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Chapter 507 Completely messed up!

During the intermission, Liverpool's players all returned to the dressing room.

Everyone had excited smiles on their faces, obviously satisfied with the results of the first half.

Benitez's tactics were completely on the right track, completely disrupting Barcelona's tactical deployment.

In fact, after Ten Carter left Barcelona, ​​Rijkaard's tactical response has always been criticized, especially in some strong dialogues, Barcelona's tactics can even be said to be a complete failure, such as an away game against Real Madrid, Barcelona lost [-]-[-] to Capello's team.

The home draw with Atletico Madrid and the away loss to Valencia all performed unsatisfactorily.

In the two games against Chelsea in the Champions League group stage, Barcelona was [-]-[-] at home and [-]-[-] away. They failed to show convincing performances. Rijkaard's targeted tactics did not go wrong until tonight.

Of course, for a team like Barcelona, ​​it is not necessary to target the opponent everywhere, but what is more important is how to continue to perform at its own level under the opponent's target.

But even so, Barcelona still can't do it.

Although the first half of this game was one to one, in fact, from a tactical point of view, Barcelona was completely defeated!

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Yang Yang has only been in Liverpool for half a year, but he really admires Benitez's tactics.

Whether facing Chelsea's Mourinho, Manchester United's Ferguson, or as strong as Barcelona, ​​Benitez has a way to suppress his opponents at the tactical level.

If there is any problem with Benitez, it is undoubtedly that he is not smooth enough, obsessed with football, and does not understand the world, and these are precisely what Yesterdam is best at.

The combination of the two complement each other, a bit like the combination of Rijkaard and Ten Carter.

Therefore, Yang Yang felt that Benitez really couldn't leave Yesterdam, otherwise he would lose Ten Cate like Rijkaard.

No one is perfect, and football has always been a team-based profession.

It's the same on the pitch, and it's the same off the pitch.

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Benitez walked into the locker room. He still had the same cold and indifferent face as usual, looking very mechanical, as if he had no emotion at all.

If he hadn't been excited and smiled when he was celebrating his goal just now, Yang Yang would have thought it was a robot.

Benitez was the first to bring up the team's problems in the first half, which were mainly small local details. However, Benitez never mentioned the mistake made by Sissoko, obviously to take care of the feelings of Mali's midfielder.

"Usually, if a team has the upper hand on the court, they will not easily make adjustments in the second half, because changing the style of play can easily cause them to lose control of the game, so they will not take risks easily."

Benitez introduced his guess on Barcelona's second half tactics.

"Although the score was one to one, Barcelona controlled the situation, but in the last few minutes of the first half, they had some problems and were scored by our counterattack, so I guess Rijkaard will not make adjustments because of this, especially substitutions."

In front of Benitez, all the players, including Yang Yang, could only nod and listen.

"It is impossible to predict how they will adjust the small details, but we must do two things ourselves."

Benitez told the players in front of him very seriously and carefully.

"First, we had to press faster and harder on Barcelona's centre-backs. Neither Rafael Marcos nor Puyol felt much pressure in the first half. We had to improve on that in the second half."

Yesterdan also explained at this time, "Barcelona's goalkeeper Valdes has always been very unstable. He is a very unreliable goalkeeper, and Barcelona's pass and control style starts from the central defender, so we have to put pressure on the central defender and disrupt their pass and control style of play, especially Valdes and Puyol. We must pay attention to these two points."

Benitez always speaks concisely, while Yesterdan is responsible for explaining in detail, ensuring that every player can understand, and then he will explain and share their game tasks with the players one by one.

"Second, we need to be faster when we counterattack, but at the same time, we must also ensure that our entire offensive and defensive system is compact and not disjointed. The latter is the premise and the basis for us not to concede goals. We must do it well."

During the Portuguese training camp, Liverpool has been practicing skills and tactics to ensure that the overall offensive and defensive system is not out of touch. This has always been the focus of Benitez's drills, and the players also understand that the head coach attaches great importance to this point.

"The goal at the end of the first half was precisely because we played with speed."

Hearing what Benitez said, everyone turned their heads to look at Yang Yang at the same time. Gerrard, Harvey Alonso and others all smiled, as if they were saying, you kid has been praised.

Benitez has never praised people easily in the locker room, and it is actually a kind of compliment to be said that by him.

After saying this, Benitez also basically explained what he wanted to explain.

"Everyone, although the [-]-[-] midfield score does give us reason to be satisfied, it must not be taken lightly. You must know that this is the Nou Camp and Barcelona's home court."

Benitez warned the players with a serious face.

"You have to know that tonight you are facing the strongest team in the Champions League. Whether it is a draw or leading by one goal, it is not enough to ensure that we will advance, so we must concentrate all our energy and focus on every minute of the game."

Gerald immediately stood up and nodded emphatically.

The other players also stood up one after another, or nodded, or responded loudly.

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The second half of the game restarted.

Barcelona's tactics did not change much as Benitez expected.

The personnel have not been adjusted, and the tactics have basically continued the performance of the first half.

But Liverpool was clearly different from the first half.

As early as in Portugal, Benitez said that his tactics in this game will not be negative. Even in the Nou Camp, he will strive for an away goal while keeping his hope of returning to Anfield.

And his weapon for away goals was in the second half.

If Liverpool's tactic in the first half was to stabilize the defense and be familiar with Barcelona's game rhythm, then Liverpool's tactic in the second half was to adapt to the opponent, see the right moment, rush forward, and bite the opponent's throat!
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Just 1 minute into the second half, Liverpool began to press hard.

Thiago Motta fouled Mohamed Sissoko and gave Liverpool a free kick in the frontcourt. Gerrard went straight to the goal and was saved by Valdes to defuse a crisis.

But Liverpool's pressing continued, and the game quickly entered Liverpool's rhythm.

Barcelona's offense was contained and it was difficult to start the game.

The two wings of Ronaldinho and Messi were restrained by Finnan and Arbeloa in the first half.

As for the two full-backs, Belletti is in charge of guarding Yang Yang, and Zambrotta is held back by Dirk.

It can be said that Barcelona's entire attack was contained by Liverpool.

If you can't start the situation in the first half, it will be even worse in the second half.

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Rijkaard is obviously also having a headache because the team's offense has been unable to start the situation.

Throughout the second half, he paced back and forth in the coaching area, giving the impression of being nervous and anxious.

After 10 minutes, he finally couldn't wait any longer, took the lead and made the first substitution in the audience.

Iniesta replaced Thiago Motta.

As a result, Barcelona's three midfielders became Harvey, Iniesta and Deco, and Harvey was still dragged to the end.

Without the high point of Thiago Motta, Barcelona's midfielder can only continue to walk on the ground, which further caters to Liverpool's ideas, so Benitez is still as immobile as a mountain.

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Yang Yang has a feeling on the court that the ball is still at the feet of Barcelona, ​​but the game is controlled by Liverpool.

The reason why the pass-and-control style of play can cause the opponent to collapse is that it is very important to create a threat.

If there is a ball possession rate, but there is no way to create a threat, too much possession of the ball is very dangerous, which will change the mentality of the party in possession of the ball.

Since the start of the second half, the two sides played very stalemate, neither of them could create chances, but the atmosphere of the game became more and more oppressive.

Yang Yang knew that this was a test for both sides, whoever couldn't bear it, and whoever made a mistake first, would lose!

Liverpool's side is still unswervingly implementing the head coach's tactics because it worked.

In No. 605 minutes, Barcelona made the second substitution adjustment in the game.

Yang Yang was on the court, and when he saw the fourth official on the sidelines playing the sign for a substitution, he didn't even need to see who was substituting whom. He concluded that Barcelona was in a hurry and Rijkaard was in a complete mess.

Because Liverpool hasn't even made a substitution yet!

Substitutions have only one purpose, which is to change the situation of the game.

Similar to Rijkaard's two consecutive substitutions, the opponent did not make a move to deal with it once. Anyone can see that Liverpool has an advantage both tactically and psychologically.

And here, Yang Yang's goal at the last moment of the first half is the key!
Without that goal, Barcelona would not be in a rush at all.

Rijkaard replaced Harvey with Giuly in No. 605 minutes.

Four two four formation!
This is definitely a desperate move!
Benitez also had to make adjustments and Gerrard was forced to sit back to better protect the defence.

Liverpool still has no substitutions!
After the substitution, Barcelona intended to launch a fierce attack, but in the end they still failed to find an effective way to break through Liverpool's defense. On the contrary, their own hidden dangers were finally exposed.

No.70 minutes, the left central defender Puyol was forced to pass back to the goalkeeper under the pressure of Crouch.

(End of this chapter)