Chapter 50: The Struggle of Styles
Although this kind of tempo control is useless in Enrique's opinion: MSN's huge intimidation force makes Real Sociedad's midfielders dare not leave the defensive area easily, and the disadvantage of opposing players in the front field makes them seem weak to attack.
But he ignored the mutated Aguirreche.
After a few games as a substitute, Aguirreche, a homegrown goalscorer with a fairly efficient goalscoring rate, seemed to have opened his mind, no longer sticking to a simple grab in the penalty area, nor always exposing himself to his short drop-back to pick up the ball, but making full use of his ghostly running awareness and physical advantages, ready to get rid of Pique and Mascherano when he was in possession and waiting for a long pass.
The result is a strange picture: most of the time the ball is controlled by a bug-like twist, Bella is on the left and on the right, and Agureche is ready to hit the arrow like a bayonet.
This seemingly 4-5-1 but in fact 7-2-1 rogue formation has been fruitful due to the presence of warp and proximity when Barcelona players are low on his defensive intensity, and when he is highly defensive, he will take advantage of the pulls of Vela and Agureche to split the ball quickly.
This made the conceited Barcelona backline quite embarrassed, and allowed Real Sociedad to create good shooting opportunities, but too few firepower points led to the inability to convert shots into goals. And Barcelona, who got the ball, will immediately advance to their own half, making Agusli on the sidelines tremble.
It also made him understand a truth: "Not every team can use hard work to compete with this Barcelona team, the real situation is that before you run out of strength, you may have been blown up by Barcelona's talent."
Then he thanked luck and the Messi who failed to recover to 100% perfection: after wasting a pick pass from Andres Iniesta, he missed a must-have goal in the chaos.
Fortunately, even if they are as strong as Barcelona, they will not create chances arbitrarily in front of Real Sociedad's open defense, although their super bull and super skillful and super difficult to replicate fast cooperation is still dazzling, but in fact it is difficult to pull out space for shooting, all they can do is to cross and change positions one after another in the penalty area, which is like a bluff encirclement, but Real Sociedad's resistance has been tenacious from beginning to end, and they have resolutely given up surrendering.
Enrique watched the situation on the field, and then casually looked at his opponent Agusli next to him. It can be said that by the time the match has been played, Agusli has aroused great interest in Enrique.
He thought Agusli would lead the team to Moyes's set, but in fact, the obscure new coach next to him seemed to give Real Sociedad a fission, and he burned Moyes's script, which had the same name but a new character. Not only is he very calm and experienced on the defensive end, but he is even more remarkable when counterattacking.
Enrique is particularly commendable by the fact that the tactical system of such a team that has always been firmly in the bottom of the table is concise, clear, disciplined, and has a seemingly mature self-adjustment, which is obviously the work of the new coach next to him. Even the most famous coaches in football can hardly be so harmonious between the whole and the individual, which can not help but surprise him.
From the 73rd minute onwards, the two teams played an interesting game for the fans who watched the live broadcast: Barcelona still carried forward their style of passing, the ball fell and fell at the feet of different players - 20 passes did not result in a single shot; Real Sociedad, on the other hand, were extremely concise, with the ball at the feet of Qu Jing in the midfield, either to hit the ball or to Vela and Agureche......
These two very different styles are difficult to assess, and they are good at each other, so it's not entirely certain which one will prevail. But what is certain is that neither Agusli nor Koji likes simple and brutal defensive and offensive patterns, and they have tried extensively in training to find a balance between ornamental and utilitarian. But against an opponent of Barcelona's level, not losing and not looking ugly is simply the biggest balance.
The score of 2:2 remained until the end, which was tantamount to a victory for Real Sociedad, and what Qu Jing was most proud of was that Iniesta took the initiative to exchange shirts with him after the game, which represented a kind of recognition, or sympathy.
Qu Jing had a pass completion rate of 93.2 per cent in the game, well above Sergio Busquets' 84.7 per cent, and he also topped the list of dangerous passes with seven. Of course, this does not mean that he has more strength than the Barcelona stars, but the responsibilities he plays on the field are different, and the data is for reference only.
But one thing is for sure, the Qujing has attracted much stronger attention.
Especially Enrique.
Speaking at his post-match press conference, he said: "It's a surprise to get a draw at home, especially when Messi is fully in the team, and I think that's what a lot of fans think. But I have to mention that I was impressed by Real Sociedad's no.30 and manager, who were more prepared and seemed to teach us a lesson that the team's tactics still need to be reformed. ”
In an interview with Catalan media outlet Daily Sport, Messi, who scored a goal in 600 games, said: "I want the team to win more than I score myself. But every player is hungry for victory and the opponent did well in this game. ”
The media also focused more on Agusli, leading the team to an 8-game unbeaten streak that also earned him praise from all sides, especially in this game to draw with the powerful Barcelona, which made the media talk about it. When asked for his impressions, Agusli joked: "It's a shame that we didn't win, in last night's dream we won 4-0. ”
He then expressed his high respect for Barcelona: "Every team wants to beat Barcelona, whether it is at Camp Nou or other stadiums, they are studied over and over again, and there are tons of data reports for reference, but the results are known to the world, Barcelona still maintain a very high winning rate against other opponents, they are always opening up a generation, which deserves to be respected." ”
This drew a round of applause from media reporters.
Instead, the reporter threw the microphone to Qu Jing, some compared his assist with Arsenal's Mesut Ozil, and some compared his performance with Busquets, to which Qu Jing replied humbly: "The manager gave me the task of passing, I just try to do as well as I can." The comparison doesn't make sense, and I'd like to thank my team-mates for getting the ball into the net accurately. ”