Chapter 412

In the afternoon, Porto players went to Rome Olympic stadium to adapt to the venue. After half an hour of relaxed training, Ferreira took the players to visit the Colosseum in ancient Rome, and then returned to the Napoleonic hotel where they stayed for a meeting.

Before the meeting, Ferreira gave the players two highlights, one was Barcelona's 6-2 away sweep of Real Madrid, the other was Barcelona's 4-0 home massacre of Bayern.

The video of these two games and the players of Porto have watched it many times, but the day before the game, Ferreira played it again.

"Maybe you are tired of watching it, but I have to play it again. The reason why I play these two games repeatedly is to tell you what kind of opponent we will face tomorrow.

To be fair, are we better than Real Madrid and Bayern? Everyone knows that these two opponents are stronger than us. They have lost so badly against Barcelona. If we attack with Barcelona, will we lose double-digit goals?

So since reaching the final, I have been reminding you that we can only honestly and intensively defend, steal one when we have a chance, and drag it to a big fight if we don't have a chance. We should never attempt to attack.

Our only chance is that Barca's left back Alves, centre back Marquez and right back Abidal are all suspended because of injuries. The main defender is only the former Manchester United backup guard pique.

Against Arsenal, the reason why we can eliminate them is that we have grasped the short board of Arsenal left back Gibson and made a breakthrough from one point. It is estimated that Barca will let 35 year old silvinho play left back and Puyol play right back this time. We have to launch a counterattack from the left this time and fight to the left every time. If we can blow up this side, we will have a chance to win the championship

He told the players about the whole body tactics. Ferreira also gave instructions to the 11 starting players on how to mark the opposite players, how to run, how to press, and how to destroy Barcelona's Mercury like short pass penetration.

In the end, Ferreira called Gao Xiaodong, Alves and Falcao to one side and opened a small kitchen for his own central axis. In Ferreira's tactical design, these three people are the most important. Is Porto hopeful? Alves's defense, Gao Xiaodong's attack defense conversion and one foot pass are the most important. Falcao's shot is the most important.

"Barca's individual breakthrough ability is stronger in the middle and front court. We can't prevent them one-on-one. We can only compress their space and cooperate in defense. We don't hesitate to foul, and we can't let them break through at will. Alves, your task is the most important. In this game, you should shout more and call on your teammates to cooperate in defense."

"Xiaodong, Falcao and Barcelona have a strong ability to control the ball. The ball control rate can often reach 60% or 70%. In other words, in a 90 minute game, we certainly have few chances to get the ball right. I hope you can play efficiently and cherish every chance to get the ball."

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Veneto Hotel

Italy's four-star hotel is located in the center of Rome.

There are many famous tourist attractions around this 19th century old building, among which the most famous are Spanish Steps and wishing fountain. It's only a few minutes' journey from the Veneto hotel.

Barcelona, the Spanish giants, stayed here after arriving in Rome.

When Ferreira gave the players a meeting, Barcelona coach Guardiola had just led the players back from making a wish.

According to local people, any tourist who comes to Rome only needs to drop three coins into the wishing pool and make three wishes. After the coins fall into the pool, these three wishes will come true.

Guardiola's team has won the league and the king's Cup before, and is now one Champions League trophy away from the treble.

A bit superstitious Guardiola not only lived next to the fountain, but also took the players to make a wish, hoping that the team would realize their final dream and lift the Holy Grail of the Champions League.

After coming back, after dinner, Guardiola also held a tactical meeting for Barcelona players.

Before the meeting, tactical analyst Carlos pranjott showed Barcelona players a 10 minute video of Porto's attack and defense in the last 12 games.

Usually the opponent Barcelona will only analyze 5 to 6 games, and the Champions League final such an important game, Barcelona analyzed the opponent Porto 12 games before the video.

Carlos said: "from the game video, Porto will definitely adopt defensive counter attack tactics. Intensive defense and fierce press are inevitable. This is what Porto uses to deal with Arsenal who are similar to our technical style. Gao Xiaodong is the core figure of this team. His technique is general, but he is very comprehensive. He has strong body, abundant physical ability, amazing long-range shooting ability and excellent performance There is a good long pass, they are the key people we need to mark, locking up Gao Xiaodong, basically locking up Porto's attack

After Carlos finished, Guardiola said: "coach Carlos has just said what he thinks of this game. Let me emphasize a few points:

first, Porto will definitely fight back by defense. Everyone can guess this. But how to implement this strategy, I think we should consider it more carefully, such as the first leg between Porto and Manchester United In that game, Porto was mainly defensive and counter attack, but they made a strong attack at the beginning, scored a goal, and then defended. We must take this into consideration.Second, as for Gao Xiaodong, he is the most comprehensive player I have ever seen. He will perform well in almost any position. It will be difficult to mark him and destroy our formation. So what is the best way for us? Pedro, tell me about it

Pedro is just a substitute, was named by the coach, some fear, said: "regional defense, or regional man to man defense."

Guardiola smile, said: "wrong, we want to control the ball at their feet, do not give him the chance to pick up the ball to break through.". Remember where our advantages are. We should not compete with them in terms of body, we should compete with them in terms of technology. "

Guardiola continued: "it is true that Gao Xiaodong is the core of Porto, but we should not think that Porto is Gao Xiaodong's team. In fact, Porto has many attack points. Falcao, Hulk, Rodriguez and melales are all good attackers. If we ignore them, we will be punished."

"Our full back Abidal and Alves are both injured. The opponent will definitely attack our two wings. It is very likely that the strong Brazilian Hulk will play in the right half. We must pay attention to the defense of silvinho."

"In the end, it's not the skill and physical fitness that decide the outcome, but the mentality and will. We can't take the odds into consideration, and we can't despise our opponents. Porto are two Champions League winners. They beat Manchester United and Arsenal to the final. We don't have any reason to despise them. We have to go all out and strive to become the first Spanish team to win the treble