When Bell quickly rushed forward with the ball, beside him, Barcelona's defender had also started to defend.
After all, Barcelona is not one of those low-level teams in the Premier League. Those teams would immediately fall into a pile of mud if Bell accelerated a little bit. But Barcelona's defense is not that easy to break.
Barcelona's right center back is Pique. If Alves failed to defend in time, he should be following Bell. However, Bell's breakthrough speed made Pique a little nervous. He was not sure whether he should follow up or not.
There should be a little distance.
It's not his fault. His technical strength is not bad, but Bell's breakthrough speed is too brutal. It is difficult for Pique to keep up with him, so there will be some problems when defending him.
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But just when he was hesitating, Bell had already chosen to pass the ball. He knocked the ball horizontally with his left foot on the ground and knocked it out. In the middle, Cavani rushed over and immediately kicked the ball out.
Shot and hit the goal!
Tottenham's frontcourt counterattack was very sharp: the counterattack was completed within five seconds, making it impossible for Barcelona to allocate too many manpower to defend. However, Tottenham's players retreated very quickly. Cavani rushed forward.
When he reached the edge of the penalty area, this shot made it impossible for Puyol, who came to cover the position, to touch him even if he stretched his legs!
But behind Puyol, Valdes jumped up high and threw the ball towards the outside of the goal. His reaction speed was very good, and he was not confused this time. Although this shot was almost missed,
But he was still stopped. However, in the penalty area, Suarez struggled to avoid Abidal and rushed forward.
The entanglement between the two people prevented Suarez from turning the football into an opportunity for the first time. Beside him, Abidal put too much pressure on him, and Abidal withstood him, leaving him with no chance to turn around and shoot.
opportunity, and Puyol also came closer at this time, pressing
In a hurry, Suarez pushed the ball out. On the right road, Di Maria had already stepped in. Abidal's adduction made it almost unaffected by anyone around him. He got the ball and shot towards it with his first kick.
He took a step to the left, and then kicked the ball close to the ground!
This time, Valdez had no time to save. He was next to the right goal post, but the kick hit the left goal post. Valdez struggled to fly up, but still fell to the ground, unable to stop the football and flew in.
The lower left corner of the goal.
"gooooal!!!!! Di Maria scored!! Tottenham scored first in the game!"
Di Maria, who scored the goal, couldn't believe it for a long time after watching the goal, but it wasn't until Cavani rushed over to pick him up and threw him into the sky that he excitedly turned around and ran towards the camera on the sidelines.
, making a celebratory heart-shaped gesture towards the camera.
"Among Tottenham's frontcourt players, Di Maria scored the fewest goals. Compared with his teammates, his number of shots and goals were insufficient. However, he gave up the ball very beautifully. Barcelona relies on
The defense formed by three defenders in the penalty area was completely defeated by Tottenham players' repeated stabs, and they lost the first goal!"
Tottenham's celebration made Guardiola pat his leg on the sidelines: He is very familiar with this kind of offensive method: the combination of good passers and wing attacks has caused Barcelona to suffer losses more than once.
, it can even be said that every time Barcelona suffers a loss, it is played by the opponent in this way. It is not the first time that Mourinho relied on Sneijder to play like this. He was also careless and fell into the trap, which was really negligent. Tottenham is doing the same now.
For a moment, Guardiola immediately regretted it.
He originally thought that he could rely on passing to maintain the situation and not let Tottenham get too many opportunities, but he ignored that Tottenham's ability to seize opportunities is actually not bad at all. Yaya Toure is in the middle
They can hold the ball and pass it out, and on the two wings, Tottenham has two fast counterattack players. In this way, Tottenham can do a very good job of scoring goals behind them. And Barcelona's defense is in front of them.
It's not particularly useful for strong impacts.
If he had known this, he should have prepared earlier - Guardiola was annoyed in his heart. This kind of play is not impossible to defend. Because he has played against Real Madrid many times and faced Ronaldo for more time, he has also realized how to do it.
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Soon, he also made adjustments on the sidelines. When the ball kicked off again, Barcelona's defense players almost no longer intervened, but consolidated the defense in the backcourt.
"There is no movement in Barcelona's backcourt now. They chose to give up Alves' insertion to widen the width of the court... This will naturally prevent Tottenham's counterattack from taking effect, but by doing so, Barcelona's offense should
What should we do?”
Barcelona likes to rely on passing the ball to penetrate behind the opponent. Such an attack is naturally easier to succeed if the width is widened. But now, in order to prevent the Tottenham players from counterattacking, they have stopped Alves from inserting. This pair
The impact of their attacks is not small.
On the court, Xavi controlled the football and moved forward slowly. Although his team was lagging behind, he knew very well how to control the ball to keep Barcelona in the best rhythm.
Last. The game has been more than 30 minutes, and it is really worrying that we still haven’t come back. However, again
No matter how anxious he was, he couldn't make a mistake. Yaya Toure in the midfield ran towards him, and Xavi handed the ball to Iniesta in front. Iniesta knew what Xavi was thinking, and immediately
The ball was passed back again. The two people wanted to rely on passing the ball to attract Tottenham's defensive players and make holes in their defense.
However, the effect of this is not great. In this game, Barcelona has a very embarrassing thing, that is, their physical confrontation is almost at a disadvantage. They cannot carry their opponents and can only avoid them.
The opponent came. Therefore, Tottenham relied on positioning and confrontation to suppress Barcelona's three lines and deformed it a lot. This made Xavi always feel that today's passing was a bit slow when playing.
When he moved forward, Tottenham players reacted immediately. When Xavi passed the ball to Iniesta again, behind Iniesta, Palmieri had already stepped forward. Tottenham
The San Antonio backline players had a large range of movement, which gave Gustavo the opportunity to stand on Iniesta's passing line. The cooperation of the two people made his ball unsuccessful and was intercepted by Gustavo.
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Tottenham's defensive strategy in this game is to rely on their own positioning and cooperation to hinder Barcelona's passing - this is difficult, it requires much more running than the opponent and very skilled cooperation, but for
As for Tottenham, they can give it a try.
Gustavo got the ball and passed it to Di Maria on the right. Di Maria wanted to try for a fast break, but when he raised his head, he found that his opponent had quickly returned to defense.
As expected, he is considered by the coach to be the strongest opponent.
Di Maria praised him, turned slightly, kicked a long pass, and kicked the ball directly towards Coentrao on the other wing. He knew that he could easily be pressed, so he gave the ball to Coentrao in the backcourt.
Trang is relatively easier to control.
However, Coentrao raised his legs, and when the ball was passed, it was a little too big. The football stopped about two meters in front of him, and there, a Barcelona player had already ran over!
That's Messi.
Even without Barcelona and no pressure on the wings, they still launched the attack without hesitation. Although without Alves, the space in the frontcourt is much narrower, but they are not unable to deal with the small space. Because
They don't have Messi, the player with the strongest breakthrough ability in the world.
Coentrao made a mistake in stopping the ball, giving Messi a chance. He rushed forward and kicked the ball forward before it hit the ground. The football flew towards Coentrao's back, and Coentrao immediately
Turning around, he wanted to catch up with the football in front of Messi. The two of them arrived at the football almost at the same time. Coentrao knew that the opponent's skills were much better than his, so he immediately tackled and kicked towards the football.
Gone!
However, he did not kick the football. He originally thought that this would at least hinder Messi's running outside him. However, at this time, Messi made a light jump and jumped over the left leg that he tackled!
This action actually gave Messi a chance. He shook off Coentrao and put the ball in the middle. He looked at his teammates and found that Tottenham were still blocking the pass by standing, but before he
When he got the ball, Gustavo had already moved closer.
But Messi is not someone else. Compared with his teammates, he is different. He took the ball with his left foot and suddenly moved his body forward, but the ball stayed beside him and did not move. This action made Gustavo a little excited.
, wanted to grab the ball, but before he could react, Messi accelerated his foot, passed the ball, and rushed forward!
Although this was not an extraordinary move, Gustavo still lost the opportunity. He could only run behind Messi and entered the penalty area. Inside the penalty area, Palmieri was also waiting for Messi.
Assaulted, the two people gradually moved closer, trying to stop Messi.
Palmieri is also convinced of Messi's breakthrough ability, but at this time, he still wants to rely on the cooperation of the players in the penalty area to intercept Messi. Messi basically has no room to cut inside, and Palmieri
Merry wanted to send him to the baseline so that he could not pass the ball. As a left-footed player, he could not cut inside on the right side, so he was severely restricted.
It's a pity that this style of play works for others, but not for Messi. Messi also saw that there was no space for him to cut inside. Instead of cutting inside, he flicked the ball with his left foot and suddenly moved forward with his right foot.
As soon as he sent it, he passed the ball past Palmieri on the right side, and he squeezed past Palmieri on the left side. In a space of less than five meters, he played a man-ball pass!
Terrible ball feel! Even when he turned around and tried to steal the ball, Palmieri couldn't stop being surprised. However, the moment he turned around, he originally thought he could stop Messi, but at the moment he turned around, he thought he could stop Messi.
He was unstable, and Messi pushed him directly on the waist, pushing him to the ground!
This little man not only has very agile speed and amazing reflexes, but he also has strength that is disproportionate to his size.
Messi, who had caught up with the football, had already gotten rid of Palmieri. He got the ball and turned around, but Gustavo had already rushed up again. He had no room for his opponent to make up for it, so he shot and passed the ball.
Hit the goal!
In front of the goal, Neuer pounced and stood at the edge of the goal post. He slapped the ball out. However, although Messi's move to enter the penalty area alone did not result in a goal, it also caused a goal in the penalty area.
In the chaos, Pedro stepped in from the back row and kicked the ball towards the far post!
It was almost the same shot as before, with the goalkeeper turned to hit the far post! Tottenham's goal was already tied by the opponent before the second half. In the penalty area, the players watching the opponent's celebration, Tottenham players
In their hearts, they all remembered Li Bin's words.
A player like Messi can change a lot of things by himself - Li Bin is not wrong at all, such a player is indeed terrible!