Heroes of the Restricted Zone

Chapter 1546 It seems to be the same as usual (fourth)
Not only the Barcelona players felt that the Liverpool players' behavior was a bit strange, but even the fans on both sides in the stands and the audience in front of the TV felt this way.

Generally speaking, such situations are not absent in professional leagues, but most of them happen in low-level leagues and low-level teams, or in national team competitions.

In the Champions League... It's been a long time since you saw this scene.

Today's professional players are all stars, and they all have a bit of a temper and a good face.This kind of practice is actually to save their face, because no one will feel that they are still a rookie and need to be led by the captain to form a circle to boost morale...

So why did Liverpool do this all of a sudden?
No one knows why.

Under everyone's puzzled eyes, the Liverpool players dispersed and returned to their respective positions.Chen Yingxiong and Sanchez stood in the middle circle, the football had been set up, and they were waiting for the kick-off.

Chen Yingxiong stepped on the football, then turned around and looked back.He saw that the teammates behind him were also looking at him.

Then he gave everyone a grin and a thumbs up.

Seeing him like this, his teammates also gave him a thumbs up.

For a time, eleven thumbs up on the field.

This scene naturally fell into the eyes of Barcelona players and others.

They still don't understand what kind of wind Liverpool is pumping today.

In their view, Liverpool is full of weirdness today.

But they don't have time to think about why this is, and what kind of weird method it is.Because the referee has already blown the whistle to start the game.

Chen Yingxiong gently knocked the football out, and Sanchez followed up and passed the football to Gotze behind him.

Then Chen Yingxiong rushed forward in a straight line, while Sanchez ran diagonally to the side.

Liverpool's offensive curtain opened.

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Liverpool's offensive will be very fierce after the start of the game.The Barcelona players know this very well, because the head coach Guardiola has repeatedly told them.

So they were not surprised when Liverpool attacked their goal at the beginning of the game.Although this offensive is particularly violent.They didn't care either.

In response to Liverpool's opening onslaught, Barcelona's countermeasure was not to shrink back and defend in one breath like other teams.

First of all, in terms of Barcelona's team temperament, they are completely unacceptable to defend so stubbornly in front of their mortal enemies.Because it's just too embarrassing...

Secondly, even if they are asked to defend, they will not be able to defend well.Because they have never practiced this tactic at all.

Barcelona's DNA is attacking, not defending.Although their defense is good, it does not mean that they are good at defense, especially good at defense.

It is undoubtedly very unwise for Barcelona to choose to defend in the face of Liverpool's fierce offensive.

Give up what you are best at, but choose what you are least good at.This kind of mistake may be made by the head coaches of other teams, but Guardiola will not.

His strategy for Barcelona was to use possession to counter Liverpool's attack.

When many people hear ball possession, the first thing they think of is offense.In fact, possession of the ball is also a means of defense.

When you always firmly control the football at your feet, the opponent can't grab the ball at all, how can you launch an attack?
So as long as you can keep possession of the ball for most of the game, you can keep your defense away from danger.

This is Barcelona's defense.

In fact, this is not just a strategy for Liverpool. At any time, facing any opponent, Barcelona will let go in this way.

It's hard to see them shrinking within their 30-meter zone, and then letting the opponent's players pass back and forth outside.

They always try to have the ball from the first minute of the game, from the front, to the midfield, to the back, they have a lot of control.

At the same time, because of such a strong ability to control the ball, Barcelona will not shrink the defense.Therefore, they need a goalkeeper with a large defensive area, a large activity area, and a wide range of control. Reina, who has better goal-line skills, was abandoned by Barcelona, ​​​​and chose Balder, who is not very good in technology and not very stable. s.

Although Valdes often makes various inexplicable mistakes, it has to be said that he is the most suitable goalkeeper for Barcelona.Because in many cases, the role played by Valdes is not only a goalkeeper, but also a sweeper.

This is Barcelona's most accustomed defensive strategy.

They naturally used this set to deal with Liverpool.

In the view of Guardiola, this is enough to deal with Liverpool's indiscriminate bombing.

Because as long as football has a chance to fall to Barcelona, ​​Liverpool's offensive will be unsustainable.The initiative will fall in the hands of Barcelona.

Barcelona will not wait for Liverpool to score a goal like other teams, or automatically cancel the offensive when the time is up.

They want to regain the possession of the ball, and then turn to the guest, and then completely bury Liverpool!
Guardiola wants to be surprised. No team has ever done this kind of thing when facing Liverpool before, that is to go against the trend!

So Liverpool would never have thought that Barcelona would be able to organize an attack under their fierce offensive...

At that time, they will be caught off guard. As long as they advance by one goal, the initiative of this game will fall into the hands of Barcelona. So what if Liverpool are playing at home?Aren't you being led by the nose?
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Liverpool's first offensive was launched with the opportunity of kick-off.

But it did not pose any threat to Barcelona's goal.

It looked like a normal attack.

Barcelona opened the goal kick, and Valdes did not directly kick, but passed it to the central defender Piqué in front of him.

Piqué passed the football up layer by layer.

In fact, Barcelona's goal kicks are also wide-footed, but in this and that game, Guardiola specifically told Valdez not to use big feet if he can't.Try to let the football roll against the turf so that they can always keep the football under their feet.

What if you let the football fly around in the air?
The tallest players in Barcelona are Butzkes and Piqué.Goalkeeper Valdez is only 1.8 meters three.

Liverpool has an advantage in competing for high balls. Everyone knows this. Their defense is tall, but their turning speed is slow. This is a good opportunity for Barcelona to give full play to the characteristics of Xiaokuailing.

As long as you can keep the football under your feet... Barcelona is not afraid of anyone!
Barcelona began to advance layer by layer.

But they encountered huge resistance in the midfield.

Liverpool did not retreat directly to the front of the penalty area as usual, but launched a crazy siege in the midfield.

In order not to give Barcelona any excuses, Liverpool didn't even need the "defense" in the defensive counterattack.In this way, when Barcelona finally loses the game, I believe they will no longer have any excuses.

For Barcelona, ​​it was also a surprise.

Liverpool's approach made them a little unexpected.

Because of lack of sufficient psychological preparation, when Butzkes took the ball in the backcourt and wanted to pass forward, he was caught by Chen Yingxiong and Gotze.

Even Chen Yingxiong, who has never been very defensive, ran back to assist in the defense, which shows Liverpool's determination in this game.

Butzkes was not well prepared, and under the defense of Chen Yingxiong and Gotze, his pass made a mistake.

He originally planned to pass to Alaba in front of the side, but he didn't expect the final pass to deviate from the target.

The football flew directly over the baseline, giving Liverpool a penalty in the frontcourt.

The ball has returned to Liverpool's feet.

A throw-in was thrown and Liverpool reorganized their attack.

Of course, this attack eventually formed a shot, but it did not pose any threat to Valdez's goal.

Everything looked like any normal game.

Except for that frontcourt pressing...

Of course, this might just be an accident.

The football was quickly passed to Butzkes.

This time, Butzquez passed the ball immediately, and the ball was passed to the feet of Iniesta who came back to meet him.

Almost at the same time, two Liverpool players appeared beside Iniesta.

Of course, with Iniesta's outstanding footwork, it is not difficult to get rid of these two Liverpool players.

But after he got rid of it, he found that it was not that simple-he quickly fell into the defense of Liverpool players again.

This time there was only one person, but the most difficult one... Yinle.

Inle has a strong body and a tough style, so he is really suitable for dealing with Barcelona's technical players!

Once he is entangled, it is not easy to get rid of it...

While Iniesta was entangled with Iniesta, the two Liverpool players quickly ran back to block the gap left by De Jong.

In this way, Liverpool's defense did not have any loopholes because of this pressing.

At the same time they were able to keep the pressure on Barcelona's attack.

Although Iniesta was able to control the ball under the pressure of Inle, it was difficult for him to send the football.

Messi was originally in the frontcourt, but when he saw what was going on behind him, he had no choice but to retreat to meet his teammates.

With Messi's retreat, other Barcelona players had to follow suit.

Because Barcelona has high requirements on the whole, their passing requires players to keep a distance of 15 meters between players, or even shorter, so that they can make ground passes.This distance is the most accurate pass, and it is also the easiest to tear the opponent's defense.

As the core of the team, Messi retreats, so with him as the center, other people must follow and retreat if they want to keep a distance from Messi.

In this way, Barcelona is far from Liverpool's goal...

This is actually the real purpose of Liverpool's offense instead of defense.

Compress Barcelona in a very narrow area, keep them away from their goal, and then as long as they steal the ball, they can launch an offensive at the place closest to Barcelona's goal.

If Barcelona wants to forcefully attack, the formation will be torn apart, and there will be a lot of gaps, which is just in line with the appetite of Liverpool, who are going to play against Barcelona.

(End of this chapter)