And Real Madrid, when attacking, completely opened up the situation with just a few passes.
Guardiola was also watching this match, and when he saw Chen Zhong finish a set of attacks, he saw the essence of Barcelona's possession football advancing in Real Madrid's midfield.
In fact, earlier Real Madrid also played possession football.
The essence of possession football is: finding space, quick continuous passing, moving the opponent's defensive focus to find opportunities to break through.
Only Real Madrid can compete like this with Barcelona, because they have enough margin for error.
Chen Zhong's ball-protection ability has always been coveted by Guardiola.
When there were issues between Chen Zhong and Real Madrid, Guardiola expressed more than once his desire to bring Chen Zhong to Manchester City.
Compared to Messi's departure then, whenever Chen Zhong hinted at leaving, Guardiola would always express himself subtly.
