Chapter 15: Coming off the bench
Camp Nou, because it is the first game of the new season, and on the stage of the Super Cup, the matchup between the two super teams Barcelona and Real Madrid is the first game after Digan joined Barcelona, and it has also attracted many fans to watch the game, and the number of reporters on the sidelines is as many as hundreds of people.
Look at this posture, even more attention than the World Cup final!
After the two teams finished the warm-up, Degan sat directly on the bench, he only got the news yesterday, this game, he was a substitute, in this regard, although Degan was a little disappointed, but not dissatisfied, he is a new rookie, he naturally has to go through a period of inspection, but in this game Guardiola arranged for the young player Bojan to start the game, or let Deegan have some opinions.
"Degan, who attracted much attention in this game, actually sat on the bench, and in the previous airport warm-up game, Degan's performance was very good, and Bojan, who started this game, was in very average condition, and Coach Guardiola's arrangement was really unexpected."
Not to mention the accident of the Catalan commentator, even Mourinho and Kaka, who are opponents, are full of doubts, before this game, Mourinho has specially formulated a set of defensive tactics against Degan, but Guardiola actually threw Degan to the bench, what does this mean?
Kaka was also a little surprised, standing on the court, looking at the expressionless Deegan on the bench, his eyes were clearly saying: Rod! What the hell is going on!?
At the beginning of the game, Digan also cleaned up his mood and observed intently, in this game, Mourinho, whose tactics have always been defensive and always focused on defense, actually sent Kaka, Camaro, Higuain, and Ozil on the field at the same time.
Higuain was at the front, Kaka was behind Higuain, Kim Mauro was slightly to the right, and Ozil was slightly to the left, putting on a posture of attacking wildly.
These attacking players are characterized by their speed, their ability to impact, their ability to handle the ball, and their ability to directly threaten Barcelona's goal.
Strange birds turned crazy birds?
This is the opening show, should you be so aggressive, is this going to scare a few people to death or what?
Mourinho sent such a lineup is really beyond Degan's expectations, in Digan's memory, Mourinho is very good at dealing with Barcelona, the most famous is that in the previous life Mourinho led Inter Milan and Barcelona to meet in the Champions League semi-finals, in the situation that everyone thought that Barcelona would pass easily, Mourinho led his Inter Milan and played a non-. Typical match, which ended up eliminating Barcelona.
It was precisely because he was deeply impressed by that game that Digan also borrowed a lot of Uncle Bird's tactics when he met the Fiorentina and Belgian national teams, and when he met Barcelona and the Spanish national team.
With Degan's world, Barcelona did not achieve the glory they deserved, but in Degan's memory of his previous life, that Barcelona team was almost invincible, however, just when everyone was thinking about how to deal with Barcelona's overall possession and pressing style of play and seemed to be inexplicable, Mourinho gave his own answer, there is no doubt that his Inter Milan surprised the world, but it was Mourinho who surprised even more.
Against Barcelona, Mourinho did not take advantage of his physical advantage as most people think, starting to press in midfield and trying to make the defense bloody.
Jose Mourinho's side are like a fist, tightening up all the time, but full of resilience, and after spotting Barcelona's Achilles heel, all it takes is a touch of the war to fall to the ground.
When defending, Mourinho did not take extreme measures such as Xavi and Messi to mark the ball, even at the expense of bad fouls, and the strategy he chose was to use active running, compress Barcelona's offensive space, and block the route of Messi's breakthrough and Xavi's ball while avoiding fouls.
Inter Milan proved to be far superior to the Spaniards defensively, strangling Barcelona's seemingly unstoppable attacking group in a civilized manner, barely giving Barcelona any more chances.
And Mourinho's Inter Milan is definitely not a dead end, their defense contains an attack, the Nerazzurri's tackles have started from the midfield, and as long as they cut off Barcelona's ball, they will immediately use direct passes to find the gap behind Barcelona's defense, and penetrate Barcelona's defense countless times.
Therefore, although Barcelona have an absolute advantage in possession time, Inter Milan have the upper hand in the game, especially in the box, Inter Milan have many more chances than Barcelona.
Jose Mourinho's targeted set-up was also evident in the game, with Barcelona's firepower often overshadowing the weakness of their wing-backs.
Jose Mourinho spotted Maxwell's defensive weaknesses, with the Nerazzurri often attracting the attention of Barcelona on the left or in the middle and suddenly shifting the ball to the right to organise a real attack.
What makes Inter Milaners even happier is that even though Barcelona scored first in the game, Inter Milan did not panic at all. Under Jose Mourinho's tutelage, the Nerazzurri already have the bearing and confidence of a champion-level team in the Champions League, and even if the opponent is as strong as Barcelona, Inter Milan is still as stable as a mountain.
Therefore, it can be said that in the game in the previous life, Inter Milan's victory was not a fluke, Mourinho completely overwhelmed Guardiola in the technical and tactical links, and Inter Milan also restrained Barcelona at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and defeated Barcelona in a head-to-head duel.
Barcelona have indeed reached the pinnacle of artistic football, but football is not the only one, and Jose Mourinho's Inter Milan are the absolute powerhouses in tactical response.
Originally, Digan thought that in this game, Mourinho would definitely take this way to deal with Barcelona, but in fact he was wrong, Real Madrid actually launched a fierce attack at the beginning of the game, completely at any cost, and invested so many troops in the attack that Barcelona at home fell into a panic from the beginning.
Pep Guardiola walked to the sidelines, shouting loudly, trying to make the team's midfielder able to control the rhythm, but it turned out that after the World Cup, Barcelona's midfield brain Xavi, commando captain Iniesta, and even Messi, the absolute core of Guardiola's tactics, were tired and completely out of shape, and lacked enough support, and Bojan, the young player on the front line, seemed at a loss.
If it weren't for the nerve knife Valdés, who just adjusted his form to the best in this game, I am afraid that Barcelona would have fallen behind in less than ten minutes.
In the face of Real Madrid's crazy relegation, Guardiola chose to let the team back down after observing for a while, trying to slow down the pace of the game.
In this way, it did have some effect, and Real Madrid also felt tired after nearly 20 minutes of continuous impact and took the initiative to slow down the attack.
The situation on the pitch began to become a little flat, and both sides began to patiently look for opportunities, but to the dissatisfaction of the Camp Nou fans, their vaunted passing and control style of play seemed to be a little unfortunate today, the midfield's control of the tempo seemed a little chaotic, and on the forward line, Bojan was also difficult to pose too much threat to Casillas.
"Pep Guardiola should regret his choice before the game, he should give more trust to Digan, if Digan is on the pitch at this time, he can completely threaten Real Madrid's goal through his individual ability, at this point, Bojan is obviously much worse, his body is too thin to fight against the combination of Pepe and Carvalho, the game has been played for 20 minutes now, but he has not even had a shot on goal!"
Perhaps hearing the words of the Catalan commentator, the Barcelona fans at the scene suddenly let out a shout, and they were shouting the name of Degan.
This scene seems to be ironic, because just before this season, Deganco was their number one enemy, and countless Barcelona fans had to pray every day that Degan would choke to death after eating.
Deegan raised an eyebrow, and then continued to sit on the bench with a blank face, knowing that at this time, what he needed was patience.
Degan is no longer the stunned man who fought against Carlo Ancelotti for playing time when he was at AC Milan, and at the age of 25, he has matured a lot, and he knows very well that at this time, the best thing for him is to respect his manager.
Guardiola also looks back at Degan's expression from time to time, his mind is a little complicated, as a loyal Messi, he has an instinctive dislike for Degan, when Degan joined, he was strongly opposed, but Degan has come, through this period of observation, he can also feel that Degan is the person who can make him successful, but he is not willing to be like Prandelli and Antienes, after success, but Degan has to share most of the credit.
So Pep Guardiola has been hesitating all the time now, he's waiting, waiting, waiting!
When the first half was over, when the second half began, when the Golden Mauro received Kaka's through ball, shook Valdés and scored, he couldn't wait.
"Degan! Get ready to play! ”
When Digan heard this, he took off the vest that represented the substitute, and then walked to Guardiola's side, waiting for Guardiola's instructions.
Guardiola's mood was still very complicated, and he paused for a moment before saying: "Stand at the front of the team, and then receive the ball and shoot." ”
Deegan smiled: "Is it that simple?!" ”