Chapter 720 A Contest Full of Dutch Football Shadows
Chapter 720 A Contest Full of Dutch Football Shadows
Cruyff, a Dutch football superstar, is not an exaggeration to call him No.1 in Dutch football. Since 1973, Cruyff has been inseparable from Barcelona. For more than 20 years, Cruyff has been influencing Barcelona.
Barcelona's first "dream team" was formed by Cruyff, and La Masia, the world's most famous youth training base, was formed by Cruyff, so Cruyff is also known as the godfather of Barcelona. Barcelona's football has a strong shadow of Dutch football.
Similarly, Manchester City's football also has a deep shadow of Dutch football. After all, Van Basten is an outstanding player in the Netherlands, and even like Cruyff, he also came from Ajax.
After Cruyff, the man who carried the Ajax banner was called Marco Van Basten, one of the greatest strikers in European and even Dutch football history.
Therefore, this game can be regarded as another kind of contest between Dutch football, the battle between Ajax's seniors, the senior Cruyff, the back Van Basten, the two most legendary superstars in Dutch football, and the totem figures of Dutch football.
Therefore, although the football of the two teams is similar, there are also big differences. Take ball control as an example. In fact, both teams are pursuing ball control, but what Barcelona is after is absolute control. Watching Barcelona's games, you can often see them controlling the ball back and forth in the midfield.
But if you watch Manchester City's game, this will not happen. Although Manchester City also controls the ball, Manchester City will turn the players under their feet into waves of attacks.
But the requirements for the midfielder are very high, which is why Van Basten cannot succeed in Ajax, because there is a lack of Li Feng in the middle, so Van Basten's tactics can lack anyone, but only Li Feng cannot be missing.
"Manchester City's strength is very strong. Marco has done very well this season. I am looking forward to the match between Barcelona and Manchester City. I also believe that Barcelona will not disappoint the fans who support it." Sure enough, the media of this kind of game will definitely not forget Cruyff.
"I won't be surprised whether Manchester City or Barcelona can enter the final, because the strength of the two teams is very close. Of course~~ If I really want to support that team, I will choose Manchester City." After Cruyff expressed his support for Barcelona, Van Gaal followed up to support Manchester City.
It has to be said that these two stood up and attracted a lot of firepower for Manchester City and Barcelona. After all, the grievances and resentments between the two have been entangled for decades.
Leaving aside, let’s just say that after Van Basten retired from the national team in 08, Van Gaal wanted to take charge of the Dutch national team, but Cruyff directly blocked him, which eventually led to Van Gaal’s defeat.
Of course~~~ This is also the case, only Van Gaal moved to the Bundesliga, thus discovering Li Feng, and the current situation, perhaps this is the so-called "one drink, one peck" in China.
For a while, the two clubs involved did not fight each other. Instead, it was the two Dutch celebrities who were torn apart first. However, Manchester City and Barcelona received the most attention on how the two torn up.
At 8:[-] p.m. England time, the Etihad Stadium was already overcrowded, and the players of the two teams had already finished warming up and returned to the locker room.
"Barcelona is strong? I don't deny this, and no one can deny it. They are currently the strongest team in Europe. I also admit this, but there is one thing I know, that is, we will definitely not be worse than Barcelona." In the locker room of the home team, Van Basten said, looking at his disciples.
"One more step~~~ We can enter the final, the European Champions Cup final, so there will not be too many opportunities, really, even if some of you are still very young, but this situation will really not be too many, because I have also come from the player era, and I know very well what kind of opportunity this is."
"The opportunity is in front of you now, and it's up to you next." After saying this, Van Basten didn't speak, and he didn't stay in the locker room. He took away the assistant coach Kidd and all the members of the coach.
For a while, the locker room became quiet again, and outside the locker room, assistant coach Kidd asked nervously: "Is there any problem with this?"
"Of course not~~~ I have confidence in them. Although this is the first time for many people to break into the semi-finals of the Champions League, I always believe that we have the strength to compete for the final honor." Van Basten said with a determined face.
"Guys~~~ Tell me, is the head outside the door preparing to eavesdrop on our speech?" In the locker room, Li Feng was the first to speak.
"How about~~~Let's make a bet, you open the door and take a look now." Aguero, who was sitting next to Li Feng, rolled his eyes and said.
"Cut~~~" Of course Li Feng would not be that stupid, "Actually~~~ I want to ask everyone, are you nervous?" Ignoring Aguero, Li Feng turned to look at the others and asked.
"I can understand that too. After all, you didn't make it to the semi-finals of the Champions League before. Don't worry, I can understand this. As someone who has made it to the finals, I won't make fun of you." But before his teammates answered, Li Feng said on his own.
"Hey~~~wind~~~ It's rare that you don't know, I'm a champion of the Champions League," Yaya Toure immediately stood up and said disdainfully.
"You are the main force of the team? If I remember correctly, at that time, you should only be regarded as a member of Barcelona's rotation," Li Feng said unceremoniously.
Money is only one of the reasons why Yaya Toure left Barcelona and came to Manchester City. After all, the player's career is very short, but the main reason is that he did not get enough attention and respect from the head coach in Barcelona.
"In the Champions League, I am the absolute main force," Yaya Toure argues.
"Stop~~~~ Let me ask you two, can you not talk about your glorious history, you have to know that the past is already in the past, now, we should focus on Barcelona instead of missing the past of the two of you," Kompany stood up and interrupted.
Then other people joined the condemnation team one after another. For a while, the tense atmosphere in the locker room was swept away. Fortunately, there were no outsiders at this time. If outsiders saw it, they would think that there was some internal strife between the Manchester City players due to excessive pressure.
In the end, it was assistant coach Kidd who came in to bring the condemnation to an end, because Kidd was here to inform the players to come on the court, so even if they didn't want to stop, they couldn't stop.
(End of this chapter)