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Chapter 162 This is the real collision! [1st update]

Chapter 162 This is the real collision! [First update]

Pique really felt that he had found a way to deal with the sun.

As long as there is physical contact, he will always find an opportunity to "commit a foul."

After all, football is a sport that involves frequent physical contact, and the center forward often moves among dense crowds, so it is normal for his hands and feet to move.

When the Suns called another offensive foul.

He couldn't help but complain to the referee: "Is this kind of contact also called a foul?"

The referee made a gesture of opening his arms: "Watch your hands."

Yangguang shook his head: "Didn't you see that their center back was here just to see how he fell?"

The referee turned and left without waiting for Yangguang to finish speaking.

When he turned around, he saw Pique standing up and smiling at him.

Fine.

Just don't open your hands, right?

The opportunity came quickly.

Because the Suns were called for two consecutive offensive fouls.

The referee was a bit strict.

The slightest movement and his whistle would sound.

Every referee has a different standard, and even the same referee may have different standards in different games.

Now the referee obviously believes that this crucial game cannot turn into a hand-to-hand fight.

Barcelona supporters believe that this stricter standard is beneficial to the club.

Because Barcelona's physical confrontation ability is obviously not as good as Monaco's, but its technical level is higher than Monaco.

However, the strictness of the standards applies to both parties equally.

The thirteenth minute of the game.

B Silva dribbled on the right and caused Busquets to foul.

As the whistle blows.

Busquets spread his hands to protest to the referee.

He obviously didn't think he had committed a foul.

But the referee ignored it. He had his own judgment on whether it was a foul.

Monaco got a set piece in the frontcourt.

Both of Monaco's central defenders came up.

But everyone knows it.

The core of this kind of set-piece attack is definitely Sunshine.

really.

The TV broadcast camera was fixed firmly on the sunlight.

He and other Monaco players stood in a line near the penalty area.

Barcelona's defenders are also on this line.

Thus.

They can use the offside rule to push the attacking players as far away from the goal as possible.

Far from the goal.

The threat is naturally much smaller.

Yangguang and his teammates stood in a line.

There were a lot of people around him.

Pique and Umtiti were by his side.

The average height of Barcelona's players is not high, and almost all the players in the midfield and frontcourt are dwarfs.

Only the two central defenders can provide some height.

This is why people always say that Barcelona's aerial defense is their weakness.

Because height is something that is here, if it is not that tall, it is not that tall.

When competing for a header.

If you don't have height, you will be at a disadvantage.

A picture on the TV screen can show the height difference between the two sides. From a shot behind the goal, it can be clearly seen that the Monaco players wearing red and white jerseys are generally several centimeters taller than the Barcelona players wearing fluorescent green away jerseys.

Especially here in the sun.

He stands out from the crowd.

He raised his arm and signaled to B席, pass the ball to me!

Of course Pique knew the threat of Sunshine's header, so he didn't dare to be careless.

He has been able to occupy the central defender position of Barcelona for a long time, so he is definitely not a fool.

Pique looked around and took a few steps back.

His plan was to wait until the ball was passed.

He immediately sprinted and jumped.

Use the momentum of the sprint to offset your height deficiency.

Pique is not short, he is 1.94 meters tall.

It is only four centimeters lower than the sunlight.

small differences.

In his opinion, he sprinted and jumped behind the sunlight, without any intention. Even if the sunlight was strong, he could at least interfere with it.

As a defensive player.

He doesn't necessarily have to grab the point.

Just disrupt the opponent's point grabbing ability.

The attacking players not only have to grab the ball, but also have to control the direction of the ball and head it towards the goal.

There is so much more work to do than just being a defender.

This is a natural advantage for defenders.

Of course.

If a center like Yang Guang is given the opportunity to continuously attack the defense, no defense will be able to withstand it - this is the advantage of the attacker. Even if the defender has a high success rate, as long as he fails once, the whole game will be lost.

Therefore, Barcelona cannot pin its hopes on defense.

Their defensive strategy is usually to control the ball and reduce the opponent's time with the ball. The less time the opponent has the ball, the fewer times they launch attacks, so the probability of scoring a goal is lower.

On the other hand, if Barcelona can get more time to possess the ball, it will attack more often, and with more attacks, the probability of scoring will naturally increase accordingly.

This is the underlying logic of Barcelona's football philosophy.

It sounds simple, but in fact, "being able to control the ball" is already very difficult.

Even if Barcelona persisted for more than 20 years, they could only really do it with three midfielders in Xavi, Iniesta and Busquets.

Tike-taka is theoretically invincible, but it relies too much on configuration.

Now there's one less Harvey.

Iniesta's athletic coverage ability has also declined significantly compared to his peak period.

Barcelona's midfield control is now much weaker than in Guardiola's era.

So much so that Enrique would adopt the idea of three central defenders, four midfielders, and interception and conversion in the backcourt in some games.
Yangguang turned his head and looked at Pique's position and knew what the other party wanted to do.

He turned his head again and looked at Seat B.

Just now.

The referee blew his whistle.

B席 took a run-up and passed the ball.

The football flew into the air, drew an arc, and flew towards the front of the small penalty area.

at the same time.

On the penalty area line.

The Monaco players first took a big step towards their own goal, and then rushed towards the area in front of the opponent's goal!

Yangguang focused on the weak point and adjusted his pace. In front of him was Umtiti and behind him was Pique who was sprinting diagonally.

Umtiti wanted to move back, but his position was blocked by Fabinho who came in afterwards.

The football flew over.

Just now.

Yangguang suddenly jumped up, facing the ball, and gathered strength in the air to prepare for a header.

Pique came from behind, jumped from the side and behind Sunshine, and hit Sunshine diagonally with his body.

The two of them jumped up almost at the same time, and both seemed to be heading for the ball.

But in fact, Pique's purpose was to interfere with the sunlight, and he knew that he could not compare with the sunlight in jumping height.

Yangguang naturally knew the opponent's plan, so when he jumped, he also jumped diagonally towards Pique.

boom!
When the two collided.

The sun also swayed in the air.

Just as the ball was flying towards the goal.

In the air, Pique felt as if he was hit by a dump truck.

He was flying towards the goal as the football flew.

Because of the collision, his body was thrown sideways in the air. He had no control over his center of gravity at all, so when he fell heavily from the air, his body slapped the ground almost like a door panel falling from the air, then bounced slightly and rolled towards the goal, rolling for several rounds before stopping.

After a dizzy spell.

Pique found that the football was already jumping in front of his eyes.

next moment.

Pique's eyelids were twitching.

Because he found himself lying on the goal line.

Did the ball go in?
He heard the whistle. Pique struggled to get up from the ground, kneeled on the goal line and turned to look at the referee. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the referee's gesture was pointing in the direction of the goal, then he touched his ribs with a grimace.

He was seriously injured after falling from the air just now.

Pique was still a little scared. He had just completely lost control of his body. Fortunately, his body fell flat. If his head had landed first, the fragile neck of humans would be the biggest weakness.
He glanced at Yang Guang who was running towards the referee as if nothing had happened.

“He has great physical ability.”

The words of his central defender partner Umtiti came to his mind.

He understands now.
How strong is this "extremely strong"?
Yangguang ran to the referee.

"My arm didn't touch him this time, that guy was faking a fall!"

The referee glanced at Pique who was sitting on the goal line.

In fact, he also suspected that Pique was diving because the guy rolled too arrogantly.

"I have my own judgment!"

The referee turned away with a stern face, and then took the opportunity to check the replay on the big screen.

In slow motion, the sun collides with Pique.

Yangguang did not stretch out his arms to exert force, he just opened his arms slightly when he jumped to maintain balance. During the rising phase until he completed the header, his arms were close to his torso.

And then the two people collided, and it looked like a very "normal" physical contact.

But Pique's pour was too much.

The referee felt that Pique's fall misled him.

His face looked normal, but he had already taken note of Pique in his heart.

"Sunshine! Header! The ball goes in! Huh? Wait, the referee whistled for an offensive foul!"

"What a shame, Monaco almost took the lead."

"Watch the slow motion replay"

In the commentary booth, many commentators were ready to shout for a goal.

But after noticing that the referee had called an offensive foul, they all looked up at the big screen on the scene.

The commentator of Catalan TV kept complaining: "Look at this collision, that guy was rushing towards people, the referee should have given a warning for such an action, at least a yellow card."

After the TV screen replayed the entire process of this contact.

He shut up.

A moment later, he continued: "Barcelona should be particularly wary of Monaco's crosses from the wing."

Jardim on the sidelines complained angrily to the fourth official.

"It's a good shot! It's a good shot! There's no foul at all!"

Fans throughout the Stade Louis II also booed to protest to the referee.

The fourth official could only bite the bullet and endure Jardim's saliva.

And not far away.

Enrique frowned.

This time the referee called an offensive foul.

What about next time?
"Control the ball! Be patient! Be patient! Don't lose the ball easily!!"

He yelled at the Barcelona players on the field.

However, Monaco's offensive this time gave them momentum.

Barcelona's defense soon came under great pressure.

Wave after wave of attacks came.

Barcelona tried hard to take control of the situation and calm it down.

Monaco, on the other hand, strives to play fast.

Pick up the tempo of the game.

The two sides seem to be the two extremes of ice and fire.

Sunshine stood in front of Pique again.

Pique's hand grabbed the clothes behind Yangguang, and the referee couldn't see it from this angle.

Yangguang suddenly turned his head and said to Pique: "If I really wanted to hit you, you wouldn't be as relaxed as you are now."

"what?"

Pike was stunned for a moment.

Then the sunlight suddenly retreated, and he had to grit his teeth and chase after it.

What does this guy mean?
underestimate me?

He looked unhappy.

“I hate this Chinese!”

Pike thought gloomily.

B Seat has the ball on the court.

Barcelona just launched a quick attack.

Suarez's shot in the penalty area was blocked by center back Glick.

Fabinho received the ball at the edge of the penalty area and passed it diagonally to his feet.

At this time, Barcelona players were quickly returning to defense.

Seat B looked up.

Roberto, Pique, Umtiti and Alba, four defenders are on the back line.

Barcelona's formation remains quite intact.

"What about all-out attack and all-out defense?"

Seat B complained in his heart.

Barcelona was clearly "reserved" on the offensive end, and even when there were offensive opportunities, their back line did not fully press forward.

However, the opponent's defense line is well-organized, so Monaco cannot stop attacking because of this.

B dribbled sideways, created space and then passed the ball forward.

The football fell at Yangguang's feet.

Sunshine caught the ball while running, not letting himself be entangled by Pique, and at the same time knocked the ball with his heel, turned around, and then dribbled forward.
"Sunshine..turned around!"

The Stade Louis II suddenly looked like a volcano ready to erupt.

All the fans stood on tiptoe, stretched their necks and clenched their fists.

"Come on!"

Jardim was also watching the field nervously from the sidelines.

When Enrique saw Yang Guang turn around and dribble the ball forward, he immediately paid attention to Monaco's other attacking points.

When I saw Roberto always sticking to Mbappe, while B Silva was entangled by Alba.

He was relieved.

His eyes returned to the center.

Since Yang Guang turned around, it was Umtiti who rushed forward to defend.

Pique ran back and formed a deep defense with Umtiti in front and behind.

Just now.

Yangguang suddenly made a diagonal pass with his right foot!

The ball passed past Umtiti's feet.

Umtiti turned his head to look at the path of the football, and at the same time reached out to grab Yangguang, but Yangguang suddenly sprinted forward, causing Umtiti, who was retreating, to slip and fall to the ground.

"Umtiti falls to the ground"

to the exclamations of the commentators.

Mbappe suddenly started and used his speed to shake off Roberto.

Yangguang passed the ball very forward.

When he caught up with the ball, it was almost out of the baseline.

Mbappe was sprinting at high speed and had no time to look at the situation in the penalty area. He just hooked the ball into the penalty area with his left foot before the ball went out of the baseline.

The football flew into the air and headed towards the penalty spot.

When people's attention shifted back to the penalty area.

The moment Yangguang rushed into the penalty area, he jumped and jumped towards the penalty spot.

at this moment.

Pique had no choice but to bite the bullet and jump up with gritted teeth.

Before the football flew to the penalty spot, the two collided with each other.

In front of the TV, many Barcelona fans breathed a sigh of relief.

Such a collision.

Does Sunshine still have the energy to head the ball?
on the TV screen.

Pique collided with the sunlight and fell backwards.

But Yangguang's body seemed to be temporarily hanging in the air.

"This powerful hovering."