, who have to fight for votes just like a democratic government.

But the question is, how long can Barcelona's success last?

You know, in the wrong direction, no matter how hard you try, it will be difficult to succeed, in a sentence on the Chinese Internet, Mercedes-Benz on the muddy road can never run Xiali on the highway.

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No one knew that Cruyff and Budge would have such a deep understanding of this game in the stands of White Hart Lane, maybe Pep Guardiola on the sidelines was also having a similar helplessness to Cruyff, or maybe he was not as deep as his mentor, but he now feels helpless and frustrated.

After conceding two goals in the first half in 16 minutes, Barcelona stabilized the situation a little, but it was still firmly contained by Tottenham Hotspur, and its advantage could not be played at all, and the home team frequently used the targeted tactics arranged by Ye Qiu to threaten Barcelona's goal again and again.

And then Thiago? Silva scored the third goal for Tottenham Hotspur with a header from Andrea Pirlo's corner in the 36th minute, which almost condemned Barcelona to death.

But that wasn't the most surprising thing, what really surprised everyone was that Tottenham had nine shots on goal and five on target throughout the first half, while Barcelona had only a pitiful two shots on goal and none of them on target, and it looked more like telling everyone that we had tried to shoot on goal as well.

Tottenham Hotspur have won a whopping seven corners, followed by Barcelona, with Tottenham Hotspur converting a corner into a goal.

It can be said that in addition to possession, Tottenham Hotspur beat Barcelona completely!

In the second half, Barcelona completely lost their fighting spirit and will, and although the players tried to maintain the team's possession time on the pitch, they did not invest much in attack, because they all had to accept the fact that once they pressed forward, Tottenham Hotspur's counter-attack would attack behind them.

Pirlo, Thiago? Silva and Vincent Kompany's long balls threatened their back again and again, putting Barcelona's players under tremendous pressure, but Pep Guardiola was hesitant to press the two contradictory options of attacking and defending.

He knows very well that only when he presses on the attack can he score a goal, but after pressing, his back must be exposed, Tottenham Hotspur has enough ability and strength to play behind, but if he doesn't press, whether the defense can hold on to two things, but the attack must be greatly weakened, so he is also very difficult.

It was in this dilemma that the game could not give him too much time to think and analyse, and in the end Barcelona remained the same in the second half, just trying to play a rush after the opening of the second half, but this attack only lasted five minutes, and then Tottenham Hotspur forced Barcelona to retreat again.

In the second half, Tottenham Hotspur also beat Barcelona 5:0 at home in the 61st and 68th minutes respectively, with two goals from Ribery and Messi.

With five goals, three open plays, and two set-pieces, Tottenham Hotspur's attacking arsenal was a great win with four players, and the will and fighting spirit of the Barcelona players were completely broken.

Ye Qiu was very confident that his team could win before the game, but he didn't expect that the team could win with such a big score, which was almost a foregone conclusion, so he was also very excited when the whistle blew at the end of the game, and walked into the field to hug all the Tottenham Hotspur players and substitute players.

Tottenham Hotspur have all but already qualified for the Champions League final, unless there is a terrible crash on the road a week later, but this possibility is almost negligible and slim. They tried to make a comeback at the start of the second half, but that momentum lasted only five minutes before Tottenham Hotspur forced Barcelona back again.

In the second half, Tottenham Hotspur also beat Barcelona 5:0 at home in the 61st and 68th minutes respectively, with two goals from Ribery and Messi.

With five goals, three open plays, and two set-pieces, Tottenham Hotspur's attacking arsenal was a great win with four players, and the will and fighting spirit of the Barcelona players were completely broken.

Ye Qiu was very confident that his team could win before the game, but he didn't expect that the team could win with such a big score, which was almost a foregone conclusion, so he was also very excited when the whistle blew at the end of the game, and walked into the field to hug all the Tottenham Hotspur players and substitute players.

Tottenham Hotspur have all but already qualified for the Champions League final, unless there is a terrible crash on the road a week later, but this possibility is almost negligible and slim.