Pep Guardiola wants to defend by slowing down the pace of the game. （.com）

When the football was at the feet of Barcelona, he signaled for everyone to pass back and forth more in the middle and back, rather than rushing forward.

Passing through is very risky, with low passing accuracy, and it is easy to be cut off by the opponent to counterattack.

So he'd rather let the team go back and forth at the back and waste time. Nor willing to take risks.

Naturally, this style of play is not pretty.

Cruyff, who was sitting in the box at Camp Nou, did not look as ugly this time as he did in the first round.

Because he was already mentally prepared.

In fact, after the first leg, he wanted to write an article criticizing Guardiola.

But as he saw that the whole of Barcelona was in a frenzied fight for victory, the media called on fans to come to support Pep Guardiola's side and help Barcelona beat Lazio.

So he changed his mind on the spur of the moment.

He actually knows that Barcelona and Lazio are ...... No, it's a feud between Barcelona and Chang Won, so he understands the media and the fans' thirst for victory.

He chose to remain silent and not comment on Guardiola's approach.

He only hopes that Pep Guardiola can beat Lazio.

Then he will criticize him again.

In this case, at least it would not be more than one to think that the ultimate defeat of Barcelona was his responsibility, and his criticism was to disturb the morale of the military.

As the godfather of Barcelona, he also wants Barcelona to be good.

Now he can only be a bystander.

Once again, Pep Guardiola has offered control.

But is control effective enough?

Cruyff was in this position and was able to see the game clearly, especially with the movement of players from both sides.

From this, we can see how much the tactical arrangements of the managers of the two sides are.

He can clearly see that if Barcelona get the ball at the back, it will be fine, but as long as the Barcelona players pass or carry the ball past the halfway line. You will immediately be surrounded by Lazio players. At least two people, sometimes three or four people.

And very quickly.

People are almost with the football to the Barcelona players.

This kind of rapid siege made Barcelona's players very uncomfortable.

The game had just begun, and Barcelona's first attack died midway through it because of the siege that Butzques encountered.

Few Barcelona players have been able to break through from this kind of siege.

Even Messi. It's also hard.

Because Lazio will use foul tactics when they can't stop it.

The hesitation foul was committed in midfield. It's still far from the danger zone, so the referee won't play a card. At most, it is a verbal warning, which is already considered "severe", and more often than not, it does not say anything, just signals Barcelona to send a free kick.

There are already Barcelona players under this kind of siege from Lazio. Blind out of the ball.

They just don't seem to want the ball to be broken at their feet, lest they become the culprit for conceding goals.

To do this, they casually pass the ball out, as long as the direction is roughly right.

As for how much trouble this irresponsible passing will cause to their teammates' receptions, they don't care.

At the same time, these passes make it more difficult for the receiver to catch the ball, which could have been parked at once. Under the pressure of Lazio, the receiver had to make a few more adjustments.

As a result, by the time he had managed to park the football, Lazio's mad dogs had pounced again.

In order not to lose the football, the receiver had to pass the ball out again in a hurry......

So the next player to receive the ball is caught in the dilemma of the previous player......

It's almost a vicious circle.

Cruyff knows what Guardiola is going to do. But now it is clear that Lazio is also prepared, and it is often clear that Guardiola will do this, so they have already prepared countermeasures.

The two of them are too familiar......

Cruyff shook his head.

Pep Guardiola is now gambling.

Bet on Lazio not being able to score before they run out of energy......

But the question is, when did Guardiola, such a cautious person, become like a gambler?

You're really forced to be in a hurry, right?

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Cruyff's fears are justified, Pep Guardiola's tactics have no problems at the back, but once in the front of the pitch he will be besieged by Lazio's mad dogs.

Either we return the ball or we cut it off.

Lazio put on such a posture in midfield.

It made Barcelona feel bad.

They want to pass the ball -- the passing route is stuck.

They want to break through - pick up the players and get under siege.

In addition to Lazio's tempo is really fast, they are almost dragging Barcelona with them.

Because they are also very fast when they attack, and if Barcelona don't speed up, they will be left behind, and then watch their free space be easily exploited by the opponent.

So when it's Barcelona's turn to defend, they have to follow suit.

Even in attack, Barcelona involuntarily picked up the pace - because they naturally had to be quicker than them if they wanted to evade Lazio's defense and pressing.

Speed, it's a good thing, when you're immersed in it, you don't feel anything uncomfortable, you feel refreshed, exciting, smooth, it's an illusion that hides your tiredness.

When you find out that your lungs are burning in your chest, it's already too late, and your energy is already burned out as fuel......

At the moment, the Barcelona players have not yet felt that anything is wrong, and that is because it has only been ten minutes into the game.

There's no way they're not going to be able to last even ten minutes, right?

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In the fifteenth minute, Lazio used a mad dog-like defensive tactic to cut off Iniesta's ball, and then quickly launched a counter-attack.

As with the previous attack, they pushed their pace to the limit to attack Barcelona's backline.

The continuous passing of the foot made Barcelona a little unable to keep up with the rhythm......

It was Merreles who broke the ball. He passed the football to Ledesma next to him.

Ledesma stepped forward and gave Gotze a thread.

Gotze had his back to the attack, but instead of spending that time and energy to control the ball and turn around, he just passed the ball back.

It was Luka Modric who received the ball from behind.

After Luka Modric received the ball in the middle, Lazio's attack was already open. Cavani, David. Silva and Götze were a little bit in the middle. Barzaretti and Cesar Azpilicueta cut forward on the two flanks to form a layered attack.

That way, Modric has a lot of passing options. He can pass to Cavani in the middle or to two full-backs on both wings.

So many passing options made it difficult for Barcelona to defend.

Luka Modric passes the ball straight to Cavani.

Gerard Pique wanted to go around the front and Cavani was more alert and didn't wait to catch the ball on the spot. Instead, he took the initiative to come forward and respond.

Then he swept the ball back again.

Pique pounced.

He passed the ball back to Modric.

It's just that compared to when he passed the ball, Modric's position has changed, he ran to the left.

Looks like he's going to be over there with David. Silva and Barzaretti need to cooperate.

Lazio's left-back has a better assist ability than right-back, which is widely recognized, and both Barzaretti and Coentrão are better than Azpilicueta and Falaoni.

As for Belletti. He is now injured for a long time. It's basically not playing, so it's not included in the list comparison.

So when Luka Modric moves to the left, Barcelona will definitely focus on this side of the defense.

Here are Modric, David. Silva and Barzaretti, the threat is indeed greater.

Barcelona reacted quickly. They shifted the strength and focus of the defense to this side.

Who would have thought that Modric suddenly made a long pass!

The football takes off from the right and goes straight to the right!

Flew over Gotze's head and chased him straight to the right!

Azpilicueta lifted his foot to stop the ball.

At this time, Barcelona's left-back Abidal Union, who had previously defended in the penalty area, rushed over again and crossed in front of Azpilicueta.

The Spaniard did not want to break through with the ball himself, nor did he cross directly, but passed the football to Gotze in the ribs.

As soon as the football arrived at the feet of Gotze, all Barcelona players and fans started to get nervous.

Gotze is amazing, they have already experienced it in the first round.

The best player of the last round was Mario. Gotze, who contributed a goal and had two assists.

Some European media have already seen Götze as the next Messi, which shows how threatening he is.

He was also a key figure for Barcelona in this game.

After getting the ball, Gotze made a motion to go inside, and he leaned forward to make a preparatory move for the dribble.

Pique immediately crossed in front of him.

But Gotze immediately dribbled laterally.

Pi didn't dare to slack off, and immediately followed, for fear that he was the kind of person who would shoot at the goal from an angle.

Gotze didn't shoot, but instead passed the ball to Cavani, a centre-forward who retreated.

Then he continued to run.

Cavani swapped the ball back for Gotze.

At this time, David. Silva has also made it to the middle.

All three of them are concentrated here, and it seems that they are planning to break through from the middle.

Lazio's attack is in the middle, and Barcelona's defense will naturally shrink in the middle.

In this case, their side roads are actually empty......

Götze made a decision to be with David. Silva played a one-two, but the ball was passed over the top.

The ball flew over the head of the Barcelona backline to the edge of the penalty area!

How, Barzaretti plugged in at high speed and received the ball!

Barcelona's players didn't even dare to make the gesture of "the opponent is offside", and immediately returned to defense.

Just as they were all pressing back in front of goal, Barzaretti passed an inverted triangle pass!

The football rubbed shoulders with the returning Barcelona players, who could only turn their heads and watch the ball fly from behind them to the outside of the box...... And nothing can be done.

Then they saw Luka Modric cut in from behind and picked up his right leg against the football......

"Luka Modric - direct long shot!! This ball is here! Pretty!! World Wave - Lazio take a one-goal lead away from home!! ”

Valdés tumbled from the air, flipped several laps, unloaded the impact, and the ball was already bouncing in the goal behind him.

After the goal, Modric pointed his finger at the Barcelona fans in the stands, looking hideous.

It's Lao Tzu's wake-up gas, do you feel it, idiots!