Forwards: Neymar, Messi, Pedro.
Midfielder: Iniesta, Busquets, Xavi.
Defenders: Adriano, Bartra, Pique, Alves.
Goalkeeper: Valdes.
On October 3, at the People's Park Stadium, Barcelona head coach Martino indeed arranged a starting lineup that was almost exactly the same as Pan Yi expected.
In fact, Barcelona's current lineup is not difficult to guess, it is just whether Fabregas will play or not.
If Fabregas starts, he will usually stand at the center position, while Messi moves back to the right.
And if Pedro starts like today, then Messi is standing in the middle.
However, with Messi's habits, even if he is in the middle, he will often go to the right to support the attack, creating a strong offensive side for Barcelona.
Another point is that at the center back position, Martino used Bartra and Pique to partner in this game instead of Mascherano.
It is said that Ma Ma was slightly injured before the game. Maybe this was a helpless move.
But it’s also a boon for Hamburg.
After all, Pony Ma has a large defensive coverage area, accurate blocking, and strong stealing ability. He is also tireless on the court. Whether he is playing as left center back, right center back, or as the defender in the middle of the three defenders, Mascherano can excel. complete the task.
It can be said that after Mascherano withdrew as a central defender, Barcelona really solved the defensive problem in the midfield and backfield.
He is not present today, and the weakness between Bartra, who replaced him as left center back, and left back Adriano will be further amplified, and it will be easier to be caught and killed by Pan Yi's tactics!
…
Hamburg's starting lineup is the strongest lineup that Pan Yi can currently produce.
Forward: Son Heung-min, Vardy, Salah.
Midfielder: Kante, Casemiro, De Bruyne.
Defenders: Robertson, Rudiger, Van Dijk, Carvajal.
Goalkeeper: Navas.
Now that Barcelona's lineup and style of play are basically under Pan Yi's control, the targeted tactics Hamburg deployed before the game will obviously come in handy.
Hit him head to head and kill him!
To achieve this goal, it is natural to use the players with the strongest strength and best execution ability.
After all, the personal abilities of Barcelona players are definitely among the best in the world!
No matter how good the tactics are, they still need matching personnel to execute them.
Otherwise, if the strength of the players on both sides is too far apart to the point where three or four players cannot guard one person, then the tactical arrangement will be meaningless to a large extent.
Take today's game as an example. Pan Yi identified the left wing composed of Adriano and Bartra as the breakthrough point, but if the ability of his own players is not even better than Adriano in a 2-on-1 situation, Yanuo is strong, so why is he so powerful?
Of course, it is difficult for such a situation to happen in Hamburg now, but Pan Yi hopes to use a more reliable plan to implement this tactic.
In one-on-one situations, Carvajal or Salah can actually suppress Adriano.
Wouldn't it be even easier to use Pan Yi's tactics to form a two-on-one situation?
"After the draw of the Champions League group, everyone said that our group is the group of death. But I hope that after today's game, everyone will find that this group is indeed the group of death, but it is the three teams that died. It has nothing to do with us.”
In the locker room, Pan Yi was doing his final mobilization.
With the correct tactics, we also need the confidence and fighting spirit of the Hamburg players to unleash the full power of the tactics.
So it is necessary to step on Barcelona at this time.
"Think about the game at San Siro two weeks ago. They were also considered a giant, a giant that could crush us, but weren't they defeated by us? The same goes for Barcelona."
"So the so-called group of death is not scary at all, and the wealthy teams are not difficult to beat at all. As long as you follow my arrangements and follow my tactics, I believe that we will definitely get a satisfactory result."
"Today we are at home, and the support of the fans will also give us more strength. We want the fans who support us at the People's Park Stadium to see that even if we face Barcelona, we can still play the football we want, and at the same time Beautiful football!"
"Go on, get on the court and fight for our victory!"
The players responded in unison, and then there were applause, shouts, and roars!
…
Only ten minutes into the game, fans at the scene and in front of the TV, as well as commentators and media reporters, all saw a somewhat strange situation.
The matches between the two sides are basically concentrated on Barcelona's left wing, which is Hamburg's right wing!
Hamburg, in particular, frequently used Carvajal's insertion and Salah's cross-positioning to create threatening attacks, and Vardy and De Bruyne formed three or four good shots in a row. .
Barcelona has encountered great difficulties.
Their offensive organization often suffers heavy losses during the ball release stage.
Due to Hamburg's targeted marking, the two wingers will take the initiative to move in to help the central midfielder Kante, who is positioned behind, to keep an eye on Barcelona's two midfielders Xavi and Iniesta, forming a numerical advantage in the middle and leaving space for The opposing full-back’s path to the ball.
Once the Barcelona full-back gets the ball, the Hamburg winger will immediately turn around to press the opponent's full-back, running from the inside to the outside, and also cutting off Barcelona's side-center connection.
This leads to whether Adriano or Alves gets the ball, they are faced with a situation where no one can pass the ball, and they can only break through with the ball.
Alves' side was sometimes able to get past Hamburg winger Son Heung-min's defense through his super personal ability, but he couldn't get past full-back Robertson, who was covering the defense.
And Adriano's side is even worse.
Due to the inductive nature of Pan Yi's tactics, the ball comes to him more often.
And when he was dribbling the ball, he was often immediately entangled by Salah, and the ball might have been lost before Carvajal stepped forward to steal it.
This is what Pan Yi requested before the game, to lure the opponent's ball path to our advantageous area to strangle.
"Sun Tzu's Art of War: Nine Places Chapter" says: Therefore, in military matters, one must follow the enemy's wishes, engage the enemy consistently, and kill generals from thousands of miles away. This is called cleverness...
That’s pretty much what it means.
When Barcelona gets the ball in the middle, because Hamburg has taken the initiative to narrow the wings and the full-backs have moved in, Barcelona's three midfielders will immediately face the opposition defense of several Hamburg players, and they can only distribute the ball to the side. road, especially the left.
As a result, poor Adriano will face Hamburg's strong offensive side composed of Salah and Carvajal alone in a huge space, and he will be easily intercepted again and played in a 2-on-1 attack. .
Hamburg's continuous attacks from the right finally paid off in the 18th minute.
Carvajal and Salah played an exquisite one-two, and Carvajal took the ball and left Adriano far behind.
When the opponent's central defender Bartra came to cover, Carvajal quickly sent a direct pass to the feet of Salah in front.
Salah is just outside the right corner of Barcelona's penalty area, right in the gap between Bartra and Pique.
When the ball was passed, the Egyptian winger stopped the ball and turned around, dribbling the ball horizontally inside, directly past Pique, and then sent a through pass with his left foot to the entire Barcelona defense. .
At this time, everyone saw Vardy suddenly start, break away from Alves' defense, rush to the front of the small penalty area, catch up with Salah's pass, and shoot directly.
The ball hit the net, 1:0!
"The ball went in!!! Vardy opened the scoring for Hamburg!"
"Less than 20 minutes into the game, Hamburg used a clear offensive combination to penetrate Barcelona's defense!"
"During the whole process, the Barcelona players didn't even touch the ball. I felt completely stunned by Hamburg's attack!..."
In an instant, the entire People's Park stadium was boiling!
All the Hamburg fans were cheering like crazy.
Pan Yi jumped up with excitement and cheered loudly for the players.
Tactical design is important, but it still depends on the player's execution and the final results after execution.
If the scene is beautiful and the attack is fierce, but it is all thunder and no rain, it is meaningless.
Facing a strong team like Barcelona, if you have the advantage and don't score, you will be punished!
Opposite there is a superstar like Messi who can change the game with just a flash of inspiration!
Fortunately, such a thing did not happen, and Pan Yi could take a long breath.
Today's tactics were successful, and the game was progressing in the ideal direction!
…
"In 18 minutes, Adriano's left wing has been penetrated by Hamburg's attacking group and created five scoring opportunities, including this goal. This is definitely not an accident!" Commentator Zhang Lu analyzed this Goal.
"What Director Zhang means is that Hamburg has made targeted arrangements to target Barcelona's weaknesses on the left?" today's commentator Zhan Jun asked.
"Hehe, yes." Zhang Lu said, "This is what coach Pan Yi often does. It is obvious that all the players in Hamburg today seemed to be deliberately pushing the development of Barcelona's football path in the direction of Adriano. "
Zhan Jun: "Let me take a look at the heat map of player activities in these 20 minutes... Tsk tsk, indeed, almost 80% of the activities of both sides were completed on the left side of Barcelona. It is really rare."
Zhang Lu: "This is the ultimate kind of targeting. Pan Yi should have thoroughly studied all Barcelona tactics and player characteristics before using this extreme overload play. But he still succeeded."
Zhan Jun: "Is there nothing Barcelona can do?"
Zhang Lu shook his head: "That's not necessarily the case. Barcelona players have very strong personal abilities, especially in the midfield and frontcourt. If one is not careful, Hamburg may still be caught off guard..."
On the field.
Sure enough, Hamburg scored less than two minutes later, and Barcelona played a good attack as if they had just woken up from a dream.
Adriano passed the ball diagonally to Neymar. Neymar broke into the penalty area from the ribs, but his shot missed the left post.
This time, it was Neymar's retreat and reverse insertion as a supporting midfielder, and at that moment he got rid of the defense of Hamburg's deep midfielder Casemiro.
When Neymar retreated, Messi also pulled to the side. This action also affected Casemiro's judgment, causing his position to be a bit out of position.
Pan Yi, who saw it clearly from the sidelines, immediately made corresponding on-the-spot adjustments.
He asked the two central defenders Van Dijk and Rudiger to pay attention to Casemiro's position. When the Brazilian defender goes to mark Neymar or Messi, he must fill this position to avoid being out of position again.
This method had an immediate effect. In the next twenty minutes or so, Hamburg never showed a similar space for Neymar to break through.
In the second half, Barcelona's nightmare was far from over.
The offensive organization they are proud of has completely lost its advantages. They often can only make mistakes in the backcourt, but cannot enter the core area of the midfield. They can only take risks to split the sides, and then often get intercepted.
Adriano, who was tortured enough, was playing a little too hastily. Once when he was defending Salah's breakthrough, he angrily pulled the Egyptian down from behind and received a yellow card as expected.
Then when Carvajal or Salah broke through again, he seemed a little timid and seemed to have completely given up on defense.
"Poor child, he shouldn't have nightmares at night, right?" Pan Yi thought to himself.
Obviously, Martino also saw the dilemma on Adriano's side, and he probably didn't want Adriano to continue to have nightmares.
He started to make substitutions, replacing Adriano with Alba.
But unfortunately, the only change this substitution made to the situation on the field was that the tortured person was changed from Adriano to Alba.
Just five minutes later, it was still on the right, and it was still the cooperation of Carvajal and Salah.
After receiving a pass from Carvajal, Salah dribbled the ball into the right rib.
After his failed attempt to break into the penalty area, he suddenly turned downwards. After getting rid of Alba who was guarding him, he once again sent an inverted triangle pass to the left side of the penalty spot.
Vardy pulled out of the penalty area this time. Son Heung-min on the left suddenly penetrated the penalty area, grabbed Salah's pass and shot.
But his shot was blocked by Pique as he fell to the ground, almost resulting in an own goal.
But after the corner kick was taken, Van Dijk overwhelmed Bartra who was defending him, and blasted the ball into the Barcelona goal like a mountain bearing down on him!
2:0!
"The ball goes in again!!!!!!"
"At 60 minutes of the game, Hamburg is already leading by two goals!"
"No one expected that, facing Barcelona, which has always prided itself on its ability to control the ball, Hamburg still showed a very strong offensive momentum!"
"They did not play defensive counterattacks like other teams, but bravely fought against Barcelona and achieved an overwhelming victory!"
"So far, Barcelona haven't had a single shot within the goal frame!"
"Based on the current situation, we have to wonder, is this really the so-called death group?"
"Or is this the group of death for Hamburg?"
…
2:0, this is the final score of this game.
But anyone who has watched the game knows that in the last half hour of the game, if Vardy, Salah, Sun Xingmin, and Wu Lei, who later came on the bench, were not suddenly "happy", the score would definitely not be as good as it is now. "Reasonable".
In other words, Hamburg firmly controlled the initiative throughout the game. In addition to relying on the personal abilities of the stars to create some breakthroughs to seek opportunities, almost all offensive lines on Barcelona's side were cut off by Hamburg.
This shocked everyone, after all, this is Barcelona! Few teams can make Barcelona so embarrassed.
After the game, the scene of Hamburg head coach Pan Yi going straight to Messi also attracted the attention of many people.
I remember that when Milan defeated Barcelona before, Pan Yi also "robbed" Messi's jersey after tearing away many players, basically confirming his identity as a little Messi fan.
This time, Pan Yi not only snatched Messi's jersey again, but also took out a signature pen from nowhere and asked Messi to sign his name on the jersey.
That is to say, Messi has a good temper. Otherwise, this coach who always leads the team to beat up his own team and then comes up to ask for the jersey would have left long ago...
This move made fans wonder, is it possible that Pan Yi doesn't actually like Messi, but is developing some side business of selling signed jerseys?
Just like some football anchors in Dragon Kingdom?
Of course, these suspicions are groundless. Pan Yi definitely did not take the jersey to sell it. He still looks down on the small money.
Not for Valentina!
Pan Yi has been "hunted" by Valentina since he let her go last time and did not attend her birthday party.
If I don't send her a jersey signed by Messi, I'm afraid this matter will be difficult to end.
…
In terms of technical statistics after the game, Barcelona is ahead of Hamburg in only a few statistics.
The number of fouls was 13:8, and the number of yellow cards was 4:0.
Also, the ball possession rate was 52%: 48%, Barcelona won by a face.
But anyone with a discerning eye knows that Barcelona's possession is basically in their own backcourt, while Hamburg's possession is in the offensive third, which is completely different in terms of quality.
This can be seen from the data below.
Corner kick: Barcelona 3, Hamburg 12.
Number of shots: Barcelona 5, Hamburg 20.
Number of shots on target: Barcelona 1, Hamburg 11.
Expected goals: Barcelona 0.55, Hamburg 2.92.
Judging from personal ratings, the highest scorer in Barcelona is goalkeeper Valdes, with 7.3 points.
And the lowest scorer...left back Adriano scored 5.6 points.
The second-lowest scorer is substitute left back Alba with 5.8 points.
Under Hamburg's pressing trap and impact from the right, these two men were tortured crazily throughout the game.
Fortunately, Barcelona coach Martino was considerate and asked Alba to come up and share some of the damage, otherwise Adriano would really have to see a psychiatrist after the game.
And here in Hamburg, who is so harsh on Adriano and Alba?
Just look at the ratings and you will know.
Comrade Carvajal, the right back who did not record any direct goals or assists, scored a game-high 8.7 points!
He contributed 13 key passes and created 3 scoring opportunities in this game. This is why Hamburg was able to completely defeat Barcelona offensively today.
The accomplice was the right winger Salah who partnered with him on the wing. He also scored a high score of 8.3 and had a direct assist.
These statistics and scores also made everyone exclaim, "Pan Yi's tactics are really not simple!"
In comparison, Barcelona coach Martino really pales in comparison.
Whether it was pre-game preparation, formation, targeted arrangements, or on-the-spot command, Martino lost!
What’s even more surprising is that Barcelona players are obviously better than Hamburg players in terms of personal skills, but in this game Hamburg performed like a team that is better at passing and controlling, skillfully cooperating with the offense in Barcelona’s backcourt .
Looking back at Barcelona, they only had one chance to shoot on goal. In fact, strictly speaking, no one could threaten the goal guarded by Navas. This is the most embarrassing and puzzling thing.
"World Sports News" wrote a commentary after the game, believing that judging from this game, Barcelona led by Martino does not seem to be on the same level as Hamburg.
"Any fan who has watched this game, or just watched the highlights, can easily come to the conclusion: Barcelona did not show anything. This includes passion, fighting spirit, positivity, etc., but the most important thing is Holistic tactics.”
"The two teams in this game are not at the same level at all. It looks like Hamburg is a real giant, while Barcelona is an amateur team that doesn't know which village they play football in..."
"World Sports News" called on Barcelona to seize the time to find a solution to the problem, otherwise, after facing AC Milan at home and away, Barcelona may be in a desperate situation.
"Bild" used a large chapter to analyze every detail of the game, and took the trouble to praise Pan Yi's formation.
Germany's largest sports newspaper believes that Pan Yi's team completely suppressed Barcelona tactically.
"Hamburg taught Barcelona a lesson, and Pan Yi also taught Martino a vivid lesson. This game allowed us all to clearly see what the most advanced tactics in European football are like at the moment, and also Let us see what the most extreme targeting tactics look like.”
"Pan Yi made very careful arrangements for Barcelona's weaker left wing. Almost all of his tactics revolved around how to drive the ball there. In order to achieve this goal, Hamburg almost eliminated any path to Barcelona. The passage on the right has been cut off."
"This makes it impossible for Barcelona to play the central attack and the combination of wing and center, which Barcelona is best at, and Martino has never made an effective response to this. He just replaced Adriano, who had a yellow card, and replaced him. Just come up to Alba and continue to take the fire."
"After Barcelona only posed a threat through Neymar's flash of inspiration, Pan Yi immediately made fine adjustments to prevent this from happening again in subsequent games."
"The gap between the two coaches in on-the-spot command is evident. To put it bluntly, the tactical quality shown by Pan Yi and his Hamburg in this game was about 10 ropes away from Martino! …”
Thank you for your collective reward!
(End of chapter)
