Xavi ran onto the pitch, quickly rallied his team-mates and conveyed the manager's words to them.

Like Xavi's initial reaction, everyone was surprised by Pep Guardiola's decision.

Their manager didn't even have the confidence for ten minutes.

With 10 minutes to go into the break, could they still be beaten by Lazio in such a short period of time?

"Don't think about it. Since the coach said it, then there is a reason for him. And he's right, he does know this Lazio better than we do. "Captain Puyol stood up to help Guardiola speak when everyone's thinking was not in harmony.

Xavi also nodded his head to indicate that he agrees with and supports the manager's approach.

Several bosses in the team nodded, who would dare to talk nonsense?

In this way, Barcelona decided to play according to Guardiola's adjustments. Slow down the tempo, mainly defend, defend with the ball.

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Lazio's goal made the commentators particularly excited as the deadlock was broken.

Now we can start expecting more goals.

They began to look forward to all kinds of wonderful scenes after the game opened. Fluid battles, thrilling goals and shots...... Wait a minute.

But when the game started, everyone quickly found that the things they were looking forward to did not appear, on the contrary, compared with the fast-paced attack and defense, the pace of the game was slowed down.

Especially when Barcelona got the ball, they started to make more crosses and backs.

If they were forced to do so by Lazio's defence, now they are willing.

They're going to defend in this way.

With the football at their feet, it is impossible for the opponent to organize any threatening attacks.

Chang Sheng turned his head to look at Guardiola.

It's no surprise that Pep Guardiola did so. If it was Pep Guardiola on that plane, he probably wouldn't have done it.

But what about Pep Guardiola now......

Chang Sheng smiled.

That's what he wanted to see.

Slow down the tempo and the game will not look good. At that time, there will be many people who criticize Guardiola for this.

Because one of the big selling points of tiki-taka is that it looks good.

You can win without playing well. This is a unique feature of Tiki-Taka.

If only it was possible to win...... Isn't it better to defend a counterattack than a tiki-taka?

And after Lazio's performance over the years, everyone's appetite has also been raised.

If there were no permanent victories in this world, I started playing tiki-taka back in 2001. So now that Guardiola is playing like this, no one will think that pizza is not good-looking, and people are still addicted to the art of passing the ball in Barcelona.

That's because you've never seen someone play this well before.

But with constant wins, after Lazio.

On the one hand, everyone is used to watching it, and they are used to Barcelona playing now.

On the other hand, there is also a comparison.

No matter what it is in this world, I'm afraid of comparison...... As the saying goes, people are more popular than people who die.

With Lazio's fast-paced and cutting-edge football, and then watching Barcelona's football that goes back and forth in the midfield, not many people will find it beautiful, they will only feel that the game is delayed. It feels bland and lethargic.

Chang Sheng is willing to bet that if Guardiola does play like this, then after the game. There will certainly be a lot of such voices in the media.

Especially the Barcelona club has a weird old man who is too much Cruyff.

This old man is no longer the head coach of Barcelona and no longer holds any position at the club, but he is always dictating the club and the team's performance.

And he is a pervert who has high requirements for his team - he wishes Barcelona were the "Cosmos".

Pep Guardiola's move to undermine Barcelona's spirit will surely be met with Cruyff's relentless bombardment.

With Cruyff's influence in Catalonia, his bombardment is sure to put enough pressure on Guardiola.

Then wait until the second round. Pep Guardiola will have to give up his plans and face Lazio at home. But at that time, how much physical strength could his team have to support a ninety minute game?

Having said all that, is Guardiola right?

Of course, his choice to slow down and take Lazio slowly was the right thing on a tactical level.

But......

At this level of football, the competition is no longer about skills and tactics.

A battle between two giants. Sometimes, in addition to technical and tactical aspects, political factors must also be considered.

Just like when Jose Mourinho first arrived at Real Madrid, he played a national derby with Barcelona for the first time. Before the game, the Madrid media revealed that he was going to play as a back three, which immediately caused an uproar in public opinion, and also made the senior management of Real Madrid very dissatisfied with his arrangement.

How can we play Barcelona with such a low-profile and rough formation tactics? It's a shame!

No way! We Real Madrid must play against Barcelona!

In the end, Mourinho was forced to change his tactics and formation.

The media in Madrid cheered for Real Madrid's royal demeanor, and the Real Madrid hierarchy was also quite satisfied.

The result?

Jose Mourinho and Barcelona joined forces to slap these guys in the face at Camp Nou.

Real Madrid lost 5-0 on the road.

This is the real shame!

This is a prime example of how club politics can influence the manager's technical and tactical arrangements.

From a technical and tactical level. Mourinho's tactics were the most correct and there were no problems.

But...... Politically incorrect.

So he was killed.

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Chang Sheng thought well.

This game is in the spotlight. Many celebrities also came to watch the game.

Among them is FC Barcelona's Cruyff.

Tiki-Taka's godfather Cruyff watched Barcelona put their pace up after conceding the goal, giving up attacking and switching to defense, and his brow tightened.

This is definitely not the Barcelona he wants to see.

In the face of a strong opposition, Barcelona should go forward and crush them in the way they do best. And not as it is now...... Concession!

Yes.

Cruyff thinks Pep Guardiola is backing down. He was intimidated by Lazio's sharpness.

In Cruyff's view, Lazio's tiki-taka is nothing more than a bit faster, nothing unusual.

Pep Guardiola shouldn't have behaved so unplanted.

After conceding a goal, what any team should think about is how to equalise as soon as possible. So at this time, the players are the strongest in attack. Guardiola did not take advantage of the situation and make full use of their attack, but also suppressed their attack and let them defend......

Cruyff couldn't agree with Pep Guardiola's approach at all.

He's already thinking about how to knock Pep Guardiola after the game.

Don't think that if he led the team to win the triple crown and the six crowns, he can get carried away!

He wants to know which team he is the head coach of!

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In the case of Barcelona deliberately controlling the tempo. Lazio didn't have many chances to attack, but Lazio didn't slow down as long as the ball was at their feet. They will stick to their own characteristics, pass and cut quickly, push as a whole, and run all over the field.

It's a stark contrast to Barcelona.

Chang Sheng seems to want to make up for Guardiola's body and completely erect the image of Guardiola's villain.

At the same time, he has more important plans.

Lazio were adamant not to let the game get into Barcelona's rhythm because they didn't want to give Barcelona a chance to rest. They want to make sure that Barcelona's tired team is in the middle of a high-intensity, fast-paced game throughout the game.

Thus completely draining their physical energy.

In this way, it would be nice if Lazio could end the suspense of the two legs at home, but if it couldn't, it would also be possible to return Barcelona to their home stadium.

The final is a two-legged home-and-away system, and sometimes you can't just think about this one game, you have to take a long-term view. Put the two games together and think about it holistically.

So the last ten minutes of the game, for Barcelona. It's still hard, even though they've slowed down – they've slowed down, and only when they're in possession, when they're not in possession? Isn't that how Lazio can play?

Unless they can snatch the opponent's football.

But when Lazio is cutting through quickly, they have to break the ball. You have to run faster than Lazio.

It's literally killing them......

A lot of their physical fitness is even more precarious......

Barcelona's players now understand why Pep Guardiola said if they don't change their style of play. Even if it is ten minutes long, there is a good chance that Lazio will score again, not one, but two.

Look at Lazio's current offensive, like a storm, wave after wave, it seems that it will never stop, it will always be the same rhythm.

Barcelona's players were secretly terrified.

This kind of high-intensity and fast-paced football, they can't stand it after playing for 30 minutes in a row, Lazio can play all the time until the end of the first half!

The Barcelona players know best how physically demanding this style of play is...... Especially the kind of defense that gets stuck in the passing lane...... If it weren't for Lazio, this defensive mode, they usually play against ordinary opponents for ten minutes in a row at most, and then they have to take a break, change the way, change the rhythm. Otherwise, sooner or later it will collapse.

Lazio, on the other hand, lasted 45 minutes!

The physical fitness of these people...... It's horrible!

The media call them "Team Cosmos", maybe not the football they play, but their physical fitness, right?

A team with this level of physical fitness is really not like what it should be on Earth......