The scene of the 2015 European Super Cup was packed with people.
The starting lineups for both sides are as follows
Home team Barcelona, head coach Enrique, formation 433
ter Stegen
Back four from left to right Mathieu, Mascherano, Pique and Daniel Alves
Midfield three from left to right Iniesta, Busquets and Rakitic
Three forwards from left to right Rafinha, Suarez and Messi
Visiting team Crystal Palace, head coach Tong Yi, formation 4213
Alisson
Back four from left to right Robertson, Rudiger, Van Dijk and Carvajal
Double defensive midfielder Casemiro and Kante
Single attacking midfielder De Bruyne
The front three from left to right Salah, Ignacio and Mane
This is the starting lineup of both sides today. To be honest, it is no different from what everyone expected. There is only one exception for Crystal Palace, and that is Rudiger replacing Laporte in the starting lineup.
They didn't seem to have heard that Laporte was injured before the game. What happened?
Or is this a normal rotation at Crystal Palace?
Every day reporters and fans don't know, now it's up to Rudiger's performance.
However, Rudiger's strength is still good. He performed well last season and can be rotated with Laporte.
I just don’t know how he performed today?
beep!
The referee blew the whistle and the game officially started. The first to kick off was the home team Barcelona.
Of course, this game was not played at the Camp Nou, Barcelona's home ground, but at the National Stadium of Georgia. The home team refers to Barcelona's position as the home team for this game, and it is not the home team in the true sense.
Home team.
At the beginning of the game, Barcelona still played their usual game.
It means controlling the ball in the midfield and passing it to the back, and then looking for a fatal opportunity to move forward. If you can't find it, send the football to the two wings and let Messi and Neymar, Messi's super geniuses, hold the ball.
Break through and attack, or cooperate with people around you in small-scale passes.
However, there is good news for Crystal Palace in this game.
That is that Barcelona's Brazilian forward Neymar suddenly suffered from mumps not long ago and missed this game. He could not even catch up with the first round of the new season of the La Liga. The 2015-2016 La Liga season will officially start on August 22. Then
But I have to wait until ten days later.
Therefore, Neymar's injury is quite serious.
Even "AS" reported that Neymar will be out for at least three weeks in the new season.
If this is the case, Neymar's injury will be even more serious.
However, these and Tong Yi and Crystal Palace don't have much to do with each other. In this game, Neymar has no way to appear in the game. This puts a lot less defensive pressure on Crystal Palace.
Rafinha is much, much worse than Neymar.
There are even many times when this guy is assigned to the full-back position.
Perhaps it is because of this that Rafinha moved to the left winger position today, and Enrique had no choice but to let Mathieu take the left back position.
Although Mathieu started his career as a left back, and he even won the Ligue 1 award for the best left back, and his performance during the five years he played for Valencia was still very good. However, He is old now and is no longer what he once was.
He was already 30 years old when he moved to Barcelona from Valencia last year.
At the age of 31, his physical functions are slowly declining.
Originally tall and strong, he was not known for his speed and physical agility. When he was young, his speed was barely enough to hold him back. His performance as a full-back was mainly due to defense and his left-foot skills. He also has very good free kick skills and passing skills, as well as strong physical confrontation, which can block the opponent's wide defenders like a barrier, and at the same time, he can also fill in the space of the central defender very well.
In fact, his biggest role at times is to fill the defensive gap in the middle, and he can be used as a central defender.
In the later stages of Valencia's career, he rarely played as a left back and more often as a central defender.
The purpose of Barcelona's introduction of Mathieu last year was to use his height and ability to compete for headers to strengthen the team's defense and control capabilities. He can even become a good substitute player for Pique!
Therefore, in this game, he appeared as Barcelona's left back, and Tong Yi felt that this was an excellent opportunity for Crystal Palace.
Obviously, Tong Yi has told Crystal Palace's Mane, Salah and Carvajal to take turns attacking this guy's back. At 192cm tall, he is surrounded by flexible and fast players such as Mane, Salah and Carvajal. In front of Lu Kuaima, he was already at a huge disadvantage. And at the scene, he was 31 years old, so he was even worse.
Moreover, people like Mane and Salah are also very capable of breaking through with the ball, and they are even better at changing directions and smashing the ball continuously. These will be Mathieu's nightmare!
To be honest, Tong Yi is really not afraid of facing Barcelona!
Crystal Palace's high-intensity high-position pressing tactics are aimed at Barcelona's tactics of passing the ball wildly in the midfield and backfield to adjust the opponent's formation and tear open space.
To be honest, the Crystal Palace people pressed forward like crazy and pressed like a mad dog.
even barcelona
The midfield three is a classic Habaib combination and it will be tricky. Needless to say, Barcelona's midfield combination is no longer Habaib.
Therefore, with the Crystal Palace people running and pressing without hesitation of physical strength, a team like Barcelona, which is extremely good at passing and controlling, was a little unable to withstand it, because the Crystal Palace people were too rough and fierce.
Both Inesta and Rakitic were disgraced by the Crystal Palace people, especially Rakitic!
Under pressure, Rakitic often made mistakes in passing and receiving, and he was a bit inconsistent.
Firstly, Rakitic's condition is indeed a bit poor today. Secondly, he is not from the serious La Masia Film and Television Academy, so his tacit understanding is still not as good as Habaib and the others.
Therefore, Rakitic's side has become a breakthrough for Crystal Palace.
Of the three interceptions of the ball by Crystal Palace, one must have come from Rakitic, and it may even have come from Rakitic twice!
Therefore, Barcelona fell into a passive position!
Hiss! .??.
This is something no one expected.
The media reporters and football celebrities at the scene all took a breath. They seemed to recall the European Super Cup final in which Munich 1860 played against Barcelona when Tong Yi was still coaching Munich 1860. That
In one game, Tong Yi almost used the same tactics to make Barcelona look very embarrassed and lost in the end.
Now, Tong Yi is here again!
Moreover, Tong Yi's tactics are now more mature, more multilateral, and more fierce.
There are some problems here in Barcelona.
Enrique on the sidelines stood up at this time, frowning slightly. This start was different from what he expected. Is Tong Yi's tactics really the tactics of Tianke Barcelona?
When Enrique was even more worried, Barcelona's Mathieu was targeted.
And it was targeted to death!
No matter where Crystal Palace intercepts the ball, they almost always send the football to the right wing immediately, and then let Mane, Salah and Carvajal on the right wing attack Mathieu in rotation!
Mathieu, who is tall and older, was hit by these three guys in rotation and was beaten to pieces.
Ter Stegen in front of the goal has become Barcelona's most contributory player. If it weren't for him, Barcelona would have been defeated!
Here, Enrique immediately responded by asking Mascherano and Mathieu to change positions.
This can alleviate Mathieu's embarrassment and relieve Barcelona's dilemma on the wing. It can even alleviate Mascherano's weakness next to Ignacio.
But soon he discovered a more serious problem. > After Mascherano moved to the full-back position, Barcelona's defensive holes in the center became even greater.
Initially, Guardiola moved Mascherano's position from the defensive midfielder to the central defender in order to completely solve Barcelona's defensive problems in the middle and expected midfield.
Mascherano has a very strong ability to read the game, and has extremely keen talents for defensive positioning, position selection, etc. He is always able to make the right decision at the best time and in the shortest time.
He decides whether to retreat or press forward, etc. His defensive coverage in the midfield and backfield is very large. He is said to be a central defender, but in fact he is not. He is a free man in Barcelona's midfield and backcourt defense. Where is he needed?
, he appeared wherever he was and solved the problem very well.
He is the last barrier for Barcelona's defense in the middle.
As soon as he withdraws, Barcelona's defensive system in the middle will have problems.
Busquets' slow speed, slow turn back to defense, etc. were completely exposed first.
When these problems occurred in the past, Mascherano would have appeared behind him to help him fill the position, or directly go up to steal and eliminate the danger. But now without Mascherano, there is no danger in this space.
Go and get it repaired.
And Pique and Mathieu do not have the ability to defend immediately. They even have to worry about being beaten from behind. How can they dare to defend?
Even if they pushed out, it was useless, because they had Ignacio pushing against them, and there was also De Bruyne who madly caught Ignacio to cover the advance.
They were completely confused.
Seeing this, Enrique's scalp really went numb!
Why is this guy Tong Yi so powerful? This is simply to study Barcelona to death, giving them almost no chance!
The media reporters and football celebrities at the scene also took a deep breath and marveled at Tong Yi's awesomeness!
To be honest, Enrique really didn't expect that without Neymar, his first worry was not the lack of offense, but his second priority was defensive issues!
Neymar's injury caused their defense to be in such a mess!
This is something Enrique didn't expect!
At the same time, Enrique also realized the mistake he made. He should not have put Rafinha on top and then let Mathieu start at left back.
At this moment, Crystal Palace broke through Barcelona's goal and took the lead!
One to zero!
The Crystal Palace fans immediately screamed with excitement and jumped up and down in the stands. They were very surprised. They really didn't expect that Crystal Palace would score the first goal and take the lead. This was really a surprise!
They immediately shouted the names of Tong Yi and De Bruyne in unison and cheered for them!