Chapter 483: Plum Chopping Tactics
With the referee's whistle, the second half began.
Seeing that Xavi directly gave the ball to Iniesta, and Iniesta began to pull the side, Chen Mo was slightly happy, but soon frowned again.
"This almost open-card tactic, Pep, that guy guessed me, I guessed him?"
When he forced Iniesta to pass the ball again, seeing that Iniesta did not pass the ball to Xavi, but went to find Xiao Luo on the side, Chen Mo glanced at Guardiola on the sidelines, and there was some emotion in his eyes.
"This guy guessed what I was going to do."
Yes, Chen Mo's midfield arrangement was guessed by Guardiola, the man who single-handedly brought him up!
As for what the arrangement was, in fact, his thoughts at halftime were not too complicated.
The younger brother and daughter-in-law are Arsenal's left centre-back, Marcelo is left-back, and Rakitic is the left midfielder, and the area of responsibility of the trio is the area where Messi and Alves and Xavi are located.
For Arsenal, this area is the most prone to mentality problems, as all three only joined last summer, and for Barcelona, this area is their strongest point.
Barcelona is likely to make tactical arrangements for their left side of Arsenal, and Chen Mo's meaning is also obvious, make this area into a pocket, let Barcelona attack, and then encircle and suppress.
It sounds simple, but it's actually not that easy to do.
Barcelona attacked this side, not only because Marcelo was inexperienced and prone to ups and downs, but also because Arsenal's side itself was weak.
At this time, the enemy also showed weakness to put the other party in, and it was very likely that the turtle caught in the urn would directly pierce the urn, so what Arsenal had to do was to catch the turtle before the urn broke, and then fight back.
How to catch, this is the key.
The three of them will definitely not be able to catch Marcelo alone, so once Messi or Alves take the ball in this area and try to cause damage, the whole Arsenal team needs to go over!
Closure.
But the encirclement is not so simple as it sounds, the team's overall formation has shifted in a wide range, and it is easy to lose the defensive position in the process, so what Arsenal has to do is to be fast and accurate!
How not to give Barcelona a chance in the process of the whole team moving quickly.
That's what Chen Mo discussed with his teammates at halftime, but now it seems.
"There's no need to show weakness."
kept running, constantly recording the formation operation of the entire Barcelona team in his mind, and in less than a few minutes, Chen Mo understood Barcelona's opening tactics - mainly attacking the side of Xiao Luo and Iniesta.
It's anomalous.
Although Xiaobai and Xiao Luo's left offensive firepower is also very strong, with Xiao Luo's state declining, purely in terms of explosive point ability, Barcelona's left side is no longer as good as Messi's right side.
Let Xiao Luo and Xiaobai, who are not as good as Messi Alves, go to the main attack.
There is no doubt that Barcelona's aim is to draw Arsenal's defensive focus past and create more space for Messi on the other side.
Yes, manufacturing space.
Many people say that Messi likes to walk when he plays football, well, he does like to walk, but this is inseparable from his task in the team, more often Messi is a speeder.
It is the whole team constantly going back and forth, using the ball to mobilize the opponent's defense.
Once there is a flaw in the opponent's defense, Messi will immediately take the ball and attack, which is actually why there are still some teams in Spain that play pass control, and when there is no one-on-one absolute hard player inside, they will fall backwards and down.
Because the transmission control needs a speeder like Messi to create damage, otherwise, it is like rubbing outside all the time, rubbing all kinds of lubrication, but it just can't stand up and can't stab in.
And how to create space for Messi?
Obviously, Barcelona is now using Xiao Luo Xiaobai to attack the left side, that is, Arsenal's right backfield.
Xiao Luo Xiaobai and Abidal and others have a strong ability to pass and run, they are making trouble on this side, and Arsenal's overall formation must rely on the past and use the formation to lock.
In this way, Messi will have more space to play in Arsenal's left backfield.
And when Arsenal move to block Messi's side, it takes more time to move than when they were close to the middle.
To put it simply, Barcelona wants to create space for Messi, and at the same time create a time difference.
The effect was very good, and as time went by, under the watchful eyes of the fans, Messi began to get more and more opportunities.
In the 58th minute of the game, Xavi, who grabbed Arsenal's right backfield and hammered it for more than ten minutes, caught the gap that Xiao Ma had just filled in for Iniesta and had not returned to his position, and directly shook off Rakitic with a pull ball, and sent the ball to Messi on the right side with a kick.
"Oh! Alves decisively put it on! He took Bale and Messi and Marcelo one-on-one! Messi is advancing with the ball! β
"Look at what Marcelo is doing with this ball. Oh, he just took down Messi! All the Barcelona players are around! β
"What do you want to do with this exploding head?!"
"If you can't kick a ball, you can kick someone?! Oh! You traitor! What do you want to do! β
In the roar of the commentary, Messi, who was cutting the ball towards the top of the arc on the right side, saw that he wanted to shake off Marcelo with a heavy shoulder, but he was directly knocked down by Marcelo with a shoulder hit and stretched out his foot as soon as he shook off his position!
It was an obvious tactical foul, but because of the big action, the moment Messi fell to the ground, Xavi and others rushed up to surround Marcelo for the first time, and there is no doubt that it was Hulu Wa Villa who rushed to the forefront.
This guy had an angry expression, and he wanted to push Marcelo's chin when he came up, but his hand was only halfway out, and the whole person was pushed away by Chen Mo.
Villa is an all-round striker, can grab points, and his physical fitness is not bad, but his physical fitness is still not comparable to Chen Mo, and he was directly pushed away by Chen Mo two meters away.
The body couldn't resist it, but Villa was still screaming in his mouth, shouting that Chen Mo was a traitor.
"This guy wants to provoke me."
For this kind of words, Chen Mo didn't say anything, just protected Marcelo behind him. Just like Marcelo's foul this time was to sabotage Messi's offense, Villa, who has no grievances and no revenge, is also for a purpose at this time, to put it bluntly, he just wants to make Chen Mo's mentality unbalanced, and even Villa wishes that Chen Mo would give him two blows at this time.
After all, Villa is a striker, basically has not many defensive tasks, and it doesn't matter if he eats cards, but if he Chen Mo eats cards, Arsenal will have some trouble.
Let's not be fooled by this!
Chen Mo ignored Villa, glanced at Messi, who was fine, and had already gotten up, faced with the shouting of Pujol Xavi and others on his chest, his face was about to be squirted, he just rolled his eyes and raised his hands, indicating that he didn't want to quarrel.
However, although Chen Mo spread out his hands, his left hand was compared to three, and his right hand was compared to one, and at the same time he showed a cheap smile at Harvey and the others.
"This guy!"
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Three to one!
Chen Mo is laughing at them for being two goals behind now!
Seeing this scene, Harvey and the others, who originally wanted to continue to provoke, almost didn't spurt out a mouthful of old blood, and their expressions instantly froze.
Chen Mo's judgment is indeed correct, they came to find a field at this time, and the fundamental purpose was not to besiege Marcelo, after all, Marcelo's foul was a yellow card at most, and Marcelo's personality was not so hard, it was basically impossible to make a backhand move, their purpose was to provoke Chen Mo, but they didn't expect Chen Mo's cheap smile and a three-to-one gesture to directly break their defense.
QJ is not the other way to get fucked.
Under Chen Mo's gaze, the expressions of Xavi and others were very painful, but when they saw the referee show Marcelo a yellow card, Chen Mo's expression still became solemn.
Just now, their Arsenal closed their mouths fast enough, before he Chen Mo and Xiao Ma moved sideways to encircle Messi, Messi had found a breakthrough opportunity, so Marcelo could only use a yellow card foul to stop Messi's attack.
It was successfully stopped, but the yellow card thing can only be eaten once.
Chen Mo frowned on the field, and this scene was also captured by the camera.
"Chen Mo must be very uncomfortable now."
"Of course, Marcelo got a yellow card, and then it will be even more difficult for Arsenal to defend against Messi."
"Yes, although in general, in a competition of this calibre in the Champions League final, there are very few referees who show a red card to a player without an obvious malicious foul, but Marcelo's opponent is Messi."
"Yes, Messi's breakthrough ability is too strong, Marcelo can't prevent it at all. Just like just now, Messi had a heavy shoulder, Marcelo was shaken away, and in the end he could only foul and block, and it is foreseeable that with Marcelo receiving a yellow card, Barcelona will definitely let Messi take the ball more to impact Marcelo! Under the impact of Messi's high frequency, if Marcelo still uses this method to block Messi in the next game, then I estimate that the referee will eventually send him off if there are many fouls. β
"That's right. However, Arsenal still have a very big advantage right now. They had a two-goal lead with just over 30 minutes left in the game. β
'You can't say that, it looks like there's only 30 minutes left in the game and like you said, Arsenal are two goals ahead, but on the pitch, especially in the Champions League final, the spirits of both players are actually very tight. Once there is a problem with the mentality of which side, it will be like the Yellow River bursting the embankment, the gap will become bigger and bigger, and finally it will be bulldozed by a direct wave, so strictly speaking, it is impossible to say who will kill the deer now. β
"Yes, but Arsenal's main problem is to see how to solve Messi, Marcelo is definitely not able to defend alone, he is now carrying a yellow eh, wait for Arsenal to change, see how to change." Oh! It turned out to be Traore to replace Marcelo! Haha, this intention is very obvious, Messi's next game is uncomfortable to death. β
Under the funny ridicule of the commentary and the somewhat angry gaze of Guardiola, Barcelona was still preparing to send a free kick quickly, but at this time, Wenger had just joined Arsenal the year before last, and the French left-back Traore, who was only 18 years old this year, replaced Marcelo!
Traore is a pure substitute and has started a total of eight games at Arsenal in two seasons from the year before last to the present.
Not strong and young with little experience, it is impossible to play well in the Champions League final, but... Although TraorΓ© is not very strong, he is a black brother.
Although TraorΓ© is a French national, he is an African black brother.
The physical quality of black French people has always been fierce, with Henry Vieira in the early years and Pogba and Mbappe in the early years, these players are among the best in the world.
Wenger replaced a Traore who was not very strong at this time, but had full physical strength and strong physical fitness, and what the purpose was - cutting plum tactics!
Yes, directly to the child!
Arsenal has always had a hidden advantage in this team, that is, youth! Good fitness!
Needless to say in the backcourt, the younger brother and daughter-in-law are both physically energetic, the midfielder Chen Mo and the little Pony Rakitic are all unable to run, and the Bale in the front court is also in good physical condition.
As for Henry and Di Maria, although Henry is older, he is more experienced and knows how to save energy in the game, and Di Maria's physical aspect may be more problematic, but he is only twenty this year, and he Di Maria has been under maintenance for almost a month before this game!
Yes, a month!
Don't look at Arsenal's three Champions League finals in four years, but in fact, Arsene Wenger, who was born in economics, is more conservative in the team's season planning.
The domestic league found that the chances of winning the championship were slim and immediately gave up the title and changed to keep four, and the FA Cup and English League Cup are also unless they do not collide with the Champions League, otherwise Di Maria will be replaced after playing for about 70 minutes.
This season, Arsenal is still a one-line battle in the Champions League!
The disadvantage of one-line combat is that you have all your eggs in one basket, but the advantage is that you can have the most adequate tactical reserves and physical reserves!
Di Maria's physical fitness, 90 minutes of running is absolutely no problem!
Defenders, midfielders, forwards, and the physical reserves of the three lines are all fine, which leads to the fact that the three substitutions in Wenger's hands can be completely changed according to tactical needs!
In other words, Wenger can use three substitutions to consume Messi!
The three substitutions plus Marcelo who started can get a total of four yellow cards, or even five yellow cards!
Within 30 minutes, use five yellow cards as a backdrop to exchange for Messi's stealth!
Of course, it's not that you can kick Messi directly with fouls or anything, but with room to eat cards, defenders will definitely be more comfortable when they make defensive moves, so that they will not be constrained.
The idea is good, and the logic is also clear!
But soon, Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal fans on the sidelines noticed that something was wrong!
Can't stop Messi!
Traore's foul is premised on a yellow card but not a red card!
What does this mean, although this strap Traore can use pulling people and small actions to hinder Messi, she can't use a shovel behind her back, or a malicious hurtful action such as directly kicking people!
This kind of action is very easy to take cards as soon as it is made!
Traore can at most pull or hold Messi directly when Messi passes him to destroy the attack!
But!
Can't pull it down!