champion godfather

Chapter 821 Volume Six Crimson Adapts to the Field
The day before the game, the Barcelona team arrived in Birmingham by plane, and then took a special bus to Nottingham. After a simple adaptation training here, all they had to do was wait for the game to arrive.

At the airport, Messi and Guardiola became the targets of reporters.Both of them kept a low profile. They didn't say they were sure to win, they just said that anything is possible in football.This is the home game of Nottingham Forest. Everyone knows that the Forest team's home game is very difficult, so they think it is wrong to take it lightly...

That's what the scene said, what the Barcelona players think in their hearts, only they know.

At the airport, Barcelona, ​​as the most eye-catching team in Europe today, was warmly welcomed by the media. The density of the flashing lights made every Barcelona player still see flowers when they walked out of the hall.Later, Catalonia's "Mundo Deportivo" played the headline "The Champions Come", fully revealing Barcelona's ambitions.

After putting the luggage in the hotel, Barcelona went to the city stadium non-stop for training to adapt to the venue.At that time, Tony Twain was giving tactical lessons to his players in Wilford, and assistant coach Chris Lack was entrusted by Twain to secretly come to the city stadium and use the home team to observe Barcelona's warm-up training in the box.

Guardiola obviously knows the little tricks that the home team likes to play, so he didn't arrange any training items that might reveal his tactical content in the afternoon training, just getting used to the venue...

Some coaches in Barcelona's coaching staff laughed after seeing the turf of the city stadium: "It's really a small club. I'm afraid this stadium is not as good as our training ground."

"I heard that their new stadium has dragged down the team's finances, and it is normal to have no money to maintain the turf."

"I really don't know where Tony Twain's arrogance and self-confidence come from. Is this the grass?"

"A stadium that can only accommodate 3 people really looks like a middle school stadium."

Of course, what they saw wasn't the best turf, but it was specially arranged by Tony Twain.Just yesterday he asked the turf workers of the City Stadium not to throw the best turf on it, but to keep the set of turf that was frequently used before.

Guardiola listened to his colleagues comment on the ground, without expressing any opinion himself.This venue is indeed not as good as Camp Nou, but it is normal.Stadiums like the San Siro have been ridiculed for the quality of the turf.

What he cared more about was not the situation of the field, but Tony Twain's tactics.

He had studied Twain, and he already knew almost exactly what tactics Twain would use in the game - defensive counterattack.There is nothing new about it, counterattack when the game is tied, counterattack if you are ahead, counterattack when you are behind, counterattack when you are away, and counterattack when you return home.His playbook might just say "defensive counterattack."

Even in the face of the current situation of being behind 1:2, Guardiola does not believe that Twain will press out to fight against Barcelona, ​​such a coward.He'll never know the beauty of offense, his mind is full of utilitarian mush.

Due to the gap between heaven and hell in football philosophy, Guardiola did not have a good impression of Tony Twain.The reason people felt that he didn't hate Dunn was that he didn't say it publicly.But in fact, he hated Tang En more than anyone else.Others may hate Twain only because of his unscrupulous mouth, but Guardiola's dislike of Twain is about to rise to the height of ideals and beliefs. This is a gap that can never be filled.One day, Mourinho and Tony Twain will sit down and have a glass of wine together, laughing away at each other.This kind of thing will never happen to Guardiola.

Guardiola already has a plan in mind.If Tang En continued to defend and counterattack, Barcelona would not mind also defending and counterattacking. Anyway, the consumption would be beneficial to Barcelona.No matter where you look at this game, it is more favorable for the visiting team Barcelona.For the home team, the score of 1:2 is not fatal. Even Pepe, Barnes, and Fernandez are suspended and cannot play. It is not too difficult. The most fatal thing is that the person cannot Show up on the sidelines to lead the team.Without Tang En's on-the-spot command from the sidelines, the level of Nottingham Forest would drop to a notch, and the players who lost their backbone would perform abnormally and become a mess. Inter Milan in the 08-09 season was Guardiola's example. Mourinho defeated the leaderless Nottingham Forest at home, as easily as if he had trampled an ant to death.

If Nottingham Forest wants to press out and attack desperately, it will be more in line with Guardiola's expectations.In this case, Barcelona will attack the Forest team.He wasn't afraid of losing the ball. The one who was afraid of losing the ball should be Tony Twain.Because Forest had only one away goal and Barcelona's chances were limitless in those nine 10 minutes.With Barcelona's unrivaled offense, does anyone believe that they can't score when they play against Nottingham Forest?Even if Barcelona loses the game 2:3 in the away game, it will be Barcelona with one more away goal than the Forest team.

In short, no matter how Tony Twain reacted, he was doomed to fail this time.The initiative is always on Barcelona's side.If Guardiola has read the classic Chinese classic "Journey to the West", then he will definitely think that Tony Twain, who always likes to jump in front of the media, is that hateful grandson, and he is doing everything in his favor. Mastered Tathagata Buddha.No matter how powerful Monkey Sun is, he can't find his own Wuzhi Mountain.

After hurriedly finishing the adaptation training at the city stadium, Guardiola took the team back to the hotel where they stayed, where they held a tactical meeting to make the final arrangements for tomorrow's game.

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While Guardiola was leading the team to adapt to the field at the city stadium, Twain was giving the team tactical lessons.The last day of training before the game was almost all tactical lessons, and he explained it in more detail than ever before, because he couldn't even set foot in the locker room the next day.

UEFA is strictly guarding against him this time: he is not allowed to wear any usable communication equipment. At the same time, they have learned the lesson of Mourinho's coaching in Porto, and they do not allow assistants to follow Twain in the stands to sit on him. Next to him as a megaphone.He will be thoroughly checked by two UEFA supervisors before going to watch the game in the stands tomorrow.UEFA doesn't mind choosing someone who has a great prejudice against Tony Twain to complete this task, because this will help them better prevent Twain from playing tricks and tricks.

In the last tactical lesson, Dunn analyzed the footage of the first round between Barcelona and Nottingham Forest in detail, and made targeted arrangements for his players.He believes that Barcelona will continue to attack in the away game, but he does not rule out the possibility that Guardiola suddenly decides to take advantage of it and hold the 2:1 away game.

"I was sent off, Pepe was sent off, Barnes was suspended for one game because of accumulating yellow cards. The outside world thinks our prospects are bleak. Guardiola may feel that their chance has come, but I am I hope you guys will show them the chance to see who it is in tomorrow's game. Our core tactic in this game is - foul." Dunn raised his index finger, "The bad venue will limit their performance, but this Not enough. You have to use frequent fouls and oppressive defense to completely disrupt the rhythm of Barcelona's game. If you lose the ball, you will counterattack in the frontcourt. Don't be stingy with your dangerous moves in less dangerous places. Make a few more fouls like this , they will know what is good or bad, and they will be afraid.”

"Remember, it has to be played like this from the start. Barcelona, ​​who are ahead, have a better chance than us - or at least it seems. So it's easier for their players to value their chances. They don't want to play here. Injured in the first game and missed the subsequent semi-finals and finals. Psychologically speaking, their desire to win is not as good as ours. What kind of team is Barcelona? Their skills and tactics are impeccable, and they are the best in Europe today Yes. But the psychological quality..." Tang En shook his fingers and laughed, "Artists always lack a bachelor's temperament that is not afraid of death."

"Use what we are best at to crush what they are best at, and then they will start to collapse from the bottom of their hearts. Body! Speed! Confrontation! And... the air." Dunn looked at Aaron Mitchell. "Mitchell, since you already know, I won't talk nonsense. Tomorrow's game you will start as a center forward. We need your height and header. In this game, you don't have to show off your foot skills even a little bit. Thoughts, if you dare to do this, I will dare to replace you at the beginning. Do you understand?"

The boss spoke to himself very seriously, and Mitchell nodded quickly.His starting did not surprise other teammates, because the training content these days always revolves around Mitchell, and any fool can see the clues.

"Your task is very simple. When we hit the frontcourt, squeeze into the opponent's penalty area, and then get stuck and take off to compete for the top. When we are still in the backcourt, you retreat to the midfield and prepare to respond. Use your Head the ball to point the ball to a teammate who is on the counterattack, or protect the ball and wait for support."

Mitchell continued to nod.

After exhorting Mitchell, Tang En turned his attention to the whole team again: "The key to winning this game lies in the sky. Barcelona's air defense is very weak. Piqué alone cannot be used as four. As long as we have the air supremacy, No matter how good Barcelona's skills and footwork are, they can only be slowly slaughtered by us. Does anyone think this is ugly?"

Nobody said anything, only fools did.

"It seems that no one has an opinion, that's good. Let me tell you an unbreakable truth on the football field-what is ugly? Only defeat is ugly! Those who clamor about 'ugly victories' are eating No one who says sour grapes! Believe it or not, when they win, no matter what they do, they never say they are ugly. Barcelona thinks they are the most gorgeous and we are ugly representatives, let them die magnificently! In the face of ugliness!"

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Tony Twain, who had finished his tactical class, did not go home directly like other coaches or players, but drove to the city stadium.

By the time he arrived at the City Stadium, the Barcelona team had already left.In addition to him, Thompson Isaacson and his team came from Wilford training base.On top of that he also met Chris Rucker.

"Have you gained anything?" He asked casually.

Chris Lack curled his lips: "Guardiola is very cunning, and he didn't arrange any drama. Even after the reporter walked away."

Tang En shrugged: "Normal. Think about what we did at Camp Nou."

Then he turned to Isaacson.

"Thompson, I have a request."

Isaacson nodded to express his understanding before Tang En could continue.

Tang En felt strange: "I haven't said what the request is yet."

"Our coach Tony Twain must have come up with some bad ideas. I already guessed it. You want us to make this field look like that training ground, right?"

Tang En snapped his fingers: "That's right! But my requirements are more stringent - I hope you can copy the No. [-] training ground to the city court. Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V. Even every uneven position All the same, can you do it?"

Isaacson frowned and thought for a while, then nodded: "I don't think there is a problem. We maintain the turf professionally, and we have kept every detail of the site in mind. It's just a simple copy, and I think it should be fine."

Tang En let out a long breath, and he slapped his hands: "Thank you so much! But you only have one night, can you?"

"You need to ask the groundskeeper to turn on the lights, but I don't know if the groundskeeper agrees to do so...the stadium is very sacred to them..." Isaacson showed embarrassment.

"That's not a problem. You can put forward whatever you need, and the club will fully satisfy it. It's just that the time is tight and it must be done before tomorrow morning. I don't want those damn media to smell anything."

Isaacson looked back at his team, and when he turned around again, he had a proud look on his face: "They have been with me for more than ten years, and they are my Nottingham Forest team, Mr. Dunn."

Tang En stretched out his hand with a smile: "I dedicate the victory to you, gentlemen!"

"But the match hasn't started yet, Mr. Tang En." Isaacson said so, and stretched out his hand.

"The two teams of Nottingham Forest teamed up to win!"

The hands of the two were tightly held together.

"Let's make Barcelona look good!"

(End of this chapter)