959 against a hundred thousand men
On the evening of August 17, at 23 o'clock sharp.
Barcelona Camp Nou.
As soon as the second leg of the Super Cup began, Real Madrid tried to launch a wave of attacks, and created several chances in the first ten minutes, but they were either saved by the goalkeeper or failed to threaten.
Pep Guardiola obviously also heard the call of the outside world, especially the godfather of Barcelona, Cruyff, to strengthen the defense on the left side of Real Madrid and blockade Yang Yang, which greatly limited Real Madrid's offensive firepower.
This time Barcelona got into the state faster, from the tenth minute, the home team firmly locked the ball on the field, and began to organize attacks on Real Madrid one after another, especially in the fifteenth minute, after Barcelona successfully broke the ball near the middle line, it was handed to Messi.
Messi dropped back very deep, got rid of Mascherano's defense after receiving the ball, and sent a delicate through ball to his team-mate in front, tearing apart Real Madrid's backline, and Iniesta easily countered offside and scored with a one-handed shot.
1 to 0, 2 to 3 on aggregate!
The whole Camp Nou stadium was boiling and all the Barcelona fans were shouting hoarsely.
They were eager to see a big comeback, and Barcelona showed the same determination and fighting spirit to reverse Real Madrid before the game.
It's been two years, and they have been losing a lot of games from crushing Real Madrid to nearly two years, which makes everyone at Barcelona feel ashamed, especially last season, except for a La Liga title, they have almost nothing, and even continue to curse Real Madrid on a losing streak, which they can't accept in any case.
When they got the goal back, they saw hope and everyone was more engaged and motivated.
Real Madrid is playing away from home, and the situation is relatively passive, coupled with Messi's sudden assist to Andres Iniesta's goal, which disrupted the mood of the Real Madrid players, causing some disorder on the field.
The player's mental disorder is exactly what Barcelona wants to see the most, so Barcelona began to organize and plan attacks one after another.
Ancelotti was still a bit more stable in this game, still with a four-three-three back three formation, but there was an interesting change that in addition to Xavi Alonso and Xavi Martinez, the other midfielder was not Mascherano, nor Modric or Herrera, but Kaka.
This can't help but make people feel very puzzled, but as long as they think of Ancelotti's transformation of Pirlo back then, they can't help but wonder if he plans to train Kaka to become another Pirlo?
You must know that since Kaka's injury, he has long lost the speed of his former peak, and his physical fitness is not as strong as when he was strong, and in the past two years, Kaka has been facing transformation.
Including Kaka himself, everyone knows that only by successful transformation can Kaka's career be continued, otherwise, with his current situation, I am afraid that after the age of 30, it will be difficult for him to continue to gain a foothold in Real Madrid.
And although Kaka has always been a midfielder, in reality, his big-picture vision and ability to read the game, as well as his passing ability, are quite good, only his peak is overshadowed by his speed.
The arrival of Ancelotti was also pinned on by the Real Madrid management to transform Real Madrid, because Kaka is also a player introduced by Florentino, and the president of Real Madrid naturally hopes that Kaka can succeed in Real Madrid.
But judging from the beginning of the game, Kaka is still not suitable for playing in the back, especially on the defensive end, the investment is enough, and he is willing to work hard, but he is not familiar with it, which will take a little time.
The goal just now has something to do with Kaka.
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Yang Yang was in front, but he frequently retreated to participate in the defense.
He is well aware that Barcelona cannot be allowed to continue to control the situation in this way, otherwise, Real Madrid may really be reversed, because this is the Camp Nou.
In this stadium, in the frenzied atmosphere created by this group of crazy Barcelona fans, it is entirely possible for a crazy Barcelona to create any kind of miracle, including a comeback against Real Madrid.
That's 100,000 people!
What does it feel like to be an enemy of 100,000 people?
No one who is not at the Camp Nou can understand this feeling in any way.
Especially when Messi assisted Iniesta to pull back a goal, all the Barcelona fans in the stadium were boiling, and the Barcelona players on the pitch were almost crazy, let alone playing, at this time they were asked to work hard, and they would not hesitate to step forward.
And in the face of such an opponent, the best way is to pour a bucket of cold water on them, make them sober up, interrupt their state, and it must be fast.
Thinking of this, Yang Yang immediately made a gesture towards Ibrahimovic, and then looked in the direction of Xavi Alonso and others in the backfield, and pointed to his own goal inquiringly.
Xavi Alonso nodded immediately.
Soon, the whole Real Madrid team began to shrink appropriately, and even the front trident retreated past the halfway line and pushed directly to the 30-meter area, which is a strategy of Real Madrid, keeping the defensive position tight and avoiding giving Barcelona too much space for passing and control.
Yang Yang himself retreated into the 30-meter zone and actively participated in the defense, especially against Alves.
Barcelona made changes in this game, the defensive line from right to left were Alves, Pique, Puyol and Abidal, captain Puyol returned directly into the starting line-up, and new signings Sanchez and Cesc Fabregas were on the bench this time.
Obviously, Pep Guardiola realized that the new signings were not tacit enough with the team, which led to an unfavorable attack in the first leg, so he still excluded the combination of Villa, Messi and Pedro in this game.
In this case, Alves took on the task of attacking from the right, and as soon as Alves pressed up, Busquets took on the task of filling the gap behind him.
Yang Yang is waiting for this opportunity!
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After Barcelona scored a goal, Real Madrid was almost pressed into the 30-meter area, and the field was very passive, but there were more opportunities to break the ball at the back, but how to send the ball from the back to the front?
Just five minutes after conceding the goal, it was another break at the back, McConn pulled the ball near the right touchline of the pitch, avoided the counter-attack of the Barcelona players, and stepped forward, trying to pass forward, but Robben certainly couldn't get Abidal in front.
Just as McConn was struggling, Kaka suddenly sprinted forward and raised his hand for the ball.
As a team-mate of the Brazilian national team, McCone did not know Kaka and quickly passed the ball over.
After receiving the ball, Kaka quickly dribbles the ball forward from the right side, diagonally to the left, and towards the center circle.
Xavi and Andres Iniesta both pressed towards Kaka first, but the Brazilian stepped first and sent the ball straight to the feet of Yang Yang on the left side of the centre circle.
Alves assisted, Busquets was attracted by Kaka with the ball, only Pique reacted the fastest, and rushed towards Yang Yang as soon as possible, wanting to take advantage of him not stopping the ball to clear the ball directly, or even foul.
Pique was menacing, and Yang Yang also reacted quickly, taking the first step to stop the ball to nearby Ibrahimovic, and after turning around to avoid the fierce Pique, he quickly started straight behind him.
Ibrahimovic understood it, but it was not easy to pass to Yang Yang, with Puyol and Sergio Busquets both restricting him, so the Swedish centre-forward had to knock back Kaka from the back.
Kaka's back insertion has always been a must, especially just now, after retreating to the back waistline, his back insertion this time directly cut into the soft underbelly of Barcelona's defense, just received a pass from Ibrahimovic, he saw Abidal rushing towards him, and quickly stuffed the ball straight behind him.
Like a sharp knife, Robben slid diagonally behind Abidal, caught up with the ball, and dribbled straight into the box.
Puyol chased all the way back, although he jammed Robben, but the Dutchman's right-footed cross to the middle, Yang Yang forced a quick shake off Pique, swept the ball into the bottom right corner of the Barcelona goal.
“GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!”
"One-to-one!"
"Real Madrid pulled back the score in the twentieth minute and the two sides were back to a draw 1-1!"
"It was a very exciting, but at the same time very concise counter-attack, all the players were basically passing quickly, playing very suddenly, from the right to the left, and then from the left back to the middle and then to the right, and then Robben's cross assisted Yang Yang to score."
"What a classic counterattack!"
After Yang Yang scored, he pointed to his teammates such as Robben and Kaka, and rushed all the way out of the field.
All the Real Madrid players also flew up.
One to one, the overall score was four to two, and the two sides opened up the gap again.
What's more, Real Madrid's counterattack left Barcelona in the throat.
However, the most surprising thing was Kaka, who switched to the back midfield.
Where does this look like a midfielder?
"In this counterattack of Real Madrid, Kaka played a very important role, and his back insertion made Real Madrid's attack more unpredictable, whether it was a diagonal pass to Yang Yang or a subsequent straight kick to Robben, it was amazing."
"Yang Yang obviously knew Kaka's contribution, so he picked up Kaka at the waist and celebrated the goal."
"Ancelotti is really surprising, no one thought that he would choose to let Kaka play in the back, and Kaka's performance since the opening was quite average, but this time the sudden back insertion, but directed a goal, which is indeed eye-catching, maybe this will bring new changes to Kaka's transformation."
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Yang Yang's goal seemed to pour a bucket of cold water on the heads of the fanatical Barcelona and sobered them up.
Subsequently, Real Madrid's three-back style of play gradually regained its feeling, coupled with Ancelotti's on-the-spot adjustment, which suddenly made Real Madrid stabilize its position.
Pep Guardiola and his Barcelona also had to re-examine Real Madrid's counter-attack, if they want to attack, they have to press it, but once they press it, can they stop Real Madrid's counterattack?
Between this kind of gain and loss, hesitation, Barcelona did not increase the offensive investment in the follow-up, and even in the 75th minute, Guardiola replaced Pedro with Cesc Fabregas.
Everyone knew before the game that tonight's game would be Cesc Fabregas' debut for Barcelona.
But in the end, Cesc Fabregas, who made his debut, failed to help Barcelona get back into the game.
In the remaining 70 minutes, the two sides were dull offense and defense, creating danger several times, but neither of them could score a goal, and finally the two sides shook hands one by one.
Real Madrid defeated Barcelona 4-2 on aggregate to win the Spanish Super Cup.