On the afternoon of March 8th, the Schalke 04 expedition personnel came to Barcelona, Barcelona is a Spanish port city, compared with Rimini, it is so lively that I don't know how much, everyone says that this is a tourist attraction, Zhang Yuan feels that such a big coastal city may not be a good place, there are more cultural monuments here, if you go to the beach Zhang Yuan thinks it is better to go to Rimini.

After arriving at the hotel, Schalke 04 players rest for a while and then dinner, before the away game the club has always required players not to go out, today is no exception, the players have nothing to do after dinner, and the head coach Slomka did not arrange tactical lessons, what should be done has been done in Schalke, tomorrow morning to find a field to recover, in the afternoon everyone rests, in the evening to arrange dinner early, and then go to the Camp Nou early to warm up and then start the game, this is Slomka's whole plan.

Barcelona have had a hard time lately, since winning the Champions League in 2006, they won any laurels in 2007, and this year only the Champions League can be thought of.

The tough home win at Schalke 04 in the last leg only eased Barcelona's difficult situation a little, who knew that they were forced to draw by Getafe in the league last weekend, 7 points away from the top of the table Real Madrid, as the league round by round, the hope of winning the title is getting slimmer, fans expressed strong dissatisfaction with the chairman Laporta, coach Rijkaard, hoping that the two will leave class early.

Rijkaard himself is still a very capable coach, it was he who single-handedly brought Barcelona out of underestimation, but after winning the Champions League, the strength of the team has not decreased, but the team's mental strength has declined quite quickly, the main problem is Ronaldinho's loss, on the one hand, Ronaldinho wants a high salary, has been with Barcelona Na, on the other hand, Ronaldinho himself seems to feel that his life is complete after winning the Champions League, whether it is the national team or the club or he has taken it personally, the lost motivation to move forward, addicted to nightclub life, overweight, and declining state。

And Rijkaard's Barcelona frontcourt offensive core is Ronaldinho, he can't do it now, Barcelona's frontcourt offense can't work, in fact, Rijkaard now has a lot of cards in his hand that can be the frontcourt core, such as Henry, Eto'o, Messi can, but Barcelona's top level means to set up Messi, but the current situation is that Messi has been injured in the recent stage, so Barcelona's results have not been good recently.

So the second leg against Schalke 04 is a lifesaver for Rijkaard, even if Messi is absent, he must win Schalke 04 and advance to the Champions League semi-finals, otherwise, I am afraid that the class is no longer far away from him.

For the players of Schalke 04, the second leg is far from much pressure, and it is a blessing to be able to get this far, whether it is the fans, the club or the domestic media in Germany, they all think that Schalke 04 can reach the last 8 and complete the task.

Usually in the face of the media, of course, everyone swears to turn the tables around, but in their hearts, they basically want to play out the style and level of the game, and whether they can turn the tables depends on the on-the-spot performance.

Coach Slomka didn't think like this in his heart, the last game at home gave him hope, and Zhang Yuan's comeback also gave him more hope, of course he wanted to win Barcelona, aggravate the impression in the hearts of fans and clubs, and add a weight to his position to keep his position.

Zhang Yuan doesn't think like this, he just wants to win, he wants to advance, he doesn't know where his future will be next season, and now he has the opportunity to show himself on the big stage of the Champions League, how can he be willing to take a curtain call easily.

After knowing that he had entered the squad, Zhang Yuan was a little apprehensive in addition to joy, of course, he was worried that he hadn't played football for more than a month after all, and it was hard to say whether he could be in the best condition, only when he was on the field could he say clearly.

But he is not unprepared, at least he has been silently thinking about the game countless times in his mind, and he is mentally ready to meet the challenge.

The next day, Schalke 04 randomly found a training ground for restorative training, Slomka also simply arranged the tactics, the outside media generally predicted that Schalke 04 would discharge the 442 formation, one is that everyone thinks that although Zhang Yuan entered the squad, but was basically excluded from the starting lineup, just imagine that he came back the day before, and immediately entered the starting lineup, unless Slomka is really crazy; ？

In fact, Slomka used 433 in the tactical arrangement, Zhang Yuan, Asamoah, and Kuranyi are the tridents he arranged, Zhang Yuan has indeed not played for a long time, but Slomka is willing to bet on Zhang Yuan, he thinks that his trick is very good, although the whole world knows the squad, but no one will think that he will get Zhang Yuan into the starter, and Rijkaard will not think of it, then Zhang Yuan is a miracle soldier, and this wonder soldier can work when he can't say it!

The gap between the other goal is not big, Schalke 04 is a weak, solid defense, slowly Tuzhi This is everyone's consensus, but Slomka wants to do the opposite, 433, the main or attack, Barcelona is not in good shape, may not be able to cut down the opponent, what he wants is to surprise.

Slomka's conjectures are all right, Rijkaard does think so, he thinks that the possibility of Zhang Yuan starting is very small, Slomma is likely to use Zhang Yuan as a substitute wonder, originally these situations are not important to him, and Barcelona did not need to think about how the opponent played at the level of Schalke 04 a year ago, but how he played.

Since the Cruyff era, Barcelona's all-attack and all-defense concept has been soaked in the bone marrow, and asking the Dutch coach to continue to promote the all-attacking and all-defensive concept is the path that Barcelona is taking consistently, and it is not possible to change other coaches, Van Gaal and Rijkaard have been successful here.

But now it's different for Rijkaard, he has become more and more like his predecessor Van Gaal can not control the dressing room, often in this case, the club has two ways to go, one head coach to get out, and then another head coach, the other way to support the head coach and drive away the team's thorns, but Barcelona's current situation is obviously more in line with the fans' wishes to get rid of Rijkaard, because one of the only two remaining member clubs in Barcelona La Liga, the fans have not very big opinions on the club players, but the opinions on Rijkaard are very big, and the fans have been impatient to wait for two consecutive years。

So now even if he is facing an opponent like Schalke 04, Rijkaard has also carefully studied it, Zhang Yuan was included in the squad, substitute odds, Rijkaard focused on research, look at Zhang Yuan's resume, this is simply a copy of Messi's rise, Rijkaard will only look at Zhang Yuan from the data will not watch too many videos, from Rimini's outbreak to Inter Milan's depression to Schalke 04's re-outbreak, Zhang Yuan's trajectory is simple and clear, the main weapon to survive is speed and breakthrough, but the speed is faster than Messi, and the dribbling breakthrough will not be worse than Messi, but what he is worse than Messi now is the ability to seize opportunities and the ability to create opportunities, and he also lacks stability.

Rijkaard's focus is only on looking at Zhang Yuan from the data, but he doesn't know what happens when Zhang Yuan doesn't play well, in fact, Zhang Yuan's poor performance is mainly because he needs the support of the midfield, without midfield support, his chances of getting the ball are reduced, and the threat is naturally much smaller. Now many teams in the Bundesliga are familiar with Zhang Yuan, even if Zhang Yuan retreats deeper, the threat of taking the ball will be reduced a lot, many teams continue to maintain a regional joint defense state when Zhang Yuan retreats, as soon as Zhang Yuan takes the ball, several people immediately surround him, even the gods have no ability to stage a good show of long-distance running, let alone Zhang Yuan.

However, Rijkaard is studying Zhang Yuan, and there are other players in the Barcelona team who are studying Zhang Yuan, such as Messi, Zhang Yuan's video was very popular on the Internet, Messi himself watched it, and after watching Zhang Yuan's lightning-fast speed, he must be almost done, even the breakthrough he is proud of may not be stronger than Zhang Yuan, and the name Zhang Yuan was engraved in his mind in an instant, this player who is nearly 3 years younger than himself is not so easy to deal with.

This is actually his own view of too one-sided, Anna editing is of course editing Zhang Yuan's good side for everyone to see, and will not edit the bad side for everyone to see, Messi is naturally stronger than Zhang Yuan.

Although Messi is injured now, it does not prevent reporters from pursuing this young talent, when the reporter asked Messi's opinion on this game, Messi replied solemnly: "Although I don't know if Zhang Yuan will play in this game, but I think we should be careful of him, his breakthrough ability is very strong, if he is given any chance is very terrible! As for who can advance, I believe that as long as we can limit him, we can advance!"

The reporters were very surprised, now Zhang Yuan is popping up, it is okay, but it is not as critical as Messi said, right? It is true that Zhang Yuan's reputation in European football is not obvious, and the only impression is that he scored a goal in the game of Porto, but this player couldn't even play in Inter Milan at the beginning, which green onion is it?!Schalke 04? What kind of strong team?!(To be continued.) )