super storm

Chapter 516 A surprise victory

Oleg Presas just turned 27 on February [-]nd.

He played for his hometown team since he was a child, and later moved to many low-level teams. At the age of 21, he came to Barcelona, ​​entered the second team of Barcelona, ​​and officially became the reserve force of this Barcelona team.

A year later, the then head coach Louis van Gaal gave him a chance, but he didn't take it, and he still played for Barcelona's second team and played in the lower leagues.

After several years of polishing, in January [-], the first team lacked players in the back line. Rijkaard, who replaced Van Gaal and became the team coach, gave Oleg a chance, and this time he directly grasped it and became the main force of the first team in one fell swoop.

In the following two seasons, Oleg made great contributions to Barcelona in La Liga and the Champions League.

Can play right back and center back, can also play three backs, this is Oleg's strength.

But in this summer, with the joining of Thuram and Zambrotta, Oleg's position in the team has been shaken.

He started to lose the main position.

Although Rijkaard trusted him as always, but more often, he was used as a rotation role of the team, or as a substitute player, and even played in some garbage time.

The intermittent games made it difficult for Oleg to show a stable competitive state, and his performance was also mixed.

In the last round of the away game against Sevilla, Oleg started playing right center back, and the result was also very average.

Rijkaard made adjustments in this game, and Oleg appeared in the middle, because he is the tallest player in the Barcelona team, and his task is to keep an eye on Liverpool's high center forward Crouch.

It was a player with a height of [-] meters.

In addition to freezing Crouch, Oleg was tasked with dragging back.

This is a characteristic of Barcelona when they play three central defenders. Puyol and Thuram, the two left and right central defenders, often pull to the wing. This requires Oleg in the center to appear behind them to help them defend.

Everyone knows that this is a crucial battle. Whether Barcelona will succeed or fail this season, it all depends on tonight.

It is the first time that Oleg has been entrusted by the head coach to start the game in such an important game.

He himself cherishes it very much, and at the same time, he vowed from the bottom of his heart that he must try his best to show his strength so that everyone, including the head coach Frank Rijkaard, can see his value.

The game strategy developed by Barcelona is to attack.

Two weeks ago, at the Nou Camp, the team lost [-]-[-], which resulted in the team not only losing the initiative, but also losing away goals, so at Anfield, Barcelona had to score three goals.

This is why Rijkaard adopted the three-four-three tactics.

The team has no way out!

According to pre-match guesses, Barcelona should launch a fierce attack from the very beginning, relying on the outstanding offensive combination in the frontcourt, relying on the genius trident of Ronaldinho, Eto'o and Messi, plus the strategizing of midfielders Deco, Iniesta and Xavi, they swallowed Liverpool in one fell swoop.

Before the game, everyone in the team was full of confidence in this.

Everyone felt that their team would successfully take the initiative in the away game.

The real trouble is how to break through Liverpool's iron wall and how to score goals.

But at the beginning of the game, everyone in Barcelona realized that something was wrong.

Liverpool did not retreat as they imagined!
Even though they have already led by [-] to [-], Liverpool's starting tactics are not conservative at home. On the contrary, they even look more aggressive, attacking aggressively from the beginning.

The tridents of Yang Yang, Crouch and Didier in the frontcourt pressed Barcelona's defense, while midfielders Gerrard, Harvey Alonso and Mohamed Sissoko pressed Barcelona's midfield.

The defense is still the combination of Arbeloa, Agger, Carragher and Finnan.

Liverpool's starting lineup has hardly changed from the first round. The only difference is that they played more aggressively than the first round, and the entire midfield and defense were pressed higher.

The trident headed by Yang Yang also penetrated deeper into the hinterland of Barcelona.

This was clearly beyond all Barcelona's expectations.

The rhythm of the game was not right from the beginning.

The front trident has a wide range of activities, and Oleg has to deal with Crouch, but this makes him unable to take care of his teammates on both sides.

Barcelona's defense was a bit messed up, because they found three against three, and they were a little bit at a loss.

Especially Yang Yang and Dirk.

The Dutchman has a wide range of activities and is very active in running, especially against Puyol, who is kicking left with his right foot.

Everyone knows that Yang Yang is only 20 years old, and his speed and dribbling are his forte, but Thuram is already 35, and he can't stop him at all, especially when he is sprinting fast.

Oleg was a little taken aback.

Because he doesn't know what to do with himself!
It stands to reason that when Thuram stepped forward to follow Yang Yang, he should be behind Thuram to help him defend.

In this way, as long as Yang Yang breaks through, he can quickly grab the ball, even if he can't steal the ball, he can block Yang Yang.

But in this case, who will watch Crouch?

If he doesn't make up for Thuram, Yang Yang only needs to seize an opportunity, whether it is a diagonal or vertical assault, as long as he throws Thuram away, it will be an excellent chance to shoot.

More importantly, the head coach on the sidelines has not given specific adjustment instructions for a long time.

Even if it is to pull back Marcos, who was delayed in the midfield, and become a back four.

There was no movement for a long time, which caused Oleg to collapse.

He had a vague feeling that the team's fragile defense line might not be able to hold on.

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The second round of the knockout round of the Champions League round of [-].

From the moment referee Vasalas blew his whistle at Anfield, there was not a second of silence.

More than 5 fans shouted and cheered hoarsely, cheering for the team.

Rijkaard said playing at home was an advantage but also a pressure.

True, but all Liverpool players clearly enjoy playing at home.

Because the fans here are the team's best comrades-in-arms!

Benitez's game strategy was basically the same as the first round, including how to mark Ronaldinho and Messi, but turned Saviola into Eto'o.

What's more, in order to deal with Barcelona's small diamond-shaped midfielder, Gerrard's position has returned a bit.

Among Liverpool's front tridents, Yang Yang has the highest degree of tactical freedom.

Driven wants to grab Puyol's point, Crouch wants to suppress Oleg, and Yang Yang's task is to attack.

Rijkaard's original idea was very simple, control the ball, control the rhythm, and use the experienced veteran Thuram to limit Yang Yang, then other things will be much easier.

But the biggest difference between the cup and the league is that they win by surprise!
The reason why Benitez is good at playing cup games is that he is not only very targeted and exhaustive, but also because he is very good at winning by surprise.

For example, in this game against Barcelona, ​​everyone concluded that Liverpool must continue to play a defensive counterattack. Even Barcelona's technical director Begiristan felt that Liverpool would play a defensive counterattack during the psychological warfare.

why?
First of all, it is a [-]-to-[-] lead. Secondly, defensive counterattack is Liverpool's forte. Thirdly, pressing out is the situation Barcelona most wants to see, because this means that Liverpool can no longer strictly guard against death.

But Benitez has this kind of courage, which caught everyone in Barcelona by surprise, and Rijkaard was obviously stunned.

Who would have thought that Benitez would not choose so many tricks, but chose the most impossible option in everyone's consciousness?

But sometimes things are like this, the more unexpected the opponent is, the safer it is.

Liverpool played very well at the beginning, starting from the trident, to the three midfielders, to the four backs, the team played very holistically, suppressing Barcelona across the board.

Didn't have the ball, but controlled the game.

At this time, Yang Yang knew very well that he didn't need to worry about defense or anything else, there was only one thing he needed to worry about.

That's how to score against Barcelona!

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Thuram is a player with very rich experience and excellent strength.

Even though he is 35 years old, his condition is still quite good.

If the two sides compete on the same level, it will be difficult for Yang Yang to stand a chance.

This is why Rijkaard dared to put out the veteran Thuram.

Therefore, Yang Yang changed his strategy. He deliberately leaned back to the left and tried to pull Thuram out.

As long as Thuram leaves his position, Yang Yang's diagonal and vertical sprints can be a threat.

The 35-year-old French veteran couldn't keep up with Yang Yang's speed anyway.

But Thuram can’t do it if he doesn’t come out, because Yang Yang used a long shot from 20 meters away at the beginning of the game and hit the crossbar of Barcelona. This completely ignited the atmosphere of the audience and shocked Barcelona.

If there is no crossbar, Liverpool will score in 3 minutes!
So, Thuram had to come out, and in the 9th minute, he got the first yellow card of the game.

It is also very difficult for the French veteran to deal with Yang Yang.

Rijkaard didn't make too many adjustments.

Yang Yang guessed that the head coach of Barcelona should have a headache at this time, and even regretted his starting lineup.

Because he has no way to adjust.

When counterattacking, Gerrard's back plug made him have to put Marcos at the front of the penalty area for protection.

Harvey and Deco are the two sides of the small diamond. They are the key to the team's ball control organization and passing offense, and they cannot move.

Yang Yang has a feeling that it's not that Rijkaard is too weak, but that Benitez is too strong.

More importantly, the team's [-]-[-] victory in the first round of the away game was too critical, directly pushing Barcelona to a desperate situation, and there was no way out at all, so they could only choose to die.

Benitez not only wants to make his opponents have nowhere to go, but also pushes them off the cliff with his own hands.

Yang Yang is the trump card in his hand to intimidate the opponent!
(End of this chapter)