The strongest winger

Chapter 877 Barcelona's Exquisite Cooperation

Chapter 877 Barcelona's Exquisite Cooperation

Messi was reminded by coach Guardiola on the sidelines, and he immediately realized that he was indeed a little out of order in the past few minutes. At the same time, he also thought of what he said before the game. Since he said that the team is more important than individual goals, he must do what he says and sacrifice for the team's victory.

Since Barcelona does not have a center forward in the forward line, the offense can be said to be relatively monotonous, with frequent sideways and central passes back and forth.

When Barcelona kept possession of the ball and could not send the ball to the dangerous zone, the on-site director meaningfully switched the camera to Llorente who was sitting on the bench. Guardiola should have started with Llorente in the background of Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s loan to AC Milan, but Guardiola had to put Llorente on the bench in order to pursue the overall speed of the team.

As the game time passed, Fabregas' position became more awkward.

The fundamental motivation for returning to Barcelona from Arsenal was to succeed Xavi, but after the transfer, he found that it was not realistic to succeed Xavi. In order to prevent the club's 5000 million euros from being wasted, Guardiola could only put Cesc Fabregas in the pseudo-center position.

In fact, Cesc Fabregas is not suitable for this position at all. He is a natural player in the fourth position, with super organizational offensive ability and certain defensive ability.

Of course, Guardiola also knows that this is a waste of a starting spot, but the problem is that the accounts of the capitalists have to be properly settled. If the transfer fee of up to 5000 million euros and the annual salary of 600 million euros after tax are placed on the bench, it is really violent and cannot be explained to the team's top management.

Iniesta is the most normal player among the three players in Barcelona's forward line, so as Messi consciously reduces the number of breakthroughs with the ball, Harvey, who directs the team's attack direction in the midfield, chooses to hand the ball to Iniesta on the left.

Iniesta not only has a strong personal breakthrough ability, but also has deep attainments in organizing offense and passing the ball. He is currently a rare effective offensive point for Barcelona.

Standing on the sidelines, Guardiola folded his arms around his chest, not only staring at every scene on the field, but also imagining in his mind how to allow the team to organize an effective offense, especially when the game time has reached more than 30 minutes. If there is no way to equalize the score in the first half, then the morale of the team will definitely be hit.

At this time, Barcelona organized an effective attack. Xavi first made an illusion of passing the ball in the direction of Messi, then pulled the ball to the left with the sole of his right foot, and passed the ball to Iniesta, who had already pulled out of the position to respond. He continued to think of a way.

Messi, who had been moving on his right rib, suddenly ran laterally and moved closer to Iniesta who was holding the ball.

Azpilicueta did not dare to rush forward with the ball in the face of Iniesta, so his defensive strategy is to bend sideways and fight and retreat, so that he will not lose his defensive position.

Messi's lateral running immediately attracted the attention of Javi Martinez and Cazorla, but they all defended according to Ancelotti's position before the game and did not post it.

And Iniesta didn't turn his head to look at Messi who was supporting him at all. He chose to take the ball and break forward.

Facing Azpilicueta's fight and retreat, Iniesta suddenly swiped the ball out with the outer instep of his right foot when the opponent retreated to the left corner of the penalty area. It is normal for the winger to dribble the ball with a misplaced incision shot, so central defender Albiol and midfielder Xavi Martinez dare not neglect and move closer.

After Iniesta attracted the attention of the three defenders in Valencia, as if he had eyes on the side, he flicked the ball out of the instep of his right foot, and the football rolled towards Messi who seemed to be responding.

The defensive players of Valencia's defensive system rushed to Messi out of instinct to prevent him from taking the ball to break through and create a good chance to score, but they ignored Iniesta, who was pulling the football horizontally after passing the ball.

Messi faced Iniesta's lateral pass of the ball, crossed a half-high ball with the arch of his left foot, and slammed the ball into the penalty area. The ball just flew over Javi Martinez's feet.

Godin, who was at the back, raised his right arm to signal Iniesta to be offside, but the linesman didn't say anything, so... it's not offside!

Nearly [-] Barcelona fans in the stands shouted fiercely. They seemed to have seen Iniesta single-handedly score the equalizer.

But the next moment, the heart that jumped into the throat fell down again...

"---Danger!"

Accompanied by He Wei's exclamation from the on-site commentary seat, Wang Xiaolei resolutely abandoned the door and attacked.

Iniesta didn't realize that Wang Xiaolei's attack speed would be so fast. Out of self-protection, he chose to stop the moment he saw Wang Xiaolei attacking the football.

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Wang Xiaolei pressed the ball under his body with more than enough thrills, and let out a long breath. If he hadn't been careful when he saw Iniesta's vigilant lateral movement just now, the wall-slamming cooperation between Messi and Iniesta could tear the entire defense line, and the consequences would be disastrous.

Azpilicueta and Albiol, who didn't keep up with Iniesta, hurried over and patted Wang Xiaolei on the shoulder. If it wasn't for the latter's decisive attack, they would be the culprits of the team conceding the ball.

"Wang's attack was quite decisive and exciting, otherwise Iniesta would have received Messi's wall-hitting pass and faced the goal single-handedly..."

Martin Taylor praised the timing of Wang Xiaolei's abandonment attack.

Although the cooperation between Iniesta and Messi did not result in a goal, Guardiola seems to have seen the hope of the team equalizing the score on the field!

So he took advantage of the opportunity of a dead ball to pass a message to the players on the field through Harvey, asking Messi and Fabregas to exchange positions.

This temporary tactical adjustment really drives Barcelona's offensive. The tacit understanding between Messi and Iniesta is just like the cooperation between Valencia Aiello and David Silva. The passing and receiving of the two are always beyond the expectations of others.

If defending Messi alone was only a little pressure before, then it is very difficult to defend Messi and Iniesta now.

As Barcelona's tactics began to revolve around the two little men of Messi and Iniesta, Valencia's goal felt shaky, as if it could lose the ball at any time.

The change in the situation made Ancelotti start to have a headache. He could no longer sit on the coach's bench and came to the sidelines.

In fact, it is very simple to cut off the connection between Messi and Iniesta, but the problem is that Barcelona uses the team as a whole to assist Messi and Iniesta, so cutting off the connection between the two is of no use, but will cause the defense to lose sight of the other.

Fabregas, who was thrown to the other side, is not a vegetarian either. His passing, organization and long-range shots can all pose a threat, but the specific threat is inferior to the combination of Messi and Iniesta.

In the blink of an eye, the first half was about to enter 10 minutes. Barcelona not only won the ball possession advantage at home, but also controlled the offensive and defensive rhythm on the court.

During the period when Messi and Iniesta activated Barcelona's frontcourt offense, Valencia's offense was also impressive, but Barcelona had the previous loss of the ball for reference. The midfielders Busquets and Mascherano stuck to their positions and did not leave the central defender too far.

In general, judging from the performance on the field during this period, the offense organized by Barcelona is more threatening.

After all, in order to ensure the balance of offense and defense, Valencia is sitting on the bench in this game, and needs to rely too much on David Silva in the process of transitioning from defense to offense.

Ancelotti, who was standing on the sidelines, had no good way to do this, so he had to wait until the end of the first half to make adjustments.

But at this moment, Iniesta took the ball on the left again and tried to break through. Azpilicueta and Topal were stuck on the bottom line and cut in to the inside line respectively in the process of fighting and retreating. Messi, who was still in the center position, suddenly retreated.

Both Albiol and Javi Martinez were eyeing Messi at the same time, and whenever the latter had a sign of trouble, he would foul immediately.

When Iniesta was approaching the corner of the penalty area on the left, he suddenly flicked the ball to the right and passed the ball to the position where Messi pulled it out. Topal and Javi Martinez rushed over nervously, but Messi, who seemed to be about to catch the ball, missed the ball...

"This?" With the camera cut, the Catalan commentator exclaimed: "-- Harvey!"

It was too late when Cazorla turned to defend Harvey. The latter arched the ball with his right foot and gently padded the ball behind Harvey Martinez. Messi turned around deftly and took the ball to face the central defender combination of Albiol and Godin.

Albiol was serious, but Messi who got the ball knocked the ball to the right and crossed to Fabregas, and then continued to advance.

Seeing this, where does the defender not know that Messi wants to hit the wall with Cesc Fabregas?

So the defensive players all focused on Messi who was going forward, but Fabregas did not make a wall for Messi, but passed the ball to Iniesta who was plugging in vertically and at high speed from the left!

"—Andre Iniesta!!"

Accompanied by the shouts of the Catalan commentator, Albiol twisted his waist and turned to Iniesta out of defensive instinct, without noticing Messi's lateral movement at all.

Iniesta, who was plugged in at high speed, did not choose to shoot by himself, but swept the ball vigorously to the front of the small penalty area with his left foot. The unmarked Messi shot the ball from Wang Xiaolei's crotch into the goal with his left foot.

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PS: For the sake of the National Day outbreak, today is the last three updates of this month, sorry.

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