champion godfather

Chapter 827

Barcelona's players are caught in a vicious cycle.Unable to control the ball, angry with the field, resulting in anxiety, and thus unable to play the best state in the game, impatience, technical movements deformed, unable to control the ball, all blamed on the bad field, Continue to be anxious and angry...

So cycle.Offensive players are anxious, defensive players are nervous, and no one is in a normal state of mind.

Even a player like Messi, who looks very calm, will make two consecutive dribbling mistakes-the ball may not go away if the force is small, and the football may not know where to go if the force is too strong.After making consecutive mistakes, Messi stepped on the turf under his feet angrily. He knew that the cause of the mistakes was under his feet, but he was powerless.He is lucky that he hasn't sprained his ankle in the process of sprinting so far...

Guardiola has yet to give any instructions on the situation, and Barcelona's players have already begun to adjust themselves.

They cut down on dribbling and passing, and the idea of ​​trying to get into Forest's box, and instead shot from long distances.

Once the football hits the frontcourt, all Barcelona players will use long-range shots to create a threat to the goal guarded by Akinfeev.But such long-range shots are of no use to Nottingham Forest... just the end of their strength.

On the other hand, Nottingham Forest's offense was impressive.

Defenders intercept and pass long, midfielders intercept and pass long...everyone is passing long.

The football is always flying in the sky, and the Barcelona players look up at the sky for a long time so that their necks are sore.The footwork and awareness that technical midfielders like Xavi and Iniesta are best at are completely out of play. Dunn didn't even send a special person to mark them, and they had already lost their effect.

Yaya Toure is so far the only player who can compete with the Forest team in the midfield, but he is no match for four hands with two fists, and no match for a tiger with a pack of wolves. He alone cannot stop Nottingham Forest's multi-point attack at all.George Wood has put more energy into attacking. You can imagine what kind of situation Barcelona's midfielder is in.Guardiola insisted on playing 433, and the three midfielders were completely unable to compete with Nottingham Forest's four midfielders.

Nottingham Forest can always easily pass through the midfield with a high ball. When Aaron Mitchell drops back to respond, Yaya Toure has no advantage at all...whether it is height, header ability, or bouncing him No match for Mitchell.Mitchell, who is [-] meters tall, is also very good at jumping. As long as he drops back to respond, the best way for Yaya Toure is to wait below to grab the second spot.

But when Mitchell retreats, in fact, there must be players from the Forest team supporting him, so he knows where to pass the football. No matter how good Yaya Toure is, he is only one person. Nengkong only has one second landing point, and he cannot control all other second landing points.Mitchell wouldn't be stupid enough to jack a football up where Toure is, and when he jumps in the air, there are plenty of options for him to choose from.He can pass to Lennon, to Bentley, to his partner Abanglaho, even to George Wood and Thiago, or he can stop the football with his chest and control it himself.

So Yaya Toure is actually very difficult to deal with...

He couldn't prevent Nottingham Forest's attack at all.That's not something he's good at.

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"Nottingham Forest's attack went all the way! There was no blocking...yes, because Barcelona doesn't have a Royal Air Force! Akinfeev kicked the football forward and Mitchell headed it into the pitch. George Wood was plugged in, Wood then distributed the football to the wing, Bentley kicked a pass, Abanglaho leaped to the top! It was a little short, the ball was saved by Valdez... the whole process was in the Done in the air, Piqué became the most important man in Barcelona's defence, sadly there is only one Piqué in Barcelona."

Only 10 minutes into the game, Piqué was out of breath.He felt a lot of pressure. Nottingham Forest's offense all came from the air. He was the only guarantee for the team's defense and defense, so he had to go everywhere and be everywhere.This is a bit difficult for him, he is not a pervert like George Wood.

Puyol has rich experience, but he is not tall enough. As he gets older, his physical resistance ability also declines.Facing forwards like Abanglahor and Mitchell who rely on their excellent physical fitness to break through, they have no temper.

Alves?He was busy assisting, the opposition did not take advantage of the space behind him to hit Barcelona, ​​​​Pique should be thankful.As for Ram...he is also a full-back who likes assists, but he is better than Alves because he is still a "newcomer" who has only joined the team for less than a season, so he is not so unscrupulous in assists, sometimes He will also actively return to the defense and help the defense.

In the back, it is the goalkeeper Valdez who can never be reassuring.

Looking around, Piqué suddenly felt so alone.If he has Pepe as his partner, at least he won't have to be so tired in defending high-altitude balls.Although Bell and Rafinha are also assisting full-backs, a word from the leader can make them stay near the penalty area for the entire game.In Barcelona, ​​Guardiola encourages defenders to assist, and Barcelona's style also makes defenders take assists as their first task.

As a central defender, he is really tired sometimes playing in such an environment.

Soon Nottingham Forest made a comeback, this time it was Bentley crossing from the wing, and Mitchell jumped high in the middle with a header.Piqué managed to beat Mitchell with all his strength, pushing the football over the baseline and giving the Forest a corner kick.

"Forest's former player Piqué was very active in the game. He stopped Nottingham Forest's offense several times. His performance reassured Guardiola." Even the commentator was admiring Piqué's performance, but it was definitely not What Piqué or Guardiola hope to see is far from "reassuring Guardiola".If there is a choice, Guardiola would rather disappear Piqué in this game, because it shows that Nottingham Forest's offense is no threat.

On the other side, Tang En shook his head in the stands.If he had a choice, he would prefer that Piqué was injured and absent before this game.In that case, this game will become the world of Nottingham Forest, and no one in Barcelona can stop the Forest team from advancing.Now only Piqué is still stubbornly resisting, or to put it nicely...he is still stubborn like a lonely soldier.

The Forest team took a corner kick, and Piqué pushed the football out ahead of Mitchell.He was so red-eyed that he yelled at his teammates after he headed the ball: "Pay attention to defense!! Victor, you have to come out a little more, and your control area should be wider! They are hitting our heads, if we can't fight If you get the header, interfere with them from below!"

At this moment, he didn't seem to remember that he had ever played for Nottingham Forest.His whole mind is to help Barcelona keep the goal.

Tang En scratched his head, and seemed to have completely aroused Pikui's state... This is not easy to handle.

Mitchell is not the kind of strong defender. If Piqué is asked to keep a close eye on him, his performance will definitely be greatly reduced.He hopes that Mitchell can be tough, but it is obviously difficult in this game. He needs to exercise his muscle strength, and that will be after the game.

If Mitchell is marked to death by Piqué, it is obviously not good for the Forest team, because all the offensive tactics of the Forest team are tailor-made with Mitchell as the core.

Maybe make some changes?
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The Forest team strikes again.The football is still passed through the air to Mitchell.This time Mitchell got into position early and got stuck. Instead of bypassing, he planned to confront Piqué head-on.

Due to his tall stature, after Mitchell got stuck in the position, it would be a bit troublesome for Piqué to fight for the top, so he sprinted and jumped up to fight for the top, but at the same time when the two had physical contact, Mitchell screamed He fell to the ground with a sound.The referee's whistle sounded, and Piqué made a foul!

Piqué was a little wronged. He felt that he was just fighting for the top normally. He crossed his arms and confirmed to the referee. The referee made a movement of raising his arms, indicating that he put his arms on Mitchell during the top fight. neck.

Piqué knew it was done on purpose by Mitchell, but there was nothing he could do.

Nottingham Forest has practiced set kicks for a week, and finally they are looking forward to the first frontcourt free kick of the game.

Guardiola may be thankful that Bell has been seriously injured long ago, because Bell is the team's only free kick expert.But in fact, Twain has been practicing indirect free kicks this week.

There are two types of free kicks, one is a direct free kick and the other is an indirect free kick.For direct free kicks, there are no restrictions. For indirect free kicks, at least two offensive players must touch the ball before the goal is valid.Therefore, a direct free kick can be directly kicked into the goal, and it can also be used for tactical cooperation.

Mitchell won a direct free kick for the Forest team, but Nottingham Forest had to use it as an indirect free kick.

Bentley walked in front of the ball, and Mitchell was desperately squeezing into the Barcelona wall, which caused a little friction between the players on both sides. The referee came forward to maintain order, and finally Mitchell squeezed into the penalty area as he wished.His position will be a point that Nottingham Forest will take advantage of, and the football will pass through this place without any suspense - this is the thinking of the Barcelona players.So behind Mitchell, there was a Barcelona player standing.It is to prevent Mitchell from suddenly running away when the Forest team kicks a free kick, and this becomes a gap.

But all of this is fake, Nottingham Forest's tactics are like this...

After the referee whistled, Bentley ran up, but he didn't shoot directly, but pushed the football to the middle!

George Wood, who had been ambushing behind him, ran up to keep up, and shot when he caught the ball!
He didn't kick his best half-high ball, and the football flew to Barcelona's goal against the turf.Because the speed of the friction ball is not too fast, but such a ball has brought a lot of trouble to Valdes...

The football is bouncing on the uneven embankment, and the direction is not fixed.Valdés originally judged that the football would fly directly into his arms along the trajectory, but he did not expect that at the last moment the football hit a bump on the field and suddenly flew towards the goal post!

Valdez jumped up and rubbed the football out with his fingertips in a panic!
All Barcelona fans were shocked into a cold sweat.

"George Wood's long-range shot! Almost went in! The bad venue helped them. Fortunately, Valdez was fully focused and he didn't make any low-level mistakes..."

The goal was missed, and Wood also had some regrets-he can't shoot such high-quality long shots every time.

Valdez's heart beat wildly after saving the ball. To be honest, he was a little scared. The change of direction of the football at the last moment was really... thrilling. His heart was cold at that moment. Fortunately, the change of direction The range is not too large, and it is still within the controllable range.But this place... who knows if he will be so lucky the next time Nottingham Forest makes another kick?

The corner kick was taken, and Mitchell pushed the football high under Piqué's personal interference.

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Guardiola looked at his watch off the field. The first half had gone on for 27 minutes, and Nottingham Forest's offensive was getting stronger.When he was slightly relieved, during the period when Nottingham Forest's offensive was the most violent, his goal did not fall.Piqué's sudden burst of form helped a lot.We have to make some adjustments in the second half...

After attacking wildly for 10 minutes, Nottingham Forest also decided to slow down the pace a little, so that the players' physical fitness can be reasonably distributed to avoid premature exhaustion.

Barcelona decided to regain control of the situation on the field, control the football at their feet, and look for Forest's defensive loopholes.They don't believe that Nottingham Forest has no weaknesses. It's just that they were beaten by the Forest team just now, and they didn't bother to look for it...

When they were about to revive their attack, they found that Nottingham Forest's defense was solid and did not leave them any good opportunities.

What to do with a defending team?Barcelona decided to play backwards to draw Forest out.Nottingham Forest need goals and they should be in a hurry, not Barcelona.

After figuring this out, Barcelona was not in a hurry anymore. They fell in the backcourt. If Nottingham Forest didn't come up, they would fall further and further backwards, and finally pass back to the goalkeeper, and Valdez launched another attack.

In the 30th minute of the game, when Barcelona made an inversion in the backcourt, Abanglaho broke out from the center circle and went straight to Puyol who was holding the ball.Puyol is not in a hurry to play the ball, because he wants to attract Abanglaho to come up some more, and at the same time attract other Forest players to come up.He waved to his companions around him, signaling them to retreat to meet him.

Piqué turned and ran back, but Puyol did not pass the football to him, because Mitchell was behind Piqué.They are like a pack of wolves, running behind their prey, waiting for an opportunity to attack.

Puyol turned around and passed the football to Alves who retreated from the wing.

Lennon saw Alves catch the ball and rushed up immediately.

Alves could have passed the football directly to the frontcourt, but he raised his leg and put it down, hesitating.So taking advantage of this time, Lennon forced him up.

Alves turned around to protect the football, and found that it was dangerous to pass it to anyone, so he just passed it back to the goalkeeper!
He resisted Lennon, then passed back to the goalkeeper, and the football rolled against the turf towards Valdez who came out to meet him.

Seeing that Barcelona continued to pass back, Abanglahuo did not stop there, but threw Puyol away and rushed towards Valdez aggressively.

Valdes originally wanted to stop the ball and pass it to the defender, but he obviously underestimated Abanglaho's speed. In a blink of an eye, the distance between the two was very close. Stopping the ball at this time is simply courting death.He temporarily changed his mind and decided to kick the ball forward directly.

Barcelona's main goalkeeper puts his feet wide open, waiting for the football to hit...

Abanglahuo was only less than ten meters away from him. This was a clearance that did not allow any mistakes.

In the next second, all Barcelona people couldn't believe their eyes...

The football rolled towards Valdez, the speed was not fast, and kicking it directly was as easy as breathing for a goalkeeper who had experienced many battles.Valdes is already in position, everything is ready...

When there was still a little distance from the touch point, the football that had been rolling against the turf suddenly jumped up!

At the same time, Valdez's right leg also turned out!

In this way, the football and his right leg made a beautiful "passing by"...

After exerting too much force, Valdez lost his center of gravity and spun around, then sat down on the ground, and he immediately realized that he had kicked empty!Then he watched Abang Lahuo pass by him in horror...

"Mistake! Valdes made a mistake! This is Abanglaho's chance, this is Nottingham Forest's... shot!! GOOOOOOOOOOOOAL——!!"

Facing the empty door, if he can't get in again, Abanglahuo can hit the wall.When Valdez kicked empty, there was no defensive player around Abanglaho. He could even stop the football, adjust and push the ball again, without any suspense.Nottingham Forest fans cheered from the stands when Valdes fell to the ground.

Like John and Bill beside him, Dunn jumped up from his seat, stretched out his arms and roared loudly.

"Forest Forest! Nottingham Forest!!"

The aircraft carrier Barcelona capsizes in the gutter...

(End of this chapter)