The Ball at Your Feet

"This is really a very strange phenomenon. The ball is now controlled by Barcelona. However, it is difficult for Barcelona to pass the game through half of the game. Although they control the ball and have a higher ball possession rate, they are absolutely huge. Part of the passes were made directly between Puyol and Valdés, and they didn't seem to have much possibility to press out."

What Barcelona’s football philosophy said, Zhao Yaning has long been very clear: Garcia and Reina are both players from La Masia. They have been influenced by Barcelona’s football philosophy inherited from Cruyff since childhood. How could they be unclear about the idea of ​​Catalonia playing football?

Not only he knows it, but Liverpool as a whole knows it. Benitez is also a coach from Spain. Although he is from Real Madrid, he is also very familiar with Barcelona's theory. In this game, he also made targeted arrangements.

Cruyff has a famous argument, "As long as the ball is under our feet, the opponent has no chance." He firmly believes that mastering the possession of the ball means mastering the initiative. As long as the possession rate is higher than that of the opponent, the chances must be greater than that of the opponent. Barcelona's training and competitions over the years have all adhered to this philosophy.

Such a theory, logically speaking, there is nothing wrong, but some things cannot be explained by pure theory. In particular, the contingency of the football game is very big. If you have the ball, you will be able to master the initiative of the game. It's true, but if you master the initiative, you will definitely be able to win? This is another question.

The establishment of this theory is based on the fact that one's own party has achieved extremely good ball control, and the other party has absolutely no ability to break the ball. We will pass the ball 100% successfully.

But everyone knows that it is impossible. Even the best midfielder, no matter what kind of master-level player, does not prepare to attack in a game, all pass some safe ball, it is difficult to pass the success rate of more than 90%. There are bound to be mistakes in passing, and if there are mistakes, there will be one-on-one offensive and defensive opportunities.

Barcelona has one-sidedly emphasized the pass success rate approach, this time there is a disadvantage. In the pursuit of passing the ball well and making the ball fast, Barcelona has cultivated talented teams that focus on one kick and the speed of reaction, but they don't pay much attention to other aspects of physical ability. And their passing is at the expense of their players' height, weight, and one-on-one offensive and defensive capabilities. Once a one-on-one opportunity appears, they will be in big trouble.

Both Harvey and Motta are good technical players, but their defensive abilities are not enough to support the overall situation. And Benitez’s arrangement is like this: Sissoko and Alonso made crazy sweeps and interceptions on the midfield line, making it difficult for the opponent’s attack to pass halftime. Although they have the ball, they can only choose more. The return instead of the attack.

When facing Barcelona, ​​there are generally two defensive ideas. One is the midfield and opponent's counter-grab, oppression, and suppression of Barcelona through midfield sweeps, and the other is to fully shrink in their penalty area. Defend with layers of defense in the penalty area.

Of course, it is not impossible to choose a comprehensive counterattack, but that is another way of thinking.

The defensive method that fully shrinks in the penalty area, that is, intensive defense, is indeed a defense that is extremely difficult to break. Generally speaking, there are several ways to break dense defenses, free kicks, long shots, headers... Barcelona are not good at it. They are also the most troublesome defense. And if there is an extremely good counterattack master who plays with a blasting counterattack, then he can play extremely threatening football. This is why Torres of Atletico Madrid broke out when he met Barcelona.

And another way of defense is the oppressive defense in the center and front, relying on constant pressure to make the opponent's passing and receiving errors, and then counter on the spot, quickly counterattack-Huang Qian and Sevilla, etc. The team chose this style of play.

It’s just that this style of play, used by La Liga teams, can be achieved through cooperation, while the small-scale cooperation of Premier League teams is even worse. Therefore, if they want to play this way, they need an extremely important thing: to be able to play The midfielder carried out a wide range of sweeps, which made Barcelona's midfielder unsuccessful.

Fortunately, Chelsea have Essien, Liverpool have Mascherano and Sissoko, and Hargreaves, who Manchester United have been in contact with, can also do it.

Such a midfielder does not need to be able to grab the ball every time. As long as they can rely on their running to intercept the opponent's pass in the midfield, it will be enough to affect Barcelona's attack.

And if Barcelona choose to pass back, then it would be better for the Premier League team. The Premier League team always has a physical advantage against Barcelona. As long as they can successfully counter-grab, they will always be able to play a good opportunity.

Giving up the ball, relying on the oppression of the midfield and the counter-grab in the front to gain opportunities and seize the opportunity, this is the best way for the Premier League team to meet Barcelona. Mourinho’s Chelsea came out this way, using Drogba to be sent off and his team’s loss as a price to find the best tactic. Now, Liverpool has also learned this. Tactics, and use more skillfully.

"The situation in Barcelona doesn't seem to be very good..."

After Sissoko grabbed the ball, he handed the ball to Figo in front of him, and Figo did not hesitate to pass the ball diagonally to Zhao Yaning. Zhao Yaning ran to the middle, and the pace was already slow. After getting the ball a lot, Tulam rushed directly into the penalty area.

Marquis and Puyol rushed over together, and Zhao Yaning's spike passed Marquis, but Puyol's tackle intercepted Zhao Yaning well.

"Puyol has once again contributed to Barcelona, ​​and Zhao Yaning almost got a single-handed chance. It's really a worrying situation."

Liverpool's defense is similar to Chelsea's, relying on the interception of the midfield to block opponents, but in terms of attack, their play is a different idea.

Barcelona's defense only has a single midfielder, which is where Liverpool launched a targeted attack. Figo was placed here, not just because Gerrard was injured, but also because he was able to do what Gerrard could not: he could hold the ball in the frontcourt, in the opponent's Forced, a very good diagonal pass to Zhao Yaning who was inserted in the front.

If the team uses a double midfielder, it is very difficult to hold the ball and pass it out, but if it is a single midfielder and a player like Motta is a single midfielder, he can still intercept well. A straight ball passing forward, but if a straight ball passing diagonally in the direction of the wings, it is not so easy to deal with.

This style of play was also designed to deal with Barcelona. Figose ball, Zhao Yaning cut directly from the wing, after running through the midfielder, he faced the back line directly. With Zhao Yaning's personal ability, Breaking through to this position, facing Marquez or Puyol's single defense, there are naturally many opportunities.

In this game, Liverpool’s tactics are completely in the upper hand, and the most important thing is to rely on Zhao Yaning’s personal assault ability to complete the breakthrough of Barcelona’s back line. This way of playing is to attack the opponent with his strongest point. The weakest point of the game, this kick will naturally have the upper hand.

Although this attack was unsuccessful, but immediately, Alonso's long pass sent the ball to Zhao Yaning's feet again. When Zhao Yaning accelerated again, he found that Tulam had already ran towards the penalty area.

Tulam is not stupid. He knows very well that it is very difficult for him to catch up with Zhao Yaning by speed. However, after all, he still has the ability to defensively. When he gets into the penalty area, he can withstand Milito. In this way, Puyol, who is faster, can rush outside to defend Zhao Yaning. Such a shift can better defend Liverpool's attack.

However, after Zhao Yaning saw this scene, he immediately launched an attack. His choice was simpler, instead of waiting for Puyol to approach, he hit the goal directly and kicked the ball towards the goal!

Unexpected shot, so Valdes did not expect. However, he jumped up in time and stretched out his hand. Milito was in the penalty area. Valdés knew that if he didn't pay attention to his save, Milito would form a chance for a supplementary shot. At this time, he played an exceptionally good leap and hit the ball directly. The bottom line!

"Valdes!!! Valdes made a successful save!"

The excellent save caused the crowd to cheer. Valdes waved his hands and moved towards the audience, apparently this save also made him extremely excited.

When the opponent's goalkeeper opened, Zhao Yaning was helpless. He also knows the characteristics of Valdes as a goalkeeper, because he has a lot of low-level turnovers and is not stable enough. Up to now, he has never entered the national team, but his performance is indeed very dazzling Eyes, a few saves are really helpless.

At this time, Zhao Yaning had also stood on the corner kick and kicked it out in an arc. He saw Valdes rushing out of the goal line, leaping up in the penalty area, raising his arms high, The ball was received in his arms. Obviously, as a goalkeeper, he has used the term “large control range” to the extreme. What surprised Zhao Yaning was that this player was able to make this kind of save at this time. Obviously, it had nothing to do with the applause just now. Obviously, He is a goalkeeper who is extremely susceptible to the surrounding environment and has excellent physical fitness ~www.ltnovel.com~ with a great control range. Such a goalkeeper is really rare, emotional, and a skilled player who is a goalkeeper, really doesn't know what to say.

At this time, Valdes was also waving his hands, letting the players run forward so that he could attack, Zhao Yaning also ran down from the side, moving slowly back. At this moment, Valdes also raised the football in his hand and threw it out suddenly.

"Valdes is in excellent condition. He made a very good save today, throwing the ball...no! What did Valdes do? Valdes this bastard! He threw the ball to Zhao Yaning!"

Standing outside the penalty area, Zhao Yaning was also surprised at this moment: How could this ball reach my feet?

So, what else do I have to hesitate?

Zhao Yaning shot and kicked the ball towards the goal!

"Al!!! Valdes' mistake, Zhao Yaning took the lead in breaking the goal!"

The Barcelona fans who were cheering just now all shut up in an instant-this goalkeeper is really not cursing, not love!