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Chapter 1278 I got tricked!

Champions League Final, Olympiastadion, Germany

June 48 at 23:[-]:[-] p.m.

When Rakitic suddenly inserted from the outside of the penalty area, appeared in the small penalty area of ​​Real Madrid, received a cross from Iniesta, shot with his left foot, and sent the ball into the goal of Real Madrid, the whole stadium presented a very paradoxical scene.

The stands where more than half of the Real Madrid fans were located were silent, but the stands where the Barcelona fans were located burst into cheers and applause like landslides, and all the Barcelona fans rushed out of their seats frantically, screaming crazily.

On the court, Rakitic turned around and kissed his right ring finger after scoring the goal, and quickly ran to the sidelines. Barcelona players ran towards him one by one, wanting to celebrate this wonderful goal with him.

This was the first shot from both sides in this game. As a result, Barcelona only attacked once and pierced Real Madrid's goal.

Courtois was really helpless in the face of this close shot, with a depressed face.

There is no doubt that this is a wonderful goal, but also a very surprising attack!

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Barcelona's starting lineup for this game is not surprising. The goalkeeper is Ter Stegen, the defense is Alba, Mathieu, Pique and Alves, Busquets is behind, and Iniesta and Rakitic are in the middle.

Compared with Real Madrid, Barcelona has a well-organized staff, no injuries and no diseases. In addition, the rules of this season's Champions League have been revised, and no players have been suspended.

Real Madrid also played the strongest lineup in this game. The goalkeeper is Courtois, the defense is Marcelo, Javi Martinez, Ramos and Carvajal, the midfielder is Javier Mascherano.

Arranging Mascherano to start is obviously to stabilize the midfield, but Ancelotti's opening idea still wants to grab the start, try to disrupt Barcelona's rhythm, and gain more ball possession and initiative.

This point is very inconsistent with Yang Yang's thinking.

Yang Yang’s advice to Ancelotti was to seek stability, because Barcelona has two weeks of preparation time, which is a very big advantage, and Real Madrid does not need to compete with their opponents for the start.
This is Ancelotti's last game in charge of Real Madrid, and it is such a critical Champions League final. The Italian wants a decent end. He doesn't want the team to play in a mess. He wants to play that kind of beautiful offensive football. It is best to play against Barcelona and completely suppress the opponent.

But obviously, Ancelotti lost the bet!

Enrique's opening tactics are very surprising, even putting aside the opposing identities, it can be described as stunning.

The goal just now was not accidental, but a very targeted arrangement made by Barcelona against Real Madrid's defense. This should be one of the results of Enrique's two-week training camp.

This time the initiator of the offense is still the defense, but the real turning point is Messi.

Barcelona's right winger retreated directly from the frontcourt to the backcourt, even behind Rakitic and Iniesta. After receiving the ball from the backcourt, he turned sideways and lightly sent a long oblique pass with his left foot.

Messi's oblique long pass accurately landed on the left side of Real Madrid's defense. Alba quickly inserted along the left side and stopped to Neymar on the left side of the penalty area, forcing Mascherano to follow immediately.

At the same time, Cristiano Ronaldo chose to open the line of defense to the right, purposely creating space for the center, and at the same time running out of space for himself. If the Real Madrid central defender does not follow up, Neymar and Alba will cooperate with each other on the left and pass directly to the back point. With the scoring ability of the Portuguese, it is also a fatal threat.

Real Madrid's central defender followed up, but the center was vacant. At this time, when Neymar faced Mascherano one-on-one, he did not act recklessly. Instead, he swayed from an angle and crossed into the penalty area.

The last one to come in was Rakitic, who blocked David Silva who was following him, and easily scored with his left foot to open the scoring for Barcelona.

At this time, it was only two hundred and three seconds before the opening, which was less than three and a half minutes.

The entire offensive routine is very subversive, completely different from previous Barcelona offenses.

Messi actually gave up the threat in the frontcourt, retreated to a position almost equal to Busquets, and launched an attack with a diagonal long pass after receiving the ball. This was unimaginable before, but it appeared in this game.

Enrique must have reached a consensus with Messi, otherwise, the Argentine superstar would not be able to make such a big sacrifice.

In addition, the other two superstars Neymar and Cristiano Ronaldo in the frontcourt were obviously opening up defensive gaps for Iniesta and Rakitic who inserted in the back during this offense.

The three superstars in the frontcourt are all serving their teammates, which definitely shocked everyone's jaws.

The last is Barcelona's back-to-back tactic. At any time in the past, Barcelona's two central midfielders usually only played one. But this time, because Messi retreated deeply, Iniesta and Rakitic actually went in at the same time. Directly scored into the penalty area.

Judging from the formation, at that moment, Iniesta and Rakitic were more like forwards, and Messi was more like a midfielder.

In addition to the difference in the players' running positions and coordination routines, Barcelona's offensive coordination at the beginning was very refined. From Messi's oblique long pass to Alba stopping the ball to Neymar, and then to Neymar's swaying angle, Iniesta inserted a cross pass, and Rakitic pushed.

During the entire scoring process, no one was sloppy, which made Real Madrid's defense hard to defend.

This is enough to prove that this offensive routine has been practiced by Barcelona for a long time, otherwise it would be impossible to have such a tacit understanding and play such a cooperation once.

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After seeing Rakitic shoot and score, Luis Enrique on the sidelines jumped up, raised his hands, rushed to the sidelines, cheered loudly, and shouted at the players on the field.

"Amazing! So exciting!"

"Did you see it? Did you see it? Our cooperation has come out!"

"Haha, it's amazing, you guys are doing great!
"Continue to play like this, the championship will belong to us!"

Shouting without any scruples showed Luis Enrique's inner excitement and excitement at this moment, and indirectly proved one thing, that is, the cooperation this time was the result of Barcelona's deliberate purpose, not accidental.

Enrique heaved a sigh of relief after being excited, turned and walked towards the coach's bench, but from the corner of his eye, he saw Ancelotti frowning and shocked in front of the Real Madrid coach's bench, and he felt proud.

This is the offensive routine he has carefully prepared in the past two weeks, specially designed to restrain Real Madrid.

For a giant team like Barcelona, ​​it is not worth making a fuss about what kind of cooperation they play, but it is very surprising that the three superstars in the frontcourt are fighting for the teammates who are inserted in the back at the same time.

Is this tactic smart?
No, it's not clever at all, and it can even be said to be familiar.

Isn't it just the back of the midfielder?

Yes, it is not brilliant, but for a team like Barcelona, ​​it is extremely difficult to achieve.

For Barcelona to play such an attack, the biggest challenge is not the players' technical ability and tactical quality. These are not problems. The key lies in how to persuade the three superstars in the frontcourt to accept such an arrangement willingly.

Let Messi drop back to the position of the midfielder, let Cristiano Ronaldo stretch the defender for his teammates at the right time, let Neymar take the ball and sway the space for his teammates...

For the three superstars, these are huge sacrifices!

But it was precisely their sacrifice that brought Barcelona an extremely rare excellent start with a lead in the opening three minutes.

This is the Champions League final!
A 10-minute game to decide the winner!

Taking the lead in the opening 3 minutes is an extremely huge advantage for any team!

Thinking of this, Luis Enrique couldn't help but want to laugh out loud.

……

I've been hit!

Ancelotti frowned tightly, gritted his teeth in resentment, and regretted his mistakes.

He began to regret that he should have listened to Yang Yang's advice. He shouldn't be in such a crucial and important game, when the opponent had a long time of careful preparation, he was still imagining that he could use beautiful football to kill Barcelona like in the previous games. But in the end, his opening tactics pushed Real Madrid into a desperate situation.

Like everyone else, he didn't expect what Luis Enrique had carefully prepared for Real Madrid. However, if he adopted a safe tactic and started steadily, then this attack may not be effective this time.

But there is no medicine for regret in this world, no ifs.

What will happen to the next game if you fall behind by one goal in the first 3 minutes?
This is a major problem facing Ancelotti, and he must come up with a solution as soon as possible!
But now, for Real Madrid, the most important thing is not technical and tactical issues, but whether the morale of the army will be disordered?Will the players waver?

The head coach's opening tactics were caught by the opponent, caught him off guard, and even scored a goal. What will the players on the field think?
Ancelotti didn't know, and wasn't sure.

In the coach bench behind him, Zidane covered his face with his hands and shook his head.

He didn't expect such a result, but now, like Ancelotti, he regretted it very much.

Yang Yang is right, facing Barcelona tonight, the counterattack is courting death!
According to Yang Yang, this does not conform to the essentials of using soldiers in Sun Tzu's Art of War!

(End of this chapter)