Chapter 186: Guan Xiaolong's Enlightenment
After scoring the goal, Messi excitedly ran to the corner flagpole and yelled at the few Barcelona fans on the pitch.
It was a goal, he didn't run at high speed. It's the work under their feet, standing past the defenders of Real Sociedad.
Of course, the screams of the fans at the scene were also mixed with invective. Who likes an away player's presumptuous home game? Messi's goal really pierced the hearts of the home fans, as well as the Real Sociedad players in attendance.
Groove ...... Guan Xiaolong witnessed Messi's performance up close, the ease of shooting at goal, and the crazy celebration after the goal. With such a good ball, if he was watching the live broadcast of the game, Guan Xiaolong would definitely jump up and shout beautifully.
But now he doesn't want to shout at all, because he is on the field and is being abused by Barcelona.
Villa and Pedro stepped forward to celebrate the goal, and the MVP pair seem to be close at the moment. Pep Guardiola still sits in his seat, taking a sip of water from time to time. He seems to have anticipated the result for a long time, so he has been acting calmly.
Lasarte's expression stiffened, and he thought about talking to the players before the game to relax everyone's mind. It's funny to think about it now, and I'm too self-conscious. Is Barcelona something you can do if you say you can deal with it with a relaxed mind?
But as a manager, he has to think about how to contain the situation on the pitch at this time. If you can't win, then at least lose a little less.
Lasart gestured to Prietobi and asked them to adjust their formation. Prieto understands and conveys the meaning to his teammates.
Re-kick-off, this time with Plaid and Rodriguez in the center circle, Guan Xiaolong was dragged to the backcourt. There was no better way for Lazarte to change the formation to 4321, and Guan Xiaolong was placed in front of Bergara and Prieto to take on more defensive duties. Ilya Ramendi and Rodriguez were on either flank, with Griezmann coming forward. In this way, in fact, Real Sociedad's overall formation is relatively backward, and it is a defensive formation.
The players on the pitch all understood the coach's intention, which was to not concede any more goals now and to defend steadily. As for whether you can score or not, it depends on luck.
At half-time, Griezmann and others touched the ball a few times in the front court, and they walked in the front court. Like Guan Xiaolong, everyone participates in defense when they return to defense, and the rest of the time they are far away from the ball.
Barcelona's strong strength made the Sociedad players feel what it means to be terrified. Being pressed and attacked by Real Madrid is a horror, and it is actually even more terrifying to hide a needle like Barcelona. And I feel very annoyed because the ball is at the feet of Barcelona, he attacks when he wants to, he walks you when he wants to.
The Royal Society is like being prostituted, meeting the requirements of the guest officers without restrictions, coming and drinking as soon as they are called. Maybe Uncle Barcelona will add a bell and continue to abuse the little chick of Real Sociedad.
Guan Xiaolong's fists were about to crumble, this was the most helpless game he had encountered since he got the system. There have been many defeats to opponents before, and clean sheets abound. However, it has never been said that it has been suppressed like this. At least there were a lot of shots on goal before, and I didn't know how to score the ball if I didn't finish the ball.
Barcelona is good, to tell you bluntly, today's game is a half-time offensive and defensive drill, you defend us from attacking. What the? You want balls? Come and grab it!
However, Barcelona didn't really come to the game of scoring every ten minutes, they slowed down the pace of attack in the second half of the first half, and basically dominated possession.
After passing more than 20 minutes, Barcelona entered the half-time break with an absolute advantage. In the entire half, Real Sociedad only had 20% of the ball, that is, in 45 minutes, it is estimated that at most 10 minutes can touch the ball, and the other 35 minutes are all Barcelona possession. The shot ratio is 1 to 9, not to mention the rest of the statistics, which is miserable.
Even with little possession time, Real Sociedad's pass success rate is not as high as Barcelona's, only a pitiful 75%, compared to Barcelona's 95%, Real Sociedad's passing control is simply scum.
At half-time, Lasarte mainly gave the players their mental homework and let everyone calm down in the second half. It's not a final, it's not a key game. This is an ordinary La Liga match, our opponents are very strong, everyone realizes that the gap with the opponent is a good thing, and we need to strengthen the self-improvement training in the future.
However, Guan Xiaolong was not reconciled, he was still thinking about the calculation of the first half. In fact, his mentality is very simple, the gap between Real Sociedad and Barcelona is huge. There was some negligence in the defense in the first half, and the 0-3 deficit that was now created is almost irreversible. Guan Xiaolong knows this very well, and he also knows what the team is facing now. Lasarte's idea is right, that is, to adjust his mentality and not be scored by Barcelona again. It's a home game, and losing three is ugly enough.
Guan Xiaolong has only one goal in his heart, and that is to score a goal against Barcelona. is like an assault team that is caught in a heavy siege, with no hope of breaking through, everyone's choice is to kill another person on the opposite side and pull a cushion!
Guan Xiaolong's idea is exactly like this, since it is not realistic to win you, then I will set a small goal and give you a goal first! Don't deny yourself, you have to have a goal, and it won't be good if you work hard, what if you succeed?
When I got back on the field, the atmosphere of the fans in the stands became relaxed. Facing the league leaders, Real Madrid was also beaten into a sieve. So Real Sociedad fans are also relaxed, they take advantage of the half-time to smoke, eat some popcorn sausages or something, and talk about the news on the pitch.
In the second half, Real Sociedad kicked off, and Guan Xiaolong followed Lasarte's instructions and withdrew to the center circle to strengthen the connection with the back.
In fact, whether he stays in the position of the front midfield, or the position of the back midfield, Guan Xiaolong is the most critical point of the midfield attack.
The reason why Lasarte arranged Guan Xiaolong at this point and did not arrange Ilia Ramendi was because he knew that the only way to break through the Barcelona goal was to counterattack quickly. If you want to score the Barcelona goal by relying on positional battles, I'm afraid Real Sociedad doesn't have the strength to do so now.
In the 4321 formation where Guan Xiaolong is now, it should actually be split into 42121, the 1 in the middle, and the very critical 1.
Guan Xiaolong's speed is very fast, and Lasart has to rely on his speed to advance. In fact, Lasarte said that he wanted the players to relax, and he still wanted to score goals in his heart. The tactics he arranged fully illustrate this point.
The Barcelona players were very comfortable running and dealing with Real Sociedad's organisation. At the beginning of the second half, Real Sociedad also took advantage of Barcelona's not yet entered the state, controlled the ball in the midfield, and looked for opportunities to attack.