This equilibrium between the two sides lasted for about thirty minutes.

During these 30 minutes, there was always an attack and defense against each other.

Both sides had chances that looked good, but unfortunately neither took them.

So the score was 0:0 all the time.

Although it was still 0:0, no one would find the game dull.

On the contrary, the competition is always played at a very high level.

Whether it's Lazio's fast advance or Barcelona's precise control, it's fascinating to watch.

Because both sides had a high level of possession and defended well, they didn't have many shots on goal.

But no one cares about that.

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The Catalan commentator looked at the time, the game had been going on for 30 minutes, and the away Barcelona showed no signs of being at a disadvantage, although they did not score, but they did not allow the home team to score.

In the eyes of this commentator, such a performance is already very good.

You know, it's Lazio's home stadium!

Across Europe, everyone now knows how difficult Lazio's home game is.

It's really worthy of Pep Guardiola, and fortunately Barcelona's coach is Pep Guardiola, otherwise this away game will definitely be lost without suspense......

"Barcelona are in a stalemate with Lazio at the moment and they are doing very well!"

He said.

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Barcelona's players also think they are doing well, but they are not easy.

At the beginning of the game, in the face of Lazio's rapid advance, they defended according to the requirements of the coaching staff, and it felt quite easy.

They can even organise attacks that threaten the Lazio goal when Lazio are dominant.

For example, the one he gave to Falcao just now.

But when the thirty minutes passed. They gradually feel strained.

They found that their movements could not keep up with Lazio's rapid movements.

Sometimes, he sees Lazio's passing and running intentions, but his body can't keep up with it, and he wants to run over. The body was half a beat slower. So when they ran over, the other party had already sent the football away.

In simple terms. The Barcelona players are tired!

This surprised them, considering that the game had only been 30 minutes into the game!

If there were thirty minutes left in the game, it might be normal for them to feel tired.

But how is that possible now?

But they just felt tired. They began to gasp for air.

This kind of tiredness is not due to the psychological effect of the psychological pressure of playing away.

It is really physically feeling tired.

Actually, the Barcelona players are in good spirits, but they just feel physically tired.

It was as if their physical energy had been rapidly drained during the thirty minutes of the game, and it was constantly draining from their bodies, like water opening the floodgates.

They were shocked - how could this be!?

Everyone knows that Barcelona is very physical. Because of their tiki-taka tactics, the physical requirements are very high, and if the physical fitness is not good, they will not be able to play at all.

So after Pep Guardiola went to Barcelona. The first thing is to grasp physical fitness.

Such a good physical fitness, but I felt tired thirty minutes into the game......

Everyone was surprised.

Even if it's an ordinary team, it's not like this......

And when other teams played against Lazio, they didn't seem to feel tired after the first 30 minutes.

Why is it in Barcelona?

Got a bad stomach yesterday? Or did they not sleep well, causing them to be less fit?

Neither.

In fact, it has to do with themselves.

It's about their own defensive tactics.

This defensive tactic of jamming the opponent's passing route is very physically demanding.

Especially when the opponent's passing and cutting speed is very fast, in order to keep up with the opponent's tempo, Barcelona have to improve their speed, and the result of this is that their physical energy is more and faster than usual.

However, Lazio and Barcelona use almost the same defensive tactics, so why do they still look very fit?

First of all, because Barcelona's attack is not fast, they just waited for Lazio to set up their position before rushing up. Secondly, because Barcelona is not fast, Lazio has much less time and distance to defend.

Thirdly, Lazio's fitness is better than Barcelona's. In the league, Barcelona has always been closely pursued by Real Madrid, and they can't get rid of Real Madrid, so naturally the league will take up more of their energy and have no time to rest. Unlike Lazio, they have a big lead in the league, so they can easily rotate and rest more of their main players.

Fourth, Barcelona arrived in Rome after a long journey of two days and one night by bus, which made them in poor conditions and had a great impact on their physical fitness. Lazio, on the other hand, is all about leisure.

Fifth, and most importantly, the constant use of the game skills to reduce the speed of physical consumption of the team during the period of regular wins, although this is at the end of the season, Lazio's fitness is better than Barcelona's.

When Barcelona's fitness began to feel difficult, the quality of their defence naturally dropped.

In the 35th minute, Lazio launched an attack.

Barcelona still just went to the card pass route and then rounded up the way to pick up the player.

As a result, this time they made a mistake in coordination and did not move in an inconsistent pace.

Let Modric pass the football out.

Straight stopper!

Gotze retreated to receive the ball, and instead of turning away from the attack, he used the outside of his right foot to play the ball to Ledesma next to him.

Then he turned and ran for a while.

Ledesma still has a one-kick pass.

He transferred the football to David Silva.

David Silva then passed the ball forward to Edinson Cavani.

Because Barcelona's defense was not organized at the beginning, Barcelona's defense collapsed next, one after another, all of which could not keep up with the speed of Lazio's passing in the attack.

When Cavani gets the ball, he doesn't even have his back to the attack, because he's constantly running.

Edinson Cavani receives the ball in the penalty area. Then he made a gesture to shoot the goal, which attracted everyone's attention.

However, he slammed his right foot down and knocked it to the side......

He's passing the ball again!

Puyol, who intercepted him in front of him, hurriedly chased after the football.

But it's too late......

"Mariogertze-!!"

In the narrator's elongated roar.

Gotze burst into the box and volleyed into the ball!

The ball got ahead of Puyol's flying tackle. Rushed over. broke through Valdés' Ten Fingers and finally ...... Hit the net hard!

"The ball is in! The ball is in! Ball-in--la-!! ”

“l！！！ Gotze! Gotze! Mariogertze!! ”

"Nice fit! Typical Lazio-style attack. It's so fast that Barcelona roots can't keep up! Bang - A succession of passes, and the Lazio players are in every position where they should be through their movements! And then the goal was done! ”

The narrators cheered.

Chang Sheng on the sidelines also walked out of the coach's seat with his fists raised to celebrate the goal.

As soon as this ball was scored, he at least half of his heart was relieved.

Lazio are good at playing downwind. The first goal is equivalent to laying the foundation for victory.

But in this goal, what pleased him the most was not the result, but the performance of Barcelona in this goal.

He could see that Barcelona was not keeping up with Lazio's speed.

After all, the season is nearing the end, and it is normal for Barcelona to not be able to keep up with their physical fitness.

Plus the long journey, the boat is tiring. If they still have the stamina to run around the field, that's not normal.

This goal shows that the tactics he developed against Barcelona are working.

Just kick it off!

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While Chang Sheng was cheering for the goal, Guardiola had a look of chagrin on his face.

He couldn't help but be annoyed.

Tactically fine. -for-tat.

But in the end, he still conceded the goal.

Why is that?

He already saw it.

Because the physical fitness can't keep up.

Tactics, in theory, are right.

But in practice, there is also a very important factor of fitness that affects the outcome of tactical performance......

After Lazio picked up the pace, Barcelona couldn't keep up.

If the players had come by plane, they might not have been able to hold on to the first half...... He has cut back on the training time he has spent since coming to Rome and has tried to rest his players as much as possible.

But it's still not enough......

Pep Guardiola decided to tweak.

Don't rush to attack, if the ball is at their feet, use control of the ball to slow down the tempo and delay the time, so that the players can get some fitness back.

If it really doesn't work, I'd rather lose the game like this, and it's better to lose by one goal than to collapse completely......

As for the problem that such an adjustment will inevitably damage the scene, Guardiola can't take care of it.

has been with Chang Sheng for many years, and Guardiola has also been somewhat tainted with some utilitarian habits of Chang Sheng.

Of course, the most important reason is this game, or this encounter, this semi-final, Guardiola doesn't want to lose.

This is a battle of ideas, if you lose, does it mean that your own ideas are wrong?

This is unacceptable in any way.

It's even more unacceptable than losing the championship!

While the Lazio players were still celebrating their goals, Pep Guardiola called Xavi over.

It is appropriate to teach him face-to-face.

'Control the tempo, slow down the game, try not to give the Lazio players too much time on the ball, don't let them break the ball. If they're going to play fast, then surround them in midfield and keep them from getting fast. ”

Pep Guardiola said, Xavi listened.

However, after listening to it, he also had a question: "What about the offense, coach?" ”

Pep Guardiola shook his head: "Before the end of the first half, we don't need to attack!" ”

Xavi looked at his manager in amazement.

He really didn't expect that such words would come out of the mouth of his own manager.

When did Barcelona have to pursue attacking teams before......

'Before the end of the first half, all we had to do was one thing, very simple – not concede any more goals. It's better to go into halftime with a one-goal deficit than two, or a three-goal deficit. ”

Seeing Xavi a little surprised, Guardiola explained.

"With only ten minutes to go, will they be able to score two more goals against us?" Harvey wondered.

"If we continue to play like we did before, with what I know about this Lazio team......" Guardiola nodded. They are more than capable of doing that. ”

After speaking, he patted Xavi on the shoulder: "Okay, go up and tell them, try not to lose the ball first!" ”

Xavi was pushed back to the pitch by him.

It's like a gambler who pushes a bunch of chips into the market.

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ps, only to find out that there is one more alliance leader, because there is an alliance leader to add more, so today is the fifth watch. If the debts are repaid in two chapters, the alliance leader will be added in one chapter.

The fifth watch is at 8 p.m.

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