Cruyff was sitting in the stands at White Hart Lane Stadium, while Bach, who claimed to be the spokesperson of Cruyff, sat next to him.

The two sat among hundreds of Barcelona fans who followed the team to the away game, watching the game in a daze, watching Tottenham score one goal after another, and watching Barcelona players like lambs waiting to be slaughtered, with no ability to fight back. In the second half, they completely lost their fighting spirit and confidence.

"This is such a bizarre game," Bach said with a bitter smile when he heard Cruyff sigh.

Barcelona fans, who had shouted loudly before the game started, and swore to compete with more than 30,000 Tottenham Hotspur fans away, were only active for more than a minute. Since Tottenham Hotspur scored, they have never shouted out again because they found that Barcelona did nothing.

"Maybe, someone will suspect that this is a fake ball early tomorrow morning," Bach continued with a wry smile.

"Is it a fake ball?" Cruyff shook his head, and he looked depressed, unable to laugh, and couldn't even smile bitterly. "To be honest, Bach, I would rather he really have a fake ball, because at least this will prove that we are not a complete failure."

Of course, Bachi knew that this was not a fake ball. He was just surprised, why did Barcelona lose so badly in this game?

You know, a year ago, Barcelona swept Europa and won the Champions League. In the past two or three seasons, Barcelona has always been the strongest and most successful team in Europe, but now everything seems to have changed.

"I still remember that a year ago, they were all saying that only time could beat Barcelona, ​​but just one year later, Tottenham Hotspur beat Barcelona on the court, but it seemed to be completely effortless, and I couldn't understand." Bach kept shook his head vigorously, and he also had feelings for this Barcelona team.

Cruyff sighed deeply, and he didn't know how many times he sighed in the past hour, "This is a dead end, Bach, it turns out that we not only walked into a dead end, but we made unforgivable mistakes."

"I don't understand." Bach still shook his head. He found that he could do nothing except shake his head when facing such a thing.

Cruyff looked at Bach and thought to himself that if it were Guardiola, I believe that once he said it, the other party would understand that this is why Guardiola can become an excellent head coach, and Bach can only act as his own melody.

"Those who think that only time can beat us are because they know Barcelona very well. The success of our team is based on our unique philosophy and also on a group of outstanding youth players, such as Xavi, Iniesta, Busquets, Fabregas and Pique."

Bach was clear about this, so he nodded.

"This group of players is full of loyalty and affection for the team. They will not switch to other teams, which ensures that Barcelona's combat effectiveness will last for a long time. But it is precisely because of the existence of these people and the team's own unique ball-handling philosophy that the team has entered a misunderstanding, that is, to create a set of tactical systems that are most suitable for the team's concept."

"The result of this is that it is difficult for foreign players to adapt to Barcelona's tactical system. Our signings are based more on the team's own youth training, so a very strange scene appeared. Our starting lineup is full of local youth training | Our local youth training | We have become difficult for us to accommodate and accept fresh blood from outside."

When Baqi heard this, he was very surprised, "But we achieved success in the past. We have won the Champions League. What's the problem? Do you want to say that this is wrong?" This is the first time Bqi has raised doubts about Cruyff's words.

But Cruyff was not dissatisfied because Bach would ask this, proving that he was a normal person.

So, he nodded, "Yes, our success is precisely because of these. We introduced Van Persie to further strengthen the team's concept and system, but this brought us into a dead end, making us become self-confidence, and making our characteristics very single."

"I don't understand." Bach was still shaking his head.

Cruyff shook his head and sighed again, "How many options do you think we have if we want to bring in some players?"

When Bachi heard this, he immediately understood, yes, when Barcelona wanted to try to introduce some players in the past few years, the analysis reports given by the technical department pointed to the same trend without exception, that is, to further consolidate the team's ball control.

The simplest example is that everyone knows that Barcelona's central defender lacks height and defense lacks height. However, when introducing players, the team never considers some central defenders who are similar to Kompany, Vidic, and Terry, who have excellent commanding abilities but cannot adapt to Barcelona's backcourt ball control system.

Why would you rather use Mascherano to retreat to the central defender than to introduce a central defender with excellent defense?

The reason is very simple, I am worried that I can't adapt to the team's tactical system

Also, in the center position, everyone knows that Van Persie is not as a tactical fulcrum, and his ability to break densely and have high balls are not strong, but why not introduce powerful centers such as Ibrahimovic, Lorent, and Drogba? The reason is also very simple. It is still the same sentence, and it is impossible to adapt to the team's tactical system.

Do you think this is a good thing or a bad thing?

"Bach, you must know that everything in this world is not static. It is evolving in a dynamic parabolic way. If there is a climax, there must be a trough, and if there is a trough, there must be a climax. He has a development pattern, so is football, and so is a team."

"I am beginning to understand a problem. Ye Qiu has been selling people all the time in the past few years. He has many purposes. On the one hand, he wants to cash out, cash out when the player is at its highest value in exchange for the team's operating funds. On the other hand, it is to maintain the freshness of the team and the continuous progress of the team, but more importantly, he must ensure the team's risk resistance."

"You mean, avoid falling into this singular dead end of our Barcelona?"

Cruyff expressed his recognition and affirmation of Bach's words for the first time, "That's right"

Speaking of this, he sighed again, because he found that he understood a little too late.

"I was not surprised when he sold Yaya Toure, but I was puzzled by the fact that from a tactical point of view, Ramsey and Vidal would not reach the heights of Fabregas and David Silva for at least one or two years, and their characteristics are very different from those of these two players."

"Also, on the front line, Van Persie, Cavani and Falcao, three different types of centers and midfielders, from Mascherano to Yaya Toure to Pirlo today, there are also three completely different types. He has been changing and adjusting, but he has not changed aimlessly or adjusted without planning."

"Either move the forward, the backcourt, or the midfield, he will not move multiple key positions at the same time, because this can ensure that the team's overall strength does not decline rapidly. Ye Qiu's vision of the players is indeed very sharp, and Tottenham Hotspur's overall strength has always been at a very high level."

Speaking of this, Cruyff was a little ashamed because he discovered it too late. "We are now facing a very serious problem. Harvey and Puyol are both old and their mentality will be relaxed as soon as they grow old. Especially for players like them who have proved themselves and won countless honors, their fighting spirit is obviously not as good as they were back then. Who can take over their position?"

"In two or three years, it would be best if the problems of Xavi and Puyol can be solved well, but then Iniesta, Pique and others will grow old and new problems will come again. And if Xavi and Puyol's successor problem is not solved, all the problems will come together, and the whole Barcelona will collapse completely."

Cruyff's words may be a bit exaggerated, but it is not necessary to collapse completely, but it is possible to be defeated and replaced by his opponent, and it is very possible, because the current football tactics are changing every year.

"Does we have no other way?" Bach found it puzzled.

Cruyff shook his head and smiled. This was his first time since he was just now. He smiled bitterly, "Yes, but no one has the courage to make such a choice. That is to break the existing Barcelona interests pattern, break the team's existing tactical system, introduce fresh blood, use other types of players and tactical ideas to improve and perfect our current tactical concepts, and carry out a fusion to evolve a new set of tactical ideas.

When he said this, Cruyff smiled again, "I still remember that my teacher once said that the success of a set of tactics can only last for one season at most. As it turns out, he is right."

In fact, what Cruyff said is the same as what Ye Qiu said before about Eliza or Moon.

Perhaps anyone with a little vision can easily know the importance of self-attack and clearly realize the disadvantages of the team, but the root of the problem is whether you have the courage and determination to attack yourself?

Take Barcelona as an example. Their current problem is not difficult to solve, that is, reorganizing the current team's tactical style and introducing more types of players, such as introducing a central defender who can adapt to Barcelona's tactical style and excellent commanding ability. Ye Qiu tried to introduce Ziglinsky in his previous life, but the reform failed after a season.

Also, introduce fresh blood from the midfield and try more different types of play to make the team more diversified.

But in this way, the interests of many players in the locker room will inevitably be affected. For example, introducing a midfielder will inevitably reduce the playing time of the current three youth training players, Xavi, Iniesta and Busquets, and a large part of Barcelona's salary is linked to playing time. How to solve this aspect?

Also, introduce some other types of players and adjust some other styles of the team, such as reducing ball control, reducing cross-passes and back-passes, etc., but this will inevitably bring the pain of reform, affecting the team's performance, and may even lose stars. How to solve this problem?

You should know that Barcelona is a member-based club. Once the results are not ideal, once someone takes the lead in opposing it and the members decide to launch an impeachment, the chairman will have to bear huge pressure. Therefore, no chairman can accept such pressure and pain. Therefore, they all hope that the team can continue to fight smoothly.

Many people say that Barcelona is getting slower and slower, which is reflected in their pace of possession. It is not difficult to see from this that players are getting lazy because they are unwilling to take risks and then endure the risk of losing the ball after losing the ball. They must devote themselves to crazy pressing, and they want to win the game in the easiest way.

In other words, Barcelona is already in a dilemma, whether from the perspective of management or from the perspective of players.

Unless Barcelona can choose a chairman who can give the head coach trust and support and is willing to bear the risks brought by this reform, the so-called risk at this time is far higher than the risks during Guardiola's replacement of Rijcalde, and the risks at that time are more continuation and improvement, but this time, there will be drastic reforms to affect the interests and cheese of many people.

Is there no other way?

Bach's problems surged into Cruyff's heart, but he soon realized that at least he, the current management and coaching staff, had no way to do it. All he could do was to try to continue Barcelona's current successful system, take one step at a time, and take it slowly.

If Barcelona's owner is Ye Qiu, similar reforms would be too easy, but unfortunately, Barcelona's decision-making level was chosen by fans and members, and they were like a democratic government and had to fight for the votes.

But there is a question, that is, how long will Barcelona's success last?

You should know that if you are in the wrong direction, no matter how hard you work or excel, it will be difficult to succeed. In a sentence on the Chinese Internet, Mercedes-Benz on the muddy road will never run through Xiali on the highway.

No one knew that in the stands of the White Hart Lane Stadium, Cruyff and Bach would have such a deep understanding of this game. Perhaps Guardiola on the sidelines was also having helplessness similar to Cruyff, or perhaps he was not as profound as his mentor, but he felt helpless and frustrated now.

After conceding two goals in the 16th minute of the first half, Barcelona stabilized the situation slightly, but was still firmly curbed by Tottenham Hotspur. His advantage could not be achieved at all. However, the home team frequently used Ye Qiu's targeted tactics to threaten Barcelona's goal again and again.

Then in the 36th minute, Thiago Silva headed the ball to Tottenham Hotspur's third goal, which almost sentenced Barcelona to death.

But this is not the most surprising thing. What really surprised everyone was that Tottenham Hotspur scored nine shots and five shots in the first half. Barcelona only had two pitiful shots in the number of shots, and neither shot directly, which looked more like telling everyone that we had tried to shoot.

Tottenham Hotspur won a maximum of seven corner kicks, and Barcelona once, one after that, Tottenham Hotspur also converted a corner kick into a goal.

It can be said that in addition to the ball possession rate, Tottenham Hotspur beat Barcelona

In the second half, Barcelona completely lost their fighting spirit and will. Although the players tried their best to maintain the team's possession time on the court, they did not invest much in the offense because they had to accept the fact that once they pressed forward, Tottenham Hotspur's counterattack would attack behind them.

The long passes of Pirlo, Thiago Silva and Kompani are threatening their backs again and again, putting Barcelona players under tremendous pressure, but Guardiola is also hesitant in the two contradictions behind the attack and defense.

He knew very well that only by pressing the attack could there be a possibility of scoring a goal, but after pressing the attack, he would be exposed behind him. Tottenham Hotspur has enough ability and strength to play behind him, but if he didn't press the attack, he would say whether the defense could defend, but the attack would be greatly weakened, so he was also in a difficult situation.

Even in such a dilemma, it was impossible for him to give him too much time to think and analyze. In the end, Barcelona remained the same in the second half, just trying to make a snatch after the start of the second half, but the offensive lasted only five minutes, and then Tottenham Hotspur once again forced Barcelona to retreat.

In the second half, Tottenham Hotspur also defeated Barcelona 0 at home in the 61st and 68th minutes respectively. Messi's goal was still a corner kick taken by Pirlo, Kompany headed the ball, Messi scored a goal in front of the goal, and a free kick was won.

With five goals, three sports battles, two set pieces, Tottenham Hotspur's offensive methods are very rich, and four players scored. In addition, the will and fighting spirit of Barcelona players were completely destroyed, this battle was a great victory.

Ye Qiu was very confident that his team could win before the game, but he did not expect that the team could win with such a big score, which would almost be a decisive battle. So he was also very excited when the whistle sounded at the end of the game. He walked into the stadium and hugged all the Tottenham Hotspur players and substitutes on the bench.
Chapter completed!