On April 23, the Champions League semi-finals arrived as scheduled.

Even before this day arrived, Tottenham had already arrived in Barcelona a day earlier. Although it took two days on the road, which may seem like a long time, it also allowed the players to get more rest and be in better shape to reach the semi-finals of the Champions League.

"In this game, the Tottenham players lined up the strongest lineup. Up front are Suarez and Cavani, and in midfield are Bale, Gustavo, Yaya Toure, Di Maria. At the back, Coentrão, Palmery, Thiago Silva and Piszczek were in the back line, while Manuel Neuer remained the goalkeeper...... This is Tottenham's strongest squad at this stage. On the bench, they had Handanovic, Boateng, Ramsey, Reuss, Raul, and Hoddlestone. In this game, Tottenham basically did not have any players absent, and almost all of their main players could play. ”

On the pitch, Tottenham's players have already played, watching their players shake hands with their opponents one by one, Li Bin is also analyzing the opponent's lineup.

Valdés, Abidal, Puyol, Pique, Alves - this backline, as Li Bin remembers, is hardly different. Butzques, Xavi, Andres Iniesta – the three midfielders, Barcelona's most famous midfielder. On the forward line, Henry is in the middle, Pedro and Messi are on the wings - this formation, Li Bin has been analyzed a lot before the game, Messi will now go to the middle a lot in the game, and the three people in the front court are very flexible in their positions.

This team is the Dream Three team that has almost beaten all the invincible opponents in Europe in memory, and it is even stronger than in memory. In my memory, in the 09-10 season, Henry, who had achieved the Grand Slam of collective honor, didn't play very seriously, and that season he was basically just coping with errands, but now Henry is playing very hard. In memory, Iniesta has been out of injury for more than half a year this season, but now, he has almost no injuries, and he has been the main force for a season.

Such a formation made the opponent more difficult to deal with, but it also made Li Bin more excited.

"Tottenham and Barcelona are the leaders of the league. Tottenham are six points ahead of second-placed Chelsea, while Barcelona are six points ahead of Real Madrid. They are all in the league and as the two leaders of La Liga and the Premier League, they have shown great advantage, just two weeks ago, Tottenham just used a 10-1 game to see what they will do in the Champions League, which is what people have ......been looking forward to.

As the two top teams in the Premier League and La Liga, their encounter, of course, will attract attention. Tottenham are certainly fledgling and want to make a name for themselves, and Barcelona have just beaten second place in the Premier League to reach the last four. They lost to Chelsea last year, Manchester United the year before, and Liverpool before that, and they have been hated by Premier League teams in a row, and this year they finally reached the semi-finals, and they met Tottenham again, and Barcelona's psychological side is also full of desire to win.

The same thirst for both sides made it possible for the two teams to collide immediately. And from the very beginning of the game, above the midfield, the two sides engaged in a fierce battle.

As soon as Xavi got the ball from him, Yaya Toure moved in on him. Xavi immediately made a spin on his feet, kept Yaya Toure behind, and then adjusted the angle and gave the ball to Butzkes. Butzques received the ball and passed it to Alves on the right, but as soon as Alves got the ball, he was pressed by Bale and could only kick the ball back to Pique. As soon as Pique got the ball, Cavani had already rushed up and he had to kick back to Valdés. Valdés didn't face too much pressing here, but with Puyol's side, Suarez was also in ambush, and Valdés had to kick the ball to the left wing and hand it to Abidal.

Tottenham's series of pressing, forcing Barcelona to avoid the ball constantly. However, even so, Barcelona's ability to control the ball is very remarkable, although Tottenham's pressing is fierce, but they still protect the ball at their feet very well. They passed back and forth in the backcourt, protecting their chances and didn't choose to plug in right away.

Although Tottenham basically didn't get the ball, and Barcelona's pass couldn't even pass half time, the game between the two sides still made the spectators all excited.

"Tottenham's players have started to exert their strength, but it seems that Barcelona has not yet entered the state, they did not attack immediately, it seems that they are still in the middle of the field, and they are in a tense stalemate with Tottenham......"

Barcelona's players stayed at the back and kept passing the football. But it is this attitude that worries Li Bin the most.

Barcelona's players know very well that there is nothing good for their players to rush in such a game. The game had just started, and the Tottenham players were all very physical, and the time to work hard was the highest. They've had a counter-attack immediately after the opening, and they've scored a goal immediately after the counter-attack, and that's happened so much this season. After watching Tottenham's opening goals many times, Barcelona is not ignorant of Tottenham's style of play, and it is really unnecessary to attack Tottenham immediately at such a time. As long as it drags on slowly, Tottenham will naturally retreat after they have no physical strength to maintain a large-scale counter-attack.

It is at this time that the water mill to control football is manifested. They are not in a hurry, because they know that if they control it, they will win.

However, this kind of water grinding work, Li Bin doesn't plan to give it to them. Li Bin stood up on the sidelines and shouted at Toure early.

"Yaya! Yaya! Li Bin's voice was very loud, and he didn't call out to Toure alone, "Defend well!" Don't hesitate! ”

Li Bin's words made Toure raise his head. He knew what Li Bin meant, but he didn't expect that as soon as the game started, Li Bin had already given a death order to the players.

He knew very well that Li Bin was giving a task, and he was also happy to complete Li Bin's task: he knew very well how important he was in the tactics arranged by Li Bin.

With less than 20 minutes to go, when Xavi got the ball again, he took a few steps forward and gave the ball to Iniesta, who ran back in front of him. Iniesta received the ball and before he could turn around, he was stopped by Palmeri, who ran two steps and kicked it back. And at this time, Yaya Toure entangled Xavi, who turned around and found that behind him, Cavani had also retreated and entangled Butzks.

Want to cut off the passing lane? Xavi somewhat understood Tottenham's thinking, but didn't see it as too much of a threat. There may not be much else in Barcelona, but the number of points of contact is enough to amaze anyone.

Alves, who was on the wing, took two steps towards the middle and received the football. However, as soon as he received the ball, he immediately noticed that Bale, Coentrão and Gustavo had almost formed a surround and sandwiched him in the middle.

Li Bin is also well aware that Tottenham cannot maintain a high-intensity counter-attack for 90 minutes. So his arrangement is also very simple. Drive the ball as far as you can to the side, then grab it on the side.

Gustavo managed to do that with a steal that took the ball away from Alves' feet. Then he immediately gave the ball to Yaya Toure, because he knew that at this time, Yaya Toure was the soul of the rest of the tactics.

Yaya Toure, who got the ball, was already facing the opponent's pinch. Alves, Xavi, Butzquez, almost at the same time, pounced on Yaya Toure, who was in control of the ball at his feet. Yaya Toure pulled the ball back, and he also turned around, relying on the huge size of his body, he blocked Xavi and Alves behind him, and then, with a pluck, he dodged Buzkes!

After Barcelona lost the ball, under the coordinated counterattack of the three people, few people were able to hold the ball and pass it, but Yaya Toure has done it now!

"Yaya Toure got the ball under the pressure of the three, he didn't lose the ball!"

Yaya Toure, who controlled the ball at his feet, also thought of Li Bin's words before the game.

'Remember, once you get the ball, you just have to hold it for three seconds – three seconds and our wide players can definitely get on the offside line. You can't be broken in three seconds, and you can't fall down in those three seconds, you're a real man, you can do it. Then, pass the ball right away, don't hesitate, don't hesitate! This is the most crucial step for us to win! Once it's past five seconds, we don't stand a chance! ”

Three seconds - because the back four changed to three backs, the time for the side to cut forward to the offside line is exactly three seconds. He had to control the football for three seconds under the opponent's three-man scramble. Then, he must play the ball immediately, because once it exceeds five seconds, the Barcelona players will immediately retreat, and the completely retreating defense line is difficult to break through, and their chances will be completely lost.

The high-level confrontation of football is so detailed: if you can't get the ball under the pressure of three people within three seconds, then there is no way to use this opportunity, and once it exceeds five seconds, there is not enough meaning to pass the ball again - Yaya Toure not only needs to take the ball under the sandwich of three people, but also needs to find his own breakthrough player under the sandwich, and use less than two seconds to send a through ball to form a chance. Protecting the ball, controlling the timing, and passing the ball, this kind of difficulty, there are countless people who play football in the world, but there are definitely no more than five people who can do it.

However, Yaya Toure is very proud of the fact that he is one of these five people!

Dodging Butzkes' marking, Yaya Toure suddenly pushed the ball forward, and his long legs stepped out of the way, dodging the siege of three people. And after dodging the siege, Yaya Toure did not hesitate, he turned around quickly, kicked the ball against the ground, and kicked it behind the rushing Butzks, revealing a huge gap!

In order to force Yaya Toure, Alves was not able to recover it in time, and by this time, Bale had already intervened. When he got the ball, he was basically at a stage parallel to the back line. He's on a frantic rampage at the moment, and in his experience of playing, being chased back by an opposition defender is something that can't happen.

Barcelona's possession of the ball in the backfield can indeed keep the opponent without any chance for a long time, but if the opponent's speed is fast enough and the impact is strong enough, then, as long as they seize an opportunity, they may instantly make the unprepared backfield completely collapse!

No matter how much Barcelona's tactics change, there is a weakness that Dutch football cannot overcome: the overall forward movement and the forward pressure of the wingers will inevitably lead to a large gap in the back, which is easy to be exploited. A good midfielder and a good wing, it is feasible to break their tactics.

There are no more than five such midfielders, and no more than five such wings - however, such a combination of wings and midfielders happens to be in Li Bin's hands!

Just use this lineup to kill hard!