Xavi couldn't imagine what it would be like for Barcelona to lose possession. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

He felt that Barcelona at that time must be like a piece of fat on the chopping board that can be slaughtered.

But this kind of thing rarely happens, especially in recent years.

After Rijkaard coached Barcelona, the passing trend set off by Gao Han in Atletico Madrid profoundly affected Barcelona, and Xavi gradually gained a foothold in this situation and became the main midfielder in the team.

Slowly, he got used to being in possession of the ball, to playing with his opponents with passing and possession.

This has brought him and the team an unprecedented sense of accomplishment and satisfaction.

Especially since Pep Guardiola's season in charge, Barcelona's pursuit of possession has reached the extreme.

Andres Iniesta, who has stronger ball control and better understands the essence of Barcelona's heritage, replaced Deco as the team's main midfielder, partnering Xavi, plus Sergio Busquets in the back position, Barcelona's possession tactics are invincible and sweep the entire European football scene.

There was not a single game in which Barcelona did not dominate possession.

Fifty percent?

No, it should be 55 percent, or even 60 percent.

How to pass the ball after the opening, how to control the ball, how to deal with the fierce pressing of the opponent, Xavi and his teammates have a whole set of mature execution plans.

But tonight, in this game, when facing Bayern Munich, Xavi suddenly found that the team's set seemed to be a little unworkable, and Barcelona couldn't snatch possession from Bayern Munich.

Even, in the first ten minutes of the opening game, Barcelona was relatively passive on the field, and was attacked into the penalty area by the opponent several times in a row, forming a shot, especially Lucio's corner kick in the opening three minutes, the Brazilian central defender ran out of the gap and headed the goal, almost grazing the post out of the bottom line.

If Lucio had pushed a little bit more squarely, the ball would have been lost.

After that, Bayern Munich launched a series of attacks, which made Barcelona a little tired and could only struggle to support.

Thankfully, after ten minutes, Bayern Munich slowed down their attack and Barcelona took the opportunity to start stealing possession.

But Harvey realized it was very difficult.

Arturo Vidal!

The figure is not high, the speed is not fast, and the movements are not too fierce, but he is very hard, very hard.

This little-known Chilean player is said to have played defenders before, but Gao Han took a fancy to his hard work and promoted him to the midfield, and this game he was more forward, clearly targeting Busquets.

But he has a lot of scope to do, and not only Sergio Busquets, but Xavi and Andres Iniesta are frequently entering his defensive zone.

He was like a desperate Saburo, running over there, chasing, grabbing, not stopping for a moment, as if he would never get tired.

If Vidal was up front, disrupting and intercepting with impunity, then Schweinsteiger and Luka Modric were dragged to the back, forming a defensive barrier for Bayern Munich's midfield.

When Barcelona's pass managed to avoid Vidal and into the middle of Bayern Munich's midfield, Schweinsteiger and Luka Modric were often able to block the hole and disrupt Barcelona's pass in the first place.

This happens not once or twice, but more frequently.

There was even a time after losing the ball, Modric directly kicked it straight to the feet of Robben, who cooperated with Aguero and almost broke into the penalty area, but fortunately Abidal stuck in the position, making it difficult for Robben with his left foot to attack the goal.

Zone defense combined with man-to-man defense?

Xavi was quick to notice Bayern Munich's targeted tactics, which gave him a headache.

Generally speaking, Italian teams are the best at using this style of play to contain Spain's passing.

Xavi couldn't help but turn his head and glanced at the Chinese in a black suit standing in front of the away team's coach's box on the sidelines, and it was obvious that all this was arranged by him.

Barcelona's midfield is an inverted triangle, Xavi and Iniesta are in front, Busquets is behind, and Gao Han obviously adjusted Bayern Munich's midfield in this game, dragging Modric's position back, and Vidal burst forward and became a positive triangle.

Three-on-three, Gao Han wants this kind of targeted defense to disrupt Barcelona's midfield passing.

In fact, this trick is not new.

For Barcelona, this is not uncommon, with many teams, including Atletico Madrid, and last season's Champions League, a number of teams using this tactic to restrain Barcelona's passing.

But do you think that this will be difficult for us?

Harvey snorted coldly in his heart, glanced at Gao Han very unconvinced, and gave Iniesta another look, who immediately tacitly understood Harvey's intentions.

The middle lane doesn't work, so take the side road instead.

Last season, Barcelona had Messi and Ronaldinho on both wings, no matter which side it went to, but not long ago, Ronaldinho transferred to AC Milan, and Barcelona can only rely on Messi now.

Pass to Messi!

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Marcelo felt the pressure mounting.

From the fifteenth minute onwards, Barcelona continued to increase their attacks on the right side, and Messi began to get the ball without stopping, and every time the Argentine players got the ball, Marcelo dealt with it carefully.

This made him tense his nerves all the time, and he didn't dare to slack off in the slightest.

But that's not enough.

Messi's performance is simply incredible, every time he moves, it seems to see through Bayern Munich's defense, he can always move to the gap, and every time he catches the ball, no matter whether the opponent passes it well or badly, he can always stop the ball steadily.

Every time he touched the ball, every step he took, the frequency of his steps, the length of his steps, it seemed to have been carefully calculated, and Marcelo reminded himself at first, don't be impulsive, don't get off his feet easily, but gradually, he found himself thinking too much.

It's hard to keep up with even the heels, and you still have your feet?

Facing a Messi with the ball, Marcelo even doubted that he had no choice, except for fouls, there was no effective means to stop him, and he could only barely keep up with him again and again, blocking between him and the goal, forcing him to pass the ball.

Want to break the ball?

Dream!

Marcelo is now finally able to understand the devastation of Real Madrid academy player Miguel Torres against Messi during the derby of the century.

He still remembers vividly that it was the 26th round of La Liga, Real Madrid visited the Camp Nou to challenge Barcelona, and the start went well, with Ruud van Nistelrooy opening the scoring for Real Madrid in just four minutes, and in the following games, he led three times and was equalized by Messi's goal three times.

In that game, the Argentine scored a hat-trick and drew 3-3 at home to Real Madrid with a red card at Barcelona at half-time and one man less.

At that time, the person in charge of defending Messi was the teenager Miguel Torres.

After this match, Torres was under so much psychological pressure that he couldn't even get out of the shadows at one point.

At that time, Marcelo was not impressed with Messi, but now, he finally experienced the feeling of weakness that Miguel Torres felt when facing Messi.

What's more, Messi a year later is obviously stronger and more mature than he was back then.

Marcelo didn't dare to be careless at any time, and followed Messi step by step.

The Argentine has a wide range of movement, and when Barcelona's attack tends to the left, he frequently moves closer to the middle, and Marcelo also leans towards the middle, standing on the line at the front of the big penalty area, ready to step forward and close defense.

The ball passed from the left through Iniesta's dribbling and to the right side of the top of the penalty area, at Messi's feet.

As soon as the Argentine received the ball, Marcelo leaned in as soon as possible.

But he was fast, Messi was faster than him, and he directly dunked the ball into the penalty area, and his short body turned around very flexibly, facing the direction of the attack directly, and dribbled forward into the penalty area.

Marcelo was taken aback, he didn't expect Messi's turn to be so fast, but he also reacted immediately and got stuck on the inside of Messi, preventing him from facing the goal directly.

But Messi suddenly accelerated, sprinted forward with the ball, and Marcelo started as soon as possible, but what he didn't expect was that when Messi chased the ball and kicked the ball forward, the whole person accelerated again and became faster.

This made Marcelo stunned and desperately tried to catch up.

But even if Marcelo caught up as fast as he could, he was still thrown off a position by Messi, and the Argentine swept the ball with his right foot at the edge of the small penalty area and crossed it into the box.

Eto'o in the middle was like a black whirlwind, with lightning speed, quickly inserted from behind, and stabbed the ball directly into Neuer's goal before he attacked.

The whole process happens in the blink of an eye.

Marcelo was a little suspicious of his eyes, and he couldn't even imagine that Messi would be able to pick up speed again in the middle of the sprint, that is, he still had the energy to start with.

Oh my God, is this Messi?

Marcelo couldn't accept it, he felt that he was being played by Messi like this.

But there was a wild cheer from the entire Louis II stadium, and all the Barcelona fans who came to the scene were exclaiming Eto'o's goal and marveling at Messi's individual strength.

One-on-one, Messi took out Marcelo.

Barcelona's players were celebrating as manager Pep Guardiola raised his arms on the sidelines and clapped vigorously.

This is definitely a wonderful embodiment of Messi's personal strength, only a player like him can have such an amazing performance, from the big penalty area to the small penalty area, he was able to turn around and sprint and then there was a significant acceleration in the middle, which is definitely not something that ordinary people can do.

Pep Guardiola grinned and walked to the sidelines, high-fived the celebrating players and congratulated the scorer Samuel Eto'o and Lionel Messi for his outstanding performance.

When he retreated to the coaching area, he didn't forget to turn his head and take a look at Gao Han.

At this moment, Gao Han was regretting the loss of the ball, covering his forehead, with a very headache expression, and he seemed to feel Guardiola's eyes and looked at it.

The two looked at each other, and Guardiola smiled slightly.

I'm on the ball first, you take your time.

Gao Han also smiled in return, it was only one ball, no big deal.

Pep Guardiola knew very well that this was not an exaggeration, so he quickly walked to the pitch again, clapping his hands vigorously to signal the players not to get too excited and pay attention to Bayern Munich's counterattack.

The period after a goal is often the most vulnerable moment for the defence, and it is easy for players to become slack off because of the surprise that comes with a goal, so it is important to pay attention to it.

Gao Han walked to the sidelines and kept calling on the players on the field to be patient and not rush.