Volume 1: Males Appear, People Pay Attention Chapter 351 It Seems to Be the Same as Usual (Fourth Update)

Chapter 351

It seems to be the same as usual (fourth update)

Not only the Barcelona players felt that the behavior of the Liverpool players was a bit strange, but also the fans from both sides in the stands and the audience in front of the TV felt this way. .

Generally speaking, such situations are not absent in professional leagues, but most of them occur in low-level leagues and low-level teams, or in national team games.

In the Champions League... we haven't seen this scene for a long time.

Today's professional players are all stars, and they all have a temper and good face. This approach is actually a loss of face for them, because no one will feel that they are still a rookie and need to be led by the captain to form a circle to boost morale...

So why did Liverpool suddenly do this?

No one knows why.

Under everyone's doubtful eyes, the Liverpool players dispersed and returned to their respective positions. Chen Yingxiong and Sanchez stood in the center circle. The football was already set up, waiting for them to kick off.

Chen Yingxiong stepped on the football and then turned around. He saw his teammates behind him looking at him.

Then he grinned at everyone and gave a thumbs up.

Seeing him like this, his teammates also gave a thumbs up.

For a moment, there were eleven thumbs up on the court.

This scene naturally fell in the eyes of Barcelona players and others.

They still don't understand what happened to Liverpool today.

In their view, everything in Liverpool today was weird.

But they didn't have time to think about why this was happening, and what kind of weird method it was. Because the referee has already blown the whistle to start the game.

Chen Yingxiong gently knocked the football out, and Sanchez followed up with a kick and passed the football to Gotze behind him.

Then Chen Yingxiong rushed forward in a straight line, while Sanchez ran diagonally towards the wing.

Liverpool's offensive curtain began.

Liverpool's offensive will be very fierce after the game starts. Barcelona players know this very well, because coach Guardiola has repeatedly told them.

So they were not surprised when Liverpool launched an attack on their goal from the start. Although this offensive is particularly fierce. They didn't take it to heart either.

In response to Liverpool's opening attack, Barcelona's response was not to retreat and defend like other teams.

First of all, judging from Barcelona's team temperament, they are completely unable to accept being so stubborn in front of their mortal enemy. Because this is really shameless...

Secondly, even if you let them defend, they can't defend well. Because they have never practiced this tactic at all.

Barcelona's DNA is offense, not defense. Although their defense is good, it does not mean that they are good at defending, especially at defending.

It is undoubtedly unwise for Barcelona to choose to defend when facing Liverpool's fierce offensive.

Give up what you are best at and choose what you are least good at. Head coaches of other teams may make this kind of mistake, but Guardiola will not.

His strategy for Barcelona was to use possession to compete with Liverpool's attack.

When many people hear ball control, the first thing they think of is offense. In fact, ball control is also a means of defense.

When you always firmly control the football at your feet, how can the opponent launch an attack if they can't grab the ball at all?

So as long as you can maintain possession of the ball for most of the game, you can keep your defense away from danger.

This is Barcelona's defense.

In fact, this is not just a strategy for Liverpool. Barcelona is letting go like this at any time and against any opponent.

It's hard to see them shrinking into their own thirty-meter zone and then letting the other team's players pass back and forth outside.

They always try to control the ball from the first minute of the game, and their control is very strong from the frontcourt to the midfield and then to the backcourt.

At the same time, because of such a strong ability to control the ball, Barcelona will not shrink its defense. Therefore, they need a goalkeeper with a large defensive area, a large activity area, and a large control range. Reina, who had better goal-line skills, was abandoned by Barcelona and chose Balde, who was not very skilled and not very stable. Sri Lanka.

Although Valdes often makes various inexplicable mistakes, it has to be said that he is the goalkeeper most suitable for Barcelona. Because many times, Valdez's role is not only a goalkeeper, but also a sweeper.

This is Barcelona’s most accustomed defensive strategy.

Naturally, they also used this method to deal with Liverpool.

In the eyes of Guardiola, this is enough to deal with Liverpool's indiscriminate bombardment.

Because as long as the football has a chance to fall to Barcelona's side, Liverpool's offense will be unsustainable. The initiative will fall in Barcelona's hands.

Barcelona will not wait for Liverpool to score a goal like other teams, or automatically end the offensive when time is up.

They want to regain possession of the ball, then turn the tables and completely bury Liverpool!

Guardiola wants to take things by surprise. No team has ever done this before when facing Liverpool, that is, going against the trend!

Therefore, Liverpool would never have thought that Barcelona could still organize an attack under their fierce offensive...

When the time comes, they will be caught off guard. As long as they advance by one goal, the initiative in this game will fall into Barcelona's hands. So what if Liverpool is playing at home? Aren't you being led by the nose by us?

Liverpool's first attack took the opportunity of kick-off.

But it did not pose any threat to Barcelona's goal.

It looked like just an ordinary attack.

Barcelona took a goal kick, and Valdes did not directly kick it, but passed it to the central defender Piqué in front.

Piqué passes the football up layer by layer.

In fact, Barcelona also takes big kicks in goal kicks, but in this game and that game, Guardiola specifically told Valdes not to take big kicks if possible. Try to keep the football rolling as close to the turf as possible so they can achieve their goal of always keeping the football under their feet.

What if we let the football fly around in the air?

The tallest people in Barcelona are Butzquez and Piqué. Goalkeeper Valdes is only 1.83 meters tall.

Liverpool has an advantage in fighting for high balls. Everyone knows this. Their defense is tall, but their turning speed is slow. This is a good opportunity for Barcelona to give full play to their small and quick characteristics.

As long as they can keep the football at their feet... Barcelona is not afraid of anyone!

Barcelona began to advance step by step.

But they encountered huge resistance in the midfield.

Liverpool did not retreat directly to the front of the penalty area as usual, but launched a crazy siege in the midfield.

In order not to give Barcelona any excuses, Liverpool didn't even want to "defend" in the defensive counterattack. In this way, when Barcelona finally lose the game, I believe they will no longer have any excuses.

For Barcelona, ​​this was also a surprise.

Liverpool's approach surprised them a bit.

Due to a lack of sufficient psychological preparation, when Butzkes got the ball in the backcourt and wanted to pass it forward, he was guarded by Chen Yingxiong and Gotze.

Even Chen Yingxiong, who has never been very defensive, ran back to help defend, which shows Liverpool's determination in this game.

Butzquez was not well prepared, and under the defense of Chen Yingxiong and Gotze, he made a mistake in his pass.

He originally planned to pass to Alaba in front of him, but he didn't expect that the final pass deviated from the target.

The football flew directly out of the baseline, giving Liverpool a throw-in in the frontcourt.

The ball is back at Liverpool's feet.

A throw-in was thrown and Liverpool reorganized their attack.

Of course, this attack eventually resulted in a shot, but it did not pose any threat to Valdez's goal.

Everything looked like any normal game.

Except for that frontcourt press...

Of course, this might just be an accident.

The football was quickly passed to Butzquez's feet.

This time, Butzquez immediately passed the ball, and the football was passed to the feet of Iniesta, who came back to meet him.

Almost at the same time, two Liverpool players appeared next to Iniesta.

Of course, with Iniesta's outstanding footwork, it is not difficult to get rid of these two Liverpool players.

But after he got rid of it, he discovered that it was not that simple - he quickly fell into the defense of Liverpool players again.

There is only one person this time, but he is the most difficult to deal with... Yinle.

Inler's body is strong and his style is tough, so he is perfect for dealing with Barcelona's skilled players!

Once you get entangled with him, it's not easy to get rid of him...

While Inler was entangled with Iniesta, the two Liverpool players quickly ran back and blocked the gap left by De Jong.

In this way, Liverpool's defense did not have any holes due to this pressing.

At the same time they were able to keep the pressure on Barcelona's attack.

Although Iniesta was still able to control the ball under Inler's pressure, it was difficult for him to give the ball away.

Messi was originally in the frontcourt, but when he saw what was happening behind him, he had no choice but to retreat to meet his teammates.

As Messi retreated, other Barcelona players had to follow suit.

Because Barcelona has high overall requirements, their passing requires players to keep a distance of fifteen meters or even shorter between players, so as to facilitate them to pass the ball on the ground. Passing from this distance has the highest accuracy and is also the easiest way to tear apart the opponent's defense.

As the core of the team, Messi retreats, so with him as the center, if others want to maintain a distance from Messi, they must retreat accordingly.

In this way, Barcelona will be far away from Liverpool's goal...

This is actually the real purpose of Liverpool's offense instead of defense.

Compress Barcelona into a very narrow area and keep them away from their own goal. Then as long as they steal the ball, they can launch an offensive at the closest place to Barcelona's goal.

If Barcelona wants to force an attack, the formation will be stretched open and there will be a lot of gaps. This will suit the appetite of Liverpool, who want to compete with Barcelona.