Chapter 133 Everything Under Control?

Busquets's time seemed to stand still.

His judgment of Leverkusen's attack direction was accurate.

His explosive speed wasn't fast enough, but his constant speed and stamina were terrifying.

His brain analyzed the situation in an instant.

Barcelona's top defensive midfielder was cultivated as a "number 4" since he was young at La Masia!

'Mascherano is very cautious, first cutting off the connection between Kiessling and Son Heung-min. It will take time for Leverkusen's other attacking points to insert themselves!'

'I have already seen through Li Kang's planned attack. Next, I will simplify it!'

Time resumed.

The football had just crossed the forty-meter area of Barcelona's half.

Busquets didn't choose to intercept the ball, but ran to the right side of the arc at the top of the penalty area.

There, he would end Leverkusen's attack.

Everything is already under my control.

....

From God's perspective.

Li Kang observed Mascherano and Busquets's positions.

He decisively gave up moving forward.

Turned around and ran to the right side of his own half.

The audience's attention was focused on Kiessling.

Almost no one noticed his movements.

Except for Messi.

......

Forty-meter area of Barcelona's half.

After Kiessling received Borges's pass on the right.

He found that his connection with Son Heung-min was cut off by Barcelona's short defender!

In the top five leagues, short players who can play for giants are not easy to deal with.

He quickly dribbled the ball horizontally!

A tall figure stood in front of him.

Barcelona's number 4 jersey.

Busquets.

"There is no suspense, the defensive positioning is too good."

"This ball will be lost..."

Duan Xuan hadn't finished speaking.

The away stands at Camp Nou erupted in cheers!

Kiessling lowered his center of gravity and made dazzling leg movements!

His feet moved back and forth above the football!

Circling quickly!

Step-over feint!

Barcelona fans were dumbfounded!

How could a towering center forward produced by the Bundesliga youth training system possess such delicate footwork?

What's wrong with this world?

"Almost forgot!"

"Kiessling's footwork was known as 'Little Ibrahimović' in his youth!"

.....

Busquets was very experienced.

He didn't let Kiessling delay until his defensive teammates came to support him.

He seized the moment when Leverkusen's center forward changed his center of gravity.

Stretched out his foot and pulled.

He cleanly took the ball!

"Beautiful!"

"Busquets is still a world-class defensive midfielder."

"Let's see how Barcelona will pass the ball out from the back."

Kiessling quickly counter-pressed on the spot.

Busquets turned and flicked the ball.

He passed it to Mascherano!

.....

Dino breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Boss, Barcelona can't form a quick counterattack. According to Mascherano's data from last season, his tendency to handle the ball in the back is..."

Old man Toppmöller frowned: "Damn it! Danger!"

....

The end of the first decade of the 21st century.

"Ha Bai Bu" (Xavi, Iniesta, Busquets) overshadowed Liverpool's three top midfielders and was considered the world's number one combination.

Then the question comes.

Who are the three Liverpool players?

Alonso.

Gerrard.

Mascherano.

That's right.

Before Mascherano joined Barcelona and switched to center-back, he was already a top defensive midfielder.

Every short player in the top five leagues is not easy to deal with.

Bang!

Mascherano sent a long pass!

In the sky above Camp Nou.

It was as if a shooting star streaked across the sky!

"Top-level long pass from the backcourt!"

"No need to find a fulcrum in the center circle for transition!"

"Terrifying passing quality, it can directly find Messi on the right wing!"

"This is the most common scene in the Argentine national team!"

"Leverkusen's right wing is in danger!"

......

Dragon Country's live broadcast room.

The netizens were dumbfounded.

-[Damn! Can anyone explain, what's the background of this bald shorty?]

-[He's a treasure from the youth training camp of South American giants River Plate! He played as a classic attacking midfielder when he was a kid! He broke many records in the South American youth league!]

-[Later, he switched to defensive midfielder, landed in the Premier League, and became the top distributor and interception machine!]

-[Such an awesome defensive midfielder! Coming to Barcelona to play defender?]

-[There's no way, the Barcelona coaching staff's opinion is: he doesn't understand La Masia's football philosophy and can't replace Busquets's position!]

-[Add a sentence, Mascherano is our Dragon Country's bootlicker. He came to the Great Wall once, and he posts pictures on his social account every day, saying how great our Dragon Country is!]

-[Leverkusen is going to lose the ball again, look, how accurate the pass is! Messi is moving again.]

......

Busquets looked at the ultimate arc in the air.

Turned around and gave Mascherano a thumbs up.

'Everything is under my control.'

'The number 4 of La Masia who controls everything.'

In his thoughts.

He confidently looked towards Leverkusen's half.

His expression froze:

Li Kang actually led three Leverkusen defenders to besiege Messi at the landing point!

How did this kid guess it?

And still constantly raising his hand to direct his teammates?

Those are our La Masia gestures!

Cage trap?

....

VIP box.

Cruyff's pen fell to the carpet.

His position had an excellent view of the game.

Years of analytical habits.

Made him almost imprint the details of the offensive and defensive transitions of the two teams in his mind.

"La Masia's number 4?"

Robert nodded with a smile and replied, "Yes, yes, yes, although Busquets is not a proper La Masia number 4, because Guardiola divided the responsibilities of the number 4 into three a few years ago..."

"I'm talking about that kid from Leverkusen!"

......

Right side of Leverkusen's penalty area.

Messi moved again.

He mastered the landing position and ball speed of the long pass to the extreme.

The moment he received the ball.

He lightly lifted his left foot.

He removed all the manic and unstable factors of the football.

It lay quietly at his feet.

He looked up.

Found that four Leverkusen defensive players had gathered around him.

"Beautiful stop!"

"Oh, Leverkusen's defensive prediction this time is too awesome!"

"This is not something that can be achieved on a tactical level!"

"The running positions of the three defenders form a rectangle!"

.....

Papadopoulos stepped out from the left.

Jonathan Tah tackled from the right.

Hilbert was positioned in front.

Can they stop Messi?

They can't.

...

Messi moved again.

Camp Nou, fans from both sides burst into exclamations at the same time.

Inconceivable famous scene.

Here it comes!

Unparalleled top step frequency.

The golden left foot touched the ground three times in a row.

Accelerate.

Decelerate.

Accelerate.

The constantly changing rhythm.

Continuous small changes in direction.

The naked eye simply couldn't see what happened.

The feedback of visual information was very simple:

Messi broke through.

"Messi!!!"

"Messi!!!"

"Messi!!!"

Duan Xuan and He Wei couldn't think of any words to describe this classic scene.

Camp Nou's momentum soared to the highest point!

....

Messi came to the penalty area.

At this moment.

Leverkusen fans were desperate.

Old man Toppmöller was desperate.

Goalkeeper Leno was desperate.

In a trance.

A black-haired figure stood in front of Messi.

Leverkusen number 10 vs. Barcelona number 10!

The breeze from the banks of the Riera Blanca River blew the hems of their clothes.