Chapter 60: The War Between the No. 9s

Both teams played in a 433 formation, but Barcelona's 433 was clearly more reasonable than Valencia's 433, which was more like 451.

Iker's inverted triangle midfield with three strikers on the left, centre and right allows them to devote as many as five men in a regular attack, and the right amount of passing and frequent off-ball runs make it easy for them to tear apart Valencia's defence.

They certainly don't have the first-team ability to get the ball into the opposition's goal, but Valencia's defence is not impregnable, and the tacit cooperation formed by years of training together has allowed Barcelona to be at home in their own stadium, and after two attempts, they managed to get the ball in front of Valencia's penalty area.

Iker didn't stop the ball and went directly to the left side, and the left winger of the team who quickly stepped forward also stuffed the ball directly into the penalty area without stopping the ball, and Saiye, who stepped forward, made a shot at the incoming ball, and Antonio, who defended him, was still deceived by him although he realized that this could be a general action.

Thayer swiped past Antonio and fired a volley into the goal.

"Angel shoots, oh! The ball was saved by Fernando, good luck Valencian! It was the seventh minute of the game, and there were already two high-quality shots on goal from both sides, both of which were leading scorers from their respective teams, but I would say that compared to Angel's brilliant breakthrough shot, the Chinese's long-range midfield shot was a bit of a stroke of luck, which is not a good sign for a striker. ”

The travelling fans who travelled to Barcelona with the squad booed from the apparent favouritism of the home commentary, and the home fans unceremoniously fought back.

The game went on for more than thirty minutes and the fans had a feeling.

The game seems to be played by two groups, the two groups do not refer to Barcelona and Valencia, but to Moya, Chuyang, Saiye, Iker one group, and the others one group.

The gap between the four and the others has almost reached the point of being clear at a glance, and the restrictions on them by others are extremely limited, Iker's excellent command ability has sorted out Barcelona's midfield in an orderly manner, Thayer's terrifying personal ability has made Valencia's backline loud and precarious, Valencia's two are also not far behind, Moya is unscrupulous in the midfield, stirring up the wind and rain, Chu Yang is elusive in the front court, and he is pulling out a thousand pounds, so both sides show a scene of strong offense and weak defense for a while.

There is no Dutch flyer in this world who makes the football concept of all-attack and all-defense famous all over the world, but Barcelona's football style is still surprisingly similar to Chu Yang's Barcelona in the previous life, pleasing coordination, dazzling passing, unhurried inverted feet, and the visual effect caused by the terrifying ball possession rate is as if every opponent is being played by them, and they can't breathe, so this team has easily gathered a large number of fans, and they have always regarded themselves as artistic football and beautiful football. When they meet a group of suitable players, they achieve results that many giants cannot match.

Of course, these foreigners don't know what Mu Xiu will destroy in the forest wind, they only know that you are awesome Lao Tzu will you, so it is similar to the situation that occurred when the universe team swept the earth in the previous life, in the past few years when Barcelona was lawless, almost all teams have conducted in-depth research on their tactical style, some carry out copycats, some carry out targeted deployment, and the flaws of this style of play soon surfaced.

The pass-and-control style of play is too demanding for players, and it is not one or two players, but requires at least one or more super players on three lines to preside over the overall situation, whether he is a real genius or a so-called system player, if there are fewer suitable people, this legendary art football will only draw tigers and not anti-dogs.

This Barcelona B team has a bit of that meaning.

The initial coordination was impressive, and it looked like they had choked Valencia's defenders enough, but when Iker was confined by the pack and the opponents adapted to their rhythm, their quick short balls immediately got into trouble.

The role of core players is often so prominent, especially when the team is used to relying on them to win, so in 94 the World Cup old horse banned, Argentina eliminated, 98 World Cup Da Luo sleepwalking, Brazil lost in the final, 06 Zizou was absent at the beginning, France was almost finished, and Zizou returned to the team directly to the final, in 14 Suarez turned into Su Ya and was banned, and Uruguay immediately rolled up and went home in the next game.

Four talented players on the pitch have shown that potential, especially Thayer.

Although he is only 17 years old, his speed, dribbling, and shooting already have the level of a first-class striker, flexible breakthroughs, reasonable balls, and strong shots, which is what almost every manager dreams of as a striker.

Before half-time, Thayer received a hard-won pass from Iker under heavy siege, and the most classic moment of the game quietly came.

"Angel again, Valencia's defenders are like nothing in front of him, if it weren't for his bad luck, he would have scored a hat-trick by now! Feints, cumshots...... Or is it a feint...... Continue to ...... Another feint ......"

Thayer's successive fakes almost shook Valencia's entire backline, and even Lucio, who quickly returned to help the defense, was deceived by his feints and almost fell to the ground, Cayo was also deceived by his actions and almost made an early save, and the fans on the sidelines seemed to be on a rollercoaster ride, until Thayer kicked the ball into the goal with a quick push near the small penalty area.

"Angel! goal! It was an artistic goal and that's our Angel. Thayer, no one can stand in his way, no one! ”

The Barcelona fans almost fell into a frenzy, and even the Valencia fans applauded Thayer convincingly after a moment of silence.

Chu Yang witnessed the whole process of this goal near the center circle, and the familiar style of painting made him in a trance.

Because that goal is very similar to Ibrahimovic's classic after consecutive breakthroughs during the Ajax period.

"So," Chu Yang said secretly, "pay homage to Fengxian in the way of Fengxian?" ”

With this in mind, Chu Yang beckoned to Banderas and Moya, who were still a little dazed.

So in stoppage time at halftime, another goal that gave the crowd a standing ovation happened again.

"Chu! goal! The dragon swings its tail! It's Chu's dragon tail swinging! Seske caught the attention of the defenders and passed the ball to Baderas on the left, Banderas lived up to Sesque's trust by passing a superb quality half-high ball from the wing, Chu arrived in time and kicked the ball into the goal with the familiar dragon swing tail of Valencia fans, see? Barcelona! It's not just you who are talented, so are we! It's a battle of four geniuses, a war of two No.9s! ”