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Chapter 911 The decisive battle between "Barcelona" and Barcelona

When the game progressed to the 10th minute, after Barcelona stole the ball in their own half, Iniesta quickly passed the ball to Messi who retreated in the middle, and the Argentine superstar immediately dribbled the ball and instigated a counterattack.

I saw Messi first dribbled the ball diagonally to the right, as if he was going to find Pedro to cooperate, but just after passing the center line, he suddenly turned around and cut to the center. With a sudden acceleration, he forcibly broke through David Silva who was returning to the defense.

After the breakthrough, Messi continued to dribble forward, and with a skillful fake move, after dunking Busquets, he continued to dribble the ball to the outside of the top of the arc in the penalty area. With a straight kick, the ball passed into the penalty area from between Kompany and Pepe.

Joe Hart's original position was at the front of the small penalty area, but after Kompany and Pepe retreated, he also withdrew his position to the goal line. The moment he saw Messi passing the ball, he obviously wanted to attack, but hesitated for a while.

It may be the time difference of a few tenths of a second.

Just this time, Villa took the lead to dunk the ball past Joe Hart, making the attack of the England goal empty, kicked up and hit again, and the ball went directly into the empty goal behind him, one to one!

Cheers erupted throughout the Louis II stadium again.

Villa's goal successfully equalized the score for Barcelona, ​​but also let Barcelona regain their morale.

From zero-to-one to one-to-one, the two teams adopted a needle-to-head counterattack tactic.

"In the first 10 minutes we saw Manchester City and Barcelona playing quite aggressively."

"Neither of the two teams backed down, but took the initiative to attack. They adopted their best high position pressing and pressing. They were pressing and pressing their opponents, and they tried their best to push forward as soon as they got the ball."

"The game was very intense and quite exciting at the same time."

"We can clearly see that Su Dong and Messi are the backbone of their respective teams, and both have played key roles, scoring goals and assisting their teams respectively."

"Now, the game is back on the same starting line, let's see how the two teams play next."

……

The moment Villa scored a goal, Mourinho rushed out of the coach's command area excitedly. He jumped up high and waved his right fist, looking extremely excited and excited.

Obviously, this goal means a lot to him.

Because the player who steals the ball is Yaya Toure.

From defense to offense, Yaya Toure steals the ball and instigates it. After Messi dribbled the ball straight in, he broke through two Manchester City players, especially the second player Busquets, who was directly rushed by Messi.

Thinking of this, Mourinho returned to the command area under the persuasion of the fourth official on the sidelines, but he did not forget to glance at Vilanova in the coach's seat, as if asking the assistant, is Yaya Toure really a hidden danger?
Why did I see his role and contribution just now?
However, through the first 10 minutes of the game, Mourinho also believed in Vilanova's judgment. Guardiola really didn't intend to adopt defensive tactics, but wanted to play against Barcelona.

This is really interesting.

This group of Barcelona players, from Messi to Xavi to Iniesta, have played together for at least eight years. Pedro and Pique are both trained by their own youth. Villa and Alves are also players who have played in La Liga for many years.

It can be said that the tacit understanding of these Barcelona players is very good.

What about Manchester City?
It's just a mercenary that has been created for a year. Guardiola can use his tactics to restrain them and play pass and control of the ball. Does he really want to grab the ball with Barcelona?
Are they qualified?

Mourinho turned his head and glanced at Guardiola next door.

He is under a lot of pressure, and Guardiola is also not easy.

do you know?
In the past few years, all the teams that played against Barcelona ended up dying miserably!

Manchester City is no exception!
……

Guardiola caught Mourinho's defiant look, but instead of responding, he walked back.

"If Joe Hart's position was a little more outside and the attack was more decisive, the goal would not have been scored at all."

Guardiola is really depressed.

Joe Hart has really become the weakest link in Manchester City's passing and possession system, and it is also the biggest hidden danger.

It felt like Manchester City were playing with Yaya Toure and Barcelona were playing with Joe Hart.

Every time the goalkeeper was passed back, the Barcelona trident pressed Joe Hart.

Needless to say, the reason is to force England to make mistakes.

"Our team is like a chain on a bicycle. Every player is a link in the chain. Joe Hart's link is loose. There is no pressure at ordinary times, or when the pressure is not strong enough, he seems to be able to handle it with ease. It seems that there is no problem. But once it comes to this kind of high-intensity and high-pressure game, it is like a bicycle climbing a hill with a load. No one knows when this link will come off."

Guardiola uttered a metaphor that came to his mind temporarily, and he regretted letting Joe Hart start.

It's been a feature of City's first few games of the season.

Joe Hart and Courtois took turns to see who performed better.

Both the Community Shield and the European Super Cup are single-game decisive battles. Joe Hart has more experience, so the coaching staff wants to let him play, hoping that he can be stable, but unexpectedly, he still made a mistake.

"He is probably a little nervous, and under a lot of pressure." Wen Suai analyzed.

There is actually no problem with Joe Hart's ability. It is enough to just keep the goal.

But in Guardiola's tactics, the goalkeeper not only has to keep the goal, but also has to do more. Some tasks make Joe Hart unable to do what he wants. Coupled with the competitive pressure brought by Courtois, he gradually becomes nervous and even a little anxious.

Sometimes, people are like that.

Without competitive pressure last season, Joe Hart was completely indulgent. Now that there is pressure, he becomes tense and anxious again.

……

After Barcelona successfully equalized the score, the two teams returned to the same starting line.

The two sides still adopted the tactics after the opening, and no one backed down.

Barcelona also gradually felt that Manchester City was different from all other teams they had encountered before.

The first is the high-position press and oppression. Like them, Manchester City is very active in the midfield. Even the big names such as Su Dong have actively pressed and oppressed Barcelona's midfield.

Di Maria and Sanchez are also very dedicated, which makes Manchester City's midfield pressing force not only not inferior to Barcelona, ​​but even better. The investment of these two players in counter-robbing is better than that of Pedro and Villa.

This is true for the two sides, as is Su Dong in the middle.

In addition to facing Barcelona's two central defenders, Su Dong also actively retreated to harass Yaya Toure, which made Barcelona's entire pass and ball control system frequently stuck in the position of the midfielder.

And this is reflected on the pitch. In terms of statistics, Manchester City even has a slight advantage in passing and controlling the ball.

51 to 49, Manchester City also led by two percentage points.

This also reflects the role of Busquets.

The combination of Barcelona's Xavi and Iniesta is better than David Silva and Toni Kroos in terms of passing and possession ability and tacit understanding, but Manchester City can have a slight advantage in possession, and Busquets is indispensable.

However, Yaya Toure also has its own advantages.

Another thing Manchester City is different from other teams is that after they steal the ball, they can always pass it quickly.

In the past, when facing other teams, Barcelona's core weapon was high pressing and pressing. After grabbing the ball, they passed the ball backwards to instigate the attack.

But after meeting Manchester City, the Barcelona players discovered that after Manchester City grabbed the ball, they were not afraid of them at all.

This is what shocked them the most.

They had the feeling that they were not facing a Premier League team, but another Barcelona.

What's more terrible is that the tacit understanding of this "Barcelona" team may not be as good as theirs, but their ability to pass and control the ball is not inferior, and their ability to press and press is even slightly better, which makes them feel unbelievable.

……

The game was going on under the fighting of the two "Barcelona".

Both sides created a lot of opportunities, but neither was an excellent opportunity, nor could they seize the opportunity.

The mood of the fans at the scene rose and fell as the game progressed, just like a roller coaster.

Until the No.304 minute, Manchester City launched an attack from the left. David Silva kicked a pass and sent the ball to the bottom line. Di Maria was caught by Alves and could not pass the ball to Su Dong in the penalty area. He was forced to grab the ball before it went out of the bottom line.

Marcelo stopped the ball in the left corner of the penalty area. Facing Harvey who was returning to the defense, he made an emergency stop and then suddenly started. After throwing off Harvey, the ball passed into the penalty area with a low left foot.

Su Dong was on the left side of the penalty area, knowingly stuck Pique with his body and stopped the ball.

Mascherano is behind the two, ready to help defend Pique at any time and block Su Dong's shooting angle.

It can be said that in this case, Su Dong basically has no possibility of making a move.

After Su Dong stopped the ball, he glanced at the surrounding situation and knew this clearly, so he turned slightly to the right and passed the ball back to the top of the arc with his right foot.

I saw a sky-blue figure jumping in quickly, facing Su Dong's pass, pulling the ball without stopping and pushing the ball directly, kicking and hitting.

Valdez reacted quickly, changing his position immediately, and quickly swooped out sideways.

The ball was almost in a straight line, sticking to the turf, and got into the lower right corner of the goal.

The Barcelona goalkeeper was ultimately beyond his reach.

At this time, everyone could see clearly that the front of the penalty area was Manchester City's German midfielder, Toni Kroos.

Yaya Toure, who was supposed to be in front of Toni Kroos, failed to get stuck in time at this moment, leaving the area at the front of Barcelona's penalty area empty. This allowed Toni Kroos to take a long shot and break through Barcelona's goal.

Two to one!

Another victory for Manchester City!
(End of this chapter)