Sun Tzu's Art of War says that knowing oneself and an enemy will never be defeated in a hundred battles.

This sentence also applies to professional football, which is known as a war without gunpowder.

Before each game, the head coach will fully understand and study both the enemy and us, and then find out the opponent's strengths and weaknesses, guard against the strengths and weaknesses, and use the weaknesses to attack.

So, to a certain extent, before a professional football game, the head coach had already prepared for the results of the game. Even for some experienced coaches, when the schedule came out, they had already made a detailed overall plan for the trend of the entire season.

Which games should be fought for three-pointers, which games should be qualified even if they get one point, and which games can be accepted for losing. These are all under the coach's season planning.

But the problem is that the season is so long, players will inevitably suffer from injuries and will have ups and downs in their state. The team may experience special situations of one kind or another, which will affect the team's combat effectiveness and thus lead to the team's mistakes.

This involves the issue of fault tolerance.

Generally speaking, the stronger the overall strength of the team, the more stable the tactical system, and the higher the fault tolerance rate.

Just like Guardiola, although his record at Bayern Munich is not very ideal, if you carefully study his coaching results, it is not difficult to find that his coaching results are very stable and he has basically won the games he deserves.

In other words, Guardiola's coaching characteristic is that its fault tolerance rate is very high.

On the other hand, Pellegrini's Manchester City has a very low fault tolerance rate, and frequently loses points in some games that should have been won or even easily won. This is indeed quite inappropriate and is also the reason for the poor performance in Manchester City's league this season.

Of course, no matter which head coach is, it is impossible to be foolproof, and there will always be a mistake.

The more you are in a game of strong dialogue, the more likely you make mistakes, and the more likely you make mistakes, the more likely you will lead to losing.

This is also why the Champions League knockout match is so charming!

Inter Milan defeated Juventus 3-0 away and won the new Serie A league championship two rounds ahead of schedule. All! Nerazzurri fans called on the team to continue their efforts and would be better off defeating Southampton in an upset manner.

But hope is hope, reality is always cruel.

As Klopp expected before the game, Ancelotti continued to arrange a substitute lineup in the FA Cup semi-finals to send all the main players in the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals.

Although Inter Milan had just fought with Juventus for a desperate battle, they still sent all their main players in the middle of the week.

The difference is that although Ancelotti plays away, he focuses on offense. Although Inter Milan plays at home, Klopp's tactics are still mainly on curbing the Saints' offense.

All Europe knows that no team can beat the Saints when playing against each other.

Inter Milan's own strength is at a certain disadvantage. If they really fight against the saints, wouldn't they light the lights in the toilet and seek death?

The Nerazzurri obviously also made sufficient preparations for the game. Klopp's team performed quite well in defense and oppression, especially in the horizontal cutting that Klopp was best at, which frequently cut off the Saints' passing and propulsion route.

This also makes it difficult for the Saints to create a threatening attack throughout the game.

Before we knew it, seventy minutes had passed, but neither side had any substitution adjustments yet. The intentions of both head coaches were already very obvious, that is...

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"They are all betting!"

Messi looked up and looked at the dazzling lights above the Milan Glory Stadium. He squinted his eyes and thought flashed through his mind.

Both sides have excellent strength, Ancelotti chose to attack, Klopp chose to defend, both sides' tactics are also very targeted, and the players did not make big mistakes in execution.

This is why the game is still zero to zero until now.

As for why we haven't changed people, it's not difficult to understand.

Inter Milan dare not change.

Because Klopp knew very well that this was the strongest lineup he could have at present. He finally found the rhythm of defending Southampton offensive. If he had to choose to substitute, it might disrupt this rhythm, and then he would fail.

As for Southampton, it is also not difficult to understand.

Ancelotti said before the game that it is acceptable to draw away from home and will do his best to win at home.

But he also said that Inter Milan just fought Juventus three days ago, and his physical fitness was consumed a lot. In addition, Klopp's tactical characteristics have high requirements for physical fitness, so the team will focus on the last ten minutes of efforts.

He should have planned to replace people now!

Messi turned his head and looked at Ancelotti standing on the sidelines.

The Italian fat man was indeed whispering to his assistant coach and was talking about something, and his teammates on the bench behind him also began to leaps and bounds.

These are all signs of changing people!

But Messi does not plan to wait for the head coach's substitution adjustments.

He hopes to make a little more effort.

"Danilo!" Messi made a gesture to his teammate Danilo on the right.

Although the two have only cooperated for one season in Southampton, because Messi used to have a tacit understanding with Alves in Barcelona, ​​the tacit understanding with Danilo was established very quickly in Southampton.

With a gesture from the Argentinian, Danilo knew Messi’s intention.

Southampton soon launched an attack on the left, with Hazard and David Alaba taking consecutive balls on the left, attracting Inter's defense's attention.

Since the Saints' players are excellent in their personal abilities, especially Hazard and David Alaba, both top players in their positions, Inter Milan's defensive players also attach great importance to it and have devoted themselves to defending the left side.

Not to mention, Inter Milan's defense is really tenacious. Even when the physical energy is exhausted, they still successfully blocked the Saints' left offensive and through team defense, forcing the Saints to pass the ball back to the defense line.

It was said to be the back line, but in fact, Varane and Laporte have already reached the center line.

As soon as Laporte received the ball, he passed it to Varane.

Varane received the ball from the front, and as soon as he stopped and looked up, he saw Messi running back, and Danilo pressed forward from the right.

After cooperating with each other for a season, Varane naturally knew the intentions of Messi and Danilo, and directly passed the ball towards Messi.

The Argentinian's retreat caused quite a lot of trouble for Inter Milan's defense line.

Follow or not, this is a difficult problem!

But this time, the timing was not good. As soon as Messi got the ball, Pjanic came over, which caused Messi to be entangled by Pjanic after receiving the ball.

But Messi is Messi after all. Even if he was entangled by Pjanic, he quickly used his personal ability to create a gap of gap, directly threw away Pjanic and passed the ball into the penalty area.

But because he was pestered by Pjanic, the time was missed, and Devry and Juan both returned to their positions in time.

When Messi's pass came to the front of the penalty area, Devre suddenly stepped forward and snatched the ball before Suarez, and cleared the ball out with one kick.

Inter Milan once again resolves the crisis!

Messi couldn't help feeling a little disappointed when the first cooperation failed, but a sense of firmness was revealed in his eyes when he looked at Danilo.

Brother, find an opportunity, let’s come again!

OK!

The two of them crossed their eyes and returned to their own positions.

With the cooperation just now, Southampton players also clearly understood Messi's ideas, and they all began to actively cooperate with Messi.

This is not because Messi has any special treatment in the team, but because this offensive routine that suddenly hits from one side to the other is what Southampton is good at.

Now choosing to support Messi is just taking advantage of the situation.

The head coach Ancelotti on the sidelines also realized that this might be an opportunity, so he decided to press the idea of ​​a replacement for the first time and then take a look.

So, the team had this idea and started an offensive from the left when holding the ball again.

When Hazard, David Alaba and Di Maria got the ball on the left, they not only tried to break through Inter Milan's defense line, but also attracted Inter Milan's defensive attention, so the offensive investment was even greater.

Inter Milan also felt the offensive pressure from the Saints' left and began to adjust the defensive focus to its right.

Damian, Khdira, and even Aubameyang in the frontcourt actively retreated to defend.

The defense of the Nerazzurri is not a good deal. With the concerted efforts of the players, the Saints' left offensive was once again curbed.

Seeing that David Alaba had no chance, he passed the ball back to Tony Cross again.

Before receiving the ball, the German midfielder glanced out of the corner of his eye. Messi retreated again and Danilo went up.

More importantly, as soon as Messi retreated, Alex Sandro did not follow.

With this in mind, Tony Cross quickly passed the ball out.

The ball quickly came to Messi's feet. Tony Cross's pass was wonderful. Messi stopped and turned around. The whole process was completed very comfortably and smoothly.

Because when Messi received Tony Cross's pass, he already knew that he had no opponent around him.

Messi immediately started and dribbled forward.

At this time, Alex Sandro realized the problem and immediately wanted to rush towards Messi, and Pjanic also abandoned Pogba and rushed towards Messi.

While Messi was dribbling the ball at high speed, he still watched all directions. When the opponent moved, he immediately followed him, passing the ball with a diagonal pass, and passed the ball behind Alex Sandro.

Danilo was like a dormant cheetah on the right. When he saw Messi passing the ball, he rushed out like a sharp arrow from the string.

In the Inter Milan penalty area, Suarez had already run forward tacitly and was ready to pick up Danilo at any time.

Devry and Juan were also facing a great enemy, following Suarez in an endless manner.

Everyone knows that it would be dangerous if the Uruguayan got the ball in the penalty area.

But what no one expected was that Danilo temporarily changed his attention because he saw that Suarez was under the opponent's focus and it was difficult to catch the ball. At the same time, he also saw that Pogba raised his hand to ask for the ball at the front of the penalty area.

In this position, in this area, the French midfielder plays one by one and the other is accurate.

So, Danilo quickly passed the ball across the board.

The ball almost ran through the white line at the front of the penalty area, from the right to the middle.

Messi was sprinting, but did not intercept the pass in the middle, so the ball successfully came to the top of the penalty area.

Pogba faced the incoming ball, and as soon as he stopped, he accurately heard the direction and position he wanted it to go, then swung his right foot and shot directly against the ball.

A bang was heard at the scene, and the ball was like a shell that broke out from the chamber, and it was lightning-thunderous to cover its ears.

In the penalty area, Devry made a flying slipper and wanted to block the shot. Goalkeeper Handanovic flew hard to save the ball, trying to save the ball, and even right back Damian rushed to the goal...
Chapter completed!