Chapter 164 The Champions League battle rekindles, the Christmas tree formation takes off
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Luo Yi 36 Chao
Chapter 164 The Champions League battle rekindles, the Christmas tree formation takes off
After 27 rounds of La Liga, Barcelona is still at the top of the list with a 4-point lead.
Real Madrid has not lost the possibility of competing for the title.
There are still 11 rounds of the league, and anything is possible.
After the league ended, the European war reignited.
The second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals continued in an orderly manner in the middle of the week.
First game day.
The bad news came that Real Madrid drew 0:0 with Bayern Munich at home and were eliminated with a total score of 1:2.
After losing Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid's Champions League results are already on par with Barcelona.
They are all so delicious.
In the final stage of the game, Haaland maliciously retaliated against the opponent's player, and the referee directly took out his ruby promotion card and sent him back to the locker room to calm down.
Real Madrid lost control of their emotions in the second half. At the last moment, Ramos rushed into the opponent's penalty area when he had a corner kick. When he jumped up, he elbowed the opponent's player. As a result, the referee also issued a ruby promotion card.
After this game, almost all the media criticized Real Madrid.
Their actions stained their white jerseys.
What is heart-wrenching is that, in another game at the same time, Juventus, who was a guest at the Stadium of Light, swept away the haze of the previous game. Cristiano Ronaldo showed his power and completed a hat-trick in the game, helping Juventus beat Benfica 4-0 at the Stadium of Light and advanced to the semi-finals with a total score of 4:2.
They will compete with Bayern Munich for a place in the final.
Real Madrid is out, and Ronaldo helped Juventus advance successfully. Such a scene is really ironic.
Real Madrid fans once again set the chairman Florentino on fire.
The loss of Ronaldo not only reduced the attention of Real Madrid, but more importantly, without Ronaldo, Real Madrid could not even enter the final of the Champions League.
After Ronaldo left, Hazard arrived and put on Ronaldo's No. 7 jersey, but his glass-like physique made Hazard, the captain of Belgium, the world's number one team, unable to help Real Madrid at all.
This season, the 2020 Golden Boy Award winner Harland came to Real Madrid.
Although Haaland has shown super personal strength and scored like a ball, his violent temper and publicity make him unpopular in the Real Madrid team.
In the direct dialogue with the 2021 Golden Boy Award winner Li Mingyu, Harland repeatedly fell behind.
Haaland was also frantically attacked by the Madrid media after being out of the quarter-finals.
In this game, Harland was completely invisible, and there was only one weak shot in the whole game.
After the game, Haaland got the lowest score in the game.
Some media have speculated that Real Madrid's downturn and Haaland's downturn may have a lot to do with last weekend's national derby.
In that game, although the final score was a draw, in terms of the process, it was a psychological destruction for Real Madrid.
Especially Harland, who faced Li Mingyu twice in the league, got a ruby promotion card both times, and his statistics were completely crushed by Li Mingyu.
Originally, Haaland never cared about Li Mingyu. When he came to Real Madrid, he just wanted to prove himself on a big platform. He didn't expect to meet his old enemy in life.
Yes, in Harland's heart, Li Mingyu has become his old enemy, a demon. If he can't defeat Li Mingyu head-on once, then this pressure will always be with him.
The arrival of the second game day.
Today is the second round of the two quarter-finals in Group C and Group D.
In the last game, Barcelona defeated Paris Saint-Germain 2:1 at home, and the opponent's arrow figure, Mbappé was also sent off the field by a straight red.
In this game, Mbappe was suspended and unable to play.
Therefore, in this game, Paris Saint-Germain formed a 4-3-3 lineup.
The goalkeeper is still Costa Rican goalkeeper Navas.
The four defenders are captain Kimpembe, Marquinhos, Florenzi and Diallo.
The three midfielders are Paredes, Herrera and Verratti.
The three players in the frontcourt, Icardi in the center, Di Maria on the right and Neymar on the left.
This is a very offensive lineup, but the weak point of this lineup lies in the midfield. If Paris Saint-Germain's spear fails to pierce Barcelona, if they fight back, Paris Saint-Germain's defense will stand a huge test.
The good news for Paris Saint-Germain in this game is that the Barcelona players are generally tired. The national derby four days ago consumed too much of their energy.
In this game, Busquets was tense and was not included in the squad. Pique was also unable to play this game because of a slight ankle sprain at the last moment due to the fight in the last game.
The two defensive generals in the midfield, Dinghaishenzhen, were unable to play, which made Barcelona's defense line full of loopholes even worse.
Today, Koeman's lineup is very stable.
The 4-3-2-1 Christmas tree formation was invented by the famous Italian coach Capello.
Four defenders, three midfielders, two midfielders, and one striker.
Such a formation looks like a Christmas tree on the formation diagram, hence the name Christmas tree formation.
The biggest advantage of this formation is that when defending, there are enough midfielders without sacrificing the defensive personnel.
But the biggest disadvantage of this formation is that when attacking, the two full-backs need to be pulled frequently, and for the midfielders, players with strong running ability are needed to fill the two wings.
Back then, the reason why Capello dared to offer such a Christmas tree formation was because AC Milan had two world-class central defenders, Maldini and Nesta, and there was Gattuso, an immortal iron man in the midfield, who could fill in at any time.
Capello used this "obscene" lineup to make the "1:0" tactic popular in Italy.
This game is very difficult for Barcelona.
Because Paris Saint-Germain lost the game 1:2 in the last game, but they had a precious away goal.
In this game, as long as Paris Saint-Germain can beat Barcelona 1-0, then they will be able to eliminate Barcelona with this away goal.
After all, the two absolute cores of his own midfielder and backcourt cannot appear on the field, leaving Koeman with no confidence at all, so he had to resort to this Christmas tree formation that is rarely used in training.
Goalkeeper Ter Stegen.
The four defenders are Mingesa, Lenglet, Alba and Eric Garcia.
Of these four defenders, only Alba is 33 years old this year. The other three players, the oldest is Lenglet, but only 26 years old, plus 23-year-old Mingesa and 21-year-old Eric Garcia. Barcelona's defense line can be regarded as very young.
There are three defensive midfielders, De Jong is in the center, and Pedri and Wijnaldum are on both sides.
Pedri and De Jong are both in their early 20s.
The two attacking midfielders are Li Mingyu and Messi.
The forward forward player is Griessmann.
Without Busquets and Pique, this Barcelona youth team is even younger.
At 21:00 on Wednesday evening, at the Camp Nou, the much-anticipated quarter-finals of the Champions League officially kicked off.
At the same time, last season's Serie A champion Inter Milan was a guest at the Etihad Stadium, home of last season's Premier League champion Manchester City.
In the first round of the match between the two sides, Inter Milan drew with Blue Moon 0:0 at home.
This time at Blue Moon's home court, Inter Milan is facing a formidable enemy.
With the whistle of the referee, the two games started at the same time.
Return to Parc des Princes, home of Paris Saint-Germain.
[Congratulations to the host for successfully signing in at the Parc des Princes and getting the talent "Black Lightning" from the legendary Paris Saint-Germain star George Weah. 】
"Black Lightning" is the nickname of George Weah, the world footballer. Weah ran on the field like a black lightning.
George Weah is one of the most legendary figures in the football world.
From a football player to the president of a country.
Such a legendary experience is simply the protagonist of a novel.
In 2017, George Weah became the 25th president of Libya.
In the player era, George Weah was also one of the strongest players of that era.
In 1995, he won the Golden Globe Award and the World Footballer of the Year. The biggest regret in his career is that he did not participate in the World Cup.
After all, Libya is only a small football country in Africa. Although it has world-class players like George Weah, there is no way to make them change completely.
Li Mingyu looked at his attributes. In the speed column, his data had reached 95 (99). Weah's "Black Lightning" talent added a little to his speed attribute.
Don't underestimate this point, for Li Mingyu, it is a qualitative change.
The attribute is from 89 to 90, which is a qualitative change.
From 94 to 95 is another qualitative change.
After reaching 95, every point of improvement is a qualitative change for the players.
Li Mingyu felt that his legs became much lighter.
Paris Saint-Germain kicked off first.
Looking at Barcelona's neat defensive formation, the Paris Saint-Germain players also felt a little unable to start.
Koeman is a very practical coach, he will not choose the top iron because of the dignity and honor of the team.
In this situation of lack of major generals, such a Christmas tree formation is the best choice for Barcelona, which leads by one goal.
Paris Saint-Germain's Mauro Icardi started in the Champions League for the first time this season.
Icardi looked at the Barcelona team in front of him, and there was a strange flash in his eyes.
Because Icardi came from Barcelona's La Masia training camp.
Moreover, Messi in the Barcelona team is also his teammate in the Argentine national team.
Because he was incompatible with Barcelona's style of play, in the end, he left Barcelona and came to his other hometown, Italy.
As a dual citizen of Italy and Argentina, he finally chose Argentina as his representative team.
Icardi's skills are very comprehensive. As a pure center forward, he can only be used as a substitute for Mbappe in Paris Saint-Germain.
Mbappe's suspension today gave him an absolute opportunity.
In this game, Icardi must prove himself.
Moreover, for him, the better news is that Mbappe has chosen to leave Paris Saint-Germain. If Paris Saint-Germain does not choose to reinforce the center, then next season, Paris Saint-Germain will be the positive Indian center. The position is none other than Icardi.
Icardi dribbled the ball forward and was knocked to the ground by De Jong directly from the side.
The referee's whistle blew.
There were deafening boos at the Parc des Princes.
Icardi sat on the ground, looking helplessly at De Jong who was walking back.
De Jong's opening action is to tell Paris Saint-Germain that Barcelona's attitude is so tough today.
This was the second foul committed by Barcelona. The first foul was when Neymar dribbled the ball forward and was stopped by Li Mingyu.
However, for these two fouls, the referee only gave a verbal warning, and did not draw a card.
Barcelona used their two fouls after the opening to tell Paris Saint-Germain that in today's game, please don't step into our half at will.
Barcelona's defensive line retreated quickly, leaving only Griessmann cruising around the center circle. Behind him, the distance between Messi and Li Mingyu was very well controlled, and three people could double-team and siege at any time.
The three defensive midfielders are like a barrier, making it impossible for Paris Saint-Germain's offense to get in at all.
"Today, Barcelona's formation is very retro. Due to the injuries of two key defensive players, Koeman actually resorted to this Christmas tree formation that was once popular in Italy. The midfield interception of three midfielders has greatly restricted Paris Saint-Germain's offense."
"Neymar's dribbling is always surrounded by at least two players. It always feels like there are more people on the pitch in Barcelona."
"No, Icardi conceded the ball and Barcelona counterattacked."
"Alba has the ball, he goes very fast on the wing."
"Alba passed the pass to Li Mingyu. It was beautiful. Li Mingyu didn't touch the ball, but made a fake touch, which made Verratti miss the air. This time, Li Mingyu fully showed his golf intelligence."
"Li Mingyu continued to dribble the ball. Li Mingyu's speed was too fast. He passed one person and another. Is he going to shoot? No, he passed the ball. It was a wonderful pass. Li Mingyu tore through Paris Saint-Germain's defense with his scalpel-like pass."
"Messi succeeded in anti-offside, single-handedly, Messi passed the goalkeeper Keylor Navas, and the goal was scored!"
(End of this chapter)
After 27 rounds of La Liga, Barcelona is still at the top of the list with a 4-point lead.
Real Madrid has not lost the possibility of competing for the title.
There are still 11 rounds of the league, and anything is possible.
After the league ended, the European war reignited.
The second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals continued in an orderly manner in the middle of the week.
First game day.
The bad news came that Real Madrid drew 0:0 with Bayern Munich at home and were eliminated with a total score of 1:2.
After losing Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid's Champions League results are already on par with Barcelona.
They are all so delicious.
In the final stage of the game, Haaland maliciously retaliated against the opponent's player, and the referee directly took out his ruby promotion card and sent him back to the locker room to calm down.
Real Madrid lost control of their emotions in the second half. At the last moment, Ramos rushed into the opponent's penalty area when he had a corner kick. When he jumped up, he elbowed the opponent's player. As a result, the referee also issued a ruby promotion card.
After this game, almost all the media criticized Real Madrid.
Their actions stained their white jerseys.
What is heart-wrenching is that, in another game at the same time, Juventus, who was a guest at the Stadium of Light, swept away the haze of the previous game. Cristiano Ronaldo showed his power and completed a hat-trick in the game, helping Juventus beat Benfica 4-0 at the Stadium of Light and advanced to the semi-finals with a total score of 4:2.
They will compete with Bayern Munich for a place in the final.
Real Madrid is out, and Ronaldo helped Juventus advance successfully. Such a scene is really ironic.
Real Madrid fans once again set the chairman Florentino on fire.
The loss of Ronaldo not only reduced the attention of Real Madrid, but more importantly, without Ronaldo, Real Madrid could not even enter the final of the Champions League.
After Ronaldo left, Hazard arrived and put on Ronaldo's No. 7 jersey, but his glass-like physique made Hazard, the captain of Belgium, the world's number one team, unable to help Real Madrid at all.
This season, the 2020 Golden Boy Award winner Harland came to Real Madrid.
Although Haaland has shown super personal strength and scored like a ball, his violent temper and publicity make him unpopular in the Real Madrid team.
In the direct dialogue with the 2021 Golden Boy Award winner Li Mingyu, Harland repeatedly fell behind.
Haaland was also frantically attacked by the Madrid media after being out of the quarter-finals.
In this game, Harland was completely invisible, and there was only one weak shot in the whole game.
After the game, Haaland got the lowest score in the game.
Some media have speculated that Real Madrid's downturn and Haaland's downturn may have a lot to do with last weekend's national derby.
In that game, although the final score was a draw, in terms of the process, it was a psychological destruction for Real Madrid.
Especially Harland, who faced Li Mingyu twice in the league, got a ruby promotion card both times, and his statistics were completely crushed by Li Mingyu.
Originally, Haaland never cared about Li Mingyu. When he came to Real Madrid, he just wanted to prove himself on a big platform. He didn't expect to meet his old enemy in life.
Yes, in Harland's heart, Li Mingyu has become his old enemy, a demon. If he can't defeat Li Mingyu head-on once, then this pressure will always be with him.
The arrival of the second game day.
Today is the second round of the two quarter-finals in Group C and Group D.
In the last game, Barcelona defeated Paris Saint-Germain 2:1 at home, and the opponent's arrow figure, Mbappé was also sent off the field by a straight red.
In this game, Mbappe was suspended and unable to play.
Therefore, in this game, Paris Saint-Germain formed a 4-3-3 lineup.
The goalkeeper is still Costa Rican goalkeeper Navas.
The four defenders are captain Kimpembe, Marquinhos, Florenzi and Diallo.
The three midfielders are Paredes, Herrera and Verratti.
The three players in the frontcourt, Icardi in the center, Di Maria on the right and Neymar on the left.
This is a very offensive lineup, but the weak point of this lineup lies in the midfield. If Paris Saint-Germain's spear fails to pierce Barcelona, if they fight back, Paris Saint-Germain's defense will stand a huge test.
The good news for Paris Saint-Germain in this game is that the Barcelona players are generally tired. The national derby four days ago consumed too much of their energy.
In this game, Busquets was tense and was not included in the squad. Pique was also unable to play this game because of a slight ankle sprain at the last moment due to the fight in the last game.
The two defensive generals in the midfield, Dinghaishenzhen, were unable to play, which made Barcelona's defense line full of loopholes even worse.
Today, Koeman's lineup is very stable.
The 4-3-2-1 Christmas tree formation was invented by the famous Italian coach Capello.
Four defenders, three midfielders, two midfielders, and one striker.
Such a formation looks like a Christmas tree on the formation diagram, hence the name Christmas tree formation.
The biggest advantage of this formation is that when defending, there are enough midfielders without sacrificing the defensive personnel.
But the biggest disadvantage of this formation is that when attacking, the two full-backs need to be pulled frequently, and for the midfielders, players with strong running ability are needed to fill the two wings.
Back then, the reason why Capello dared to offer such a Christmas tree formation was because AC Milan had two world-class central defenders, Maldini and Nesta, and there was Gattuso, an immortal iron man in the midfield, who could fill in at any time.
Capello used this "obscene" lineup to make the "1:0" tactic popular in Italy.
This game is very difficult for Barcelona.
Because Paris Saint-Germain lost the game 1:2 in the last game, but they had a precious away goal.
In this game, as long as Paris Saint-Germain can beat Barcelona 1-0, then they will be able to eliminate Barcelona with this away goal.
After all, the two absolute cores of his own midfielder and backcourt cannot appear on the field, leaving Koeman with no confidence at all, so he had to resort to this Christmas tree formation that is rarely used in training.
Goalkeeper Ter Stegen.
The four defenders are Mingesa, Lenglet, Alba and Eric Garcia.
Of these four defenders, only Alba is 33 years old this year. The other three players, the oldest is Lenglet, but only 26 years old, plus 23-year-old Mingesa and 21-year-old Eric Garcia. Barcelona's defense line can be regarded as very young.
There are three defensive midfielders, De Jong is in the center, and Pedri and Wijnaldum are on both sides.
Pedri and De Jong are both in their early 20s.
The two attacking midfielders are Li Mingyu and Messi.
The forward forward player is Griessmann.
Without Busquets and Pique, this Barcelona youth team is even younger.
At 21:00 on Wednesday evening, at the Camp Nou, the much-anticipated quarter-finals of the Champions League officially kicked off.
At the same time, last season's Serie A champion Inter Milan was a guest at the Etihad Stadium, home of last season's Premier League champion Manchester City.
In the first round of the match between the two sides, Inter Milan drew with Blue Moon 0:0 at home.
This time at Blue Moon's home court, Inter Milan is facing a formidable enemy.
With the whistle of the referee, the two games started at the same time.
Return to Parc des Princes, home of Paris Saint-Germain.
[Congratulations to the host for successfully signing in at the Parc des Princes and getting the talent "Black Lightning" from the legendary Paris Saint-Germain star George Weah. 】
"Black Lightning" is the nickname of George Weah, the world footballer. Weah ran on the field like a black lightning.
George Weah is one of the most legendary figures in the football world.
From a football player to the president of a country.
Such a legendary experience is simply the protagonist of a novel.
In 2017, George Weah became the 25th president of Libya.
In the player era, George Weah was also one of the strongest players of that era.
In 1995, he won the Golden Globe Award and the World Footballer of the Year. The biggest regret in his career is that he did not participate in the World Cup.
After all, Libya is only a small football country in Africa. Although it has world-class players like George Weah, there is no way to make them change completely.
Li Mingyu looked at his attributes. In the speed column, his data had reached 95 (99). Weah's "Black Lightning" talent added a little to his speed attribute.
Don't underestimate this point, for Li Mingyu, it is a qualitative change.
The attribute is from 89 to 90, which is a qualitative change.
From 94 to 95 is another qualitative change.
After reaching 95, every point of improvement is a qualitative change for the players.
Li Mingyu felt that his legs became much lighter.
Paris Saint-Germain kicked off first.
Looking at Barcelona's neat defensive formation, the Paris Saint-Germain players also felt a little unable to start.
Koeman is a very practical coach, he will not choose the top iron because of the dignity and honor of the team.
In this situation of lack of major generals, such a Christmas tree formation is the best choice for Barcelona, which leads by one goal.
Paris Saint-Germain's Mauro Icardi started in the Champions League for the first time this season.
Icardi looked at the Barcelona team in front of him, and there was a strange flash in his eyes.
Because Icardi came from Barcelona's La Masia training camp.
Moreover, Messi in the Barcelona team is also his teammate in the Argentine national team.
Because he was incompatible with Barcelona's style of play, in the end, he left Barcelona and came to his other hometown, Italy.
As a dual citizen of Italy and Argentina, he finally chose Argentina as his representative team.
Icardi's skills are very comprehensive. As a pure center forward, he can only be used as a substitute for Mbappe in Paris Saint-Germain.
Mbappe's suspension today gave him an absolute opportunity.
In this game, Icardi must prove himself.
Moreover, for him, the better news is that Mbappe has chosen to leave Paris Saint-Germain. If Paris Saint-Germain does not choose to reinforce the center, then next season, Paris Saint-Germain will be the positive Indian center. The position is none other than Icardi.
Icardi dribbled the ball forward and was knocked to the ground by De Jong directly from the side.
The referee's whistle blew.
There were deafening boos at the Parc des Princes.
Icardi sat on the ground, looking helplessly at De Jong who was walking back.
De Jong's opening action is to tell Paris Saint-Germain that Barcelona's attitude is so tough today.
This was the second foul committed by Barcelona. The first foul was when Neymar dribbled the ball forward and was stopped by Li Mingyu.
However, for these two fouls, the referee only gave a verbal warning, and did not draw a card.
Barcelona used their two fouls after the opening to tell Paris Saint-Germain that in today's game, please don't step into our half at will.
Barcelona's defensive line retreated quickly, leaving only Griessmann cruising around the center circle. Behind him, the distance between Messi and Li Mingyu was very well controlled, and three people could double-team and siege at any time.
The three defensive midfielders are like a barrier, making it impossible for Paris Saint-Germain's offense to get in at all.
"Today, Barcelona's formation is very retro. Due to the injuries of two key defensive players, Koeman actually resorted to this Christmas tree formation that was once popular in Italy. The midfield interception of three midfielders has greatly restricted Paris Saint-Germain's offense."
"Neymar's dribbling is always surrounded by at least two players. It always feels like there are more people on the pitch in Barcelona."
"No, Icardi conceded the ball and Barcelona counterattacked."
"Alba has the ball, he goes very fast on the wing."
"Alba passed the pass to Li Mingyu. It was beautiful. Li Mingyu didn't touch the ball, but made a fake touch, which made Verratti miss the air. This time, Li Mingyu fully showed his golf intelligence."
"Li Mingyu continued to dribble the ball. Li Mingyu's speed was too fast. He passed one person and another. Is he going to shoot? No, he passed the ball. It was a wonderful pass. Li Mingyu tore through Paris Saint-Germain's defense with his scalpel-like pass."
"Messi succeeded in anti-offside, single-handedly, Messi passed the goalkeeper Keylor Navas, and the goal was scored!"
(End of this chapter)
