Chapter 848 Unsolvable Assassin

With the whistle of the referee Mehuto, under the witness of more than 80,000 fans at the Bernabéu, this world-renowned focus match officially kicked off.

Real Madrid at home took the lead in the kick-off.

Benitez formed a three-back formation tonight, the goalkeeper is Casillas, the defense is the combination of Maxwell, Vermaelen, Ramos and Arbeloa, and the midfielder is Mascherano. Lano, Harvey Alonso and Lars Diarra's three midfielders, Sneijder is in the middle, Yang Yang and Zlatan Ibrahimovic in front.

Barcelona still played in the familiar four-three-three formation.

The goalkeeper is Valdez, the defense is Abidal, Gabriel Milito, Pique and Puyol, the three midfielders are Iniesta, Busquets and Xavi, and the frontcourt is Pedro, Messi and Alves.

What has changed from the past is that Guardiola put Messi in the middle of this game and pushed the original right back Daniel Alves to the right winger. This is also a very unexpected adjustment.

Judging from the formation of the two sides, Barcelona let Puyol play the right back, obviously wanting to restrain Real Madrid's left forward Yang Yang, and at the same time use Alves to suppress Real Madrid's left back.

Real Madrid has a targeted formation of three defensive midfielders, and also obviously lowered their posture.

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The game had just started, and after Real Madrid kicked off, it quickly passed to the right.

After Lars Diarra received the ball from the wing, he just took the center line and made a long pass directly to find Ibrahimovic in front, but after the Swedish center grabbed the first spot, he quickly I fell into the entanglement of Barcelona's defensive players.

The ball is lost.

But after the Barcelona players snatched the ball, they looked forward, only to find that the Real Madrid players had quickly returned to their positions.

The four defenders, the three defensive midfielders, and Sneijder have all returned to the inside and outside of the 30-meter zone, and are closely guarded.

This greatly exceeded the expectations of the Barcelona players.

Xavi raised his hand near the halfway line, and his teammates quickly passed the ball to his feet.

Barcelona stopped the ball and turned around without any interference. Looking up, Real Madrid's defensive formation is very neat.

Harvey first took a few steps to the right side of his side, that is, the left side of Real Madrid, and immediately found that the overall formation of Real Madrid was also moving to the left. Although it was very slow, the experienced Harvey knew very well that as long as he put When the ball is passed, Real Madrid will immediately form a suppression, and they will not be able to penetrate at all.

So Harvey dunked the ball to his left and dribbled the ball to the left.

But soon, Real Madrid's overall formation also moved to this side, and the two lines remained compact and orderly.

Harvey had no choice but to pass it to Iniesta quickly.

White stopped the ball, tried to bring it forward, wanted to make a charge, but was quickly entangled by Las Diarra, who was forced to pass the ball back to Busquets and then to Xavi .

Going around in a circle, walking left and right, the ball returned to the original point.

Harvey was a bit bitter, and he didn't expect that Real Madrid would arrange such a tight defense at their home court, and even made it clear from the beginning of the game that the horses and horses would fight back.

You know, this is the Bernabéu!

Could it be that Benitez can ignore the emotions of Bernabéu fans?

Messi retreated from the front to respond, and then immediately led to the right to find Alves to cooperate, but Real Madrid's defensive formation quickly tilted to the right, quickly cutting off the gap between Messi, Alves and Harvey The connection between them forced Barcelona to pass the ball back quickly.

No one expected that Real Madrid's defensive counterattack would be so resolute, especially the three-back play. This is a very conservative strategy, but it is very effective in curbing Barcelona's passing and possession.

Because, in last season's Champions League final, Benitez's Liverpool used three midfielders to kill Barcelona.

With the previous shadows, coupled with the zero-to-five in the first century derby this season, Barcelona players began to become more cautious. Fortunately, this team has always been known for passing and controlling the ball, and they played very patiently. No rush, no rush at all.

That made for a dull start to the game, as Barcelona kept playing in midfield.

Until the sixth minute, Messi retreated to get the ball, suddenly dribbled forward, quickly rushed to the edge of the penalty area, was shoveled to the ground by Mascherano, and won a good frontcourt position for Barcelona Free kick chance.

At the critical moment, Barcelona still relies on the personal strength of the stars to resolve the battle.

But this time the free kick in the frontcourt failed to create a threat, and it ended with Harvey's long shot from the perimeter of nearly 30 meters.

Barcelona has been unable to open Real Madrid's defense for a long time, and can only create threats through players' personal abilities and long-range shots. After the opening, Real Madrid didn't even have a chance to shoot, or even a truly threatening attack. The fans at the scene felt a little depressed.

If you just look at the scene, Barcelona really has an overwhelming advantage, especially the possession rate.

How does this look like the performance that the top four in La Liga and the semi-finals of the Champions League should have?

But just when the fans were a little impatient, Barcelona suddenly made a mistake.

When Pedro got the ball from the left and cut inside, Ramos made a decisive grab and tripped Pedro, but the referee did not whistle and fouled, Real Madrid quickly counterattacked, Sneijder received the pass from Ramos After that, he took advantage of the trend and passed to the center line.

Ibrahimovic blocked Pique with his body, stopped the ball with his right foot, turned around and passed behind him with his left foot.

Real Madrid's counterattack was very fast this time. From stealing the ball to Sneijder to Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the whole process happened in the blink of an eye. defense line.

Yang Yang pierced through Barcelona's defense line like a sharp arrow off the string, chasing the ball.

The emotions of the fans in the entire Bernabéu stadium were completely aroused, and everyone burst out with enthusiasm like a wave.

But at the critical moment, the line referee raised the flag and the referee blew his whistle to signal Yang Yang to foul.

After Yang Yang heard the whistle, he had to slow down. Seeing the linesman's flag and the referee's penalty, he felt very innocent. He spread his hands and walked towards the referee Mehuto.

"Sir, that was not an offside at all, I promise!" Yang Yang was very sure.

Because Gabriel Milito was equal to him at the time, he threw off the Argentine central defender and Abidal at the moment of the start, but the linesman may not be able to keep up with Real Madrid's counterattack speed or something, anyway, it caused a mistake sentenced.

"Sorry, my assistant is pretty sure it was an offside," Mehuto replied with a smile.

It's his work ethic.

Regardless of whether it was a misjudgment or not, anyway, he must maintain the authority of the referee team and take good care of his assistants.

Yang Yang also shook his head helplessly, and walked back.

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"Judging from the slow-motion playback, this is indeed a misjudgment."

"The moment Yang Yang started, Milito was the last defensive player. The moment Ibrahimovic turned around to pick a pass, everyone sees that Yang Yang is parallel to Milito. He has always been there. Pay attention to your position."

"But unfortunately, both the referee and the linesman thought it was offside."

"Real Madrid missed an excellent opportunity in the opening game. If not, this should be a single shot. With Yang Yang's ability, it is definitely possible to form a goal."

"But that's football."

"Perhaps, Real Madrid should slow down their counterattack appropriately next time, haha..."

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Guardiola was furious on the sidelines.

Especially when he saw Yang Yang quickly slanting behind him, he jumped up.

He knows better than anyone else how big a threat Yang Yang is. If he is really single-handed, Barcelona will fall behind.

Once behind, such a game is a nightmare for Barcelona.

This is an unbearable final!

"Hrad is too close to Ibrahimovic." Guardiola turned his head sideways and shook his head.

"In the tactical meeting before the game, I have emphasized to him again and again that Zlatan Ibrahimovic likes to use his body to confront the central defender and catch the ball close to the central defender. I asked him to avoid physical contact with him as much as possible. Contact, but he just stuck to it."

Assistant coach Bilanova smiled wryly, this is where Ibrahimovic is smart.

In fact, many people have misunderstood Ibrahimovic. Seeing that he is tall and strong, they think he is a traditional center forward, but in fact, the biggest threat of this Swedish giant lies in the ball and the possession of the ball.

A center forward who is tall and strong, but also has delicate foot skills and can provide a stable point of holding the ball outside the penalty area, is a very scary thing.

At the beginning, Barcelona took a fancy to him, that is to say, they took a fancy to this characteristic of him.

And it is not easy to defend such a player. The first point is to arrange the tactics properly.

Guardiola has made extremely detailed preparations before the game, including how to freeze Yang Yang and how to limit Ibrahimovic, all have clear plans, but the problem is that the court is changing rapidly.

It's very simple, but if Pique doesn't touch Ibrahimovic, won't the Swedish center take the initiative to find him?

Here's where the trouble starts!

Even to some extent, Ibrahimovic's style of play is unique in European football.

And any strong team needs to have some killers that others cannot resolve. It can be the individual performance of the players, or it can be a routine formed by a combination of player characteristics.

The striker combination of Yang Yang and Ibrahimovic has become a killer that all opponents of Real Madrid can hardly contain.

These two players not only have super personal abilities, but also cooperate very well and have very different characteristics.

More importantly, they are very good friends and they are very selfless to each other on the court, which is very important.

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Guardiola still quickly walked to the sidelines, reminding the players on the field to pay attention to the protection behind them, especially reminding the central defenders to pay attention to restricting Ibrahimovic, and also signaled the midfielders to pay attention to pulling away, try to Pour the ball up and be fast.

But Real Madrid's defensive formation is like an iron wall, and Barcelona has never been able to penetrate it.

And not long after Guardiola adjusted, Real Madrid once again succeeded in stealing the ball in the backcourt.

With the cooperation of Sneijder, Mascherano steals the ball from Alves' feet and quickly launches a counterattack.

Sneijder took the ball forward himself.