super storm

Chapter 978 Playing with Fire
At 22:16 on the evening of December [-]th, the focus of the No.[-] round of La Liga, the world-renowned Derby of the Century will be held at the Bernabéu Stadium. Real Madrid will face the visiting Barcelona at home.

In the past two and a half years, Real Madrid has been overwhelming Barcelona. Whether it is in terms of team honor or match results, Real Madrid has an advantage, which makes Barcelona very passive.

At the beginning of the season, the two teams played two games in the Spanish Super Cup. As a result, Real Madrid won the championship with one win and one draw, but Barcelona won the first draw in the past two years, which still made all Barcelona fans feel very excited. They were all looking forward to this matchup at the Bernabéu.

The last game was a draw, so will we be able to defeat the opponent in this game?

……

Guardiola came out of the player tunnel just moments before the game.

At this time, the players of the two teams had already guessed the side, and each stood in their own half. Fabregas and Messi stood on both sides of the center circle and prepared to kick off. Obviously, Barcelona got the right to serve, which is also a favorable factor for Barcelona.

As long as you stabilize your position at the beginning and hold the ball tightly, the situation will move in a direction that is beneficial to Barcelona.

But Guardiola's face still looks very dignified.

Ancelotti has been standing at the entrance of the player tunnel. When he saw Guardiola coming out, he immediately went forward and shook hands with Guardiola with a smile. However, Guardiola didn't like this fat Italian man wrapped in a thick black Adidas down jacket, because the old fox's starting tactics beat Guardiola by surprise.

Not three midfielders, but double midfielders!
Goalkeeper Iker Casillas, Marcelo, Pepe, Ramos and Maicon in the back line, Mascherano and Xavi Alonso in the double midfielder, Kaka at the top, Yang Yang, Ibrahimovic and Robben occupy the two wings.

This is currently the strongest offensive lineup that Real Madrid has come out of, full of superstars.

Guardiola got the big list an hour before the game. He was a little surprised, but considering that Kaka had played the position of the midfielder before, he was still lucky. I wonder if Ancelotti will let Kaka play the midfielder?
But he doesn't like fluke and luck, so he is always very uncomfortable in his heart.

At this time, seeing the smiling Ancelotti, Guardiola really had the urge to pour the hot cup of black coffee on his face, but fortunately he held back.

"Damn it, I learned badly when I first went to Real Madrid!" Guardiola looked at the back of Ancelotti returning to the home team's coaching bench, and said angrily, but soon turned to the court, put all his heart and mind on the court, raised the coffee in his right hand, wanting to drink a sip to warm his body.

Just then, Andalusian referee David Fernandez Bobalán blew the whistle to start the game.

In the center circle, Cesc Fabregas kicked the ball to Messi, who quickly passed it back and passed it directly to the delayed midfielder Busquets.

The Real Madrid players rushed forward at the moment the whistle sounded. Needless to say, Yang Yang, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Robben's front trident pressed forward, and even Kaka rushed forward at the first time, appearing very determined.

This made Guardiola on the sidelines realize that something was wrong.

Not the three midfielders!
And Ancelotti made it clear that he wanted to attack in the opening game!
This damn Italian is indeed a cunning old fox!
Before the coffee that Guardiola raised had time to reach his mouth, Busquets had just stopped the ball, and Ibrahimovic rushed forward, forcing him to choose to pass back to Puyol.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic turned around and rushed towards Puyol.

Yang Yang on the left was also approaching Alves at the same time, so Puyol chose to pass the football back to the middle of the penalty area, at the feet of Pique at the front of the top of the arc, but Puyol passed the ground ball.

The advantage of the ground ball is that it is stable, but the disadvantage is that it is slow.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Robben, like two sharks smelling blood, chased after Pique at the same time.

Without hesitation, Pique chose to turn around and pass back to the goalkeeper. Zlatan Ibrahimovic rushed all the way to the penalty area without slowing down. Robben deliberately lagged behind Zlatan Ibrahimovic and ambushed behind Pique.

Valdés is also a smart man. Where would he pass the ball to Pique and Abidal on the left, he immediately passed the ball to Puyol on the right side of the front of the penalty area, and the choice is still a safe ground ball.

Yang Yang approached Puyol from Alves' direction, and Ibrahimovic also turned around and ran towards Puyol, forcing the Barcelona central defender to pass the ball back to the goalkeeper again.

At this time, Kaka followed Busquets back to the 30-meter area of ​​Barcelona, ​​Pique pulled to the right side of the penalty area, and Abidal also appeared outside the right corner of the penalty area, ready to respond to Valdez's pass.

Real Madrid's frontcourt pressing was very decisive and resolute. The front four players all pressed inside and outside the penalty area. What's more, Barcelona chose a safe ground ball from the beginning to the end, and refused to pass the ball to the frontcourt as soon as possible.

Obviously, they all know that as long as the ball is passed to the frontcourt, it is tantamount to giving up the ball.

Faced with Puyol's return pass, Valdez could not choose to use his hands, but to stop with his feet, but Ibrahimovic turned around halfway at the first time, turned back and forced the goalkeeper, forcing Valdes to pass the ball immediately instead of stopping the ball.

Pique was close to the bottom line, so Valdez chose to pull Abidal to the left corner of the penalty area, because he glanced before stopping the ball just now, and there was no defensive player in that position, so he didn't stop the ball, and directly kicked the ball to Abidal.

But as soon as the ball was passed, Valdes regretted it. He realized that he had made a stupid mistake.

Robben's speed was too fast, and the Dutchman suddenly started, rushing to the passing line from the right side of the top of the arc, but Valdes, like all Barcelona's passes just now, used ground balls and was directly intercepted midway.

I saw that Robben intercepted the ball with his left foot, turned around and immediately formed a counterattack.

Pique and Abidal also reacted immediately and rushed towards Robben quickly. Barcelona's defenders reacted very quickly. When they saw that Ibrahimovic was still near the small penalty area, they immediately chose to press forward.

At this time, as long as Robben passed the ball, Ibrahimovic fell into an offside trap.

So, the Swedish center puts up his hand, but Robben doesn't pass because he has a better option.

After intercepting the ball with his left foot, Robben turned around and took the ball one step into the middle, quickly sent the ball horizontally with his left foot, and sent the ball to the left side of the arc top area at the front of the penalty area.

"A chance for Real Madrid!"

"Yang Yang kicked the door directly!!"

"The ball went in!!!!!!"

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"

"No. 18 seconds, just 18 seconds into the game, Yang Yang hit the goal with a neat right-footed arc from the top of the penalty area for Real Madrid, directly hitting the upper right corner of the Barcelona goal."

"Valdes made a very stupid mistake. He should not choose to pass to Abidal, he should have chosen to pass to the unmarked Pique, but now there is no medicine for regret."

After Yang Yang scored the goal, he quickly turned around and rushed out of the field, ran all the way, slid and knelt under the south stand of the Bernabeu Stadium, and was immediately surrounded by Real Madrid players.

……

On the side of the court, Guardiola just brought the coffee in his hand to his mouth at this moment, and accidentally took a sip, and the whole person hissed, and his mouth was scalded by the hot coffee. In addition, Yang Yang's sudden goal on the court shocked him, and he threw the coffee in his hand to the ground in a rage.

"what happened?"

"Ah? How could there be such a pass?"

Guardiola opened his arms and roared down the pitch with a face full of shock, something he couldn't understand.

Barcelona is obsessed with possession of the ball, but between possession and loss of the ball, everyone knows how to choose.

At that time, there were so many players and so many passes, they should have a choice, but so many people all chose the worst and worst option at the same time. He couldn't understand, really couldn't understand.

The ball was conceded 18 seconds into the game, how can this game be played?
Guardiola walked back to the coaching bench of the visiting team in frustration, sat in the corner position, and let out a sigh of relief.

"Their psychological pressure was too great, and Real Madrid's opening press was too ruthless." Vilanova still looked at Guardiola with blame in his eyes, because he felt very strange from the beginning, why Guardiola was so sure that Ancelotti would not attack?
But the result was good, Ancelotti really attacked, and he was still very, very determined.

After the opening, the entire defensive line was directly pressed over the center line, and the four players in the front field approached the front of Barcelona's penalty area. This is no longer a double midfielder, this is a four-two-four.

In this case, four robbed five, and Barcelona was unexpected. It is normal to be caught off guard and make mistakes.

Of course, the player's choice must be wrong. Whether it is Puyol, Pique or Valdez who has two choices, they are all a bit blind and overwhelmed, and they did not transfer the crisis out of Barcelona's restricted area in the first place.

It's like playing with fire and accidentally getting burned.

Conceding the ball in 18 seconds, this game is not easy to play.

Vilanova looked at Guardiola, who was full of disappointment and frustration. He really wanted to say something, if you had listened to me, maybe it wouldn't be like this now, but he couldn't say it, and he didn't dare to say it.

In the Barcelona team, no one dared to challenge Guardiola's authority, including Messi.

But as an assistant, Vilanova knew very well that Guardiola's starting tactics guessed wrong.

Of course, no one in this world is always right, and it is normal to guess wrong. The key is how to make adjustments next?
According to Ancelotti's posture, he will definitely not give up until he reaches his goal, and he will definitely not just be willing to score only one goal.

(End of this chapter)