146. There is mutual offense and defense
The opening wave of attacks of the Longteng team really made Barcelona's side take out all the mental heads at once.
After kick-off again, Enrique took what he said before the game seriously, and the attitude of playing in the Champions League really showed it.
In the eighth minute, "Little White" Iniesta used his personal skills and teammates to cooperate with him, and continued to play a fast pass on the left side of the Longteng team's penalty area, after tearing the Longteng's defensive formation out of the gap, he shook Lin Feng who was defending him with a beautiful fake shot, and then kicked an extremely beautiful curve ball in front of the penalty area, and the ball was slightly above the crossbar.
From this Barcelona attack, it can be seen that the gap between the strength of the two teams is too big, the Longteng team has as many as three intensive defense in the middle, and at the same time, there are active defenses on the right side, including Pato, still let Barcelona, who has only four offensive players, use the pass to play around, and in the end, Iniesta suddenly got rid of the rhythm change of the shot, so that Lin Feng didn't know how to defend at all.
Seeing the scene just now, He Wei also sighed: "Barcelona with 100% of its strength is too strong. The Longteng team has a numerical advantage in defense, but it can't completely suppress the opponent's shots, which is worthy of the universe team. β
Xu Yang shook his head and said: "We had expected this situation before the game, but anyway, doing a good job of defense is the most critical issue in this game, and our players should be more aggressive." β
In the following games, it was Barcelona who showed the real aggression, and they showed their usual style of play - high pressing.
As the most quintessential Longteng team in the Chinese Super League team to play the tactic of high pressing, in the face of Barcelona's high pressing, I realized what is called "pressing" and "grabbing".
When a player of the Longteng team has the ball, Barcelona always has two people sandwiching him, and the purpose of the two of them is also very clear, which is to let you pass the ball to another player of the Longteng team who is also interfered with by the Barcelona players.
In the other passing lanes of the Dragons, there are also Barcelona players waiting there, and the remaining passing line is to give you a big foot forward.
It can be said that in addition to risking the ball to their teammates who are interfered with by the opposing player, the players of the Longteng team have only one trick left, that is, a bigfoot blindly drives to the front court and hands over the ball to Barcelona's defenders.
But I have to say that Zhang Sheng's transformation of the team for four consecutive years has indeed had a certain effect, although these players of the Longteng team do not have much way to move forward in the face of Barcelona's high pressing, but in this kind of small-scale pass control, they still play well.
Among them, Lin Feng really played a very big role in this.
Compared to Barcelona's players, he is indeed too far behind in terms of skills at his feet, but his ability value is basically focused on running and passing.
In the face of Barcelona's high pressing, he kept running in the backfield to pull the opponent's high defense, while Roque Gil followed Iniesta at any time, as long as he was in the 30-meter area, he would never let him run to a particularly good position to receive the ball, and Nie Jiang was also very active in defense, always ready to cut off the opponent's pass to Iniesta.
After continuously exchanging the ball in the 30-meter area, the Longteng team stabilized its position and was no longer pressed in front of its own penalty area.
But even so, the Dragons almost gave Suarez a chance in the box.
In the fourteenth minute of the first half, Alves pressed very high, using the cover and cooperation of right striker Rakitic and right winger Munir to hand the ball to Suarez on the right side of the penalty area with a light pick-and-roll pass.
Suarez, who had the ball with his back to him, faced the incoming ball, and with a very beautiful stop and turn, he got the opportunity to dribble laterally into the box.
Du Zhenyu faced Suarez's ball, stuck his possibility of dribbling horizontally, and at the same time, Ma Yongli also pressed Roberto behind him in the middle and did not give him a chance to respond.
If it is an ordinary player, he may choose to hand the ball to his teammates outside the penalty area, let them organize the attack again or simply make a bottom cross, but Suarez is the opposite, at the moment of turning to get the ball, and at the same time observing that his teammates have no good chance to respond, he suddenly smashed the ball with his left foot, and then suddenly accelerated to get rid of Du Zhenyu's defense.
It's a pity that at this time, Munir also rushed to the penalty area, wanting to catch Suarez's ball, the two squeezed together, and when he wanted to pass the ball to the back point, Du Zhenyu had already followed and blocked his pass out of the bottom line.
He Wei hurriedly said: "Be careful of Suarez's back to the ball in the penalty area and his dexterous smashing to change the line, this is his famous work in European football." Our players must not make defensive moves to death, otherwise they will definitely not be able to keep up with his rhythm in the future. β
"Looking at Suarez's goal statistics in the past two years, you know that being able to be called MSN with Messi and Neymar is not just a joke. Xu Yang said enviously, "Last season, the MSN combination of Messi, Suarez, and Neymar scored a total of 122 goals. Since the beginning of the year, so far in 2015, Messi has scored 43 goals, Suarez has scored 39 goals, and Neymar has also scored 39 goals, which together is 121 goals. After the start of this season, Suarez's form is even hotter than in the first half of the year, I looked at the data in La Liga, Neymar has 12 goals, Suarez is second in MSN with 11 goals, and Messi has only 3 goals because of his form. But in the Champions League, Suarez has scored five goals, more than Messi and Neymar, who have only scored two goals each. β
"I can only say that we are quite lucky this time, Neymar and Messi are both injured and can't play. He Wei rejoiced, "One of the three superstars of MSN retreated, and they can all play at the level of a top midfielder." Breakthroughs, passes, shots, tacit understanding, creativity, passion, talent...... MSN covers all offensive elements. Suarez may need more support from midfield today. β
In the next corner, the quality of Rakitic's pass was not good, and it was easily confiscated by Zhou Wei, and the Longteng team breathed a sigh of relief.
It is also with the adaptation to the rhythm of Barcelona on the field, perhaps Barcelona wants the Longteng team to pull out the formation so that it can attack, and the Longteng team has slowly begun to improve.
In the twentieth minute of the first half, it was Barcelona's through ball in midfield that was so obvious that Alves and Munir didn't even think to go together, and Roque Gil saw through it, and after he got the ball, he found Pato in front with a big foot.
In the face of Pato's high burst, Barcelona's overall formation quickly retracted, and Busquets, as a midfielder, retreated with Pato all the way, but Busquets's frontal defense ability is very strong, but he is weak in speed.
Pato took advantage of him and used his speed to eat hard, and Busquets saw that his speed and pace could not keep up, so he decisively took the action of grabbing.
Pato wanted Busquets this time, and he changed direction again to accelerate and completely shake off Busquets and run towards the penalty area.
At this time, Barcelona had only two central defenders Pique and Mascherano at the back, one of them pressed Pato to the sideline, and the other tried to stick to him to prevent him from having a chance to shoot.
However, Pato was not the only one who was fast in the Longteng team, Ben Arfa on the left side was also desperately chasing from behind at this time, Chavez as a center forward blocked Busquets' return line, and Nie Jiang chose to rush in front of Iniesta to attract his defensive attention.
It can be said that the three fastest players in the front court of the Longteng team all showed the strength of the 100-meter sprint.
In the end, Ben Arfa and Barcelona's right wing-back Alves drew in a match, while Nie Jiang left the 31-year-old Iniesta behind.
Pato chose to hand the ball to Nie Jiang diagonally behind when he saw that he couldn't shoot, and Nie Jiang received the ball and went straight into the penalty area.
As the anchor of the back line, Pique quickly threw away Pato and ran to block Nie Jiang's shot, and Nie Jiang's next action shocked Pique, because Nie Jiang passed the ball again, Pique's departure gave Nie Jiang a chance to give Pato the ball, and the football directly found Pato, who was faster than Mascherano after bypassing Pique.
Pato happened to be in the corner between the right and the front of the penalty area, and when he saw Mascherano who was half a body behind him, he shot decisively.
Pato chose the far post of the goal, which is the angle at which Bravo could not have pounced anyway, and after Pato's shot was completed, Bravo, who had already fallen to the ground on his side, watched the ball fly straight into the bottom left corner of the goal and gave up completely.
Unfortunately, Pato's shot was too angle-oriented, and the ball flew off the line along the post.
From the beginning of this counterattack of the Longteng team, He Wei is more looking forward to the last counterattack, after all, the last attack was pressed on the sideline, but this time Pato broke through from the middle, and this ball is extremely threatening to Barcelona: "The ball is broken at the back, and the pass is beautiful." Pato picked up speed and Busquets couldn't defend it, leaving two centre-backs behind. Pass to Nie Jiang, pretty, beautiful two-by-two, pass from Nie Jiang, Pato shoot! Oops, it's going out by the post again. β
"I didn't score the ball, but that's how it was played. Xu Yang was also excited, "Several players in our front court are not bad in speed and technique, and in terms of archery alone, they are all famous in Europe." So we have to be confident, to fight back is to be resolute, don't be afraid, play Barcelona, and get back to the basics if you score one. β
When Zhang Sheng saw Pato shoot, he almost shouted "Goal", but when he saw the ball slide out of the goal, he squatted on the ground with his head in his hands.
Enrique, who has been standing calmly, is really a little untenable, and it seems that this team can beat AmΓ©rica Mexico 2-0 is really not a factor of luck, and the strength of several players in their front field is really strong.
Especially Pato, this is completely his peak state performance, how good Pato's peak is, Enrique knows, that is the existence that makes the whole Camp Nou silent.
After 24 seconds of blitz, Alves, Mascherano, Busquets and Iniesta were still on the pitch in that game, and these four people were also on the line that was broken by Pato at that time.
At this time, Mascherano is also angry at the failure of the pass in the front court, and the failure of the pass in the midfield, and the foul on the spot is a crime.
Mascherano was not the only one who roared, Enrique also shouted loudly at the field, he had already told them not to underestimate the enemy before, but he didn't expect to make a more serious mistake now.
At the same time, Enrique is also thinking about his own tactics on the field.
The three forwards in the front court of the Longteng team this time are completely three defensive players, including Chavez, the center forward, is standing behind his own midfielder Busquets, so it can be said that it is very difficult to make the connection between his midfielder and the striker.
If it was in the past, there was MSN in front of him, Messi and Neymar were still there, and such a defense would be in vain, but now the actual situation is that Suarez is only alone, and the other two strikers can do assistance work, and it is not realistic to completely suppress the opponent's defenders.
And the opponent's head coach seems very resolute, letting go of the side to let you break through, that is, not letting you cut inside and stuff the straight line, clearly thinking that Suarez is not a high striker, and he is not afraid of him grabbing high points in the penalty area.
This reminded him of last year's Champions League game against Paris Saint-Germain, when the opponent also had a strong front trident and a good midfielder, and in the end his MSN combination did not play well.
Today, the overall strength of the Longteng team is much weaker than that of Grand Paris, but its frontcourt offensive ability is also much weaker than that game.
It seems that his side midfielder presses forward, and the two wings retract can not be too aggressive, and in terms of the ability of their players, they are stronger than the opponent, so they should play more simply and directly, and try to minimize the way of playing in the midfield that must pass the ball into the goal.
At the same time, the counter-robbery in the front court must be very active.
The last point is to make full use of Suarez's ability in the forward line and give him enough space, as Munir used to fight for Suarez's position in the past.
Sure enough, after giving the Longteng team enough space in the midfield, Barcelona also had enough space to break through.
In the twenty-seventh minute of the first half, the three fronts of the Longteng team pressed up a little, and Barcelona used the rare space to play a beautiful attacking combination.
Andres Iniesta gave Suarez room to move through the transition of the retreating Roberto, and finally the link between the three of them ended with Suarez's run into the penalty area.
Lin Feng, who couldn't keep up with Suarez's turnaround steps, fouled in front of the penalty area and pulled down the former, and the referee gave Lin Feng a yellow card after giving Barcelona a well-placed free kick.