Chapter 126: Strength Gap

After the substitutions and adjustments of the two sides, Barcelona once again controlled the situation, the front court of Schalke 04 can no longer continue to do crazy pressing, Slomka played double back, the midfield recovery is doomed to this result, the midfield and backfield can not continue to keep up, and the front court pressing has no effect, so the whole team is in automatic recovery, and Barcelona took the opportunity to press out.

Zhang Yuan sat on the bench, supported his chin with his hands on his knees, and hit this part, even if the Schalke 04 players felt that it didn't matter, they couldn't be calm now, after all, the equalizer came to the score, as long as they kept until the penalty shootout, they might not be able to eliminate Barcelona at that time.

Zhang Yuan and the other players on the bench watched the game nervously, anxious about the passivity on the field, and Slomka also stood on the sidelines and loudly commanded the team's defense.

In the 85th minute of the game, Barcelona, who had a big attack, still failed to break through the door of Schalke 04, and the fans at the scene began to be uncalm, booing the field, waving white handkerchiefs, and shouting for Rijkaard to leave class.

Rijkaard is still sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, his face reveals calm, of course, he can't see his anger, his complexion is relatively dark, it is difficult to show his inner activities, in fact, Rijkaard is really angry at this time.

He thinks that he has given everything to Barcelona, who single-handedly established the Dream II team, who is he, who led Barcelona back to the top of Europe? Or is it him! But the fans don't remember these at all, and the club can't remember them at all, and now they will make him a scapegoat when the results are poor, and it is not my responsibility to go wrong, which is really sad!

In the face of the on-site boos and white handkerchiefs, he still sat in the coach's seat and did not move, he had already arranged the arrangements, and whether he could score or not could only depend on the creation.

Rijkaard is now on the verge of getting out of class, but God favors him, in the 87th minute, Barcelona's continuous strong attack finally reaped the goal, Henry attracted two Schalke 04 players on the side and passed back to the feet of Iniesta in the middle, Iniesta shot, blocked by Kristadzic, the ball flew into the air, but just flew to Iniesta, Iniesta passed to the penalty area with a header this time, Eto'o grabbed the barb, Neuer failed to save the ball, and Barcelona exceeded the aggregate score again.

Slomka was dumbfounded, this result was the story of his thousand prayers that it would not happen, but there was no luck in life, the story happened anyway.

There was a man in the United States named Edward Murphy, who was a captain engineer at an air base in the United States, and one of the most awesome things he did in his life was to come up with Murphy's Law, which says, "If you are worried about something happening, then it is more likely to happen."

Unfortunately, Murphy's Law came to grips today, and what Slomka's worst fear, the fears of a group of Schalke 04 players sitting on the bench, finally happened.

Zhang Yuan was very annoyed in his heart, but what to say about this ball, the players on the field did everything they should do, Bolton failed to watch Eto'o? He has done well enough, but in the face of a super scorer like Eto'o, it is not good enough.

Samuel Eto'o has maintained a fairly high goal rate since coming to Barcelona from Mallorca, Mallorca is limited by the overall strength of the team, he has more chances to come to Barcelona, and he has scored quite a lot of goals, just like Klose, who started in Kaiserslautern and became an all-round goalscorer in Werder Bremen, Eto'o also came to Barcelona to make more outstanding progress, and is now a superstar, loved by Barcelona fans.

Eto'o was so excited after the goal that he put his right palm on his right ear and listened to the crowd cheering him on, the goal was the final goal, and with a few minutes left, Schalke 04 had little hope of scoring another goal.

"Samuel Eto'o's goal is so beautiful, Barcelona is already pressing all the way behind, but Schalke 04's defense is really tenacious and doesn't give Barcelona any decent chances. This time Eto'o seized the opportunity, and he deserves to be a super goalscorer!" He Wei praised Eto'o.

"Yes, this goal basically announced the death sentence of Schalke 04! There are still a few minutes left, and Slomka still has a substitution card to play, who to replace? But no matter who goes up, after all, there are only a few minutes left, and there is little hope of scoring another goal!" Tao Wei felt sorry for Schalke 04, and in his heart he played the ball very well according to the strength of Schalke 04.

Of course, if Schalke 04 can score in the last period, then they will eliminate Barcelona with an away goal advantage, so Barcelona still can't relax in the next few minutes, don't be happy and sad in the end!" He Wei seemed to warn Barcelona.

As Tao Wei said, Schalke 04 is now basically sentenced to death, but after a short period of loss, Slomka has not given up, and hurriedly proposed a substitution to the fourth official, replacing Altentop Jr., replacing Asamoah, twin tower tactics, not only that, but he also put the central defender Kristadzic on top, Kristadzic is 191cm tall, Slomka used a 343 formation, and the front is not a double tower but a triple tower!

Zhang Yuan and the other substitutes involuntarily stood up and waited for a miracle to happen on the sidelines, but it was obvious that this three-tower tactic did not have much effect on Barcelona, after all, Barcelona was much more powerful than Schalke 04 in passing and controlling the ball, and Slomka's tactics did not have the desired effect.

At the end of the 90-minute game, Barcelona successfully eliminated Schalke 04, looking at the thunderous fans and the Barcelona players celebrating wildly on the field, Zhang Yuan's heart was panicked, and the tears in his eyes were rolling.

The players of Schalke 04 were very depressed, everyone was still smiling before the game, there was not much pressure in their hearts, but they were really eliminated, everyone felt so uncomfortable for a moment, they tied the score through their own efforts, but in the last 10 minutes it was still a failure.

Rakitic stood beside Zhang Yuan, gave Zhang Yuan a hug tightly, and said in Zhang Yuan's ear: "Let's fight again next year!"

Zhang Yuan wiped his eyes with his hands, stopped the tears that were about to fall, and said softly: "Yes, fight again next year!"

The two of them walked on the field with other substitutes to comfort their teammates who were still sitting on the field, everyone did their best, this is the difference in strength, an upset is always a small probability event, sad but no regrets.

One by one, hugging the teammates who worked hard, whispering comfort, the whole team finally stood together again to the away team fan stand to thank the fans who came from afar to watch the game, and the fans gave this group of players warm applause, although the defeat is still glorious to describe Schalke 04 is not too much.

"Hey, Zhang, can you exchange jerseys?" A voice sounded in Zhang Yuan's ears, and when he looked back, it turned out to be Henry!

"Hello!Thierry!Of course, thank you!" Zhang Yuan took off his jersey and handed it to Henry, taking Henry's wet No. 14 jersey.

"Don't be sad, you're still young, you still have a chance, let's fight again next year!" Henry hugged Zhang Yuan and said.

"Thank you!" Zhang Yuan expressed his gratitude, but he didn't expect Henry to take the initiative to exchange jerseys with him and comfort himself.

In fact, Henry is a superstar, he has not won the Champions League so far, and in the Champions League in the 05-06 season, he led Arsenal and Ronaldinho, Eto'o's Barcelona met in the final, but in the end he lost the championship, which was also the main factor contributing to his transfer, he wanted to win a Champions League trophy too much, but in the past two seasons, Barcelona team was full of contradictions, last season did nothing, this season's league and the Copa del Rey are basically no play, the Champions League is now eliminated Schalke 04 into the semi-finals, but there are still two games behind, not necessarily Barcelona can enter the final, may not be able to win the championship in the end, after all, the current state of Barcelona is really not very good, playing Schalke 04 is so difficult, changed to a stronger team, it is estimated that this state will be eliminated。

Therefore, Henry, who has experienced strong winds and waves, is obviously more qualified than Zhang Yuan to say, "The baby is bitter!"

Maybe it was because of the comfort of his favorite star, Zhang Yuan's mood turned back temporarily, on the way back to the locker room, several on-site reporters wanted to stop him for an interview and were ruthlessly rejected by him, Mai Xuewen followed behind him to explain to reporters that Schalke 04 was eliminated from the game, Zhang Yuan was in a bad mood, I hope everyone understands.

Slomka attended the post-match press conference alone, he didn't bring the players, everyone was not in high spirits, and he didn't want the players to be tortured at the press conference again.

"Mr. Slomka, unfortunately Schalke 04 was knocked out of the competition, what do you think of this game?"

'The lads have given their all on the pitch but that's football, sometimes it doesn't always lead to a good result, so I'm so proud of my players!'

"Soon after Kulanyi scored, you replaced Zhang Yuan, who was doing well in the game, and the tactics were adjusted accordingly, do you think your tactics are too conservative?"

"I don't think so, this game is very difficult for us, Zhang Yuan was substituted because his fitness can no longer keep up, he has just come out of injury, and he still needs time to adapt to the game!

"What do you think of your opponent's performance today?"

"They didn't create any good chances today, but luck was on their side!" Slomka was unconvinced. (To be continued.) )