Chapter 426: Dizzy?
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In the stands at Camp Nou, a huge cheer recalled, "Barça, Barça!"
Although it was just a goal, it gave hope of an equaliser. In the most dangerous and critical moment, Barcelona's biggest star stepped up, which was very morale-boosting.
Gijón people, don't rejoice too soon, this is Camp Nou, we are Barcelona!
The Barcelona didn't celebrate much at all and were quickly lined up for the restart.
Leon smelled danger. This goal made the fighting spirit of the Barcelona people rise all of a sudden. There were about 20 minutes left in the game, and with a goal gap, the Barcelona people suddenly saw the hope of equalizing and even overtaking the score.
Leon originally planned to take advantage of the time when the Barcelona people celebrated the goal to shout on the sidelines, call the players over to explain a few words, and stabilize the morale of the army, but the Barcelona people obviously did not give him this opportunity, and the game has restarted.
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On the pitch, the players of Sporting Gijón were clearly affected by the conceded goal and were a little flustered.
The Barcelona took advantage of this opportunity to keep pressure on the Sporting Gijón goal.
Andres Iniesta and Ronaldinho were the two attacking points for Barcelona, constantly attacking the Sporting Gijón defence, while Deco became more active.
Ronaldill's dribbling attracted the defense of Sporting Gijón, but the football was deftly passed to the feet of Iniesta, who was about to pass the ball to Deco who was inserted, but he knocked the ball back, and Xavi, who followed him, sent a beautiful through ball, Eto'o Cheetah plugged in, if it weren't for Hierro's experienced defense in advance, he directly cleared the football with one kick, and once Eto'o got the ball, he would face the goal.
Leon didn't hesitate any longer, and he made his first substitution of the game. He brought on Luka Modric for Marcos, who had a yellow card.
Marcos has a yellow card and is now more or less apprehensive in defence, and when he was marking Andres Iniesta just now, he was a little afraid to make a move.
In addition, Leon's substitution of the attacking Modric instead of the more defensive-leaning Sastre is a clear signal that Leon wants the team to attack.
In the face of Barcelona's strong attack, Leon chose to respond in a more proactive way: his team is not only able to defend and counter-attack, but also in attack, Sporting Gijón has a set.
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Three minutes later, Leon made a second substitution, this time replacing the team's full-back Grosso with young youngster French striker Karim Benzema.
If everyone understands Leon's first substitution, the second substitution is incomprehensible to some people - replace a central defender and replace a striker? In this case, Sporting Gijón will only have three defenders, how is this to play?
At this time in football, few coaches will use the style of play of the three central defenders, so Li Ang's substitution makes them scratch their heads, and the only guess is that Sporting Gijón will replace the striker, which is going to be desperate.
However, what puzzled them was why not replace Hierro, the 36-year-old Hierro was obviously unable to run, and Grosso seemed to be able to continue to support himself.
This substitution made Rijkaard smile very covertly, although he has not seen through how to distribute the defense line after such a substitution of Sporting Gijon, but he feels that Li Ang's substitution is a stupid move, it is obvious that the Chinese coach values the veteran Hierro too much, and chooses to believe in the experience of the veteran at this time. But it is obvious that Hierro can't run anymore, what's the use of having experience, but the tired Hierro will probably become the point of Barcelona's breakthrough, not to mention that Sporting Gijón has one less defender.
"The Chinese are dizzy. Rijkaard's assistant Teng Carter also said.
Rijkaard smiled and nodded.
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Grosso was a little nervous when he came off the pitch, thinking that he had not performed well and displeased the manager, so he was replaced.
In today's game, Grosso rarely inserted assists because of his heavy defensive tasks, and his performance was relatively quiet.
However, Grosso didn't expect Leon to take the initiative to hug him and praise him for doing a good job today, which also made the Italian left-back immediately happy.
The sixteen-year-old Benzema was a little excited, he didn't expect that he would have a chance to play today, and after Barcelona pulled a goal back, Benzema thought that he would not have a chance to play today, because everyone would think that Sporting Gijón would strengthen their defense in such a situation.
Now, he has been given the opportunity to play, which makes Benzema excited, this is against Barcelona, and the leader just said to him that the team needs to strengthen the attack, and it needs to score!
Being sent on the pitch in such a situation made the young Benzema feel the trust and expectation of the manager!
Benzema took out the speed of the sprint and ran onto the field, leaving him with little time to perform, and every second must be cherished. Such a pinnacle matchup, such a chance to play at such a critical moment, the French boy is very excited, and he is eager to make a difference.
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Li Ang's substitution also caused a discussion among the commentators.
"Take out a defender and replace it with a striker. "Although we don't know how Sporting Gijon's defense will adjust for the time being, this substitution by coach Leon is a signal that in the face of a one-goal lead, in the face of Barcelona's furious attack, he did not choose to continue to be conservative, on the contrary, he showed extremely aggressive, even some risky aggressiveness!"
"This is a person who makes people feel conflicted. When he's conservative, he can be very conservative, but when he's crazy, it's a shocking adventure. Gonzalez also commented.
"The Chinese are too arrogant, at such a time, they actually still think about attacking, Barcelona boys, don't be polite, give him some color to see, defeat Sporting Gijón, Hierro can't run, impact his defensive area, let the Chinese pay for his arrogance! This substitution of the Chinese is dizzy! You have to pay the price!" The Catalan commentator said sarcastically and inflammatory, at this moment, there was no politeness to 'Barcelona's old friend' in their tone. Obviously, Leon and Sporting Gijón embarrassed Barcelona today, and also provoked the anger of the Barcelonans, who had a feeling of extreme discomfort that the king of the forest was provoked by a small animal.
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Is Leon dizzy?
Of course not!
At this moment, he is as calm as an Antarctic iceberg, at this moment, in the face of Barcelona's strong attack, it will be very difficult for Sporting Gijón to hold a one-goal lead when the physical strength of the whole team is declining!
And strengthening the defense doesn't have to be achieved by adding more defenders. On the other hand, strengthening the offense, to a large extent, can help the team reduce the pressure on the defense.
Leon has a certain degree of confidence in his team's offensive ability, Ribery, Di Natale, Milito, plus Modric and Benzema who have just come on the field, and Albertini in the middle, in addition to Mata, who is absent from injury, the offensive energy that these players on the field can burst out now will be terrible!
As for the style of play of the three central defenders, few people use it in football now, but Li Ang has also practiced this tactic in training, and his players will not feel unfamiliar.
If the Barcelona are afraid of Sporting Gijón's attack, they will slow down the attack and the defensive pressure on Sporting Gijón will be lessened.
And if the Barcelona people are arrogant, don't care about the attack of Sporting Gijón, and continue to attack unscrupulously on all fronts, Sporting Gijón will make the Barcelona people suffer bitter fruits!
PS: 1st update, make up for yesterday's guarantee 2.