Chapter 113 The difficulty of Barcelona(1/2)
Barcelona is already feeling the pressure.
Atletico Madrid's offensive was frighteningly fast. After Merida got the ball on the wing, she quickly handed the ball to Ozil in front. Their fast break began again. Ozil did not drive the ball by himself, but transferred the ball to Morris, who then took Aguero forward.
Barcelona suddenly became nervous!
In this game, Atletico Madrid is not a double striker, but in the lineup, it is actually a single striker. Diego Fran is at the front, while Aguero is a central striker - in fact, he is half a striker, but the position is slightly behind, only more vertically than Ozil and Reyes.
Wan Sheng arranged for Aguero to play in this position, not a tactical consideration, but purely valued Aguero's technical strength and speed. With Morris and Raul Garcia playing as a midfielder, Aguero is the core player in the middle of the midfield, and he wants to take on the team's offense.
So when Barcelona suddenly became nervous when they saw Aguero successfully get the ball and dribble the ball and head straight to the penalty area line.
Busquets met.
In Barcelona, Busquets is a very important player.
Everyone knows that Messi is Barcelona's number one star and the world's top genius, but in fact, that's just because Messi plays as a striker, scores a lot of goals, and is very eye-catching in the game.
Sergio Busquets is also the world's top genius. He has become Barcelona's offensive and defensive core, and he is one year younger than Messi. Many people believe that Busquets is even better than Messi because his significance to Barcelona's entire lineup is more important than Messi as a striker.
Busquets was born in a football family. His father was the son of Barcelona goalkeeper Carlos Busquets in the 1990s.
So Busquets is naturally an orthodox "Catalan player" who came from Barcelona youth training.
In 2007, Busquets began to represent Barcelona B in the official match. At that time, Busquets was only 18 years old. A year later, he was promoted to the first team. In the Catalonian Cup in the summer of 2008, Busquets played for Barcelona's first team.
A month later, Buzquez made his La Liga debut in Barcelona's match against Athletic Santander. Barcelona beat Switzerland's Basel 5-0 away in the Champions League. Buzquez, who made his first appearance in the Champions League, scored a goal in the 15th minute, which was also his first official match goal for Barcelona.
In December 2008, Buzquez, who had just played in Barcelona's first team for more than three months, renewed his contract with the team until 2013, with a liquidated damages of up to 80 million euros.
Busquets' progress is yesterday.
As a player under 20 years old, he became the main player of Barcelona in just one season, and his position became more and more stable after that. Last season, Busquets made 35 times for Barcelona, which can be regarded as one of the most uncertain main players in the team. You must know that he is only less than a year old so far.
In January this year, Busquets and Barcelona successfully renewed their contract. The contract period was 2015, with a liquidated damages of up to 150 million euros and an annual salary of up to 5.5 million euros.
A player who is under the age of 5.5 million euros has a high salary of 5.5 million euros, which shows Busquets' ability, and a penalty of 150 million euros also proves Barcelona's determination to retain Busquets.
In La Liga, no player will underestimate Busquets. Even though he is not as famous as Messi and is younger than Messi, he is already Barcelona's offense and defense core.
The same goes for Aguero.
When facing Busquets' defense, he is even more cautious than facing Xavi.
But Aguero did not pass the ball at the first time, but tried to break through to Busquets. As long as he could get rid of Busquets, he would get the greatest initiative, and he would have a chance whether he passed the ball or shot himself.
But Busquets is not a good breakthrough.
Aguero's feet passed through the court continuously, but he could not fool Busquets' center of gravity, so Aguero planned to leave the speed and break forward directly, but Busquets suddenly stretched out his foot to stop the ball, and the football was kicked to one side. Aguero couldn't chase it as soon as possible. Pique quickly stepped forward and kicked the ball to Xavi.
Barcelona fans breathed a sigh of relief.
They are still very worried about Aguero. Even though many people stubbornly believe that the best star is in Barcelona, but Aguero scored two goals in the last time he played against Atletico Madrid.
Now no one dares to underestimate Aguero.
If this Argentinian exploded, Barcelona's defense line might not be safe. Fortunately, Busquets did a good job and he successfully blocked Aguero.
Aguero was a little annoyed after losing the ball. He covered his face with both hands, then waved his hand to his teammates, signaling to come again next time.
Next time...it's coming soon!
Driven by Atletico Madrid, the pace of the game became very fast, and Barcelona also increased their speed. As soon as they passed the ball across the center line, Iniesta made a mistake.
Following the fast break at Atletico Madrid is coming again!
When Morris passed the ball to Aguero with one kick, Barcelona suddenly found that they could not keep up with the rhythm. Busquets, who had been intentionally running to Aguero, failed to keep up with it as soon as possible. As a result, Aguero successfully stopped the ball before inserting.
"It's Aguero again!"
As Aguero took the ball again, you can see in the audience that the entire Atletico Madrid moved.
From the backcourt to the frontcourt, every player runs forward according to a certain route, and everyone is very fast, just like pressing towards Barcelona as a whole. That momentum alone is a bit suffocating.
As soon as Atletico Madrid ran, Barcelona could not keep up.
Other Barcelona players are similar to Busquets. They just wanted to defend the players around them at the first time, but Atletico Madrid's reaction was slower when they rushed forward. Running and defense such as pressing were completely meaningless.
For Barcelona, the most fatal thing is that Atletico Madrid's cooperation speed is too fast!
Some players could only watch Atletico Madrid cooperate. They wanted to defend but had no idea where the ball would go next moment.
In fact, Atletico Madrid has no tactics, and its formation is enough.
In this extremely fast cooperation, it is often necessary to rely on the players' habits and on-the-spot performance. When the football reaches the position, the first reaction of the player at that position is to kick the ball straight to his teammates, and he has no time to care about the formation. However, Atletico Madrid's advantage is that they control the ball, they are the offensive side and have the initiative, while Barcelona can only follow the passive defense.
At this moment, any defensive formation is meaningless!
Some Barcelona players don't even know what to do. Although many of them have rich experience, it is the first time they have experienced such a fast-paced game. Their running and reactions are a bit unsatisfied, let alone how to defend.
Players with ideas go to defend nearby opponents close to each other. In fact, football still depends on people to play. Those players who react slowly keep running but have no contribution to defense.
Barcelona is obviously a little messy.
At this moment, after Aguero and Morris completed a wall-to-bumping cooperation, they suddenly forced their way into the penalty area!
Barcelona fans in the stands exclaimed!
Pique rushed over to stop Aguero, but Aguero did not entangle with Pique, but chose to pass the ball into the penalty area!
"Aguero! Pass..."
"Fran"
As the team's only striker, Fran is in the penalty area. He doesn't participate much, and his most important task is to find opportunities to shoot.
Now is the opportunity!
Fran took two steps forward against Puyol, and then he waved his right foot!
Puyol kept exerting force on his side. He couldn't destroy the ball as soon as possible, so he could only try his best to interfere with Fran's movements.
Fran was disturbed by Puyor and his center of gravity was a little tilted, but in the end he completed the shot and the football rushed straight to the goal. Unfortunately, he failed to hit the force and was held in his arms by goalkeeper Valdes.
"What a pity...Puyol's defense was very successful... He interfered with Fran's shot..."
Puyol, who was praised by the commentator, frowned.
During Atletico Madrid's offensive just now, Puyol smelled a dangerous smell, and he suddenly felt that the game was more difficult than he thought.
This season, Puyol has suffered a lot of injuries. Barcelona has played against Atletico Madrid twice in the Barcelona League, but Puyol has not been able to play.
Puyol was a little confused before, why the team was at a disadvantage in the league competition, and even was beaten by Atletico Madrid's home and away doubles.
Now he understood a little.
This Atletico Madrid is really hard to deal with!
Fran didn't make the shot, he felt a little regretful, but the game was not terminated because of the shot.
Goalkeeper Valdes immediately sent the ball, hoping that the team can take the opportunity to fight a counterattack.
Atletico Madrid's defense was very fast. Almost when Fran finished his shot, his teammates who had basically no hope of running to the goal to assist began to prepare to retreat.
This is Wansheng’s special advice.
By the time Valdes hugged the ball, Atletico Madrid had already begun a rapid retreat. The football passed through the center line after a few passes. Atletico Madrid had already established a defensive formation. Barcelona had no chance to make a quick counterattack.
They can only pass the ball continuously on the outside and find opportunities by controlling the ball.
Wan Sheng stood on the sidelines and felt a little regretful that Fran did not kick the ball. Unconsciously, 30 minutes of the game have passed. Now if there is a goal, the team will be very favorable.
Unfortunately, I didn't enter.
Wan Sheng didn't care much about it. This is the game. It is often difficult to score goals when you want to score goals, even if you have the chance. Fortunately, the team played the feeling they wanted. The fast-paced game has already made Barcelona feel a little uncomfortable.
The game continues, which is undoubtedly very beneficial to the team.
Guardiola, who was on Barcelona's coach's bench, had his brows frowned tightly. As the game went on, he had found that his targeted adjustment to increase the thickness of the midfield could hardly play any role.
Guardiola was surprised.
Atletico Madrid's consecutive offensives posed a direct threat to Barcelona's defense and even the goal. The most important reason is that the pace of the game is too fast, even so fast that Barcelona can't keep up.
Guardiola was surprised at this point. He always felt that in terms of fast-paced cooperation, Barcelona is the top in the world. Only Real Madrid can compare with Barcelona, but Real Madrid can only choose to defend passively against Barcelona.
Atletico Madrid is similar to Real Madrid.
Both Madrid teams have different technical styles, so after Atletico Madrid's technical ability improves, they play against Barcelona, and the tactical style they choose is similar to Real Madrid.
Now Guardiola finds that he is wrong.
Atletico Madrid's double-winning Barcelona in the league, relying on not only defense and the performance of individual stars. Just look at their cooperation and performance. It is difficult for Barcelona to play with the fast-paced cooperation, but Atletico Madrid has done a good job.
This is also the reason why the situation in Barcelona is unfavorable - the team is unable to keep up with the pace of the game.
As the game goes on, Guardiola has also seen that Atletico Madrid has never wanted to rely on defense to win. They are actually playing against Barcelona, but their offense is very fast and their defensive retreat is also very fast, so it just looks like a defensive counterattack, but in fact, the two teams are playing against each other.
This fast-paced attack tests the ability of the entire team very much.
In terms of defense, the retracement speed can even affect the results of the game. If you want to defend well, the retracement speed must be fast.
In terms of offense, the team's overall coordination ability has become extremely important. Fast passes and receiving tests the players' ability and reactions. Atletico Madrid even does better than Barcelona.
That's why Guardiola was very surprised. It would be fine if the tactical adjustments did not work, but the overall cooperation of the team was not as good as that of the opponent?
To be continued...