342: A chain reaction triggered by Neymar
There were huge crowds at the 2015 European Super Cup match.
The starting lineups for both sides are as follows
Home team Barcelona, head coach Enrique, formation 433
ter Stegen
Back four from left to right Mathieu, Mascherano, Pique and Daniel Alves
Midfield three from left to right Iniesta, Busquets and Rakitic
The front three from left to right Rafinha, Suarez and Messi
Visiting team Crystal Palace, head coach Tong Yi, formation 4213
Alisson
The back four from left to right Robertson, Rudiger, Van Dijk and Carvajal
Double defensive midfielder Casemiro and Kante
Single attacking midfielder De Bruyne
The front three from left to right Salah, Ignacio and Mane
This is the starting lineup of both sides today. To be honest, it is no different from what everyone expected. There is one exception for Crystal Palace, and that is Rudiger replacing Laporte in the starting lineup.
They didn't seem to hear that Laporte was injured before the game. What happened?
Or is this a normal rotation at Crystal Palace?
Every day reporters and fans don't know, now it depends on Rudiger's performance.
However, Rudiger's strength is still good. He performed well last season and can rotate with Laporte.
I just don’t know how he performed today?
beep!
The referee blew the whistle and the game officially started. The first to kick off was the home team Barcelona.
Of course, this game was not played at the Camp Nou, home of Barcelona, but at the National Stadium of Georgia. This home team refers to Barcelona's home team position in this game, and it is not the home team in the true sense.
At the beginning of the game, Barcelona still played their usual game.
It means controlling the ball in the midfield and passing it to the back, and then looking for a fatal opportunity to move forward. If you can't find it, send the football to the two wings and let Messi and Neymar, Messi's super geniuses, hold the ball. Break through and attack, or cooperate with people around you in small-scale passes.
However, there is good news for Crystal Palace in this game.
That is that Barcelona's Brazilian forward Neymar suddenly suffered from mumps not long ago and missed this game. He could not even make it to the first round of the new season of the Football League. The 2015-2016 La Liga season will officially start on August 22, but that will have to wait until ten days later.
Therefore, Neymar's injury is quite serious.
Even "AS" reported that Neymar will be out for at least three weeks in the new season.
If this is the case, Neymar's injury will be even more serious.
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It doesn't have much to do with Tong Yi and Crystal Palace. In this game, Neymar has no way to appear in the game, which puts a lot less defensive pressure on Crystal Palace.
Rafinha is much, much worse than Neymar.
There are even many times when this guy is placed in the full-back position.
Perhaps because of this, Rafinha moved to the left winger position today, and Enrique had no choice but to let Mathieu move to the left back position.
Although Mathieu started his career as a left back, he even won the Ligue 1 Best Left Back award, and his performance during the five years he played for Valencia was still very good. However, he is old now and not what he once was.
He was already 30 years old when he moved to Barcelona from Valencia last year.
At the age of 31 this year, his physical functions are slowly declining.
Originally tall and strong, he was not known for his speed and agility. When he was young, his speed was barely enough to hold him back. His performance as a full-back is mainly due to his defense and his left-foot skills, as well as his very good free kick skills and crossing skills, as well as his strong physical confrontation, which can block the opponent's wing defense like a barrier. player, and is also able to move in very well to fill the space of the centre-back.
Even his biggest role at times is to fill the defensive gap in the middle and can be used as a central defender.
In the later stages of Valencia's career, he rarely played as a left back and more often as a central defender.
The purpose of Barcelona's introduction of Mathieu last year was to use his height and ability to compete for headers to strengthen the team's defense and control capabilities. He can even become a good substitute player for Pique!
Therefore, in this game, he appeared as Barcelona's left back, and Tong Yi felt that this was an excellent opportunity for Crystal Palace.
Obviously, Tong Yi has told Crystal Palace's Mane, Salah and Carvajal to take turns attacking this guy's back. With a height of 192cm, he is already at a huge disadvantage in front of flexible and fast wingers such as Mane, Salah and Carvajal. Moreover, at the scene, he was 31 years old, and he was even worse.
Moreover, people like Mane and Salah are also very capable of breaking through with the ball, and their continuous changing of directions and spiking are even more special skills. And these will be Mathieu's nightmare!
To be honest, Tong Yi is really not afraid of facing Barcelona!
Crystal Palace's high-intensity high-pressure tactics are aimed at Barcelona's tactics of passing the ball wildly in the midfield and backfield to adjust the opponent's formation and tear open space.
To be honest, the Crystal Palace people pressed forward crazily and pressed like a mad dog.
Even Barcelona
The midfield three is a classic Habaib combination, which will also be tricky. Needless to say, Barcelona's midfield combination is no longer Habaib.
Therefore, with the Crystal Palace people running and pressing without hesitation of physical strength, a team like Barcelona, which is extremely good at passing and controlling, is somewhat unable to withstand it, because the Crystal Palace people are too rough and fierce.
Both Inesta and Rakitic were disgraced by the Crystal Palace people, especially Rakitic!
Under pressure, Rakitic often made mistakes in passing and receiving, and he was a bit inconsistent.
Firstly, Rakitic's condition today is indeed a bit poor. Secondly, he is not from the serious La Masia Film and Television Academy, so his tacit understanding is still not as good as Habaib and the others.
Therefore, Rakitic's side has become a breakthrough for Crystal Palace.
One of the three steals from Crystal Palace must have come from Rakitic, and it's even possible that both of them came from Rakitic!
Therefore, Barcelona is passive!
hiss! .??.
This is something no one expected.
The media reporters and football celebrities at the scene all took a breath. They seemed to recall the European Super Cup final when Munich 1860 played against Barcelona when Tong Yi was still coaching Munich 1860. In that game, Tong Yi almost used the same tactics to make Barcelona look very embarrassed and lost in the end.
Now, Tong Yi is here again!
Moreover, Tong Yi's tactics are now more mature, more multilateral, and more fierce.
There are some problems here in Barcelona.
Enrique on the sidelines stood up and frowned slightly. This start was different from what he expected. Is Tong Yi's tactics really the tactics of Tianke Barcelona?
When Enrique was even more worried, their Barcelona's Mathieu was targeted.
And it was targeted to death!
No matter where Crystal Palace intercepts the ball, they almost always send the football to the right wing immediately, and then let Mane, Salah and Carvajal on the right wing attack Mathieu in rotation!
The tall and older Mathieu was hit by these three guys in rotation, and they were all beaten.
Ter Stegen in front of the goal has become Barcelona's most contributory player. If it weren't for him, Barcelona would have been defeated!
Here, Enrique responded immediately by asking Mascherano and Mathieu to change positions.
This can alleviate Mathieu's embarrassment and relieve Barcelona's dilemma on the wing. It can even alleviate Mascherano's weakness next to Ignacio.
But soon he discovered a more serious problem.
\u003e After Mascherano moved to the full-back position, Barcelona's defensive holes in the center became even greater.
At the beginning, Guardiola moved Mascherano's position from the midfielder to the central defender in order to completely solve Barcelona's defensive problems in the middle and expected midfield.
Mascherano's ability to read the game is very strong, and he has extremely keen talents for defensive positioning, position selection, etc. He is always able to make decisions at the best time and in the shortest time whether to retreat or press forward. His defensive coverage in the midfield and backfield is very large. He is said to be a central defender, but in fact he is not. He is a free man in Barcelona's defensive midfield. Wherever he is needed, he appears wherever he is needed and solves the problem very well.
He is the last barrier for Barcelona's defense in the middle.
As soon as he withdraws now, Barcelona's defensive system in the middle will have problems.
Busquets' slow speed, slow turn back to defense, etc. were completely exposed first.
When these problems occurred in the past, Mascherano had already appeared behind him to help him fill the position, or directly went up to steal the ball, eliminating the danger. But now that Mascherano is gone, there is no time to fill this dangerous gap.
And Pique and Mathieu do not have the ability to defend instantly. They even have to worry about being beaten from behind. How can they dare to defend?
Even pushing it out is useless, because they have Ignacio pushing against them, and there is also De Bruyne who madly catches Ignacio to cover the advance.
They were completely confused.
Seeing this, Enrique's scalp really went numb!
Why is this guy Tong Yi so powerful? This is simply to study Barcelona to death, giving them almost no chance!
The media reporters and football celebrities at the scene also gasped and marveled at Tong Yi's awesomeness!
To be honest, Enrique really didn't expect that without Neymar, his first worry was not the lack of offense, but his second priority was defense!
Neymar's injury has made their defense so embarrassed!
Enrique didn't expect this!
At the same time, Enrique also realized the mistake he made. He should not have put Rafinha on top and then let Mathieu start at left back.
At this moment, Crystal Palace broke through Barcelona's goal and took the lead!
One to zero!
The Crystal Palace fans immediately screamed with excitement and jumped up and down in the stands. They were very surprised. They really didn't expect that Crystal Palace would score the first goal and take the lead. This was really a surprise!
They immediately shouted the names of Tong Yi and De Bruyne in unison and cheered for them!
