He's the champion harvester, and no one in the 21st century has won more trophies than him; he was Messi's soul mate on the pitch, and every touch and pass that made fans orgasm. When he returned at the age of 38, he was able to immediately explain what is called "not just a right-back" at Barca.
Despite Barca's awkward away play at Real Sociedad, Alves' performance deserves the warmest applause. After his injured exit, Harvey's team fell into passivity, but in the end it was able to maintain the 1-0 victory until the end.
Offensive and defensive ends: Alves is more like a midfielder
The goal came from Alves' first point: interpreting Harvey's tactical board
At the beginning of the game, we will deeply appreciate Alves's interpretation of "not just a right-back". In the transition between attack and defense, frequently appearing in the midfield or the position of the back, Alves used his ball quotient and technique to make up for the impact of the years and bring Barca a different charm.
Harvey's tactics are to play a different effect, and it is true that players like Alves need to play a role in fermentation.
The only goal of the match came from Alves' scramble in midfield.
After Barca take the ball, they can see where Xavi's tactics are in particular. When the attack and defense switch, Barca guaranteed the number of people in the middle of the road, and then the width of the two wings was handed over to the winger to pull away.
The core force of the midfield advance is the team's two full-backs who receive ribs inside. Harvey, as the heart of the Dream Three era, is admirable for his understanding of the midfield. After all, controlling the midfield is never just the job of the midfielders.
Many people will say how Harvey's offense is always in the cross, which is not a contradiction in itself. Without a super giant middle road like Ha Baimei, walking forward is the best means to break the defense, and Guardiola is like this.
However, behind the cross into the penalty area, there is the control of the second drop point and the grasp of the second reverse insertion. Garvey's return of the ball was the finishing touch, hitting the right back post twice in a row, and finally Dembele's shot hit the post, which turned into Felan Torres assisting Aubameyang's goal.
Attack and defense: who dares to believe that he is 38 years old
Looking at this wave of offensive and defensive conversions, Alves has always allowed himself to stand in the middle of the back, because the right back point is left to the center-back Araujo to protect.
Because of Alves's position, only Busquets in the Barca midfield retreated at the first time, and his slow speed problem was not so acute.
The opponent's cross to Araujo's back-point protection limited Sollot's grab of the point, and Ter Stegen took the ball and passed it to Alves, who completed the counter-attack and advanced to Dembele in the front.
The man who finally delivered the fatal blow on the offensive end was Alves. He suddenly stepped forward to dunk to Dembele's direct thrust and sent a cross that landed well.
Unfortunately, the follow-up Ferran Torres kicked the ball away. There is a way that "the goal is 4 meters high, and The Ferran Ishittle is happy". Unfortunately, the goal is now so high that Alves missed an assist.
Brother playing midfielder: None of you can compare
From this heat map, you can also understand how good Alves's selection of positions at both ends of the attack and defense is, and he can always appear in the most core position of the middle road.
He contributed 2 steals and 1 clearance, as well as 2 key passes to bring shots. The 38-year-old veteran wasn't physically fit enough to cover 90 minutes, but gave the team a lot of help in the first half.
Looking at this wave of defensive positions, Alves's sense of protection of space is really too good, so his introverted back control of the ball may only be comparable to Busquets at Barca.
The 17-year-old Garvey had a bit of a sticky ball, and as a result, Alves also got the ball back for the second time, ensuring the team's offensive and defensive conversion and smooth progress.
In the blink of an eye, the ball came to the front, and it was not someone else who received the sudden front, but Alves. He got Dembele's straight plug and went to the top of the team.
He then moved the centre of real socied socied to a local shift in real socied defence that Dembele's shift was sent to de Jong, whose shot was just a little off the goal.
I don't know if the Dutchman will thank the 38-year-old Brazilian big brother who can run more than him, but Alves's movement has brought him space and opportunity.
Due to injury, Alves was replaced early in the second half. Hopefully, the 38-year-old veteran is not seriously injured and gives us the opportunity to witness his unique football and charm again in the next game.
Defensive injuries affect combat effectiveness: It's really not easy to hold on to three points
Real Sociedad striker Isaac did not fare well, but Sollot was a threat. He can carry the ball, he can carry the ball, and he has good passing ability. Fortunately, Sollot was also not good at shooting, which allowed Barca to hold the victory despite the disadvantages in the second half.
In fact, in the second half, as Alves and Busquets' physical fitness declined, Real Sociedad had created more and more threats in the offensive and defensive transitions.
This time Sorlot faced Araujo's defense, a nice getaway after a clever pass to Isaac. Fortunately, Ter Stegen took a step forward in time to narrow the angle of the shot, allowing the Swede to hit the bottom line.
Shortly after the start of the second half, Sallot's forward thrusts were once again a great threat, but fortunately he did not know how to shoot, and flew with one foot, allowing Barca to escape the disaster.
In the second half, Barca really did not dare to let the overall formation too far ahead, without Araujo's restrictions on Sollot, it was still too easy for him to hit the back of Garcia and Lenglet.
Fortunately, it was goalkeeper Ter Stegen who gave it his hand, allowing Barca to once again escape the possibility of conceding the ball. Sollot's forward insertion is sharp and barca centre-backs are difficult to limit.
In injury time, Garcia took some risks in defending by pulling down Solot. Fortunately, no fouls were blown, allowing Barca to maintain the victory until the end.
Under the rough and even malicious foul action of Real Sociedad, Barca lost their troops in the second half, and the lineup was not in order, resulting in a decline in combat effectiveness. Fortunately, goalkeeper Ter Stegen made 5 saves and 2 frees to keep the city safe.
Conclusion
The injuries of Pique and Alves still have a big impact on Barca. As the geniuses of the Dream Trinity grow old, we should cherish this last time. Their understanding and interpretation of football really belongs to the green field of the 22nd century.
Fortunately, with Harvey's tuning, young people are making rapid progress. Pedri, Garvey, Araujo, De Jong, Ferran Torres and Dembele are all playing better football. If given enough time, we have reason to believe that tomorrow will be better.