Chapter 964: Attack Mastermind

Since Iello helped Valencia to pull the score from 0:1 to 1:1, the two sides of the game have not played more dazzlingly, both of them are based on their own style of play, passing and control, and have not invested too many troops in the attack.

So the game went into a stalemate.

However, the fans on both sides in the stands did not express their dissatisfaction with this, but continued to cheer for their respective teams.

Seeing this, Mourinho, who was sitting in the stands of the Mestalla, frowned.

If the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals is played at home to Valencia, the team will be in great trouble, the current Real Madrid control is not strong, the strength is the quick counterattack, Ozil, Di Maria, Benzema, Cristiano Ronaldo are all masters in this area.

The only thing is that the control is relatively weak, and it cannot be compared with Barcelona and Valencia, who care about possession.

Once the Champions League semi-finals get into the rhythm of Valencia's game, it becomes very difficult and even more troublesome if the game concedes first.

So Mourinho is on the record in his notebook: fouls to interrupt Valencia's attacking rhythm.

It's just that this choice has a certain risk, because it depends on the referee's understanding of fouls and cards, if the referee is a referee who likes yellow cards, then this set obviously does not work......

As a result, Mourinho fell into deep thought again.

The game on the field was still going on, and neither side had a good way to open up the situation, making the game a bit groggy to watch.

Both sides are teams that like to keep the ball at their feet, and as long as the other team does not increase the intensity of the scramble, the side in possession will not easily concede the ball.

Not conceding a goal means that there are no accidents, which means that there are no goals.

For many neutral fans, a game without a goal is nothing to see.

Of course, this is only for neutral fans, with Valencia fans and Barcelona fans hanging their hearts on the teams they support.

They are all people who know the ball and know that this stage is extremely critical.

As long as one side scores first, the team that concedes will be passive and the chances of losing will be greatly increased.

This is something that fans on both sides don't want to see, and all they can do is silently support the team from the stands and cheer for the team.

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In the blink of an eye, the game was 30 minutes into the game, and Iroh knew that by this point in the game, the players of Barcelona's defensive system had probably formed a fixed mindset and it was time to make a change......

After Barcelona's attacking combination had passed a lot, the core Xavi shouted that Messi cut in from the right rib to the empty rib of the penalty area of the home of the central defender and full-back, and decisively kicked up to pass a ball over the top.

The local Barcelona commentator shouted violently: "Xavi picks the pass!! ”

However, before the words fell, Valencia goalkeeper Wang Xiaolei appeared on the trajectory of the football, and in order to avoid a mistake in picking up the ball, he knocked the ball out of the penalty area with one fist.

The ball fell right in front of David Villa, and centre-back Mascherano naturally stepped forward to interfere.

However, David Villa seemed to have eyes behind his back, and while moving forward to meet the ball, he jumped up and rubbed the ball to the right, and Iroh used his chest to cushion the ball hard, trying to accelerate the breakthrough, but Alves came to a tactical foul, and the attack had to slow down.

The quick attack failed, and Valencia had to switch to positional warfare.

Although Valencia's fast attack ended at the feet of Airo, he still got the ball half a minute later, and Alves and Keita immediately went into tension mode, with Sergio Busquets and Xavi in the middle of the pitch both diverting their attention accordingly.

In the past ten minutes or so, it is effectively limited to the play of Ailo to ensure that the goal is not conceded, and now they also believe that as long as the hot Ailo is restricted, they can try to keep the goal from losing, and as long as they seize the opportunity, they can exceed the score again.

This time, Iroh still took the ball and accelerated sharply to the sideways, and Keita and Busquets, who were close to the middle, consciously pushed towards Iro's defense.

After attracting the attention of the two, Iroh used the arch of his right foot to play the ball to David Villa, who pulled out of the penalty area, which gave Pique and Mascherano a defensive switch, Pique marking David Villa and Mascherano cross-cutting at the place where Ailo and David Silva had to go.

With the centre-back pulled out, left-back Maxwell naturally moved from the wing to the middle to defend.

At this moment, Iello suddenly showed his attacking strategy, passing the ball with his right foot to his own side, which is where Barcelona left-back Maxwell was originally standing.

Cesar Azpilicueta plugged in at high speed there.

"Whoa!!"

In a short time, the scene erupted in loud cheers.

There is no doubt that this is definitely from the Valencia fans.

Cesar Azpilicueta parked the ball forward to the ons of the Valencia crowd and calmly glanced up in the direction of the box.

At the same time, Guardiola, who was standing on the sidelines, suddenly tightened his chrysanthemum.

This is a way of playing with Iroh as the core of the offense, using his super individual ability to attract enough defensive attention to divide the ball, and then cause panic on the defender, resulting in defensive holes......

Mourinho, who was in the stands, suddenly had a flash of inspiration and wrote in his notebook: "You have to pay attention to the space behind the two full-backs!" ”

As Cesar Azpilicueta looked up, David Villa was running forward from the edge of the box and Iroh was running down the middle.

As before, Iroh caught the attention of four Barcelona defenders.

Mourinho, who stood up from his seat, looked at Barcelona's defenders, he subconsciously shook his head, according to his understanding of Valencia's attack, the finisher is definitely not Airo, he can only be regarded as an offensive planner at best.

What happened next confirmed Mourinho's suspicion that Azpilicueta's cross was not to David Villa, who was running forward, nor to Elo, who was running down the middle.

But...... Pass to David Silva who came in at high speed from the attacking right flank!

"Danger!!"

Accompanied by the exclamations of the Barcelona commentator, David Silva met the inverted triangle pass from Cesar Azpilicueta, stepped forward with his right foot as a supporting foot, and kicked the ball rolling with his left foot.

It was too late for Mascherano to turn to defend and he had to fall to the ground and block sideways.

But David Silva's shot was powerful and the ball rolled forward extremely fast.

Goalkeeper Valdés fell to the ground and pounced on the side, trying to make a miraculous save on the ball with one palm......

But football was faster than he thought.

The soccer ball rolls into the goal against the near post......