Chapter 1051 Showdown (4)

Although Hernandez's goal was ruled offside, it was a huge psychological shock to the Barcelona people.

The Barcelona people themselves did not see whether it was offside or not, which means that it is just a matter of millimeters whether it is offside or not. This has to make people vigilant. Two consecutive passes show that Gao Xiaodong not only has a broad field of vision, but also has accurate long passes. Ball ability.

Guardiola reacted quickly, and he immediately explained that even if Gao Xiaodong got the ball in the backcourt, someone must interfere and never let Gao Xiaodong pass the ball easily.

It is not easy for a player with excellent physical fitness and strong body like Gao Xiaodong to keep an eye on him all over the field. However, Manchester United only has Gao Xiaodong, a strong point in organizing the offense. Even if it costs more, it is worth it as long as they can keep an eye on Gao Xiaodong.

Barcelona has no man-marking players, and Gao Xiaodong has a huge range of activities, so there is no way to conduct man-to-man defense. The only way is to guard Gao Xiaodong whoever is closer.

Based on the technical and tactical abilities and awareness Gao Xiaodong has shown in the league and Champions League, Guardiola believes that his disciple is capable of completing the defense against Gao Xiaodong.

After Valdes served, Barcelona continued to control the ball. Manchester United felt the power of Barcelona's passing and cutting. After counterattacking with two threatening long passes, they completely gave up the high-position press and placed the pressing area in the midfield.

Barcelona's passing control is certainly great, but Manchester United has fielded a group of players who can run and are flexible. It is not easy for Barcelona to pass the ball to the striker through penetration.

In the 25th minute of the game, Barcelona was constantly dropping the ball in the backcourt. Mascherano suddenly dribbled the ball forward. Hernandez was originally guarding Mascherano's pass, but Mascherano suddenly made a pass. He was caught off guard and was left behind.

Mascherano drove straight in and broke Manchester United's defensive formation. When Gao Xiaodong made up for it, Mascherano immediately gave the ball to Xavi.

Harvey took the ball and turned around, bypassing Rooney's attack, and then penetrated Manchester United's defense in the middle with a through ball and passed the ball to the feet of Villa at the front of the penalty area.

Villa knocked the ball and passed it to Messi who was running over at high speed.

It was too dangerous for Messi to receive the ball at the front of the penalty area. In addition to Park Ji-sung who was chasing after Messi, Fletcher and Ferdinand also double-teamed Messi.

Previously, Barcelona had been controlling the ball in the backcourt, and the ball was not passed to the frontcourt many times. Messi was double-teamed by Manchester United players, so Messi did not have many opportunities to play.

Now the ball finally reached the edge of the penalty area. Messi didn't want to miss this opportunity. He changed direction with the ball and shook off Park Ji-sung.

Then he dunked Ferdinand, but when Messi walked towards the ribs of the penalty area, Valencia also surrounded him from the side. He rushed over from behind, trying to steal Messi's ball.

Although Messi does not have super glasses, his vision is very good. He flicked the ball again, trying to dodge Valencia behind him, but Messi did not expect Valencia to be so fast. His ball had not passed yet. Valencia arrived and touched the ball with his foot.

Valencia's touch was crucial. The ball was a little further away from Messi. When Messi adjusted his pace, Ferdinand flew to scoop the ball away.

Gao Xiaodong was running from the front court to his back court, and Ferdinand shoveled the ball right in front of Gao Xiaodong.

Gao Xiaodong was also defended very hard today. In the first 20 minutes or so, Gao Xiaodong only passed two long passes in the offense.

Manchester United relies on Gao Xiaodong to organize their offense. Seeing Gao Xiaodong get the ball, Rooney and Hernandez quickly inserted behind the Barcelona defense.

When Rooney and Hernandez moved forward, Gao Xiaodong hadn't turned around yet, but Gao Xiaodong was very aware of what was happening behind him. He stopped the ball to one side, half-turned and kicked it again. The long pass found Rooney who was just moving forward from the wing.

This foot stopped and passed the ball very smoothly, and the movement connection was also beautiful. Many fans in the stands couldn't help but applaud.

Guardiola was also surprised. Gao Xiaodong's skills have improved again. Just like the pass just now, Gao Xiaodong could also pass it, but it was impossible to pass it so smoothly, not to mention Gao Xiaodong's vision. good.

Now Guardiola is beginning to doubt whether his defensive arrangements for Gao Xiaodong are reasonable. Such Gao Xiaodong may not be able to guard against Gao Xiaodong by relying on zone defense.

Rooney was not running at full strength and was worried that he would be offside. He did not expect Gao Xiaodong to accurately pass the ball in front of him without even turning his head.

Rooney silently praised Gao Xiaodong in his heart, then unloaded the ball and quickly passed down the base.

Rooney moved forward very quickly, but Abidal could not keep up. Rooney almost completed the pass without any defense. Unfortunately, Rooney passed the ball too fast and Hernandez could not touch it. Upon reaching the ball, the ball flew directly out of the sideline.

Rooney was a little annoyed at his pass and made an apologetic gesture towards Hernandez.

Hernandez was a newcomer. How dare he complain about a big guy like Rooney? He quickly gave Rooney a thumbs up, indicating that he was too slow to catch up.

Barcelona serves a throw-in and the players continue to have possession of the ball in their own half.

After being hit by Gao Xiaodong three times with long passes, Barcelona's players became a little timid. They did not dare to take risks easily. Instead, they patiently moved in the midfield and waited for Manchester United's players to come forward to assist.

Manchester United's players were not fooled. They refused to press high and waited near the center circle.

Barcelona couldn't calm down at first. First, Xavi found Messi with a pass from the backcourt, but Ferdinand pushed Messi from behind when Messi received the ball.

Messi failed to control the ball and almost fell to the ground. Messi quickly raised his hand to signal Ferdinand for a foul.

But the referee Kaushoy ignored it and signaled the game to continue.

The ball changed hands and fell to Manchester United. Fletcher immediately passed the ball to Gao Xiaodong, allowing Gao Xiaodong to organize the pass.

Gao Xiaodong saw that the Barcelona players protected his defense very well this time, and he had no chance to pass the ball long.

Manchester United passed a few kicks in their own backcourt. As Barcelona's three forwards pressed forward, Manchester United's ball could no longer be passed. Evra passed the ball back to Van der Sar, who kicked the ball wide. Toward the frontcourt.

The ball was grabbed by Pique and he headed the ball to Iniesta.

Iniesta dribbled forward at high speed along the left wing. After getting rid of two players in a row, Iniesta passed a through ball to Xavi.

Harvey kept the ball, changed the angle with his feet, and the ball was distributed to the right side of the court.

Since Barcelona just focused on Manchester United's right wing, in order to maintain their formation, there was a large gap in Manchester United's left backcourt, and Xavi's ball was passed into this gap.