Robben never felt weaker than anyone.

Including Ronaldo, who has just played against him, and Messi, who is now standing not far in front of him.

People who rely on technology to eat, without absolute self-confidence, may still be able to pass a lot of people, but there must be people who you can't break through, Robben is indomitable, so he may sometimes fail, but there are no people he can never break through, including the Spaniard in front of him who looks resolute and is actually just a cameo fullback.

Puyol.

Barcelona's captain is the backbone of the team's defense, debuted to play the position of fullback, but became famous as a central defender, from dream two to dream three, there is no more suitable witness than him in the Barcelona team, this game, he became Barcelona's starting left wingback, this is not Puyol's initiative to ask for help, let alone Guardiola made any strange moves, but purely helpless.

Barcelona have three left-backs, Abidal, Adriano and Maxwell, but the former two have already been announced for the season, while the latter strained his groin against Osasuna last week, and Guardiola had no choice but to replace Puyol, who has no problem with that, although it is not a position he prefers.

What surprised Guardiola a little was that his passive replacement now seems to be a bit crooked.

In five meetings, Puyol has won three, one-on-one.

The opponent was Robben, which was a remarkable achievement. This is not to show how good Robben is, but because offense and defense are originally active and passive, and it is not a great thing to be able to directly turn passive into active, especially in such a duel. What's more, losing one-on-one does not mean that the other party is really a threat.

Puyol, who had once again tackled the ball off the touchline with an accurate tackle, stood up and ignored Robben, who was also getting up from the grass. Silently walked away, but his eyes remained on the place where he was ready to send the sideline ball.

Robben, who stood up, had a calm expression.

He became famous at a young age, because he has played for Chelsea, Real Madrid and other giant teams, and he is "superb" and smart, he always gives people a very old feeling, but in fact, he was born in 84 and is only 27 years old now, which is the golden stage of his professional career. Robben caught the ball thrown by the caddie and threw it to Zabaleta who ran up. Then he got up and ran towards the hinterland of Barcelona's right.

Immediately, Puyol was standing at his side again.

Zabaleta held the ball for a long time and finally threw it at the feet of Robben.

Puyol leaned on Robben and didn't seem to give Robben the slightest chance to turn around, but Robben, who has been an old rival with the opponent since Real Madrid, knew that this was just a trap, and as a central defender, Puyol's turning speed was not slow at all, at least. Moves like splitting the ball won't work for him, unless you have a few levels of speed over the opponent.

Robben's speed, nicknamed "Peter Pan", was naturally his advantage, but this game. In this regard, he did not take much advantage.

Of course, not taking advantage of it does not mean that it is at a disadvantage.

A pull ball turns. Arjen Robben went from having his back to the opposition goal to facing the opposition goal, and then, as he expected. The seemingly passive Puyol's turn was not slow at all, and before Robben could get up to speed, Puyol was already on his course.

But this time, Robben didn't intend to eat the opponent raw, he flicked the ball back, and Zabaleta, who had just thrown the ball out of the touchline, cut in at high speed along the touchline.

Puyol was a bit surprised.

Scared?

No!

Puyol quickly rejected his idea, albeit briefly, but Zabaleta and Robben, who were plugged in at high speed, immediately formed a numerical advantage in the local area, and after passing the ball to Zabaleta, Robben himself began to kick in.

At this moment, a figure pulled out of the middle lane, and then left the left hinterland.

Although he was beaten by the other party, this figure was enough for Puyol to calmly continue to focus on Robben.

What pulled out was Mascherano, who was also a "cameo identity".

The Argentine midfielder, who once entered Linsen's transfer list last summer, has been put on the back line by Guardiola more than once this season, due to Barcelona's style of play, coupled with Pique's storage zài, Mascherano's lack of height has been compensated, but his ability to predict and tackle has been maximized, therefore, he has actually become one of the regular central defenders under Guardiola, and it is precisely because of this that Guardiola dares to let Puyol go to the left side with confidence.

Mascherano's pull was not Barcelona's only positional change in the defence, as a tall and lanky man withdrew into the box to fill the Argentine's position after he left the box.

……

Arjen Robben and Zabaleta created a 'threat' on the flanks and Barcelona responded in a step-by-step manner.

As before, everyone thought about this attack, and most of them were going to end up without a problem, even the commentator of ESPN did not interrupt his "small talk" because of this attack of Manchester City, but it was at this time that Lin Sen, who was standing on the sidelines, suddenly became a little short of breath.

In football, no one knows when a goal will be scored, because even with the most sophisticated tactical design, you can't guarantee that you will be able to score 100% of the time. Therefore, it is difficult to plan a conspiracy on the football field, including this attack that almost paved the way for the entire first half, and Lin Sen also cannot guarantee that it will be effective, but nothing can be done because of difficulties to give up trying.

Isn't that what the so-called hope is all about?

Zabaleta once again got the ball to Robben, who dribbled the ball and went one-on-one with Puyol again.

The situation does not seem to have changed, except that the location is closer to Barcelona's goal.

Puyol thinks that this time, Robben must have to settle with himself, because the two have now come to the corner area, and Robben has no way to retreat now, but at this time, what Puyol didn't expect was that Robben passed the ball again.

And this time, not Zabaleta, but, in a further direction.

Wrong!

Pep Guardiola's gaze froze suddenly.

Linsen put on a strikerless lineup, and everyone, including Pep Guardiola, thought that Manchester City wanted to attack. can only pass through the two wings, Bale and Robben, and the four players in the midfield are purely a flesh and blood grinding plate, which is specially prepared for Barcelona's midfield, but at this moment, Guardiola suddenly found that in addition to De Jong did not move, the other three defenders of Manchester City suddenly stepped forward at high speed at the same time.

Yaya Toure is at the forefront. It was he who received Robben's pass.

Vidal was just a short distance from Toure and after Toure received the ball, he had overtaken the latter and moved to the edge of the opposition box, while behind him was Javi Martinez.

The halftime situation, which was almost chaotic in the eyes of many people, actually showed a clear trend at this moment.

With Mascherano pulled out of the box, Sergio Busquets stepped in and left midfield. Barcelona actually had only two people left in their midfield, Xavi, who had limited defensive ability, and Keita, with the former simply not having time to retreat. The latter, on the other hand, was eyeing Yaya Toure who received the ball, so Vidal and Javi Martinez in the back were unmarked.

And at this time, Bell also plugged in from the left road at high speed. Took away Alves, who was trying to return to the penalty area to help defend.

It suddenly turned into a situation of Busquets and Pick, who were nesting in the box, facing Vidal and Xavi Martinez.

"Two-on-two!"

I didn't expect that the narrator would suddenly become like this, and finally woke up like a dream at this time.

"City's chance!"

The stands of the entire city stadium suddenly became agitated. The singing was temporarily drowned out by the shouts at this moment, and at this moment, the Manchester City bars in all corners of Manchester were unexpectedly quiet, and everyone held their breath, as the narrator said, this is an opportunity! One of City's best chances since the opening kick-off.

"Yaya Toure passes! He played the ball to Martinez, who was unmarked and he could make his choice...... Sergio Busquets rushed out and Martinez was ready to shoot from distance......"

Along with the changes in the stadium, the tone of the commentator is also changing, and with the commentator's voice, Manchester City fans who regret not being able to go to the scene and can only watch the game on Guò TV also have their hearts tightened.

"Nope! It's not a shot! Javi Martinez deceived the Barcelona defence, he sent the ball to the left and now, Vidal is facing a Barcelona goal with only one man......"

Shot!

Shot!!

Lin Sen, who was standing on the sidelines, definitely didn't expect how stiff his movements were at this time, his fists were clenched, his legs were slightly bent, his eyes were staring at Vidal's movements, and even his mouth was slightly open, as if he was ready to jump up at any time, but it was so frozen...... Only there was a voice in his heart that kept urging.

Then, in the solemn gaze of Guardiola, in the countless nervous or expectant eyes in the stands, Vidal, who did not stop the ball, pumped the ball directly towards the goal......

Near Angle!

The near angle is better than the power, and the far angle is better than the angle.

Valdés knew how to defend the ball, and in fact, from the moment Vidal raised his foot to shoot without stopping the ball, he judged that the opponent would shoot into the near corner, because if it was the far corner, then the footwork requirements of this ball obviously had to go up to the next level.

Valdés judged the right direction and he pounced on the ball, but he was not mentally prepared enough for the power of the ball, and he made one of his most criticized mistakes.

Sell.

Watch as the ball bounces out of his hand.

Valdés can almost be described as tearful, because in front of him, the figure standing, he is not a stranger, they are teammates, once.

This time last year, he was wearing a red and blue striped shirt, and now, he is wearing a dark blue jersey.

The ball jumped in front of his eyes, and in the face of this opportunity that was almost delivered to his eyes, Yaya Toure did not hesitate, what he needed to do, could not be simpler.

He just stuck his position, and then used his body, with the ball, to rush directly into Barcelona's goal. (To be continued......)