Many journalists and professionals have asked Ye Qiu the same question, why did he choose to give up the 433 tactics he spent four years in Ajax and became more familiar with, and instead adopted the 43l tactics?

Ye Qiu has always answered this question, adopting different tactics according to different types of players, but in fact, he himself is very clear that there is a deeper factor, that is, the flaw of 433.

I believe that many fans in the past life had seen Mourinho's 43 at Chelsea's 43 at Inter Milan and 43 at Barcelona's peak, and they would naturally feel that 433 should be the strongest tactic of that era.

It is undeniable that 433 does have his very excellent side, that is freedom.

If you only look at Mourinho's 43, the most intuitive impression of everyone should be the oppressive defense and sharp and fast counterattack.

Mourinho is a smart person. He can always master the method of leading the team to achieve stable results in the shortest time, but on the tactical level, he does have great flaws. During the Chelsea period, he did not have enough understanding of running without the ball. In order to exert his offensive ability as a winger tactic, he could only use a meat grinder midfield and use his physical energy to run and cover it.

The flaw of the meat grinder midfielder is that it is too tough and has a greater dependence on physical fitness. When encountering teams with stronger control, it is often easy to be at a disadvantage, so Chelsea always has one less person when encountering Barcelona.

If you only look at Barcelona's 433 tactics, you will see oppressive offense and excellent unball running and passing and receiving coordination system. Of course, in the eyes of ordinary fans, they may not see these. They will intuitively sigh while watching the game, saying that Barcelona players play very freely, cooperate wherever they go, and play whatever they want.

If we look at it simply from a tactical perspective, Barcelona's 433 is indeed more tactical value than Mourinho's 433. The latter depends more on the physical fitness of the players rather than the tactics themselves. However, Barcelona's tactics also have a problem, that is, lack of vertical offensive capabilities.

Here we must explain that 44 is the most standard and balanced tactic among all tactics. The distance between players is kept just right. However, if it becomes 43, the distance between players is much more than 44, whether it is horizontal or vertical comparison. This is the price to pay to exert player mobility.

If you want players to move and run freely, you have to reserve space for them to run, right?

Especially for the distance between the full-back and the winger, it has been maintained at more than 25 meters for a long time, and the distance between the winger and the center is about 10 meters more than the 44 double forward tactics. This is why Ajax, after a group of outstanding wing players, had a total power of 433 and the team's strength declined rapidly.

In his previous life, many fans accused Barcelona of making too many crosses during the offense. There are factors that require the team's ball control system, but in fact, some of the factors are that they lack a stable midfield ball point.

If you look at Barcelona's tactics carefully, it is not difficult to find that almost all Barcelona's ball paths are aimed at the wing, from the wing to the frontcourt, and then through the wing players cut inward, such as the oblique pass attack of Ronaldinho and Giulli, who were very famous at the time, cut inwardly on both sides.

Why is this happening? The reason is very simple. Etoo is not a qualified single striker in the 433 tactics. Even if he goes to Inter Milan, Mourinho's use of him will be pulled to the wing.

It must be clarified here that scoring too many goals does not mean that he is suitable

When a team has a strong and stable and diverse ball path, which is the so-called opportunity creation ability, even if an amateur striker is placed in front of him, he can still score many goals, but this does not mean that he is suitable for the team's tactics.

Etoo's biggest weakness is that he does not echo the two sides, and his ability to get the ball in the middle of the penalty area is also slightly lacking. Therefore, when he was in Inter Milan, the stable ball-taking point in the middle of the frontcourt was Diego Milito.

Etoo is undoubtedly a very outstanding top forward. He also has strong tactical adaptability and can play double strikers and single strikers, but this does not mean that he can become the top player in different tactics. Any player can only tap the greatest potential in the tactics that suit him the most.

Because of Etoo's weakness, or lack, it is difficult for Barcelona to pass directly to find Etoo, and they can only go to the side, so there will inevitably be more crosses. In addition, in order to stabilize the ball possession rate, Barcelona has been criticized for mechanical passes.

Guardiola also realized this, so he wanted to introduce Ibrahimovic. The Swedish striker's ability to get the ball in the frontcourt is absolutely not doubted, but he seems a little unacceptable to Barcelona's tactical system and requirements.

In other words, with Barcelona's technical foundation and team sense, and Etoo's outstanding personal ability, they still have shortcomings and shortcomings in their use of 433. It can be imagined that in the Premier League, where technical foundation and sense of passing and receiving cooperation are obviously slightly inferior to those of mainland Europe, there is basically only one way to copy 43.

Learn from Mourinho, play defensive counterattacks, use the frontcourt quick advancement tactics, and then use the meat grinder to complete the coverage.

Think about it again, did Ferguson's Manchester United also use this tactical style when he won the Champions League?

Think about it again, why did Wenger hold 44 and refuse to let go?

When the players' technical ability, running ability and other qualities do not meet the requirements, the 433 tactic is a desperate attempt to die. Therefore, for Ye Qiu, only when the players such as Fabregas, Messi, Ribery, Van Persie mature and can stand alone, he will turn to the 43 to maximize the team's attack power.

It can be said that not many people in football today are more familiar with and understand 433 than Ye Qiu. Because this set of tactics is his specialty, and he has also carefully studied the experience and experience of many world-renowned coaches on the 433 tactics, so he knows very clearly that the weaknesses and shortcomings of Barcelona are currently.

In Ye Qiu's eyes, Rijkald's team was almost full of problems.

As a single striker, Etoo does not echo the left and right sides, so let's not talk about it. Iniesta and Jiuli form the wing. The former is a little slow, has good skills and is creative enough. But behind him is Abidal and Van Bronkhorst, and behind him is Beletti. There is a big loophole between the winger and the full-back.

Barcelona's midfielders are Xavi, Mota and Max, and the two central defenders are Ed Milson and Puyol. The thickness of the midfield is relatively weak, while Barcelona advocates ball possession and counter-attack, which has a premise.

When Barcelona can obtain continuous high-speed passes and players can effectively run back and forth, this Barcelona is the most threatening, because their pass penetration will tear open any line of defense.

Because of this, when Barcelona meets those teams in La Liga that lack defense ability, low oppression, and are unwilling to defend against each other, they almost cannot feel the pressure of defense. This is also why Barcelona can perform well this season, but when Rijcard meets Ye Qiu's Chelsea, his 433 tactic collapsed.

Chelsea still has 3l tactics, goalkeeper Van der Sar, defense is Evra, Cannavaro, Terry and Macon, double midfielders are Deco and Marklele, frontcourt are Ronaldinho, Lampard and Rooney, and single forward is Drogba.

Out of confidence in his team, Ye Qiu announced his starting list of his visit to the Camp Nou Stadium after playing in Newcastle's FA Cup. There was no surprise that all the main players played, but he played tricks in tactical ways.

The first thing is to not compete with Barcelona for the ball, but he tried his best to carry out a pressing defense against Barcelona's ball. Once he got the ball, he kept stopping the ball and directly looked for the frontcourt, either Ronaldinho and Rooney on the wing, or Drogba and Lampard.

Ye Qiu knew very well that in front of Barcelona's defense, Chelsea's frontcourt players had certain advantages in getting the ball. Even at the young Rooney, Chelsea could boldly pass the ball forward, with many catch points in front, and quickly passed to the frontcourt, which can maximize the counter-attack effect of Barcelona and hit the opponent's enthusiasm.

Second, once the ball is obtained, the full-back quickly advances, hitting the weak points between the opponent's winger and the full-back in the shortest time, taking advantage of the number of players, as well as repeated impacts and breakthroughs, to disintegrate Barcelona's defense from the wing.

Therefore, in this game, Ronaldinho and Evra, Rooney and Macon almost completely made Barcelona's two wings into sieves. If Drogba had not had enough ability to seize the opportunity, Barcelona would have conceded at least 5 goals in this game.

After the first and second points, Chelsea naturally gained an advantage in the field, using Barcelona's half as the main battlefield in the game, and then suppressing and dismantling Barcelona's tactics.

In fact, the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 knockout match at Camp Nou Stadium lost suspense from the third minute. After receiving the pass from the backcourt along the left side, Ronaldinho quickly formed a breakthrough. After throwing away Beletti, he got rid of Puyolne in the left corner of the penalty area. After entering the penalty area, he faced Valdes who was attacking and shot calmly.

The ball drew an arc and then rolled straight into the right net inside the goal, 0

After that, Chelsea kept taking advantage of the stable ball in the frontcourt, giving full play to the characteristics of the wing offense, attacking Barcelona's weaknesses and shortcomings in the defense of the wing, and attacking again and again and again, but never found an opportunity to break through Barcelona's goal again.

Until the second half, after Ronaldinho retreated and received the ball, he directly transferred a large-scale oblique pass. Rooney quickly inserted the ball and pushed it to the right side of the penalty area. He made an emergency pass. Drogba disturbed the attention of Puyol and Edmilson. Lampard headed the ball from a close range, 0

This is also the only two goals in the whole game. Chelsea beat Barcelona 0 away

The moment the whistle sounded at the end of the game, the entire Camp Nou Stadium was completely desperate.

If Barcelona brought bitterness and tears to Barcelona fans last season, then the team's performance has improved this season. Rijcard boldly promoted Iniesta and introduced several players to further strengthen the team's overall strength and allow Barcelona to perform in La Liga.

But when Barcelona meets Chelsea, which is known as the strongest in Europe, they truly feel the huge gap between themselves and top teams. This is not only a gap in strength, but also a tactical level.

Barcelona's godfather Cruyff, who was the guest commentator of this game, summarized this and believed that it would be difficult for Barcelona to make a difference in the Champions League. Rijcard can devote all his energy to the league next.

"I said before the game that no one knows the essence of the 433 tactics better than Ye Qiu. He overturned the traditional 43 of Ajax and improved it to make this set of tactics more suitable for the trend of modern football. He is very clear about the various problems that may arise when using 433. Rijkald has no advantage in front of Ye Qiu."

Cruyff did not hide his disappointment in Barcelona's performance in this game, even though he knew it was more because of Chelsea's outstanding performance.

"When we know clearly that our opponents are best at suppressing and controlling the rhythm, we should not show our timid side in these two aspects. We should counter-suppressing and compete with Chelsea for controlling the rhythm, because only in this way can we have a chance to win, but at this point, the team did a bad job."

"I saw that we were not determined to be in the competition for rhythm. Instead, Chelsea boldly pushed and attacked and oppressed from the beginning, and successfully scored goals. Our weaknesses on the wing were also exposed. Rijkaard's team was a bit like Ajax before Ye Qiu took over, very similar."

This sounds like Cruyff was hinting and beating against Rijkaard, and he did not learn the due experience and lessons from Ye Qiu's transformation of Ajax, and he still blindly used the wing tactics he was familiar with.

"One more thing is that the team's tactical adaptability is very poor. When we see Ronaldinho and Evra breaking through Beletti, Rooney and Macon pass through our left defense again and again, we should have made changes and adjustments long ago, but the team did not change at this point at all, and the goal conceded in the second half was still started from the wing."

Finally, Cruyff also summarized the match against both sides, believing that Barcelona lost because of lack of quality.

"Chelsea is a team that is still exploring its own style but already has a very high quality of the game. They know clearly what they are in and what they should do all the time. This makes their every move full of purpose, full of ideas and composition, which is undoubtedly worth learning from all teams."

"I usually don't praise a team easily, but now what I want to say is that Ye Qiu and his Chelsea will have the opportunity to reach their perfect peak. They are the biggest favorites in the Champions League this season. I can't think of any team that can compete with this Chelsea, no one can do it."

Ye Qiu also expressed his gratitude for being able to receive praise from Cruyff at the post-match press conference, but he said that Chelsea has not yet reached its best condition.

"Many people say we are strong, but in fact, I know that we still have deep potential to explore. I believe that with more and more young players emerging and as the team's tacit understanding becomes more and more outstanding, our overall strength will also become stronger and stronger. My players and I don't want to hide our desire and pursuit for all championships."

"Yes, we have set a lot of records and history this season, but no one will think it's too much, and no one will get tired of honor and victory because of it. At least I don't notice it, so we will continue to go all out, fight for every championship and win every game."

"I know there are many strong competitors in the European arena, but I believe that as long as we go all out, no one can stop us from moving forward."

Ye Qiu's comments at the post-match press conference were also widely reported by the media and are considered to be a passionate statement of Chelsea's attack on the four-champion champion this season. Chelsea also responded and supported the head coach's ambitions.

After William Hill finished the first round, he reduced Chelsea's promotion odds to the lowest. Even so, most lottery players still chose Chelsea. They all believe that with the unstoppable momentum of the Blues at the Camp Nou, Barcelona could not stop the progress of the Premier League overlords.

Even in the championship odds, William Hill gave Chelsea an ultra-low odds of 45 l, which proves that most fans are optimistic about Chelsea, and followed by Real Madrid and AC Milan. The former is l, the latter is l, and the latter is l, and the odds are very different from Chelsea.

In the same round of 16 knockout stage, Chelsea steadily won Barcelona, ​​Arsenal lost 3 away to Bayern Munich, Liverpool defeated Leverkusen in l at home, and Manchester United lost 0l at home to AC Milan. The situation between Arsenal and Manchester United can be said to be very serious.

The Gunners' tragedy obviously dragged down the league. They drew against Saints Southampton away in the P round of the Premier League on Monday. Because Chelsea was going to play in the League Cup final, the P round was postponed, so Arsenal successfully narrowed the gap in points to 14

Manchester United beat Portsmouth and successfully caught up with Arsenal's points. The two teams tied for the team, both 14 points behind Chelsea. Because Everton also won, Liverpool, which was also postponed in the P round, fell to the league.
Chapter completed!