Chapter 64: The Second Half Will Be Ours
It's over! We're lost! We're broken!
Thoughts like this continue to echo in the minds of every Granada player who returns to the dressing room.
Frustration pervades the locker room. Yan Feng also felt that his heart was very chaotic, and his mood was a little irritable.
Pirlo entered the dressing room later, and when he entered the dressing room, he frowned when he saw the players' mood dropping. Then he turned into a furious lion and roared:
"Look at you, all of you looking downcast. Did we lose?"
Some players nodded subconsciously at this question. This made Pirlo's brow furrow deeper, and anger rose on his face.
"That's right. We lost. You acted like cowards in the first half and this game has been lost. ”
"Look at you, what the hell are you playing? Is this the same tenacious Granada team that wants to win the championship? No, you guys are so strange that I am afraid. I don't think the team I'm leading now deserves the name Granada, and I'm sorry for the fans who have been supporting me. ”
"You don't deserve to be a champion and you don't have to play in the second half. If you keep kicking, it will only be more humiliating. Will lose three, four, five, or even more. ”
"I'm not going back to the pitch, just give up the game from now on. You don't deserve to play with Barcelona!"
Pirlo's roar struck the player's heart like a hammer. No one had ever seen Pirlo on such a fire. In the nearly two seasons since he joined the Granada team, he has rarely been angry, let alone outbursting like this.
Everyone was stunned, and even Benkovic, who had been looking stunned all the time back in the locker room, looked at Pirlo with shame and self-reproach.
"I'm sorry, coach. It's all my fault, if I hadn't made a mistake I wouldn't have scored that goal and we wouldn't have been so passive. Benkovich apologized guiltily.
"It's not like that. We played like this in the first half and I took the most responsibility. As the captain, I didn't lead everyone well. It is not exemplary. Yan Feng didn't wait for Pirlo to say anything about Benkovic, and he also took a step forward and began to take the responsibility on himself.
"The responsibility should be mine. I was the heart of the team, but I didn't organise everyone. I didn't get the team to play effectively, and I put the team at a disadvantage of not having the strength to fight back. Modric saw that Yan Feng was responsible, and he also stood up and apologized.
"I'm also responsible, I didn't play"
"I'm also responsible, I didn't break through and conceded the ball'''"
"I''" The other players on the field also said that they were responsible.
After seeing the players come forward to take responsibility, Pirlo's anger eased, and his brow loosened in seconds. "I also have a responsibility, and it is the greatest. ”
Pirlo's words surprised the players. The head coach, who was angrily accusing the players just now, even said that he was also responsible, and it was the biggest.
'I'm the manager and the responsibility is on me first and foremost in any unfavourable situation. Pirlo's tone softened completely, as if it had been someone else's rage before.
Pirlo's anger was not angry that the team was two goals behind in the first half. It's the lack of fighting spirit of the angry players, and if the depression continues, losing will only be the only result. Now the players come out to admit their mistakes, not because he wants to put the blame on the players, but for the players to come out of the pessimistic mood, and then be able to regroup and fight back in the second half after being ashamed.
"I just said we lost. ”
As soon as they heard this, the players who were still admitting their mistakes before bowed their heads in shame.
'Yes, we lost the first half. With two goals down, there was no doubt that we couldn't afford to lose again in the first half. However, it is over. Now, all of you, look up. At the last sentence, Pirlo's voice raised in vain.
The players raised their heads when they heard this.
"Keep your chest up like a man. ”
The players subconsciously held their chests up and stood up straight.
"From now on, forget the first half, it's over. Let's start over and make the second half ours. ”
'If we beat Real Madrid, we can beat any other team, and Barcelona can beat as well. Show your fighting spirit, show your faith. We can beat anyone, we can beat the opponents in front of us, Barcelona. ”
"You have to remember that, when you play at your true level, no one is against you. Also, you're all younger and more energetic than those in the Barcelona team. Messi, Sbuckerz, Pique and others are all over 30 years old, and Iniesta is very old. Our opponents, they are old. No matter how strong they are, they can't dominate the whole game. ”
'The second half will be ours. The game will be completely in our hands!"
Can only faith defeat anyone?
Will the second half of the game be ours?
Messi: Are they old?
Will we master the second half?
Pirlo's rare passionate speech brought the players into his emotions. Especially the latter words, the players are boiling blood one by one.
Yes. We are younger. Our average is less than 24 years old, and they are all over 29. Even Messi is in his 30s.
Aging opponents, they simply can't control the whole game. They're no longer the terrifying dream team they were a few years ago.
Once 70 minutes have passed, we can't afford to mess with it. And what about the opponents? After 70 minutes, they won't be our opponents!
In the second half, they were no match for us!
Yan Feng's eyes lit up, he couldn't think much about the bad situation and pressure before. Now, he suddenly remembered the comparison of the advantages and disadvantages of these two teams. In terms of technique and tactics and the individual strength of the stars, the Granada team is definitely inferior to the Barcelona team, but their biggest advantage is that they are younger and their physical fitness is much better. In football, no matter how good the technique is, it also needs physical support.
Yan Feng turned his head to take a look and found that the other teammates had a look in their eyes. It seems that the teammates have thought of these things as well.
"That's right. Our strength is youth and better fitness. In the second half, we only had one adjustment, and that was to defend tightly. Use your movements, use your bodies to withstand all their attacks. When they can't keep attacking and want to slow down the tempo and intensity, that's when we attack aggressively. ”
"Once you start attacking, don't hold it back. All those who can participate in the attack join the attack. Raise the tempo, intensify the confrontation, and don't give them time to rest. Use our youth to consume, consume them!"
"Thirty minutes is enough for us to score two goals, or more! I believe in you, I believed you from the beginning. Pirlo said passionately.
"That's right. We can do it. ”
"We can do it!" the players' emotions were completely stirred up by Pirlo. Anything that will lose, and what can't win the opponent, all get out!
Seeing the emotions of the players rise, it is no longer lifeless earlier. Pirlo breathed a sigh of relief. The adventurous speech finally succeeded.
"I don't need to say anything about other tactics, I have prepared what I have to do in the previous preparations. Now everyone drinks water and rests. When we get out of here and come back, we will come back victorious. ”
"Yes, Coach!"
After a few minutes of break, the intermission will be over. Everyone clenched their fists and left the locker room with determined eyes.
Pirlo walked to the rear. Don't look at what he just said impassionedly, in fact, he still has no bottom in his heart.
He said before that he was the most responsible, but he was not wrong. In the first half, there would have been such a one-sided situation, and the biggest responsibility was indeed on him. It was he who underestimated Barcelona and underestimated the horror they could show at Camp Nou.
And the biggest mistake was to hope to maintain a non-compromising attack with Barcelona from the beginning. If, as he just said, he puts the chance of winning the game after 70 minutes, he should have taken the initiative to retreat in the first half instead of being forced to defend at the back. If he had been pragmatic earlier, he wouldn't have been so passive now.
Against Real Madrid, he escaped. Now, the situation is even worse, will the players give him a miracle again?
Pirlo didn't know. However, after some demagogy from him, the players are more confident than him. Especially Yan Feng, he has always grown up from adversity. To be honest, this kind of headwind battle is more adaptable to him, and it can stimulate his indomitable fighting spirit.
"Granada, never give up!" After returning to the field, Yan Feng and his teammates formed a circle and cheered loudly together.
"The second half is about to start. Guess we're going to score a few more goals?"
'At least two more goals have to be scored. But I think there should be three. ”
"Without more than five goals, how can you let these rednecks learn the lesson?"
"Shoot their goal into a sieve. Let them go back crying, haha~~~~"
The self-encouragement of Yan Feng and others did not make the audience at Camp Nou feel touched. In their eyes, the Granada team is already a dead chicken and can't fly away. All that's left is to see how Barcelona concoct this feast.
Fans didn't notice the mood change in Granada, and the Barcelona players didn't pay attention either. Who cares about an opponent who behaves like a reservoir dog in the first half?
Soon, the second half of the game began with the cheers of the home crowd.
The kick-off of the second half was for the Granada team, and after Modric got the ball from Sandel, he turned to play Yan Feng. After Yan Feng caught the ball, he kicked Ingason back.
Barcelona's players rushed across the half with brisk steps, and Granada's constant passing of the ball made them feel like their opponents were still in the second half.
Unlike the first half, the current retreat is the initiative of the Granada team. They don't want to lose the ball to their opponents quickly, but try to keep it at their feet and take advantage of Barcelona's mental contempt to make them go up and grab it without paying attention.
The Granada team's passing control is naturally not comparable to the Barcelona team, but with Modric's control and Yan Feng's fearless pressing, the ball will not be grabbed in a short time.
When the Barcelona team is in formation and is in a hurry, Yan Feng or Modric or Lin Fan will directly drive the ball through the half court with a big foot and hit behind the opponent's back line. The main thing is to let Anthony Martial or Mahrez on the wing fight with each other and fight for speed.
Anthony Martial and Riyad Mahrez are still very fast, and when they are fully engaged in the game, they can often force Barcelona to drop back quickly.
The Granada team played long balls and only put in the three men in the front line, and the rest of them were dragging behind and holding on. The use of three attackers is to drive the opponent's whole team, and the integrity of the defense when the ball cannot be grabbed will not give the Barcelona team a chance to counterattack; once the fight is successful, relying on the excellent breakthrough ability of the two horses on the side is enough for Pique and others to drink a pot, and often will force most of the Barcelona team to defend quickly. In this way, the overall consumption of the Barcelona team is much greater than that of the Granada team.
The Granada team's approach to setting up a bus made the Barcelona team feel unhappy. However, given that the entire Granada team was pressed into the backfield in the first half, the Barcelona team did not think much about it. I just feel that if I work harder, I can score a goal.
The approach of defensive counterattacks naturally gave the initiative to the opponent, which naturally made the Barcelona team achieve a suppressive effect similar to that in the first half. The only difference is that the current Granada team is not chaotic.
The Granada team, which is not chaotic, under the leadership of Yan Feng, began to show the strength of their strongest defense in La Liga. The space that is specially compressed, the ability to fill positions extremely quickly, and the desperate scramble. Barcelona dominated the game but were unable to find the back of the net against Granada.
"Come on. If you push harder, you can score!"
With this in mind, Barcelona constantly stormed the Granada defence. However, with Granada's tenacious defense and constant close confrontation pressure, Barcelona could hardly achieve the same offensive results as in the first half. Especially when the space is compressed to the extreme, Rao is Messi breaks through the streets and alleys, but he can pass two or three, but he can't go on forever.
The breakthrough could not be brought to break the face, and there was no space for the pass to be played, which made the Barcelona team feel very uncomfortable. If it was KITI-KATA, the Granada team would not be moved, which made them feel that it was difficult to do it.
Aren't you supposed to be attacking?
Are you ready to throw in the towel?
Attack quickly, come and grab the ball in the half, grab it a little harder.
Your sister, if you don't come out again, how can I score? I didn't see that our fans were shouting 'one more!' and '4:0.' '5:0.'?
Come out quickly, pull the formation apart, die early and overtake early. Anyway, you're going to lose this game, so let's score the ball.
The Granada team's unusual patience made the Barcelona team feel a little uncomfortable and a little unsure of what to do. This kind of practice of admitting defeat and not simply surrendering makes them itch and feel unbearable.
In fact, the Granada team did not press, but it was only half time, and they only had three attackers such as Sandel to make a show. And the Barcelona players who passed the half were actually stared at. And people like Messi and others will also be taken care of, and they will be taken care of without the ball.
Barcelona are in an emotional dilemma. They have two balls in hand and are in control of the victory. But in the eyes of tens of thousands of fans at Camp Nou, they naturally want to continue to score. If the game is not attacked, it will definitely not work in the backcourt. That's sorry for the fans' ticket money.
Abominable and guts Granada!