80_80813 Waiting for Yang Huan to return from the stands where the Saints Fan Club is located to the chairman's stand of Sun Life Stadium, the game is about to start.

Under the leadership of the head coach, both sides walked out of the player tunnel one after another.

Barcelona played this game as much as possible, and the new head coach Vilanova inherited the tactical framework of the Pep Guardiola period, and there were no major changes overall.

Alexandria O-Song and left-back Jordi Alba, who have been brought in in the summer transfer market, are both reinforcements.

The line-up for this match is goalkeeper Valdés, the backline is Alba, Pique, Puyol and Alves, and the midfield is the iron triangle of Andres Iniesta, Sergio Busquets and Xavi.

The attacking combination up front is Villa, Messi and Sanchez.

Southampton, too, is at its best.

Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, Alaba Alaba at the back, Xavi Martinez, Raphael Varane and Cesar Azpilicueta, the midfield trio of Luka Modric, Toni Kroos and Vidal, and the front trident of Neymar, Ibrahimovic and Gareth Bale.

When the players of both teams lined up in their respective halves, Russell was a little surprised.

"Why is Gareth Bell still playing on the right side?" The President of Barcelona asked with some strange questions.

When Gareth Obell was at Tottenham Hotspur, he played as a left winger and made a name for himself by forcing Inter Milan's world-class right-back McCone on the left side of the Champions League.

But after coming to Southampton, Bielsa put Gareth Bell on the right side.

Judging from the results of the previous warm-up games, Gareth Bell did not play well on the right side.

"Players are used to playing on the left, but as a left-footed player, playing right winger is more advantageous, and it allows Bale to be more versatile," Yang explained with a smile.

After hearing this, Russell also nodded.

Wingers are back-footed, which is also a common phenomenon in European professional football now.

Real Madrid president Florentino, who came to participate in the final of the International Champions Cup, looked envious and jealous when he saw Modric wearing a Southampton shirt and appearing in the midfield area.

This Modric is definitely the Premier League's top control midfielder, very comprehensive.

Judging from the past few warm-up games, he is also slowly establishing a tacit understanding with his teammates.

On the contrary, Real Madrid, who missed Modric and Stroman, is still in the process of adjusting the midfield.

This also led to Real Madrid's poor performance in the International Champions Cup and their early elimination.

"Playing in midfield with Luka Modric and Toni Kroos, okay? Wouldn't it be too thin? ”

Yang Huan smiled silently, but Belsa's words couldn't help but appear in his heart.

At the beginning, there were also people in the team who were worried about this, thinking that Modric and Toni Kroos are both technical players, although there is a Vidal in the midfield, but the position is obviously more advanced, so how to ensure Southampton's midfield defense?

You know, the Premier League's famous Kombat whirlwind, the impact is too strong, once the midfield is not hard enough, it is easy to be rushed by the opponent and collapsed, so how can the game continue?

Bielsa, however, is very positive, believing that the defence of modern football has changed dramatically from the past.

As far as Barcelona's midfield is concerned, is the combination of Sergio Busquets, Xavi and Iniesta tough enough?

It is obviously on the soft side, and it can even be said that it is a soft persimmon

But what about Barcelona's defense?

I believe that all opponents who have played against Barcelona will give a thumbs up.

So how do they do it?

Orderliness and integrity of the defense

To put it simply, it is to rely on the formation of numerical advantages in local areas and compress the movement space of opposing players.

In the scramble, there is no focus on physical confrontation, and more about blocking the opponent's ball line through guò to complete the defense.

This kind of orderly and overall defense is much more effective than in the past when fighting alone.

Not only that, but the advantage of having a technical midfielder with a balance of attack and defense is that they play with their brains and know how to use awareness and anticipation to achieve defensive results.

After the team completes the break, the technical midfielder's game awareness and ability to read the game can ensure that the team can complete the offensive and defensive transition in the shortest possible time, maximize the counter-attacking effect, and even complete the goal.

These are things that are not available in traditional physical-type midfielders, even in the likes of Patrick Vieira and Roy Keane.

But this tactic is also particularly demanding on midfielders.

The first point is tactical execution, which is to be able to appreciate and implement the manager's tactical intentions.

And you have to be able to run

Running is so important in modern football, especially with a purposeful and targeted movement.

It can even be said that the movement of a player is equivalent to the vitality of a team.

Of course, the combination of Luka Modric and Toni O Kroos is also an experiment.

No more, Southampton still have Nemanja Matic in the squad.

The Serbian midfielder is definitely one of the many top midfielders in football today

Just like Yaya Toure, he is also a wonderful flower among the midfielders

It's just that the tactical role between the two is different

Yang Huan didn't speak, and Florentino and the others were also not good at saying anything, so they could only calm down and watch the game.

At the beginning of the game, Southampton still stuck to the attacking football style of the past.

Bielsa's side pressed hard from the first minute of the game, keeping the three lines tight.

This game was the first time Ibrahimovic had re-met his old boss since he left Barcelona, so the Swedish center forward looked very excited, especially when he saw that it was Gerrard Pique who was defending him in front of him, and he couldn't help but sneer.

This big mouth who used to humiliate himself and Southampton on Twitter and WeChat

Gerard Pique looked at Ibrahimovic with apprehension and did not dare to be careless at all.

Seeing Ibrahimovic sneering at himself again, I couldn't help but feel a little hairy in my heart.

"What are you laughing at?"

Ibrahimovic pointed to the sky, and the banter in his sneer intensified.

Peake raised his head and looked at the night sky, starry, a little puzzled, what do you mean?

"Wait a minute, remember to lift your head and see what Southampton from the stars is called"

Pique was directly stunned, what do you mean?

Southampton from the stars?

But soon, he remembered that this was what he had said when he humiliated Southampton two years ago.

Damn the Swedes, they even remembered

"Hey, Gerald, be careful, it's coming"

Puyol, who was not far away, saw that Pique was a little distracted, and immediately shouted a reminder.

Pique looked up and saw that the ball had been passed back and forth between the two Southampton midfielders, already past half-time.

"Damn, don't try to fool me into wandering"

"I don't use those little tricks against you," the Swede laughed disdainfully.

This time Pique couldn't help but be a little annoyed.

You know that you are the world's leading center, but are you so horizontal?

Is it really that Lao Tzu is a dead man?

"Wait a minute, don't cry when I score over your head"

Is Gerard Pique really on fire and wants to score from the top of my head?

Just you? Also worthy?

"Don't talk to Gerald, he's deliberately distracting you," Puyol shouted again.

Ibrahimovic smiled and looked at Puyol, "Watch out for the top of your head, shorty"

Wow, that's a personal attack

What Puyol hated most in his life was that others ridiculed him for his height

The reason is simple, his biggest scar is his height.

He had fantasized countless times that if he were a little taller, he would definitely be the best and most perfect centre-back in the world.

But God joked with him and gave him such a height of less than 1.8 meters, which is sad enough

Therefore, every time he sees a tall and tall striker, he is very envious and jealous in his heart, especially for Ibrahimovic, who almost has a perfect center forward body, this envy and hatred are simply overflowing.

Now, being called short in front of others?

It's too much

It's really unbearable for uncles and aunts

"You're dead, Ibrahimovic" Puyol immediately became angry.

Ibrahimovic still had the same sneering expression, as if he didn't take Puyol and Pique seriously at all, which couldn't help but make the two even more annoyed.

Suddenly, Modric burst forward with the ball in midfield, caught Busquets' attention, and distributed it to Neymar, who cut in quickly on the left, who stopped and rubbed his right foot.

I saw an overhead ball, cut through an arc, and fell behind Pique.

The ball came suddenly, and Pique scrambled to adjust his position and jump in a hurry, but the ball grazed his head.

It was a leak

There was an uproar among all the fans in the stadium

I saw Ibrahimovic suddenly start and pass past Pique.

By the time Pique landed and turned around, Ibrahimovic had already stopped the ball at the edge of the penalty area and couldn't catch up.

Puyol is smaller, but he is very agile and has been keeping an eye on Ibrahimovic, so he has followed.

But, what's the use of that?

I saw that as soon as the Swede stopped the ball, the tall and strong body directly crushed over.

This simple and rough action made Puyol almost burst into tears.

You're not as tall as you, isn't it as big as you?

Puyol is small and flexible, and knows that it is too much of a loss to be tough.

But the problem is that now people take the initiative to bully the door, and if they don't follow, they will lose their defensive position.

Feeling a huge force, like the top of Mount Tai attacking, Puyol almost poured all his strength to the top, but he could barely hold on.

He didn't expect that after two years of not seeing him, this thirty-year-old Swede would still maintain his physical condition so well.

It's horrible

But soon, Puyol felt the strength lighter, which made his whole body breathe a sigh of relief.

But I immediately sensed that something was wrong.

Sure enough, when he reacted, he saw that Ibrahimovic had already relied on his long legs, and after suppressing Puyol, he skillfully dribbled the ball and pulled out an empty position, which was right under Puyol's nose and got up directly.

All the fans in the stadium cheered

It's too strong

Simple, brutal, direct, but enjoyable

The ball slammed into Valdés' goal like a cannonball.

The Barcelona goalkeeper tensed his nerves and his eyes were fixed on the fast, somewhat unpredictable goal.

At the critical moment, he made a judgment, his body moved quickly, and his hands made a movement of lifting up.

"Wow"

'Less than a minute into the game, Ibrahimovic fired a long-range shot from the edge of the box, Valdés couldn't hold the ball and had to lift it over the crossbar.

'It's a shame that Ibrahimovic's shot is too powerful'

"Neymar's long-distance pick and pass is also quite beautiful"

"Southampton gave Barcelona a knock from the start"

"It seems that the scene predicted by many fans before the game that Barcelona will ravage Southampton may not happen, and Southampton threatened with the first attack after the opening game to tell Barcelona the next sentence"

"We are not soft persimmons in Southampton"

After completing a high-quality heavy artillery shot from a distance, Ibrahimovic couldn't help but pout when he saw that he didn't score, and made a grimace at Puyol and Pique, who were catching up behind.

"Our boss Young Master Huan said that the big man must have great wisdom, take your time, there is still a lot of time"

Puyol and Pique looked at each other and wanted to cry.