Champions League final, German Olympic Stadium

June 6th is 20:48:23 pm.

When Rakitic suddenly inserted from the outside of the penalty area and appeared in Real Madrid's small penalty area. He received a cross from Iniesta, shot with his left foot and sent the ball into Real Madrid's goal, the entire stadium showed a very paradox.

The stands where Real Madrid fans, who occupied more than half of the people, were silent, while the stands where Barcelona fans were located burst into cheers and cheers like landslides. All Barcelona fans rushed out of the seats and roared wildly.

In the field, after scoring the ball, Rakitic turned around and kissed his right ring finger and ran to the sidelines quickly. Barcelona players ran towards him one after another to celebrate this wonderful goal with him.

This was the first shot of both sides in this game. As a result, Barcelona only scored once and penetrated Real Madrid's goal.

Courtois was really helpless when facing this close shot, and his face was full of depression.

There is no doubt that this was a wonderful goal and also a very unexpected attack!

...

Barcelona's lineup in this game is not surprising. The goalkeeper is Ter Stegen, the defense is Alba, Mathieu, Pique and Alves, Busquets dragged behind, Iniesta and Rakitic are in the center, and the front court is Neymar, Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi's trident combination.

Compared with Real Madrid, Barcelona is well-equipped, without any injuries or illness. In addition, the rules have been revised in the Champions League this season, and no players have been suspended. They deal with Real Madrid with a full lineup, and from the beginning of the game, they have entered the state directly.

Real Madrid also had the strongest lineup in this game. The goalkeeper was Courtois, the defense was Marcelo, Xavi Martinez, Ramos and Carvajal, the midfield was Mascherano dragged behind, David Silva and Tony Kroos partnered, and Hazard, Yang Yang and James Rodriguez in the frontcourt.

Mascherano was arranged to stabilize the midfield, but Ancelotti still wanted to grab the start, try to disrupt Barcelona's rhythm, and gain more possession and initiative.

This is inconsistent with Yang Yang's idea.

Yang Yang's previous advice to Ancelotti was to seek stability, because Barcelona has two weeks of preparation time, which is a very big advantage. Real Madrid does not need to compete with their opponents for the start. This is too risky, and Real Madrid doesn't know what killer moves Barcelona has prepared. Enrique cannot be without any preparation during the two-week preparation period, right?

This is Ancelotti's last game to coach Real Madrid, and it is such a critical Champions League final. The Italian wants a decent ending. He doesn't want the team to play in a mess. He wants to play that beautiful offensive football. It's best to play Barcelona in the whole game and completely suppress the opponent.

But it was obvious that Ancelotti lost the bet!

Enrique's opening tactics are very surprising, and even putting aside his opposing identity, it can be described as stunning.

The goal just now was not accidental, but was formulated by Barcelona for Real Madrid's defense center, with a very targeted arrangement. This should be one of the results of Enrique's two-week training camp.

This time the attacker is still the defense line, but the real turning point is Messi.

Barcelona's right winger retreated directly from the frontcourt to the midfield and backcourt, and even further backward than Rakitic and Iniesta. After receiving the ball from the midfield and backcourt, he turned sideways and lightly sent a long pass with his left foot.

Messi's long diagonal pass fell accurately to the left of Real Madrid's defense line. Alba quickly inserted along the left and stopped first to Neymar on the left side of the penalty area, forcing Mascherano to follow him as soon as possible.

At the same time, Cristiano Ronaldo chose to open the defense line to the right, setting a targeted space for the middle, and running out of gaps for himself. If Real Madrid's central defender does not follow the defense, Neymar and Alba cooperated two times at the left and passed directly to the back point, with the Portuguese scoring ability, it is also a fatal threat.

Real Madrid's central defender followed the defense, but the middle was free. At this time, Neymar did not act recklessly when facing Mascherano one-on-one, but shook an angle and passed it to the penalty area. Iniesta quickly inserted it, and received the ball behind Mascherano and rushed straight to the penalty area, attracting Ramos.

The last one to insert was Rakitic. He blocked David Silva, who was following him, and easily shot with his left foot, setting the first record for Barcelona.

At this time, it was only 203 seconds before the opening, which was less than three and a half minutes.

The entire offensive routine is very subversive, completely different from the Barcelona attacks in the past.

Messi actually gave up the threat from the frontcourt and retreated to a position that was almost the same as Busquets. After receiving the ball, he passed the ball in a diagonal long pass to launch an attack. This was unimaginable before, but this game happened.

Enrique must have reached a consensus with Messi, otherwise, the Argentine superstar would not have made such a big sacrifice.

Also, in this attack, the other two superstars Neymar and Cristiano Ronaldo were obviously opening up defensive gaps for Iniesta and Rakitic who were plugging in the back.

The three superstars in the frontcourt were all serving their teammates, which definitely shocked everyone.

Finally, Barcelona's rear-end tactics were used. At any time, Barcelona's two central-level defenders usually only had one, but this time, because Messi retreated deeply, Iniesta and Rakitic actually intervened at the same time and directly entered the penalty area.

Judging from the formation, at that moment, Iniesta and Rakitic were more like strikers, while Messi was more like midfielder.

In addition to the differences in player running and cooperation routines, Barcelona's offensive cooperation at the beginning was very refined. From Messi's long pass to Alba's stopping the ball to Neymar, to Neymar's angle, Iniesta inserted a cross from behind, and Rakitic pushed the shot, all of which were a small-scale cooperation, but the game was very fast and very refined.

During the entire goal process, no one dragged the ball, which made Real Madrid's defense unpredictable.

This is enough to prove that Barcelona has practiced this offensive routine after a long period of time, otherwise it would be impossible to have such a tacit understanding and cooperate in one go.

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After seeing Rakitic score a goal, Luis Enrique on the sidelines jumped up, raised his hands, rushed straight to the sidelines, cheered loudly, and shouted at the players on the field.

"Great! So wonderful!"

"Did you see it? Did you see it? Our cooperation has come out!"

“Haha, it’s amazing, you guys are acting great!

"Continue to play like this, the champion will belong to us!"

The shouting without any scruples showed the excitement and excitement of Louis Enrique's heart at this moment, and indirectly proved one thing, that is, this cooperation was the result of Barcelona's targeted approach, not by chance.

After being excited, Enrique let out a heavy breath and turned to the coach's seat. However, Yu Guang saw Ancelotti frowning and shocked in front of the Real Madrid coach's seat, and was so proud in his heart.

This is an offensive routine he has carefully prepared in the past two weeks, designed specifically to restrain Real Madrid.

For a giant team like Barcelona, ​​it is not worth making a fuss about the cooperation it plays, but it is very surprising that the three superstars in the frontcourt beat the teammates who were inserted in the back.

Is this a clever tactic?

No, not at all clever, and it can even be said to be familiar.

Isn't it just the midfielder's back insertion?

Yes, it is not smart, but it is extremely difficult for a team like Barcelona to achieve it.

The biggest challenge for Barcelona to play such an offense is not the players' technical ability and tactical literacy. These are not problems. The key lies in how to convince the three superstars in the frontcourt to allow them to accept such arrangements willingly.

Let Messi retreat to a position that is almost a midfielder, let Cristiano Ronaldo open the defensive players for his teammates at the right time, and let Neymar take the ball and shake the space to make the ball for his teammates...

For the three superstars, these are huge sacrifices!

But it was precisely their sacrifice that brought Barcelona an extremely rare and excellent start with the lead in more than three minutes.

This is the Champions League final!

A game that determines the outcome within 90 minutes!

Taking the lead three minutes into the game is an extremely huge advantage for any team!

When Louis Enrique thought of this, he couldn't help but want to laugh out loud.

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I was caught!

Ancelotti frowned tightly, gritted her teeth and resented her in the past.

He began to regret that he should have followed Yang Yang's advice. He should not have been fantasizing about defeating Barcelona with beautiful football like in such a critical and important game, but his starting tactics pushed Real Madrid into a desperate situation.

He was the same as everyone else, and he didn't expect what Louis Enrique had prepared for Real Madrid. However, if he adopted a prudent tactic and started with a stable start, this attack might not work.

But there is no medicine for regret in this world, no if.

I fell behind in one goal three minutes at the beginning. What should I do in the next game?

This is a major problem facing Ancelotti, and he must come up with a solution as soon as possible!

But now, for Real Madrid, the most important thing is no longer a technical and tactical issue, but will the morale of the military be in chaos? Will the players be shaken?

The head coach's opening tactics were caught by his opponent, caught him off guard, and scored a goal. What would the players on the court think?

Ancelotti didn't know and was not sure.

In the coaching seat behind him, Zidane reached out to cover his face and shook his head constantly.

He didn't guess that would be the result, but now he is like Ancelotti and he regrets it very much.

Yang Yang is right. Facing Barcelona tonight is looking for death!
Chapter completed!