[Bayern divides the ball on the right side! ] 】

[Rossi faces Umtiti's defense! ] 】

[Shake it for a moment and walk towards the bottom line!] 】

[Didn't shake over, knock back teammates!] 】

[Kimmich passes to the door!] 】

【Lewandowski!!! 】

Ooh!

With an exclamation behind the goal, Lewandowski held his head in his hands in annoyance, looking unwilling.

With the score behind, Bayern pressed heavily and frequently looked for opportunities on the wings.

But neither Lewandowski's header nor Muller's shot from outside the penalty area could threaten the goal guarded by "Little Lion" Ter Stegen.

To put it more bluntly, every shot from Bayern is not a great opportunity.

It was a forced shot in desperation.

Barcelona is defending against this single attack, which is too simple.

A few minutes later, the ball split again and Rossi appeared on the left side of the penalty area.

In the face of Pique's defense, Rossi faked a faux dunk, and the dashing "Cruyff turn" broke through to the baseline.

But Pique was not slow to turn around, and when he was chasing back, he fell to the ground and tackled, and even brought the ball down in the box.

The referee did not blow the whistle, but swung his palms upwards and motioned for Rossi to get up.

No fouls, no penalties.

Amid a huge boo at Camp Nou, Rossi got to his feet and ran back to half to defend.

[Rosie's performance today is a little unsatisfactory! 】

[Several breakthroughs on the side were unsuccessful! 】

[And after he lost the ball, his teammates' counter-robbery was not timely enough, and he was easily pushed through the half by Barcelona! ] 】

[Bayern is a little difficult! 】

Heynckes stood motionless on the sidelines, observing what was happening inside the court.

Barcelona used the back and forth of two central midfielders to combine the defence into a single unit and successfully block Rossi's attack.

And let Rossila play alone, but also was frequently intercepted by the opponent's central defender, unable to form a threat.

Valverde is a master tactician.

In the face of the lack of smooth attacking in the frontcourt, Heynckes moved Martinez up to the central midfield position and formed a double midfield with Vidal.

In the midfield position, Hama can both free up Vidal's attacking ability forward and deliver subtle long balls from the back.

With his activism, Bayern's midfield gradually regained its advantage.

But Valverde won't let his opponent control the tempo of the game and he immediately allowed Dembele to press Hama.

With Dembele's small body, it is impossible to break the ball at the feet of Hama.

All he has to do is interfere with Hama's ball.

Every time Hama got the ball, he was harassed by Dembele, because the opponent was more flexible than him and quick to play, so he could only pass back to the goalkeeper for the sake of insurance.

Suarez also immediately pressed forward after seeing the return pass, forcing the opponent to hand over the ball.

In a very passive situation at the back, Lewandowski retreated to the center circle to provide a point from which defenders could choose from.

Three minutes later, Lewandowski was pulled by Pique and chested the ball back.

Thiago arched his foot straight through the middle of the defence.

Rossi starts from the left rib and runs diagonally into the box from the outside with an arc run.

Fortunately, Umtiti observed Rossi's position in advance, and quickly chased back, fell to the ground and shoveled the ball out of the bottom line to defuse the opponent's attack.

Just as the fans applauded him for his perfect defense this time, Umtiti did not show a hint of pride, but was more cautious.

As a centre-back, it's not the speed and penetration of the opposition's strikers that he's afraid of, or the shots on goal.

It's the unpredictable forward run.

At the moment when Lewandowski returned to his teammates, if Umtiti hadn't turned back to determine Rossi's position first, the through ball just now would definitely appear at Rossi's feet.

Scenes like this will come up in the following matches.

As long as the central defender is not careful, Rossi will seize the gap and sneak attack.

You can defend once or twice, but you can't defend the whole game.

There will always be times when people are negligent.

This kind of negligence, as long as it occurs once, the result is regret to hold your head and watch the opponent score.

Bayern corner, Thiago passes the ball to the middle.

Lewandowski and Umtiti jumped at the same time, but neither could reach the ball.

Defender Vidal, from outside the penalty area, went straight to the point where the ball landed, but unfortunately the ball was headed high.

These were the few chances Bayern had that failed to convert into goals.

The rivalry between the two managers gradually evolved into a fierce battle for midfield.

Barcelona changed to 4-4-2, with Suarez and Messi at the front, stuck between the back and the midfield, restricting the ball at the back.

This is in the hope that Roberto and Rakitic can limit Bayern's two strikers in deeper positions.

This kind of tightly knit defense can cut the connection between Bayern's teams and make them very uncomfortable when passing.

Bayern responded by raising two full-backs and adducting two full-forwards to establish a numerical advantage in midfield.

When Barça's pressure is too close to the middle, the wing-backs have room to catch the ball.

In order to make good use of this space, Heynckes chose the faster Coman as the breaking point on the wing.

In the 15th minute, Martinez was at the back, seized a gap where the opposing striker was not pressing, and distributed the ball to the feet of Alaba on the wing.

Rakitic, who was not in a defensive position, immediately chased back, and at the same time, Alba also stepped forward in time to mark, and the Barca back line moved quickly to the right side as a whole.

As a result, Muller, who is on the weak side, is in an unmarked situation.

Alaba decisively shifted a long diagonal pass to find Thomas Muller on the right.

Semedo pushed out of the box, defended Muller, and handed it to his team-mates to make up for it.

Roberto's timely return defense is particularly crucial.

If he also presses too high like Rakitic, then the space behind him will be occupied by Rossi.

Although Muller's ball behind him successfully reached Rossi's feet, Rossi was constantly squeezed out under Roberto's pressing.

When he was close to the baseline, Rossi got up to cross, but Roberto also reached out to block.

At the moment of touching the ball, he gently kicked the ball towards the kick and shook off the defense.

As soon as Rossi adjusted his body to walk towards the box, Pique's reinforcement was very timely and stopped him from breaking through the line.

Roberto also adjusted his balance and lunged towards Rossi.

Facing the two-man bag, Rossi touched the ball continuously with his left and right feet in a small space, shook off the interception, and drilled through the gap.

The action is dashing, but there is no room for a shot anymore.

Rossi didn't have time to think about it and reversed the triangle back to the middle.

As he was relatively close to the goalkeeper, Ter Stegen, who was down, took the ball into his arms with both hands.

【Pretty little balls! 】

[Rossi just got caught between the two defenders and drilled through! ] 】

[It's a pity that it was too close to the goalkeeper and was obtained by Ter Stegen!] 】

[Barcelona should pay attention, although Bayern did not score, they have successfully played the tactics! ] 】

Valverde was a little unsettled and shouted into the stadium.

"Recycle, let go of the sideways!"

"Pay attention to the front and rear protection!"

"Watch your ribs!"

Under his adjustments, Rakitic and Roberto will appropriately retract the middle and compress Bayern's midfield.

Valverde believes that Bayern's flanks are nothing more than feints, the purpose is to constantly mobilize the defense, so that his players are tired of running, and then launch a fatal blow from the ribs.

Once allowed to go wide, Bayern only had the trick of a low cross, and the threat was greatly reduced.

Therefore, when Barcelona compressed the space in the middle, Bayern's attack on both wings looked lively, but it could not really hit the core area of Barcelona.

Soon, the first half was over, and Barcelona returned to the dressing room with a score of 1:0.

Bayern are one goal behind away from home and are an acceptable scoreline.

But by the time Rossi returned to the locker room, she was already a little out of breath.

In the first half, he took on a lot of individual combat tasks, which was a huge drain on physical energy.

Valverde looked at Rossi, whose chest was heaving, and smiled with a gloomy smile.

(End of chapter)