Chapter 1151
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Today, Barcelona changed their attacking group combination.
After Iniesta replaced Pedro, he would provide a stronger ability to coordinate and break through on the left flank. Although his ability to break through the goal was slightly reduced, Guardiola wanted to free up Messi and Ibrahimovic.
At the same time, Guardiola had higher expectations for Bouzquez than for Keita in the midfield defense. Although Yaya Toure's footwork was not as delicate as Iniesta's in the midfield, he was far stronger than Iniesta in terms of physical confrontation. This was also a change that Guardiola made based on the experience of the previous game.
Barcelona tried to play fast today. They did not have the patience to carry out the sleepy passing because they were in a race against time.
Under such circumstances, Barcelona's passing success rate was still very high!
This was the embodiment of the quality of a strong team under pressure.
In the fifth minute of the game, Liverpool finally got a chance to fight back. Messi broke through Mascherano on the right flank and fell into the double team of Aurelio and Alonso. He crossed the ball to the middle and tried to pass it to Ibrahimovic for another one-two wall combination, but Skrtel decisively intercepted and destroyed the attack.
The football rolled to Gerard's feet. He dribbled a step horizontally to avoid Xavi's pressing, then turned half way and swept the ball to the left flank of the front field.
Qin Xiong was there ready to receive. Alves was in front of him and was about to kick. Qin Xiong's left foot hooked the ball from behind to the middle and directly got rid of Alves.
When Qin Xiong began to dribble towards the middle of the front field to advance the attack, the 100,000 Barcelona fans in the Camp Nou stadium felt worried.
Yaya Toure and Bouzquez were ready to jointly defend, but Qin Xiong directly sent out an over-the-top pass!
The Barcelona players turned their heads to look and suddenly turned pale with fright.
Torres, who was in front of Pic and Puyol in the middle, suddenly started to move diagonally behind Pic.
The space behind them gave Torres enough space to sprint.
The cooperation between Qin Xiong and Torres had reached the level of telepathy.
The timing of the pass and run was perfect.
The football quickly flew over the heads of Barcelona's defenders. As Piqué turned to chase, the football began to fall from the top of his head.
Torres came to the right side of the penalty area. When the football fell in front of him, Piqué was about two meters away from him.
Valdés tried his best to block the nearest corner of the goal. He did not dare to leave the goal, for fear that Torres would change direction the moment he stopped the ball. If that happened, he might be directly bypassed.
Torres looked at the falling football and felt good about himself. He directly lifted his leg to do a volley shot!
Bang!
After Torres shot the ball, the Barcelona players broke out in a cold sweat.
The football flew towards the far corner of the goal. Unfortunately, it did not curve. The football flew over like a cannonball and brushed against the outside of the column as it flew out of the end line.
"Liverpool's simple and direct counterattack almost breached the goal! This was their secret to defeating Barcelona in the last game. Today at Camp Nou, they repeated the same trick and it looks like the results are very good. Qin Xiong's direct pass over the top showed his exquisite footwork skills. Torres's sharp positioning and volley also showed the qualities of a world-class striker. But this shot was too difficult. If it was just a little bit more, Torres would have been able to send the ball into the goal. "
Guardiola's heart was heavy. He thought of countless ways to restrict Qin Xiong, but in the end, he could not achieve it.
Especially when Qin Xiong had cultivated a good rapport with his Liverpool teammates. His individual play had integrated into the team!
Barcelona regrouped after the crisis and began to put pressure on Liverpool's defensive line.
Iniesta became the focus of the attack. In the eighth minute of the game, he received Yaya Touré's pass from the left side and faced Johnson one-on-one.
Liverpool's defensive focus was still on the middle and right sides of the backfield, so Lucas would retreat when defending this side, but would not support the side.
Iniesta made a feint to break through in front of Johnson. After Johnson took two steps back, Iniesta stopped and changed direction and began to dribble the ball horizontally.
He stopped the ball in front of Lucas. When Gerard rushed back to close in on him, Iniesta calmly crossed the ball diagonally in front of the penalty area.
Xavi was ready to receive there. Alonso came up to press on, but Xavi missed the ball in front of him. The missed ball surprised Liverpool's defensive line.
The missed football rolled to Yaya Touré's feet.
He took the ball and stepped forward. Mascherano moved horizontally to stop him. Yaya Touré crossed the ball diagonally to the right side of the penalty area.
Mascherano looked back and saw that Messi was in front of the penalty area. Aurelio could only retreat into the penalty area and did not dare to chase Messi. He could not catch up at all!
Messi cut horizontally into the front of the penalty area. Mascherano and Alonso could no longer stop Messi. The gap that looked like a gap was grasped by Messi!
At this time, Skrtel took a step forward. He was not ready to go forward to block Messi. He was just going to reduce Messi's dribbling space.
Messi immediately passed the ball to Ibrahimovic in the middle, and then he inserted himself behind Skrtel!
Ibrahimovic did not stop the ball and directly passed the ball diagonally behind Skrtel. It looked like the attack would be successful because Skrtel needed to turn around and his speed could not stop the agile Messi.
Just as Messi was about to receive the ball and shoot, someone in front of Messi slid across and shoveled the football in front of him to the middle of the goal.
Aurelio!
The danger was not over yet. The football rolled to the middle of the goal. Ibrahimovic immediately rushed forward and Carragher used his body to block Ibrahimovic from moving forward.
Reina abandoned the goal and flew forward. He did not dare to kick the ball to the front for fear that the football would hit Carragher or Ibrahimovic and bounce back to the goal. He could only kick the ball diagonally out!
When Reina succeeded in breaking the siege, the dangerous situation in front of Liverpool's goal finally came to an end.
The Barcelona fans in the stands at Camp Nou sighed in disappointment.
However, what happened next shocked everyone.
The football that Reina had broken free from the siege just happened to fly to the left side of the midfield where Qin Xiong was.
Qin Xiong watched the falling football from the sideline. Alves rushed up and engaged in a physical confrontation with Qin Xiong.
When the football fell, Qin Xiong directly used the outer instep of his right foot to cushion the ball to the front. At the same time, he rushed past Alves' side!
He even stopped and passed!
After Qin Xiong rushed past Alves, he regained control of the ball in front. Now the only Barcelona defenders in front of him were Bouzquez and the three defenders.
And after he dribbled the football and began to cut inside to advance the offensive, Barcelona's defensive line was facing a formidable enemy!
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