With the whistle of referee Mehuto, under the witness of more than 80,000 fans of the Bernabeu, this world-renowned focus battle officially kicked off.

Real Madrid, who played at home, took the lead in kicking off.

Benitez lined up a three-middle midfielder tonight, with the goalkeeper Casillas, the defense line is a combination of Maxwell, Fermalen, Ramos and Aveloa, and the midfield is Mascherano, Xavi Alonso and Ras Diyala, with Sneider in the center, and Yang Yang and Ibrahimovic in front.

Barcelona still competed in the 433 formation he was familiar with.

The goalkeeper is Valdes, the defense is Abidal, Gabriel Milito, Pique and Puyol, the three midfielders are Iniesta, Busquets and Xavi, and the frontcourt is Pedro, Messi and Alves.

What has changed from the past is that Guardiola put Messi in the middle in this game and pushed the original right back Daniel Alves to the right winger, which was also a very unexpected adjustment.

Judging from the arrangement of both sides, Barcelona let Puyol play on the right back, obviously trying to restrain the left winger of Real Madrid, and at the same time using Alves to suppress Real Madrid's left back.

Real Madrid has targeted the three-stand-lower formation and has significantly lowered its posture.

...

The game just started, and after Real Madrid kicked off, they quickly passed to the right side.

After Ras Diarrara received the ball on the wing, she had just led the center line and directly passed it with a long pass to find Ibrahimovic in front, but after the Swedish center grabbed the first landing point, she soon fell into the entanglement of Barcelona defensive players.

The ball was lost.

But after the Barcelona players grabbed the ball, they looked forward and found that the Real Madrid players had quickly returned to their positions.

The four defenders, three midfielders, and Sneider have all returned to the 30-meter area and are closely guarding.

This was far beyond the expectations of Barcelona players.

Harvey raised his hand near the center line and his teammates quickly passed the ball to his feet.

Barcelona stopped the ball in the midfield and turned around without any interference. Looking up, Real Madrid's defensive formation was very neat.

Xavi first took a few steps to the right side of his side, which is the left side of Real Madrid, and immediately found that Real Madrid's overall formation was also moving to the left. Although it was very slow, Xavi, who was experienced, knew very well that as long as he passed the ball over, Real Madrid would immediately suppress it and could not penetrate it at all.

So, Xavi dunked the ball to his left and dribbled the ball to the left.

But soon, Real Madrid's overall formation also moved to this side, and the two lines remained compact and orderly.

Xavi had no choice but to pass it to Iniesta.

Xiaobai stopped the ball and tried to lead forward, trying to rush, but he was soon entangled by Ras Diyala and was forced to pass the ball back to Busquets, and then to Xavi.

After a walk around, I walked around and went back to the starting point.

Xavi was a little angry, and he didn't expect that Real Madrid would place defense so closely at his home court, and even from the beginning of the game it was obvious that the carriage and horses were going to play a defensive counterattack.

You know, this is the Bernabeu!

Could it be that Benitez doesn’t consider the emotions of Bernabeu fans?

Messi retreated from the front to pick up the ball, then immediately took to the right to find Alves to cooperate, but Real Madrid's defensive formation quickly tilted to the right, quickly cutting off Messi, Alves and Xavi, forcing Barcelona to pass the ball back quickly.

No one expected that Real Madrid's defensive counterattack would be so firm, especially the three-middle midfielder's style, which is a very conservative strategy, but it is very effective in curbing Barcelona's pass and ball control.

Because, in the Champions League final last season, Benitez's Liverpool used three midfielders to kill Barcelona.

With the shadows before, coupled with the zero-to-five years of the first century derby of this season, Barcelona players have begun to become more cautious. Fortunately, this team has always been known for passing and controlling the ball, playing very patiently, not fast or anxious at all.

This made the start of the game look a bit dull, as Barcelona kept falling in the middle and backcourt.

Until the sixth minute, Messi retreated and got the ball, suddenly dribbled forward, quickly attacked to the edge of the penalty area, and was tackled by Mascherano, winning Barcelona a free kick opportunity with a good frontcourt position.

At the critical moment, Barcelona still relies on the personal strength of the stars to solve the battle.

But this time the frontcourt free kick did not create a threat, and ended with Xavi's long shot from nearly 30 meters away.

Barcelona has been unable to play Real Madrid's defense for a long time, and can only create threats through the players' personal abilities and long shots. After Real Madrid started, they did not even have a chance to shoot, and even a truly threatening attack, which also made the fans at the scene feel a little depressed.

If we look at it from the scene alone, Barcelona really has an overwhelming advantage, especially the ball possession rate.

How could this be like the performance that the top spot in La Liga and the semi-finals in the Champions League?

But just when the fans were a little impatient, Barcelona suddenly made a mistake.

When Pedro got the ball inside on the left, Ramos decisively grabbed it and tripped Pedro, but the referee did not whistle and foul. Real Madrid quickly counterattacked. After Sneider received Ramos' pass, he passed it to the center line with a kick.

Ibrahimovic blocked Pique with his body, stopped the ball with his right foot, turned around and passed it behind his left foot.

Real Madrid's counterattack was very fast this time. From intercepting the ball to Sneijder to Ibrahimovic, the whole process happened in the blink of an eye. By the time everyone reacted, the Swedish center's pick-pass had already crossed Barcelona's defense.

Yang Yang was like a sharp arrow that was leaving the strings, sharply piercing Barcelona's defense line and chasing the ball.

The emotions of the fans at the entire Bernabeu Stadium were completely aroused, and everyone burst into a tide of enthusiasm.

But at the critical moment, the border referee raised the flag and the referee blew a whistle to signal Yang Yang to commit a foul.

After hearing the whistle, Yang Yang had to slow down. Seeing the lineman's flag and the referee's decision, he felt innocent. He spread his hands and walked towards the referee Meihuto.

"Sir, that's not an offside at all, I promise!" Yang Yang was very sure.

Because Gabriel Milito was on par with him at the time, he was able to get rid of Argentine central defender and Abidal at the moment of starting, but the lineman may not be able to keep up with Real Madrid's counterattack speed or what happened, anyway, it caused a misjudgment.

"Sorry, my assistant is very sure, this is an offside." Mehuto replied with a smile.

This is his work ethic.

Regardless of whether it is a misjudgment or not, he must maintain the authority of the referee team and take good care of his assistants.

Yang Yang shook his head helplessly and walked back.

...

"From the slow-motion replay, this is indeed a misjudgment."

"The moment Yang Yang started, Milito was the last defensive player. The moment Ibrahimovic turned around and passed, everyone sees that Yang Yang and Milito are parallel, and he has been paying attention to his position."

"But it's a pity that both the referee and the lineman think it's offside."

"Real Madrid missed an excellent opportunity to start the game. If not, it should be a one-on-one. With Yang Yang's ability, it is definitely possible to score a goal."

“But that’s football.”

"Maybe, Real Madrid should slow down their counterattack speed appropriately next time, haha..."

...

Guardiola was furious on the sidelines.

Especially when he saw Yang Yang quickly penetrated behind him, he jumped up.

He knew better than anyone else how great Yang Yang's threat was. If he really gave him a single shot, Barcelona would be behind.

Once you fall behind, such a game will be a nightmare for Barcelona.

This is a final that you can't afford to lose!

"Herad is too close to Ibrahimovic." Guardiola turned his head and shook his head.

"In the tactical meeting before the game, I have emphasized to him again and again that Ibrahimovic likes to use his body to fight against the central defender and catch the ball with the central defender. I asked him to try to avoid physical contact with him, but he stuck directly."

Assistant coach Bilanova smiled bitterly, this is what makes Ibrahimovic smart.

In fact, many people have misunderstood Ibrahimovic. Seeing that he is tall and strong, he thought he was a traditional center, but in fact, the biggest threat to this Swedish giant is to take the ball and control the ball outside the penalty area.

It is a very terrible thing to be a tall and strong center with delicate foot skills and able to provide stable ball-taking points outside the penalty area.

Barcelona took a fancy to him, but this characteristic of him.

It is not easy to defend such a player. The first thing is to make the tactics appropriately.

Guardiola has made extremely meticulous preparations before the game, including how to freeze Yang Yang and how to limit Ibrahimovic, all have clear plans, but the problem is that the court is changing rapidly.

It's very simple, but will Pique not go to Ibrahimovic and the Swedish center will take the initiative to find him?

This is the trouble!

Even to a certain extent, Ibrahimovic's style of playing is unique in European football.

Any strong team needs to have some killer weapons that others cannot resolve. They can be the individual performance of the players or the routine formed by the combination of player characteristics.

The forward combination of Yang Yang and Ibrahimovic has become a trump card that all Real Madrid opponents cannot contain.

These two players not only have super personal abilities, but also have a very tacit cooperation and very different characteristics.

More importantly, they are very good friends and are selfless on the court, which is crucial.

...

Guardiola still walked to the sidelines quickly and reminded the players on the court to pay attention to protection behind them, especially the central defender to pay attention to limiting Ibrahimovic. At the same time, he also signaled the midfielders to pay attention to pulling the ball away and try to pour it up as quickly as possible.

But Real Madrid's defensive formation was like a wall of iron, and Barcelona never could have been penetrated.

Not long after Guardiola adjusted, Real Madrid once again successfully intercepted the ball in the backcourt.

With Sneijder's cooperation, Mascherano stole the ball under Alves and quickly launched a counterattack.
Chapter completed!