Chapter 701 Guardiola's adjustment
As Li Wei thought, Guardiola felt a lot of pressure in his heart!
Originally, Barcelona failed to break through Liverpool's gate, which has put Barcelona under a lot of pressure from the head coach to ordinary players, and now it is still ahead of Liverpool!
This pressure goes directly from a boulder to a mountain!
Guardiola knew that he had to make some changes, otherwise, judging from the current situation of the game, the possibility of Barcelona wanting to break through Liverpool's gate is very low.
What's more, if you listen to the boos of the fans, you will know that their boos are not only for Liverpool, but also for Barcelona!In the Champions League, Barcelona, which is blocking and killing the gods and Buddhas, has four times the ball possession rate of the opponent, and there is no way for Liverpool!This is simply Barcelona's biggest shame!
Of course, the last thing the fans want to admit is that their self-proclaimed unparalleled Tiki-Taka tactics seem to have really been found a way to restrain them!
If all teams learn to play like Liverpool in the future, wouldn't Barcelona enter a dark period?
Just thinking about it, the fans felt unprecedented fear.
Barcelona must win this game!
This is no longer a question of the Champions League or not, but a question related to Barcelona's future path!
In fact, Barcelona fans really think too much, and the threshold for Levi's tactics is very high.In fact, Inter Milan beat Barcelona 3:1 last season, which was also known as a tactical victory over Barcelona.There may also be reasons for this. Real Madrid hired Mourinho to come to Real Madrid with a lot of money, but so far, Mourinho has not won a game against Barcelona.
Li Wei's set of restraint tactics has a high threshold, requiring players to have strong execution skills, and three world-class iron waists to protect the defense.
Can an ordinary team find three midfielders at the level of Gerrard, Yaya Toure and Vidal to form a defense line?
In addition to the midfielder, Liverpool's defense Boateng and goalkeeper Neuer are also world-class players.
In addition, Liverpool's lead this time actually has a little bit of luck.
Without Suarez's flash of a through ball, without Bell's speed-up explosion, naturally there would be no subsequent single-handed ball.
Even if it is a single-handed ball, Bell is likely to miss it, because he is not strong enough, the arc of the football is actually not big, and the shooting angle is not too tricky.
If Valdés treated it calmly, Bell's not-so-good shot would probably be blocked by the Spanish goal.
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Spanish commentator: "Guardiola seems to have made adjustments! The Dutch player Afeilai is starting to warm up!"
After a pause, the Spanish commentator popularized Afeilai's information to the fans. "The 25-year-old Afeilai made his debut in Eindhoven and was introduced to Barcelona in the winter transfer window of 2010 with a transfer fee of 400 million euros. Although the transfer fee is not high, the liquidated damages for signing the contract are as high as [-] million euros! This is a A new star who has been given high hopes!"
"Afeilai's skills are very comprehensive, speed, dribbling and breakthrough are quite good, and his cross is also very good. His superb technology allows him to play in the midfield. However, Afeilai is best known for his mid-range and long-range shots. He has left and right feet. It can be fired, making it difficult for the opposing defender to defend! It seems that Guardiola is going to strengthen the team's long-range shots!"
In fact, if Guardiola has a choice, he is not willing to go to Afeilai. Afeilai has been reduced to a marginal player this season. He joined Barcelona in the winter transfer window last season. The number of appearances for Barcelona as many as sixteen times.Up to this season, in a complete season, Afeilai only played [-] times, and more than half of them came off the bench.
The reason why Afeilai is not welcomed by Guardiola is because of injuries on the one hand. Would the head coach like an injury number?On the other hand, Afeilai has not been integrated into the Barcelona system for a long time. When football is at his feet, he often likes to shoot at medium and short distances.
In Barcelona, apart from Messi, no player can have unlimited firepower.Even Messi's unlimited firepower is not available in every game. In some games, Messi must also make sacrifices for the team's victory, becoming a magnet that attracts the attention of the opponent's defensive players and helps create teammates. ball chance.
Therefore, Afeilai's shots often affect Barcelona's offense.Obviously, his teammates have all run to the target position. When he looked up, he saw that Afeilai was not passing the ball, but was about to shoot.When Afeilai feels that the shot is likely to be blocked by the defensive player in front of him, he chooses to pass the ball. At this time, Barcelona's running position has failed.
But this game is quite suitable for Afeilai.
Under the muscular defense of Liverpool, Barcelona can no longer play their familiar rhythm. In addition to Afeilai, Messi can also take a kick in the long shot, and take turns to fire. Maybe it can really perform miracles and break Liverpool. the gate.
In the 6th minute of the game, Barcelona replaced Pedro with Afeilai.
The Dutchman was very happy, because Guardiola allowed him to try more mid- and short-range shots in this game.
Guardiola turned his head to look at Levi, and thought to himself: Levi, how would you deal with it?
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Spanish commentator: "Pep took the lead in making a substitution, and there was no accident. It was Afeilai who we predicted before coming off the bench. Vincent, what do you think of Barcelona's substitution?"
Vincent is the guest invited by the Spanish TV station. He is currently the head coach of the Spanish national team and the famous Real Madrid legend Bosque.
Bosque said: "On the surface, Guardiola is an ordinary match-up substitution, but fans who understand the technical characteristics of Pedro and Afeilai know that this is actually a tactical change. Barcelona strengthened Shots from long range and Guardiola trying to force Liverpool out!"
The Spanish commentator asked suspiciously: "Forcing Liverpool out?"
Box said in an affirmative tone: "That's right. Afelai and Messi can choose to shoot from a long distance about 35 meters in front of the goal, while Liverpool's current defense line is about 30 meters in front of the goal. Liverpool wants to stop Ah Fei. Ferrey and Messi calmly shoot from long distances, they have to arrange players to press forward, so that Afeilai and the others have no space to shoot. However, this makes the gap between Liverpool's midfield and defense widen."
The Spanish commentator said: "Liverpool's midfielder may not come up to press, after all, the probability of scoring from a long shot is not high."
Box said seriously: "Yes, so in this situation, the ability of the players is tested. Is Barcelona's long-range shot stronger, or Liverpool's goalkeeper is stronger!"
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Li Wei did not choose to let the midfielder press up, five meters is not far, but on the football field, the gap caused by moving the defense line forward by five meters is huge.
Of course, Levi will not sit back and watch Afeilai take a long-range shot calmly.Even if the success rate of long-range shots is not high, there is a high chance of scoring one goal even if there is no defense.
So Li Wei asked Dirk to come back to interfere, and at the same time, one of the three defensive midfielders would occasionally run out to harass Afeilai to shoot.
Although these tactical changes, it is impossible to limit Afeilai's long-range shots, but it is enough.The long-range shooting rate is already low, and under the condition of being harassed, this rate will be further reduced.
In the end, Li Wei set his sights on the German goalkeeper Neuer. He didn't know if Neuer could perform better today!
Today, the head coach of the German national team Loew was discovered by the media during the intermission, and Li Wei also informed Neuer of the news.
Because of Li Wei's change, Adler is still the No. [-] goalkeeper of the national team, but Adler's weaknesses have also begun to be exposed.His mental quality is not very good, and his physical quality is relatively poor. Although it is only a minor injury, it is a fatal injury for a goalkeeper who urgently needs a stable performance.
Therefore, there have been rumors in the media that Loew is going to replace Neuer as the No. [-] goalkeeper.
What's missing now is a convincing performance.
There is no doubt that on a big stage like the Champions League semi-finals, Neuer's outstanding performance can leave many people speechless.
It's just that this is also a huge pressure, the pressure of the main force of the national team, the pressure of the semi-final against Barcelona.Many players will behave abnormally under tremendous pressure.
Manuel!Can you achieve new breakthroughs under pressure?
Li Wei looked at Neuer and said silently in his heart.
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Afeilai has a strong desire to perform. He just came on the field and tried a long shot from 7 meters in front of the goal in 32 minutes, but the football was too high.
No. In the 60th minute, he learned his lesson, pulled his position back, and took a long shot with his left foot 34 meters in front of the goal, which caught Vidal who was defending him by surprise.
Because Afeilai is a right-footed player, his previous defensive focus was also on the right side of Afeilai.
"Beautiful shot! Going straight to the dead corner... Oh, what a pity! The Liverpool goalkeeper was even better and saved Afellay's wonderful long-range shot!"
The tone of the Spanish commentator is full of regret!
England commentator Martin Taylor was very excited: "Neuer! A key save that is absolutely worth a thousand dollars! Afeilai's shot was very tricky this time, almost hitting the dead corner, but Neuer performed even better! He tall Jumped up and caught the football! In fact, when I saw the trajectory of Afeilai's shot, I thought that the goal was likely to be scored. I didn't expect Neuer to perform so well! Loew, what else do you have? So hesitant! Isn’t such a goalkeeper better than Adler?!”