princely elegance

Chapter 211 Can You Stop It?
"It's really dangerous. Barcelona almost conceded the ball in the opening minute. Gago volleyed directly after stealing it from the center, but the ball was still unstoppable and hit the post. Puyol made an early clearance. "

Gago covered his face with one hand, looking very regretful. If he scored a goal at the beginning, half of the game would be won.

"Defend well, don't let him kick easily!"

Rijkaard was not calm at this time. He thought that with the two midfielders, he should be able to block Gago, but the "bang" at the beginning made him understand. It's really not enough to watch.Especially in today's game, the state of the Argentine prince looks very good.

After the opening attack, Real Madrid immediately entered the state. Their winning streak recently relies on continuous attacks to blow up their opponents.After taking the lead in the first half, the second half used the advantage of possession to slowly pass the time to lure the opponent to press out, and then continuously passed the opponent's defense line.

Under Schuster's request this season, Real Madrid has paid more attention to ball possession than last season. This is also to show clearly that they will not follow Capello's path.So now Real Madrid is the team with the most goals in Europe, with gorgeous cooperation in the frontcourt, open style of play, coupled with a luxurious defense line, the core of Gago is the core that balances everything in the middle.

However, Schuster did not do this in this game. After all, an open offense is accurate against a team whose strength is worse than his own, but if an opponent with a similar strength will be passive.Moreover, Real Madrid's defense cannot be said to be stable. The central defender combination of Pepe and Cannavaro is a time bomb. When it is good, it will block all the opponent's attacks. If the brain gets hot, he will directly apply for a red card.

In this game, both sides have a tacit understanding based on defense, especially in the midfield, they have deployed heavy troops.Just as Deco was about to move forward with the ball, he was stopped by Baptista. Seeing that he could not break through, he diverted the ball.Relying on his strong body, Diarra pressed Harvey behind him, grabbed the ball, and directly sent the ball to Gago who came to meet him not far away.

Yaya Toure, the midfielder next to Gago, has been following him every step of the way. Just now he was scolded by Rijkaard on the sidelines, and the Ivorian lowered his self-esteem and prepared to stalk Gago.

When Gago was about to catch the ball, Yaya Toure gave a slight push from behind, and Gago, who was not ready, staggered a step forward.However, he took advantage of the opponent's foul to complete a beautiful breakthrough. Seeing that the ball was about to pass his body, Gago hit his heel directly, then stabilized his center of gravity, turned around and wiped Yaya Toure.

"The ball was passed by a beautiful man. Gago completed a breakthrough full of aura under the unstable center of gravity. He kicked the ball past the defender behind him with his heel, and turned around to catch the ball. The movement was smooth and in one go, Yayatu Ray got rid of him like a stake."

Seeing that Gago dribbled the ball towards his own half, Marquez, who stayed behind, immediately ignored Robinho to meet him, and at the same time, Yaya Toure, who was freed, also started to chase back. Afterwards, he blocked Gago who was dressed in white.

However, Gago's condition in today's game was really good. When two people approached him, he adjusted his speed so that they came to his side at the same time.Then a light lateral dribble almost caused the two people who had no time to slow down to collide.

At this time, after getting rid of the two of them for the time being, Gago didn't move forward, because Deco came back, even if he could break through him, he would have to face Marquez and Yaya Toure who turned back next, this It's an endless loop.Today, Jia Ge, who can be said to be "experienced in hundreds of battles", is naturally not obsessed with getting rid of everyone.

While getting rid of it, he glanced into the penalty area and saw that Raul and Robinho had pulled aside, while Ruud van Nistelrooy was cruising outside the penalty area, in front of him was Puyol, not far away was Deco , who seemed to be the least likely to catch the ball.

But Gago passed the ball to him, and the ball went directly from Puyol's side into the penalty area.The speed that Ruud van Nistelrooy burst out in an instant could not be seen as a veteran at all. Using a tacit start, the king of the small penalty area received the ball after Puyol turned around.Then shoot directly into the top corner of the goal.

With a sound of "dong", Milito, who came to assist in the defense, blocked the ball with his body in time. Deco received the ball before Raul came over, and then encountered Gago's defense when he was about to dribble.

"The fight between the two sides is very fierce. It can be said that every inch of land must be fought for. Every step forward requires great effort."

Facing a midfielder with a simple style of play like Deco, Gago didn't have a delusion to cut off the ball at his feet easily, and very cleverly blocked his way forward.As a last resort, the peasant-faced star crossed the ball to Yaya Toure.

The Ivorian is also an excellent player, but he is a player who can only play to his full ability as a core player.In Barcelona, ​​​​his offensive talent was completely buried. In this La Liga giant, there are Deco and Harvey in the same position, and there is no place for him at all.Now in the team, this African player can only be a defensive engineer, and sometimes he has to play as a central defender, which he is not good at.

But the dedicated Yaya Toure has no complaints about Rijkaard's arrangement, after all, he has no capital to compete with Deco and Harvey.

His task in this game is to use his strong body to oppress Gago and prevent Real Madrid's offensive core from easily playing the ball.However, in the Barcelona team, even the defenders will play a few tricks. Short pass penetration is a sign of La Liga, and Barcelona is one of the best.Yaya Toure's excellent skills and good overall view made him feel no discomfort in Barcelona's system.After receiving Deco's cross, he immediately used a precise pass to completely push the offense ten meters.

After receiving the pass from Yaya Toure, Harvey, who retreated, saw the positions of Real Madrid's two midfielders and cleverly distributed the ball to the wing.Andres Iniesta, who played with him since he was a child, arrived from the sidelines almost before the ball went out of bounds, and made another diagonal pass. Ronaldinho has come to the middle like a ghost, facing the rushing Cannavaro , The Brazilian king shot directly.Very tricky, it passed through the crotch of the captain of the Italian national team and went straight to the lower left corner of the goal.

Fortunately, Casillas's reflexes were extremely fast, and he threw the ball sideways.

"Beautiful passes and continuous transfers. In the end, Ronaldinho's shot was also very bold and beautiful. If it weren't for Casillas' brave save, Barcelona might have taken the lead by one goal!"

"In this game, both sides did their best. Less than 2 minutes into the game, each had a very threatening shot. Gago hit the post and Ronaldinho's shot was saved. Is the outcome of the game the core of these two teams?"

Schuster's heart also missed a beat when Ronaldinho shot. He finally knew how Rijkaard felt just now.The nervous feeling that has not appeared for a long time. Since he moved to Real Madrid, with the strong strength of the team, Schuster does not think that there will be any team that can make him nervous, but today he finally felt it again.

"Is this the Great War of the Century?"

As if asking himself, the German also stood up. This game is the second hurdle for him to coach Real Madrid. If he can get over it, he will be able to completely win the love of the fans.

For Real Madrid fans, sometimes beating rivals is more satisfying than winning the championship.

Unwilling to be lonely, Schuster also yelled twice at Diarra and Baptista on the field, telling them to pay attention and not let their opponents easily enter the front of the penalty area.

After Ronaldinho's shot, the fight between the two sides became more intense. After all, the head coaches of the two teams were standing on the sidelines, and when they saw who was not paying attention, they just yelled.In every battle of the century, the head coach is always the most important role. It is right to win, and it is a sinner to lose.

For Rijkaard, the unbeaten record against Real Madrid at home in the past four years must be kept, and on this basis is to win this game.

In the next moment, the two sides began to fight for every inch of ground in the midfield. Every time they just got the ball, one or two opponents would rush over desperately to steal the ball.After breaking off, he became the character being cornered.Under such back and forth, the offensive space is compressed to the greatest extent, there is not much left, and there is basically no chance to shoot.

Except for the two shots at the beginning of the game, the ball did not enter the penalty area of ​​both sides in the rest of the time, and it was passed, intercepted and destroyed continuously in the midfield.

And in this environment, Gago's most powerful ability was brought into play, the ability to hold the ball even in the face of many people pressing, with him as the fulcrum of the midfield, Real Madrid gradually stabilized Taking advantage of the situation, several waves of offensives were launched.

Yaya Toure and Marquez blocked Gago's space from left to right, and then Harvey stretched out his foot behind him to steal the ball.But Gago seemed to have eyes in the back of his head. With a flick of his right foot, he switched to his left foot to control the ball, and then when Marquez thought he had an opportunity to stretch out his foot, he lightly rubbed his instep, and the ball passed between them. out.

A white figure rushed up, facing the ball unexpectedly sent by Gago to the middle, without any hesitation, he directly rounded his thigh and volleyed loudly.

The front of the penalty area was basically emptied by Gagora. The ball was pulled out without anyone interfering, and it hit the upper right corner of the goal. It was too late for Valdez to react. When he jumped up, the ball was already hard hit the net.

"boom!"

The entire Camp Nou burst into an uproar, and the Real Madrid fans jumped up happily, while the Barcelona fans couldn't believe it.When they thought it was the most impossible, the team lost the ball, and the double-teaming of three people made the Argentine pass the ball. Is there any reason for this? Does it take four or five people to go up to get that Argentine? Is the core of the mortal enemy sealed?

(End of this chapter)