Football: My AI System Provides Max-Level Predictions

-[Among Inter's lineup, the strongest on the attacking front is the right-winger Kandrewa, who scored 11 goals and made 9 assists last season at Lazio. His crosses are great too, and if paired with Bonazzoli's headers, there might be something to look forward to; just not sure if they can coordinate well on the wing and center.]

-[Stop talking, I don't think Inter can beat Barça, not even a 1% chance. Especially with Tang Long not able to play, that slim 1% is gone!]

-[I'm skeptical that Inter's ball possession will even reach 30% in this match, and that's a problem.]

...

After the game started, it was just as Coach Zhang and the fans expected.

Barça effortlessly took control of the situation, keeping the ball at their feet consistently.

Undergoing the triple crown baptism, Barça's tiki-taka and ball control have reached perfection.

Whether it's between forwards, midfielders, defenders, or goalkeepers, they were handling passes as if they were playing basketball with their hands rather than kicking soccer balls, with such precision.

Ball and body merged, triangles formed continuously on the field, the players' movements and changes in ball routes were like shadows following each other, unpredictable, leaving Inter's youth team exhausted and out of sorts.

Bang bang bang—

Bang bang bang—

The sound of Barça's passing echoed continuously on the pitch.

In the 24th minute, Barça scored the first goal!

Busquets in midfield lured with his dribbling, the rash young Kovacic was drawn out, leaving his defensive position, venturing solo for a tackle.

But his teammates did not rush in, which allowed Busquets to easily drag the ball and turn past Kovacic, leaving a gap in the center!

Busquets and Rakitic made a graceful one-two pass, sending the ball to Raphinha on the wing.

Raphinha didn't stop the ball, and did another one-two with the advancing Iniesta!

After entering the penalty area, Raphinha feigned a shot and passed instead, the ball landing at the penalty spot for Suarez to calmly push it into the net!

"Beautiful teamwork!"

"The iconic Barça cut-back from the baseline!"

"The whole play was effortless, from players' movement to the handling of ball direction and speed, everything was perfect, with seamless execution."

"Watching Barça play is truly a pleasure!"

Representing Inter in an official match for barely 20 minutes before being scored upon, the new goalie Sepe was greatly frustrated.

He seemed very unhappy with his performance, kicking hard against the goalpost.

On the bench, Tang Long was visibly astonished!

This goal, in fact, had nothing to do with Sepe.

Tang Long thought: "You can't blame the goalkeeper, Barça's ball control has reached a masterful level, especially with continuous one-touches among teammates; without deep mutual understanding, consistency in passing and running, it's impossible to achieve that."

However, it wasn't Barça's excellent cooperation that astonished him.

Tang Long sat at the sideline, able to hear all the sounds coming from the field.

He was stunned to discover that in this instance, the players involved with the ball, be it Busquets, Rakitic, Iniesta, or Raphinha, and even Suarez who scored, communicated without saying a word during the passes and runs.

They ran in silence, passed in silence, then shot in silence, only shouting and laughing excitedly after scoring.

"This means these players have developed muscle memory, so they can instinctively know what to do next without even verbally communicating, which is frightening…"

After scoring, Barça seized the opportunity, continuing their fierce attack.

The ball passed left and right repetitively, with Inter's players exhausted and physically drained.

In the 38th minute, Barça scored again!

This time the attack didn't feature as stunning consecutive one-touches as the first goal;

But after 23 passes of extreme pull, Iniesta finally delivered a deadly through ball at the edge of the penalty area arc, with Messi maneuvering past the goalkeeper solo, scoring into the empty net!

Barça led 2-0!

This goal further epitomized the essence of passing and controlling tactics—not taking a shot without a good chance, but when it's taken, it's a deadly strike.

Afterwards, Barça started to slow down, maintaining the 2-0 score until halftime.

In the locker room.

Barça's players looked relaxed.

With the La Liga schedule announced, they had started discussing their first opponent in the new season, Seville.

Inter's side, however, looked grim.

Especially Medel!

As one of the few absolute main players from last season in the team, the 28-year-old Chilean defensive midfielder possessed a strong competitive spirit.

Right in front of head coach Leno, he took the initiative to criticize several new signings for defensive lapses and the overly loose formation.

"Mr. Leno, the 2-0 score doesn't mean much, more painfully, we didn't even take a single shot in the entire first half!"

Medel glanced at Bonazzoli, whose face turned red, quickly lowering his head to look at the ground.

"If we can't threaten our opponent in attack, Barça can push forward even more recklessly, their defensive line is pressing up to our midfield; it's too humiliating, they're looking down on us!"

Medel was naturally loud and now almost screaming as he spoke.

"Medel, I know you're a veteran player, I respect your opinion but facing such a strong team as Barça, we cannot rush. We must first stabilize and get our defense right." Leno soothed.

Though Leno was able to rule the Inter Youth Team, bossing around, he knew that upon arriving at the first team, as a newcomer, his reputation and depth were insufficient to intimidate the locker room; many were not convinced, thinking he got the head coach position by his good relationship with Ossilio.

Thus, for such former ministers like Medel, Leno was very respectful, speaking kindly.

But Medel showed no mercy.

"Leno, your tactics have problems; only by changing to a three-defender setup can we defend against Barça's midfield stretching. Also, if we want to turn things around, Tang must be on the field!"

Um...

Leno widened his eyes.

You can challenge my tactics openly, I tolerate you as an old player, not arguing with you.

Have Tang Long play?

He was about to officially become a Manchester City player; should he suffer a serious injury by chance, Manchester City can void the contract based on agreement, those 70 million in transfer proceeds would vanish!

What are you thinking when you talk?

"Medel is right, we have no one in midfield capable of holding the ball, which exposed our defenders to Barça's frontline assaults continuously; we must hide the ball within their midfield control to alleviate defensive pressure."

Then, the triple-crown relic, last season's main rotational player Santon also chimed in.

Leno's face turned ashen.

"Tang, come play half a match, and I'll swap positions with you!" Kovacic suddenly shouted.

Leno glared at him.

Seeing many teammates voicing out, Bonazzoli eagerly stood up.

He was really suffering inside, bitterly.

Pique and Mascherano took turns bullying him, especially Pique, bumping into him and knocking him down, then smiling while pulling him up, ready to bump again for the next ball~

Mascherano, meanwhile, was a typical South American player, good at playing dirty tricks, nearly breaking Bonazzoli's back.

"Bro, please get on the field, I won't even talk about shooting, I only touched the ball 4 times the whole first half, it's really tough; their defenders constantly bully me, I'm a forward, I want to shoot, I want to score!"