Habit is a terrible thing, it can subtly change a lot of things, change a lot of people.

Chinatown has a very bad habit of always playing the first half.

It's a rather paradoxical thing.

Some Spanish media counted the reversal of 20 teams in La Liga this season, and China City was far ahead, and if the league points ranking was divided according to the first half and the second half, China Town in the first half was basically close to relegation, while China City in the second half could almost impact the championship.

Of course, not every game in Chinatown can be successfully reversed, and sometimes it can even turn into a big defeat, such as the home and away game against Barcelona, but there are also good reversals, such as the away game against Real Madrid.

Some people praise Chinatown's strong integrity, the team's strong players and tenacious willpower, which can make one comeback after another, while others blame Chinatown's coaching staff for failing to solve this old problem that has plagued the team for a long time.

Pochettino also felt very helpless about this, even if he had done enough preparation and laid out all the details before the game, but on the pitch, his players still made all kinds of mistakes, which eventually led to the goal.

Everyone knows it's not a good thing, and they all know that it has to be changed, but it can't be changed anyway.

As some people joked, it is only after conceding a goal that Chinatown can be considered to be truly in the game.

As a head coach, Pochettino's favorite scene is like Paris Saint-Germain coached by Gao Han, with strong overall strength and obvious advantages, whether it is in Ligue 1, in the French Cup, or in the Europa League, he can easily achieve an overwhelming advantage, so that the opponent always feels the terrifying oppression, and finally wins.

This is the strength and temperament that a championship team should have.

But like Chinatown, it is very depressing, saying that there is strength, but it is always bad to play in the first half, but it can be said that there is no strength, but it can always be reversed in the second half, if it is only one or two games, it can be said to be luck, but so many games in a row, or luck?

Many media reporters and fans have also helped Chinatown find out the crux of the problem, some think that the team is too young and inexperienced, some think that the team is not strong, and some people think that the team's training method is problematic.

But what is really recognized by everyone is basically that this is a psychological factor and a habit.

Habit is a terrible thing, especially when a team habitually loses the first half, it is even more desperate, because it is impossible to recover the goals conceded in the first half every second half, or even reverse it.

Especially when the opponent is Barcelona and the opponent has scored two goals.

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Drawing on the experience of playing Real Madrid, Pochettino's strategy in this game was to defend and counterattack, but the means borrowed from the strategies of Arsenal and Manchester City when they played Barcelona, and did not blindly retreat and defend.

Eden Hazard and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, both wide players, actively retreated to midfield to help defend the flanks, leaving one Pelle in front.

Pep Guardiola was equally cautious, still playing in a four-three-three formation, but made some changes, with Cesc Fabregas, Xavi and Sergio Busquets starting together, and Andres Iniesta playing as a left winger, which was a clear sign of better possession.

Chinatown struggled to hold the ball throughout the first half, and Barcelona was in control of the game as a matter of course, but on the defensive end, Chinatown was well organized, only a little chaotic for a while, and Barcelona scored two goals, but in the last ten minutes of the first half, Chinatown regained its footing.

But two goals behind, it looks like another fiasco.

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"In the second half, Barcelona continued to control the situation on the field and launched a fierce attack on Chinatown. ”

"Messi takes the ball on the right side, takes it to the middle, and picks up the box. ”

"Ibrahimovic grabbed the first spot, and the Swedish center forward is tall and big, and the advantage is very obvious. ”

Iniesta followed up and hit the goal with a straight shot. ”

De Gea flew to save the ball. ”

But the ball didn't fly far and landed on the edge of the box. ”

'Busquets took the ball, regrouped, handed it to Cesc Fabregas and then crossed it to Xavi. ”

"Xavi takes the ball and passes into the box......"

"Messi, dangerous ......"

"Beep......

'The referee's whistle blew and Eden Hazard tripped Messi from behind on his way back and the referee showed him a yellow card, which was also awarded to Chinatown. ”

"Eden Hazard was very good in the previous game against Real Madrid and was hailed as Messi II, but this game was relatively sluggish, which had something to do with the fact that China City failed to get possession, he is a player who needs the ball. ”

"Messi took the penalty himself. ”

'De Gea was ready in front of goal, he kept moving. ”

"Messi...... Shoot!"

"Didn't get in, oh my God!"

"De Gea saves Messi's penalty!"

"It's amazing. ”

'De Gea was very agile and after saving the penalty, he leapt quickly from the ground to get ahead of Ibrahimovic who was shooting and latched onto the ball. ”

'The Spanish goalkeeper showed a very high level and the penalty was saved quickly and accurately. ”

Look at De Gea, get up from the ground and shout quickly ahead, straight to a big foot. ”

"The ball fell to the right and the Barcelona defence was coming back quickly, but it was ......"

'Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, very fast, got ahead of Puyol and headed the ball forward. ”

"Okay, there's a chance, single knife!"

"The ball is in!!!!!!"

“GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL！！！！！”

"In the 53rd minute, in the 53rd minute, Aubameyang used his lightning speed to tear apart Barcelona's defense, received a goal kick from De Gea, and scored a single goal!"

Valdés was decisive but Aubameyang's shot was calm and decisive. ”

'It was a well-timed shot, a valuable away goal. ”

"We saw a lot of excitement from all over Chinatown, and Pochettino jumped on the sidelines. ”

At the critical moment, Chinatown's tenacious will once again helped them salvage the situation and keep hope. ”

'At 2-1, Chinatown was down for a while, but the scoreline gave them a new glimpse of the light of day, after all, a valuable away goal can make a difference. ”

Pochettino made a decisive substitution, Ilya Ramendi was about to come on as a substitute, replacing Pelle. ”

"It's a positive signal to strengthen the midfield defence. ”

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"Pochettino still has to defend and counter-attack. ”

I don't know when it began, sitting in Gao Han's office and watching the games in Chinatown together has become a habit of the Paris Saint-Germain coaching staff, and they are all used to it.

And this team is really worth looking into, especially when they see Pochettino and his team slowly improving and maturing step by step, and it's really different.

"Barcelona's biggest problem now is the two wings, Puyol is very problematic to play on the left, just now Aubameyang simply used speed to eat Puyol and Barcelona's defense, Alves on the right side pressed very hard, and the hidden danger is not small, so Pochettino should be to seize these two sides to play. ”

'There were close 40 minutes left in the game, there was still a game to play, and the situation was a little bit reversed. ”

"No, are you weird, why does this team have to get the second half to play hard?"

When everyone was talking, they suddenly heard Sergio Garcia's question full of doubts, and everyone looked at each other and showed a helpless wry smile, including Gao Han.

Can there be an answer to this question?

It's hard, I'm afraid.

Many people try to analyze it from various aspects, and some people even say that it is psychological factors, but Gao Han feels that it may be the result of a combination of various reasons, of course, psychological factors are gradually becoming the main cause.

If you don't concede a goal, you won't play, of course, the disadvantages are obvious, but there are also benefits, for example, in this game, two goals were conceded in the first half, but the team played as usual in the second half, and there was not much tension or anxiety in the mentality, why?

I'm used to it.

The more reversals there are, the more psychological quality will be improved, and it will be used to experiencing such scenes again.

As for changing the situation that the team did not play well in the first half, Gao Han felt that this season was probably out of play, but he could prepare well for the summer training camp, and he decided to ask Dr. Steve Peters to help.

The British psychology expert is already familiar with this.

After taking Pelle, there are basically two lines left in Chinatown, with four players in the back line lined up in front of the penalty area, and six players in the midfield standing in a wavy position, of which Aubameyang and Hazard are more forward at both ends, like two sharp blades, pointing directly at Barcelona's soft underbelly.

'Pochettino's defense in the middle is tight, layered, cohesive, and it makes it difficult for Barcelona to break through. ”

"The next step is patience. ”

Barcelona soon organised a wave of attacks, with Pep Guardiola taking Puyol on his first substitution and bringing on Pedro, bringing Andres Iniesta back to the middle and allowing Pedro to apply pressure on the left.

It's definitely an attacking formation, and only a team like Barcelona with absolute possession would dare to do that.

However, Chinatown is still heavily defended, and the entire defensive formation is integrated, leaving no space and gaps for Barcelona's attack, which makes Barcelona feel extremely depressed.

Pochettino soon made a second substitution, bringing on Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, another change to strengthen the wide defence, with the aim of blocking Barcelona's attack on the left and protecting Carvajal's side.

As the game time wore up, the stalemate between the two sides became even more intense.

Barcelona wanted to score another goal to establish an advantage, but Chinatown held on to its last breath and did not relax, and the game was extremely miserable, but the two sides were in danger, but they could not really break the deadlock.

Later in the game, Alves almost pressed on and used himself as a winger.

But in the 83rd minute, after the ball was broken in the backfield of Chinatown, it quickly passed to the right side.

Carvajal didn't hesitate to send it forward and pass to Coke on the right.

Koke crossed the ball to Herrera, who crossed diagonally across the halfway line and into front of Rakitic.

The Croatian sprinted quickly on the counter-attack, caught up with the ball, and under Xavi's interference, took the ball all the way into the 30-metre area of Barcelona, but was also forced to pass the ball to the left.

Hazard took the ball on the left side of the penalty area, Alves chased all the way back to the box, stuck the position, Xavi also returned to the box for the first time to help defend Alves.

They all know very well that Hazard is too strong one-on-one.

The Belgian dribbled the ball past two Barcelona players, but instead of going it alone, he suddenly turned the ball back.

Rakitic was at the edge of the penalty area, facing Hazard's return pass, and without thinking, he directly picked up his right foot, which was a curling ball.

(End of chapter)