Just after the restart of the game, Xavi and the assistant coach on the sidelines discussed how to adjust, commentators and guests from a number of TV stations and online platforms that broadcast the highlight game live, hoping to explain to the viewers who were watching the live broadcast why Barcelona, which seemed to have a big advantage, was in such a bad situation.

The famous Mark Laurentian of the British BBC channel pointed to the death of last season's Champions League winner in a conversation with guest commentator Wayne Rooney, former national team ace.

In fact, there is no need for senior professionals, but fans who have watched Manchester City's games in the past few years or have followed the Spanish national team's experience from prosperity to decline can basically see something. Barcelona's problem, like that of the Matadors after 2014, is the lack of impactful strikers, leaving their midfield to create space for the goal by constantly possessing the ball.

With too many horizontal passes or even return passes and little depth to hit the ball, Spain's performances at Euro 2016 and the 2018 World Cup can tell a lot.

In the face of more and more teams in world football beginning to focus on defensive counter-attacking tactics, it is naturally impossible for the Spaniards, who have their own transmission and control DNA, to follow the example of France or the Dutch, to give possession directly to the opponent, and then rely on their aggressive defense and the speed advantage of the frontcourt players to win only through quick counterattacks. It's not that they don't want to follow the trend, it's that neither of these are their strengths, and it's impossible to transform.

It is precisely because of this that later generations realized that the status of Villa in world football, especially in the history of Spanish football, was still underestimated. Neither Alfonso nor Morientes before them, nor Alvaro Morata, who came after him, could not help them win the tournament.

Of course, the most embarrassing thing is our dear Real Madrid President Raul, who was ridiculed by many black fans as a cancer of the national team, although he is unwilling to make a senseless rebuttal, but it is naturally impossible to agree with this argument in his heart. It's just that with his farewell, the Spanish team immediately climbed to the top of the world, and stayed for six years, which is really a slap in the face.

Although there must be reasons for whether Xavi and others have entered their peak and the overall tactical formulation of the team, and the impact may not be small, but the national team without Raul and Villa has played a historic performance like Mount Everest, and no one can and cannot guarantee that if Raul is still in the team in 2008, the team will still be able to successfully win the championship and start a dynasty, so the president of Real Madrid can only become the protagonist of the tragedy.

The reason why Raul is mentioned is also to form a contrast, although this iconic figure of Spanish sports can only be regarded as mediocre in terms of speed, but in other technical aspects, he is not weak, and in combination he is a super scorer in the whole of Europe and even the world in the years from 1998 to 2006.

But even such a legendary superstar can't be perfectly integrated with Tiki-taka's tactics, so it is even less likely that these Spanish strikers, who are far inferior to their predecessors, can afford to destroy the team and achieve the level of invincibility.

There is a widely recognized saying in the martial arts world of the Celestial Empire, that is, only fast is not broken, and it is also applicable to almost all competitive sports, and the football field is naturally no exception. No matter what tactic you choose, the fast side will always have an advantage, and the same is true for pass-and-control play that doesn't seem to require too much speed.

For example, Barcelona, who have reached the level of pure emotion in the use of this tactic, have been very consistent in their long history, except for a few times when they may suffer a year or two of slumps, but for the most part they have the best quality in European football. But if you take a closer look at history, you can find a pattern, that is, whenever Barcelona play at the peak, there is always a top striker in the team who can combine speed and technique very well.

During the "Dream Dynasty" in the early 90s of the last century (this name is actually a little watery, after all, it only won one Champions League, far from any dominance), the leading scorer of the Catalan giants should be familiar to everyone, that is, the famous Bulgarian "Thunderbolt" Stoichkov, in the position of left winger, can maintain a single-season 15+ goal efficiency in La Liga all year round, except for his unparalleled left foot, The super speed capability is also one of the reasons why it plays a key role.

Romario, who joined the team later, is even more like a natural set for Barcelona's possession style of play in terms of technical characteristics, don't look at the "lone wolf" always gives people a lazy impression on the field, but his explosiveness is definitely historic, especially the short-range ball-holding breakthrough, which can almost break all defenders to the point of doubt. Unfortunately, due to his free and loose personality, this rare talent in world football left the Camp Nou very quickly, and Barcelona also missed the opportunity to continue the dynasty.

After the "Dream II" and "Dream III", everyone should be familiar with Eto'o, Ronaldo, Messi and Suya and Neymar behind, when the core of Barcelona's forward line is one or more players who can have both speed and technique, their results will be very good, and they are almost invincible in attack.

And when traditional center forwards such as Kluivert and Ibrahimovic occupy important positions in the front line, although the strength of the team is also very strong, it cannot release the full power of passing and control tactics, and there is no dominance.

Barcelona is now in the second state. Due to the lack of speed advantage in Dolberg, their passing rhythm is always in the same rhythm, and it is easy for opponents to adapt to it. On the other hand, Pep Guardiola's Manchester City, the main scorers from Sergio Aguero to Gabriel Jesus and now Henry Ogunby are all fast horses with super speed ability, and most of their players in other positions in the front court are also very prominent in this aspect, which allows the Blue Moon to control the tempo of the game at any time, can play slow ball, and there will never be a lack of strength when trying to speed up.

And this is exactly what this Barcelona team cannot do with the current squad configuration.

In fact, after Su Ya and Messi left the team one after another, many people in the industry predicted that the problems that the Catalan giants might break out, including the lack of forward speed ability. It's just that under the premise that it is difficult to recruit a super striker with both skill and speed, the top management of FC Barcelona still chose to pay more attention to the technical center forward who can play the advantage of teamwork in the passing and control tactics, so as to bring in Dolberg, because the more peaceful Ibrahimovic is something that most of the top teams do not want to miss.

Coupled with the fact that although his physical fitness can only be regarded as mid-to-top, Abel Ruiz, who is the world's top in terms of running awareness and tactical concept ability, Barcelona's results in recent seasons can also satisfy everyone, so they did not rush to update the team's center forward position again.

Especially after beating Manchester City, who have always been considered to be an upgraded version of themselves in the Champions League final in early June, Xavi and the club management behind him believe that even if the lack of speed in the forward line still exists, the existing attacking strength alone seems to be enough to keep the team competitive, so they have spent all the transfer funds on the recruitment of central and backfield.

As a result, when I wanted to catch up with all my strength after seeing Real Madrid's big outburst, I found that there was nothing I could do, because no matter what kind of exquisite passes the midfielder could send, the striker players could not use their ability to get rid of the defender's entanglement in time and get the opportunity to complete the fatal blow.

Returning to the game, among the players currently on the field, except for Dembele on the right side, who is also likely to complete the task of eating the opponent under the defense of Aaron one-on-one, the rest of the players cannot take advantage of any speed aspect. Artur and Kai Havertz sent through balls in the middle, Dolberg couldn't get a chance to get his feet in the box under the two Real Madrid centre-backs taking turns to get a kick in the box, and the Danish international was in the second run when he was fighting for position and fell to the ground in pain after being fed by Skriniar, if it wasn't for the face of the Camp Nou on the playing field, the referee would probably give him a fake fall.

Sergio Gomez then managed to deliver a quality 45-degree cross from the left, but Dorberg couldn't make any dangerous moves under the guard of two towers, and could only watch the ball pass in front of him, and let the rare opportunity slip away.

Seeing that the team could not form a real threat in front of Real Madrid's goal, Xavi immediately used a second substitution, replacing Dolberg with Ruiz, hoping to try the luck of the homegrown striker.

However, before this adjustment could be seen, the visitors rewrote the score to 0-2 through a counterattack, and the suspense of the game was a big step in the direction of this early end.

In the 74th minute, Dembele couldn't break through with the ball on the right side, and chose to pass back to Alex Robles, who came up behind him, but Marcos Llorente, who suddenly came out in the middle of the way, made a slight touch to the ball first, changing its previous trajectory, and was first obtained by Asensio, who retreated.

Real Madrid's No.7 immediately turned and immediately dribbled the ball into the home half, and as the Barcelona right-back behind him caught up, he used his right foot to deliver a brilliant mid-range pass to find Pellegri who accelerated forward in the middle. The latter did not choose to stop the ball himself in the face of Lenglet's tackle, but leaned on the French central defender with his body, and reached out with his right foot to complete the second pass of the volley, allowing the ball to fly to the right side of the opponent's front without slowing down.

There, Mbappe shook off Kukulela, who had always been on guard, with the speed of a sports car, swept the turf of the Camp Nou like the wind, and immediately cut inside to face poor Ter Stegen after winning the ball.

In the face of the Barcelona goalkeeper who also chose to attack in desperation, Mbappe's shooting method was not as amazing as that of his teammate Pellegri, but his behavior of sending the ball into the empty goal after dribbling past the opponent was obviously N levels stronger in terms of grasp, and it was naturally no worse than the Italian in the minds of fans.

Including injury time, the time left for the home team to turn the defeat around is only 20 minutes, and although there are still some possibilities for an equaliser in theory, the reality is not so optimistic.

Barcelona's attack has encountered huge trouble, and it is not solved by the existing player structure, in the face of Real Madrid, which has enough advantages and can further recover and counterattack, what can Xavi come up with?

As a result, in a desperate siege, Ter Stegen's goal was broken for the third time in the 87th minute, and substitute Jorge Solsano easily scored the first national derby goal goal of his career through a goalmouth outflank, becoming the envy of all the young people from Castile.

Although Artur's long-range strike in the first minute of stoppage time helped Barcelona avoid the embarrassment of a clean sheet, the 3-1 defeat at home to their arch-rivals still made all the Catalan media feel extremely desperate.

After the game, many Spanish media have published articles claiming that there is no longer any suspense about this season's La Liga championship, which has been recognized by most people.

After fifteen rounds, the second-placed team in the standings is already fifteen points behind the leaders, and judging from the current team morale and player status of both sides, the probability of a shocking comeback should not be higher than one percent. As long as Real Madrid does not die, even if Barcelona can use the opportunity of the winter transfer window to make up for their weaknesses, there is basically no hope of attacking the league crown.

This kind of dominance is definitely not what Spanish football wants, but after ten days, the wailing has spread to the whole of Europe.

In the final round of the Champions League group stage, Real Madrid, who did not do their best, sat at home and once again bloodied the Serie A powerhouse Roma, which had also qualified in advance, with a score of 6-0 to tie the Red Wolves' biggest defeat in Europe, coupled with the 5-1 played at the Olympic Stadium in the first leg of the first leg between the two sides, the Galaxy Battleship scored a total of ten goals in the third place of Serie A last season in two legs, and the bloodiness was outrageous.

For a time, the whole European football world was talking about the "horse" color change, and no one wanted to meet this galaxy battleship that had not known what defeat was like for a long time in the knockout round of the Champions League.

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