"Our tactics... have reached their most dangerous stage."
In the locker room, Guardiola looked at the players seriously: "I don't have any new tactics to change. I can only tell you that in the next games, we will continue to stick to our ball-control tactics and show our strength to the world."
The world has proven that our tactics cannot be broken by running and marking! I don’t care about winning this game, nor do I care about this championship! What I care about is the advantage of our tactics! Do you understand? The second half continues
Stick to our tactics and prove our strength to the world!"
The Barcelona players nodded one after another. They also understood Guardiola's words. In the past three years, they have used this tactic to sweep through the entire Europe. Now in order to prove that this tactic is still effective, they have to fight hard.
spell.
"I have nothing to say about the tactics in the second half, let's just continue... Guardiola is unlikely to change tactics, but we have to seize opportunities better in the offense... Miroslav, it's your time to play in the second half.
." Ji Ya seemed more relaxed in the locker room.
Klose nodded, and he could see that such running was indeed very taxing on him, but Giroud ran half of it in the first half, and he continued to run in the second half, so it was not a big problem.
Giroud had no objection to this. Although he did not score a goal, the running and involvement in the first half consumed his physical energy equally. He is bigger and consumes more energy than others.
"In short, we press their passing space, cut off their passing routes, and then we seize the opportunity to give their defense a hard blow! The victory in this game is ours. The collapse of the Barcelona dynasty will also be our first victory.
gun!"
Noriya waved his fists and shouted in the locker room, and the Southampton players also waved their fists. Although the first half of the game was tiring, it gave them hope!
Even though they played for low-level leagues and other clubs before, they clearly know Barcelona's success in the past three years.
To be able to personally overthrow Barcelona's rule is a supreme honor for a player!
This kind of stimulation is sometimes even greater than money.
"The second half of the game is about to begin... Southampton changed someone at the beginning. Klose came on and replaced Giroud! This is normal. Giroud, who is 1.93 meters tall, did not stop running in the first half.
The consumption is still very high, and Klose needs to be better at seizing opportunities!"
Guardiola stared at the field.
The importance of this game suddenly rose to this level, which Guardiola did not expect.
I can only say that when a major historical event occurs, you will not be given time to adapt...
The second half of the game looked tragic from the beginning.
Southampton, who took the lead in attacking, organized the attack patiently. They did not give Barcelona a chance to steal the ball and launch a fast break. This is what Noriya has always emphasized. When attacking, you must be more careful about Barcelona's counterattack. Their counterattack is more powerful than Barcelona's.
Their positional warfare offensive threat is still great.
The attack ended with Ronaldo's long shot.
Barcelona started attacking, and then their nightmare began again.
Southampton's crazy close pressing did not decrease in intensity.
Barcelona's offense is still struggling.
Southampton's pursuit of counterattack was even better than in the first half.
After all, they are more confident now than they were in the first half.
After accepting Noriya's tactical arrangements, they were actually unsure, but the first half was so effective that their confidence naturally returned.
Pay more attention to counterattacks.
This caused Barcelona to suffer a big loss in the second half of the game.
Their offense is still very difficult. Although Barcelona's players work hard, it is still difficult to create opportunities.
Xavi and the others naturally rarely concede goals, but it's hard to say for others.
Every time Southampton steals the ball midway, he will immediately launch a fast break, leaving Barcelona's defense in a state of distress.
Their defensive line is not very fast to begin with. Even the two full-backs have excellent assist abilities but are not particularly fast. Now that they are constantly being beaten by Southampton, it is naturally quite a headache to defend.
In the 63rd minute, Vidal made a pass through the middle and Klose made a wonderful move!
Two former Bundesliga players completed a beautiful direct pass, and Klose shook off Adriano's defense. This was not because he was faster, but because he had better timing.
Facing the attacking Valdez, Klose once again pushed the ball lightly!
Valdes fell to the ground, but once again only caught a ball of air...
This is just the beginning!
Just five minutes after this goal, Southampton once again intercepted the ball in midfield and succeeded in a quick counterattack!
Dembele's direct pass, Klose immediately made the ball, Ronaldo took the ball and sent a diagonal pass, William inserted at high speed to form a single...
Valdez fell to the ground helplessly again.
Three one-on-one shots made everyone in Barcelona lose their temper at all.
Guardiola just couldn't stand it anymore.
He replaced Adriano with Busquets, asked Keita to play center back, and Abidal returned to the left back position.
However, Noriya replaced Ronaldo with Drinkwater, and Southampton began to switch to defense.
Anyway, there is less than twenty minutes left, so if you are on guard, you will not be able to get through the remaining time!
Everyone was stunned. Is Southampton physically exhausted?
But when leading three to one, starting to defend is a normal adjustment!
With no retreat, Barcelona launched a fierce attack.
Southampton stopped marking and pressing, allowing them to loosen the grip they had from the beginning of the game.
Their offense really started to flow smoothly.
However, they also faced another defense that gave them a headache.
That is the Iron Bucket Formation.
How did Barcelona, which was at its peak before, attack Inter Milan's defense but couldn't get through?
Southampton's defense was more thorough.
After all, they have a lot of people on the field.
The forwards were left with only Klose and Willian to harass. The other midfielders and defenders were engaged in defense, guarding the penalty area and the top of the penalty area. No matter how much Barcelona passed the ball back and forth, it was difficult to create a good result.
The opportunity comes.
A pass from the ball will not work, nor will a pass from the ground. Lovren and Wundt are in the air and on the ground, guarding the ball tightly.
Frontal penetration also doesn't work. Dembele, Matuidi, and Drinkwater are all protecting at the front of the penalty area. Drinkwater is running and rushing in front. Dembele and Matuidi are sweeping horizontally, and there are also
Vidal constantly interferes with the opponent's offense.
So many times, they can only complete the offense through long-range shots.
However, under such circumstances, Navas showed his extremely excellent wingspan!
