Mister Legend

Chapter 603 Harvey's Problem

After fourteen rounds of La Liga, Barcelona's current record is 9 wins, 3 draws, 2 losses and 30 points, with 39 goals scored and 13 goals conceded. Those who can be ranked in the upper middle level are not as bad as some media and fans commented.

Just comparing the super performance of their number one mortal enemy with 14 consecutive victories and 46 goals and 6 goals conceded, it naturally seems that the situation of this new Champions League champion is not very optimistic. The huge difference of 12 points makes the Everyone in Catalonia feels both angry and helpless.

And it is in this rare atmosphere for decades that the Camp Nou, which the locals have always been proud of, ushered in the national derby, but Barcelona fans are also a little bit emotional about this game. Contradictory, while looking forward to it, there is also some worry. This is a scene that has been extremely difficult to see for many years.

Expectation is naturally very ideal, because of the region, history, and ZZ reasons that are very likely to be 404, the Catalan giants are very excited about every opportunity to step on the corpse of the capital team, and over the years The excellent record in the national derby also ensures that they can return home happily in most cases.

Especially when fighting at their own gates, Barcelona has always been able to maintain a winning rate close to [-]%. Even in the last century, when Real Madrid dominated the Champions League for five consecutive years and later achieved five consecutive La Liga titles, they could not win in this period. There are too many bargains in the stadium.

Since 1994, Barcelona have defeated their number one rival in eight consecutive games at the Nou Camp, including the famous 5-0.In the following 30 years, their home defeats at the feet of Real Madrid were only 8 times, and half of them appeared in the Champions League, King's Cup or Super Cup, which brought great confidence to all Barcelona people, so It gave birth to the mentality of looking forward to raging galaxy battleships here.

The only difference from previous years is that the state of Real Madrid this season is really awe-inspiring, especially in the Spanish Super Cup before the season, the performance of the two sides did not look like teams from the same level at all.All Barcelona's self-conceived invincible weapons were easily dispelled by their opponents, which left a deep psychological shadow on many Barcelona fans. They worried that the tragedy that happened more than three months ago would happen again, which would really make them I feel ashamed.

Therefore, before the start of the game, the home team felt a lot of pressure, which also had a certain impact on Harvey's preparation plan.Fearing that the Real Madrid midfielder led by Ndidi will continue to seriously interfere with the team's best pass and penetration play in the middle, and the club must win this crucial battle for various reasons, the Barcelona coach had no choice but to play on the sidelines. Lu started writing.

Although the formation he deployed is still the consistent 4-3-3 on the surface, but when the team has the ball after the game starts, it is obvious that the home team players are positioned more like 4- 1-4-1, the three lines are very close to each other.

In midfield, the positions of Haverts and Sergio Gomez are not fixed. Sometimes they will make a large recovery to help Carles Alenia, who is the single midfielder, stabilize the situation on the field. The ground is very high, together with the two wingers, puts pressure on the visiting team's defense, so as to gain the opportunity to threaten the opponent's goal.

Harvey’s offensive strategy seems to still maintain the routine of attacking the center, but in fact he only uses the possession of the ball in the center to divert Real Madrid’s defensive attention. His real killer move is that the wingers on both wings go forward to the opponent’s defensive weak side. Wait for the teammate's long pass to transfer the ball, and then use one-on-one personal abilities to create opportunities.

In less than 10 minutes of the opening, the home team played almost exactly the same cooperation three times in a row, basically finding Dembele on the left or Ku on the right through a long pass when the midfielder was in possession of the ball. Tinho, directly attacking Real Madrid's full-back.

In theory, there is nothing wrong with this attack method. After all, it can bypass the opponent's strongest defense link, which is in line with the principle of avoiding the truth in the art of war.Just combined with the actual situation on the field, Harvey's strategy is not as reliable as it was on paper.

Due to the sale of Malcolm, who was still unable to show his full strength in the Nou Camp, in the summer, and the newly joined Brazilian right winger Pedrinho was unable to play due to injury, so the veteran Coutinho could only be allowed to play this position. , and the 33-year-old Kubird now lacks both speed and impact. Even if there are teammates in the middle to help play a certain role in restraining him, he cannot take advantage of the direct dialogue with Real Madrid's left back Aaron .

As for Dembele on the left, although he is at the peak of his age, since he landed in the Nou Camp at a sky-high price of more than 2017 million euros in 183, he has not been able to fulfill the expectations given to him by the outside world. High potential rated at [-] in the FM system.

Under the full marking of the visiting team's right back David Carmona, the former French hopeful star failed to show his superior technical ability. It took a lot of effort to complete it. At that time, the other Real Madrid players had already defended in place, and there was no opportunity for him to take advantage of it.

The frequent setbacks of the two wingers directly made it difficult for Barcelona to further develop in areas that could form an offensive threat. This almost made Harvey's painstakingly thought-out trick completely fail.

No. In the 17th minute, the home team played a rare smooth multi-player cooperation. The left back Mark Cuculera dribbled the ball across the half. He first handed the ball to Sergio Gomez in front. Immediately, he advanced into the sleeve at high speed, attracting the attention of Real Madrid players.Gomez, on the other hand, took advantage of this opportunity to use his skilled foot skills to shake past Ndidi who was sticking to him with a beautiful turn, and then immediately dribbled the ball to the front of the visiting team's penalty area.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Valverde hurried over to make up for it, but missed Haverts who needed to be marked by himself. Sergio Gomez did not disappoint his teammates. He passed the ball in time to help the German star The position to the right of the top of the arc in the penalty area has obtained an excellent offensive opportunity.

Faced with Haverts' leg swinging action, Skriniar also had no choice but to rush up to block possible long-range shots, which naturally left the area he was originally in charge of defending open. Danish striker Dolberg immediately ran laterally to pull out the passing route, and successfully received the exquisite through ball sent by his teammate.

It's a pity that the Barcelona striker kicked the ball out of the right post when he was less than ten meters away from the goal, and spat out the meatloaf that had already reached his mouth. Going out, it attracted a huge sigh from all the fans of the home team in the stadium.

And after experiencing this shocking moment, Real Madrid also reacted immediately, not only tightening up the nerves that can already be called the first-level alert, but also launching a 10-minute high-speed attack. The high-intensity pressing forced the Barcelona players to retreat five meters to their own half in order to avoid major mistakes, killing the home team's hard-to-see hope of attacking the middle.

However, Barcelona also did a good job on the defensive end in the first half. They did not leave any good opportunities for Real Madrid's frontcourt trident MAP combination, which has been rated as the strongest offensive combination in the world today. The only saving grace.

Seeing that the team only got 45% of the ball in 28 minutes, and the number of shots was only 4 out of 2. Li Moody on the sidelines still had a confident expression, which made all Barcelona supporters feel extremely Unhappy, but at the same time, it is inevitable that there will be worries that this guy may make a big move at any time.

On the surface, the home team, which seems to have an advantage everywhere, is the one with a more guilty conscience. This is an extremely rare thing in the national derby in the past.

Although Real Madrid is very eager to win this game because of the reason to hope to continue the winning streak, but relatively speaking, the outcome is still more important to the Barcelona side, which has been far behind by the number one mortal enemy.That's why Harvey chose to change his tactics first, and made the decision to change before the whistle sounded at the beginning of the second half.

Brazilian midfielder Arthur played to replace Coutinho, who was still conscious but physically unable to keep up with such a high-level confrontation. Dembele was switched to the right to play his advantage of being good at cutting inside. The position is given to Sergio Gomez, who can also comeo in this role.

Although Dolberg's height is 1.8 meters [-], his technical characteristics are not the kind of extremely impactful type, but he is more inclined to personal skills and comprehensiveness. He grew up completely according to the trajectory of the idol Ibrahimovic. .Therefore, frequent delivery of crosses on both sides of him is not likely to bring out the full strength of the Danish international.

Harvey's adjustment is to completely abandon the previously planned tactics and regain his best pass and control style. .It's just that after discovering that the effect of changing formation is not ideal, it is better to use one's own advantages to directly confront the opponent. Perhaps with the bonus of home court advantage, Real Madrid can be overwhelmed in terms of momentum, thus opening the door to victory is also very possible of.

It's just that no matter how Barcelona adjusts on the offensive end, their weaknesses still cannot be resolved.Carles Alenia, who serves as a single midfielder, is simply a replica of Busquets. He has a high golf quotient and is very good at helping the team firmly control the ball at his feet through appropriate running positions. The defensive end is also good at judging the ball path, and he is a model of playing with his brain.

However, his athletic ability in this position is the same as that of his predecessors, which is below the average level, making Barcelona's midfield defense slightly weak and easy to be targeted by opponents.

Especially in the face of Real Madrid's strong defensive ability, the team can only conduct continuous transmission outside the penalty area, which requires them to invest more troops in the frontcourt, and at the same time leaves a large backcourt for the opponent In the open land, once a mistake occurs, the consequences can be said to be unimaginable.

No.603 minutes, Sergio Gomez's pass in the frontcourt was seen through by Varane, the captain of Real Madrid took a big stride to intercept the ball, and at the same time, Mbappe had already started to follow The right flank accelerated towards the open space behind Cuculera.It's a pity that the French central defender was a little too impatient. Instead of passing the ball to Marcos Llorente in front of him, he chose to launch a long pass attack directly, but because he failed to master his footwork in a hurry, his strength was a bit too strong , the ball was kicked out of the sideline by Langley in advance, wasting a good opportunity to counterattack.

After feeling the danger brought by the emptiness of the backcourt, the Barcelona players began to take the initiative to withdraw, pulling the main ball control area back to the front of the midfield circle. First, they wanted to take the opportunity to recover their physical fitness, and second, they also wanted to attract Real Madrid's front line. Press to see if you can find any loopholes.

However, the players of the visiting team immediately put on an anti-customer stance, and immediately launched a fierce high-position press under the instructions of the coach on the sidelines, which resulted in Artur's stoppage error.After getting the ball, Valverde did not make any adjustments and directly kicked a very penetrating through ball, accurately finding Pellegri who had been cruising around the two central defenders of the home team.

The Italian center succeeded in anti-offside. Taking advantage of the early start, it only took three steps to get rid of Lenglet and the Serbian center back Svetozar Markovic, who had just joined the team in the summer, forming a single-handed trend.

Facing the attacking Ter Stegen, Pellegri imaginatively kicked a perfect lob shot at the top of the arc of the penalty area. The ball just jumped from a high height and raised his right arm to complete the interception. The German goalkeeper flew over, then began to fall, and finally crashed into the home team's net without any suspense. 0 to 1, Real Madrid in the away game took the lead lightly in the No. 607 minute of the game, causing the Nou Camp, where nearly 10 people were present, to boo harshly.

Barcelona, ​​who fell behind and were forced to the edge of the cliff by their opponents, had nothing to think about. In the next less than half an hour, they had to invest more energy on the offensive end. Losing one goal and losing two The ball doesn't make any difference, at least you can't die on your knees, which is not in line with the Catalan tradition, especially when their opponent is Real Madrid.

It's just that the pass-and-control tactics that were omnipotent in the past have become flashy tricks in front of this sworn enemy. This is a big problem that Harvey can't solve anyway.When facing other strong teams, even though they may encounter various difficulties, it is still too rare to pass the ball into the opponent's penalty area and create enough threats.

If they can't defeat Real Madrid's central defense led by Endidi head-on, it may be difficult for Barcelona to score goals in this game, and failure is inevitable.

(End of this chapter)