Chapter 367 The storm is coming (Part 1)
Defending Xavi is the key to curbing Barcelona's attack.
Fang Jue clearly pointed out the key to the second half of the game.
Even so, when Barcelona scored a goal shortly after the start of the second half, Fang Jue realized that he underestimated Xavi and Barcelona.
Before the second half, Barcelona made a substitution, Henry was replaced, and Busquets came on as a substitute.
Barcelona changed from a 433 formation to a 442 formation, with Busquets and Yaya Toure forming two midfielders.
Fang Jue glanced at Guardiola, but he didn't expect Guardiola to be so decisive in substitution.
Guardiola's adjustment can be said to be immediate. With Busquets protecting Yaya Toure, this liberated Xavi and Iniesta.
In the 51st minute of the game, Xavi sent a beautiful pass, and the football went around from the junction of Modric and Reus. In front of the penalty area, Messi got the ball, and the Argentine star splashed with his left foot, dribbled past Hummels, and then suddenly started to speed. When approaching Alba, he suddenly stopped suddenly and changed direction horizontally. When Alba was braking to defend, Messi took advantage of the gap caused by this time difference and shot directly into the far corner.
The football drew an arc and flew straight to the upper left corner of the goal. Although Bravo tried his best to jump up and encountered the football, he still could not completely change the direction of the football. The football was hung into the ball net.
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“gooooooooooooooooooooooooool!”
"Messi! Messi! Messi!" the commentator shouted excitedly, "One to two, Barcelona scored a goal, and at the critical moment, Messi stepped forward."
"This is Barcelona in our minds. Messi broke out. After the halftime break, the team returned to normal."
Fang Jue waved his hand on the sidelines, and he was a little depressed.
Although he was angry when he lost the ball, he did not get angry: Xavi's pass was really outstanding.
Although he told his players to be careful of Xavi, Fang Jue realized that he also underestimated the strength of the Spanish international and he only made conventional defensive arrangements. However, it is obvious that at present, this is not enough. The team actually needs to make special defensive arrangements and arrangements for Xavi.
In addition, Messi's goal was indeed exciting, and Hummels and Alba were fooled by Argentina stars.
However, although the commentators were praising Messi, Fang Jue still insisted that Xavi is the most threatening thing about Barcelona.
It was precisely because Xavi came alive that Messi began to explode and the whole Barcelona team began to become active.
Fang Jue made an adjustment immediately, and he replaced Reus with Clement.
Clement and Marklelai form a double midfielder.
Modric's position was adjusted to the right midfield position.
Guardiola glanced at the home team coach's seat and smiled: Conservative.
Guardiola said this word. In his opinion, after conceding the ball, Fang felt afraid and feared Barcelona's offensive and began to strengthen his defense.
However, facing Barcelona's offensive, want to defend a goal lead?
Guardiola made a gesture and continued to strengthen the attack.
"Tito, the storm is about to begin," he said to Bilanova.
Biranova nodded. He admired Guardiola very much. He was always so confident and confident. This was a person born to become a great coach.
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Then... two minutes later.
Xavi sat on the ground, and the Barcelona team doctor was urgently checking him, and then Guardiola saw the team doctor make gestures:
A substitution gesture.
"Harvey can't continue to play, and the team doctor signaled that he had to make a substitution."
"Barcelona's luck is really not very good. Just after he scored a goal, Xavi was injured and could not hold on to the game."
Guardiola's face looked very bad. He wanted to scold people, but he didn't know who to scold.
Because, slow-motion replay shows that Xavi and Clement competed for the header. When they landed, Barcelona's midfielder was unstable and slipped, which seemed to have caused the muscle to be damaged.
The Ibiza people did not have any malicious fouls. This was just a reasonable fight for the top spot. It was because Xavi was not lucky and he was injured. He really couldn't blame the Ibiza people.
Fang Jue was surprised. He swears to the headlights that he really didn't use any props this time. Fang Jue initially wondered if his hand had slipped. He "entered" to the system to see. Whether it was the "yellow bad luck card" or the "yellow lucky ball" number was correct and it was not used.
So, there is only one truth: you are handsome, have good character, and your luck is naturally not bad.
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Guardiola quickly asked Keita on the bench to warm up.
Fang Jue immediately made a gesture and attacked!
Before Keita was replaced, Barcelona currently has ten players to face the challenge, which is an opportunity that Ibiza can seize.
The most fascinating thing about football games is that you never know what will happen in the next second.
A small accident may lead to a change in the trend of the game.
Originally, Messi's goal made Barcelona's morale, but Xavi was suddenly injured, which caused Barcelona's brief chaos. At this moment, Ibiza suddenly accelerated.
Keita stood on the sidelines, ready to wait for the chance to die.
At this time, in the 56th minute of the game, facing Ibiza's frontcourt press, Barcelona made a mistake on his defense line. Veteran Marcos made a mistake in handling the ball under Aubameyang's pressing. The pass force was too small, and the football was robbed and killed by Mata in the middle of the road. Then, Mata dribbled the ball and rushed directly into the penalty area.
Seeing Mata dribbling into the penalty area, the young central defender Pique made the worst choice in panic. He pushed Mata dribbling from behind from outside the penalty area line.
beep!
The referee's whistle sounded, and the referee on duty walked over and took out cards into his pocket.
Barcelona players quickly surrounded them, and they could guess what color of cards the referee would take: Pique was the last defensive player, so he probably had to play a red card.
"Referee, that guy is pretending to fall." A Barcelona player shouted loudly. He refused to admit Pique's foul, but instead accused Mata of pretending to fall.
"Yes, that kid pretended to fall." Veteran Marcos shouted immediately. His pass mistake just now caused all this, and now he excused Pique and himself.
"You're fake! You're pushing people so obviously."
"I swear with my 1.5 eyes that Pique pushed people." Clement shouted, although he was looking at the other side at the time and didn't actually see the incident passing by.
Barcelona players had a fierce quarrel with Ibiza players.
Both sides have their own opinions, "Talking lies with open eyes" is the norm for almost most players in the face of this situation, when facing the referee, they are blind and believe their own words?
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The referee shouted loudly, signaling both sides to calm down, and separated the players on both sides. Then he walked towards Pique and played cards at the young Barcelona defender: red!
"Red card! Pique was sent off by a red card. As the last defensive player, he pushed down Mata, who was about to get a one-on-one chance. Such an action should indeed be awarded a red card, so the referee sent him out of the field." Dolores said, "Pict is not calm enough. Now the game time is still there. Even if Mata is put into the penalty area and let him shoot, Valdes may still avoid conceding the ball. However, now when the score is behind, he was sent off by a red card. This red card that is not worth the loss once again shows Pique's immatureness."
Guardiola was so angry that he jumped and jumped, and reached out and scratched his bald head impatiently.
In his ear, Tito Biranova kept saying, "Young! Young! The price of youth!"
Guardiola was furious, and suddenly he remembered something and shouted, "Tito, call Keita back."
Pique was sent off, and at this time it turned out that the intended substitution to replace Keita needs to be considered.
"Forget it, keep on changing people." Tito Bilanova was just about to stop the substitution when she heard Guardiola say again, then he glanced at Xavi, who was sitting on the bench and putting an ice pack on his legs, and nodded in understanding.
So, when Xavi left the field with injury, Guardiola made substitution adjustments according to the established plan, and then made temporary position adjustments:
Keita replaced Xavi, and then Keita and Busquets partnered with two midfielders, Yaya Toure played as a center back to make up for the vacancy that Pique was sent off.
Chapter completed!