Five Hundred and Thirteenth, if You Bring It Again, We Will Pinch You!

"Beep!"

Less than ten seconds into the game, Howard Webb blew the whistle for a foul.

Naples midfielder Rakitic, when Iniesta stopped the ball and was about to turn around, he stepped up and "oppressed" Iniesta with his body, causing the Barcelona midfielder to lose his balance and fall to the ground.

After hearing the whistle, Rakitic innocently spread his hands towards Weber, saying that I didn't do anything, I just got closer, and he fell down in the end, what can I do?

Could it be that he can't be touched for the whole game?

The referee blew a foul, but did not give a card, not even a verbal warning, and waved his hand directly, signaling Rakitic to retreat, and at the same time rejected the protest of the Barcelona players.

This is the first foul in the game!

After watching from the sidelines, Gao Shen turned his head and smiled at Zidane and Carlo.

After all, it is a referee from the Premier League, and the law enforcement is still very fair.

No matter whether he is a head coach or a fan, Gao Shen supports the protection of players. It goes without saying, so for tackle reforms, Gao Shen supports them from the bottom of his heart, even though the requirements for defensive players are more stringent.

Gao Shen even thought that from now on, in the next few years, the defensive players criticized by many fans will become less and less able to defend. In fact, it has something to do with the tackle reform.

But overall, it's a good thing.

But in terms of physical confrontation, overprotecting players is not a good thing.

Oh, Barcelona's players are skilled, so they should be protected?

Should all teams and players whose skills are inferior to theirs commit suicide and apologize?

Gao Shen has always felt that this road is a bit off.

Even, Barcelona collectively studied Stanislavsky's theory later, so it may not be possible to avoid the mentality of touching porcelain after receiving this kind of protection, which seems a bit too much.

Ronaldo and Messi, the two superstars in the world, represent two different directions.

Messi is talented, but he is more like a flower in a greenhouse. He was injured in his early years and has been protected since then, but his adaptability is relatively poor; Let him constantly change and improve himself, no matter what hardships he encounters, it will only make him stronger.

From this point of view, Gao Shen actually likes Ronaldo more, although he also appreciates Messi's talent very much.

Just as he has known himself for a long time, he is not a young and entangled emperor like Guardiola, he does not have so much idealism.

He will appreciate Barcelona's artistic football, but he doesn't think it should be overprotected.

This is unfair to most teams like Gao Shen and Naples.

The Olympic spirit is: faster, higher, stronger and more united.

This proves that technology is of course important, but so is the body.

Sometimes, Gao Shen couldn't help but wonder, why is it so difficult for Guardiola to win the Champions League after he leaves Barcelona and is popular every time?

Once or twice is accidental, but always like this, there must be a reason.

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As soon as the game started, Harvey realized something was wrong.

In their impression, Cavani, as a high center forward, should be at the top to compete with Yaya Toure and Pique, but in the actual game, Naples almost gave up on Pique and Yaya. · Toure's oppression, Cavani retreated to pinch Busquets.

The whole world knows that Busquets is tall, but a little slow. Although his technique is good, his movement frequency is slow. Cavani is like a heavy hammer. No matter what you do, I just swing hard anyway. There is a feeling of doing a miracle.

Naples' entire midfield is not pressing forward as before, and it is fiercely pressing against Barcelona's defense. It is more about building a defense line around the center line. As long as Barcelona's pass enters this area, it will immediately fall into the trap The strangling range of Naples was exceeded, and the pressure of passing and receiving the ball increased sharply.

At first, Barcelona thought this was a strategy for Naples to seek stability at the beginning.

Harvey began to withdraw frequently, pulling back to meet the passes of his teammates, but every time he tried to pass to the area near the center line, he would be disturbed. Naples players frequently kept close and marked at close range.

If it's just getting close, it's fine. When the Naples players get close, they always use their bodies to run and oppress.

Iniesta went down once early in the game and Webber called Rakitic for a foul, but then Messi used his physical advantage as he was caught close to Thiago Motta as he dribbled past Thiago Motta. Forcibly squeezed away and fell to the ground, Weber didn't even blow, and directly signaled the game to continue.

Harvey also once fell to the ground under the close entanglement of Di Maria, but Webber only called a foul.

Obviously, the referee from the Premier League tonight has a soft law enforcement standard.

Xavi and Iniesta helped Barcelona control the ball, but it was difficult to cross the center line after several attempts.

It was as if Napoli had built a wall there, making it impenetrable for Barcelona's passing and receiving.

The most important thing is that one of Cavani and Rakitic always keeps an eye on Busquets, which disrupts the operation mechanism of Barcelona's midfield and is forced to pass more back to the defense.

This led Pique and Yaya Toure to have more chances to get the ball than Busquets.

Fortunately, Naples' pressure on the central defender was not strong.

Harvey guessed that this should be Naples' strategy.

After all, if you really want to force the central defender, Naples will need to pay a lot more running and consumption.

As it is now, concentrating our forces near the center line does not consume much.

Barcelona didn't have many ways to face Naples' opening style of play, they could only keep passing back and falling in the backcourt.

Harvey himself frequently dropped deep to catch the ball and organize.

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"Napoli's tactical discipline without the ball is really strong!"

In the stands, after seeing the game on the court, Wenger praised repeatedly.

More than five minutes into the game, Barcelona didn't even make a pass into the Naples penalty area, let alone a shot. There was only one pass near the center line and into the 30-meter area, but Naples quickly settled. The defense forced Barcelona to knock back again.

"The defense is very layered and flexible. Look at the running and positioning of their players. Gao Shen's hard work in the past three years has not been in vain." Ferguson also appreciated Naples' stability after the start.

Barcelona hardly get any chances.

Serie A itself attaches great importance to defense. Gao Shen has experienced three years in Serie A, which can be said to have won the essence of it.

Barcelona tried to infiltrate again and again, but failed again and again.

Players are basically participating in the Champions League for the first time. They lack experience and seek stability at the beginning. This is also a normal thing.

"Barcelona had a lot of ball possession after the start, but in the Naples half, they had very few opportunities to organize an effective attack. Obviously, this is a sophisticated defensive strategy." Wenger analyzed.

Just at this time, in the stadium and during the game, Barcelona finally passed back and forth across the center line. Harvey retreated, Iniesta retreated, and even Messi in front also retreated.

When Messi took the ball, Biglia immediately posted his teammates from the Argentine national team, forcing Messi to dribble the ball laterally, but just after taking two steps, Thiago Motta also came up.

The two midfielders in Naples followed Messi, and there was a big one: If you bring it again, we will pinch you!

Sure enough, Messi immediately knocked the ball back and reorganized.

Napoli also patiently restarted their defensive formation.

It is difficult for the two sides to maintain such a confrontational situation, and it is difficult to tell who is more beneficial.

"Tonight, the whole world is looking forward to seeing how Gao Shen can break through Barcelona's pass control and high-position pressing, but unexpectedly, he chose to play like this, neither willing to defend nor attack." Wenger smiled wryly. shaking his head.

how to say?

It's really surprising, but it makes sense.

"Aggression easily exposes the flaws in defense. For a pass-and-control team like Barcelona, ​​it is estimated that there is not much confidence. It is too conservative. With Naples' age and experience, for Barcelona, ​​​​conservative is slow suicide. "

Ferguson shook his head helplessly. In fact, if it was his Manchester United, he would not be conservative.

Because with Manchester United's lineup configuration, if you are conservative, you may die faster and worse.

"And did you find out that the confrontation is between the center line and the 30-meter zone of your own side. For Naples, it is easy to get a position, but there is a big loophole behind Barcelona."

Wenger nodded, and was about to say something, but saw that Barcelona's Alves suddenly dribbled the ball along the right side of the court. After being targeted by Vargas, he wanted to try to pass the ball over to find him. Messi, as a result, Biglia rushed out first and intercepted the ball.

As soon as the Argentine midfielder grabbed the ball, he immediately took two steps forward and sent a diagonal kick to the left.

Sanchez moved forward at the fastest speed and caught up with Biglia's pass in Alves' defense zone, but at this time Alves was still in Naples' half.

I saw that the Chilean winger slowed down, caught up with the ball, and dribbled the ball diagonally towards the penalty area, ready to cut inside at any time.

Yaya Toure made it back in time, but stared at Sanchez, wary of his inside-cut kick.

As soon as the two sides made contact, Sanchez feinted and passed the ball back to the left baseline.

I saw Vargas rush forward quickly, grabbing ahead of Alves, catching up with Sanchez's pass, crossing with his left foot, and sending the ball to the middle of the penalty area.

Cavani rushed up quickly, grabbed the header before Pique.

The entire stadium was shocked into a cold sweat.

But unfortunately, Cavani's header was too high.

Guardiola was so angry that he almost ran away on the sidelines, calling the players constantly.

"See? The first shot in the game came from Naples." Ferguson laughed.

The current situation is that Barcelona has the advantage, but Naples' defense is very tightly organized, and it is difficult for Barcelona to get a chance.

Instead, it was Naples' quick counterattack that penetrated Barcelona's defense.

"If Cavani, who responded in the middle just now, had a better ability to seize opportunities, this goal would have taken the lead." Wenger also felt a little regretful.

In the Champions League final, scoring the first goal is the start that all teams want.

But Cavani couldn't grasp it.