Volume 3 The Myth of the Gunslinger Chapter 162 Long Pass VS Short Pass

The large number of attacking players and the pressure of the formation determine Barcelona's defensive strategy: fast defense and local defense. There are two strategies for defense, one is to retreat in the overall formation to control the core area of the backfield, and the other is to encircle and scramble on the spot to strive for time for the second deployment.

Li Huan passed the ball as soon as he took it, and did not give Barcelona time to counter-rob on the spot. And his passing footwork is not comparable to ordinary players. It went straight to the flank of the centre-back.

Bendtner was at the front, but Walcott was faster than him, overtaking Bendtner and Pique in the blink of an eye.

Pique is tall and has long legs, chasing the wind teenager Walcott has a fast pace, seven or eight meters down, Pique was thrown out of half of Walcott's position, Pique desperately wants to squeeze Walket with his body, but the space in the backcourt is too large, and the advantages of the body are difficult to reflect here.

At this time, Barcelona's goalkeeper Valdés made a meritorious service, he saw Walcot to overtake Pique and rushed out of the penalty area decisively, and pushed the ball out with his head before Walcourt arrived at the landing point.

Walket watched the ball roll off the sideline with regret, shook his fist heavily, and roared angrily. If this ball arrives one step earlier, it is a super big empty goal.

There were sighs and regrets at the scene, and they all felt sorry for this good opportunity.

"Barcelona showed their fast passing, delicate attack, and high possession, while Arsenal's possession time was much less than Barcelona's, but just this attack can be seen that Arsenal is playing efficiently today, and the impact of two or three people is enough to make Barcelona's entire backline uneasy. If you continue to fight like this, it will not be easy for anyone to advance. ”

Klich ran up to take the throw-in, and Messi, Alves, and Iniesta all quickly came up to surround and prevent Klich from sending the ball out.

Walcourt was marked by Messi and Walcott very tightly, Klich has not found a good passing position, seeing the referee urging him, Klich was in a hurry and threw the ball hard to Fabregas in the middle.

Klich was no Popeye and his throw-in was not thrown in front of Cesc Fabregas, but Xavi was stealed. Xavi dribbled two steps forward and saw the Arsenal player come up to grab the ball, Xavi passed the ball to Messi.

Messi didn't want Li Huan to be pretty, he was pressed by Li Huan in the selection of the World Footballer for two consecutive years, and lost to Li Huan in the Champions League final. Seeing Li Huan breaking the ball on the right side and making a long pass to launch a counterattack, Messi also became active.

Klich's defense was shaken by Messi's change of direction, Walket caught up, Messi immediately passed the ball back to Iniesta, Iniesta turned to Ha, Xavi passed to Messi who was running to answer, and the three of them were like a small group, moving forward quickly. The three of them were almost all in one move, so that the Arsenal players who were running with them could not touch the ball.

The ball was crossed and finally handed to Messi's feet, and Messi suddenly advanced rapidly, bringing the pace of the attack from slow to extremely fast. It made the fans instantly feel that the assassin's sword was dangerous.

The big black Diaby saw Messi coming towards him, he stuck his position and did not move, waiting for Messi to get closer, and also waiting for the support of his teammates.

But Messi changed direction in front of Diaby, trying to get through the narrow gap between Diaby and Song.

The distance between Arsenal's defenders and the back line is well maintained, but as soon as Messi accelerates like this, the defense line must move with it, otherwise Messi will rush over and face the back line directly.

However, at the moment when the back line and back were loosened, Messi's ankle shook, and the ball suddenly flew out from under his feet.

By the time Arsenal's defenders Galla and Vermaelen were attracted by Messi's super breakthrough ability, and by the time Li Huan passed the ball, Ibrahimovic had already rushed to the gap between them, and it was too late to close the door.

This is still Ibrahimovic's tall stature, slow to start and run, and like Walcott, the two central defenders have long been left behind by him at this moment.

The experienced Gala decisively put the shovel!

The cunning Ibrahimovic flicked the ball, dodged Galla's tackle and raised his other leg to hit the goal.

It was half a one-on-one goal, but Ibrahimovic kicked the ball into the stands without even touching the goal frame.

"Shh Boos erupted from the stands at the same time.

"It's not surprising that you don't go it alone!" He Wei, the commentator of the ccav, said jokingly.

"Messi saw Li Huan exert his strength, and he also exerted his strength, but it is a pity that Ibu wasted Li Huan's wonderful pass. Today is destined to be a contest between two geniuses. Everything else is puffy clouds. Xu Yang said.

"A long pass, a short pass, a broken ball, a breakthrough, Messi and Li Huan did it. In the last meeting, Li Huan won against Messi, will Messi win this time? It's a pity that the two have not faced each other directly yet. He Wei said.

Possession time consists of two parts, one is the time spent dribbling by the individual and the other is the time spent passing the ball between players. Compared with Arsenal, Barcelona has a strong ability to control the ball and a tacit understanding between the players, which results in much more control of time than Arsenal.

Barcelona have the ball, which means they have the initiative in the game, they can attack from any angle or at any time.

In the 17th minute of the game, Ibrahimovic took advantage of the free kick opportunity to shoot with his left foot, which was pushed out of the bottom line by Li Huan's header, and the number of shots on goal by Barcelona had reached 10 at this time.

Arsenal have had little time on the ball, but when it comes to attacking threat, they are no worse than Barcelona.

Li Huan and Fabregas both have the ability to make a long pass, and they happen to have Walcott in front of him, a young man with fast speed and strong individual ability, Li Huan and Fabregas have passed the ball a few times, each time they make Barcelona's back line full of rumors, Bendtner has a chance to go alone, but was saved by the brave Valdés.

Because Arsenal is hoarding heavy troops on the left side, Alves is afraid of Walcott's speed and does not dare to attack recklessly, and it is very difficult for Messi to break through the co-defense of Klich and Song alone.

The task of attacking fell to Henry on the left again!

23rd minute.

Henry, the former king of Highbury, with the assistance of teammate Abidal, wants to seek a breakthrough from Li Huan again.

This time the French striker was even more depressed, and the last time he attacked, he still had the taste of a foot cross, although he was stuffed on the instep by Li Huan.

But this time, Henry just wanted to poke the ball and want to accelerate, but found that his feet were empty, and the ball reached Li Huan's feet as if by magic.

Henry was in a hurry to take advantage of Li Huan's failure to speed up and reflexively grab again, Li Huan saw that Abidal had assisted, he understood that this was a good opportunity, as long as he could quickly advance to the opponent's penalty area, the opponent's game would be very difficult to play.

Li Huan didn't speed up with all his strength just to wait for Henry to counterattack, so as not to foul him when he started, and seeing that Henry's feet were almost in front of him, Li Huan turned around with the ball and walked away with the ball.

Henry was deceived by Li Huan's feint, and rushed past Li Huan's side, and it was easy to restrain his body, and when the ashamed Henry turned his head to look, the young Li Huan had already rushed through the middle circle.

Abidal retreated, anxiously waiting for his teammate Mountain to help, he couldn't deal with the devil on the side alone.

Seeing Li Huan rushing towards Barcelona's bottom line at high speed, Barcelona's defenders and midfielders, as well as Arsenal's forwards, began to run towards the penalty area.

However, just as Li Huan was running wildly, the outside of his left foot flicked up, and the ball flew straight to the line in front of Bendtner.

Bendtner was desperately charging into the box when he was stunned to see a ball in front of him, as if he had seen a UFO.

With two centre-backs in front of him, Bendtner didn't have much guts to try and break past Puyol and Beckenbauer, and he took advantage of his height to give the ball to Walcott, who flanked him on the left.

Walquette came out on top of the clash with Alves and quickly caught up with the ball and into the box.

Goalkeeper Valdés is good at making a single save, and when Walcott came in, Valdés made a quick attack to cut Valdés' feet.

Walcourt showed killer composure at the moment, rubbing his toes with his toes as Valdés pounced, and the ball flew over Valdés' head and into the net.

The fans at the 1:0 Emirates Stadium were ready to go, and after seeing the ball fly into the net, the stadium immediately turned into a sea of cheers and shouts, and the local players scored goals to make the fans even more happy, they chanted "Theo!" Theo!

“goal!goal!…… 1:0, Arsenal leads, it was Walcott who scored the goal, it was Bendtner who crossed the header, and it was Li Huan who made a fatal pass. It was unexpected. ”

In the CCAV studio hall, Xu Yang was shouting at the top of his voice: "Arsenal has scored!" Walcott scores! Li Huan and Bendtner completed the assist. In this dragon and tiger battle, Arsenal took the lead. Every time they made a long pass from the back, they panicked the Barça people, and now Barça's wide backfield has finally been punished, and it has become a free racetrack for Walcott, a young man chasing the wind. ”

He Wei is not as passionate as Xu Yang, he has always been the same explanation as warm boiled water, and Walcott's goal did not make He Wei excited, he just said: "Arsenal has scored, now let's see what will happen after this goal?" Whether Arsenal continued to score, or Barcelona equalized or even reversed the score. ”

(To be continued)