Chapter 124: Two Geniuses

But Slomka's high pressing tactics, obviously taking this into account, the back line will not adopt such tactics, he only asks for high pressing up front.

Barcelona is actually no stranger to this tactic, the last Schalke 04 did this, forcing Barcelona to be very embarrassed, Rijkaard also has a solution, it's a big deal to control the ball at the back, but this is exactly what Slomka wants, so that Barcelona can't easily attack Schalke 04's half.

As for the opportunity, there are not many chances to play Schalke 04 in the last game, there will always be mistakes in Barcelona this time, and Rijkaard also hopes that the team can look for opportunities in this kind of front-court pressing, Schalke 04 will inevitably give more space to the front, although Barcelona has reduced the number of troops, but it is more conducive to the front-court players to play breakthrough ability and passing ability.

The two teams were in such a stalemate, everyone didn't get many chances in the first half, Slomka tried to use the last front court to disrupt Barcelona's attacking rhythm, but Barcelona had a high pass success rate today, and rarely gave Schalke 04 a chance, and the team's form has obviously improved compared to the first leg.

Schalke 04 didn't give Barcelona much chance on their side, the defense at the back was very stable, Barcelona's attacking combination lacked Ronaldinho and Messi, or discounted, Bojan had good luck in the last game, but this game was limited to death.

Bojan Kolkic was born in August 1990, Zhang Yuan was born in May, both are legendary little geniuses, but in terms of fame, it is obvious that Bojan is bigger, Barcelona itself is a giant, from La Masia to the first team, Bojan's personal ability can be seen in general, on the other hand, Zhang Yuan Rimini is only a second division team, the Inter trip at least on the surface seems to be a failure, Schalke 04 is far from a giant, Germany is not a giant, so Zhang Yuan's fame is far less than Boyan.

But before this game, the two people were inevitably compared by the media, of course, the Spanish media advocated that Bojan was even better, the German media was not to be outdone, obviously Zhang Yuan was superior, look at Zhang Yuan in Schalke 04 has firmly occupied the main position, Bojan is just a substitute, since the winter break, Bojan has scored far less than Zhang Yuan.

Bojan and Zhang Yuan were asked this question by the media, and Zhang Yuan's answer was that there is no comparison between the two people, everyone is not in the same league, La Liga and the Bundesliga are two leagues with different styles. Bo Yang thinks that Zhang Yuan is very powerful, but he is not bad.

In the final analysis, the two of them are not convinced by whom, Zhang Yuan's words are not comparable for one day, but in fact there is really no comparison? Of course, as a striker, Zhang Yuan's contribution to the team is far greater than Bojan.

At the end of the first half, the play of the two geniuses was not satisfactory, especially Zhang Yuan wasted the best opportunity of Schalke 04 in the first half, but Slomka did not intend to let Zhang Yuan go, there was no considerable performance in the first half but Zhang Yuan was destined to be needed in the second half, as time went by, Schalke 04 could not continue to play tepidly like this, it would definitely press up to attack, and Zhang Yuan's role in the front court would be much greater than in the first half.

After the break, the two sides changed sides and fought again, Slomka and Rijkaard did not change their tactics, and there were still forty-five minutes, Slomka was not based on a moment, and Barcelona could wait, and Schalke 04 consumption.

After ten minutes of play, Slomca decided not to wait any longer, the team had to attack, with a big wave, Schalke 04 turned on the crazy mode, crazy pressing, all three lines pressed, and began to adopt offside tactics against Barcelona's defense.

The second half is a test for Zhang Yuan, because he has not had a normal training game for more than a month, save physical strength, and maybe be able to play the whole game, but today's tactical arrangement of Schalke 04 requires him to both attack and help the midfield defense, and he will definitely not be able to support the whole field with physical strength, Slomka also took this into account, which is why 10 minutes later, Slomka asked the team to attack aggressively.

Schalke 04's pressure is full of danger and opportunities for Barcelona, Schalke 04 pressure will naturally put pressure on Barcelona's defense, but it will also give Barcelona the opportunity to counterattack, so Rijkaard did not make any adjustments at all, just conveyed to the players on the field to pass the ball in the midfield and backfield, and try not to make mistakes.

But the players of Schalke 04 are crazy, no pressure does not mean they will not work hard, this is the highest stage, the highest stage to show themselves, who would miss such an opportunity.

The crazy pressing caused Barcelona to weaken in the midfield control of the ball, Schalke 04 also had a chance to move forward with the ball, and Zhang Yuan's role began to play.

Although facing Zambrotta, Zhang Yuan was not stage frightened at all, and used his speed to flexibly beat Zambrotta out of temper.

Zhang Yuan is not a simple general now, in the past two years of his career, of course, he has improved very quickly, once Zambrotta stands in position, Zhang Yuan often does not choose to pass but holds the ball to attract the opponent's player to grab the pinch, he hurried to pass the ball, and he has a high pass success rate today and is imaginative, and can always pass the ball in place.

When Zambrotta is in a bad defensive position, he often chooses to break through, and Zambrotta will of course use fouls, but free kicks are the biggest headache for Barcelona, Barcelona's centre-back combination is not very tall, headers have always been one of their weaknesses, and set-pieces happen to be one of Schalke 04's strengths.

So in just a few minutes, Schalke 04 threatened the gate guarded by Valdés, Rijkaard had nothing to do, he really didn't expect Zhang Yuan's breakthrough ability to be so strong, and even an old Jianghu like Zambrotta was difficult to defend.

Yaya Toure in the middle can't move, and when he moves, the defensive strength in the middle is even weaker, and the creativity of the Schalke 04 midfielder is indeed not as good as Barcelona's foot, but who dares to guarantee that the midfielder of Schalke 04 can't pass a fatal blow.

Rijkaard can only arrange Iniesta to assist Zambrotta, Iniesta himself plays in the youth team in the forward position rather than the midfield, so Barcelona's position is actually Yaya Toure last, Xavi in the middle, Iniesta is a little more forward, Iniesta's main role is to pull the connection between Xavi and the front, so that the midfield and the front field are not disconnected, but the real commander is Xavi, Iniesta is the assistant, Yaya Toure is the escort.

Iniesta's center of defense is tilted towards Zambrotta's side, coupled with Yaya Toure and Puyol, who have formed a regional joint defense with Zambrotta, Zhang Yuan's activity space has been suppressed.

But Zhang Yuan won't take this into account at all now, the game has reached the most critical time, if he doesn't do anything, then he will be off the field, he himself knows that he can't last long at all, and he is already out of breath at this time.

So at this moment, even if Iniesta's center of gravity shifted to Zhang Yuan's side, Zhang Yuan still decided to go it alone, yes, go it alone! Slomka gave him the task of creating a killing machine in the front court, and Zhang Yuan chose to go it alone to create a killing machine at this time.

In the 65th minute, after Jones and Rakitic passed Harvey and Harvey, they passed the ball to Zhang Yuan, Zhang Yuan took the initiative to meet the ball, he didn't catch the ball very well, and the ball on the ground on the uneven grass was caught by Zhang Yuan and jumped.

Zambrotta who was pasted up behind him, Zhang Yuan did not hesitate to control the ball directly like a juggling ball, Zambrotta wanted to stretch out his foot and kick, but Zhang Yuan used his hand to hold his body so that Zambrotta could not get close, Iniesta came over again, and he and Zambrotta formed a pinching momentum.

Zhang Yuan was still not afraid, and picked the ball three times in a row, but Zambrotta and Iniesta were unable to reach this ball.

Just in the last moment, Zhang Yuan let the ball land, and quickly knocked it with his heel, and the ball passed through Zambrotta's gear, this time it was so sudden, neither Zambrotta nor Iniesta could have imagined that Zhang Yuan was like a monkey who had always been flexible, and went around the side sideline of Zambrotta.

Dribbling the ball to Barcelona's penalty area, Yaya Toure rashly kicked out, Zhang Yuan wore another crotch, and Yaya Toure was also shaken over.

Facing Puyol, who came up from the position, Zhang Yuan dribbled horizontally, trying to dodge the shooting angle, Puyol couldn't keep up with his pace and decided to tackle, anyway, it is now outside the penalty area, the big deal is to give Schalke 04 a free kick.

But Zhang Yuan is really not a vegetarian, in the face of Puyol's tackle, Zhang Yuan took a step faster than Puyol and lightly picked the ball and avoided Puyol's tackle.

Barcelona's chase was not over, and Thuram gave up on Kuranyi because he felt he could reach the ball before Zhang Yuan, but his thinking was still the same as Puyol's, wrong, Zhang Yuan rarely let the ball out of his control when he was still in good physical condition.

And this ball is the same, the ball is not out of his control, when he realizes that Thuram is coming, the opportunity comes, this is Zhang Yuan's thought in his heart for a moment.

Without waiting for the ball to land, Zhang Yuan stretched out his foot, raised it very high, and turned the ball upside down again with an unconventional action, but this time he added direction to the ball, and the ball picked Thuram and drilled into the Barcelona penalty area.

Kuranyi formed a tacit understanding with Zhang Yuan at this moment, as soon as he saw Thuram give up on himself, he immediately started to move into the penalty area, Zhang Yuan's high-raised pass was just in place, Kulanyi stopped from the **** and stopped the ball within his own step.

Thuram turned around and tried to pull Kuranyi, who was indeed pulled down by Thuram, but just as he fell to the ground, Kuranyi forced his right leg out and slammed the ball with the instep of his foot, and volleyed awkwardly! )