However, in Noriya's view, such a so-called coup would actually become a big failure.
Mascherano joined Barcelona from Liverpool last season. As a defensive midfielder who performed well in Europe and could be ranked in the top five, he couldn't play games in Barcelona - this is normal, after all, Barcelona's midfielder is too special.
Well, even Yaya Toure can't squeeze into this combination of Habaibbu.
So later Mascherano began to play as a central defender, replacing the aging captain Puyol. He also performed very well, and his defensive partnership with Pique was watertight, helping Barcelona win the Champions League and the Champions League again.
The La Liga champions have made great contributions.
But after all, there is still a regular central defender, Pique, who can make up for Mascherano's slightly poor positional sense and at the same time allow Mascherano's advantages to be better utilized.
And now? Enter Abidal, a player who mainly plays left back.
The two central defenders are not essentially central defenders.
This could easily kill you.
Don’t think that Barcelona’s tactics are based on ball control and high pressing, so the center back only needs to have excellent foot skills and the ability to run and respond. This is definitely a misunderstanding. In fact, Guardiola’s tactics require every player.
They are all very tall, especially the centre-back.
That's why he will spend the most money on the central defender position in Manchester City in the future.
Not only must you be good at defense, you must also have good footwork and awareness, be able to pass the ball, be able to respond, and be able to calmly cut off the opponent's defense when defending...
This is extremely demanding.
It's just that when I was in Barcelona, having a midfielder like Habaib and a forward like Messi concealed the fact that the requirements for defenders were also high.
Ji Ya saw this, so he became more confident that in this game, he could surprise the whole world!
When the referee blew the whistle to start the game, Barcelona naturally launched an attack.
They didn't care too much, because their outstanding results in the past few years have allowed them to not care about any opponents. As long as they play according to the rhythm of the game they are accustomed to, they can win one victory after another.
This will happen at any time.
Southampton's performance last season was surprising, but since the beginning of this season, their performance has obviously declined.
If God sends such an opponent to him, he will give himself another championship.
With this thought in mind, the Barcelona players began to attack.
Southampton's players spread out and kept running to intercept.
Barcelona's offense is slightly hindered, but they are not in a hurry, because as long as they continue to pass the ball, there will always be a chance.
Soon, Xavi got the ball in the midfield, and Villa and Messi made a beautiful change of positions. Messi ran horizontally and took away Matuidi, while Villa was almost running to the top of the arc...
…
Xavi raised his foot and passed the ball before Vidal interfered!
The ball flew straight to the top of the arc. Villa ran to prepare to catch the ball. He had already thought about what to do next. He took advantage of the flow, walked past the defender in front of him, and then he could shoot...
The shot from the top of the penalty area is also a place where Villa is very good at scoring.
However, he only thought of this.
Lovren took a step forward and then destroyed the ball in front of Villa!
The ball flew near the center circle, Giroud took off and knocked the ball over Abidal's head.
After Ronaldo took the ball, he turned around and got rid of Mascherano who came up. At this time, Barcelona's overall defense had begun to retreat, and their running was indeed very active.
Now it was Barcelona's turn to start pressing. Ronaldo passed the ball back to Vidal who was responding. Vidal dribbled the ball to the right and then passed it to Klein. Klein kept passing the ball to William in front, facing
Due to the defense of his compatriot Adriano, William began to force his way down the wing!
Adriano is a full-back with strong assist ability, but his defense is a bit poor. The two struggled all the way close to the penalty area line. Willian made an emergency stop and passed the ball to Giroud who came up to meet him. Giroud turned around.
After making the ball, Vidal followed up with a long shot!
The ball roared to the edge of the penalty area and hit Abidal's open arm. The referee's whistle sounded for a free kick.
Ronaldo took the free kick and the ball went over the crossbar.
"Both sides each had an attack at the beginning! But the first official shot came from Southampton. Their attack was good. However, if you want to deal with Barcelona, you can't just rely on offense, but mainly rely on defense."
Some commentators commented that the past three years have proven that scoring goals is important against Barcelona, but it is even more important to prevent Barcelona from scoring fewer goals.
And no one has noticed anything wrong now - the game has been going on very normally, with players from both sides attacking back and forth on the court. Southampton already has the strength, and such a performance is not enough.
Strange.
But what happened next was surprising enough.
Barcelona's offense failed to play a very good role for a long time!
Their passing was no longer smooth, and under such circumstances, their offense seemed less threatening.
"It's incredible... Southampton relied on running to contain Barcelona's attack! Every Barcelona player is followed by someone, and following Messi is Matuidi, a Frenchman
Relying on his own running and strength, he clings to his opponent!"
Countless commentators began to exclaim. After watching for twenty minutes, they almost figured out the trick. Southampton adopted the most traditional man-marking tactic, but it was implemented extremely thoroughly.
To one!
Giroud and Ronaldo, staring at the opponent's two central defenders.
Willian retreated and followed Keita.
Vidal followed Xavi, and Dembélé followed Iniesta.
Matuidi follows Messi.
The two center backs stared at each other's remaining two forwards, while the full backs stepped forward, forcing the opponent's two full backs who were very capable of assisting.
One against one, regardless of formation, they just follow you.
This seems to be a very superficial and amateurish defensive method, but because of their large amount of running, it appears to be extremely effective!
It is difficult for Barcelona to organize offense through passing, and the number of times they concede the ball is simply unbearable compared to usual times!
That is to say, their defense is really good now, otherwise just conceding the ball like this would be enough to be beaten into pieces.
Of course, the main reason is that under such a pressing situation, Southampton's offense is difficult to form a system, and it can only rely on individual strength to launch the offense.
But if there are many opportunities, you can always seize them.
