bestfiction Chapter 312 He started... (75100)
Chapter 312 He started... (75100)
Chapter 312 He started... (75100)
May 4, Barcelona, Camp Nou.
The referee blew his whistle, and the highly anticipated first round of the UEFA Champions League semi-final was played between Barcelona and Manchester City.
"Friends in the audience, welcome to watch the live broadcast of this game. The first round of the UEFA Champions League semi-final has already begun. The following is the starting lineup of both sides for this game."
"For Barcelona, the goalkeeper is No. 1 Valdes,"
"Defense from left to right, Abidal, Pique, Max, Alves;"
"Three in midfield, Iniesta, Busquets, Xavi;"
"Three strikers, Henry, Eto'o, Messi."
"In terms of Manchester City, it basically continued. The lineup with Everton in the last game was 451, and Toure, Hargreaves and Fellaini were sent at home. Pedro was on the left. , Silva on the right, striker Diego Milito."
"Starting Milito, this is a very unexpected tactical arrangement! Originally, everyone thought that Manchester City sent Aguero or Shevchenko, but Manchester City sent a little-known substitute striker, Diego- Milito."
Guardiola was also a little surprised. In such an important game, Manchester City actually sent a fourth striker to start?
Is Duncan crazy?
But no matter what, Guardiola will not change his tactics.
Players from both sides enter the field, play the national anthem, exchange team flags, and guess sides.
Then the referee adjusted his watch and blew the whistle to start the game.
Messi and Henry served the ball, and the ball was quickly passed to Barcelona's midfield and handed over to Xavi.
At the same time, Manchester City retreated sharply, leaving only Milito in the frontcourt.
And Barcelona is under the leadership of Xavi, the overall formation pressure.
Their overall formation is maintained very well, with Xavi and Iniesta at the front, Busquets slightly behind, while Abidal and Alves are also at the front on both sides.
As for the defense, Pique and Max pressed very forward, keeping a close position with the midfielder.
With Manchester City retreating, Barcelona has been able to calmly control the ball in Manchester City's half. Manchester City has not many midfielders, and more players are defending.
However, this does not mean that Barcelona's pass control is easy to expand.
Just when Harvey cooperated with Xiaobai and wanted to go forward, Hargreaves ran over and fouled about 30 meters in front of the goal, but the movement was not big, it was not a winning move, just Gave Barcelona a free kick in the middle.
This was specially arranged by Duncan.
When Barcelona wants to speed up, they have to block and foul at the right time, but the action must be clean and neat, and they cannot get a card. Otherwise, playing with a yellow card on their backs will be very uncomfortable.
In this game, Barcelona was very daring to put their troops into the attack. Messi, Henry, and Eto'o kept switching positions. , will occasionally rush forward to organize.
Barcelona is pressing the defense very high now, obviously trying to compress Manchester City's room for movement. Manchester City's tactical play against Barcelona seems to be well prepared. After being pressed strongly, it is not bad.
Keeping the ball under your feet is Guardiola's tactical philosophy.
Barcelona has the ball in Manchester City's half, and what they want is to pass and find Manchester City's loopholes.
The benefits of this tactic are very obvious. Once the ball is broken, you can counterattack on the spot, and at the same time minimize the risk of losing the ball.
Duncan's tactics are to compress the formation, use zone defense, and force players out of the team.
As for why it's not man-to-man...
Because before this game, Duncan spent 120 achievement points to upgrade the eight-door golden lock array to the master level.
This level of eight-door Golden Lock Formation breaks through the limit of the number of people, and can include all the members of Manchester City within the scope of the formation.
What is improved is the integrity of the team's formation and the coordinated defense of player positions.
It is equivalent to putting a bus mold on Manchester City.
This made Barcelona a bit nerve-wracking. Harvey turned around and found no loopholes in Manchester City, so he turned around again.
Still not found.
Hargreaves came up to press, Harvey spun around the ball again, and then touched Toure.
Toure has played in Barcelona, but he knows the playing habits of Barcelona players very well.
Tactics can be changed, but human habits are hard to change.
After grabbing Harvey's ball, Toure immediately chose a long pass.
Without too much time and space, Barcelona's counterattack was very fierce.
The ball came to the right and Silva took it.
Abidal was not as high as Alves, so he caught up with David Silva very quickly.
Silva used flexible steps to shake off Abidal and take the ball to the middle.
Busquets and Max are ready to close.
David Silva sent a long pass and the ball flew to the left.
That's Pedro's place!
Alves desperately chased back and had already caught up with Pedro.
Pedro has grown rapidly this season. In fact, Guardiola has been observing him and wants to recall him in the future.
Now Barcelona's front line, Henry, Eto'o, Messi are starting, and Bojan and Villa are still sitting on the bench. The personnel are rich, and even if Pedro comes back now, he has no place.
Pedro took Alves and cut from the left to the center.
The football flew over, but Alves followed Pedro and suddenly opened his mouth in surprise.
football……
Doesn't seem to be for Pedro?
The football flew to the left, and it was Diego Milito who switched places with Pedro to the left in the end to catch the ball.
Milito took the ball and protruded from the ribs, Pique quickly followed, and followed suit.
To be honest, when he first played, Pique couldn't look down on Milito.
Just a fourth striker.
And Milito's lack of a strong sense of movement made him even more contemptuous.
Until Milito gets the ball.
Milito's movements are not fast, but very calm; Milito's movements are not many, but each one is useful.
Pique actually did not find a chance to steal the ball.
Is this really a fourth striker...
Before the game, Barcelona held a full preparation meeting. There was a lot of research and analysis on Shevchenko, Samaras, and even Aguero. Pique was still very confident in defending them.
But this Milito...
Well, just like those "self-reading texts" marked with asterisks in textbooks, Pique directly regarded Milito as "not reading texts".
So for Milito, an "ordinary player" with a mediocre career, Pique said that he really regrets not studying him well.
Milito has a dignified expression. Although he is advancing rapidly, every movement he makes is made after careful consideration.
He also deliberately went to train these days.
At this time, he remembered...
(End of this chapter)