Habits are a very terrible thing, which will subtly change many things and many people.

Chinatown has a very bad habit, and they always can't play the first half well.

This is a pretty paradoxical thing.

Some Spanish media have counted the reversals of the 20 teams in La Liga this season, and Chinatown is far ahead. If the league's points ranking is divided according to the first half and the second half, Chinatown in the first half is basically close to relegation, while Chinatown in the second half can almost win the championship.

Of course, Chinatown is not able to reverse successfully every game, and sometimes it even turns into a big defeat. For example, playing Barcelona at home and away is such a crushing defeat, but there are also good reversals, such as playing Real Madrid away.

Some people praised Chinatown for its strong overall nature, its players are very united and its willpower, which was able to make a comeback after game; but some people also accused Chinatown's coaching staff, believing that they have failed to solve this old problem that has plagued the team for a long time.

Pochettino was also very helpless about this. Even though he had made enough preparations before the game and arranged all the details, his players would still make various mistakes on the court, which eventually led to being scored.

Everyone knows that this is not a good thing, and they all know that they must be changed, but they can't be changed no matter what.

As someone joked, Chinatown can only truly enter the game after losing the ball.

As the head coach, Pochettino's favorite scene is Paris Saint-Germain coached by Gao Han. He has strong overall strength and obvious advantages. Whether in Ligue 1, French Cup, or Europa League, he can easily gain an overwhelming advantage, allowing his opponent to always feel the terrifying oppression and finally win.

This is the strength and temperament that a champion team should have.

But like Chinatown, it is very depressing. He said he has strength, but he always can't play in the first half. He has no strength, but he can always reverse in the second half. If it's just one or two games, it can be said to be lucky, but so many games in a row, is it still luck?

Chinatown has also summarized a lot of experience, and many media reporters and fans have helped Chinatown find the crux of the problem. Some people think that the team is too young and lack of experience, some people think that the team is not strong, and some people think that the team's training method is problematic.

But what is truly recognized by everyone is basically believed to be a psychological factor and a habit.

Habits are a terrible thing, especially when a team habitually loses the first half, which is even more desperate, because it is impossible to recover the ball lost in the first half in every second half, or even reverse it.

Especially when the opponent is Barcelona, ​​especially when the opponent scored two goals.

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Learning from the experience of playing against Real Madrid, Pochettino's strategy in this game was to counterattack defensively, but the methods were drawn from the strategies of Arsenal and Manchester City when they played against Barcelona, ​​and did not blindly retreat and defend.

Hazard and Aubameyang, both wing players, actively retreated to the midfield to assist in the defense of the wing, leaving a Pelle in front.

Guardiola was also cautious and still adopted the 433 formation, but made partial adjustments. Fabregas, Xavi and Busquets joined forces, and Iniesta served as the left winger, which was obviously a strengthening ball control.

Chinatown was difficult to catch the ball in the whole first half, and Barcelona naturally controlled the game, but on the defensive end, Chinatown organized well, but for a while, it was a little confused and was scored by Barcelona. However, in the last ten minutes of the first half, Chinatown stabilized its position again.

But when two goals are behind, it seems like another defeat will be another crushing defeat.

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"In the second half, Barcelona continued to control the situation on the court and launched a fierce attack on Chinatown."

"Messi got the ball on the right, led it to the middle, and passed the penalty area."

"Ibrahimovic grabbed the first landing point, the Swedish center has a tall man and a big horse, and its advantage is very obvious."

"Iniesta followed and shot directly."

"De Gea flew to save the ball."

"But the ball still didn't fly far and landed outside the penalty area."

"Busquets took the ball, reorganized it, handed it to Fabregas, and then passed it to Xavi."

"Have got the ball and passed it into the penalty area..."

"Messi, dangerous..."

“Beep…”

"The referee's whistle sounded, and Hazard tripped Messi from behind when he returned to defense. The referee showed him a yellow card, which was also a penalty kick awarded to Chinatown."

"Hazar performed very well when he played against Real Madrid. He was known as Messi II, but he performed poorly in this game. This has something to do with Chinatown's failure to get possession. He is a player who needs the ball."

"Messi personally took the penalty."

"De Gea was ready in front of the door and kept rushing his body."

"Messi...shot!"

"Didn't go in, my god!"

"De Gea saved Messi's penalty!"

"It's so surprising."

"De Gea's body is very flexible. After saving the penalty, he quickly jumped up from the ground and hugged the ball before Ibrahimovic who made a follow-up shot."

"This Spanish goalkeeper showed a very high level, and the penalty kick was fast and accurate."

"Look at De Gea, get up from the ground, shout quickly in front of you, and directly with a big foot."

"The ball fell to the right, and Barcelona's defense is quickly returning to defense, but..."

"Aubameyang is very fast. He grabbed Puyol and topped the ball forward."

"Okay, have a chance, just kill!"

"The ball is in!!!!!!"

"!!!"

"In the 53rd minute, in the 53rd minute, Aubameyang used his lightning speed to tear open Barcelona's defense line, received a goal shot from De Gea, and scored a single goal!"

"Valdes attacked decisively, but Aubameyang's shot was very calm and decisive."

"This shot came very timely, and it was a away goal worth a thousand gold."

"We were extremely excited when we saw Chinatown, and Pochettino jumped up on the sidelines."

"At the critical moment, Chinatown's tenacious will once again helped them save the situation and preserve hope."

"Two to one, Chinatown is temporarily behind, but this score has allowed them to see the light again. After all, a valuable away goal can change a lot."

"Pochettino decisively makes substitution adjustments, Ilia La Mendi is going to replace him and replace Pelle."

"This is a xin hào who actively strengthens the midfield defense."

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"Pochettino still has to defend and fight back."

I don’t know when it started, sitting in Gao Han’s office and watching the Chinatown game together has become a habit of the Paris Saint-Germain coaching staff, and they all have become accustomed to it.

And this team is indeed worth studying, especially as they watched Pochettino and his team gradually improve and mature step by step, the feeling is really different.

"The biggest problem with Barcelona now is that it is two sides. Puyol is very problematic when playing on the left. Just now, Aubameyang simply used his speed to eat Puyol and Barcelona's defense line. Alves on the right pressed up very hard, and the hidden dangers are also quite large. Therefore, Pochettino should have to grab these two sides to fight."

"There are nearly forty minutes left in the game and there is still a fight, so the situation has turned a little."

"Not! Do you think it's strange? Why did this team have to get the second half to make a strong effort?"

While everyone was talking, they suddenly heard Sergio Garcia's question full of doubts. Everyone looked at each other and smiled helplessly, including Gao Han.

Can this question be dá àn?

I'm afraid it's difficult.

Many people try to analyze from various aspects, and some even say it is psychological factors, but Gao Han thinks that it may be all, which is the result of a comprehensive combination of causes in all aspects. Of course, psychological factors are gradually becoming the main causes.

If you don’t lose the ball, you won’t play football. Of course, this disadvantage is obvious, but there are also benefits. For example, in this game, you lost two goals in the first half, but the team played as usual in the second half, and your mentality was not very nervous or anxious. Why?

You're used to it.

As there are more reversals, the psychological quality will improve, and it will become accustomed to experiencing such scenes.

As for changing the situation where the team cannot play well in the first half, Gao Han feels that there is probably no chance this season, but he can prepare for the summer training camp. He decided to ask Dr. Steve Peters to come and help.

This British psychology expert is already familiar with this.

After taking Pelle, Chinatown was basically left with two lines. Four players from the back line lined up, stationed in front of the penalty area, and the six midfielders stood in a wavy position. Among them, Aubameyang and Hazard were both more advanced at both ends, like two sharp blades pointing straight at Barcelona's weakness.

"Pochettino's defense in the middle is very tight, very layered, and integrated, making it difficult for Barcelona to break through."

"The next thing is patience."

Barcelona quickly organized a ** offensive. Guardiola took Puyol in the first substitution, replaced Pedro, brought Iniestara back to the middle, and let Pedro put pressure on the left.

This is definitely a crazy attacking formation, and only teams like Barcelona that hold absolute possession dare to do this.

But Chinatown still strictly guarded the defensive lineup, and the entire defensive formation was integrated, leaving no space or gap for Barcelona's attack, which made Barcelona feel extremely depressed.

Pochettino quickly made a second substitution, replacing Aubameyang with Cork, which was another substitution to strengthen the defense of the wing, with the purpose of blocking Barcelona's left offensive and protecting the safety of Carvajal's side.

As the game time was spent, the stalemate between the two sides became even more intense.

Barcelona wanted to score another goal to establish an advantage, but Chinatown held on for the last breath and did not relax. The game was extremely tragic, but both sides were in danger, but they were unable to truly break the deadlock.

In the late stage of the game, Alves almost pushed himself up and used himself as a winger.

But in the 83rd minute, Chinatown intercepted the ball in the backcourt and quickly passed to the right.

Kavajal went forward without thinking and passed to Cork on the right road.

Cork passed the ball horizontally to Herrera, who passed the ball diagonally across the center line and landed directly in front of Rakitic.

The Croatians rushed quickly in the counterattack. After catching up with the ball, they brought the ball into the 30-meter area of ​​Barcelona under Xavi's interference, but were forced to pass the ball to the left.

Hazard took the ball from the left side of the penalty area, and Alves chased him all the way back to the penalty area and got stuck. Xavi also returned to the penalty area as soon as possible to assist in defending Alves.

They all knew very well that Hazard's one-on-one ability was too strong.

The Belgian dribbled the ball towards two Barcelona players, but did not choose to do it alone, but suddenly passed the ball back.
Chapter completed!