Golden Greenery

1:1 is an interesting score and a strange score, especially in this game.

At 1:0, Barcelona's ball possession rate was as high as 78.6%, but when the score was equalized at 1:1, statistics showed that the ball possession rate had plummeted to 65%. Excluding that period, in the 20 minutes between 1:0 and 1:1, the two teams had almost the same ball possession rate.

This is unbelievable to both Guardiola and Mourinho, because striving for ultimate possession of the ball is the foundation of Guardiola, while Mourinho regards possession of the ball as a hot iron and will not give it to him.

This shows that in the past 20 minutes, Barcelona's possession of the ball was extremely sluggish, and Inter Milan, which was unwilling to control the ball, was forced to intercept more of the ball. One of them wants her, and the other doesn't want her but can't get rid of her. It's like an inexplicable love triangle.

On the surface, Zhuoyang had no responsibility for Barcelona's loss of the ball. He was a winger, and he was still wandering two miles away when he lost the ball. Moreover, Inter Milan's advance line before the goal just now did not pass through his range, nor was it on his side.

But just like players who are called "ball-blind filters", such as Busquets, Ambrosini and others, the data can never show their excellence, and the phenomenon cannot explain Zhuo Yang's responsibility for conceding the ball. .

His disappearance caused Barcelona to find themselves in trouble in terms of ball control. It seemed to be operating as normal, but in fact it lacked aura and change, giving people a feeling of rigidity and rigidity. Such control of the ball is a kind of confusion and helplessness. In Inter Milan's dragnet restrictions, such low-quality ball control will only hit the dragnet.

The fans don't understand, but Guardiola understands. During the intermission, he was very hesitant. He hesitated in his stomach for a long time before secretly asking Zhuo Yang.

"Zhuoyang, in the second half...um...how are you doing?"

In fact, it was very redundant and amateurish for him to ask this. Zhuo Yang couldn't say by himself: I can't do it anymore, I can't play anymore.

"What? Oh, I'm fine."

"you sure?"

"certainly!"

As a result, Guardiola missed the best time to adjust, which he regretted afterwards.

Although the first half was fiercely fought, only Eto'o received a yellow card from both sides. Keita tripped him in defense, and the referee just awarded a free kick without giving a card.

This made the Cheetah extremely dissatisfied. He hit the ball with his hands in a ventive manner, finally forcing Mr. Benquilenka to show a yellow card, but it was just for him.

After the start of the second half, neither side made any substitutions. Zhuo Yang continued to play and disappear on the court, and Barcelona continued to control the ball erratically. This result caused Barcelona to receive three yellow cards in ten minutes.

At the beginning of the game, Busquets took the ball and failed to find a suitable route in a hurry. He had an idea and passed Zanetti who was on the ball. But the Sa team was not good at it. They immediately squeezed sideways and used their center of gravity to knock Xiao Bu to the ground.

Xiaobu, who had just been pleased with his wit, was teased like this, and when he saw that the referee did not show Zanetti a yellow card, he angrily used football as a punching bag like Eto'o did in the first half. Of course, Mr. Benquilenka would not favor one against another, and received Busquets with a yellow card.

Next, in order to prevent Meng's sudden advance, Puyol had to take a tactical foul and received the same yellow card.

Then it was Pique's turn. In order to prevent Milito's counterattack in the midfield, he had no choice but to commit a tactical foul and was willing to receive a yellow card.

Just like the goal conceded in the first half, the root cause of these yellow cards was that Barcelona had serious problems with the ball after Zhuo Yang disappeared, and the opportunity was lost due to Inter Milan's net restriction.

Fortunately, Mr. Benquilenka showed mercy, otherwise Busquets would have received another yellow card when he pulled down Meng Meng in the 57th minute. Xiaobu would have had a gameover today.

However, continuing to have the ball possession advantage in this situation will not help Barcelona win, and consecutive cards will not prevent Inter Milan from launching a sharp counterattack.

In the 56th minute, Inter Milan even scored a goal. Meng Er suddenly sent a pass from the ribs on the wing, and Milito followed up with a straight shot towards Valdez and scored. However, the linesman raised his flag again.

Afterwards, the return to defense proved that this time was not a misjudgment. Rice's shoulder did stick out at the moment of passing the ball, but this was only a small amount of size that could only be confirmed by repeatedly slowing down the high-speed camera. If the Cardinal referee has such a keen eye, I'm afraid it's unlikely. It's mostly just an intuition.

In the 60th minute, good luck stopped coming.

Messi dribbled the ball on the right side of the frontcourt but failed to find a response, so he had to force a breakthrough by himself. Lucio and Pandev closed the door. Messi was so angry that he pushed Pandev from behind.

The referee called Messi a foul, which didn't matter, but the cunning Zanetti saw the opportunity. He quickly took a free kick at the first opportunity and directly counterattacked.

The football passed under the feet of Sneijder, who was running at high speed, and passed to the right side of the penalty area. At this time, the second brother Meng, who was even more agile in the Pisa team, had already reached this position across the entire court. I saw the second brother dodge Maxwell who was panicking and rushed in from the waistline of the penalty area.

Facing Valdez's attack, the second brother didn't take credit for it. He chose the safest way to deal with it. He moved the ball horizontally to the other side and rushed to Maicon. The ball was secured steadily.

2:1, Inter Milan took the lead.

Guardiola regretted that he should have replaced Zhuo Yang at halftime. His accommodation and even fear of Zhuo Yang caused the team to miss a great lead. It seemed that Zhuo Yang was not responsible for this loss of the ball, but it was precisely because of his previous disappearance that Messi, who was supposed to have someone to respond, was left alone and had no choice but to resort to a passive attack.

To be fair, if Zhuo Yang is replaced at halftime, it will be better for Guardiola, the team, and Zhuo Yang.

Less than a minute after the restart, Zhuoyang pulled his second brother in defense and received a yellow card. At this time, Pedro was already standing on the sidelines. As a result, Guardiola regretted it even more, because this yellow card will cause Zhuoyang to miss the next round of the game at Camp Nou.

The referee on the field raised the sign indicating that No. 17 was replacing No. 18. After Zhuo Yang glanced at the sidelines, he continued to run conscientiously until Maicon cleared the football outside the field. Then he trotted there, talking to his second brother on the way. High five.

Returning to the bench, Zhuo Yang had no resentment or dissatisfaction, only endless exhaustion.

Pedro's appearance brought Barcelona's ball control back to normal, and the ball possession rate soared again, but this is not the situation that Inter Milan is pursuing. Mourinho also immediately made substitution adjustments. Stankovic came on to replace Pandev, making the restrictions on the net even heavier.

Three minutes later, Chivu, who was more defensively sound, came on to replace Maicon, who was a sharp assister. Mourinho's determination to defend was clearly revealed.

In order to save the defeat, Guardiola replaced Ibrahimovic with Abidal in the 65th minute, who also had no performance and no story in this game. In fact, Zhuo Yang is excusable, and Ibrahimovic is the one who really feels weak in big scenes.

Abidal came on to play as left back, Maxwell moved to the left winger position, and Messi went to the center.

However, just as self-movation is not a real move, Guardiola's self-satisfying strange coup is not a real coup either.