Heroes of the Restricted Zone

Chapter 1388 Guardiola's Ambition

In fact, what has caused Guardiola a headache is not only reflected in Chen Yingxiong's strength.

Messi is no longer the unsolvable problem, Chen Yingxiong has upgraded to an unsolvable BUG.

What has changed along with this is that Barcelona, ​​the invincible team in the universe, is no longer so scary. They were suppressed by Real Madrid in China, and they have not received honors in the European arena for a long time.Reached the Champions League final last season, but was defeated by Bayern Munich's wretched tactics. After the game, the Barcelona players were extremely disappointed and even said that Bayern Munich did not deserve to win the championship because their style of play was a retrogression of football. Many other neutral fans booed them one after another, mocking them for not being able to lose.

Barcelona's status is not as crazy as it used to be.People no longer look up to them and are not afraid of them, so they get into more trouble.It's like a snowball, and it's a vicious circle.

Part of the reason why Barcelona was able to sweep the world and clear the world in the past was that many teams were afraid of them. They were afraid just by hearing their names, let alone fighting and defeating them.

Some teams are even only busy chasing stars, and have no intention of competing with Barcelona for a high ground.

Leverkusen will have a say in this.

At that time, the two teams met in the Champions League knockout round, and the Leverkusen players didn't think about how to beat Barcelona-this is normal, because the strength gap between the two sides is too great.But everyone who is abnormal is thinking in advance how to exchange jerseys with Messi after the game.The whole team is scrambling to exchange jerseys with Messi. What is the difference between this behavior and fanatical groupies?
Can their actions still be called professional players?

If there is no direct competitive relationship between the two teams, and it is not the two sides of the competition, then what Leverkusen players do is just personal freedom. They have the freedom to chase stars, and players can also have idols.

But in such an important game as the quarter-finals of the Champions League, is it really appropriate for a player on the opposing side to display his star-chasing qualities so much?

Later, the Leverkusen club also realized the consequences of the players' actions. They seriously damaged the image of the Leverkusen club. For this reason, they simply bought more than 20 sets of Messi's Barcelona jerseys before the second round. , and then send one to each person, lest they fight for Messi's jersey.

However, this does not reduce the impact of this group of fans on the team's combat effectiveness.

In the end, Leverkusen was poured seven goals by Barcelona in the away game. The score of 7:1 permanently nailed Leverkusen to the pillar of shame.

Messi showed his power in that game and scored five yuan alone.

It can be regarded as satisfying those fans, but I don’t know how the Leverkusen players feel about being poked five holes in the body of the idol himself...

This game is a typical example of how strong Barcelona was at the time.It has become so strong that it can be defeated without a fight.

It is also because of their prestige that many teams surrendered when they heard that they were going to touch Barcelona, ​​so that they could win these insignificant games without bloodshed and focus on the most important games.

But now this kind of treatment no longer exists.

Today's Barcelona is no longer that scary team. Many teams dare to fight against them. In some games, they have to pay twice as much effort and price to win.

Guardiola feels a little bit of being insulted.

Especially in the European arena, since he took advantage of Chen Yingxiong's transfer to Liverpool and was unable to participate in the Champions League, he defeated Real Madrid and won the last Champions League for Barcelona. Barcelona has never won the Champions League again .

In the 2012-2013 season, Barcelona, ​​as the defending champion, did not enter the final at all. That season was also the worst season for Barcelona. In the domestic arena and the Champions League, they were completely suppressed by Real Madrid.His assistant coach Vilanova proved that he can only be a qualified assistant coach, but he cannot be an excellent head coach.

So Cruyff personally implored Guardiola, who was resting and recharging at home, to come out again.

In fact, Barcelona's performance is not as bad as people think, especially after Guardiola came out again, he led Barcelona to the Champions League final in the first season of coaching the team. Unfortunately, they won the Champions League final. The defending Bayern Munich had nothing to do, and was eventually dragged into a penalty shootout, and then lost to Bayern Munich on penalties.

After that game, many Barcelona people were not convinced, thinking that the championship should belong to Barcelona, ​​which performed better, because Barcelona was much higher than Bayern Munich in terms of ball possession time, number of shots, range of shots on the goal frame, and number of passes. , Why did the underdog win the championship in the end?
Guardiola didn't pay attention to these disturbances. He regretted losing this final, but this final also gave him confidence.

He originally thought that he would face a mess when he came back, and it would be troublesome to clean up.

Who would have thought that in the first season, Barcelona would reach the final of the Champions League just as if they were taking stimulants collectively... He had a bold idea in his mind, that is to let Barcelona rise again in Europe and regain its dominance .

He shuddered to let those people hear the name Barcelona again.

It doesn't matter if you didn't win the championship in the first season, but you must win the second season!
For this reason he even gave up La Liga.Because no matter how many La Liga champions are won, it also gives people a feeling that the structure is too small.After all, no matter how unbearable Barcelona is now, it is not difficult to dominate La Liga. The [-]-team La Liga is still divided into the two-team Western Super League and the eighteen-team La Liga.

Therefore, it is necessary to regain the La Liga championship, but there is no need to worry.But the Champions League champion can best explain the problem, which has the effect of blockbuster.

Only by regaining such an important championship can we announce to the whole of Europe and the whole world that Barcelona, ​​who was invincible in the universe back then, is back!

So he attaches great importance to this Champions League final, even more than last season...

He hopes to win this championship to prove the rise of Barcelona.

It's just that it's useless for him to pay more attention to it, because Barcelona's opponent in this season's Champions League final is Liverpool.If it's just Liverpool, it's fine, Guardiola is not afraid of Liverpool, but the problem is that Liverpool has Chen Yingxiong!

If Barcelona is to re-emerge, it has to cross the hurdle of Liverpool.

Is this God's test for Barcelona?
It really makes sense... If Barcelona can beat Liverpool with Chen Yingxiong, is there any team in the world that can stop Barcelona's re-emergence?

No!

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Guardiola studied the video of the match between Chen Yingxiong and Liverpool day and night, hoping to find clues from it. This kind of life began from the day the final opponent was determined.

Guardiola these days is almost like an ascetic monk. A person who was very trendy and fashionable, but paid attention to his image, turned out to be unkempt, and he was thinner, with sunken eye sockets and a haggard face.

He put all his energy into researching Chen Yingxiong.

As a result, he hadn't figured out how to deal with Chen Yingxiong until the day before the match.

However, this will not hinder Barcelona's preparation training.Because Barcelona's training is not aimed at the Liverpool team, in the offense, they only need to play Barcelona's football to handle their opponents.

The problem is defense, which is Guardiola's biggest headache.

Other Liverpool players are not afraid, but how to guard Chen Yingxiong?

Guardiola never had an answer.

Seeing that the game was about to start, he still couldn't figure out a way.In the end, I simply made a move-I and Liverpool confronted each other!

Yes, counter attack!
Since there is no way to fight defense, it is better to fight offense.

Facts have proved that it is useless to defend Liverpool. Only Arsenal has succeeded in defending, and no other team has succeeded.Especially Newcastle United, poor magpies, they replaced all the offensive players, all of them were defensive players, and all of them retreated to the 30-meter area, but Chen Yingxiong still poured five balls...

Anyway, defense is not Barcelona's strong point, but offense is. Why should we use our weaknesses and avoid our strengths?
Liverpool's offense is very sharp, but our Barcelona's offense is not weak.

You have Chen Yingxiong, we have Messi!
No one is worse than anyone else.

After turning the corner in his thinking, Guardiola's thinking went through immediately, letting him think about how to attack, which is what he is best at.

Give full play to the characteristics of Barcelona, ​​firmly control the football at their feet, use their tacit pass and run coordination to tear Liverpool's defense, and then rely on Messi's personal skills to break into the penalty area and score goals.

As long as your own team can firmly control football at their feet, it can offset Liverpool's offensive threat.

After all, football is safest under your feet.

This is the credo of Barcelona football.

If you can't control the football, you can't control the game.

If you can't control the game, you can't win the game.

Guardiola figured this out, and suddenly he was no longer obsessed with how to deal with Chen Yingxiong.

The mood is also a lot more comfortable.

Tonight, he could finally have a good night's sleep.

For Guardiola, this is not easy.

This is the first time in half a month that he was able to sleep soundly. This is very important, because tomorrow's game will not be easy. He needs enough sleep to recover his energy and deal with this game with a clear mind.

(End of this chapter)