Legendary Godfather

044: Another madman obsessed with offense

August 10, 2016, McKendall Stadium, Trondheim, Norway.

The stadium was packed today.

There were many local Norwegian fans present, and they hated to see such an event so rarely in their country. Now that they had the opportunity, they naturally came in droves and filled the entire stadium.

The atmosphere at the scene was still very lively.

Of course, there are many fans of both teams. Crystal Palace fans also hate to have such an opportunity. Naturally, they will not be absent. A large number of fans traveled to Norway to cheer for the Crystal Palace team.

The game hasn't even started yet, but the drums are already beating.

The locker room of the Crystal Palace was very quiet, so quiet that the players could clearly hear the drums and the shouts of the fans outside!

The atmosphere at the scene was really hot.

Tong Yi glanced around and found that the players were all in good condition. For this game, Tong Yi naturally became more confident.

To be honest, Sevilla still has the strength, but it is still very difficult to defeat Crystal Palace.

Facing his players, Tong Yi said, "Sevilla is a team that advocates offense, and Sampaoli is also a head coach who advocates offense very much. He is even a little crazy in terms of offense! But don't think that they There is no discipline, on the contrary Sampaoli is a head coach who emphasizes discipline very much!"

The Crystal Palace players were all staring at Tong Yi, wanting to listen carefully.

Tong Yi continued, "To be honest, Sampaoli, like crazy Bielsa, regards offense as his life. In this game, Sevilla will definitely play offensive football. They will also press crazily high and run crazily. This Dot is a bit like us, so you should pay attention.”

The Crystal Palace players nodded and expressed their understanding.

Tong Yi also said, "But don't worry, their attack capabilities are still limited. As long as we can show our strength, we can easily win this game!"

Tong Yi is not bragging, he really thinks so.

Hearing this, the Crystal Palace players all laughed and relaxed a lot.

Tong Yi also said, "Sevilla's defensive linemen are generally not tall, which is their weakness. Obviously Sampaoli pays more attention to the running ability and defensive coverage area of the defensive players, which is the key to his full-line high pressure." It’s necessary for tactics!”

Yes, Sampaoli's defense personnel are generally defenders who are not particularly tall but have excellent athletic ability.

It can run and jump and covers a large area.

When pressing high, he can press forward, and when retreating to defend, he can use his speed and running ability to make up for it!

On the contrary, his two defensive midfielders will be relatively tall.

Therefore, generally high-altitude balls are defended by two midfielders.

More importantly, when pressing high, the opponent will wait for a long pass to counterattack. His two tall midfielders are the first point to intercept the high-altitude ball. The defenders are responsible for running quickly, retreating, intercepting, interfering, etc.!

Therefore, Sampaoli still has his own tactical style.

Tong Yi looked at Ibrahimovic here, and then said, "In this game, maybe we will use more crosses from the wing. Zlatan, you must be ready to header the goal at any time." !”

If it were Ibrahimovic when he was young, Tong Yi would not ask Ibrahimovic like this.

After all, Ibrahimovic's header ability was extremely poor at that time!

However, at this age, Ibrahimovic has obviously strengthened his header ability and frequency of headers. Now headers have become a regular weapon for Ibrahimovic. His success rate in header challenges at Paris Saint-Germain last season was nearly 70%, and his reputation is not in vain!

Ibrahimovic nodded slightly and said, "Understood!"

Then Tong Yi looked at Cancelo and Carvajal, and they both nodded immediately to express their understanding!

Tong Yi reminded again, "The opponent's midfielders and backfielders are all defensive players with excellent running ability, good speed and flexibility, and a large coverage area. You have to pay attention to this, do you understand?"

The Crystal Palace players nodded neatly and said, "Understood!"

Hearing this, Tong Yi was very satisfied.

Tong Yi said, "Sevilla still has some offensive capabilities, and you guys on defense should also be careful not to give them too many opportunities. However, at the beginning, we can recover a little bit and put Sevilla back." Bring out the demi-humans so that our subsequent matches will be easier, do you understand?"

Van Dijk and others also nodded immediately to express their understanding.

Tong Yi immediately said, "Okay, now that I understand, let's go. We must win this game!"

The Crystal Palace players howled and filed out!

In the locker room on the other side, Sampaoli was having a meeting.

Facing the Sevilla players, Sampaoli said calmly, "Don't think that just because Crystal Palace is the UEFA Champions League champion! Their tactics are not that mysterious at all. They are very similar to our tactics. It's nothing more than that." It's just high-position oppression. It's just that the details of some tactics are different, so you don't have to be afraid. It will be very easy to show our abilities and take them down. You have to have confidence in your offensive capabilities. You can break through the world. Any team’s goal.”

The Sevilla players were all surprised. They didn't expect Sampaoli to be so confident.

Sampaoli continued, "If we meet on a narrow road, the brave will win! In this game, keep your fighting spirit, and you will definitely be able to win this game. If you don't even believe in yourself, then no one on this planet will believe in you." Come on! Come on, you can believe it!"

Yes, Sampaoli also attaches great importance to fighting spirit.

In his opinion, fighting spirit is the basis of a game.

If you lose your fighting spirit in a game, then don't play anymore and just admit defeat!

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Villa's players nodded one after another and expressed their understanding!

Although Sampaoli has only taken over the team for more than a month, everyone is already familiar with Sampaoli's way of leading the team, and they also know very well how important Sampaoli is to fighting spirit. If you are not used to the result of this game, as a Sevilla player, you must be in a state of high energy in this game, otherwise, you should not play.

So, Sevilla's players are ready.

To be honest, Sevilla's players are really full of fighting spirit now.

They are no less eager to win the European Super Cup than the Crystal Palace people. Moreover, the revenge journey they have been looking forward to for a long time is finally coming. They are naturally very excited and full of fighting spirit.

In this game, our Sevilla will definitely defeat your Crystal Palace and complete our revenge! .??.

Seeing the state of the Sevilla players, Sampaoli was very satisfied and kept nodding.

After a while, he said, "In this game, Crystal Palace will definitely make frequent crosses from the wing. You must pay attention to defending Ibrahimovic. This guy is no longer what he was when he was young. Now his His heading ability is also pretty good, so he has to guard against it, you know?”

Sevilla's defensive players nodded solemnly, feeling the pressure.

After all, the height gap between them and Ibrahimovic is quite big. And although Ibrahimovic is older, his running and jumping ability is still good, and he can jump quite high.

This is still very stressful for them!

Sampaoli naturally saw it and said, "So, the two wingers should pay attention to defense and don't let the opponent pass easily. It is best to block them so that they can't pass. And Steven in the middle With Vicente, you have to cover the back line at all times to fight Ibrahimovic, do you understand?"

Nzonzi, who is 196cm tall, and Iwola, who is 190cm tall, immediately nodded and expressed their understanding!

Did you see that, these are Sevilla's two midfielders, they are really tall.

Seeing these two people nodding, Sampaoli was very satisfied.

Sampaoli continued, "As soon as the game starts, I hope you can show your strongest fighting spirit and attack fiercely! Offense is the best defense. From the beginning, press me crazily, press me crazily, and run for me. Do you understand?" ?The best thing is to suppress the Crystal Palace people in their half, and we will definitely win this game!"

Sure enough, Sampaoli is really similar to that lunatic Bielsa, and he is obsessed with offense.

Of course, compared to Bielsa, Sampaoli still looks much quieter and more elegant on the sidelines.

Sevilla's players immediately shouted "Got it, boss!"

Sampaoli is very satisfied with the momentum of Sevilla players. He feels that Sevilla will really win this game.

Sampaoli then waved his hand, signaling the Sevilla players to come out immediately.

Sevilla's players immediately stood up and poured out of the dressing room.

"audience

Hello friends, fellow fans! This is BBC Sports, I am the Mortensen you are familiar with. What we bring to you today is the 2016 European Super Cup. The two sides are Crystal Palace, the champion of last season’s UEFA Champions League, and Sevilla, the champion of last season’s Europa League! "

"Hello everyone, I am your Shearer. Today's game is really worth everyone's attention. There is a lot of grudges between these two teams. In the 2013-2014 season and the 2014-2015 season, Crystal Palace was in the Europa League. They eliminated Sevilla in the Cup semi-finals, advanced to the Europa League final, and finally won the Europa League championship. Therefore, in the eyes of the Sevilla people, it was the Crystal Palace people who robbed them of the Europa League championship. .Without Crystal Palace, Sevilla would have achieved three consecutive Europa League titles that has never been achieved before! It’s all the fault of the damn Crystal Palace people! So, this game is the Sevilla people’s revenge. Battle. The Sevillaans will definitely fight to the end in this game, and it will definitely be a wonderful game!" The BBC Sports commentator for this game is still Shearer.

After hearing this, the fans in front of the TV were full of expectations for this game.

This will definitely be a very exciting game.

Mortensen continued, "Of course, this game will be very exciting! Because Sevilla's head coach Sampaoli is a head coach who advocates offense, and his team mainly attacks. And Crystal Palace's side It is not a defensive team, so this game will be very fierce. This will definitely be a spear-on-spear, gun-on-gun pure bayonet-to-gun battle. Fans in front of the TV, You are blessed!"

Hiller also nodded slightly and did not refute.

This game is very likely to be like this.

Shearer said, "So fans, keep your eyes open and look forward to it. This game will definitely be a very, very exciting game."

This makes the fans in front of the TV impatient to wait.

"Okay, fans, audience friends. Players from both sides have walked out of the player tunnel, and the game is about to start!" Shearer said excitedly.

"Okay, now we will introduce to you the starting lineups of both sides today." Mortensen also said excitedly.

Today’s starting lineups for both sides are as follows:

Home team Crystal Palace, head coach Tong Yi, formation 4213

Alisson

The back four from left to right is Cancelo, Benatia, Van Dijk and Carvajal.

Double defensive midfielder Casemiro and Kante

Single attacking midfielder De Bruyne