Chapter 959 The Crisis of Barcelona
Chapter 959 The Crisis of Barcelona
Chapter 959 The Crisis of Barcelona
When the game progressed to No. 209 minutes, Barcelona made a quick attack through the midfield and sent the ball directly to the right side of the front field.
Barcelona's intention is obvious, directly hitting the gap left by Marcelo's forward assist.
But as soon as Sanchez received the ball, Javi Martinez had already appeared on the Chilean winger's side for the first time, blocking Sanchez with his body, forcing him to stop the ball and be unable to turn around.
At this time, Messi suddenly appeared on the right to meet Sanchez.
The Chilean winger turned his back to the attacking direction, took a step back, and suddenly pushed the ball behind him, trying to call Messi, let Messi take the ball directly to the Real Madrid defense, but his intention was guessed by Javi Martinez.
Martinez stepped out in time to intercept the ball, allowing Messi's quick advance to run directly into the air, and after intercepting the ball, Martinez quickly passed the ball forward.
Marcelo, who returned to the defense all the way, also reacted immediately, quickly stopped and turned around, caught up with the ball again, and sent it forward with one kick.
Real Madrid quickly launched a counterattack.
Yang Yang started very fast and quickly chased after him.
Alves also went forward when he counterattacked just now, and wanted to support Sanchez, but he suddenly intercepted the ball in the frontcourt and was quickly counterattacked by Real Madrid. The Brazilian right back was somewhat unexpected and could not catch up with Yang Yang.
Pique immediately pulled to the left to mark Yang Yang, and the two met in the left corner of the penalty area.
After Yang Yang caught up with the ball, he directly smashed the ball, slashed towards the penalty area, and faced Pique, with continuous shaking and fake moves, he first made a gesture to cut in, but suddenly dunked to the baseline. After Pique reacted, he suddenly dunked back again.
The whole body moves very flexibly, and the movement speed is very fast. Pique didn't have time to react at all, and was directly swayed by Yang Yang, so frightened that he went straight to the bottom line, but Yang Yang dunked it back.
This buckle directly passed Pique.
Abidal has been defending behind Pique all the time, paying attention to Yang Yang's movements. When Pique rushed to the bottom line, the experienced French defender immediately paid attention to Yang Yang's inward cut. When he saw Yang Yang dunk Pique, he immediately rushed to block.
But no matter how fast Abidal is, he will still be one step behind Yang Yang.
Before the French defender could approach, Yang Yang took the lead and poked the ball forward.
The ball slipped past Abidal and fell to the large unguarded area to the right of the penalty spot.
Ibrahimovic seemed like a heavy tank at this time. No matter how Thiago pulled or tried to block him, he couldn't stop Ibrahimovic from rushing into Barcelona's penalty area. Facing the wonderful pass sent by Yang Yang, he volleyed vigorously and sent the ball into the bottom of the goal net.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
"Three to zero!"
"My God, this is unbelievable!"
"Less than half an hour into the game, Real Madrid took a [-]-[-] lead."
"We knew before the game that Barcelona's recent state was not ideal, but we never thought that Barcelona's state would be so bad tonight. Real Madrid led by three goals at the beginning."
"It's incredible, it's incredible."
"Even if Barcelona hasn't woken up quickly, at the Bernabeu tonight, they are likely to repeat the mistakes of the zero-to-five defeat two years ago, and may even create an even more embarrassing score."
After Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored a goal, he rushed out of the stadium excitedly, rushed all the way to the bottom of the stands of Real Madrid fans, and shouted at the fans in the stands.
Soon, he felt his back sinking, and Yang Yang jumped onto him from behind, straightened up, and shouted at the fans.
Real Madrid's players also chased after them, and they all surrounded the two in disbelief.
Tonight's game played too well.
It can even be said that from the beginning of the game, Real Madrid completely controlled the rhythm, and Barcelona was completely out of shape.
They led [-]-[-] in half an hour. If the game continues like this, what will be the result?
Can it beat Barcelona again?
"The defeat is like a mountain, and now Guardiola should come up with an effective adjustment strategy as soon as possible."
"We can understand that he wants to use Thiago, who is in better shape, to strengthen the team's midfield control, but it is obvious that Thiago's defense has weaknesses. Coupled with Real Madrid's strong attack on the left, Yang Yang's offensive is very active. Alves has to put all his energy into defense."
"Just like just now, let's look at the slow motion playback again."
"Barcelona counterattacked but failed. Harvey Martinez's position was blocked in time and the defense against Sanchez was also very successful. The cooperation between Sanchez and Messi did not succeed. Instead, Martinez intercepted the ball and quickly passed it to Marcelo."
"Everyone can take a look. After Marcelo received the ball, he immediately saw the loopholes in Barcelona's defense. Alves made a very rare forward move, and Real Madrid grabbed the space behind him and directly hit a counterattack."
"The strength of top superstars can only be seen at critical moments. Yang Yang grasped the opportunity steadily. He judged the situation very clearly, and he did not force himself, but used his personal ability to attract defensive attention."
"Look at his dribbling attack this time. Facing Pique and Abidal's defense alone, fake moves, changing speeds and changing directions, these are Yang Yang's forte. The movements are very elegant. Pique and Abidal were played around by him. In the end, a wonderful pass assisted Zlatan Ibrahimovic to score a goal."
"It can be said that Real Madrid's quick counterattack started from Harvey Martinez. Yang Yang's handling is the key. Zlatan Ibrahimovic's final goal is the icing on the cake. It was done very beautifully, and it can also reflect an important change in Real Madrid after Carlo Ancelotti coached."
"Three to zero, the current result is quite unfavorable for Barcelona."
"Moreover, according to our current statistics, Real Madrid's ball possession rate in the first 10 minutes was close to [-]%, surpassing Barcelona. This has to be said to be quite surprising."
"You know, even if Barcelona lost in the past, they would definitely have an advantage in ball possession. But tonight at the Bernabeu, they not only conceded three goals in a row, but also fell behind in ball possession. This is the most terrible crisis."
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With Real Madrid scoring three goals in a row, Barcelona was completely cornered.
But sometimes, the more there is no way out, the more it can inspire the team's fighting spirit and unify the players' thinking.
Barcelona is like that.
After conceding three goals in a row, they had no way to retreat, but instead they calmed down, calmed down, slowed down, and began to patiently and slowly control the ball.
From the No. 30-minute game, the rhythm of the game is completely different from the previous one.
Everyone is clearly aware that this is the real Barcelona.
After Real Madrid scored three goals in a row, they were also clearly aware of Barcelona's awakening, and they were no longer as aggressive as they were in the opening game.
Messi was more active in front, actively pulling wide and dropping back, receiving passes from the wings and midfield.
He is very clear that Real Madrid's focus is on suppressing Barcelona's midfielder, and he has to come back to have a chance, even going deeper than before.
The position of the midfielder has always been Real Madrid's weakness. Since Messi's debut, every time Barcelona meets Real Madrid, they basically play in this position, because they know very well that the distance between Real Madrid's defense and midfield is not tight, and they lack a strong midfielder to make up for this area.
Therefore, whether it is Messi or Ronaldinho, they like to receive the ball in this area. Iniesta, Harvey and Busquets are also very good at passing the ball to this area and let them create opportunities.
But with the arrival of Benitez and the joining of Javier Mascherano and Harvey Alonso, this area was filled. Especially last season, the joining of Harvey Martinez made Real Madrid even more powerful in this area.
Just like today, Mascherano didn't play, but Javi Martinez played very well in the deep position. Messi didn't have many opportunities to get the ball in the area between the midfield and the defense, forcing him to retreat deeper.
But Messi is still not discouraged, he is still constantly looking for opportunities.
Because his opponent Yang Yang scored twice and also assisted Zlatan Ibrahimovic to score, he had to give some response, otherwise, even he would look down on himself.
But on the court, Real Madrid still frequently created opportunities.
Especially at No. 306 minutes, when Zlatan Ibrahimovic received a cross from Robben's right and then distributed it to Yang Yang, Yang Yang stopped with his left foot and shot a long shot with his right foot directly from the front of the penalty area, heading straight for the goal.
Valdes flew sideways and saved the shot over the bottom line at the critical moment, which was able to defuse the crisis, but everyone knew that Real Madrid's offensive was too fierce.
Afterwards, Real Madrid was still creating opportunities. Barcelona controlled the rhythm and possession of the ball, but they still failed to find an effective way to break through the opponent's defensive formation. It was only at this moment that all Barcelona players suddenly realized that Ancelotti is an Italian coach, and his defensive accomplishments are not lost to Benitez.
Many people think that Ancelotti is a good man who is good at watching people order dishes, but they don't know that this in itself means that he has extraordinary tactical attainments, and the teams he has coached have always had good defense.
However, even so, Barcelona players still will not give up lightly, and Messi keeps expanding his area of activity, patiently looking for opportunities.
There is a saying that is true, no matter how solid the defense is, mistakes will inevitably occur.
At the last moment of stoppage time in the first half, I don't know if it was distracted or for other reasons, Real Madrid's defense made a coordination error.
Messi responds to Harvey's pass and knocks it back to Harvey. Harvey picks a pass to find Sanchez. The Chilean winger takes the lead and flies the header to the front of Messi.
Harvey Martinez and Pepe made a misjudgment when intercepting. Pepe's clearance hit Martinez, but the clearance was unsuccessful and gave Messi a chance instead.
Subsequently, Messi drove straight in with the ball, calmly pushed and scored in the penalty area, one to three.
Barcelona finally recovered a goal before the end of the first half.
(End of this chapter)
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