Qin Xiong carefully observed Barcelona's defensive deployment during his dribbling.
Boots maintained a good distance from the defensive line. Qin Xiong estimated that if he forced his way past Boots, it was likely that he would be intercepted by Puyol at the back!
So, when he got close to Boots, Qin Xiong suddenly used his left foot to kick the ball from behind to the right rear. At the same time, he stopped abruptly and took two steps back to the right rear.
His sudden change in dribbling surprised Boots, who subconsciously went forward to snatch the ball from Qin Xiong.
Seeing Boots's action, Qin Xiong's heart calmed down, while Puyol felt anxious.
When Boots ran two steps forward to intercept Qin Xiong, the distance between him and the defensive line widened.
Qin Xiong was luring the enemy out. His next move was to pass the ball diagonally to the front to Torres in front of the defensive line.
Then Qin Xiong stopped abruptly and turned back to charge in front of the penalty area, just brushing past Boots.
Only then did Boots realize that he had been fooled!
But it was too late. Torres understood tacitly and took the initiative to retreat to receive the ball. The football rolled towards Qin Xiong's position.
Puyol pondered whether to go forward to intercept. He was worried that Qin Xiong would directly dribble the ball past him. In addition, Torres immediately plugged into the penalty area after the ball was sent out, which was likely to become an anti-offside threat.
Torres cleverly plugged in between Gerard Piqué and Maxwell, which forced Piqué to retreat in order to prevent Torres from getting Qin Xiong's straight ball, which caused the distance between him and Puyol to widen.
Puyol's thought process was that he did not dare to take the initiative to intercept in front of Qin Xiong. In fact, this was the defensive commonality of top defensive players such as Ronaldo, Messi, Qin Xiong, Kaka, and other players.
Taking the initiative to intercept often gave these players a better opportunity to change direction and burst out with acceleration to get away.
Therefore, Puyol planned to wait for Qin Xiong's breakthrough.
But Qin Xiong moved the ball sideways and changed direction two steps in front of Puyol. The gap between Puyol and Piqué became Qin Xiong's shooting angle.
Qin Xiong dribbled the ball, adjusted it, and raised his leg to shoot, all in one go!
Puyol was still a step too late to block it.
When Qin Xiong finished the shot, Puyol immediately looked back.
The football shot out like an arrow, straight to the top left corner of the goal!
Valdés tried his best. He really tried his best. However, Qin Xiong's shot was powerful and heavy. Even though Valdés tried his best, he was still too far away!
Camp Nou suddenly fell silent!
The previously insignificant momentum of the Red Army fans finally became the main character here, resounding throughout Camp Nou!
After Qin Xiong saw that he had broken the goal, he ran wildly to the sidelines. Then, he looked around the stadium and put on a domineering posture.
Now that he was the flag-bearer of the Red Army, he deserved to score and contribute to the team's victory!
When he did it, everything was a matter of course, including enjoying the worship of the fans!
He also had a little knot in his heart. Last season at Real Madrid, Barcelona's strength caused Real Madrid to fall apart. He could not win against Barcelona in two games. For him, this season's encounter in Europe was not revenge, but it was like he had fallen here and he had to get up here!
"Qin Xiong! Qin Xiong! Qin Xiong! Qin Xiong, who made everyone crazy, broke the goal again! He became more and more courageous in the Champions League. Today, Liverpool visited Camp Nou and he scored the opening goal for the Red Army!
Barcelona's defense could be said to have been very good since the start of the game. At least, Qin Xiong was not able to create a threat with a one-on-one surprise attack. However, in this defense, Qin Xiong broke through Alves from the side, and Qin Xiong and Torres defeated Bouzquez. When Qin Xiong came to the front of the penalty area, it was obviously already within his shooting range. He decisively shook off Puyol and shot with great quality. Valdés was powerless!
5:1!
Liverpool's total score is four goals ahead of Barcelona. Do Barcelona still have a chance now?
They have to score at least four goals at Camp Nou to get the game back to the starting point. It's too difficult! It's too difficult! "
After the celebration, the Liverpool players walked together to the backfield with their heads held high. Gerard also waved his arm in the direction of the stands where the visiting fans were, hoping that the fans would cheer them louder.
The Red Army fans were naturally not stingy. They waved their flags, held up their slogans, and shouted with all their might. The name of Liverpool began to float in the sky above Camp Nou.
Guardiola's face was dignified. He sighed helplessly in his heart.
He did make a deployment against Qin Xiong, but it was difficult to make it perfect. If Qin Xiong was given a chance, it could lead to a disaster.
And he also sighed at his bad luck.
Who would have thought that Reina's big clearance ball would directly send the ball to where Qin Xiong was, forming a fatal counterattack by Liverpool?
This gave Barcelona no time to set up a defense. There was no harassment in the front field, and the backfield was caught off guard!
It could only be said that Liverpool was too lucky!
In other counterattacks, it would have been difficult for Liverpool to counterattack with such terrifying efficiency.
After all, Barcelona also strengthened their counterattack in the middle and front field to disrupt Liverpool's counterattack strategy.
Comain clenched his fists and waved them twice, then made a pressing motion with his hands toward the players on the pitch.
It meant for the players to stay calm and restrained.
There was still a long time to go in the game. Don't underestimate Barcelona. Once Liverpool relaxed, they might be able to score four goals in twenty minutes, let alone a few goals in sixty or seventy minutes!
The looks on the faces of the Barcelona players were almost the same. Everyone began to prepare to cut off all means of retreat!
After the game resumed, Barcelona further strengthened their encirclement and pressure in the front field.
They needed to constantly create pressure on Liverpool, and at the same time, their thinking on how to solve the defensive problem had changed.
They could not count on the defensive system in the backfield to contain Qin Xiong. Instead, they had to start from the source of Liverpool's counterattack and cut off the source of the counterattack. Then Qin Xiong and Torres would naturally not get a chance to play in the front field, or they would not have a particularly good opportunity to facilitate the defensive backfield to contain Liverpool's counterattack.
Xavi, Ibrahimovic, Iniesta, and Yaya Touré. As long as the ball was lost in the front field, the four players would take the initiative to encircle and focus on marking Gerard and Alonso.
These two players were the main source of the Red Army's counterattack strategy. Making them unable to steadily control the ball and pass the ball could greatly reduce the threat of Liverpool's counterattack.
Barcelona's defensive change began to yield good results, and at the same time, it also allowed Barcelona to better control the situation on the field.
The trend of the game began to tilt in Barcelona's favor in a scene that could not be directly observed by the naked eye.
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