Seven Hundred and Forty-Four Passed to Robben 3 Seconds Later

Latest website: "Messi retreats."

"Xavi gave the ball to Messi and then to Iniesta."

"Messi turns and receives the ball, two Manchester City defenders double-team."

"Messi dribbles forward, David Silva and Rakitic can't stop it."

"Still carrying it, Messi!!!"

"Sent a direct pass to the ground..."

"After Sanchez plug in..."

"NO WHISTLE!!!!"

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"

"In the fifty-seventh minute, twelve minutes into the second half, Barcelona equalized the score!"

"Messi's breakthrough with the ball in the middle of the front field opened up the situation for the front attack and created opportunities!"

"My God, Barcelona finally equalized!"

"One to one!"

"Now the two sides are back on the same starting line."

"After the change in the second half, Barcelona's overall tactical play is very different from the first half."

"Messi went back in the middle of the frontcourt and got more freedom, Aguero played on the left, Sanchez went back to the right, these two players looked like wingers, but in reality, when Messi dropped back , they are more of the two front ribs."

"I have to say that Guardiola's adjustments are still very targeted."

"Before the game, he said at the press conference that he played against Gao Shen's master and apprentice. In the first game, he was 0-4 and handed in a dismal answer. Now, after two years, he wants to win Show better performance and prove your hard work and progress.”

"Now, finally broke through Manchester City's goal!"

"Look at this attack. Messi's long-distance direct pass was very sudden and the angle was very tricky. It happened to be behind David Luiz and Kompany, and Sanchez passed from David. · Luiz's side and rear quickly slanted, and he hit the ball directly after receiving the ball!"

"It's really exciting!"

"This is Barcelona!"

"When you think,

When Guardiola's team is at a loss, they can suddenly create a murderous opportunity when you don't expect it. "

"Messi's continuous dribbling breakthrough before passing the ball is also quite critical. It can be said that it completely disrupted Manchester City's midfield deployment. This is also the level of strength of the world's number one footballer."

"One to one, now let's see how Gao Shen responds!"

...

Barcelona fans screamed wildly throughout Wembley Stadium.

One to one!

In the second half, Barcelona not only had an advantage in ball possession, but also showed a significant rebound on the scene, with faint signs of suppressing Manchester City. This is because Guardiola adjusted the team's tactics.

It's still four three three, but the position has changed.

Messi returned to the middle and began to switch between the center forward, the attacking midfielder, and even the central midfielder.

His range of activities is in this area, not only responsible for offense, but also connects the ball and advancement in the middle.

From this we can see the importance of Messi in the current Barcelona team.

Aguero and Sanchez are active in the two ribs.

When Messi is in front, they are wingers, but when Messi drops back, they go up and become a double striker.

At the same time, the two full-backs will also press forward.

This style of play is not the first time it has appeared on Barcelona, ​​​​but it is not common.

It can be said that with the addition of Messi, Barcelona's ball and advancement in the center and front have been significantly improved. The most typical is the goal just now. Messi took the ball out of the encirclement by himself.

In this case, Manchester City's defensive pressure began to increase.

Standing on the sidelines, Gao Shen naturally saw everything in his eyes.

Guardiola's adjustment is to use Messi as a false nine, which is more flexible and maximizes Messi's advantages, which can avoid Manchester City's staffing and imprisoning Messi on the right as in the first half. side.

But there are also risks.

That is, the gap in the midfield will be larger.

Just imagine, Messi retreats, Aguero and Sanchez press up, can the defender keep up?

"I guess this is where Guardiola struggled before the game!" Gao Shen muttered to himself.

Based on his understanding of Guardiola, this guy should be struggling with which of the two tactics to use.

In fact, if the first half started with Messi as a false nine, it would really surprise Gao Shen, and he might even concede the ball first.

Of course, Gao Shen has also prepared for this, because Barcelona has only used this style of play twice this season, and Gao Shen has watched the videos of these two games.

The offensive firepower is very fierce, but the defense is also quite good.

Thinking of this, Gao Shen walked to the sidelines and called out Harvey Martinez, as well as Kompany and Rakitic, signaling the team to return to the four-three-three formation.

In response to Barcelona's frontcourt position, Manchester City's two full-backs position more on the inside and let go of the outside wing.

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The purpose of Gao Shen's adjustment is to concentrate his forces in the middle, and once again curb Barcelona's midfield play.

Especially Messi, Xavi and Iniesta, and the late Busquets.

As long as the ball cannot be played in the middle, Messi's role will be contained.

As for the wing, in the case of Messi retreating, Aguero and Sanchez both cut inside to the penalty area to hit the goal. In fact, they are also in Manchester City's defense zone. The only relatively big risk is the full-back. cross.

Gao Shen once again told Kompany, David Luiz, and Harvey Martinez to keep an eye on the middle and control the penalty area.

Sure enough, with the adjustment of Manchester City, Barcelona tried to play in the middle several times, but they were unable to advance.

Messi retreated to respond once, and when he dribbled the ball into the 30-meter area of ​​Manchester City, he was tackled to the ground by Harvey Martinez.

Manchester City's midfielder did not get a card, which made Barcelona's players very dissatisfied.

But in fact, Javi Martinez didn't move much.

The dissatisfaction of the Barcelona players just reflected their anger at Manchester City's defense.

Three minutes later, Barcelona once again passed the ball into Manchester City's penalty area.

Alves went forward to the right side of the frontcourt. After receiving the ball, he crossed the penalty area obliquely to find Aguero in the back point, but Neuer abandoned the goal and jumped high to take the ball away.

Two minutes later, it was another cross from Barcelona, ​​but this time it was from Vargas from the left. Sanchez managed to grab the spot, but the top was too reluctant, and he went straight out.

After being contained by Manchester City in the middle, Barcelona's full-backs began to press forward actively, trying to play the wing in the attack and create width.

But Manchester City's strategy is very clear, stick to the center and let go of the wing.

...

"Ha, there is a saying in our Italian football, no matter how strong the side is, the team will eventually return to the center to score goals!"

In the chairman's stand area, Sacchi saw that Barcelona tried several times in a row to pass from the side and failed to achieve results. He couldn't help laughing, especially seeing Barcelona's players return without success, he felt happy in his heart.

No way, the size difference is too much.

Messi, Aguero, Sanchez, Xavi, Iniesta...

Barcelona advocates playing small and fast, so none of the five players in the midfield is taller than 1.75 meters.

The advantage of this is obvious, that is, all players move very quickly, their bodies are very flexible, and their skills at the feet are very good, which is in line with Barcelona's style of passing and controlling the ball.

But the problem is, when you want to play a long pass, you want to play a cross, you will find that there is no way.

This is what happens to Barcelona now.

As long as Manchester City guards the middle, the cross can be passed whatever Barcelona wants.

Some people may ask, is there really no way?

Actually not.

There are no perfect tactics in the world.

Facing Manchester City's style of play, Barcelona can completely cooperate on the wing, go down near the bottom line, and try to pass the ball in front of the goal.

But in this way, the full back needs to participate more in the attack of the frontcourt.

In the 68th minute, just 11 minutes after the goal was conceded, Barcelona first tried to attack from the left, but failed to open up the situation.

Messi dribbled the ball twice in a row, but failed to open the situation, and was forced to pass it back to Harvey.

Xavi scored the ball to the right, Alves went forward and tried to cooperate with Sanchez on the left side of Manchester City's penalty area, which made Felipe feel like a big enemy, even Gareth Bale and Suarez and others actively Back to defense.

Barcelona's wing attack did not come out, and when it was passed back to Harvey, David Silva appeared in front of Harvey and blocked the ball.

Xavi tried to poke Alves, but Gareth Bale got ahead of him, poked the ball to Suarez, and sprinted forward quickly.

Suarez understood, leaning his back against Busquets, and swept the ball directly in front of Gareth Bale without stopping.

The Welsh winger quickly got ahead of Alves, poked the ball across the halfway line, looked up and found that Robben had also gone crazy in the middle of the frontcourt.

Gareth Bale immediately stopped hesitating and made a diagonal pass with his left foot, passing the ball behind the Barcelona defense line and passing it to Robben three seconds later in the sprint.

Robben sprints as fast as he can to get control of the ball ahead of Thiago Motta.

At this time, he was already in the restricted area.

Robben's experience is extremely rich. He didn't try to stop the ball, but after controlling the ball, he made a fake move, swayed Thiago Motta, and pulled out a ground ball with his left foot.

Barcelona goalkeeper Valdez's position was on the left side, but Robinson's ground ball hit the right side, and the goalkeeper was powerless at all.

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"

"Robben! Aryan Robben!!!"

"Man City scored again!!!"

"Two to one!"

"A quick counterattack by Manchester City, played very suddenly and very fast, so that Barcelona's defense had no time to react!"

"We saw that Manchester City cooperated very skillfully in the whole process from stealing the ball to counterattacking, leaving no time for Barcelona's defensive players to react at all."

"Gareth Bale, Suarez and Robben, the cooperation of the front trident, played very well!"

"The situation of the game is changing rapidly!"

"Guardiola's change of formation during the intermission made Manchester City passive in the second half, but Gao Shen quickly adjusted his tactics, stabilized his position, and used a sharp counterattack to lead the score again."

"Obviously, Manchester City has fully prepared for all possible situations in this game, and Gao Shen has also fully prepared for Barcelona's tactics."

"Leading the score again, now the time is quite unfavorable for Barcelona."

"The time left for them is really running out."