Then a minor adjustment was made to the formation, mainly to see if Mancini could serve as the arrow, completing Mateo's previous task.
In the sixty-second minute, a Shanggang midfielder won the ball and made a direct pass.
The football flew past Mebarak.
Shanggang's number eleven young player, Yu Shihao, quickly accelerated, cut inside without the ball, and got ahead of Mebarak towards the football.
Yu Shihao was very fast, and after Mebarak tentatively chased back for two steps, he slowed his pace.
He knew he couldn't catch up.
At the same time, he also saw teammate Clement well-positioned.
Mebarak believed Yu Shihao didn't have the courage to face Barça's main center-back alone, at least that was how Shanggang players had always performed before.
So, what's more important was to position himself well defensively, watching out for the Shanggang players charging forward from behind.
He alone could pressure at least two of the forward-inserting Shanggang players.
