Super Marshal

Chapter 121 Can He Hold It?

"The game has finally begun!"

"Atlético Madrid serve first."

"Consecutive kicks passed to the backcourt. Atletico Madrid obviously wanted to control the rhythm first."

"Barcelona is not in a hurry, there is no pressing up front."

"Many people may not know that this is the third consecutive season that Atletico Madrid has reached the Copa del Rey final, but in the past two seasons, Atletico Madrid has lost to Espanyol and Valencia."

"Among them, the game lost to Valencia two years ago was also at the Pisjuan Stadium in Seville."

"The last time Atlético Madrid won the Copa del Rey final can be traced back to 1996. Interestingly, the opponent in that final was Barcelona. Ruyff's Barcelona."

"It was Roberto who gave Pantic a wonderful assist at the time, but he failed to start this game and sat on the bench, but Aguilera was the witness of that game."

"In addition, Sergi and Guardiola in the Barcelona team are also personal experiencers of that game."

"After five years, the two sides meet again in the King's Cup final, and it depends on who can win this game."

"We can see that Atletico Madrid took the initiative to retract after the opening, obviously to play a defensive counterattack."

"Barcelona began to actively press up, and it seemed that they wanted to take the initiative to seize the advantage, but Ferrer's team did not dare to be too impatient, because the start has always been their weakness."

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"Barcelona's start has been bad."

In the media area, Javier Mattayana was somewhat puzzled by Gao Han's opening tactics.

"In the last month, Barcelona conceded a goal in the 4th minute in a 1-1 draw with Vigo Celta at home; lost 1-3 away to Osasuna, conceded a goal in the 17th minute; drew 4-4 at home Zaragoza, conceded a goal in the ninth minute, conceded a second in the 44th minute..."

"Also, the away game drew 4-4 with Villarreal and conceded three goals in a row within 20 minutes. If it wasn't for Kluivert's hat-trick after that, Barcelona would have died so badly!"

Speaking of this, Mattayana looked puzzled, "I believe that Gao Han must know all this information, but why didn't he compete with Barcelona for the start? You know, he is the best at stealing the start."

Sitting at the side, Lin Xia and Chu Yao, who were already worried, became even more worried after hearing this.

"Javier, what do you mean, there is something wrong with his starting tactics?" Chu Yao asked with concern.

Mataiana shook his head, "It's not a big problem, it's just a little conservative."

On the court, Atlético de Madrid chose to fully retreat from the first minute of the game, and organized a tight defensive formation through their numerical advantage in the midfield, making it clear that they must strictly guard against death.

On the contrary, Barcelona took the initiative to press up after the opening and actively seized the initiative in the game.

This really doesn't look like Gao Han's style!

"I heard something from Gao Han." Lin Xia said suddenly.

Mataiana, De La Morena and Chu Yao who were sitting nearby all looked over at once.

"He said that ten of the starting XI are participating in this kind of final for the first time, which is a headache."

Ten people?

Everyone looked at the stadium again, and after a closer look, they found that except for Aguilera, the other eleven players who started were indeed the first time.

Mattayana suddenly realized, "No wonder, participating in the finals for the first time, he must have no experience and is easily nervous. He must have considered many options before making this decision."

"Not only." De La Morena shook his head.

"more than?"

"Well, Barcelona got off to a bad start. This problem has been around for a long time. We know it, Gao Han knows it, and Ferrer must know it too."

"what do you mean……"

"Ferrer may also grab the start!"

Barcelona's offensive firepower is second only to Real Madrid in La Liga, so one can imagine how strong it is.

Although their defense is weak, Atletico Madrid will undoubtedly be at a disadvantage if both sides grab the start.

Coupled with the fact that the players are generally young and inexperienced, if there are some problems in impromptu performance, then...

"No wonder he mentioned Barcelona's big wins!" Matiana suddenly laughed.

De La Morena also nodded and said: "Combined with his verbal confrontation with Ferrer before the game, it was a thrill."

"Heh, that's what this kid planned."

"Barcelona has been pushed out, Ferrer has no way out, so the biggest problem now is..."

"Atlético's defense!" Matiana replied.

De La Morena nodded.

Gao Han's calculation is very shrewd, but the premise must be kept!

Can he hold it?

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"Want to guard?"

Ferrer turned his head, glanced at Gao Han who was also standing in the coaching area, and snorted coldly.

"Can you hold on?"

He really has no way out in Barcelona.

From two consecutive league rounds, they drew 4-4 with Villarreal and Zaragoza, then lost 1-3 away to Osasuna, and then drew 1-1 with Celta Vigo...

Barcelona's league is completely finished, and they have to do their best to even win the top four in the league.

The UEFA Champions League stopped in the first round of the group stage, especially the 3-0 away loss to Turkey's Besiktas, and the 0-2 home loss to AC Milan. These are things that Barcelona cannot tolerate and accept.

When it came to the UEFA Cup, they finally crossed Celta Vigo in a thrilling manner, but soon lost to Liverpool.

Ferrer's dismissal is a foregone conclusion!

But he knew that he must get this King's Cup, he must!

Thinking of this, he turned his head again and looked at Gao Han, this damned Chinese looked very calm.

"You only have 60 minutes, if you can't score within 60 minutes, you will die here!"

Gao Han's words rang in Ferrer's ears again.

He was right and judged well.

Ferrer himself knows what's going on with the team.

The offense was weaker in the second half than in the first half, and the defense was worse than in the first half.

The two time periods that are most likely to cause the team to lose the ball, one is the beginning and the other is the end.

"Hey, Pep!"

Ferrer walked to the sidelines and called Guardiola, and the captain on the field looked over immediately.

"Press it up, press it up for me!"

Guardiola was a little stunned, but he quickly implemented the head coach's tactics.

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"Barcelona started to step up their attack."

"The high ball was passed to the front of the penalty area, Kluivert grabbed the first spot and headed it down."

"Okay, Luis Enrique, he made a beautiful pass and split to the left."

"Overmars, good opportunity, here we come."

"Facing Aguilera, one-on-one, beautiful, it's over!"

"Overmars cross!"

"Dangerous, Atletico Madrid!"

"Nice header clearance from Marchena!"

"The native Spanish centre-back was very brave, he got ahead of Kluivert and made a header clearance."

"It was a wonderful defense. Kluivert signaled Marchena to make a little move, but the referee Aranda ignored it."

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"Barcelona's offensive is coming again!"

"It's still on the left, and I'm still looking for Overmars."

"Want to break through Aguilera, but this time the Atlético Madrid captain stood firm."

"Stop urgently, I want to pass to the middle..."

"Okay, Marcos Senna intercepted midway and launched a counterattack on the spot."

"The long ball went up the wing and Atlético countered quickly."

"Barcelona come back quickly..."

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"Ferrer is far behind Van Gaal!"

Gao Han stood on the sidelines and saw Marcos Senna's long pass, which fell to the right of Barcelona. Torres caught the ball safely without any harassment from any players.

Although the subsequent counterattack failed to threaten, it made Barcelona rush back to defense.

The counterattack of two or three players made Barcelona's entire midfield run back and forth. This deal is worth it no matter what.

Moreover, in Gao Han's plan, such a scenario would recur again and again.

Cantarero nodded, "The result of too many stars!"

Barcelona's frontcourt stars are basically not involved in defense.

Even when the team is fully retreating, the four stars in the frontcourt still stay in the frontcourt and wait for the pass from their teammates. Even if they have to defend, they just feint and put on a show.

This caused the team's frontcourt and midfield to be disjointed and torn.

"Rivaldo should not play as a front midfielder. His personal ability is indeed super strong, and his offensive ability is also very good, but his ability to organize and connect the frontcourt attack is not satisfactory." Gao Han said .

To put it simply, his style of play is unique.

"He played as a front midfielder, and he couldn't support the left and right flanks, and he couldn't connect Kluivert and the midfielder in series. This can only lead to too many individual battles in Barcelona's frontcourt attack."

Van Gaal also saw this, so he asked him to play on the left, but Ferrer compromised with the Brazilian superstar.

Ferrer's tactic at the beginning of the season was a three-two-three-two tactic, that is, three defenders plus two midfielders plus two forwards plus a front midfielder plus two forwards. The idea is very clear, using violent attacks to defeat opponents.

But in recent years, La Liga has been very strange. The strangling midfielder with double defensive midfielders has become popular. This makes Barcelona's tactics seem to be aggressive in La Liga, but in fact it is difficult to achieve the expected tactical effect.

The first is that too much offensive force has been invested, resulting in a weak midfield, especially the serious lack of protection for Guardiola, the core of the organization.

What is the reason for the poor performance of the Barcelona captain?

It's because the opponent gave him more targeted defense, but the team gave him less support and protection!

And the back line.

Barcelona's defense has always had the problem of defending against high balls. High school defender Nadal left the team, but the introduction of Bogarde was unsatisfactory. As a result, Barcelona could only select three players under 1.8 meters tall as central defenders.

Now that high center forwards are so popular, they are looking for death!

Coupled with the inherent loopholes on the sidelines brought about by the three-center defender tactic, as well as the excessive investment in offense, which led to the imbalance of the midfield, although Ferrer later won a striker and arranged Harvey or Gabriel to strengthen the midfield , but the effect is still not obvious.

The offense is strong and the defense is weak, the offense relies too much on the individual performance of the players, and cannot form an effective whole, and there are huge hidden dangers in the defense, which directly led to the tragedy of Barcelona this season.

Gao Han knew it, and Ferrer must know it better.

That's why Gao Han said before the game that if he didn't score in 60 minutes, Barcelona would be dead.

It would be like a sword of Dalymus hanging over Ferrell's head.

As for Atletico Madrid, the thing to do is very simple, keep these 60 minutes!

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