Seven Crowns

Barcelona is definitely a rival.

Last season without Lu Wenbin, although Inter Milan eliminated Barcelona in two rounds and advanced to the final, when Barcelona played away in the first round, they were affected by volcanic ash over Europe.

Because they couldn't take a plane, Barcelona took a long-distance bus to Italy to play an away game. The journey was tiring, and they simply lost 0-2 and lost the opportunity.

Returning to the Nou Camp in the second round, they were directly defended by Mourinho's bus and iron barrels. They only won 1-0 and lost to Inter Milan with a total score of 1-2 in the two rounds.

Speaking of which, last season, Inter Milan defeated Barcelona 2-1 in two rounds to advance to the final, which has a lot of luck.

This season, Inter Milan has introduced Lu Wenbin, and it has indeed shown a great increase in strength. The three fronts go hand in hand, and there are signs of an impact on the Triple Crown.

However, considering that many of Inter Milan's main players such as Lucio and Zanetti are one year older and their physical functions have declined, the increase in strength brought by Lu Wenbin is actually not that scary.

The fact that Lu Wenbin lost several matches in the league is proof.

As for Barcelona, ​​under the careful training of Guardiola for several years, the team's Tiki-Taka pass control technology has reached its peak.

Most of the time, Barcelona had more than twice as much possession as their opponents.

When Barcelona have the ball, their superb passing skills make it difficult for the opponent to grab the ball.

When the opponent has the ball, Barcelona will also press the whole court to force the opponent to make mistakes and lose the ball, instead of shrinking in the backcourt and passively waiting for the opponent to attack.

Like Inter Milan, Barcelona is currently 8 points ahead of second-placed Real Madrid in the La Liga standings.

With a few games left in the league, the 8-point lead is quite large, and Barcelona, ​​like Inter Milan, can focus all their energy on the Champions League semi-finals.

On April 25th, Barcelona arrived in Milan two days ahead of schedule to start pre-match preparations.

This year, Barcelona did not encounter volcanic ash, nor was it exhausted from the long-distance bus journey, and it was well prepared for the rest.

Therefore, when the pre-match press conference was held on April 26, Barcelona coach Guardiola, Puyol, Villa and other players expressed full confidence,

Claiming that Barcelona will definitely eliminate Inter Milan this year and avenge last season.

Meeting in the semi-finals of the Champions League for two consecutive seasons, this provides Barcelona with an excellent opportunity for revenge!

Inter Milan, who are playing at home, will naturally not show weakness, not to mention the head coach is still a madman Mourinho!

Mourinho claims Inter Milan will beat Barcelona again to keep them out of the final!

Moreover, he will lead Inter Milan to step on Barcelona's corpse to win the championship, and even win the Triple Crown!

There are too many grievances between Mourinho and Barcelona!

From Chelsea to Inter Milan, Mourinho and Barcelona have become endless feuds!

Of course, these are just rumors before the game, just lace news used by the media to attract readers!

Who really wins and who loses, and who can advance to the finals, can only be known by comparison.

Moreover, if one game is not enough, we will not know until the end of both games.

In the first leg of another semi-final on the first day, Manchester United beat Schalke 04 2-0 away, not only achieving a 2-0 lead on aggregate, but also scoring two away goals.

It can be said that there is no suspense about the winner of the other semi-final. Manchester United must advance to the final. It is very unlikely that Schalke 04 can go to the away game to make a comeback in the case of 0-2 at home.

This is also in line with the impression given to people by the strength and fame of both parties.

Now it depends on Inter Milan and Barcelona, ​​who can beat their opponents to advance to the final and compete with Manchester United for the highest honor of the Champions League this season.

On April 27th, at 20:45 in the evening, the Meazza Stadium, which can accommodate 80,000 people, was full of seats.

With the whistle of the referee, the first round of the 2010/2011 UEFA Champions League semi-final match between Inter Milan and Barcelona officially began at San Siro.

It was Barcelona who kicked off first.

Originally, what everyone hoped to see was a duel between two top giants in the world, a collision between Lu Wenbin and Messi, two golden ball players.

Unexpectedly, Barcelona kept passing back after kick-off, and after Lu Wenbin and Eto'o rushed up to grab the ball, they passed forward again.

However, after passing to the midfielder, he was not in a hurry to attack, and passed back again when encountering a little interception or obstruction.

When there is no chance to pass forward, two defenders can even pass several kicks back and forth, or a defender and goalkeeper Valdez can pass several kicks back and forth.

Barcelona's pass-and-control football has the characteristics of controlling the ball in the backcourt. Only when it feels that the opponent has a flaw and the offensive opportunity is good, will it suddenly pass forward and penetrate the opponent's defense.

However, in today's Barcelona, ​​it doesn't feel like they are holding the ball in the backcourt, but they are using the backcourt to delay time.

Without full confidence, their ball didn't even pass halftime.

Tens of thousands of Inter Milan fans booed everywhere, but Barcelona still went its own way without any wavering.

Although Lu Wenbin is fast, he is not a master of defensive steals.

With the entire Barcelona team's pass control skills very good, although Lu Wenbin and Eto'o kept running back and forth to grab the ball, they were constantly teased by Barcelona's backcourt players in a monkey-like way, making the stands More than 10,000 away Barcelona fans laughed everywhere.

Lu Wenbin, the world's number one, was teased by Barcelona like a monkey, which made Barcelona fans feel very good, as if they had won the game.

When Lu Wenbin couldn't hold back and called Sneijder and others to go forward to grab the ball together, Barcelona would take advantage of the gap left by Sneijder and others to attack forward, but when they encountered obstacles, they immediately passed back. .

After 10 minutes, Lu Wenbin has not even touched the ball once.

After 20 minutes, Barcelona's possession rate was as high as 78%, the pass success rate reached 95%, and Inter Milan did not even have a shot inside the goal frame.

Mourinho was already standing on the sidelines, his face gloomy.

He saw that what Guardiola, Puyol and others said in the pre-match press conference to revenge were smoke bombs.

Facing Inter Milan with Lu Wenbin, the so-called skilled Barcelona did not start a confrontation with Inter Milan, but used their superb pass and control skills to defend the ball, raising the ball possession rate to a terrifying level, trying to Drag an away draw, and then return to the Nou Camp at home for a showdown.

The general defense is passive. Even the more successful teams like AC Milan and Roma still cannot completely defend against Lu Wenbin. It is inevitable that Lu Wenbin will get the ball to break through or create a free kick.

Therefore, now Barcelona use their pass control technology advantage to change the general team's defense method when facing Inter Milan. They are not using the ball to attack, but to use the ball to defend.