Before the start of the second half, Barcelona called for a substitution, with French star Giuli coming on and 18-year-old Leao Messi coming on as a substitute. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Leon's eyes immediately narrowed, and his eyes shone with a fine light.

In the first leg between the two sides, Messi did not get a chance to play, Rijkaard's use of Messi is both optimistic and protective, giving Messi a chance to play little by little, and the small man's progress is also very fast.

"It's that little Argentine man. Banderas immediately recognized Messi, and he still remembered that when he was the assistant coach of Real Madrid's under-17 junior A team and assistant coach Li Ang, Li Ang attached great importance to this small player, and made a conclusion: this big boy named Messi will be Real Madrid's biggest rival for more than ten years.

"That's right, it's that kid. From the perspective of the promotion and training of young people, Real Madrid is a big step behind Barcelona. Leon nodded and said.

Banderas was silent, he admitted that Leon was right, in the cultivation of young people, Real Madrid is much worse than Barcelona, this is not to say that Real Madrid's youth seedlings are not as good as Barcelona, but because of Real Madrid President Florentino's superstar policy, it is difficult for young people to get the opportunity to play in Real Madrid, just look at Mata, if you don't follow Leon to Sporting Gijon, Mata is estimated to be the same as other Real Madrid youth team teammates, still can only play in the youth league, and on the other hand, Barcelona's side, for the young people produced by La Masia's academy, has always attached great importance to training and promotion, and now these Barcelona players on the field, goalkeeper Valdés is produced by La Masia, captain Puyol is also, Xavi and Iniesta in the midfield are also produced by La Masia's academy, and Messi, who is now on the bench, is also.

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Leon didn't notice his assistant coach's distraction, he took advantage of the fact that the game had not yet started, called Carlos to the sidelines, and gave him a face-to-face lecture: Leon didn't expect Rijkaard to send Messi so early, so he didn't have a special arrangement at halftime, and now, he immediately conveyed Messi's marking arrangement.

Five minutes later.

Messi had just dribbled past Carlos, but Carlos's entanglement prevented Messi from getting up in the first place, and then he found himself in trouble.

In the face of Modric's pressure, Messi could only choose to pass the football out.

Rijkaard frowned on the sidelines, he replaced Messi, hoping to use Messi's flexible characteristics and small range of dodging to tear apart and lead the defense of Sporting Gijon, however, he did not expect that Leon did not give Messi a chance to please at all.

When Messi got the football, whoever was closest to him pressed up, he struggled to control the ball and get rid of the first defender, and the second man appeared within a foot.

For example, just now, Messi just passed Carlos, and he was forced by Modric, and Carlos was also eyeing him, and Messi could only pass the football.

The only consolation for Rijkaard is that Messi's breakthrough with the ball has attracted some of Sporting's defensive attention, which has allowed Ronaldinho to get more space and opportunities.

However, after a while, the space and opportunities that had been so hard to obtain became more crowded and narrow, and the formation of Sporting Gijón was compressed again.

Rijkaard's face changed repeatedly, he kept pacing on the sidelines, the team couldn't attack for a long time, and as time went by, Rijkaard began to get more and more anxious.

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Xavi passed the ball to Ronaldinho, who struggled to push forward and finally managed to fight his way into the Sporting Gijón penalty area. When I got to the penalty line, I found that the pass couldn't be passed and the breakthrough couldn't be broken.

The Brazilian star hesitated for a moment, and with the football at his feet, he was surrounded by Sporting Gijón players.

Ronaldinho showed impressive possession of the ball, but it didn't work, he didn't have a passing route, he didn't shoot open, he could only choose to pass back, and then Marques came straight at the rush and fired a long-range shot.

Valencia was on the lookout and saved the ball.

Samuel Eto'o wanted to make a follow-up shot, but the ball was cleared out of the ball by Hierro.

Leon applauded on the sidelines, the overall strength of his players is not strong, if it is against the strong Barcelona team in a few years, it may be in big trouble, but the current Messi is still a seedling, far less powerful than later, the Argentine little man at this time is not the Messi ball king who sent the football into the goal after flashing around surrounded by many players.

And Ronaldinho has nothing too good to do in the face of dense defense in terms of individual breakthroughs.

The Brazilian star's passing and shooting are world-class, and his one-on-one breakthroughs are top-notch, but Ronaldinho doesn't have much to do in the face of the siege tactics of layered fortifications.

As a result, it was quickly noticed that Barcelona could get close to Sporting Gijón's penalty area by passing the ball and breaking through, but it was difficult to go any deeper, and in this case, Barcelona began to try to shoot from distance.

Sporting Gijón's goalkeeper Valencia is not a top goalkeeper, but he is experienced, does not make mistakes easily, and always makes saves in the face of long-range shots.

Of course, in the face of long-range shots, the goalkeeper's saves, sometimes the hand shape is not mastered well, or under the subconscious save, the football will stay in front of the goal, which gives the Barcelona players the opportunity to make up the shot.

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In the 59th minute of the game, Barcelona shot from distance again, this time Ronaldinho who completed the shot.

The Brazilian shot the ball, the arc was weird, Valencia flew to pounce, and the ball was hit by him to the left side of the goal.

"Valencia pounces on the ball!!"

Eto'o Cheetah, nicknamed 'Cheetah', rushed forward and he almost had a follow-up shot if it hadn't been for Carlos getting in front of him and shoveling the ball out......

Samuel Eto'o was unable to get his hands on the football, crashing into Carlos' leg and tripping into the box.

Barcelona's players raised their hands to signal that Samuel Eto'o had been fouled, which should have been a penalty.

Eto'o slapped the turf hard, annoyed that he had slowed down by half a beat.

When he got up, he also looked at the referee, who shook his finger to show that there was no foul.

Eto'o didn't continue to argue, he just annoyed that he had missed the opportunity.

Li Ang smiled on the sidelines, although Barcelona at this time had the habit of protesting to the referee, but compared to the later siege of the referee's pressure, it is now considered 'more honest'.

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Twenty minutes into the second half, Sporting Gijón, who was passive, had very few shots on goal. Eighty percent of the time, spectators saw Barcelona bombarding the 30-metre area around Sporting Gijón, with a far lead in shots on goal.

However, despite Barcelona's constant siege and several close breaches of the goal, Sporting Gijón's goal was like a crumbling wall, always saving the day at the last minute.

Barcelona's commentator was unhappy with this, "Sporting Gijón is too conservative, too timid...... They are like cowards who have no courage and only know how to huddle in a small space......"

Not only are Barcelona's commentators sarcastic about Leon and Sporting Gijón, but even the commentator of national television, Dagstino, can't stand it, "Leon is too conservative, they have completely given up attacking, this situation is dangerous, Barcelona's strength is very strong, they have been attacking, they have been shooting, they have been looking for goals, Barcelona can't score goals with 10 shots, it doesn't mean that they have 15 shots on goal, more shots can't go in." If Sporting Gijón continue to be so conservative, conceding goals could come at any time. ”

The commentators are criticizing Sporting Gijón for being conservative, and the fans also want to see the two sides in a big battle, this kind of one-sided siege is really boring. The TV broadcast happened to give a close-up of Li Ang, who was sitting in the coach's seat, still with Erlang's legs crossed, and seemed to be in no hurry about the current situation on the field.

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A minute later, after Ronaldinho and Eto'o combined in succession, the latter distributed the ball to Messi, and the Argentine smashed the ball with his left foot, dodged the space, and was about to accelerate, but was pulled to the ground by Marcos.

Barcelona were given a well-placed set-piece up front.

Ronaldinho stood at the penalty spot, and the Brazilian was sweaty and his eyes were fixed on the goal.

Leon frowned suddenly, he felt the smell of danger.

Sure enough, this time, Ronaldinho's direct free-kick crossed a wonderful arc and flew towards the goal.

Valencia flew to save, but Ronaldinho's shot was too tricky for the goalkeeper to save, and the ball flew into the net almost against the crossbar and post.

“Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool！”

"Hooray!"

"Hooray!

The Barcelonans erupted in loud cheers. Ronaldinho slapped his chest hard and roared, looking very excited, to be able to make Ronaldinho, who has always had a gentle personality, so excited, shows how excited and eager the Barcelona people are for this goal.

Samuel Eto'o rushed into the net to grab the ball and run back to the centre circle to kick off as soon as possible, but Sporting Gijón's goalkeeper Valencia held the ball and the two sides clashed, causing chaos on the pitch and players from both sides gathered around.

The referee, Marienko, had to come over and blew his whistle again and again, stopping the skirmish between the two sides.

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"Barcelona have scored! I have long said that Sporting Gijón's conservative tactics will be punished!"

"Now, Sporting Gijón is only one goal behind, what should Leon do now?

"I guess Sporting Gijón will continue to be conservative, after all, they still have a goal ahead, in fact, even if the score is tied in the end, a draw is acceptable to them, but the 2-0 lead only ended up in a draw, and it is a pity to lose the good situation. ”

The commentators have expressed their opinions, when Sporting Gijón was leading by two goals, they criticized Sporting Gijón for being conservative, and now that Barcelona has really recovered a goal, they have asserted and suggested that Sporting Gijón continue to be conservative...... With Barcelona's attacking strength, the Gijóns are now only one goal ahead, and if they don't continue to be conservative, it is possible to be reversed and even lose the game.

"This is the punishment of Sporting Gijón's previous conservatives, and Leon should reflect on it. Dagstino also criticized.

"Perhaps, Leon was satisfied with the draw against Barcelona from the beginning. Gonzalez guessed.

Rijkaard raised his arms in celebration of the goal, then shouted loudly for his players to keep up the good work and try to equalise and overtake.

The Barcelona manager sees hope.

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Li Ang's face sank like water.

Banderas and Scottry were also starting to get nervous, and they looked at Leon in the hope that the godfather of Sporting Gijón would have a solution to his current predicament.

"I think we should be more determined defensively. Banderas saw that Leon did not speak, and suggested.

Scott also nodded, his idea is very practical, continue to defend, it is best to be able to keep the score of 2-1, even if he concedes again in the end, as long as he can hold on to the draw, it is a victory.

"Let Mata go and warm up. Leon finally turned around and said to his assistant.

Is this not defending?

Banderas and Scottry's faces changed.

"It's time. Leon nodded, his tone resolute, "Let Mata warm up." ”

Although the two assistants have an opinion on this, however, Li Ang is the head coach, and Li Ang has already made a decision, and they can only listen.

Then, it was noticed that Juan Mata got up on the bench at Sporting Gijón and went to warm up under the guidance of the assistant coach.

"Leon asked Mata to warm up?

"I'm afraid it's not the right decision, if Sporting Gijón continues to defend at this time, there is hope, if you want to press it out, I'm afraid the result will get worse. ”

The commentators who noticed the changes on the side of the Gijón Arena said.

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Leon stared at the field, if he heard the narrator's words, he would definitely scoff, for today's game, he originally planned to divide it into two stages, the first stage is a conservative counterattack, the second stage is to press out, tear apart Barcelona's defense with speed, just a 2-0 lead, so he decided to extend the time of the first stage, but, worthy of Barcelona, the offensive strength is indeed strong, and finally seized the opportunity to use the star's personal ability to score.

Seeing that Barcelona had recovered a goal, Leon made a decisive decision to change the lineup!

Since you can't hold it, let's see who scores the most goals.

It wasn't a decision he lost his mind after conceding the goal, he was watching the game and calculating: the Barcelona had been attacking for almost 70 minutes and it was time for them to reach their fitness limit.

And chasing back a goal is bound to make Barcelona more desperate to attack, and at this time, it also means that the possible gaps in their back line will be infinitely magnified......

That's exactly what he just said, it's time!

The whole game, is not only a contest of players on the field, but also the battle of wits and courage of the two coaches, although Barcelona recovered a point, but, in Leon's heart, the situation is still under his control, he has this confidence, his careful calculation, precise analysis, for Rijkaard's adjustment and change,-for-tat response, in the face of Barcelona's strong attack, so far only let the opponent use a set-piece to pull back a goal, in terms of the strength of Sporting Gijón, this can definitely not be said to be a failure, but can be said to be very successful。

Now, it's time to make a killer move!

Leon turned his head to look at the bench and shouted to Scottery, "Let Di Natale go and warm up too!"

If you want to do it, let's do it!

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