Chapter 221: China's front waist duel for the second time
Messi has been firmly in the middle of Barcelona for several years. As a player at the level of Maradona, it is indeed a matter of course to cover the entire central pitch. Although many times Messi did not deliver that more convincing performance. Admittedly, he is a very capable player, but unfortunately his dominance is still a little worse, although he seems to be the same in the team......
As a small hair, Messi is still enough to take care of Cesc Fabregas. In such a battle homecoming, he gave way to Xiaofa as his middle road. He returned to the side, and for the king of plum balls, this sacrifice is really not small.
A "4-3-3" with a double front waist versus a "4-3-3" with a double back looks a little reminiscent. Many fans are already waiting for the game to blow the referee's whistle.
All the players are in place and making the final preparations before the game.
In front of Arsenal's goal, there was a tall goalkeeper standing up and down, jumping up and down with a strange scream. He Xu frowned, and said to Chen Bo beside him: "Look! Liang Zhao is going to be in trouble in this game! This goalkeeper is much more difficult to play against than Szczesny! ”
Chen Bo rolled his eyes, "Does Liang Zhao have trouble with me, what does it have to do with me?" I don't know this kid! ”
"Sooner or later, we'll get to know each other! Maybe it's not far away? ”
Compared with Liang Zhao, Chen Bo is obviously interested in Arsenal's goalkeeper Mariano. Arini's interest was a little greater. He couldn't stop admiring, "This is really an excellent goalkeeper!" Look at his hands. Look at his arms, look at his thighs, flexibility, reflexes, bounces, explosiveness are all excellent! No wonder I planted it in his hands in the first place, it seems that this kid is indeed very talented! Isn't it also something to be proud of to be able to score a goal against him in the first place? ”
Speaking of which, it is impossible not to attract the collective contempt of He Xu and Elena. To this extent, can you be a little more shameless?
Just when Chen Bo was blowing up, the referee blew the whistle at the beginning of the game. It was Barcelona who kicked off first. Cesc Fabregas passed the ball to Messi. Then I habitually wanted to go to the midfield, and after looking at the position, I realized that I had become a virtual center, so I had to smile awkwardly. He turned and ran to the front court.
Thiago. Alcantara was born in 1991. As the leader of the younger generation in Spain. The striker has already shown extraordinary ability, and if it weren't for Liang Zhao's appearance, he would have been Spain's most popular young striker right now.
The ball is controlled by him at his feet. Known as Xavi's successor since his debut, he has proven that the nickname is well deserved, and at the same time, he seems to have shown the ability to pass people with the ball like Andres Iniesta. This is what surprised Pep Guardiola.
It must also be mentioned here that at this time, the title of "Xavi's successor" has changed hands within Barcelona, and his new owner is not only very close to Xavi in terms of style, but even in name. Today, the core of the midfield of Barcelona and Spain is called Xavi. Hernandez. Creus. And his successor is called Harvey. Rodriguez. Because he is still an unknown newcomer, the media did not notice him, but within Barcelona, his teammates have begun to call him "Little Xavi".
Of course, he hasn't had a chance to play in such a big scene. After all, there are still a few outliers like Liang Zhao who can get a satisfactory playing time just after re-signing with the team.
Thiago controls the ball, and Tang Lintian has always been very dissatisfied with the young man who is also a striker. Therefore, he rushed up to try to steal when Thiago was dribbling the ball.
Thiago didn't make any feints, just kept bobbing with the change of rhythm.
Tang Lintian looked for a long time and didn't find where to put his foot, and just when he was still hesitating, the ball had already passed from Thiago's feet to Liang Zhao's feet. Liang Zhao was not as shy as Thiago after getting the ball. Seeing the gap, he dribbled the ball through the gap between Mertesacker and Sagna. This was beyond everyone's expectations, they never thought that the space required for Liang Zhao's breakthrough would be so small.
After watching this breakthrough and the subsequent series of actions, many fans in the stands seemed to curse. It is estimated that it was because Liang Zhao faked a fall and fell too fakely. But it's a pity that our actor's good friend really fell this time......
Mertesacker's strong body is indeed a big killer weapon in the backline, at least it will be difficult for a forward like Liang Zhao to get past it.
Liang Zhao, who lost the ball, lost his balance and fell to the ground. This made Arsenal fans very unhappy. They remember how this guy took out his own team in the last game. So as soon as Liang Zhao appeared, he received an extremely "warm" "greeting".
Liang Zhao, who was lying on the ground, reached out and pounded the ground in annoyance, worthy of being the representative of the wall guard. This guy is so strong that he doesn't have any chance to be pushed away. What the hell!
Liang Zhao has a good habit, in the first ten minutes of the game, he never goes to the referee to appeal, and always only listens to the whistle. He always felt that leaving a good impression on the referee at the beginning should be of great benefit to the rest of the game.
The ball was passed to the midfield by Mertesacker, in fact, although Arsenal's two midfielders are relatively weak defensively, but as the starting point of the attack, these two are absolutely excellent. Mikel Arteta received the ball, turned and played a long ball again, and the ball flew over Busquets' head to Tang Lintian. After Tang Lintian stopped the ball on his chest, he swept the ball to Wilshere, who was inserted in the back row.
Arsenal were very aggressive from the start and it looked like they must be trying to take the lead on their home turf. It will not be easy to suppress Barcelona, but from the beginning, Arsenal have done it.
Wilshire is a left-footed player, after receiving Tang Lintian's pass, he stopped the ball forward with his right foot, followed up, and picked up the ball with his left foot and sent it into the penalty area!
The 1.93-meter-tall Bendtner is a centre-forward with strong header ability, and the reason why Wenger put him in the starting line-up in this game is because of his heading ability. Barcelona's air defense is not very good, this is a secret that all of Europe and the whole world knows. Arsenal clearly want to make a big fuss about that.
Bendtner leaned on Mascherano, who was nearly 20 centimeters shorter than him, and fired a direct header towards the goal. Unfortunately, he didn't have much power on top, and the ball was easily held in Valdés' arms.
Pep Guardiola looked at the state of his players, stood up with some dissatisfaction, came to the sidelines, and loudly warned his players not to give Arsenal a chance to play the ball casually.
Arsene Wenger didn't speak, but his players understood that if they wanted to beat Barca, they had to kick the ball into the air. Valdés' hand-tossed goalball was brought forward by Pique.
The tall Pique really seems to have come up as a striker, and he relied on his long legs to get away from Mikel Arteta with ease. Considering that the defense could not be too empty, he dismissed the idea of firing the ball into the goal with 11 men in a row, and after passing the center circle to Thiago, he went back to defend with peace of mind.
Xavi and Andres Iniesta, who were on the bench, were studying the game and were not playing in order to recharge for next week's Copa del Rey final. The final opponent is still their old rival Real Madrid. Although they beat Real Madrid twice in the league, it is always not wrong to be cautious in this kind of single-legged elimination game.
Also, in the eyes of the visionary Pep Guardiola, Thiago and Liang Zhao are the core of this Barcelona team's future. Cultivating a new core is never easy, and it is necessary to let them go through a big scene at a very young age. That's why Pep Guardiola gave the two men such a chance.
It seems that Liang Zhao's performance is more free and easy than Thiago, who is older than him, maybe it is Liang Zhao's recent frequent appearances that have given Liang Zhao a lot of confidence, right?
Chen Bo looked at Liang Zhao on the TV screen with a wicked smile, "This kid, he has to face the donkey Arini, and Chen Boyan, who is paralyzed, it looks like he must be very busy in this game!" ”
He Xu didn't say anything, Liang Zhao is indeed difficult to deal with Arsenal's entire backline alone, but there is no problem to deal with one person. And Liang Zhao is not the strongest individual attack in Barcelona's frontcourt, which is also the terrible thing about Barcelona.
The individual ability of their frontcourt players allows them to choose between teamwork and solo when they encounter strong opponents, and almost everyone can easily tackle the players who mark them. The clever running position made their passing and cutting coordination very terrifying.
Wenger looked nervously at Liang Zhao who was holding the ball, he didn't know whether this kid would dribble or choose to pass the ball next. The professor was suddenly surprised to find that after his former disciple Henry, he finally met a player who he couldn't figure out.
Ah, there seems to be a He Xu and Chen Bo before this guy. Hey, how come these players are all Chinese?
Liang Zhao stepped on the ball, Arteta saw that he did not move, and could only take the initiative to force up. Liang Zhao's passing skills are obvious to all, and giving him so much space is tantamount to looking for death!
However, isn't it looking for death if you force it up?
Arteta stepped forward, and before he could figure out how to break the ball, He Xu had already accelerated past him with the ball.
"Oh! It's amazing speed again! Liang Zhao's acceleration ability is too strong! Maybe that's enough speed for a striker, right? ”
After Liang Zhao shook Arteta with the ball, he didn't plug it straight or split it, but passed the ball back to the feet of Busquets! (To be continued......)