What ball king, call me ball god

On May 5, the Barcelona team arrived in Amsterdam, the Netherlands two days ahead of schedule.

In the hotel, they completed the first tactical meeting before the game.

And in this meeting, Messi stood up as the captain of the team and made a speech.

The Barcelona players were greatly encouraged, as if they had been beaten with chicken blood.

Then Valverde carefully arranged the tactical arrangements for the second round.

"In the game the day after tomorrow, we will play in a 442 formation."

"I can tell you the starting list right now. That's basically it. If there are any changes later, let's talk about it before the game."

"The goalkeeper is Ter Stegen.

The defense line from left to right is Alba, Lenglet, Pique and Roberto.

The left midfielder is Coutinho, the right midfielder is Vidal, and the double midfielders are Busquez and Rakitic.

The double forwards are Messi and Suarez. "

"Our tactics in this game are very clear. We still play in the middle and penetrate. Then when attacking, the two full-backs press up to form a four-forward. When defending, we retract. This tactic is good. Messi directly Against the opposing defenders, they want to limit Leo like they did in the last game, it is impossible to achieve."

"The next game is definitely not easy to play. It's their home court, so we must pay attention to our defense. Stop Lin Kedi, and take turns to foul him. We must stop him and not let him break through our defense line. He is too hot now. No matter how you fight, why do you have it!"

"Ajax's offensive point is actually Lin Kedi, he swept most of Ajax's goals, Ajax's two sides also directly looked for Link, and the backcourt also directly looked for Lin Kedi. Kedi, it is reasonable to defend him, but Lin Kedi is the kind of player who can create opportunities, so it will be much more difficult to defend against him. We need some luck and miracles. Hope A miracle can happen at the Amsterdam Arena!"

After the meeting, Suarez and Messi walked last, he couldn't help but said to Messi: "Did you hear his last sentence?"

"what?"

"I hope a miracle will happen. A miracle? Really? We only lost one goal in the first round. Even if the second round is at their home court, it doesn't mean that we need a miracle to win! This is too small for us!" Suarez said angrily, "He's too imposing! Think about Enrique back then."

Messi walked out of the meeting room in silence, and when he was about to separate from Suarez in front of the hotel room, Messi spoke.

"We will definitely win and advance to the final. This is what our players should do on the field. I believe we can do it!"

Suarez froze for a moment, then responded with a smile: "It must be possible!"
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May 5, the day before the second leg of the Champions League semi-final.

In the afternoon, in a small room next to the Ajax meeting room.

Ten Hag paced back and forth incessantly.

"In the league on the weekend, all substitutes played, and they were criticized by the media for not paying attention to the Eredivisie league." Assistant coach Mitchell standing next to Ten Hag suddenly said.

Ten Hag didn't look up, and replied disdainfully: "The media in the Netherlands are only capable of this. No wonder they can't even beat the Belgian media for scandals. This is not the point. I won't take it to heart. I worry about it." It’s about the fitness of the team.”

"Eric, I don't think you need to think so much. If we win this game, there are still 20 days until the final, and our league is coming to an end. At that time, we will have enough rest time to recover the strength of all players. Fitness at its best. And if we lose this game and we're out, then there's nothing to worry about. Isn't it?"

Only then did Ten Hag look up at his old friend.

"You always say things that I don't like to hear but are true. It's important to me. I have to admit that what you say is true and I don't have to think about it. Okay, Mitchell, let's go , go to the meeting room."

Ten Hag walked out of the room, turned around and pushed open the door of the meeting room.

At this time, the players had already been notified, and they all came together.

Ten Hag walked to the front of the meeting room and stood directly in front of the projection screen.

"Guys. Tomorrow is the most important game of this season so far. I believe everyone is ready, whether you are good or bad, let me talk about tomorrow Because tomorrow's game will definitely be very difficult, I suggest that you don't always remember the score of 1-0 in the first round. Everyone should remember that tomorrow's game is a brand new game. It's a home game, and we shouldn't regard it as a game where we have the advantage. We can't use this mentality to face Barcelona. Because they came with the mentality of wanting to reverse, win and advance. In the Amsterdam Arena, their offensive will be very fierce, and they will go all out to fight. And we also have to have the same mentality, we have to fight, not only to fight, but also to fight harder than them!"

"Therefore, for tomorrow's game, don't care about the consumption of physical energy, just treat it as the last game of the season! There are no more games left, just this one. Under such circumstances, what will you come up with? Performance? I'm looking forward to it!"

"Okay, next is my starting arrangement for tomorrow.

The goalkeeper is Onana.

Left back Tagliafico, right back Mazraoui.The central defender plays Blind and De Ligt.

She Nei with double backs on the left and De Jong on the right.The front midfielder is Van der Beek.

Left winger Tadic, right winger Ziyech.

Center Lin beat the enemy. "

"I believe that not only our fans know this set of starters, but also the fans of Barcelona. We are already clear. But we don't necessarily know the opponent's starting lineup, and we don't even know what they will arrange tomorrow. The formation, we are in the open, the enemy is in the dark, this is the part we need to be very careful."

"The last is the tactical part."

Having said that, Ten Hag walked to a chair beside him and sat down.

To Ten Hag's right is the video analyst, who controls the computer.

Soon, a picture of the game appeared on the projection screen.

"This is a video of the last game, which is very informative, so I just followed it."

After speaking, he gave instructions to the video analyst.

As a result, the picture on the projection screen moved.

"this place."

Ten Hag pointed to the position in front of Pique and Langley at the beginning of the last game.

"In this game, we also have to play blitz, but Barcelona will definitely focus on our defense. If they don't do it, they are too stupid. I believe they are not stupid, so they will definitely do it. They like this We have done it, and we still have to continue to play blitz. Because neither we nor them have entered a [-]% state at the beginning, at this time, we will compare whose efficiency is higher and who will enter the state of the game faster. So we still have to fight blitz!" (End of this chapter)