Chapter 185: Messi's performance
"Whew......" Bergara sat on the ground arranging his socks and shin guards, and Messi's change of direction just now shook him down.
Looking at the way Bergara gasped for breath, you know how difficult Messi is to deal with. In the past, Guan Xiaolong only heard that Messi was very strong, and occasionally watched his videos. But this encounter only knows his characteristics, a speed like his, if you don't rely on joint defense, you can't prevent him at all.
Most players will seek a balance between speed and dribbling so that the opposing player cannot break the ball. Therefore, everyone has their own characteristics, such as Da Luo's dribbling, Xiao Luo's lost step, Ronaldo's high-intensity outburst, and Robben's in-cutting.
Guan Xiaolong has always liked Da Luo-style dribbling, the combination of speed and technique, so that the opponent will never be able to figure out, I don't know what your next kick will be.
But Messi's dribbling, especially Guan Xiaolong's light experience, felt it more deeply. Messi has an excellent sense of the ball, and the ball is always sticking to his feet. Strangely, even if the defender knew where he was going, he couldn't stop him. Frequent line changes can ruin a defender's knee.
Guan Xiaolong saw it in his eyes and was angry in his heart. is also echeloned, how can there be such a big difference between people?
It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to play against such a master. Guan Xiaolong decided to find an opportunity to scare Messi. Although he remembered the scene of the confrontation with Ronaldo before, he was inevitably stunned, and stars of this level were really tired of fighting against them.
However, Guan Xiaolong quickly adjusted his mentality and wanted to grow in practice! Don't look at my lack of reading, I still understand the truth!
Real Sociedad tee off again and Guan Xiaolong returns the ball to Prieto. Prieto stayed at the back for a while, but couldn't resist the pressing of Villa and Pedro, and passed the ball back to the goalkeeper.
I wanted to take a break, after all, now that I'm 2-0 down, the mentality of the players has changed a lot. Strong opponents are pressing, this situation and score, will make the players collapse.
But Prieto's idea was quickly stifled by the Barcelona players, who had no intention of giving you a break. Barcelona's overall formation has moved forward, and the back line has been close to the center circle.
With Villa and Andres Iniesta combined, the defender once again played the ball back to the goalkeeper. Bravo didn't dare to slack off and quickly kicked the ball into the midfield.
Because the formation is too far back, Real Sociedad has no high point in the midfield, and can only rely on Guan Xiaolong, Griezmann and others to compete for the top.
Griezmann couldn't get past Sergio Busquets and the ball fell into Barca's control again. No wonder the possession rate is 2 to 8, from Real Sociedad just now, a few backpasses after the backfield is backwards, and now the ball is broken, and it has only passed one and a half minutes. There was no coherent ball grabbing anymore, it was just scattered touches.
Barcelona's style of play is simply a full-court pressing. The problem is that their players have a very calm face and a lot of energy, not at all like the physical burden that pressing on the pitch can put on the players.
Xavi was the first to get to the ball, and he began to look around and choose the point where to get the ball. Xavi is the head of Barcelona's command, and almost all the attacking starting stations come out of him. This time he was going to let Villa on the left flank attack, with Andres Iniesta and Messi both stepping forward to contain it, and Pedro also roaming at the edge of the box.
However, Xavi's ball was broken!
Brother, you broke my ball just now, this time it's my turn! My ball is clean, hehe, so I'm full marks.
Guan Xiaolong stabbed out obliquely and directly cut off the ball. Harvey couldn't react to this sudden change, and he went up to fight back, but Guan Xiaolong had already thrown him away.
Iniesta reacted quickly and immediately retreated to assist Xavi. Busquets, as a defensive barrier, also came up as soon as possible. The two of them surrounded Guan Xiaolong in an instant, and Guan Xiaolong couldn't run.
Faced with this inescapable situation, Guan Xiaolong had countless thoughts flashing through his mind, but they were all denied by himself. Because he found that Harvey had also surrounded him.
That's what's so scary about this Barcelona now, even more terrifying than Real Madrid. It's that you're always under the trap of the other party's multi-player, but in fact there are eleven people on both sides. I am curious whether Guardiola has studied Sun Tzu's Art of War, and the best tactic is actually to integrate all local advantages and turn local advantages into comprehensive advantages.
Guan Xiaolong failed to shine as before, and then performed amazingly. All he could do was try to slow down the breakage of the ball and stumble to poke it out of the touchline.
Made...... Guan Xiaolong turned around unconvinced, and Busquets was ready to serve the sideline.
He's been playing well, taking Xavi's inattention to break the ball. You know, Xavi's ball is not that easy to break. Guan Xiaolong's performance just now has already won him the applause of the home fans.
It's a pity that Guan Xiaolong has the potential to take off, but he was destroyed by Barcelona's on-the-spot counter-robbery. However, Guan Xiaolong still found a detail, that is, when he made a steal, it took at least three seconds for the Barcelona players to assemble.
First Sergio Busquets came to block himself, and then Iniesta surrounded him diagonally, making it difficult for him to make a move. Just as he hesitated, Harvey also made up. In this way, Guan Xiaolong was completely caught in the trap of the three of them, and he was absolutely unable to break through.
But this process, at least, illustrates one point. It's not for nothing that Barcelona suddenly comes to you. He is processed, orderly. It can be understood that the players who are out of position should quickly rebound, the defensive midfielders should contain the players who counterattacked as soon as possible, and the players who are close should be the first to assist. It was Iniesta who was the closest just now, so he came to help.
Guan Xiaolong calculated this scene just now in his head, thinking that if I don't care about anything else after I get the ball, I will accelerate and run, and I will get past Busquets just now! Forehead...... I'm afraid it still doesn't work, there are Pique and Puyol behind. If you go to the side, you have to face Abidal, these are hard stubble, not so easy to fool. I really wondered, how could Acules beat Barcelona in such a situation and score two goals at once?
Thinking about it so far, Guan Xiaolong followed the ball and returned to the position of more than ten meters in front of the penalty area to participate in the defense. During this period, Ilya Ramendi and Antoine Griezmann were also involved in the defence. Real Sociedad are now all involved in the defence and Barca's offensive is starting to become fierce.
There was a scream from the pitch, which was given to Messi. Because Messi first passed Prieto on the edge of the penalty area, and then slowed down Ansotegui. Just when Martinez was about to break the ball, Messi suddenly buckled and completely deceived Martinez.
He then burst into the box and hit a boccia ball into the far corner just as Bravo was overwhelmed. Bravo rolled over, but he was already weak.
With 32 minutes played, Barcelona led Real Sociedad 3-0.