"Yaya-Turai!"

“A nearly perfect raid!”

"Yaya Toure helped Manchester City break the deadlock in the game. He also played for Barcelona last season and proved to Guardiola in person that it was a wrong decision to let him go!"

"Now, Manchester City leads Barcelona 1-0 at home.: 3w."

...

This is a conspiracy.

Guardiola stood on the sidelines like a statue, without shaking his head and sighing, nor yelling angryly. He just stood there, amidst a burst of cheers, watching the Manchester City players performing a pile of rogues on the court. Without turning his head, he also knew what kind of expression Lin Sen would look like on the other side at this time.

Guardiola knew where the problem was. He noticed it before the goal had happened. Unfortunately, it was still too late. He could only watch his team fall into the trap of the opponent's entire first half.

As for Yaya Toure, who scored the goal, Guardiola did not regret as much as the commentator said. Toure is a good player, and he has never denied that his departure is not so much a problem with Toure, but rather a problem of the team's situation. As long as Busquets did not disappoint him, then there would be no problem of not regretting it after letting Yaya Toure go.

The game started again, but it didn't last long, and the referee blew the whistle to the end of the first half. As he walked back to the locker room, Bilanova followed a few steps and whispered, "I didn't expect it."

Bidanova's tone was not serious, but Guardiola smiled bitterly in her heart.

Before the game, in addition to a series of work done to address Manchester City's tactical style and the characteristics of the players, the most he and Bilanova did was to guard against Lin Sen's "unexpectedness", but they did not expect it after all.

However, zero to one. It is not an unacceptable situation for Guardiola, not only because it was just the first half, but also because of his confidence in his team. Beingware of the opponent's surprise attack is only one of his tasks, but the problem he needs to solve in the second half is not how to defend, but how to liberate Barcelona's attack.

On the other hand, Lin Sen walked into the locker room with a similar mood.

If, just if.

If Manchester City can finally take a 1-0 score to the Camp Nou Stadium, this is naturally not a bad thing, but it is also certain that such a score, not to mention resting on its own, even a little psychological advantage may be difficult to occupy. Therefore, in the second half, although defense is still the biggest task, it is still not the only task.

After making some arrangements, Lin Sen called Suarez alone.

Suarez, who was won as a starter in this game, did not sit on the bench like other substitutes, waiting for an uncertain substitute opportunity to play. Lin Sen gave him a task early on, which was to let him observe the running of Barcelona's midfielders. This sounded like a very general task, and it seemed that it could be completed by just recording the video, and it did not seem to require live viewing.

But Suarez knew what his head coach wanted him to do. Of course, the game video seemed to be observable, but in fact, in every game, facing different opponents, the actual situation was different. As a striker, Suarez knew the most. So, throughout the first half, everyone else followed the ball, and only he always looked at Barcelona's midfield and backcourt.

"Did you see anything?" Linsen asked Suarez with a smile.

"Only a little bit." Suarez said, shrugging the back of his head.

"A little bit?" Lin Sen jumped and asked afterwards.

Suarez thought Lin Sen was not satisfied with watching the half game and only saw a little, so he said something he saw in the first half with a little embarrassment.

What he didn't expect was that Lin Sen nodded solemnly and said, "Enough."

Suarez was stunned, enough?

"You're in the second half. But remember one thing, you have to be patient."

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At the beginning of the second half, it was also beyond the expectations of many people. It was not the lagging Barcelona, ​​but the leading Manchester City.

Suarez on, De Jong down.

"At the beginning of the second half, Lin made an unexpected move. He replaced De Jong with Suarez. It seemed that he was not satisfied with the current score. However, Manchester City performed well in the first half and their midfielder made great contributions. Isn't it a bit of a risk to make such adjustments?"

The commentator's words represent many people's views on Lin Sen's adjustment, but do not include Guardiola.

It's not expected, but Guardiola is not that surprised when Linson replaces Suarez.

When replacing an offensive player, the meaning is often very direct, just to strengthen the offense, but this is not absolute, because sometimes it is also for defense. For example, Lin Sen's adjustment is now for defense in Guardiola's view.

In the first half, although Manchester City seemed to be defending with limited offensive players, in fact, every attack they attacked was very organized and not blind. In other words, Manchester City in the first half could actually be considered to be mixed with offense and defense. But as soon as Suarez was replaced in the second half, Manchester City's frontless formation might become the most familiar 4231 or 4321. The changes in this depend on the position of Yaya Toure.

Is this going to attack? Guardiola believes that this is to fight a tactic: defensive counterattack.

Because the one who played was Adriano, who scored goals in the last round, was not Falcao, who actually had more impact on Barcelona's defense, but Suarez, who had better skills and faster speed.

It seems to be to prove Guardiola's expectations, the situation on the court has also changed the same way.

After Suarez came on the court, Yaya Toure did not stand in the front midfielder, but appeared more in the midfield and backcourt. The most work he did was to assist the team in defense. The "flesh and blood grinder" in the first half still existed. Suarez looked more like a "thorn in the eye" that Lin Sen deliberately put on to disgust the opponent's defense line.

Barcelona, ​​who will definitely not be willing to lag behind, although Guardiola did not make any personnel adjustments, their offensive speed was obviously accelerating. On the one hand, it was because Manchester City's defense forced them to do so. On the other hand, it was more because they actively accelerated. The faster the ball passed, it certainly affected the success rate, but it was also true that they were more difficult to be cut.

Barcelona's "changes" soon brought them opportunities.

The opportunity lies with Messi.

Barcelona's darling, football's darling.

In this game, Manchester City's restrictions on Messi were undoubtedly successful. Although they still failed to completely limit the opponent, at least in terms of actual results, they did not give the opponent a good opportunity. But in a few moments, when Messi deceived Vidal's defense and Kompany did not press thousands of close-fitting pressures, it seemed that it was already destined. This would be Messi's performance moment.

When Kompany woke up and prepared to step forward, Messi was like a swimming fish entering the water and could no longer grasp it.

Joe Hart could only watch Messi get closer and closer to him, and his teammates who were so reliable before seemed to have become wooden stakes in an instant. When Messi picked the ball to the far corner, the only thing Joe Hart could do was an action that made him feel so cowardly: sit down and watch.

Thousands of Barcelona fans who came away from home have raised their arms, and Guardiola is ready to celebrate at any time, because it seems like a must-scoring goal, but...

Messi, who always followed football, did not prepare to celebrate in advance.

Because just as the ball left his feet, he had always been like flowing clouds and water, but suddenly felt a little sluggish.

What made him feel this slight delay was a leg that crossed his side.

It was David Louis who made the interception.

David Luis's move did not touch the ball, nor did it seem to affect Messi's shooting. It seemed to be just a late remedial move, but...

"Messi...Messi...Messi..."

The commentator who seemed to fall in love with Messi never thought that he had called Messi's name thirteen in less than half a minute. However, no one laughed at him as a repeater at this time, because the reason why Messi was always on his mouth was because the ball on the court was always at Messi's feet.

All fans who like Messi hope to have a perfect ending this time, but the goal post rejected Messi's near-perfect performance this time.

"Oh... the goal post!" The commentator did not hide his disappointment at all, just like a film that laid the groundwork for most of the movie suddenly ended in the ** part. "It's a pity that the goal post rejected Messi's shot!"

The Barcelona fans who were ready to raise their arms to cheer immediately turned into holding their heads with their hands, then looked at the damn ball popping out of bounds with unbelievable eyes. Guardiola on the sidelines turned around and turned around. He, who had been so calm since the beginning, finally had a disappointed expression on his face.

No wonder he was disappointed. Messi's shot was the closest Barcelona has ever scored in this game, but not the only one. Before that, Barcelona had missed two opportunities.

Once, Villa's shot was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper.

Once, it was Harvey's long shot, but he flew out while rubbing the crossbar.

...

If he can't catch up for a long time, even if Guardiola is calm, he will not be able to ensure that the players on the field are as calm as him, not to mention that this is still in the event of falling behind.

Lin Sen, not far away, did not hide his gaze of observing Guardiola, and naturally noticed Guardiola's disappointment, but he did not show any self-satisfaction because of this. Escape from the disaster is to escape. He has been calculating the opponent, but this "heartbeat" does not include such a "heartbeat". If Messi's shot just now enters, then he will have to start over.
Chapter completed!