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"It's really a strange phenomenon. The ball is now controlled by Barcelona, ​​but it is difficult for Barcelona to press the game past the half. Although they have the ball and have a higher possession rate, but the vast majority Some of the passes were directly between Puyol and Valdez, and they didn't seem to have much possibility to push out and kick."

What Barcelona's football philosophy says, Zhao Yaning has long been 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 not be clear about Catalonia's thinking about playing football?

Not only he knows it, but the whole Liverpool knows it too.Benitez is also a Spanish-born coach. Although he was born in Real Madrid, he is also very familiar with Barcelona's theory. In this game, he also made targeted arrangements.

Cruyff has a very famous argument 'As long as the ball is at our feet, the opponent has no chance'.He firmly believes that mastering the possession of the ball is equivalent to mastering the initiative. As long as the ball possession rate is higher than that of the opponent, there must be more opportunities than the opponent.Barcelona's training and competitions over the years have followed this concept.

Such a theory is logically correct, but there are some things that cannot be explained by pure theory.In particular, the various chances of football games are very large. If you master the ball, you will definitely be able to master the initiative of the game. It is true, but if you master the initiative, you will definitely be able to win?That's another question. [

The establishment of this theory is based on the fact that one's own side has achieved excellent ball control, the opponent has absolutely no ability to intercept the ball, and our pass will be 100% successful.

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

However, Barcelona's one-sided emphasis on the pass success rate is at a disadvantage at this time.In order to pursue excellent passing and quick balls, Barcelona's talented team focuses on one-footed balls, focusing on reaction speed, 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 there is a one-on-one opportunity, they will be in big trouble.

Harvey and Motta are both very good technical players, but their defensive ability is not enough to support the overall situation.And Benitez's arrangement is the same: Sissoko and Alonso conduct crazy sweeps and interceptions on the midfield line, making it difficult for the opponent's attack to pass through the half. Although they have the ball, they can only choose more of the return rather than the attack.

When facing Barcelona, ​​there are generally two defensive ideas, one is the midfielder and the opponent's counterattack, oppression, suppressing Barcelona through midfield sweeps, and the other is to fully shrink in your own penalty area, relying on 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 of fully shrinking in the penalty area, that is, intensive defense, is indeed an extremely difficult defense to break.Generally speaking, there are several ways to break dense defenses, such as free kicks, long shots, headers... Barcelona are not good at it. This kind of defense is also the most troublesome for them.And if there is an extremely good counter-attacker who relies on explosive counter-attacks to play, then he can play extremely threatening football.This is why Atletico Madrid's Torres broke out when he met Barcelona.

And another defensive method is the oppressive defense in the midfield, relying on constant oppression to make the opponent's passing and receiving mistakes, and then counterattack on the spot and quickly counterattack-Huang Qian and Sevilla, etc. The team chose this style of play.

However, 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 like this, they need an extremely important thing: being able to The midfielder carried out a large-scale sweep, which made Barcelona's midfielder unable to play the ball smoothly.

Fortunately, Chelsea has Essien, Liverpool has Mascherano and Sissoko, and Hargreaves, who Manchester United has 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 own running interception to disrupt the opponent's pass control in the midfield, it will be enough to affect Barcelona's attack.

And if Barcelona chooses to pass back, then it would be perfect for the Premier League team.Premier League teams always have a physical advantage against Barcelona. As long as they can successfully fight back, they will always be able to play a good chance.

Giving up the ball, relying on the oppression of the midfield and counter-stealing in the frontcourt to gain opportunities and seize opportunities, this is the best way for Premier League teams to think when they meet Barcelona.Back then Mourinho's Chelsea found the best tactics at the cost of Drogba being sent off and his team losing. Now, Liverpool have also learned this Tactics, and more proficient in using them.

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

After Sissoko snatched the ball, he kicked the ball to Figo in front of him, and Figo passed the ball diagonally to Zhao Yaning without hesitation. Thuram hit a lot, and after receiving the ball, he rushed directly towards the penalty area.

Marquis and Puyol rushed over together, and Zhao Yaning’s spike evaded Marquis, but Puyol’s tackle intercepted Zhao Yaning very well.

"Puyol once again contributed to Barcelona, ​​and Zhao Yaning almost got a one-handed chance. It is really a worrying situation."

Liverpool's defense, similar to Chelsea, relies on midfield interceptions to stop opponents, but in terms of attack, their way of playing is another idea.

Barcelona's defense only plays with a single midfielder, which is where Liverpool launched a targeted attack.Figo was placed here not only because of Gerrard's injury, but also because he could do what Gerrard couldn't: Under the pressure, a very good diagonal pass to Zhao Yaning who inserted in front. [

If the team uses double midfielders, it is very difficult to hold the ball and pass it out, but if it is a single midfielder, and a player like Mota is the single midfielder, although he can still intercept it very well. The through ball is passed forward, but if the through ball is passed diagonally to the two wings, it is not so easy to deal with Feng Yuhuang: the first usurper.

This way of playing was also prepared to deal with Barcelona. Figose the ball, Zhao Yaning directly cut in from the wing, and after running past 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 defense. This way of playing is to attack the opponent with his strongest point. The weakest point, this way of kicking, can naturally gain the upper hand.

Although this attack was unsuccessful, but immediately, Alonso made a long pass and sent the ball to Zhao Yaning again.When Zhao Yaning accelerated again, he found that Thuram had already run into the penalty area.

Thuram is not stupid, he knows very well that it is difficult for him to catch up with Zhao Yaning by speed.However, after all, he still has the ability to defend and fill positions.When he was inside the penalty area, he could hold Milito back. In this way, Puyol, who was faster, could rush outside to defend Zhao Yaning. Such a change of position could better defend against Liverpool’s attack.

However, after seeing this scene, Zhao Yaning immediately launched an attack.His choice was simpler, and without waiting for Puyol to approach, he directly kicked the goal and kicked the ball towards the goal!

Unexpected shot, so Valdes is not expected.However, he jumped up in time and stretched out his hand.Milito was inside the penalty area, and Valdez knew that if he was careless in his save, Milito would have a chance to make a follow-up shot. At this time, he played an exceptionally good lunge and hit the ball directly. bottom line!

"Valdez!!! Valdez made a successful save!"

The excellent save made the crowd cheer.Valdez waved his hands and made movements towards the auditorium. Obviously, this save also made him extremely excited.

Encountered the opponent's goalkeeper hanging up, Zhao Yaning had nothing to do.He also knows the characteristics of the goalkeeper Valdes, because he has many low-level mistakes and is not stable enough. Up to now, he has never entered the national team, but sometimes his performance is indeed very eye-catching. Eye-catching, some saves are really helpless.

At this time, Zhao Yaning had already stood on the corner kick, kicked out in an arc, and he saw Valdez rush out of the goal line, jumped up in the penalty area, raised his arms high, The ball was caught in his arms.Obviously, as a goalkeeper, he used the word "large control range" to the extreme, and what surprised Zhao Yaning was that the player was able to make such a save at this time, which obviously had nothing to do with the applause just now. He is a goalkeeper who is extremely susceptible to the influence of the surrounding environment, has excellent physical fitness, and has a great range of control.Such a goalkeeper is really rare. An emotional and skilled player is a goalkeeper, and he really doesn't know what to say.

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

"Valdés is in excellent condition. His saves are very good today, throwing the ball... No! What did Valdés do? Valdés is a bastard! He threw the ball to Zhao Yaning!"

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

So, what else do I have to hesitate?

Zhao Yaning lobbed and kicked the ball towards the goal!

"Gooool!!! Valdez's mistake, Zhao Yaning scored first!"

The Barcelona fans who were still cheering just now all stopped talking about the goalkeeper. It's really not scolding, nor is it love!