Chapter 1013: A Rare Opportunity to Attack the Position
Pep Guardiola's second change to the pitch was to replace Keita at the back with Cesc Fabregas and add a player with better passing ability to support Llorente.
At the same time, Cesc Fabregas can also be responsible for helping to defend Elo, and his playmaking ability has been proven at Arsenal as early as the beginning, which can also be very useful when Barcelona need attacking personnel to step up, so as to relieve the team's attacking pressure.
Although Fabregas has played in the Premier League for seven seasons, physical confrontation is still not the way he is used to playing, so his performance on the defensive end is not as good as Keita, so the pressure on the frontal defense is piled up on Busquets.
Two minutes later, Fabregas's fast dribbling of Elo burst past and seemed hesitant for a foul, so Busquets had to wipe his ass and push the high-speed Elo to the ground, so he also received a yellow card, which brought a big defensive danger to Barcelona.
Barcelona is now behind the score, naturally to press on a big scale, and now the single back has received a yellow card, it is enough to imagine that the next step is to face the leader Valencia's rapid counterattack, with Busquets's current personal ability is difficult to use conventional technical means to defend, it is necessary to add some unconventional means, but this yellow card is equivalent to putting a shackle on him, and he hesitates when he should foul......
Fabregas's hesitation caused Busquets to be booked, and he quickly went over and patted the latter on the shoulder to apologize, as he should have committed a foul.
Fortunately, Pep Guardiola's original intention of replacing Cesc Fabregas was not to count on him to defend, but to relieve the team's attacking pressure.
It can effectively help Xavi when organizing the attack, and the forward assist can share the pressure of Iniesta and Messi, so it can be said that this substitution is really good.
But as the game entered the 75th minute, the physical fitness of the players on the field reached a limit, and this game is the Champions League final, the physical consumption of the players is greater than in previous games, and Barcelona's attacking players are Fabregas and Llorente are fresh blood, and it is difficult to threaten Valencia, who are in a good defensive position.
"Damn it!" Guardiola, who was standing in the technical command area, angrily spat out a mouthful of saliva to express his dissatisfaction.
This is also a kind of sadness as a manager, the substitution of tactics has been done, but whether it can have the desired effect depends on the player's self-play.
Llorente's arrival did interfere with Valencia's backline, and also helped Andres Iniesta and Messi attract defensive attention, but they were replaced by Cesc Fabregas...... It's just a bit of a headache for Pep Guardiola, and judging by the minutes Cesc Fabregas has been on the pitch, he hasn't been in great shape.
As time passed, Barcelona were slow to equalize the score, and the attacking players, led by Messi, began to try their individual abilities to create chances.
It's just that Wang Xiaolei's state in this game is indeed very good, and he keeps the goal from losing his high pounce.
With 80 minutes heading into the game, Pep Guardiola can only figure out how to make a third substitution......
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The fierce battle on the field is still going on, Barcelona continues to attack with the ball, and the football is soon handed to Messi, because of the continuous organization can not form an effective attack, and there is no good way, so it can only rely on the individual ability of the star to create opportunities.
Messi, as a player who can threaten the status of Iello in today's football, is a star that Barcelona players can rely on.
Messi, who was attacking the ball on the right rib, started directly, accelerated through Cazorla, and smashed the ball to the right with his left foot in the face of Xavi Martinez's frontal interception.
Javi Martinez fought and retreated to defend, and was about to enter the attack 25-meter area, Messi slammed the ball to the left with the outside of his left foot, shook off the angle, and shot directly from a distance, but Javi Martinez's long leg stretched, and the football hit his inner thigh, bounced back, and just fell to the feet of Cazorla.
This time, Fabregas did not hesitate, facing the small but flexible Cazorla, he directly tugged on to the shirt until the referee on duty, Kaushoi, blew the whistle.
Valencia's quick offensive from defense to attack was not achieved, so it had to turn to positional warfare.
Pep Guardiola breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Cesc Fabregas decisively foul him.
At the same time, the same is true of the Barcelona fans in the stands and the Barcelona fans in front of the TV, from their vision, they have already seen Ailo running into the air, as long as Cazorla completes the turn, he can make a long pass to Ailo, and then the goal will be greatly threatened, and it is possible to say that it is possible to fall behind by both goals.
If it's really two goals down in less than ten minutes of regular time, it's really a lack of work......
Thankfully, fortunately!
But...... A loss may turn out to be a gain.
It was a rare respite for Valencia, who suffered a long comeback in the second half and were so physically exhausted that they could breathe for 80 minutes into the game.
When the players ran to the front court of the European Open, Wang Xiaolei did not choose to open a big kick, but passed the ball to Cazorla, who suddenly retreated to respond, and slowly organized an attack forward.
Rather than blindly driving the ball forward, it is better to control the ball at your own feet, which can consume both the physical energy of Barcelona players and the time......
It didn't take long for the football to reach the captain, Elo.
Immediately, Alves became nervous, and Cesc Fabregas and Iniesta stepped forward to help defend.
Iello grinned and passed the ball to Jordi Alba, who had come from the left to assist.
After passing the ball, Iroh did not stay where he was, but ran towards the penalty area and took the defenders with him.
Alves couldn't defend Elo, but that doesn't mean he did the same against Jordi Alba one-on-one.
Just as he stepped forward to defend, Jordi Alba suddenly slotted the ball behind him.
Pass? Pass it to whom?
"Ai Ai Ai Ai-"
Listening to the cheers that erupted from the stands, Alves didn't have to look back to know who Jordi Alba had passed the ball to......
It turned out that Iroh had made a false impression of giving up the wing to Jordi Alba, and when he ran towards the penalty area, he suddenly stopped and turned to run towards the space behind Alves.
Now Valencia has a high striker Edinson Cavani in the forward line, and there is no need to worry about Ellora going to the wing and no one grabbing the point.
Iroh's forward finish was very well matched by Jordi Alba's pass, and behind him were Cesc Fabregas and Andres Iniesta, who gritted their teeth and chased back.
In this case, the right central defender Pique will have to make up the defense, otherwise it will be troublesome to let Iro take the ball and go straight in......