Chapter 139: How to Defend Barcelona
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Ronaldo was excited after the goal, and he turned to Chu Zhongtian, who assisted him. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ The goal equalled Messi's tally of goals in this Champions League, with the pair now tied for the top scorer's spot.
With just one more goal, he will be able to stomp Messi under his feet.
He hugged Chu Zhongtian and shouted in his ear: "Pass it beautifully!" It's beautiful! Ha ha! β
The other Real Madrid team-mates rushed up to surround them, and the goal helped Real Madrid equalise, and while an equaliser doesn't mean they win the game, who likes to be behind in the final? An equaliser meant the two sides were back on the starting line, with Barcelona's previous dominance in the open and the game resumed.
"Real Madrid equalised and Barcelona didn't even have a long lead...... This is an absolute blow for Barcelona! β
As if to confirm the commentator's words, Pep Guardiola stood on the sidelines with a frown, watching the players of Real Madrid not far away celebrate in front of their goal.
Although he frowned, it did not mean that Guardiola was flustered. After two meetings in the league, he has set his mind right - this Real Madrid team is no longer the Real Madrid they used to bully, this team has been reborn from last season, and if they have the ability to beat themselves at Camp Nou, what is it to score a goal of their own in the Champions League final?
It doesn't matter if they are equalised, what matters is what Barcelona do after the equaliser.
β»β»β» "Chu Zhongtian is the key figure in this goal, although it was Ronaldo who scored the goal, but he was only responsible for the last shot. Zhang Lu began to analyze the goal on the slow play of the goal to the domestic TV audience, in his opinion, this goal fully reflects Chu Zhongtian's role as the core of Real Madrid's offensive organization, which is like a textbook standard and norm, which can be watched and studied repeatedly in the future.
'From the moment he received Cristiano Ronaldo's pass, he was involved in the attack. After receiving a pass from Cristiano Ronaldo, he sought to cooperate with Marcelo, and then ran around behind Marcelo without taking the ball, using Marcelo to separate Mascherano so that the defending Mascherano was in front of him, which was obviously much better than having him turn his back to the defender. Then he got a pass from Marcelo and dribbled laterally, and he faked it to return it, and hey, here, he fooled Xavi. Then he suddenly dribbled horizontally, used a feint to shake off Xavi, and cracked the bag between Xavi and Mascherano. Next came the key part, he gave the football to Khedira. Then instead of continuing to run sideways, he suddenly went straight forward, which pulled Mascherano away from Khedira, giving Khedirano enough space and time to possess the ball. β
Zhang Lu gave full play to his analytical expertise, and analyzed every step of Chu Zhongtian's goal, so that many viewers in front of the TV realized that Chu Zhongtian's seemingly ordinary and random running position was so knowledgeable.
'When he runs vertically, he directly threatens the Barcelona defence, so they have strengthened their defense, but in this way, other Real Madrid players have more chances, such as Kaka. Therefore, Chu Zhongtian did not continue to dribble the ball this time after receiving the pass from Khedira, but directly distributed it to Kaka on the side. Then he changed direction himself and ran diagonally from the middle to the wing, which was also pulling Barcelona's defence and giving Kaka a chance. β
'Kaka, too, was very smart, he didn't force the ball himself, he gave the ball to Mesut Ozil. This continuous passing disrupted Barcelona's defensive focus, and they suddenly didn't know who was the most dangerous Real Madrid player - at first they thought it was Chu Zhongtian, but Chu Zhongtian was on the wing first, and then they thought it was Kaka, but Kaka gave the football to Mesut Ozil, and now they think it's Mesut Ozil. The result? Ozil passed the ball and went directly to Chu Zhongtian on the side. Real Madrid's series of passes are no less than Barcelona's, and the continuous passes make Barcelona's defenders a little dizzy, and they don't know who to defend or how to defend. β
"Then everyone saw it, Chu Zhongtian crossed directly, hit Barcelona by surprise, Ronaldo nodded the ball in the back and only Puyol blocked him in front, but in terms of air balls, Puyol was not Ronaldo's opponent, he easily crashed into the goal guarded by ValdΓ©s...... If it weren't for Chu Zhongtian's previous series of passes and runs, which attracted the attention of the Barcelona defenders, Ronaldo would never have had such an easy chance to attack the goal......
Regarding Chu Zhongtian's role in this goal, the commentator of Sky England also had the same opinion. They believe that this goal fully reflects the value of Chu Zhongtian, and 70 million euros still seems to be a bargain now...... "Such a player is really valuable, he is not as dazzling as Messi and Ronaldo, and can attract the attention of the whole stadium to himself. But under his constant running and passing tandem, Real Madrid's original scattered midfielder was retracted by him, clenched into a fist, and then swung hard at the opponent! That's what a playmaker in midfield should do. β
Chu assists Ronaldo to score, his eleventh assist in the Champions League this season! That's far more than his seven assists last season! He's a deserving Champions League assist leader and he's left everyone behind, including Xavi! β
β»β»β» When the players of Real Madrid were still celebrating the goal, Xavi stood in his own half and looked at Chu Zhongtian who was surrounded by everyone.
He just used an assist to help the team take the lead, but in less than ten minutes, Real Madrid equalized, and the person who assisted his teammates to equalize was Chu Zhongtian.
What Chu Zhongtian showed throughout the goal process made Xavi feel complicated - as an opponent, he knew that the better this person played, the more dangerous his team would be, but as a playmaker who was also a midfielder, he deeply admired such a player.
His continuous runs and passes in this goal may seem like a casual act, but it is very meaningful. Every one of his runs was carefully chosen, and he appeared in the right position for his teammates to pass the football to him in the most comfortable way, while the attacking situation of the whole team was directly opened up little by little by his continuous runs and passes. Barcelona's defense slowly opened its doors as if it were under his command.
This is the kind of feeling that the commander pursues - the opponent's defense and his own offense are under his control, and the opponent will do what he wants the other side to do, as if they were his own internal response.
What a beautiful riposte!
Looking at Chu Zhongtian, Harvey couldn't help but think so.
The celebration lasted about a minute for Real Madrid, and then the excited players quickly gathered up and returned to their respective positions, ready for the next game. After all, it's only twenty-five minutes, and there are still sixty-five minutes left before the end of the game, so an hour and five minutes is enough time for a lot to happen, and no one knows who will win the game in the end.
On the other side, the Barcelona players had already stood up, put the football in the center circle, and waited for the Real Madrid players to return before kicking off.
Mascherano stood in his place, slightly further back than Butzkes, and he looked at Chu Zhongtian, who was slowly walking back into his own half.
The previous series of successful defenses against Chu Zhongtian made him think that he had subdued Chu Zhongtian, but the goal just now made him realize that he was too proud, and he had the idea of underestimating the enemy, if he continued to follow Chu Zhongtian closely, he believed that Chu Zhongtian would never be able to send the football out so easily and accurately.
In his eyes, Chu Zhongtian raised his arm and waved to the Real Madrid fans in the stands.
Don't get complacent, you'll only have this chance to show off.
β»β»β» The game resumed, and Barcelona launched an attack after kick-off.
For Barcelona fans, the best outcome is that Barcelona take advantage of the kick-off opportunity to score directly and regain the lead, and their anxiety is gone.
But if Real Madrid can let Barcelona score so easily, they may not be able to reach the Champions League final at all.
So this attack organized by Xavi did not receive the result that the fans wanted. Villa's shot was a little reluctant and was pounced on by Casillas.
Xavi shook his head, then quickly ran back, ready to deal with Real Madrid's attack.
He needs to be patient, patient, and patient, waiting for Real Madrid to show his flaws.
He has to be calm and patient as a midfield commander, but the other guy may not have enough patience to wait like this, he needs to take the initiative to create chances. He has a different style from Xavi and he also has the ability to create opportunities on his own initiative.
He's Messi.
When Barcelona scored the first goal, Messi did not play the role of finisher, he did not even take the football. He became a front and was used by Xavi as a feint to attract the attention of the opposition's defence.
As the team's top star, he has high requirements for himself, not only to attract the attention of defenders to his teammates in attack and contain the opponent's defensive strength. He also got to score.
Ronaldo, the sworn rival among the players, has already scored in the Champions League final, equalling his Champions League goal this season. If he wants to be the top scorer in the Champions League, he must score in the Champions League final.
For that he had to take the initiative to seek out such scoring opportunities.
However, if he wants to take the initiative to score, it is not easy, he must first find a way to cross the mountain of Chu Zhongtian.
He had already caught a little bit of inspiration when the team had scored before.
He found that when he and Xavi were relatively close, Chu Zhongtian's defensive pressure would increase sharply, and he would face a dilemma, and this was the perfect time for him to get rid of Chu Zhongtian.
So if he wants to score, he's going to have to look for a breakthrough from there.
And Xavi alone may be easy for Real Madrid to restrict, but what if one more person is added to this small circle? What will Real Madrid's defenders and Chu Zhongtian do?
When he took the ball and was about to break through Chu Zhongtian, but was destroyed by Chu Zhongtian, he got up from the ground and shouted at his teammates: "We need to get closer, get closer, get closer!" β
Messi had a good idea, but Real Madrid had already prepared for his hand. In fact, Messi relied on his own dribbling and cooperation with his teammates at close range to get so many scoring opportunities, and his coordination with his teammates in the 30-meter area was the key. Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho has been aware of this for a long time, having done similar research before the Camp Nou game.
As long as Messi can be severed from his team-mates, his threat will plummet.
This point was specifically mentioned by Mourinho in the pre-match tactical arrangement - how to cut off the connection between Messi and other teammates?
It is up to the compact formation and tight defense to separate every attacking player in Barcelona, so that they can only move in their own area, but can not provide much support to Messi.
Real Madrid's defenders and midfielders are responsible for surrounding and dividing these people.
But that's not enough. Many teams have tried to do this, but they have not succeeded, and that is because Messi's individual ability is too outstanding and superb.
Even if the opponent can limit the running and play of his teammates, he can't limit Messi's interspersed running, and his flexible dribbling breaks disrupt the opponent's defensive arrangement, as if opening and closing the cage of his teammates, freeing his teammates from the "prison". That would allow him to reconnect with his team-mates, and Barcelona have scored a lot of goals like that.
If Messi's individual skills weren't so good, this set wouldn't have worked.
Now his personal skills are still excellent, but he has met his nemesis, Chu Zhongtian, who can restrain him and freeze him!
Chu Zhongtian's one-on-one defensive ability is the strongest Mourinho has ever seen, so when he is trying to deal with the small and fast cooperation in the front court of Barcelona, the key person he first thinks of is Chu Zhongtian.
As long as Chu Zhongtian can block Messi's personal breakthrough and make him unable to disrupt Real Madrid's defense, then Messi will completely lose contact with his teammates, so that it will be much easier to defend him or other Barcelona players, no different from defending an ordinary team.
When Messi shouted for his teammates to move closer to him, Chu Zhongtian knew what Barcelona was going to do, and Real Madrid's backline was already waiting for this moment. And because Pep Guardiola temporarily changed the line-up and turned the three forwards into the two forwards, the defensive pressure on Real Madrid's back line was actually reduced a bit, although their midfield had one more person...... But the person who is too much is the back waist, and he usually doesn't come up much, so adding it means not adding it.
He glanced back at Pepe, who noticed his gaze and nodded to him, meaning that he knew, and they knew what to do.
Chu Zhongtian, who was relieved, was ready to deal with Messi.
What if Harvey comes up?
As long as everyone is guarding their area and knows what they have to do, then Xavi will be driving football into a dead end no matter who he passes to unless he shoots from distance.
And if he shoots from a distance...... Casillas' name "St. Igor" is not for nothing.
So Chu Zhongtian was not worried about Barcelona's attack at all. Mourinho is indeed very level, he sorted out every attack of Barcelona little by little, analyzed it for everyone to see, and let everyone understand what Barcelona's attack is like, just like Ding Ding Jieniu, meat is meat, skin is skin, bone is bone, at a glance, very clear.
That way, everyone knows what to do with Barcelona. By Mourinho's analysis, everyone also feels that Barcelona's attack is not as strong as the legend, and they can use normal means to contain Barcelona's attack.
But you must know that a season ago, Real Madrid had to sacrifice the attack, all cowered, and used rough fouls and defense to stop Barcelona's advance.
All this is because the team has a key figure, Chu Zhongtian, the only person in global football who can freeze Messi in one-on-one defense.
Just like solving a problem, when you don't know the formula, you find it difficult to solve it. But when you use a ready-made formula, it becomes very simple.
Chu Zhongtian is that formula, the championship formula of Real Madrid.
β»β»β»The football at Messi's feet was stabbed open by Chu Zhongtian, Xavi wanted to come up and regain control of the football, but Chu Zhongtian rushed out at the same time as stabbing the ball at Messi's feet, and saw that he was going to take the ball, indicating a very fierce flying tackle, which looked like it was going to abolish Xavi's legs. Frightened, Harvey jumped to his feet and gave up on his pursuit of football.
The football allowed Chu Zhongtian to shovel out the bottom line, and the danger at the front of the Real Madrid penalty area was ruled out.
The Barcelona fans in the stands were very dissatisfied, they thought that Chu Zhongtian was a foul, or a foul action with a malicious tendency to hurt people, and he should punish Chu Zhongtian for his dangerous behavior in order to protect football elves like Messi. But instead of blowing the whistle, the referee signaled Barcelona to take the throw-in.
Messi was puzzled by the referee's decision, he found the referee and told him that Chu Zhongtian's flying tackle was 100% a foul, and this time it was the turn of the Real Madrid fans to scold: "Are you still a man, Messi!" "That thing under your own crotch is still there, right?" Shorty! β
Chu Zhongtian ignored Messi's move to find the referee, he just signaled his teammates to strengthen their defense and not let the opponent easily enter the penalty area. With Barcelona's characteristics, once in the penalty area, Casillas's goal can be dangerous.
Xavi frowned and shook his head, Real Madrid's defense was stronger than before, and it seemed impossible to score again as soon as possible...... If the first half is 1-1, it seems to be good.
Let's see what adjustments Pep Guardiola can make at half-time...... At least now we are evenly matched, and the good news is that we are not on the side behind and we can still do something in the 45 minutes of the second half.
When Barcelona threw the throw-in and tried to organize an attack, they once again faced the Real Madrid defense with Chu Zhongtian as the core, they were on their feet outside, and there was still no good way to break through Real Madrid's iron wall.
The Catalan commentator had to scold Mourinho for being a shrunken turtle again.
In the midst of his swearing, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half.
In this first half, both sides had a wonderful goal, and the score was 1:1.
(To be continued)