Chapter 338: Changing Formations
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Pep Guardiola didn't want to lose, the team he had built with great difficulty, of course, wanted to sweep the game, and he decided to change his formation after seeing Manchester United's aggressive line-up in the first half. X
"I'm the craziest and most avant-garde experimenter in football reform!" Pep Guardiola muttered, "I'm going to change the formation, I'm going to win." ”
Pep Guardiola knows that the team's shortcomings are in the backline, Puyol is aging and slow to turn, and Marcos is not at the top level and cannot stop Manchester United's attacking group. Therefore, Barcelona presented a special lineup in the second half.
He squeezed the space at the back and left plenty of space for the midfielders.
At the beginning of the second half, Ferguson saw Barcelona's formation, and his face turned pale, "This guy is ruthless enough." ”
Barcelona's formation changed and turned out to be 31213.
Valdés is still in the goalkeeper position, of course, not the later goalkeeper, Valdés is still relatively stable. At the back, learning from Manchester United, there are only three centre-backs left.
Abidal moved closer to the middle and became a central defender, partnering Puyol and Marcos, with Marcos in the middle and Puyol on the side, dealing with Kaisa's side-to-edge tactics.
Pep Guardiola has taken every step of the equation into account.
In the midfield position, only Busquets was left alone, and the pressure was very high, but Guardiola was very optimistic about him, and Busquets's position selection and prediction left a deep impression.
Busquets was ahead of the combination of Xavi and Andres Iniesta, with average individual defensive ability, but the timing of the attack was very accurate, and the partnership was invincible.
Messi retreated slightly, becoming a midfielder-like presence and falling behind the three strikers. Of course, Messi's retreat can increase the time of holding the ball, and the likes of Kaisa and Fletcher have a great impact on Messi's ball-holding, and he does not have enough space.
In the forward position, Thierry Henry is still in the middle, but the two partners have become Pedro and Alves.
Alves has always been strong in attack and weak in defense, with winger skills, not to mention the ability to cross, Guardiola immediately pushed him to the front line, organized the first line of defense, and defended Kaisa while also providing assists to Henry and Pedro.
I have to say, this is the craziest formation. It makes full use of the team's ability to push through the middle.
After Silva came on the pitch and ambushed behind Robin van Persie, Manchester United's formation actually became 3511. Because of Silva's defensive ability, the defense in the middle has weakened slightly, which is in the hands of Barcelona.
At the beginning of the second half, Messi found a position in the middle, but Fletcher moved slowly and failed to keep up with Messi. Gave Messi a chance to shoot from distance.
Van der Sar flew to save the ball, and the ball smashed against the crossbar, which was thrilling.
Barcelona's corner, tactical corner, after Xavi took the corner, it was given to Alves, who immediately got up and fell to Pedro.
Pedro made an instant decision and fired a shot that hit Kaisa's leg and bounced out of the box. Kaisa took a deep breath, "Damn, it's a big threat. ”
On the other side, Silva received a pass from Mascherano and immediately pushed forward, launched a counter-attack with speed, and could not pass in the face of Busquets' block, giving it to the wing.
Valencia receives the ball, faces Puyol, accelerates, goes down the baseline, crosses. The ball fell to Robin van Persie. But he was stuck by Marcos and couldn't get up and could only watch the ball get cleared.
Marcos slipped the ball to Sergio Busquets, who pushed it to Xavi, who faced Silva and turned 360 degrees on the spot to Thierry Henry.
Henry accelerated, and the opportunity presented again. However, his pass was a little less timed and was cut off by Mascherano.
The ball immediately fell to Kaisa's feet.
Pep Guardiola looked at several Manchester United players and drooled, "Kaisa can't buy it, if it does, my team will definitely become the most successful team in history." ”
'Of course, the combination of Pique and Mascherano will be the best centre-back combination for my team. I'm going to buy them anyway. ”
Kaisa advances with the ball and directs his companions to follow. Under his command, the team's lineup also changed.
Valencia retreated, side by side with the three Pique, forming a back four formation, guarding against the arrogant Alves, and Valencia did not fall behind in terms of speed.
Mascherano and Carrick partnered in midfield, with Kaisa and Fletcher and Silva in front of him, with Fletcher defending and Kaisa and Silva in attack.
Van Persie was up front, not close to Barca's centre-back, cruising around the penalty area, fully releasing Van Persie's left foot.
Pep Guardiola was stunned to see Manchester United's formation change, "Manchester United players can change formation freely on the field? Don't need a coach? No, it's Kaisa, and Kaisa's command makes them change formations. ”
Ferguson looked at Guardiola with a smile, "How's it going?" We have two coaches, is it fun? ”
"If you retire now, I'll want to take over your shift tomorrow." Pep Guardiola said, "Because of Kaisa, otherwise I wouldn't have gone to Manchester United." ”
"Haha...... You will succeed. ”
Silva received a pass from Kaisa, a deft pick-and-roll from Van Persie, which hit the woodwork, but was blocked by Abidal with his body.
Abidal crouched on the ground and appeared to be injured, Van Persie's shot was so powerful that Abidal was a little out of breath.
The two sides entered a stalemate again, with Pep Guardiola finally making a substitution, replacing Thierry Henry with a young Bojan. Bojan, who claims to be more talented than Messi, has just recently begun to rise, and Guardiola is not shy about giving young people a chance and expects him to change the balance of power on the field.
After Bojan came on, Barcelona's formation changed again. Messi became the centre-forward, in a familiar position, with Bojan and Pedro on both sides, following Messi's rhythm.
As for Alves, after being limited by Kaisa's change of formation, he returned to the position of defender, but he still frequently assisted, half a winger.
After Bojan came on, Barcelona's front court was much more active, Alves came up again, crossed, and was pushed out by Ferdinand.
Carrick received the ball, a coquettish long pass, to the wing, Kaisa received the ball, accelerated instantly, and hit the gap left by Alves.
Puyol returned to the centre-back position and hurried to fill in, but how could Kaisa give him a chance? The ball was played to Silva, who was facing Sergio Busquets and Xavi.
Unhurriedly, he poked the ball out and landed at Kaisa's feet again.
Kaisa has already appeared in the Kaisa corridor, wearing the crotch, Marcos can't stop it, and after one more, Busquets can't pull his clothes.
Quickly flashed the angle, very tricky, and just shot!
The ball was fast, poked with his toes, Valdés instinctively pounced, spread his hands out, and finally could only watch the ball slip under his armpit.
Shame! The goalkeeper was actually drilled under the armpit by the ball......
Needless to say, Kaisa scored again, which is completely a reflection of his personal ability.
2:0。 Manchester United doubled their lead in the 70th minute.
Ferguson made a quick decision and made an immediate substitution, with Fletcher replaced by Ryan Giggs to increase the ball up front.
Van Persie was then replaced by Mikel to increase the control of the midfield, and Kaisa appeared in the forward position to be more threatening.
The rest of the time, both teams used up their three substitutions, but Barcelona failed to make waves and had to accept defeat.
Pep Guardiola stood on the sidelines with only one name in his mouth, "Kaisa...... Kay Sa......"
Under Kaisa's leadership, Manchester United won the Champions League for three consecutive years.