Chapter 142 The beginning of the collapse of the dynasty
Keita lost the ball in midfield again.
Among the Barcelona players, he is currently the worst. Although his strength is not weak, his skills at his feet are relatively rough. It is still too difficult for him to perform under such high-quality pressure.
So every time the ball comes to his feet, it's very difficult for him to get the ball, let alone transfer it.
After Giroud intercepted the ball again through pressing, the ball rolled out and was picked up by Vidal who moved forward. The Chilean midfielder immediately passed the ball forward!
William ran sideways to get the ball, and then before Mascherano could react, he raised his foot and passed the ball diagonally to the edge of the penalty area!
Ronaldo jumped in at high speed, shook off Abidal who had just turned around, and then received the ball at the front of the penalty area!
Valdes struck out in time, but Ronaldo quickly shot a ball to the ground and sent the ball from his armpit into the Barcelona gate!
"One to zero! James Rodriguez! Wonderful cooperation! Southampton took the lead in scoring through the frontcourt press and a quick counterattack! Although a goal will not have any impact on Barcelona's results,
But we should see what happened before the goal..."
"Southampton made Barcelona's offense more oppressive and difficult than ever through running and close pressing! I have to say that before this, I never thought that this method could be used to deal with Barcelona, or even if I thought of it, I would do it.
No, because this will consume a lot of the players' physical energy. Can Southampton persist until the end of the game?"
Various commentators began to express their opinions one after another. In fact, these commentators have good vision and can see the practicality of this tactic - it is too difficult to achieve this before physical fitness generally improves.
Even if it is only used for a period of time, it is difficult.
First of all, the running system of the whole team must be guaranteed. It is still a normal formation at ordinary times. When the press starts, everyone must find their own targets.
When running, you must spare no effort and must follow your target. Otherwise, if you miss one, the entire press may be ineffective.
This is the biggest difficulty.
However, Southampton has done this perfectly so far!
Barcelona's offense is indeed facing unprecedented difficulties.
Guardiola was lost in thought on the coaching bench. He couldn't help but glance at Ji Ya from a distance.
He didn't care about Noriya before. After all, he is now the top head coach. Everyone is proud to defeat him, so why would he pay special attention to an unknown coach?
Unless he caused damage to Guardiola.
Just like now.
It was not the goal that caused the damage, but the previous tactical confrontation, through running and pressure, which made it almost impossible for Barcelona to launch any threatening offense.
This surprised Guardiola.
Although he knows that his tactics will always be cracked, in the past three years, no one has been able to really crack his tactics. He previously estimated that he would retain an advantage of at least five years, but now it seems that his estimate is quite accurate.
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But Southampton's performance made him realize that this day is likely to come early!
It takes a long time to create a sophisticated offensive system. Although Guardiola is innovating and inheriting the past, showing the ability of a generation of masters, it is also based on the development and training of Barcelona and Cruyff over the years.
On the basis of changing teams, his tactics will definitely not be implemented so smoothly.
But it is often much easier to break.
Such as now.
What Southampton did was actually nothing unusual. It was nothing more than increasing their running, pressing, cutting off Barcelona's passing routes, and reducing their passing space.
The basis of Barcelona's tactics lies in possession of the ball.
When their ball control cannot be used well, it will be difficult for their offense to achieve truly good results.
This is a big problem.
Similarly, under such circumstances, their offense can only follow the old path of the past - relying on the personal abilities of the stars to launch the offense!
Fortunately, they don't lack such stars in their team.
In the 38th minute of the game, Xavi and Iniesta passed the ball in midfield. Iniesta passed Dembele beautifully and then passed the ball to Xavi, who sent a precise through ball.
, Messi instantly accelerated to get rid of Matuidi, and then continued to shake after he caught up, broke through Matuidi's defense again, broke into the penalty area, faced the attacking Navas, and calmly pushed the far corner to score!
The Barcelona fans at the scene gave a huge cheer, Messi will never let them down!
Guardiola didn't look very happy, because he knew that this goal was purely a flash of inspiration from Barcelona's most outstanding top players, and such a performance was not something they could score casually...
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His tactics are to make the entire team's offense more sustainable and not rely on the performance of a certain star. But now, he still has to go back to the old path.
For a coach like Guardiola, such a situation is more uncomfortable than falling behind.
But now he can only acquiesce to the team doing this, otherwise, the entire team's offense will be completely impossible.
Moreover, the style of play that has been adhered to for three years is deeply ingrained. If you want them to immediately change to a brand new tactical play, how is that possible?
Even if Guardiola completes adjustments in the midfield, it is basically impossible.
Not only Guardiola knows this, but even the commentators can basically see it.
Of course, no one knows whether Southampton can hold on until the end of the game.
When the whistle sounded at the end of the first half, fans from both sides in the stands breathed a sigh of relief - such a game was actually a kind of torture for them. Barcelona fans felt uncomfortable because their team had never been able to
Good game, Southampton fans feel uncomfortable because they always feel that their team will collapse next moment...
It can be regarded as like a person knowing whether drinking water is cold or warm.
But everyone else was very excited.
Whether it was the other head coaches or the commentators watching the game, they all noticed something from it.
"I can seem to feel that the collapse of a dynasty has begun."
"Maybe Southampton still can't beat Barcelona, but their performance in the first half alone was enough for other teams to see the hope and possibility of beating Barcelona."
"If their players had been stronger, they might have defeated Barcelona in the first half."
"I don't know if all this was arranged by the head coach named Noriya. In any case, Southampton has done something that no other European giant has done in the past three years!"
