Football: start copying peak Messi attributes

Chapter 393 Male plus male, Messi is about to close himself!
After seeing Messi dribble past De Bruyne, Lin Quan next to him didn't say a word, and directly slammed into Messi with his body, causing the latter to stagger.

And just when Messi was hit by Lin Quan and his body temporarily lost his balance, Kanter, who was staring at him, stretched out his foot unceremoniously and snatched the ball from Messi's feet.

It's Manchester City's turn to attack!

Kanter decisively handed the ball to De Bruyne, and De Bruyne dribbled the ball along the ribs to the Barcelona half, while Lin Quan on the wing used a faster speed to cover the side.

Barcelona's left-back Alba couldn't defend the two alone, so he could only rush towards De Bruyne who was holding the ball.

He deliberately blocked De Bruyne's pass to the wing to prevent the opponent from passing the ball to Lin Quan.

As long as it is not passed to Lin Quan, then Lin Quan is not a threat on the sidewalk.

Mourinho once said that the best strategy for defending Messi is to prevent his teammates from passing him the ball.

This principle also applies to Lin Quan. He and a player like Messi have completely different threats when they have the ball at their feet and without the ball at their feet.

However, De Bruyne is an ordinary person. Alba blocked his pass to the wing, so he can just go straight forward?
Seeing De Bruyne's pass selection, Alba was relieved.

As long as it is not passed to the winger, passing it to other Manchester City players will certainly pose a threat to Barcelona's goal, but it is completely different from the threat passed to Lin Quan.

So Alba is not very worried. His teammates Busquez and central defender Mascherano will definitely block the opening in the middle and will not give Manchester City's striker any chance.

However, after seeing De Bruyne's pass choice, Busquez felt a little bit in his heart, feeling that something was wrong.

The ball was definitely not passed to Aguero. With Aguero's running position and Mascherano's close marking of him, he couldn't catch the ball at all.

Since it was not passed to Aguero, who was the ball passed to?
Could it be a mistake?
No, it's not a mistake. De Bruyne can secure Manchester City's starting position and is valued by his mentor Guardiola. This is by no means an ordinary person!

Now that Aguero is excluded, there is only one person who can catch the ball now, and that is Lin Quan!
Therefore, the ball was passed to Lin Quan.

Thinking of this, Busquez was shocked, and immediately gave up his plan to double-team De Bruyne with Alba, and immediately rushed towards Lin Quan on the sidewalk.

Lin Quan and De Bruyne have been playing football together for almost three years, and they have a very good understanding with each other.

Seeing Alba's defensive choice against De Bruyne, Lin Quan guessed how De Bruyne would handle the ball.

And De Bruyne also guessed that Lin Quanquan guessed his thoughts, so there was no need for communication between the two, and they completed a wonderful pass and cut cooperation tacitly.

Lin Quan cut in from the wing and received a pass from De Bruyne.

But at the moment of catching the ball, he caught sight of a figure from the corner of his eye—Barcelona's No. 5 midfielder Busquez!
As expected of Professor Bu, his golf quotient is really high, and he predicted his choice.

But unfortunately, Busquez came one step too late.

Lin Quan rushed into the penalty area before him, and Mascherano immediately abandoned Aguero and rushed towards Lin Quan.

However, Lin Quan had already completed the shot before Xiao Ma was in position to defend.

Ter Stegen tried very hard to save the shot, but Lin Quan's shot angle was so tricky that the ball almost wiped his fingers and flew into the goal along the post and the inside of the side netting. .

1: 1!

Manchester City quickly equalized the score in less than 10 minutes!
The Olympiastadion in Berlin erupted instantly, and the more than 2 Manchester City fans present were so excited that they almost jumped up.

The score was equalized so quickly, the worries in their hearts completely disappeared.

Sure enough, with Lin here, no surprises!

On the other hand, Barcelona fans couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

The lead that was finally achieved, and the lead that was achieved by luck and the referee's misjudgment, was so easily tied by the opponent.

And the opponent's defensive counterattack on the wing made them feel a little palpitating. Manchester City's counterattack was very fast. Except for a few players on Barcelona's side, most of the remaining players only had time to withdraw halftime before the gate fell. up.

If the opponent can still play such a high-quality counterattack in the next game, then Barcelona may be in danger.

On the sidelines, Guardiola clenched his fists excitedly after seeing Lin Quan complete the goal.

Sure enough, it was a very stupid decision for Enrique to let Messi and Lin Quanduzi.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help looking at Barcelona's coaching bench.

Guardiola really wants to know, can Enrique realize this problem and make adjustments quickly?
Enrique obviously also found that his choice seemed a little unwise. Originally, Messi was allowed to move on the right side, in order to let him and Neymar + Alba play the role of one plus one greater than two, but from the actual situation From the looks of it, it doesn't seem to have met my expectations.

The opponents let Neymar and Alba do nothing, focusing on Messi who has the ball at his feet, and often two or three people double-team.

In a place like the sidewalk, a three-person press is almost equal to a six-person siege, even as strong as Messi is a bit overwhelming.

So, should Messi be put back on the right?

Enrique hesitated and did not make a decision immediately.

After Manchester City scored, the game returned to a state of balance.

However, under the balance of power, the initiative on the field is still in the hands of Barcelona.

In the 16th minute, Messi and Alves passed from left to right. When the ball came to Messi's feet, Manchester City repeated their old tricks and double-teamed Messi again.

But this time, Messi learned to be smart. When facing two players close to the press, he accurately found Alba on the left from the crowd.

Alba handed the ball to Neymar, who put on a show of his own, deflecting the defender's center of gravity with a very flamboyant dribbling technique and handing the ball to Iniesta who advanced from behind.

Iniesta made a direct pass, the ball was for Suarez.

But Van Dijk had already predicted Iniesta's passing line. He stretched out his long legs ahead of time and blocked Xiaobai's pass from the bottom line, Barcelona's corner kick.

Although this attack failed to form a goal, Messi's role on the wing was still achieved.

He successfully contained a large number of defensive players of the opponent, creating favorable conditions for Alba, Neymar and others.

And after attracting Kanter, no one can stop the Barcelona midfielder from advancing, which greatly increases the offensive threat of Xiaobai, Rakitic and others.

Enrique feels that if he continues to play like this, Barcelona will score goals sooner or later.

Indeed, when top stars like Messi and Neymar are both active on one side, any team will appear to be in a hurry when defending these two.

Both of these two belong to the kind of people with extremely strong personal abilities, and it is difficult to defend successfully one-on-one.

To limit them, the best way is to double-team.

But to double-team two people at the same time, it is definitely not enough to rely on only one wing, and the midfield players must also participate.

But in this way, he fell into the trap of Barcelona.

This is what Enrique wanted. In this game, he gave Xiaobai, Rakitic and others more power to fire, allowing them to shoot when they had the opportunity, so that Manchester City's defense lost sight of it.

"Hmph, I'd like to see, which end is Guardiola taking care of?"

Guardiola is as immobile as a mountain. He knows how threatening Enrique's offensive system is.

But just like Alba’s previous choice to prevent De Bruyne from passing the ball to Lin Quan, the threat of the ball at the feet of players like Messi and Lin Quan is far greater than the threat at the feet of other players.

Enrique's arrangement is tantamount to sacrificing Messi's offensive power for the team's tactics.

On the contrary, Guardiola's tactic is to give full play to the advantages of the entire system and try his best to give the ball to Lin Quan to complete the goal.

Whether the choice of the two is wise can only be judged after the game is over.

Now, it depends on whose player performs better on the court.

The time of the game passed minute by minute, and 30 minutes passed quickly, and the score on the field remained unchanged at 1:1.

In these three and 10 minutes, both sides tried their best to launch a fierce attack on the opponent's goal, and even created some good opportunities, but these attacks failed to be converted into goals in the end.

At this time, the game has come to the 40th minute. Judging from the score and the situation on the field, the game has fallen into a stalemate.

The defensive combination of De Bruyne + Lin Quan and Kanter may seem insignificant, but it actually works very well.

The three have a clear division of labor, and De Bruyne is responsible for being the cannon fodder. He is the first to rush to intercept and force Messi to change his rhythm.

Lin Quan came second, responsible for using physical confrontation to interfere with Messi's dribbling rhythm, preventing him from dribbling so comfortably.

And Kanter is responsible for finishing, when Messi's rhythm is disturbed, he seizes the opportunity to complete the steal!
Among the three, De Bruyne's job is the easiest, while Lin Quan and Kanter's job is more difficult.

Especially Lin Quan, although it seemed that he was just trying to hit Messi with his body, it was not easy even to achieve this level.

The frequency of Messi's feet is extremely fast, and he is very good at changing directions. Most people can't keep up with his rhythm. They will be thrown off by him in the blink of an eye, and there is no chance of physical confrontation.

But Lin Quan is different. His foot frequency is as fast as Messi's, so throughout Manchester City, only he can keep up with Messi's rhythm without losing the wind.

So Messi is like meeting a piece of brown sugar, and he can't get rid of it.

What's even more exasperating is that this piece of brown sugar is taller and stronger than him, and its physical resistance is stronger than him.

Therefore, once he is entangled by Lin Quan, it will be difficult for Messi to get rid of.

In this case, when encountering Kanter with abnormal stealing ability, it will be difficult for Messi to keep the ball at his feet.

Of course, this set of tactics is not successful every time, and it succeeds almost five or six times out of ten.

But you must know that the person they are facing is Messi. When defending Messi, the success rate is more than half, which is already very exaggerated.

In the Olympic Stadium, the audience who came to the scene saw that the small midfielder in the Manchester City team performed very well. When he completed steals from Messi's feet many times, they were all amazed.

"Who is this guy? How can he be able to steal so much? Counting this time, Messi has been robbed 6 times by him, right?"

"It's a bit exaggerated. I don't think I've ever seen anyone who can steal Messi so badly in a game!"

"This guy seems to be bought by Manchester City from Ligue [-]. His name seems to be Kanter."

"A French player, 1.7 meters tall, playing as a defensive midfielder, and a black man, how come he looks so much like Makelele?"

"From what you said, he is indeed a bit like Makelele, but he should be much worse than Makelele at his peak!"

A defensive midfielder of Makelele's level has not appeared in football for a long time.

Kanter's current performance is indeed very good, but outsiders will not compare him with Makelele for a while.

On the side of Barcelona's coaching bench, Enrique glanced at the game time and couldn't help frowning.

Messi's performance on the right is becoming more and more restricted. The opponent's defensive system has greatly restricted Messi.

Even if the black player did not complete the steal from Messi's feet, their double-teaming and pressing were enough to slow down Barcelona's advancing rhythm and win more opportunities for their teammates to defend.

In this way, it is difficult for Messi to use his personal dribbling and breakthrough to create opportunities.

As a head coach, Enrique obviously saw more than ordinary fans.

He admitted that Kanter's strength is indeed good, and his ability to intercept and steal is very strong.

But the reason why he was able to steal the ball from Messi's feet many times did not rely on personal strength, but teamwork.

As long as Messi changes his position and does not give the opponent the opportunity to double-team, Kanter, without the assistance of his teammates, is definitely not Messi's opponent in a one-on-one contest.

Thinking of this, Enrique made a decision in his heart. He stood up and gestured to the players on the field to change Messi's position and the team's tactics.

Because Manchester City used at least four players when defending Messi and Neymar.

So they had a clear view of the gap on the left. After Barcelona suddenly changed their tactics, Messi, who returned to the right, immediately shed tears of excitement in the face of this unobstructed large space.

The three brothers on the left side added men to him like they were making sandwiches, leaving him with no room to develop.

Even if he has a whole body of abilities, he can't show them when facing those three brothers.

But now it's better, after he came to the right, the sea and the sky suddenly became brighter, without any constraints.

As a result, Messi was like a runaway wild horse, displaying his talent to his heart's content, passing the players on the left side of Manchester City.

In order to prevent Messi from breaking through, Kroos even received a yellow card for a foul while defending.

For this reason, Kanter exchanged positions with Kroos and let him come to the left to defend Messi.

But without the assistance of the other two, when Kanter faced Messi one-on-one, his defensive success rate dropped greatly.

(End of this chapter)