Three Hundred and Sixty-Two Deja Vu
At the end of the first half of the third round of the UEFA Champions League group stage, the defending champion Barcelona played at home against Hamburg.
Even though the score was a tie, the Hamburg generals looked very solemn when they left the field. The situation of the game was so bad that even though they had been psychologically prepared, they exceeded expectations!
When the players returned to the locker room, Situ Yunbing didn't come back immediately.
He stood at the end of the corridor and lit a cigarette. When the Barcelona stadium staff passed by him, he hesitated to speak, probably trying to stop his behavior, but Situ Yunbing looked at him indifferently, still holding a lighter Light the cigarette.
The staff eventually left without a word.
Alonzo walked over quickly, looked at Situ Yunbing smoking and asked in surprise, "Boss, what's wrong with you?"
Sometimes Situ Yunbing smoked very proudly and seemed to be in high spirits, but sometimes he looked a little decadent, and now he seemed preoccupied.
Situ Yunbing swallowed the clouds and breathed out the fog, and said lightly: "I have a feeling of deja vu."
"What's the meaning?"
Alonzo looked puzzled.
"Today's game brought me back to the Champions League final a year and a half ago, the same pressure, the same situation."
Alonzo suddenly realized that in the past year or so, Situ Yunbing may have never encountered an opponent who could put him under such a great pressure.
A similar situation is that Monaco and Inter Milan had a similar style back then, and they were also at a disadvantage in the confrontation.
Today's Hamburg has similarities with Barcelona in terms of technical and tactical styles, and is also at a disadvantage.
He never had this feeling when he played against Klopp and Heynckes.
Instead of deliberately raising Barcelona, just like when facing Mourinho back then, the pressure was really heavy.
How could a champion-level opponent let him relax?
After a moment of silence, Alonzo smiled at Situ Yunbing: "However, the final a year and a half ago is really memorable.
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Situ Yunbing put out the cigarette, and walked back to the locker room with a thoughtful expression.
The halftime tactical adjustment is only a small part, and more importantly, it is the psychological adjustment and morale motivation of the team.
Situ Yunbing did not have any difficulty in doing this. Before he was about to play, he called Van Dijk and Boateng in front of him and said a few words, then clapped his hands to boost the morale of the team and mobilized their excitement. He walked out of the dressing room room.
In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again. Barcelona's momentum was like a rainbow. Amidst the cheers of the home fans, they still maintained a high level of performance, controlled the initiative of the game, and continued to attack Hamburg's defense.
In the 52nd minute of the game, Iniesta received a pass from Messi at the front of the penalty area. He pulled the ball and turned around to avoid the pressure from Demel and then passed the ball diagonally to the left. Abidal followed up and sent a straight pass. Throwing the ball, Pedro rushed past Westerman's side in reverse offside, then knocked the ball back obliquely before the baseline.
Villa, who followed up in the middle, was completely a cover, and Iniesta, who was plugged in later, was the accidental attack point!
Fortunately, Van Dijk calmly blocked Iniesta's forward line when he stopped the ball, which made Iniesta hold the ball on the spot and change direction, but chose to knock the ball back diagonally to Harvey, who kept Messi kicked the ball obliquely, and Messi cooperated with the retreating Villa on the right side of the penalty area. Although he smashed Boateng when he entered the penalty area, Matuidi, who entered the penalty area, made it The ball breaks out.
Messi couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh.
The delicacy of Barcelona's attack is breathtaking!
They are indeed the team in European football that can pass the ball into the opponent's goal in an absolute sense!
In the 56th minute of the game, Hamburg launched a fast break from the backcourt. After a quick pass and cut from the midfielder, De Bruyne passed the ball straight to Griezmann's feet on the right side of the frontcourt.
When Busquets came to press, Griezmann pulled the ball back and swayed and immediately sought cooperation with Royce, but Royce was pressed by Alves after possession of the ball, and when he changed the direction of the ball to dodge Royce was successfully intercepted by Puyol's sudden attack!
Situ Yunbing carefully observed the changes in Barcelona's formation, their players' movement and zone defense when defending.
Barcelona obviously shrunk their line of defense when defending Hamburg's counterattack, and concentrated their forces to block and encircle the two forwards of Hamburg.
Situ Yunbing gestured to De Bruyne and Rakitic, asking them to change their offensive responsibilities and scope of activities.
In the 60th minute of the game, Barcelona's frontcourt continued to tear at Hamburg's defense. Kanter and Rakitic blocked Messi when Messi moved inside. Iniesta retreated to respond to Xavi's pass. Immediately made a medium and long-distance offensive transfer.
The football flew to the feet of Alves on the right.
The Brazilian full-back quickly crossed the ball at a 45-degree angle from the wing.
He deliberately bypassed the ball behind the Hamburg defense line to give his teammates space to move forward. Navas made a decisive attack and punched the ball out with both fists!
The football that was blocked happened to be controlled by Harvey. Harvey smashed the ball and changed direction to dodge the press from Royce, followed by an exquisite through ball!
The ball penetrates the area between Westermann and Van Dijk, and Pedro cuts in quickly and touches the ball in. He crosses the ball across the middle.
Villa was the first to touch the ball under the defense of Boateng. Boateng immediately put a shovel to block his shooting line, but Villa calmly stopped the ball and kicked back, making Boateng shovel away from him. Passed, and then moved the ball horizontally to adjust a step, and then shot out with his right foot!
Navas is powerless this time!
Villa's shot was extremely domineering, and the football went straight to the dead corner of the goal!
Villa roared and rushed to the sidelines to celebrate, and the Camp Nou echoed the ecstatic cheers of the Barcelona fans!
Even Guardiola couldn't help clenching his fists and shouting on the sidelines!
"Villa finally broke through Navas' ten fingers! Today he was blocked by Navas one after another or missed opportunities. This time he finally did not let the goal slip away. Barcelona completed the overtake in the second half!
When Hamburg was attacked by Barcelona in a row, there was a flaw in the defense!
Barcelona used their best way to break through Hamburg's defense!
Now Hamburg is facing a difficult choice, how should they face this game next? "
The score became 2:1, with Barcelona leading Hamburg.
Situ Yunbing's face is calm, and he needs to deal with it calmly at this time. Hamburg can't be chaotic, otherwise the game will end early!
The Barcelona fans in the stands were not surprised by this, but the Hamburg fans were worried. It seems that Hamburg, which is unstoppable in the Bundesliga, still has a big gap with the championship-level Barcelona in the European arena.
The scene is at a disadvantage, and the counterattack has been contained and threatened. Does Hamburg still have the ability to resist?
Before the re-kick-off, Situ Yunbing reminded the team to hold their ground!
The game is not over yet, far from being negatively treated.
Even though Barcelona took the lead, they did not slow down or recover their formation. They are used to leading their opponents, and they are more used to killing the game with certainty!
So they will keep attacking, keep trying to score!
This is their temperament and confidence as the defending champions.
In the 64th minute of the game, Messi almost staged a solo breakthrough on the right side of the front court again. After getting rid of the pincers of Rakitic and Matuidi, he quickly crossed the ball and kicked at the front of the penalty area without waiting for Kanter to press. Boom!
Navas was unaffected by the previous goal and used a beautiful world-class save to deny Messi's shot!
Hamburg's defense line is crumbling, as if it may be smashed to pieces by Barcelona at any time!
In the 69th minute of the game, when Alves went down the right to receive Messi's pass, he chose to pass the ball to the back of the penalty area.
Although Pedro made a quick inward cut, although the outflank was in place, he chose to ferry the ball back to the middle because the angle was too small.
This time Boateng's header did not go far.
Fortunately, Van Dijk immediately rushed forward and stood out from the crowd like a chicken in the penalty area, and then pushed the ball forward.
De Bruyne transferred the ball to the left in a wide range in response.
Matuidi stepped forward to meet, and Alves chased after him. Matuidi first touched the ball and passed the ball diagonally to the middle circle.
When Royce made a back-to-back response, he cooperated with Griezmann to hit the wall in a short distance. After turning around and rushing forward quickly, Royce directly changed the direction of the ball and turned to the right side of the front court. His change of the ball made the pursuit behind him Busquets was pulled a long distance.
Griezmann then crossed and rushed to the left side of the penalty area.
Barcelona's defense immediately shrunk. Abidal, Puyol, and Mascherano formed a triangle defense system in front of the penalty area. Mascherano rushed forward to intercept Royce.
But just when the two were about to meet, Royce hit the ball vigorously across the left.
What surprised Barcelona's defense was that Rakitic quickly followed up with the ball and changed direction to cut into the left side of the penalty area.
Puyol immediately rushed up to intercept, Rakitic's foot movement lightly tilted the ball behind Sepuyol, Puyol immediately turned around, and Griezmann's back came into view!
Griezmann had just entered the penalty area and was about to touch the ball, when Abidal rushed towards him aggressively.
Griezmann observed Abidal's movement, so he kicked the ball with his left foot and made a crosscut. Abidal also quickly stopped to intercept, but Griezmann followed closely with his right foot and then the ball Knocking forward, the rhythm and the change of direction of the left and right feet made Griezmann get rid of Abidal and form a single!
When Valdés rushed towards the near post, Griezmann did not hesitate at all, and swung his left foot to blast the ball towards the upper right corner of the goal!
far corner!
Valdez hastily made a saving action, but the football passing by like a dazzling white rainbow never gave him a chance to touch it!
boom!
The football hit the inside of the right post and bounced into Barcelona's goal!
Griezmann's serious expression instantly melted like ice and snow and returned to the earth. The Hamburg fans were bathed in his sunny smile and immersed in the ecstasy of his shocking goal!
Situ Yunbing raised his chin slightly, but his expression was still somewhat stubborn!
Sorry, my team never bows their heads easily!