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Chapter 336 Abandoned South American Football

Camp Nou.

The Devil's first game in April is at Camp Nou, which is both pressure and opportunity for Southampton.

The pressure of course comes from Barcelona's top record in the past few years. However, after Guardiola left, Barcelona's performance was indeed not so good. Guardiola reached the semi-finals in his last season. At that time, they were the defending champions. Eliminated by Chelsea, last season also reached the semi-finals, but was swept by Bayern [-]-[-] in two rounds.

It is said that after Southampton eliminated Bayern, the local media in Southampton have already promoted that Southampton can win the Champions League this season-the reason is very simple, they eliminated the defending champion, because in the past five seasons Here, in three seasons, the team that defeated the defending champion in the knockout round won the championship. Barcelona, ​​the champion of the 08-09 season, defeated the defending champion Manchester United in the final, and Inter Milan, the champion of the 09-10 season, defeated the defending champion Barcelona in the semi-final. , Chelsea, the champion of the 11-12 season, defeated the defending champion Barcelona in the semi-finals. Only Inter Milan was eliminated by Schalke in the knockout round of the 10-11 season. come out.

However, not many people recognize this, because it is indeed too far-fetched...

Although Southampton's elimination of Bayern was surprising, they also eliminated the defending champions much like Schalke 10 in the 11-[-] season, but ultimately failed to enter the Champions League final.

At least that's what Barcelona fans think now.

Although they performed poorly in the league this season and were firmly suppressed by Atletico Madrid, they still have a chance to win the Champions League and the league. Messi scored six goals in the group stage and two They scored one goal each in the knockout round, and the total of eight goals is also quite strong, but it is not as exaggerated as Ronaldo, who fired wildly this year.

With Messi around, Barcelona is not afraid of anything.

On this day, the Nou Camp was full of seats, and the roar of nearly [-] Barcelona fans almost enveloped the sky. Fortunately, the Southampton players have seen a lot over the years. They have been to too many famous stadiums in the Premier League. , Even if they are not as big as Barcelona, ​​it will not have much impact on them.

After all, the Spanish fans are not that crazy, they just yell on the field, and the Barcelona fans are not that fierce, that is, they were so fierce to Figo back then...

So the Southampton players are not afraid.

"There is nothing to say about Barcelona's tactics. Guardiola's brand is too obvious, and the coaches behind him are nothing more than Xiao Guicao, so we can use our own style of play, strengthen running, and be ready to break fast at any time. Their center Defenders are almost in confrontation and running, suppress them and kill them." Ji Ya was doing the final mobilization in the locker room, and the players waved their fists. The next three games are very important. Their first game You have to perform well.

After the players from both sides played, Ji Ya and the opponent's head coach Martino did not exchange any pleasantries. He was not familiar with the opponent, and he didn't think the opponent had any ability...

To be honest, after Guardiola left, Vilanova did a good job, but unfortunately he was ill, and Martino was not even the first choice for Barcelona at this time. They hoped that former Barcelona player Enrique would come to coach, but Enrique There is still a contract with Celta, so Martino was chosen, and the facts also proved that Martino played very difficult with Barcelona. Barcelona's smooth offense seemed very difficult under his coaching.

And in Ji Ya's view, many South American coaches have outdated their coaching ideas. Although they have a close relationship with Latin countries, European coaches have quickly caught up with Guardiola's football revolution, but South American coaches But mostly dull.

This is actually a microcosm of South American football being gradually abandoned by Europe. From the coaching of the first team to the training of young players, they have already begun to fall behind, and they have not even had the opportunity to catch up.

Among the new generation of coaches, those with potential are basically European. The only South American coach Simeone has played in Europe for a long time when he was playing football. Although he started coaching in Argentina, his thinking has never left Europe. .

But even Simeone was defeated by Ji Ya in the Europa League, which made Ji Ya even less interested in South American coaches.

"The players from both sides have already played! Southampton still sent their usual four-three-three formation, goalkeeper Keylor Navas, defenders Klein, Fonte, Otamendi, Luke Shaw, midfielder Casemiro, Mkhitaryan, De Bruyne, striker James Rodriguez, Lukaku, Suarez! And Barcelona also sent a four-three-three lineup, goalkeeper Pinto, defender Alves, Pique, Mascherano, Alba, midfielders Busquets, Xavi, Fabregas, forwards Neymar, Messi, Iniesta! Barcelona's lineup is still star-studded!"

"It looks gorgeous, but the midfield is a little unbalanced, the defense is not as solid as it was in previous years, Neymar has not been able to integrate into the team well, Fabregas seems a bit out of place in their formation... …It’s been three years, and they still haven’t realized that Cesc Fabregas, who is used to the British style of play, is no longer used to their style of play?”

Ji Ya thought in his heart, it seems that Southampton is also playing ball control now, but in fact it is not the same as Barcelona's ball control. Their foot skills are not so fine, but they pay more attention to fast passing and opening. The opponent's defense creates opportunities through large-scale transfers.

There are too many examples of Spanish players who are used to playing on the English-style field, but they are not used to it when they return to Spain. For example, Arteta is one of the examples. He played very well in the Scottish Super League, and then returned to La Liga. It was a mess, and after returning to the Premier League again, he recovered and helped Everton reach the top four in the Premier League. Now it is the core of Arsenal.

Xiaofa is also facing this problem now. His characteristics are always incompatible with the more delicate Barcelona style of play. This is not a question of his ability, but a question of style.

And Xiaofa's fame and status forced Barcelona to continue to use him, and it would be unreasonable not to use him.

So this is Southampton's chance and this is Kiya's chance.

When the referee blew the whistle to start the game, the game between the two sides immediately entered into a fever.

Barcelona kicked off and then they started passing in midfield, looking for chances.

Messi and Neymar kept getting the ball in the frontcourt, and then created opportunities through their own skills.

The Southampton players did not rush to press, but recovered the defense and waited for Barcelona to attack.

The two-round match is still long, so don't worry.