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

It was not just the Barcelona players who thought the Liverpool players' behavior was a little strange, but even the fans of both teams in the stands and the audience in front of the TV had this feeling.

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

In the Champions League... everyone hasn't seen this scene for a long time.

Today's professional players are all stars, and they all have a bit of temper and face. This approach is actually a loss of face for them, because no one thinks that they are still a rookie and need the captain to lead them in a circle to boost morale...

So why did Liverpool suddenly do this?

No one knows the reason.

In everyone's puzzled 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, and they were waiting for them to kick off.

Chen Yingxiong stepped on the football and turned back. He saw that his teammates behind him were also 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, eleven thumbs up were raised on the field.

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

They still don't understand what Liverpool is doing today.

In their opinion, Liverpool is full of weirdness today.

But they don't have time to think about why this is, and what kind of weirdness it is. Because the referee has already blown the whistle to start the game.

Chen Yingxiong gently knocked the ball out. Sanchez followed up and passed the ball to Gotze behind him.

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

Liverpool's offensive curtain was opened.

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Liverpool's offensive will be very fierce after the start of the game. Barcelona players are very clear about this, because head coach Guardiola has repeatedly told them.

Therefore, when Liverpool launched an offensive against their goal at the beginning, they were not surprised. Although the offensive was particularly fierce. They didn't take it to heart.

In response to Liverpool's fierce attack at the beginning. Barcelona's countermeasure is not to shrink back and defend like other teams.

First of all, in terms of Barcelona's team temperament, they can't accept such a stubborn defense in front of their mortal enemy. Because it's really too embarrassing...

Secondly, even if they are asked to defend, they can't do it well. Because they have never practiced this tactic.

Barcelona's genes are offense, not defense. Although their defense is good, it doesn't mean that they are good at defense, especially good at stubborn defense.

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

Giving up what they are best at, but choosing what they are least good at. This kind of mistake may be made by the head coaches of other teams, but Guardiola will not.

The strategy he formulated for Barcelona is to use ball control to compete with Liverpool's offense.

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

When you always keep the football firmly under your feet, the opponent can't grab the ball at all, so how can you launch an attack?

So as long as you can keep 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 against Liverpool. At any time, facing any opponent, Barcelona will let go like this.

You rarely see them shrinking in their own 30-meter area and letting the opponent's players pass back and forth outside.

They always try to control the ball from the first minute of the game. From the front court to the midfield, and then to the back court. Their control is very strong.

At the same time, because of such a strong ball control ability, Barcelona will not shrink the defense line. Therefore, they need a goalkeeper with a large defensive area. A large activity area and a large control range. Reina, who has better goal line technology, was abandoned by Barcelona and chose Valdes, whose technology is not very good and whose performance is not very stable.

Although Valdes often makes various inexplicable mistakes, it must be said that he is the most suitable goalkeeper for Barcelona. Because many times, Valdes plays not only a goalkeeper, but also a sweeper.

This is Barcelona's most accustomed defensive strategy.

They naturally use this set to deal with Liverpool.

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

Because as long as the ball has a chance to fall to Barcelona, ​​Liverpool's offensive will be unsustainable. The initiative will fall into Barcelona's hands.

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

They want to take back the ball, then turn the tables and bury Liverpool completely!

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

So Liverpool never thought that Barcelona could still organize an attack under their fierce offensive...

We will catch them off guard. As long as we score a goal first, the initiative of the game will fall into Barcelona's hands. So what if Liverpool plays at home? Aren't they still being led by us?

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Liverpool's first attack was launched by taking advantage of the kick-off opportunity.

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

It looked like an ordinary attack.

Barcelona kicked the goal kick, Valdes did not kick the ball directly, but passed it to the central defender in front, Piqué.

Piqué then passed the ball up layer by layer.

In fact, Barcelona also kicked the goal kick, but in this game. Guardiola specifically told Valdes not to kick the ball if he could. Try to let the ball roll along the grass, so that they can always control the ball under their feet.

If the ball is allowed to fly in the air, how can it work?

The tallest people on the Barcelona side are Busquets and Piqué. Goalkeeper Valdes is only 1.83 meters.

Liverpool has an advantage in competing for high balls. Everyone knows that their back line is tall, but the turning speed is slow, which is a good opportunity for Barcelona to give full play to its small, fast and agile characteristics.

As long as the ball can be under their feet... Barcelona is not afraid of anyone!

Barcelona began to advance layer by layer.

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 middle and front court.

In order not to give Barcelona any excuses, Liverpool did not even want the "defense" in the defensive counterattack. In this way, when Barcelona finally lost the game, I believe they will no longer have any excuses.

For Barcelona, ​​this was also unexpected.

Liverpool's approach made them a little unexpected.

Because of the lack of sufficient psychological preparation. When Busquets got the ball in the backcourt and wanted to pass forward, he was double-teamed by Chen Yingxiong and Gotze.

Even Chen Yingxiong, who has never been much defensive, ran back to assist in defense, which shows Liverpool's determination in this game.

Busquets was not well prepared. Under the double-teaming of Chen Yingxiong and Gotze, his pass was wrong.

He originally intended to pass to Alaba in front of the side, but he didn't expect that the final pass would deviate from the target.

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

The ball was back at Liverpool's feet.

The throw-in was thrown, and Liverpool reorganized the attack.

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

Everything looked no different from any normal game.

Except for the frontcourt pressing...

Of course, this might just be an accident.

The ball was quickly passed to Busquets' feet.

This time. Busquets passed the ball immediately, and the ball was passed to 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 was not difficult to get rid of these two Liverpool players.

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

This time there was only one person, but he was the most difficult one... Inler.

Inler is strong and tough, and it is perfect to use him to deal with Barcelona's technical players!

Once he is entangled, it will be difficult 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 loopholes due to this kind of pressing.

At the same time, they can continue to put pressure on Barcelona's attack.

Although Iniesta was still able to control the ball under Inler's pressing, it was difficult for him to pass the ball.

Messi was originally in the frontcourt, and seeing the situation behind him, he had to retreat to support his teammates.

As Messi retreated, other Barcelona players had to retreat as well.

Because Barcelona has high requirements for the overall situation, their passing requires players to keep a distance of fifteen meters between players as much as possible, or even shorter, so that they can pass the ball on the ground. This distance of passing has the highest accuracy and is the easiest to tear open the opponent's defense.

As the core of the team, Messi retreats, so with him as the center, others must retreat to keep a distance from Messi.

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

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

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

If Barcelona wants to force an attack, the formation will be torn apart, and there will be many gaps, which is exactly what Liverpool wants when they want to play against Barcelona. ! ~!