The opening wave of offense by the Dragons really brought out all the energy from Barcelona.
After kicking off again, what Enrique said before the game took it seriously and showed the attitude of playing in the Champions League was truly reflected.
After Bravo took a goal kick, Barcelona used its own pass to keep the ball under its feet. In the eighth minute, "little white" Iniesta used his personal skills and his teammates to follow him.
In cooperation, he continuously played quick passes and cuts on the left side of the Longteng team's penalty area. After tearing the Longteng team's defensive formation out of the gap, he made a beautiful fake pass and shot past Lin Feng who was guarding him, and then in the penalty area.
The previous kick was an extremely beautiful curve ball, and the ball was slightly higher than the crossbar.
From this Barcelona attack, it can be seen that the strength gap between the two teams is really too big. The Longteng team has an intensive defense of up to three people in the middle, and there are also active counterattacks on the right, including Pato.
In defense, Barcelona, which only had four offensive players, was still making use of passing passes. In the end, Iniesta's sudden change in rhythm of getting rid of the shot made Lin Feng completely confused about how to defend.
Seeing the scene just now, He Wei also sighed: "Barcelona who showed 100% of their strength is really too strong. The Longteng team has a numerical advantage in the defensive space, but they cannot completely suppress the opponent's shots. They are worthy of the Cosmos team.
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Xu Yang shook his head and said: "We had anticipated this situation before the game, but in any case, defense is the most critical issue in this game. Our players should be more aggressive."
In the next game, it was Barcelona who really showed their aggression. They resorted to their usual style of play-high press.
As the most elite team in the Chinese Super League that uses the high-position pressing tactic, the Longteng team experienced what it means to "press" and "grab" when facing Barcelona's high-position pressing.
When a Dragon player holds the ball, there are always two people in Barcelona trying to tackle him, and the purpose of the two of them joining forces is also very clear, which is to let you pass the ball to the Dragon player who is also interfered by Barcelona players.
of another player.
In other passing lanes of the Longteng team, there are also Barcelona players waiting there. The remaining passing lane is for you to drive forward.
It can be said that apart from taking the risk of giving the ball to a teammate who is being interfered with by an opponent's player, the Dragons' players only have one other option, which is to blindly drive to the frontcourt with a big foot and hand the ball to Barcelona's defenders.
But it has to be said that Zhang Sheng's transformation of the team for four consecutive years has indeed had a certain effect. Although these players of the Longteng team faced Barcelona's high press, they did not have many ways to pass the ball forward, but in the
In this kind of small-scale passing control, the game was still very impressive.
Among them, Lin Feng really played a very big role in this.
Compared with Barcelona players, he is indeed far behind in terms of foot skills, but his abilities are basically focused on running and passing and receiving.
Facing Barcelona's high-position press, he kept running in the backcourt to involve the opponent's high-position defense. At the same time, Roque Gil followed Iniesta at any time. As long as he was within the thirty-meter area, he would never stop.
He will not be allowed to run into a particularly good position to receive the ball. At the same time, Nie Jiang is also very active in defending, always ready to cut off the opponent's pass to Iniesta.
After continuously exchanging the ball around the thirty-meter area, the Longteng team finally stabilized its position and was no longer trapped in front of its own penalty area.
But even so, the Dragons almost gave Suarez a chance in the penalty area.
At the 14th minute of the first half, Alves pushed very high and used the cover and cooperation of right midfielder Rakitic and right winger Munir to pass the ball to the right penalty area with a light pass.
Suarez online.
Suarez, who was holding the ball with his back, faced the incoming ball, made a very beautiful stop and turned around, and got the opportunity to dribble the ball laterally into the penalty area.
Facing Suarez's attempt to get the ball, Du Zhenyu blocked his ability to dribble the ball laterally. At the same time, Ma Yongli also pressed Roberto behind him in the middle, not giving him a chance to respond.
If it were an ordinary player, he might choose to hand the ball to his teammates outside the penalty area and let them organize the attack again or simply make a pass. However, Suarez did the opposite and turned around.
The moment he got the ball, he noticed that his teammates did not have a good chance to respond. He suddenly spiked the ball with his left foot, and then suddenly accelerated to get rid of Du Zhenyu's defense.
Unfortunately, Munir also rushed into the penalty area at this time and wanted to receive Suarez's ball. The two crowded together. When he wanted to pass the ball to the back point, Du Zhenyu had already followed and blocked his pass.
Bottom line.
He Wei quickly said: "Be careful of Suarez's behind-the-back pick-up and deft smashing in the penalty area. This is what made him famous in European football. Our players must not put their defense on the line.
His movements are so crazy, otherwise I will definitely not be able to keep up with his rhythm next time."
"Looking at Suarez's goal data in the past two years, you will know that being able to be called MSN together with Messi and Neymar is not a joke." Xu Yang said enviously, "Last season, Messi, Suarez, Neymar, etc.
Mar's MSN combination has scored a total of 122 goals. Counting from the beginning of this year, so far in 2015, Messi has scored 43 goals, Suarez has scored 39 goals, and Neymar has also scored 39 goals.
Together they scored 121 goals. After the start of this season, Suarez's condition was even hotter than in the first half of the year. I looked at the data. In La Liga, Neymar has 12 goals, and Suarez ranks second in MSN with 11 goals.
Messi only scored 3 goals due to his condition. But in the Champions League, Suarez has scored 5 goals, which is more than Messi and Neymar who only scored 2 goals each combined.
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"It can only be said that we are quite lucky this time. Neymar and Messi are both injured and cannot play." He Wei said thankfully, "One of the three MSN superstars dropped back, and they can all play at the level of a top attacking midfielder.
.Breakthrough, passing, shooting, tacit understanding, creativity, passion, talent... MSN covers all offensive elements. Suarez may need more support from the midfield today."
In the next corner kick, the quality of Rakitic's pass was not good, and Zhou Wei easily confiscated it. The Longteng team breathed a sigh of relief again.
Also as they adapted to Barcelona's on-field rhythm, perhaps because Barcelona wanted the Dragons to pull out their formation to attack more easily, the Dragons began to slowly improve.
In the 20th minute of the first half, Barcelona's through ball in the midfield was too obvious. Alves and Munir did not even think of going together. Roque Gil saw through it. After getting the ball, he
, a big kick found Pato in the frontcourt.
Faced with Pato's high-speed advance, Barcelona's overall formation quickly retracted. Busquets, as the defensive midfielder, retreated with Pato all the way. However, Busquets' frontal defensive ability is very strong, but he is weak in terms of speed.
Pato took advantage of this and used his speed to attack hard. Busquets saw that his speed and footwork could not keep up, so he decisively made a move to grab the ball.
What Pato wanted was Busquets. He changed direction and accelerated again, completely getting rid of Busquets, and ran towards the penalty area.
At this time, Barcelona only had two center backs, Pique and Mascherano, in the backcourt. One of them pushed Pato to the sideline, and the other worked hard to stay close to him, preventing him from having a chance to shoot.
But Pato was not the only one in the Longteng team who was fast. Ben Arfa on the left was also chasing after him from behind. Chavez, as the center, blocked Busquets' return route. Nie Jiang chose
It is to rush in front of Iniesta and attract his defensive attention.
It can be said that the three fastest players in the frontcourt of the Longteng team all showed their strength in sprinting 100 meters.
In the end, in this speed competition, Ben Arfa and Barcelona's right back Alves were tied, while Nie Jiang left the 31-year-old Iniesta behind.
When Pato saw that he could not shoot, he chose to pass the ball to Nie Jiang who was diagonally behind. Nie Jiang received the ball and went straight into the penalty area.
As the anchor of the defense, Pique quickly abandoned Pato and ran to block Nie Jiang's shot. However, Nie Jiang's next move shocked Pique because Nie Jiang passed the ball again.
Ke's departure gave Nie Jiang the opportunity to play for Pato. After bypassing Pique, Football directly found Pato, who was faster than Mascherano.
Pato happened to come to the corner between the right side and the front of the penalty area at this time. Seeing Mascherano clinging to him even though he was half a body behind him, he took a decisive shot.
Pato chose the far post of the goal, which was an angle that Bravo could not knock down anyway. After Pato completed the shot, Bravo, who had already fallen to the ground, watched the ball fly straight to the lower left corner of the goal.
, and completely gave up.
Unfortunately, Pato's shot was too angled and the ball flew along the goal post and out of the baseline.
From the beginning of the Longteng team's counterattack, He Wei was more looking forward to the counterattack than the last time. After all, the last attack was forced on the sideline, but this time Pato broke through from the middle. The ball was against
Barcelona's threat level is extremely high: "Stealing the ball in the backcourt, beautiful pass. Pato's speed increased, Busquets couldn't guard him, and there were only two central defenders left behind. Pass the ball to Nie Jiang, beautiful,
A beautiful one-two, a pass from Nie Jiang, and Pato shot! Oops, it missed the goalpost again."
"Although the ball didn't go in, we still have to play like this." Xu Yang was also very excited. "The players in our frontcourt are not bad in speed and skills. In terms of shooting skills, they are all famous in Europe.
So we must be confident and resolute in our counterattack. Don’t be afraid. If we beat Barcelona, we will get back our money by scoring one goal.”
When Zhang Sheng saw Pato shooting, he almost shouted "Goal", but when he saw the ball sliding out of the goal, he squatted on the ground holding his head sadly.
Enrique, who had been standing calmly, was really a little unable to stand. It seems that this team's 2:0 victory over the Mexican American team is really not a factor of luck. The players in their frontcourt are really strong.
Strong.
Especially Pato, this is completely the performance of his peak state. Enrique knows how powerful Pato was in his peak period, which made the entire Camp Nou silent.
In the 24-second flash, the four people who are still on the court in that game are Alves, Mascherano, Busquets and Iniesta. These four people were also parried at the right time.
The person on the line to support the breakthrough.
At this time, Mascherano was also angry at the person who failed to pass the ball in the frontcourt. He failed to pass the ball in the midfield and didn't commit a foul on the spot. When facing a player with outstanding speed like Pato, he was simply in trouble.
crime.
Mascherano was not the only one roaring. Enrique also shouted loudly on the field. He had already told them not to underestimate the enemy before, but he did not expect that he would make a more serious mistake now.
At the same time, Enrique is also considering his own tactical issues on the field.
The three forwards in the frontcourt of the Longteng team this time are exactly three defensive players. Including the center Chavez, they are all standing behind their midfielder Busquets. It can be said that their midfielders and forwards want to connect.
The difficulty is great.
If it were in the past, with MSN, Messi and Neymar still in front of me, such a defense would be in vain. But the actual situation now is that Suarez is the only one there, and the other two forwards can assist. If you want to completely suppress it,
The opponent's defender is not very realistic.
Moreover, the opponent's head coach seemed very determined, letting you go out wide and letting you break out, but not letting you cut inside or block the straight line. It was clear that he believed that Suarez was not a high center forward and was not afraid of him gaining high ground in the penalty area.
This reminded him of last year's match against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League. At that time, the opponent also had a strong frontcourt trident and a good defensive midfielder. In the end, his MSN combination did not play well.
The overall strength of the Longteng team today is much weaker than that of Paris Saint-Germain, but their frontcourt offensive ability is also much weaker than that game.
It seems that my playing style of pressing forward from the wide midfielder and retracting the wings cannot be too aggressive, and judging from the ability of my players, I am stronger than my opponent, so I should play more simply and directly, and try to minimize
The kind of play in the midfield where the ball must be passed into the goal.
At the same time, the counterattack in the frontcourt must be very active.
The last point is to make full use of Suarez's ability on the front line and give him enough space. Munir's previous competition with Suarez for position will definitely not happen again.
Sure enough, after giving the Dragons enough space in the midfield and backcourt, Barcelona also had enough space to break through.
In the 27th minute of the first half, the three frontcourt players of the Longteng team pressed forward slightly, and Barcelona took advantage of the rare space to create a beautiful offensive combination.
Iniesta made a transition through the retreating Roberto, giving Suarez room to move. In the end, the cooperation between the three of them ended with Suarez's cut and run into the penalty area.
Lin Feng, who couldn't keep up with Suarez's turn, fouled in front of the penalty area and pulled the former down. After giving Barcelona a well-positioned free kick, the referee gave Lin Feng a yellow card.
