Fame with a ball

On October 10th, the third match of Group H of the UEFA Champions League group stage in the 25-12 season, Juventus played against Barcelona at home.

The New Alps Stadium was filled with fans of both teams an hour before the opening, and the tickets for more than 7 seats were sold out as early as a week ago. In addition to more than 5 Juventini, more than 5000 people followed the team In addition to the Barcelona fans who came, there were nearly [-] neutral fans.

The reporter area also brings together reporters from all over the world. There are reporters from France, Germany, the United Kingdom, even Russia and the United States, who are here to shoot and interview.Almost all journalists from Catalonia and Italy are also stationed here, even dozens of Chinese journalists have appeared in the filming area, although the Chinese side is still not sure whether Lin Zhigao will play in this match , but even if Lin Zhigao does not play, this game is still worth reporting.

One is Spain's current strong, and the other is Italy's century-old giants.One is good at gorgeous and beautiful offensive football, and the other is a master of Italian defensive system.Now that "who can beat Barcelona" has become a research topic, most people want to know whether the Serie A, which is known as the most tightly defended league in the world, can stop Barcelona from advancing.

Half an hour before the game, the two clubs announced their respective player rosters and starting tactics.

While the Chinese reporters and the Chinese fans who were staying up late watching the live broadcast were rejoicing and excited that Lin Zhigao finally appeared in the squad, most of them were still studying the tactics adopted by the two teams.

Barcelona is using Guardiola's recent favorite 4231 tactics. The basic configuration is four defenders, double midfielders, three attacking midfielders and a single striker.This formation has very high requirements on offense and defense. The two full-backs on the back line must be able to attack and defend well. The midfielder must have the ability to coordinate the whole field. Scoring ability, and the striker is the core of the entire tactic of attacking. He must be able to protect the ball, pass people, and score goals.

Ordinary teams can't play this formation transformed from the 451 formation at all, so they just play ordinary regular formations.But for Barcelona, ​​which has most of the world-class players, playing with such a formation couldn't be easier.

Barcelona's lineup was not unexpected. Before the game, almost everyone had expected Barcelona's lineup and starting configuration for this game.In fact, there is not much suspense in Barcelona's starting lineup. To win the game, Barcelona cannot do without Xavi and Messi. As long as these two start, it is almost clear what formation they use.

But it happened that Barcelona, ​​which everyone could understand, caused headaches for all their opponents in football.

In fact, in many football novels, the author always exaggerates about a certain formation (this formation is usually developed by the author alone), as if as long as a certain team uses this formation, the weak teams that were not united will instantly As if drinking Red Bull, in the game, people block and kill Buddhas and kill Buddhas.As for the opponents, no one has studied this formation thoroughly, and everyone is controlled to death, but they can't imitate it even if they want to imitate it.

...in fact, this is all nonsense.

In modern football, there are very few teams that can use a consistent formation from the beginning to the end of the game.Often the team starts with one tactic, changes to another after midfield, and may switch to a third tactic before the end of the game.Moreover, modern tactics have evolved almost all inherent formations, are flexible and changeable, and are unique to modern football.

What determines the outcome of modern football is firstly the on-the-spot command of the head coach, secondly the tacit cooperation of the players, and thirdly the normal or extraordinary performance of certain players.

Let’s talk about tactics again. Like Barcelona’s 4231 tactics, Juventus also chose the best chain defense in this game.

Chain defense emerged in the early 20th century, flourished and has remained in the Italian Serie A.Juventus is one of the clubs that use the chain defense system most often. As the name suggests, the chain defense is to regard players as points and the gap as a line. Several players are connected in series to form a chain. When a certain line is under pressure , the points on the entire chain will move closer together like a source of stress.

Simply put, this is a defensive tactical formation.

Juventus's chain defense has two chains, the defense chain is generally composed of 4-5 players, and the forward chain is composed of 2-3 players, because too many players are consumed in defense, so the chain defense is always offensive If the striker is sharp enough, the chain defense can flexibly change from defense to counterattack, and can attack and defend.

In other words, a good chain defensive lineup needs to have a defensive midfielder, a powerful midfielder, and a dexterous striker with breakthrough power.

Because if the offensive lineup is not good, the chain defense can easily be transformed into a simple iron barrel formation.Iron barrel formation is not a good name, because no matter how tight the defense is, there will be a day when the opponent can break through, especially Juventus' current opponent is Barcelona.

Therefore, Capello has made the most flexible changes in Juventus' inherent formation as much as possible. He hopes that his tactical arrangement can be effective.

……

Juventus players appeared in the warm-up zone earlier than Barcelona, ​​and their appearance sparked cheers from Juventini. All the fans in black and white swordsman shirts stood up and welcomed them with the warmest applause. team.

Some fans even sang Juventus' team song "Juventus Landia" spontaneously to cheer up the players.

The players who came out to warm up were shocked. They all looked back at the home stands and opened their mouths.Even the coach's bench was full of surprised faces, and Capello was even more expressionless. He opened his mouth slightly and inspected the stadium.

Because this cheering is a rare thing even for the New Alpen Stadium.

Juventus fans are mostly calm, they are not as excitable as Premier League fans, most of them just smile and applaud reservedly when watching the game.It seems that because Juventus is a century-old giant with a long history and a glorious past, the fans also feel that they must be dignified and decent even when they are watching the game.

From the grand welcome, it can be seen how much the fans have expected for this game, so the Juventus players puffed up their chests one by one, their morale was stimulated the fastest, and they warmed up very quickly. It's like I can't wait to play the game.

Capello and the coaching staff watched this scene with satisfaction.

Lin Zhigao also appeared in the warm-up area, which is also a very rare scene, because many sports commentators have vowed before the game: Capello will definitely use the iron barrel to play this game, and he There will be no changes in the starting lineup, let alone the adoption of new players.

Lin Zhigao's appearance now shows that he must be in Juventus' starting lineup, which undoubtedly hit the mouths of those commentators.I don't know if those commentators are watching the live broadcast at the moment, or are they blushing.

Several cameras took a clear close-up of him at the same time. Lin Zhigao's expression, hairstyle, clothing, and even a new pimple on his mouth were all clearly captured by each camera.

The commentator of the Italian TV station said in a more serious voice: "Juventus coach Fabio Capello has adopted a new lineup for this game. He will only play once for the team - and he is also a Chinese player who came off the bench. Lin Zhigao is in the starting lineup. Thinking of the previous rounds of the league, Lin has not played for the team. Has he been secretly practicing under Capello's arrangement? Is he Capello's secret weapon? "

It is not only reporters and fans who have the same thoughts as these commentators, and there are even people in Juventus who think so.

The lively and active De Qie Lie deliberately chose Lin Zhigao during the warm-up. While his teammates were not paying attention, he secretly asked Lin Zhigao: "Just now in the locker room, the coach specially left you for 5 minutes. , What did he tell you? Is it a special tactic? Are you really as we guessed, you are practicing tricks when you haven’t played during this period? Who is it aimed at, Messi?”

Lin Zhigao, who was earnestly warming up, was almost stunned by his bunch of questions. Under the bright expectant eyes of De Qie Lie, Lin Zhigao finally remembered how to organize his words: "Uh, the coach just told me, Let me not be nervous after playing, just play as I usually do in training, and play as I do this time.”

Decherie's expression was embarrassing: "That's it?"

"……that's it."

"No, you must not be telling the truth! If it's just like this, why did the coach tell you secretly?"

Lin Zhigao thought about it hard, and he was sure that when Capello talked to him, apart from staring at him blankly, he only said a few words: "Maybe the coach is shy?"

"..." Decherie's expression this time was as if he had swallowed a fly.

Just when the two were struggling with this topic, huge boos suddenly erupted in the stadium.

You don't need to turn your head to look to know that the Barcelona players must have come out of the player tunnel and warmed up.

Lin Zhigao turned his head and looked for Messi among the players wearing green jerseys.

Messi is easy to recognize because he is relatively short and surrounded by Barcelona players.This man is still as handsome as ever, with a slightly shy smile. He is a good man in football and is called "Mei Tianwang" by Chinese fans.

This is the first time Lin Zhigao has seen Messi in more than a year, but this time he will not be unfamiliar with each other.It's really embarrassing to say that Lin Zhigao was also a player who entered the professional league at that time, and he didn't even know the man who is currently at the top of the football world. Zhigao is sure that he will be photographed badly by Messi's fans.

However, Lin Zhigao suddenly remembered that there seemed to be quite a few of his fans.And he has the backing of a territory as large as China. I don’t know if the fans of the two sides fight, will the fighting power of the 13 billion people in the motherland be enough to fight against the whole world?

Cough cough, think far, think far.

Lin Zhigao saw that the warm-up area in Barcelona was also full of excitement, and Messi didn't seem to notice it at all, so he turned around and continued to warm up. He didn't expect Messi to remember himself, after all, he was Anonymous, and who would remember an accidental meeting in his heart?

Lin Zhigao, who no longer paid attention to the movement of the court, did not notice that after he turned around, there was a low man in a green jersey walking towards him across the entire court from the Barcelona warm-up area, let alone seeing, The warm-up teammates around him all opened their mouths, looking surprised.

……

"Can I swap jerseys with you?"

When hearing this English dialogue, Lin Zhigao didn't react at all.Because one, the voice came from behind him, and two, since he came to Turin, he basically didn't speak English, and his teammates talked to him in Italian, he really couldn't think of anyone who would be there. Turin spoke English to him, so it didn't feel like the question was for him at all.

However, no matter how stupid a person is, when he sees all his teammates staring behind him in a daze, he will feel it.

Lin Zhigao turned around slowly, and as he wished, he saw the most famous man standing behind him, Messi.

Lin Zhigao swallowed, and said dryly: "You, are you talking to me?"

As soon as he said this, he realized that he was speaking in Italian, so he quickly repeated it in English.

Messi burst into his signature shy smile, and his chocolate-colored pupils were full of kindness: "Don't you remember me?" He gestured, "In a university stadium in London, you still Played with me."

"Stop talking." Lin Zhigao covered his face with one hand in shame, "I didn't even know you at that time, it's really embarrassing."

"Haha." Messi laughed happily. His smile not only deeply shocked the Juventus players, but even attracted the attention of cameras, reporters, and even commentators.

……

The flashing lights in the press area flashed one after another.

The commentator of the Catalan TV station was puzzled: "Why did Messi go to Juventus' warm-up area to deal with their players? The player who talked to him... Oh, it seems to be a Chinese Player, just transferred from the Premier League to Juventus this summer for 2000 million euros. Does Messi know him? Or is Barcelona actually very interested in this player and wants to buy him next summer?"

The Italian commentator was even more puzzled: "Uh, through the camera we can see that Barcelona player Messi came to the Juventus warm-up zone and took the initiative to talk to Juventus player No. 16 Lin, and looked at the expressions of the two of them. , as if they knew each other before? Oh, oh, Messi took off his jersey! He took off his jersey!"

The Italian audience in front of the TV couldn't help feeling a little black, because they felt that the last two sentences that the commentator yelled out were really like a little A-movie that marveled at the little loli taking off her clothes.

……

Most of Italy has a typical Mediterranean climate, and the temperature in mid-October is just right, so most of the players wear a single jersey during the game.

The Catalonia region is sunny all year round and has a pleasant climate. Barcelona players are not used to wearing layers of clothes on the field.

So when Messi took off his jersey neatly, his upper body...was naked.

Messi, with his bare upper body and eight-pack abs, attracted the screams of a large number of female fans in the stands next to the warm-up area. When the camera broadcast the scene truthfully, the screaming turned into female fans all over the world. .

Messi handed the jersey to Lin Zhigao, and asked: "Give me your jersey and sign your name. I have already signed this one."

Lin Zhigao didn't even hesitate, and immediately pulled his jersey off his body, and was about to hand it to Messi, when he suddenly remembered that he didn't sign it, so he turned to look for a marker.

A black signature pen suddenly appeared under his nose, Lin Zhigao took it, and gave the other party a big smile: "Thank you, Decherie".Then he bowed his head "swish swish swish" and signed his name on the jersey.

When Lin Zhigao was immersed in writing, Messi leaned over. He is a little shorter than Lin Zhigao now, so when he got close, he put his head on his head, which seemed particularly coordinated.

"Is this the Chinese character of your country?"

"um, yes."

"Square and square, it feels like some mysterious symbol." Messi studied Lin Zhigao's name, and his expression even seemed a little devout: "No wonder many people choose Chinese characters when they choose tattoos. It's really cool."

Lin Zhigao suddenly remembered some interesting pictures, so he suppressed a smile and said to Messi: "If you want to choose Chinese characters for tattoos in the future, you must first ask me what those characters mean."

Messi blinked suspiciously: "Why?"

Lin Zhigao finally couldn't help laughing: "Because I don't want you to tattoo those dish names on your body, hahahaha!"

The German player Frings who played for Werder Bremen has a Chinese character tattoo on his body, but the content is very funny, it is "sweet and sour duck, 7.99 euros".It is said that Frings himself loves this dish so much that he decided to tattoo it on his body, but every Chinese can't help laughing when he sees these words appearing on the body of a professional player.

"Well, if I want to tattoo Chinese characters in the future, I will definitely ask you for reference." Messi also smiled.

The communication between the two lasted for almost 10 minutes, until Messi realized that he would not be able to catch up with the game if he did not warm up, so he hurriedly exchanged calls with Lin Zhigao again, and ran away with his upper body bare and grabbing the jersey he had just exchanged.

Maybe Messi doesn't want to be naked, but he can't put Lin Zhigao's jersey on in front of tens of thousands of fans and hundreds of reporters, because in that case, reporters will definitely take pictures and post articles before tomorrow, and hype Said "Messi is about to move to Juventus".

Lin Zhigao received much more treatment than Messi, at least Messi had to run half a field back to wear clothes while staring at the eyes of tens of thousands of people, but as soon as Lin Zhigao turned around, his teammate handed over the spare jersey Yes, there was even a cold towel to wipe his face.

Such a heart-warming act of friendship made Lin Zhigao feel more considerate. He said to his teammates: "You are so caring."

But Pepe, De Qie Lie, and Iaquinta came over with grinning smiles before he got dressed, and all the players standing outside were Juventus players. Lin Zhigao was caught by him surrounded by teammates.

"Hurry up, how do you know Messi!"

"Turn in the jersey and don't kill!"

"Hand over the phone!"

"Did you have something with Messi, huh?"

As for the misery of Lin Zhigao being abused by his teammates, well, I won't go into details.But fortunately, he held on to Messi's Barcelona jersey from the beginning to the end. Although it was crumpled by countless hands in the end, it was better than being snatched away by others. .

……

It is different from the ruthlessness towards the five major European leagues: for example, just buying the broadcasting rights, setting up a commentary room in Beijing for commentary, or simply not buying the broadcasting rights, letting fans watch the live broadcast of ESPN Hong Kong, etc. CCTV still pays more attention to the biggest annual European football event like the Champions League.

Not only does it purchase broadcasting rights every year, but CCTV also conducts live commentary in recent years-CCTV has a dedicated commentator stationed in Europe, which UEFA Champions League game is more eye-catching, and which CCTV five sets give priority to live broadcast, the commentator will Go outside the arena to conduct live broadcast commentary on the game.

This Juventus-Barcelona game undoubtedly received such treatment.

As for the commentator, it was either He Wei, Liu Jianhong, or Zhang Lu in the past few years.But in the past two years, CCTV Five has wanted to promote newcomers, so Shen Fangjian's commentator came out hot on stage.

Of course, he hosted the commentary for this game. Shen Fangjian himself was very excited about it. He spent about 10 minutes before the game to fully show his surging heart to the TV audience, and how much he is coming to Turin Excited, it would be even better if I could go to Milan to watch the Inter Milan game, why didn't Messi Xavi come to the sidelines to warm up... and so on.

If it weren't for the UEFA Champions League CCTV not enabling SMS interaction, the SMS platform in the live broadcast room must have been exploded by the fans at this moment.Many fans sat in front of the TV, and the more they listened to the commentary, the more impatient they became. They couldn't help shouting at the TV: "Shen Fangjian, have you finished talking nonsense! We are here to watch the match between Juventus and Barcelona, ​​aren't we?" Come to listen to your one-day tour of Turin! If you really have nothing to say, you can just talk about the list of both parties!"

When the Juventus players came out to warm up, Shen Fangjian finally found something new to talk about. However, the object of his commentary was not Lin Zhigao, who fans all over the country were eagerly looking forward to, but...

"The Juventus players have come out to warm up, what about the Barcelona players? Why haven't they shown up yet?"

As a result, some senior fans couldn't help but get excited again. They thought of Shen Fangjian's performance when explaining other league matches: for example, when explaining Serie A, he always mentioned Inter Milan intentionally or unintentionally, and even some club players names are mispronounced.When explaining Real Madrid games, I always criticize this and that, intentionally or unintentionally, and I can't get back to the tactics and the game itself for a long time.And when explaining the Barcelona game, heck, it's always like a chicken blood...

In the end, these fans made up a conclusion, that is: Shen Fangjian himself must be an Inter Milan fan, and his father-in-law must be a Barcelona fan.

Yes, that's right.

The warm-up of the Barcelona players has received unprecedented attention from Shen Fangjian. He even tried to infer from the expressions on Xavi and Cesc Fabregas' faces that they slept well in Turin the night before.As for Lin Zhigao?Shen Fangjian will also mention him, "Lin Zhigao is warming up...he is still warming up...oh, he has been warming up..."

This caused dissatisfaction among many fans, because they clearly saw the camera close-up and close-up of Lin Zhigao, while Shen Fangjian was still muttering about Barcelona.

When Messi walked towards the Juventus warm-up zone, both Shen Fangjian and the fans who stayed up late to watch the live broadcast were all bloody in an instant!

Shen Fangjian: "Messi! Messi, Messi, Messi! He went to Juventus' warm-up zone! He exchanged jerseys with Lin Zhigao! Wow, wow, there is still a signed jersey!"

Male fan: Autographed jersey...Messi+Lin Zhigao's...I'm so envious...It would be great if I had one too!

Female fans: Topless!Messi and Lin Zhigao? !gay love? ! ! !Aww!

As for Shen Fangjian's nonsensical complaints, and the fans' contempt that is about to become helpless, it will happen many, many times in this game.

There were so many times that finally some fans couldn't help but protested, no, they protested one after another. After sending numerous protest letters to CCTV, CCTV finally decided that in order to avoid the CCTV5 official mailbox from being exploded again, the UEFA Champions League commentator let Liu Jianhong and Zhang Lu continue. bring it on.