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Chapter 144: Preemptive strike

Mourinho sent Xavi Alonso to replace Higuain. Higuain did not score in this game, but he still made his own contribution in Real Madrid's offensive system. After the game, Mourinho hugged him and patted him on the back to show encouragement.

Although Higuain did not score a goal, the team's interests are now higher than personal interests, and he is not dissatisfied with it.

Alonso ran to the court, then found Chu Zhongtian, and conveyed to him the coach's instructions: "You go up and play the front midfielder, and then let Ozil go to the right, and let Kaka go to the left. Ronaldo is the center."

Chu Zhongtian nodded to show that he understood.

This answer is the same as he guessed.

This will not lose the defensive hardness of the midfield nor the attacking power ahead. Alonso and Khedira form a double midfielder, which is enough to take into account both defense and offense. When he mentioned the position of the front midfielder, he fully utilized his offensive organizational skills. c. Ronaldo was the center to play his strong scoring ability. Anyway, he did not play this position twice.

If Alonso replaces Khedira, then Real Madrid may not be able to compete with Barcelona in the midfield. After all, Khedira's dedicated defense has solved many problems with Real Madrid. In this way, Real Madrid still has five people in the midfield, which is enough to pose a threat to Barcelona's three people.

Real Madrid's adjustment was soon seen by the commentators.

"Chu's position premise, he became the front midfielder..."

"We are not unfamiliar with Chu being the front midfielder. He has made his first guest appearance in Real Madrid. His ability to organize offense is very outstanding, so it is no big deal to be a guest appearance in the front midfielder."

"Murinho took Chu's position ahead of the game. I think this is a signal to Barcelona launch a final battle. In addition to organizing the offense, Chu can also score from a long shot. He is ahead of him as a midfielder and bring him closer to Barcelona's goal, so his threat will naturally be greater..."

Mourinho did think so. The game has entered the last twenty minutes. If you want to decide the winner within ninety minutes, it is this time. Chu Zhongtian's talent in offense must be fully displayed. He must be fully fired to ensure that Real Madrid can defeat Barcelona in the final.

Guardiola saw Alonso pulling Chu Zhongtian to communicate after he came on the court, and he knew what Mourinho would have to do.

It must be for Chu Zhongtian to hit the front midfielder.

Later, the game started again, and Chu Zhongtian's position also proved his judgment.

Real Madrid took the lead in making adjustments, how should we deal with it?

He is considering whether Chu Zhongtian's commission to the front midfielder is pros and cons for Barcelona.

Chu Zhongtian is called the front midfielder, which obviously strengthened Real Madrid's offense. Barcelona's goal has long been under great threat. In addition to his straight pass, his long shot was also very sharp.

This is of course a bad thing.

But everything always has its other side. Chu Zhongtian became the front midfielder and his position was even higher. Then his containment against Xavi, Messi and others will naturally be reduced. Messi and Xavi are liberated, especially Messi. Without Chu Zhongtian, he will follow him in an endless manner. He will break through if he wants to break through, shoot if he wants to shoot, and pass the ball if he wants to pass. No one can control him.

Has anyone ever seen a front midfielder who has to keep defending? If this is true, it will not be called a front midfielder. The front midfielder has to be responsible for offense in the front, and defense is not his job.

In this way, Chu Zhongtian's premise certainly increased the pressure on Barcelona's defense line, but Guardiola felt that his defense line could still withstand it.

It is better to find a way to take advantage of Chu Zhongtian's chance to go up and score as soon as possible.

Therefore, for Barcelona, ​​Chu Zhongtian becomes a front midfielder, it may be a danger, and there are opportunities at the same time. Which result can be achieved depends on the ability of his team.

Guardiola is still very confident in Barcelona's ability.

He decided to take advantage of Chu Zhongtian's premise to attack Real Madrid's goal.

※※In fact, Mourinho also considered the impact of Chu Zhongtian's premise on his defense when he made this decision.

Of course, he admitted that Chu Zhongtian's goal as a midfielder would make Messi and Xavi more active. So this is actually a gambling, whether Real Madrid will score first or Barcelona will score first. If Real Madrid score first, he will withdraw Chu Zhongtian immediately and build a three-middle midfielder system in the midfield, resisting Barcelona's fierce offensive like a wall of iron.

What if Barcelona scored first?

Of course Real Madrid will be in danger.

So Barcelona cannot be allowed to score first, Real Madrid must score first and take the lead first.

Although there are still twenty minutes left before the end of the game, the only five or six minutes can really determine the outcome of the game.

Both sides have reached their limits. After a whole season of intense games and pursuits, the physical fitness of the two teams has reached the point where they are exhausted. This season, the two La Liga champions are chasing each other very fiercely in the league. Both teams are in very good shape. Barcelona only lost two games throughout the season, and Real Madrid is even better and only lost one game. Such a good state requires physical fitness to support. After playing for one season, many players feel more tired than before, because their mental state is always in a state of jealousy and excitement, which will aggravate physical fatigue in the long run.

This Champions League final is really the last game, and everyone is gritting their teeth and fighting. When their physical strength is already on the verge of overdrawing, whoever can grit their teeth and persevere may win the final victory.

It is precisely because of this that Mourinho decided to take the initiative. Once he takes the lead, he will take the initiative. At that time, the rhythm of the game will be firmly controlled by himself. As long as he can stabilize the remaining time, it will not be easy for the opponent to score his Real Madrid goal.

※※※ Chu Zhongtian certainly understood the head coach's intentions. He decided not to invest too much energy in defense during this period, but to concentrate on finding Barcelona's flaws in offense.

He is not as dedicated to scoring goals in the game as C. Ronaldo. For him, it is very satisfying to beat Barcelona to win the championship. As for whether he scored in the final, he doesn't care much about it.

Anyway, he has no hope of pursuing the Champions League top scorer, so why bother with the number of goals?

Chu Zhongtian was trying to find ways to create opportunities for his teammates at the beginning.

He only wore C. Ronaldo, or passed Kaka, or he would have made consecutive two-way and one-way cooperation with Ozil, and the two players from the Bundesliga cooperated quite well.

Chu Zhongtian mentioned the front midfielder, which made Mascherano's pressure increase sharply, because when Chu Zhongtian was a back midfielder, he basically relied on passing and breakthroughs to organize the attack, and there were very few shots. Mascherano and Buzquez joined forces to intercept Chu Zhongtian outside the effective range, and Chu Zhongtian's long shots were not many in the middle of the game.

Now that he has become a front midfielder, he has another ability.

Of course, Mascherano knew how powerful Chu Zhongtian's long-range shot was. Guardiola had repeatedly emphasized this before the game. In the Champions League final last season, Barcelona equalized the score by Chu Zhongtian's shot at the last moment.

Now Mascherano has another choice when defending Chu Zhongtian. In addition to defending his pass and dribbling, there is also a shot.

After Chu Zhongtian assisted several times, his teammates found that the results were not obvious enough, he thought of solving the problem himself.

In the battle with Mascherano, he could already feel that the other party was unable to do so, his breathing became heavier and his reaction speed was weaker.

The pressure on defense was too great, which made his pace a little heavy.

Chu Zhongtian decided to completely defeat the Argentine midfielder who had been entangled with him for more than 70 minutes. As a tribute to the only midfielder who could knock him out, he decided to use his 100% strength to fight Barcelona to the death.

He began to speed up his pace, whether it was passing or shooting. He even often did whatever he wanted, and even his teammates were almost unable to keep up with his pace.

For example, when he receives the ball at the front of the penalty area, he should control the football, then observe the situation of his teammates and enemies, and then decide what to do next.

But Chu Zhongtian seemed to have already thought about what to do, and he kept making a pass. The football passed the Barcelona defenders, crossed most of the penalty area, flew from the right to the left, and landed at Kaka's feet.

Or after he and Ozil made a two-way and one-way cooperation, they did not continue to pass the ball to Ozil who was in front, but suddenly shot with a long shot, which caught Mascherano and Valdes off guard.

Now Mascherano found that Chu Zhongtian was more difficult to defend - fortunately there were traces to follow before, but now there is no rule at all. Sometimes he thought Chu Zhongtian would pass the ball, but Chu Zhongtian directly shot from the spot; sometimes he thought Chu Zhongtian would definitely shoot, so he blocked Chu Zhongtian's shooting angle, but he did not expect Chu Zhongtian to swing his foot and pass it diagonally... This scene made Ralph Rangnick, who was watching the ball in the VIP box, laughed: "Ha, he is here again!"

Mourinho, who was standing on the sidelines, also felt familiar. When he was in Inter Milan, he first encountered Chu Zhongtian in the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals. In the second leg, Hoffenheim dealt with his Inter Milan at his home court.

That game made Inter Milan and Mourinho both miserable. They could not guess Chu Zhongtian's playing style and could not understand what Hoffenheim's tactics were. In the end, they lost 1:3 away and were dragged into overtime and penalty shootouts by Hoffenheim. If they weren't for their luck in the end, they might not have won the triple-champ that year.

He really didn't expect that after three years, he and Chu Zhongtian changed from opponents to comrades-in-arms, but he could still see Chu Zhongtian show his amazing talent.

"Oh, Chu is here again!" A German TV commentator laughed after seeing Chu Zhongtian teasing Mascherano in different ways three times in a row. They were also familiar with this scene.

※※※ Mourinho exerted force, Chu Zhongtian also exerted force, and Barcelona's defense suddenly felt the pressure increased sharply. They even had this feeling-Real Madrid, which had been fighting for more than 70 minutes before, and now Real Madrid are not the same team at all... After Chu Zhongtian received Alonso's pass, it seemed that it had stopped, which made Mascherano think that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it, but just when he was about to go forward to defend, he saw a gust of wind passing by next to him, Kaka rushed up, and poked the football away with his speed advantage!

Chu Zhongtian did not look back at all, and Kaka came up from behind, just as Chu Zhongtian knew about Kaka's existence. The commentators had different opinions on whether this was intentional or just mistaken.

Kaka himself had already started the front insertion and planned to cooperate with Chu Zhongtian. However, when he saw Chu Zhongtian stopping the ball, he thought Chu Zhongtian made a mistake and was about to slow down and give up the front insertion to avoid wasting his energy. However, his rich experience and understanding of Chu Zhongtian made him suddenly realize that even if this was a mistake, he could still use it - because Chu Zhongtian's unintentional "miss" was a wonderful pass for him... Kaka's thing is just an example of Chu Zhongtian leading Real Madrid's offense in the frontcourt. He still has many ways to make Barcelona embarrassed and be forced to temporarily restrain their momentum in the offense and turn to defense.

Guardiola believes that Chu Zhongtian can free Messi and Xavi to be the midfielder, making Barcelona's attack momentum stronger and the chance of scoring higher. But he ignored one problem - Chu Zhongtian's premise increases Real Madrid's offensive power, and Real Madrid's increase in offense will inevitably lead to Barcelona's defensive pressure. If you ignore it, Real Madrid may score a goal ahead of Barcelona... When Guardiola needed the courage to hold on the most, he did not choose to continue to persist, but chose a safe approach. But isn't this another form of retreat?

Because of Guardiola's adjustments, Barcelona could not continue to put continuous and effective pressure on Real Madrid in offense, Real Madrid's offense seemed even more unscrupulous. Chu Zhongtian now had no need to consider what was behind him and just focused on breaking Barcelona's goal.

Guardiola stood on the sidelines and looked at the new posture Real Madrid showed after Alonso, and he felt heartbroken - if Barcelona's bench was so strong, how could Mourinho take the initiative? Look at his bench, the best people are on the court, and only one Pedro can be highly expected... But Pedro is not a good thing to play center, Barcelona still lacks a powerful center... Look at Real Madrid, there are Benzema, Higuain and Adebayo on the forward line, and the three people have different characteristics and can be completely complementary.

Of course, he can also choose to replace Villa with a midfielder to strengthen the midfield and then let Messi be the center, but Messi is even more instinct for being a center. With his small body, he is afraid that he will fly away when he is hit. Although both being a center and being a winger are "forward", the requirements for players are completely different.

Messi's current forward will be weakened a lot, and all his technical characteristics will be almost impossible to exert. First of all, his physical confrontation cannot be done. Secondly, the dribbling he is good at cannot be used in the crowded penalty area. Finally, he is turned to his back to the offensive direction, and his shot is useless.

Guardiola is now deeply aware of the power of Real Madrid silver dollar strategy. How terrible and hateful it is when a team can waving a check around the world to buy the players they want to buy!

The talents that other teams have worked hard to cultivate are bought at a high price. They don’t need to spend any time to cultivate them, and they directly form a combat-friendly team.

This is simply an insult to Barcelona's football philosophy.

This is also an important reason why the hatred between the two teams is so deep.

※※※ In the end, Guardiola made the decision to replace Villa, replace Keita, replace Villa, and add a midfielder to curb Chu Zhongtian's increasingly crazy attack. This is the right choice and a helpless choice due to the situation. Because if he doesn't do this, Real Madrid will likely score a goal. Guardiola can see that Real Madrid is like the whole person taking stimulant.

First strengthen the midfield and curb Real Madrid's offense. After the situation stabilizes slightly, consider replacing Pedro and strengthening the offense.

As time goes by, everyone knows that it only takes one goal to end the war.

Any team scored a goal, it would be a heavy blow to the enemy's anger. In the few remaining time, it is almost impossible to break through the opponent's goal with a strong morale, unless the luck is really good.

Both sides knew this very well, so their competition on the field became more and more intense and had completely entered a white-hot stage.

Although everyone's physical fitness has been almost exhausted, everyone knows that if anyone can't hold on, he will become a stepping stone for the opponent to win the championship and ascend the throne.

In order to compete for a ball, Marcelo and Alves, two Brazilian national teammates, can get up from the ground and continue to push the bull after flying tackles, accusing the other party of being too big after being too big after being slapped.

And for the same sake, Xavi Alonso can kick off his national teammate Iniesta without hesitation.

A commentator joked: "For a Champions League champion, how many national teams are going to break internally..."

※※※ Chu Zhongtian looked at Mascherano who was panting but still refused to give up.

The game time has reached the 80th minute, and there are still ten minutes left before the end of the game. At this time, Barcelona will be finished when they score a goal.

He knew that Mascherano had been dragged to the brink of collapse by him, and now he could completely defeat the tenacious person in front of him as long as he added more effort.

Mascherano's tenacity reminded Chu Zhongtian of his past self. At first, he did not know anything but defense, but also defended like this.

Seeing Mascherano is like seeing himself.

Chu Zhongtian admired this man very much, so in order to show his respect, he had to completely defeat Mascherano without any suspense. Only in this way can he fully express his respect for Mascherano.
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