The strongest winger

Chapter 1009 How to Adjust
After the start of the second half, Barcelona's offense regained its level and became more patient.

Guardiola watched for 2 minutes before returning to the coach's bench and sat down.

Because he is very satisfied with the team's changes, and he played the game completely according to the deployment during the halftime break. As long as it develops in the normal direction, it is only a matter of time before the score is equalized in the second half, so there is no need to worry at all.

Similarly, Ancelotti is also quite satisfied with the team's performance in the initial stage of the second half. It is expected that Barcelona will increase its offensive efforts in the second half, so it is also possible to sit on the coach's bench and rest when the team's defense is relatively solid.

In the blink of an eye, 5 minutes into the game, the two sides had offense and defense, but overall Barcelona had a certain advantage.

The frequency of their frontcourt's Xiao Kuailing is very fast, and they run more without the ball than in the first half. Valencia's defensive players can only stick to their positions and have no time to devote their minds to offense.

Ai Luo chose to return to his side to defend the left rib to assist the defense after being unable to get support in the frontcourt...

"Barcelona strengthened their pass and control cooperation in the second half. As the ball possession time increased, their offensive threat to the goal became greater. Ancelotti must find a way to solve the unfavorable situation the team is currently encountering. Otherwise, the score will likely be equalized by the strong rebounding Barcelona. At that time, the balance of victory will tilt towards Barcelona, ​​because the end of the second half is the end of the game, and there is no chance to enter the dressing room..."

As Valencia's offense went wrong, Hyde, the commentator of Valencia's first sports station, frowned and analyzed.

Canizares, who was sitting next to him, said disapprovingly: "Actually, we don't need to be so pessimistic. We are still ahead in the game, and the defense seems a little unstable in the past few minutes, but we can look at the problem from another angle. With Barcelona's offensive investment, will there be any defensive loopholes?"

Hyde, as the top football commentator of Valencia's No. [-] sports station, immediately realized that he had missed the point. He changed his voice and laughed: "'Dragon' is very reasonable. Barcelona's continuous offense will definitely make them ignore the defense line. At that time, our Ai can take the ball and go straight to Huanglong to expand the score!!"

At this time, countless Valencia fans sitting in front of the TV saw Albelda pre-judging Xavi's pass to Iniesta from the camera, and then Cazorla got the ball straight to Aiello...

If Javier Mascherano's defensive attention was not very concentrated, then Cazorla's purposeful pass would have been passed to Aiello's feet, thus playing a wave of quick counterattacks.

Although this wave of counterattacks was unsuccessful, both the fans at the scene and the fans in front of the TV firmly believe that as long as it continues, it is only a matter of time before Barcelona's defense has problems!

After sitting on the coach's bench for nearly 5 minutes, Guardiola couldn't bear it anymore. He came to the edge of the technical command area again and reminded the players on the field to organize the attack steadily, not to blindly attack the ribs, and to stick to the success rate!

During this period of time, Messi felt that he could not use his strength. The defensive position of Valencia's defensive players was very good. He could not find a chance to break through and pass the ball to the threat area.

And in the past few minutes, he has also suffered from the fear of his own team switching from offense to defense. He is very afraid that the score will not be equalized and the score will be expanded.

You must know that this is the second half of the Champions League final, and there is no room for adjustment.

Coupled with the three-game losing streak facing Valencia this season, if the score is expanded at this time, the fighting spirit of the teammates will also be exhausted, and it will be completely hopeless to win the Champions League...

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The game entered 10 minutes, and Ancelotti explained that Harvey Martinez, who had a larger defensive area, and James Rodriguez, who had a stronger offensive ability, and Cavani went to the warm-up area to warm up and wait for the game to play.

Taking advantage of a dead ball, the on-site director switched the camera to the offense locked in the warm-up area.

Seeing that Valencia was preparing to make substitutions and adjustments, the commentators in the on-site commentary booth began to move around, making various predictions...

It didn't take long for Barcelona's Fabregas, Afelle, Bojan and Llorente to go to the warm-up area.

"It seems that Barcelona is going to make targeted substitutions." Sky TV commentator Martin Taylor said: "15 minutes passed in the second half, and there is still the last half hour of the game. All the substitute players who may play on both sides of the game will go to the warm-up area. That means the 2010-2011 UEFA Champions League final is about to enter a fever pitch!!"

Andy Gray went on to say: "Valencia leads the score and has a lot of room for adjustment, while Barcelona, ​​​​which is behind, can only find a way in terms of offense. Should they continue to play small and fast? Or change their offensive strategy, add a high center forward, add a high point and support..."

"This is really a headache. Llorente's technical characteristics are there. He does a good job of holding the ball, controlling the ball and supporting the ball, and he has his own way of heading the ball. However, he is somewhat incompatible with Barcelona's traditional Tiki-Taka. It is really a headache choice."

At the same time, Guardiola stood on the sidelines watching the game and at the same time communicated with his assistant Vilanova to see which adjustment would be most beneficial to the game.

"Replace Keita, replace Fabregas, Llorente? Or Afeilai, Bojan?" Vilanova tentatively proposed.

But it was quickly denied by Guardiola: "No, no, no... It's too early to change Keita. We can only make some adjustments from the offensive line."

Vilanova frowned. He would definitely replace Harvey, Messi, and Innis on the offensive line, so only Pedro could adjust.

If it is obviously inappropriate to replace Afeilai, it is meaningless to replace a winger without a high center forward, so Afeilai automatically ignores it.

Bojan showed amazing talent in the first two seasons, but with the reduction of playing time due to injuries, the state is a problem, which can be ruled out in such an important Champions League final, which means that adjustments can only be made by Llorente and Cesc Fabregas.

But Cesc Fabregas has stronger organizational skills and weaker scoring ability, so Vilanova suggested: "Let's change to Llorente. He has a height advantage and increases the diversification of our offense. Moreover, he can play for Messi and Iniesta. It's really not good...We can try a cross from the wing!"

Guardiola nodded. In this situation, Llorente can only be used, so he turned to Vilanova and said, "Call Fernando and wait to play."

(End of this chapter)