The Ball at Your Feet

"I regret it now. I didn't hold on and brought Zhao Yaning to Barcelona."

In the locker room, looking at the injured Messi, Puyol faced his teammates and spoke.

How could Messi get hurt at this time? 8 points gap, injured Messi, is this God asking Barcelona to surrender?

No one thought that just before the start of the game, Messi, the hope of Barcelona, ​​was suddenly injured.

"You mean, you think this is my mistake?" Harvey immediately raised his head and looked at Puyol. "I admit that I made a mistake, but it was a mistake in football. This season, we played It’s not good enough. If you scold me for not playing well, I admit it. But when I transferred, I made the right choice: we don’t need someone to grab the ball with Leon."

"I didn't say that it was your fault, you were not wrong. I should have convinced you of this kind of thing, not that I was persuaded by you." Puyol faintly pressed Harvey's words back, "make It was me who made the wrong decision. It was my fault."

"There is nothing wrong with it. Real Madrid just played a few good games while we were taking a nap. What are we afraid of? We must be able to win. They are just jumping now and waiting for our state to adjust. , What are they fighting with us?"

Valdes' words made Puyol look at him, but did not speak. The 8-point gap is simply a boulder on the head for a championship team in the league. Under such pressure, saying nothing is just taking a nap, which is contempt for the opponent, and it is also not paying attention to himself.

Where is this snooze? With such a big difference, it is clear that he fell asleep and was slaughtered as a dead pig.

"Perhaps the media is right. What he showed us is not how strong a strong team can be, but a new era of playing." Puyol spoke for a long time, "This kind of kick The strategic significance of law is even more than that of tactics: that is to say, when playing against a team weaker than yourself, make as few mistakes as possible. Use a better record of abuse to make up for the lack of strong dialogue— —For example, Real Madrid now, even if they lose to us? With so many points, it is too difficult for us to catch up."

"I don't really like their way of playing." Harvey said slowly, "but I also admit that they are really terrible playing like this. That guy is a big killer when he faces the underdogs. He can Easily overwhelmed all the teams, not losing any points that should be scored. This style of play is basically forcing us to do our best to fight against them throughout the season, but if we put all of them All of our physical strength is placed in the league. In the Champions League, we don’t have enough physical strength. Sometimes, I think what Zidane said is really right: football has reached a certain level, the fundamental problem is the distribution of individual strength. problem."

Puyol didn't say anything. Harvey was putting gold on his face. In fact, where is Barcelona now keeping the strength to play in the Champions League? It simply can't even handle the league.

Real Madrid is rich and powerful, and it costs money to buy people. Barcelona, ​​in order to fight against Real Madrid, also desperately buy people. In the six years of Real Madrid's Florentino, Real Madrid invested 272 million yuan in net investment, and Barcelona also reached 190 million. During the same period, Real Madrid's revenue was 244 million more than Barcelona.

If you want the players to have the same strength, Barcelona must buy a big name. Although they have their own youth training to supplement, they can spend a little less money, but in this way, the salary is higher. When Barcelona is the highest, the salary expenditure accounts for all expenditures. 90%, Real Madrid in the same year only 84%, Barcelona can not support this kind of challenge, in terms of the thickness of the lineup, they are not a little bit behind Real Madrid.

Zhao Yaning can't run, and his teammates will always be tired. However, Real Madrid can rely on the rotation to complete the kick, Higuain, Mata, Gago, De La Reid and others are eager to see opportunities on the bench. What about Barcelona? This season, because the poor were not used, they all had to promote Boyang up. Although it can be said to be unparalleled to the outside world, far surpassing Messi, the unborn genius jumps outside one after another-but who is not clear about its true strength? Barcelona knows bitterly, without thickness, how to fight for the league?

"Sometimes, I really think that if we were still in the 50s, that would be fine."

Iniesta's words made Puyol frowned. He knew what this meant. In the 1950s, football did not have a ban on doping. Therefore, in that era, doping was not a big deal. The Germans are famous for the Berne miracle. Afterwards, they all admitted that doping was used in the game-but it didn't matter if they admitted that it was not a foul in those days. In the 1950s, doping was not forbidden in football.

Seeing Puyol frowning, Iniesta knew he had made a mistake and lowered his head. He just said.

"The newspaper says that Zhao Yaning has brought football into a new era - but such an era can't be achieved at all. In this world, apart from his monster, there are a few people who can play so many games without getting tired. This is simply beyond what humans do."

Regarding the statement in the newspaper that Zhao Yaning has brought football into a new era, Barcelona players have to admit on the one hand, but on the other hand, they are also a little dissatisfied: in their opinion, such an honor should be attributed to Barcelona. How could it be someone else's? Therefore, they do not approve of those claims.

"Actually, Inter Milan and Manchester United's approach seems to be a bit like Real Madrid."

Eto'o was aside and suddenly spoke.

Inter Milan's approach, relying on Ibrahimovic's play. Manchester United is leaning on Ronaldinho. Their methods also have such a rudimentary form, but they are not as far as Zhao Yaning.

"He is just one step ahead."

"Sometimes, the first step is everything." Puyol said, "I went to ask Mr. Cruyff, he also admitted Zhao Yaning's greatness, but he said: The role of tactics is to limit Genius, since there is a genius who is not born, we should use the tactics of not born to deal with it, instead of complaining."

These words made everyone's eyes shine brightly, but a question also stood out: what is the so-called tactics of extinction?

They didn't know, and no one thought about asking Rijkaard. Rijkaard was good on the scene and friendly, but everyone was not going to look for him for such a high-level tactical problem.

"Could it be that there is no way to defeat that guy?" Eto'o said unconvinced.

"If there is, we would have used it a few years earlier. As for being abused by him every year?" Edmilson reluctantly agreed.

"Yes, yes..." Harvey thought something. "Who of you has been paying attention to our youth team games recently?"

"Are you talking about La Masia?" Puyol asked back. "Under Pep's advice, there seems to have been some changes, but I remember that it seems that many media said that our team plays wiper football. Swiping back and forth in the backcourt, it doesn't seem to pass forward...I have watched a few games and think they are right."

"Can you believe it in terms of the media?" Harvey shook his head. "I like their style of play, whether they are wipers or their feet, but at least, the ball is under our feet."

"What's the use of the ball that can't attack?" Eto'o asked rhetorically.

"If the ball is at our feet and we do not attack, then our running can be reduced." Harvey said, "and if the opponent wants to attack, they must come to our feet to grab the ball. Grabbing is extremely stamina-consuming. In this way, our stamina will be much better than that of our opponents. If this tactic is applied to the league, we can consume less stamina, so that we can compete with each other. Just like that guy keeps in shape at all times, we can stay in the stamina and state."

"And if we are equipped with certain tactics and counterattack in the second half..." Valdes patted his head, "This tactic sounds good."

"But, this style of play, it sounds, it doesn't seem to be offensive football." Puyol hesitated for a moment before speaking, "We rely on our passing skills to conserve our physical strength and consume the opponent's physical strength. The opponent's physical strength is exhausted, and we then control the ball to kill - it sounds like it is close to some kind of defensive counterattack thinking, not like our football concept."

"What is our football philosophy? Passing, technique, offense." Harvey replied, "We didn't lay out or defend ourselves. Our passive defense relies on our excellent passing and receiving skills. ——This kind of technology, other teams, want to play but still can’t play it. This is our most unique advantage in Barcelona. How can it be defensive football if we rely on technical advantages to play?"

"You're talking about technology, I'm talking about ideas." Puyol shook his head.

"Does the idea have any significant significance? To me, it is good to win." Eto'o said.

Harvey frowned, but did not refute him. Instead, he spoke to Puyol, "Make full use of the technical advantages, and we can play the football style we need. The backcourt pass seems simple. But it's based on technology, which is offensive football. It depends on consuming the opponent's physical strength and then defeating the opponent-when we play against the weak, it is to save energy. What's wrong? In the team, this style of play may not be useful, and we may not use it either."

"Defensive football always brings results, so he is like a drug. Once contaminated, it is difficult to get rid of it." Puyol objected, "I don't like this football concept, I think it is not good. "

"Pep and my philosophy are the same." Harvey insisted.

Puyol was silent. He still respected the veterans of the team enough, but he still thought that this idea was not good enough.

"Pep's command is not only the backcourt, but also some other things." Messi was aside, speaking quietly. Seeing the eyes of his teammates, he waved his hand, "I don't know. When I just watch the ball, I have a feeling-Pep's tactics are very good. If we use it, we can do more. Going further. But I don’t know why it’s good. I don’t understand the tactics. I don’t understand Pep’s tactics. I only know that it’s not just the backcourt. It seems that there are other things that need attention."

Harvey didn't speak. He knew that sometimes, this feeling was fatal. Messi is a genius. When geniuses are looking at a tactic, sometimes, they do have that feeling: they can’t tell which is good, but they just like it, and they can’t say it is bad, but they are sure that they can easily break it. .

Puyol was also silent, and he also knew how talented Messi was. In his opinion, like Zhao Yaning opposite, Messi is a genius beyond the entire football world~www.ltnovel.com~ He also supports Harvey's words, so Puyol can't say anything.

"Actually, there is nothing to argue about. This time against Real Madrid, just give it a try? In the first half of the game, we try, if not, in the second half of the game, we can play as normal." Henry Standing up and playing round the field, "There is always no harm in trying, and we don’t have to worry about failure—whose team can be like us, the discussion is not about sports cars, women, money, endorsements, but the development of football technology, football Technological progress? Our approach determines that we must be better than everyone else. Such an atmosphere is the atmosphere of a championship team."

"However, we still have no way to deal with the monster's abnormal play in the league." Harvey said, "It's embarrassing enough to be forced by a monster to close the door and discuss how to deal with him."

"This is nothing shameful, there is always a way. Genius and tactics are the driving force that promotes the spiral of football. Zhao Yaning is a genius, but if we have better tactics, we can beat him. Let us see. , Who on earth is Zhao Yaning more talented, or Pep’s tactics!"——

ps: The spiral of genius and tactics is the law of football. Personally, if you want to reflect the protagonist’s strength, his enemy should be a certain tactic, not a certain person.