Volume 3 The Myth of the Gunslinger Chapter 304 Changing the Tide of War by Chance

Cesc Fabregas's goal immediately broke the balance of ten minutes, and the mentality of both sides also changed very subtly, and the score of 2:1 was not unacceptable to the away team, because after getting the away goal, after returning to the home stadium, Barcelona only needed to use a 1-0 to be able to finish Arsenal, so Arsenal's next game at Camp Nou will never be too conservative.

For Arsenal, 2:1 is not as good as 1:0, but after all, it is also a victory, both in terms of morale and results, it is also acceptable, after winning, their tactical purpose in the next away game is very flexible, can attack and defend, can not attack or defend.

But the goal was scored after a steal when Barcelona were in possession, can they still be on the back of the pitch? It's hard to say this, he represents that Barcelona's possession tactics are unsafe, in case Arsenal steals again and scores another goal, 3:1 is completely unacceptable to Barcelona.

For Arsenal, the same is true, other players saw that they could also steal Barcelona's pass and then score, so they all had the idea of thinking about good things, so the Arsenal mentality after scoring was not as stable as when it was 1:1, and now the offensive momentum and attitude are even higher.

When the fighting spirit of the two sides rises, the game becomes exciting, and the scenes of confrontation are endless.

Even if they want to attack, Barcelona is by no means in such a hurry as the average team, their offensive philosophy is still to possess the ball, because in Barcelona's view, the ball is the safest when it is at their feet, even if they can't find the opponent's flaws, at least they will not give the opponent a chance to shoot, as long as there is a ball at their feet, they will always find a hint of Arsenal's flaws.

However, Barcelona's possession of the ball has become difficult when it encounters Arsenal's pressing, because Arsenal is also a team that is good at ball control and knows how to compress the space for passing and receiving, and Arsenal has a lot of fast horses, and can generally pass the space.

Arsenal's pressing made Barcelona unable to keep calm, the stadium can be heard from time to time Barcelona fans exclaimed, Barcelona defenders also began to open their feet in the backfield, the rhythm of the game from the country road into the F1 field, fans did not dare to leave the stadium for even a second, they were worried that they might miss the goal if they looked less.

Barcelona is the best for Arsenal, Barcelona's ability to control high-altitude balls is very poor, even Arsenal is inferior, and Arsenal is notoriously weak in air combat in the Premier League, when playing with Barcelona, they finally found the feeling of air dominance, everyone seems to have become a good header, whether it is to clear the ball or grab the point, Arsenal's players have grabbed the vast majority of the landing points The small men in the front of Arsenal can only watch Arsenal snatch the ball over.

Of course, Arsenal's pressing has improved the control time of the ball for itself, and because of the grabbing of the ball, the space in the backfield has increased, providing Barcelona with a lot of passing and coordination space, and Barcelona has the world's best two midfield stars Xavi and Iniesta, they have the opportunity to pass the ball at the moment of the opponent's negligence, and they almost formed a single goal after sending the ball several times in a row, fortunately, Li Huan did not step forward when his teammates tackled, he dragged behind, when Barcelona was in an offside position, Li Huan's offside position and chasing back made Arsenal's defense dangerous.

Both sides have their own scruples, but the game has been opened, and it is difficult for the shameful knife to enter the sheath, so the two sides can only fight like this.

Arsenal only need to steal in front, they will immediately be able to form a direct opportunity to face the defender and goalkeeper in the front, while Barcelona can also form a one-on-one goal as long as they complete an anti-offside position. However, because the level of the two sides is very close and restricts each other, the game situation is still in a dynamic balance, and no one can help anyone. The only thing that is cheap is the fans, fans all over the world are drawn to the stadium, and even football hooligans don't have the heart to do anything else because they are afraid that the game will score at any time.

In the course of the tense game, the on-site commentators still had the opportunity to interject.

"Arsenal should be proud to be able to force Barcelona to open their feet, but unfortunately they have not been able to score another goal......

'Barcelona have two of the best passing midfielders and it's a shame they couldn't deliver a successful one-on-one goal when Arsenal came out...... It's up to the stars to step up and break the situation...... Stars are there to tip the balance, so let's guess who will score next? Li Huan, Messi, Villa or Iniesta......"

Everyone is calling for stars to break the balance of the game, but as everyone knows, it is not the superstars who break the balance the most in the tournament, but luck.

In the thirtieth minute of the second half, an accident changed the course of the game.

Barcelona is definitely the best passing team in the world, even Arsenal can't match it, in the words of Arsene Wenger, "other teams, that is, the most skilled midfielders, have the ability to make a lethal pass, but almost everyone, including the defenders, has the ability to make a lethal pass, which is very deadly." In other words, Barcelona's defenders are similar to your forward passing, which is why Barcelona can seize every time the opponent has openings and mistakes. Of course, the best passers were Barcelona's Xavi, Andres Iniesta and Messi.

The Barcelona players are very sensitive to passing, and they can accurately judge how fast it takes for the ball to pass between the two defenders, how much force we should use with our feet, or how much force the ball should be lifted into the air. Once they judge that these two defenders are too fast, tall, and difficult to control, they will immediately opt for a larger, safer return pass.

In the thirtieth minute, Arsenal's continuous pressing showed a certain physical exhaustion, and the players' physical loss was somewhat unbalanced, and some of the running slowed down, and the space at their back became larger at this time. Xavi found the gap between Arsenal's central defender Koscielny and full-back Li Huan when he was watching with the ball, and he made continuous adjustments, waiting for the best time to pass, three or four times in a row, Xavi finally found the right time to pass the ball behind the two.

Xavi's ball, Li Huan and Koscielny's height, leg length, distance and speed are judged very accurately, if there is no accident, the ball must have passed, and at this time Messi has quickly rushed behind the two people, as long as the ball can arrive, Messi will also arrive, at that time Li Huan's speed can not work, because Messi is too close to the penalty area.

However, Xavi's passing took into account almost all the factors, but not the fact that there was a piece of turf in his passing path that was tackled up when he was tackled, and the ball was cushioned, and the ball slowed down as soon as it jumped.

Such a slight change was clearly observed by Li Huan, he judged by experience and nerves that he could not intercept Xavi's pass, Li Huan felt a chill in his heart, he was already ready to treat the dead horse as a live horse doctor, turned around to do some remedy, at this time he saw the ball speed slowing down, Li Huan did not hesitate to fall to the ground and stretch his legs to block. The ball was intercepted.

Xavi was shocked when he saw the ball up, he was still praying not to be noticed by the opponent, but immediately saw Li Huan intercept the ball. Seeing this scene, Harvey immediately stepped forward to steal while Li Huan didn't get up.

Tackling and fouling at the first time is the essence of Barça's defense. The players also cooperated tacitly, as soon as Xavi stepped forward, the other players immediately moved their positions and blocked Li Huan's possible passing route. Barcelona's players have a far better understanding of passing than other teams, and others only need to move a meter or two to block the passing line between Li Huan and others. It doesn't take a lot of people to actually run around.

But Li Huan didn't pass the ball, he didn't get up yet, so he hooked the ball with his foot and pulled it in front of him, so that Xavi, who pounced over, pounced in the air, and then got up with his hand on the turf, and bounced the ball forward, Li Huan took a step forward, and then threw off Messi who caught up from behind.

Hasten!

Accelerate again!

Li Huan chose the most direct way, ignoring the behavior of the Barcelona players blocking the passing route, and directly drove the ball to Barcelona's half.

When Xavi passed, Barcelona was already pressed very forward, otherwise Xavi would not have so much space and time, Li Huan broke through directly along a straight line like this, like a red-hot knife stabbing into the snow, if no one intercepted, Li Huan would immediately be able to tear everything apart and face the goalkeeper Valdés directly.

Brother Xiaoma, who transferred from Liverpool, is the best candidate to act as this villain, his defense has always been tough, and he has played in the Premier League for many years, so he is familiar with Li Huan, seeing Li Huan with the ball to kill, Mascherano directly ran to Li Huan with a two-foot flying shovel, which is clearly a person passing the ball, the ball passing the person, or the person ball, never letting you pass the ball.

However, Li Huan had already been prepared, and at the same time as Brother Xiaoma tackled, he also dialed the ball and changed direction, and the ball was divided, rushing over from Brother Xiaoma's side, and went straight to the central defender Pique.

Buscos, who was clumsily approaching Li Huan and Pique, was almost ignored by everyone, because compared to Li Huan, Buscos was too slow.

The atmosphere on the field froze again, all eyes were focused on Pique and Li Huan, the two best defenders with knives in the world today are going to collide for the second time this time, the first time Li Huan won, will Li Huan win this time?

(To be continued)