Chapter 48, the skin sees through
Although Agusli's tactical set-up is very targeted, and the players are almost strictly executing, the natural difference in quality still makes Real Sociedad's defense seem stretched. The frequent switching of positions between Messi and Neymar allowed the players to be porous in the defensive transition, and after three consecutive shots, Barcelona scored the second goal of the game.
In the 33rd minute, Messi received a pass from Rakitic on the right side and rushed forward, cutting into the box after passing Bergara and Berziche in a row, although Martinez and Ilia Ramendi forced him to lean to the side in the ribs of the penalty area, but his cross before falling to the ground still caused Gonzalez to clear the error, Gonzalez kicked the ball empty, allowing Suarez at the back point to easily cushion into the net.
"It was just an accident," Qu Jing said to Gonzalez, who looked a little remorseful, before turning to Canales and Bella, "It looks like we're going to attack as much as we can." ”
Against a team like Barcelona, there is no strategy to talk about in theory, even after thousands of drills before the game, the super individual ability of the Barcelona players may still decide the game. So as their opponents, they can only run, press, run, press, and then create trouble for Barcelona in the same unreasonable way, once they disrupt their rhythm, Barcelona's back line will have inexplicable mistakes, especially the "skin see-through" who can see everything.
Qu Jingban then ignored the positional setting and began to run at all costs, and Canales and Beira, two attackers who barely took on defensive duties, also retreated to their own half while defending. This allowed Barca, who had a one-goal advantage, to rein in and did not pose a threat to Real Sociedad until half-time.
At half-time, club president Stephen Hawking came to the dressing room again to cheer his players on, praising the equaliser in the first half and hoping that the players would change the score again in the second half. In this regard, Agusli seemed full of confidence, and even released a bold statement to defeat Barcelona.
"Crazy, crazy," Mr. Hawking shook his head and left, giving the team time to adjust their tactics. But Agusli only affirmed the performance of his players in the first half and made no changes other than to let his players continue to execute the tactical arrangements as they did in training.
Just whispered to Qu Jing when he was about to play: "QU, play to your heart's content, don't have any pressure." ”
Agusli was clearly a little worried. Because for the game, Qu Jing does not generate too much pressure, he just adjusts according to his understanding of the game, and it has nothing to do with the opponent.
As the second half began, the Barcelona players looked struggling to get into the rhythm of possession they were used to. They consciously reduced the passing of the mid-to-long distance, but with the pressing of the three and the pressure of the three barriers in the midfield, the Barcelona players had to make frequent long passes from the back to the receiving point in the front, which gave Real Sociedad plenty of time to intercept and destroy, and the back line led by Martinez also added a touch of "ferocity": they made full use of their physical advantages, and their feet were no longer as hesitant as in the first half.
In the 51st minute, Berziche broke Pique's long pass to Messi behind him, and Bergara got the ball and handed it to Vela on the left, and Vela and Qu Jing continued to cooperate to attract the defense of four Barcelona players, and then, Qu Jing passed the ball from between Rakitic and Iniesta to Ilya Ramendi on the right side, and the unguarded latter's powerful volley hit the side netting, which made Agusli and the fans who stood up nervously rejoice.
In the 55th minute, in the face of the symbolic defense of Rakitic and Busquets, it seemed that he was going to cross to Ilia Ramendi, and handed the ball to the feet of Vela with a highly concealed through ball, and this time the Mexican did not hesitate to poke the ball into the net from between Bravo's legs.
After the goal, Bella really made a frog jumping motion, and with his usual teasing expression, it looked unbearable. Qu Jing and his teammates were extremely excited to equalize again, and they ran arm in arm to the stands of their fans, and then roared out with all their might.
The big screen at the Camp Nou showed a standing ovation of Mr Hawking, and a meaningful comparison of the faces of the two managers: Enrique, of course, looked a little disappointed, drinking water while discussing something with the assistant coach; Agusli seems to be calm and relaxed, and at Camp Nou he can quickly return colour, which is not easy.
"It is far less difficult to target the individual with the whole than it is to target the individual with the whole", this is the credo advocated by Agusli. Therefore, he attaches importance to discipline in defense, uses strict tactics to try to limit the play of MSN, and makes up for the lack of individual ability of players through the whole. But in attack, he prefers to be surprising on the basis of overall precision operation, which requires individual ability and inspiration, so he encourages Qu Jing, in Agusli's view, against an opponent like Barcelona, you need someone to be able to play extraordinarily, it's like a game of whack-a-mole, he wants someone to always come out, no matter who of the three, Qu Jing, Canales and Bella.
After kicking off again, Barcelona picked up the pace significantly, with Messi frequently dropping back to take the ball and, together with Iniesta, creating chances for Suarez and Neymar. And with Real Sociedad's midfield three levels declining, Neymar is starting to be active again on the left flank.
In the 53rd minute, Neymar took the ball near the center circle, first used his speed to break through Sans, and then forced to cut inside after swaying Erutondo on a bicycle in a row, but unfortunately he did not transfer the ball to Messi on the right side of the penalty area in time.
The ball fell between Qu Jing and Busquets, the smart Busquets cleverly took advantage of his height, and the two long legs were firmly stuck in the position, not giving Qu Jing any chance to steal, but Qu Jing did not give up completely, and also used his body to force Busquets to pass the ball back to Pique.
Qu Jing almost accelerated to Pique at the moment when Busquets returned the pass, as the team's last line of defense "skin see" once again exposed his nerve knife nature, in the face of Qu Jing's up-and-coming scramble, he did not pass to the absolute safety of Mascherano, Alves and Mathieu, nor did he pass back to goalkeeper Bravo, but tried to pick the ball back to Busquets.
His fluffy pass was easily unloaded with Qu Jing's right foot, and in the face of a somewhat flustered Pique, Qu Jing used a small pendulum feint.