Chapter 422 Different From Tiki-Taka (Eighty-Seven/One Hundred and Thirty-Four)

What kind of tactics will Lazio's non-nuclear tactics be?

This is difficult to summarize clearly, because so far, this tactic has not been presented in a specific way.

Sometimes, it looks like everyone can organize the attack. Sometimes it looks like everyone is an invisible emperor.

If someone thinks that multi-core tactics are nothing more than a few more Modrics and a few more Ballacks, then they are wrong.

Some people also think that Lazio's multi-core tactics are when attacking, multiple players participate in organizing the offense.

In fact, Lazio still plays the football they are good at, but the core of the organization has changed.

If that's all, then Lazio's tactics are definitely not a revolutionary change.

It's not that the entire Lazio team has not been fully trained after two seasons of hard training.

Multi-core tactics, rather than a tactic, is a thought.

It does not change a specific way of playing, but the thinking of the participating players.

The ultimate perfect form of multi-core tactics should not be restricted to any one style of football.

Make the most appropriate judgment and choice based entirely on the situation on the field.

For example, when facing high defense, Lazio will use long passes, which is an optimization option. Because long passes have the lowest cost and the best effect.

But if you think that Lazio will only choose long passes when facing high defense, you are wrong.

They can also use fast passing and cutting to quickly pass the ball from the backcourt to the frontcourt and then threaten your goal.

Sometimes they look like they are playing Tiki-taka, sometimes they look like they are playing defensive counterattacks, and sometimes they use simple and rough long passes with good effects...

They can change their playing style at any time.

And this change is completely untraceable.

As their opponent, you don’t know what they are going to do next.

In this way, it will become difficult for you to defend because you can’t be targeted.

Most teams collapse at this time.

A few strong teams will choose their defensive methods according to Lazio’s offensive methods. They will also adjust themselves.

But this way of playing that always follows Lazio’s ass. It will make them feel very tired and inefficient.

At the beginning, they might be able to keep up, but later, they couldn't keep up with Lazio's rhythm at all.

In the end, they were defeated without any suspense.

This is the power of Lazio's multi-core tactics.

The initiative is always in their hands,

and their opponents can only be led by them forever.

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Even Guardiola, who knows Lazio well enough, doesn't know much more about the multi-core tactics than ordinary people.

The multi-core tactics he knows are the ones analyzed and summarized by the media - in Tiki-taka football, there are just a few more organizing cores. Just like the literal meaning. It's multiple cores.

So when he defends, of course, the focus will only fall on Modric, Ledesma, Ballack, David Silva and Mario Gotze.

In everyone's opinion, these people are players who can organize the offense. These people take turns to organize the offense, which is enough to make their opponents drink a pot.

Such a multi-core tactic is already difficult enough to defend, and this must be the true meaning of Lazio's multi-core tactic.

Some media once gave Lazio's multi-core tactic a name, called "Hydra".

Hydra is a nine-headed snake in Greek mythology. It is a Western mythological creature and appears most frequently in ancient Greek mythology. According to legend, he has a hundred heads. If one of the heads is cut off, two heads will grow immediately.

It is simply a very difficult monster.

It is really appropriate to describe the impression of Lazio's multi-core tactics.

Each head is a core. Even if you freeze one of Lazio's cores, other players will immediately become cores, just like growing two heads immediately.

So some media called Lazio's multi-core tactics "Hydra tactics".

At the same time, it implies that Lazio is simply a magic cave and is not pleasing at all.

But Hydra is only a manifestation of Lazio's multi-core tactics, and cannot fully interpret Lazio's multi-core tactics.

So far, Lazio has only used the "multi-core tactics" to refer to this new tactic. It did not use the cool name "Hydra tactics" given by the media.

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Barcelona's defense was designed to target Lazio's "Hydra tactics", and they were just targeting a form.

Of course, Guardiola didn't know this. After all, he had been away from Lazio for three years.

In these three years, Lazio has also undergone a lot of changes.

Ten minutes after the game started, Guardiola keenly noticed something wrong.

This Lazio played very flexibly, which made him a little confused.

It stands to reason that with his understanding of Lazio, he knew very well how Lazio would play.

This is also Barcelona's advantage.

Because he will tell Barcelona's players everything he knows.

But now, he found that he didn't know Lazio.

He thought Lazio was still playing Tiki-taka, but it was unfamiliar when he looked closely.

The specific performance was that when Modric got the ball, Barcelona's Xavi went up to defend him. At the same time, around Modric, other Barcelona players also took action and blocked Modric's several passing routes. If Modric wanted to pass the ball, they might be intercepted and counterattacked directly.

Especially Ledesma, Ballack, and Jose Passarella, the three Lazio players, each of them had a Barcelona player next to them.

This defensive method of blocking the passing route was used when the two teams faced off last season. Both sides used this trick, so the defense of both sides was very targeted at that time.

This season, Guardiola strengthened the defense of several Lazio players who could organize the offense on this basis, so that they would not be out of his sight.

It can be said that it is an upgraded and enhanced version of the defensive tactics last season.

Such a defense is enough to trap Modric.

Force him to pass back or make some mistakes.

But Modric's choice surprised Barcelona players and Guardiola.

Modric did not pass back, nor did he risk passing the ball to his teammates near him. He directly passed the ball diagonally to the left!

The encirclement carefully constructed by Barcelona lost its effect. The ball flew over their heads, and they could not stop it even if they were on the passing route.

This kind of medium and long-distance pass with a length of more than 30 meters is rare in Barcelona-style Tiki-taka.

Because the important feature of Tiki-taka is continuous and fast short passes!

But this is not over yet, Barcelona feels that the surprise is still going on.

David Silva received the ball on the left.

After he stopped the ball, he did not dribble the ball himself, nor did he pass it to Ledesma and Klose who were closest to him.

Barcelona also made very detailed and thorough defensive arrangements for him.

He did not have too many good passing options.

David Silva is the same as Modric. Another direct long pass!

The football was transferred directly from the left side to the right side!

Two consecutive long passes made the Barcelona players a little stunned.

They knew Lazio very well. Because their head coach knew Lazio very well, and the football played by Lazio was the same as theirs, so they all knew how Lazio played.

Over time, a fixed impression was formed in their minds. This impression is that Lazio is a team that plays short passes on the ground like them.

This impression is deeply rooted in their minds.

So when they saw that Lazio actually made two consecutive long passes, they were shocked and did not expect it at all.

When they reacted, Lazio's right back Azpilicueta had already stopped the ball in the air steadily!

At this time, the Barcelona players woke up from their dreams-their defensive focus was on the right side before, but Lazio directly transferred the attack to their left side through a long pass. But their defensive strength seemed very weak!

So they quickly shifted the focus of defense, and everyone rushed over here!

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"Lazio's long pass transfer... beautiful! Quickly and accurately found Barcelona's defensive weakness!"

When seeing this scene, Guardiola also stood up from his seat.

He suddenly realized that something was wrong.

After receiving the ball, Azpilicueta tended to dribble forward.

Barcelona's defensive attention was focused on him.

But Azpilicueta's forward dribble breakthrough was just a feint. He made Barcelona's defenders highly nervous and rushed over without thinking.

In this process of continuously changing the center of gravity, Barcelona's defense will naturally lose sight of one thing and lose another. There will be loopholes.

This is what Azpilicueta wants to take advantage of.

He did not break through, but sent a straight pass directly!

He sent the ball into the ribs of the penalty area!

All Barcelona players were staring at him, but forgot the people around them.

Mario Gotze was able to get away, he quickly turned inside and received the ball passed by Azpilicueta in the empty space!

Of course, when he received the ball, there was not even a Barcelona player around him!

"This ball... is not offside! A successful pass and run combination. Offside!"

Amid the commentator's exclamation, Gotze turned and kicked the ball!

The ball was hit by him on the upper part, and it quickly rushed towards the goal close to the grass!

Valdez rushed over, but was a step too late. The ball got into the goal before his fingers and stuck to the goal post! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation..) Please share