Chapter 54: First Victory

"Barcelona can't let Arsenal complete the steal in a place like this! This is an extremely dangerous thing for them. If Wilshere had calmed down just now, then this goal might actually have been scored. "

The Spanish commentator said with a shocked look on his face.

The steal just now almost scared his heart.

Fortunately, in the attack just now, Lucky stood behind and was unable to participate. If the ball had been handled by Lucky, the situation might have been different.

The Barcelona goalkeeper placed the ball on the line of the small penalty area. Because Barcelona's players did not fully penetrate into Arsenal's half, the ball was driven to the wing.

Barcelona still uses ground penetration.

But after that scare, they didn't dare to pass excessively in the backcourt.

In particular, the scene of holding the ball for too long no longer occurs, but rapid passes are used to advance quickly.

When the ball came to Messi's feet, Barcelona was finally a little more stable.

Messi did not live up to the expectations of the players. He started dribbling frequently in the frontcourt and drove Barcelona's offense.

Under Messi's supervision, Barcelona's offense has become more organized.

But Messi is not omnipotent.

Especially when Arsenal released Kanter to look after Messi, this in itself put a lot of pressure on Messi.

Kanter's defensive ability is very strong, which I doubt.

And as Arsenal's defensive midfielder, his defense has become extremely decisive.

Whenever Messi has any dangerous ideas, Kanter will force him without hesitation.

For this reason, Messi's passing also began to shift in the direction of Coutinho.

But the problem came again.

Coutinho has Lucky!

Coutinho is ambitious. As the backbone of Barcelona's young generation, he wants to use his performance and ability to bring advantages to the team.

And Coutinho has not concealed this ambition at all. He has stated more than once that he wants to become stronger in Barcelona.

This feature is also vividly displayed in the game.

However, this time Coutinho is under considerable pressure, after all, he is facing Lucky.

Coutinho brought the ball to the wing. After an emergency stop, he looked cautiously at Lucky who was guarding him.

Lucky's center of gravity was pressed down and he did not make too fierce a pressing gesture.

But even so, this puts Coutinho under great pressure.

After all, Lucai didn't take advantage of his fake moves at all, and his movements during the defensive process were also extremely clean and neat.

In many cases, the defensive line created by Lucky just blocked Coutinho's breakthrough route.

This made Coutinho extremely uncomfortable.

Seeing Coutinho blocked on the wing by Lucky, Sky Sports commentator Andy Gray couldn't help but laugh; "We admit that Coutinho is a very good player among the new generation of Portugal. However, it is always difficult to use his abilities when facing Kai.”

"Just like in this scene, Kai can always limit his running position and at the same time carry out some targeted pressure. Although there is no tackle, the pressure is sufficient."

As the commentator said, Coutinho is under a lot of pressure at this time.

Even when the ball route was completely cut off due to holding the ball too much, he could only choose to go it alone.

Coutinho's upper limbs began to shake frequently, and his body was also moving and changing significantly.

However, during the movement of Lucai, the center of gravity did not change significantly.

Until Coutinho suddenly stepped forward to play the ball and moved the ball with his left foot to get closer, Lucky squeezed in, and immediately after controlling the ball, he directly blocked Coutinho behind him.

Coutinho saw that he had lost the ball and immediately wanted to counterattack.

But Lucky didn't let him get what he wanted. He moved his body backward and suppressed Coutinho's kinetic energy before he started. Then he immediately started running forward and completed the escape.

The whole process was completed in one go, completely putting Coutinho behind him.

When Coutinho tried to fight back, Lucky had already run out and the ball was passed.

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Seeing Coutinho lose the ball, Messi frowned subconsciously.

However, he quickly dropped back to defend.

Today's Barcelona is no longer the team where Messi doesn't have to retreat at all.

When Barcelona's defense is not solid enough, Barcelona needs more people to drop back and join the defense.

This time, Arsenal's counterattack was as swift as ever.

Giroud retreated to play the ball, and Mane and Wilshere crossed paths and distributed the ball to the wing.

Wilshere took the ball and sent it to the back point.

Aubameyang shot forward.

During the entire running process, everyone can run to their corresponding positions. Even if they don't have the ball, they are still supporting and pulling in the position.

This also made Barcelona's defense become more and more confused.

However, this powerful shot hit Barcelona goalkeeper Ter Stegen, but still failed to score.

Ter Stegen pressed the ball under his body, and he kept pumping his cheeks and taking deep breaths, with a slight pain in his expression.

Obviously, he felt very uncomfortable with the kick.

When Arsenal saw that there was no chance for a follow-up shot, they quickly retreated to defend.

In terms of retreating to defend, Arsenal's discipline is extremely strict.

"Three minutes, two shots! Arsenal still put enough pressure on the opponent away from home, and in every counterattack, Arsenal can perform very well. The only pity is that it failed to convert into a goal."

"But I still expect Kai to stand forward. Arsenal can let Kante do the sweep work in the backcourt."

After Andy Gray finished speaking, Lekai's position was indeed forward.

Before, based on the team's failure to quickly enter the game state, in order to stabilize the defense, Lekai participated in more defense.

Now, everyone's state is starting to be online, and they have also adapted to the rhythm of the game, so Lekai can also be liberated.

In the game, Ter Stegen kicked the ball to the front court, trying to find Suarez directly.

Suarez was also constantly fighting with the Arsenal central defender, while looking for an opportunity to stop the ball.

But Hummels was very smart. He did not get too entangled with Suarez, but waited for the opponent to stop the ball at a distance of two meters.

At the moment when Suarez stopped the ball to the landing point, Hummels suddenly attacked and poked the ball out with precision.

Arsenal was extremely good at grasping this defensive intention.

The ball came to Bellerin's feet.

Bellerin passed the ball directly to Aubameyang along the side, and then he moved forward at high speed.

Arsenal's full-back tactic of overlapping the side is also very mature.

Bellerin overlapped from behind Aubameyang, with Wilshere on the other side, and Lukay and Giroud on the far end.

Under this multi-directional positional attack choice, Barcelona could not defend in the full sense for a while.

They could only try to block the most dangerous area.

And seeing that the full-back was caught by Bellerin, Aubameyang also passed the ball to Lukay.

Lekai had already completed the observation and passed the ball.

At this time, Lekai stood diagonally, facing the side where Bellerin was sitting.

The Barcelona players also subconsciously thought that this kick was passed to Bellerin.

But when they were about to start, the ball flew towards the empty space on the right side.

And there, Mane had already advanced at high speed and dribbled the ball into the penalty area.

"Danger!

!

——"

The Spanish commentator couldn't help but exclaimed in an instant.

In the Nou Camp, Barcelona fans were also full of horror.

When Mane dribbled into the penalty area with the ball, their hearts were in their throats.

This ball

Under their gaze, Mane dribbled the ball horizontally and pulled out the gap for shooting.

Immediately, without any hesitation, he shot directly at a small angle.

This kick passed under Pique's crotch and almost flew in by the near goal post.

Barcelona goalkeeper Ter Stegen realized it too late. When he made the save, the ball had already gone into the goal.

9 minutes into the game, Arsenal scored the first goal.

It was still Lukay who launched the attack. Mane received the pass and scored.