Chapter 304: Barcelona, which had high hopes for La Liga, fell to the ...... again
"The whole Barcelona team is too slow to defend! If it's in the Premier League, a team that plays this level of defense against Chelsea is not qualified!
Alves and Alba should think about whether they should be so aggressive in attacking.
Enrique also has to weigh it, in this situation, as long as one more goal is conceded, then Barcelona wants to reverse the situation at Stamford Bridge in the second leg, but it will be difficult to compare..."
Zhan Jun, who had just celebrated passionately for Li Ang's wonderful assist again, gradually calmed down at this moment and explained a little objectively.
However, Zhang Luzhang, who was sitting next to him at the moment, was completely unceremonious, and directly pointed out the gap between Barcelona and Chelsea at the tactical level.
'Enrique is practical, and compared to his predecessor Martino, his willingness to put down his body and play on the counter-attack against Chelsea is actually a good thing for Barcelona.
But seriously, many managers in La Liga still need to take a closer look at the tactical changes and developments of the top teams in the Premier League.
In the past few seasons, we can say that the forefront of the reform of tactical changes in world football is in La Liga, just behind Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Bayern to keep up, and after the tactical change, they also won the Champions League.
However, the main position of this tactical change is not static, and now the technical and tactical play of Chelsea and Manchester City is clearly ahead of the other teams, and Enrique needs to learn more thoroughly if he wants to learn!
You only learn to counterattack, but you don't pay close attention to the efficiency of offensive and defensive conversion, the same set of play, Chelsea is like a teacher, and you, a student, have only learned half of the theory and are about to come to the stage to challenge, so how can you play?
If Barcelona wants to return to the top of the year, they must work on tactical changes, from players to coaching staff, to completely reverse their inherent set of tactical thinking.
If you want to talk about the big framework of the whole team construction, Barcelona has no problem, their current lineup, add some young midfielders, and make up for the center forwards, and the competitiveness is still very strong.
But what matters is this tactical idea, it's already 2015, and Barcelona really need to put aside the pride they played in 2011 and start again with their feet on the ground.
The dynasty can collapse, but it can also be rebuilt, and you really have to control what you want to do! ”
When Director Zhang said this, he probably remembered the current situation of Milan's current decline, and his tone was inevitably a little more serious.
And Barcelona's current problems in the team, he is only to the point, if you want to dig deeper, then Barcelona from the back to the midfield, it is not just as simple as adding young newcomers.
After all, the two quick counter-attacks that Chelsea played successfully in the first half, and the weak role of Andres Iniesta and Raphinha in the defense were clearly seen by the fans.
Alves and Alba's offensive attributes are too strong, and now that Alves is getting older, he needs a strong midfielder to help him fill in the position.
Professor Bu's positional sense is still very good, and it is obviously very unfair to throw all the pots that have fallen in midfield to him.
If he can be paired with a partner who is full of energy, flexible and aggressive defensively, then his performance can be taken to the next level.
At the end of the day, there can be players with physical or technical deficiencies in a team, and more importantly, the characteristics of the players are complementary.
If you can't complement each other, then you should dismantle it, and if you have the ability to continue to start, if the defects are serious and can't be made up, then honestly substitute.
Barcelona is such a big giant, you have to spend money in the transfer market, there are so many outstanding young players, and it is better to use two transfer windows to try and make mistakes than to continue to hold on to the old lineup.
A defender like Mascherano, whose flaws are too obvious, is really better off not starting in certain games.
As soon as he and Pique started, there were three players in the Barcelona backline who were less than 1.75 meters tall!
It is up to Pique to support the air defense, and it is usually good to say, what happened to Chelsea's unreasonable death and smashing high-altitude ball, the Barcelona fans at Camp Nou have also seen it now.
Enrique was scared of being smashed anyway, and at this time he directly asked Mathieu to warm up on the sidelines, barely keeping his head clear and calling Xavi back to the bench.
He can see that even if Barcelona wants to focus on attack in today's game, it is not necessarily a good idea to let Iniesta and Xavi play together.
The two who are over 30 years old are basically unable to play more than 90 minutes of continuous high-intensity games now.
Raphinha also seems to be useless at the moment, with only two or three cards in his hand, no matter how Enrique plays, he will not escape being swept away by Chelsea in the middle.
So the tactics changed back and forth, and it still went back to the problem at the beginning of the game.
The only solution for Barcelona to break the game is to let Chelsea take the initiative to attack, expose gaps in the defence, and then Barcelona can play a counter-attack on the wing, looking for opportunities to break the balance of the game.
But Chelsea were not easily fooled, and they took over the ball on the surface, but they actually seized the opportunity to switch between attack and defense after Barcelona's counter-attack defeat.
And after scoring the first goal, Chelsea were even less willing to take the risk of attacking.
Therefore, Barcelona's tactical play of beating Chelsea at home is most likely to fail.
They eventually had to press out and besiege Chelsea, but they didn't have a strong centre-forward and couldn't play a succinct and straightforward approach.
Can't penetrate Chelsea's three-layer defense, the empty defense has always been remembered, dilemma, how to play is wrong!
Before the game restarted, Enrique could only replace Mascherano with Martino to make up for the height of the backline.
But the defensive intensity of the midfield, he can't make up for it.
I can't find a helper for Busquets, there's really no one available!
Whether it's Xavi or the younger Roberto, they are limited in their ability on the defensive end.
Enrique can only take one step at a time.
Maybe it's really as many Barcelona fans hoped before the game.
Expect Messi to play explosively in the second half of the game, take over the rhythm of the game, and then force Barcelona to suppress Chelsea.
Such fantasies may seem unreliable in normal times, but in such a truly desperate moment, Enrique feels that he can look forward to a hand!
After replacing Mathieu, Barcelona's backfield air defense has indeed increased a lot.
Perhaps it also had something to do with Chelsea's counter-attacking firepower once again and settling for a 2-0 lead at half-time.
The Barcelona fans at the scene all breathed a sigh of relief when the referee blew the whistle at the end of the half.
They no longer had the heart to boo the Chelsea main players who were celebrating at the scene, and only hoped that Enrique would come up with a new tactical plan that worked at half-time.
And under this tense waiting, time passed very quickly, and fifteen minutes were almost fleeting.
The director was also very discerning and focused the camera on the players of both teams who came out of the tunnel again.
Chelsea's half-time lead over Barcelona was 2-0, and the number of fans skyrocketed as soon as the second half began.
It is no exaggeration to say that at this moment, hundreds of millions of fans around the world have seen the solemn and serious expressions on the faces of the Barcelona players.
In contrast, the atmosphere in the Chelsea side is too relaxed.
Li Ang even smiled and bowed slightly at the live camera.
Facing Barcelona in the first half of the game, he is undoubtedly the absolute focus of the Camp Nou at the moment.
The Barcelona fans who seemed to have eased some of their emotions looked at Leon's "pretending" smile on the big screen, and they really couldn't bear it a little!
The shrill boos immediately swept through the entire Camp Nou, but this time, Leon did not directly make a counterattack.
As if he hadn't heard the overwhelming boos, he continued to walk confidently onto the court.
The referee on duty did not waste time, pinched his watch, and soon blew the whistle for the start of the second half of the game on time!
The Chelsea side who kicked off were not in a hurry, starting with Ibrahimovic and Eden Hazard, and the ball was slick back all the way.
In the face of the active pressing of Barcelona's frontcourt players, Thiago Silva did not even hesitate for half a point, and directly passed the football to Cech behind him.
The Chelsea defender, who had already opened up on both flanks early, also gave Cech space to pass calmly.
Cesar Azpilicueta was the first to receive a pass from Cech.
Alexis Sanchez and Neymar turned to make a bag for him.
But Azpilicueta was not flustered, and did not drive the ball directly into the front court.
Because Leon had already retreated to the back line to pick him up, he was very relieved to pass the ball to Leon before Sanchez and Neymar were together.
Messi didn't know when he also ran to this side of the area to press.
But Li Ang was like having eyes in the back of his head, and the moment he received the ball with his back, he turned 90 degrees to the right, and directly dribbled the ball horizontally to avoid Messi's defensive interference!
In the face of Raphinha, who was actively pressing on him, Leon directly made a two-one-one pass in the backfield with Kroos, who retreated to receive him.
Seeing that Raphinha was easily thrown away by Leon like a stake, Iniesta could only helplessly start directly, choosing to pull Leon to stop!
So in the first minute after the start of the second half, Barcelona received the first yellow card of the day for their whole team!
Leon stood there and spread his hands with a smile, not caring, and Iniesta had nothing to protest about, and after receiving the yellow card, he ran back to his own half in silence.
Under the influence of such an unfavorable start to the second half, Barcelona's bench seemed to be quieter and quieter.
On Chelsea's side, Jose Mourinho gave a thumbs-up to Leon after a round of applause, and then sat firmly on the Diaoyu Tai.
Chelsea restarted the game and then continued to pass through central midfield.
With Leon and Kroos controlling the rhythm of the game, they are unwilling to take the initiative to attack, so Barcelona can only continue to invest in the fight if they want to get the ball!
This is a very cruel scene for Barcelona fans.
They all knew that this was a tactical trap played by Chelsea, but Barcelona still had to step into it!
Andres Iniesta, who was booked, pressed with Raphinha.
Alves and Jordi Alba also pressed past the halfway line, and Busquets had no choice but to follow up in order to maintain the integrity of the midfield defence.
This situation has made countless Barcelona fans frightened!
And in the 58th minute of the second half, Mourinho finally played his first substitution card of the game.
The scorer Ibrahimovic was substituted and Romelu Lukaku came on as a substitute.
Meanwhile, Van Ginkel and Mohamed Salah both warmed up on the sidelines.
And in the sixth minute after the end of this substitution, the Spanish commentator was once again worried that Barcelona needed to pay more attention to Lukaku's counter-attack.
Nemanja Matic, who completed the steal, sent a straight ball over the top directly from the backfield, creating an opportunity for Lukaku to pull the side and explode!
At this moment, Hazard very tacitly conceded his left area and switched to the middle.
And Alves, who was back on the defensive, looked at Lukaku, who was running beside him and was like a brute bear, and the whole person was dumbfounded!
This is a completely asymmetrical confrontation!
So much so that many neutral fans subconsciously sympathized with Alves when they saw Lukaku crushing Alves and running to Barcelona's bottom line with the ball.
Lukaku, who directly pulled the side and blasted through the entire Barcelona defense, was not satisfied with the bottom cross, he even cut inside into the Barcelona penalty area!
Peake greeted him tragically.
Lukaku was only then satisfied with the inverted triangle return.
However, Leon, who received the ball in the middle of the Barcelona penalty area, did not shoot directly this time.
He sent the ball to the back of the penalty area, and De Bruyne, who arrived on the horse, simply fired a low shot!
Ter Stegen, who was shot by Leon, could only watch the football cross the line again.
And several Chelsea attacking players who played the whole Barcelona defence laughed together and ran to the corner flag area!
Once again, all that remains of the mighty Camp Nou stadium is the passionate cheers of more than 10,000 Chelsea fans!
Many Barcelona fans who couldn't stand the blow even chose to leave the stadium in protest at this moment.
This scene is extremely glaring.
Pique roared and pointed to his temples as his defensive partners signalled that they needed to be more focused on defence.
Messi and Iniesta stared at the electronic scoreboard in the front court, looking weak and lonely.
The game had already been torn apart by Chelsea at this moment.
But that's not the end of the game!
Barcelona, who are three goals behind at home, still have some heart after all.
In other words, Enrique, who was unwilling to accept his fate like this, made a last stand!
Xavi and Pedro came on.
Raphinha and Sergio Busquets were replaced!
There is no way, it makes no sense to make a counterpoint substitution on the offensive line at this time.
To take advantage of the last chance to turn around, Barcelona will have to gamble all on the offensive end!
Barcelona, which almost changed into 424, launched a desperate onslaught in the last 30 minutes of the game!
Messi's physical energy accumulated in the first half has also reached the time to be fully released.
He exploded with tremendous energy in a congested Chelsea half.
Even if the space was narrow, he tried his best to open up a little situation.
In the seventy-sixth minute of the second half, Messi, who forcibly shook off Li Ang, chose to cut inside and shoot!
This time, Leon didn't even have time to foul, and Messi's left-footed shot successfully bypassed Cech's ten fingers!
It's a pity that the goalpost at Camp Nou rejected the possibility of Messi leading Barcelona to a desperate reversal!
When the ball bounced off the inside of the post and back into the Chelsea penalty area, there was a wail in the Barcelona coach's box, which was already planning to celebrate!
However, before the Barcelona coaches and substitutes could further regret and lament, Terry, who reacted first, had already kicked the football to the Barcelona frontcourt!
Terry didn't mean to look for a counter-attacking opportunity this time, but Lukaku, who had been cruising in the Barcelona half, had plenty of time to accelerate to the football landing point!
In the face of Pique's head-on interception, Lukaku was very clever this time not to choose to stop the ball and wait for his team-mates to step forward, but ran directly to the wing with the ball.
And after attracting the attention of the two defenders, Pique and Xavi, he passed the ball vigorously to the left side of the empty half of Barcelona's defense!
De Bruyne unloaded the ball unconventionally in the middle of the run, and when the Barcelona defenders didn't have time to think about his next move, he uncharacteristically knocked the ball back to the middle again!
At this moment, there is still about 35 meters away from the Barcelona goal, and the middle is on the right side.
Li Ang, who had just rushed in, didn't care about resting, looked up and observed, then directly held his breath, stretched his body and fully swung his legs!
Leon's choice of this heavy bombardment was completely unexpected by all the Barcelona defenders!
And the football also rushed towards the Barcelona goal like a cannonball in the dull and terrifying explosion!
Ter Stegen makes a save!
His palms had a tangible touch, but before he could be pleasantly surprised, the violent impact made the football out of his grasp once again!
After landing, Ter Stegen felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart!
He didn't look back at goal, but the Chelsea crowd who were celebrating wildly at the moment had already told him the final result!
This is an exaggerated ending that no one expected before the game!
Barcelona were conceded four times by Chelsea at Camp Nou!
There will be no more suspense!
Barcelona, who have high hopes for the entire La Liga, have fallen to the door of the quarterfinals of this season's Champions League.
And Chelsea, who stepped on their bones, will continue to soar forward until they realize their final Champions League dream!
(End of chapter)