I brush achievements in football

Chapter 956 The most dependent

On May [-], the Camp Nou stadium was packed, and nearly [-] Barcelona fans poured into the stadium. Last weekend, Barcelona won the league championship three rounds ahead of schedule. Now is the time when they are most confident. Under such circumstances, of course they want to To see the team get another brilliant victory.

The league title has already been won, and then the final of the Champions League, the King's Cup, the Champions League...

Triple Crown!

And in the process of defeating last season's Triple Crown... Isn't this also an extremely beautiful thing?

"Players from both sides are on the field! Barcelona sent their most accustomed starting lineup recently, goalkeeper Ter Stegen, the two full-backs are Roberto and Alba, the center back is partnered by Pique and Lenglet, and the midfielder pulls the ball. Kittic, Busquets, Vidal, forwards Messi, Suarez, Coutinho! Dembele is on the bench! Southampton's starting lineup is not much different from the last away game against Manchester City , goalkeeper Mendy, defender Cancelo, Chilwell, Maguire, De Ligt, midfielder De Bruyne, Rodri, Grealish, Sancho, forward Vardy, Bruno Fernandez!"

Amid the shouts of the commentator, the players from both sides came on the field, and Ji Ya returned to his position. He and Valverde didn't talk much, and he was not familiar with the Barcelona coach.

Southampton maintained the starting lineup of the previous round. What Ji Ya wanted was to create good opportunities through the cooperation of B Fee and Sancho. In the away game, he chose a relatively conservative defensive counterattack tactic. Overcome the edge of the opponent in the away game, and then decide the outcome at home!

This is a rare conservative choice for Ji Ya, but Barcelona's offensive state is really good recently. Not to mention the consecutive victories in the league, the Champions League also won two games in a row. For the second time, facing such a superstar who has completely improved his status, Ji Ya also had to be a little conservative.

Dispel the opponent's arrogance through defense in the away game, and then try to score one or two goals through counterattacks. Even if you can't score a goal, you must maintain a draw or a small loss, return to the home court, and then deal with Barcelona.

And according to Ji Ya’s observation, Barcelona’s good state has been maintained for a long time, and they are likely to fall into a trough next. It will be easier too.

However, Ji Ya ignored one thing.

Facing an opponent like Barcelona, ​​it is the most inappropriate thing to use defense to deal with them, unless you have a strong defense and at the same time have an extremely sharp counterattack, just like Chelsea killed Dream [-] and Inter Milan killed Dream [-]. .

But even Chelsea and Inter Milan at that time just defeated Barcelona in some important games, instead of meeting Barcelona once, they could win once.

The difference between the two is still obvious.

Southampton's defense is not that solid, and their counterattack is not very sharp.

Southampton as a whole can only reach the highest level in offensive tactics.

In the absence of Du Yue, he still used defensive counterattacks to deal with Barcelona. This is the most serious mistake Ji Ya has made so far in his coaching career.

Facing Southampton, who played in a conservative manner, Barcelona quickly took advantage, and then began to attack continuously.

At the beginning, Southampton could still gain a foothold in the penalty area and resist Barcelona's offense through their own defense. They did a good job defensively and withstood several threatening attacks from Barcelona since the start.

If this kind of defense can be maintained, Ji Ya's defensive counterattack tactics can actually have a certain effect.

However, at No. 20 minutes into the game, De Ligt sprained his calf when he landed in a clearance. Although the injury was not serious, he could not play in this game.

Rudiger can only go into battle after a hasty warm-up.

Rudiger is an excellent central defender. His physical fitness and speed are very good, but he is not stable enough on the field. To let him play in such an important game, Ji Ya is also a little worried...

It has to be said that every time he worries like this, there will be situations that he doesn't want to see.

Just 6 minutes after Rudiger came on the field, he made a mistake.

After Alba broke through from the left and crossed the ball into the penalty area, Rudiger could have made a successful clearance, but he was worried that his clearance would cause an own goal, so he slowed down a step, and the ball flew past him. Suarez emerged from behind him, and then shoveled the ball into Southampton's gate!

Suarez did not celebrate after the goal, but the Barcelona fans cheered loudly. Taking the lead under such circumstances, Barcelona will play much better next time!

Ji Ya waved his arm, this is indeed a bit troublesome!

Do you want to press the attack?

Ji Ya was a little hesitant. It is not impossible to press the offense. If he can score an away goal, he will be less passive at home. But is it not wise to attack in such a situation?Southampton's offensive lineup is not very stable to be honest. Vardy's scoring ability is not particularly strong, B Fee is also a bit nervous, and Sancho is relatively young. Under such circumstances, is the counterattack counterproductive? Weakened the defense even more?

After all, in such a situation, once the offense is pressed, it will be even more difficult to switch to the defense just now.

But after thinking about it, Rudiger might make another mistake again, and Ji Ya made up his mind—at this time, he really can only use offense to kill his opponent. If he continues to defend, it will be difficult to find too many good opportunities for counterattack, and the defense The pressure on the team will also increase. Once Barcelona is allowed to play its full state, then Southampton will really be in trouble.

Ji Ya stood up and made a gesture of attacking the field. This gesture surprised the Southampton players. Ji Ya seldom changed tactics at such a short time after the start of the game. Even if he wanted to change, he would I will explain why I might do this before the game. Like today, I didn’t mention it before the game. The sudden change of tactics at this time is indeed different from usual.

"It's not the same as usual", such a change has made many Southampton players feel a little heavy in their hearts.

What Ji Ya was worried about before was that Southampton would now suffer from Du Yue's dependence, but in fact, even he didn't expect that the Southampton players are most dependent on him.

So much so that his performance has some changes in peacetime, which can greatly affect the performance of the players!