number one striker

Chapter 139 Defensive Counterattack
Barcelona's ball control system is very powerful, but this system also has certain flaws.If the team does not have a core player who can change the rhythm of the offense, they can only scratch the itch and cannot cause substantial damage to the opponent at all.

However, the scariest thing about this Barcelona team is that they have multiple players who can change the rhythm of the attack.After a drowsy possession of the ball, Alves and Xavi suddenly accelerated, and in an instant Barcelona rushed towards the Inter Milan penalty area like a tiger descending a mountain.

Alves slid past Caesar's defense and sprinted forward along the touchline.Zanetti rushed here at high speed, trying to block Alves' way.

Seeing that the Brazilian full-back was about to enter the control range of Chivu and Zanetti, he slammed the ball, crossed Inter Milan's defense, and the ball came to Ibrahimovic's feet accurately.

In an instant, there was a huge booing at the Meazza Stadium.The harm that Ibrahimovic brought to them this summer cannot be overcome by a simple sentence of "smile away the grievances". However, the big-hearted Ibrahimovic doesn't care what the Meazza fans think of him at all.

He leaned on Samuel, turned and volleyed.

The quality of the kick was very high, and Cesar threw the ball in the air.

The boos turned into exclamations, and the Inter Milan fans gasped.

If it weren't for Cesar's concentration, I am afraid that Ibrahimovic will give his old club a fatal blow just at the beginning of the game.

There was no trace of regret on the face of Ibrahimovic, who almost succeeded, but the corner of his mouth was raised, showing a smug affection.

"Damn, pretend to be a criminal." Caesar, who had just returned to the defense, spat, and Zanetti patted him: "Don't worry, Barcelona's tactics are like this. Just stay in position, and we will steal the ball."

This time Barcelona chose to send a corner kick directly, Pique and Lucio collided, and Cesar finally benefited.

"Counterattack!" Cesar rushed out with the ball in his arms, and found Milito with a vigorous throw.

"Fix it!" Milito vigorously distributed the ball to the wing, giving Eto'o a great lead.

However, in the face of Puyol's defense, Eto'o failed to use his speed to get rid of him, but was forced into a corner by the Barcelona team.

"Behind!!"

Eto'o hurriedly passed the ball back, and Maicon, who followed, directly chose a cross from the wing.

It's a pity that Milito in the penalty area didn't keep up, and the ball flew out of the baseline.

"It seems that Inter Milan wants to use the gap behind Barcelona to let Eto'o and Caesar attack Barcelona with two sharp knives." Eliza analyzed.

Seeing that there was no threat, Maicon immediately ran back sullenly.

"Be careful of their counterattack. I don't need to tell you how strong that Eto'o guy is." Puyol said to Pique. Pique has defensive ability, but he is too reckless.Puyol will beat him from time to time. After all, after he retires, the banner of Barcelona's defense will be carried by Pique.

Pique said: "Don't be afraid, they have Eto'o, we have Rio and Thierry (Henry), who can compare to us in offense."

The fact is exactly the same. After this unsuccessful counterattack, in the next 10 minutes, Inter Milan fell into a complete passivity.

Barcelona successively launched attacks from the right flank where Alves was located, and the connection between him and Messi made Inter Milan's generals exhausted.

Especially Caesar, who was played around by the continuous kicks between the two. He had no speed, but he just couldn't catch up with them.

In football, the ball is always faster than the man.

Guardiola knows this truth, and Barcelona will dominate the world last season.

Among the many challengers, Mourinho is the closest one.After carefully studying Barcelona's games last season, Mourinho made up his mind to introduce Motta, Sneijder, Eto'o and Caesar.What he wanted was not to catch up with Barcelona, ​​but to completely pull Guardiola off his horse.

Slowly, the Barcelona players realized something was wrong.

Although they can always pass back and forth in the dangerous area, no matter who they are, they can't face the goal directly.

Ibrahimovic can only act as a fulcrum in the middle. Once he tries to turn around, he will be broken by Samuel and Lucio.As long as Messi is close to the shooting area, Motta will stick to his side, determined not to let Messi hit the goal.

Henry came to Barcelona because of the temptation of the Champions League, but his form has begun to decline.After the frenzy of last season, Henry gradually felt physically exhausted.

Moreover, Eto'o left the team and Ibrahimovic arrived. These two people have two completely different styles.

Henry seldom gets the support of Ibrahimovic, with reduced possession of the ball and mediocre state, Henry has long since lost the courage of the "King of Highbury".

In this game, Henry stood on the left side. When the other side was playing vigorously, he was a little quiet here.

Maicon was also anxious at his side. Seeing Messi, Alves, and Ibrahimovic messing around at the front of the penalty area, although they didn't get a good chance to attack, it was always frightening.

Maicon gradually moved to the middle, trying to help defend his teammates.

Henry suddenly discovered why his defense was so empty, as if he had been forgotten in the corner.

Before he had time to shout for his teammates to pass the ball, the sharp-eyed Messi poked the ball over after cutting inside.

When Maicon looked back, he was suddenly frightened into a cold sweat.

Messi's pass was very strong, and when Henry received the ball, he came to the corner of the penalty area.

This is his favorite shooting area, Maicon has no time to return to the defense, Henry directly kicks with his right foot.

"Messi cuts in! Motta is on the lookout! Messi crosses the ball to the left! Henry is empty! Henry hits the goal!"

The ball crossed an arc, and the speed of the ball was very fast. After Cesar flew into the air, he was horrified to find that he seemed to be unable to reach the ball.

Henry's shot bypassed Cesar, but hit the goal post hard.

"Oops! The goal didn't go in! Henry's kick hit the post!"

Chivu has quick eyes and quick feet, and immediately blocked the ball before Alves.

"Here!" Sneijder, who returned to defense, instinctively felt that this would be an excellent opportunity to counterattack.

He received a pass from Chivu, stopped and passed, and smashed the ball past Keita who was rushing.

Looking up, Caesar was already running.

"Sneijder made a direct pass! Barcelona's right side is empty! Caesar receives the ball! Inter Milan's counterattack!"

Mourinho stared closely at the speeding Caesar, he was waiting for such a moment!

"Caesar's speed is very fast! Alves is too high! This golden opportunity was seized by Inter Milan!"

Pique gritted his teeth and rushed forward, Caesar took a step to the right suddenly, with a very wide range of movements, which tricked Pique.

"Caesar pedaling a bicycle! Very realistic fake moves! Pique's center of gravity was swayed by Caesar! Caesar rushed into the penalty area!"

(End of this chapter)