The game against Barcelona was indeed far more difficult than any other team.
Watching the second half of the game start from the sidelines, Li Bin also sighed in his heart.
At its peak, Barcelona lived up to its reputation. Throughout the first half of the game, their team was undoubtedly at a disadvantage in terms of ball possession. Their passing and control, coordination, and breakthroughs in all aspects can be said to be outstanding.
They are all the best among the teams that Li Bin has seen. After the opening, Tottenham relied on a counterattack opportunity to advance.
The ball was true, but except for that one goal, Tottenham were in a passive situation for the entire half of the game, with Barcelona taking the initiative. This situation is very rare for Tottenham. Tottenham is not without success this season.
Although they had lost, even Chelsea and Manchester United had no chance to exert such a strong pressure on Tottenham.
With such strength, they are worthy of being a dream team. Moreover, what surprised Li Bin even more is that their methods of dealing with various emergencies are surprisingly mature. After Guardiola's change of tactics, Tottenham
The attack is no longer smooth. They are indeed a team that has reached the semi-finals of the Champions League for consecutive years. Their experience is indeed extraordinary.
However, if they thought that Li Bin could only rely on this defensive counterattack to fight them, then they were completely wrong. The three-second fast break after the opening was a good attempt, but Li Bin
It is very clear that since we are going to have a real positional battle with Barcelona, counterattack alone will not work. It is not that he did not arrange offensive tactics. In the first half, the mentality of the players was not very good and they were suppressed by the opponent, but in the second half
, they can turn the situation around.
After the second half, Tottenham began to attack more with the ball.
Barcelona's attack still did not form many useful offensives. In the frontcourt, the aging Henry and Pedro, who has relatively rigid foot skills, do not have much breakthrough strength. Barcelona's only effective breakthrough point in the frontcourt is Mei.
In the West, they were heavily guarded, which also made the confidence of Tottenham players continue to rise.
Barcelona's offensive power is very strong, but it does not mean that they are invulnerable. In Li Bin's memory, Barcelona has always been unable to do anything to Chelsea. Except for the time when Mourinho was coaching, they successfully eliminated Chelsea once. Other times, they lost when they met Chelsea——
But now Ancelotti has also lost to them - and Shakhtar, Rubin Kazan, Manchester United, Inter Milan, Milan, and later the Madrid duo have all effectively contained them.
The thirty-meter defense in the backcourt, the cutting position in the middle, and the layers of chain defense can all pose a threat to them. Li Bin has good players, so there is no need to stick to the backcourt. He adopts positioning cutting and
Chain defense obviously works well.
In fact, Li Bin has another way to strengthen his defense: if he plays dirty, his opponent can be greatly affected. But Li Bin asked himself that he is not Simeone, and he does not have the ability to effectively grasp the scale of fouls.
He dare not teach his players to pursue that kind of playing style. Fortunately, his players can still play like this at least now.
On the wing, when Barcelona's corner kick opportunity did not penetrate, but was intercepted by Papameri, he kicked the ball to Di Maria on the wing. He got the ball near his own penalty area.
Before Di Maria took a few steps forward, he was already rushed over by Pedro from the opposite side. He easily passed Pedro with the ball, but he did not choose to continue to carry it by himself, but kicked
The cross knock was given to Piszczek near the penalty area.
This cross kick allowed Piszczek to get the ball in the most dangerous place. Just as Di Maria expected, it immediately attracted Pedro, Iniesta and Henry to move towards Piszczek.
Chek outflanked him. Barcelona's counterattack was very good. They are used to the defensive method of three people attacking one person, and Di Maria is used to it.
Piszczek, who was flanked, knew that Di Maria wanted to launch a counterattack on his own. With this pass, what he wanted was for Piszczek to disperse the defensive pressure. Piszczek did not live up to his hopes. He did not fight with him.
The three of them struggled and kicked the ball to Di Maria.
Di Maria got the ball and was about to accelerate. At this time, in front of him, Abidal rushed up, and behind him, Iniesta immediately chased back. Kos was surrounded by two people, and Di Maria
But Leah walked directly towards the middle.
This was still in his own half, and his choice also disrupted the opponent's arrangement. Iniesta followed, but Di Maria stopped the ball, let the ball in front of him, and then easily made a move with his feet.
Dial, and he passed him again. He immediately kicked the ball towards the wing. Abidal, who was on his side, immediately made a tackle. His toes almost touched the ball, but Di Maria
He twisted his body and pushed the ball back, still under control.
Barcelona's counterattack in the frontcourt has always been very fierce. Controlling the ball saves them physical strength, and cooperation gives them the capital to counterattack. However, Di Maria's breakthrough with the ball in the backcourt, although stumbling, was not successful.
Even though he was extremely smooth, he still broke through their encirclement and fought his way out of the tight siege.
The purpose of muscles is to better cope with the opponent's counter-attacks, rather than for mindless fouls - only in this way can it be possible to attack Barcelona in the greatest sense.
He once again brought the ball towards the center. This time, Iniesta did not rush forward, but followed his footsteps. Both Xavi and Butzquez on the front made up for it, and the two wanted to attack Di
Maria formed a press, but Di Maria, who was running horizontally, made a diagonal kick towards his own half, avoiding the opponent's press, disrupting the opponent's defensive level, and then immediately followed up with a through ball.
, kicked the ball towards Bell who was on the left path.
The effect of two high-speed breakthrough players is very unimaginable. When Bell receives the ball, only Butzquez can chase back and defend him. This is already a very big advantage.
However, the strength of Barcelona's left-back is still very good. Alves knew very well that allowing Bell to break through would be asking for death. At this time, he really chose to foul. He grabbed Bell's clothes.
At the same time as he moved his hands, a stumbling block was placed under his feet, knocking Bell down to the ground.
"Alves' foul... Di Maria's beautiful stir, his dribbling destroyed Barcelona's control of the situation, and Barcelona is now starting to get into trouble."
Alves's yellow card is like a declaration, telling people that from this moment on, Tottenham are no longer at a disadvantage and are besieged by their opponents. After Tottenham spent the first half of the discomfort, their attack
, also began to gradually spread.
Bell took the free kick himself and passed it to Yaya Toure in the middle. Toure received the ball and immediately turned around. He immediately avoided Butz who came to grab the ball.
Then, he almost immediately found Di Maria who came up on his right side, and passed the ball with one kick.
Di Maria received the ball and ran at a very high speed. He knew very well that he could not slow down. As long as his speed was enough, the opponent's counterattack would not be very likely to steal the ball at his feet.
In front of him, Abidal had already locked up his position. Di Maria knew that it would be difficult for him to attack Abidal's defense. He kicked the ball diagonally forward and passed it to the man in the middle.
Suarez.
Suarez received the ball in the midfield, picked it up with his first kick, turned around and wanted to shoot. Beside him, Pique and Butzquez had already rushed over, and Pique was very good at blocking it.
However, after Pique got stuck in his position, his outstretched foot was also blocked by Suarez.
He dodged it, and without hesitation he kicked the ball diagonally toward the baseline. Bell on the left rushed up and caught the ball near the baseline. Alves returned to defense very quickly, and he had no chance.
But he immediately knocked the ball to Coentrao behind him. Coentrao passed the ball and kicked it toward the center.
It is a pity that this excellent cooperation was not well connected in the last relief. Puyol in the middle showed his excellent prediction ability. He got ahead of Cavani and found the landing point.
He made a diving leap and pushed the ball out.
"It's a pity that we almost scored a goal... Tottenham's attack was very fast. This is the first time I have seen a Premier League team that can compete with Barcelona like this."
The commentator looked at Tottenham's attack and was quite amazed: In his memory, when Premier League teams faced off against Barcelona, they relied more on defending to counterattack and less on the ground. Like Tottenham, who dared to compete with Barcelona
There are really not many teams that struggle in ground battles. Tottenham's strength improved significantly after midfield, and now they are no longer at a disadvantage against Barcelona.
In fact, if you look carefully at the ball possession rate, Barcelona still has the upper hand. In terms of seizing control of the midfield, Tottenham is definitely better than Barcelona. What Tottenham does is actually very simple, which is to do it under Barcelona's control ability.
Some effective cooperation can form a propulsive ability and prevent one's own side from being completely suppressed by the opponent.
Barcelona's control of the football is very strong, but as long as they can prevent them from forming an effective counterattack and their own side can control the ball, it is possible to form an effective attack on them. Chelsea did it last season, and some teams in La Liga
I have done it before. And what Li Bin wants to do is to do the same: not to pursue the ball, but to pursue effective attacks.
Relying on the fact that their players have better physical fitness, they constantly launch attacks and exchange muscles and speed for opportunities. And because Barcelona's central control is too strong and not easy to play, then they use wing attacks as a means of expansion.
Combining the sides, with Yaya Toure and Suarez as the axis, and Bale and Di Maria as the gears, advancing layer by layer.
As soon as they advance one level, teammates will immediately cooperate and pose threats at multiple points at the same time, causing Barcelona's counterattack to be subject to some effective restrictions. At the same time, the center is constantly attacking Barcelona, which lacks effective physical strength for Barcelona.
It is the biggest threat to the backcourt.
Now playing on the court, everything is as Li Bin thought: the combination of wing and center can effectively tear apart the opponent's defense, and layer by layer, it can make loopholes in the opponent's defense. If we talk about the first half of the game, it is still hot.
If they were attacked desperately by Barcelona's Messi, then in the second half, their attack would also begin.
On the scene, Tottenham have begun to make some recovery, which makes Li Bin very happy. Over the years, they have collected breakthrough players and concentrated on practicing fast attack style of play. It has really played a great role in Barcelona.
Barcelona's strength lies in control, but Tottenham's strength lies in oppression. In the first half of the game, Barcelona took advantage of its own advantages and has been showing off its power for a while. Now, the situation of the game is about to reverse!