Chapter 1892 The Eve of the Final

"Today Luo Kai and his agent appeared at Shanhai's airport... Judging from the camera, he was still on crutches, which made people a little worried. But when he was interviewed at the airport, Luo Kai said that he was using crutches to relieve the pain. The pressure on my injured foot, in fact, walking normally is no problem, just to be on the safe side... The fact that he was able to return to China to participate in the team's training camp actually shows that Luo Kai's injury is not a serious problem.

"He has performed well in Tramed this season, and with his outstanding performance, Tramed has also won the Premier League title this season. If he hadn't been injured in the second leg of the Champions League semi-final, Tramed said Maybe it is really possible to reach the Champions League final and stage the "Chinese Derby" in the Champions League final with Hu Lai.

"We all hope that Luo Kai can recover from injury and return to the team as soon as possible to catch up with the first group match of the World Cup... His attack on the right side is very important for the Chinese team. In Dillon's tactical system, Chen Xingyi and Luo Kai are the two sides. The wing guards take on a very important role, they can advance, attack, retreat and defend..."

"Almost at the same time Luo Kai arrived in Shanhai, Hu Lai finally left Madrid. He followed the Pirates team from Madrid and went to Munich three days in advance to prepare for the Champions League final against Catalan United. After the last round of the league, There are 14 days between the final of the Champions League. Although the Pirates players have been fully rested, it has also brought about another problem-will the players lose their sensitivity to the rhythm of the game if they have not played for too long?

"Parotti obviously took this into consideration, so just last Sunday, the Madrid Pirates organized an internal warm-up match against the Pirates youth team. This game was not open to the public. The ball beat the opponent..."

"When departing for Munich today, a large number of Pirates fans flocked to the airport to see off the team. For the Madrid Pirates, this is a historic moment. They may set a record for the successful defense of the Champions League after the restructuring. But it is also possible Become a foil for Catalan United...

"Since the restructuring of the Champions League in 1992, no team has been able to successfully defend the championship. The King of Madrid reached the final of the Champions League for two consecutive seasons last season, but in the end they were defeated by the Madrid Pirates. Now Did the pirates go to Madrid to repeat the king's experience?"

"Catal United are confident in winning the Champions League this season. Although their main left-back Calderon is unable to play because of a red card suspension, they are more motivated and have historical records on their side...

"Their head coach Reilly Vicente said in an interview after the team arrived in Munich that the whole team is ready and going all out at the Iron Dome..."

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"Kendor, didn't you say not to have a mentality?"

Watching the news covering the pre-match press conference, Reynaldo Lima turned to Kabanca.

In the news, the head coach of Catalan United, Reilly Vicente, looked very confident facing the camera. He said that he only came to Munich to do one thing, and that was to win the championship.

"But you can't ask our head coach to say before the final that he thinks we're going to lose to the Pirates, right?" Kabanka said. "There are some things, just know it in your heart. You see, we didn't look down on the pirates at all during the training, did we? We are still very serious about preparing for the battle."

Lima nodded, it was true.

In order to deal with the mad attack of the Madrid Pirates, Reilly Vicente's coaching team designed many defensive tactics for the team.

Targeted man-to-man defense, but also zone defense that cuts off Hou Lai and other passers.

In short, preventing Hou Lai from taking the ball, preventing Hou Lai from taking the ball easily, and preventing Hou Lai from taking the ball and shooting easily is the most important thing in Catalan's defensive tactics.

On this basis, the Catalan United use their super ball-handling ability to ensure that the rhythm of the game is under their feet, prevent the Madrid Pirates from easily organizing offense, and let them create as few offensive opportunities as possible, so that Hu Lai's threat Naturally, there is no chance to attack, how can Hu Lai score like a ball?

In addition to defense, Cathay-Thailand has also worked **** offense.

After all, the key to winning the game is to score goals.

It is also impossible for the Catalan United to guarantee that Hu Lai will not score a goal. With Hu Lai's current state, it is better to expect that Hu Lai will be injured and unable to play during the warm-up before the game...

Catalan United's defensive efforts are not to prevent Hu Lai from scoring a goal, but to prevent him from scoring fewer goals.

Then take advantage of Catalan United's offensive advantages and score more goals. Destroy the morale of the Madrid Pirates players.

For a player like Hu Lai who relies heavily on the help of the team, if his teammates can't perform well, he will naturally not be able to perform either.

Reilly Vicente took a lot of inspiration from the semi-final second leg between the Madrid Pirates and Ruhr Rhein.

He believes that Ruhr Rhein's head coach Leroy Kuhn's tactical thinking is generally correct, but it is not perfect enough in specific execution.

For example, he put too much emphasis on high-position pressing, leaving too many hidden dangers for his defense.

In fact, he should not compare goals with the Madrid Pirates, but should compare defense with the Madrid Pirates.

But he didn't do that.

So although Ruhr Rhein scored two goals in the away game, he conceded six goals. The line of defense was completely penetrated and smashed.

Vicente learned this lesson, both offensive and defensive, more balanced.

However, he also understands Kuhn's approach. After all, Ruhr Rhine's lineup is not as thick as Catalan United, and Kuhn has no choice but to do so.

Doesn't he know the problems in his defense?

He knew, but he couldn't help it, he couldn't change anything.

Compared with the Ruhr Rhine, the Catalan United has stronger overall strength, and has good players in both offense and defense, and the offense and defense are more balanced.

Naturally, he has more confidence to deal with the Madrid pirates.

And it's no secret what the Madrid Pirates will do without Juan Ramirez.

They have adopted an all-out offensive tactic for three consecutive games.

If the 2:1 victory over Turias in the thirty-seventh round of the league is still a "small test", then the 6:2 second leg of the Champions League semi-finals even gave the Madrid Pirates a taste of the sweetness. Then in the last round of the league, they defeated Samir Sports 3:0. The offensive strengthened Parotti's determination to promote a comprehensive attack.

After all, without Juan Ramirez, the Madrid Pirates' defensive strength has been seriously damaged. Even if the Madrid Pirates want to play defense with Catalan United, they may not be able to defend.

That being the case, it is better to continue to attack, just like what they did in the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals, maybe they can create miracles.

But miracles may not be so easy to create.

In response to the Madrid Pirates' attack with no retreat, Catalan United used their best ball-handling style of play, controlling the ball at their own feet, looking for space, and then suddenly speeding up, almost one shot at a time.

Such meticulous work shows that Vicente did not regard the pirates as an easy opponent.

"Anyway, remember, Renardo. No matter what Hu does or says in the game, don't take it to heart. We just play our own ball."

Renaldo Lima nodded, indicating that he was educated.

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"Our game will be the same as the previous second semi-final, there is only one way, and that is to attack."

Parrotti preached to the players.

It was the eve of the Champions League final, and Parotti called the players together for the last time and held a pre-match preparation meeting.

He first reviewed the team's offensive tactics for everyone to deepen everyone's understanding and impression.

After talking about the tactics, he continued:

"These days, the whole world is talking about whether we can defend our title, but for me, that's the least important question. Why? Because if we do well enough in the final, we will be able to defend. But If we can't, it's just another 'defending spell'."

Parrotti's tone was calm, his speech speed was not fast, and he was not impassioned.

"People always say 'offense wins fans, defense wins championships'. The implication is that offense can't win championships. Can offense win championships? I don't know. But I think when we do one thing to the extreme, What else can't be done?

"In the past period of time, we have been practicing offense. Tomorrow will be the final test. But I believe that after making history at home against Ruhr Rhein~lightnovelpub.net~ and reaching the final. In the finals, history was created again. Because history is created by people."

He repeated what he had said to the players after the semi-final, and his tone, though calm, betrayed his ambition.

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PS, I'm sorry, I stayed up all night watching the game, my schedule was upside down, and I was dizzy.

Forgot to set up automatic updates yesterday.

Make it up now.

In addition, by the way, predict the results of today's four games:

Tunisia and France, is there still suspense? I am optimistic about France winning four goals!

Australia and Denmark, I am cautiously optimistic about a small victory for Denmark.

Poland and Argentina, this game is still a life-and-death battle for Argentina to qualify. They must beat Poland to ensure their qualifying, so I am optimistic that Argentina will beat Poland with two goals!

Saudi Arabia and Mexico, I think Saudi Arabia will probably beat Mexico and then qualify with Argentina, so Saudi Arabia will win by one goal.

(end of this chapter)