Chapter 393: With Men on Top of Men, Messi Is About to Become Autistic!

After seeing Messi dribbling the ball past De Bruyne, Lin Quan, who was next to him, without saying a word, directly bumped into Messi with his body, knocking the latter staggering.

And just when Messi was temporarily out of balance due to the impact of Lin Quan, Kante, who was watching eagerly from the side, stretched out his foot unceremoniously and snatched the ball away from Messi's feet.

It's Manchester City's turn to attack!

Kante decisively handed the ball to De Bruyne, who drove the ball along the ribs toward the Barcelona half, while Lin Quan on the wing moved faster.

Barcelona's left back Alba could not guard two people by himself, so he could only rush towards De Bruyne who was holding the ball.

He deliberately blocked De Bruyne's passing route to the wing and prevented the opponent from passing the ball to Lin Quan.

As long as the ball is not passed to Lin Quan, Lin Quan will not be a threat on the wing.

Mourinho once said that the best strategy for defending Messi is to prevent his teammates from passing the ball to him.

This principle also applies to Lin Quan. Players like him and Messi have completely different threats when they have the ball at their feet and when they don't have the ball at their feet.

However, De Bruyne is not an ordinary person. If Alba blocks his passing route to the side, can he just pass forward?

Seeing De Bruyne's passing choice, Alba breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as it is not passed to the wing, passing it to other Manchester City players will certainly pose a threat to Barcelona's goal, but it is completely different from the threat of passing it to Lin Quan.

So Alba is not very worried. His teammate Busques and center back Mascherano will definitely block the opening in the middle and will not give Manchester City's forward any chance.

However, after seeing De Bruyne's passing choice, Busques felt something was wrong in his heart.

This ball was definitely not passed to Aguero. With Aguero's movement and Mascherano's close marking on him, he couldn't catch the ball at all.

Since it was not passed to Aguero, then who was the ball passed to?

Could it be a mistake?

No, it's not a mistake. De Bruyne can secure Manchester City's starting position and is valued by his mentor Guardiola. This is by no means an ordinary person!

Since Aguero has been excluded, there is only one person who can catch the ball now, and that is Lin Quan!

Therefore, the ball was passed to Lin Quan.

Thinking of this, Busques was horrified, and immediately gave up his plan to double-team De Bruyne with Alba, and immediately rushed towards Lin Quan on the wing.

Lin Quan and De Bruyne have played together for almost three years and have a very good understanding of each other.

Seeing Alba's defensive choice against De Bruyne, Lin Quan guessed how De Bruyne would handle the ball.

De Bruyne also guessed that Lin Quanneng guessed his thoughts, so there was no need for communication between the two, and they completed a wonderful passing and cutting cooperation in a tacit understanding.

Lin Quan cut in from the wing and received De Bruyne's pass.

But at the moment of catching the ball, he caught a glimpse of a figure out of the corner of his eye - Barcelona's No. 5 midfielder Busques!

As expected of Professor Bu, his golf quotient is indeed very high and he predicts his choices.

But unfortunately, Busques came a step too late.

Lin Quan rushed into the penalty area before him. Mascherano immediately abandoned Aguero and rushed towards Lin Quan.

However, before Xiao Ma's defense was in place, Lin Quan had already completed the shot.

Ter Stegen tried very hard to save the shot, but Lin Quan's shooting angle was so tricky that the ball almost grazed his fingers and flew into the goal along the goal post and the inside of the side net. .

1:1!

Manchester City quickly equalized the score in less than ten minutes!

The Olympiastadion in Berlin was filled with excitement. The more than 20,000 Manchester City fans in attendance were so excited that they almost jumped with excitement.

The score was equalized so quickly that the worries in their hearts completely disappeared.

Sure enough, with Lin here, there was no surprise!

On the other hand, Barcelona fans couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

The lead that was finally obtained, and it was obtained by luck and the referee's misjudgment, was so easily tied by the opponent.

Moreover, the opponent's defensive counterattack on the wing made them feel a little palpitated. Manchester City's counterattack was very fast. Except for a few players on Barcelona's side, most of the remaining players only had time to withdraw to half-court, and the gate was already lost. .

If the opponent can still play such a high-quality counterattack in the next game, then Barcelona will probably be in trouble.

On the sidelines, Guardiola clenched his fists in excitement when he saw Lin Quan finishing the goal.

Sure enough, it was a very stupid decision for Enrique to pair Messi and Lin Quan.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look at Barcelona's coaching bench.

Guardiola wants to know whether Enrique can realize this problem and make adjustments quickly?

Enrique obviously also found that his choice seemed a bit unwise. Originally, Messi was allowed to move on the right in order to let him and Neymar + Alba play the role of one plus one than two, but from the actual situation Looking at it, it seems that it did not meet my expectations.

The opponent left Neymar and Alba alone, focusing on Messi with the ball at his feet, and often double-teamed with two or three people.

In a place like the wing, three people pressing is almost equal to six people surrounding each other. Even Messi is a bit unable to resist.

So, should we put Messi back on the right?

Enrique hesitated and did not make a decision immediately.

After Manchester City scored, the game returned to a balanced state.

However, under the balance of power, the initiative on the field is still in Barcelona's hands.

In the 16th minute, Messi and Alves passed the ball from side to side. When the ball came to Messi's feet, Manchester City repeated its old tricks and once again had Messi double-teamed.

But this time, Messi learned smartly. When faced with two players pressing closely, he accurately found Alba on the left through the gap.

Alba handed the ball to Neymar, and Neymar performed his own performance. He used a very gorgeous passing skill to shake the center of gravity of the defensive player and handed the ball to Iniesta who advanced from behind.

Iniesta made a direct pass, and the ball was aimed at Suarez.

But Van Dijk had already predicted Iniesta's passing route. He stretched out his long legs in advance and blocked Xiaobai's pass from the bottom line, Barcelona's corner kick.

Although this attack failed to result in a goal, Messi's role on the wing was still achieved.

He successfully contained a large number of opposing defensive players, creating favorable conditions for Alba, Neymar and others.

And after attracting Kante, no one can stop the Barcelona midfielder from advancing, which greatly increases the offensive threat of Xiaobai, Rakitic and others.

Enrique feels that if they continue to play like this, Barcelona will score goals sooner or later.

Indeed, when top stars like Messi and Neymar are active on one wing, any team will appear to be in a hurry when defending these two people.

Both of them are the kind of people who have extremely strong personal abilities and are difficult to defend successfully one-on-one.

To restrict them, the best way is to double-team them.

But if you want to double-team two people at the same time, just one wing is definitely not enough, and the players in the midfield must also be involved.

But in this way, he fell into Barcelona's trap.

Enrique wanted this effect. In this game, he gave Xiaobai, Rakitic and others more rights to fire, allowing them to shoot when they had the opportunity, making Manchester City's defense worry about one thing.

"Hmph, I want to see which end of the spectrum do you, Guardiola, care about?"

Guardiola was motionless. He knew how much of a threat Enrique's offensive system was.

But just like Alba's previous choice to prevent De Bruyne from passing the ball to Lin Quan, the threat of the ball at the feet of players like Messi and Lin Quan is far greater than the threat at the feet of other players.

Enrique's arrangement is equivalent to sacrificing Messi's offensive power for the sake of team tactics.

Guardiola is just the opposite. His tactics are to give full play to the advantages of the entire system and try every means to give the ball to Lin Quan to complete the goal.

Whether the choice of the two is wise or not can only be judged after the game is over.

Now, it depends on whose player performs better on the court.

The game time passed minute by minute, and 30 minutes passed quickly, and the score on the field remained unchanged at 1:1.

In these thirty minutes, both sides tried their best to launch fierce attacks on the other side's goal, and even created some good opportunities, but in the end these attacks failed to translate into goals.

At this time, the game has reached the 40th minute. Judging from the score and the situation on the field, the game has reached a stalemate.

The defensive combination of De Bruyne + Lin Quan and Kanter may seem unworthy of mention, but in fact the effect is very good.

The three people have a clear division of labor. De Bruyne is responsible for being cannon fodder, the first to rush to intercept, forcing Messi to change his rhythm.

Lin Quan came on second, responsible for using physical confrontation to interfere with Messi's dribbling rhythm and prevent him from dribbling so comfortably.

Kanter is responsible for the finishing touches. When Messi's rhythm is disturbed, he seizes the opportunity to complete the steal!

Among the three, De Bruyne has the easiest job, while Lin Quan and Kanter have more difficult jobs.

Especially Lin Quan, although it seems that he just collided with Messi with his body, it is not easy to achieve this level.

Messi's feet are extremely fast and he is very good at changing directions. Most people can't keep up with his rhythm and will be thrown away by him in the blink of an eye. There is no chance of physical confrontation at all.

But Lin Quan is different. His feet are as fast as Messi, so in the entire Manchester City, he is the only one who can keep up with Messi's rhythm without falling behind.

So Messi is like encountering a piece of brown candy and can't get rid of it.

What's even more annoying is that this piece of brown sugar is taller and stronger than him, and has better physical resistance than him.

Therefore, once he is entangled with Lin Quan, it will be difficult for Messi to get rid of him.

In this case, it will be difficult for Messi to keep the ball at his feet when encountering Kanter, who has abnormal stealing ability.

Of course, this set of tactics does not succeed every time. It succeeds almost five or six times out of ten.

But you must know that the person they are facing is Messi. When defending Messi, they have more than half the success rate, which is already very exaggerated.

In the Olympic Stadium, the spectators who came to the scene were amazed when they saw that the little midfielder in the Manchester City team performed very well and made many steals from Messi's feet.

"Who is this guy? How can he be so good at stealing? Counting this time, Messi has been stolen by him 6 times, right?"

"It's a bit exaggerated. I don't think I've ever seen anyone beat Messi so badly in a game!"

"This guy seems to have been bought by Manchester City from Ligue 1. His name seems to be Kante."

"A French player, over 1.7 meters tall, playing as a defensive midfielder, and a black man, how come he looks so much like Makelele?"

"Listening to what you said, he does look a bit like Makelele, but compared to Makelele at his peak, he should be a lot worse!"

A defensive midfielder of Makelele's level has not appeared in football for a long time.

Kanter's current performance is indeed outstanding, but outsiders will not compare him with Makelele for a while.

On the Barcelona coaching bench, Enrique glanced at the game time and couldn't help but frown.

Messi's performance on the right wing is becoming more and more restricted. The opponent's defensive system imposes great restrictions on Messi.

Even if the black player did not complete the steal from Messi's feet, their double-teaming and pressing were enough to slow down Barcelona's progress and gain more opportunities for their teammates to defend.

As a result, it will be difficult for Messi to use his personal dribbling and breakthrough to create opportunities.

As a head coach, Enrique obviously sees more than ordinary fans.

He admitted that Kanter's strength is indeed good, and his ability to intercept and steal is very strong.

But the reason why he was able to steal the ball from Messi many times did not rely on personal strength, but teamwork.

As long as Messi changes his position and does not give the opponent a chance to double-team, Kanter, without the assistance of his teammates, will definitely not be Messi's opponent in a one-on-one contest.

Thinking of this, Enrique made a decision in his mind. He stood up and made gestures to the players on the court to change Messi's position and the team's tactics.

Because Manchester City used at least four players when defending Messi and Neymar.

Therefore, they had a clear view of the gap on the left. After Barcelona suddenly changed tactics, Messi, who returned to the right, suddenly shed tears of excitement when facing this unobstructed large space.

The three brothers on the left were treating him like a sandwich, leaving him with no room to develop.

Even if he had all his abilities, he couldn't bring them to full use when facing those three noble brothers.

But now it's better. After he came to the right wing, the sea and the sky suddenly became brighter, without any constraints.

As a result, Messi was like a wild horse running wild, giving full play to his talents and passing the players on the left side of Manchester City.

In order to prevent Messi from breaking through, Cross even received a yellow card for a pulling foul while defending.

For this reason, Kanter specially swapped positions with Cross and asked him to come to the left to defend Messi.

But without the assistance of the other two, Kanter's defensive success rate dropped significantly when facing Messi one-on-one.