Chapter 1,048 Confrontation (1)
After Manchester United's continuous attack at the beginning, the ball finally reached Barcelona's feet.
Although Barcelona's head coach Guardiola is young, his team is very experienced. After Xavi grabbed the ball, he directly passed it back to defender Pique, allowing his teammates to tip the ball in the backcourt, attracting Manchester United players. come out.
Although Manchester United attacks very fiercely when they have the ball at their feet, fans do not think that Manchester United dares to press forward when Barcelona is in possession of the ball, because Barcelona's ball control is unparalleled in the world. Once Manchester United presses forward to steal the ball and fails, Barcelona's counterattack is very deadly.
However, today's Manchester United once again surprised everyone. After Barcelona passed the ball back to the backcourt, Manchester United's three lines immediately pressed forward and had no intention of staying in their own half and waiting for Barcelona to attack.
Barcelona was somewhat unprepared for Manchester United's high press. Their four-back system was unable to control the ball calmly under the fierce press of Hernandez, Rooney, Park Ji-sung and Valencia. They wanted to pass the ball forward, and the midfielder led by Gao Xiaodong And the two full-backs also pressed up, not giving Barcelona's defenders any space to pass the ball to the midfielder.
Pique had no choice but to pass the ball back to goalkeeper Valdes under Rooney's pressure.
Valdes did not dare to be careless with Rooney in hot pursuit, and drove towards the frontcourt with a big kick.
Barcelona's skills are very good, but no matter how skilled the goalkeeper is, he will not be able to make long passes like Xavi and Pirlo. Valdes' big kick went directly to the Manchester United penalty area, and was easily picked up by goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar's hands. .
The on-site commentator praised again: "Being able to force Barcelona into a panic and have to take big shots, Manchester United's courage today is really amazing. Now it seems that no matter what the final result is, this game has the talent to become a classic. "
Van der Sar wore the captain's armband today, and it was the last game of his career. Van der Sar wanted victory more than anyone else. After he got the ball, he didn't think about passing it to the defender conservatively. He looked at it for a moment. After seeing his teammates in the field, Van der Sar drove towards the frontcourt with a big kick.
I have to say that Van der Sar is so sophisticated. At the moment when he passed the ball, Barcelona players were pressing forward, putting Rooney and Hernandez in an offside position. Although Rooney and Hernandez were offside, Gao Xiaodong But when they were offside, they quickly penetrated behind the Barcelona defender. Van der Sar's pass was aimed at Gao Xiaodong.
Gao Xiaodong has super glasses. He doesn't need to look back to see the movements of his teammates holding the ball. He can have a panoramic view of everything around him.
When Van der Sar made a long pass, Gao Xiaodong accelerated instantly, surpassed Pique and Mascherano in one fell swoop, and went straight to where the ball landed.
Barcelona goalkeeper Valdés is not a nobody. He saw Gao Xiaodong throw away his defender,
He rushed outside the penalty area without hesitation and competed with Gao Xiaodong for the landing spot.
After all, the ball flew towards Valdez. Valdez was faster than Gao Xiaodong. He grabbed the header before Gao Xiaodong to clear the ball and pushed the ball to the sideline.
Alves jumped up but did not touch the ball. The ball flew out of the sideline and Manchester United got a throw-in opportunity.
Although the ball was pushed out of the sideline and the danger was eliminated, the Barcelona fans at the scene still nervously let out one after another exclamations.
Although Gao Xiaodong never touched the ball, the situation was very dangerous. Once Gao Xiaodong got the ball, it was likely to be a chance to score.
Barcelona head coach Guardiola looked gloomy at the scene and was obviously dissatisfied with Barcelona's offside tactics.
Manchester United's tactics today were to speed up the game. After the ball came out of the sideline, Fabio quickly ran to the sidelines and threw the ball to Gao Xiaodong with both hands.
Gao Xiaodong was followed by Harvey. When Gao Xiaodong caught the ball, Harvey pushed Gao Xiaodong's back, trying to prevent Gao Xiaodong from getting the ball.
Gao Xiaodong was well prepared and did not stop the ball. He directly moved his chest to Fabio who was serving.
Gao Xiaodong was pushed staggering and almost rushed out of the court, but Fabio removed the ball from his chest and drove the ball towards Barcelona's bottom line.
However, Messi had come back at this time. Fabio didn't take a few steps and was caught up by Messi from behind. Fabio stopped suddenly and wanted to get rid of Messi, but Messi was too flexible and quick. With a hook of his foot, he unexpectedly Cut the ball from Fabio Dan's feet.
Messi dribbled the ball as if to run forward. When Fabio pounced on him, Messi flicked the ball past Fabio and then quickly dribbled the ball towards Manchester United's half.
Gao Xiaodong quickly rushed towards Messi before Fabio was passed by.
Gao Xiaodong was already very fast when assisting in defense in the past, but Gao Xiaodong was not as agile as Messi. Messi saw Gao Xiaodong coming towards him and dodged, avoiding Gao Xiaodong and preparing to continue dribbling the ball. Breaking down the wing.
Gao Xiaodong has a strong sense of defense. When the tackle failed, Gao Xiaodong reached out and grabbed Messi's jersey.
Gao Xiaodong understands the essence of defense. When he pulled Messi, he did not exert much force. Moreover, after ending Messi's opportunity to speed up, Gao Xiaodong turned around and went in front of Messi to defend Messi head-on.
The fans in the stands were very surprised. The competition between Gao Xiaodong and Messi was one of the highlights of this game. The fans did not expect that the two superstars would compete so quickly.
However, just as the fans were waiting to see the show unfold, the referee Kaushoy blew the whistle in confusion and ruled that Gao Xiaodong had just pulled Messi for a foul.
There was no big problem with the penalty this time, but Kaushoy's whistle sounded too slowly. Gao Xiaodong was very unhappy and wanted to explain to Kaushoy that he thought his pull was too light and was not enough to cause a foul.
However, just when Gao Xiaodong was about to explain to the referee, Messi pressed the ball on the turf and quickly sent a free kick to his teammate Villa.
Messi's quick free kick caught Manchester United off guard. When Villa went to receive the ball, no one was marking it.
Villa was impressed by Manchester United's fast pressing. Although he could not see the situation in other directions, he knew that his opponent would not give him much time to handle the ball.
Villa stopped the ball with his left foot, then flew up and shot with his right foot.
Villa obviously still underestimated Manchester United's defensive speed. As soon as Villa's shooting action was completed, Vidic rushed over and blocked the ball with his face.
This time it was the Manchester United fans who were sweating on their foreheads. Although Vidic had intercepted the ball just now, it would have been almost suicide for a star of Villa's caliber to let him shoot from the penalty area.
Ferguson on the sidelines was so angry that he almost jumped up. He shouted towards the court, dissatisfied that Gao Xiaodong was busy explaining to the referee and did not block Messi's quick free kick.
Guardiola breathed a sigh of relief. Manchester United pressed so hard at the beginning. He was worried that Manchester United would score a goal because of his bad luck. At that time, Manchester United would probably have to defend. But now it seems that Barcelona's condition has improved. It will be difficult for Manchester United to gain offensive opportunities again. Guardiola has great trust in the abilities of his disciples.