Football: After listening to the advice, I became the strongest free man! - Chapter 394

c394 The world of difference between the Champions League and the league!

Except for a few who think that the Champions League is just a water championship that comes from marketing, most fans know that the most influential, highest overall level and most generous prize money club competition in the world football today is the Champions League.

And as the questioner listed, in this most important club competition, in the knockout stage where the strong dialogue is life and death, Ronaldo not only overwhelmed Messi in data, but his team also achieved an unprecedented three consecutive championships since the reform of the Champions League in the past three years. Before that, no team even defended the title.

So no matter what the real level of the two is, Ronaldo, who has overwhelmed Messi in all aspects from personal data to team performance, is felt to be stronger than Messi, which is not surprising.

————But the question is, why Barcelona is not good in the Champions League. In fact, I am afraid that it is still a question that cannot be explained.

From their puzzling weakness in the knockout stage in the past three years (to be precise, since winning the championship in 2015), including Messi himself.

In the 2016 round of 16 away game against Barcelona’s favorite Arsenal, after Messi scored twice, from the 2016 quarter-finals against Atletico Madrid to the last time Messi played away for Barcelona in the Champions League knockout match in 2021 (excluding the 2:8 Bayern), Messi played a total of 10 away games, 2 goals and 0 assists.

One goal was a gift from the defender to Chelsea in 2018, and one was a consolation goal when the score was 1:5 behind against Paris Saint-Germain in 2021.

At the same time, in these 10 games, Barcelona had a total of 1 win, 3 draws and 6 losses, scored 4 goals, but lost 19 goals. In addition to Messi’s two goals, the 4 goals scored also included an own goal from the opponent.

But facing the same group of opponents at Camp Nou, they played an impressive record of 8 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, scoring 30 goals and conceding only 9 goals. Messi scored a total of 11 goals and 3 assists. Away games must be more difficult than home games.

But Barcelona’s home and away performance in the Champions League has been so contrasting over the years. It’s really hard to explain.

You said some opponents are unfamiliar?

But Atletico Madrid, who eliminated them in 2016, is an old opponent that is familiar to everyone.

Paris and Juventus also played against each other in the 2015 season. You said the opponent’s style is restrained?

But Atletico Madrid in 2016, Juventus in 2017, Roma in 2018, and Liverpool in 2019 have very different styles.

You said it has something to do with whether it plays home or away first?

But the losses to Roma and Liverpool were all reversed after a big win at home, and the losses to Juventus and Paris were also a disastrous away defeat.

You said there is a problem with the coach?

But Enrique and Valverde have completely different styles.

You said the players are inexperienced?

But Barcelona has so many veterans who have been through many battles. And looking at the leagues from 2016 to 2018, their away record is very good, and the gap with the home game is not obvious.

The last common explanation is that Barcelona is not good at playing strong games.

But in fact, in the past three years, Barcelona has been overwhelming against Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, which have given other European giants a headache, with a total of 7 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss in the league, scoring 23 goals and conceding 12 goals. Other explanations, such as thin lineups and player changes, are also difficult to explain why both Barcelona and Messi played such a strong contrast against the same opponent in just two weeks, and this difference has only been shown in the Champions League for many years.

Except for a few who think that the Champions League is just a water championship that comes from marketing, most fans know that the most influential, highest overall level, and most generous club competition in the world of football today is the Champions League.

And as the title states, in this most important club competition, in the knockout stage where the strong dialogue is a matter of life and death, Ronaldo not only overwhelmed Messi with data, but his team also achieved an unprecedented three consecutive championships since the reform of the Champions League in the past three years. Before that, no team even defended the title.

So no matter what the real level of the two is, Ronaldo, who has completely overwhelmed Messi from personal data to team performance, is felt to be stronger than Messi, which is not surprising.

————But the question is why Barcelona is not good in the Champions League. In fact, I am afraid that it is still an unclear question.

From their inexplicable weakness in the knockout stage in the past three years (to be precise, since winning the championship in 2015), including Messi himself.

In the 2016 round of 16 away against Barcelona’s favorite Arsenal, after Messi scored twice, from the 2016 quarterfinals against Atletico Madrid to the last time Messi played away in the Champions League knockout stage for Barcelona in 2021 (excluding the 2:8 Bayern), Messi played a total of 10 away games, 2 goals and 0 assists, one goal was a gift from the defender against Chelsea in 2018, and one goal was a consolation goal when the score was 1:5 behind against Paris Saint-Germain in 2021.

At the same time, in these 10 games, Barcelona had a total of 1 win, 3 draws and 6 losses, scored 4 goals, but conceded 19 goals. The 4 goals scored included two by Messi and an own goal by the opponent.

But facing the same group of opponents at Camp Nou, they played an impressive record of 8 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, scoring 30 goals and conceding only 9 goals. Messi scored a total of 11 goals and 3 assists.

It is definitely more difficult to play away games than at home.

But Barcelona’s performance in the Champions League has been so different in recent years.

It is really hard to explain.

You say some opponents are unfamiliar?

But Atletico Madrid, which eliminated them in 2016, is an old opponent that is familiar to them.

Paris and Juventus also played against each other in the 2015 season.

You say the opponent’s style is restrained?

But Atletico Madrid in 2016, Juventus in 2017, Roma in 2018, Liverpool in 2019, the styles are very different.

Do you think it has something to do with playing at home or away first?

But the losses to Roma and Liverpool were all reversed after a big home win, and the losses to Juventus and Paris were also a result of a disastrous away defeat.

Do you say there is a problem with the coach?

But Enrique and Valverde have completely different styles.

You say the players are inexperienced?

But Barcelona has so many veterans who have been through many battles.

And from the 16-18 leagues, their away record is very good, and the gap with the home game is not obvious.

The last common explanation is that Barcelona is not good at playing strong games.

But in fact, in the past three years, Barcelona has been overwhelming against Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, which have caused headaches for other European giants, with a total of 7 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss in the league, scoring 23 goals and conceding 12 goals.

Some other explanations, such as thin lineups and player changes, are also difficult to explain why, in just two weeks, against the same opponent, both Barcelona and Messi played such a strong contrast in the game, and for many consecutive years, this difference was only shown in the Champions League.

Barcelona was indeed very competitive in those years. Whether it was Enrique’s MSN era or Valverde’s Barcelona era, they were very impactful and stable in the league.

The main reasons why Messi’s data in the Champions League knockout rounds in those years were inferior to Ronaldo were:

1. Barcelona often lost big because of small. Barcelona achieved five championships in 2015 under the leadership of Enrique and MSN, and achieved six championships in 2009 under the leadership of Guardiola.

Perhaps it was the glorious history of Barcelona that made the team have a “Grand Slam complex” from top to bottom, resulting in every season, every Barcelona coach trying his best to win the Grand Slam.

The spirit of competing for every bid is certainly valuable, but the reality is that you can’t have both.

Especially in those years, Barcelona was full of a large number of successful veterans. Can their body and mind ensure that the team is still hungry in the sprint stage of the season?

Obviously not.

We are all mortals and cannot violate objective laws.

The key moments of the league, the King’s Cup, and the Champions League are often concentrated in the sprint stage of the season from February to April, and Barcelona’s mentality of winning every game has caused the slightly useless King’s Cup to take up their precious energy.

But you can’t guarantee that the team will be hungry for victory every season like 08-09 and 14-15, and the players are young and full of motivation to prove themselves.

So in those years, when Barcelona reached the knockout stage where the bayonets were bloody, the exhausted team and Messi often began to lose their way and became the background board of teams such as Roma, Liverpool, and Bayern.

On the other hand, Zidane’s Real Madrid will not be obsessed with the King’s Cup, and sometimes even the league will be given up.

Real Madrid only won one league championship during the three consecutive championships, and Zidane has not touched the King’s Cup trophy so far.

But WHO cares?

2. Barcelona is too “cowardly” from coaches to senior management. In fact, with Barcelona’s lineup thickness and overall strength, as long as the rotation is in place, both Barcelona and Messi can guarantee the best state in the Champions League knockout stage.

But neither Enrique nor Valverde have the courage and ability to rotate several big players in Barcelona.

Yes, even Enrique, who has always been a man of courage, can’t do it.

Enrique can go to the European Cup without a Real Madrid player, not even the old captain Ramos.

But in Barcelona, ​​he can only compromise in the “war” with Messi when he first came.

Not to mention changing Messi, even Messi’s off-field henchman Suarez can’t be changed.

Valverde tried to change Suarez several times under the instigation of public opinion, but Suarez turned his face again and again.

It is normal for players to want to play and be dissatisfied with being replaced, but there are several main players in the Barcelona team who are very close to each other. The conflict between the head coach and someone can easily escalate to the conflict of the entire team. Barcelona does not have the decisive Florentino, but only a loose and muddy Bartomeu.

If the top management cannot give the head coach a certain authority to manage the locker room, who can give the head coach the courage to rotate the star whose fame and prestige are far greater than his own?

Fish Leong?

On the other hand, Florentino trusted his people and gave Zidane full rights.

In addition, Zidane’s star aura successfully “suppressed” a group of forces such as Bale and J. Luo who were dissatisfied with their playing time, and also persuaded Ronaldo to accept the reality of his increasing age and save his precious energy for the knockout stage.

3. Messi’s own problems In those years, Messi’s playing style changed with his age and changes in team personnel.

After Xavi left, Messi preferred to retreat to the midfield to receive the ball, and then use his breakthrough and passing ability to organize.

Such a way of playing away from the opponent’s goal will inevitably lead to a decrease in data such as goals, and will also lead to an increase in exercise.

On the contrary, Ronaldo in the late Real Madrid period kicked closer and closer to the goal, saving his precious physical energy for the last shot.

This gap is also reflected in the data provided by the questioner.

This kind of play may be able to cut melons and vegetables in La Liga against teams like Levante, but in the knockout stage of the Champions League, when there is no rotation and the team is exhausted, it is still responsible for organizing and finishing alone, which will inevitably cause problems.

In fact, at Messi’s age, playing football needs to be like Ronaldo in the later period of Real Madrid, and learn to do subtraction. Often reducing unnecessary losses and using precious energy at critical moments will help yourself and the team.

But Messi is a lively player, and he likes to play with the ball at his feet. In the past, Xavi’s presence would occupy Messi’s possession of the ball. After all, Xavi is the brain that determines where the ball goes.

Now that Xavi is gone, Messi naturally prefers to have the ball at his feet and play freely. Unfortunately, there is still the second problem. Barcelona in those years had very limited restraint on the stars.

First of all, the first question is that the league and the Champions League are different. What is more important in the league is the ability to abuse food, while in the Champions League, what is important is the ability to fight tough battles. After all, Real Madrid won against Barcelona and lost to Valladolid and Granada, but even though Barcelona lost It was given to Real Madrid but they won the games of Valladolid and Granada.

Barcelona has three points more than Real Madrid, but in the Champions League, if you lose any round in the knockout round, you will go home directly. You have to admit that Real Madrid’s ability to fight tough battles is indeed stronger than Barcelona. Although Real Madrid is not an invincible team.

But losing means losing, and Barcelona was reversed by Atletico Madrid, Roma, and Liverpool in turn, and then failed to reverse in a single game. This proves that Barcelona, ​​a team, has problems in the strong dialogue. And I can say , is a mental problem,

The second question is, Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi. Messi’s ability to pass five people in a row is better than Cristiano Ronaldo. There is no doubt that Cristiano Ronaldo is indeed better than Messi in terms of running positions, receiving passes, finding gaps, and shooting.

But you know, in the history of the Champions League, there have been few goals involving three, four, and five players, and that was the only one time that the goal reached Boateng (let me say here, Boateng is indeed an excellent central defender. It’s because he judged Messi’s movements and his body didn’t keep up.) But there are too many pass-cut-shot goals in the Champions League.

For example, in a certain game on August 15, 2020, a certain team scored 8 goals. Only one of them was a goal by a full-back to show off his skills and break the opponent’s defense. The remaining 7 goals were basically passing, running, and shooting. Goal or cross, grab the point, score the goal. So, run to grab the point and shoot.

A stronger Ronaldo is definitely the better one in the Champions League.

It’s just that Ronaldo scored three or five goals, and Messi didn’t score three or five goals in a row. The only meaning is to win.

Finally, let me say one thing: At least when Zidane was leading the team, one change Ronaldo made was to accept substitutes.

For example, if you play against Valladolid tomorrow and you are one of the two prides, don’t go. After all, if you go 5:1 and you can’t go 3:1, your teammates can also bring victory. Next week, when we play Atletico Madrid, you go all out. Win and then you have another bye next weekend against Granada.

Ronaldo’s choice is, yes, to accept the substitute.

Therefore, although the league data is average, the Champions League is killing everyone. After all, Real Madrid does not have Ronaldo, so there is no problem in winning against a mid-to-lower team.

But if Cristiano Ronaldo in another dimension is told by the head coach, as one of the two favorites, you will take a rest against Granada on the weekend. You will go all out against Liverpool in the Champions League in midweek, and then you will take a rest against Valladolid next weekend. The proud one said, no.

I’m going to put numbers on Granada and Valladolid.

As a result, they scored five goals against Granada and Valladolid, winning 5:1 and 6:0 respectively. They went to Anfield in midweek and suffered a 4:0 loss.

This is good for personal data, but not good for the Champions League.

So Ronaldo did not become Ronaldo in the parallel world but Ronaldo in the real world.

Why is Ronaldo better than Messi in the Champions League knockout rounds?

It’s simple, because Ronaldo’s scoring ability is better than Messi’s, to be precise, especially when playing against strong teams.

The first thing to say is that the closer you are to the opponent’s goal, the closer you are to scoring a goal.

Believe it or not, a person with average athletic ability who can’t play football is placed in front of the opponent’s goal and fixed in the small penalty area.

When a teammate attacks and causes chaos to the opponent, he may be kicked in by chance, or a crowd of people in the penalty area may overturn the ball and land in front of him facing an empty goal.

Although the probability is very low, there is always a chance of scoring a goal after playing 100 or 1,000 games. But if you put this person at the back or in the midfield and prevent him from entering the penalty area, then I dare say that he will not be able to score a goal in 10,000 games.

The second point is that the larger the space, the easier it is to score goals.

Kongmen>single sword>semi-single sword>long shot.

Therefore, the best chance to score is to face an empty goal on the goal line and hit the ball in.

Referring to the match between the Iranian National Youth Team and the Chinese National Youth Team, the opponent stopped the ball on the Chinese goal line and even had time to call on his teammates to come forward and celebrate.

Therefore, it is understandable to fail to score a single goal on the court, and it is forgivable to fail to score a penalty kick, but failing to score an empty goal is simply a lifelong stain.

Torres can prove it.

If you have the best chance to score, the most difficult thing is definitely the super long shot.

For example, Beckham, Cristiano Ronaldo, Schick-. Once you enter, there will be a super world wave, an existence that can compete with Puska Titus.

Okay, here are the necessary instructions.

Now let’s talk about why Ronaldo scores more goals than May, especially in the Champions League.

In a word, just because Luo can often find space to shoot from the place closest to the goal.

In the strong dialogue in the Champions League knockout rounds, the transition between offense and defense is the best chance to score goals. Real Madrid is unique in the world in terms of counterattacks, so Luo can get a lot of close-range single-shot opportunities against the goalkeeper.

The second is Luo’s off-the-ball movement 9, his sense of touch in front of the goal, his pace adjustment before catching the ball, his ability to stop the ball and shoot.

The ancient masters have not seen it and will not comment. I have been watching football for more than 20 years and Luo is the best in this regard. This is the most underrated aspect of Luo.

Many people say that Ronaldo’s goal has no technical content, but they don’t know that this is the most valuable part of Ronaldo.

You know, a goal that passes 5 people can only shock the world, if there is no second goal of God’s hand.

Argentina will not win the game.

No matter how high the ball possession rate is and how delicate the cooperation is, it is better to have a direct header or a shot to win.

Finally, Ronaldo’s physical fitness supports his sprinting ability, running without the ball°, and all the foundations of his ability to grab points are reflected in his decades of professionalism.

With physical support, Ronaldo can run faster and jump higher than others.

He can sprint and counterattack repeatedly, grab points one step ahead, quickly pass the defender to connect and shoot, score a goal that De Gea can lose, and hook that Buffon° can watch.

Not to mention the killer header.

Only by ensuring these three points can Ronaldo’s high goals be guaranteed.

In a strong dialogue, the opponent has to attack. The more you attack, the happier Ronaldo is. This means a lot of counterattack scoring opportunities.