Meeting rooms at the hotel in Monaco, Barcelona.

All the players who entered the roster sat upright in their seats, with an extremely solemn expression.

Tonight is the first tough battle of the new season, Inter Milan.

The Nerazzurri was the strongest team in Serie A last season, and everyone knows that Serie A is best at restraining La Liga.

But what really makes people worry is Inter Milan's head coach Gao Han.

What tactics will he use in the game?

This has also become something that Rijkaard has been worried about in the past few days.

After former top assistant Tenkat chose to return to the Netherlands and became Ajax's head coach, Rijkald found that he had no one around him who could discuss the problem, which made him even more anxious.

Finally, he threw the problem to the players in front of him.

Goalkeeper Valdes, the defense lines are Sylvigno, Puyor, Toulam and Zambrota, and Mota dragged behind in the midfield, Xavi and Deco are ahead, while the Trident is still a combination of Ronaldinho, Etoo and Messi.

Among the eleven lineups, four of them came from Gao Han, and Tulam and Zambrota played against Inter Milan a lot during their time at Juventus, so they should be very familiar with Gao Han.

But as a result, the opinions were completely differentiated.

"The safest way for Serie A teams to play in La Liga is to defend and counterattack. Although Inter Milan is good at passing and controlling, compared to us, they can't grab the ball at all. So, I dare say that Gao Han will definitely give up the pass and control they are best at and instead use the defensive counterattack style."

"I agree with Xan Brota's judgment. As long as we control the ball and rhythm and cut off the connection between their frontcourt trident and the midfield, we can defeat Inter Milan."

Zambrota and Toulam agree very much, Inter Milan can defend but can only defend.

Serie A team plays as a La Liga team and does not defend, can it still want to play pass control?

Inter Milan's so-called pass control is powerful, that is, they play in Serie A. When they really go to La Liga or Latin-style leagues such as Portugal Super League, their pass control advantages are not obvious, or even no advantages.

But as soon as the two of them finished speaking, Etoo laughed.

"Please, you are talking about our boss... Uh, no, is it Gao Han I know?"

Etoo kept shook his head, "I don't deny your judgments. It's true that Serie A plays in La Liga and you have to fight back, but what I dare say is that Gao Han has never been a head coach for defensive counterattack. He will try his best to attack. Even if he really plays defensive counterattack, it must be an offensive version of defensive counterattack."

Everyone couldn't help but feel a little funny after hearing this.

Defensive counterattack is defensive counterattack, and there is also an offensive version?

"Gao Han has always been characterized by not playing according to common sense. The teams he trained can attack and retreat or defend, and it is difficult for us to guess his intentions." Ronaldinho also echoed Etoo's words.

When they were playing football under Gao Han's command before, they didn't feel that they really became opponents, but they found that it was really difficult to find out Gao Han's path, because he was always subverting others' impression of him again and again.

"What should I do?"

"Yes, do you want us to fight back against the defensively?"

"Stop teasing, okay? We are a La Liga team, and we are determined to play defensively and counterattack!"

There were many people who were dissatisfied with Ronaldinho and Etoo who were too arrogant and morale of Inter Milan to destroy their majesty in the conference room, and they all expressed different opinions.

Rijkald never let go after frowning, and he found that everyone had a big disagreement.

During these seven days, Barcelona had to play four games in total. The intensity was really amazing, so there was not enough time to prepare. Not to mention practicing skills and tactics, even if you discussed the game style, you would have no chance. You could only study it in your spare time on the morning of the game day, but the results were so different.

Just when Rijcard was in a dilemma, he noticed Messi and Deco, and they didn't say anything.

"Leo, Anderson, tell me your thoughts," Rijkald said.

Messi is a smart boy, but Deco is a very smart brain. Deco is a midfielder and his opinions are of great value.

"Uh...I think everyone makes sense." Messi replied shyly.

It’s not a good thing to be a young player who supports or opposes anyone.

Rijkaard had expected this, so he really cared about Deko.

This player has played football under Gao Han for many years and knows Gao Han better than anyone else.

Deco was not confused either. He was a Barcelona player, so he naturally had to give advice for the team and even tried every means to defeat Gao Han and Inter Milan.

"I don't know if you noticed it. There is a special thing in the summer warm-up match of Inter Milan this season."

"You mean..."

“Yaya Toure replaced Figo in many games and performed well.”

Rijkaard and many others nodded, which had been noticed long ago, and even the media had been reporting on it.

However, everyone's analysis felt that it was because of Figo's age and his participation in the World Cup in the summer.

"Yaya Toure and Figo are obviously two different styles. Figo and I are teammates in the national team. I know that his condition is indeed good, but at the end of the day, but Yaya Toure is different. Whether it is physical or technical characteristics, they are very alternative."

When Deko said this, he looked at everyone deeply, "What I want to say is that when Gao Han introduced Ibrahimovic at Chelsea, everyone did not believe him because the center forward's scoring ability was not outstanding, but his characteristics were very alternative. But as a result, it turned out that Gao Han not only worked hard, but also made Ibrahimovic one of the strongest centers."

"Yaya Toure is also very alternative, a bit like a strength-based defensive midfielder's style of playing. His physical fitness and running range are excellent, but his skills are very delicate, his dribbling ability is excellent, and his position is not to drag the back of the midfield, but to be in the central defense, or even..."

Rijcard understood a little, "What do you mean is, just like Ancelotti's pulling back when he kicked Pirlo, Gao Han wants to put Yaya Toure, who was supposed to kick the back midfielder?"

"It can be achieved with the entire lineup configuration of Inter Milan." Deco nodded, "Don't forget that he is Gao Han!"

The four major tough guy tactics are the term teased by Serie A media last season, meaning Inter Milan's trident plus a Yaya Toure are all real tough guys.

With the trident and Yaya Toure to suppress the opponent's midfield, Cambiaso and Peron are responsible for organizing and sorting the midfielders, Evra and Macon fly together. Inter Milan's play style is simple, straightforward and rough, but it is difficult to defend at all.

But the first thing Rijcard thought of was the defensive height of his team. In front of the four fierce men who were about 1.9 meters tall, Barcelona had no advantage in air control.

What's more, if a team like Barcelona is pressed by the opponent in the half, the outcome will be extremely tragic.

Thinking of this layer, Rijkald couldn't help but feel frustrated.

He seems to have many choices, but in fact, he has no choice.

The defending champion of the Champions League was actually forced into such a situation. It's really...

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"Welcome to the Louis II Stadium of Monaco, welcome."

"We are broadcasting live for you the 2006 European Super Cup, Inter Milan against Barcelona."

"The players of both teams have already lined up in their respective halfs and the game is about to begin."

Beep!

"Okay, with the referee's whistle, the game officially started."

"I'll briefly introduce the list of the two teams to you."

"Inter Milan, the goalkeeper is Cesar, the defense is Evra, Cannavaro, Vidic and Macon, the three midfielders are Yaya Toure, Cambiaso and Veron, the front trident has not been adjusted, and the combination of Cristiano Ronaldo, Ibrahimovic and Adriano."

"Let's introduce Barcelona again..."

"Oh, Inter Milan quickly made a snatch after the start of the game. Maicon dribbled the ball from the right and inserted it. The speed was very fast and very determined. He passed it to the middle. Adriano took the ball and shot directly!"

"Goalkeeper Valdes flew to save the ball."

"Just fifty-one seconds into the game, Inter Milan scored its first shot."

"We can see that the Nerazzurri seems not to be willing to do so. Although the ball has fallen at Barcelona's feet, they are still putting pressure forward."

"Okay, Inter Milan intercepted the ball again, but it was passed to the right and handed it to Macon."

"Go up along the side and cross it."

"Cristiano Ronaldo headed the ball afterwards!"

“Slightly higher.”

"In less than three minutes, Inter Milan has made two very threatening shots."

"Barcelona has to shrink its defense now, but Inter Milan still seems to be pushing forward."

"After the opening, the game pace went very fast, both teams fought fiercely, Barcelona was a little passive, made many mistakes in passing and receiving, and Inter Milan frequently got the opportunity to counterattack."

"Let's look at this time. Barcelona passed continuously, passing to Mota, stabilize the ball first, right, then pass."

"Harvey comes here to catch the ball..."

"Yaya Toure suddenly robbed, his feet were so long. He successfully intercepted the ball before Xavi. It was a good opportunity."

"Passed to the right, Bellon made a straight pass."

"Adriano broke into the penalty area, received the ball, and shot!"

"The ball is in!!!!!!"

"goallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!!!!!!"

"Oh my god, just over five minutes into the game, Inter Milan took the lead in breaking Barcelona's goal."

"Yaya Toure intercepted the ball, Peron made a straight pass, Adriano received the ball in the penalty area, pulled it to the left, drifted past Puyol, and shot directly. Goalkeeper Valdes was out of reach this time."

"We can see that the whole process from intercepting the ball to counterattacking was very simple. Even when Adriano took the ball and shot, Tulam suddenly thought of assisting in defense, but he could not stop the Brazilian player from shooting."

"It's about thirteen meters away from the goal. This is also Adriano's second shot in this game, and they all shot directly to the goal. It looks very hot."

The entire Louis II Stadium has completely become a sea of ​​celebration.

No one expected that Inter Milan would break Barcelona's goal in just five minutes into the game.

Is this the kind of strong conversation that people expected before the game?

Looking at the side of the court, Gao Han was making a move to continue pressing forward towards the players, and everyone had a vague premonition.
Chapter completed!