Chapter 46: You have Messi, I have Emperor Lin!

"It's kind of interesting!"

In the stands, Klopp's eyes lit up after seeing the effect of Manchester City's restrictions on Barcelona.

Pep Guardiola really has something, Manchester City's players are definitely in a good position on the field, and Barcelona's attacking space is very limited, and there is almost no opportunity to take advantage of it.

Jurgen Klopp couldn't help but put himself in the role of Barcelona manager, thinking about how to crack City's defence if he were Enrique.

However, because of the short time and the lack of understanding of Guardiola's tactical arrangement, he will not be able to find a solution to the problem for a while.

Thinking of this, Klopp made up his mind.

Let's go to the Premier League!

There is a top coach like Pep Guardiola in the Premier League, and being able to play against such a top coach is a great help to improve one's own strength.

On the other hand, Bayern head coach Heynckes has also taken a keen interest in Pep Guardiola's defensive tactics.

"Pep Guardiola has allocated the number of players in each area and strengthened the defense in the front of the penalty area, which is the fifth zone, so that Barcelona does not have the opportunity to score the ball into this area.

As a result, although Barcelona had the upper hand in possession and the number of passes, it failed to form an effective attack, and the efficiency of using time was greatly reduced. ”

In the early years, Pep Guardiola pioneered the pass-and-control style of play in Barcelona, and after being studied by the world many times, he has figured out the core of this tactic.

The core of pass-and-control football is to control the ball at your feet, increase your own attacking rounds, and lower the opponent's offensive rounds.

In this way, the difference in the number of shots between the two sides will be large, and the more shots on goal, the number of goals will increase, and the opponent will reduce the chance to shoot, so it will be difficult to beat Barcelona.

Unless they are incredibly efficient and can take advantage of the limited opportunities to attack.

There are such teams, but there are very few, only a handful of top clubs can do it.

The vast majority of teams in the middle and lower reaches do not have such strength, so in the league, Pep Guardiola's team is almost invincible in using pass-and-control tactics, and it is very easy to get points in the league, and the team's record is as stable as an old dog.

But when it comes to the Champions League, they meet the top teams in the major leagues, and the further back they go, the stronger the teams they encounter.

Therefore, his team often overturns in the Champions League and frequently loses knockout rounds.

Football is nothing more than a game of time and space, and Manchester City's possession ability is not as good as Barcelona's, so Guardiola seizes space and amplifies his own advantage.

In this way, Manchester City is almost invincible.

Even if they can't score in the end, they can drag Barcelona into extra time or even a penalty shootout with their effective defense.

So, now it's Barcelona's turn to make a move, and in the face of Guardiola's move, what adjustment will Enrique make?

Enrique was clearly aware of the team's attacking problems, so he brought Andres Iniesta closer to Messi, using the duo's chemistry to play in a tight area of the pitch.

The move quickly paid off, with both men having strong break-through and passing abilities, and together they played a one-plus-one effect that was greater than two, effectively disrupting City's defence.

After all, Guardiola's time at Manchester City is limited, and he has not completely completed the transformation of the team.

This tactic of his was used relatively rarely in the previous games, and the players were not proficient in using it.

So there are still holes in the entire defensive system to drill, and a superstar like Messi has the ability to seize opportunities at the top level.

After seeing the flaws in the opponent's defense, he quickly seized the opportunity.

Messi passed the ball to Iniesta and ran forward himself.

Andres Iniesta passed back to the advancing Messi, and the two completed a one-two combination.

After receiving the ball, Messi passed the ball to Neymar, who drove straight in and continued to play a one-two with Messi.

At this time, most of Manchester City's defenders were concentrated on the left side, because Messi, Neymar and others ran to this area.

In the other area, Suarez and Pedro were already open in front of them, and it was a dangerous shot just waiting for someone to pass the ball through.

Kolarov stared at Suarez and didn't give him any chance, but how could Suarez be a wasted person?

He runs like a ghost, ostensibly rushing towards goal, intent on getting closer to his team-mates and getting better at receiving the ball.

However, after Kolarov followed, he quickly retreated and received Messi's pass in the middle of the penalty area.

It was a rare vacancy, and no one within a metre of Suarez could threaten him.

How could Suarez let go of such a great opportunity?

Hand up and knife down!

The score was rewritten to 2:3, and Barcelona scored two goals in a row to take the lead again!

At this time, the game time had come to the 79th minute, and there were only ten minutes left before the end of the game.

Barcelona only needs to hold on to the last ten minutes to win the treble this season!

"Suarez, he stepped up and scored a crucial goal!"

'Manchester City are in a desperate situation and if they don't score quickly, they will probably be eliminated!'

In the major commentators' seats, the commentators felt that Suarez's goal was likely to bring the game to an end.

Although the game is not over yet, this goal has already made Barcelona invincible.

Manchester City need to score at least two goals if they want to beat Barcelona.

It's almost impossible to score two goals in such a short period of time.

Therefore, for Barcelona, the worst result is only to be dragged into extra time.

But just now their attacking tactics worked, which means that this goal can be replicated.

Even if they were dragged into extra-time, they could have beaten Manchester City with this move.

Even, in the next game, Barcelona may further extend its lead.

The goal thrilled both Bartomeu in the box and Barcelona coach Enrique!

After being frightened for dozens of minutes, they finally breathed a sigh of relief and saw the dawn of victory.

After a year's hard work, it's finally time to reap the rewards.

"Damn it!"

Seeing Suarez score, Guardiola's face changed suddenly, and he couldn't help but curse in his heart.

This is the effect that Barcelona tried to play in the first half, but I didn't expect it to be played in the second half!

Sure enough, a player like Messi can't relax for a moment on his defensive intensity.

At this time, Guardiola finally realized the feeling of his opponents at the beginning when they met Barcelona with an inexplicable Messi on the field.

This feeling is really unreassuring!

However, Guardiola did not admit defeat easily, Barcelona has Messi, doesn't my Manchester City have Lin Quan?

It just so happened that Lin Quan also looked at him, so Guardiola immediately waved at him and called him to the sidelines.

"Lin, we don't have much time, we have to score as soon as possible!"

Lin Quan nodded, indicating that he knew the urgency of the matter.

But in the second half, Barcelona were very targeted in his defense, and they stepped up their interceptions on De Bruyne, David Silva and others, not giving them a chance to pass the ball to themselves.

If you take the initiative to retreat to receive the ball, you will be intercepted by many defense lines of the opponent because the position is too far back, which undoubtedly greatly increases the difficulty of Lin Quan's goal.

This is not surprising, after all, he has already scored two goals for Barcelona, and Barcelona would really be foolish if they didn't pay attention to his defense.

And now that Barcelona have taken the lead, they will definitely do their best to defend in order to maintain this lead.

In this case, it is further difficult to break down the Barcelona goal.

"We're going to do it......" Guardiola has clearly figured out what to do.

Barça's celebration took almost two minutes, and by the time they finished their celebrations, 81 minutes had passed.

The Manchester City fans in the stands were very unhappy about this, and the opponent had clearly taken advantage of the opportunity to celebrate the goal and deliberately consumed time.

I don't know how much stoppage time the referee will give, and if the time given is short, there won't be much time left for City.

Lin Quan thought back to what Guardiola had just explained, and looked up at the position of the Barcelona player opposite.

Barcelona's formation is Messi and Alves on the right wing, and Neymar and Alba on the left.

Midfielders Andres Iniesta, Rakitic and Sergio Busquets, and Suarez on the forward line who threatened the goal at all times.

At the back, Barca's two centre-backs are Gerard Pique and Mascherano.

Pique is responsible for dragging back, acting as a scavenger and a point of attack when attacking.

Mascherano will be in an earlier position, and when defending, he will come to the midfield position to act as a barrier outside the team's backline.

At this time, Alves and Alba's positions will be retracted and retracted into the box, maintaining the integrity of the backline.

The fact that he has a strong ability to intercept and sweep and is familiar with the position of the midfield, and there is no problem with adaptation, has had a big impact on City's attack.

Speaking of which, this is still a credit to Guardiola.

It was when he was at Barcelona that he changed the position of the young man from the midfield to the central defender.

It's just that Guardiola can be regarded as a cocoon!

In general, this formation of Barcelona is prepared for attack.

However, on the sidelines, Enrique has already warmed up for Barca's substitutes.

It may not be long before he rips off the offensive player and replaces the defender with a defensive player to keep the score until the end of the game.

If you want to equalize as soon as possible, you have to get it before Barcelona strengthens their defense.

Of course, you can also choose to attack after the opponent's substitution, when the new players have not yet fully entered the state and formed a tacit understanding with their teammates.

These are two of the best times, and if they are missed, it will be difficult to break down the Barcelona goal.

Beep!

With a whistle from Chakir, Lin Quan quickly knocked the ball to Aguero and then rushed towards Barca's half.

Because he was the biggest threat, Rakitic, Busquez and the others all subconsciously moved closer to Lin Quan's direction.

However, Sergio Aguero did not pass the ball to Lin Quan, but passed it back to De Bruyne.

Suarez rushed towards De Bruyne, who continued to pass back to Kroos.

Suarez rushed to the latter again.

The game has been going on for more than 80 minutes, but Su Ya's physical fitness still seems to be very abundant.

When teammates such as Messi and Neymar have slowed down significantly, he can still run at this level.

Kroos glanced at the other party, a Suarez only, and he didn't care about it yet.

So he passed the ball back to right-back Zabaleta.

The Barcelona players on the field and the fans on the scene were a little confused: What's the matter, isn't it your Manchester City score behind?

Why do you play as if you're ahead?

There is not much time left in the game, you are not in a hurry to attack, and you keep passing the ball back, isn't it a pure waste of time?

Although I don't know what kind of medicine is sold in Manchester City's gourd, in order to maintain the stability of the formation, the Barcelona players can't help but press forward.

And just as they were moving forward, Zabaleta passed.

He passed the ball to De Bruyne, who moved to the right flank, and Neymar rushed towards De Bruyne to snatch the ball at his feet.

However, De Bruyne seemed to have eyes in the back of his head, and he turned around with a pull ball and passed Neymar in style.

After turning, before Alba and Iniesta could rush up, De Bruyne quickly shifted the ball with a big foot.

The ball was spread across the pitch to the other side.

A figure appeared on the flight path of the football and easily stopped the ball steadily.

After seeing the number on the person who stopped the ball, the hearts of Barcelona fans were shocked: how did he get to the left side?

It was none other than Lin Quan who received the ball!

Because Barcelona mainly attacked the right side during this time, Alves's position was relatively forward.

He chose to rush towards Lin Quan as soon as possible to prevent Lin Quan from starting.

However, Lin Quan didn't seem to have this intention, he took two steps forward, and after catching up with Alves, he directly gave David Silva.

David Silva was unguarded at this time, and after receiving the ball, he slashed to Barcelona's half at high speed, and the whole Manchester City team collectively sprinted to launch a big counterattack against Barcelona.

Sergio Aguero rushed into the box early, already waiting to receive a cross from his team-mates and wait for the opportunity to shoot.

Pique held off Sergio Aguero and didn't give him a chance to catch the ball.

Mascherano also leaned in towards Aguero, ready to flank him with his team-mates.

Surprisingly, however, David Silva did not pass the ball to Sergio Aguero and instead dribbled towards the penalty area.

Before Alves could return to his position, Pique had to abandon Sergio Aguero and step forward to block David Silva.

But just as Pique was leaving Aguero, David Silva made a pass.

Of course, it wasn't a pass to Sergio Aguero, because even with Pique gone, he still had Mascherano and Jordi Alba by his side, and it was difficult for him to take advantage of one-on-two.

But the other one is different!

Lin Quan deliberately took a step slow when David Silva dribbled the ball and did not sprint to Barcelona's penalty area at the first time.

Instead, he waited for Alves, Sergio Busquets and others to surpass him, and then suddenly activated, rushing towards the only empty space at the edge of the penalty area at breakneck speed.

Behind him, Messi saw Lin Quan's sudden speed, and the alarm bell sounded in his heart, and he immediately realized that something was wrong.

"Stop him, don't give him a chance to shoot!"

However, the noise at the scene was so loud that his shouts were drowned out.

Barcelona's players didn't have long eyes in the back of their heads, and most of them didn't see Lin Quan rushing up at high speed from behind.

But David Silva saw it, so he knocked the ball back, as if to pass it to Busquez, who was back to the edge of the box.

Buskes was stunned in his heart, did the other party make a mistake?

No, it's definitely not a mistake, David Silva is a teammate of his national team, and he knows all too well what this guy is capable of.

Since this is not a mistake, someone must have rushed up from behind!

After Professor Bu figured this out, his first choice was to destroy the ball.

However, before his foot could touch the football, he felt a figure gallop by, whirlwind past him and take the ball with him.

Lin Quan successfully received the ball and broke into the penalty area.

The hearts of Barcelona fans are in their throats, and some even close their eyes in despair.

Finished!

This time it's really over!

(End of chapter)