Volume 1: Heroes Come and Go, People Pay Attention. Chapter 265: Competing to See Who Scores More Goals (Third Update, Monthly Ticket! Monthly Ticket!)

Chapter 265: Comparing who scores more goals (Third update, monthly ticket! Monthly ticket!)

During the halftime break, Criscito's name was mentioned by experts and commentators analyzing the first half of the game.

They felt that the reason why Naples was so embarrassed after the first half was because Criscito did not control Messi well.

"Crichito was completely blown away by Messi. His presence is the biggest loophole in Naples. I believe Barcelona will also increase their offensive intensity in response to this in the second half..."

"In the contest with Messi, Criscito is completely at a disadvantage. He can't guard Messi at all. If Messi is allowed to run wild on his side, Naples will be in danger in the second half..."

"If I were Mazzarri, I would replace Criscito and consider replacing him with another player who is good at defense..."

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The commentators and pundits have given Criscito a death sentence.

But in the locker room, a frustrated Criscito felt the support of his teammates.

"Don't worry, Domenico. You did your best."

"You are facing Messi. He is the best player in the world. I don't think anyone will have an easy time facing him... so you have nothing to be frustrated about, Domenico..."

Teammates were trying to console the left-back who was frustrated with his first-half performance.

But Chen Yingxiong snorted. He was not dissatisfied with Criscito's performance, he was dissatisfied with his teammates' remarks.

He also ran up to comfort Cristo.

"It's not a big deal to lose the ball, Domenico! This game is not about defense at all! What we are fighting with them is to score goals! If we lose one, we score two! If we lose two, we score three! What are you afraid of? ?!”

Hamsik rolled his eyes: "You are not so comforting, hero!"

"Anyway, just don't take Messi seriously. He has two legs just like you." Chen Yingxiong ignored Hamsik's words and continued. "It's not really an alien. What's there to be afraid of?"

Cassano supported from the side: "Domenico, the hero is right. You see, it took Messi thirteen games to score 12 goals, and it only took the hero seven games to score 11 goals." , who is the alien? You and the alien compete every day in training. Why do you say you are afraid of Messi?"

What he said was a bit of a change of concept, but it sounded fresh.

Then everyone laughed.

Even Criscito, who was crying before, smiled.

Mazzarri was very satisfied with the team's self-regulation ability. The second half of the first half was so embarrassing and the team's morale was very low. In fact, this is what happened when the players just returned to the locker room.

As a result, Chen Yingxiong and Cassano made some jokes like this, and the atmosphere in the locker room changed.

Seeing the confident performances of Chen Yingxiong and Cassano, he, as the head coach, is also full of confidence in the team.

Naples' overall strength is certainly not as good as Barcelona's, but if the team always has such an optimistic spirit, then defeating Barcelona may not be an impossible task.

However, many teams did not have such spirit when facing Barcelona. Even Mourinho's Real Madrid, who shouts fiercely, is actually very afraid of Barcelona in their bones, otherwise they would not adopt that kind of play...

Who can really not take Barcelona into consideration? I'm afraid there is only one Chen Yingxiong in the world!

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Guardiola was very satisfied with the team's performance in the first half, and he also saw Criscito's difficulty in defending Messi. So during the halftime break, he made a targeted arrangement-requiring the team to attack Criscito's side during the second half.

Of course, this does not mean that we must open a breakthrough here. In fact, Barcelona's tactics are very flexible. Of course he also knows that his opponent is not a scarecrow. If Barcelona devotes all its offensive power to Criscito's side, how could Mazzarri not react?

Of course, he will also shift the focus of defense to Criscito's side to support the left back.

Therefore, it is said that the assists are coming from this wing, but in fact, it may not be possible to find any opportunities from this wing.

The key lies in the following arrangement - if Napoli strengthens their defense on the left, then Barcelona's offense will quickly move the football to the other side to Iniesta, Pedro and others there.

Catch the opponent by surprise.

Anyone who watches Barcelona often should know very well that this is one of the common routines in Barcelona's offense - their frontcourt players pass around Messi. And Messi is famous outside, so when Barcelona's opponents defend, they will focus more on the wing where Messi is, and everyone is staring closely at Messi.

So much so that even after loopholes appeared in other parts of the defense line, they were not even aware of it.

At this time, Xavi, Iniesta, or Messi will quickly pass the football into the air. Naturally, other Barcelona players will rush to catch the football, and then beat the football almost without defense. Going in...

In fact, many people know that Barcelona will play like this, but the problem is... you can't stop it even if you know it. Can you not concentrate on defending the area where Messi is and spread the defensive forces evenly? Well, things are simpler for Barcelona. They only need to hand the football to Messi. If you don't find a few more people to defend, Messi alone can turn your defense upside down. Then go straight to Huanglong and complete the goal.

Why have Barcelona persisted in their style of play for so many years and never felt as invincible as they do now?

It's because now they have Messi. Messi's super personal ability has become a fatal weapon to break the balance, forcing opponents to invest more defensive forces in him alone, then the defense in other places will naturally be stretched...

This is the so-called ability to break the equilibrium.

Barcelona also had many outstanding players before, but none of them were as sharp as Messi. Coupled with Barcelona's new tactics specifically built around him and the media's hype, Messi's reputation has naturally spread throughout the world. Nowadays, whenever anyone mentions Messi, they will think of his sharp breakthroughs. Beautiful goal from man.

In the past, scoring more than 30 goals in a season was considered difficult to achieve, but Messi can score more than 50 goals in a season. He has made scoring goals a very simple matter. It is precisely because of such a prestigious reputation that many teams do not hesitate to deploy heavy troops when facing him, but they cannot guard against him, so his myth becomes even more legendary...

As long as they have a normal Messi, Barcelona is basically invincible.

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The fifteen minutes of halftime passed very quickly, especially in such an important game. Many people were impatiently looking forward to the start of the second half.

During the halftime break, each TV station analyzed the form of both sides in the second half. Although they did not know what other TV stations said, they reached a basic agreement under such circumstances - they felt that if they followed the If they play like this in the first half, Naples will be in trouble in the second half.

It seems to be to confirm their statement and make them complacent about their "God's prophecy".

Less than ten minutes into the second half, Barcelona scored again and they took the lead!

"Villa!! Beautiful! He scored!"

"Barcelona takes the lead for the first time in this game! 2:1, now they have the advantage!"

"It's a pity that the person who scored the goal was not Messi, otherwise he would have been able to get further away from Chen Yingxiong!"

"Look, I just said it, if the game continues like this, sooner or later Barcelona will score!"

"Barcelona fully demonstrated their power! This time it was not Messi, but Villa who scored the goal! This is likely to be a goal that completely defeated Naples and made them realize the huge gap between themselves and Barcelona !”

"There are very few teams that can come back after Barcelona took the lead!"

Wembley Stadium once again let out huge cheers.

After Villa scored, he ran to the sidelines and cheered. This season he moved from Valencia to Barcelona in the hope of winning the championship. Now the season is almost over. From this point of view, his transfer is successful, because he has already won a La Liga championship, and now he has won another La Liga title. Scored a goal in the Champions League final and has a great chance of winning the Champions League trophy...

Good things come in pairs indeed.

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Napoli fell behind nine minutes into the second half, while Barcelona's morale was completely up.

Mazzarri stood on the sidelines, frowning.

How else to play this game?

It is indeed difficult to defend Barcelona. During the halftime break, he spent most of the time arranging the team's defense. Just now, the players were already very concerned about defending Messi. Messi did not do anything outstanding in this goal. He performed well, but he attracted most of Naples' defensive players, resulting in empty troops elsewhere.

Villa received Xavi's transfer and then hit the football into the goal. The whole process was as easy as doing a shooting drill in training.

To defend Villa? Messi's defense is empty.

Keep an eye on both Villa and Messi?

But Barcelona doesn't just have Villa and Messi, they also have Xavi, Iniesta, Pedro, Alves, Butzquez, and even Pique...

Barcelona's offensive firepower is quite powerful...

etc!

Mazzarri suddenly grasped something.

Offensive firepower?

correct!

This is it!

This is the final, not the semi-finals, nor the quarter-finals. We don’t need to consider away goals or goal difference. There is only one criterion for deciding the outcome - our number of goals is higher than Barcelona’s. Lots of balls!

Isn’t it enough as long as he can score more goals than Barcelona?

Our offensive firepower in Naples is not weak either!

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