Author: Bei Guoxia

On May 6, the Barcelona team arrived in Amsterdam, the Netherlands two days in advance.

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

And in this meeting, Messi, as the captain of the team, stood up and spoke.

Barcelona's players were greatly encouraged, as if they had been given a shot of blood.

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

"In the game the day after tomorrow, we will play in a 4-4-2 formation."

"I can tell you the starting lineup right now. It's roughly like this. If there are any changes later, we'll talk about it before the game."

"The goalkeeper is Ter Stegen.

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

The left midfielder is Coutinho, the right midfielder is Vidal, and the double midfielder is Busquets and Rakitic.

The two forwards are Messi and Suarez."

"Our tactics in this game are very clear. We still use a penetrating style of play from the middle. Then when attacking, the two full-backs press forward to form a four-forward, and when defending, they withdraw. The good thing about this tactic is that Messi directly

Facing the opponent's defender, it is impossible for them to restrict Leo like they did in the last game."

"The next game will definitely not be easy to play. It is their home court, so our defense must pay attention to stop Lin Ke from the enemy, whether it is taking turns to foul, we must stop him and not let him break through our defense line. He is too hot now.

Yes, no matter how hard you fight, there will be nothing!"

"Ajax's offensive point is actually Lin Kedi. He scores most of Ajax's goals. Ajax's two wingers also directly look for Lin Kedi, and the backcourt also directly looks for Lin Kedi.

Logically speaking, it is enough to defend him, but Lin Ke is a player who can create opportunities, so it will be much more difficult to defend him. We need some luck and a miracle to happen. I hope.

A miracle can happen at the Amsterdam Arena!”

After the meeting, Suarez and Messi walked at the end. He couldn't help but said to Messi: "Did you hear his last words?"

"What?"

"Hope for a miracle. Miracle? Really? We only lost 1 goal in the first round. Even if the second round is at their home court, it doesn't mean we need a miracle to win! This is too underestimated of us!"

Suarez said angrily, "He is too ungrateful! Think of Enrique back then."

Messi remained silent and walked out of the conference room. When he was about to separate from Suarez in front of the hotel room, Messi spoke.

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

Suarez was stunned for a moment, then responded with a smile: "Definitely!"

——

May 7, the day before the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals.

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

Tenhahe kept pacing back and forth.

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

Ten Hag didn't even raise his head and replied disdainfully: "The Dutch media is only capable of this. No wonder they can't even catch up with the Belgian media for scandals. This is not the point. I won't take it to heart. I'm worried about it."

It’s a question of the team’s physical fitness.”

"Eric, I don't think you need to think too much. If we win this game, there will still be 20 days until the final. Our league is almost over. By then, we will have enough rest time to recover all the players."

We need to be in the best physical condition. And if we lose this game and we are eliminated, then we don’t have to worry about it. Right?"

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

"You always say things that I don't like to hear but are right, which is very important to me. I have to admit that what you say is right, and I don't have to think about it so much. Okay, Mitchell, let's go

, go to the conference room."

Ten Hahe walked out of the room, turned around and opened the door to the conference room.

At this time, the players had already received the notice and had all arrived.

Ten Hahe walked to the front of the conference room and stood directly in front of the projection screen.

"Boys, tomorrow is the most important game of this season so far. I believe everyone is well prepared. Whether you are well prepared or poorly prepared, let me talk about tomorrow first.

tactical arrangements, because tomorrow’s game will definitely be very difficult. I suggest that you don’t always remember the 1-0 score in the first round. Everyone should remember that tomorrow’s game is a brand new game. We don’t want to

Treat it as a home game, and let’s not treat it as a game in which we have an advantage. We cannot use this mentality to face Barcelona. Because they want to reverse, win, and advance.

If you come to the Amsterdam Arena with the same mentality, their offensive will be very fierce, and they will fight tooth and nail. And we must have the same mentality, we must also fight, not only must we fight, but we must fight harder than them!”

"Therefore, for tomorrow's game, don't care about the physical exertion. Treat it as the last game of the season! There is no other game left, it's just this one. Under such circumstances, what will you come up with?

Performance? is something I’m really looking forward to!”

"Okay, next is my starting schedule for tomorrow.

The goalkeeper is Onana.

Left back Tagliafico, right back Mazraoui. The center backs are paired with Blind and De Ligt.

The two defensive midfielders are on the left, De Jong on the right. The attacking midfielder is Van de Beek.

Left winger Tadic, right winger Ziyech.

Center Lin defeated the enemy."

"I believe that not only our fans know this starting lineup, but Barcelona fans also know it. We are already known. But we may not know the opponent's starting lineup. We don't even know what they will arrange tomorrow.

The formation, we are in the light and the enemy is in the dark, this is the part we need to be very careful about."

"Finally comes the tactical part."

Having said this, Ten Hahe walked to a chair nearby and sat down.

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

Soon, a game picture appeared on the projection screen.

"This is a video of the last game. It's very useful for reference, so I just followed it."

After that, he gave instructions to the video analyst.

Then, the picture on the projection screen started to move.

"This place."

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

"In this game, we still have to blitz, but Barcelona will definitely focus on defending us. If they don't do this, they would be stupid. I believe they are not stupid, so they will definitely do this. They are like this
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