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Chapter 1090 Midfield is King

"Barcelona midfield pass, Busquets...Iniesta..."

"De Bruyne retreated to defend and intercepted the ball successfully."

"No pass, De Bruyne led his own way."

"Chinatown's on-site counterattack, Barcelona's defense line quickly returned to defense."

"Look at what De Bruyne will do this time."

"Hazar and Griezmann are pulled apart, De Bruyne passes to the left, and Hazar passes back..."

"De Bruyne will pass it back to his teammates who are inserted behind him...Pogba!"

"The ball is in!!!"

"goallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!!!!"

"In the 43rd minute, Chinatown scored another goal."

"Long shot from outside Pogba's penalty area."

"This is a very sudden kick. The strength and angle are very accurate, which completely reflects Pogba's excellent long-range shooting level and also hits very suddenly."

"This time, the midfield counterattack after counter-stopping by Chinatown caught Barcelona off guard."

"Watch the slow motion replay again. Busquets was pressing Firmino, and this pass was uncomfortable. Iniesta failed to hold the ball for the first time, but De Bruyne quickly cut the ball away closely and launched a counterattack as soon as possible."

"In this series of cooperation outside Barcelona's penalty area, Chinatown also played very well. Hazard took the ball to attract the attention of two defensive players, and then passed back to De Bruyne, and then passed Pogba."

"We can clearly see that in Pogba's position, Barcelona has no close defense or interference, which gives Pogba the opportunity to shoot calmly, and the French midfielder's long shot is also fast and accurate."

"The first half is approaching the end, and being overtaken by Chinatown at this time is definitely not a good thing for Barcelona."

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The referee finally blew the whistle to the end of the first half.

Chinatown reversed Barcelona 2-1 with two goals from Varane and Pogba.

Equalifying the score before the end of the first half was a big blow to Barcelona's morale, but the key lies in how to adjust in the second half and whether Barcelona can adopt a more effective way of playing.

But after fifteen minutes of the game, both sides returned to the court, but saw that neither team made a substitution. With the beginning of the second half, both teams were basically continuing their first half style of play and ideas.

"Luis Enrique's use of troops is indeed questionable, but the core issue of Barcelona is the players."

In the stands, Gao Han, as a bystander, saw clearly than anyone else.

Judging from the data, in addition to the advantage of ball control, Barcelona cannot catch up with Chinatown, whether in the number of shots or the distance of the players, especially in the latter, the gap between Barcelona and Chinatown is very obvious.

Firmino in the frontcourt is known for his crazy running and pressing. Hazard and Griezmann are also pressing against the opponent's defense step by step. Midfielders De Bruyne, Pogba and Kante also have a very large range of movement.

Gao Han just saw the hot map of the players' activity area. The three midfielders in Chinatown almost firmly locked the entire midfield and the two wings. The range of activities and the active performance made Gao Han himself quite amazed.

On the other hand, in addition to Rakitic, Barcelona basically adopted the previous style of play, but Iniesta's range of movement has dropped sharply. In addition, on the side of Alves on the back line, against Messi in the frontcourt, it can be said that Barcelona's running ability is far less than that of that year.

This is not surprising at all, because this group of players has already won all the honors they can get. To put it bluntly, they have no desire to win the game, and they just want to continue their past more comfortable playing style.

This is why Guardiola controls the ball in the later stage for the sake of possession, which also leads Guardiola to finally choose to leave.

The most threatening thing in Barcelona's team is Suarez. He can provide the team with flexible maneuvers and excellent deep offensive capabilities, which Ibrahimovic could not have given before, and the cooperation between him and Messi is also quite threatening.

The idea of ​​introducing Rakitic is correct, but the team did not follow this idea and reorganize, which is very problematic.

Barcelona is actually playing awkwardly now, and it feels like they are neither high nor low.

Of course, with Barcelona's lineup strength, it is definitely the kind of level where you can reach the Champions League finals when you are on the credit card, but the decline is already quite obvious.

"This summer, we will keep this midfielder in the team no matter what, and no one is allowed to leave." Gao Han squinted his eyes and said loudly.

Cantalero, who was standing by, nodded constantly, "Yes, the strong teams in Europe are now looking for midfielders. We have the top midfielders in Europe. If we let them go, wouldn't it be like digging our own grave?"

The strongest link in Chinatown is the midfield. Now that the midfield is the king, as long as the midfield is strong enough, it doesn’t matter if you play the front and back courts casually.

But it is not easy to keep this midfielder, after all, other teams are not vegetarian.

Fortunately, the players' contracts are still relatively long and the termination fee is relatively high. For example, Pogba and Isco have reached 200 million euros after renewal, and Ilia La Mendi and Kante have also reached 150 million euros. As long as Chinatown does not want to sell, other teams will basically be difficult to dig.

Moreover, the contract years of the players in the team are also given due attention, and it is guaranteed that the tragedy of the entire central axis being poached within the same year will not happen again. Therefore, even if it is absolutely necessary, the team only needs to sell one or two, and with Chinatown's talent reserve, it can be completely dealt with.

Gao Han stared at the stadium with his eyes tightly, but his thoughts were no longer in this game.

After a two-to-one reversal in the first half, this game has been basically won by Chinatown, and what he is considering is the next game.

The Champions League final one week later.

Barcelona lost the Copa del Rey final tonight at Camp Nou, which will inevitably have some impact on the team, depending on how Luis Enrique deals with the Champions League final a week later.

Given the current situation in Barcelona, ​​there is still no chance of winning in a week.

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Gao Han has the most sharp eyesight, and his judgment is often extremely accurate.

The scene that best reflects the fighting spirit and morale of Barcelona players happened in the 59th minute of the second half.

At that time, Barcelona launched a wave of attacks and created a corner kick, but the ball was sent into the penalty area of ​​Chinatown and was cleared by Devrey. Then Kante kicked the ball to the left.

Iniesta, Alves and Pogba chased the ball from different directions at the same time.

Seeing that the ball was about to go out of bounds, Alves quickly slowed down and did not continue to catch up. Iniesta was the first to catch up with the ball, but his choice was not to stop the ball or pass it back to the half, but to block Pogba with his body and want the ball to qualify.

The French midfielder was obviously unwilling to accept it. Although his body was blocked by Iniesta, he was tall and long. He used his physical advantage to squeeze out a gap and took the lead to pick the ball back to the court. Then he quickly used his body to block Iniesta, caught up with the ball, and quickly drove the ball to Barcelona's halftime.

Faced with this sudden change, Iniesta and Alves were both caught off guard, and they chased Pogba at the same time, but after the French midfielder quickly dribbled the ball into the 30-meter area of ​​Barcelona, ​​they immediately passed the ball to the middle.

Hazard took the ball at the front of the penalty area and passed it to De Bruyne who was inserted behind him. The latter passed it diagonally behind him. Griezmann quickly inserted it from the right rib of the penalty area. After getting the ball, he pushed the ball and the ball entered Barcelona's goal again.

Three to one!

The cheers of Chinatown fans sounded at the entire Camp Nou Stadium.

The overall situation has been decided, and Chinatown can basically be said to be a sure victory.

After scoring the goal, Griezmann celebrated wildly with his teammates, but at the same time rushed to the fans' stands on the sidelines.

The Frenchman scored the world with one shot. This goal basically guaranteed that Chinatown won the King's Cup and also made a good start for the Champions League final a week later.

Yes, it is indeed a pity that Chinatown missed the league championship, but Chinatown has played in a crazy state in the past two months, with ten consecutive league wins and a series of wins in the Champions League. Now it has won Barcelona in the final of the Copa del Rey, which undoubtedly brings enough confidence to the team.

Since the reform of the Champions League, the first team to successfully defend its title!

This is quite attractive to any team and to any player.

Who doesn't want to be recorded in history?

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Compared to Zidane's cheers and celebrations in front of the home team's coach's seat, Louis Enrique's expression in the visiting team's coach's seat was a bit weird. He was laughing, but his smile was bitter and helpless.

He obviously knows the current situation of the team, and he also knows why Martino was dismissed. He knows more clearly that he has also encountered Martino's crisis this season and is facing dismissal, but is this his problem?

It was like the third goal just now. If it were normal, Alves and Iniesta should have caught up with each other as soon as possible, but they both failed to do their best and became lazy and lazy, which gave Pogba the high-spirited opportunity.

To put it bluntly, it is a game of people.

With the development of modern football skills and tactics, it is almost impossible for a player to rewrite a game.

Even superstars like Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo need a large group of teammates to assist, but if one or two players among the eleven players in the team start to become lazy and slack, this may not matter when playing against mid- and downstream teams, but it will be exposed in the strong dialogue.

Enrique asked his assistant to ask Harvey to warm up. He wanted to change to Harvey and let the midfield iron triangle try to see if he could counterattack.

He doesn't have many cards to use, or even very few.

As the game has been held, he has no hope for the King's Cup, but he has to consider the Champions League final a week later. Judging from the team's current situation, it is still quite difficult to defeat Chinatown in a week.

In the 63rd minute, Barcelona made their first substitution in this game. Xavi replaced Rakitic. Barcelona's midfield iron triangle reunited again. Enrique's intention was obvious, strengthen the ball control and strive for a counterattack.

But two minutes later, Zidane also made his first substitution, replacing De Bruyne with Cork.

This is also a very obvious substitution.

Three to one, Chinatown will end when it gets better and win the championship.

The real decisive battle between the two sides should be at the Berlin Olympic Stadium a week later.

And with this victory tonight,
Chapter completed!
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