NovelsAlex Chapter 547
Chapter 547
Chapter 547
The 245th Spanish national derby officially started on Saturday night.
After experiencing the painful memories of being double-killed by Real Madrid last season, the Barcelona fans cheered the team with hoarse shouts.
In the previous 6 rounds, Barcelona achieved a complete victory record and took the initiative in mentality.
However, Real Madrid has been in a mediocre state recently, with 5 wins and 1 tie in the first six rounds, not only behind Barcelona by 2 points, but also scored 5 fewer goals than their opponents.
The wave of strong performance Koeman brought to Barcelona after taking office allowed him to quickly settle the contradictions in the locker room.
本场比赛，主场作战的巴萨，舍弃了以往的4-3-3，改为攻守平衡的4-4-2。
Goalkeeper: Neto.
Defense: Alba, Lenglet, Pique, Durst.
Midfield: Coutinho, Frenkie de Jong, Busquets, Pedri.
Forwards: Messi, Fati.
Under the traditional full attack and full defense system, Koeman pays more attention to the attack in the middle.
When facing Real Madrid's intensive defense, Messi and Fati can use dribbling and speed to tear open.
Zidane fine-tuned the lineup, allowing Mendy and Nacho, who are more stable in defense, to serve as the team's full-backs.
Valverde, who has stronger impact and physical confrontation, replaced Modric in the starting position.
Real Madrid is based on the strangulation of the midfield, and they want to head-to-head with Barcelona.
Facts have proved that Barcelona, which mainly focuses on pass control, is obviously inferior to Real Madrid in terms of physical confrontation.
Both Busquets and De Jong are neither midfielders who focus on physical confrontation, which is clearly to exploit their weaknesses and avoid their strengths.
But Koeman has his tactical ideas.
In the case of insufficient physical confrontation, flexibility is a characteristic of Barcelona players.
Koeman hopes that the team can pass non-stop in the midfield. After tearing through Real Madrid's defense, Messi and Fati will be responsible for breaking through with the ball.
But within 10 minutes of the start of the game, it was difficult for Barcelona to organize a threatening attack in the midfield. Their conduction was often a cross pass or a return pass in front of Real Madrid's defense.
This is no different from passing the ball, and it intuitively resonated with the Barcelona fans on the scene.
Is this still Barcelona?
In the 13th minute, Messi, who retreated to the midfielder, got rid of Cross's tackle after getting the ball, and then picked a pass.
As he gets older, Messi's passing accuracy becomes more and more proficient, especially the passing after getting rid of, which is both subtle and subtle.
Fati received the ball from the ribs, and Barcelona finally completed a penetrating attack from the midfielder in the first half.
Fati, who was holding the ball near the right side of the penalty area, suddenly started to accelerate towards the baseline when facing Mendy's defense. After the opponent's center of gravity moved, he pulled the ball back with the inside of his right foot. After a quick adjustment, he suddenly shot a cold arrow.
What?
This is the amazement and disbelief of the players on both sides when Fati shot the goal.
The Real Madrid players were surprised that the young teenager shot from behind was so fast.
The La Masia youth training camp always produces talents.
The Barcelona players are more surprised and incomprehensible expressions.
With this ball, Fati can pass it to the middle, and then seek cooperation with Messi and Coutinho.
But he chose the shot he shouldn't have chosen.
Sure enough, Fati's shot was a lot higher than the crossbar and flew towards the stands.
But the Barcelona fans still applauded the attack.
Because Messi passed the ball.
And only he can pass the threatening ball forward.
In the next few minutes, Messi tried this forward through or pick pass many times.
But Real Madrid's defense has become more cautious after suffering a big loss.
They always pay attention to Messi's dynamics, as long as he has the intention of passing the ball, they are immediately ready to steal the ball.
Soon, Messi's pass success rate became lower and lower, and Barcelona's offensive threat was greatly reduced.
In the first 20 minutes of the game, Real Madrid has been on the defensive, rarely attacking to the edge of the opponent's penalty area.
One of the reasons, of course, is possession.
Although the main force is gone, it does not affect Barcelona's passing cooperation and is still one of the best teams.
There is also the away game of Real Madrid, which must first adapt to the rhythm of the game.
Through the game during this period, Zidane found that the main problem of Barcelona is the lack of creativity in the midfield.
Except for Messi, other Barcelona players basically did not pass forward, which was contrary to Koeman's pre-match tactics.
Barcelona, which sacrificed their offensive width, was unable to form an advantage in the middle, which led to their weak offensive end.
Koeman kept roaring and shouting off the court, telling the players with gestures to pass more forward.
But Real Madrid's frontcourt oppression puts a huge psychological burden on the Barcelona players, and it is difficult to achieve it if they want to pass forward calmly.
Ever since, Real Madrid's formation moved forward unconsciously.
The forward pressing group composed of Rossi, Benzema, and Vinicius greatly threatened Barcelona's pass control and allowed them to return the ball to the goalkeeper.
Without Ter Schgent's long pass, Barcelona wants to select the ball in the backcourt, and Busquets must come back.
Once Barcelona's midfielder moves, Real Madrid's restrictions will be half successful.
As he gets older, Busquets is no longer the most stable player in Barcelona's midfielder.
The combination of him and De Jong obviously cannot satisfy the hardness of Barcelona's midfield.
This is why Zidane sent Valverde to play.
Once Barcelona's pass from the backcourt is blocked, their formation will be out of line, resulting in the inability to look at each other from head to tail.
The tactical success allowed Real Madrid to gradually regain their disadvantage in the midfield and began to take the initiative in the game.
Vinicius frequently got opportunities on the wing and stormed towards the Barcelona goal.
Durst, who just joined the team this summer, successfully restricted Vinicius on the defensive end, making his breakthrough like a swamp.
"Hey, pass the ball!"
Rossi yelled loudly as he approached quickly.
But Vinicius couldn't listen to it at all, staring at the opponent's body and observing the defensive position with all his attention.
He desperately tries to get past Durst and cross.
Although this is not a method, but the effect is average.
"Pass the ball, Vinicius!"
Rossi's roar woke up the Brazilian teenager like a dream.
This is the national derby, everything should be based on the team.
Before the game, Zidane decided to use Rossi as the main attack point and had unlimited firepower.
Vinicius must be strictly enforced.
After receiving the pass, instead of forcing a shot, Rossi shifted to the other side.
In the past matches between the two teams, Real Madrid mostly focused on counterattacks and long-range shots from outside the penalty area.
A lateral transfer of the ball like this is very rare.
This also reflects from the side, the change of Real Madrid's mentality in the game.
After a few patient passes, Barcelona's formation was heavily tilted under constant crosses.
Nacho seized the opportunity and lobbed the ball into the penalty area.
Relying on his height advantage, Pique pushed the ball out of the penalty area first.
But the second penalty kick was caught by Rossi, and he shot at the ball.
The ball drew a sharp downward arc, landed on the net above the goal, and bounced off the baseline.
The goalkeeper Neto, from beginning to end, did not respond at all.
[Real Madrid's first shot in this game came from Rossi! 】
[The quality of this shot is very high, just a little bit, it copied his world wave in the Super Bowl! 】
[Although Real Madrid's opportunities are few, they are even more threatening! 】
[And in today's game, let us see a different Real Madrid! 】
[Facing Barcelona, they were able to patiently organize an attack from the outside! 】
[This is extremely rare in previous competitions, or even non-existent! 】
While the commentator was still immersed in praising Real Madrid, the fans suddenly shouted loudly from the Camp Nou stadium.
I saw Busquets reproduce the stunt of pulling the ball and turning around. After shaking Vinicius away, he sent an overhead ball.
Messi went in through the gap between the two Real Madrid defenders, unloading the ball with his right thigh.Dribble the ball with the left foot.
This process was smooth and smooth, without any delay in attacking fighters, which shows Messi's superb combination of man and ball.
[Look at this side, Barcelona responded with color! 】
[Messi! 】
【Change direction and accelerate! 】
【Waded Casemiro! 】
【In the restricted area! 】
【Can Ramos defend? 】
【Shoot! ! ! ! 】
The moment he got rid of the defense, Messi's left foot quickly hit the ball towards the near corner of the goal.
By the time Ramos dropped the shovel, it was too late.
Messi is still the man who can single out any line of defense.
The fast and concealed shot made the Real Madrid goalkeeper unable to react in time, and the ball passed through his legs.
Over the Camp Nou stadium, there were deafening shouts from the fans.
[GOAL, GOAL, GOAL, GOALLLLLLLLLL! ! ! 】
[Messi scored a goal! 】
[Real Madrid's defense line can't stop him at all! 】
[This is a long pass from the backcourt, directly finding Messi at the far end! 】
[Messi lived up to expectations and scored a goal at the Nou Camp. 】
[Barcelona is leading 1:0! 】
The Real Madrid players after conceding the ball did not hang their heads down, but communicated with each other and exchanged opinions on the conceded goal that day.
Casemiro took the initiative to admit his mistake. If he hadn't been swayed by Messi, the defense would not have been overwhelmed by Messi.
Ramos didn't blame him either, but held an emergency meeting to discuss defensive issues.
Zidane is very satisfied with the status quo of the team.
Conceding the ball is not terrible, but the players are afraid of losing confidence and calmness.
In the past few seasons, after Real Madrid lost the ball first, their mentality was very easy to change, and they were completely reduced to the fish on Barcelona's chopping board.
But this time, it was different.
The whole team, from the head coach to the players, accepted the fact that the score was behind very calmly.
There was no panic or confusion in their eyes.
Yes, it is a strong desire to defeat the opponent.
Zidane called Rossi to his side and arranged the next tactics.
Qi Xuanzong, it's time to show off!
(End of this chapter)