Football’s First Defender

The game time of the first half has come to 30 minutes. Although Barcelona had several opportunities to threaten the goal in the previous attack, except for the header in front of the goal at the beginning of the game, Eto'o , and the rest were almost all long shots from outside the penalty area, so they did not pose a big enough threat to Chelsea!

Chelsea's overall defense, in 30 minutes, is quite remarkable! Although Barcelona has thought about various offensive methods, except for Messi's ability to use his personal ability to maximize the chaos of Chelsea's defense, Chelsea has handled the other offensive methods pretty well!

This time, Barcelona tried to pass Eto'o in the penalty area from the middle, but Chelsea's central defender Yang Feng directly intercepted the ball in the penalty area. Yang Feng directly passed the ball to his nearby teammate Mikel. Mikel was trying to organize When Chelsea counterattacked, because the Barcelona players counterattacked on the spot, Mikel panicked on the right. As a result, Mikel made a mistake when passing the ball and passed the ball back to Barcelona player Henry. Nearby Ballack directly chose to intercept with a sliding tackle to prevent Henry from taking the ball and breaking through Chelsea's defense, posing a big threat!

Because Ballack shoveled Henry directly to the ground, he got the first yellow card of the game between the two teams! This is the control of the defense among the top giants. Although the defensive player's movements are not small, they are definitely within the tolerance of the referee. As for the card-taking action, unless it is a critical moment, it is difficult to appear on the defender's body!

Most of the time in this game, although Chelsea's defense and physical confrontation are very strong, but because the movements are still clean, even if there is a foul, there is no danger of getting a card!

And Messi's right wing has just taken over Barcelona's offensive, which put a lot of pressure on Chelsea's defense and allowed Barcelona to attack several times. It also gave Barcelona's own Henry on the left ample time to rest. . In the last stage of the first half of the game, the 32-year-old veteran, Henry, will stand up again, ready to attack the city for Barcelona!

The direct confrontation between Henry and Ivanovic is where Barcelona's biggest single point advantage lies besides Messi! It's just a pity that Henry's physical condition no longer allows him to attack Ivanovic frantically in the audience!

Henry, who was entrusted with a heavy responsibility by Guardiola this season, because of his age, although the offensive end statistics are still qualified, but in the game, Henry is more in the phased attack, running harder to participate in Barcelona offensive system! At other times, Henry acts more as the team's shooter, standing where he thinks is appropriate, waiting for the pass from his teammates, and then directly completing the goal, rather than becoming the initiator and participant of the team's offense!

Guardiola also understands very well that Henry's physical condition at this age means that he can complete several high-quality left breakthroughs per game, but this trick cannot be frequently used as a conventional weapon!

After attacking for a while at the beginning of the game, at the end of the first half, Henry stood up again, ready to try and open up Barcelona's offensive situation on the left!

"Henry got the ball on the left again, 1v1 with Ivanovic!"

"This time, because of Abidal's insertion, Henry has opened up a certain amount of space!"

"But behind Ivanovic, there is still Ballack ready to defend at any time!"

Henry, play a psychological game with Ivanovic face to face!

Henry just stepped on his feet and took small steps, while the football was exposed in front of Ivanovic without hindrance, as if he was provoking Ivanovic and asked him to make a grab first!

Ivanovic, who is tall, doesn't care about Henry's provocative methods. Although Henry is not short in height, Henry, who has always been good at speed and technique, must have a much faster pace than himself. Ivanovic still knows this in his heart!

Ivanovic can only choose to stay behind, just not giving Henry a chance to break through easily! And Ivanovic's attention is also very concentrated. When Henry wants to pass the ball, Ivanovic is also going to try to use his long legs to block it!

In the process of the ball stagnating, although it seems that there is no room for speeding up the bottom pass! However, Henry still chose to make a sudden bottom!

Ivanovic quickly followed, and even Ballack, who was behind Ivanovic, chose to move back into the penalty area, control a certain defensive area, and prepare to defend Barcelona's offensive players in the penalty area to grab Henry's Pass the ball!

But Henry made another emergency stop and moved back to the right in the opposite direction!

Ivanovic did not lose his position, but in the face of Henry's continuous movements, he obviously felt a little difficult to defend under his feet! Although the man caught up, Ivanovic also felt that his breathing was not smooth!

Henry, just like this, lifted from the bottom line to the vicinity of the penalty area and continued 1v1. During the slow test, Henry suddenly started to speed up!

"Henry! After suddenly pushing the ball to the outside, he came to the corner of the penalty area and hit the goal directly!"

"Ivanovic, the defense is too late!"

"Cech! He fell to the ground in an instant and made a sideways save!"

When Henry hit the goal, under the extremely fast kick speed, he chose a ground ball and rushed directly to the lower left corner of the goal at the near point! The pursuit is a suddenness!

But before, Henry had been holding the ball on the left side, which also made Cech's position close to the main attacking side of Barcelona. Therefore, although Henry shot suddenly, for Cech, he only needed to react , You can block this kick and hit the goal by falling to the ground, and the threat of this ball is not so great!

"Cech put the shot firmly under him, Henry's long-range shot didn't work!"

Henry's attempt to hit the goal can be regarded as adjusting his aim for the next personal attack!

In the final stage of the first half of the game, Barcelona stepped up their investment in the offensive end!

Barcelona, ​​which is playing at home, urgently needs to score goals to take a greater initiative!

And Henry's left side, according to Barcelona's established tactics, also became the main attack route of Barcelona at the last moment of the first half!

Of course, the so-called main attack on the strong side is also inseparable from the players on the weak side to open up space for the team's overall offense. It has always been a conventional tactic on the football field!

Even for Messi, facing Chelsea's multi-person defense, it is difficult to have a breakthrough effect now, but the ball was still sent to Messi's feet on the right by Harvey in the first place!

It is to let Messi use his personal skills to attract enough defenders to pave the way for the next attack!

"After Messi received the ball, he directly chose to cut the ball to the center!"

"This time, Messi suddenly dribbled the ball horizontally, directly past Malouda who had been preparing to defend him and accelerate forward! But Malouda still followed Messi closely and wanted to catch up to interfere!"

"Essien and Lampard in the middle of Chelsea are ready to form a pincer against Messi!"

There are wolves in front and tigers in back. Facing the yellow encirclement of Chelsea players around him (Chelsea's away jersey in the Champions League is yellow), Messi was not afraid and used his flexibility to the extreme. During the dribbling process, he changed direction slightly back and forth to avoid Essien's attack. Tackles, waltzes across the pitch, ignoring Chelsea's defenders!

After being overtaken by Malouda due to deceleration and changing direction, Messi directly used his left foot to pick the ball deep to the left when he lost his balance before being hit by Malouda!

Nothing is useless. In Barcelona, ​​which emphasizes pass control and cooperation, Messi's "single play" tactics that seem to be unable to penetrate Chelsea's defense alone are actually to create space for teammates on the court!

Just as Messi moved from the right to the center, showing his personal offensive ability, Iniesta has quietly moved to the left, almost close to Ivanovic's side!

"Messi made a pass before losing his center of gravity! Iniesta! He succeeded in counter-offside and got behind Ivanovic!"

"Ivanovic turned and followed closely, with long legs, trying to stop Iniesta's passing line!"

"Iniesta made an emergency stop and moved Ivanovic away, but at this time Mikel has also returned to the defense at full speed, defending Iniesta's breakthrough route!"

Barcelona's threatening offense is always inseparable from suddenness and precise passing! This time Messi's pass was just right, and Iniesta's personal threat was also used to the extreme. Chelsea's defense, because Iniesta was suddenly on the bottom of the left by himself, was instantly crushed. Kerr hurried back to the depths of the wing to participate in limiting Iniesta's defense!

So Henry, who was originally in this position, just needed to bounce the ball outward when Iniesta received the ball. Naturally, Chelsea's defenders ignored it! Perhaps even if you notice that Henry's position at this time is less threatening than Iniesta's!

"Pass the ball!"

"Iniesta gave the ball to Henry who was unmarked in front of the penalty area!"

"Henry, it's almost the same as the last time, the same position, but another kick!"

"Cech! Fly to save!"

"Let's go!"

There was an attempt to shoot just now, but this time Henry's shot, regardless of angle or strength, was well controlled! It's just a pity that Petr Cech was in good condition standing in front of Chelsea's goal today. Although he couldn't directly control the football this time, he was lucky enough to block Henry's shot!

"Eto'o goes up and shoots!"

"Yang Feng! Take the lead, fly out, and shovel the ball out of the baseline! Barcelona's corner kick!"

Barcelona who chose a tactical corner kick, the next attack is not a big threat! Iniesta's long-range shot, Yang Feng, who was judged to have a good shot, directly blocked it with his body in the penalty area!

Sometimes, strong duels can be very boring! Under Chelsea's ability to control the rhythm and excellent defense, in the last few minutes of the first half, Barcelona's offensive organization did not have a good chance!

Only Henry forcibly completed an extraordinary breakthrough on the left and entered the penalty area. Before Mikel's defense was in place, he directly chose to hit the goal from a small angle, but he did not pass Cech's ten fingers!

Hit the door three times, nothing! It's not that Henry's shooting skills are not good, but Cech's strength and Chelsea's defense are really great!