Heroes of the Restricted Zone

Chapter 1391 The game begins

The players from both sides returned to the locker room after warming up. After some warming up, everyone's tension eased a little.

But that doesn't entirely take away the fact that they're nervous.

In fact, Martin O'Neill himself was also nervous, so there was nothing abnormal about being nervous.It's normal for them to be nervous when they play a game like the Champions League final.

Even Martin O'Neill led his team to the Champions League final for the first time, and the head coach has no experience...

But Martin. O'Neill has completed self-regulation.While the players went out to warm up, he was alone in the locker room to regulate himself.Try not to think about those things that are not worth it...

He played his tactics over and over in his head, trying to see what went wrong.

Just thinking about it like this, he gradually became less nervous.Because of nervousness, he was thrown to Java.

When the players returned from warming up, what they saw was a head coach who was no different from usual.

"No matter what Barcelona play in this game, I think they need to attack, so our chance is to counterattack. They will try to keep the football firmly at their feet, which is what they do best. But it doesn't matter, we would have There is no need for possession. They attack and we defend and counterattack..."

In fact, these are nothing new. For more than half a month, Liverpool's first team has practiced this, specifically targeting Barcelona's ball-controlling style of play.Barcelona want the ball possession rate, let them take it, we don't need these things, we only need the success rate of attack.

So Guardiola wanted to control the football at his feet, but he didn't know that Liverpool didn't want to control the ball at all.

After talking about the tactical matters, Martin O'Neill intends to say something to encourage the players, because he can see that many players are a little nervous in the face of such an important game.

But he worried that the more he talked, the more nervous they would become.

So he simply waved his hand and left time for the players.

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In the Barcelona locker room, Guardiola is also giving everyone his final instructions.

"Liverpool are good at counter-attacking, so we have to pay special attention to their counter-attacking when we attack..."

Barcelona has its own way to deal with the opponent's defensive counterattack, which is to control the ball.As long as the football is firmly under your feet, the opponent will not have so many opportunities to fight back.

At the same time, they are good at siege in the frontcourt, which can also greatly reduce the chance of the opponent's counterattack.There are plenty of counterattacks dying in the cradle right under their walls.

"So after you lose the ball, you must fight back on the spot. You must actively surround them and prevent them from passing the football from the backcourt..."

The Barcelona players listened to the coach's instructions with a relaxed expression, only Messi looked serious.

This is another direct conversation between him and Chen Yingxiong. In fact, there are quite a few conversations with each other, but not many direct conversations.

Chen Yingxiong's performance this season completely overshadowed him. He even watched the live broadcast at home in the match where Chen Yingxiong broke Dixie Dean's record.

He knows that it is not easy to compare with Chen Yingxiong in the number of goals in a season, but he can compete with him in a game.

Because the opponents encountered by the two people in a season are different, this comparison is not fair. What if the opponents Messi encounters are stronger than the opponents Chen Yingxiong encounters?Then it will be much easier for Chen Yingxiong to score goals.

But it would be fair to compete in this direct dialogue game.Barcelona are strong and Liverpool are not vegetarians.

Both sides rely on their own abilities to see who wins and who loses in the end.

Chen Yingxiong's limelight overwhelmed him now, which made him a little upset.He thinks that he can't afford to lose, but that he can't lose to Chen Yingxiong.You can lose to anyone, but you can't lose to Chen Yingxiong.

So in this game, he will try his best to score goals and defeat the myth of Chen Yingxiong.

He is satisfied with Guardiola's aggressive attacking strategy.

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When the live broadcast stopped playing music and began to introduce the rosters of both sides, the two teams came out of the channel one by one.

Liverpool is led by captain Gerrard, while the Barcelona captain's armband is worn on Messi's arm-since Puyol and Xavi have retired one after another, Messi has become Barcelona's first captain.

The fans at the scene shouted like a tsunami, and of course there would be boos.

Each name elicits cheers from his team's fans and boos from opposing fans.

Chen Yingxiong, in particular, embodies the "clear love and hate" to the fullest.

The live broadcast is also an indispensable member of Zenit St. Petersburg, and his feelings for Chen Yingxiong are also very important, so when introducing Chen Yingxiong, he deliberately added a sentence: "Dear audience, ladies and gentlemen, let us Welcome... HEROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO—"

The fans of Liverpool and Zenit followed him and shouted loudly: "HEROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO——!!!"

Then the Barcelona fans booed recklessly and raised their middle fingers.

These two voices collided and stirred over the Russian Gas Arena, and they were clearly distinct.

"The popularity of heroes here is still very high..." He Ping, the commentator of CCTV who came to the scene, said with emotion. "However, his hatred value in the eyes of Barcelona fans is also very high, ha!"

He is not worried that Chen Yingxiong will be affected by the boos of hostile fans, because this is not the first time he has commented on Chen Yingxiong's game. For Chen Yingxiong, although there are not many opportunities to comment on the game, he knows very well This person is character and temper.

He is a stone, the harder you hit him, the more damage you will suffer from the reaction force.

Those who were indifferent to Chen Yingxiong didn't end up very well.

Apparently Barcelona fans haven't figured this out...

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After a series of necessary ceremonies before the start of the game, the players of both sides finally stood in their respective positions and waited for the start of the game.

Gerrard won the pick and Messi got the kick-off for Barcelona - exactly what Barcelona wanted.

They can use the kick-off to launch an offensive, and then use their strong ball control ability to always control the rhythm of the game in their hands, pressing Liverpool's half to siege, so that Liverpool has no time to care about others.

And they actually did... I mean within the first five minutes of the game.

Barcelona had a total of three attacks. After the first attack failed, because they were all surrounded outside the Liverpool penalty area, they quickly got the chance of the second and third attacks.

In these 5 minutes, Messi is the most dazzling person, because the football will pass to his feet, no matter where he is, the football will pass to his feet, and then he will complete the attack.

There is a center forward in Barcelona's starting lineup, and Villa is in this role.

But he is basically not responsible for scoring goals, he is only responsible for providing screens and making the ball for Messi.

This is the hard work of the Barcelona center. Although he is a center in name, he does not score goals and has no power to shoot. The football must be handed over to Messi in the end. The goal of scoring can only be done by Messi.

Messi is also really good at scoring goals.

It stands to reason that in this way, Messi should be the center forward himself.

But no, neither Messi himself nor Guardiola's head coach intended to regard him as a center forward.

In fact, this is right, because with Messi's small body, to be a center forward will only be submerged in the jungle of the opponent's strong defenders, and it is impossible to display his speed and skills.

As a center forward, there must be a dedicated person to do it.

But in this way, Barcelona's center is too pitiful.

It's no wonder that Ibrahimovic had a falling out with Guardiola at the beginning, because Guardiola asked Ibrahimovic to sacrifice his own goal and give Messi a tactical fulcrum to help Messi score.

So when Ibrahimovic and Barcelona fell out, he angrily accused Guardiola of pampering Messi like a child, which made him very upset.

In fact, Villa really wanted to score goals and wanted to be a real center forward.The previous situation was fine. Although Messi is the core of the offense, I can still eat some leftovers from Messi.

Then suddenly the team changed their tactics and gave Messi unlimited firepower. No matter where he is, when he is, no matter whether his position is good or not, he must pass the football to him and let him score.

This time, there is nothing wrong with Villa.

His only task is to move around, and then pass the ball to Messi. If he is lucky, he will get an assist. If he is not lucky... he will not even have an assist.

Such days are very hard for Villa.Because of the few goals, he can't even guarantee the main position of the Spanish national team now.

He also thought about leaving Barcelona.

But the question is where else can he go after leaving Barcelona?

He was reluctant to give up these championship honors.Barcelona and Real Madrid are currently the only two teams in Spain that can win the championship.

Real Madrid will definitely not want him.Although they have pursued him before, but now that they have Benzema and Higuain, they can't look down on him because he is old and decrepit.

So after thinking about it in the end, he stayed in Barcelona and played a supporting role for Messi.

Just like this game.

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However, Barcelona failed to score in these three attacks.

Since Liverpool are good at playing defensive counterattacks, it is absolutely impossible for their defense to be penetrated by the opponent within 5 minutes of the game.

Messi is the core of Barcelona's offense, Martin O'Neill is also very clear, after all, he also wants to study the game video.If you watch more, you will naturally find out the rules.

However, Liverpool does not target Messi alone in defense, mainly to keep the defensive formation intact, so that it can avoid being torn apart by Barcelona's overall pass and give Messi a chance.

So under this well-organized defense, the opening 5 minutes is not enough for Messi to score a goal.

Barcelona made a slight adjustment and planned to continue to attack.

But at this time, Liverpool's offensive was launched one step ahead of them...

(End of this chapter)