Four Hundred and Fiftieth Chapters Yearning for the Heart of the Champion

The entire Barcelona team hopes to achieve good results in the Champions League, and strive to enter the Champions League final and win the Champions League just like last season.

So, everyone is looking forward to the Champions League semi-final against Manchester City.

Messi is one of them.

But he's also special because he's considered a key player in Barcelona's clash with Manchester City.

The Spanish media are talking about him, the British media are talking about him, the coach Rijkaard is talking about him, his teammates are also supporting him in the media, and even the rival Manchester City coach is complimenting him.

He became the focus of everyone.

Messi is not the first to experience the feeling of focus.

Since three years ago, when he was only 17 years old, he has become the focus of Catalonia and even all of Spain and Europe. Almost everyone thinks that he will be a big star in the future and the pillar of Barcelona. He has not lived up to everyone's expectations, and has been growing continuously. Until now, he has completely replaced Ronaldinho as Barcelona's number one star.

Still, Messi enjoys being praised and valued by everyone.

The day before the game, the one who was considered to be 'good at developing young players' and 'the youngest and most successful manager' also praised himself.

Messi has nothing on the surface, but he is actually very happy in his heart, because the other party said that he will become a 'great' player in the future, and those words can even be understood as a star at the level of Argentina's predecessor Maradona.

Messi is tired of hearing those remarks that he is a genius. This is the first time he has heard this Chinese statement.

So Messi has a good sense of Wansheng.

In this game, Messi hopes to do his best, live up to everyone's expectations, and lead the team to victory. At the same time, he also hopes to prove that he is indeed capable of becoming, as Wansheng said - 'a great player' '.

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The match between Barcelona and Manchester City has officially started.

In the cheers of the Barcelona fans, Barcelona and Manchester City officially launched a contest.

As the core of the frontcourt, Messi's main job is to lead the team to attack Manchester City's half. Messi hopes to have a good performance, so he was very positive at the beginning of the game, but he soon found that something was wrong.

The game was a little different than expected.

At the beginning of the game, both sides were in the tentative stage. Even if there were fast breaks and toughness, the pace of the game would not be too fast and the scene would not be too intense, but what Messi did not expect was that whenever he went to the frontcourt, he would encounter Very tough defense.

If it is once or twice, it is a normal thing. Even in La Liga, some teams will defend against themselves.

But every time it happens, there is a problem.

Manchester City's defense of itself is not only tight and simple, just like the previous time, when he dribbled the ball just over the center line, the opposing German midfielder was just a sliding tackle, and there was no room for defense at all. Fortunately, he reacted. Quick, I didn't get knocked down, and Messi still had lingering fears after that.

This time, Messi took the ball a dozen meters in front of the penalty area. Almost as soon as the football rolled over, he saw two opposing players on the left and right, all rushing towards him, as if he had some deep hatred with them.

Just take a ball... As for that?

Messi thought bitterly.

But his reaction speed was fast, and he passed the ball back to his teammate Deco as soon as he received the ball, and there was no loss of the ball.

This quick pass is enough to prove Messi's ability.

The commentator at Camp Nou also praised Messi, "Messi's reaction was quite fast. The opponent just ran over, and he passed the ball back accurately, making the opponent's movement useless..."

But Messi doesn't think so.

He was not at all complacent about his quick response, but rather annoyed City's defense.

After only ten minutes of the game, Messi has already confirmed that the opponent must have made some defensive arrangements for him, otherwise it is impossible for him to receive the ball every time, at least one player will come to defend, and the opponent's defense is still very tough, Fierce shoveling, tough body collisions are commonplace, and some irritating little gestures are mixed in them.

Messi found the game really difficult.

The opponent's defense is tight, and Messi is not afraid. The fierceness and toughness of the opponent he is most afraid of, and the confrontation with the opponent, he must be easily injured.

Injuries are always the biggest enemy of professional players.

This season, Messi has already experienced the distress of injuries. He has had two injuries. As the star of Barcelona, ​​he has only played 25 times in La Liga, which is definitely not a lot.

Messi was a little afraid of injury, and when faced with Manchester City's defense, he dodged a little.

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Manchester City players don't care whether Messi is afraid of injury or not, how they should defend, or how to defend, especially after seeing the opponent dodge a little in terms of physical collision, they will be stronger in defense.

Before this game, Wansheng's play strategy was mainly aimed at Messi in defense.

Messi is the core of Barcelona's frontcourt and their star. Although he is only 20 years old and has not yet completed his growth into a future superstar, his importance in the Barcelona team is unquestionable.

Messi has helped Barcelona score six goals in the Champions League so far this season!

This number of goals is comparable to Manchester United star C-Ronaldo, second only to Torres, who ranks first in the Champions League scorer list. This shows how big a threat Messi will be.

Before the game, almost all the media will talk about Messi. Messi will definitely be the most crucial player in Barcelona, ​​so Wansheng also makes the team make targeted defense. He requires every player to be tough on defense. , especially for Messi's defense, it is even more tough, and the Argentine star must not be allowed to play.

For a player like Messi, let him play at will. After he really finds his form, the threat to the team's defense is too great. So at the beginning of the game, use a tough defense and keep Messi without fouls. point is the most important.

The Manchester City players executed the Wansheng request very forcefully.

From the very beginning of the game, they have been using tough defense to deal with Messi and the whole of Barcelona. As for what the media said before the game, 'the two sides will play the most eye-catching offensive battle in the world', 'this will be the top They don't even think about football art clashes' or something.

In this game, they are not going to play offensive football, to compete with Barcelona, ​​they are playing defensive counterattacks!

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Defensive counterattacks are not just about shrinking to defend and then letting the players in the frontcourt attack. That kind of play is too simple and doesn't have much practicality.

The weak team plays the strong team, and this style of play is still very effective.

When a weak team competes with a strong team, the defensive counterattack is naturally the magic weapon to win. Because of the frontal fight, the weak team is weak and the chance of winning is not great. Therefore, the strong defense will not allow the strong team to score, and then the front will be 'happy'. Players looking for opportunities on the field will naturally have a higher chance of winning.

The general defensive counterattack is not only used by weak teams. For example, the Italian team, the Italian team cannot be said to be a weak team, but its national team and even some domestic club teams use defensive counterattack tactics. Law.

Therefore, the tactics of defensive counterattack are not the patent of weak teams, but can also be used by strong teams.

Manchester City are not a weak team.

Not only is it not a weak team, it is even said that Manchester City is now one of the most powerful teams in the world. Even compared with the current Barcelona 'Dream Second Team', Manchester City is only strong or weak, so Manchester City's defensive counterattack can be very good. not that simple.

Manchester City give the impression of smooth attacking football, but in essence, the team is playing 'OS-F' control system football.

The origin of the 'OS-F' control system football can be traced back to the offensive football system that Wan Sheng used when coaching Derby County, and the most basic thing of that system was Wan Sheng's initial coaching of Derby County, leading the team to complete the relegation process. Rely on the tough 'pressing defense'.

The reason for the initial development of the full-court pressing defensive tactic is very simple, because Wansheng had a defensive coaching skill 'Resolute Interception' at the time, and now this skill has been upgraded to 'Coach MAX Perfect Skill', the skill effect is better than the original Great improvement.

"Resolute interception, defensive class, perfect skill from coach Max.

When your team is in play, the steal success rate increases by 20%.

When your player is in play, all defensive stats increase by 1.

When your player completes a steal, the 'passing' attribute rating increases by 5. "

Among this skill, the effect of 'increasing the success rate of steals by 20%' is the most fundamental.

Based on this skill, Wansheng formulated the tactical play of 'full-court pressing', and then based on 'full-court pressing', developed the 'Derby County's offensive football play', and only then did Manchester City's tactical play. 'OS-F' control system football.

Therefore, Manchester City's tactical system can be traced back to the "resolute interception" skills. The team's offensive football style also relies on the defense of the whole court.

Many fans think that Manchester City is good at attacking, but in fact, the concept of 'full-court pressing' is deeply ingrained in the minds of Manchester City players. Every player knows that the first thing they have to do on the field is to keep running and keep going to the opponent. press.

Manchester City's defensive counterattacks on the field now also rely on 'pressing', but Wansheng adjusted the area to its own half, that is, let the players press in the half, the range has been doubled, and the defensive intensity has increased. A lot of them can also allow players to have the energy to defend against a single player against the opponent.

This is Manchester City's defence.

After the defense, of course, there are counterattacks.

Manchester City's counter-attack is to run the open position, and the opportunity is to run out. Their original attack is to use the open position to find opportunities, so needless to say in this regard, Manchester City is very good at fast break.

But no matter how Manchester City's defensive counterattack is different from other teams, defensive counterattack is defensive counterattack, and the core point is defense, so Manchester City's game was ugly. Barcelona suffered a tough defense and was attacked on offense. With tenacious blocking, the game scene is evident.

The media and fans did not see the kind of 'artistic football' and 'offensive battle' they imagined. What they saw was a drowsy game scene. It can be said that, in addition to the toughness of confrontation and scramble, the game There are hardly any bright spots to speak of.

Morris and Messi promoted by the media, the core players of the two teams, hardly showed any shining performances.

Some Catalan media began to worry about Messi.

In the past 20 minutes, Messi's performance can be said to be a mess, he has only touched the ball a few times, was also stolen twice in the middle, and has not made any contribution offensively.

The Camp Nou commentators all said, "Manchester City's tight defense made Messi a little helpless. It seems that he is in a normal state today..."

Some Spanish media also began to criticize Manchester City.

They believe that the ugly scene of the game is caused by Manchester City. Manchester City did not play the offensive football they imagined, and did not start a head-to-head battle with Barcelona, ​​but played ugly 'English defensive football'.

The commentator of Spanish Sports TV criticized, "Many people say that Manchester City is the most technical team in England, they are no worse than Barcelona, ​​but what we see now is Manchester City, a rude and savage team, They have fouled several times to stop Barcelona's attack, and their attack is not very technical, at least until now, we have not seen..."

Even the British Sky Sports commentator euphemistically said, "Manchester City's defense today is very targeted..."

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Wan Sheng stood on the sidelines and watched the game with a smile.

He doesn't care what the media think, the important thing is always victory.

The winner will be respected by everyone, the loser has no right to speak, the world of football is so simple, so how to have the most hope of winning is the most important.

Wansheng believes that the team has a great chance of winning against Barcelona, ​​but it is certainly not greater than the current hope.

Use a tough defense to prevent Barcelona from playing, and then your own team will launch a counterattack and attack, so as to get out of the Nou Camp in the safest way, and to eliminate Barcelona with the most hope.

So Wansheng did it.

He made the team play the counter-attack, made the team play ugly football.

As some media analyzed, "Wansheng hides a pure utilitarian football heart under the appearance of gorgeous offensive football..."

Their analysis is correct, Wansheng is indeed very utilitarian, but the correct statement is that he has a 'heart that longs for a championship'.

How can he win the championship, he will do what he does.

If he is sure to win the championship, he doesn't mind making the team play better, but for the current game against Barcelona, ​​the process is not important at all, the victory is the most important!

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PS: It's a bit lame, sorry for the slow update~(To be continued ~^~)