Wednesday, March 29, 2006, at the crowded Camp Nou.

"It's so nostalgic."

The bright spring sun hit the turf outside the players' tunnel, listening to the roaring noise of the fans outside, Chen Mo, who was standing at the front of the team, leaned against the wall and was stunned.

"Xiao Mo."

The familiar voice came from behind him accompanied by footsteps, and when I turned my head to look, it was Messi, Ronaldo, Xavi, Puyol and others from Barcelona.

It was Puyol who shouted, he walked up to Chen Mo and rubbed Chen Mo's hair, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect to meet you kid again, wait to be pouted by me!" ”

"Don't brag, I don't know who was thrown up by me when I ran in circles, haha."

"Hey, football isn't running! Ha ha. ”

Although he left Barcelona, he still kept in touch with his old teammates of Barcelona, Chen Mo hugged them one by one with a smile, and Messi was still very enthusiastic, but when it was Iniesta's turn, the young bald guy and Chen Mo high-fived and bumped shoulders, his face was full of resentment.

"Congratulations, Arsenal's main core."

"I'd prefer you to call me another name."

"Huh?"

"King of Europe, hahaha!"

“.”

This guy is still so annoying!

The little white face darkened, and Iniesta walked away speechlessly.

Looking at the other party's unhappy back and looking at the Barcelona player next to him, the corners of Chen Mo's mouth hooked up a smile, and his eyes were full of high fighting spirit.

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"Welcome fans, spectators and friends to come to the CCTV5 live broadcast room late at night! The first leg of the 2005-2006 Champions League quarterfinals between Barcelona and Arsenal is about to be played at the Camp Nou behind us. ”

"Hello everyone, I'm Zhang Lu."

In the commentary seat in the corner of the Camp Nou stands, He Wei and Zhang Lu, who were wearing suits, showed a professional smile at the camera, Zhang Lu picked up the microphone and turned sideways, revealing the Camp Nou stadium behind him: "Now the fans and friends are seeing the scene at the Camp Nou."

Wow, the stadium of more than 80,000 people, this momentum is different, I can even feel it, the ground where our commentary seat is located, there is a little tremor, and the sound is rolling! ”

"Haha, of course, the Camp Nou is a mecca in the hearts of countless Barcelona fans, and this game is a crucial Champions League knockout game, and the team is in very good shape, and it is very likely to reach the top this year.

knows that the last time Barcelona won the Champions League for the first time in the team's history, it was back in the 1991-1992 season, when Cruyfkes were in charge.

And they are expected to reach the top again this year, and the fans are naturally full of enthusiasm. Now, Director Zhang, I don't know which side you like in this game? ”

"Well, I like Chen Mo very much, everyone knows this, but I am still more optimistic about Barcelona in this game, mainly because of the Arsenal backline, I don't think I can withstand the impact of Barcelona.

If you think about it, in the previous Barcelona game against Chelsea, Chelsea's world-class backline was poured four goals by Barcelona, and Arsenal will definitely be more uncomfortable. ”

"Indeed, to be honest, Barcelona's current forward line composed of Ronaldo, Eto'o and Messi should be the strongest in the world, not only the players have strong individual ability, but also the mutual passing and cutting cooperation is also very tacit.

In addition, Barcelona's midfield has actually been strengthened this season, and defender Edmilson has returned from injury

Xavi also suffered a major injury in December, but he also returned from injury, and with the rise of youngster Andres Iniesta, they now have a lot of options in midfield.

It can be a more conservative tactic such as Xavi with Deco and defensive midfielder Edmilson, or Xavi can play in the back and let Deco and Iniesta partner in the double central midfield.

This combination is even more exaggerated in terms of passing and ground penetration, and they had a terrifying 81% possession against Espanyol before!

The disadvantage is that compared to Edmilson, Xavi is not a defensive midfielder in the end, once the pass is broken, with Chen Mo's ability, he rushes up, Xavi has no way at all. ”

"Yes, let's see how Rijkaard is lined up, but I personally feel that after all, this is the Camp Nou, which is the home of Barcelona, and I feel that they may still have Xavi Iniesta and Deco partner and play a little more aggressively."

"Maybe, eh, okay, the players from both sides have come in, now let's look at the squad of players,

Thierry Henry, Olivier Giroud, Di Maria.

Modric, Chen Mo.

Mascherano.

Bale, Chiellini, Samuel, McConn.

Arsenal's side is still the 433 single back formation that has been used before, and then the Barcelona side,

Ronaldinho, Eto'o, Messi.

Iniesta, Deco.

-- Harvey --

Van Brondon Korst, Max, Puyol, Belletti.

Sure enough, you were right by Zhang's guidance, Xavi and Iniesta started together, Xavi played in the back, it seems that Barcelona still wants to play more aggressively in their home stadium. ”

"The test for Arsenal is here, okay, the two sides have decided the right to kick off, Arsenal have the ball, attack from left to right, now let's put the camera on the pitch!"

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The spring sun is warm and the breeze is gentle.

As the referee's whistle blew, Giroud knocked the ball back to Chen Mo in the center circle, and Chen Mo did not hesitate, passing the ball directly to the feet of Modric, and at the same time began to press forward and came to Xavi in the back position.

"Want to make shafts?"

"Guess."

Xavi was expressionless, Chen Mo just shrugged his shoulders, kept moving his feet and stuck to Xavi's side, while his eyes swept between the Barcelona players.

In this game, Barcelona's three midfielders are Xavi Iniesta and Deco, this small and fast lineup is very fierce in ball control and fierce in pressing, but because Xavi Xiaobai's height is only less than 1.7 meters, Deco is only 1.76 meters.

In this case, as long as he suppresses Xavi, he can easily be a fulcrum in the midfield, and once he can take the ball in the midfield to protect the ball, the high pressing under Barcelona's passing control system will be completely ineffective.

Chen Mo understands where the key point of breaking the game is, and Barcelona is naturally clearer.

Judging from the highlights, Barcelona's game seems to be passing the ball all the time, but strictly speaking, Barcelona has two systems, one is high pressing on the offensive end, and the other is high pressing on the defensive end.

Effective high pressing can get more balls, and at the same time, use the world's only passing ability to continue to control the ball, press high in the opponent's half, and look for opportunities to convert the ball into scoring, and now, Barcelona is showing the world's top high pressing!

At the beginning of the game, Iniesta and Deco carried out close death entanglements on Modric and Xiao Ma, and at the same time, Messi and others on the front line were also frequently retreating and defending!

The meaning is very simple, if you can't block the receiving point, then block the passing point, one by one is very desperate, Modric and others can't get the opportunity to go forward at all.

"I'm in trouble."

Seeing his teammates being forced to be very uncomfortable, he almost dropped the ball several times, but Chen Mo did not retreat as soon as possible, but continued to press forward.

"What is he going to do?"

"Direct long pass rush hanging?"

Further on, Chen Mo will enter Puyol's defensive range, and the distance is too far, and the pass is easy to be broken.

Looking at Chen Mo's movements, Harvey frowned and continued to follow, but just as he moved back without two steps, Chen Mo suddenly threw off Harvey with a turnaround run, and ran back to the midfield in a reverse sprint!

"Eh, Chen Mo has retreated to the midfield! Harvey didn't keep up! ”

"What a speed!"

The commentary exclaimed, under everyone's gaze, Chen Mo, who pressed Harvey all the way to the back position, suddenly retreated to the midfield, and was caught off guard, the little short-legged Harvey couldn't keep up with Chen Mo at all, and the two were pulled away at once!

"Ball!"

The moment he got rid of Xavi's retreat, Chen Mo immediately asked for the ball, and before he shouted out, Modric had already sent a diagonal stopper, but at the moment when he sent a diagonal stopper, Iniesta, who was marking, directly stretched out his left foot to destroy!

"What a fast foot!"

The pass was destroyed, Modric's pupils shrank, and he immediately retreated, and in his sight, the ball changed course and slowly rolled towards the center circle, rolling in the direction of the entangled Deco and Little Pony!

Looking at the rolling ball, Deco, the second place in the 2004 Golden Ball Award and the core member of the 2004 Champions League champion, pushed away Xiao Ma for the first time and ran to the right to catch the ball, and at this moment, a huge black shadow suddenly appeared in the corner of his right eye!

"That's it!"

Before he could react to what was happening, the next second, the black shadow stuck in front of him, and his nose hit the hard back!

"Fight back!"

The nose was hit, the world was spinning, and when he squinted, Deco could only see the red and white No. 10 jersey in front of him and Chen Mo's black hair flowing side face!

What Deco feels, Chen Mo doesn't know, and he doesn't bother to know.

The moment he broke the ball, he immediately stretched out his right arm to put De Coca behind him, and at the same time adjusted the ball and his stance, ready to pass the ball to Di Maria, who was retreating to receive it, but soon he spotted the full-back Belletti who was ready to play behind Di Maria.

This B is very insidious, deliberately standing behind Di Maria, and shrinking his head, but Di Maria is a thin quack, and he can't cover him at all.

"I had to bring my own."

Without any hesitation, in the face of Harvey, who was rushing and had already been attached to him, Chen Mo flicked the ball to the right front with the outside of his right foot, and at the same time pressed his left shoulder to the right front, stuck into Harvey's chest, and then secretly exerted force with his left arm to bounce Harvey away!

"Oh! Harvey is going to be passed! He couldn't stop Chen Mo at all!! ”

"Chen Mo wants to push with the ball. Wait a minute! Xiao Luo let go of the shovel! Oh, my God! Xiao Luo actually retreated to such a deep position to put the shovel! ”

The commentary and the fans exclaimed, under everyone's gaze, Chen Mo plucked the ball past Xavi and was about to sprint, Xiao Luo suddenly rushed out from behind Deco and directly stabbed the ball to the middle!

In the next second, Puyol shook off Giroud and stepped forward to grab the ball, but at this time Barcelona was in a defensive position, he did not hit the ball forward at the first time, but passed diagonally to fullback Van Brondonhorst, wanting to stabilize the rhythm first.

"It's not hurt."

“.”

Looking at Xiao Luo, who got up and patted his butt and smiled at his buckteeth, and then turned around and ran away, Chen Mo was speechless.

Just now his left front was Xavi, and the right rear was the stuck Deco, his vision was blocked, and he never thought that Xiao Luo, who never let go of the shovel, or almost didn't participate in the defense, would retreat more than 20 meters to give himself a look!

"It's really important, if I'm not mistaken, Xiao Luo rarely shoveled in the previous games."

"Well, don't talk about shoveling, I haven't seen a few times back to defense, and this game. It can only be said that the whole Barcelona team has completely regarded Chen Mo as the number one enemy. Tut-tut, it's only been six years, and the little guy who was playing in our domestic junior high school league six years ago has now become the number one enemy of La Liga giants, which is really an exaggerated talent. ”

Zhang Lu chattered, his face was emotional.

Players have limited physical fitness, and the vast majority of top attackers generally do not get too involved in defense, at most they just force the opponent's midfielders and defenders.

They will allocate more physical energy to the offensive end, avoiding the dilemma of not being able to keep up with the physical strength when there are scoring opportunities in the second half of the game due to too much defense.

And at the beginning of this game, Xiao Luo actually ran back twenty meters directly to put the shovel!

This kind of treatment is not something that ordinary players can "enjoy".

Zhang Lu's emotion, Chen Mo didn't know, all his attention was completely focused on the court at this time.

With Barcelona on the ball, Arsenal began to fall into disadvantage.

There's no way, you can't break the ball at all, the midfield combination of Xavi Iniesta and Deco is already very strong, but in this game, Xiao Luo and Messi also retreated as frequently as if they were playing chicken blood!

Xiao Luo, Xavi, Iniesta, Deco, Messi, these five people play pass control, how to break?!

There is no break at all, and the key is that you must also push out and press, otherwise any one of these five players can cause damage if they get enough passing space!

As a result, under the watchful eyes of the fans, Barcelona began to use Xavi's brain as the axis of passing and control, and began to constantly use the pass to mobilize Arsenal's overall formation.

One moment left, one moment right, Arsenal is extremely uncomfortable, and under such a high-frequency transfer, Arsenal's defense is like a gear that can't be stuck, and problems soon arise.

In the thirteenth minute of the game, when he received the ball from Iniesta again, Xavi keenly caught the left side of Arsenal, and there was a one-on-one gap in Messi's area!

Without any hesitation, he directly kicked the ball diagonally, and the ball passed through Modric's side and sent to Messi's feet!

"Left?!"

Looking at Messi who was about to receive the ball in front of him, Bale's center of gravity sank for the first time, but at the moment when his center of gravity sank, Messi stopped the ball with the outside of his left foot, and at the same time threw his shoulder and arm to the right front, and his whole body rushed to the right front sharply!

The amplitude is extremely large, the speed is extremely fast, almost pulling out the afterimage, Bale subconsciously went to the left side, and the next second, as if the soul returned to his true body, Messi, who rushed to the right with his left foot but never left the ground, suddenly pulled the whole body back with his right foot and abdominal muscles, and flicked his left foot, directly past Bale dribbling horizontally along the front of the penalty area!

"Oh my God! This change of direction?! Is Messi immune to inertia?! It's not scientific! It's not scientific!! ”

"Don't worry about it so much! He cut inside with the ball! ”

The commentator exclaimed, the Barcelona fans in the stadium stood up, and under everyone's gaze, Messi cut in at high speed from the left side of the Arsenal penalty area at 40 degrees and five angles!

", what the hell is this cadence!"

The moment Messi cut inside, Chiellini was already in the position, but when he tried to reach out and intercept, the whole man grabbed the horse directly.

Break the ball?!

I can't even see what Messi's feet look like, okay!

The small steps are fast and steady, and the ball keeps jumping forward slightly!

Stretching your foot is 100% a foul!

Yellow cards must not be eaten, Xiao Luo's free kick is a must!

Looking at Messi who was dribbling horizontally in front of him, Chiellini didn't dare to stretch his feet, so he could only run with his hands behind his back, and after a blink of an eye, Messi dribbled the ball horizontally to the top of the arc!

Samuel, Chiellini

Messi, Bale.

Little Pony.

In the face of the four-man bag, Messi did not hesitate and shot directly with his left foot at the top of the arc!

Stick to the ground!

The ball went straight through the crotch space left by Samuel's backhand lunge sideways, and crossed an arc to hang in the bottom left corner of the Arsenal goal!

In the next second, under the gaze of Chen Mo, the ball crossed the ten fingers of goalkeeper Lehmann and was nailed directly into the dead corner!

“GOALLLLLLLLLLL！！！ The ball is in! In the thirteenth minute of the game, Barcelona opened the scoring! The goal was scored by 18-year-old Lionel! Mei！！！ C！！！！ ”

"It's too much of an exaggeration, is he really an earthling? How do I feel that he is completely unaffected by inertia, haha, congratulations to Barcelona for scoring a goal, and this time it is not just a goal, it feels like Arsenal's entire defensive system has been penetrated. ”

"It's true, the midfielder can't break the ball, he can only be led by Barcelona, and when the opponent finds a one-on-one opportunity, he can't prevent it, this game, Arsenal is in trouble."