Rebirth 1994: Football Situation

Chapter 731 Control and Efficiency

Seeing Van Bronhorst dribble the ball from the left, Maicon immediately went up to meet him. After the previous contest, Maicon's defensive ability was already clear to the Barcelona players, but Van Bronhorst did not intend to Breaking through Maicon, but saw that Ronaldinho had pulled to the side, right in the gap behind Maicon, immediately drove the ball horizontally, and after drawing Maicon further away from his defensive position, he kicked the ball Passed to the unguarded Ronaldinho!
But Essien appeared where he should appear most, and accurately intercepted Van Bronhorst's pass in the middle!

Van Bronhorst was stunned for a moment, and then a gust of wind blew around him immediately, and Maicon had already rushed past him!
At the same time, Essien did not give Ronaldinho a chance to counter-rob, but a long pass over the top from 20 meters away, and passed the ball to Nie Fei near the center circle!
Just now after being passed by Van Bronhorst, Nie Fei did not return to defense, nor did he return to the middle, but stayed near the sideline. Unfortunately, this situation was ignored by the Barcelona players!
Nie Fei pushed the ball forward in the air, and then dribbled the ball across the center line!
At this time, there are only two central defenders left in Barcelona's backcourt!
Van Bronhorst was startled and was about to turn back to defend, but just now Maicon had rushed over and blocked his return route intentionally or unintentionally, making the Dutch defender have to slow down his speed!

The two entangled and finally passed the halftime. Nie Fei in front had already brought the ball to the 30-meter area. Oleg rushed over laterally, intending to stop Nie Fei from advancing!

If Puyol is coming, Nie Fei is still a little worried, but for Oleg who has just returned from injury and whose reaction and agility are far inferior to Puyol, Nie Fei really has nothing to fear.

Continuously dribbling the ball, Nie Fei firmly controlled the ball, and quickly dribbled into the penalty area!
Oleg could barely block Nie Fei's line facing the goal to prevent Nie Fei from shooting directly, but Nie Fei didn't think so. Van Bronhorst has not been able to return to his defense until now, and Barcelona's defense is full of flaws !

Rijkaard and Mourinho stood up at the same time, but one was nervous and uneasy, while the other was excited and excited!
However, these two head coaches are obviously very good at hiding their thoughts. Although they don't know what the tumbling has become in their hearts, their expressions haven't changed much—they all look cool.

After making a fake move to force the bottom, Nie Fei quickly dunked the ball back, raised his foot and passed the ball into the penalty area!

Puyol is fighting for the top with Ibrahimovic desperately. Although there is a huge gap in height with the opponent, the "Lion King" is still fighting Ibrahimovic without fear, interfering with his possible shots!

Ibrahimovic didn't shoot, he jumped up towards the ball, and then in the air, under the impact of Puyol, he lightly flicked the ball with his heel...

This is not a shot, but a wonderful pass!

At the end, Hiller, who was racing against Belletti, almost threw himself out!Flying in the air, he hit the ball hard!
Dive to the top!

Valdés only had time to make a save, and the ball quickly flew past his hand, stirring the net behind him up high!

The singing of "Ben to Newcastle" was rippling over St. James' Park, and Rulin's arm pointed to the sky - one to zero!Newcastle took the lead in the No.13 minute of the first half!

"It's a counterattack again! Barcelona's defense is healed and the scars forget the pain... This is the second time they have been scored by Newcastle's quick counterattack! Nie Fei accurately caught Van Bronhorst after he inserted the attack In the gap, he didn't even return to the defense after the Dutch defender assisted him! It's like knowing that his teammate will intercept the ball... Hasn't Jekaard practiced tactics to prevent counterattacks in the past twelve days? "

Rijkaard's face was ashen. Of course, he would not have any arrangements for Newcastle's quick counterattack as the narrow-minded commentator said, but a solid midfielder also needs to attack, and Newcastle's counterattack is too right. That's right, it happened to launch a fierce counterattack when Barcelona's defense was the most empty, and Van Bronhorst's pass was also blocked at that time!

At this time, Rijkaard hadn't realized that Newcastle was going to catch the loophole after Van Bronhorst plugged in the assist. He was just lamenting that Newcastle's luck was really good, which was destined to make him suffer in the next game. to the bitter end.

After the restart, Barcelona fought back and although they conceded a goal, the situation was not too bad for them. Just one goal, they can bring this game and two legs back to the end. , this goal is not enough to dampen their morale.

Barcelona changed their offensive methods after the re-kick-off. The two forwards Eto'o and Ronaldinho began to withdraw frequently to take the ball, using their personal speed and impact to deal with Newcastle's defense, but no matter how strong their personal abilities are, It is also difficult to achieve a good effect in front of the Newcastle defenders who are fortified in layers.

You have good skills and excellent personal ability. You can pass one person, two people, can you pass the entire defense line?And you must know that Newcastle's defensive players are not parallel imports. Even with Ronaldinho's ability, it will take a lot of brains to get past any of Newcastle's defensive players one-on-one.

Barcelona fell into the predicament of playing at home again. It is difficult for their offense to hit Newcastle's restricted area, and it is basically impossible for long-range shots from outside the restricted area to pass Cech's ten fingers - the long-range world wave is not so good It was shot, and long shots like this must have room for shooting. The Newcastle defenders who use crowd tactics to block the front of the entire penalty area will come up to interfere at any time. became a luxury.

Barcelona's three consecutive long-range shots from outside the penalty area were all either high or wide, and there was no chance for Cech to warm up.

Rijkaard is a coach who doesn't pay attention to details. He just arranges the best people in his hands before the game, and then lets the players play freely on the court-this approach can't be said to be bad, especially in the team. In the case of Ronaldinho, Harvey, Eto'o and a group of talented and imposing players, such an arrangement can allow the players to gain more room to play.

However, such a tactical policy immediately began to show its shortcomings after facing the strict and demanding tactics of Mourinho, who detailed the details of the game to the limit and the team he led.

In these two games, Barcelona's magnificence and casualness appeared so fragile in front of Newcastle's steel machine, just like the German team in history used its rigor and machine-like precision to make the gorgeous Brazil, the elegant France, melancholy Holland, crazy Argentina hit a wall—toughness and rigor have always been the natural enemies of artists.

At the same time, Newcastle did not forget to attack when defending. As in the previous game, their offense was not as good as Barcelona in number, but it was even better in quality-you know, Newcastle will not only It's a counterattack.

Despite the lack of Drogba, Newcastle's offensive ability has not declined, but has improved-compared with Drogba who has not fully adapted to the Premier League, Shearer's scoring ability is stronger-as long as There is nothing wrong with his physical condition.

After resting for two games, Shearer is as physically fit as a 25-year-old. Even if he fights recklessly with the young and strong Barcelona defender, he can still gain the upper hand to a certain extent!

The difference from the first game is that Newcastle is very cautious about counterattacks. Unless there is a very good opportunity, they all choose to advance layer by layer after possession of the ball in the midfield, relying on Nie Fei's organization and the impact of the two strikers. Barcelona's goal caused trouble, and after three and 10 minutes of the game, although they had only five shots, which was more than half of Barcelona's [-] shots, all five shots were within the frame. , In stark contrast to Barcelona's [-] shots, only three of which were within the range of the goal frame.

Valdés felt more sweat on his forehead than usual in a full game—even if Barcelona did not perform well, he didn't feel this way when he was under pressure from other teams. Newcastle had a lot of shots, But when they organized the attack, the pressure on Valdes was even greater - because he didn't know when Newcastle's shot would come, and this situation is the most uncomfortable for goalkeepers.

For a goalkeeper, especially a game-type goalkeeper like Valdes, he is not afraid of the opponent's many shots, but he is afraid of the opponent's cold shot after 89 minutes of idleness...

However, Newcastle will not let him idle for 89 minutes.

In the past, Spanish teams always found it very troublesome when they played against Italian teams, because Italian teams don’t care about the time of possession of the ball, they care more about efficiency. Today, Newcastle's performance made Barcelona's players feel that way.

"Damn it! These guys are here again!" Valdez took a deep breath, concentrated his already tense nerves, and stared at the front without blinking.

(End of this chapter)