Everything has gains and losses.

Lin Sen's strategy of grabbing one and abandoning one allowed Malaga to enter the finals of the Copa del Rey smoothly. However, the desperate bets in the middle of the week also brought Lin Sen a cliché issue, that is, physical fitness.

The good news is that it is not just Malaga who has physical problems, but Barcelona, ​​the next round opponent, is also trapped by the same problem.

Last week, Barcelona swept 5-2 at home in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals and tied his Ligue 1-1 overlord Lyon in the first leg, thus advancing to the Champions League quarter-finals with a total score of 6-3. This week, Barcelona beat Valencia 2-0 in the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey with a total score of 4-1, and met Malaga in the Copa del Rey final.

Malaga has to play three games in two weeks, while Barcelona has to play four games in two weeks. For both sides, the only good thing is that after the next league game, La Liga will usher in a ten-day offseason due to the international match day, which allows both coaches on both sides to be free of energy in this game at least in theory. As for the subsequent international matches, if there is a little unscrupulous statement, what the national team loves, of course, Barcelona, ​​with superstars gathered, will naturally be affected more.

On March 22, Malaga faced the leader Barcelona at home.

The first leg of the two teams this season, when Malaga was the first in the league and Barcelona was the third in the league. This time, the positions on both sides were undoubtedly changed, and Malaga even had to be far behind and reached the fourth position. Because Linson chose the Copa del Rey, this led to Sevilla, who was previously pressed under his butt, finally surpassing Malaga after the last round of the game. In theory, the third or fourth in the league are both qualifying for the Champions League. The difference is that the fourth one needs to play the Champions League qualifying match, and the third one can directly advance to the Champions League group stage. However, for Linson, it is obviously too early to decide whether to decide whether the third or fourth in the league is now. Of course, this is not the confidence of Linson to give up the previous round of the league.

Lin Sen's greatest confidence is that Villarreal, currently ranked fifth, has been left behind by as many as seven points by Malaga, fourth. The performance of "old friend" Pellegrini's team this season has increasingly made Lin Sen doubt whether he will have a "Real Madrid One-year Tour" next season, although he can't remember what kind of record the Engineer finally went to Real Madrid this season. Like Malaga, Villarreal is also trapped in too many draws this season.

Villarreal has currently tied ten games in 27 league games, more than one-third, while Malaga has tied eight games, nearly one-third. Although it cannot be said that every draw is the game that should be won, at least it proves that there are definitely a few games that can be won. More importantly, as a newly promoted team, it is understandable that Malaga has too many draws, and as an old fry, Pellegrini should not let Villarreal frequently occur in this situation.

Of course, this is not the time for Linson to "worry" about Pellegrini.

This game is not a game that must be won for Malaga, but a game that requires all its strength.

Barcelona has now become a team that other teams feared as if they were tigers in La Liga. Some La Liga teams even sent substitutes to voluntarily give up the game when they encountered Barcelona. This is a living example of "being scared to death". Lin Sen will certainly not be scared to death by Barcelona, ​​but Malaga has lost a round. If Malaga continues to lose in this game, then Lin Sen will find it difficult to ensure that no one in the team will be "scared". This is undoubtedly a situation that Lin Sen will definitely not want to see, because Malaga still has a game to live and die with Barcelona.

That's the King's Cup final.

For Guardiola, the game against Malaga is actually not as important as the Catalan media has clamored. Due to Linson's previous "disrespectful" behavior at Camp Nou and Malaga is a potential opponent in the final of the Copa del Rey in Barcelona, ​​the Catalan media has even created more momentum for this game than the semi-finals against Sevilla in the middle of the week. However, even so, it still cannot change the fact that this is still just a league game.

This game is worth three points to both sides and will not determine anything else.

Due to the third-line battle, Barcelona's league results in recent years have not been good. They only won one victory in the three-round league. This is not because Barcelona is in poor form, but because like Linson, Guardiola also has his own choices. The huge lead over double-digits in the league is enough to give Guardiola room to take advantage of at critical moments. Compared with this, the so-called creation of La Liga points record is nothing more than a false reputation after all.

However, Barcelona intends to take a nap, but other teams are not lucky enough to survive. Even Real Madrid, which is closest to Barcelona and has a front-line battle with Barcelona, ​​is still a tiny gap, and is still a double digit.

The Rose Garden Stadium is bursting.

The league is approaching late, and with the excitement of the King's Cup final, the enthusiasm of the Malaga fans is getting higher and higher. Not to mention that this game is against Barcelona, ​​even an ordinary opponent, the Rose Garden Stadium is full.

Guardiola, in a suit and tie, put his hands in his trouser pockets with his hands, and looked at the stadium with both eyes. The fierce battle was in full swing, but his face was calm. The so-called elegant demeanor roughly refers to him like him now. The team created history, and the Rose Garden Stadium was at a high momentum, but in Guardiola's eyes, there was still a little less meaning, just like Malaga on the court.

That's not something that can be compensated for by the momentum.

As one of the largest stadiums in the world, Camp Nou even has nearly 100,000 fans present in major competitions. Even in normal games, there is a occupancy rate of nearly 80,000. It is useless to rely on bluffs, and the number of people is real. The saying that there are many people and many people is often used as a derogatory term, but in fact, it is just an explanation of a fact. Who can fans in the Rose Garden scare less than half of Camp Nou?

By the same token, Malaga is so imposing that it will not change the fact that the newcomer will be promoted. Malaga won a seventh straight season in a long time, so it was enough for a newborn calf to be afraid of a tiger. It still made Barcelona bite two and had to return home injured. Today, the calf who has seen a tiger is no longer considered a newborn. Does Malaga still have the courage to fight Barcelona?

The answer is yes.

Lin Sen also does not think that the two sides are on the same starting line in the second match with Barcelona. People are always accustomed to using fairness to measure every football game, but they do not know that most games themselves are unfair, especially in the league, such as Barcelona and Malaga. Such games are like putting a heavyweight boxer and a lightweight boxer together in boxing matches. Fairness? With the same rules and the same field, is fair? Is it fair to lose or fair to win? Not to mention, weak teams must also be wary of the referee's "care" from time to time. You must know that sympathy with the weak is impossible for the referee because they want to be fair.

Therefore, the so-called fairness has always been relative. Of course, Lin Sen is not so sad that he even complains about this. Although you are shameless in saying this, refusing to accept the impossible reality will only increase your worries.

Of course, Fay Success is Fay Success, fairness is one thing, but victory or defeat is another.

The heavyweights and lightweights compete together. Although the heavyweights have a bigger chance of winning, the lightweights are not absolutely without a chance. Compared with the last time, Barcelona is indeed stronger, but Malaga also has its own advantages, such as the home court that is not in the eyes of the opponent, the tacit understanding in the first round, the physical fitness that has a slight advantage, such as... the opponent has always despised it.

Lin Sen's tactics in this game are actually not much different from those of the first match between the two sides. They set up a thorny land in the half, and they also don't give up their position in this game, and they also give up their possession to their opponents... The only difference is probably this time, Lin Sen lets Longdong replace Lewandowski as the starting single striker.

Guardiola saw Lin Sen's change and naturally knew the intention. Compared with Lewandowski, Longton's technology is not that comprehensive, but one thing is better than the Poles, that is speed. Then, Lin Sen's idea is not difficult to guess. As we all know, Malaga counterattacked this season with defensive counterattacks. But at the Camp Nou, Lin Sen's team only saw defense and no counterattacks. Now this time Lin Sen does not want Barcelona to be too unscrupulous in his territory.

Barcelona, ​​which plays in a semi-main lineup, cannot be as free as Camp Nou. Not to mention tactical targeting these more subjective factors, there is an objective factor that makes them be vigilant: Rose Garden uses a small stadium size of 101*65, but Barcelona's home stadium Camp Nou uses a standard 105*68 specification. After a while, regardless of the length of the court, the width of the court is a few meters short. For a team like Barcelona who is good at attacking the wing, this is obviously not a good thing.

Guardiola has no characteristic of making targeted measures to remedy this. This is not the first time he has encountered a small-scale stadium. It is just that Malaga's defensive tactics have amplified the "discomfort" of Barcelona on the court. However, as the game progresses, this discomfort will naturally gradually disappear...
Chapter completed!