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Chapter 668 Atypical Barcelona

Mourinho is an atypical Barcelona coach.

Why do you say that?
Throughout the past few years, all Barcelona's head coaches basically have a very obvious brand. Whether they are from the direct line or Dutch coaches like Van Gaal and Rijkaard, they all have the same or close genes to Barcelona.

But Mourinho is not, his coaching style can even be said to be completely opposite to Barcelona.

From his coaching of Porto and Chelsea, it is not difficult to see that Mourinho does not pay attention to possession at all.

Emphasizing integrity and defense are Mourinho's coaching characteristics, but Barcelona emphasizes possession and offense.

This is why, at the beginning of Mourinho's coaching, almost all traditional people in Barcelona, ​​including Cruyff, disapproved of him very much, thinking that it would be difficult for Mourinho to succeed in Barcelona.

But the result was a bit surprising.

Mourinho did not play Barcelona's traditional football. Compared with Rijkaard's period, his ball possession rate has declined significantly, but Mourinho's team has succeeded!
Both La Liga and the Copa del Rey have won!

Even, if you win the Champions League again, it will be the second Triple Crown in the history of Barcelona and even La Liga!
It can be said that Mourinho fought back everyone with his results.

Of course, controversy still exists. Cruyff and many people in Barcelona still do not approve of Mourinho's football, and there are even similar disputes in the Barcelona locker room.

This makes Mourinho handsome.

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Looking at Barcelona under Mourinho's coaching, it cannot be said that the characteristics of Barcelona have been completely lost, but it has been relatively diluted a lot.

The double midfield composed of Xavi and Iniesta is still the core of Barcelona. This cannot be changed by anyone. After all, whether they are in Barcelona or in the Spanish national team, these two players have a very solid position.

But around the two, Mourinho often placed Sedu Keita and Yaya Toure, often adopting a four-four-two formation instead of Barcelona's traditional four-three-three formation, and also put more emphasis on defense in the midfield.

Once the ball is lost, Barcelona will frantically invest in pressing and pressing.

This is very similar to the [-]-[-] bloodbath of Real Madrid in Su Dong's first derby of the century in Barcelona.

On the offensive end, Eto'o and Messi are Mourinho's most important targets, but he has always wanted to introduce high center Ibrahimovic from Inter Milan to partner with these two players to form a fantasy trident.

From Mourinho's formation and the meaning he expressed, he still hopes to inject his own football concept on the basis of Barcelona's traditional football concept, so that the two can be integrated.

It is precisely because of these that Barcelona under Mourinho presents a very strange and even contradictory situation.

The ball possession time has been reduced, but the defense is solid, and they play very steadily. More importantly, the offensive means are mainly counterattacks. The midfielder presses and oppresses very hard.

This looks very un-Barcelona, ​​but it also seems very Barcelona.

Facing such a team, not to mention that Su Dong couldn't understand it, Heynckes couldn't see it either. It is estimated that even Barcelona's own people, such as Cruyff and others, might not understand it.

Maybe, even Mourinho doesn't know what happened to the Barcelona he trained.

But in any case, with such a group of players as the team, the strength of this Barcelona team is very, very good.

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When Heynckes analyzed both the enemy and the enemy, he believed that Bayern must be inferior to Barcelona in terms of ball control and technology.

There is no doubt about that.

Although there are more players such as Seydu Keita and Yaya Toure, Barcelona's players are still quite solid in technical skills, and the skillful pass is very sharp when counterattacking.

Often after the ball is intercepted, one or two passes can create a threat to the ball.

Bayern is still inferior to Barcelona in this regard.

Therefore, it is absolutely impossible to die, and defense is the main tone of Bayern.

The key question is, how to prevent it?
In the past, Su Dong always felt that playing a team like Barcelona, ​​blindly defending, especially shrinking defense, is not enough, it is too dangerous, especially the existence of Messi, it is even more terrifying.

Although Mourinho's Barcelona seems to be different from traditional Barcelona, ​​it remains the same.

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After Bayern made sufficient preparations in Munich, they chartered a flight to Rome at noon the day before the final.

At this time, the atmosphere of the final in Rome was already quite strong.

The whole city is filled with the atmosphere of the Champions League final, and the streets and alleys are also filled with fans of the two teams.

When they saw Bayern's exclusive bus passing by, they immediately chased after it.

Bayern fans will send warm cheers and encouragement to the team, while Barcelona fans are madly attacking Bayern, especially Su Dong. In the eyes of many extreme Barcelona fans, Su Dong is a traitor!
Of course, in the eyes of the vast majority of Barcelona fans, Su Dong's impression will not be too good.

No one would have a good impression of a player who left the team and led another team to bloodbath his old club.

After the Bayern players arrived at the hotel, they took a short break and had another meeting in the afternoon, mainly to prepare for tomorrow's Champions League final.

The referee for the final was from Busaca, Switzerland.

This 40-year-old referee is currently a rising star in European football and is known as one of the top ten best referees in the world. He is proficient in five foreign languages ​​and played football when he was young, so he can be regarded as a referee who really understands football.

After arriving in Rome, Busacca revealed in an official interview with UEFA that he was studying the game video of Bayern and Barcelona.

"A referee must fully understand the playing styles and formations of the two teams he is refereeing the game, so that he can move better and execute the law more accurately."

Regarding the duel between Bayern and Barcelona, ​​Busacca said that it was his honor to enforce such a game.

"The referee Busacca is quite good. He is young, energetic, and precise in law enforcement, but he is relatively inexperienced. But as a young referee, he is more willing to talk to the players and listen to their opinions. At the same time, he is also willing to explain to the players why he made such a penalty. This is a characteristic of Busacca."

Bayern officials have made sufficient preparations for this, including the referee's law enforcement characteristics and standards.

"So, in the game, everyone can communicate with Busaka according to his characteristics, and one advantage is..."

When Heynckes said this, he paused, making the meeting room silent. Everyone raised their heads in surprise and looked at the white-haired and red-faced German old man, wondering why he suddenly stopped?
"...Su, he is your fan!"

Everyone exclaimed.

"Wow, Sue, your fans came to referee our Champions League final, is this counting as helping us?"

"You might as well look for an opportunity, sign an autograph for him, take a photo together, and let him put more water on us in the final."

"Can Barcelona agree with such a referee?"

The teammates burst into laughter, and Su Dong was quite surprised.

He has many fans, but the referee, especially the referee who is qualified to enforce the Champions League final, should be the first one, right?

"He mentioned in several interviews that he is your fan. At that time, he probably didn't expect to be able to officiate your Champions League final. However, he said that he fell in love with you when you were in Barcelona, ​​so..."

If it wasn't what he said before, then Su Dong would definitely have reason to suspect that the referee was deliberately trying to find a balance between the two teams.

But in fact, it's normal to think about it. Su Dong's real rise was during his time at Barcelona.

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As the two teams arrived in Rome one after another, the Champions League final was imminent.

More and more fans are pouring into the city of Rome, but at the same time, the attention of the media and fans around the world is also at an all-time high.

The world's three major bookmakers have offered various handicap and odds, the most typical one is who will win and the score.

Bayern beat Barcelona with a slight advantage. It is not difficult to see that fans are still more optimistic about Bayern.

There are also some markets specially opened for the Champions League final, such as who will be the first goal scorer?
In this odds, Su Dong is the lowest, only three, it can be seen that the fans are still the most optimistic about Su Dong, thinking that he will open the scoring for Bayern in the game, which is also optimistic about Su Dong's past record.

Immediately after Su Dong, Messi and Eto'o both reached seven, both lagging far behind Su Dong.

Contrary to the goal, among the first players to get a card, Pique has the lowest odds, only nine, and Puyol is only ten, because the two Barcelona central defenders are directly facing Su Dong, and the fans obviously also think that they will get a card for defending Su Dong in the game.

If these are more interesting betting items, but they were more common in the past, then the most rare one is which continent's players will score first?

This is a betting project that has just been developed this year, and what is interesting is that the odds for Asian players to score first are even lower than those in Europe, America and Africa.

Because Su Dong is Chinese!

In addition, there are other bets that are purely spoofs, such as Heynckes and Mourinho, who will be sent to the stands?
Can Su Dong and Messi both play the full 10 minutes?
Will German Chancellor Angela Merkel attend the match in person?

The most nonsensical thing is that Ladbrokes is even so bored that they open a handicap to see who will kick off first in the Champions League final?
Is there any technical content in this?
Isn't it purely guessing the coin thrown by the referee?

However, this has become the most popular betting item for many fans, Bayern fans especially like it, so more fans betting on Bayern, resulting in lower odds for Bayern.

According to Ladbrokes, this is because Bayern fans know that Barcelona is good at possession of the ball, so they hope that the team can kick off the ball from the beginning, and then attack and suppress Barcelona.

It can be said that the betting items of many gaming companies are actually pinning the expectations of the fans of both sides on the team.

But the final outcome will depend on the peak duel between the two teams at the Olympic Stadium in Rome tomorrow night.

Su Dong and his teammates have already prepared for this final!
(End of this chapter)