The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 703 Strike! ! !

When Pique was cruising behind Mascherano and saw Cavani who was still carrying the ball, but suddenly knocked on his heel and passed it to Messi who was behind him, he was frightened. The first reaction was that Messi couldn't stop the ball, so he rushed in Messi's direction immediately, at his fastest speed.

This is a last resort, and there is no room for him to hesitate, because as long as he slows down, Messi may shoot directly.

Messi was also a little surprised when he received the ball, which caused him to be a bit messy when he stopped the ball. He stopped the ball to the front, but he reacted very quickly, especially when he saw Pique rushing up. That is, stretch your right foot forward, snap back the slightly larger ball that was parked just now, and tap it to your left side.

This dunk made Pique's foot stretched out to steal the ball empty, and it also allowed Messi to win a space, because when he dunked the ball to the left, coupled with his short stature and flexibility, Pique He was tall and turned slowly, so he quickly won the time difference. Even if the time difference was only a few tenths of a second, it was enough for him to pull out a little gap.

With a buckle of the right foot, the left foot stops forward, followed by a step, and the inner instep of the left foot rubs out a curved ball and hits the goal directly!

Valdes quickly made a save, and his reaction was quick, but Messi's kick hit the upper left corner of the goal, which was really too difficult for him who is only 1.8 meters tall. It is an absolute dead end!
The moment the ball hit the goal line, Messi rushed out of the field excitedly, clenched his fists and roared excitedly, and rushed to the front of the fans' stands on the sidelines. He still clenched his fists with a ferocious face. The appearance made all the Tottenham Hotspur fans in the stands excited, roaring and cheering with him.

"1:0, in less than 2 minutes, Tottenham took the lead in knocking on Barcelona's goal!"

"It's really unexpected. No one would have thought that the start of this game would be like this. Barcelona encountered a strong attack from Tottenham Hotspur at the beginning of the away game, and it directly caused the loss of the goal!"

The slow-motion replay repeatedly played the whole process of the goal just now, from Pirlo's diagonal long pass, to Messi stopping the ball and cutting inside to find Cavani, and then to Cavani dribbling the ball to attack The bottom line was knocked back suddenly, and Messi's back-up, the whole process seemed to be a single fight by only two players, but it actually represented Tottenham Hotspur's fine offensive line.

"Diagonal attack, after the introduction of Pirlo, Tottenham Hotspur is very good at playing this offensive method, Pirlo's diagonal long pass in the backcourt has caused headaches for countless teams, Barcelona this time This game obviously didn't focus on marking Pirlo."

"And Cavani's dribbling also attracted Mascherano's attention, and then he suddenly passed the ball with his heel, which was indeed beyond everyone's expectations. Obviously Messi was also very surprised. Stopped well, but he reacted faster than Pique, he passed Pique with a dunk with his right foot, and then shot with his left foot, the whole process was dizzying, a very brilliant attack!"

The Tottenham Hotspur players hugged each other excitedly on the sidelines. Messi even hugged Cavani. There is a big difference in height between the two. Standing together is indeed a bit strange, but they The cooperation on the court is quite tacit.

Cavani's technique has always given people a feeling of being simple and practical, but not delicate enough, but the heel assist just now made people have to admire. Of course, such an assist is actually not difficult, but this A sense of consciousness is very rare, especially since he didn't look behind him at all, which shows the tacit understanding between the two.

"The current game is very unfavorable to Barcelona!" The live broadcast shot was shown to Guardiola who came to the sidelines. The Barcelona coach was wearing a white shirt, pacing back and forth on the sidelines, looking a little lonely and helpless, "Guardiola should think about it. Think about what to do next in this game!"

"Obviously, Ye Qiu, just like everyone guessed, wants to eat Barcelona in one go at his home court, so he will continue to attack in the future, and Barcelona's defense is weak, especially the high ball defense. Turnham Hotspur's attack, it's a problem!"

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Although it was the first goal, in fact Tottenham Hotspur did not give up on this, but continued to work hard to score goals, and as the game restarted, as the game situation unfolded, everyone They all began to clearly see Tottenham Hotspur's tactics, that is head-to-head.

Many teams will adopt a conservative attitude when encountering Barcelona's ball possession tactics, such as Mourinho's Inter Milan. They will adopt a compact Italian-style defense to contain Barcelona's offense, that is, freeze 30 meters area, similar to the defense of AC Milan against Tottenham Hotspur.

But the disadvantage of doing this is obvious, that is, you have to give up the initiative and control of the game.

This is definitely a fatal injury to a team like Tottenham Hotspur, because Ye Qiu cannot accept that the team loses the initiative and control of the game, and Tottenham Hotspur's offensive philosophy also makes It is impossible for him to adopt a style of play similar to that of Mourinho's Inter Milan.

So Ye Qiu combined his own characteristics and advantages, and at the same time made appropriate adjustments to the game, that is, the defense line should not be overwhelmed.

You know, it is easy for Barcelona to maintain their possession advantage, but it is not so easy to create a threat on the offensive end, because he must maintain his possession at the front of the 30-meter area, that is, Ha The possession area between Wei and Busquets, if this area loses possession, Barcelona's possession time will be useless.

The reason why the possession of the ball before the 30-meter area is fatal is that as long as there is a loophole, it can create a threat with a single pass.

Therefore, Ye Qiu expected Barcelona's mentality of wanting to push the possession area to the front of the 30-meter area. He retracted appropriately, but blocked Barcelona's possession area around the center line, trying not to let Barcelona get closer to the 30-meter area. Regional possession of the ball, the focus of the two sides competing for the ball is arranged on the center line.

But if it is just doing this, it is far from enough. The reason is very simple, it can only be defended, but cannot be attacked.

Ye Qiu also arranged a special strategy in this game, that is, before the game, he specially told the players that the transition between offense and defense must be fast in this game, but there is a difference.

The first is defense. The moment the ball is lost, the encirclement-style press and oppression must be launched immediately. It must be fast, but there must be order. In the past week and a half, the team has fully trained this kind of press and oppression.

This set of tactics is what Barcelona is best at, but many people don’t know that Barcelona always play very fast without the ball, but with the ball, they will slow down the rhythm. The reason is simple. They use the ball to recover their stamina, and when they don't have the ball, they press like crazy.

So the attitude Ye Qiu adopts is, I will fight with you for real, if you can break my ball, I will immediately counterattack, not letting you slow down the rhythm, forcing you to follow me to fasten the ball. Get up, this can ensure that Barcelona's offense is contained to the greatest extent.

On the offensive end, Ye Qiu also made targeted arrangements, that is, flexibility.

What is elasticity?That is, I retract first and then type out!
As we all know, once Barcelona loses possession of the ball, they will immediately engage in a counter-attack and press the whole court like crazy. At this time, Tottenham Hotspur will pass the ball back, because the key area for grabbing the ball is around the center line , there is plenty of tactical depth behind him, so passing back is not dangerous.

What do Barcelona do when they want to fight, try to get the ball back and you're passing the ball back?Go forward as soon as possible, because they prefer to press in the opponent's half.

That is to say, during the period when our side passes back and the opponent rushes forward, there will be a large gap behind Barcelona!

Tottenham Hotspur have Pirlo, Thiago Silva and Kompany in the backcourt, players with good long pass ability, especially Pirlo, who is one of the best in the world, so Ye Qiu's method is that after I steal the ball, I will pull you out first, so that you can expose the flaws behind you, and then I will use the long pass to hit your flaws.

In this case, the offensive force invested in the front field does not need to be large, only efficiency is needed!
But this tactic has its own problems, that is, you have to have a good enough and stable point of holding the ball in the backcourt. At the same time, your players must also have enough handling ability and good enough passing and receiving skills. And these Tottenham Hotspur are not short of.

If you look at the delicateness of players' skills, although Tottenham Hotspur is slightly inferior to Barcelona in today's football, even Real Madrid may not be more delicate than Tottenham Hotspur.

Ye Qiu specially arranged such a set of targeted tactics before the game. The goal just after the opening seemed to be accidental, but in fact it was still such a routine. After the first goal, the players executed Tactics are also more determined.

I saw Tottenham Hotspur's frontcourt Messi took the ball and wanted to break through, but was double-teamed by Barcelona players. The Argentine passed the ball, but Cavani was intercepted by Mascherano. , Barcelona want to fight back.

Cavani's tactical execution is very high. After losing the ball, he directly invested in a counterattack. When the ball was passed to Busquets, Ramsey and Vidal also quickly formed a siege. Cavani behind the upper body forced Busquets to pass back, and Tottenham quickly organized a defense in the backcourt.

When Cavani charged forward and interfered with Pique, forcing Pique to pass to Puyol, Ribery also pressed on Puyol, who passed back to goalkeeper Valdez, and the Barcelona goalkeeper directly kicked it. Kicked the ball forward, but Tottenham Hotspur's central defender Kompany pushed the ball back to the midfield steadily.

The Brazilian central defender didn't stick to the ball, so he went directly to the right. Alves stood on the right line. Iniesta rushed towards him at the first time, and Sanchez also wanted to come over to form a double team. Vidal and the front The retreating Messi was obviously disturbed by the defensive players, so Thiago Silva immediately ran to the back and near the right line to respond after passing the ball.

Alves didn't stop the ball and knocked the ball back to Thiago Silva who was at least 15 meters away. After the Brazilian central defender got the ball, he saw that Sanchez was approaching, and immediately made a pass over the top. The arc was not big, but The speed is very fast.

The ball was close to the right sideline, and the rebound was not strong after landing. Messi ran back, followed by the Brazilian left back Adriano, so Messi had no choice but to stop the pass from 25 meters away. It was given to Alves who plugged in from behind.

Alves followed Iniesta beside him. When he ran forward, facing Messi's pass, he also directly pushed the ball to the frontcourt and pulled it to the right, blocking Mascherano's Kava with his body Ni, after the Uruguayan blocked the defensive player with his body, he stopped the ball directly to Vidal who followed him.

"Strike!!!!" This time, the continuous one-kick pass cooperation is not only fast, but also very precise.

After Vidal stopped the ball, he made another low and flat pass to the right. Messi rushed forward quickly. Behind him is Busquets who is back on defense, and Adriano is in a position slightly ahead of Messi, constantly retreating.

At this moment, the rhythm of the game was mentioned to be the fastest.

Messi's ability to adjust the ball in small steps is very fast. When he entered the opponent's penalty area and slightly outside the right corner, he decisively dribbled the ball diagonally inward. Adriano's adjustment was also very fast, and he immediately moved laterally with Messi , blocking the angle of Messi's direct shot, while Cavani rushed into the penalty area in the middle, and took away Pique and Mascherano, giving up the entire front of the penalty area.

Messi dribbled the ball all the way from the right to the top of the penalty area. Adriano finally couldn't bear it anymore and made a shoveling action because he saw Tottenham Hotspur's attack hit Now, both Ramsey and Alves came up, and Alves on the right had already rushed into the penalty area.

But Messi seems to have been paying attention to Adriano for a long time. As soon as the Brazilian left back fell to the ground, he pulled the ball out, pushed the ball with his left foot, and the ball finally passed into the penalty area. Following Messi's pass, he stopped the ball directly to the bottom line, and he started it quickly. The whole stop and start were connected very well, and he passed Puyol directly.

The Spanish defender also started quickly, but Ribery attacked head-on and was faster. He made a low pass with his left foot. Cavani followed up in the middle and beat Mascherano. Crossed Barcelona's goal once, 2:0!

The entire White Hart Lane stadium was completely blown up at this moment!
Cavani, with Argentine-like long hair, crazily rushed out of Barcelona's restricted area, waving his hands along the way, and embraced Ribery and Messi excitedly.

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!"

"No. 16 minutes, No. 16 minutes, Tottenham Hotspur broke through Barcelona's goal again, 2:0!"

"Headed goal from Uruguayan center forward Cavani!"

"A very, very exciting attack. We clearly saw that the Tottenham Hotspur players gave full play to their advantages and characteristics throughout the entire attack!"

The live broadcast of the game repeatedly played the whole process of the goal just now, and it didn't just start with the few passes before the goal, but directly from Kompany's header back to Pirlo, who then passed it to Tie Jago Silva, and then several Tottenham Hotspur players made consecutive quick kicks in a narrow range that was almost close to the right sideline.

"They all have a passing distance of more than 15 meters. In such a narrow range on the wing, they can pass the ball at such a high speed and smoothly. The passing and receiving ability of Tottenham Hotspur players is indeed quite impressive. It's quite amazing, it can be seen that Ye Qiu's training for them is really in place, even players like Cavani and Vidal can have such passing and receiving ability, it's very, very pleasing to the eye!"

"It can be said that it is this continuous one-foot pass in the narrow and long range of the wing, passing the ball back and forth, opening up Barcelona's defense, and then Messi's dribbling into the inside, and then distributed to Ribery, France Ren's stoppage was done in one go, showing his strength as a top superstar, and his cross was also very comfortable, Cavani scored with a header without hesitation!"

Throughout the process, many players from Tottenham Hotspur participated in the multi-legged pass. The process was very fast, but very targeted, especially Messi and Cavani's successive retreats. The two had a tacit understanding They maintain a wave-like running position, one retreats and the other presses forward, and one presses forward and the other retreats to respond.

"2:0, the game has progressed so far, Barcelona has become very difficult to play, especially in the No. 16 minute of the game, it was announced that it was behind by two goals. This is definitely a painful blow for Barcelona. "

After Tottenham Hotspur scored again, Guardiola looked very depressed, raised his right hand high, with a face of confusion and helplessness. He obviously had no way to do this kind of goal, and the side was directly used by the opponent. The almost acrobatic passing cooperation has passed, which makes Barcelona, ​​who is known as the world's best at ball control, feel embarrassed?
Now that the game has progressed, Guardiola has also begun to realize the team's problem, that is, Tottenham Hotspur consciously wants to pull Barcelona into the quagmire of the midfield, and then use his skillful fast pass The ball, hitting the space behind Barcelona, ​​it's really terrible.

Among the two goals just now, Cavani's pass and shot played a big role, especially his fulcrum role in the game. It is obvious that Ye Qiu is working hard to make Cavani a great player. A very versatile center forward.

Standing on the sidelines, Guardiola looked at the players on the field. He found that the two goals behind made the Barcelona players on the field look disappointed and helpless, and even seemed a little at a loss.

Perhaps, the past two years have been so smooth that they think they are invincible, forgetting a very important fact, that is, Barcelona, ​​which is called the strongest in Europe by countless people, has not faced any opponents in the past two seasons. Pass Tottenham Hotspur.

Although it was only ten minutes, Guardiola was very aware that in the past two years, Ye Qiu had at least left him and his Barcelona behind on a strategic level!
"He's right, this Tottenham team is completely different from the Tottenham team two years ago, one year ago!"

Guardiola seemed to be speaking to his assistant Vilanova, but he also seemed to be muttering to himself.

(End of this chapter)