When Tottenham won a 10-1 victory in the league, and at the same time, the game between Manchester United and Chelsea opened the gap between them and Tottenham at the same time, in Barcelona, sitting on his own
Guardiola in the office also slapped his forehead in frustration.
He knows very well what the six-point gap means. There is now a six-point gap between him and Real Madrid. This gap appeared at the end of April. For a team that wants to win the championship, it often means the championship.
Basically, they have it. And for a team that operates on two lines, it means that they can retract their attention on that line.
Tottenham have regained their attention in the league, and will naturally focus on the Champions League. As an opponent of Tottenham, although Guardiola is not afraid of Tottenham, he still hopes that Tottenham will not turn their heads at all.
, it would be best if Tottenham ignored his existence at all and regarded themselves as air.
But he also knew that that was impossible. Although he had no contact with Li Bin, he also knew that his team could never expect such good treatment. Because their name is Barcelona, and the name Barcelona,
No matter where you put it, you will not be looked down upon.
But Guardiola himself is not sure whether his team can really defeat Tottenham: he has enough confidence in the strength of his team, but Tottenham's strength does not seem to be weak.
During the game, any small accident may lead to an accident. Therefore, Guardiola himself does not dare to say that he is confident.
Deep down in his heart, he still hopes that Tottenham will be affected by some unexpected factors and thus unable to play football at full strength. He also knows that such thoughts are too dark. However, these are part of football in the first place.
——There are many teams that are distracted by off-field matters. Even if your team can take advantage of it, it is not an exaggeration. It’s not like you caused the accident to happen.
Moreover, even now, Barcelona still has a small unexpected advantage that can be taken advantage of.
The order of home and away games in the semi-finals of the Champions League is determined by the draw method. The reason for deciding whether to go first, first home, first guest or first guest, first home, is just to see who is drawn out first. Originally, Barcelona was very depressed about their luck.
bad because he
We need to play home first and then away. In the critical life-and-death battle, we have to play at Tottenham's home court. However, the volcanic ash that suddenly swept across Europe changed everything. This has also become Guardiola's heart now.
Looking forward to the little accident that happens.
Because the volcanic eruption in Iceland has affected European aviation, all the planes in half of Europe are now stunned. This Champions League game has become a huge torture because the game time cannot be changed. Now go
When foreign countries play away games, they can only take long-distance buses or trains. Such journeys are very torturous. The more physical energy they consume on the road, the harder it will be for them to win in the game.
Guardiola knows this, and he is very familiar with the details. Barcelona's airport was closed a few days ago, and it is now impossible to fly to Barcelona from London.
This can also cause great torture to the opponent. If there is no plane from London to Barcelona, it is 923 miles, more than ten hours of driving, and it is impossible to sit in the car for such a long time without affecting your physical strength. And it is impossible.
If Tottenham's physical strength is affected, Barcelona's chances of winning will be greatly improved.
The competition with Real Madrid in the league is very tight. It would be great if we could use off-field factors to weaken our opponents.
Therefore, when his assistant coach Vilanova came over a few days later with a dejected look on his face, Guardiola became slightly nervous in his heart, "What, is there any bad news?"
"Very bad news - the volcanic ash may not be able to stop Tottenham, because Tottenham have already set off early." Vilanova said, "They have now boarded the train and left London."
"So soon?" Guardiola was slightly surprised, "But the Champions League is still two days away."
"Obviously, Li Bin anticipated the impact that volcanic ash would have on his team." In this regard, Vilanova also felt a little helpless, "They decided to set off one day early and divide the journey into two days. The first day
Let’s rest in Marseille first and then come to Barcelona the next day.”
This news made Guardiola raise his eyebrows and smile bitterly: It seems that the opponent's coach is smarter than he thought. These off-field factors cannot trouble Tottenham. It seems that he must be on the field with Tottenham.
It's a fight to the death.
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While Guardiola was lamenting that he did not expect Li Bin's actions, Li Bin was also making final preparations for the future game in the hotel in Marseille.
After Tottenham defeated Wigan Athletic, their pace in the league did not stop. Although they need to spend more energy to cope with the Champions League due to the arrival of the Champions League, however, as the new week comes, Tottenham Hotspur have not stopped.
In the match between Spurs and Villa, Tottenham still played in good form.
Last season, Villa performed very well against Tottenham. This season, although Tottenham has already won 5-0, whether the match against Villa will affect the Champions League is still a matter of concern. Obviously,
Li Bin also knew very well that Villa was difficult to deal with. In this game, except for Di Maria, who was easily affected by fatigue, and Li Bin arranged to take a rest, almost all other main players were on the court. This made Villa unable to
What an opportunity.
In the game, the focus of Tottenham's attack is obviously Lennon on the right. As a rotation player, he is the only one who does not need to play in the next round, so he can also spread his legs and exert his strength.
In the game, he also used his own strength to tell his opponents why he can become England's starting full-back, while Villa's Ashley Young and Downing can only be used as marginal international players.
His speed and explosive power were undoubtedly evident in the game. With his teammates opening space for him, he made the entire Villa unstoppable. Lennon's pass in the first half made Kava
Ni scored the first goal with a header, and in the second half, Bell once again kicked a very beautiful ball in the corner kick. Coentrao intervened in time, allowing him to find the opportunity and successfully scored.
Let Tottenham win the game 2-0.
Defeating Villa, Tottenham also proved to people that they are getting closer to the championship in the league. And now in the Champions League, they also need to work hard.
At that time, he also discovered something embarrassing: volcanic ash, a killer weapon, was not obtained by Barcelona, but instead became an obstacle to Tottenham.
In this regard, Li Bin was also a little helpless: Volcanic ash is not a thing like Friendship Gate. Things like Friendship Gate will definitely happen to certain people. However, the draw of the Champions League determines the home and away games, so who really catches up?
Who is unlucky? In my memory, this thing destroyed Barcelona, but now Tottenham has encountered them.
Because planes have stopped operating, the only option to go to Barcelona is the railway. However, if the journey is more than ten hours long, if we really walk the entire distance, Tottenham's players will not go to play football, but to die.
In my memory, during the game between Barcelona and Inter Milan, they were exhausted physically and mentally after sitting on the bus for 13 hours. In the away game, although they were able to score goals in the first half when their physical strength was still good, their physical strength was not good enough.
No, be arrested immediately
Chasing three goals in a row. Tottenham's method of playing football requires more physical strength than Barcelona. If you really go by car, you can just go there and surrender - not to mention, some of the habits of Barcelona fans can be remembered in memory.
It’s not very good. If you go there by car, and then you can’t rest all night, and then go to Camp Nou, one of the largest stadiums in the world, to run 10,000 meters the next day - this level of fatigue is unacceptable even if you think about it.
No matter what happens, Li Bin is not surprised.
However, just because encounters are inevitable does not mean that there are no ways to solve them.
"Thank you for telling us in advance that we need to book a hotel on the way so that we can take a rest. Otherwise, if we go to Barcelona like this, we may really die there."
When talking about this problem in the hotel in Marseille, Esposito also sighed: He did not expect that Li Bin solved this problem so simply: first go from London to Marseille, rest in Marseille for a day, and then go to Barcelona
, this solves the problem.
From London to Marseille, reversing in Paris and taking the fastest train, it only took more than six hours. And tomorrow, from Marseille to Barcelona, it should be five hours. It was originally more than a dozen
After being split, the hour-long journey became two not-too-long journeys, roughly equivalent to the journey from London to Newcastle, which the players could still accept.
Guardiola is not clear about this measure. Although he is a good coach and can predict the impact of volcanic ash, his time in office is too short. He does not know many things that require experience accumulation and cannot handle this kind of thing.
.Li Bin has long been very clear about this: Although volcanic ash is an unexpected phenomenon and is rarely seen,
However, Li Bin has seen a lot of similar situations. In fact, this is also the experience Li Bin learned from others: because French aviation and railways often go on strike, the team often encounters problems when traveling, so
...Many French teams have similar experiences. By learning from them, you can effectively avoid this problem.
In Li Bin's memory, it seems that the game between Bayern and Lyon also encountered the problem of volcanic ash, but Lyon was able to avoid it. Their method was to go on the road one day in advance and rest for a day on the road instead of taking a car all at once.
More than ten hours, but split the journey into two halves to avoid physical loss. What they can avoid is actually an experience, plus the league has no desire and no desire.
Therefore, although they also traveled more than 600 miles round-trip, they did not suffer any heavy losses. This measure can effectively avoid some physical losses. No one mentioned it in the Champions League at the beginning because
Lyon was too weak at the time, and although it did not have much impact, they could not beat Bayern. However, they proved that this trouble could be avoided.
This experience can be learned. Moreover, after learning, Tottenham can also overcome the last obstacle. They still have little pressure in the league and can start early. When they arrive in Barcelona, they can also be in the best condition.
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In Li Bin's memory, the rise of Barcelona coincided with the tax reform in England and the decline of Premier League teams. Therefore, although the Dream Team 3 was invincible for a long time, it was still
There is no way to avoid the problem of their poor record against Chelsea, which retains more strength. In Li Bin's memory, the peak periods of pressing football and controlling football are staggered. This has to be said to be a regret for football.
But now, Li Bin wants to make up for this regret in his heart. He is about to visit Barcelona with a top football team. He wants to see who is the real strongest player in this game.
During the game, he must not be interfered with in any way!
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ps: I wrote about Tottenham's strength in the past two days because I wanted to write about the game with Barcelona. It may be a bit confusing. I won't do it later. Please forgive me.