Rebirth 1994: Football Situation

Chapter 730 Flaws
This game is very difficult for Barcelona.

Among the injured in the first round, only Oleg returned from injury, but Marquez was injured again. What's more, the French winger Giuly also strained his back in the previous league. Rijkaard's The army is stretched.

Rijkaard can only use Oleg to replace Marquez as a central defender. Although the size is almost the same, the Brazilian defender does not have the excellent header ability of the Mexican, but compared with the shortage of midfielders and forwards, the latter The problem of the line of defense is still a trivial matter.

Giuly was absent, and Barcelona had no safe substitute in this position. Rijkaard had to push Iniesta up the front line, and then used the Brazilian Motta as the midfielder in the midfield. Xavi and Albertini organized the offense. The field is obviously inferior to the main midfielder Marquez, Xavi and Iniesta-Motta has always been Barcelona's substitute for ten thousand years, although he has a good relationship with the current number one star Ronaldinho , but this does not seem to be enough for him to get a main position, and although Albertini has always been one of the best midfielders in Europe, but after all, he is already old and his state has declined rapidly. All of them served as the main force in the game, which can only show one thing-Rijkaard has no one on hand.

Now Barcelona are still repaying the debts of the Gaspart era - in those gloomy days, not only did they not win any championships, but they also owed huge debts. Barcelona can only tighten their money, although they still form a strong team. The main lineup, but it is obviously not comparable to a club with strong financial resources like Newcastle in terms of lineup thickness.

Newcastle also suffered a loss of personnel. Despite an appeal, Drogba still missed this important second leg game. At the same time, Ribery was slightly sprained in a team training before the game. Just to be on the safe side, Murray Neo put him on the bench.

Mourinho sent Shearer and Ibrahimovic's striker partner. Although she is old, Shearer's impact is still very strong, especially now that the task of the game is significantly reduced, Shearer can concentrate on it. Play several key games, such as today's one.

In the absence of Ribery, Mourinho made a relatively big change in the midfield. He did not replace Ribery with Robert or Stewart. The combination of Xin, Janus and Nie Fei also surprised Rijkaard.

Mourinho has settled with him. On the surface, Rijkaard is using Iniesta as a striker, but in fact he is strengthening the midfielder's ability to control the ball. After all, Newcastle's original midfielder's defensive ability is only strong. Two defensive midfielders, but now, Barcelona has three midfielders to deal with in the midfield, and the three midfielders can also support the defense on the wing. This move is completely aimed at Barcelona's strong midfielder. Ball ability and wing assault ability - of course, what the situation is, we have to observe it from the game.

From the beginning of the game, the two sides have been entangled in the midfield. Newcastle's midfield is more than rigid and lacks aura. Barcelona's midfield is more than flashy but lacks toughness. From the perspective of the midfield, these two teams can be regarded as excellent. A natural enemy.

Barcelona had the upper hand technically, but they were a step behind Newcastle in terms of physical confrontation. However, although Newcastle was at home, they did not dare to go too far - Collina gave a foul to Makelele at the beginning of the game. Serious warning, his tough stance also shows his attitude - I don't care what kind of grievances you have in the last game, in this game, you can only play well for me and try to make some other tricks, then Don't blame me for being rude!
The name of a person, the shadow of a tree, with Collina's reputation, no matter how famous the referee is, he has such confidence.

The game started under his control and within the normal range.

The situation inside the stadium is normal, but outside the stadium, it may not be normal.

The fans of Newcastle took out all the football hooligans. Although they did not attack the opponent physically, they continued to torture the opponent mentally, insulting, booing, middle fingering... Barcelona was under tremendous pressure from the beginning of the game .

Newcastle got the ball, huge cheers, Barcelona got the ball, huge boos and curses, the home fans showed completely different attitudes towards the two sides in such a game, the love and hatred of the England fans was clearly revealed.

If Ronaldinho was able to get the Real Madrid fans at the Bernabeu to applaud him through his outstanding performance, then no matter how good he performed at St James' Park, he would not get any applause from the Newcastle fans, only more violent insults — Unless he is playing for Newcastle.

Since you are our enemy, the better you perform, the more we will scold you, and if you perform poorly, we will also laugh at you-this is the character of Newcastle fans.

Amidst the thunderous cheers, Newcastle gradually gained the upper hand in the midfield, but Barcelona's strength is indeed outstanding. Although they are short of major generals and they are in the enemy's home field, they have not revealed any fatal flaws. .

Stabilizing the midfield and waiting for an opportunity to counterattack, this is Rijkaard's idea.

Newcastle is indeed very strong, but their offensive ability is not particularly good. If they are pulled out to play against them in the away game against Barcelona, ​​they will definitely be defeated by their fast and sharp counterattack, so it is better to play in a stable midfield. , using two strikers with excellent personal abilities in the frontcourt to solve the problem.

Since this is Newcastle's home court, they will definitely strengthen their offense. In terms of defense, they will definitely not be as tight as the previous game.

Although Newcastle only needs a zero-to-zero draw to enter the next round, will the arrogant Mourinho be willing to accept such a promotion?

Rijkaard still misread Mourinho.

He thought he knew Mourinho well, but he was wrong.

From the bottom of his heart, Mourinho is a pure realist. He doesn't care about the promotion process, he only cares about the result of the promotion. All he wanted was promotion, and nothing else mattered.

So Newcastle are happy to entangle with Barcelona in the midfield, because they know that as long as the zero-to-zero situation continues, it will only be Barcelona who are anxious, not them.

Of course, Mourinho will not only pin his hopes on a draw. After all, both Ronaldinho and Eto'o have strong personal abilities. It would be bad if there is a flash of inspiration. This confidence is because he has seen the weakness of Barcelona's defense.

Barcelona's defense has not been very good, but in front of their strong ball control ability in the midfield, this defect has been concealed very well, but under Mourinho's careful observation, he finally discovered this flaw .

This flaw is their main left-back, the player who claims to have participated in the most famous derby in the world, the Dutchman Van Bronhorst.

As a full-back with strong assist ability, Van Bronhorst has excellent offensive ability, but he has fatal flaws, that is, he turns slowly and does not return to defense in time. Coupled with the support of the midfielder, Barcelona's defense has long been sieved.

But now, with Barcelona's midfield and Newcastle's midfield entangled, no one can help him anymore.

Mourinho's instruction before the game was to hit Barcelona's left side if he had the opportunity, break through the surface, and tear Barcelona's defense, especially in the absence of Marquez, only the ones with the ability to fill the defense There is only one Puyol left, even if he is covered in iron, how many nails can he drive?
Newcastle's right wing composed of Nie Fei and Maicon may have great deficiencies in defense, but in terms of offense, it is a close to perfect combination, technology, speed, strength, impact, imagination...all are perfect. Yes, and with Makelele Essien and others taking turns to fill the position on the right, they can also better display their offensive capabilities.

So although Nie Fei entangled with his opponents more in the midfield after the start of the game, he has been paying attention to Van Bronhorst's movements.

As long as this guy can't help but step forward to assist, the opportunity will come!
The opportunity is coming soon.

As mentioned earlier, Van Bronhorst himself is a full-back with excellent assist ability. He is not physically strong and his confrontation ability is not outstanding, but he can become a frequent visitor to the Dutch national team. Becoming the main force depends on his assist ability.

It is not his style to stay honestly in the backcourt, nor is it what he is good at, nor is it the reason why the coach uses him-the coach uses him to play, and he uses his assists, not defense.

After seeing the two sides entangled in the midfield, Van Bronhorst soon joined the midfield confrontation team.

Harvey, who was being pinched by Janus and Essien, immediately gave the ball to Van Bronhorst who inserted the edge on the left. Now that he has begun to lose in the midfield, the focus of the attack will be temporarily Putting it on the sidewalk is also a good way.

After receiving the ball, Van Bronhorst began to quickly insert along the left. His offensive ability was quite good. Nie Fei moved from the midfield to defend him, and was quickly thrown away by him with a quick forward.

After getting rid of Nie Fei, Van Bronhorst's eyes lit up—because all the entanglements just now were concentrated in the midfield, the wing became a relatively weak place for Newcastle. Now there is only Maicon in front of him, and Ronaldinho Also moved to the left to help him attack!

The excited Van Bronhorst quickly dribbled the ball forward, leaving Nie Fei behind and also leaving a huge open space behind.

PS: The state of the past two months has been very bad, especially in the past two days. Lao Guo is here to say sorry to everyone.

Next month, Lao Guo will definitely have an explosion. Lao Guo seldom promises anything, but he will definitely do what he promises.

Finally, I would like to thank the brothers who voted for Lao Guo in the ten-year inventory. Although he has no hope of joining the Chinese Writers Association, Lao Guo still wants to see what the writers of the Writers Association will think of the things written by me as a writer. This is also the only motivation for Lao Guo to participate in this ten-year inventory.

(End of this chapter)