"When we won the treble and the treble, the whole of Europe praised us. At that time, we were in the limelight, but when we lost to Lazio, everything changed, and the glory and praise went away, while Lazio took our place. The media always took us out as a negative example when praising them … You see, this is the winner of football. When we win, we are the best team in the world, and once we lose the game, we will be humiliated and ridiculed. This is football. If you want to regain the respect of others, you must.
"We were eliminated by Lazio last season and now Emperor has given us a great opportunity to meet them again in the final! I am full of fighting spirit because we have a chance to prove ourselves again. "
"After we were eliminated by Lazio, there was a saying in the media that they thought that Barcelona’s triple crown and sixth crown were not worthy of gold because we won the championship after Lazio was eliminated by Bayern Munich. We didn’t confront Lazio head-on, so our champion lacked the power to speak. Well, now we can prove this again-the Barcelona champion can stand the doubt!"
Guardiola clearly knows what Lazio means to Barcelona players.
So he came to Lazio to boost morale before the game.
In fact, before he coached Barcelona, the two teams had enemies.
Lazio didn’t ruin Barcelona twice.
As early as Dream II, Barcelona met Lazio in the European Super Cup, and as a result, the powerful Dream II team lost to Lazio in the Super Cup, which was still unknown at that time. That game was also regarded as the uphill journey of Dream II by later generations.
Barcelona has too many reasons to seek revenge from Lazio.
What Guardiola said is just one aspect.
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When the players of both sides follow their respective formations on the court,
The referee whistled the game!
Lazio lost the pick before the game, but they got the ball for it.
They can have a good time with the ball.
Lazio are in no hurry to attack after the ball.
They put the football back.
Slowly pour your feet in the backcourt
The pace of the game is not fast.
Everyone is used to it.
This is the inevitable result when two controlling teams meet together.
Lazio’s goal in the backcourt is to attract Barcelona players and tear their formation apart.
And Barcelona is really pressing.
This is not to say that Barcelona was taken in.
It’s a high-ranking grab, that is, a way to deal with Lazio. Since other teams can deal with Barcelona in this way, Barcelona can also deal with Lazio in this way.
Moreover, Barcelona’s defensive feature is the frontcourt rush.
So they can’t wait for Lazio to attack in the backcourt.
They will take the initiative to press forward.
It would be better if we could break Lazio’s ball in the frontcourt and then directly launch a counterattack.
Many teams used this tactic against Lazio this season, but they all failed without exception.
So is this the wrong way?
It is not that no one has ev doubted that effectiveness of this method.
The reason for those failures is the same, that is, physical exhaustion.
High-position defense and frontcourt grabbing have high physical requirements for the team.
Because the players have to run from the backcourt to the frontcourt and back to the backcourt all the time.
This back and forth sprint is very exhausting.
If you don’t have enough physical strength, you won’t be able to hold on to the high defense for half a game at most.
For Lazio, they still have half a game.
Even if they are suppressed by the opponent’s high defense at half time, they can regain control of the game at half time and completely defeat their opponents.
Barcelona is different.
Barcelona’s physical fitness is excellent.
The two teams with the best physical fitness in European football today are Lazio and Barcelona.
If Barcelona also adopts high defense, their physical strength will be their greatest advantage.
Maybe they can play the high defense to the extreme, maybe they can put Lazio into a hard fight?
This is the wish of many Barcelona fans.