910 The decisive battle between 'Barcelona' and Barcelona
When the game reached the tenth minute, after Barcelona stole the ball in their own half, Iniesta quickly passed the ball to Messi who was retreating in the middle. The Argentine superstar immediately took the ball and launched a counterattack.
I saw Messi first dribbling the ball diagonally to the right, as if he was going to find Pedro to cooperate, but just after passing the center line, he suddenly turned around and cut to the center, accelerated violently, and forcibly broke through David Shee, who was returning to defend.
Alva.
After the breakthrough, Messi continued to advance with the ball, and used a skillful fake move to dunk Busquets, and then continued to advance the ball to the top of the penalty area. He passed the ball through Kompany and Pepe.
A large penalty area was passed in the middle.
Joe Hart's original position was at the edge of the small penalty area, but after Kompany and Pepe retreated, he also withdrew his position to the goal line. The moment he saw Messi passing the ball,
He obviously wanted to attack, but he hesitated. When he gave up the goal, he was a little slow and was beaten by Villa.
Maybe it's just the time difference of a few tenths of a second.
Just this short time later, Villa took the lead and dunked the ball past Joe Hart, allowing England's international goalkeeper to miss it. He kicked off and hit again, and the ball went directly into the empty goal behind him. One-on-one!
The entire Stade Louis II burst into cheers again.
Villa's goal successfully equalized the score for Barcelona and also allowed Barcelona to regain its morale.
From zero to one to one to one, the two teams adopted tit-for-tat offensive tactics.
"In the first ten minutes, we saw that both Manchester City and Barcelona played very actively."
"Both teams did not retreat at all, but took the initiative and adopted their best high-position pressing. They pressed and pressed their opponents, and once they got the ball, they tried every means to push forward."
"The competition was very intense and very exciting."
"We can clearly see that Su Dong and Messi are the backbone of their respective teams, and they have also played a key role, providing goals and assists to their teams respectively."
"Now, the game is back on the same starting line. Let's see how the next two teams will play."
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The moment Villa scored, Mourinho rushed out of the coaching area excitedly, leaping high and waving his right fist, looking extremely excited and excited.
Obviously, this goal means a lot to him.
Because the player who stole the ball was Yaya Toure.
From defense to offense, Yaya Toure intercepted the ball and instigated. After Messi drove the ball straight in, he broke through two Manchester City players, especially the second player Busquets, who was directly passed by Messi.
Thinking of this, Mourinho returned to the command area under the advice of the fourth official on the sidelines, but he did not forget to glance at Vilanova in the coaching bench, as if to ask the assistant, Yaya Toure is really
Is it a hidden danger?
Why did I see his role and contribution just now?
However, through the first ten minutes of the game, Mourinho also believed Vilanova's judgment that Guardiola really did not intend to adopt defensive tactics, but wanted to play an offensive game with Barcelona.
This is really interesting.
This group of Barcelona players, from Messi to Xavi to Iniesta, have been playing together for at least eight years. Pedro and Pique are both from their own youth training, as are Villa and Alves.
Players who have played in La Liga for many years.
It can be said that this group of Barcelona players have a good understanding of each other.
What about Manchester City?
They are just a mercenary army that has been created for a year. Guardiola can use his tactics to restrain them and pass and control the ball in a similar way. But does he really want to compete with Barcelona for possession of the ball?
Are they qualified?
Mourinho turned his head and glanced at Guardiola next door.
He is under great pressure, and Guardiola is not relaxed either.
do you know?
In the past few years, all the teams that played against Barcelona ended up dying miserably!
Manchester City will be no exception!
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Guardiola noticed Mourinho's provocative look, but he did not respond and walked back.
"If Joe Hart had stood a little further outside and struck more decisively, the goal would never have been scored."
Guardiola is really depressed.
Joe Hart has now truly become the weakest link and the biggest hidden danger in Manchester City's passing and possession system.
It feels like Manchester City is playing with Yaya Toure, while Barcelona is playing with Joe Hart.
Every time a pass was passed back to the goalkeeper, the Barcelona Trident would press Joe Hart.
Needless to say, the reason is to force England to make mistakes.
"Our team is like a chain on a bicycle. Every player is a link in the chain. Joe Hart is loose on this link. When there is no pressure or the pressure is not strong enough, he seems to be able to do it with ease. It seems that
It doesn't seem like a big problem at first, but once it comes to such a high-intensity and high-pressure competition, it's like a bicycle climbing a hill with a load, and no one knows when the chain will come off."
Guardiola said a metaphor that came to his mind temporarily, and he regretted letting Joe Hart.
This has been a feature of Manchester City's first few games of the season.
Joe Hart and Courtois take turns to see who performs better.
The Community Shield and the European Super Cup are both single-game decisive games, and Joe Hart has more experience, so the coaching staff wanted to let him play, hoping that he could be stable, but unexpectedly, he still made mistakes.
"He is probably a little nervous and under a lot of pressure." Wensuai analyzed.
There is actually no problem with Joe Hart's ability. If he is just a goalkeeper, he is enough.
But in Guardiola's tactics, goalkeepers not only have to keep goalkeepers, but also do more. Some tasks are beyond Joe Hart's ability. Coupled with the competitive pressure brought by Courtois, he gradually becomes
Feeling nervous, even a little anxious.
Sometimes, people are like this.
Without competitive pressure last season, Joe Hart completely let himself go. Now that there is pressure, he has become nervous and anxious again.
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After Barcelona successfully equalized the score, the two teams returned to the same starting line.
Both sides still adopted the same tactics as after the opening, and no one gave in.
Barcelona also gradually felt that Manchester City was different from all other teams they had encountered before.
The first is pressing and pressing from a high position. Like them, Manchester City presses very actively in the midfield and frontcourt. Even big names such as Su Dong also actively press and press Barcelona's midfield and backfield.
Di Maria and Sanchez are also very committed, which makes Manchester City's pressing intensity in the midfield and frontcourt not only not inferior to Barcelona, but even better. These two players invest more in counter-attacking than Pedro and Pele.
Asia is even better.
This is true for the two wings, and the same is true for Su Dong in the middle.
In addition to facing Barcelona's two central defenders, Sudong also actively retreated to harass Yaya Toure. This caused Barcelona's entire passing and ball control system to frequently jam in the midfielder position.
And this is reflected on the court. In terms of statistics, Manchester City actually has a slight advantage in passing and controlling the ball.
Fifty-one to forty-nine, Manchester City is still two percentage points ahead.
This also reflects the role of Busquets.
The combination of Barcelona's Xavi and Iniesta is better than David Silva and Toni Kroos in terms of passing and controlling ability and tacit understanding, but Manchester City can have a slight advantage in controlling the ball. Busque
Ci’s contribution is indispensable.
However, Yaya Toure also has its own advantages.
Another thing that makes Manchester City different from other teams is that after they intercept the ball, they can always pass it quickly.
In the past, when facing other teams, Barcelona's core weapon was to press and press from a high position. After grabbing the ball, they would pass the ball backwards to instigate an attack. After losing the ball, they would immediately engage in counterattack. It was always easy for the opponent to fall under this kind of press and pressure.
Lost the ball.
But after encountering Manchester City, Barcelona players discovered that after Manchester City grabbed the ball, they were not afraid of them at all.
This is what shocked them the most.
They have a feeling that they are not facing a Premier League team, but another Barcelona.
What's even worse is that the tacit understanding of this "Barcelona" may not be as good as theirs, but their ability to pass and control the ball is not inferior, and their ability to press and press is even slightly better, which makes them feel incredible.
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The game was going on with the two "Barcelona" teams fighting.
Both sides created a lot of opportunities, but neither was an excellent opportunity, nor could they seize it.
The mood of the fans at the scene fluctuated one after another as the game progressed, just like a roller coaster.
Until the 34th minute, Manchester City launched an attack on the left. David Silva made a pass and sent the ball to the baseline. Di Maria was stuck by Alves and could not pass the ball.
Su Dong in the penalty area was forced to stop the ball before it left the baseline, and passed it back to Marcelo who came up from behind.
Marcelo stopped the ball in the left corner of the penalty area. Facing Xavi who was returning to defend, he first made an emergency stop and then suddenly started. After getting rid of Xavi, he passed the low ball with his left foot into the penalty area.
Su Dong was on the left side of the penalty area and used his body to block Pique and stop the ball.
Mascherano is behind the two of them, ready to help defend Pique and block Sudong's shooting angle.
It can be said that in this case, Su Dong basically had no possibility of making a move.
After Su Dong stopped the ball, he took a look at the situation around him and knew this clearly, so he turned slightly to the right and passed the ball directly back to the top of the arc with his right foot.
I saw a sky-blue figure quickly step in, face Su Dong's pass, push the ball directly without stopping the ball, and hit it directly with the kick.
Valdez also reacted quickly, changing his position immediately and quickly swooping sideways.
The ball almost followed the turf in a straight line and entered the lower right corner of the goal.
The Barcelona goalkeeper was ultimately beyond his reach.
At this moment, everyone saw clearly that the man at the front of the penalty area was Manchester City's German midfielder, Toni Kroos.
Yaya Toure, who was supposed to be in front of Toni Kroos, failed to block his position in time at this moment, leaving the area at the front of Barcelona's penalty area empty, which allowed Toni Kroos to successfully kick away.