Chapter 1089 China Town is stable!
"hey-hey!"
Zidane walked to the sidelines and shouted loudly at the players on the court, constantly signaling them to stabilize.
Stabilizing your position is undoubtedly the top priority of Chinatown at the moment.
This is Camp Nou, Barcelona's home court. Even if Barcelona draws the away team, their advantage is still quite large. If Chinatown blindly counterattacks and loses its position, it is equivalent to giving Barcelona a chance.
After leading, Barcelona played more calmly, patiently down and pass, trying their best to open the defense line of Chinatown, but after opening up Chinatown's defensive formation, Barcelona failed to effectively play their advantage in the middle lane.
The reason is that the three midfielders composed of Pogba, Kante and De Bruyne suppressed Iniesta and Rakitic. Even the goal just now was conceded. If Messi had not taken the initiative to retreat to the 30-meter area of his own side and dribbled the ball, it would be difficult for Barcelona to pass it to the frontcourt.
This is the advantage of Chinatown and a key factor that can be used.
Gao Han in the stands saw this, and Zidane on the stadium also understood the key points.
Slowly, after a few minutes of adjustment, Chinatown began to get out of the panic after conceding the goal and gradually stabilized its position.
The team's players are no longer immature. They are all experienced and are members of the Champions League champions. The national players from all countries will no longer be lost because of a goal.
Eight minutes later, Chinatown began to launch a wave of offensives, with the focus on the left.
Hazard and Pogba have a very advantageous cooperation on the left, which has brought huge trouble to Alves' side, forcing Barcelona's defensive center of gravity to tilt towards his right.
In the tenth minute, Pogba took the ball in the frontcourt to cooperate with Hazard, and passed it back to Alex Sandro who was inserted.
The Brazilian left-back passed the back point without thinking, and Griezmann caught an empty block and inserted the back point diagonally.
Seeing that the French winger was about to succeed, Bravo abandoned the goal at the critical moment, regardless of his own safety, and before Griezmann raised his foot and shot, he flew to save the ball and hit the ball with one hand.
Fortunately, Griezmann closed his feet in time, otherwise, the kick would have caused blood to splatter on the spot.
But soon, Chinatown launched another attack, and it was still from the left.
Pogba took the ball outside the penalty area and faced Barcelona's defensive player, trying to pass the ball to Hazard, but the Belgian immediately passed back and Pogba moved his big foot to the right.
Griezmann stopped the ball and passed it back to Montoya who was in the attack. The latter passed it across the front of the penalty area to look for De Bruyne. The Belgian found a gap in the crowd and sent the ball accurately to the back point.
Hazard understood and caught up with him, but just as he was about to succeed, Otamendi took the lead and poked the ball out of the baseline and corner kicked.
Chinatown's continuous attacks tore open Barcelona's defense line, and Pogba and De Bruyne played a key role in both ribs, which basically reflects Zidane's tactical ideas.
In the 14th minute, Pogba cooperated with Hazard on the left and got the ball in the penalty area. After throwing away Otamendi, he dribbled the ball from the bottom line and rushed towards the goal. He passed the ball backwards back to the right of the penalty point, and found De Bruyne who was quick to insert it.
The Belgian's shot failed to suppress the ball and was slightly higher.
After stabilizing its position, although Chinatown did not have an advantage in ball control data, it was obvious that Barcelona's midfield suppression was even successful, and even the focus of Messi was very successful. This made Barcelona's midfield and frontcourt basically disconnected. It was difficult to pose a threat with a ball control rate. The three players in the frontcourt were also somewhat dispersed and each fought for their own battles.
Barcelona has a ball possession rate but it is difficult to create an offensive threat, while Chinatown frequently creates crises on the offensive end.
Especially in the 21st minute, Chinatown made the most threatening attack in the game.
Ales Sandro intervened in the frontcourt, received a pass from Pogba, and passed it straight to Hazard on the left side of the penalty area.
The Belgian faced Alves and a continuous fake move shook away the opponent's cross.
In the penalty area, Firmino headed the ball with his back to the goal.
The ball fell towards the goal at an extremely fast speed. Goalkeeper Bravo was also shocked and flew to make a save. However, the ball was urgent and tricky, and the goalkeeper could basically be said to be powerless.
But at a critical moment, Crossbeam saved Barcelona.
Only a bang was heard at the scene, the ball bounced back to the penalty area, and Barcelona escaped.
But before Barcelona could not be thankful, Griezmann quickly penetrated the penalty area, and before everyone could, he rushed towards the ball without thinking, and shot angrily.
Another bang, the ball hit the right post and bounced out of the bottom line.
Firmino and Griezmann both covered their faces hard, obviously extremely depressed.
Two such threatening shots, one crossbar and one post, what else can they say?
It was obvious that Barcelona fans could feel the reassuring voices of breathing breath.
Yes, they should be glad.
The beams and pillars saved Barcelona.
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"I'm lucky!" Gao Han shook his head as he saw it.
In football games, luck is also a very important factor.
Just like just now, he threatened his two consecutive shots, and goalkeeper Bravo basically raised his hand to surrender. As a result, he once crossed the beam and stood up again, which made people laugh and cry. What else can he say besides crying about the goddess of luck not favoring him?
In fact, Chinatown Barcelona's defense is very successful. Messi and Suarez in the frontcourt are basically difficult to get the ball, and Rakitic and Iniesta can only pass the ball to two sides.
Alves is indeed old and does not have the courage of the past, and Iniesta's running is obviously not as active as before.
Guardiola coached Barcelona at its heyday, and the smooth passing and receiving cooperation and running without hesitation, it is basically impossible for Rakitic to reappear. Therefore, Rakitic's position in Barcelona will become more and more important, and the momentum of replacing Xavi is already very obvious.
In contrast, youth is the biggest capital in Chinatown, and Pogba and De Bruyne run very actively.
According to the real-time data of the game, the running data of the two players Pogba and De Bruyne is close to the sum of Rakitic, Iniesta and Busquets. Kante can spend more energy to take care of Messi who is actively retreating.
Active running is very important for Barcelona, the easiest thing is the contact point that comes out.
In the past, when Iniesta got the ball, his teammates were receiving it everywhere, but now when he got the ball, he could easily fall into double-teams of his opponent. Although this was limited by the opponent's defensive team, it was mainly due to the decline in Barcelona's own running ability.
This situation will become more and more obvious as Barcelona's players' structure ages.
Chinatown will continue to mature and usher in its peak.
"Take it slow, don't worry, there will be a chance." Gao Han murmured to himself.
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The game basically continues the situation after the opening, and the only difference is the score.
With Messi's goal, Barcelona took the lead.
But Barcelona, who has the advantage of possessing the ball, has never been able to turn the advantage into an offensive threat. In the first half of the first half, Barcelona did not have too many decent offensive opportunities except for that shot.
The goal that threatened Chinatown several times was resolved by De Gea without any danger.
On the contrary, Chinatown has continuously threatened and frequently created in front of Barcelona's crisis.
When the game reached the 34th minute, De Bruyne received a pass from Kante on the right rib and quickly dribbled the ball forward along the right side, entered Barcelona's 30-meter zone, and directly passed with a big foot and transferred to the left.
Alex Sandro used his chest to stop the ball forward, and before the defender approached, he stabbed the ball to Hazard, and he rushed from behind Hazard to the bottom line.
The Belgians understood the ball and passed it to the bottom line. Ales Sandro caught up with the ball and directly crossed it low to find Pogba in the front point. However, at the critical moment, Otamendi took the lead and broke the ball out of the base line, almost causing an own goal.
There was another burst of exclamation at the entire Camp Nou Stadium.
Chinatown's offensive is getting more and more urgent.
Everyone began to have a premonition that if this continues, Barcelona will be equalized sooner or later.
Griezmann stood in the corner kick area, and the high points of Chinatown rushed into Barcelona's penalty area.
When the corner kick was sent out, the penalty area was in chaos, and Drewry squeezed out a passage in the middle of the crowd, headed the ball near the penalty spot, but the ball hit Pique and bounced out.
Barcelona wanted to clear the ball as soon as possible, but outside the penalty area, De Bruyne took the lead and caught up with the ball, suddenly split the ball to the right, and Montoya inserted it and made another cross.
At this time, Devri and Valane, who were still in Barcelona's penalty area, turned into centers and quickly rushed to the goal.
The two high school defenders are still quite shocking in the penalty area, and Montoya's cross is the one who is looking for.
Only saw the central defender Varane at the front point suppressing Otamendi with his body. Facing Montoya's cross, he headed the ball from close range. The ball fell to the ground and rebounded and crashed into Barcelona's goal.
Faced with the sudden shot, goalkeeper Bravo was unable to react and could only watch the ball enter the net.
One to one!
Varane jumped high in the penalty area, clenched his fists and shouted.
All the Chinese City players rushed up frantically and surrounded him.
After half an hour, they were behind for half an hour, and now they finally tied the score.
The entire Camp Nou stadium was cheering from Chinatown fans, all of whom were crazy about the players' outstanding performance.
Although the team was in a backward situation in the previous half hour, no matter which aspect, they did not feel weak or panic, but instead gave people a very stable confidence.
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"One to one, Chinatown successfully equalized the score."
"If Barcelona's goal just now did not bring panic to Chinatown, then this concede would definitely seriously affect Barcelona, because although they had the advantage of possessing the ball in the whole first half, they never threatened Chinatown's goal."
"There was an advantage of one goal before, but now, after Chinatown tied, the situation will begin to become more unfavorable to Barcelona. Luis Enrique should take effective measures as soon as possible to stop Barcelona's decline."
"Zidane seems very excited. He once said that Varane will be the world's top central defender, and this French compatriot also used a header to repay Zidane's trust and support for him in this key final."
"One to one, both sides returned to the same starting line."
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But Gao Han, who was sitting in the stands, had an extremely strong feeling.
Chapter completed!