The green devil

Even with Neymar and Suarez, the 29-year-old Messi is still the backbone of Barcelona.

At critical moments, he still needs to come forward.

In the first three 10 minutes, the Spaniard's performance was not much worse than that of Barcelona.

Barcelona played well, with a lot of ball control, and the passing and cutting were entertaining.

But the Spaniard's simple style of active running, fierce pressing, quick counterattack, and fatal blow is also very good.

The performance of both sides is not bad, the comparison is the ability to grasp the opportunity.

The Spaniard is ahead in the score, but it's not that Zhao Yang is better than the superstar of Barcelona.

It's that the Spaniard is more familiar with the long-established Barcelona superstars, while the Barcelona players don't know much about Zhao Yang, not to mention that Zhao Yang has also signed a new skill.

After Messi's goal, Barcelona's morale was high, and amidst the cheers and cheers of [-] fans, they played even more oppressively.

The Spaniard's morale was frustrated, and he didn't dare to be as active in the counterattack as before, and spent more energy on defense.

Even Zhao Yang and Caicedo, who were the main attackers, retreated to help defend, it can be said that the whole people are soldiers.

The Spaniard runs aggressively and has big moves. Barcelona's match against the Spaniard is just like a scholar's encounter with a soldier, but it is difficult to fully display his superb skills.

In the past, it was not easy for Barcelona to beat the Spaniards. The reason why the winning rate is extremely high is that Barcelona has many superstars and has a strong ability to seize opportunities.

Even if it is the best defensive team in the world, it is impossible not to give the opponent a chance. With the strength of Barcelona, ​​as long as Messi and other superstars break the deadlock and take the initiative, the Spaniard will naturally have to wait for death.

Now the time and number of goals Barcelona scored against the Spaniard are considered normal. The only abnormal thing is that the Spaniard also has Zhao Yang, who is super strong in seizing the opportunity.

Under the onslaught of Barcelona, ​​the Spaniard defended with all his strength, and it seemed that he had no power to fight back, but the Barcelona people still did not dare to press the whole army, and two defensive players had to be left behind.

This is the great deterrence that Zhao Yang brought to Barcelona after scoring a goal.

With the Spaniard's united defense, Barcelona did not create many shooting opportunities in the remaining 15 minutes of the first half. Their most threatening shot was a long shot from Iniesta.

The Spaniard's keeper didn't react, but Iniesta's shot went wide and the ball flew past the post against the goal line.

With the referee Gonzalez's whistle, the first half of the game ended, and the dominant Barcelona fell behind the derby opponent Espanyol 1:2 at home.

This score is indeed unexpected. Considering the current ranking of the Espanyol team, such a score is not too much, and the game is not over yet, everything is possible.

The Spaniard has not won a victory at the Nou Camp for 6 years, and even scored only one goal. Now at halftime, they lead 2:1. Both the fans and the players are very excited.

The Espanyol fans were even more excited than the Espanyol players. Many fans even sneaked up to the top of the player tunnel, shouted Zhao Yang's name, and blew kisses at Zhao Yang.

The Barcelona players and fans are not depressed because they are behind. They are very optimistic. The difference is only one goal. The historical record and the current ranking make them believe that they must be the ones who have the last laugh.

away team locker room

The head coach Sergio personally stood at the door of the locker room to welcome the players, shook hands with the players one by one, and praised them for their excellent performance in the first half.

It's no wonder that Sergio was excited. Even if he lost this game, he was also the best coach in these derbies in terms of his performance in the first half and Zhao Yang's two goals.

Sergio was originally the firefighting coach. Regardless of the high ranking of the team now, once the Spaniard's performance declines in the second half and he fails to qualify for the European competition, he may be dismissed at any time.

But this derby is definitely a bonus item. If this game wins, it is almost certain that as long as the Spaniard is not relegated, Sergio will be able to secure his position.

After playing so well in the first half, naturally there was no need for much adjustment. Sergio boosted morale and let the players rest.

home team locker room

Barcelona coach Enrique is certainly not as relaxed as Sergio.

The Spaniard, who has been rubbed on the ground by Barcelona, ​​is now leading the score, which shows that there must be something wrong with Barcelona's tactics or mentality.

Enrique must solve this problem during the intermission, otherwise, no one can guarantee a comeback in the second half.

Enrique believes that the lag in the first half has tactical problems, but it is not a big one, because Barcelona has always played with me as the main style of play. No matter who the opponent is, strong or weak, Barcelona always penetrates with short passes.

The biggest problem with lagging behind is mentality.

Barcelona does not pay enough attention to the opponent, and the offense is still relatively impatient, thinking that it can kill the opponent in one go.

Before the game, Enrique also said that he should pay attention to his opponents. The Spaniards are very fierce this season, but Barcelona's record against the Spaniards is too good. No matter how you say it, it is difficult for the players to pay attention.

In fact, even Barcelona's coaches did not regard the Spaniard as an opponent of their own level.

Now that the players and coaches have personally experienced the power of the Spaniard, when Enrique talked about paying attention to the opponent, the players obviously accepted it, and they dared not look down on the opponent.

Then Enrique made another tactical adjustment, because the Spaniard stormed Alba's side in the first half, Enrique asked Alba not to be so fierce in assists, and pay attention to the balance of offense and defense.

Finally, Enrique once again emphasized strengthening the defense against Zhao Yang.

Players who have scored so many goals must have emphasized strict defense before the game, but after the first half of the game, Enrique believed that the tactics formulated before the game to defend Zhao Yang were not enough.

"You should defend Zhao Yang like Leo! You all know how other teams defend Leo."

This is Enrique's final summary.

Now the players are clear, this is to adopt foul and killing tactics, and other teams defend Messi like this.

Zhao Yang obviously didn't know that Barcelona had adjusted the level of defense against him again.

At the beginning of the second half, the Spaniard's strategy has not changed. He is still desperately pressing and making great moves. He hopes that through this strategy, he can break the rhythm of Barcelona's pass control, seize the opportunity of stealing the ball, and complete the counterattack.

Barcelona is still short-pass penetration plus superstar personal breakthroughs.

After Barcelona kicked off, Alba crossed Suarez, Suarez knocked back Iniesta, Iniesta passed to Messi, and knocked the ball into the penalty area without stopping, tearing the Spaniard's defense.

Suarez pierced into the penalty area and shot, but the ball hit the goalkeeper Lopez.

The Spaniard's defender made a big clearance, Zhao Yang rushed over to grab the point, but was knocked down heavily by Alves.

In fact, Alves has little hope of grabbing the landing point, and his action is to give Zhao Yang a blow.

Zhao Yang is no longer a rookie, of course he understands, he is not afraid, just grinning at Alves.