Chapter 568: Barcelona Star

Bayern is the most professional football club that Su Dong has ever experienced.

This professionalism is reflected in all aspects, from the management to the coaching staff to the staff. Everyone is like a part of the German tank Bayern. When the tank charges in one direction, all the parts will operate efficiently.

After the afternoon training session, Su Dong went to the gym alone for extra training, accompanied by Marcelo, Toni Kroos and Pepe. When they came back after the extra training, he found Heynckes waiting for him in the locker room.

He wanted to talk to Su Dong alone.

When I arrived at Heynckes' office, his phone rang before I could even sit down. Not long after, Hoeness and Rummenigge also came over. They were meeting in the office of the administrative building next door to discuss the Champions League quarter-finals.

Hoeness had just flown back from UEFA's headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, and brought first-hand news.

The two giants, the head coach, and Su Dong sat together and talked about the Champions League quarterfinals.

The Bayern giants and the head coach have a deep understanding of Barcelona. Heynckes has mentioned more than once that he likes Barcelona's football very much because he has coached in Spain for many years.

As the most successful team in European football in the past few years, the Bayern giants have also studied Barcelona a lot. Hoeness and Rummenigge are naturally no strangers to it. They are familiar with Barcelona's style, but many things are not as thorough as Su Dong.

Because he personally led this Barcelona team from the moment of reorganization, step by step to the peak, and now he has witnessed its decline from the peak with his own eyes, Su Dong's understanding of Barcelona football is deeper than outsiders.

During the conversation, Su Dong mentioned the process by which Barcelona developed this style of football, the most important of which was the 5-0 victory over Real Madrid.

"In that game, the young Barcelona pressed the old Real Madrid like crazy throughout the entire court, leaving Real Madrid powerless to fight back. That was the first time we were so sure that we could play such wonderful offensive football."

Then, Su Dong mentioned Barcelona's defense again.

In his first season at Barcelona, ​​defense was a big problem, but the defensive level improved greatly in the second season, and the same is true this season. A very important reason is Puyol's mobility and tracking ability, as well as the joining of Marcos Senna.

"Facing Barcelona, ​​there are several things that must be done well, the first of which is the defensive order."

Su Dong believes that in today's world football, no one can play ball control better than Barcelona, ​​including Arsenal.

Bayern's ability to control the ball is not even as good as Arsenal's, let alone competing with Barcelona.

Since we can't snatch it away, we can only defend.

"Barcelona's ball control is like water. You never know where they will find a gap and penetrate into it. So what we can do is not to block it, but to build a dam directly and let Barcelona control the ball outside the dam. But in order to ensure that the dam is strong and cannot be penetrated by Barcelona's passing and control, we need a careful formation and strict order."

Not only Heynckes, but also Hoeness and Rummenigge were once top European stars. Having been engaged in football for many years, they immediately understood what Su Dong meant. The strict tactical order is the strong point of the German team.

"That's possible if we give up possession," Heynckes said.

But this is just the beginning.

Su Dong quickly put forward the second requirement, which was Barcelona's counterattack.

Barcelona's counter-attack has always been a very important means of their offense, and it has been like this since they defeated Real Madrid that year.

But as the form of players such as Ronaldinho and Deco declined, or as they became lazy, Barcelona's ability in this regard also declined significantly.

But once the strong dialogue comes, if Bayern is not well prepared in advance, it will be very difficult for Bayern to cope with Barcelona's active counter-attack in the game. This requires Bayern to familiarize and adapt to Barcelona's counter-attack as soon as possible and be able to transfer the ball quickly.

This is not an easy thing to do, but Bayern now has the technical ability to do so.

Not only the midfield, but also the defense line has very good ball-holding and passing abilities, which ensures that Bayern can indeed hold the ball during Barcelona's counterattack, provided that they can adapt to Barcelona's counterattack.

"Ronaldinho and Deco are not running and counter-attacking enough now. Eto'o and Henry are newcomers and have not yet integrated into Barcelona's tactical system. Messi is injured and absent. Barcelona has lost the player with the strongest one-on-one ability in the frontcourt. This is simply an opportunity arranged by God for us."

Messi's absence will be a huge blow to Barcelona's offense.

After listening to Su Dong's analysis, Heynckes immediately began to think about what kind of targeted training the team should arrange next. It would be best to directly divide the players into groups for confrontation during training so that they can become familiar with Barcelona's counter-attack.

Su Dong believes that if the first two points are achieved, Bayern will basically be able to maintain its position under Barcelona's passing and controlling system, and what needs to be done next is to focus on the details in a targeted manner and completely restrict Barcelona.

"Xavi must be controlled, he is the brain of Barcelona. Whether his partner is Deco or Iniesta, as long as we restrict Xavi, Barcelona's midfield threat will be reduced by more than half."

"I also noticed that recently, my friend Marcos Senna has lost his starting position. Barcelona arranged for Yaya Toure to start, but the Ivorian's positional sense is far from that of Marcos Senna. Yaya Toure does not look like a proper deep-lying midfielder and is too sticky to the ball."

“Also, the two main central defenders, Puyol and Gabriel Milito, are too short.”

For the last point, Su Dong obviously said it based on his own advantages, which made Heinke, Hoeness and the others couldn't help but smile. But he was not wrong at all. Barcelona's central defenders are very good at holding and passing the ball, but they are short and lack the strength to confront.

This is a common phenomenon for the entire Barcelona team, and it is also the reason why Barcelona has more than 60 corner kicks but only scores one. To put it bluntly, the players cannot compete for the opportunity.

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Su Dong put forward a lot of suggestions, which Heynckes recorded one by one.

What Su Dong said is very valuable, because he has a deep understanding of Barcelona football. He himself is the kind of person who likes to think, so his understanding is naturally deeper.

Heynckes and the Bayern giants even felt that Su Dong was almost becoming a Barcelona star.

Of course, this is no secret.

There aren’t really that many secrets when it comes to tactics, and they change in every game. Tactics will be adjusted slightly based on the opponent, and sometimes even completely change their style.

Therefore, Su Dong's revelation of these things is considered normal in European football. Every player basically does the same thing when he encounters his old club after a transfer. If this involves leaks, then leaks happen almost every day in European football.

Heynckes attached great importance to what Su Dong provided. He discussed some of the issues with Hoeness and Rummenigge on the spot, and Su Dong could occasionally give some opinions.

Other more specific executions and targeted training arrangements will still require internal meetings among the coaching staff for communication.

This is just the preparation. If we really want to beat Barcelona in the game, we need to do more, especially the players' on-the-spot performance and tactical execution, as well as a little luck on the court.

Although it is hard to accept, all fans cannot deny that football is actually a sport that relies heavily on luck. Especially in such a strong dialogue, a goal conceded due to an accidental mistake at the beginning of the game may completely overturn the outcome of the game.

Whether you are a coach or a player, all you can do is try your best and leave the rest to fate.

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On March 15th, in the 24th round of the Bundesliga, Bayern will challenge Cottbus away.

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The game ended in a 2-2 draw, with Su Dong scoring two goals, but Cottbus also seized on Bayern's mistakes and scored two goals in a row.

Although it was a draw, it did not affect Bayern's championship at all.

More importantly, Bayern used Cottbus to test some of the team's tactics in this game.

This is also a continuation of targeted training.

After the draw against Barcelona, ​​Bayern's most important game is the Champions League quarter-finals. As for the Bundesliga and German Cup games, Bayern are basically sure to win.

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Three days later, in the German Cup semi-final, Bayern hosted Wolfsburg at home.

After the two sides fought for 90 minutes, Su Dong made an assist and a goal, helping Bayern beat Wolfsburg 2-0 and successfully advance to the German Cup final.

In another match, Dortmund defeated Jena 3-0 and met Bayern in the final.

This traditional German powerhouse's performance plummeted after experiencing a financial crisis at the beginning of the century. It ranks 13th in the Bundesliga this season and it seems unlikely to pose a threat to Bayern.

But this is a German Cup final after all!

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This weekend, in the 25th round of the Bundesliga, Bayern will host Leverkusen at home.

Su Dong scored two goals for Bayern in the first half, and Robben scored another goal in the second half.

In the end, Bayern won 3-0 against Leverkusen at home and won three points again.

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A week later, in the 26th round of the Bundesliga, Bayern challenged Nuremberg away.

As the team will travel to Camp Nou to challenge Barcelona in the middle of the week, Heynckes kept most of the main players, including Su Dong, out of the game and played against them in the away game with almost all substitutes.

As a result, Bayern was at a disadvantage on the away field and drew 1-1 with Nuremberg.

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Like Bayern, Barcelona is also conserving its energy, giving up the league and fully preparing for the Champions League.

Rijkaard's team has basically no chance of reversing Real Madrid in the league, so Barcelona has put all its energy into the Champions League.

From the draw for the Champions League quarter-finals to the match, La Liga has played four rounds, and Barcelona's record is one win, one draw and two losses. No matter how you look at it, it is not the result that a championship team should have, and Real Madrid has directly widened the score gap.

But it also made Rijkaard's team more focused.

Barcelona is far behind Real Madrid in La Liga and was eliminated by Valencia in the King's Cup. The only league Barcelona has a chance to compete for is the Champions League.

The first leg of the home game against Bayern is something Barcelona cannot afford to lose.

Even Mundo Deportivo believes that this is not only about Barcelona's future in the Champions League, but also about Rijkaard's position as coach and the future of many Barcelona stars!

(End of this chapter)