I started with Torres, to revive German football

Chapter 179 Defense gift, the one who should come will never be late!

Facing Barcelona's renewed offensive.

Manchester City is not in a hurry, and still sticks to their own front.

Guardiola also kept shouting from the sidelines, and kept directing the team.

"Take it easy, don't worry, take your time, just like you did just now."

"Pay attention to the opponent's advance, control the situation, and don't worry!"

Enrique is also not in a hurry, he is still constantly adjusting the team's formation, especially the offensive formation.

Manchester City's midfield tonight was very targeted.

Aguero and Zhao Jinge retreated to pinch Busquets. Kanter, Yaya Toure and Stones pressed forward. It looks a bit like a three-back midfielder formation, but the positioning is accurate for Barcelona. Messi and Iniesta.

As soon as Messi retreated, their central defenders did not follow, but the midfielders followed up.

This is also the advantage of having one more midfielder after Zhao Jinge and other strikers retreat.

But in this way, Barcelona's two central defenders can get more possession and freedom.

Enrique knows Guardiola too well, and he never believes that Guardiola wants to let Barcelona's central defenders control the ball and organize with good intentions.

"He's waiting for our centre-back to get the ball forward!"

Enrique suddenly realized that Guardiola just wanted his central defender to hold the ball forward.

The assistant coach Robert Moreno standing next to Enrique was taken aback, but immediately figured out what Enrique meant.

Guardiola deliberately let his two central defenders dribble forward?

"Don't doubt, Robert, admiration is the idea. He has always been impeccable in everything he does, and he will not miss the central defender like this, unless it is on purpose.

Those who can become world-class coaches, who doesn't have a heart, and admiration is waiting for us to deliver to our door! "

When Enrique said this, his face was a little dignified.

If you want to say who in the Barcelona team has the least trust in their own defense, Enrique is definitely the one who can be ranked first. He has long wanted to clean up this mess, but unfortunately he failed, especially the central defender this location.

Facing Real Madrid in the last round of the league, Barcelona's central defender duo performed very averagely. The only fig leaf was that Pique scored a goal.

But it was Pique's goal that gave Enrique almost no reason to stop and suppress the central defender combination between him and Xiao Ma, and besides the two, he had no other available candidates up.

There is no way to fight with hidden dangers.

But in the current football game, it is absolutely taboo for the central defender to advance with the ball.

Because of the forward movement of the overall front line, if the central defender is cut off the ball, the damage caused will be fatal. This is the last line of defense!In case something goes wrong, the goalkeeper will be behind.

Among Barcelona's central defenders, Pique turns slowly and has poor recovery ability. Originally, a central defender with strong attacking ability, quick recovery and fast turning speed is the most suitable partner. Enrique has always arranged this way.

After Puyol retired, Mascherano became the best performer among his successors, and because of his better skills than Pique.

Ma, who is currently not in good condition, can only forcefully share part of Busquets' responsibilities, and took the initiative to help Professor Bu wipe his ass.

When Barcelona's ball entered the frontcourt, it was still unable to get up quickly, so the rhythm of Barcelona's entire play was almost unchanged.

It just keeps passing the ball, flipping the foot, pulling and mobilizing back and forth, passing forward from time to time, trying to pass the threat, after receiving the ball in front, they are not sure enough, they all choose to knock back and reorganize.

Possession of the ball is the lifeline of this team.

But after entering 15 minutes, Barcelona suddenly accelerated the rhythm of the game, especially the pressing force in the midfield.

Obviously, Barcelona also realized that it would not be a good thing for them to continue to confront Manchester City like this.

In the No.18 minute, Barcelona created a chance. Messi scored the ball from the front of the penalty area. After Neymar got the ball on the left, when facing Kyle Walker, he suddenly accelerated and threw off the England right back. The ball was passed to the front of the penalty area.

When Suarez slanted in front of the goal, he was interfered by Stones. When he forced his foot, the shot was blocked by the British central defender and failed to threaten the goal.

Then, Iniesta quickly sent a corner kick, Suarez grabbed the spot again, but his header was also high.

This was Barcelona's second shot of the game.

"City's defense is very well organized."

"They didn't adopt the traditional position defense, but created a tight defensive zone from the center line to the 30-meter area of ​​their own side. Once Barcelona penetrated, they immediately set up defense."

"The players switch very skillfully and smoothly in this style of play, and it seems that they have undergone many rehearsals before the game."

"Enrique's team are starting to put pressure on Manchester City step by step."

For Manchester City's goal kick, Joe Hart drove the ball directly to the left of the center line. The first point must be grabbed by Manchester City.

The second point was also controlled by the retreating Manchester City striker, but Barcelona's counterattack was also strong, trying to form a steal just after Manchester City had possession of the ball.

But Manchester City is not a fuel-efficient lamp. They pass the ball continuously, pour the ball out, and finally pass back to the goalkeeper.

Suarez went straight for Joe Hart, but the England keeper was ready to pass the ball quickly to Stones
In terms of passing and possession, Manchester City is definitely not weak, but the philosophies of the two sides are very different.

When Manchester City sees an opportunity, they will also decisively choose a long pass to send the ball to the frontcourt, and they will never control the ball for the sake of possession.

Barcelona is different from Manchester City. They want to stabilize the possession of the ball more, so the offense seldom passes long, but more slowly advances. This is also related to Barcelona's philosophy.

To express it in Guardiola's own joking statement, that is: once Barcelona loses the ball now, they don't know how to play!
After consecutive defenses against Barcelona's offense, the performance of Manchester City's players proved that Guardiola's opening tactics are effective.

Therefore, he was not in a hurry at all and continued to make the team patient. Manchester City's players began to control the ball and patiently looked for opportunities in the midfield.

In fact, Manchester City has always insisted on pressing and oppressing at a high position. Now that they have finally regained the ball from Barcelona, ​​of course Manchester City still wants to go all out, take the initiative, and try to counter-press Barcelona!

It is best to be able to score a goal and resolve the stalemate in the opening ten minutes.

Guardiola still kept calling on the players on the sidelines, signaling them to hold their ground and be patient.

"Manchester City played very steadily after taking possession of the ball. Now it is Barcelona's turn to increase the counter-attack and oppression in the midfield."

"The current situation is very stressful for both sides."

"The pace of the game is a bit slow, but if anyone can score first, I believe the game will be much better than it is now."

Barcelona's players gradually pushed up the formation under constant pressure. Both Pique and Mascherano mentioned the position of the middle circle in advance.

The players on the front line have already grabbed the front of Manchester City's penalty area, but under the skillful possession of the Manchester City players, the Barcelona players' pressing did not pose much threat to them.

Zhao Jinge frequently withdrew from the front to respond, but every time he advanced with the ball, he was surrounded by Barcelona players swarming

Barcelona has deployed a heavy army in this area, obviously to build a cage for Zhao Jinge, Manchester City is targeting Messi, and Barcelona is also suppressing Zhao Jinge.

The top cards of both sides are the focus of the opponent's desperate efforts.

But judging from the scene, Manchester City is indeed gradually gaining more advantages after mastering the ball.

It looks a bit like a fist that is constantly shrinking, ready to give Barcelona a heavy blow at any time.

"They all said that Manchester City's pass control played well, but in my opinion it is still a bit far from our Barcelona, ​​​​seeing how they were suppressed by us.

In the case of possession of the ball, he has been falling from his own half to the center line. It seems that Pep has become a lot less timid after going to Manchester City!

Sitting in his own half and waiting for the opportunity to counterattack, didn't he say in the press conference that he would fight back?

What's going on with this scene now?

If he had been in the past, he would have pushed up by now!
It seems that Pep is getting old too! "

In the chairman's stand, Barcelona's chairman Bartomeu was smiling, obviously full of confidence in this game.

Barcelona is full of stars. Although Manchester City performed well, no matter in terms of club influence or team lineup,
Compared with the thriving Cosmos team, it always seems to be a little bit inferior. The defeat in the European war for many years before that has obviously lowered the fans' impression of Manchester City.

In the opinion of the chairman of Barcelona, ​​how can an upstart who has just broken into the quarter-finals of the Champions League be Barcelona's opponent?

But many times, the situation on the football field is a blessing and a curse.
Now Barcelona seems to want to seize the advantage, pressing so high, but at the same time giving Manchester City a chance to hit a thunderous blow.

In other words, the scene is by no means as optimistic as Bartomeu's psychological feelings.

There is even a feeling that Manchester City is leading Barcelona by the nose.

Just when the Barcelona chairman was laughing at Yan Yan, the No. 206 minute of the game, the situation on the court suddenly changed.

In the process of throwing the ball forward, Stones gave a little more strength, and Yaya Toure, who was running forward, did not receive the pass from the British central defender immediately.

Seeing such a situation, the Barcelona players surrounding the two were like sharks smelling blood, and immediately rushed towards the two of them.

At the critical moment, the Ivorian midfielder did not panic, and quickly chased after the football. After stopping the ball with his back, he immediately saw Rakitic and Mascherano rushing towards him aggressively.

The tall, strong and skilled Ivorian midfielder actually made a fancy move at this time.

He chose to block Rakitic who was grabbing with his back, and then picked the ball out with a flower-like movement.

Mascherano who rushed to the side immediately gave up on Yaya Toure and rushed to De Bruyne who came to the side to meet him. The ball is returned to the defense.

Mascherano chased relentlessly, wanting to quickly intercept the ball in the frontcourt and play another threatening attack.

Because the area they pressed was just outside Manchester City's penalty area.

Fortunately, Manchester City's continuous one-foot pass is also very skillful, and the ball was passed to Kanter's feet in the gap at once.

The French midfielder has also recently developed the ability to play the ball forward, with a 20-meter low ball forward, and it was delivered to the front position accurately.

Mane received the ball with his back, but he stopped a bit too far and did not connect well. When he wanted to pass it to Zhao Jinge, the ball was blocked by Busquets. Choose to pass back to Pique quickly.

But Aguero also rushed to Pique immediately.

At this time, Mascherano and Rakitic have not yet settled down.

The opportunity is coming!

Manchester City's players moved forward quickly, Zhao Jinge also rushed towards Busquets who had returned to the midfielder position, and Mane also approached Alves for the first time, which made Barcelona's defense in addition to long passes. No tee shot.

Pique had to choose to pass back to the goalkeeper.

Ter Stegen came to the top of the arc to catch the ball, but Aguero had already rushed near the top of the arc, scaring the fledgling Lion King to make a long pass.

The ball was given to the right side of the front court, and Walker grabbed the header before Messi and headed back to Barcelona's half.

Yaya Toure stepped out and pushed the ball forward.

Aguero blocked Pique with his body, stuck the position, stopped the ball to the left, and quickly distributed the ball to the left.

Zhao Jinge took control of the football at the first moment, and immediately made a big stride, hitting the left rib at the front of Barcelona's penalty area at the fastest speed.

But this time, Professor Bu retreated very timely, the position was very stuck, and Alves also leaned forward, Zhao Jinge was forced to stop suddenly, bring it back, and after Clichy got in the back row, he quickly passed the bottom line diagonally .

Clichy's bottom pass was blocked by Pique.

But at this time, Manchester City's entire formation has been pressed up.

Yaya Toure grabbed the spot, headed the ball to the top of his own half, and handed it to De Bruyne.
The Belgian passed the ball to Zhao Jinge who was diagonally forward

At this time, Busquets retreated to the forward, middle and rear position, but Mascherano stayed in the midfield instead. When he saw Zhao Jinge taking the ball, he rushed over quickly.
In the end, Zhao Jinge failed to snatch the ball in the first kick, but Zhao Jinge cleverly distributed the ball to Kyle Walker on the right side while dodging.

The England full-back got the ball, without the slightest hesitation, he directly put it on the edge, and passed the ball to Aguero who came to meet him.

The Argentine center forward got the ball in a good running position, and immediately accelerated the ball into the left side of the penalty area.

Zhao Jinge also ran over to respond at this time. Seeing Aguero dribbling the ball diagonally, he sprinted to the bottom line on the left side of the penalty area knowingly, trying to take away the defensive player, but Busquets was unmoved.

Seeing this situation, Aguero sent a direct pass to Zhao Jinge's feet.

At this time, Alves and Busquets turned pale in shock, fearing that Zhao Jinge would make a pass and immediately catch up, but Zhao Jinge suddenly stopped and knocked the ball back.

Aguero rushed into the penalty area. When receiving the ball, Ter Stegen, the little lion, made a gesture to attack. Pique even gave up De Bruyne in the middle.

Desperately pounced on Aguero, but in the center and right, De Bruyne and Mane were standing at the front of the small penalty area and waiting.

After the Argentine center nimbly dunked Pique, he sent the ball lightly. De Bruyne in the middle was interfered by Mascherano and deliberately missed it. Defensively pushes and shoots easily.

In front of the huge goal, no one came to guard the messy Barcelona defense line that was pulled.

Under the silent gaze of nearly [-] fans at the Nou Camp, Zhao Jinge's push slowly rolled into Barcelona's goal.

"GOAL!!!!!!"

"No. 209 minutes, Manchester City took the lead in scoring!"

"The key goal from Zhao Jinge opened the scoring for Manchester City! In this crucial game, Manchester City's top scorer stood up again!"

"One to zero!"

"Manchester City's sudden and fast attack, especially in the frontcourt, Manchester City's players formed a strong pressure on Barcelona,

In the face of this sudden pressure, Barcelona's defense line, which was already in poor condition, was involved in a mess, overwhelmed, and soon fell apart! "

"The current situation is very unfavorable to Barcelona. On the one hand, there is no progress in the organization and offense of the midfield. On the other hand, there are mistakes in the defense. This wave of attack after being countered by Manchester City broke the goal."

"Now, Enrique is facing a tough and difficult situation, a Barcelona team that is in full swing conceded a goal at home!"

"This is still a valuable away goal. It's time for Enrique to think of a way, how to stop Manchester City's attack line that has bared its fangs!"

Zhao Jinge embraced and celebrated with his teammates excitedly after scoring a goal.

The attack just now took less than 3 minutes, but Manchester City's fast-paced play made Barcelona a little overwhelmed.

This is actually no wonder, because from the beginning to the present, Manchester City has maintained a relatively stable rhythm, and Barcelona has always adapted to this rhythm of Manchester City.

But now, Manchester City suddenly accelerated suddenly, which made it difficult for Barcelona to adapt.

More importantly, Mascherano, who was pressed on the top, did not settle in time, and Busquets had to retreat to the central defender to block, but the problem is that Mascherano also failed in time in the fourth position. Protecting the line of defense can be described as repeated mistakes.

The moment after Zhao Jinge's goal, Guardiola jumped up from the visiting team's coaching bench. He wanted to celebrate loudly, but in the next second he suddenly remembered that he was now at the Nou Camp.

With complicated emotions, Guardiola suppressed all the emotions in his heart, and shouted loudly at the Manchester City players who had finished celebrating on the pitch:

"Keep going steady, don't rush, be patient."

Guardiola's shouts not only fell into the ears of Manchester City players, but also some Barcelona players heard his voice.

Messi, who was standing near the center circle and waiting for the team to kick off, watched his most respected head coach loudly instructing the current disciples on the sidelines. Suddenly, an inexplicable feeling emerged in his heart.

I'm still not used to it!The two people who were once the closest are now rivals fighting to the death.

Although Enrique feels very good to Messi, but if it is Guardiola, then there is no need to choose between the two.

Guardiola will always be the most special one in Messi's heart.

Looking at the smiling faces of the Manchester City players after the celebration, Messi shook his hands and sighed with his hands on his waist. This round of knockout rounds is far from over!

(End of this chapter)