"I don't think Barcelona are strong enough to seal the win before the game even starts!"

After the lottery ceremony, when Degan was interviewed by reporters, he was very dissatisfied with the media's singing and declining.

"Football is played by people, and it is people who decide the outcome of the game, Barcelona is indeed a strong opponent, but they are also a team of people, we are not facing a group of Godzilla, people who think we have no chance, in my opinion are stupid, when the game is over, you will know how ridiculous you are!"

Prandelli also said in a subsequent interview: "Barcelona are strong, but we also have advantages! ”

Fiorentina have the advantage, that's the consensus of Prandelli and Degan.

Barcelona's strength lies in their attack, in their control of the game, and the tactical characteristics of Fiorentina and Barcelona are somewhat similar.

Barcelona's tactics originated with Cruyff, and there is also a very offbeat, chic name TiKi-TaKa, the origin of the name Tiki-Taka is not Spanish or English, or some other common language vocabulary, this word is actually onomatopoeia used to describe the players' quick short passes on the field.

The Tiki-Taka tactic originated when Cruyff was in charge of Barcelona from 1988 to 1996, then developed by Dutch coaches Louis van Gaal and Rijkaard, and used by other La Liga teams.

During Rijkaard's tenure at Barca, the version of the Tiki-Taka tactic was developed to the extreme and achieved its greatest success.

The working principle of Tiki-Taka, or the core idea, is to control the ball, which is achieved by passing, not dribbling, and passing creates possession and also creates space.

In the Tiki-Taka tactic, short passes are used at most, of course, the tactics do not require players not to use long passes, but only to pass the ball in the most accurate way, and short passes are the most accurate.

First of all, when passing the ball, the players need to form a passing triangle, if there is a passing triangle next to the ball carrier, it means that he has two receivers who can pass the ball, and if there are more passing triangles, it means that there are more receivers around him.

Triangles can be extended, and when a player receives the ball, other teammates need to approach quickly to form another triangle, so that when the defender is pressing, there is no less than one passing option, and the possibility of conceding the ball is reduced.

There are also characteristics in the selection of jishu, when the Barcelona players pass the ball, they will try their best to keep the ball from turning, so that it is convenient for teammates to pass the ball directly and accurately to other teammates without making many mistakes.

Completely different from the concept of regional football, the concept of Tiki-Taka football is an upgrade of the concept of all-attack and all-defense football, players cannot stick to the regional position, and must adjust their position quickly and non-stop according to the situation of their teammates, so as to continuously form a passing triangle. Going back to the problem of space creation mentioned earlier, if the junction is dead, then the space is also dead, and if the junction is alive, then these junctions are the makers of space.

When there's the ball, Tiki-Taka uses the ball to control the ball and create space, and when there's no ball, Tiki-Taka is also using its triangle.

Once the ball is lost, the person involved in the passing triangle will form a defensive triangle at this time, quickly form an encirclement of the opponent's ball carrier, surround the ball carrier in a "box", and then encircle and suppress. So the weapon of Tiki-Taka is the weapon of defense.

It can be said that Barcelona's success is based on the tactical achievements of Tiki-Taka, and Barcelona has achieved glory in the era of Cruyff, Van Gaal, and Rijkaard.

It's not that everything is due to Tiki-Taka, but it's a fundamental philosophy of football, and its existence, under the hands of every coach, at the feet of every group of players, will derive different versions and different results, however, its pursuit of control and the concept of creating flamboyance have led the trend in football.

Tiki-Taka is striving for perfection, but it's not perfect.

In the previous life, in the 2010 Champions League semi-finals, Mourinho's Inter Milan defeated Barcelona 3:1 in the first leg by pinching Messi and cutting off Xavi's passing rhythm, and in the second leg, he regained his stubbornness in exchange for 0:1 to advance.

Jose Mourinho's tactics, though clumsy and brutal, were clearly the most effective, using disruption to compress Barcelona's area of control, isolate Barcelona from the danger zone, and then look for scoring opportunities through more direct long passes.

Digan had thought about the situation when he played Barcelona before, and there is no doubt that Mourinho's Inter Milan in the past was the most worthy of emulation, and the current Fiorentina also has this ability.

Before the knockout draw, Digan and Prandelli analysed Barcelona's tactics, because Barcelona are undoubtedly the most dangerous opponents if they want to succeed in the Champions League.

Barcelona's style of play this season is still the same as last season's successful 433 formation, goalkeeper Valdés, defenders are Belletti, Puyol, Marquis, Edmilson or Thuram, but Thuram has been injured recently, it is estimated that he will not be able to catch up with the first leg of the meeting between the two teams, midfielders Deco and Xavi are the unshakable main force, Iniesta and Gerard will compete for the remaining position, the position of Henry and Messi on the front line is more solid, and the center forward is rotated between Larsson and Eto'o.

In attack, Barcelona followed the essence of Tiki-Taka tactics, focusing on short passes, players relied on small areas of coordination and flexible running to tear apart the opponent's defense, and Xavi and Deco in the midfield also had the ability to send a straight pass to the point.

When attacking, Xavi is often the starting point, he takes the ball and observes if there is any gap, if there is a direct pass to the striker to play the fastball, if not, he hands it over to the two wing-backs on the wing, and the full-backs break through, or it is handed to Iniesta or Deco, who carry out a small range of cross-cutting coordination.

On the right, the rising Messi is a great wide attacker, with his pace allowing him to quickly break past the opposition's left-back and then cross low flat near the baseline, or cut inside to shoot.

On the left side, relative to the speed-type Gyuli, the destructive Henry can provide more abundant offensive means, originally in this position is Ronaldinho, Rijkaard after giving up Ronaldinho, chose Henry with stronger impact ability, if the situation on the right side and the middle can not be opened, Henry can take the ball and cross directly, so that the teammates in the middle can outflank, if the opponent's defensive system is more rigorous, at this time Henry will play his outstanding inward offensive ability, Either use a feint to shake off an opponent's defender who comes up to intercept and then choose to shoot himself, or cut inside, looking for a one-two with the centre-forward, and if the opponent is too pressing, then Henry can also choose to pass the ball back to Belletti who is inserted behind him and let the latter cross, or give it to Xavi for a second play.

In addition to the basic play-making routine, Thierry Henry, Xavi and Deco all have excellent free-kick footwork and, of course, their long-range shots are also dangerous.

When getting a corner, Marquis and Edmilson's header can also cause goals, in general, Barcelona's offensive means are very rich, if the opponent wants to mark a player, to achieve the purpose of disrupting Barcelona's attack, after all, the current Barcelona has Iniesta, Xavi, Deco three players who can control the ball.

But just as there are two sides to anything on Shijie, Barcelona's style of play is not completely invincible. Of course, their current art football is undoubtedly the most ornamental and the most pleasing to fans, but there is also a hidden danger, that is, it provides the opponent with a greater opportunity to counterattack.

From the time of Cruyff, through Van Gaal, until the current Black Swan, the core idea of Barcelona's tactics is "possession", generally speaking, as long as you firmly grasp the possession, no matter how strong the opponent is, only ask for the feet of the Barcelona players, then you can ensure a steady stream of attacks until the opponent is dragged down.

Such tactics suppress the opponent in the opponent's half, reduce the opponent's defensive space, reduce the possibility of playing straight passes, fastballs, so most of the time can only rely on short passes, and too many short passes will lead to low offensive efficiency, often after dozens of passes or can not open the opponent's space, but they have mistakes, resulting in the loss of possession. This moment of transition from attack to defense is the most likely to lead to the goal conceded, which is also the sadness of all teams that play art football.

There is often such a sideline in Barcelona games, Barcelona attack aggressively, suppressing the opponent in the half, and at this time, Barcelona's real defenders are only two central defenders, although Puyol is very strong defensively, but he cannot guarantee that he can solve the crisis every time.

Once Barcelona concede the goal, it exposes a huge gap in the defence, and the opponent often only needs a long pass to tear through their defence, playing behind the centre-back or between the midfielder and the centre-back, which is especially dangerous for Barcelona when the opponent has a fast and individual striker.

Fiorentina not only have this type of attacking player, but they are also the top shijie.

To alleviate this hidden danger, Barcelona is required to have a midfielder who has good judgment, timely filling, and excellent ability to break the ball.

This player can disrupt the opponent's long ball counter-attack when Barcelona is on the counter-attack, or when defending the position, retreat into the box and assist the central defender.

Edmilson had such ability at his peak, but unfortunately the current Brazilian has long since lost his former courage and has shifted to the position of central defender.

At present, it is Xavi who is standing in this position, but Xavi has to take responsibility for the offense, and it is inevitable that there will be a lack of energy when defending.

Barcelona also have a long-standing problem, and that is that they don't have enough liliang in the air, both offensively and defensively.

Only Puyol's header in the whole team is reassuring, so when encountering a team with strong aerial striking ability and multiple high points, Barcelona seems to be more difficult, so when facing an attacking player like Fiorentina who has excellent headers, and at the same time has a very well-organized team, Barcelona is more troublesome.

Barcelona are on the low side of the overall height and sometimes do not mark closely, so in order to overcome the opponent's aerial strikes, the only thing they can do is to further increase the intensity of their possession, firmly control the ball at their feet, and try not to give the opponent a chance to play the ball on the wing.

Of course, just relying on the high point and speed, it can only be wishful thinking to beat Barcelona, so how to crack Barcelona, a very important link at present is how to crack Barcelona's front court, that is, how to deal with the initial two feet when switching from defense to attack, only by effectively passing the ball from the back to the front, and posing an effective threat to its penalty area or goal, can we achieve the purpose of countering Barcelona.

Prandelli and Digan both believe that Fiorentina have the advantage against Barcelona because they have such qualities, and Fiorentina have adopted a tactic of four in the back four, supplemented by three central midfielders, who are more likely to be midfielders than liberos.

When defending, let the libero stand behind the two central defenders, for Barcelona who like to make a fuss in the middle, will lose the space in the middle of the air cut and run, the free man can make up for these defensive gaps, and the central defender can also be more bold to steal, for the defense, the addition of a free man is more beneficial to the defense than to add a simple defensive midfielder.

The existence of the free man, in addition to increasing the depth of the defense, the defender after the ball is broken out of the ball is more, when the ball is out, the free man can choose a more backward position, even in the penalty area, Barcelona strikers can not be surrounded into the penalty area, because this is too physically demanding, and will cause the formation to be disjointed. There is a bigger gap, so with a free man, a ball line will be added after the ball is broken, and this line cannot be blocked.

In the free man tactics, the free man is the initiator of the attack, once the ball is at his feet, he can launch the attack with almost no interference, and there are many lines and ways to choose from, even if he can't play, he can come back and reorganize, and he will not be surrounded by Barcelona's crazy siege like the back midfielder in a parallel position, and the quality or efficiency of organizing the attack will be greatly improved.

At that time, Ancelotti changed Pirlo from a forward midfielder to a midfielder, and sent Milan to the top of Europe by putting the organizational core behind, and now Barcelona's siege tactics have made the organizational core stand in the position of the back and can not play, and only by further posting the organizational core can Barcelona be defeated.