Restricted Superstar

The UEFA Champions League is not only the honour of the teams themselves and their respective leagues, but also related to the European War points of their respective leagues. UEFA allocates the Champions League and UEFA Cup places through the European War points of the major leagues.

In order for their team to achieve good results in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup, Serie A has advanced the UEFA Champions League semi-final of Inter Milan's league to Saturday, and La Liga is even better. In order to deal with the volcanic ash, they played Barcelona and Espanyol. It was carried out on Friday in advance.

The Spaniards are not only Barcelona's city rivals but also Real Madrid's followers. To block Barcelona is their entire task every season. As for whether Barcelona can win the honor for La Liga, they don't care. The Spaniards went all out against Barcelona and were determined. He wants to dismount Basara.

Although only 3 points ahead of Real Madrid, out of self-confidence in their own strength, Barcelona coach Guardiola and Mourinho sent a lineup mixed with the main force and the substitute.

In fact, Barcelona, ​​which has a mixed lineup of the main force and the bench, is also stronger than the Spaniard, but every Barcelona player who appears on the court regards the game as a routine. Everyone is saving energy and energy for the Champions League semi-finals in the middle of the week, and it seems that only that game is considered a real contest. Excessive media hype caused the Inter Milan and Barcelona match to arouse people's interest prematurely.

If this attitude is not for derby, Barcelona would have no problem winning the game, but it is not enough to defeat the rival Spaniards in the same city. In the face of the Spaniards who were fighting for cramps, Barcelona could not play the best offensive power in the world. The Spaniard drew, leading Real Madrid by only one point.

This result is obviously unfavorable for Barcelona, ​​because it means that Barcelona can not stay at all in the league between the two games and the Inter Milan semi-finals, and both lines must go all out.

First there was the volcanic ash, and then the Barcelona derby was invincible. The opponent was Mourinho, the coach who is best at playing Barcelona. After the game, the media thought that it would not be easy for Barcelona to be a guest at Meazza to win the game. After all, Barcelona’s quarter-finals Against another Champions League softball Arsenal, Barcelona also failed to win away.

But Guardiola didn't care. When he led the team from the Gamber Sports City in Barcelona, ​​Guardiola said when he held a press conference, "There is no way, we can only choose to take a bus to Milan. For transportation, we can wait for the flight, but if the flight is still unavailable on Tuesday, we will not be able to go to Milan. According to UEFA regulations, we will be sentenced to 0:3 if we are absent from the game. Taking the bus is a bit slower and more tired. , But I think as long as we can appear on the court, we will definitely be able to achieve a positive result of 0:3. This is a 180-minute game. The place to advance to the Nou Camp is decided, not Meazza."

Barcelona’s core world football player Messi also said that the volcanic ash will not affect Barcelona. As long as the referees are fair and don’t let Inter Milan use martial arts and wrestling to compete, Inter Milan can win at Meazza.

Although the Barcelona players and coaches said that the volcanic ash did not have much impact on Barcelona, ​​the Barcelona club still made full preparations for this long-distance trip.

There were only forty people in Barcelona, ​​but the club found two buses and four drivers. The bus has 38 seats and a small bar. The players take a bus, Guardiola and the coaching staff and other entourage. Take another bus.

In order to make the players’ journey not boring, the club also prepared two movies for the players. One is the story of former South African President Nelson Mandela’s use of the national rugby team to regulate racial contradictions, and the other is to win 2010. "Shameless Bastard" at the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.

Guardiola last year's Champions League final, he edited the Barcelona game video and "Gladiator" together to inspire the team. But this time, the club’s vice chairman Youss said that the two films were broadcast purely for entertainment, and Barcelona now does not need incentives. They are fully capable of defeating Inter Milan.

Due to the departure three days in advance, in order to ensure the safety of the road and the rest of the players, the club did not rush overnight. The journey was divided into two stages. The first stage is from Barcelona to the French Riviera city of Cannes, the whole journey is 634 kilometers, and the second stage is from Cannes to Cannes. Milan, the whole distance is 351 kilometers, the whole distance is 1060 kilometers.

In the past two seasons, Barcelona has competed with La Liga and European powers a total of 26 times. In La Liga, they have played against Real Madrid, Valencia, Sevilla, Villarreal and other teams 13 times. Barcelona's record is 9 wins and 4 draws. In 11 encounters with top European teams, Barcelona only lost. One game, this one is the UEFA Champions League group game lost to Inter Milan.

In recent years, Barcelona has been almost invincible in the world. Although many factors have increased the difficulty of Barcelona’s home win at Inter Milan, no one thinks that Barcelona will be eliminated by Inter Milan, and Barcelona itself does not think it is famous. In the Champions League, Inter Milan, who hadn't reached the finals in 45 years, was able to stop him from advancing to the Bernabéu, so this forced and helpless long march has almost become a star-chasing journey.

The Barcelona bus was painted with a clear club logo and was cheered by fans along the way. After learning the route of this trip, many fans used the toll booths along the highway for the Barcelona tour. Even in the service area, there were fans who came to Messi for a photo and autograph. Barcelona's reputation also gives them special treatment. When they cross the border, they do not need to line up for inspection like other vehicles but are directly released. Even if there is a traffic jam, many drivers waiting for the bus are excited to make way for them after seeing the six-time champion Barcelona bus.

At 14:45 on Monday afternoon, the two Barcelona buses arrived at the Melia Hotel in Milan. Barcelona departed from the Gamber Sports City in Barcelona at 14:41 on Sunday. A whole day had passed by the time they arrived. Without the influence of Iceland's volcanic ash, it would only take an hour and a half to fly from Barcelona to Milan this time.

Today in the 21st century, Barcelona has experienced a "return to nature" journey, as if back to the 1950s.

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When Barcelona rushed to Milan, Inter Milan has been conducting closed training.

When Mourinho first joined Inter Milan, whenever he closed his training, the media satirized him pretending to be mysterious. The fans cursed him for being cold and arrogant and didn’t put the fans in the eyes, but as Mourinho was in The Champions League record is getting better and better. Mourinho’s closed training is gradually accepted by fans and the media, and Mourinho’s fans also regard the closed training as Mourinho’s secret weapon and assassin. Once Inter Milan adopts Closed training, Mourinho fans began to look forward to Inter Milan's surprise victory in the game, defeating opponents in one fell swoop.

Sometimes Mourinho is really playing mystery, but this time Mourinho's closed training is really to create a secret weapon against Barcelona.

Barcelona has no secrets for Mourinho.

Since the 96s, Mourinho has served as Bobby Robson’s translator and assistant coach at Barcelona. Guardiola was still a Barcelona player at the time. Both are deeply influenced by Barcelona’s tactical philosophy, but the world is so wonderful. Under the influence of the same club, the two of them returned by different paths. After many years, one of them became utilitarian, defensively invincible, and the other became a master of art, attacking like mercury.

Later, Mourinho became the Chelsea coach. He and Barcelona met again. The time has passed. The former assistant has become Barcelona's opponent today. For the first time, Mourinho's Chelsea eliminated Rijkaard's Barcelona; the second time, Barcelona eliminated Mourinho's Chelsea and met for the third time in the group stage. Mourinho's Chelsea had one win and one draw. Mourinho and Barcelona played 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses.

Then Mourinho dismissed get out of class at Chelsea and served as the head coach of Inter Milan. He and Chelsea met again in the group stage. The two sides fought one win and one loss, and the total score became 3 wins, 3 losses and 2 draws.

No one would have thought that the two sides would meet again in the semifinals.

There is little change between Barcelona and Barcelona during the group stage, but Inter Milan has introduced Pandev and Sneijder.

Although Pandev and Sneijder will not allow Inter Milan to improve on the grade, they can enrich Inter Milan's tactics and make Inter Milan's play style more varied.

With Pandev and Sneijder, coupled with Gao Xiaodong who can play all positions, for the tactician Mourinho, he can produce a set of formations and styles that were unexpected by his former friend Guardiola.

In this match against Barcelona, ​​Mourinho and his coaching staff conducted in-depth analysis and research. In fact, after drawing lots from the top 8, Inter Milan played against CSKA Moscow and Barcelona played against Arsenal. At that time Mourinho Knowing that he was about to meet Barcelona again, he began to ask Faria and others to collect materials and prepare a way to deal with Barcelona.

In the backcourt of Inter Milan, Mourinho will never move. Mourinho's football is based on a solid defense. A solid defense requires a stable line of defense. Surprisingly, you can never move on the line of defense.

Mourinho will not move the position of the center. Inter Milan has no more suitable center than Milito. Regardless of whether Barcelona has a targeted defense against Milito, Milito will play center. Mourinho needs Milito to be a center. The fulcrum, threatens the opponent's defense, and assists his teammates.

The match of the midfield is what Mourinho has bothered the most, and it is also the best position for tactical adjustments.

Now Inter Milan’s most commonly used formation is 4231, sometimes it becomes 433, sometimes it becomes 4213, but Mourinho does not want to use the 433 formation, except because at Chelsea, Mourinho has been using it. With the 433 formation, Barcelona must already be familiar with this style of play and have a way to deal with it. In addition, Inter Milan and Chelsea have different configurations. Inter Milan’s four defensive midfielders Montari, Cambiasso, Stankovic and Mota, these four people are not the kind of beast waist that can't run, and the body is not strong enough. Even if Mourinho discharges three back waists, it may not be able to block Barcelona's attack.

Therefore, Mourinho decided to continue to use the 4231 formation created this season, but the specific position is very different from the original.

First of all, it turns out that Inter Milan’s double midfielders are basically a technical midfielder Motta or Cambiasso, plus a power midfielder Montari, Stankovic plays as a substitute, and now Mourinho decided Use two technical midfielders Mota to drink Cambiasso to improve the ability of counterattack.

Barcelona are best at high-position presses. Two technical midfielders will definitely be blasted by Barcelona. In order to assist the two defensive midfielders, the three midfielders Mourinho decided to use must all put offense and defense in the same position.

The three forwards were mostly Gao Xiaodong, Sneijder and Eto'o. Pandev played as a substitute. Among them, Sneijder was in the front midfielder, Gao Xiaodong and Eto'o were separated, but in order to have a surprising effect, Mu Rinho decided to let Gao Xiaodong return to the position of the front midfielder, and let Sneijder play the left midfielder and Eto'o play the right midfielder.

Here, Sneijder is an amazing soldier because he rarely plays left midfielder. Mourinho placed him in this position in order to deal with right back Alves, an important player in Barcelona's wing attack.

The two best right backs in the world are now in Brazil, one is Inter Milan’s Maicon and the other is Barcelona’s Alves.

Maicon and Alves are both offensive and defensive defenders, but the biggest capital of their fame is offense, because their offense is so powerful that even if the defense is so bad, the opponent cannot attack it.

Mourinho placed Sneijder at the left midfielder position. In addition to letting Sneijder help defend left-back Zanetti, he also hopes that Sneijder can organize an attack on the wing and seize the gap after Alves assists. .

Needless to say, Gao Xiaodong's position in the front midfielder, among all Inter Milan players, only Gao Xiaodong has the ability to play the front midfielder and retreat back to the midfielder.

If Sneijder is a surprise soldier, then Gao Xiaodong is the hub and center of Inter Milan's offense and defense. If Gao Xiaodong cannot perform well in the front and back positions, it will be difficult for Inter Milan to have a chance to beat Barcelona.

Through the formation of Mourinho, we can see that he is very ambitious at home. He hopes to take advantage of the opportunity of the right time and place to win Barcelona at home and establish the victory in one fell swoop, at least to seize the opportunity. , Instead of keeping the balance.

However, Mourinho's lineup and tactics now encounter a problem, that is, Sneijder is unwilling to play on the wing.

Sneijder is not an alternative like Gao Xiaodong. He is not an all-around player. He is a pure midfielder. Sneijder has played a defensive midfielder, but his strength is not high enough. Sneijder has also played a left-winger, but he has no speed. The left winger is still very catching, so Sneijder still hopes that he is the most familiar and favorite position of the front midfielder.

Mourinho and Sneijder had a tentative talk once, but Sneijder disagreed. Now Barcelona is about to arrive in Milan, time has not allowed any further delay, Mourinho decided to talk to Sneijder seriously.