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Seeing the football fly into his goal, Barcelona coach Rijkaard's face was covered with wrinkles, and the 45-year-old Dutchman seemed to be a little old.

The Dutch had never expected that Manchester City would actually play a defensive counterattack.

His impression of Manchester City has always been offensive football. He also knows that Manchester City occasionally changes tactics, but it is actually their ‘OS-F’ system football. The difference will not be that great.

But what he didn't expect is that Manchester City's tactics will change so much in this game!

The Chinese did not even think of a classic ‘offensive football battle’ with Barcelona, ​​but instead played a ‘bad’ defensive counterattack!

Thinking of this, Rijkaard gritted his teeth.

Even if Manchester City played a defensive counterattack, the game was a bit uglier at the most, but what he didn't expect is that Manchester City's defense is still so strong, and the counterattack is so sharp!

This is Manchester City's best chance since the start of the game.

When Messi was intercepted just now, Rijkaard was still worried about Messi ’s performance. Messi is the core of the team and the star. Messi ’s poor performance will affect the entire team.

But now he finds that the team has been affected, even if you start to worry about the outcome of the game.

Manchester City's defense is solid, and it is not easy for the team to score goals, and Manchester City's counterattack is so sharp and so efficient, it makes him more worried.

Before the game started, Rijkaard knew Manchester City was not easy to deal with, but in fact, he did not have much worry about the home game.

Manchester City is very strong, winning the Premier League title for three consecutive years, also proved their stability.

However, few teams can take away the victory at Camp Nou.

Rijkaard firmly believed in this.

But now Barcelona is 0 to 1 behind, no matter what Rijkaard thought before, now he has to think about how he can regain his advantage.

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For Barcelona, ​​losing a ball does not reach the end, after all, this is a two-round knockout, not a brutal battle to decide the outcome.

The outcome of a game is not so important, what matters is scoring and conceding.

Barcelona ’s disadvantage is mainly because this is the home game, the home and away are different, generally two rounds of games, the home can play better, if the home loses to the opponent, then it will be more difficult to play on the road.

Therefore, Barcelona's top priority is to work hard to tie the score, so they began to attack the Manchester City half.

Facts have proved that when the whole team of Barcelona is devoted to the offensive, they can still launch a terrible offensive.

After the game restarted, they had two consecutive offensives, both of which hit the ball into the Manchester City penalty area.

The continuous crisis in the penalty area also forced Manchester City to shrink its lineup defense.

In a tense defense, the joy of scoring just now disappeared without a trace, and every Manchester City player wanted to keep the goal.

For Barcelona, ​​the focus is on how to break Manchester City's goal.

Messi was tightly restricted by both Brumer and Morris.

Although Barcelona also has excellent offensive players such as Deco, Iniesta and Xavi, Messi is a key player in the middle. Messi cannot play, and Barcelona's offensive is very limited.

After a long time, Barcelona still failed to break the Manchester City goal.

Looking at the team's solid defense, Wan Sheng felt very relieved.

Manchester City has prepared a lot for this game, and the defensive counterattack is also specially prepared for Barcelona. In order to prepare for the game, they constantly train defensive formations, defensive tactics, details to the game, how to play for each position How does each player defend against the opponent?

With so many training effects, plus the two defensive functions ‘Strong Barrier’ and ‘Strong Interception’, the team ’s defense is definitely very strong.

Wan Sheng is pleased that every player on the field is doing well.

This competition is an opportunity for young players and a challenge. Many players can't bear the pressure of the competition and are nervous. Emotional tension can easily cause the state to get out of control.

Wan Sheng did not see an unstable player.

Each of them was not affected by the atmosphere of the competition, nor by the cries of Barcelona fans at Camp Nou.

This shows that the young players in the team have matured and the whole team has matured.

In the game, the two sides continued to compete.

With little time left, Barcelona seemed to want to take a draw into the intermission, so their offensive was even more fierce.

They continued to use their cooperation to send the ball into the Manchester City penalty area. Both forwards Iniesta and Eto'o were very active. They frequently inserted into the penalty area and made Manchester City's defense nervous for a time.

However, due to Messi's restrictions, Barcelona's middle road is not very active, and it is difficult to find opportunities in the first time when the two sideways are plugged in.

This situation made Rijkaard frown, looking at Messi, who was severely restricted on the court, and sighed.

No matter how talented Messi is, he is still too young. At the age of 20, his experience is limited and it is difficult to play out even with excellent technology.

The Dutch know what they need to do most in midfield.

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The first half ended with Harvey's perimeter shot flying high out of the beam.

This scene also proves that, at least on the scene, Barcelona achieved a considerable suppression of Manchester City, but because they did not score a goal, instead Manchester City used a counterattack to score a goal, so in the score, Barcelona is the side behind .

During the halftime, Wan Sheng praised the team's performance and made everyone continue to work hard in the second half.

He emphasized something about the adjustments his opponent might make.

The first important point is the restriction on Messi.

Messi is currently the most important core of Barcelona. As long as Messi's points are blocked, Barcelona's offensive can be limited.

This is very clear, and it is almost the most work done by Manchester City before the game.

On the playing field, the fans only saw Blumer and Morris constantly defend Messi closely. But in fact, how can you really block the play of a star player?

Wan Sheng made very strict arrangements for this.

First of all, targeted defense, that is, the defensive work on the surface is handed over to Blumer and Morris. In addition, other surrounding players must also cooperate with the running, making it difficult for Barcelona players to put The ball passed to Messi's position. At the same time, it also made it difficult for Messi who received the pass to pass the ball to his teammates.

The requirements of the former are not high. It depends entirely on the play of Blumer and Morris. The requirements of the latter are very high. It took a long time just to do defensive training before the game.

Messi showed no performance in the first half, and Barcelona will definitely make adjustments accordingly.

Rijkaard has two options, one is to do some guidance for Messi, and the position is to let Messi retreat. In this way, Messi ’s playing space becomes larger, it seems difficult to limit live.

However, Wan Sheng doesn't care about this. Messi will definitely participate in the offense even if he retreats, so the team will definitely restrict him by playing according to the original targeted defense.

The other is to replace Messi and let Ronaldinho play.

Ronaldinho is the biggest worry for Wan Sheng. The Brazilian has experienced a nightmare this season. His private life was exposed by the media at the beginning of the season. The Barcelona club was very dissatisfied with the indulgence of the Brazilians. Even team-mate Ed Milson called it a "black goat."

In the following days, Barcelona has gradually become accustomed to the lack of Ronaldinho's team, the cold bench and the stands have become the place where the former World Footballer appeared more often.

The national derby in December 2007 (Barcelona vs. Real Madrid) was Ronaldinho ’s last chance to prove himself to the club. As a result, Barcelona lost 0-1 to defending champion Real Madrid, while Ronaldi Neo was completely broken into the "cold palace".

In January 2008, the Barcelona club announced that Ronaldinho would be absent for multiple games due to a left knee injury. In April, after the rumor of fraud, the Barcelona official announced the return of Ronaldo Neo because of his right leg muscles. The injury said goodbye to that season.

Although there are so many rumors, in this game against Manchester City, Ronaldinho still appeared on the bench.

This proves that Rijkaard attaches importance to the game, and also proves that Ronaldinho still has a certain position in Barcelona.

If Rijkaard chooses to change to Ronaldinho, then the team's defense against Ronaldinho, who is in the "state of bravery", is certainly difficult to play a big role.

In this way, Wansheng can only allow the team to do its best to defend and keep the advantage of the score.

Wan Sheng is actually not too worried, because he knows that Ronaldinho has passed the peak period, and now it is the worst season for the Brazilian ’s career. Why is Manchester City so “unlucky” when he meets with the sudden outbreak of Rona El Dinho?

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Soon the second half came.

Manchester City players all feel that the game is going on like a playbook arranged by Mansion.

Barcelona did not make substitution adjustments, but after a few minutes of play, they all saw Messi's position withdrawn a lot.

Many Manchester City players are more 'respectful' of Wansheng, and at the same time, they are more confident in the game.

Wansheng said that Rijkaard would choose to let Messi retreat. As a result, Messi ’s position was adjusted backwards. The opponent ’s reaction was all within the expectations of Wansheng. Wansheng also specially arranged targeted defensive adjustments. Manchester City players just need to follow the instructions.

Manchester City players feel that the game is under the control of the coach. In this case, they have no reason to lose. Perhaps even the result of the game is under the control of the coach?

Many players think so.

In their hearts, Wan Sheng has been 'deified'!

Wan Sheng didn't know the player's thoughts and predicted the opponent's tactical adjustment. It was the job of a head coach. He was happy that the opponent's adjustment was not unexpected, so the game would not be out of control.

The second half of the game was still Barcelona's offensive and Manchester City's defense.

Barcelona's midfielder, two wingers, and even defender players frequently want to find opportunities to put the ball into Manchester City's penalty area, but at this time, they know that some British media believe that Manchester City's defense is strong.

In this game, Manchester City's central defender combination is Dunn and Lescott.

Dunn and Lescott are both standard England defenders. The two combined together, and the continuous running makes Manchester City's restricted zone look very tight.

In addition to the two central defenders, Carlos and Ziegler's defense on the Manchester City side is also very troublesome. Carlos needless to say, is an old opponent of Barcelona, ​​but he is now playing for Manchester City, Ziegler Not very young, but following Wan Sheng from Derbyshire to Manchester City, the experience of the top four leagues in the past four seasons has completely matured the Belgian boy. His defense has caused headaches for Eto'o and Harvey.

There is also a midfield defense in front of the Manchester City penalty area. Morris and Blumer needless to say, Ozil, Darren Bent, Ivan Krue, and the three defenders have done very well. Their personal defense The ability is not so strong, but the number is there, and it is not easy for Barcelona to jump over this line of defense.

Many people say that ‘human sea tactics are the best defense’, and the three Ozil are working hard to illustrate this with their overall performance.

Barcelona still have a headache when it comes to Manchester City's strict defense, perhaps more so because their core Messi has still not played its due role.

Rijkaard originally felt that after Messi's retreat, Manchester City's targeted defense against Messi became less easy.

But after more than ten minutes in the second half, he found that he was wrong.

Obviously, Manchester City has done a lot of training on Messi ’s defense. Not only Blumer and Morris will pay attention to Messi ’s defense, other Manchester City players mainly run around Messi, and will block his catch. Passing route.

Messi didn't want to receive the pass easily. Even if the ball was received, it was very difficult to pass the ball again due to Blumer's interference and other Manchester City players.

This is the most fundamental reason why Messi has not performed so far.

Messi's poor performance directly affected the entire team's offensive. Their frequent offenses did not yield any gains. After repeated failures, Barcelona players were somewhat discouraged.

But they have not realized the danger.

It is impossible for Manchester City to keep Barcelona attacking all the time. This is not a half-court offensive and defensive exercise, but the first round of the Champions League semi-final, a very significant game.

When Barcelona's offense slowed down ~ www.novelmtl.com ~ Manchester City began to fight back constantly.

Sharp counterattack!

Wansheng chose to let Ozil play and Darren Bent to play in the midfield, the purpose is to speed up the counterattack!

Both Ozil and Darren Bent are very fast players. As soon as they take the ball, Barcelona cannot even catch up.

Manchester City are very experienced in quick offense.

Not only can they hit a quick counterattack, they can also play a very wonderful cooperation in counterattack.

So in the 73rd minute of the game, Darren Bent, Ozil and Morris teamed up, and it only took 7 seconds to send the ball to the foot of Torres in front, which is not surprising. .

The following work is also very simple for the Spanish Golden Boy.

Lift your foot and shoot!

Football rushed directly into the door of Valdes's handle! (To be continued.)