The tactics are still the same familiar set of ball-possession tactics.

The players are still the same familiar faces.

Even the head coach standing on the sidelines, Luis Enrique, has the temperament of Pep Guardiola.

However, Barcelona is no longer the same Barcelona as it was six years ago.

Times change and change.

Remember what people said when Pep Guardiola's Barcelona swept across the Europa?

The only thing that can beat this team is time!

Time passed, and the players aged year by year.

When Xavi dragged his 35-year-old body to run on the field, when Andres Iniesta took a 30-year-old step to carry the ball heavily on the field, when the former young Messi, Busquets and Pique began to become the humerus veterans of this team, who would dare to say that it was not time to beat Barcelona?

Luis Enrique wants to bring more changes to the team, so in the center forward position, he brought in Spanish center forward Llorente from Juventus at a high price, hoping to enrich the team's attacking methods.

However, Llorente, Neymar and Messi have never been able to form a good chemistry.

The midfielder brought in Turan from Atletico Madrid at a high price, but in this crucial game, Enrique opted for the aging Xavi.

Perhaps, he believes that the peak combination of Xavi, Iniesta and Busquets can help the team turn the tide and win the Saints at such a critical time.

At the back, the combination of Alba, Mascherano, Pique and Alves, plus the German lion king Ter Stegen, is not inferior to the Barcelona team of the year.

But something has changed, it's just changed.

At that time, Barcelona was able to press the opponent regardless of home and away, and suppressed all the opponents to the point of breathlessness.

But now?

Luis Enrique's side continued to press on the ground and did not follow the conservative strategy of the first leg, as they had to score at least two goals to guarantee progress, so they had to give it their go.

The players pressed, robbed, and counter-attacked on the spot and played quite decisively.

They tried to do what they did in Barcelona at their peak.

Even, they are very, very sure that they have to be more eager and work harder than they were back then.

However, the group of people standing opposite them did not panic and be at a loss like those opponents back then, let alone confused because of their pressing and oppression.

Even the two young centre-backs at the back, they seem to be used to it, and they feel that there is nothing wrong with dealing with such pressing and pressing, and they seem to be at ease.

This made the Barcelona players angry, annoyed and unacceptable.

They desperately want to prove that they are okay, desperately want to shout, tell the opponent, damn it, this is the Camp Nou!

They are crazy to press and oppress.

Can't advance in the middle?

No, let's play golf!

Isn't there a Llorente ahead?

The golf ball was played around Llorente.

Therefore, Llorente firmly suppressed the Southampton defence at the edge of the penalty area, and then used his excellent physical fitness and header ability to control the first spot.

Then, let Neymar and Messi compete for the second landing point, as soon as they got the ball, they immediately moved to the side, and two fullbacks inserted to set the side attack, and Messi, Neymar and Llorente quickly inserted into the penalty area.

It's a bit simple, but it's very practical.

And in fact, Luis Enrique's tactics were really on the right track.

Llorente's role as a pillar up front was very obvious, almost firmly suppressing the two youngsters of Raphael Varane and Nastasic.

Southampton, however, have always been able to hold on to the second spot.

Bielsa's tactics are also very targeted, knowing that you are behind in the first leg and you must be desperate in the second leg.

After pressing aggressively, the already weak backline must be even more empty.

So, Southampton's strategy is to hold on and fight back!

Unleash Hazard's ability to take the ball in key areas up front, pick up the ball on the flanks or on the flanks to attract Barcelona's attention, and then have his team-mates attack the opposition's defence, or the midfielders can step in after the attack.

Bielsa's tactics proved to be noticeably more effective.

It was Nemanja Matic who broke the ball on the edge of the box and quickly passed it to David Abala on the left, who dribbled forward and backwards before passing to Eden Hazard.

The Belgian's possession of the ball attracted the attention of Alves and Sergio Busquets, and Suarez brought in Pique and Mascherano to create gaps in Barcelona's defence.

Di Maria stepped in, got Hazard's pass, quickly broke through Busquets' defensive zone, straight behind Mascherano, Sanchez slapped the horse from the right and struck the shot, 1-0!

If the first goal was a bit sudden, the second goal convinced Barcelona.

When Barcelona tried to pass the ball forward again and handed it to Llorente, Matic grabbed the first spot when he was heading the ball, Nastasic reacted quickly, rushed up, and after winning the ball, he passed Iniesta and played a long ball with his left foot.

The ball quickly came to the front.

Barcelona's defence retreated quickly, but Suarez was quicker.

The Uruguayan striker judged the ball's destination at the same time as Mascherano, but Suarez was quicker and got ahead of Mascherano and lifted his foot to gently pick the ball.

This pick directly made Mascherano pounce.

When he landed again, Suarez quickly chased after him, and the hard ball was directly a volley.

The angle of this shot was very tricky, almost grazing the left post and drilling into the goal, Ter Stegen could not do anything about it, he could only watch the ball go into the net, 2-0!

At this time, the first half was less than thirty minutes!

However, the game is over!

Southampton scored twice in a row to make it 5-1 on aggregate, and Barcelona will have to score five goals if they want to turn it around.

This is simply impossible for the Western Super League giants!

The whole Camp Nou fell into a dead silence, and no one expected that the second leg would be so bad.

Five to one, how could they still have a chance to turn it around?

Not only the fans in the stands, but even the players on the pitch seemed a little excited.

They couldn't figure out why they had tried their best, but they still had such a result.

Why, a few years ago, they were able to rely on this set of tactics to sweep the Europa, but now, a few years later, they are so embarrassed by their opponents and humiliated at the Camp Nou?

There were faint boos from the stands, which is rare at the Camp Nou, where the results have been impressive.

But everyone knows that Barcelona fans are venting their frustration with the team.

If, even if they are just fighting a little bit, even if they lose while standing, the fans will not be so disappointed.

But now......

The away game is 1-3, and the home team is 0-2 in less than half an hour, how can people not despair from such a game, such a gap?

In the chairman's stand at the Camp Nou, Rusell wiped his face vigorously, probably to hide his embarrassment.

Because around him are all Barcelona celebrities and political and business celebrities.

They had come with the expectation of seeing the team complete a bloody comeback, but who would have thought ......

Bartomeu let out a long sigh, full of mixed sadness, and he thought he had done his best.

"If we hadn't missed Rakitic, Mathieu and Cuadrado last summer, we wouldn't be in a different position now!" Russell shook his head and sighed.

A year ago, almost all of the players Barcelona were targeted by Chelsea in the transfer market.

This has led directly to Barcelona's poor recruitment and poor performance this season.

The results of the Champions League are relatively good, reaching the quarterfinals.

In La Liga, they are currently third in the league behind leaders Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid.

The Copa del Rey was also eliminated early.

Such a result will definitely not satisfy Barcelona fans.

Xavi is old, Iniesta is old, and the team's metabolism should have been on the agenda a long time ago, but ......

"European football is completely different now than it was a few years ago!" Russell said wistfully.

Yang Huan won the game, he was in a good mood, and nodded: "Of course, with the influx of capital, European football must have changed, and it is a revolutionary change." ”

"In the past, we Barcelona could buy whoever we wanted, and almost no player could refuse our temptation, even if it was arrogant like Zlatan Ibrahimovic, we would be convinced."

Russell smiled bitterly, "But now, there are so many rich teams, the competition is so fierce, and the players are so sought-after, the players of our team are not as attractive as before." ”

Yang Huan listened, and didn't say anything on the surface, but he was laughing in his heart, which was a matter of course.

Who in European football used to burn money like Barcelona and Real Madrid?

Even Manchester United and Bayern Munich are doing so well, but they still have to weigh when spending money.

But now?

Chelsea are local tycoons, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur are even more local tycoons than Chelsea.

Manchester United has two or three hundred million pounds lying in their accounts, ready to burn in the transfer market at any time, and Arsenal have two hundred million pounds ready to burn.

Bayern Munich is also facing the pressure of aging players and is also going to burn money.

Not to mention Real Madrid, who have been the leader for more than half a year, but now they are overtaken by Simeone's Atletico Madrid, needless to say, Ancelotti left class and continued to burn money this summer.

Ligue 1 has a Paris Saint-Germain, and it must be burned.

It was previously reported that the Berlusconi family had decided to sell AC Milan, and the newly taken over Tohir and others also said that they must burn money.

Think about it, can the player's transfer fee not be high with such a burning method?

It would be strange if Barcelona could just tick their little fingers like they did a few years ago and get a big crowd of Europe's biggest names in the crowd.

And it must be said that Barcelona's management has really not done a good enough job in terms of recruitment.

If they were too careless and were still immersed in the glorious history of Barcelona hooking their fingers and players flocking to them, would Mathieu, Rakitic and Cuadrado be snatched up by Chelsea?

However, it is also funny to say that none of the players Chelsea brought in last summer were reused.

Among them, Mathieu and Rakitic are better, but Cuadrado, Icardi and Ranocchia are not happy with Mourinho and are expected to be sent away this summer.

"Eh, Sandro, don't say I didn't tell you something good."

"Huh?"

"Chelsea are going to sell Cuadrado, it should be around 20 million euros, a little loss."

As soon as he finished speaking, Bartomeu shook his head and said: "This is not good, since Cuadrado chose Chelsea last summer, then we will not consider bringing him in now." ”

Russell also couldn't stop nodding, thinking that this was the truth.

What are you kidding, dignified Barcelona, how to say that he is also rich and handsome, he was dumped by a poor girl last year, which is already embarrassing enough, if he sees a poor girl divorced a nouveau riche this year, and even runs to pick up foreign children, wouldn't it be laughed out of his big teeth?

So where is Barcelona's handsome face going?

Besides, Barcelona have their own goals.

As soon as Yang Huan felt the malicious eyes of Russell and Bartomewu, his heart immediately beat a drum.

Nimei, these days, it's hard to be a good person!