Soccer Super Marksman

In just a few minutes after the opening, although Messi played well, it was Lukaku who really took the lead in threatening.

Barcelona really didn't expect Manchester United to play such a sharp attack, it was a bit caught off guard!

But Barcelona is still very calm, they are by no means a fledgling small team, and their mentality adjustments in key games are very rapid.They knew that to slow down Manchester United's attack and disrupt Manchester United's rhythm, they had to control the situation.So after being almost killed by Manchester United's defense, they began to shape the situation on the field by frequently passing back and forth.

Although Manchester United will also control the scene, most of them are against teams that either have poor defense or are not as strong as Manchester United.

And when Barcelona do the same, or Barcelona itself is more proficient in this than Manchester United, then Manchester United has only one way to choose: retreat!
This will make Manchester United's offensive momentum suddenly dissipate invisible. The players must remain calm and cannot rush up to cause a single point in the defensive system to break away from the system, resulting in defensive loopholes.

Soon Barcelona gained a firm foothold. In the 7th minute of the game, Barcelona made a wide-ranging transfer from midfielder Rakitic on the right side of the front court. At the same time, Messi and Suarez switched positions. For a while, Barcelona's offense is dazzling, so that Manchester United's defensive system must be correct every step of the adjustment, and it must not be able to guard against leaks.

Messi stopped the ball on the edge of the penalty area before Suarez went down the left and passed back to the penalty area.I thought that such an offense would make Manchester United's defense extremely flustered.At worst, marking errors will occur.For example, multiple players go to mark an opponent.Leading to flaws in key areas, or insufficient defensive strength against key players, etc.

But when Messi controlled the ball in front of the penalty area, he saw Cui Zhen standing in front of him, Lingard on his side, Herrera blocking the middle, Mata next to him, Messi has not yet made a decision whether to break through, Cui Zhen stepped forward to press him down, and intercepted fiercely and resolutely.

Messi responded leisurely.Dodging the ball horizontally, he avoided Cui Zhen's interception, but Mata's pressing from the side followed one after another. Messi immediately made a second change of ball possession, dribbling the ball to the front right, Mata Tower's interception also failed, but when he wanted to take the ball for the third time, he was shocked to find that Lingard stepped forward to intercept it relatively easily!

It can be said that no Manchester United player can completely block Messi one-on-one. Looking at the entire European football, perhaps no player can do it.However, under the strict and orderly defense system, Manchester United achieved the goal of making it difficult for Messi to display his abilities.

After a successful defense.Lingard kicked the ball forward directly. Cui Zhen failed to defend Messi, so he happened to be faster than Messi in starting and had a better chance. He was facing Barcelona's half.

Cui Zhen easily controlled the football and dribbled forward. Midfielder Rakitic didn't dare to defend Cui Zhen head-on, one-on-one!

Although Cui Zhen is not considered to be able to ignore any opponent's one-on-one defense like Messi, he is definitely able to complete a breakthrough in front of more than 80% of opponents one-on-one!

Midfielder Rakitic is retreating. He has to form a defense system with two defensive midfielders before he dares to confront Cui Zhen head-on.Otherwise, in the local defense, if he is passed, it is really passed, and it will not provide positive help to the entire defense.

When Cui Zhen dribbled forward, Mata quickly ran to the right side of the front field, and defender Smalling also ran forward from the right side.The running positions of the two attracted special attention. Barcelona could not forget the whirlwind kick played by Manchester United on the right just a few minutes ago.

Midfielder Rakitic has retreated to the midfield. He has formed a defensive system with Paulinho and Roberto.

At this time, Rakitic was about to intercept Cui Zhen, but he saw Cui Zhen slowed down the pace of dribbling the ball, and stared at the right side of the frontcourt.

Rakitic thought that Cui Zhen was going to pass the ball to the right, and other Barcelona players thought the same way, because Cui Zhen had turned slightly to the front right, as if to pass the ball more accurately.But after Cui Zhen kicked the football with his right foot and sent the pass, the Barcelona players were surprised to find that the football rolled to the left!

Cui Zhen's passing is exactly the same as Messi's unique skills!
After passing the ball, Cui Zhen didn't retreat immediately, but he didn't advance either, as if standing in front of the center line was a threat, but the defender Smalling on the right ran back immediately to ensure the backcourt defense, He did not intend to participate in this attack.

The football passed by Cui Zhen rolled to Pogba's feet. Facing Barcelona full-back Pique, Pogba didn't use any ball-handling skills to break through Pique, but just tapped the ball to the left side of his body.

Pique's situation is like that of Semedo a few minutes ago. He was stunned to see someone rushing up behind Pogba, and then kicked the ball to the bottom line with strides, and then rushed past him quickly!

Valencia!

The real main direction of Manchester United's attack this time is the left wing!
After Valencia was injured at the beginning of the season, Manchester United's left attack was semi-paralyzed. Of course, this is relative to the sharp effect of the previous attack.

Lindelof played as a guest left back for most of the season. The defensive effect is good, but the offensive effect is still difficult to compare with Valencia.

After more than 200 days, Manchester United's "Golden Left" made a shocking recovery on the stage of the Champions League final!
Lukaku made a move in front of the goal to contain and cover. Pogba ran to the left side of the penalty area after passing the ball. Valencia was more decisive than defender Smalling after hitting the bottom. He knocked back directly on the edge of the penalty area. Pogba Ba greeted the ball and volleyed directly!
Goalkeeper ter Stegen watched Pogba's football shot erratically. He moved to the right side of the goal, kicked hard on the ground and then flew up. His stretched arms moved towards the trajectory of the football, but his palms could not touch it. Football, Ter Stegen's heart has been half cold.

But when he fell on the goal line and looked up again, Ter Stegen didn't see the football flying into the goal, which made him feel relieved, but he was still afraid.

Pogba roared unwillingly, and then ran back with a sinking face.

"Manchester United almost opened the scoring, and Pogba's shot slipped past! Barcelona has yet to find a way to face Manchester United's almost impregnable defense, but Manchester United, who is at the peak of fast break attainments, is causing trouble for Barcelona time and time again!
Barcelona did not face dense defenses, but they played very difficult in many high-level intensive defensive battles. For example, in the elimination of AC Milan, they only scored a small victory in the two rounds, and there were no more goals.It is undeniable that La Liga has higher technical gold content, but in terms of defense, La Liga uses offense instead of defense, not in the traditional sense, especially like the Italian team that uses pure defense to create the most extreme defense.

The Premier League is in the middle in terms of defense, but it also has its own characteristics, fighting aggressively and aggressively!

It's just that such a feature may become a double-edged sword in the European arena.

After Rooney left, Manchester United's style on the scene was more technical, and the brave side declined significantly. Therefore, they used the correct defensive strategy to integrate the characteristics of close pressing to improve their defense.

Barcelona did not achieve the expected results after the opening according to the conventional routine. Coach Valverde did not seem too worried on the sidelines. He believed that the team could solve the problem.

In fact, Valverde's coaching ideas can be said to lack a clear personal brand. He needs big-name players to support the hard power of the team. position, make the best use of their talents, and then integrate into a whole, bursting out a powerful fighting force.

This is by no means full of a totemic way of thinking in building the team like Mourinho or Wenger.

So Barcelona is constantly improving in his mouth, and after perfection, there is not much work he can do.

Valverde believed that Barcelona was strong enough, and did not consider how to improve after encountering targeted troubles, just like in the Bernabeu battle.Messi's performance is the key.He single-handedly overwhelmed the paper defense of the Galacticos.This is a display of personal strength. How much credit does the overall technique and tactics have?Maybe under the cover of Messi's light, no one cares about it.

In the 12th minute of the game, Paco successfully broke through Valencia on the right. Valencia was distracted by the threat posed by Messi's lateral running in front of the penalty area and Suarez's re-transposition. Unexpectedly, Paco would not Passing the ball instead chose to break through.

Paco, who had just cut into the penalty area, immediately chose to shoot. The football went straight to the near corner of the goal. Goalkeeper De Gea was ready to fully block Paco's shot and blocked the football from the bottom line.

"Barcelona's first shot hit the goal goal. Paco's shot was full of power, but unfortunately it lacked an angle. Goalkeeper De Gea made a save!"

After 2 minutes, Barcelona continued to hold the ball in the frontcourt. Messi, who was on the cusp of the storm, encountered unprecedented difficulties. Manchester United itself was a static defense. Secondly, the defense against him was always faced with a zone defense system, which made it difficult for him to find a breakthrough. The space will never give him a chance to break one by one, let alone give him enough space to walk on the ground in Manchester United's half.

However, this does not mean that Barcelona's central attack has lost its threat.With Messi alone as the firepower attraction point, he restrained many of Manchester United's defensive forces, and Messi calmly played the ball for his teammates who inserted in the back.

Midfielder Rakitic is bound to be an attacking player who is equally wary of Manchester United.However, Roberto's back jump seemed to catch Manchester United by surprise.

When Roberto quickly plugged in from the left side of the front center, Messi sent him a through ball, and the football just rolled past Lingard.

It is no exaggeration to say that Manchester United's midfield defense was pierced by Messi's understatement through ball!

At this moment, Bayi resolutely gave up the central defender's defense area and went directly to fight. Roberto could not touch the ball without interference, otherwise he would attract more defensive forces from Manchester United, and then liberate other Barcelona's offensive points!

When Roberto just touched the ball, Bayi stepped forward to confront him physically, and the two got into an entanglement. Then Bayi obviously moved too much and knocked Roberto away, and then the referee whistled for a foul!

Baiyi defended for a few words before turning back to defend, Manchester United was able to rearrange their defenses, and the offensive and defensive duel started again!

Barcelona's free kick in the front court was handed over to Messi. Under the pressure, Messi's free kick missed.

Just as Barcelona's players were flooding back, goalkeeper De Gea, seemingly normal, went to get the ball from the ball boy just outside the baseline, but he returned to the penalty area and immediately took the goal kick.

The football rolled to Lingard's feet in front of the penalty area, and Lingard knocked the ball horizontally in front of Cui Zhen.

Cui Zhen flicked the football forward with the back of his foot, and then kicked a long pass with a bang!

The Barcelona generals, who are retreating with the whole army, did not expect Manchester United to dare to attack so boldly. You must know that if the pass is wrong at this time, Barcelona will launch a fast break again, and Manchester United's defensive players are relaxing and may be destroyed. Take it away!
But Cui Zhen is a bold and skilled person!
Hastily launched a long pass in front of the penalty area, the half-high ball penetrated the midfield line, and flew diagonally to the left.

The Barcelona players thought Pogba would be there, but they didn't expect Lukaku to move to the left to meet him.

After Lukaku stopped the ball safely, he immediately dribbled the football towards Barcelona's penalty area.