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Chapter 164 Barcelona's Defense Collapse [Third Update]

The Monaco players returned to the locker room.

Head coach Jardim was already waiting for them.

He did not criticise Fabinho for the foul in a dangerous area in the first half that led to the free kick that ultimately resulted in the goal.

in contrast.

He asked the Monaco players a question.

"Everyone, what do you think of Barcelona?"

The Monaco players looked at each other.

"Yang, you speak first."

Jardim began to call out the names of his troops.

"Ah? I" Yangguang was surprised. He was a center forward who was only responsible for scoring goals. How could he be asked to comment on the opponent?
Sunshine frowned and thought about it.

Said: "Well, I think they are a bit overrated."

"Unworthy of the name? How do you mean?"

"Their offensive players are strong, but to be honest, I really don't see how strong their ball control ability is. Aren't they famous for ball control?" Yangguang shrugged, "Also, their defense is not that good."

Yaerding nodded after hearing this: "Well said, does anyone else have anything to add?"

He looked at the other players.

But I found that everyone just looked at each other.

"I think what Yang said is right. This Barcelona team has loopholes in the midfield and backcourt. Their attacking line is world-class, but the midfield and defense that support the attacking line are far from their peak period, so... we will attack them in the second half!"

Yalding said loudly.

“In the second half, I hope you can all stay focused and motivated, cover the midfield with the most active runs, and continue to put pressure on their defense!”

"Their defense is not top-notch. They can't withstand the offensive pressure we continuously create! As long as we can keep applying pressure, their defense will collapse!"

Jardim cited the first leg of this season's round of 16 match between Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona as an example.

"In that game, the strategy of Paris Saint-Germain, who played at home, was very clear, which was to constantly put pressure on Barcelona's defense through both flanks, and eventually broke Barcelona down."

"Our offensive energy is stronger than Paris, and our offense is more aggressive. Paris Saint-Germain can score four goals against Barcelona at home, so why can't we?"

These words made the Monaco players excited.

What about Barcelona?

We will still press you and kick you.

Enrique thought the game had entered the "normalization stage".

Most teams are intimidated by the reputation of Barcelona, and tend to adopt a strategy of shrinking defense and counterattacking when facing Barcelona.

Therefore, Barcelona can get most of the ball possession in most games, and their three forwards can move back and forth in the opponent's defensive third zone and give full play to their offensive talents.

But the second half of the game started.

Enrique was surprised to find out.

Monaco did not retreat, instead they took a risky approach and launched a massive attack!

"Want to fight back?"

Enrique was surprised.

He then returned to the coaching booth.

He is not afraid of confronting his opponent at all.

Because he is too confident in the strength of Barcelona's attacking line.

Isn’t it just a competition of goals?
in this world.

Is there any team that can score more goals than the combination of Messi, Suarez and Neymar?
The second half of the game started.

The pace is very fast.

This made the Chinese fans who stayed up late to watch the game feel refreshed.

"Barcelona's attack on the left side, Alba comes up and passes the ball back. Neymar dribbles into the penalty area and cooperates with Suarez. Suarez passes the ball back, and Iniesta's shot! Dangerous! Slightly above the crossbar!"

With the end of this round of Barcelona's attack.

Monaco immediately responded.

The football was passed to the wing through a long pass from the backcourt, and B席 received the ball and made another long pass.

Compared with Barcelona's continuous short passes.

Monaco's attack was open and wide, and they advanced their offensive line by utilizing the width of the field.

In just two passes, the attacking line advanced to the Barcelona back line.

After Mbappe got the ball on the wing, he showed signs of wanting to dribble past the defense. He dribbled the ball and pressed inside.

At this time, the sunlight moves horizontally.

Mbappe passed the ball to Yangguang with the outside of his foot, then quickly inserted it into the ribs.

Yangguang faced the ball and it looked like he was going to play a one-two with Mbappe.

This made Barcelona's right-back Roberto and center-back Mathieu choose to retreat towards the goal line at this moment to avoid giving Mbappe a half-solo opportunity.

Seeing this, Yangguang pulled the ball back to his right foot and then shot from the penalty area line.

Before the Barcelona defenders could react.

The football was already running towards the goal along the grass.

"Sunshine!! Ah Ter Stegen! Oh."

There was an exclamation from the stands.

Yangguang's shot was saved by Ter Stegen, which changed direction and hit the post and bounced back. Ter Stegen then reached out and held the ball in his arms, pressing it under his body.

"What a pity!"

He Wei held his head in his hands in the studio.

"Sunshine almost scored twice to help Monaco regain the lead!"

Ter Stegen stood up from the ground.

He took a look at the frontcourt and threw the ball directly to Iniesta.

Monaco players quickly returned to defense.

Their running and covering abilities were fully demonstrated in this process.

Every time Barcelona advanced, they encountered great obstacles.

This time it was directly intercepted by Monaco's full-back Mendy.

"Mendy...successfully intercepted the ball!"

Amidst exclamations.

Mendy directly launched a long pass.

Sunshine retreated to the center circle and brought Mathieu out.

Mathieu chased Sunshine all the way out. He knew he was out of position, but he couldn't go back now because if he gave up chasing Sunshine, Sunshine would directly take the ball and turn around, which would be more dangerous.

Busquets chose to retreat to fill the gap left by Mathieu.

While running, Yangguang pressed the ball under his feet with his chest, then suddenly knocked the ball with his heel and turned around.

"The ball passed!"

There was an exclamation in the commentary box.

"Oh oh oh, here we go again! Look, look at this big guy's ball handling skills!" French commentator Omar shouted.

The entire Stade Louis II was also cheering.

Mathieu was distracted and was completely wiped out by the sun.

Busquets didn't dare to rush forward directly, as he was also worried about being dribbled past by the sun.

Therefore, they could only fight and retreat.

He glanced left and right.

B Silva and Mbappe both advanced along the wing.

Umtiti is behind him.

B Silva and Mbappe on the left and right sides are taken care of by full-backs.

After scanning the current situation on the field into his mind.

Busquets immediately made a very reasonable choice.

He fought and retreated, blocking the sunlight.

He judged that the Sunshine would go to the sides and then go straight into the penalty area. At that time, he just needed to stand in the Sunshine's path, and the opponent would either fly over or slow down and go around it. In this way, Mathieu could come back and assist him in defense.

Unknowingly.

Barcelona players have already accepted this: Sunshine is a striker who cannot be given a one-on-one opportunity. To defend him, at least two people are needed to be sure.

Busquets has the rationality of playing football written all over his face.

But the sun doesn't intend to play fair with him this time.

He wants to make an unreasonable
So after catching up with the ball again.

He looked left and right, then dribbled the ball forward, and made a choice after seeing Busquets moving backwards.

After he caught up with the ball again, he just changed direction slightly, swung his leg and shot!

“??? This doesn’t make sense!!”

Busquets' face changed drastically when he saw the sunlight shooting directly at the goal.

You should split up and then, like a real center forward, penetrate the penalty area, take away the defense, and open up space in the front area of the penalty area. On the one hand, you can grab points in the penalty area, and on the other hand, you can create space for your teammates in the back row.

So why the hell are you so unreasonable?

"Sunshine..shoot!!"

The commentators were also very surprised.

“This distance.”

They roughly estimated that it was close to forty meters!
Forty meters away, fire directly! !

The football soared into the air.

There is absolutely no rotation in the air.

Ter Stegen did not stand on the goal line, he kept a reasonable distance from the players in his defense.

But still the problem.
But when the reasonable meets the unreasonable, it may not be very reasonable.

Just like it is now.

Ter Stegen looked left and right at Monaco's two wingers.

Then he heard a sudden scream.

He quickly turned his head and saw a white dot suddenly grow from small to large.

The football seemed to suddenly appear in front of him.

The German instinctively raised his hands and tried to block the ball.

But just as he raised his hand.

There seemed to be a gust of wind on the court.

Under the influence of air turbulence.

The football fluttered at the end of its flight.

With a swish and a slight change of direction, the football flew past Ter Stegen's wrist hair.

He turned his head and saw the football fly into the goal, hit the net, lifted the net up, then lost all kinetic energy and fell to the ground.

court.

There was silence for about half a second.

boom!
All Monaco fans reacted almost at the same time.

The goal was scored!

"Long live!"

They jumped up.

In the commentary booth, the commentators also reacted.

"YANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!!"

Omar shouted.

"Yang! Scored twice! 2-1! 2-1! Monaco leads the score again! Only six minutes into the second half, Monaco scored again! Yang Yang scored his 22nd goal in this season's Champions League!"

"Sunshine! Still sunshine! Still him! Oh!! Twenty-two! Twenty-two goal!"

"He is the most terrifying shooter in the history of the Champions League. Is there any suspense about this?"

"This terrifying goal-scoring machine has struck again, and this time the victim is Barcelona!"

on the TV screen.

The broadcaster kept playing back long shots of the sun from every angle.

After passing the opponent, he lay down for a step and then raised his foot to shoot.

“This is an unreasonable goal”

Omar sighed.

Enrique was stunned on the sidelines.

With a stiff expression, he looked at Yang Guang who rushed to the sidelines to celebrate.

What the hell
Just like that, you can get in with just a casual kick?

Is this unreasonable?

Enrique had a terrible headache.

This kind of loss is very demoralizing.

This will create a strong psychological hint for the player who loses the ball: the opponent can score with just a casual kick.

Busquets opened his mouth.

He really didn't know what to say.
There was no solution to this kind of shot. He couldn't have pounced on it under the circumstances before - what if he was dribbled past?

Keep a reasonable distance and wait for teammates to support you.

This is the reasonable approach.

Busquets took a deep breath.

He knew that it was not his choice that was wrong, but that this guy was unreasonable.
The Barcelona players, who were originally in high spirits, are now dumbfounded.

After the start of the second half, the picture in their minds was that they would press on to win, continue to score goals, defeat their opponents, and eliminate the suspense of promotion in the first round.

结果
The second half of the game started not long ago.

Instead, they lost the ball first.

Barcelona players turned their heads to look at the Monaco players who were celebrating.

The cheers from the stands were deafening.

This stadium, which had previously seemed ridiculously small to the Barcelona players, now opened its bloody mouth like a beast, ready to devour them.
After the game restarts.

Barcelona, whose morale was affected, was almost completely suppressed by Monaco, whose morale was high.

The young Monaco team has plenty of physical energy, and every one of their players is creating trouble for Barcelona through active running, sprinting and confrontation.

Barcelona's midfield couldn't control the situation.

The result was that Monaco continued to launch quick attacks and transition offenses.

They ran tirelessly.

The belief of defeating Barcelona and advancing to the Champions League final made the young players of Monaco extremely excited.

And facing such an excited opponent.

Barcelona's overall formation was pressed into its own defensive third.

"This is not Barcelona's style, this is not Barcelona's football, we should turn the situation around as soon as possible!"

The Catalan commentator frowned.

in front of the TV.

Barcelona supporters also looked worried.

In the 53rd minute of the game, Lemar's long shot from outside the penalty area was blocked by goalkeeper Ter Stegen into the penalty area. Mathieu in the penalty area was just about to control the ball when the sun rushed over aggressively.

Mathieu was a little panicked. He didn't even bother to control the ball and kicked it directly out of the sideline.

As soon as the football flew out of the sideline, the full-back Sidibe took the ball from the ball boy and quickly kicked the ball out from the sideline. After B Silva got the ball, he turned around and made a cross.

"Positive!!!"

to the exclamations of the commentators.

Sunshine overpowered Mathieu and headed the ball into the goal.

Ter Stegen made another great save, he reached out and slapped the ball back into the penalty area.

But when Mbappe used his speed to rush to the area where the football landed.

Ter Stegen was completely helpless after falling from the air.

"Mbappe made a follow-up shot!!"

Mbappe rushed up quickly and kicked the ball into the empty goal
Three to one!

(End of this chapter)