Chapter 46, Camp Nou
All the players of Real Sociedad watched the Spanish national derby in the activity room at the base.
What excites the world's briquettes is that Messi is on the bench, which means that Messi will have a great chance of playing in this game. This is a bit risky for Messi, who has not yet fully recovered, but for the fans, it is full of good news, without either Messi and Ronaldo, this game will be a lot less flavorful.
Roberto has taken Lionel Messi's place, and the youngster, who has been dubbed "Andres Iniesta II", has been in excellent form lately. And Real Madrid's lineup directly blinded the eyes of many "experts", and Casemiro and Carvajal, who were very popular before the game, did not enter the starting lineup.
The much-criticized Benitez discharged a seemingly conservative 4-2-3-1 formation, which gave many people, including Qu Jing, an illusion, and as the game progressed, Real Madrid, who suddenly pressed in the front, gave up the strong coverage area of the back position, gave up the compactness of the previous defensive formation, and gradually became a very unrestrained formation of 4-2-4 and even 5-0-5.
What makes Qu Jing feel even more bizarre is that I don't know whether it is the tactical setting before the game or the absence of the players, Real Madrid's two back midfielders seem to be ineffective, and they have turned the situation into Barcelona's best and most popular way again and again: 6-on-4, 6-on-5 and even 5-on-5 defensive postures have been adopted at the back many times. Suarez and Neymar laughed at each other's selfless gifts, and the two Barcelona thighs, which were getting stronger and stronger due to Messi's injury, made it 2-0 in the first half.
With Real Sociedad's next opponent against Barcelona, Agusli gave an overview of the two teams' performances at half-time in the national derby, highlighting the roles of Sergio Busquets, Neymar and Luis Suarez.
Busquets is crucial in the entire Barcelona system, just like the role played by Qu Jing in Real Sociedad, with an average pass success rate of about 94% per game being the engine that keeps Barcelona running in the midfield, while Neymar's ghostly dribbling in the front field and Suarez's kick in key areas, coupled with Leo's blind spot vision - no one dares to defend him - he can't be prevented - Messi's invincible existence, makes the Barcelona system almost incomprehensible.
Unless they bring BarΓ§a into a rhythm they are not used to.
Whether it is a bus or a mad dog-like pressing, it may make Barcelona at a loss, and the quick and concise counterattack has also made Barcelona suffer repeatedly, Celta and Sevilla have provided a reference for other teams to defeat Barcelona, but unfortunately Real Madrid did not seize the opportunity of Messi's absence, facing Bravo like a wall, several sharp counterattacks were not close to the goal, but in the second half by Iniesta and Suarez scored two goals in a row.
It should be said that in the time after Messi came on the field, Barcelona's overall performance was relatively inferior, but Enrique's other attempt at the team's style of play should not be denied. Enrique tried to combine the previous attacking routine of "Messi cutting inside" with the "Neymar at the core" style of play, with Neymar cutting into the box from the flanks and Messi focusing on the middle and ribs to fill the team's natural holes in the midfield position.
It is worth noting that Enrique seems to be changing Barca's previously relatively compact possession position to opening up attacking space with scattered positioning. With the increase in the proportion of concise and crisp attacks such as straight line delivery + wall collision matching, it also increases the difficulty of the opponent in pressing and breaking the ball, and provides more combination tactics for the Barcelona team that has been repeatedly studied by other opponents.
In order to stop Barcelona's straight line, it is necessary to see Busquets, and to destroy MSN's wall-to-wall cooperation, it is necessary for defenders to provide key elements such as physical fitness, fighting spirit, and execution.
It took two days for Agusli to decide on the tactical design for the match against Barcelona and, to his surprise, Agusli did not let him keep out Neymar or Messi in a central midfield position, but put him in a forward position to limit Busquets' play.
In the following days of training, the defensive side trained strictly according to Agusli's tactical settings, and Qu Jing, Canales, and Vela also frequently sparked on the offensive end, and the team was completely in a state of readiness, just like Agusli declared: We will not use "luck + swing bus", but to compete with Barcelona with real guns.
"You're crazy," the club's president, Mr Stephen Hawking, told Agusli in the dressing room before kick-off, "I'm sure there aren't many coaches at the Camp Nou who would die like you." β
Agusli shrugged his shoulders and looked at the players and said, "In this kind of world-famous game, even if you have to die, why not die pretty?" Besides, we don't have to die. β
Looking at the eager expressions of his teammates, Qu Jing knew that Agusli had succeeded again, and he once again succeeded in arousing the fighting spirit of the players, and also reminded Qu Jing of the words of a master: "Reach out to pick up the stars, even if it is in vain, it will not be muddy with one hand." β
Barcelona team is outstanding, morale is high, they carried a 4:0 victory over Real Madrid, 6:1 slaughter of Roma ushered in Real Sociedad, from 1995 to the present, Barcelona in the Camp Nou to maintain a full victory against Real Sociedad, although the latter has remained unbeaten in the last 6 games, but for the giant-like Barcelona, their results, or lost reference.
As he waited in the tunnel to play, Bravo, who had played for Real Sociedad for eight seasons, warmly embraced his former team-mates, including those he didn't recognize. However, it does not look like the Chilean goalkeeper is as close to the Basques as Griezmann.
It is worth mentioning that this match is also the 600th game of Messi's career, and in the 494 games for Barcelona, the Argentine scored a total of 420 goals and created 158 assists. When the host announced his name, there was a long round of applause at the Camp Nou.
In addition to replacing Alba with Mathieu, Barcelona played the main game, while Agusli abandoned the usual 4-2-3-1 and switched to a Christmas tree formation, with the defensive midfielders of Ilia Ramendi, Bergara and Sanz covering most of the pitch, while the attacking triangle of Qu Jing, Canales and Vela will determine whether Real Sociedad can attack sharply in this game.
To almost everyone's surprise, the game entered the "Real Sociedad rhythm" at the very beginning.
The tireless running of the midfield barrier formed by Ilia Ramendi, Bergara and Sanz effectively limited Neymar's storm on the left, and also made Messi's breakthrough and through the front of the penalty area lose the destructive power that tore the opponent's entire back line, and in the first 10 minutes of the game, the Argentine also gave up the opportunity to advance forward with many safe passes.