Chapter 215 Defending Messi

Barcelona continued to slow down in the second half, and Lazio also continued to play fast. m

The two sides just hit it off.

However, at the same time as the slow pace, Barcelona has also undergone some changes.

That is Messi.

Guardiola doesn't know when his team will run out of stamina. He can only ask the players to fight for offense and equalize the score when they still have stamina.

As long as there is an away goal, he has completed the task this time.

The semi-final is a two-round home and away game. The victory in the first game is not the final victory. The victory with the total score is the most important.

He can accept the defeat in the first round, because it is not a real defeat, and even if he goes back with a defeat, no one will blame him or criticize him.

As long as he can come back in the second round.

The important basis for the comeback in the second round is...the first round cannot be lost too badly, and there must be away goals.

Chang Sheng considered the semi-finals from the perspective of the two-round system, and so did Guardiola.

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In the second half, Messi had more chances to get the ball.

Of course, Messi retreated deeper.

In the first half, Messi's position was relatively forward. As a result, it was not easy for him to receive passes from his teammates, so his performance in the first half was also very average, and there was nothing threatening to play.

In the second half, Guardiola let Messi retreat, from a winger to a full-back position.

In this way, although Messi is farther away from the goal, he can catch the ball in a relatively loose environment and then take it forward. With his personal ability, this is not difficult.

And Messi was indeed an active player at the beginning of the second half, using his personal skills to get rid of Lazio many times. Advance Barcelona's attack.

"This is the real Messi!"

After Messi passed Modric, the Catalan commentator said triumphantly.

Now Barcelona is behind

Everyone pinned their hopes of an equalizer on the Argentine genius.

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"Messi catches the ball again!"

The commentators were all excited, not to mention the Barcelona fans in the stands.

Although in the eyes of many professionals. Xavi, Iniesta and Butzquez are all indispensable players for Barcelona. But in the eyes of more people, Messi is the most famous star in Barcelona. It is the trump card of Barcelona and the core of Barcelona.

When the football is at his feet, just wait and see the good show!

We have Messi, that's all. It's enough to blow up your Lazio!

Now, the Barcelona fans in the stands cheered and waited to see the show!

Although they are one goal behind, as long as Messi recovers, they will not pay attention to the disadvantage of this one goal behind!

For Messi, Changsheng did not arrange any man-to-man tactics.

Man-to-man tactics are not suitable for Lazio's current offensive tactics.

Man marking is mainly used by teams that play defensive counterattacks. Most of the time they shrink in their penalty area, which is convenient for defense.

But Lazio can't do it. They have to press out to attack most of the time. If they play man-to-man, there will be a problem of insufficient manpower-you stare at Messi. Does Harvey want to keep an eye on it? Should Iniesta keep an eye on it? And should Butzkes keep an eye on it? In addition, Falcao and Pedro are not vegetarians, are they?

If someone thinks that only Messi is the best in Barcelona, ​​it's worth noting that everyone else doesn't care...that's not even as good as a fake fan.

So it's going to be hard work man-to-man.

Lazio use a zone defense.

It means which area the opposing player is in, and the Lazio players in this area are responsible for defending him.

Two or three players quickly surrounded and defended.

Use your great robbery abilities to snatch the soccer ball down.

It's all about player ability.

Tactics have been achieved to the extreme, the success of the next depends on the ability of the players.

Messi's personal ability is naturally needless to say.

In order to deal with him, Changsheng replaced the main central midfielder Cazorla in this game, and Meireles started.

When attacking, Ledesma can be a guest organization, and when defending, the two return to their duties.

Guardiola let Messi retreat, which naturally facilitated the connection between Messi and his teammates.

But invisibly, it also made Messi fall into the pinch of Meirelles and Ledesma.

Messi has to fight with the same midfielders as these two mad dogs as soon as he catches the ball.

However, with his superb personal skills, he can still have a slight upper hand.

But he only has the upper hand, he can't completely get rid of these two mad dog midfielders, unless he leaves the area in the middle, Meireles and Ledesma will keep chasing and biting him, all the way to the back line The former, eventually, formed a flank with Lazio's central defenders.

By this time, if Messi does not pass the ball, he will basically be unsustainable.

And if Messi wants to pass the ball, Lazio is not afraid.

Because Lazio players blocked his passing route.

Under the siege of the three Lazio players, it is difficult for Messi to send the football accurately.

He can of course pass to the space behind Jose Passarella.

But at this time Modric will make up for that position, mainly to block the passing route.

When Lazio sealed all the loopholes that could be plugged, it forced Messi to single-handedly with them.

In terms of heads-up, Chang Sheng is really not afraid.

Because he has Jose Passarella.

This central defender with strong anticipation ability is perfect for dealing with Messi.

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After receiving the ball, Messi dribbled the ball and turned around and passed Meireles who came up to him.

Then he made an emergency stop and changed direction, turning the football net to the left.

As soon as he pushed the football away, Ledesma's leg fell over.

Even though Messi tried his best to dodge, he was still tripped by Ledesma, and his steps were a little staggering.

At this time, Meirelles had charged forward again.

Italian chain defense!

Makes it feel like you can never get through them.

Messi still controlled the football under the pressure of Meireles.

He turned around and made a pass back to Butzkes, and Meirelles was tricked by him to lean forward. As a result, Messi pushed the football behind him with his right foot, then turned around and wiped it between the two!

"Extraordinarily beautiful..." Before the Catalan commentator finished cheering, Messi fell to the ground.

"foul!"

The referee's whistle sounded.

The Barcelona fans in the stands booed.

But their boos were quickly drowned out by cheers from the Lazio fans.

Lazio fans cheer for a successful defence.

Italian football concept. As long as you can prevent it. Whether you are foul or not.

The referee came up and gave a verbal warning to the pulling Ledesma.

Ledesma bowed his head and admitted his mistake with a humble attitude. So the referee did not draw the card.

This is a sub-tactic in defensive tactics.

That's a foul.

Because Ledesma and Meireles are in the front position, near the middle circle, the fouls in this position, as long as they are not very bad. Rarely will there be cards.

So Meireles and Ledesma can freely ... foul in this place.

Messi's breakthrough just now was really wonderful, but unfortunately it was only half wonderful, and it was ended by Ledesma's hand.

When Ledesma saw Messi's body turning back, he knew it was going to be bad, and it was obviously too late for him to turn around, so he quickly reached out and grabbed Messi's jersey. Under the action of inertia, Messi fell to the ground...

In the eyes of Barcelona fans, this is a despicable foul.

But in the eyes of Lazio fans, this is a very smart defense.

Messi also looked angry.

He is lying on the ground. Waving to the referee: "Is this a card?"

The referee was indifferent.

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After Ledesmara defeated Messi, Messi still had a lot of opportunities to get the ball, but most of the time he couldn't even pass Ledesma and Meireles, let alone face Jose Paza Leila.

Lazio has clearly strengthened the restrictions on Messi.

Ledesma and Meireles, whoever they were, were getting more and more physical with Messi.

Under this kind of reloading, it is very difficult to control the football, let alone make a breakthrough.

Messi couldn't play with his speed, and he fell into the defense of Ledesma and Meireles as soon as he started.

It will be much better if he is on the wing.

But with Messi's characteristics, his threat on the wing is far less than that in the middle. So in the end he will definitely have to go back to the middle.

After Messi frequently hit a wall in the middle, he chose to go to the side, and then seek opportunities from the side.

He broke through with the ball on the side, and then when he was approaching the 30-meter area, he suddenly cut inside.

But in this way...he entered Jose Passarella's defensive range.

Jose Passarella played as a left central defender in this game, and this position arrangement is specially for Messi.

Messi is a right winger and when he cuts inside, he immediately enters the defensive radius of Jose Passarella.

Messi just cut inside, took only one step, and met Jose Passarella.

Messi quickly flicked the football with the outside instep of his right foot, intending to change to the inside and break through again.

He does it a lot and always succeeds. This is due to his short height and excellent stride frequency. Because his height is not too high, the center of gravity is not high, and the center of gravity is not high. Naturally, he adjusts faster than tall players.

People often use Messi's height to black him, but this is actually his advantage.

The two recognized champions, Pele and Maradona are not high.

There may also be some reason for their achievement and their height.

The pace is fast, allowing Messi to quickly adjust his pace after changing directions, start accelerating again, and throw off his opponent.

Those short legs have a fast frequency, which is also the reason why Messi is fast.

Messi did this before, unexpectedly, making defenders hard to guard against, and always succeeding.

But this time...he didn't make it.

Jose Passarella looked like he knew Messi would do it.

A leg was already there waiting for him.

The football that Messi dialed directly hit his foot.

The foot that followed Messi also hit through the football.

Two people are equal to one kick!

The huge inertia made Messi fall sideways, but the football was still at the feet of Jose Passarella.

"Messi fell again! But this time it was not a foul! Jose Passarella's defense was very precise!"