Although he has long been accustomed to the huge momentum of the 100,000 fans at the Camp Nou, Guardiola still feels uneasy at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, because this time he is facing Tottenham Hotspur.

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Wearing a crisp suit, Zhuo Li was in the command area of the home team's coach's bench on the inside of the track and field track at the Olympic Stadium, Guardiola clasped his hands in front of his chest, but his eyes were always paying attention to every move on the field, and he was guessing in his heart, what kind of tactics Tottenham Hotspur would adopt in this game?

Tottenham Hotspur will start the game with goalkeeper Peter Cech, Arbeloa, Zigrinski, Thiago Silva and Alves at the back, David Silva, Yaya Toure and Cesc Fabregas in midfield, and Franck Ribery, Robin van Persie and Messi in front.

It can be said that this is the main lineup of Tottenham Hotspur this season, the only thing that is more doubtful is the left-back, Marcelo, who has stronger attacking ability, was put on the bench by Ye Qiu, and replaced with Arbeloa, who has better defensive ability, but is not weak in attacking ability, does this represent a signal for Ye Qiu in this game, steady?

Compared with Tottenham Hotspur's stable starting lineup, Barcelona has changed a lot

The goalkeeper is Valdés, Abidal, Mascherano, Pique and Puyol at the back, Keita, Sergio Busquets and Xavi in midfield, and Thierry Henry, Samuel Eto'o and Andres Iniesta up front.

Among them, Barcelona's more surprising use of Iniesta, Guardiola placed Iniesta in the right winger position, but at the same time, in order to ensure the distance between Xavi and Iniesta, Xavi and Iniesta have a relatively free range of movement.

Everyone knows very well that in terms of overall strength, Barcelona is inferior to Tottenham Hotspur, although the former is a top giant, and the latter can only be regarded as an upstart in European football, but strength is strength, and it has nothing to do with fame and heritage.

The weakness of strength, coupled with the obvious flaws in the overall offensive and defensive links, makes Barcelona unable to completely feel at ease whether it is attacking or defending, so it is inevitable to have a psychology of gaining and losing.

As soon as the game began, Barcelona took the initiative and started a round of attack.

The first threatening attack of the game came at the feet of Barcelona, Iniesta broke through with the ball on the right and crossed diagonally into the box, Eto'o received the ball and shook it past Ziglinski, but Thiago Silva appeared next to Ziglinski to help defence, and when Eto'o wanted to pass the ball to Henry, the Brazilian centre-back suddenly cut in and cleared the ball with a big foot.

It was a very good defence that defused a dangerous attack from Barcelona, but it was clear that Barcelona did not stop there and continued to play with attacking tactics.

'Tottenham Hotspur are off to a bit of a steady start. Pep Guardiola's assistant coach Tito Vilanova stepped up to Guardiola's side, and for such an important game as the Champions League final, it is not a trivial move to start with a safe tactic, on the contrary, if you are confident enough in your own quality, then it is a good thing that you play it safe.

The reason is very simple, the so-called game matchup, to put it bluntly, is to see the move, you take a steady tactic, let your teammates make a move, and then you dismantle the move, as long as you are sure enough to believe that your team will not be overwhelmed by the opponent, then you can take a safe tactic.

"In terms of strength, they are at an advantage, which shows that no matter whether we take the offensive or defensive strategy, they will adopt the strategy of preemptive play" Guardiola glanced at Ye Qiu, who was sitting in the away team's coach's box in the distance, crossing Erlang's legs, this guy looked down on people a little.

Although Barcelona is at a disadvantage, is he really so sure that he will be able to regain the advantage from Barcelona?

It is very difficult to regain the advantage after losing the advantage at the beginning of many games.

"It's been five minutes," Vilanova reminded.

In the first five minutes, the only threat created was Barcelona's attack, but it was only into the Tottenham Hotspur penalty area, and there was not even the slightest chance to start, so strictly speaking, it was not a threat.

According to the plan drawn up by the Barcelona coaching staff before the game, the first ten minutes to fight for the initiative, five minutes to attack, five minutes to close, and then began to focus on defense, using possession to let Tottenham Hotspur press up, creating opportunities for Eto'o and Henry's back insertion, after all, the speed and individual ability of these two players are enough to ensure the quality of the team's counter-attack.

And, when it comes to passers at the back, Barcelona are not at all lost to Tottenham Hotspur.

Guardiola felt that the game time passed too quickly, and it had not yet formed enough offensive advantages, and five minutes passed, but now Tottenham Hotspur seems to be a little bit out of the game, and it seems that the enthusiasm to move forward is not very strong

"Wait a little longer, we'll see what happens," Guardiola said, staring at the situation.

Villanova also feels that it is a pity to collect it now, after all, the fishing net has been cast, and everyone wants to catch a net full of fish and pull it up, and now he has just encountered a school of fish, and he has not caught anything, but he wants to put it away, who is willing?

The manager did not move, and the players on the pitch continued to play according to the rhythm and tactics of the opening game.

In fact, in a football game, the players on the pitch can't grasp the overall situation, and they can't even figure out what the situation is now, which is why the role of the manager is so obvious, he is like a driver, holding the steering wheel in his hand, adjusting the direction anytime and anywhere.

In another attack, Ziglinski crossed diagonally from the back to Messi, but Abidal grabbed the landing spot and headed it to Seydoux Keita, who knocked it back, Abidal quickly dribbled forward, and then passed forward to Thierry Henry.

The Frenchman blocked Alves with his body, and after receiving the ball, he cut diagonally into the box from the left corner of the box, which is also Henry's best attacking routine, when he cut into the box, Thiago Silva was the first to get close, and used his body to block Henry's opportunity to continue to cut inside and face the goal directly.

Thierry Henry reacted very quickly and immediately took the ball from a diagonal cut to a bottom, and Thiago Silva was also prepared for this, although he did not dare to put his foot in the box, but he stuck to Henry.

The Frenchman made a quick stop, seeing that there was no chance, dribbling to the left, ready to get out of the big penalty area, suddenly crossed diagonally to the edge of the penalty area, Seydou Keita cut in, and directly pulled out his foot is a furious shot, hitting the first shot of the game.

But this hurried shot was saved by Cech steadily, his position was very good, and Keita's long-range shot did not have the power and angle of the shot, so it looked like it was too straight and was pounced on by Cech directly in his arms.

Ye Qiu walked outside this time and gestured towards Yaya Toure, obviously a little dissatisfied with Yaya Toure for not entangling and blocking Keita at the first time just now, because his attention was on Harvey just now

In addition, there is Alves, Ye Qiu seems to be signaling that his position should be further back, don't keep pressing up so much.

Ye Qiu's organization and adjustment of defense was not particularly good before, but since Mauro Tassoti joined the coaching staff of Tottenham Hotspur, Ye Qiu has greatly improved both in defensive organization and on-the-spot adjustment, and many times it is Mauro Tassoti who made decisions after consulting with him.

Because of this, many people joke that if Huang Chu and Eliza Moon are the two women behind Ye Qiu, then Mauro Tasotti is the man behind Ye Qiu, and there are also people like Roland Shepas, Mulenstin, Moniz, Peter Brandt, etc., all of whom are very important core coaching staff members under Ye Qiu.

With the adjustment of the defense, Tottenham Hotspur's defense has improved to a certain extent, Barcelona attacked several times in a row, but failed to play an effect, but was counterattacked by Tottenham Hotspur, Messi took the ball on the right side and passed to Van Persie, who stopped the ball and turned to his feet, in one go, but the shot was slightly wide.

'The pace of the game was fast, but it was a bit surprising that Barcelona had three shots on goal in less than twenty minutes ahead of them, while Tottenham Hotspur had only one shot on goal until now and none of them were on target, which was very unpredictable and Tottenham seemed to be a bit out of shape"

The on-site commentators were also a little disappointed with Tottenham's performance in this game, the north London side have always won the admiration of the fans with their devastating attacking football, but now in this game, they seem to be a little tired.

"In the first 20 minutes, Tottenham Hotspur only had 43 possession, which is indeed a bit low, Barcelona had a relatively high possession rate, but neither side created too many scoring opportunities, especially Tottenham Hotspur, which has always been known for its attack, was it affected by the league game three days ago?"

Cruyff glanced at the big red scoreboard at the top of the pitch, and twenty minutes later, he was starting to feel restless.

It was a gripping game, it caught everyone's attention from the start, it didn't have any tricks, nothing unrealistic, it was simple, it kept running, it kept passing, it kept interspersing, the tempo wasn't very slow, but both sides did a good job defensively.

How so?

It's like a country stream, babbling and flowing, calm, but flowing slowly.

What can you say about it arresting people?

It's because from time to time there will be some scenes that make you feel dramatic, just like the attack of Tottenham Hotspur just now, Messi cut the ball on the right side and passed the ball, which is a very general cooperation, but when Van Persie stopped the ball and turned around, the technical movements were very smooth, making people seem to see Ruud van Nistelrooy or Bergkamp.

Although it was off, it whetted the appetite of the spectators.

That's it, the first twenty minutes are all carried out in this rhythm and atmosphere, which makes it difficult for your attention to relax in the slightest, but you also don't feel that time flies quickly, in short, everything seems to be very calm.

But Cruyff is a bystander, and he is well aware that Guardiola's plans have been disrupted.

Originally, Barcelona's tactics were to attack in five minutes, close in five minutes, and then let Tottenham Hotspur press up, but now Tottenham Hotspur did not press at all, nor did they retreat, and they were still playing the game steadily, but Barcelona unknowingly, played 20 minutes of active attack.

This is a guideline for all managers to adjust their games, which is true in itself, but a manager must also have a long-term vision, and Cruyff is worried because he thinks Guardiola is a little anxious?

This is the first Champions League final of his coaching career, and when he met Hius Hius in the previous game, Guardiola has already exposed his immaturity in coaching ability, he is indeed the manager who best meets the needs of Barcelona, but he is very immature in terms of experience and on-the-spot command.

Judging from the course of the game, although Barcelona had an advantage in possession, the attack actually did not play well

The first is that Iniesta was pushed to the right winger, and the distance between him and Xavi is a bit far, and the two sides do not respond closely enough to each other, and it is always difficult for Xavi and Seydou Keita to pass the tacit pass similar to the kind of tacit understanding when they cooperate with Iniesta.

Secondly, Tottenham Hotspur obviously consciously defended against Xavi, once Xavi got the ball, the players around him leaned in for the first time, but they did not press, but at a distance of about two meters from him, blocking his forward advance route and passing route, and the people around him will also cut off his passing route as soon as possible, forcing him to pass back.

If you can't pass a series of forward passes such as through balls and diagonal passes, then Xavi's role in attack is greatly weakened, because if you blindly return passes, even if you brush up 99% possession, what effect?

Xavi was blocked, and Iniesta couldn't retreat too deeply, so he either took a long pass or inserted it backwards, and in the absence of a tactical fulcrum like Ibrahimovic or Drogba in the front of Barcelona, the success rate of long passes was almost like waiting for luck, so Puyol and Abidal were very active, and the wing became an important means of advancing Barcelona's attack.

"Would Ye Qiu be so kind and willing to give up the initiative in the game directly?" Cruyff asked to himself.

The Stadio Olimpico was so loud that all the fans were screaming so that no one heard what he was saying, not even Laporta, who was sitting next to him.

To put it in mind, if the physical fitness of your own team is not enough, and the players are physically and mentally tired, Ye Qiu should be more anxious now, but from the beginning to now, it has been more than 20 minutes, but Tottenham Hotspur is still playing steadily, as if there is no anxiety, and there is no sign of actively forcing and snatching the initiative.

At most, when they have the ball, they patiently control the ball and look for opportunities, usually done by David Silva and Cesc Fabregas, and once they can't find an opportunity forward, they will take a return pass or a split, and then reorganize and look for opportunities again.

On the contrary, it was Barcelona who pressed tighter.

When Henry saw that Fabregas couldn't get a chance in the middle and distributed the ball to the right side to Alves, he immediately posted it for the first time, but this time he was a little far away from Alves, and the Brazilian right-back saw Henry pounce on him, so he quickly didn't stop the ball and pushed the ball back to Fabregas for the first time.

Henry was not lazy, he turned a direction at the first time, and was about to disturb Fabregas, but Fabregas suddenly passed the ball behind him again, but saw Alves rushing forward quickly after passing just now, straight behind Henry.

This surprised Thierry Henry, and when he turned around again, he saw that Alves, who had completed a beautiful one-two with Cesc Fabregas, had driven straight into the 30-metre area of Barcelona with the ball.

The entire Barcelona defense retracted quickly, Alves always dribbled the ball on the right side, Abidal shook off Messi for the first time and leaned towards Alves, while the Brazilian right-back did not have any intention of entering the penalty area and continued to dribble to the right side of the penalty area.

Messi also plugged in backwards, and after entering the penalty area, he pointed to his front, apparently signaling Alves to pass quickly to the goal, which scared Mascherano to run forward with him for the first time, straight into the right post of the goal, and Van Persie, who was originally at the front, suddenly retreated to near the penalty spot.

Alves' low cross from the right was quick, clinging to the turf and approaching the penalty spot, while Van Persie took advantage of his natural advantage with his back to goal and defender Pique to drop back to catch the ball.

The Dutchman's stop didn't just stop the ball at his feet, but after processing the ball with his left foot, he rolled to his right, and then he blocked Pique behind him with his body to turn towards Lu's right

Pique followed Van Persie to retreat from the small penalty area, he stood behind Van Persie, he had already lost the lead, and Alves's pass was looking for Van Persie, so he had no way to stop it, and he didn't dare to foul, and seeing that Van Persie was about to turn around and get rid of Pique and get a left-footed shot near the penalty spot, Puyol, who had been mentally prepared, rushed over frantically for the first time and was about to stop Van Persie's shot.

But Van Persie stopped again, stopped the ball again, and then pushed it to the left.

The whole process happened almost in the blink of an eye, Van Persie stopped the ball with two consecutive feet, and the handling of the ball was just right, just using the stop to ensure that neither Pique nor Puyol could threaten his control of the ball, and could only watch as he almost playfully lost his position.

On the left side of Van Persie and Puyol, the unmarked Ribery was already ambushed here, and as soon as he saw Van Persie push the ball over, he quickly rushed up and fired a right-footed shot against the incoming ball.

Quite simply, with a very unskilled instep shot, the ball almost grazed the bottom of the left post and into the goal, and Valdés made a flying save, but it was still a step too late