football world number one

Chapter 1427
"In this game, Barcelona's starting staff did not change much. On the back line, only full-back Adriano was a player who did not start against Arsenal in the last round."

Adriano, Pique, Puyol and Mascherano, the goalkeeper is still Valdez, this kind of personnel once again proved that the two teams are really all elite in the first round of the match.

On the court, Barcelona's possession of the ball did not last long. Facing the joint siege of four midfielders, even a team like Barcelona cannot gain much advantage.

In the fierce pinch between Ganso and Wilshere, Harvey failed to maintain his balance, and he passed the ball to Sanchez in front of the gap.

Sanchez's position was not good either. As soon as he got the ball, he was forced by Mertesacker. Even before the ball was given to Messi, who was shouting and rushing in, the possession of the ball was cut off.

"The possession of the ball changed hands. Barcelona's first attack ended in failure. Now it's time for Arsenal to take possession of the ball. Mertesacker cut off the ball and quickly gave it to Ganso."

Compared with Barcelona, ​​Arsenal's possession can be said to be unshakable and stable.

Maybe they are less delicate and repeated than the opponent's ball control, but in terms of short pass speed control, they are definitely the best in the world today.

Seeing Arsenal's passing pass rolling past their eyes, the Barcelona players quickly retreated after realizing that the ball could not be cut off quickly, and got stuck in their own half.

So, when Ganso crossed the half-court, Chamberlain and Walcott on the left and right sides escorted Liu Feng and Aguero on the front side, Arsenal's half-court offense and defense began.

"In the face of Harvey's pressing point to Wilshere on the left, Butzkes rushed forward. Wilshere was not afraid at all. After the two made physical contact, they continued to move forward and turned back sideways. Chamberlain responded and took the ball!"

After attracting enough firepower to divide the ball, the pressure on his teammates is naturally very small. Chamberlain who got the ball slapped his horse and accelerated all the way along the sidewalk and rushed up.

When Butzkes wanted to interfere as the first buffer line, Wilshere intentionally or unintentionally cut off his idea with a block.

As a result, Chamberlain's direct line-up became Mascherano.

"Facing the defender at hand, a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers. Chamberlain's movements did not slow down at all. He changed direction while advancing at high speed, trying to forcefully change his position and walk from the side."

The contest between the two was only in an instant, Chamberlain's rapid change of direction really made Mascherano unable to react in time, and he gave the teenager a chance to continue down the sidewalk.

However, that's all. As an experienced veteran, Mascherano immediately made a move that surprised everyone at the next moment.

"Chamberlain throws away the space, and Afeng in the middle has already approached, and the opportunity to pass the ball has come, just push it horizontally ~, Mascherano! He released his whole body!"

With extremely silky movements, Mascherano blocked the ball rolling like a wall. He didn't target any direction, but blocked all routes from the baseline to his head without any dead ends.

As a result, Chamberlain's pass was blocked out of the bottom line by Mascherano.

"WTF!"

Chamberlain was also stunned by this scene. He folded his head and looked at Mascherano who stood up and shook his index finger with a smile. This time, this young player really learned a lot.

"Very good defense, Mascherano taught Oxlade-Chamberlain a lesson, but Arsenal also got a left corner and a few attacking players were in place."

When the Barcelona fans were cheering for the wonderful defense of their full-backs just now, the players on the field had no time to continue to ponder, and the tense set-piece offense and defense were coming soon.

With such impenetrable defenders as Puyol and Piqué, Barcelona managed to save the corner, but their subsequent attempt to counterattack was thwarted by the Gunners' quick reflexes.

The evenly matched state of the two sides was vividly displayed. The two teams continued to attack and defend in the next ten minutes, and the development of each side was very beautiful.

Among them, on the Barcelona side, Messi also began to receive frequent passes from his teammates.

On the wing, Messi is in a much more relaxed state than Liu Feng, who was jointly marked by Puyol and Butzkes. Wenger arranged for Maicon to match him, and only the little tiger rushed back when necessary to jointly press.

Speaking of Maicon and Messi, the two of them can be said to have had more than one incisive acquaintance.

That was Maicon's experience against Barcelona in the treble-winning season when he was still in Inter Milan. At that time, he was also responsible for defending Messi. They defeated Barcelona 3-1 in the first round.

In that game, his defense against Messi could be said to be pervasive. Until the end, Messi was completely anxious, and an unintentional wave directly killed Maicon's front teeth.

In this game, Maicon, who reappeared in a high-level competition such as the Champions League after a long absence, reunited with Messi again.

He is still doing well, although he is a little slow in running and anticipating Messi's change of direction, but every time he can persist until his teammates help defend, and that is enough.

The score stalemate between the two sides lasted until 10 minutes. Looking at the 0-0 sign, the offensive pace of the Barcelona team was obviously much faster, but this speed does not mean chaos.

They began to speed up the speed of the ball, and Harvey and Xiaobai also began to increase the frequency of kicking the ball in the center and right.

The offense and defense of the two sides began to get faster and faster, until finally, finally, the impenetrable Gunners' midfield took the lead in making mistakes.

That was after both Ganso and Wilshere pressed up, but Butzkes cut off the ball at Aguero's feet in the backcourt and made a long pass.

"A precise long pass, the ball was given to Iniesta who received the midfielder from the right, Xiaobai easily unloaded the ball, turned around and gave it directly, Messi got the ball!"

This is an excellent opportunity for Barcelona to attack. Messi needs to deal with only Maicon. Sanchez quickly inserts so that Mertesacker and Vermaelen dare not act rashly.

If Maicon is allowed to defend Messi in a tight space, he may be very confident, but in this situation where the opponent has already run in such an open space, it is obviously a bit difficult for the veteran.

Not to mention, he was defending a super talent who had already been glorified.

"Lingbo took small steps, approaching Maicon with a very small step frequency, a fake move to the left and then to the right is still a fake move, changing direction again, oh my god, Maicon's knee is almost twisted into a twist, breakthrough!!!"

"boom!!!"

The entire Camp Nou erupted instantly.

　Chapter 2 here!Thank you for your great support! ! !

　　
　
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