The first half ended with Manchester City temporarily leading 2-1.
During the halftime break, both teams made improvements and made up for the problems exposed in the first half, but overall, the tactics basically did not change much, and they still adopted the same play style as in the first half. Law.
But what no one expected was that after the start of the second half, Barcelona took the lead in overcoming a wave of high-intensity pressing.
Especially taking the opportunity of Manchester City's kick-off, they pressed forward heavily and directly launched a crazy press against Manchester City's midfield and backfield.
During a pressing press, Joe Hart was interfered by Messi. When passing the ball to Marcelo, the force of the pass was weak, and Pedro intercepted it first.
Everyone was shocked. Marcelo returned to defense immediately and blocked Pedro, but the Barcelona winger still cut into the ribs and sent a kick from behind. Messi stopped before Pepe. After smashing the ball past Pepe, he hit it again with his left foot.
A curve ball went directly through Manchester City's goal, two to two!
The game was once again tied!
Joe Hart pounded the grass hard, feeling extremely annoyed.
Just now, he was in a hurry to pass the ball under Messi's pressing step by step. He didn't notice that Pedro was near Marcelo, and the result turned out to be like this, watching helplessly as Pedro assisted. Messi scores.
This low-level mistake made Joe Hart somewhat embarrassed and embarrassed to see his teammates.
He felt like he was trapped in an endless loop.
The more he tries to perform well, the more likely he is to make mistakes. The more mistakes he makes, the greater the pressure he feels and the more he wants to perform well...
He knew that he was encountering the biggest dilemma in his career.
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Joe Hart's passing error caused Manchester City to concede the goal for the second time, which also gave Barcelona a very good start to the second half. Their morale increased greatly and they continued to press and press fiercely against Manchester City.
Suddenly, Manchester City was held within half-time.
This situation was difficult to see in the first half, but after the start of the second half, Barcelona played very smoothly.
Not long after Messi scored, Barcelona created another opportunity.
After Iniesta and Messi completed a one-two in the middle, he dribbled the ball to the front of the penalty area and sent a through ball.
Villa slanted into the penalty area, received the ball on the left side of the penalty spot, and hit the goal directly.
Under the interference of Kompany, Villa's shot was too on target and was directly confiscated by Joe Hart.
Just four minutes later, Messi sent a direct pass, which penetrated two defensive players, Busquets and Pepe, and landed on the right side of the penalty area. Pedro quickly stepped in and stopped the ball wide.
This time, Joe Hart decisively abandoned the goal and directly took Pedro's stopped ball to the ground.
A beautiful attack also won Joe Hart a burst of applause.
Facts have also proved that England's national goalkeeper is not without strength, but some of his characteristics really do not match Manchester City's, especially his passing and receiving, whose success rate is too low.
After repelling two threatening attacks from Barcelona, Manchester City gradually gained a firm foothold.
The start of the second half was indeed a bit useless, but the tie must continue.
Mourinho took the lead in making substitutions in the 60th minute.
Seydou Keita replaced Pedro, and the team returned to a formation similar to 442, allowing Messi and Villa to press out.
The purpose of Barcelona's substitutions is mainly to adjust the team's midfield, which is a bit more stable.
However, after adjusting to 442, Yaya Toure became more active in the midfield.
Guardiola made the substitution five minutes later than Mourinho, replacing Di Maria with Hazard.
Manchester City continued to adopt a four-three-three style of play and did not waver.
Almost immediately after Guardiola made the substitution, Mourinho also made his second substitution, with Fabregas replacing Villa.
Many people have misunderstandings about Fabregas' position.
This Spanish midfielder played as a midfielder or even as a deep back at Arsenal, but in fact, when he was in the Barcelona youth team, Fabregas played as an attacking midfielder and forward. He is a standard scoring type.
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Fabregas was not originally taken seriously by Mourinho, but the Barcelona management couldn't stand the need for him to return, especially after so many years of speculation, and finally bought him back, so Mourinho could only use him.
Arranging Fabregas to play also allows him to play in a forward position in the middle of the midfield, which is conducive to inserting from the back. Messi's position is more free, and there are almost no restrictions on him, allowing him to play freely.
After two substitutions, it is not difficult to see that Mourinho's strategy is basically to stabilize his own defense and let a few technical geniuses in front of them perform on their own, and play whatever they can to score goals.
Guardiola's strategy is to continue to consolidate Manchester City's possession.
Hazard's ball control ability is much better than that of Di Maria. Let him play, and cooperate with Sudong and Sanchez, two players with strong ball control ability, to further strengthen Manchester City's ball control ability in the frontcourt. In addition,
Play in midfield.
Guardiola's meaning has been very obvious, which is to continue to strive for possession of the ball, suppress Barcelona in possession, and then create more opportunities.
It can be said that the two substitutions basically reflected the coaching philosophies of the two head coaches.
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Gradually, after continuous substitutions, as the game progressed, Manchester City gradually took advantage of the ball possession rate.
Especially after entering the 70th minute, the physical fitness of both sides declined. After Hazard came on, Manchester City's advantage in passing and controlling the ball in the midfield gradually became obvious, faintly suppressing Barcelona.
After Hazard came on as a substitute, he was also very active on the left side.
Manchester City's offense also began to tilt towards this side, showing Hazard's threat with the ball.
On the defensive end, Kompany, Pepe and Busquets are firmly locked in Messi and Fabregas.
This style of play allowed Manchester City to barely control the situation and began to try to break through with the ball at the front of Barcelona's penalty area, trying to create some opportunities and trying to penetrate Barcelona's defense.
This chapter is not over yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! But I have to say that Mourinho may not be good at coaching offense and ball control, but in terms of defense, he is really very good.
When he really wanted to defend, Barcelona's defense really became very strong.
The two defense lines are very layered and the distance is kept tight, making it difficult for Manchester City to penetrate.
However, the price is also relatively obvious, that is, the team's passing and ball control are sacrificed.
Su Dong patiently cruised at the front of the penalty area, especially around the top of the arc.
He often ran over to cooperate with Hazard and Sanchez, or David Silva who was dribbling the ball forward, just to try to create some opportunities, or to draw some fouls by taking more balls.
Su Dong's free kicks are extraordinary. As long as they are within shooting range, he is sure of them.
But Mourinho obviously knows this, so Barcelona committed very few fouls on the outside of the penalty area tonight, and none in the middle. Basically, the fouls were concentrated on the wing, or they were decisive outside the shooting range.
The tactics adopted by Manchester City, especially the tactics of Hazard, David Silva and Sanchez frequently dribbling the ball, seemed to Barcelona to be a bit of a ploy, just to get a foul.
But even so, Barcelona still won't give Manchester City such an opportunity easily.
Until the 79th minute, when Su Dong received a cross from Hazard after cutting in from the left, he stopped and passed it. When he wanted to get rid of Yaya Toure and faced the goal directly, the Ivorian
Turning around, he made a hasty move and knocked Su Dong down outside the top of the penalty area.
This made Mourinho on the sidelines furious and roared.
Obviously, under high pressure, Mourinho was quite dissatisfied with the team giving Manchester City a free kick opportunity in the frontcourt at such a critical moment, because it was too dangerous.
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Amid the uproar throughout the stadium, Barcelona began to set up a human wall.
This time, Barcelona's entire team retreated. There was no one left in the frontcourt, and they all retreated into the penalty area.
Five players formed a human wall, standing in a row to the left from the penalty spot.
There are two other players standing on the right side of the penalty spot, some distance away from the five players.
Manchester City asked two players, Marcelo and David Silva, to stand in the middle of the two rows of Barcelona walls. There was a gap in the middle that could fit one person.
Su Dong stood at the penalty spot and could see goalkeeper Valdez in front of the goal through the gap.
This is Valdez's arrangement.
If Su Dong took advantage of the gap, there would be no chance at all.
Valdez's position is on the right side, so he arranged a five-man wall on the left side of the penalty spot. It can be said to protect all angles, unless Su Dong's penalty kick can go around the top of the wall and then fall back to the goal range.
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With the strength of Barcelona's goalkeeper, even if Su Dong did it, unless he was close to the left post, he would still be sure to save. His reaction and movement speed are very fast, and his saves are also very agile.
"Are you sure you don't need cover?" Toni Cross asked with concern.
Su Dong shook his head and pointed to the right side of the top of the key, "Stand over and don't hinder my performance."
Toni Cross shook his head with laughter, but walked to the other side obediently.
In fact, he could tell that Valdez knew that Su Dong would be the one to fight, so it was meaningless to cover or not.
This is the duel between Su Dong and Valdes!
After the human wall was set up, the referee Capers withdrew from the penalty area, and after final confirmation, blew the whistle to indicate that free throws could be taken.
Su Dong looked straight ahead at Valdes, and the Barcelona goalkeeper stared at Su Dong as if he were facing a formidable enemy.
After taking a deep breath, Su Dong quickly jumped out, took three steps, and quickly kicked a curve ball with his right foot.
The ball climbed up, passed over the head of the high-jumping wall, and then fell quickly. Finally, after crossing a beautiful arc, it almost brushed the left post and penetrated into Barcelona's goal.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!"
"Clean direct free kick!!!!"
"Excellent direct free kick from Su Dong!"
"Deadly blind spot!!"
"Valdez didn't have time to react, and the ball just hit the post and went in!"
"Three to two! Manchester City surpassed the score again!"