Chapter 1049 Showdown (2)
The ball is still under Barcelona's control, and all Manchester United players returned to their half to press Barcelona's players, destroying Barcelona's passes.
Manchester United are all small lineups that can run today, and the pressing is extremely fast and fierce.
Although Barcelona has always dominated the world by possessing the ball, it is not easy to adapt to Manchester United's high-intensity pressing, and they pass the ball out every time.
Barcelona fans were frightened to see it, fearing that Manchester United would suddenly make a counterattack after intercepting the ball.
Manchester United fans are not at ease. They seem to be able to intercept the ball at any time, but it is a little bit worse. Manchester United pressing like this is very risky. Once Barcelona breaks the pressing, the defender will face the attack of the Barcelona striker.
Alves quickly dribbled the ball and broke through the left side. Park Ji-sung boldly stepped forward, trying to force Alves to accelerate and create a chance for left-back Evra to steal.
Alves was not fooled. He pivoted the ball and turned back, trying to pass the ball back, but Manchester United pressed tightly in the frontcourt, and Alves did not find the route to pass back.
Park Ji-sung quickly pressed up when Alves turned around and forced his foot to destroy it from behind.
Alves touched the ball half a step slower, and the ball was touched by Park Ji-sung and left Alves' control range.
When Park Ji-sung pressed Alves, Rooney also returned to the defense. He stuck the position before Alves, and Park Ji-sung went around from one side and took the ball down.
Alves went to save Park Ji-sung again, and Park Ji-sung passed the ball to the gap behind Alves. At this time, Manchester United left-back Evra inserted at high speed and grabbed the ball and rushed to Barcelona's bottom line along the wing.
Manchester United's offense was very brave today. When Evre pulled down, only one of Manchester United's midfielders left behind Fletcher, and the others all entered the penalty area.
This is a good opportunity to attack, with Evra unguarded on the wing.
Evra played very simply. After he went downstairs, he did not cut inward and passed the ball directly, swept the ball into the small penalty area.
Evra was worried about being intercepted by his opponent, and the pass was too close to the goal. Barcelona goalkeeper Valdes took a risk to intercept and fell to the ground to hit the ball out of the penalty area.
There were too many players who had been in the attack this time. After the ball flew out, no one grabbed the second landing point. The ball was taken by Iniesta, who returned to defense.
Iniesta took the ball and turned around and quickly rushed towards Manchester United's half.
Manchester United's dragged back midfielder Fletcher quickly moved closer to Iniesta, hoping to take a tactical foul to stop Barcelona's counterattack.
Iniesta is a very outstanding attacking midfielder, and he quickly passed the ball to forward Villa without waiting for Fletcher to arrive.
Vidic stood behind Villa, but Villa did not get the ball, and he directly hit Messi.
Messi drove the ball forward and quickly dribbled the ball along the left to break through to Manchester United's bottom line.
The 19-year-old Manchester United right-back Fabio was a newborn calf and was not afraid of tigers. When he saw Messi coming, he rushed towards Messi.
Fabio's idea is perfect. If he feels that he can't grab the ball, he will make a foul and keep Messi here with a yellow card.
However, Fabio thought it was too simple. Facing Messi, he could not commit a foul just by wanting to commit it.
Messi changed the ball and made a move to break through the outside line. When Fabio adjusted the direction of the running and the center of gravity, he rushed over. Messi dunked the ball and tangled horizontally toward the middle.
Fabio was too strong, and Messi suddenly changed direction. Fabio was eager to follow him, and directly lost his center of gravity and fell to the ground.
Fabio's efforts were not in vain. The time he delayed was that Gao Xiaodong had already returned from the frontcourt to his half at a 100-meter sprint and went straight to Messi.
Facing Gao Xiaodong's defense, Messi did not dare to be careless. He passed the ball to Villa and continued to run to the middle to meet Villa.
Barcelona's small-scale passes and cuts have reached the point of perfection. Villa touched the ball with another touch and passed it to Messi under Vidic's close press.
When Gao Xiaodong chased after him again, Messi passed it to Xavi again. There was also Manchester United's Fletcher pressing close to him, but Xavi turned around and shook Fletcher away, passing the ball to right-back Alves.
At this moment, Manchester United's defensive center of gravity was attracted to the middle, and Alves drove straight into Manchester United's left.
Park Ji-sung tried his best to chase after Alves, and Evra fought and retreated, waiting for Alves to bring the ball to the top or his teammates to help with defense.
Evra did not wait for his teammates, but Messi came from the middle to the right. Alves passed the ball and quickly penetrated behind Evra.
When Evra saw Gao Xiaodong running towards Messi at high speed, he turned around to chase Alves with confidence.
However, Alves's running position was quite thief. He seemed to be about to penetrate the bottom line, but suddenly stopped for a sudden moment and threw Evra away again.
Messi had a wide vision. Seeing Alves dodge the defense, he immediately passed the ball to Alves.
Gao Xiaodong saw Barcelona's continuous passes and cuts, and he and his teammates fought desperately but failed to form a ball to grab the ball from Barcelona's feet, and knew that the strategy needed to be changed.
After Messi passed the ball to Alves, he continued to run to the side, trying to make a wall-to-wall pass with Alves again.
Gao Xiaodong rushed past Messi at high speed and pushed Messi in a hidden way. Messi was also running. Gao Xiaodong pushed Messi staggeringly and fell on the turf.
After Gao Xiaodong finished his bad things, he seemed to be in trouble and continued to encircle Alves on the sidelines.
The lineman and the referee were both on the ball, and no one noticed Messi being pushed down.
After Alves received the ball, he was about to pass the ball to Messi. He didn't expect Gao Xiaodong to bring Messi down.
Alves lost his pass position. He was stunned for a moment, and then wanted to pass the ball to the midfield core Xavi. Gao Xiaodong flew into the skid and shoveled the ball towards his goal.
Van der Sar made a quick attack and wanted to hold the ball, but Villa pressed very quickly. He rushed over at all costs and forced Van der Sar to kick.
After a younger goalkeeper, he saw that his opponent's forward was so powerful, he probably dunked the forward directly.
But Van der Sar was already forty years old. He no longer had the ostentatiousness and impatience of the young man. He rushed over and kicked his feet straight towards the front dynasty.
Most people would hide in this situation, but Villa did not. Instead, he jumped up to intercept.
Villa was unable to intercept the ball, but Van der Sar's kick was still big and passed it directly to Valdes' arms.
After Valdes hugged the ball, he threw the ball and passed it to Busques in the middle.
Busques is a key figure in Barcelona's defensive transition from offense, and he is also Manchester United's key target for defense.
Before Busquez got the ball, Rooney retreated from the front line and grabbed Busquez.
When Busques received the ball, Rooney wanted to press. He swung the ball in Marseille, turned Rooney, and at the same time threw the ball to central defender Pique.
Chapter completed!