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Chapter 941: An Unexpected Defense


The game entered the 80th minute, and neither side dared to be careless.

The score was now 3:3.

If there was an accident, the goal would most likely be a buzzer beater, not an equalizer at all.

Therefore, there must be no mistakes during this period.

Both sides focus more on defense, especially Aiello and Messi.

Their performances are very good.

If too many troops are invested in the offense, then the defensive end will be very good.

Something might go wrong, and then nothing is guaranteed.

Although both sides of the game said before the game that they must score three points, Ancelotti and Guardiola both knew that a draw was acceptable.

After all, one point was more acceptable than watching the other side win.

The league is a long season, only twenty-six rounds have passed, and there are still twelve rounds for them to run.

The Mestalla fans still maintained a very high standard, and the cheers never stopped, especially when Aiello dribbled the ball forward, it was overwhelming.

However, entering the 80th minute, Aiello encountered a lot of trouble.

Barcelona's defensive attention was basically focused on him, so that he did not have a good space to break through and shoot.

Seeing this, commentator He Wei said: "As the game time enters the end of the game, Barcelona's defensive attention is basically focused on Aiello.

Now it is difficult for him to get space to break through.

As long as he gets the ball, he can There will be interference from at least four defensive players.”

"Many people were misled by Guardiola who removed Keita and replaced him with Llorente.

In fact, Guardiola used Llorente, who is tall and strong and has strong ball control ability at his feet, to attract people in the frontcourt, plus Messi Wandering in the two ribs, which means that except for Llorente and Messi who do not need to defend, the other eight players have heavy defensive tasks, which allows them to maintain a high level even when Keita is replaced. defensive quality” Barcelona had a deep restriction on Aiello, and Valencia also had a great restriction on the active Messi.

This was the biggest reason why the two sides reached a deadlock again after 80 minutes.

The game remained deadlocked for another two minutes.

Except for two waves of attacks organized by each side, there was nothing remarkable about them.

Sky TV commentator Martin Taylor said: "At this point in the game, no one has the courage to take risks.

However, both sides still have a chance to make substitutions.

I just don't know when Ancelotti and Guardiola will use them."

In the 85th minute, Barcelona switched from defense to offense.

Xavi passed the ball to Iniesta, who stopped in place and passed James Rodriguez in disguise before passing the ball directly to Llorente.

Albiol pushed forward immediately.

Llorente did not stick to the ball at his feet and passed the ball directly to Messi who was running flexibly.

Javi Martinez ignored the fact that he was carrying a yellow card and rushed from the side towards Messi who was taking the ball forward.

What he didn't expect was that Messi suddenly changed the direction of dribbling, from a straight pass to a horizontal dribble, and had a wonderful pass with Javi Martinez, who was half a circle around Barcelona.

However, Messi's lateral dribbling also affects his rhythm of dribbling forward.

After all, at this point in the game, his physical energy is also consumed a lot.

Javi Martinez lost his position, Albiol needed to take care of Llorente, and Godin naturally shouldered the responsibility of stepping forward to defend Messi.

Right back Azpilicueta naturally moved inward, and he and Godin defended Messi while fighting and retreating.

In the blink of an eye, Messi passed the midline and faced the two-man defense of Azpilicueta and Godin.

The Barcelona commentator in the commentary box shouted: "Messi, Messi, this is the opportunity to get past Valencia's defensive players, perform a big four-game show at Mestalla, and help Barcelona defeat Valencia."

At the same time, both Azpilicueta and Godin know that the defense of fighting and retreating is not permanent.

If the defense is advanced to the 30-meter area, then the defense will be dangerous.

It must be between Messi and the football.

Leave at least the same.

Godin, who was innocent, volunteered to step forward and wanted to use a foul to keep Messi in place.

As a result, Messi alertly poked the ball forward with the toe of his left foot, and Godin just fell to the ground and made a sliding tackle.

This also creates a wonderful breakthrough that is very enjoyable to watch.

Under the exclamation of nearly 50,000 Valencia fans at the scene, Messi continued to dribble the ball forward.

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Azpilicueta did not dare to step forward and intentionally foul like Godin because he was carrying a yellow card.

They had no choice but to choose the strategy of fighting and retreating.

At this moment, a huge shout suddenly erupted from the sky above Mestalla.

This change may surprise Barcelona coach Guardiola in the visiting team's command area.

In his cognition, Messi passed Godin with a very humiliating pass.

Shouldn't the Valencia fans burst into boos?

Why did it just turn into a chant?

This is unscientific Soon, Guardiola knew what the Valencia fans in the stands were chanting for.

Because there was a white lightning that passed over the Mestalla Stadium at high speed, and the big number nine behind it told everyone who this lightning belonged to.

In the short time that Guardiola was amazed, Aiello was only about three meters away from Messi dribbling the ball.

His figure also entered the TV broadcast shots.

"Messi passed Godin, and what he faced next was Azpilicueta, who was carrying a yellow card.

Barcelona is dangerous and bad."

CCTV commentator He Wei's eyes lit up as the white figure appeared in the camera, and his voice suddenly Turning around, he shouted: "This is Ai Luo, he is chasing after him at high speed."

The reason why Aiello returns to defense so actively has a lot to do with the troubles he encountered on the offensive end.

In addition, when Harvey intercepted the ball, he was not attacking the ribs, but pulled it 30 meters away and waited.

Room for breakthrough.

As a result, the opportunity did not come, but Barcelona switched from defense to offense.

Closer to home, as Aiello got closer and closer to Messi, the home team fans cheered to a higher level.

Messi, who was dribbling the ball forward, suddenly frowned.

With his excellent dribbling skills and keen senses, he immediately knew that an opponent player was chasing back at high speed and was getting closer and closer to him.

But he really couldn’t think of anyone else in Valencia who could chase back so quickly.

In the flash of lightning, Aiello was only two meters away from Messi.

According to his excellent speed, this distance is only a few tenths of a second.

As he fought and retreated, Azpilicueta saw the white jersey getting closer and closer to Messi from the corner of his eye.

Although he did not have the extra experience to look up at people, he knew that they were teammates.

So this is enough So Azpilicueta took the initiative to go up to the right and make defensive moves.

Messi's feet touch the ball extremely quickly, and the distance between the football and the person is kept very subtle.

During the high-speed dribbling process, he lightly used the inside corner of his left foot to dunk the ball to the right, from Azpilicue.

Break through in the opposite direction of the tower.

Before Messi could feel the joy of a breakthrough, he felt his foot touching the obstacle, and then his whole body dived forward.

When Messi dunked the ball to the right, Aiello chose to slide from behind and slide the ball away from Messi's left foot.

At this time, it was when Messi lost contact with football.

By the time Messi realized that someone was trying to shovel the ball away, it was already too late.

Aiello's right foot happened to be placed on the path of the football, and the two forces collided directly.

The next time, Messi dived forward and the ball stayed at Aiello's feet.

That's a nice tackle.

The Barcelona commentator said angrily: "This is a foul, absolutely a foul."

However, the referee on duty did not blow his whistle.

Instead, he raised his finger towards Messi, who was lying on the ground, signaling him to get up quickly.

Although the fans in the stands did not see clearly when Aiello fell to the ground and slid to the ground, it did not affect their support for Aiello.

Huge cheers fell from the sky.

Aiello did not get lost in the cheers of the fans, but used his hands and feet to get up from the grass at the first opportunity and pass the ball forward.

At the same time, Guardiola in the visiting team's command area angrily roared at the fourth official: "Damn it, this is definitely a flagrant foul behind the back.

Why didn't the referee call it?"

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At this time, Messi also saw clearly who was chasing the ball at high speed and intercepting the ball.

In fact, it is not difficult to guess.

With such impressive speed, who else can Valencia have on the field?

It's just that Messi didn't put the target of doubt on Ai Luo.

As the team's attacker, he must have his own pride. defense That's just a lackluster performance.

During the period when Messi was distracted, Aiello passed the ball past Iniesta, who was actively participating in the attack.

Immediately after facing the unfavorable Fabregas, Aiello chose to kick the ball to Javi Martinez with the outside of his left foot, and then ran diagonally out of Fabregas' control.

Xavi Martinez knowingly passed the ball to Aiello, who dunked the ball to the left with the inside corner of his right foot, passed Xavi, crossed the center line, and headed towards Barcelona's half.

Just like that, Aiello nimbly dodged Barcelona's high press and continued to move forward.

The cheers of the home team fans are getting louder and louder.

In their understanding, Ai Luo will most likely beat the opponent at the last moment of the game.

At this time, Busquets, as the team's only single defensive midfielder, had to stand up and deal with Ai Luo.

However, Aiello had no intention of dueling with Busquets.

He kicked the ball to James Rodriguez, who was facing him, and accelerated to pass Busquets' right side.

Busquets has nothing to do about this.

He had no choice but to turn around and rush towards James Rodriguez who was about to get the ball.

However, James Rodriguez only served as a wall for Aiello, which means that Busquets' defensive choice was completely wrong: