princely elegance

Chapter 212 What is a Superstar?

"goooooooooooooooooal!"

"Goal in, Baptista, the Brazilian puts in just in time to put Gago's magic touch in the goal. It's typical of his goals, from the back and then a strong volley from outside the box , when he was in Seville that year, the Brazilian scored 39 goals in two seasons with one trick, raging La Liga stadiums."

"Although it was Baptista who scored the goal, the biggest credit still goes to Gago. If he hadn't attracted most of the strength of Barcelona's midfielder to himself, the Brazilian would not have been able to easily kick the ball." .”

"Let's take a look at the slow-motion replay. It's a miraculous pass. In the face of three people pressing, Gago firmly controlled the ball at his feet. I saw Marquez when he stretched out his foot to steal the ball. There was an extremely narrow gap between Yaya Toure, and the ball was passed out, and Baptista's shot was also very beautiful, full of powerful long-range shots."

After Baptista scored the goal, he ran directly in front of Gago, carried him on his shoulders, ran half a circle excitedly, and crushed him, and the Real Madrid players who followed him also followed suit. Very excited to press up.

After the goal, Schuster waved his fist very happily, but he was still very graceful and did not rush to Rijkaard to celebrate.

But even so, the action of the German also attracted boos from the audience. For the pride of Barcelona in the player's peak era, he was already the deadly enemy of the Nou Camp the moment he defected to Real Madrid.In the hearts of Barcelona fans, he is probably the "Judas" second only to Figo and Laudrup!
But Schuster didn't care about it. He listened to the boos all over the court, and returned to the coach's bench with a satisfied face.On the contrary, several assistant coaches looked very worried, deeply afraid that some extremists would rush down and stab him, a traitor.

Real Madrid scored in the No. 205 minute of the first half. After the celebration, 1 minute was quietly wasted.Both sides played very hard in this game, and the control in the midfield was even more difficult. If Rijkaard hadn't underestimated Gago's ability to control the ball, I'm afraid the stalemate is still there.

In fact, Rijkaard is already high enough to look up to Gago. He sent two midfielders to focus on the Argentine prince. Deco and Harvey are always paying attention. If Marquez and Yaya Toure cannot stop him, Immediately go up.But even such a lineup failed to snatch the ball from Gago's feet. Instead, he took the opportunity to stretch the defense and assisted Baptista to score a goal.

If you want to blame, you can only blame Gago for growing up too fast, beyond Rijkaard's imagination.

After the kick-off, without the black swan's instructions, the Barcelona players began to spend more energy on offense, and the tedious midfield fight finally came to an end.But now the situation is reversed, Barcelona wants to speed up, but Gago has suppressed the rhythm.

Diarra and Baptista kept sweeping the front of the penalty area, while Gago used his strong ball-handling ability to slow down the pace after receiving the ball in the middle.

But even so, Barcelona's powerful midfield still created several attacking opportunities. At a certain point, Ronaldinho seemed to return to his peak career.From the left side of the center, he broke through Heinze and Cannavaro with his gorgeous footwork, and faced Casillas with a push from far, but was still saved by San Cassie who was in good condition.

And Real Madrid also played a few waves of uncompromising attacks in the remaining time. In this game, Gago also used all his physical reserves. Anyway, there is half a month's vacation after the game. scruples.

The faces of Marquis and Yaya Toure became more and more ugly as the game progressed, and Gago suppressed them both by himself.If it weren't for Deco, Puyol and others' helpers from time to time, I'm afraid he would have been smashed into a sieve by him.But even so, Gago still created several murderous intentions. He has been playing football with Guti for nearly a year, and he has figured out the deadly pass of Fourteenth Master Tian Wushuang.

Gago performed his own characteristics in the light and easy pull and buckle. After getting out of the neutral position, he quickly released the ball. Both Raul and Van Nistelrooy are opportunists, and they are in perfect harmony with Gago's technique. No.306 Minutes, Real Madrid almost expanded the score, Van Nistelrooy turned offside and single-handedly faced Valdes and hit the far corner and missed the post.

After that, Barcelona also played a wave of offensive, passing the ball consecutively. Ronaldinho received the ball again and entered the penalty area, but fell to the ground after contact with Cannavaro.

The referee ignored it and signaled that there was no foul.The Brazilian was very dissatisfied and complained to the referee, but there was no result.On the contrary, Cannavaro was very angry. He scolded Ronaldinho who was still sitting on the lawn and told him to get up quickly.

In the end, under the signal of the referee, Ronaldinho stood up slowly, reluctantly.And just after he stood up, Real Madrid kicked off quickly.Naturally, Gago would not be polite. After receiving Diarra's pass, he directly moved to the left with a wide range of kicks.

Robinho stepped on the bicycle several times in a row against Abidal, but the opponent's center of gravity was not disturbed at all, and he blocked his breakthrough route very steadily.But even so, Robbie still found an opportunity, using his excellent flexibility to forcibly throw Abidal away and enter the penalty area, and was released by Marquez who came to help defend.

The referee also did not award a penalty kick. Although this action was indeed a foul by Marquez, it also requires courage to award a penalty kick in this game. Heigl obviously lacks this kind of courage.

The first half ended in the cautious attack of both sides, and Real Madrid entered the intermission with a one-goal advantage.

However, the faces of the Barcelona players are not too ugly. After all, it is only a goal gap. They believe that they will be able to equalize sooner or later.

However, the development of the situation in the second half was beyond their expectations. After leading by one goal, Real Madrid began a "reluctant to make progress" retreat.At this juncture, Schuster actually learned from Capello's "ball possession is useless theory". Gago also returned to his own half after the start of the second half to help defend.

"Anyway, it's not at the Bernabeu, so I won't be afraid of being booed if I fight like this."

Schuster thinks like this, but boos are ubiquitous. After seeing Real Madrid's defensive tactics in the second half, the boos of more than 8 fans at Camp Nou have been given to those standing on the sidelines. German.

"One more goal and it's game over."

This was Schuster's idea, and Gago could guess it, so after the start of the second half, he began to pay more attention to the success rate of the attack.

Unsurprisingly, after the start of the second half, Barcelona began to fight back, and it was menacing.Although Jekaard sent a 3-4-3 formation in this game, but at the critical moment, the players on the field still unconsciously returned to the most familiar and best 4-3-3 formation.Deco began to dispatch more in the backcourt, Xavi and Yaya Toure helped attack, and Marquez retreated to the backline.

However, Ronaldinho's state has obviously declined, and now his stomach has begun to bulge slightly, and his physical fitness and state are no longer that of the omnipotent Brazilian king when he first came to Barcelona.After playing for 10 minutes in the second half, he began to pant, run less, and the connection between the midfield and the frontcourt was not so smooth.

As a last resort, Iniesta stepped back and began to take on the task of tandem.However, Gago likes Xiaobai's technical player the most. His super predictive ability allows him to defend this simple player to death.

Ronaldinho and Iniesta's flameouts, and Eto'o in the frontcourt also misfired after shooting several times at Casillas.Barcelona's midfield connection was blocked by Gago, and the scene tilted towards Real Madrid again.

After once again intercepting Harvey's pass, Gago saw the gap in Barcelona's backcourt, handed the ball directly to Baptista, and then ran forward by himself. After a cooperation began to be staged at the Nou Camp.

From the backcourt to the frontcourt, Gago touched the ball three times all the way, and the pause time did not exceed one second, but he had already broken through Yaya Toure, Deco and Marquez in a row.

After receiving Raul's cross again, Gago didn't pass the ball, but drove the ball directly into the penalty area.The red and blue captains were the first to rush forward, and also the last ones. Robinho and Ruud van Nistelrooy had already tacitly emptied the opponent's defense for Gagola.

One-on-one, Gago's blood is surging, he feels as if he is completing an easy task, can he find someone on earth who can defend him one-on-one.Yes, the person in front of him is one of them, Spain's chief central defender, the future defense core of the Matador Legion and Barcelona's football grand slam glory.

This is a defender who is underestimated by everyone, but Gago is confident that he can break through him. This is absolute confidence in himself.Every superstar is extremely confident in themselves, and they believe that they can do everything.People with this belief will burst out with amazing brilliance throughout their careers.

Now Gago is changing towards this aspect. Although his playing style is very elegant and gorgeous, it lacks a kind of domineering, a kind of domineering that will never give up until it penetrates the opponent's defense.

There is no doubt that Gago will become a superstar in the future, but everyone thinks it is not now. This is not only because of Gago's youth, but also because the fans think that he still lacks something.

"I can do it!"

Gago said something to himself in his heart, and then exploded his body to the limit, and directly dribbled the ball to the left. Puyol took a step to block half of his body, but in an instant Gago threw his body He stopped abruptly, pulled the ball sideways, and changed direction.Puyol, whose center of gravity had not been completely shifted, threw his whole body over, even if Gago broke through from the right, he would still be hit by him.

However, geniuses can never be guessed with common sense, and under impossible circumstances, Gago stopped a step.Then Puyol's body bumped past him, and the pause of this step happened to dodge the final defense of the red and blue captain.

Puyol wanted to grab Gago's jersey unwillingly, but he dodged the final struggle with an easy sideways move.

Facing Valdez single-handedly, although no one has counted it, as long as Gago is facing the goalkeeper single-handedly, the Real Madrid fans can stand up and cheer for the goal.

This time was no exception. Facing the attacking Valdes, Gago hit the ball to the upper corner of the goal with a rubbing shot.

(End of this chapter)