Although Hernandez's goal was judged to be offside, it was a great shock to Barca's psychology.
Barca people themselves did not see whether there was offside or not, indicating that offside is not offside, which has to be vigilant. Two consecutive passes show that Gao Xiaodong not only has a broad vision, but also has accurate long pass ability.
Guardiola reacted quickly, and then he explained that even if Gao Xiaodong took the ball in the back court, someone must interfere and never let Gao Xiaodong pass the ball easily.
It's not easy for a strong player like Gao Xiaodong to mark the whole court. However, united only have Gao Xiaodong as a strong point to organize attack. Even if they pay more, it's worth it if they can mark Gao Xiaodong.
Barcelona has no man to man players, and Gao Xiaodong's range of activities is very large, and there is no way to man to man defense. He can only defend Gao Xiaodong who is close to him.
With Gao Xiaodong's technical and tactical ability and awareness in the league and Champions League, Guardiola thinks that his disciples have the ability to complete the defense of Gao Xiaodong.
After Valdez served, Barcelona continued to control the ball. Manchester United felt the power of Barcelona's passing and cutting. After two threatening long cross counterattacks, they completely gave up the high position press and put the press area in the midfield.
Barcelona's pass is powerful, but Manchester United has sent a group of players who can run and are flexible. It is not easy for Barcelona to pass the ball to the front line through penetration.
In the 25th minute of the game, Barcelona kept falling in the backcourt, and Mascherano suddenly pushed forward with the ball. Hernandez was supposed to prevent Mascherano from passing the ball, but was caught off guard by Mascherano and left behind.
Javier Mascherano drove straight in and broke United's defensive formation. When Gao Xiaodong made up for it, Mascherano immediately gave the ball to Harvey.
Harvey made another turn to catch the ball, passed Rooney's attack, and then went straight through Manchester United's midfield defence to pass the ball to villa at the front of the penalty area.
Villa hit the ball and passed it to Messi, who came running at high speed.
It's too dangerous for Messi to catch the ball at the front of the penalty area. In addition to Park Ji Xing, Fletcher and Ferdinand are also chasing Messi.
Previously, Barcelona had been controlling the ball in the back court, and the number of times the ball reached the front court was not much, while Messi was held by Manchester United's players, so Messi didn't have many opportunities to play.
It's so easy now that the ball comes to the front of the penalty area. Messi doesn't want to miss this opportunity. He changes direction with the ball, throws away Park Zhixing, and then catches Ferdinand. However, just as Messi is walking towards the rib of the penalty area, Valencia is also surrounded from the side. He rushes from behind to break Messi's ball.
Although Messi doesn't have super glasses, his vision is also excellent. He once again swipes the ball and wants to pass Valencia behind him. However, Messi didn't expect Valencia's speed to be so fast. Before his ball is pulled, Valencia will arrive and touch the ball with his foot.
Valencia's touch is very important. The ball is a little far away from Messi. When Messi adjusts his pace, Ferdinand flies to shovel the ball out.
Gao Xiaodong is running from the front court to his back court when Ferdinand shovels the ball right in front of Gao Xiaodong.
Gao Xiaodong was also very defensive today. In the first 20 minutes, Gao Xiaodong only passed two long passes in the attack.
United's attack depends on Gao Xiaodong. Seeing Gao Xiaodong take the ball, Rooney and Hernandez quickly jump behind Barcelona's back line.
When Rooney and Hernandez were running forward, Gao Xiaodong didn't turn around, but Gao Xiaodong was very clear about what happened behind him. He stopped the ball to one side, half turned around and made a long pass to find Wayne Rooney.
This foot stop and pass is very smooth, movement convergence is also good, a lot of fans in the stands can't help but clap.
Guardiola was also surprised. Gao Xiaodong's technique has been improved again. Just like this pass, the original Gao Xiaodong can pass, but it's impossible to pass so smoothly, not to mention Gao Xiaodong's vision is so good.
Now Guardiola began to doubt whether his defensive arrangement for Gao Xiaodong was reasonable or not. I'm afraid that Gao Xiaodong could not be prevented by regional defense.
Rooney hasn't run with all his strength and is worried that he will be offside. He didn't expect Gao Xiaodong to pass the ball to him without turning his head.
Rooney silently praised Gao Xiaodong in his heart, then unloaded the ball and quickly passed to the bottom.
Rooney's forward is very fast, Abidal didn't catch up. Rooney almost completed the bottom pass without defense. Unfortunately, Rooney's pass was too fast, Hernandez didn't touch the ball, and the ball flew directly out of the sideline.
Rooney was a little annoyed with his passing and made a sorry gesture to Hernandez.
Hernandez is a rookie. How dare he complain about Rooney? He quickly gives Rooney a thumbs up sign that he is too slow to catch up.
Barcelona serve out of bounds and the players continue to hold the ball in their own half.
After three long passes by Gao Xiaodong, Barcelona's players were a little scared. They didn't dare to take any more risks. Instead, they patiently fell in the middle and back court, waiting for Manchester United's players to come forward to assist.Manchester United's players are not deceived, they are determined not to press high, waiting near the central circle.
Barcelona can't hold their breath. First, Harvey found Messi in the backcourt, but Ferdinand gave Messi a big push from behind when Messi received the ball.
Messi didn't control the ball and almost fell to the ground. Messi quickly raised his hand to signal Ferdinand for a foul.
But the referee Kao Shao Yi did not pay attention, indicating that the game continued.
Fletcher immediately passed the ball to Gao Xiaodong to organize the pass.
Gao Xiaodong saw that Barca players had a good defense this time. He didn't have a chance to pass long.
Manchester United passed a few feet in their own backcourt. With the three forwards of Barcelona pressing for the ball, soon, Manchester United could not pass the ball. Evra passed it back to Edwin van der Sar, who made a big move to the front court.
The ball was grabbed by pique, who headed it to Iniesta.
Iniesta dribbled forward at high speed along the left road, getting rid of two players in a row, Iniesta passed straight to Harvey.
Harvey did not stop the ball, changed the angle with his foot, and the ball went to the right side of the court.
As Barca just focused on attacking the right side of Manchester United, in order to maintain the formation, there was a large gap in the left back field of Manchester United, and Harvey's ball was passed in this space.