I still remember that when Gao Han coached Inter Milan, when Corviciano was teaching many Italian coaches, a student asked whether he had no other solution to whether he had cross-control and control style in Inter Milan except to strictly guard against the dead.

This was a very popular topic at that time, because there was no Barcelona Dream Team at that time. Inter Milan's pass and ball control style was unique in European football, and even Rijcard's Barcelona was inferior.

Gao Han still clearly remembers that Guardiola was also on the scene at that time.

Regarding this question, Gao Han answered with certainty, no.

He believes that there is no flawless tactic in this world, and the so-called tactics must have some choices. And no matter how meticulous the tactics are, there will be problems with the configuration of a team's lineup, so it is impossible to have no solution.

At best, it can be said that the threshold for solving the answer to this puzzle itself will be very high.

At that time, Gao Han gave three requirements. First, the other party should have a unified tactical idea and be good at pressing and oppressing at high levels.

Not taking high-pressure and pressure is equivalent to giving up the ball to the opponent, with only 30%, or even less than 30%, the ball possession rate is destined to be strictly guarded and have no other way.

Therefore, if you don’t want to be on guard, you can only press and oppress at a high level.

Everyone knows that since the development of football tactics, although high-level pressing and oppression is no longer new, it has very high requirements for a team, especially the frontcourt players' game ideas and tactical execution are very great tests.

If a unified tactical idea cannot be formed and the force is exerted in one direction at the same time, the high-level pressing and oppression will be destined to be a mess, and the final result will often lead to even more miserable death.

The second requirement brought by the high-level pressing and oppression at the first point is that you must have excellent physical fitness.

The physical consumption of players in football games is quite amazing, especially when the team adopts the tactic of high-pressure and pressure, the physical consumption of the entire team has reached a surprising level.

Looking at the European football scene in the past season, how many teams have resolutely adopted high-level pressing and oppressing tactics when facing Manchester City and Barcelona, ​​but because of their physical strength, they could not hold on, which led to problems in tactical execution and were finally battered by Manchester City and Barcelona?

Therefore, if you want to push out and play against Manchester City, you will not be able to support the end of the game without excellent physical fitness. With the attack power of Manchester City and Barcelona, ​​as long as the opponent's physical fitness is problematic, there will be no problem in scoring two goals within ten minutes.

In fact, there are not many teams that can do the above two points, but there are also many. For example, Atletico Madrid has achieved it, Arsenal and Real Madrid have also achieved it.

The Gunners' first leg of the Champions League match against Barcelona this season was obviously this way of playing. As a result, they defeated Barcelona 2-1 at home, which was called a miracle by countless people. However, the Gunners' possession rate was still very low in that game, and in the second round, Arsenal completely disarmed.

In the same way, in the final of the Copa del Rey, Mourinho played the three-middle midfielder tactics, took the initiative to press and press and press Barcelona, ​​forcing Guardiola's team to never score for 120 minutes. Instead, Real Madrid finally scored a goal and won the King's Cup championship.

This game has been called epic by countless media.

So, can such a game be replicated?

The answer is impossible!

Arsenal took the initiative to attack in the first leg and immediately contracted its defense in the second leg. Real Madrid took the initiative to attack in the Copa del Rey final and defeated Barcelona to win the championship, but he also paid great attention to contracting defense when facing Manchester City.

The reason is very simple. They know the weaknesses of this style of playing, and they also know where their problems lie.

That is, they lack the third element, possession of the ball.

Everyone knows that a back midfielder who only knows how to grab the ball is not a good back midfielder. In addition to being able to grab the ball, a truly outstanding back midfielder must be able to protect the ball and pass the ball.

The reason is very simple. After grabbing the ball, it cannot protect it, pass it out, and lose it. This not only consumes the player's physical fitness, but also has a huge blow to the team's morale.

By the same token, this is true for the midfielder and a team.

Just relying on pressing and oppressing and running without hesitation of physical strength is lacking in sustainability. If you can grab it, you must be able to control it.

In fact, many fans have overlooked one thing. Whether it is Atletico Madrid, Inter Milan, Bayern Munich or Manchester City, which Gao Han has coached, in addition to the passing and controlling ball, high-level pressing and oppression and excellent physical fitness are also obvious labels for these teams, but passing and controlling balls are better known.

The same goes for Guardiola's Barcelona.

Everyone knows that the biggest problem with passing and controlling the ball is not the tactics, but the players.

Barcelona has Busquets behind, Manchester City has Xavi Alonso, both of whom are the world's top midfielders, Barcelona has Xavi partner Iniesta, and Manchester City has David Silva and Modric, both of which are the top ball-handling midfield configurations.

It can be said that most of the most outstanding ball-controlling players in Europe are among these two teams.

Many people in European football are optimistic about James Rodriguez. One very important reason is that this Colombian midfielder has shown excellent passing and ball control skills, and is very comprehensive.

It is not difficult to adopt a high-level pressing and oppression tactic, and it is not difficult to have sufficient physical fitness. The real difficulty lies in how to achieve the first two points and have excellent passing and ball control skills.

This undoubtedly sets an extremely high threshold for all teams.

In this game, the competition between Manchester City and Barcelona became particularly exciting.

Especially when they were fighting against each other, the scene was even more exciting, making all the fans of the Wembley Stadium fascinated and even forgot about time.

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Twenty minutes passed without realizing it, and the two teams on the court still maintained their balance of strength since the beginning, and no one could defeat their opponents on the scene.

But such a game is not boring at all. The two teams frequently experience skillful and smooth passes, and frequently have wonderful deadly passes. Every shot is extremely thrilling, which makes the fans of the audience exclaim in unison.

Everyone feels like they are riding a roller coaster, extremely thrilling and enjoyable.

But what should come finally came.

When everyone thought that Barcelona's left side would be a weakness and Manchester City should open a breakthrough from their right side, in the 22nd minute, Blue Moon opened a bloody road from the left side.

Benzema pulled to the outside of the penalty area on the left to receive David Silva's pass. The two skillfully performed two-passes in the left corner of the penalty area. After David Silva got rid of Xavi, who was close to defending him, he passed the ball to Cristiano Ronaldo who cut to the front of the penalty area. The Portuguese stabbed the ball forward without thinking about it.

The ball passed from Puyol and Busquets to the left side of the penalty area. Benzema, who had just pulled to the outside of the penalty area, had already quickly penetrated behind him and blocked Alves with his body. After receiving the pass from his teammate, he stopped the ball and dunked Puyol, and shot with an angry shot with his right foot.

Facing this close shot, Valdes was out of reach and could only watch the ball hit the lower right corner.

"goallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!!!!"

"In the 22nd minute, Manchester City took the lead in breaking Barcelona's goal!"

"One to zero!"

"This is a very exciting team cooperation. Cristiano Ronaldo attracted defensive attention at the front of the penalty area. Benzema and David Silva's cooperation is wonderful, but the most surprising thing is that the last pass from Cristiano Ronaldo is very critical and fatal."

"Benzema was very calm at the critical moment. After buckled Puyol, he took the opportunity to hit the ball without any dragging."

"Now Barcelona looks a little passive."

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Guardiola was on the sidelines and saw Benzema scoring the goal, he opened his arms depressedly.

The Portuguese and Kaka attracted defensive attention at the front of the penalty area, resulting in hollowing in the penalty area, which gave Benzema the opportunity to reverse the penalty area. This time the cooperation was really unspeakable, and it was exciting.

"Gao Han is Gao Han after all, I know that we are the weak point on the left, but after the opening, I seem to have refused to hit the left side, but instead attacked our right side, which is a bit surprising."

Assistant coach Bilanova also nodded frequently. Gao Han is very experienced in targeted tactics and is always unexpected.

"Tell Alves that he has to be responsible for recovering this ball for me!" Guardiola pointed to the court and said with sharp eyes.

The game started over and after conceding the ball, Barcelona quickly organized a counterattack, but Manchester City did not show any weakness and still used high-level pressure to press and press, without any intention of taking a step back.

The two sides fought in the area near the midline, without reservation.

But soon, Barcelona saw a chance. After Messi got the ball from the right, he suddenly started and forced his way through Kompani, and dribbled the ball into the middle. After getting rid of Xavi Alonso, he failed to continue to break through Xavi Martinez, and was thrown to the ground by the latter.

Referee Kass signaled that this was a successful defense, not a foul.

Barcelona had a little controversy over the penalty, but it soon returned to the game. Manchester City took this opportunity to launch a counterattack and once again broke into Barcelona's penalty area.

But just when everyone thought Manchester City was going to create murderous intent again and create threats, Barcelona suddenly completed a defense. After Xavi successfully interrupted the ball in the middle, he quickly passed the ball to the right.

Alves took a big step along the right side and drove forward, and Barcelona began to launch a counterattack.

Messi leaned towards the middle and gave up the entire right channel to Alves, while Ibrahimovic pushed the front, making Manchester City defenders dare not be careless at all.

Barcelona's counterattack was very fast, and David Silva, Modric and others quickly returned to defense, but they were still behind.

Alves dribbled the ball into Manchester City's 30-meter area and cut decisively.

Kompani stepped forward to defend, and Xavi Alonso stuck in the middle, but Alves suddenly passed the ball to the front of the penalty area with his right foot.

Ibrahimovic turned his back to the goal and blocked Xavi Martinez with his body. Facing Alves' incoming ball, he gently pushed forward and saw Messi, who had been lying in the middle, faced the ball, stopped the ball in front of him, swung his left foot, and directly hit the goal with a curved ball.

In the penalty area, Peter Cech had made all preparations, but he was powerless in the face of Messi's parabolic arc shot, so he could only watch as the ball almost rubbed against the crossbar and hit the upper left corner.

One to one!

Guardiola jumped up when he watched from the sidelines, clenched his fists and cheered excitedly.

There is something wrong with Barcelona, ​​but does Manchester City not?

Although the three, four and three formations make Blue Moon amazing attack power, they also have many weaknesses on the side.

Other teams may not be able to take advantage of this, but Barcelona can definitely do it!

Thinking of this, Guardiola turned his head and looked at Gao Han, as if saying, "We are half a dozen, we are each other."

Both of them smiled at the same time, and their eyes were filled with inexplicable excitement.
Chapter completed!