Since returning to Real Madrid at the end of the 10-11 season and taking the main position, Leon has held the record of at least two meetings with Barcelona every year.

Unlike the Real Madrid players who were suppressed by Barcelona for several seasons, Leon has never experienced a loss in the match against Barcelona.

So when he revealed to the media that he was looking forward to returning to the Camp Nou again, it was really difficult for Barcelona fans to feel the slightest bit of "friendliness" in him.

Li Ang actually expected that it would cause a storm of public opinion before the game, but he just wanted to stir up the emotions of Barcelona fans.

To be honest, it has been so many years since his professional debut, and against other clubs, Li Ang doesn't feel anything unique.

Only in the game with Barcelona, he kicked hard.

It is only with the fans of Barcelona that he finds it interesting~

On February 16, amid the "friendly" greetings of a group of Barcelona fans online, Leon rushed to Barcelona by plane with the team.

Although the timing of the game has changed compared to last year, the preparation process is still the same, and the whole Chelsea squad still warmed up at the Espanyol training base to stay in shape.

As one of the first teams to feature in the quarter-finals of the Champions League this season, Chelsea's current home and training ground are surrounded by journalists.

On the morning of 17 February, the Chelsea squad completed their final pre-match practice.

At the same time, Xavi also expressed his determination to win the game in an interview with reporters before the game!

Now Harvey is naturally qualified to make such an expression of determination.

Because before the start of this round of Champions League 1/8 finals, Barcelona has won eleven consecutive victories in La Liga and Copa del Rey!

is in such a hot state of the game, so much so that many Western media have come out to claim that Barcelona has successfully returned to the top.

Previously, Barcelona defeated Atletico Madrid in the two legs of the Copa del Rey quarterfinals, which also gave confidence to many sports media in Catalonia.

Now Barcelona is still the top of La Liga.

Although it is only one point ahead of Real Madrid, which is in second place, no matter what, the momentum of this big brother at the top of the list has to be shown.

So compared with the Barcelona fans who are still a little apprehensive, the media in Catalan seem to be much tougher.

Before the game, he generously wrote to Chelsea, and also claimed conclusively that now is the best moment to break Leon's unbeaten record against Barcelona!

The British media was naturally not to be outdone, and fought back directly, listing the dazzling data of the two teams in the Champions League last year.

The media on both sides came and went, and after taking the fans off the field, the smell of gunpowder became even stronger.

Of course, compared to the verbal battle between the media and the fan base, the players and managers of the two teams don't have much extra thought.

No matter how strong the smell of gunpowder among the fans is, Chelsea will certainly not take the initiative to use too much confrontation in the first round against Barcelona.

After all, they are playing away from home, and no one can predict the scale of the referee on duty on the day of the game.

Again, Barcelona has indeed declined a lot in strength in recent years, but they are still one of the most successful clubs in European football.

The home whistle that should be given to UEFA will not be less, and in this regard, the major participating giants basically enjoy basic rights.

When the time comes, don't play away and win the game, but let the important players in the team carry yellow cards.

The knockout rounds of the Champions League have just begun, and if Chelsea really have core players in the quarter-finals who accumulate yellow cards and are suspended, it will really outweigh the losses.

Jose Mourinho is still quite cautious, but he certainly can't imagine that his opponent will be more cautious than him today.

Enrique got his wish this season and became Barcelona's manager.

When he first took over at the beginning of the season, he wanted to take over the power and made a lot of mistakes, even to the point that he was opposed by many veteran players in the Barcelona team.

But fortunately, he adjusted his tactics and communication attitude with the players in time.

After firmly establishing Messi's offensive core position and reusing Neymar, Barcelona's record is finally back on track.

The current wave of eleven consecutive wins can be regarded as a complete consolidation of Enrique's position.

But Enrique's mind is very clear, and he knows that under his seemingly impregnable position, there is a powerful bomb hidden.

This season, he led Barcelona back to at least one heavyweight trophy and it was only then that he was able to truly solidify his position.

Before that, all the beautiful visions promised to him by the Barcelona management were just a mirror flower.

He knows better than anyone the fact that Barcelona's midfield control has dropped dramatically.

In order not to be eliminated early in the Champions League, Enrique has no choice but to get to know Chelsea more fully and choose his tactics more carefully in the limited time.

And with his predecessor Martino, who coached Barcelona last year, he was ultimately defeated by Chelsea.

From the outset, Enrique didn't think about the way Messi dropped back into midfield to increase ball control.

Because that's a helpless choice to treat the symptoms but not the root cause.

If Barcelona want to win against a strong opponent like Chelsea, they must let Messi play to his full potential.

Guardiola's original style of play can't be used.

Because neither Iniesta nor Xavi can run like they did four or five seasons ago.

Why did Dream Three Barcelona achieve such success?

Groundbreaking tactics and advanced pass-and-control play are important reasons for this.

However, many people tend to ignore the huge protective effect of Barcelona's leading high pressing tactics on Barcelona's midfield and backfield defense at that time.

At that time, Barcelona played on multiple fronts throughout the season to the end, and the number of goals conceded was terrible.

But that doesn't mean how good Barca's backfield defence and goalkeepers are.

Barcelona's active counter-robbery on the spot after losing the ball in the midfield is the fundamental reason for Barcelona's efficient defensive performance!

The lost goals have basically been regained by Barcelona's midfielders, and Barcelona's midfield and backfield defense have not been tested a few times in a game, can the defense be bad?!

Barcelona was able to play this game back then, and the brothers in the backfield really had to line up to thank their teammates in the midfield.

Now, Xavi and Iniesta can't run around the pitch like they used to.

Messi and Neymar also can't do it to spend a lot of energy in a game to defend back.

Forcing the previous tactics to fight again, isn't that forcing your own team to collapse?

If the midfield can't be grabbed, the defensive pressure at the back will naturally be greater.

Enrique doesn't want to kill himself, on the contrary, he wants to win and win against Mourinho to further prove his coaching skills!

So in the first round of the home game, he chose the tactical style that is most suitable for Barcelona right now......

On the evening of 17 February, the Chelsea and Barcelona players completed their final pre-match warm-up amid a bouth of cheers and boos at the Camp Nou.

The starting 11 rosters of both teams were basically revealed by the media in advance.

Chelsea's side are the main players, while for Barcelona, Enrique chose to start with Raphinha today, and Xavi was on the bench.

The starters in the rest of Barca's positions were exactly the same as the media had speculated before the game.

After arriving at the point, the players of the two teams walked quickly through the opening ceremony, except for the captain who guessed the side, the rest of the players trotted back to their own half of the court, waiting for the game to begin.

Leon was in the central midfield position today, and he will hardly play against Messi in the opening stages of the game.

But his eyes still fell directly on Messi, who has been playing back to the right winger this season.

Under his butterfly effect, Suarez did not suffer from Chiellini at the 2014 World Cup, so Liverpool did not give up on him.

Coupled with Gerrard's true affection, Suarez is still playing in Liverpool and has not traveled to Catalonia.

Missing a key link of the central arrows, Barcelona did not make up the MSN attack line combination. For Leon, it is now a "strange" team.

Lionel Messi and Neymar have been in excellent form this season and they are now leading Barcelona back to the top of La Liga.

But their current squad performance and quality are not enough to compete with Chelsea.

So Leon is curious, in this realistic embarrassment, what kind of tactical play will Enrique use to compete with Chelsea?

"Keep playing passing, you don't play passing, then I'm really going to be very disappointed......"

Li Ang muttered in his heart, and the referee also blew the whistle for the start of the game directly at this time!

Barcelona, who were the first to kick off, quickly rolled out a formation of three midfielders.

Busquets, who received a return pass from his team-mate, avoided Ibrahimovic's top tackle and quickly distributed the ball to Raphinha.

And as soon as Raphinha got the ball, he did not hesitate to pass the ball directly to Messi's feet.

After gradually getting rid of injuries this season, Messi's personal performance can be said to have improved a lot compared to last season.

Although in terms of goals, because he wants to give Neymar the right to fire, Messi's total goals have only reached 20 so far this season.

But his assists have skyrocketed.

After playing last season, Messi's assists reached 14, and now this season, Messi's assists have risen to 13!

Retreating from the top of the front line to the position of the core of the attack, Messi has adapted well to his new role in the team.

Barcelona seem to need to rely more on Neymar in the front line now, but from the inside, their dependence on Messi is more serious.

The faster transition of the midfield, with Messi in the front court to instigate the dealing, has already said a lot.

Barcelona's first attack after the opening ended with Messi holding the ball from the right and cutting inside diagonally on the left, and then Neymar starting quickly to clear Azpilicueta's reluctant shot.

Leon watched Messi and Neymar's passing connection.

But he didn't say much, and after receiving a pass from Kroos, he also took the ball himself to launch Chelsea's first counter-attack of the game.

Neither team was fully engaged in the opening offensive probing.

In the back and forth between the two teams, the fans in front of the TV quickly discovered that the current Barcelona team was very different from the previous one.

"Barcelona don't even pursue possession? What about their rib penetrations and straight plugs? Why do I feel like Barcelona today is more of an anti-counter-attacking team than Chelsea?! ”

"Enrique wanted to play like this, and he almost broke Barcelona at the start of the season, don't you know?"

'If you look at it now, Enrique obviously succeeded, Barcelona have a good record and I don't think they fell behind against Chelsea today.

'It's a strange feeling, Chelsea are looking for a more nuanced attacking combination, while Barcelona opt for a quick transition midfield to strengthen the counter-attack on both wings? Mourinho and Enrique didn't take the script of today's game tactics, right?! ”

……

Many fans enthusiastically discussed it on the Internet.

On the sidelines, Mourinho, who saw Enrique's tactical thinking at the moment, also scratched his head.

"This guy is interesting! If Josep were watching today's game, would he feel angry? ”

Mourinho is inexplicably associated with Pep Guardiola.

No way, after Guardiola left, Barcelona's two consecutive managers are basically continuing his tactical play and continuing to coach Barcelona.

Enrique's courage is very big, not only did he not continue to play pass-and-control football with Barcelona, but he also "deviantly" played a defensive counterattack?!

Mourinho became interested in Enrique instantly.

He knew that this guy was probably just like him, a real-life guy.

And to deal with this kind of head coach who doesn't care about public opinion, or even what his fans think, then there is no need to use too many tactical traps.

Because the opponent, like him, is also completely driven to score points in the game.

So be realistic, even if there are any tricks, hiding them is an obstacle to their own tactical adjustments.

Thinking of this, Mourinho shouted to get Kroos's attention, and then he made a gesture of tactical adjustment!

At this moment, less than 5 minutes have passed before the official start of the game.

But that's how Mourinho made the first tactical adjustment of the game!

Kroos did not hesitate, and quickly conveyed Lao Mu's adjustment ideas to his teammates on the field.

And Leon, who rushed back to his own half, also nodded after confirming with Kroos, and then retreated slightly.

Chelsea changed the starting formation of 4231 at the beginning and directly changed the formation to play 433!

After Barcelona gave up more midfield transmission and chose to play counter-attack, Chelsea also went against the norm and took over the initiative of midfield control and played pass-and-control football at Camp Nou!

All of a sudden, fans from all over the world who watched the game were also silenced by the game scene.

Barcelona hit a possession-possessed Chelsea counter-attack at home?

The world is crazy!

There's another chapter.,There's a possibility of passing zero.,The big guys who can't wait can watch it tomorrow morning.

(End of chapter)