The bet between Yang Cheng and Cruyff has almost become a resource for the whole world.

One is the famous and powerful coach in Europe who is now popular, and the other is the king of the past and the godfather of Barcelona today. The war of words between the two is indeed exciting.

On the day Liverpool arrived in Barcelona, ​​Cruyff criticized Yang Cheng, believing that the latter was a proud person without a humble mentality and would never cause trouble. He believed that Liverpool this season would gain nothing because of Yang Cheng's arrogance.

"Losing the League Cup is just the beginning, you can see!" Cruyff said confidently.

After Yang Cheng arrived in Barcelona, ​​he was interviewed by a reporter in the hotel and laughed and teased Cruyff's big mouth.

"There is a saying in my motherland that there is an old man like a treasure in the family. It means that it is a wealth of reminders from the elderly, but I sympathize with Barcelona at present and Rijcard, because the old lady in their family is noisy, and this old guy is too broad and too many. People who don't know think he is the current Barcelona coach."

"Before such a key competition, no one was willing to intervene in some disputes for no reason. Rijkald and I were the same. We didn't want to put our guesswork into the battle of words at once, but Cruyff and Laporta broke this situation. I really felt sad for Rijkald because it was obvious that there was a Cruyff pointing fingers on his head. If it were Liverpool, this would never happen."

As soon as Yang Cheng's interview appeared, Cruyff immediately refuted it.

"I respect Rijkaard. We will never be sowed by some people. I can only say that if Yang Cheng and his Liverpool are only good at playing such tricks, then he will lose badly at the Camp Nou."

When the team walked into the Camp Nou Stadium, Yang Cheng laughed, "I call on all smart and wise journalists to think about it." He pointed to his mind, "Look at what I should ask Cruyff to help me do after the game ends."

After pausing, he did not forget to remind, "Oh, be careful, we can't disrespect the elderly!"

All the reporters were excited. Cruyff did often point fingers at Barcelona. No one could say whether it was good or bad, but he often used the tone of Barcelona's godfather to bombard Real Madrid and other Barcelona opponents, which had long attracted a lot of media attention.

Yang Cheng simply put him on the hat of prejudice and described him as the Supreme Emperor of Barcelona. On the one hand, he hit Cruyff, who was jumping around, and he also created some signs of contradiction, giving reporters room to exert their imagination.

However, in the final analysis, football games still have to be spoken by the game.

"Barcelona's starting lineup is 433, goalkeeper Valdes's defense is from left to right, van Bronthorst, Oleg, Puyol and Beletti; midfielders are Iniesta, Marcos and Xavi, and the three forwards are Ronaldinho, Etoo and Giulli."

"Compared with Barcelona's main lineup, Liverpool has suffered many injuries at present. The goalkeeper is Barcelona's former player Renner, and the defense is Volnoke, Hypia, Carragher and Finnan; the midfield is Carrick, Essin and Gerrard; the three forwards are Ribery, Drogba and Robben."

"It is worth mentioning that Liverpool's starting lineup was announced to the public two days in advance. Yang Cheng laid his starting lineup when he was in England. In fact, he did not make any adjustments. He did arrange for these players to play. Now it depends on whether Rijkaard can resolve this lineup."

With the referee's whistle, Liverpool, who took the lead in kicking off, immediately launched a wave of attacks.

In this game, Gerald's position was even higher than Drogba, while Carrick and Essin both fell behind, looking more like double midfielders.

Liverpool's offense after the opening was Barcelona's left side, which is Robben's right side, and the Dutch Pans faced his Dutch compatriot Van Bronthorst.

Gerald was hit by a pincer and knocked back. Carrick took the ball and passed it with a long pass. The ball passed through most of Barcelona's half and went directly to the left side of Barcelona's penalty area.

Robben rushed over Van Bronthorst at his own speed. After getting the ball on the right, Puyol immediately put it on his body. During the tackle, he tripped Robben to the right side of the penalty area and had a free kick.

"Yang Cheng shouted on the sidelines to let the tall men in the team move forward. Hepiya, Drogba, Carragher, and even Jettode have good heights and heading skills. Barcelona is indeed at a disadvantage in this regard."

But this time, the free kick sent by Robben was directly pushed out of the crossbar by Carragher.

Yang Cheng did not complain at all. After all, the game was just 22 minutes into the beginning. He walked to the sidelines, waved at the players, and made gestures. Only the players in Liverpool could understand. Yang Cheng was signaling the players to retract the front line, stand a little further, and leave the space in front.

Yang Cheng knows what kind of team Ba▲ is.

Although Barcelona led by Rijcard this season has excellent defense in La Liga and is the La Liga team with the least goals conceded, it was in La Liga. In Europe, their defense can be said to be full of mistakes.

Some media have long concluded that Barcelona's two major defensive shortcomings this season, one is set piece, two, and counterattack. These two points are the biggest shortcomings of Barcelona's defense. The former is caused by Barcelona's overall height, and it is also the disadvantage that Barcelona has always had in their ties, but it is Liverpool's advantage.

The second point is caused by Rijkald's tactics. They pursue offense too much in order to avoid disconnection between front and back courts, and the defense line always presses very well in front. But the problem is that Beletti on the right is better, but Van Bronthorst on the left is obviously unable to keep up.

Pressing forward on the defense line has both advantages and disadvantages. At least Yang Cheng dares not push forward too much in the Premier League, because the speed and counterattack of the Premier League are enough to make avoiding the pre-seeding pressure very fatal.

Maybe Rijkaard knew Liverpool's speed advantage, but he eventually continued to choose this team's usual tactical style of play. It is obvious that one thing is to consider, the first round is home game and you must win the opponent!

Liverpool's retreat has given up a broad space, allowing Barcelona's midfield ball control to be easy. However, as soon as the ball enters Liverpool's hinterland, it will be immediately subject to strict pressing and oppression.

In this game, Yang Cheng specially developed the simplest and most direct counterattack routine, just like this time, Gerald chased Harvey back to defend. After successfully intercepting the ball, he immediately handed the ball to Carrick.

The Englishman did not adjust at all and directly sent the ball to Van Bronthorst with one kick.

As early as when Gerald intercepted the ball, Robben had already posted his compatriots. He even deliberately slowed down a beat in order to avoid offside because he had absolute confidence in his speed. With the same activation, Van Bronthorst could not stop him.

Sure enough, Carrick passed by and Robben started.

The Dutch Pan whizzed past Van Bronthorst like a gust of wind. As soon as the Dutch left-back reacted, he immediately realized that he had made a fatal mistake.

I saw Robben step forward at an extremely fast speed, but he didn't slow after receiving the ball, but instead cut into the penalty area with the momentum.

Puyol and Oleg were chasing back. Their positions were a bit too high just now because they had to take on a certain role in sorting out the ball path, which made them have to chase back after Robben succeeded in offside.

If you look down from a high altitude, you can see that one of Puyol and Oleg sticks to Robben and the other is in the middle. At the same time, Ribery, who is also worried that the Frenchman will penetrate Beletti's defense and Drogba is slightly behind, and the whole scene is formed.

Robben was caught up by Oleg in the penalty area and the latter was blocked between Robben and Valdes, but Robben suddenly stopped and changed his foot and passed the ball behind Puyor with his left foot.

Puyol quickly inserted into the penalty area. He didn't expect Robben to pass the ball behind him. He stopped urgently and wanted to intercept the ball, but Drogba suddenly accelerated.

At this moment, everyone suddenly realized a big problem.

Drogba is outstanding in height, strength, heading, etc. His ability to crush and suppress the defense is truly the strongest person in the world today, which often makes people ignore his speed and explosive power.

In fact, once Drogba rushes to the top, the speed is very fast.

According to a data released by Sky TV Omachi A Data Company, Drogba's sprint speed can reach 35.632 kilometers per hour, which is enough to rank in the top five in the Premier League.

Of course, speed and 100-meter running have different concepts. The former is calculated for a period of time after intercepting and sprinting, while the latter also includes the starting and acceleration stages. But even so, Drogba's speed is still very fast.

Therefore, when Puyol realized Drogba's speed, he felt a powerful impact coming towards him, as if he was about to crush him and make him feel a sense of pressure.

Just imagine, who will be under pressure when facing a large truck that is 35 kilometers per hour and rushes towards you?

But Drogba passed by him, and the ball was gently swayed, not affected by his rapid rush. After receiving the ball, he passed Puyol. His pace was just right. As soon as he passed by, he stepped on his left foot, supported the center of gravity, swung his right foot, and shot directly.

Valdes' attention was all focused on Robben. When he realized Drogba's danger, he wanted to make a save. He could only watch the ball hit the Barcelona goal, as if he was going to shoot the net against each other.

“GoaDingDuDingDingDing⊥!!!”

"In the 53rd minute, after 53 minutes of the game, Liverpool took the lead in scoring a goal, and Drogba inserted into the back row and made a powerful shot into the penalty area, opening the first record for Liverpool!"

After scoring the goal, Drogba rushed out of the penalty area excitedly, rushed to the side of the court with a loud scream, roaring at the Barcelona fans above, venting his excitement.

Liverpool players also caught up one by one, and they all looked very excited.

"It's too fast. Liverpool's whole process went too fast from breaking the girl to counterattack. Carrick's long pass played a huge role. When he passed the ball just now, he happened to be between Ronaldinho and Iniesta. Neither player pressed him effectively."

Ronaldinho is a recognized player in Barcelona who does not need defense. When Carrick took the ball, he didn't even have a symbolic force. As for Iniesta, he had thought about defending, but he couldn't keep up.

Interestingly, when Drogba scored, the live TV camera was first given to Cruyff in the stands. The Dutch seemed to be shocked by Liverpool's quick counterattack because the counterattack routine was too simple and direct, but it was obvious that the carriage and horse were about to eat Van Bronthorst.

After the opening, the first attack was also against Robben's side, creating a free kick, and the second time he played, he created a goal. It was really accurate to play one shot, and it also showed the efficiency of Liverpool's offense.

"I believe Cruyff must regret it now. Why did he regret bet with Yang Cheng?" the commentator on the scene joked.

After Yang Cheng scored the team's goal, he was not too excited and was a little cool with some controversy. It seemed that this goal was just a very small thing for him.

"Is the strongest back line in La Liga, in Caesar's eyes, really the same as his own back garden?"

The live commentator was really unbelievable. But judging from Liverpool's offense after the opening, it seems that this is true. At least Barcelona has no choice but to defend Liverpool's offense.

The three lines are retracted, and it is clear that we must give up the initiative. I will defend first, let you attack, and I will fight a defensive counterattack.

In the 4th minute, after the interception was successful, and the Dutchman on the right dribbled the ball and broke through at high speed. He scored a beautiful man and passed the ball. In one-on-one, without slowing down, he directly passed his Dutch compatriot Van Bronthorst.

The latter was so difficult that Robben could hardly find the direction. This time, Robben broke through and chose to cross.

I have to say that Robben's right foot cross was indeed very mediocre, and the landing point was a bit inaccurate. Drogba was blocked by Puyol and lost the opportunity. The Barcelona captain headed the ball and cleared the penalty area.

However, after the attack was inserted in the second round, Gerald stopped the ball in his chest at the front of the penalty area, he followed the opportunity to enter the penalty area, shot low, and pierced through Barcelona's goal again.

"Oh my God, Barcelona is already two goals behind in the 4th minute!"

"Rijkaard must think of a way, or should retreat, and cannot continue to press like this. It is equivalent to completely exposing his weak defense line to Liverpool's muzzle."

"We have to admit that Yang Cheng may be the most experienced head coach in the world who plays Barcelona. He can always find a way to defeat Barcelona. Rijkaard completely defeated him. The Black Swan is not as experienced and skilled as Yang Cheng in terms of coaching experience, ability and targeted tactics.,

"Liverpool's tactics in this game are very simple. After the game, they played a blitzkrieg, and they first attacked the first round. And they focused on the point of Van Bronthorst, but Barcelona had no choice but to do so. Liverpool opened the channel from its left two consecutive times."

When Gerald won another game, Yang Cheng raised his right fist high under the crowded attention of the Camp Nou Stadium, as if he was already sure to win. No matter what tactics Barcelona will use next, he doesn't care how Barcelona will fight next. In short, he just wants to defend and counterattack, shrink defense, and then use Carrick to fight back.

"Sometimes, the simplest tactics can achieve the richest results!"

"Football tactics are just like fighting. As long as you are tough enough, you can unscrupulously grasp the opponent's loopholes and keep fighting until he collapses!" Yang Cheng explained to the people around him with a smile.

Su Maozhen was right next to him, and listening to his words, he felt a lot in his heart.

Many people like to use some clever tactics to play with their clever tactics, but Yang Cheng doesn't.

His tactics can be very complex, but they can also be very simple. The key is what kind of tactics can help him defeat his opponent.

There is no best tactic, only the most suitable tactic!

"Can you see Cruyff?" Yang Cheng turned his head, raised his right hand, covered his eyes, and looked at the stands above his head. There were shouting heads everywhere. You don't need to look at them, you must be a Barcelona fan.

My eyes were blurred, but I still couldn't find Cruyff.

If possible, he would really want to see the Dutch's mood at this moment.

In the past few years after Rijcard took office, Barcelona did play very well, but due to the appearance of Chou, Deco stayed in Inter Milan, which made the midfield of the Dream II team somewhat unbalanced and tended to attack too much. Xavi and Iniesta still show no signs of a core organization.

Everyone knows that the league tests the team's offensive ability. However, in the cup, the test is defense, especially in such knockout matches. Without good defense, it is difficult to continue.

Why did Yang Cheng dare to retreat in this game and fight against the counterattack?

It is because he has enough confidence in his own defense that Hepia and Carragher have established a tacit understanding in the defense. Volnoke and Finnan are also good defense players on the wing. In addition, Essin and Carrick are arranged in the midfield, this set of defense is still very good. At least the Reds conceded only by Chelsea in the Premier League.

But look at the defensive lineups of the two teams. If anyone says that Yang Cheng doesn't know how to defend, he will definitely be laughed to death.

However, although Yang Cheng has many shortcomings, he also has many advantages, such as he knows how to stop when he sees good things.

Taking advantage of the fierce attack in the opening round, he specifically targeted Barcelona's loopholes, which caught Barcelona off guard and scored two goals. However, seeing Rijkaard reacting again, Yang Cheng immediately waved his hand and the team's tactics began to focus on defense.

You have to admit that the offensive lineup consists of Etoo, Ronaldinho, Gulli, Xavi and Iniesta, plus this is the Camp Nou Stadium. Once Barcelona recovers and stabilizes the situation, their offense is really scary.

Yang Cheng's goal has been achieved, and he can focus more on playing defensive counterattacks.
Chapter completed!