Chapter 261: Quick Counterattack and Running Without the Ball (Third Update, Asking for a Monthly Pass?) )
"Napoli are attacking now, Barcelona's shot just now is really dangerous ()!"
"Barcelona almost came out on top!"
'It's a shame that Pedro hesitated a little bit when he shot or he wouldn't have been stopped......
Football is almost half-time in Barcelona, and the commentator is still babbling about what just happened.
Barcelona launched an effective attack before, Xavi and Iniesta passed in succession, and Messi suddenly cut inside on the wing, attracting the attention of the Napoli defense, but Pedro on the left side was temporarily ignored. So Xavi pretended to pass the football to Messi, but suddenly turned around and stuffed the football straight into the ribs of the penalty area, and Pedro cut in diagonally from the side and got the ball.
The crucial moment came – De Sanctis burst out almost as soon as Xavi passed the ball and abandoned the goal. As for Pedro, he hesitated a little when he received the ball, did not shoot directly, and waited for him to adjust before shooting, but he hit De Sanctis in the arms, and the football went straight into De Sanctis's arms!
That's the whole process.
Many people, like the commentators, are still thinking about this attack. If Pedro had scored this goal, Barcelona would have taken the lead. In a major game like the Champions League final, the first team to score will always have the upper hand, especially the huge psychological advantage will make Barcelona play more smoothly, they will firmly control the trend of the whole game in their own hands, and Napoli will have no hope of turning it around.
Barcelona fans were frustrated that Pedro had wasted a great opportunity, with many holding their heads and looking at the pitch in disbelief. It seems that Pedro should not have wasted this opportunity.
Napoli fans clapped their chests and sang with a sigh of relief, while others kept drawing crosses on their chests in horror to thank God for their blessings.
Neutral fans were enthusiastic about the performance of both sides in this offensive and defensive performance.
"Xavi's passing is awesome! He is worthy of being the first midfield master in today's football world! ”
"Sabre's performance has softened a little, do you think the opportunity is too good?"
"De Sanctis's save was a blast! The sortie was very timely! If it weren't for him, Napoli would have been behind! ”
"Look, look. No matter how Napoli defends, there will still be holes in the face of Barcelona's continuous passing. Just now, everyone cared too much about Messi and let Pedro go. If the game continues like this, I think Napoli will concede goals sooner or later, but they didn't concede a goal this time, but they were lucky, and next time they won't be so lucky......
Even the TV broadcast suddenly switched back and replayed Pedro's one-on-one ...... Watching the picture of Pedro hitting the football into De Sanctis's arms, many people threw their heads back and looked disappointed like him.
At this time, there was a sudden loud noise behind the picture.
The slow motion abruptly stops and cuts to the live feed of the game.
I saw that Napoli's attack had reached Barcelona's half, and it was a very sharp counterattack!
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Cassano switched to the right this time and in front of him received a long ball straight from the back.
He turned around, turned his back to the direction of attack, stopped the ball with his chest, and then without losing time, passed the ball directly to Sanchez, who was inserted in the back.
Sanchez didn't dribble the ball either, but sent the ball diagonally to the middle, by which time Hamsik had already rushed up.
He received a pass from Sanchez in an accurate position.
So far, the above images have only been seen by the audience. And the audience in front of the TV was still watching the replay of Pedro's one-on-one ball just now.
When Hamsik shifted the ball to the right without stopping, there was a huge uproar. Because whether it is a person who is annoyed or a person who breathes a sigh of relief, they all find that something is wrong.
Napoli hit the ball in the 30-meter area of Barcelona so quickly?
Just now, Barcelona pressed the attack, how could it be the turn of Napoli to threaten the Barcelona goal in a few blinks of an eye?
What about the Barcelona players?
Except for a few defenders, everyone is still desperately trying to get back on the defensive!
You can imagine how fast Napoli's counterattack was!
That's where the huge noise came in – everyone was shocked by Napoli's counter-attack and Barcelona's leaky backline!
When the TV screen came out, everyone saw Arshavin receiving the ball.
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The current situation is that Napoli have Cassano, Sanchez, Hamsik, Chen Yingying and Arshavin in attack, and the rest of the people have not come up yet, they are all in their own half.
As for Barcelona, there are actually not many people in their own half at the moment, with only two central defenders Pique and Mascherano, and a midfielder Butzquez, and a goalkeeper Valdés.
Everyone else is still trying to catch up.
It stands to reason that this should not be the case. Barcelona are famous for their attack, and they are actually very good defensively, but Barcelona's defense is not the kind of defense that shrinks and waits for the opponent to hit the door in their own half.
Their defense pays attention to the counterattack on the spot, and after losing the ball, they immediately rush to the circle, usually two or three people around one person to grab wildly. In this kind of crazy grabbing, few players can control the football well, and even if the ball is not cut off by the opponent in a hurry, it will waste their opportunity to play a good attack, because it is almost impossible to make such a pass smooth.
By the time you finally organized the pass, Barcelona would have retreated to the backfield, and there would naturally be less space to attack.
However, this time, Napoli did not give Barcelona a chance to press them up front, and De Sanctis directly kicked the football to the shallow song and gave it to Cassano. Next, whether it was Cassano, Sanchez, or Hamsik, no one stuck to the ball, all of them received the ball and passed it immediately.
Cassano passes to Sanchez, Sanchez passes to Hamsik, and Hamsik passes to Arshavin and in a matter of seconds the football moves from the back to the front and from the right to the left.
Barcelona had no chance of enforcing their pressing ......
"Arshavin received the ball!"
"Nice transfer, Hamsik has a great view!"
"Napoli have now attacked the 30-meter zone of Barcelona!"
The commentators hurriedly threw Pedro's previous single-knife topic to the country of Java and chanted in unison.
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Arshavin, who received the football, made a gesture to break inside, and Mascherano, who could deceive him into defending him, stepped back, but the football went straight out, and he took the outside line ()!
Both full-backs rushed up to attack and are now playing a fatal comeback. At the moment, the only people who are really available in the box are Pique and Buzques.
Butzques was originally a midfielder, but when he saw that the back air defense was weak, he had to retreat to the penalty area to play a cameo role as a central defender, anyway, he has height, but his header skills are a little worse......
But it doesn't matter, Pique is here for the header.
He just needs to ...... Just take care of the interference.
There is only one person in the eyes of the two of them now, as for Cassano, who has already slipped into the box, Hamsik and Sanchez, who have rushed to the front of the big penalty line...... They didn't pay attention to it.
They knew very well that although they all looked down on and despised this person off the field, the only person who could pose the most threat to them at the moment was that person.
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In this attack, Chen Yingying has not touched the ball so far, he has been running, and when Cassano ran to the side to receive the ball, he moved to Cassano's side, intending to pick up Cassano. But Cassano didn't pass the football to him, and he couldn't see it with his back to him......
Cassano passed the ball straight back to Sanchez.
As soon as Chen Yingying saw this situation, he quickly changed his running route and ran back, until he retreated to the front waistline. I'm going to make a match with Sanchez, he makes the wall, Sanchez passes the football to him, and then he pushes it forward, and he passes the football himself.
However, Sanchez did not take this route, he did see Chen Yingying, but perhaps he felt that Chen Yingying was facing away from the attacking direction, and it was still so far away from the goal, and the football passed over did not have much effect. Or maybe he thinks passing the football to Hamsik would be more dangerous than passing it to Chen.
In short, he passed the football to Hamsik ().
Hamsik then sent the ball directly to the wing, to Arshavin.
At this time, Chen Yingying turned around and ran into the forbidden area.
He didn't touch the ball in this series of runs, and the offense didn't seem to have anything to do with him. But he has to run, and that's running without the ball.
has been practicing running without the ball for two seasons, this skill has long been integrated into Chen Yingying's body and has become his instinct, many times he doesn't even have to think about how he wants to run, his body will automatically run with him.
Just like this time.
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Arshavin deceived Mascherano, but did not give himself a chance to break through directly into the box, and Mascherano reacted quickly and immediately followed.
If he wants to break through, it will be very difficult. Although the temptation after the breakthrough is also great......
He looked up and saw that there was no one in the Barcelona penalty area at the moment, but he had to take a long-term view. Everything is in motion. Just because there's no one now doesn't mean there's no one in the next second......
He adjusted his pace and crossed with his feet!
At the same time, Chen Yingying's right foot stepped on the big penalty area line.
Then he exerted his strength and kicked out.
Chen Yingying jumped up!
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Pi Kui, who had been waiting for Chen Yingying to come to the door in the penalty area, saw that Chen Yingying jumped up directly when he just rushed to the edge of the big forbidden area, and he was stunned for a moment.
Because this man jumped...... Seems a little early?