Chapter 410: Repeating the Old Trick
7:45 p.m
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Busaka is even more nervous than the players and fans on both sides, he knows how heavy the burden is on his shoulders today, the semi-final match between Barcelona and Chelsea, Herning's decision has attracted the attention of fans all over the world, and after the game, Henin has also received death threats from Chelsea fans, this game will only be more tense and intense than the semi-final, if he does not give 120% attention, a miscalculation may ruin his reputation.
Looking at his watch, when the time came, Busaka decisively blew the whistle for the start of the game.
Sky Sports' on-site commentator Ma Ning was broadcasting to fans about the line-ups for today's two sides, and when he heard the whistle, he immediately turned the conversation to the game.
“…… The game began, the finale of the 0809 season UEFA Champions League finals kicked off, the decisive battle between the two sides is La Liga champion Barcelona and Portuguese Super League champion Porto, now the first to kick off is the Porto team, the pass is their team vice Gao Xiaodong, and the receiver is the captain of Porto Alves...... In such a Champions League final, both sides will definitely be cautious, let's continue to take a look at Barcelona's starting line-up," ...... 1 - Valdés / 5 - Puyol, 24 - Toure, 3 - Pique, 16 - Silvinho / 8 - Iniesta, 6 - Xavi, 28 - Buscots / 10 - Messi, 9 - Eto'o, 14 - Henry, it is a 433 ...... What does it mean that Porto would rather die standing than live on their knees? The game is exciting, let's take a look at the game first, and then look back at Porto's starting and playing style......
Porto's sudden attack, and the attack directed at the left side of Barcelona, startled Barca.
Barcelona assistant coach Vilanova nervously said to Guardiola: "They actually attacked!"
Pep Guardiola, who is in his first year in charge of the senior team and is leading the team to a Champions League final for the first time, is more nervous than the players on the pitch, but at this time he is reluctant to show it, saying: "It doesn't matter, I expected it. ”
Vilanova didn't take away the nerves, and he said to himself, we had a lot of plans in place, but the opponent started attacking the least that we were prepared for.
The Barcelona players on the field were also a little flustered, although Guardiola said before the game that the opponent might attack, but Guardiola did not emphasize, and the Barcelona players did not pay too much attention to it.
Because he only attacked for ten minutes, in order to use all the attack power in an instant, Gao Xiaodong also came to his right side and attacked Silvinho with Hulk.
Silvinho is old and old, and he can't carry a Hulk, seeing that Gao Xiaodong and Hulk are two strong men coming over, he smiled bitterly, and said in his heart, this is really worthy of my old bones.
The 35-year-old Silvinho is always a little older, but he is different from Gibson, he knows what he can do and what he should do, as soon as he sees Gao Xiaodong coming up, he immediately retreats, compresses Gao Xiaodong's space, and then is ready to foul at any time.
Obviously, no matter how good the technique is and how fast the speed is, there is no way to prevent the opponent from fouling when there is not much space.
Gao Xiaodong was grabbed by Silvinho and dragged to the ground when he was strong and grabbed the jersey.
Referee Busaka awarded a free-kick near the touchline, which was a little better than a short corner.
Gao Xiaodong saw that he couldn't use his newly-acquired skill to "fall leaves" in this position, so he had to call his teammates to the penalty area and slam Barcelona with a header.
Although Barcelona is not known for its headers, and the central defender Toure is also a cameo in the back, the other central defender Pique is 19 tall, and Toure is also 1.87 meters, even the Premier League team does not dare to say that they can break the door of Porto with a header.
Gao Xiaodong's free kick was pushed out of the penalty area by Pique, and the ball fell to the feet of Xavi, who had no ability to compete for the top of Barcelona, Xavi passed to Messi, and Barcelona quickly launched a counterattack.
Most of the players in Porto are grabbing points in the Barcelona penalty area, and the Barcelona players are also in the penalty area, and the number of offense and defense is not large, Xavi's pass is superb, but the speed is not fast, and Messi does not wait for the opponent to keep up, and he single-handedly kills Porto's half.
Porto also set up a back three today, with centre-back Rolando and full-back Sapuruna going up for the top, while midfielders Fernando and Meleles stayed behind.
Fernando and Meleses were two, one in front and one behind, to grab Messi.
But Messi suddenly changed direction past Meleleles in the middle of a high-speed run, and in a very small space, he changed direction again and broke through Fernando from one side.
A star like Ronaldo didn't have time to make such a move in such a small defense, Fernando was helpless, he couldn't let Messi face his opponent Alves, so he had to reach out and drag Messi down.
Beep!
Busaka's whistle blew and a yellow card was shown to Fernando.
"Shh
There were loud boos in the stands, this yellow card made the Porto fans dissatisfied, they thought that just now Silvinho did not receive a yellow card for a foul on Gao Xiaodong, but this time Fernando received a yellow card, this penalty is a double standard.
The Porto players also came over to ask Busaka for an explanation, and Busaca explained that Fernando's foul prevented a dangerous counter-attack from Barca, and that the yellow card was not too heavy.
Although Porto's players are not satisfied, there is no way, they are a small club, Barcelona is a giant, it is normal for the referee to be biased, and it is even rumored that Busaka is a fan of Barcelona.
Xavi kicked the free-kick 30 yards out and straight into the box, but Barca had no advantage over Porto on a high ball and the ball was cleared by Alves.
Harvey came over and wanted to stop the ball, but Gao Xiaodong also rushed over, and with a chance of half a goal, Harvey was hit by Gao Xiaodong, and the ball easily fell to Gao Xiaodong's feet.
However, Barcelona's high pressing was very fast, Gao Xiaodong just got the ball, Eto'o, Iniesta, and Messi were wrapped up, and Gao Xiaodong could only pass the ball back to central defender Alves.
After Alves stopped the ball, without waiting for the Barcelona players to press up, he passed to the side to Sapuruna, who then passed to Hulk, and quickly launched an attack from the side.
Barcelona is very worried about its left side, so just now Henry did not force Gao Xiaodong, what he was afraid of was Porto's counterattack on the right side.
Seeing Hulk attacking from the wing, Henry quickly returned to the defense and chased Hulk closely.
Henry's speed was very fast, and Hulk might not have a chance to cross even if he broke through Silvinho, so he decisively crossed the ball across the middle to find Gao Xiaodong, who was quickly inserted.
Gao Xiaodong stepped forward faster than Barcelona imagined, and Meleles and Rodriguez also stepped forward, Barcelona's back Busquez did not keep up with Gao Xiaodong, and Gao Xiaodong easily got Hulk's pass.
Gao Xiaodong is fast, but his skills are not fine, and his ability to pass has always been average, but after being promoted to the professional A level, he felt that he should improve, so he gave up the long shot, stood up the ball, and went straight to the penalty area with the ball.
Toure hurried over to intercept, Gao Xiaodong changed direction and wanted to use speed to break through Toure, but at this time Pique gave up Falcao to intercept it.
Gao Xiaodong didn't have Messi's ability to change direction in a small area, he gave up Pique, flicked the ball, and passed it to Falcao.
Barcelona's return defense was quite fast, Gao Xiaodong didn't see Iniesta who was returning to the defense when he passed the ball, and before the ball was within Falcao's control, Iniesta rushed over and stabbed the ball to goalkeeper Valdés.
Falcao didn't think much of it, and quickly ran over to force goalkeeper Valdés to prevent Porto from launching a quick counter-attack.
Valdés didn't want to miss the counter-attack and risked a diagonal pass to Henry.
Porto's high press was also fierce, and Valdés's pass Henry was uncomfortable and was immediately caught by Hulk and Meleles.
Henry tried to protect the ball and pass it to Silvinho, but Silvinho came up a little slowly, and Henry did not protect the ball, and was forced out of position by Hulk, allowing Meleleles to snatch the ball away.
Meleleles flickered down the flank and broke through Silvinho from the outside to deliver a low cross.
At this moment, Barcelona was preparing to counterattack, the players began to run forward, and suddenly Porto was stealing and counterattacking, the formation was chaotic, and he only had to keep an eye on the most dangerous Gao Xiaodong, Falcao found an opportunity to shake his head between Pique and Toure to attack the goal.
The lion's header flick was beautiful, avoiding goalkeeper Valdés' save, but it was a little less accurate and the ball flew off the line against the post.
After 8 minutes of the game, Porto suddenly attacked and caught Barcelona off guard, and Porto, who was seriously underestimated before the game, was on par with Barcelona, and even had a slight upper hand.