Chapter 663 The sky fell, and the people laughed

It's over, isn't it over?

If the four defenders of Crystal Palace were still wondering why Iniesta "dared" to ignore the positive running position and have a better position for Messi, it is not surprising that they are forced now.

Because, Iniesta, this is not ignoring Messi at all, but knowing clearly that Crystal Palace will not relax its defense against Messi in the case of idleness, if he is stupid to directly pick up Messi, there will be no result, so there is such a play called the curve to save the country, it is okay to call the triangle attack, and the three-person cooperation through Henry to transition.

The number of people who cooperate has changed from 2 to 3 people, it seems that there is just one more person, but in fact, the difference is big.

When defending, the most important thing is to take care of the ball, and the ball is to take care of the ball. This is a pro-born defender, and the coach who teaches them to defend on the first day of training will be the first to tell them the main points.

It can be said that everyone will say that throughout the ages, how many defenders can really be able to perfectly take care of both people and ball when defending?

Let's not talk about those who are too far away, in modern times, since 2000, you can count them on one hand, players with such skills, the peak Maldini counts as one, the peak Nesta counts as one, the peak Caravaro, the peak Thiago Silva also counts as one, the peak Kompany also counts as one, in addition, is there anything else? Unfortunately, there really isn't.

What's even more regrettable is that Crystal Palace, which originally had one of the top central defenders, did not have Kompany in the central defender combination that could play today.

And Crystal Palace's two central defenders Lescott and Barzaretti who played today are just suffering losses that cannot be fully taken into account this time.

Andres Iniesta split the ball on the side, and it was natural for them to instinctively focus their attention on the wing, and then Henry kicked the ball out and picked a pass directly behind them, which was to penetrate the entire Crystal Palace defence in one fell swoop.

This is also the essence of Iniesta, Messi, and Henry playing this triangle attack.

This kind of tactic is not incomprehensible, but in front of Crystal Palace, where the opposing defenders' awareness of filling positions is not too strong, Barcelona's tactics are completely sufficient.

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Seeing Messi walking away and about to get another chance to make a single knife, Lescott and Barzaretti, slightly painful, closed their eyes.

At this time, they finally understood why when Kompany was healthy, no matter who the other party was with, he always firmly occupied the initiative on the field.

The only good news for them at this time may be that Kompany has already started rehabilitation training and will soon be back in the team, but if Palace can successfully reach the final of the Champions League, Kompany is very hopeful that he will pay by then.

Well, the topic seems to be far away. Or back to the game itself.

Turn your gaze back to the field.

Shake off the Crystal Palace team members and get a single chance again, and more importantly, because this attack is played very cleverly, Messi has bought enough time, this single knife, it seems that Messi can even stop the ball and slowly think clearly, what way he should use to get his second goal of the game.

But in fact, Messi, who is about to stop the ball with his chest, is far from being as relaxed as everyone seems.

The reason why I say this is that Messi is worried about his ball skills and whether he can stop Henry's pass.

Regarding the suspension of the ball, Messi has never been worried, what really bothers him is that this game has been like a dog's skin plaster, entangled with him for a whole season, Yaya Toure, I don't know when the road starts, at this time, has quickly chased back to a position that is not too far away from Messi.

Yaya Toure's absolute speed is not too fast, at least not at the top level, and theoretically, it is impossible for him to catch up with Messi. After all, Messi's speed is really not slow, at least faster than Yaya Toure.

However, if he can't outrun Messi, Yaya Toure will not have any hope at all.

For example, Messi is now ahead of Yaya Toure many songs, but let's not forget that Messi currently has no ball at his feet.

The ball that Messi and Yaya Toure are fighting for each other is still flying in the sky at the moment.

Of course, this doesn't mean that Yaya Toure can break the ball while it's running, that's unrealistic. The fundamental reason for saying this is that Messi on the way to the run, compared to Yaya Toure, needs to do one more thing - stop the ball.

Stopping the ball seems simple, and it is really not difficult for Messi, but this is really not the point, the point is that even if it is Messi, it is imperative to stop Henry's pass perfectly and slow down. And if Messi slows down, isn't Yaya Toure's chance coming?

Therefore, at this time, the layman may think that Messi will definitely be able to easily get a single chance to help Barcelona score again, but in the eyes of the insider, the offensive and defensive battle between the two sides is far from reaching the stage of separating the winner in advance.

To put it bluntly, although Messi looks like he has a chance to go alone, in fact, if he wants to go alone, Messi needs to do one more thing than before, and that is to find a way, pass, or destroy all those who stand in his way.

Looking at the ball in his pupils, which was constantly expanding, and in the afterglow, Yaya Toure, who was getting closer and closer to him due to his deceleration, Messi, who had been very calm before, felt a ripple in his heart.

After silently calculating the ball in his heart, and then restarting, the probability of being able to continue to overpower Yaya Toure, and found that this probability was really low enough to be ignored, Messi's brows furrowed tightly.

After Messi stopped the ball, he started again, and he was almost sure to be caught up by Yaya Toure, in other words, it means that although Messi is still running 4,5 meters in front of Yaya Toure at the moment, like a single opportunity, in fact, Yaya Toure can take advantage of Messi's delay in stopping the ball and running in front of Messi.

Therefore, Messi's next choice is very likely to affect this offense, and even the final outcome of this game.

Is it possible to take advantage of the stop ball and push the ball forward, and Messi continues to use his speed to force Yaya Toure?

Theoretically, it seems that this is also a way out for Messi, but in fact, this road is a dead end.

Because, everyone must not forget that Messi is in line with the ball at the moment.

In such a situation, if Messi does not slow down, it is impossible for the gods to stop the ball perfectly, or even stop the ball in the direction of the smaller, but only to stop the ball for several meters.

This distance is not big, but it is not small, it seems that Messi can fight like this, but if he does this, it means that Messi ignores Diego López, who is directly in front of him.

Can Diego López be ignored? Look at Diego Lopes who almost attacked outside the penalty area, just thinking about it for a while, Messi has given up the plan to stop the ball directly, after all, if he really did that, it means that Messi handed over the ball to Crystal Palace, which is not worth it.

Since you can't use the stop ball to get rid of Yaya Toure, in fact, there is only one way left in front of Messi at this time, that is, to slow down and stop the ball, even if you do this, it is easy to lose this hard-won opportunity, and Messi also knows this.

But Messi, who really had no other way to think about, finally had to put down his speed and prepare for the upcoming ball.

With a slight touch of the chest, he took the ball, glanced at Yaya Toure, who stopped the ball at the same time, bypassed his body, and continued to rush forward, not giving the other party a chance to turn around and face him head-on......