Although he has long been accustomed to the huge momentum of 100,000 fans at the Camp Nou Stadium, Guardiola is still full of anxiety when standing at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, because this time he is facing Tottenham Hotspur.

The strongest team in Europe this past year

Wearing a straight suit, Zhuo Li was in the coaching area of ​​the coach's seat on the inside of the Olympic Stadium track and field track. Guardiola hugged her hands in front of her chest, but her eyes were always paying attention to every move on the field, and in her heart was guessing what tactics Tottenham Hotspur would adopt in this game?

Tottenham Hotspur's starting lineup list in this game is goalkeeper Peter Cech, Aveloa, Ziglinski, Thiago Silva and Alves on the defense, David Silva, Yaya Toure and Fabregas in the midfield, and Ribery, Van Persie and Messi in the frontcourt tridents.

It can be said that this is Tottenham Hotspur's main lineup this season. The only thing that is more doubtful is the left-back. Marcelo, who has stronger attack ability, was placed on the bench by Ye Qiu, and replaced with Aveloya, who has better defensive ability, but has also been in a forward-surgery and attacking ability. Does this represent a signal of Ye Qiu's game, stability?

Compared with Tottenham's starting lineup, Barcelona has made considerable changes

The goalkeeper is Valdes, Abidal, Mascherano, Pique and Puyor in the back line, Keita, Busquets and Xavi in ​​the midfield, and Henry, Etoo and Iniesta in the frontcourt tridents.

Among them, what is more surprising about Barcelona is the use of Iniesta. Guardiola arranged Iniesta at the right winger, but at the same time, in order to ensure the distance between Xavi and Iniesta, Xavi and Iniesta's range of movement are relatively free.

Everyone knows very well that from the perspective of overall strength, Barcelona is not as good as Tottenham Hotspur. Although the former is a top giant and the latter can only be regarded as a newcomer in European football, strength is strength, and it has nothing to do with fame and background.

The weakness in strength and the obvious defects in the overall offensive and defensive links make Barcelona unable to feel completely relieved whether they are attacking or defending, so they are inevitably filled with a fear of gains and losses.

At the beginning of the game, Barcelona took the initiative to attack and began a round of attacks.

The first threatening attack in the whole game appeared at Barcelona's feet. Iniesta dribbled the ball from the right and passed the penalty area diagonally. Etoo received the ball and drifted past Ziglinski, but Thiago Silva appeared beside Ziglinski to assist in defense. When Etooho wanted to pass the ball to find Henry, the Brazilian central defender suddenly cut in, intercepted the ball closely and cleared the ball with his feet.

This was a very beautiful defense, which resolved a threatening attack from Barcelona, ​​but it was obvious that Barcelona did not stop there, but continued to adopt the tactic of attacking.

"The start of Tottenham Hotspur seems to be a little stable." Guardiola's assistant coach Tito Bilanova walked to Guardiola. For such an important game in the Champions League final, it is not a mediocre trick to adopt a stable tactic at the beginning. On the contrary, if you have enough confidence in your strength, it is a good thing for you to adopt a stable tactic.

The reason is very simple. To put it bluntly, it is to deal with the moves by chance. You adopt a stable tactic and let your teammates take the moves, and then you deal with the moves. As long as you are confident that your team will not be overwhelmed by the opponent, you can completely adopt a stable tactic.

"They are in an advantage in strength, which is clearly that no matter whether we adopt a steal or a stable defense strategy, they will adopt a game strategy of taking the lead." Guardiola glanced at Ye Qiu, who was sitting in the away team's coach's seat in the distance, crossing his legs. This guy looked down on others a little.

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

You should know that it is very difficult to win back many games after losing their advantages from the beginning.

"Five minutes," Bilanova reminded.

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

According to the plan formulated by the Barcelona coaching team before the game, they strive for the initiative in the first ten minutes, attack in five minutes, and collect in five minutes. Then they began to focus on defense, using ball control to let Tottenham Hotspur press up, creating opportunities for Etoo and Henry's back. After all, the speed and personal abilities of these two players are enough to ensure the quality of the team's counterattack.

Moreover, when it comes to the backcourt passer, Barcelona is not at all lost to Tottenham Hotspur.

Guardiola feels that the game time has passed too quickly and has not yet formed enough offensive advantages. Five minutes have passed, but Tottenham seems to have not entered the game state now. It seems that the enthusiasm for moving forward is not very strong. It is when Barcelona is in a state of motivation. It is a bit unwilling to accept it.

"Wait a little longer and see what the situation is," Guardiola said, staring at the situation.

Biranova also felt that it was a pity to collect it now. After all, the fishing net was scattered, and everyone hoped to catch a full net of fish and then pull it up. Now I just met the fish school and haven’t caught anything yet, but I have to collect it. Who is willing to?

The head coach did not move, and the players on the court continued to play according to the rhythm and tactics of the opening game.

In fact, in a football game, players playing football on the court cannot grasp the overall situation. They often cannot figure out what the current situation is, so the role of the head coach is so obvious. He is like a driver, holding the steering wheel in his hand and adjusting the direction anytime and anywhere.

Another attack, Ziglinski made a diagonal pass in the backcourt to Messi, but Abidal grabbed the landing point and headed the ball to Sedo Keita. The latter knocked back with the situation. Abidal quickly dribbled the ball forward, and then passed it forward to Henry.

The Frenchman blocked Alves with his body. After receiving the ball, he cut into the penalty area diagonally from the left corner of the penalty area. This is also Henry's best offensive routine. When he cut into the penalty area, Thiago Silva immediately approached and blocked Henry's chance to continue cutting inward and face the goal directly.

Henry's reaction was very fast, and he immediately dunked the ball and changed from diagonal to bottom. Thiago Silva was prepared for this. Although he did not dare to step on the penalty area, he pressed against Henry tightly.

The Frenchman stopped in an emergency. Seeing that there was no chance, he dribbled the ball to the left and prepared to leave the penalty area. He suddenly passed the diagonally at the front of the penalty area. Sedo Keita inserted it and directly pulled his foot and shot it angrily, scoring the first shot of the game.

But this hasty shot was steadily snatched by Cech. His position was very good, and Keita's long-range shot did not grasp the strength and angle, so it seemed that he was playing too straight and was thrown directly into his arms by Cech.

Ye Qiu walked outside and made gestures to Yaya Toure. He was obviously a little dissatisfied with Yaya Toure not being able to block Keta just now, because he was all focused on Harvey just now.

There is also Alves, who seemed to be signaling that his position should be lowered to the back, so don't keep pressing up like that.

Ye Qiu was not particularly outstanding in the defense organization and adjustments before, but since Mauro Tassoti joined Tottenham Hotspur's coaching staff, Ye Qiu has made great progress in both defensive organization and on-the-spot adjustments, and often it was a decision made by Mauro Tassoti after discussing 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. In addition, there are also Roland Shepars, Murenstin, Monitz, Peter Brandt, etc., who are all very important core coaching team members under Ye Qiu.

After the defensive adjustment, Tottenham Hotspur's defense has improved to a certain extent. Barcelona attacked several times in a row but failed to achieve results. Instead, they were counterattacked by Tottenham Hotspur. Messi dunked Abidal on the right and passed it to Van Persie. The latter stopped the ball and turned around and kicked it up in one go, but the shot was slightly off.

"The pace of the game was going very fast, but it was surprising that Barcelona completed three shots in less than twenty minutes in the front, and Tottenham Hotspur had only one shot until now, and it had not shot directly to the goal. This is really unpredictable. Tottenham Hotspur seems to be a little out of shape."

The live commentators were also a little disappointed with Tottenham Hotspur's performance in this game. This North London team has always won the praise of fans with its devastating offensive football, but now they seem a little tired in this game.

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

Cruyff glanced at the big red scoreboard at the top of the court. After twenty minutes, he began to feel restless.

This game was very attractive and attracted everyone's attention from the beginning. It did not have any tricks or any unrealistic tricks. It was very simple. It kept running, passing the ball, interspersed the ball, and the pace was not very slow, but both sides did a good job in defense.

How to say it?

It's like a country stream with gurgling water, very calm, but it's slowly flowing.

But why do you say it catches people?

It is because it will occasionally show some scenes that make you feel promising, just like the attack of Tottenham Hotspur just now, Messi dribbled the ball into the right and passed the ball, which was very ordinary. However, after Van Persie stopped the ball and turned around, the technical movements were connected very smoothly, making people feel as if they saw Van Nicht or Borgkamp.

Although it was biased, it attracted the appetite of the football watchers.

That's it. The first twenty minutes were carried out in this rhythm and atmosphere, making it difficult for your attention to relax at all, but you won't feel that time passes quickly. In short, everything seems calm.

But Cruyff was a bystander, and he knew very well that Guardiola's plan was disrupted.

Originally, Barcelona's tactics were to attack for five minutes and close for five minutes, and then Tottenham Hotspur pressed up, but now Tottenham Hotspur did not press or retract, and still played the game steadily, while Barcelona unknowingly played for twenty minutes of active attack.

Taking advantage of the situation, this is a criterion for all head coaches to adjust the game. This is true in itself, but a head coach must also have a long-term vision. The reason why Cruyff is worried is because he thinks that Guardiola is a little anxious?

This was his first Champions League final in his coaching career. When he met Hiddink before playing Chelsea, Guardiola had already exposed his immature coaching ability. He is indeed the head coach who best meets Barcelona's needs, but he seems very immature in both experience and on-site command.

Judging from the game process, although Barcelona has an advantage in ball possession, their offense is not actually good.

First of all, Iniesta was pushed to the right winger, and the distance between Xavi was a bit far. The two sides did not respond closely enough, and it was difficult for Xavi and Sedo Keita to pass the ball similar to the tacit understanding when cooperating with Iniesta. Sedo Keita lost a lot to Iniesta in terms of technical skills and support awareness.

Secondly, Tottenham Hotspur clearly consciously defended against Xavi. Once Xavi got the ball, the players around him immediately leaned forward, but they did not press on him, but blocked his forward advance route and pass route at about two meters away from him. The people around him would cut off his passing route as soon as possible and force him to pass back.

If you cannot pass a series of propulsion passes such as direct passes and diagonal passes, then the role of Xavi in ​​offense has been greatly weakened, because if you blindly pass back, even if you get a 99 ball possession rate, what effect will it have?

Xavi was blocked, and Iniesta couldn't retreat too deeply, so he either took a long pass or went in. In the frontcourt of Barcelona, ​​there was no tactical fulcrum like Ibrahimovic or Drogba, the success rate of long passes was almost like waiting for luck. Therefore, Puyol and Abidal were very active in moving forward, and the wings became an important means of promotion for Barcelona's offense.

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

The Olympic Stadium was so loud that all the fans were making harsh sounds, so no one heard what he was saying, even Laporta sitting next to him.

Putting one's heart, if the team's physical fitness is not enough and the players are physically and mentally exhausted, Ye Qiu should be more anxious now. But from the opening game to now, it has been more than 20 minutes, but Tottenham still plays steadily, as if there is no rush at all, and there is no sign of actively forcing and robbing the initiative.

At most, when you hold the ball, you will patiently control the ball and look for opportunities. Usually, David Silva and Fabregas will do it. Once you can't find the opportunity, they will pass it back or divide the sides, and then reorganize and find opportunities again.

On the contrary, Barcelona pressed tightly.

When Henry saw that Fabregas could not get the chance in the middle and passed the ball to Alves on the right, he immediately posted it on the first time, but this time he was a bit far away from Alves. When the Brazilian right-back saw Henry pounce, he quickly kept stopping the ball and pushed the ball back to Fabregas as soon as possible.

Henry was not lazy either. He turned around in one direction at the first time and was about to disturb Fabregas, but Fabregas suddenly passed the ball behind him again, but saw Alves passing the ball just now and rushed forward quickly and penetrated directly behind Henry.

This surprised Henry. When he turned around again, he saw Alves, who had completed a beautiful two-and-one with Fabregas, had already driven straight in and quickly entered Barcelona's thirty-meter area.

The entire Barcelona defense line retracted very quickly, Alves always dribbled the ball from the right side, Abidal immediately threw away Messi and leaned towards Alves. The Brazilian right back did not have any idea of ​​entering the penalty area, and continued to dribble the ball to the right side of the penalty area.

Messi also inserted backwards. After entering the penalty area, he pointed to his front, obviously signaling Alves to pass quickly to the goal. This move scared Mascherano to run forward with him immediately and penetrated straight to the right post of the goal. Van Persie, who was originally heading in the front, suddenly retreated to the nearest free throw point.

Alves' low cross from the right was very fast, and he came to the penalty spot close to the turf. Van Persie took advantage of his natural advantage of back to goal and defensive player Pique to retreat to catch the ball.

The Dutch stopped the ball not just by stopping the ball at his feet, but by passing the ball through his left foot and rolling to his right. Then he blocked Pique behind him with his body and wanted to turn to the right.

Pique followed Van Persie to retreat from the penalty area. He stood behind Van Persie and had already lost the opportunity. Alves' pass was looking for Van Persie, so he had no way to stop it and did not dare to foul. Seeing Van Persie turning around and getting rid of Pique and getting a left-footed shot near the penalty spot, Puyol, who was mentally prepared, rushed over immediately and wanted to stop Van Persie from shooting.

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

The whole process almost happened in the blink of an eye. Van Persie stopped the ball twice in a row, and the ball was handled just right. Just using the stoppage ensured that neither Pique nor Puyol could threaten his control of the ball, and could only watch as he almost played with him and lost his position.

On the left side of Van Persie and Puyol, Ribery, who was unmarked, had already been ambushed here. As soon as he saw Van Persie push the ball over, he rushed up quickly and pushed the ball with his right foot.

It's very simple, very little technical, and the ball almost hits the bottom of the left post and drills into the goal. Valdes makes a flying save, but is still one step late.
Chapter completed!