Chapter 154 Without possession, Barcelona is no longer terrible!

"Tata" and Barcelona have been studying Leeds United's tactics for a long time, but they only learned about it through video, and it is nothing more than just talking about it on paper.

In the tactics arranged by Tata, one of Mascherano and Busquets will take turns to guard Shaq, the core figure of Leeds United. He is very confident in his players. The English media said that no one can defend Shaq, but Tata does not believe it. He feels that the defense ability is excellent and even the Argentine midfielder who can be competent for the central defender can definitely defend Shaq. Although Busquets' defensive ability is a little poor, his awareness is more outstanding and can effectively predict Shaq's pass. With these two people taking turns to guard, Shaq will find it difficult to make a difference in the game.

But in fact, the progress of the game shocked the players of "Tata" and Barcelona!

As the core of Leeds United, Shaq is not just fighting alone, but everyone in the team is playing around him. Therefore, if Barcelona wants to defend Shaq, it is actually equivalent to defending everyone in Leeds United.

At the beginning of the game, Leeds United's left offensive system "Three Musketeers" first started to operate. With Shaq's support, Jonny Hausen and Ben Parker continued to upload near the bottom line on the left, or in a position parallel to the Barcelona penalty area line.

The ball flew into Barcelona's small penalty area again and again, creating chaos again and again...

What's going on!?

Mascherano, who is in charge of marking Shaq, is a little confused. He has obviously defended Shaq closely, but he cannot completely stop Shaq from touching the ball. However, just a few touches, Leeds United's offensive from the left was launched. So what's the point of marking Shaq by himself?

In Leeds United's tactics, Shaq is not a core player who has to hold the ball. Simon Grayson uses him to move quickly and quickly in a wide range, which can help almost the entire court. Although Mascherano is physically excellent and has strong defensive ability, the restrictions he can bring to Shaq are very limited. No player can even touch the ball while running in a large range like Shaq.

Leeds United's offense on the left was very prosperous. But in fact, this attack method does not pose much threat to a team of Barcelona. What really contributed to Leeds United is... the quick counterattack after the counterattack in the frontcourt!

After the game was 13 minutes into the game, Leeds United's offense was blocked in the frontcourt. Xavi passed the ball across from outside the penalty area to Iniesta on the left. Xavi's ability to dribble the ball and counterattack was not strong, so this kind of work must be left to "Xiaobai".

But Iniesta had just stopped the ball and looked up in front of him. A white figure rushed out from the diagonal line from the right back. He broke the ball with a "snake".

ah!?

Shaq!?

Iniesta was stunned. He has worked with Xavi for many years and is very clear that when Xavi passes the ball to others, he will first observe the surroundings of his teammates when he catches the ball. If it is safe, he will send the ball out. Every time... it is like this!

Over time, Barcelona players have developed a habit. When they receive Xavi's pass, they will basically observe the situation on the field before handling the ball. But today... Xavi obviously failed to accurately estimate how fast Shaq is. When he passed the ball, Shaq was still in Barcelona's penalty area, but as soon as Iniesta took the ball, Shaq came to Iniesta's side and steal it.

Damn it!

Perverted!

This is too fast!?

Everyone on Barcelona had such an idea, but the faster thing was... As soon as Shaq caught up with the ball, he immediately sent the ball to Pivkovsky in the air on the right.

Leeds United's counterattack horn sounded!

After taking the ball, Pivkovsky made a fake move to cut inward, but suddenly pushed the ball straight into the penalty area on the right side of Barcelona!

Nelson Oliveira, who has always been erratic in position, appeared, ran out of the middle, and after touching the ball with his left foot, he stopped the ball to the corner of the small penalty area on the right side of Barcelona. While carrying Pique with his body, the Portuguese striker rushed forward with the force. After the Barcelona player caught up with the ball, he directly shot with anger!

"Bang!"

The ball was pressed against the lawn and flew into the lower left corner of the Barcelona goal in the distance!

Barcelona's goalkeeper Valdes had already reacted very quickly, but he still failed to touch the side of the ball when he fell to the ground and saved... 1:0, Leeds United took the lead!

"gaolllllllllllllllllllllll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

In the Elland Road Stadium, 34,300 Leeds fans all shouted at the top of their lungs, and everyone's face was filled with irresistible excitement!

This goal is not an ordinary goal, it is a goal that broke the goal of Barcelona, ​​the top European giant!

"14 minutes! 14 minutes! We took only 14 minutes to lead! Faced with Barcelona, ​​the most powerful team in Europe, our 'Leeds Time' still plays a huge role! No one can stop us from moving forward! No one!"

After scoring the goal, Nelson Oliveira was so excited that she started to skate and then hugged every teammate who came to him near the corner flag on the right side of the frontcourt. He knew what this goal meant, which meant that his fame would increase rapidly, and he even became one of the top European strikers from now on, and he is only 22 years old.

Of course, at this time he was sincerely grateful to head coach Simon Grayson. The head coach told him before the game that if possible, he would try his best to get a goal in this game.

Simon Grayson almost reminded the Portuguese striker in an orderly tone because he had made a tilt in the team's tactics. The "Three Musketeers of Leeds" attracted firepower on the left and then suddenly launched a fatal attack from the right. If he could not score a goal, then Nelson Oliveira, a striker who spent tens of millions of pounds, would be really a squash.

Fortunately, Nelson Oliveira is not yet watery!

After conceding the ball, Barcelona still seemed very calm. They had almost no changes and were still playing according to their tactical style, as if the game was still 0:0 at this time, and there was no panic because they were temporarily behind.

Barcelona is one of the strongest teams in Europe after all!

This "strength" is not only about strength, but also about their tenacity in psychological quality. Barcelona, ​​who has long been used to big scenes, doesn't even remember how many times they have reversed the game while falling behind. This situation in front of them... is just a pediatrician.

But as the game deepened, Barcelona gradually became unable to calm down. They found that their team could not get the initiative in this game.

Leeds United's opponent uses the offense from the left to make a fuss, and from time to time they can stuff it into the middle, or it will suddenly move to the right to get Pivkowski or Messarico to make a high-quality cross. When they relax a little on the left, Captain Leeds's breakthrough, Ben Parker's accurate pass can immediately create a shooting opportunity for Tevez and Nelson Oliveira in the middle.

The target Shaq, who was listed as the focus by head coach Tata before the game, seemed to only know how to pass the ball and run the ball in this game, constantly running, running, running...

On the left, middle, right, front, midfield, backfield, Shaq can be seen passing the ball at almost every position on the court. On defense, Mascherano's marking against Shaq has almost no effect!

Hrado Mardino always stood on the side of the court with a frown. He was constantly thinking about what he should do to reverse the disadvantage in front of him. But until the end of the first half, "Tata" had not yet found out why his team could not seize the initiative. Leeds United had almost had an absolute advantage in the first half!

The ratio of shots between the two sides was 10:2. Barcelona actually only got two shots. Although it was a away game, it was too miserable!

And what's even worse is... the ball possession rate!

Leeds United actually achieved an overwhelming victory with a ball possession rate of 59%:41%!

You should know that although Barcelona is no longer so persistent in ball control this season, the team's foundation is there. When they meet any opponents before, they still have an advantage in ball control. Not to mention the domestic game in Spain, in the Champions League, Barcelona beat Bucharest 4-0 and quickly in the first game, and when they beat Schalke 3-0, the ball control rate was 55%, but when they face Leeds United... they were only 41% in the first half!

Something went wrong!

And there was a big problem!

Hrado Mardino frowned and returned to the locker room. He realized that his team had encountered a huge problem, but he didn't know what the problem was.
Chapter completed!