Super Marshal

"Barcelona midfielder passes the ball, Busquets...Iniesta..."

"De Bruyne retreated to defend and successfully intercepted the ball."

"There was no pass, De Bruyne took it forward himself."

"Chinatown counterattacked on the spot, and Barcelona's defense quickly returned to defense."

"Let's see how De Bruyne will handle it this time."

"Hazard and Griezmann opened up, De Bruyne passed to the left, and Hazard passed back..."

"De Bruyne passed the ball back to his teammate who came in behind him... Pogba!"

“The ball went in!!!!”

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!"

"In the 43rd minute, Chinatown scored another goal."

"Long shot from outside the penalty area by Pogba."

"This was a very sudden kick. The strength and angle were very precise. It fully demonstrated Pogba's excellent long-range shooting skills and it was also very sudden."

"Chinatown's counterattack after stealing the ball in the midfield caught Barcelona a bit off guard."

"Watch the slow-motion replay again. Busquets was uncomfortable passing the ball under Firmino's pressure. Iniesta didn't catch the ball with his first kick. As a result, De Bruyne quickly He intercepted the ball closely and launched a counterattack immediately."

"This series of coordination outside Barcelona's penalty area, Chinatown also played very exquisitely. Hazard took the ball to attract the attention of two defensive players, then passed it back to De Bruyne, and then passed it to Pogba."

"We can clearly see that in Pogba's position, Barcelona does not have anyone to defend or interfere closely. This gives Pogba the opportunity to calmly start to hit the goal, and the French midfielder's long shot is also Fast and accurate.”

"The first half is coming to an end and being overtaken by Chinatown at this time is definitely not a good thing for Barcelona."

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The referee finally blew the whistle to end the first half.

Chinatown reversed Barcelona 2-1 with two goals from Varane and Pogba.

The equalizer before the end of the first half was a big blow to Barcelona's morale, but the key lies in how to adjust in the second half and whether Barcelona can adopt a more effective style of play.

But after fifteen minutes of play, the two teams returned to the court, only to see that neither team had made any substitutions. As the second half began, both teams basically continued to play. The style of play and ideas in the first half.

"Luis Enrique's use of troops is indeed questionable, but Barcelona's core problem lies in the players."

In the stands, Gao Han, as a bystander, could see it more clearly than anyone else.

From a data point of view, in addition to the advantage of controlling the ball, Barcelona cannot catch up with China Town in terms of the number of shots or the running distance of players. Especially in the latter, the gap between Barcelona and China Town is very obvious.

Firmino in the frontcourt is known for his crazy running and pressing. Hazard and Griezmann also press the opponent's defense step by step. The midfielders De Bruyne, Pogba and Kante have a wide range of activities. It's also very big.

Just now, Gao Han took a look at the heat map of the activity areas of the players in the match. The three midfielders from Chinatown almost locked the entire midfield and both wings. Their range of activities was so large and their performance so active that even Gao Han himself was amazed.

Looking back at Barcelona, ​​except for Rakitic, Busquets basically still adopts the previous style of play, but Iniesta's range of activities has dropped significantly. In addition, Alves' side of the defense is far from the frontcourt. Messi, it can be said that Barcelona's running ability is far inferior to what it was back then.

This is not surprising at all, because this group of players has already won all the honors they can get. To put it bluntly, they no longer have the desire to win the game, and they just want to continue their more comfortable playing style in the past. ball style.

This will lead to a situation where Guardiola controls the ball for the sake of controlling the ball in the later period, which also leads to Guardiola finally choosing to leave.

The most threatening player in Barcelona's current team is undoubtedly Suarez. He can provide the team with flexibility and excellent deep offensive capabilities, which Ibrahimovic has not been able to provide before, and between him and Messi The cooperation between them is also quite threatening.

The idea of ​​​​introducing Rakitic is right, but the team has not reorganized in accordance with this idea, which is very problematic.

Barcelona is actually playing very awkwardly now, and there is a feeling of being too high and too low.

Of course, with the strength of Barcelona's lineup, they are definitely at the level where they can reach the Champions League finals just by relying on their credit, but the decline is already quite obvious.

"This summer, we must keep this set of midfielders in the team no matter what, and none of them are allowed to leave." Gao Han narrowed his eyes and said loudly.

Cantarero on the side also kept nodding, "Yes, now all the strong teams in Europe are looking for midfielders. We have the top midfielders in Europe. Letting them go would be the same as digging our own graves." ?”

The strongest part of Chinatown is the midfield. Now that the midfield is king, as long as the midfield is strong enough, it doesn't matter if you play in the front or rear.

But it is not easy to retain this set of midfielders. After all, poaching from other teams is not a vegetarian.

Fortunately, the players' contracts are still relatively long and the termination fees are relatively high. For example, Pogba and Isco have reached 200 million euros after their contract renewals, and Illarramendi and Kante have also reached 1 150 million euros, as long as Chinatown doesn't want to sell it, it's basically difficult for other teams to dig it out.

Moreover, the contract length of the players in the team is also particular, ensuring that the tragedy of the entire central axis being poached in the same year will not happen again. Therefore, even if it is a last resort, the team only needs to Selling one or two, Chinatown's talent pool is completely manageable.

Gao Han's eyes were fixed on the court, but his thoughts were no longer in this game.

After the 2-1 reversal in the first half, this game has been basically won by Chinatown. What he is thinking about is the next game.

The Champions League final a week later.

Barcelona lost the Copa del Rey final at Camp Nou tonight, which is bound to have some impact on the team. It depends on how Luis Enrique responds to the Champions League final a week later.

With Barcelona's current situation, there is still no chance of winning a week later.

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Gao Han's eyesight is the sharpest, and his judgment is often extremely accurate.

The scene that best reflects the fighting spirit and morale of Barcelona players occurred in the 59th minute of the second half.

At that time, Barcelona launched a wave of offense and created a corner kick, but the ball was penalized into the penalty area of ​​Chinatown and was cleared by De Vrij first. Then Kanter kicked the ball to the left.

Iniesta, Alves and Pogba chased the ball from different directions at the same time.

Seeing that the ball was about to go out of bounds, Alves quickly slowed down and did not continue to catch up. Iniesta was the first to catch up with the ball, but his choice was not to stop the ball or pass it. Returning to his own half, he used his body to block Pogba, hoping to let the ball pass.

The French midfielder was obviously unwilling to do so. Although his body was blocked by Iniesta, he was tall and had long legs. He used his body advantage to squeeze out a small gap and took the first step to pick the ball back to the court. Then he quickly used his body to block it. Iniesta caught up with the ball and quickly took the ball towards Barcelona's half.

Faced with this sudden change, Iniesta and Alves were caught off guard. They both chased Pogba at the same time, but the French midfielder quickly advanced the ball to Barcelona's 30-meter area and immediately passed the ball across. Go to the middle.

Hazard picked up the ball at the front of the penalty area and passed it to De Bruyne who came in behind. The latter passed the ball diagonally behind him. Griezmann quickly penetrated from the right rib of the penalty area. After getting the ball, he took advantage of the situation and pushed the ball. Once inside the Barcelona goal.

Three to one!

The entire Camp Nou stadium rang with the cheers of Chinatown fans.

The overall situation has been decided, and Chinatown can basically be said to be a sure winner.

After Griezmann scored, he celebrated wildly with his teammates, but at the same time he rushed to the fans' stands on the sidelines.

The Frenchman decided the game with one kick. This goal basically guaranteed Chinatown to win the King's Cup, and it also made a good start for the Champions League final a week later.

Yes, Chinatown missed the league championship, which is indeed very regrettable, but Chinatown has been in a crazy state in the past two months, winning ten consecutive league games, winning consecutive victories in the Champions League, and now even more Winning Barcelona in the Copa del Rey final undoubtedly gave the team enough confidence.

The first team to successfully defend the Champions League since its restructuring!

This is quite attractive to any team and any player.

Who doesn’t want to go down in history?

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Compared to Zidane's cheers and celebrations in front of the home team's coaching bench, Luis Enrique's expression in the visiting team's coaching bench was a little weird. He was smiling, but there was bitterness and helplessness in his smile.

He obviously knows the current situation of the team very clearly, and he also knows why Martino was dismissed. He is even more aware that he has also encountered Martino's crisis this season and is facing dismissal, but is this his problem?

Just like the third goal conceded just now, if it was normal times, Alves and Iniesta should have caught up immediately, but in the end they didn't try their best and became lazy, and then gave up Chance for the scrappy Pogba.

To put it bluntly, a football game is a human game.

With the development of modern football techniques and tactics, it is almost impossible for a player to rewrite a game.

Even superstars like Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo need a large group of teammates to assist them, but if one or two players among the eleven starting players on the team start to become lazy and slack, this will Maybe it doesn't matter when playing against mid-to-lower teams, but in a strong dialogue, it will be extremely obvious.

Enrique asked his assistant to ask Xavi to warm up. He wanted to replace Xavi and let the midfield triangle try to see if they could counterattack.

There are not many cards in his hand that can be used, or even very few.

At this point in the game, he no longer has much hope for the Copa del Rey, but he has to think about the Champions League final a week later. Judging from the team's current situation, it will still be difficult to defeat Chinatown in a week. quite big.

In the 63rd minute, Barcelona made its first substitution of the game. Xavi replaced Rakitic. Barcelona's iron triangle in the midfield was reunited. Enrique's intention was obvious, to strengthen possession of the ball and strive for Counterattack.

But two minutes later, Zidane also made his first substitution, replacing De Bruyne with Koke.

This is also a substitution with very obvious intentions.

Three to one, Chinatown can just give up and win the championship.

The real decisive battle between the two sides should be at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin a week later.

With tonight's victory, Zidane's Chinatown has undoubtedly taken the lead on a psychological level.