When the frontcourt players start attacking, the defenders must also keep up. In this way, the offense is a whole and can operate well.
This is a tactic that Barcelona has been adhering to in recent years, and the players will naturally follow suit.
The offense of the two full-backs is also very important in Barcelona's offensive and defensive system. Both Alves and Alba are very qualified in this aspect. In the midfield, Busquets takes the ball and distributes the ball, as well as blocking positions.
Defense is also indispensable.
On the whole, Barcelona's tactics are a whole, and together with some special and irreplaceable players, they have created the previous miracles.
And now, those miracles are starting to drag them down.
The game reached the fifth minute.
Fabregas's pass into the penalty area was cleared by Otamendi. Casemiro took the ball and quickly passed it to De Bruyne. De Bruyne turned around and sent a sharp direct pass!
The ball flew straight to the right side of the front court. Lukaku received the ball and jumped in at high speed. He got rid of Alba's defense while running, and then broke into the penalty area. Facing the attacking Pinto, he decisively shot!
The ball hit the inside of the goal post hard and then bounced directly to the left side of the penalty area!
Ronaldo, who had been following up, intercepted the ball. When he saw that Alves had returned to defense, he decisively did not choose to break through, but passed the ball directly into the penalty area!
He was running back after taking the shot just now. Lukaku, who put himself in a non-offside position, made a forward move again, overwhelmed Batral, and then pushed the ball from the back point into the middle of the small penalty area!
Suarez, who followed up, left Mascherano behind while running, and then faced the falling ball and dived to the top!
The ball flew into Barcelona's gate without any suspense! In just five minutes of the opening, Southampton scored through a beautiful counterattack and continuous attacks!
After scoring the goal, Suarez began to celebrate wildly, as did all the Southampton players and the fans in the stands!
They lead by two goals in the total score!
"The goal is scored! Suarez's ninth goal in the Champions League this season! What a top performance. His goals in all competitions this season have reached 40! This is second only to Ronaldo in the five major leagues!
Even more than Messi! How many years has no one been able to do this? The Uruguayan’s magic this season continues!”
"Now Southampton has a 3-1 lead on aggregate... Barcelona needs to score two goals without conceding in order to drag the game into overtime. This is a bit difficult, given Southampton's defensive capabilities.
And the ability to counterattack, Barcelona must win at least one goal away from home!"
As the commentator shouted, Barcelona didn't even need to listen to know how serious the situation they were facing now. Score two more goals? It's a bit difficult. Just look at the opponent's defensive posture.
However, what seems to be more difficult is how not to be counterattacked by the opponent and score a goal.
Southampton's ability to defend and counterattack in these two games is surprising enough.
Barcelona, who were worried, began to encounter difficulties in the next attack.
On the contrary, Southampton's counterattack and the coordinated attack of a few people made the game a success.
First, De Bruyne's shot from the front of the penalty area was blocked by Bartra with his body.
Immediately afterwards, Suarez's shot in the penalty area was also blocked by Mascherano's body.
At the 11th minute of the game, Southampton almost expanded its lead. De Bruyne's exquisite direct pass from the midfield allowed Ronaldo to form a single goal. The Colombian who broke into the penalty area decisively took a shot, and the ball was saved by Pinto.
It touched, changed direction slightly, and then hit the crossbar hard, popping out of the bottom line!
Just a little bit, Southampton expanded its lead...
This attack made everyone in Southampton very regretful, and at the same time, it also shocked everyone in Barcelona almost at the same time.
It’s so scary. I almost fell behind by two goals and fell behind by three goals in the total score. What’s so fun about that…
This made Barcelona feel a little uneasy in the next attack. Under such circumstances, the attack certainly had no threat.
After Southampton got the ball, they did not launch a fierce attack again. Instead, they started to waste time by constantly passing the ball, and at the same time attracted Barcelona players to come out to press.
In this way, the two sides were killing time, and more than twenty minutes passed quickly. It was only at this time that Barcelona's offense gradually regained its strength.
Neymar's forced breakthrough created an excellent opportunity. He still found a gap in Rudiger's defense and passed the ball to the back point. Messi followed up and got rid of Luke while running?
Xiao defended and then shot the ball directly, but the ball missed slightly and hit the side netting hard.
"Barcelona's offense is still very sharp, but our defense is not bad either." Noriya thought in his mind.
Barcelona fans began to lament that they were unlucky and missed such a good opportunity. However, soon, Southampton's counterattack let them know that their luck was not bad, but quite good...
Southampton's counterattack, after De Bruyne scored the ball, Suarez formed a single shot, but at this time Batral withdrew and blocked Suarez.
Batral didn't dare to rush forward easily. After all, it would be the end of the world if Suarez passed him by. However, before he could push forward, Suarez suddenly took a shot!
The ball whizzed past his head, and Bartra was a little dumbfounded. He turned around and looked at the ball flying past, and then watched helplessly as the ball flew over Pinto's head, and hit the crossbar hard in the next step...
"Another crossbar! Southampton's luck in this game is indeed not very good. James and Suarez each got a crossbar! If they were lucky, they should both be 3-0..."
Suarez's shot shocked Barcelona again, and their subsequent offensive pace slowed down a bit. It was not until the end of the first half that Iniesta took a long shot from the front of the penalty area.
, the ball was easily saved by Gulacchi.
For Gulacchi, he did not expect that he would start in this game, and there was only one reason for Kiya to use him, and that was that they had to be tight defensive in this game.
In the environment of defensive tactics, Gulacchi performed better. This is what Noriya observed before. In the two games he played before, he performed quite well in the two games against Bayern, but his performance in the league was mediocre.
This is another change of tactics.
Now that we have to defend the counterattack, it's time to use him to his advantage.
In the first half, Barcelona didn't have many attacks, and Gulacchi was not tested too much, but in the second half, he will definitely be tested more.
