Chapter 11 Barcelona

Chapter 11 Barcelona

Barcelona, ​​a new start for Degan!

Although last season, Barcelona only won the La Liga championship and did nothing in the domestic cup and Champions League, but it can be seen that under the leadership of Guardiola, Barcelona has become more mature. The atmosphere of unity within the team is the basis for the team to move forward.

Judging from the team's performance last season, Guardiola's team has remained stable. In La Liga throughout the season, they only lost one game under Atletico Madrid's nerve knife, double-killing Real Madrid, and the entire season. They were always in the lead.

Before the start of the season, the team did not buy people, but first cleaned up some unnecessary players in the team, among which the Swedish Ibrahimovic was the first to bear the brunt.

After some twists and turns, Milan and Barcelona announced the transfer of Ibrahimovic at the same time, and the Swede was interviewed by the media. At this time, his conflict with Guardiola has been fully disclosed When he left Barcelona, ​​he once again expressed his dissatisfaction with Guardiola, blaming the indifference of the Barcelona coach for all the reasons for his transfer.

"I was in Barcelona as if I had never been there. Every time I passed Guardiola's room, he would leave on purpose. I don't know what happened. Maybe he was afraid to see me. Now, I am satisfied because after all I'm going to move to Milan. I want to start a new journey. If you want to know the problem, you'd better ask Guardiola. Anyway, I don't know anything. The problem is that the coach doesn't want me anymore. I don't want to be with him. He doesn't want to waste time, so transfer is the best solution. In short, Guardiola broke my dream of playing for Barcelona. For a while, I was listless. Now it's fine. What I have to do is to get back the spirit that I lost in the past."

Until now, Ibrahimovic has still not been integrated into Barcelona's football system, ironically, as early as last year when the Swede's debut ceremony attracted a record 50,000 people to the Nou Camp Stadium, like Sacchi. Such a football legend and Cruyff, the godfather of Barcelona, ​​once predicted that the Swede is not suitable for Barcelona's style of play.

Ibrahimovic's performance in the following season also confirmed the predictions of Cruyff and others: no matter how famous the Swede is and how highly regarded by many professionals, he has never been able to continue Barcelona's football style.

Like Eto'o, the biggest "enemy" Ibrahimovic faces is actually Messi. After Messi played the shadow center position, his performance and goals have been greatly improved. Not only did No. 1 player not benefit from it, but his performance was sluggish.

In stark contrast to this, Messi, who has shifted his position to the middle, has become more and more skilled in cooperating with Xavi, Iniesta and others. Other players from Barcelona's youth training camp have also quickly integrated into Barcelona's technical and tactical system.

Only the "individualistic" player Ibrahimovic feels lonely, and it is difficult to find his own position in a team that pays attention to teamwork like Barcelona.

Before leaving, in addition to complaining to the media about the unfair treatment he encountered in Barcelona, ​​Ibrahimovic also kindly reminded Degan: "I know, people all over the world think that Degan and I are enemies. , Well! In fact, I think so too, but before leaving, I still want to give advice to this opponent, his journey in Barcelona will not be smooth, and I hope he can be mentally prepared for this, no matter what he does How famous is he, in Barcelona, ​​he will always be Messi's helper, not the protagonist!"

People don't know what purpose Ibrahimovic said these words for. What people know is that the Swedes are finally out of the sea of ​​suffering.

After the Swede left, another player left Camp Nou soon. Manchester City officially announced that Barcelona midfielder Yaya Toure had officially joined, and the two sides signed a five-year contract.

Yaya Toure is also the fourth important player signed by Manchester City this summer after German international Jerome Boateng, Spanish international David Silva and Belgian international Kompany. According to media reports, Yaya Toure's transfer fee will be as high as 28 million pounds.

As Yaya Toure's elder brother Kolo Toure is the captain of Manchester City, the Ivorian brothers will form a brotherhood in the Premier League. Just a few days after welcoming David Silva, Manchester City welcomes another top player.

"We have introduced another great player. I am very happy that Yaya can join. He is a good player." Mancini said happily, "Everyone knows that Yaya is the player we have been looking forward to, and we welcome him. Coming to City, he has been playing at a high level for a club and I believe his experience and quality will be important to us."

Compared with Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Yaya Toure, the former superstar Henry left quietly. Just like Pele, Beckham and others, Henry has become another player in his career. At the end of his career, the football superstar who set foot on American soil, his arrival, in addition to his own huge economic benefits, the major leagues also need this star to promote the American football market again.

After confirming his joining, the Frenchman said in an interview with reporters that this is his last contract as a player: "I am very happy to be here, everyone knows that I love this city, I came here to win Winning, that's the most important thing."

In fact, it is no secret that Henry came to the United States to play football. He himself expressed this idea very early on. In the past season, he was not happy in Barcelona. The training farce, to a certain extent, strengthened his determination to land in the United States.

Henry will not be alone when he goes to the United States. This time he joined Red Bull with his teammate Marquez in Barcelona. The Mexican ended his seven-year career in Barcelona. He is also the eighth most played in the history of Barcelona. foreign aid.

During the seven years he played for Barcelona, ​​Marquez played a total of 242 official games on behalf of the Red and Blues, scored 13 goals and gained many honors. Moreover, he is one of the few foreign players in the Barcelona team who has experienced the Dream 2 and Dream 3 teams. When Ronaldinho and Eto'o were purged successively, Marquez was still in the two dream teams found its place in.

Previously, the news about Marquez joining the New York Red Bulls has basically been confirmed, but now, the Mexican star who joined Barcelona from Monaco has completed the signing.

After selling several players, Barcelona still maintained a relatively stable lineup. At the same time, Barcelona also introduced several powerful stars, the biggest of which is undoubtedly Degan, although Barcelona has to pay 1700 after tax for Degan. An annual salary of 10,000 euros, but you must know that Degan joined for free, and it is definitely a good deal to use the remaining transfer fees to pay Degan's new year.

In addition, after the end of the World Cup, the farce of Fabregas transfer that has been raging has been basically finalized, and even Wenger has introduced Fabregas' substitute Arteta. In the end, Wenger's tough attitude and Arsenal Fortunately, at the tactical level, Barcelona's need for Fabregas is not urgent.

The introduction of Cesc Fabregas failed, and Barcelona turned to focus on Mascherano. After Benitez left for Liverpool, the last barrier for Mascherano to leave was gone. They had always wanted to follow Beitez. Nites went to Inter Milan's brother Ma, who showed his favor to Barcelona after Inter Milan did not make a clear statement.

Shortly after Degan joined Barcelona, ​​the official website of the Barcelona club officially announced that the club has reached an agreement with the Liverpool club on the transfer of Mascherano. At the same time, Liverpool's official TV station has also confirmed that the transfer has been completed.

After losing Yaya Toure, Barcelona finally bought the captain of the Argentine national team, and Ma's strength is not inferior to that of Yaya Toure. As for the player himself, as we all know, Mascherano had been willing to switch to Barcelona two years ago, and now he has finally left the British Isles, which made his family uncomfortable, and joined a team that is more competitive than Liverpool. The top club, this ending will naturally make Mascherano very happy.

With the completion of this transfer, I have to say here that, compared to Inter Milan, which is a bit procrastinated in handling matters, Barcelona's actions in the matter of buying Makoto are much more beautiful. After Scherano decided not to renew his contract with Liverpool, Barcelona immediately sent a strong buying signal with the help of the media.

And Liverpool, knowing that they could not keep Makoto, and Inter Milan did not bid for a long time, sent an invitation to Barcelona. A day later, the Barcelona delegation arrived in Liverpool, and finally all parties reached an agreement in this meeting.

In addition to Degan and Mascherano, Barcelona also completed a repair to the team's defense, introducing Sevilla's Brazilian player Adriano, the 25-year-old Brazilian has played six games for Sevilla. In the season, he is a versatile player who can play two full-back positions, and can also be mentioned as a midfielder to play a full-back. He has even proved his value in the middle. He has an excellent overall view and strong assist ability. The main force to come, has won many honors.

After completing the work of slimming down and recruiting, Barcelona immediately entered the preparation stage for the new season. The new season, whether it is for Guardiola or for the new chairman Russell, will face a great test. A European Champions Cup!

Especially the new chairman Russell, in the first season of his term of office, basically only success is allowed and no failure is allowed. Russell deprived Cruyff of the title of honorary chairman just the second day after he took office as chairman. After that, Guardiola, Cruyff's chief pro-in-law, has been resisting Rosell's buyer in the transfer market to show his position. Even when he signed Digan, Guardiola was quite critical. , Messi will always be the core of the team, and the arrival of Digan will completely overthrow his plan.

Facts have proved that Russell cannot rule out dissidents and can only surrender. The frank and sensitive godfather rejected Russell's apology. What will happen to Russell's political performance and the future of La Masia?

Everything can only be confirmed after the start of the new season!

Russell's pressure can't be considered unfilial. Former chairman Laporta brought Barcelona four league titles during his tenure. Although he failed to achieve a breakthrough in the European arena, such achievements are still enough to make the new chairman Russell times. feeling stressed.

As soon as Russell took office, he exposed his predecessor's economic and financial problems, while Guardiola only renewed his contract for one year, and Zubizarreta replaced Begiristain as the new technical director.

The high-level election changes, whether the relationship between the head coach and the new chairman is harmonious, and the depth of Barcelona's lineup is weak, all of which make the situation of the defending league champions in the new season unclear.

In terms of signings, apart from Degan, Mascherano and Adriano, the substitute strength in other positions of the first team has not been sufficiently supplemented, especially in the position of the left winger, which is in urgent need of strengthening. Na did not make corresponding signings.

Central defender replacement is still an old problem for Barcelona. Pique and the one-year-old Puyol are the main central defenders. The glass man Gabriel Milito is the backup central defender. Guardiola wants to put Abidal Transformed into a central defender, but when he played as a central defender in the World Cup, it was a cup. If a substitute central defender with certain strength is not introduced, once they are injured, Barcelona will still be more stretched to deal with multi-line battles of.

In the new season, young guards such as Serge Gomez, Munessa or Fontas promoted by Barcelona from the second team still appear to be inexperienced or weak in body, and still need time to hone their talents.

As for the substitute of the defensive midfielder, Barcelona's midfield strength has not been strengthened after the introduction of Mascherano. The departure of Yaya Toure has not guaranteed the strength of the midfielder in this position.

Although Busquets, as the main force, followed Barcelona to win the league championship, and as the main force helped Spain reach the semi-finals of the World Cup, his mistakes in key games are a headache and still need to be tempered.

The left winger is currently the biggest problem for Barcelona. Henry left the team due to poor form. The former trident no longer exists. Pedro can still play this position. Of course Digan can also be pulled to the left, and Iniesta can also Guest appearances, but none of them are authentic left wingers, which will have an impact on the scoring effect.

In the center position, Ibrahimovic's poor form last season made him a hot potato. The summer transfer was dealt with at the beginning of Milan. However, after the introduction of Digan, all problems can be easily solved, but Digan Gan's substitute?

In Fiorentina, Cavinaghi could serve as a substitute for Degan, but in Barcelona, ​​there was only a young Bojan left behind Degan.

There is another hidden problem for Barcelona in the new season, and that is fatigue.

Both Degan and Messi played a lot of games last season and participated in the World Cup. After only a month's rest, they have to start preparing for the new season. Their bodies are too tired. In addition, Harvey, the midfielder's brain, was basically full attendance and didn't get a good rest. Iniesta is also prone to injury, which is also a bad potential factor for Barcelona in the new season.

The last problem is that the coach Guardiola, who only renewed his contract for one year, except for the excessive use of Messi and Harvey, his on-the-spot command is too conservative and lacks flexibility. Basically, he changes every 70 or 80 minutes. , The second player was replaced at the end of the game in 80 minutes. This result led to the fatigue of the main players and the carelessness when leading.

When encountering an opponent like Mourinho, if you don't put in some effort to improve your coaching ability, it won't work just relying on your laurels, relying on discipline, unity and calls to rely on the performance of the players.

Facing the pursuit of Real Madrid's comeback in the league, and wanting to enter the knockout rounds in the Champions League to make a difference, for Barcelona, ​​which has a weak lineup in the new season, the road will be tortuous and not very optimistic.

However, Barcelona in the new season also has something exciting for fans. In addition to the introduction of Digan and Mascherano, the fans will also see many new faces from the youth team in the new season. It is my family.

As a symbolic fruit of Barcelona's success in recent years, the La Masia youth training camp continues to provide a steady stream of new forces for the Barcelona first team, but to truly become masters like Messi, Xavi and Iniesta, not only It requires talent and hard work, as well as timing and patience, waiting to be honed.

Dos Santos and Azurin are good seedlings, but they lack the opportunity and lack of patience. If Barcelona does not continue to sign in the new season to strengthen the team, the conservative and stubborn Guardiola may have no choice but to give Some opportunities for young players to play.

Thiago Alcantara, Jonathan dos Santos, Jeffren, these players who played last season will get more training in the new season. Both Thiago and Dos Santos Jr. are players with delicate footwork, solid passing skills, a certain overall situation and organizational skills. Once Xavi or Iniesta is injured, they may get a chance to play. Jeffron can play both left and right wingers, but with Messi and Pedro, he doesn't have many chances to play. The situation of Bo Yang is more troublesome, and may encounter a bottleneck.

I got some chances to play in the second half of the league last season, but that was because of Ibrahimovic's poor state.

In the new season, with the arrival of Degan, he will undoubtedly occupy the main center position. Judging from Degan's attendance efficiency in Florence, Bojan's chances of playing will be greatly reduced. Going to the side is not what he is good at. He should be a spiritual shooter with a strong sense of scoring. Inzaghi is his best learning model, and the center is the position he should play.

However, Guardiola has always been very reluctant to see Bojan. If he does not get a chance to play in the new season, Bojan is likely to be loaned out during the winter break and play more games. This age group has appeared before. Many outstanding seedlings were abandoned because they didn't get enough chances to play, but once Bo Yang left, Degan's replacement became the biggest problem.

In terms of team tactics, for Barcelona, ​​which has more than 20 years of tactical evolution, the new season will not change too much tactical thinking.

In the case of determining that the team is based on short passes on the ground, the team has strengthened the outflanking of the center and the evolution of regional cooperation. In the new season, the front line of the team is against Deegan, the giant. The team has appropriately increased the high ball from the side to the center. Although there is only Deegan as an offensive point in the center, Harvey is placed behind him. , Iniesta, Messi and other outflanking points, while ensuring the team's possession of the ball, scoring in the back row can also become Barcelona's main offensive method.

Strengthening the team's mutual transposition and cooperation among the three offensive lines is also the top priority. In Harvey and Iniesta continue to play the dual-core midfielder, and then use Messi's breakthrough to pull the opponent's defense. Guardiola has been using this trick to deal with strong enemies before, and the effect is still good.

After the arrival of Degan, this tactical play will be more effective. Three players who can play well on the wing, no matter who is involved in the wing, or runs, will be the best for Barcelona's offense. One plus.

Some people have doubted whether Degan can be integrated into Barcelona's tactical system before. In this regard, I believe people will soon see what the result is.

Both Fiorentina and the Belgian national team have also played pass-and-control tactics. Degan is still the core of the tactics. Now in Barcelona, ​​although their kk has more precise requirements for pass and control, I believe that Degan can't be difficult.

After possessing two world-class stars, Degan and Messi, Barcelona's goal this season has become very clear, which is to win the championship of all competitions, the Spanish Super Cup, La Liga, King's Cup and UEFA Champions League. , This is what Rosell's predecessor, Laporta, failed to achieve. If this feat can be accomplished during Rosell's tenure, it will undoubtedly make Rosell the most successful player in Barcelona's history. great chairman.

However, at the same time, Barcelona will also face many challenges. In the La Liga field alone, although Barcelona and Real Madrid still dominate the league, Valencia, Seville, Villarreal, etc. The strength of the team should not be underestimated, as well as the re-emerging Atletico Madrid, Athletic Bilbao and Mallorca who are playing the role of spoilers. The new season of La Liga will undoubtedly become more exciting.