Barcelona, who kicked off first, did not pass forward as soon as the kick-off, trying to hit the Lazio goal as quickly as possible.

That's Mourinho's style, not Pep Guardiola's.

Falcao passed the football to Messi and didn't rush to the goal.

Instead, slowly press forward.

Messi turned and passed the ball back.

And then it goes on and on, and when it comes depends on Lazio's reaction.

If Lazio are going to press, then Barcelona can pass all the way to goalkeeper Valdés.

And then quickly move forward.

What if Lazio doesn't come up?

Then Barcelona can keep to their feet in the middle and back, make sure the football is under their feet, and then slowly move forward.

Take advantage of the extraordinary chemistry and excellent individual skills between the Barcelona players to push the football forward and put pressure on the opposition little by little.

At critical moments, Barcelona still has a player like Messi who has the ability to attack forward.

In Pep Guardiola's view, this Barcelona team is, in a sense, a more perfect team than Lazio, because it is not only able to pass the ball, but also has a superstar who can solve the battle by one person - Messi.

It is a team that is truly a group team and an individual team.

If it was five years ago, or seven years ago, if he saw the opponent do this, he would make the team shrink as well, and instead of going up, he would wait patiently in his backcourt for the opponent to attack.

But do it now.

It's not because the scene of the former is not good-looking.

Rather, it's because it makes no sense.

So when Barcelona started to pass the ball back, Lazio, who had been winning for a long time, pressed forward collectively, layer after layer, like origami, pulling up layer after layer.

It's very coherent, it's a cohesive whole.

Chang Sheng doesn't know what Barcelona means by such a pass?

He knows it all too well!

Because he used to play this trick all the time.

He was in Getafe at the earliest. Played the final of the Copa del Rey with Mallorca. After kick-off, it was passed all the way back to the goalkeeper.

Then the goalkeeper passes the football to the centre-backs, and if the Mallorca players don't come up, the two centre-backs of Getafe just pass it to me. I'll pass it on to you. It took a full ten minutes to pass back and forth!

It's crazy!

Comparatively, Pep Guardiola's Barcelona is much more disciplined.

There is only one purpose for this callback. It's about pulling the opposing player out and tearing the opponent's formation apart, like a net, you shrink into a ball. Naturally, there are no gaps, but if you tear the net open, it will open a lot of mesh, and this is empty.

Barcelona is now pulling the net.

Generally, if the team knows what the opponent is doing this, they will try to avoid being pulled out by the counterparty.

Chang Sheng knows, he knows it very well, but why is Lazio still being ripped out?

Because Changsheng knows. If their own people don't go up, Barcelona, who can't find a chance, will be more cautious.

When the football is at the back, it's very difficult to steal.

Barcelona rarely get a direct counter-attack by the opposition for conceding a goal at the back.

They defended well and are currently the team that has conceded the fewest goals in La Liga. This comes from their excellent possession of the ball.

Pep Guardiola has applied everything he has learned at Lazio to Barcelona.

By Chang Sheng's side, he deeply understood that control can be used not only for offense, but also for defense.

How could they concede a goal when football is always at the feet of Barcelona?

So you have to get Barcelona to bring the football up, and only when the football is here, when Barcelona have to speed up the tempo to attack, will the football under their feet be more easily broken.

Because when the offense advances to this place, the pressure will increase, and the accuracy of their passing and receiving is also very high.

That doesn't mean it's a trap for Lazio to target Barcelona.

There's nothing sure to cut off the ball at Barcelona's feet, and Lazio play the ball up, and as long as they control it well, they have a good chance of scoring.

It's just that it also increases Lazio's chances of breaking off Barcelona's ball.

So as dangerous as it can be, it's really the best thing to do.

That was the first split between Win and Pep Guardiola.

Pep Guardiola emphasises control because it's safer.

Chang Sheng, on the other hand, believes that football requires some risk, especially when the situation cannot be opened. And Chang Sheng is also clear that with the success of Tiki-Taka, more and more teams will find ways to deal with Barcelona's tactics. When you face the iron bucket formation, you must dare to take risks, otherwise you can only kill time and let the other party go if you are entangled with the other party

Pep Guardiola asked him rhetorically: "Aren't you a conservative?" ”

Chang Sheng replied, "I'm a pragmatist. For me, conservatism works better, so I'll use a conservative approach. Taking risks works, so I'll take risks. ”

Rudy Gonzalez commented on the side: "In short, to put it simply, there is no discipline. ”

Chang Sheng glared at him.

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Lazio pounced, and Barcelona responded immediately.

Instead of continuing to pass back, they passed the ball to the wing.

After pulling Lazio's formation from the depth, it has to continue to pull from the width, so that a net that is shrunk into a ball is finally presented in front of everyone's eyes, and it is a real net that is full of eyes......

Lazio was also obedient, and the wide players pounced.

See that the purpose has been achieved.

The football fell to Butzkes.

The son of former Barcelona goalkeeper Carlos Buzquez, although he is an actor in the eyes of many fans because of that performance.

But for Barcelona, Butzques is quite important.

It can even be said that why is Pep Guardiola's Barcelona so good? Just because they have a Butzkes.

Compared to Rijkaard's Dream II team, there have been few changes in many positions, the most notable changes being the recall of a Pique at centre-back, the promotion of a Buzques in midfield, and the purchase of Sevilla full-back Dennis Alves at right-back.

So far. The foundation of the Dream Three Team was built.

Buzques' role in midfield is very important.

He has excellent defensive qualities, but that's not what Guardiola values about him, what makes Guardiola appreciate him is his superb ball intelligence and his ability to move the ball forward. He can tandem defense and offense. Become an offensive and defensive hub.

His presence is tantamount to adding an extra point to the ball in midfield.

And unlike Barcelona in Rijkaard's time, it's a place. Whether it's Van Bommel or Edmilson, they're all midfielders. The defense is more important than the attack, and the ability to pass the ball forward cannot meet the requirements of Guardiola in the midfield. Butzkes is just the right fit.

When Xavi and Iniesta are in trouble, Buzques can dribble forward and be a playmaker.

The person who has similar characteristics and roles to him is Pique.

Centre-back Pique if he doesn't have a Puyol by his side. That's a big, gruffy colander.

But Puyol can wipe Pique's ass and leave him with no worries. In this way, he can play his characteristics to participate in the attack when he is attacking and break the deadlock for the team.

This is also the reason why Pique's performance began to fluctuate and was criticized after Puyol was frequently injured and often missed Barcelona games.

This is also the reason why in the Spanish national team, Pique cannot compete with Jose Passarella.

Obviously he and Puyol are partners in Barcelona. A tacit understanding has been cultivated, and the Spanish state can directly transplant this combination.

As a result, Bosque had to choose Jose Passarella and Puyol as a partner.

Why?

It was because of Jose Passarella's defense that Pique was ten streets away.

At the club, Pep Guardiola has given Piquee the power to press forward, something that Bosque would not dare to do in a world-class competition. In that kind of cup tie, a single mistake by Pique could have disastrous consequences for Spain.

Therefore, although Bosque's Spanish national team still plays tiki-taka, Jose Passarella is still the main player of the Spanish national team.

And as early as Aragonés won the European Championship in 2008, Jose Passarella was the main central defender. Pique, who only came to the position in Barcelona, is far worse than Jose Passarella's qualifications, so naturally he can't compete with Jose Passarella.

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After receiving the ball, Butzques passed the ball directly to Pique, and then he ran sideways without the ball himself to receive the ball from Pique.

At this time, he turned to the offensive direction.

He was at the back, so Lazio didn't defend him very tightly.

As long as Butzques is not a midfielder, he is not much of a threat to a regular win, and there is no need to press.

Instead of passing the ball directly, Butzques rushed forward with the ball.

It's not easy to mess up Lazio's defence with a simple pass. Because they're also good at passing.

What can break the balance is necessarily a breakthrough.

Butzkes raced forward with the ball and when he crossed the halfway line, Ledesma appeared diagonally in front of him. It didn't press up, it was just stuck in his passing lane, and if Buszques were to pass the ball to Xavi or Alves, it would be Ledesma who would be in charge of that direction.

Butzkes was stunned for a moment.

He was really going to pass the ball over there and give the football to Xavi.

The main purpose of his dribbling forward is to attract defenders like Ledesma to come up and create openings.

As a result, Leders didn't come up!

Well, since I can't fool you into coming up, I'll just pass the ball.

Butzquez decided to pass the ball.

He was going to pass the football to Xavi as originally planned.

But when he decided to do so.

He found himself unable to pass the ball directly.

Because Ledesma was stuck between himself and Xavi, and he also took care of Alves on the wing.

If you pass the ball directly, there is a good chance that the ball will be cut off by Ledesma.

If you have to pass the football to Xavi, you have to pass it to the overhead ball, which requires too high passing accuracy and is easy to make mistakes.

Or maybe it's just a transfer, but that will delay the time.

The opposing side can rearrange the defensive line...... Isn't the point of pulling them out before?

Of course, Xavi can also make a run.

But if he's just a little off, it's useless.

Because of the distance from Butzks, Xavi had to run enough to open up the angle to make it easier to pass the ball. But Ledesma, who was closer to Butzks, only needed one step to block the route.

Unless Harvey runs to another place.

Of course, he could do that, like run to the other side.

But......

Butzquez looked around, and he saw a lot of Lazio players, they were in a staggered position, what at first glance seemed to be a normal position, but now after Ledesma's reminder, he found ...... Maybe there are hidden mysteries in these stations?

For a while, Barcelona's offensive and defensive hubs fell into a situation where they didn't know what to do!

And the game has only started for less than five minutes!