When the game reached the 18th minute, Haaland suddenly pulled to the right side of the frontcourt and received the pass from his teammate. Chest

When the Norwegian center blocked Alba with his body and stopped the ball, he immediately turned around and cut inside laterally.

He was like a rampaging heavy tank, and Alba couldn't stop him at all.

Not only was Alba unable to stop him, but Pjanic, who was returning to defense, was also unable to stop him. Busquets also failed to stop him.

Haaland is a left-footed player. He just took the ball and cut in from the right sideline. After avoiding Barcelona's defender, he sent a cross pass to the foot of Enzo Fernandez, who was unguarded on the left rib.

The Argentine midfielder stopped the ball and moved forward. He first wanted to cooperate with Rashford, but deceived Frenkie de Jong to step forward to block it. After an emergency stop, he turned the ball over with his right foot, made a slight adjustment, and went straight

On the outside of the arc top of the penalty area, about 28 meters away from the goal, he suddenly took a long shot.

The ball was like a missile, crossing a beautiful arc and landing on the right side of the Barcelona goal.

Barcelona goalkeeper Neto could do nothing about it and could only watch the ball go into the net. Chest

"goalllllllllllllllll!!!!!"

"Enzo Fernandez!!"

"In the 18th minute, the Argentinian midfielder used a shocking long-range shot to score Barcelona's goal."

"One to zero!"

"Leeds United open the scoring at Camp Nou!"

"For this goal, Enzo should thank his teammate Haaland."

"It was Haaland who cut inside with the ball on the right, attracting the defensive attention, and at the same time successfully taking the ball out of Barcelona's defensive area, creating an opportunity for Enzo Fernandez to penetrate behind." Chest.

"This ball also exposed Barcelona's defensive problems, especially the protection of the two ribs."

"The defense line is also too far back."

"Of course, if Pique and Lenglet pressed out just now, Rashford and Sancho would threaten Barcelona's penalty area, which is also very fatal."

When Harland dribbled the ball and cut inside, Sancho had already appeared on the right side of Barcelona's penalty area, while Rashford attacked the left side of Barcelona's penalty area. Only the middle was empty.

If Barcelona's central defender had been pulled out at that time, Haaland would not have gone to Enzo Fernandez, but to Sancho.

By the same token, if Rashford has no defender on the left, Enzo will definitely pass the ball over.

You know, Rashford is good at hitting the goal after cutting in from the left side of the penalty area. Chest

In a word, when Haaland brought the ball out from the right, Barcelona's defense had been disintegrated.

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After conceding the ball, Barcelona did not appear anxious, but still slowly tried to control the rhythm and possession of the ball.

On the contrary, Leeds United, playing away from home, still showed an aggressive momentum.

Especially in the frontcourt.

This is the biggest difference between young teams and old teams.

The young team is energetic, the players have sufficient physical fitness and stronger running ability. Chest

If an older team like Barcelona adopts the defensive counterattack tactics used by Gao Shen at Real Madrid, the situation will be better. But if it is like Barcelona and wants to continue to maintain the advantage of possession of the ball, then

The situation will become very bad.

For example, just 7 minutes after the first goal, Barcelona tried to hold the ball in the backcourt.

The goalkeeper, Lenglet and Pique all wanted to hold the ball, and Busquets also retreated to the back line to provide support, but Leeds United's trident all pressed on at the same time, resulting in Barcelona's backcourt unable to get the ball out at all.

Sancho presses towards Alba, who passes back to Lenglet.

Rashford followed Pique, while Harland abandoned Busquets and pushed towards Lenglet.

The French central defender had no way to pass to Busquets, so he had to pass back to the goalkeeper or pass forward.

At this time, Pjanic retreated from the front and raised his hand to ask for the ball.

A direct pass went to Pjanic's feet.

The Barcelona midfielder turned his back to the direction of attack. After stopping the ball, he turned around and wanted to push the ball forward.

Unexpectedly, Enzo Fernandez reacted quickly and took the lead. Before Pjanic could regain control of the football, he poked the ball away and passed it to the feet of Valverde who was retreating.

In tonight's game, Valverde has a wide range of activities.

The Uruguayan midfielder was facing the direction of the attack. When he received the ball, he just glanced ahead and saw Rashford retreating, and immediately passed the ball over.

At this moment, Rashford had already received the ball in the gap and immediately dribbled the ball forward.

At the same time, Haaland, who was at the front, made a very surprising move. He did not continue to move forward, but stretched his chest diagonally to the left along the line of the penalty area.

Rashford dribbled the ball straight into the middle, both of them were very fast.

This immediately gave Barcelona's defensive players a headache.

Because the area where the ball was intercepted was too close to the penalty area.

Especially in the blink of an eye, Rashford had already rushed to the outside of the top of the arc and was already within shooting range.

Pique, Busquets, Lenglet, Dest, and Pjanic chasing behind Rashford...

If you freeze the time, you will find that at this moment, Barcelona actually has five defensive players double-teaming Rashford, completely blocking the route and angle of Rashford's shot.

But at the same time, they also ignored Haaland's chest that had just penetrated the left side.

In other words, it's not that I ignore it, but that I don't care about it.

Rashford has the body of a burly center, but his foot skills are not bad. Even if he hadn't suddenly grown taller, maybe he would have performed better and better than he does now.

So he was double-teamed by five Barcelona defenders. At the top of the penalty area, he suddenly stopped and made a continuous fake move before sending a diagonal pass with his right foot.

The ball passed by Dest and fell directly to the left side of the penalty area.

Harland had just reached his position at this time, turned around, faced the attacking goalkeeper, and pushed with his left foot.

The ball passed past the Barcelona goalkeeper and went straight to the right side of the Barcelona goal.

"goallllllllllllllllllllll!!!!!" chest

"Harland!"

"An easy and freehand push with the left foot!"

"In the 25th minute, Haaland scored another victory for Leeds United!"

"Two to zero!"

"We saw that Leeds United's pressing in the midfield and frontcourt made it difficult for Barcelona's passes to pass through the midfield. They were blocked near the midfield again and again, and the White Rose counterattack was very fast."

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After scoring two goals in a row, Leeds United's morale is very high. Chest

This group of players, in particular, was very motivated and almost launched waves of attacks on Barcelona.

The morale of Barcelona players is a bit problematic, and there are also physical problems. The players are not running actively enough, which has seriously affected Barcelona's performance on the court.

The most obvious thing is that it is difficult for them to form effective ball control, and they are always interrupted again and again.

The ball cannot be dumped, the midfielders and frontcourt players cannot get the ball, and Messi is even "doing nothing" in front. This is very problematic.

Griezmann and Felipe Anderson both pulled back and tried to receive the pass, but they couldn't pass it at all.

Leeds United's three midfielders completely suppressed Barcelona's midfielder, which was something no one expected.

More importantly, in terms of ball possession rate, Leeds United is far ahead. Chest

It can even be as different as 35% or 65%.

Yes, that's right, Leeds United had 65% of the ball.

This is very surprising.

What a terrible situation it is when a team that focuses on possession of the ball loses possession of the ball under the pressing pressure of its opponents.

But this is the embarrassing situation that Barcelona faces tonight at the Camp Nou.

They sadly discovered that they couldn't even control the ball, which they were best at.

But for Leeds United's almost unreasonable, fast-playing whirlwind high-position pressing and fast breaks, Barcelona players really can't adapt. Chest

It's like an older person can't keep up with the pace of young people.

Coupled with the defensive problems that have existed in the past few years, their weaknesses have been exposed time and time again.

For example, this time in the 34th minute.

Barcelona advanced slowly from the midfield to the back, trying to control the ball.

When Frenkie de Jong passed the ball across to Busquets, the Barcelona midfielder raised his hand to signal his teammates to control the rhythm and try to slow down.

In Barcelona, ​​possession of the ball is life.

But what Busquets didn't expect was that Sancho, a kid with no martial ethics at all, came out from the side unreasonably, stuck his body between him and the ball, and knocked him over.

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To be continued...