“…… After 10 minutes of play, it was already clear from the start that Sampdoria was counter-attacking defensively, which was not at all unexpected. That's all Sampdoria can do. Otherwise their goal will be beaten into a sieve......" joked the Catalan TV commentator.

Di Francisco's Sampdoria did play a defensive counter-attack, basically giving up possession completely, handing over the football to Barcelona, allowing them to fall back and forth in their own half, as long as Barcelona did not go up to the halfway, then they would not go up to grab it. If Barcelona cross the halfway line, the intensity of the press is not very high.

It is only when Barcelona approach Sampdoria's 30-metre zone that their defensive intensity increases.

If Barcelona try to break into Sampdoria's penalty area, they will be met with stubborn resistance from Sampdoria.

This is a tactic that most teams use against Barcelona, commonly known as "swinging the bus".

When Mourinho led Inter Milan to meet Barcelona in the Champions League semi-finals, in the case of being sent off, Mourinho let the team decisively set the bus, and finally relied on the bus to guard until the end of the game only conceded a goal, although he lost that game, but the aggregate score still eliminated Barcelona, broke into the final, and finally won the championship.

The bus tactic upset Barcelona fans, believing that it was an ugly tactic that killed the excitement of football and a step backwards for modern football.

This is because once the opponent puts the bus like this, Barcelona can't score goals easily, and they can't win the game bloodlessly, so Barcelona fans will be unhappy.

What will they do to make them happy?

If there is a team that plays against Barcelona at the beginning, the full-back becomes a winger, and he will not come back when he presses it, and the whole team can run away with a big air behind the defensive line, and it is also very polite when defending Barcelona players, try to avoid physical contact, and if it is possible to knock down Barcelona players, immediately collect the force, put their hands behind their backs, and watch the stars of Barcelona with appreciative eyes dribble away like butterflies wearing flowers and butterflies, and finally score.

The fans of Barcelona will definitely give their 12% respect and applause to such an opponent who knows how to appreciate the beauty of football and know how to maintain it.

But they regret that the world is still ugly after all, and there are too few opponents who are willing to do this......

So it's no surprise that Barcelona face a defensive-minded team, and they have a way of dealing with that kind of team, albeit a little more troublesome, but that doesn't mean they can't win.

In fact, Barcelona's traditional style of play happens to restrain this kind of dense defense.

The reason why Inter Milan was able to eliminate Barcelona by swinging the bus was a special circumstance, first of all, Inter Milan lost that game, just because the Champions League knockout rounds were all two-legged. Secondly, because the total score gap is too large, Barcelona does not use a goal to score, and the players are impatient, so it is naturally difficult to play what they are good at. Thirdly, the Inter Milan players in that game were also united, and goalkeeper Cesar was the same as Kaihang.

But a lot of the time, teams that try to beat Barcelona by swinging the bus don't have such luck and circumstances.

As long as the Barcelona players are not in a hurry, patiently maneuver with them, and constantly use each other's passing runs to find openings and mobilize the opponent's defense, they will always find the vacancy, and when the time comes, they can tear through the opponent's defense and create a killing opportunity when they suddenly speed up in the slow-paced inverted foot.

It's a tried-and-true trick from Barcelona.

Now they're using it for Sampdoria.

Sampdoria didn't come up to grab it, they passed back and forth in front of Samp's penalty area, patiently waiting for their chances.

Sampdoria's attacking style is very simple, if the ball is on their side, then they will basically not press the attack, and will not use short passes to advance this offensive method that requires a lot of manpower despite the high success rate, but directly with a long pass, looking for the top of the front Gao Zheng.

Gao Zheng, as the arrow figure of this game, the center forward, he is the closest person to the Barcelona goal in the whole Sampdoria team.

Once he had the ball, he used his skills at his feet to find opportunities for Sampdoria.

However, this kind of opportunity is too rare, after all, the quality of the attack still has to match the number of people, and if there are not enough people, it will be difficult to do.

So it will be difficult for Sampdoria to threaten Barcelona's goal.

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Sampdoria is the focus on Messi, as long as Messi gets the ball, two players will immediately surround him, follow him to death, and don't let him take the ball easily.

However, even so, it can still be seen that the two Sampdoria players who defend Messi are struggling.

Messi's strength is not only the strength of his individual ability, but also in the tactical system of Barcelona, his strength can be effectively amplified, and in the cooperation with teammates, he can produce chemistry.

For example, when he tries to cut inside from the right side, whether it is a Barcelona striker near the penalty area, or a midfielder, he can form a connection with Messi, when Messi is facing two opponents to defend, he can pass the football forward to the retreating striker, or he can pass the loan to the midfielder next to him, and then cut into the air and run, and do all kinds of wall-hitting triangles with his teammates.

It's very uncomfortable for the defenders to defend - after all, when Messi passes the football, it is impossible not to defend the players with the ball, and the other players in Barcelona are not fuel-efficient lamps, they all have super individual ability, and if they all run to defend Messi, they will also lose the ball. Even if they can let Messi score a point in the whole game, but still lose the game in the end, what's the point?

"Messi is here!" When Messi started to dribble the ball from the wing to the middle again, the Italian commentator Careza exclaimed.

Every time Messi dribbles the ball, he can make him scared, for fear that Sampdoria's backline will not be able to hold up and collapse.

This time, Messi made a wall-hitting cooperation with Sanchez in the process of horizontal dribbling.

He passed the ball to Sanchez, who retreated, and then accelerated himself to break through between the two Sampdoria defenders, and at the same time Sanchez passed the ball back to him, and with a slight touch of his feet, he dodged the top of Sampdoria central defender Alberto Massi and fired directly with his left foot.

"Danger!" He Ping shouted.

The ball makes a distinct arc towards the back corner of the goal.

Despite Romero's save, it was still far from football...... Just when everyone thought Sampdoria was going to concede the ball this time, the football flew out of the bottom line by grazing the outside of the goalpost!

"It's dangerous!" Caressa sighed.

The stands also resounded with the collective exclamations of Sampdoria fans.

Messi, who did not score, shook his head gently, a little regretful.

Although Messi did not score, Barcelona coach Martino sat firmly in the coach's box, not in a hurry or regretful.

It was true that the goal was not scored, but he had already seen the crumbling appearance of the Sampdoria backline in this attack, and I believe that if this game continues, it will not be long before Barcelona will definitely be able to score.

Everything is only a matter of time.

Yes, and this time will not be more than the end of the first half at the latest.

He's glad his players didn't take it lightly and the game was on track.