It's cheating, but Hazard

Chapter 215 213 Breaking the Bus on the Bus (Daily Transition)

"Who on earth spread this matter?"

Russell sat in his office chair with an angry look on his face.

The secretary in front of him only felt a chill on his back.

"Mr. Chairman, you know me. I have never been like this. I am loyal to you."

The assistant on the other side also complained bitterly.

"Mr. Chairman, maybe our recruitment of supervisors has been exposed. After all, there are many eyes and the media are everywhere. Maybe they just made up a guess and happened to guess it right."

The secretary nodded repeatedly.

"That's right, just like the British media reported before that we would never buy Fabregas, but would use Bojan + 3000 million to exchange for Ribery."

Russell took a deep breath and stroked his forehead with his left hand.

"So what should I do now? You know, I haven't taken office yet."

The secretary and the assistant looked at each other.

The assistant quickly stepped forward and said, "Mr. Chairman, we can start by refuting the rumor."

Hearing this, Russell regained his confidence and asked, "What do you mean?"

The secretary quickly wrote a list of media outlets and said, "We can contact these media outlets first and ask them to interview you."

"The specific content of the interview is determined by us. They are our mouthpieces. They will not speak nonsense after receiving the money."

After that, the secretary handed the written list to Russell.

Seeing this, Russell finally nodded in satisfaction.

"Very good. Then write the interview materials and call the media over. I don't want to be opposed by the members before I even get on stage."

Not long after, the secretary handed the written lines to Russell, and at the same time, the assistant also invited the media reporters on the list.

With careful planning, a rumor-refuting interview officially began.

The reporter looked at the script written by Rosell's secretary and asked, "Mr. Rosell, is it true that Barcelona will sell Charles next season?"

Russell shook his head repeatedly and looked at the camera with anger.

"How is that possible? Ciel is the hero who helped us win the championship. We can't sell him no matter what."

"He is not for sale at Barcelona."

"Although I strongly disagree with Laporta's views, there is one sentence that I agree with very much."

"That is that Charles will become a legend at Barca."

"For Barcelona, ​​I am willing to give everything."

……

4 month 17 day.

At the Cornella Stadium, Espanyol faced Barcelona.

Mourinho and his assistants all sat quietly in front of the TV.

Soon, April 4th will be the day they face Barcelona at home.

Although many Catalan media believe that Barcelona will easily beat Espanyol with a score of 3:1, Mourinho does not think so.

"How is it, is the pre-match roster out?"

"It's out," the assistant coach immediately handed the list he had just copied to Mourinho.

“西班牙人(4-2-3-1)：1-卡梅尼/2-齐卡、16-帕雷哈、30-维克托·路易斯、35-迪达奇/37-巴埃纳、18-福林/8-何塞·卡列洪、11-贝尔杜、10-路易斯·加西亚/17-奥斯瓦尔多。”

“巴塞罗那(4-3-3)：1-巴尔德斯/2-阿尔维斯、3-皮克、18-加布里埃尔·米利托、5-普约尔/6-哈维、16-布斯克茨、24-亚亚·图雷/17-佩德罗、10-梅西、19-马克斯维尔。”

Mourinho stroked his chin.

"Neither Iniesta nor Charles played?"

The assistant coach nodded. "Yes, it should be a rotation. There is no news that they are injured. Jose, do you think Barcelona will win this game?"

Hearing this, Mourinho put down the long list in his hand.

"It's basically difficult. If only Iniesta was missing in this game, Barcelona should still have a chance, but without Charles it will be difficult."

The teaching assistant was a little confused.

"why?"

"When Charles is not there, Barcelona can hardly score more than two goals behind."

Mourinho turned down the volume on the TV.

"The Spaniards' high-level confrontation can disrupt Barcelona's rhythm. Pochettino's idea is to commit fouls + tough physical confrontation."

"Look here," Mourinho pointed to the TV, "destroying Barcelona's midfield organization through high confrontation and crazy pressing."

"Some teams are characterized by forwards, some by midfielders, but Barcelona's midfield is obviously more important. If we control Barcelona's midfield, it will be difficult for them to form an effective attack."

At the same time, on TV, only Zica of the Spaniard made a cross from the flank, and Jose Callejon received the ball and pushed it horizontally on the left side of the penalty area. Unfortunately, Osvaldo's left-foot shot from the right side of the penalty area was high.

It's Barcelona's goal kick, and the next step should be Barcelona's counterattack.

Sure enough, just one minute later, Osavaldo tackled Busquets from behind the midfield and directly resolved Barcelona's attack.

The assistant coach hesitated, "But Barcelona is more than just midfield."

Mourinho was not in a hurry to refute.

"In addition to restricting Barcelona's midfield, dense defense in the penalty area is also very important."

"Football is a game of space and time. You can trade space for time and time for space."

"The space in the front court is extremely compressed. Ibrahimovic and Barcelona are incompatible. If he doesn't play and Charles doesn't play, Barcelona's front line will have no height."

"Crossing from both wings? That's just for show."

The teaching assistant seemed to understand.

The game on the field continues, and Mourinho continues to explain his ideas.

"Look at how embarrassed Barcelona was when they faced Chelsea and Shakhtar Donetsk without Charles?"

"Give up most of the space and retreat to the half court to defend and counterattack."

Neither team on the field made any progress.

"Then we should..." The assistant coach didn't know how to express it for a moment, but Mourinho quickly understood what he meant.

"I can only hope that the Barcelona plane never lands in Milan or that Charles has not joined Barcelona a year ago."

Mourinho said helplessly.

Although the adjective "bus" was originally used by him to describe others.

But over the years, he has become the de facto representative of bus driving.

I know how to drive a bus, and I also know how to break a bus.

The bus is difficult to crack.

Set-pieces and center forwards are the two most powerful weapons for breaking the bus.

How could coaches like Mourinho who drive the bus not know this?

The team driving the bus will do everything possible to avoid creating set pieces for the opponent.

Then there is the center forward.

Putting aside other things, Ibrahimovic and Guardiola's team are simply incompatible.

But these are not the only two ways to break a bus.

With quick lateral maneuvers, the team that just started the bus will make a mistake, and then seize the opportunity to break the bus.

Whether it is lateral passing, shifting back and forth or dribbling inside, it is difficult for other teams to achieve this. But for a team with Charles and Yosi, Xavi and Iniesta at the same time, it is relatively simple.

Thinking of this, Mourinho threw the TV remote control directly to the assistant coach.

He now needs to make his bus run more smoothly and more coordinated, and not make mistakes easily.

"I'll go look at our plan again. If Ciel goes on stage, notify me."

The teaching assistant nodded, "Okay."

On the other side, Guardiola was watching the game with a sad face.

So far, Yosi has not made a single shot.

Without the support of Iniesta and Xavi, and with the Spaniard's defense, Yosi didn't perform at all in this game.

Thinking of this, Guariola took a look at Charles, who was watching the game quietly on the bench, and finally did not let him play.

Ciel is able to change the course of a game on his own, even without the support of strong teammates, like he did with Benedetto.

Although Guardiola still feels that Charlton has not returned to its peak so far, he feels that he still has a long time to coach Charlton in the future and there is no need to be so anxious.

Time passes quickly.

In the 40th minute, Xavi passed the ball in the middle and Maxwell made a powerful low shot, but it was saved by Kameni.

Just four minutes later, Jose Callejon passed the ball from the left side of the penalty area, and Verdu headed the ball in front of the goal.

Osvaldo, who was unguarded, shot directly with his right foot in the small penalty area.

"Snapped!"

After Valdes saved the ball, the Spaniard had no time to make a follow-up shot and the ball was blocked by the goal post.

12 minutes into the second half, Guardiola finally made a substitution, but Charles and Iniesta still did not play.

Henry and Keita replaced Gamilito and Yaya Toure, with Maxwell and Puyol switching to left back and left center back respectively.

But Barcelona, ​​with its midfield restricted, still had no solution.

In the 61st minute, Alves committed a tactical foul on Calleja in the midfield. Alves received two yellow cards and was sent off directly.

Guardiola was stretched to the limit and had to let Puyol play as a right back, with Busquets retreating to the back line to play as a central defender.

Barcelona then fell into a completely passive position.

It was not until the 85th minute that Xavi took a corner kick and Pique headed the ball from the center, but the ball was blocked by the defender.

After that, Barcelona never had any threatening attacks again.

Soon, the referee blew the whistle to end the game.

Barcelona drew 0:0 with Espanyol.

Mourinho's assistant was amazed when he saw this and immediately turned off the TV.

"Jose, the game is over. Barcelona really didn't win this game. They tied with Espanyol."

The assistant coach hurried to the office and found Mourinho.

"Really?" Mourinho looked at his watch. "That's good. I have made a new training plan. You will follow it tomorrow."

The assistant coach took the information handed over by Mourinho.

"José, do you have an idea?"

"Method?" Mourinho stood up. "My method is to do what we should do, without making mistakes or leaving loopholes."

……

After the game, Charles went home and started packing his luggage immediately.

We had originally planned to fly directly to Milan, but unfortunately, due to the volcanic ash, Milan Airport had to be closed until at least 8 a.m. on Sunday.

There was no other way, so Barcelona revised the plan again and decided to fly to the southern Italian city of Rome or the southern French city of Nice, and then take a bus to Milan.

The situation turned out to be worse than expected.

Volcanic ash spread to northern Spain.

All airports in Catalonia, a northern region of Spain, were closed, so Barcelona could not get on the plane.

In addition to airplanes, the first thing the logistics staff thought of was trains.

However, trains from Barcelona to Milan are not frequent.

There is only one flight each on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, and the Champions League matches start at 8:45 pm on Tuesday nights.

In desperation, Barcelona had no choice but to take a bus to Milan.

However, the road from Barcelona to Milan is extremely tortuous and is not a straight line at all.

The bus must go along the Mediterranean route from Marseille and Monaco to Geneva, Switzerland, and then head north to Milan. The entire journey is 985 kilometers and takes 13 hours.

It's definitely impossible to keep it open for such a long time.

The bus driver couldn't stand it, and neither could the players.

So the final decision was to take a night off today, then set off a day earlier and head to Cannes at 2:30 pm the next day.

Then rest for a night in Cannes and leave for Milan on Monday.

The next day, after the morning training, Charles and his teammates got on the bus together.

Some people listened to music or watched movies while watching, but more people were discussing tactical details.

Guardiola certainly didn't call Charles or Mourinho at three in the morning last night.

But that doesn't mean he isn't anxious.

"Charles, what do you think? Do you think Jose will choose the same tactics as the Spaniards?"

"It will basically be like this, and I think they have a very good understanding after training, and their defensive strength is stronger than that of the Spaniards."

When Charles heard this, he put down his headphones and sat next to Guardiola.

Guardiola didn't notice this at all and kept marking on the tactical board.

Vilanova shrugged helplessly.

"The forward retreats deep to disrupt the opponent's cross-pass, while retaining a certain counterattack capability..."

"Chain defense, the first chain is the midfielder, mainly responsible for stealing the ball, the second chain is the defender... compressing the movement..."

Guardiola was mumbling something to himself, and soon his tactical board was filled with drawings that Charles couldn't understand.

“Sometimes make the court smaller…how to turn its ineffective space into effective space?”

Charles understood this.

"We attack heavily on one wing, attract them to that side first, and then the winger or full-back on the other side will come in to open up the width."

Charles took the pen from Guardiola, "Then let Iniesta or Xavi pass the ball and mobilize their defense to move."

"If it doesn't work once, try transferring it a few more times."

Soon, Xavi and Iniesta also came over and started discussing how to break the bus.

"...If I dribble the ball inside and you guys cooperate with me like this..."

Xavi and Iniesta both nodded thoughtfully.

"Okay, then we can move like this..."

"Be careful about Mourinho luring the snake out of its hole. When they give us the ball, we have to be careful about luring us into attacking."

Listen to everyone, the previous plot will not be changed, and it really cannot be changed.

As for the rest, I will listen to everyone and downplay it, completely downplay it. As for the address, use Yosi instead when it is unavoidable.

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(End of this chapter)