Rebirth 1994: Football Situation

Chapter 724 Offense and Defense

Well, I have dropped to No.11 again. Brothers, please help. Today’s votes are much less than yesterday’s. Voting is just a matter of effort. I hope you can help me this week.

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Compared with Newcastle, which has no major injuries, Barcelona's situation is a bit bad. Although they are going smoothly in the league and ranking first in the standings, they have many players who are injured and unable to play. Defenders Oleg, Ed Milson, midfielder Thiago Motta and Gabriel were unable to play, but Rijkaard still lined up his best four-three-three lineup, goalkeeper Valdes, defenders Belletti, Puyol, Marquez and Van Bronjo In front of him, the two traditional "fourth" Xavi and Iniesta of Barcelona are in charge of organizing. The forwards are the Frenchman Giuly and the Brazilian Ronaldo. Erdinho and Cameroonian Eto'o.

There are three offensive players in the midfield, and the two full-backs are also assisting full-backs whose offensive ability is stronger than defensive ability. Rijkaard's idea is obvious, that is to use offense to completely destroy the opponent and get a A hearty victory - just like they do in the league.

Mourinho knows the Barcelona team very well. In fact, the Spanish teams play the same way. They all regard offense as their life, especially in Barcelona. In addition, this game is played at the Nou Camp Stadium. His own actions have stimulated the opponent's players again. If Rijkaard does not adopt offensive tactics, it will be called a ghost.

The defense was arranged from the midfield, and even the two center forwards were withdrawn to defend at any time, intercepting layer by layer, compressing the opponent's attack space while leaving a huge gap in the opponent's own half, and then passing Ribery on the two wings With Nie Fei's quick counterattack to solve the opponent, this is Mourinho's tactical thinking in this game.

It's just that he seems to have underestimated the strength shown by the enraged Barcelona players.

Only 2 minutes into the first half, Nie Fei took the ball in the middle to organize an attack. After dodging Harvey's attack, Eto'o suddenly rushed from behind, stretched out his foot and broke the ball under Nie Fei's feet!
After stealing the ball, the Cameroon Lion took the ball two steps forward and immediately distributed it to Ronaldinho on the left. Ronaldinho, who is now on the rise, took the ball and passed his compatriot Mai beautifully. Kong, and then volleyed from the far corner at the front of the penalty area, and the ball missed the far post slightly.

Three minutes later, Eto'o dribbled the ball from the midfield, relying on his speed and ability to quickly change directions, he passed Makelele and Essien in a row. Fortunately, Dawson rushed out of the penalty area in time and kicked the ball out with his big foot.

"Claude! Michael! What are you two doing! Didn't you wake up?"

Although this attack did not pose any threat, Mourinho still yelled at the field in annoyance-if the opponent is always allowed to attack with the ball in his own half, no matter how strong the defense is When there is a loophole!

Makelele and Essien glanced at each other. Just now, while Eto'o was attacking with the ball, Barcelona's three midfielders were also interspersed and running, which attracted their attention to a large extent, and Eto'o His speed and dribbling skills are indeed very strong, and the two suffered a little loss when they didn't notice for a while.

It's just that there is no need to explain on the football field. It is a fact that the opponent made a breakthrough. If you want to explain it, use the next action to explain it!

Two minutes later, Barcelona made a comeback. The midfielder Iniesta did not give Newcastle two defensive midfielders a chance to defend. He directly handed the ball to Ronaldinho. Many players have analyzed the characteristics of Newcastle's defenders. Although Maicon's assist ability is quite good, his defense is the weakest of the four Newcastle defenders!
Facing the Brazilian compatriots dancing like elves, Maicon had a hard time defending. Although he tried hard, he was still swayed away by Ronaldinho's fake moves!
Ronaldinho, who passed Maicon, broke into the penalty area. He did not continue to break through the middle, but after breaking through near the bottom line, he suddenly made a clever return pass and sent the ball to the penalty area line!
Eto'o got rid of Makelele with a sprint, and then volleyed directly without stopping the ball!

The ball brushed against the crossbar and flew out of the bottom line. There was a huge sigh from the stands, and then there was extremely warm applause. It was a gift for Ronaldinho!
Although the attack just now did not result in a goal, Barcelona showed what their fans wanted to see-an attack like quicksilver, gorgeous coordination, and an exciting shot!What more do Catalans need than that?

Seeing the Barcelona players walk towards their own half confidently, as if they will definitely score in the next attack, the Newcastle defenders are angry. They have not been in such a short period of time for more than a year. Let the opponent get three threatening attacks within a short period of time!

"Come on! Let's give them a good look!"

Cech kicked the ball to Lucio in front of him and roared loudly.

Lucio turned around and passed the ball directly to the middle circle. Ibrahimovic stopped the ball with his chest smoothly despite Puyol's interference behind him. ahead!
Under the defense of Marquez, Drogba still jumped high, shook his head and ferried the ball to Nie Fei on the right. After receiving the ball, Nie Fei took advantage of the situation and wiped it horizontally. Take a long shot with your left foot from the front!
Valdés fell to the ground quickly, held the ball out of the baseline with one hand, and took a corner kick.

Defending the corner kick, Barcelona seemed a bit nervous. Edmilson and Oleg's two 1.8-meter-seven defenders were not on the field. Now Barcelona has no one taller than 1.8 meters except for Marquez and goalkeeper Valdez In contrast to Newcastle, the two center forwards and the two central defenders are all about 1.9 meters tall. Let alone jumping up, just poking into Barcelona's penalty area can bring enough pressure to the defenders.

Nie Fei took a corner kick, Drogba grabbed the front point, carried Puyol in the air, and then shook his head to attack the goal!Faced with this close-range header, Valdés showed amazing responsiveness, almost subconsciously with one hand, the ball changed direction slightly and hit the outside of the goal post and popped out of the bottom line!
Another corner kick!
This corner kick was still grabbed by Newcastle's players, but it was a pity that Dawson's header was over the crossbar-these two corner kicks also reminded the Barcelona players-be careful, as long as we set the ball in the frontcourt It can create a threat!
This attack did not seem to restrain Barcelona's offense. They still launched a fierce offensive. The three midfielders and two full-backs all rushed across the half to start the attack. Only two central defenders were defending in the backcourt— — This is the style of Barcelona, ​​or rather, this is the style of Barcelona led by Rijkaard.

It's just that after an attack, Newcastle began to find their own defensive rhythm. They began to gradually adapt to Barcelona's offensive style, and their tenacious defense made Barcelona's offense troublesome.

Barcelona's offense is three-dimensional. In addition to not having an advantage in high-altitude balls, in fact they rarely play high-altitude balls. The three technical players in the midfield provide enough fire support for the three forwards. Road, center or right, they all have enough offensive firepower. If the defense is a little weaker, they will be easily defeated by Barcelona's continuous attacks.

At this time, we can see Newcastle's defensive ability. If Barcelona's offense is a flood, then Newcastle's defense is a dam - the flood hits the dam continuously, but the dam remains motionless.

Compression, complete compression, every Barcelona player who takes the ball is always surrounded by no less than two defensive forces, no matter how they transfer, how short the pass penetrates, whenever their players take the ball, they will always look up and see Two men in black and white sword-striped shirts were beside him.

This kind of defense does not start from the backcourt, including the two forwards, it starts from the interception of the midfielder, flanking, confrontation, collision, and pressing. Newcastle showed Italian-style defense and England-style physical confrontation. This makes Barcelona's Spanish-style organization and Dutch-style offense difficult to implement.

The game is constantly interrupted by the whistle, and physical confrontation is everywhere. Newcastle players have long been accustomed to this rhythm, but it makes Barcelona players very uncomfortable. No matter how good the player is, the rhythm is often interrupted. Under no circumstances, it is impossible to perform too well.

Newcastle's players have a good grasp of the degree of fouling. Their defense uses more close-fitting presses, but their movements are not too big, and the referee rarely plays cards. This makes Barcelona fans very dissatisfied. It seems that the rough action of the English team should all be sent off after 10 minutes of the game!
"It seems that everyone's predictions before the game were good. At the Nou Camp, the two teams adopted completely different tactics-Barcelona attacking, Newcastle defending...Without exception, the game has now passed 10 minutes , Barcelona have had seven shots, three of which were within the frame. Newcastle only had two shots from two corner kicks, but only one was within the frame. In fact, this statistic does not fully reflect the presence of Barcelona. With the upper hand, Newcastle didn't even have a good way to get through the half-time..."

"Attack and defense, that's how Barcelona and Newcastle are on the pitch, silence and eloquence, that's what Rijkaard and Mourinho are off the pitch, both teams from the players to the manager. Completely different qualities, maybe, we should expect more from this game."

The commentators who broadcast the game expressed their opinions one after another, and now, 25 minutes have passed in the first half of the game.

(End of this chapter)