Rebirth 1994: Football Situation

Chapter 725 Another Counterattack
Well, let’s ask for the [-]-year counting ticket again. Half of the season is over, and the remaining three days will determine the success or failure of this season—even if you can’t win the championship, you must at least be able to participate in the UEFA Cup...

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"Beep—" A sharp whistle sounded in the center of the stadium, and then the Barcelona fans roared and cursed throughout the stadium, and the referee on duty, the Swedish Anders Frisk, quickly ran to the scene of the incident Place, Drogba was shown a yellow card - he tackled Marquez in the frontcourt pressing, which was the first yellow card of the game.

Drogba waved helplessly to the referee. His intention was not to foul, but he rushed a little too hard, and the Mexican defender cleverly moved his foot over. This yellow card was a bit unfair. .

Mourinho didn't care about this penalty. Newcastle's style of play is very aggressive, let alone in defense now, and the impact of Drogba's yellow card as a forward is not as great as that of a defender. Now he It can also be seen that although Barcelona's offense looks fierce, it is now gradually contained by Newcastle's defense. Although there are many shots, most of them are long-range shots. There are almost no shots in the penalty area. Naturally, Petr Cech guarded The gate of the door can't create too much threat.

However, Newcastle has not given up on counterattacks. Although there are very few counterattacks, as long as Barcelona's defenders are slightly paralyzed, they will suffer quickly.

No.207 minutes, Iniesta's midfielder made a long pass to the left side of the penalty area. Eto'o quickly started to get rid of Dawson to grab the first point, but Dawson's pressing behind him made him unable to unload the ball comfortably After shooting, he had no choice but to volley the ball non-stop. Although his shooting was beautiful, the ball flew over the crossbar.

Eto'o looked at the ball flying over the crossbar with some displeasure, shook his head and walked back. Today Newcastle did not give him enough room to start. Although his impact and header are not bad, it is not his. Strengths, his strength lies in his ability to get rid of the shot beautifully after taking the ball, but in today's game, Newcastle did not give him this opportunity.

Two minutes later, Barcelona's attack bogged down in Newcastle's half, Albertini's long-range shot over the crossbar also seemed to be a microcosm of Barcelona's attack so far, possession, organization, but no good offensive opportunities.

"They did a good job." Pei Wei said to Mourinho, and Mourinho nodded slowly: "Now, it depends on whether they can organize a counterattack... Barcelona's backcourt is not small. If If we can seize the opportunity, the next game will be much better."

Unable to attack for a long time, the Barcelona players also began to get a little impatient. Rijkaard frowned tightly. He knew that Newcastle had excellent defense, but he did not expect that Mourinho would let the players use such an almost ugly defensive method— — Almost no offense!Could it be that the proud Portuguese just wants to take away a draw from the Nou Camp?
It's very possible!After all, for the two-round knockout round, it is also a good result to get a draw in the away game, because they still have a home game!
Rijkaard gritted his teeth and smiled, since you want to defend, let me show you what a real offense is!

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Barcelona has not let Mourinho see what is a "real attack", but Newcastle almost let Rijkaard see what is called a "real counterattack".

When Harvey took the ball in the middle, there was a slight delay. Makelele and Essien formed a pinch from left to right. Makelele stabbed the ball under Harvey's feet cleanly with one kick. Essien took the ball at the same time. Ribery, Ibrahimovic and Nie Fei in Newcastle's frontcourt have already started to gallop forward!

Essien passed the ball to Ribery near the center circle. Ribery dribbled the ball and turned around and passed Albertini. Nie Fei and Ibrahimovic in the frontcourt made a beautiful crossover and ran to Ibrahimovic on the right. Bu attracted Marquez's attention, while Nie Fei sneaked between Belletti and Puyol!

The moment Nie Fei inserted it, Ribery passed the ball beautifully to five meters in front of Nie Fei!
This distance is just enough to give Nie Fei the advantage of speed. Nie Fei catches up with the ball in two strides, throwing Puyol away by a large distance, single-handedly!

Just as the fans of Newcastle stood up excitedly, the linesman raised the flag in his hand-Nie Fei was offside!
Nie Fei, who was about to drive straight in to pass Valdes and then hit the ball into the empty goal, turned around with a face full of surprise. He confirmed that he was definitely behind Puyol when Ribery passed the ball—he and Ribery Perry has such a tacit understanding, how can this be an offside?

"Damn!" Mourinho jumped up from the coach's bench: "Could this be an offside? When Ribery passed the ball, any part of Nie Fei's body was behind Puyol! How did you take it?" Got the referee qualification certificate?"

"Mr. Mourinho! Please pay attention to your wording!" The fourth official came to stop him: "If you have any doubts about the penalty, you can submit it in writing after the game...but now, please go back to your Get on your seat!"

"Look at the slow motion! Only the courage to replay the Nou Camp!" Mourinho pointed to the big screen above the stands without flinching. From the slow motion above, it can be seen that the moment Ribery passed the ball, Nie Fei is obviously behind the Nou Camp, this is a misjudgment!
"I'm sorry sir, FIFA stipulates that slow-motion replays cannot be used as the basis for a penalty during a game." The fourth official shrugged and said.

"Damn rule! Why does such an obviously unreasonable and unfair rule continue until now!" Mourinho also knew that the referee's penalty cannot be changed, and now that Newcastle has lost a single-handed goal, how can the referee change it?If it is a penalty kick and free kick, it can be changed, but the offside misjudgment cannot be changed. Can Barcelona give Newcastle a single-handed goal?

So Mourinho can only walk towards the coach bench while chattering and protesting-misjudgment is like rape, if you can't resist, then you can only endure it.

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Although Nie Fei's one-handed goal was obliterated by the linesman, it still made Rijkaard break out in a cold sweat. With Nie Fei's footwork, such a one-handed goal has a great possibility of scoring. If Newcastle advanced If there is one goal, then Barcelona can only choose to attack more violently-because this is their home field, the loopholes in the backcourt will become even bigger, and then...

Rijkaard didn't dare to think about it anymore. He stood up for the first time in this game and made a gesture to the captain Puyol who stayed behind.

Puyol nodded, and shouted to Albertini in front of him: "Demy, pay attention to returning to the defense! Leave the offense to the two of them! Belletti! Fan! Don't get in at the same time! Two people take turns to go up and assist!"

The people he called signaled that they understood, and Rijkaard breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as the backcourt is not so empty, there is no problem, right?After all, Newcastle only has one or two people who invest in counterattacks every time.

However, Rijkaard seems to have overlooked a problem. Just now, Newcastle only had one or two people in each counterattack. It was not because Mourinho only arranged such a few people, but because of Barcelona's fierce attack, Newcastle could only invest in the counterattack. So many troops!

After Barcelona reduced its offensive forces, Newcastle's pressure dropped sharply, and more troops can be invested in the counterattack!
Just 2 minutes after Rijkaard made this adjustment, Makelele's tackle attracted Iniesta's attention. Lucio rushed from the penalty area and beautifully intercepted the ball from Iniesta's feet. Down!

At the same time that Lucio succeeded in stealing the ball, the four attacking players in the frontcourt of Newcastle all began to sprint forward except Ibrahimovic who had returned to the defense just now!
Lucio is a central defender with a strong assist ability, not only in his attacking from the back, but also in his long pass ability!
Taking a quick look at the running positions of his teammates in the frontcourt, Lucio raised his foot and passed the ball far before Xavi came up to grab the ball!
The ball crossed the midfield in an instant and flew to the left where Ribery was running!
Belletti made a mistake, he thought he could intercept the ball in the middle, but when he jumped up, he realized that he could not hit the ball!

A really bad take off!
The ball landed five meters in front of Franck Ribery. The French winger increased his speed to the highest, stretched out his foot and poked the ball forward five meters, then accelerated and chased after him!

Before him was an open field!Barcelona's half-court is full of flaws!
Franck Ribery sprinted forward on the left and drove straight in. When he sprinted near the penalty area line with the ball, he immediately dunked the ball into the penalty area and broke into the penalty area!
Puyol rushed forward, and Ribery had already observed the positions of the two teammates following him. After a horizontal dunk, he immediately passed the ball!
Drogba attracted Marquez's attention in the middle, but he didn't shoot after lifting his foot, but let the ball slip past his feet!

Nie Fei shot in from the right at high speed. First, he made a false shot to lure Valdés to the ground. Then he swiped the ball to the side and swept the ball with his right foot!
The ball quickly flew to the back of the goal. Puyol shoveled over to try to block the ball, but he failed. The ball quickly rolled over two meters in front of his feet and hit the back of the net quickly!

"Long live!" The moment the goal was scored, the stands occupied by Newcastle fans immediately fell into a huge jubilation, while the other stands became dead silent!
"One to zero! Newcastle took the lead! It's No.309 minutes in the first half! Beautiful counterattack, Newcastle's good defensive counterattack again achieved incredible results against the Spanish team! The whole process only took It took 30 seconds!"

(End of this chapter)