Chapter Eighty-Eight: Neither Can You
In anticipation, the most watched La Liga competition of the year is here.
Ever since Real Madrid were beaten by Granada, who were still without Luka Modric at the Bernabeu, Granada vs Barcelona has become an important match that has surpassed the 'national derby'.
It may not have been or will not be, but this season, the upcoming game is the most important game in La Liga. It will even be a battle that will decide the championship with more than ten rounds of matches left in La Liga.
"This is a watershed moment in the 18~19 season. Whoever wins, will move forward and achieve the final great cause of reaching the top. ”
"Barcelona have a better team and now with Coutinho they are back at the top. This is evidenced by Coutinho's undefeated record since he joined. ”
"The key is that Barcelona still have Messi. Messi is not a Ronaldo, he is the one who really has the power to change the outcome of the game. With him, the Granada team is not destined to have a chance. ”
"Granada will definitely give up the top spot. Because it is technology that represents the truly advanced level of football, Barcelona is the team that has always been at the forefront of football. There is Mourinho's Granada team, they are not!"
Before the game even started, most of the media began to build momentum for Barcelona. There are not many media outlets that support the Granada team, and they seem to have become the villains of the football trend.
Most of the outside world's rhetoric is damaging the momentum of the Granada team. Those who don't know may think of Granada as a team that must lose. Even if it's not, it's a villain team that must be defeated.
"Everyone on the outside is saying that our steps towards the title are going to be shattered in front of Barcelona. But I would say that no one can stop us from moving towards the championship throne. ”
"The language of those people is jealousy, a curse of helplessness. ”
"The more we take it lightly, the more we will have fun when we win. ”
In the face of a deliberate disparagement of the Granada team, Mourinho will not back down.
Mourinho's remarks really stabilized everyone's morale. Although facing the Barcelona team, many people do not have enough confidence in their hearts. However, with Mourinho's excitement and Modric's eventual return, the morale of the Granada team is high.
In fact, Modric has already recovered from injury and can be back in the previous game. And Mourinho deliberately allowed Modric to continue to recuperate. It also requires absolute confidentiality from insiders.
When the outside world got the squad for the Granada team, they all shouted that Mourinho was too cunning.
Barcelona were deceived by Jose Mourinho's hidden strength, and Valverde was barely ready to play with Modric. But the game was about to start, and he had to bite the bullet.
The Granada Stadium, once again, is completely occupied by the fans. After seeing Modric in the starting lineup, he immediately entered into the cheers of the mountains and tsunamis.
Needless to say, the morale of the Granada team as a whole is +10.
On the Barcelona side, the previous training preparations should have been for the Granada team without Modric. It was only when it came time to find out that Modric would be playing, which directly affected their momentum that was encouraged by the countless media before the game.
In the absence of Modric in the Granada team, Barcelona believes that the attacking firepower can definitely overshadow the Granada team. Even if their own defense is not as good as Granada's, they can use stronger attacks to suppress their opponents and ultimately emerge victorious.
Now, naturally, morale has dropped. However, with Messi's encouragement, they still have a high fighting spirit.
After the start of the game, due to this unexpected situation, the momentum of the Granada team at home reached the top. And it completely overshadowed the Barcelona team, which was not so confident.
Granada with Luka Modric and without Modric are two completely different teams. Without Modric, although under Yan Feng's crazy play, he still performed extremely strongly. But with Modric, the Granada team is in the strongest form. The strongest defense combined with the offense that is not inferior to the other two is the most terrifying.
As the game progressed, with the mobilization of Modric, the Barcelona team showed a lot of disadvantages. They do have one of the strongest attacking firepower in La Liga. But the Granada team not only has the firepower that can be matched, but also the defensive iron wall that Messi will envy.
Comparable offenses, can be attacked. Mourinho showed a rare momentum against Barcelona in this game, and completely let the Granada team exert all their attacking firepower.
And the dominant defensive ability allows the Granada team to attack more presumptuously.
As the players got into full swing, Granada began to dominate the field. This caused the home fans to fall into a frenzy of cheering, and the cheers of the fans also increased the momentum of the Granada team.
When the game came to the 35th minute, Granada broke the deadlock first. It was up to Sandel to grab the point in the middle.
Granada took the lead. Riding on this lead, Granada continued to attack, but unfortunately could not extend the lead until the end of the first half.
1:0, the first half ended with the lead of the Grada team.
After the half-time break, the two sides quickly resumed the second half of the game.
In the second half, Barcelona, led by Messi, began to storm Granada, hoping to equalize as soon as possible.
But after entering the second half, although the Granada team did not make any substitutions, their formation was replaced by a bus at the request of Mourinho.
Although Yan Feng and others had reservations about this, they also tried their best to play according to Mourini's defeat to the Olympics.
In this way, Barcelona team in turn has the upper hand. But when the space was extremely compressed, and there was no advantage in the high ball, they fell into the dilemma of scoring without skills.
Whether it's Messi or Coutinho, if crazy impact. But the defense of the wall, as well as the small space, made them helpless. In addition, when switching between attack and defense, Modric's rapid movement made the Granada team's counterattack extremely fast and dangerous.
was pinned down by the counterattack, and the attack gnawed and could not move. This makes Messi, who has always been calm, extremely anxious.
And the Granada team just didn't come out at Mourinho's behest. I just don't want to give Barcelona any more chances. This was extremely frustrating for the visitors.
"Granada is out. You can't be so shameless. ”
"Do you still think you're a strong team? Don't you say you're not afraid of Barcelona? ”
"Garbage Granada Team ''''''"
Many Barcelona fans are more anxious than the players, and many are so anxious that they scold. These words did not affect Mourinho at all. Naturally, Granada will not be allowed to make changes on the field.
In the final stage, Messi frantically dribbled and attacked. But this time he was no longer lucky, he was like returning to the Argentine team, unable to save the situation.
In the end, the shameless Mu Lao driver and their team won.
"What about Barcelona?