Volume 3 The Myth of the Gunslinger Chapter 308 Hemispheric Dominance

Barcelona lost 1-3 in the first leg, and this time returned to the Camp Nou, Barcelona was bent on making a comeback, after referee Rossetti blew the whistle for the start of the game! QUAnbeN!

Barca's starting line-up for this game was only slightly changed from at the Emirates Stadium, with Puyol and Maxwell coming up at the back and Pedro leaving the bench to play as a right winger.

While the main change for Barcelona is in the back line, Barcelona are all-attacking and defensive, and their attacks are not just launched in the front like the Italian teams, their attacks can be launched from any place.

Puyol's ability to assist is average, but he is more solid defensively at the back and has a better understanding of the ball with his teammates. And Maxwell's ability to assist has always been the reason why he has established himself at Barcelona. After the two of them were on the field, Barcelona's back line immediately became much more flexible and stable, under Arsenal's ferocious pressing, Barcelona's super-level play actually achieved the point of man to the ball, man and ball in one, Arsenal's rhythm slowed down a little, and there were only non-stop fouls.

In the first ten minutes of the first half, Barcelona kept attacking, Arsenal kept fouling, and the Italian referee judged the scale between the Premier League and La Liga, but under such a scale, Arsenal still had 6 fouls, and Arshavin, who actively returned to defense, received a yellow card.

Arsenal didn't deliberately want to foul, but their frequency was a little slower, and as a result, they were passive, and referee Rossetti also saw this clearly, so the scale was not very strict when awarding penalties.

Ten minutes later, Barcelona played the rhythm faster, hoping to take advantage of Arsenal's not yet adapted, the first one, the difference between the two goals made them unable to play at ease, and Arsenal's mental and psychological pressure was not enough to make them collapse, in Barcelona's view, as long as it was so fast, Arsenal may not be able to keep up.

But in fact, the situation is just the opposite, the frequency of Barcelona is not to win quickly, their fast is also slow and fast, fast is fast in the last pass, and the last pass in front of the three or two feet, this speed up the pace of the game, but let Arsenal find the feeling of playing in the Premier League, in the Premier League is the way it is now, there is no need to think, because you don't have time to think, you can only play with the instinct honed over a long time. That's what Premier League teams are good at, and they are so physically fit that they can play almost the full 90 minutes at a fast pace in this kind of anaerobic game.

Arsenal's tactics in this game are defensive counterattacks, as soon as they find their rhythm, the power of Barcelona's attack is greatly reduced, if Barcelona's attack is like a tide, Arsenal's defense is like a levee, no matter how varied their through diagonal bottom cross is, it is impossible to pass through the embankment.

At this time, it is immediately from the overall fight to the individual strength of the star, and see which superstar has the ability to make a gap in the opponent's airtight defense.

The first strike is still Messi, the Argentine returned to Barcelona from London with a belly of fire, this Argentine looks humble and polite, very low-key, in fact, this Argentine who has suffered from dwarfism since childhood is extremely proud, never willing to accept defeat, and is unwilling to accept the second, from the 0506 season, he refused to come to the stage to receive the championship trophy because he did not play in the Champions League final You can know how stubborn and strong his character is.

In this game, Arsenal formulated the tactics of zone marking defense for Messi, which is to deal with the front-court rotation tactics of Messi and others, so that they will have players to follow them closely wherever they go.

However, Messi, a player with explosive power and a very high ball quotient, it is impossible to prevent him in 90 minutes, otherwise he will not be hailed as the second dominant star after Li Huan, and the most promising person to become the king of the ball.

In the 18th minute of the game, Messi retreated slightly, staying at the junction of the back and the defender, Messi, who has a high ball quotient, is very poisonous, because his position makes the marking players very embarrassed, according to Arsenal's tactics, the player closest to Messi stepped forward to mark the defense, but Messi's running position made Arsenal momentary confusion in the marking, although Arsenal's cooperation was also very tacit, and it was decided in an instant that Diaby stepped forward to follow Messi.

But it was too late in an instant, and for a player like Messi, he couldn't even be given a 0.1 second chance because his personal ability was too outstanding.

0.1 seconds of space allowed Xavi to easily pass the ball, when Diabi rushed over to stick to Messi, Messi stopped the ball directly forward half a meter away when he received the ball, it looked like it was stopped, but this stop immediately showed its wonder, Messi took half a step forward, just this half a step away, Diaby could only watch Messi half a meter in front of him, and he couldn't even reach out.

The first defender didn't keep up, the second was immediately passive, Song only grabbed up, Cesc Fabregas was in the back, and all three midfielders were attracted to Messi.

Messi naturally understands what to do at this time, this Argentine is definitely a BUG, he doesn't have too many ideas of individual heroism, and is always collective-oriented. Seeing that Arsenal's defense was very thin, Messi made a false move, immediately passed the ball to Alves on the side, and suddenly inserted himself into the penalty area.

Messi's passing and forward insertion are signals, most of Barcelona's players are from La Masia, and they are very clear about each other's characteristics, habits and ideas.

In the eyes of Arsenal fans, Barcelona is rushing to Arsenal's penalty area, but in the eyes of Arsenal's players on the field, every player in Barcelona has a great threat in his running, and they can't miss anyone, because Barcelona's passing is everywhere, and whoever they miss, the result is fatal.

However, after Alves was inserted, Arsenal's defensive players were obviously insufficient, and Klich could only defend Alves with the ball, and it was impossible to have time to take care of Pedro. At this time, Pedro, who seemed to have mediocre overall strength, suddenly cut into the ribs of the Arsenal penalty area.

Pedro was unmarked and Alves' pass went right to Pedro's feet.

Almunia performed well today, it may be that Barcelona's big attack made Amu play extraordinarily, he has blocked Pedro's shot angle, Pedro raised his foot to hit, Amu couldn't react from close range, but Pedro's shot hit him and bounced out.

At this time, it is the striker and defender who are more responsive.

Messi was obviously quicker, and before the Arsenal defenders could react, Messi rushed to the goal like a bullet and kicked the ball into the net.

At 1:0, Messi opened the scoring again, and the total score of the two sides also became 3:2.

The Camp Nou stadium suddenly felt like a tsunami, and nearly 90,000 Barcelona fans roared and applauded, which was deafening, and everyone on the scene could not hear what others were saying, but could only see each other's mouths moving, as if they were playing a pantomime.

"Ah......hh Messi Messi's supplementary goal scored 2:3, there is a gap of one goal, no, no, no, there is no goal, there is still a gap of half a goal, as long as Barcelona scores one more, Arsenal will be eliminated, this is a dangerous score, both sides have a chance, now the game has become more exciting, no, no, it should be more exciting, the final battle of life and death, the living enter the semi-finals, the dead go back to watch live TV......"

Barca's players celebrated as if they had reached the last four of the Champions League. Arsenal's players, on the other hand, showed helplessness and disappointment, and were a little nervous, the half-goal gap was too dangerous, and an accident would have made them lose their previous achievements, and now they can no longer be conservative, and they must score again if they want to reach the last four.

After the game started again, Barcelona took advantage of the victory to chase and try to defeat Arsenal in one fell swoop.

If it was Arsenal before the season, maybe it would have been really defeated, because the young people's psychological fluctuations are very strong, and the technical and tactical play is also very unstable, but now Arsenal's young people have matured for another year, Li Huan and Arshavin have injected stability and resilience into the team, they are just a little disappointed after conceding the goal, but they are not flustered, and they are still defending and counterattacking like before conceding the goal, waiting for the arrangement of the manager and the captain on the field.

Li Huan and Fabregas saw that Wenger's gesture on the sidelines was to let them strengthen the attack, the two of them briefly discussed, Fabregas moved forward ten meters from the position of the back, and Li Huan's also doubled the number and amplitude of assists, Arsenal as a whole did not change much, only the two captains changed their positions and playing styles, but the effect of such fine-tuning was very large, and the pressure was directly applied to Barcelona's back and defenders.

Don't underestimate the first ten meters of Bregas, but these ten meters avoided the mad dog-like counter-attack of the Barcelona strikers, adding a great possibility to break through the Barcelona defense.

And Li Huan's wing attack directly suppressed Maxwell back, the Brazilian can't even guarantee defense, let alone assist, and now Puyol has to frequently fill his position.

Five minutes later, Arsenal gradually stabilized the situation, and Barcelona defended and attacked, although they did not equalize, but they formed an even balance on the field and did not fall into the upper hand. With a half-goal lead remaining, the initiative of the game is still in Arsenal's hands.

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