173. Chapter 172 Extreme confrontation, you come and I go, so nervous that you are suffocating (2 chapters, 4400 words)

Author: Bei Guoxia

"Zhan Jun, Lin Kedi's header was so beautiful. Look at the replay, how high he jumped!"

"Yes, Lenglet is 1.86 meters tall, and Lin Ke jumped so high and hit the ball first! At this time, there is only one central defender like Lenglet in Barcelona's penalty area. Isn't this just giving the opponent a try?"

Does Link have a chance to defeat the enemy?"

"Barcelona's defense has a big problem. Pique did not recover in time, and Alba on the left did not move into the penalty area to protect the central defender. Not to mention Ter Stegen, the ball was directly kicked.

Come on, if you have to pass the ball to Roberto who has attacking players around him, isn’t this going to dig a hole for Roberto?”

"But there is still a long time left for Barcelona. After all, it has only been 2 minutes." Zhan Jun added calmly.

The Ajax players celebrated wildly in the corner flag area, and the visiting fans at Camp Nou also celebrated wildly. After a brief silence, the home team fans immediately started booing crazily. You cannot boo your own players, then

Just boo the Ajax players, who are you booing? It must be booing Lin Ke’s enemy!

At the same time, Valverde on the sidelines was neither angry nor angry. He stood in the coaching area, biting his nails and looking serious.

He had no idea that Barcelona would be blitzed by Ajax.

In fact, when studying Ajax before the game, blitz was mentioned as an important label in Ajax's offensive tactics. However, Valverde did not think that this kind of blitz would appear in the game against Barcelona. He was

He also said something like this.

"Blitz? No, no, no. We are not a team like Real Madrid that doesn't need to defend in order to attack, nor are we a team like Juventus that has no midfield organization. We not only have a top-level offense, but also

With top organizational skills, the ball will be at our feet and they won’t be able to launch a blitz, I’m sure!”

But now it seems that the rhetoric he made in the coaching staff meeting before the game has been slapped in the face. But for Valverde, fortunately these words were not said in front of the media, otherwise - Valverde would not

I dare to imagine what kind of scene that would be.

At this time, the game has restarted on the court.

Barcelona's second kick-off of the first half.

Suarez stood in the center circle for the second time. This time after the whistle sounded, Suarez handed the ball to Busques.

However, Busques did not continue to take the ball or pass it back. Instead, the moment he received the ball, he directly passed the ball with the arch of his left foot to Roberto who came in from the right.

They immediately separated, and Tadic in front of Roberto immediately approached Roberto.

Roberto is a typical green leaf player, a jack-of-all-trades player. As a full-back, his defensive shooting ability is average and his individual defense ability is not good. However, anticipating protection and clearance are his strengths. In terms of offense,

, his counterattack and advancement are okay.

Especially since he plays right back on the right wing, he actually plays very well in small-scale cooperation with Messi. His cross-running and contact are very good, and he feels a bit like a simplified version of Alves.

SE version.

So when faced with Roberto like this, Ten Hag also made it clear in the tactical meeting before the game.

"If he gets the ball, he must not let him bring it to a place where he can cooperate with Messi. It must be destroyed before that!"

Tadic kept the coach's words in mind and immediately got close to Roberto when he started to speed up, preventing him from continuing to speed up and forcing him to take the outside line.

In this way, Roberto can only pass the ball to Rakitic in the center.

At his peak, Rakitic had a very wide running range and could pass the ball, but now he is in a period of decline and his level is no longer what it once was.

Rakitic moved two steps to the right to get the ball, and then prepared to dribble forward. This was also a skill of his before, but now this skill point is not very good.

As soon as he took two steps forward, Sanai rushed forward. He looked so aggressive that he looked like he was about to rush over and steal the ball with a sliding tackle.

To be on the safe side and not to lose the ball, Rakitic decisively passed the ball to Messi who was in the rib area at this time.

Still have to say, although Messi is declining now, he is definitely a threat as long as he gets the ball.

Defending at this time was Messi's compatriot Tagliafico.

It is indeed a bit difficult for Tagliafico to defend Messi alone. Although Messi is walking, his sudden acceleration is indeed the world's top level. Tagliafico cannot stop him and can only try to block it.

route.

Messi took two steps forward and then walked to the middle.

Indeed, in fact, in the past few years, Messi has not completely settled on the right side of the game. He is more like a midfielder and a free man in the frontcourt. He can take the ball in any position in the frontcourt. Just like now, he has led the team.

The ball reaches the position behind the forward in the center.

When Tagliafico saw that Messi was far away from his defensive zone, he followed him for a while, and then when he saw Schone returning to defend, he returned to the defensive position on the wing.

Then it was Schone and De Jong's defense against Messi in the middle.

Messi himself dribbled the ball to the center, and Roberto moved up to the right winger position. At this time, Messi naturally knew that the right wing was less guarded, so he did not pass the ball rashly, but tried to communicate with his teammates.

Cooperation on a small scale.

Therefore, he took two steps to the right, and suddenly there was a ball on the outside of the instep of his right foot. It was very concealed and was not noticed at all by the team. He kept staring at Messi's feet, thinking that Messi was going forward.

As the ball moved, the team was well prepared for the next defensive move, but suddenly Messi moved the ball with the outside of his instep and passed it to the feet of Roberto on the right.

Roberto took advantage of the situation and moved a few steps towards the center. He got the ball and moved forward. He immediately raised the arch of his right foot and passed the ball.

At this time, Suarez was the only one in Ajax's penalty area.

In fact, crosses from the wing have never been Barcelona's regular offensive method.

Therefore, De Ligt, who was marking Suarez, did not take off hastily because he also saw that Suarez made no preparations for taking off.

Sure enough, Roberto feinted a shot and pretended to cross the ball. In fact, he suddenly pushed forward with his right foot, hooked the ball with his left foot, shook off Tagliafico, and then made a through pass with his left foot, and Messi stepped in.

Behind the Ajax defense.

"Oops!"

Blind was on the penalty area line at this time. He saw the ball pass through the left side of his body, while Messi ran over from his right side.

He subconsciously wanted to pull Messi's clothes, but this was the penalty area line.

Blind retracted his hand, and then he forced himself to turn around, turning his knees in an extremely awkward defensive manner. If he turned his knees incorrectly, he would be seriously injured.

But Blind turned around, and then he prepared to block.

The good news is that Blind is fine, the bad news is that Messi has already got the ball.

He got the ball at the corner between the right sideline of the penalty area and the horizontal line of the penalty area. Because Roberto's pass was still a little small, Messi had to move laterally to get the ball.

Blind looked at it and breathed a sigh of relief. He immediately blocked the cutting route and then directed his right hand to the outside of the penalty area. This meant that I blocked the breakthrough route from the penalty area to the bottom line and the defensive players outside the penalty area quickly blocked it.

An inside route outside the penalty area.

Blind thought his judgment was very accurate, but he didn't expect that Messi didn't want to cut in at all. Instead, he moved the ball with his right foot, quickly pulled the ball back with his left foot, and then poked forward with his toes.

The ball passed under Blind's crotch and pointed behind De Ligt.

There Suarez suddenly burst out.

De Ligt tried to touch the ball with his left foot, but he could no longer reach it.

Suarez was about to kick the ball with his foot.

"It's over!"

This is De Ligt's real thought at this time. This pass is so close to the goal. As long as the offensive player touches the ball, it is probably going to go in.

Because it is difficult for ordinary goalkeepers to defend against such a close shot.

However, Ajax's main goalkeeper Onana is not an ordinary goalkeeper. He is the goalkeeper with the highest save success rate this season. However, he does not play in the five major leagues. This data is generally considered to be adulterated. At the same time, he is also the goalkeeper with the highest save success rate.

In the Champions League, the goalkeeper has the highest success rate in saving shots in the penalty area. This is a goalkeeper statistic that is not very popular. It is a branch of the save success rate.

Also, Onana is also a goalkeeper from La Masia's youth training.

Having said so much above, the reason is of course——

"Beautiful! What a great save! Onana saved this close shot! Suarez kicked the ball solidly, but the ball was saved by Onana on the goal line! It was so beautiful.

!Such an extreme reaction!”

"Look, Zhan Jun and the Ajax players are all applauding Onana!"

"Barcelona got the first corner kick opportunity in the first half. Ajax still needs to be careful and defend this corner kick first."

"Actually, Barcelona's set-piece attack, well -"

Liu Yue originally wanted to say that Barcelona didn't need to worry about their set-piece offense. After all, they didn't have any high points. If they did, it would be Pique.

But I also thought that after all, there are still many Barcelona fans in China, so it would not be good to accept it, so I stopped it.

However, once these words were collected, they seemed to be very effective in the program.

At this time, on the court, Lin Kedi also returned to the penalty area to participate in the defense.

He stood on the line of the penalty area and couldn't help but said to De Jong: "I could see clearly the ball just now from behind. It was Messi who passed the ball, then ran behind Daley, and then passed through.

The pass was delivered from the crotch, it was so scary!”

"So, when facing Messi, we must not give him a chance. We must restrict him. In the second half, he may not be physically fit enough and will not be able to perform!"

"Actually, as the coach said, we can completely cut off the connection between the midfielder and him. After all, Roberto can't come up all the time without the defense behind him on the right."
To be continued...