Coaching legend

"Toot, toot, toot--"

As the referee Massimo Busacca blew the whistle, the 2009 Champions League final officially began.

Barcelona got the kick-off right.

Eto'o passed the ball to Henry, and Henry passed the ball to Messi behind him.

Messi did not dribble the ball, but gave it to Xavi next to him.

It was only when Xavi got the ball that he controlled it.

Barcelona is like this. Xavi, Iniesta, Busquets and other midfielders kept passing the ball. In addition, Toure and Keita behind them also came up. These people cooperated in the midfield to control the ball.

Very powerful.

George can only say that he is very powerful.

Tacit understanding, only absolute tacit understanding can produce this kind of cooperation, and only absolute tacit understanding can play the ball control like Barcelona.

Those Barcelona players who came out of La Masia have been training together for many years. Not only that, the football education they received since childhood is exactly the same. This is the characteristic of the La Masia training camp.

Cruyff is indeed qualified to be the emperor of Barcelona. Although George doesn't like Cruyff very much and thinks he talks too much.

But George still admires Cruyff.

In fact, in the past 20 years, the La Masia training camp has cultivated no more stars than the Real Madrid youth training camp. The stars from the Real Madrid youth training camp are definitely the best in Europe in the past 20 years.

And even in terms of quality, the players from the Real Madrid youth training camp are no worse than those from the La Masia youth training camp.

But the players from the La Masia youth training camp are famous in European football. And many of the current Barcelona first team are trained by their own youth training camp. But the Real Madrid youth training camp has not trained many players for the first team. Why is this so?

In addition to the fact that Real Madrid has paid too much attention to buying superstars from abroad in recent years and has neglected some youth training camp players. But it is also because the players trained in the La Masia youth training camp have repeated the same system from a few years old to a teenager. From a few years old to the first team, it is the same model.

Therefore, they can keep training players for their first team.

Moreover, even if these players have limited strength, they can still play in the first team. Not only that, they can also perfectly integrate into the first team. This is the most terrifying thing.

If you say, Pique, Busquets and later Pedro are really amazing? They are really world-class talents, and they can shock the European football world as soon as they appear.

No, absolutely not.

Among their peers, there are definitely many who are more talented than them.

If they go to other teams, they will definitely not have such amazing performances. Just like Pique, he was still a substitute player in Manchester United the year before. Although Ferguson recognized Pique's strength, he would not let him become the main central defender immediately. But when he went to Barcelona, ​​he became the absolute main defender. Why did they become famous so quickly?

It's because they are in Barcelona.

They are players from the La Masia youth training camp.

They caught up with Barcelona's glorious period. In addition, they have been trained in the same system since childhood. Therefore, they are perfectly integrated into the first team. Under the leadership of Barcelona's first-team stars, their performance will be so excellent.

As long as La Masia Youth Training Camp exists, Barcelona can continue to maintain their style of play. And there is no need to worry about not having players. Even if there is a temporary downturn, as long as La Masia Youth Training Camp continues, they will always be able to return to their peak.

Just like now, La Masia Youth Training Camp has produced a group of talents such as Xavi, Iniesta, and Messi, and their performance has immediately improved.

They are very good at controlling the ball.

George will never compete with Barcelona for ball control. In the entire world football now, there is really no team that can surpass Barcelona in ball control rate. No matter whether it is Real Madrid, Arsenal, Milan, or other teams with excellent ball control, none of them can compare with Barcelona.

George's Blackburn is even worse.

Therefore, after the game started, George consciously gave up the middle. Let Barcelona control the ball.

George hoarded the main force in the back. The area about 30 meters away from the goal is full of Blackburn players. Only Drogba is left in the frontcourt.

"Coach Levy belittled Barcelona before the game. But when the game started, they could only retreat and defend."

This was not a Spanish commentator, but a commentator who couldn't stand George's arrogance.

The Catalan commentator laughed at George and praised Barcelona.

"Barcelona's football must be the most advanced football in the world. Any club in the world can only retreat and defend against Barcelona. George, who was arrogant before the game, is no exception. Barcelona wants to use a hearty victory to tell George and Blackburn that we entered the Champions League final because of our strength."

If George listened to these commentators, he would definitely sneer.

A bunch of illiterates who don't understand football.

Possession rate, possession rate is shit!

Ten minutes into the game, Barcelona had an absolute advantage in possession rate with 77%. It was almost a siege.

But George was not in a hurry at all. With such a big advantage in possession, Barcelona didn't have a single threatening shot.

Barcelona's style of play took possession of the ball to the extreme. But it is definitely not without disadvantages.

Because Barcelona completely suppressed the opponent in the game. So in every game, almost all the defenders will press to the midfield line and cooperate with the midfielders to control the ball. Barcelona's midfielders, even the defenders, have excellent skills.

George's previous Blackburn also played a midfield oppressive style.

But not as good as Barcelona now.

It's just because of too much suppression that Barcelona is most afraid of counterattacks. Especially afraid of fast players.

In history, facing Arsenal, Barcelona players admitted that they were most afraid of Walcott. Because once Arsenal grabs the ball and counterattacks, Walcott's speed will be the biggest threat. Barcelona's players are concentrated in the opponent's 30-40 meter area, leaving only one or two defenders behind.

Once they can break through Barcelona's midfield and speed up, it will be a disaster for Barcelona.

Therefore, Barcelona is most afraid of speed players in this counterattack.

In order to deal with counterattacks, other tactics of Barcelona have also been derived. Just like once the ball is lost in the frontcourt, Barcelona players immediately turn to defense. And several players form a space area to prevent players who steal the ball from having a chance to kick.

Everyone only saw that Barcelona's offense was excellent, but they didn't see that Barcelona's players were equally excellent in defense.

According to statistics from each game, Barcelona players run a lot. In order to attack, they have to find space and keep running. Once the opponent steals the ball, they also have to run actively to defend. Therefore, the running distance of Barcelona players is generally more than that of the opponent team.

Barcelona's success is definitely not a fluke.

Not only is it immediately engaged in defense, but there are also some other ways.

Just like many people later criticized Barcelona for playing diving. In fact, if you look carefully, many of Barcelona's diving is premeditated. Except for Busquets and Alves, who are masters of diving, other players fall at the moment of the opponent's counterattack.

Barcelona players, at the moment of losing the ball, they engage in defense. Once they can't grab the ball, they will entangle with others. Then fall to the ground and wait for the referee to blow the whistle.

This is a very obvious tactic.

It is to prevent the opponent from counterattacking.

Facing Barcelona's style of play, George must learn from Mourinho. Solid defense, coupled with excellent counterattacks.

So George put on a defensive look at the opening stage.

As long as Barcelona advances to the 30-meter area, nine Blackburn players will be seen gathered here. Even Kaka, Ribery, and Yang Feng will actively defend. Although the Barcelona players have a tacit understanding in passing, no matter how tacit, they can't enter the dangerous area without a gap for passing.

Xavi has a clear mind.

Don't look at it, Xavi is also a big mouth. After the game, he likes to ridicule people. And every day he looks like Barcelona is the best in the world. But on the court, Xavi is a sophisticated engine.

He will not be anxious or negative.

He keeps passing the ball and keeps passing the ball in the midfield.

Xavi is not anxious, but it does not mean that other players are not anxious. Busquets, a young man. This year is the first year he plays as a main player, and his confidence is overflowing. He is quite dissatisfied with George and Blackburn.

He is very indignant about George's ridicule.

Busquets is the player next to Xavi who protects Xavi. He is also the only defensive midfielder in the entire Barcelona formation.

But after the game started, Busquets had already rushed to the front to pass the ball several times.

Although there was no problem with the cooperation because of the tacit understanding of the Barcelona players. Therefore, most people could not see anything. Anyway, the positions of the Barcelona players are very flexible. Sometimes the defenders are like midfielders, and the midfielders are like defenders.

With their tacit understanding, even if the positions change, there will not be too much problem.

But George on the sidelines laughed.

Busquets is usually the protector of the Barcelona midfield. It is not true that his defensive skills are excellent. But he is tall, has good footwork and excellent positional sense. His air control ability is even stronger.

It's just that Busquets, who just debuted, can only help Xavi.

He played the role of Xavi's bodyguard in the game.

Now Busquets rushed to the front several times.

George likes this. This is also what George hopes.

Xavi, this bastard, was the pioneer of the Barcelona players when fighting in the media. But I didn't expect that he was still so calm after he got on the court. He didn't look as excited as before the game.

Fortunately, Xavi is cunning.

But not all Barcelona players are like this. Just look at Busquets in front of us and you will know that the pre-match sarcasm is not without effect.

Barcelona still besieged Blackburn.

Because there was no good opportunity, they could only pass the ball to the side and then return to the middle.

At the 17th minute of the game, Xavi gently pushed the ball to Busquets next to him. After Busquets got the ball, he suddenly accelerated and broke through Kaka. After reaching the front, he was ready to pass the ball to others.

"Bang!"

At this time, a man came out and faced Busquets with a fierce tackle. He was shoveled over with the ball.