knife guard

Chapter 647
When Tao Wei explained the Bundesliga, he naturally had a bias towards the Bundesliga. After admiring, he immediately said: "Actually, from a defensive point of view, Li Huan should have the upper hand this time, while Messi has failed."

He Wei naturally disagreed, saying: "This is an opportunity that is not an opportunity. Messi caught it with his own acuity and speed, so it cannot be regarded as Messi's failure."

Zhang Lu chatted on the sidelines, saying: "Li Huan has solid defensive skills, and he didn't give Messi an opportunity. Messi has an amazing ability to catch fighters. He entered the game quickly. He almost caught Hoffenheim's midfielder's mistake at the beginning. It can only be said that they are evenly matched, and who is the final winner depends on the following games."

Today's Barcelona is more aggressive. After the ball went out of bounds, Alves quickly ran to the frontcourt to serve the ball. Harvey also quickly moved closer to Messi. The three formed a small tactical assault group.

Hoffenheim's defense also worked hard, Li Huan followed Messi closely, Weiss followed Xavi closely, and even Alves who was throwing the ball out of bounds on the sidelines was harassed by Arshavin, not letting him relax serve.

Alves was very angry, because when the two companions were being marked, his point was the only point of response. Only when the ball could form the first pass, they could use their flexible running positions to operate. If the opponent can't keep up with the rhythm and can't touch the ball, even without the first pass like this, there can be no passing cooperation.

Alves raised and lowered the ball, signaling to the linesman that Arshavin was in front of him and could not serve.The line referee ran over to signal Arshavin to give way and not to block Alves' serve.

After all, Arshavin is not a defensive player. When he saw the line referee speaking, he moved aside. Alves looks very rude, but he is actually quite a cunning guy. He likes to use complaints to win the referee's sympathy, and to take advantage of it by flopping. Enrage your opponent with small moves.As soon as Arshavin gave way, he threw the ball to Harvey.

Harvey didn't stop the ball, just bounced the ball to Alves like a wall, and then ran away. Alves also received the ball and passed it, as if he knew where Harvey was going to run, and it just passed to Harvey. forward.

Messi also moved at the moment Alves passed the ball, and Harvey seemed to know where Messi was going, and the ball passed directly in front of Messi.

Of course, they don't have the ability to predict, but they all pass the ball to the neutral position, and the running players also run to the neutral position. It's the same wherever you go.

Messi, Xavi, and Alves formed a triangle passing space on the left side of Hoffenheim. Can run passively behind their buttocks.

At the beginning, Hoffenheim also hoped to wait until Messi, Xavi, and Alves made mistakes. They couldn't believe that any team could keep such a continuous pass without making mistakes.But soon the Hoffenheim players were desperate. Even if they left the Barcelona players with a small space, the Barcelona players were still able to pass the ball accurately to the feet of their teammates, and they did not make mistakes with more than a dozen consecutive kicks.

This feeling is worse than when they played against Arsenal. When they played against Arsenal, they still had a chance to touch the ball, and the ball was under the feet of Barcelona, ​​​​they only had a chance to kick people. This feeling It's not helplessness, it's despair, it's depression, it's low self-esteem.

Just as Hoffenheim's players were running dizzy, the ball had already passed to Iniesta's feet. Iniesta took the ball and took a step forward. Seeing that Henry had started, he immediately passed it directly behind Baker.

After all, Baker is still young and inexperienced. He felt that the distance behind him was very close to the baseline. He didn’t expect that Iniesta would dare to pass the ball behind him. , When he turned around to chase back, Henry the Great had not given him a chance. The speed of the Great Emperor was a little worse than at his peak, but it was no worse than the young man Baker. When the ball was about to go out of the baseline, Henry had already arrived. , Passed the ball directly to the penalty area.

The bottom line pass, such a short distance makes it difficult for the defensive players. Although there are many of them, they are afraid of shooting mice and worry about own goals, but the offensive players do not have this scruple. The technology is average, the protection between each other is not enough, and it is easy to be broken by one or two opponents.

Fortunately, Henry didn't have enough time to pass the ball, so he passed a high-altitude ball eagerly, while Eto'o and Messi, who were in the penalty area of ​​Barcelona, ​​had more than zero header ability.No one touched the ball, and it spun directly out of the baseline.

When Hoffenheim took the goal kick, Li Huan walked up to the goalkeeper Hildebrand and said, "Let me take the kick."

Hildebrand is a bit strange, but Li Huan has absolute control over the ball in the game, and the accuracy of Li Huan's long pass is very good. Hildebrand understands that Li Huan may be preparing to use long pass to test Barcelona's defense. .

Ruud van Nistelrooy was at the top, with Piqué marking him and Puyol assisting on the side. Li Huan sent a long pass that spanned almost the entire pitch and landed exactly one meter in front of Ruud van Nistelrooy. , Ruud van Nistelrooy had his back to Barcelona's goal, and Pique wanted to go around to defend, but Ruud van Nistelrooy kept blocking the position with his body.The ball was stopped by Van Nistelrooy with his chest.

Puyol stepped forward to defend, and Van Nistelrooy did not dare to neglect the two defenders. He protected the ball and looked for Arshavin on the left. Weiss, who was relatively free in the middle of Heim, also assisted forward to meet Ruud van Nistelrooy.

Ruud van Nistelrooy was very experienced. Seeing Arshavin coming over to attract the attention of Barcelona's defense, he stuck to Pique and took the ball sideways to his left foot, then turned half-turned and volleyed with his right foot.

Van Nistelrooy's shot was very sudden, he didn't look at the goal at all, he shot completely by feeling, but this shot was very quality, and went straight to the left side of the goal.

Barcelona's goalkeeper Valdez knew Ruud van Nistelrooy's reputation as the king of the small penalty area, but he didn't expect to start shooting from outside the small penalty area at a position about 25 and six meters away from the goal, and it was still such a difficult half-turning volley. Si is a nerve knife, or that kind of excited player. Although he is not very stable, once he plays well, it is like a godsend. Occasions like the Champions League final stimulated Valdez's excitement cells. He reacted Express, a flying side throw saved the ball over the baseline.

I saw warm applause broke out again, the shot was beautiful, and the save was even more beautiful. This kind of shot is worthy of the name of the Champions League final. It is a pity that no goal was scored. Of course, for the Barcelona fans, it should be lucky No goals.

The on-site commentator entered the game state ahead of time. Ruud van Nistelrooy missed the goal, but he was as excited as a goal, "Van Nistelrooy, the Dutch striker made a wonderful shot. A shot, Hoffenheim's shot, less than 5 minutes into the game, Hoffenheim players were at a disadvantage in possession of the ball, but Li Huan's long pass rush won a very threatening shot, now It was Li Huanlai who took the corner kick."

Ruud van Nistelrooy's shot was very inspiring. Hoffenheim's players were almost completely demoralized by Barcelona's technique in the opening minutes. This shot made them feel that they were not completely without opportunities to threaten Barcelona's goal. .So when Li Huan took the corner kick, except for those players designated before the game to fight for the header in Barcelona's penalty area, the other players also pressed forward unanimously, preparing to grab the clear ball and form a second attack opportunity.

Hoffenheim's penalty area has three high points: Simunic, Ruud van Nistelrooy, and Gustavo, and Tymoshchuk is ready to shoot from a long distance outside the penalty area.Li Huan's corner kick was passed to Ruud van Nistelrooy in the penalty area, hoping to use the air superiority to break through Barcelona's goal.

However, after Barcelona got Pique, the ability to defend against high-altitude balls has been greatly improved. Pique is 1.9 meters tall and has been influenced by the Premier League for two years at Manchester United. He is already familiar with high-altitude balls. Ben, he and Ruud van Nistelrooy took off at the same time, grabbed the spot at the same time, and actually took advantage of their height to hit the ball first. However, Pique's body was still a bit thin, and he didn't control it well when he cleared the siege. The ball fell right at Tymoshchuk's feet , Tymoshchuk raised his foot and hit, and the ball hit Puyol and popped out of the bottom line again.

When Li Huan served another corner kick, he did not look for Van Nistelrooy. Van Nistelrooy had already become the key target of Barcelona. Li Huan decided to seek a breakthrough from others. Nicky is 1.9 meters tall, and Barcelona's captain Puyol may not be able to guard him.

However, Hoffenheim still underestimated Barcelona's air defense ability. The outside world belittled Barcelona's air defense ability. Oops, it makes other league teams think that they can score with just a high-altitude ball. In fact, there are not many cases of Barcelona being scored by opponents with high-altitude balls this season.

Although Simunić’s height has an advantage, Puyol, the Lion King of Barcelona, ​​is very strong. He carried Simunić with his body. Puyol grabbed the header first, and Simunić, a defender, knew how deadly it would be to be hit by Barcelona's quick counterattack at this time. He resisted Puyol with his body at the moment Puyol jumped up to clear the siege. Puyol was thinking Shaking his head and throwing the ball to Harvey to fight back, Simunić carried it from below. The ball hit nowhere and he fell down.

Although the referee Busacca didn't see Simunić's foul action clearly, his rich experience made it easy to guess the truth of the matter, because when Puyol was about to hit the ball, it was impossible for him to have a stroke The same fell down, someone must be fouling below, Busaka ran over with a whistle, awarded a free kick in the backcourt, and gave Simunić a verbal warning.

When Barcelona took possession of the ball again, Hoffenheim fell into the embarrassing situation of passively running behind the Barcelona player's buttocks. They wanted to steal the ball, but they couldn't touch the ball. They ran with the players and watched Barcelona pass back and forth continuously. , Play the ball as a toy.

Before the game, Rangnick made detailed arrangements for the defense. Weiss was specially marking Harvey. Tymoshchuk followed Iniesta closely. Looking at Messi, Baker stared at Henry, but man-marking is not very useful in the game. Barcelona players just pass the ball back and forth continuously, and seem to have no desire to shoot.But when Hoffenheim gets impatient with a pass, as long as there is a little space, Barcelona's deadly direct pass or wing breakthrough will appear immediately, and Barcelona's players seem to have the ability to pass the ball like a midfielder. His ability made Hoffenheim players hard to guard against.

The game lasted a little over 10 minutes. Hoffenheim's players were turned around by Barcelona's pass and could only retreat to the backcourt to defend. They didn't consume much physical strength, but they were very nervous mentally. Passing the ball is like the sword of Damocles hanging over their heads, keeping them on guard at all times.This is a game feeling that Hoffenheim has never experienced. They can't enjoy the fun of the game, they can only feel depressed and helpless.If this is not the final of the Champions League, Hoffenheim's players are already desperate.Attacked in a big way.

The Barcelona players who seem to control the ball at will are actually not easy. Hoffenheim's marking and shrinking defense leave too little room for them to cooperate. They keep passing the ball but can't find Hoffenheim. In the defensive gap, although their passing skills are very good, almost as natural as breathing, but they are chasing after the opponent like ghosts, and they are also worried that once the pass is missed and the opponent gets it, they will be beaten immediately Counterattack, Arshavin's personal ability is very strong, Ruud van Nistelrooy's shooting skills are superb, their formation is so high, once they counterattack, it will be very dangerous.

Barcelona and Hoffenheim have their own advantages and their own worries. Before scoring a goal, the comparison is the flash of a genius player, and the mistake of a super unlucky player. The test is the patience of the players on both sides, and it is the on-the-spot command of the head coach. The ability to adapt.

There was no goal in the game, but the fans at the scene did not feel bored, because the atmosphere of the game was very tense, and every pass of Barcelona had hidden murderous intentions. It is very likely that Barcelona would score in the blink of an eye. In the past, Barcelona did not have a single shot, but there were as many as three or four threatening direct passes, and each time it was a little bit worse, but once it was caught by a Barcelona player, it was immediately a single-handed or direct shot.

(End of this chapter)