Chapter 139

Not to mention the Barcelona players on the field, the Barcelona fans who came from afar in the stands were in a cold sweat.

Deportivo La Coruna's corner, Bellerón passes straight ahead, Quaresma goes high above the line.

In the 26th minute, Riquelme created a free-kick, and his own free-kick from 35 meters out went straight to the goal, which was saved by Valdés.

In the 28th minute, Redondo crossed the ball to a defender of three defenders, and Aimar, who was inserted in the back row, fired a long-range shot wide of the far post.

In the 31st minute, Belleron passed directly to Messi, but Valdés attacked early to get the football.

This attack continued until the 40th minute, and Barcelona seemed to be out of shape today, barely able to fend off Deportivo La Coruna's attack, and the occasional attack by Andres Iniesta and others was easily defused by Deportivo LaCoruna's back three and two midfielders.

In the 40th minute, Quaresma picked up the ball in front of the opposition defender and Deportivo La Coruna won a direct free kick 25 meters from the goal.

"Actually, I still don't understand, whether it is Morientes or Portillo on the court at this time, they must be better than the combination of Messi and Quaresma, right?" Watching Belleron walk towards the penalty spot, Frank was a little puzzled.

After all, those two are a little better than Quaresma and Messi in terms of experience and aggression, and in any case, these two people are not big yet.

Shouldn't they come up with their strongest attacking line-up against a team like Barcelona? Especially when you need to face the terrorist attack group on the opposite side.

Since it's going to be a defensive counterattack, can Deportivo play well? ?

"It's true, whether it's Portillo or Morientes on the pitch at this time, Deportivo has a lot more free kick options than they do now." Dean agrees with Frank. 'It's not too strong for Belleron, but if he's shooting straight and strong, he's a big threat from a straight line.'

"Belleron's free throws are powerful and fast, even in a straight line is a great test for the goalkeeper."

But what is surprising is that the person who kicked off was not Bellerón, but Riquelme, who stood next to him as if he was covering at random!

Riquelme deceived most people, including Valdés.

However, he didn't shoot directly, but drove the ball forward, and Gago rushed over to meet the landing point, and directly crossed it with a header!

This choice surprised everyone, the ball flew over the heads of most people, and in the middle of the goal, a figure jumped high and hit the ball with his head, Valdés subconsciously raised his hand to block it, but the ball flew between his arms and hung directly into the inner corner of the goal!

“2:0！！ In just the first half, Deportivo La Coruna had already taken a two-goal lead in the first half, and this time it was Leonel Messi who sent the football to the Barcelona goal! When the price's header was ferried, Messi was unmarked, he easily headed the ball into the goal, and in the last round of the league, Messi also broke through Valdés's five fingers at the Camp Nou! ”

"Deportivo La Coruna suddenly played vigorously during the game, could it be that Barcelona is going to become the second team to collapse and be killed twice at the Liazo Stadium?!"

Messi also cheered on the pitch and went straight to the bottom of the fan zone to celebrate.

In previous away games at Camp Nou, Deportivo had at least 1,000 away players, but in this game, the 33,000 Liazor fans cheered him on, and the boos from the away fans were almost inaudible.

Barcelona also didn't expect that Deportivo would swing their scythe here.

In the past encounters, Deportivo always controlled the rhythm unhurriedly, either to play defensive counterattacks, or to drag down the opponent's physical fitness first, what is Deportivo doing here?

What's worse is that at the beginning everyone thought he was doing something bad – even though he came up with a 3-5-2 formation, his players on the pitch moved in a standard 4-5-1 formation, which Dean thought and apparently Rijkaard thought too.

At first, he was still proud that he had found a little trick for Deportivo La Coruna, and even spit on Juan Díaz's childish methods in his heart.

Do you think he can't see it?!

But now look at who's the fool and who's the fool?

At the end of the first half, the fans and players of Barcelona were all stunned.

What kind of routine is A Coruña?

It looks like it's a defensive counterattack, and it's like a kite flying tactic, but how do you look at it at this time...... It's all like ...... Attacking on the wings......

Deportivo has always been in the middle of the attack, that's something everyone knows, but today, it seems that Deportivo wants to challenge themselves?

At halftime, Juan clapped his hands: "Everyone played well in the first half, and in the second half, we have to continue, isn't Barcelona good at attacking?" Then we're going to make it impossible for them to attack, and we're going to beat them with what they do best! ”

"Oh!!"

After the start of the second half, Barcelona obviously began to play a little timid, after all, they were still afraid of Deportivo La Coruna's counterattack.

Although the few strikers who can play today are not on the field, it does not mean that there are no dangerous people on the field.

– Quaresma, Lionel Messi.

These two men have not gone through much competition on the pitch in Barcelona before, after all, even the opportunity to play is very rare, but under the strict discipline of Deportivo La Coruna and Juan, the two of them have gradually begun to climb the future peak.

Barcelona is scared, but Deportivo doesn't need to be afraid of them, right?

So in the excited cheers of the home fans, Deportivo La Coruna was like a rainbow, like a tiger going down the mountain, and went up directly, wanting to have a bloody battle with the other party!

Seeing that Deportivo La Coruna is aggressive, Barcelona who are two goals behind is really helpless, they plan to speed up the tempo to score quickly, and they also have to adapt to Deportivo LaCoruna's crazy pressing tactics.

After a somewhat confused first half, all Barcelona members have begun to become somewhat familiar with Deportivo La Coruna's high-pressure pressing tactics, and the players' enthusiasm to take the initiative to take the football is obviously increasing.

And Deportivo is also in a strange state of seeking stability, obviously attacking frantically, but once there is no ball in front, then Deportivo players would rather pass back than let themselves be caught in a trapped.

This can be regarded as the most prudent approach, after all, they are the ones who are leading now!

The one who is in a hurry is Barcelona, they just need to hold on to such a scoreline.

"The game went into a slightly dreary scene, with Deportivo La Coruna and Barcelona battling each other for control of the midfield, didn't they think they could go on two wings without playing in midfield?" Frank grumbled, "Dean, what's your reason?" ”

Dean glanced at him and sighed softly, "Whose side did you let move?" ”

"Of course it is......" Frank choked suddenly.

yes, whose side can move?

Barcelona and Deportivo are playing against each other in the middle, and the wingers and full-backs on both sides are in full swing, and football can't go to them anyway, after all, they don't dare to send it.

At this time, both sides are entangled, and the entangled people are not simple, Redondo, Juan Sorrin, Ronaldinho, Xavi are all in such a range, these bigwigs can be said to be the heavy weapons of the two teams, and now they are put out to play a deterrent role.

And what a terrible scene it would have been if they hadn't pulled each other in the way - Redondo's tackles and playmaking were no joke, and if he were really asked to do this, Xavi and Iniesta wouldn't be enough for him to watch.

Who dares to try these two roads?

In the 47th minute, Iniesta took a risk to send a cannonball to Ronaldinho, but the ball was accurately cut off by Redondo, and Redondo drove the ball to the left wing with a long pass.

When the ball was about to go out of the touchline, Messi used a beautiful outside instep offload technique to control the ball, and before Puyol could press from behind, he started at high speed.

When Edmilson came to defend him, he dribbled the ball at high speed, then dribbled to the edge of the penalty area, stopped the ball on the spot, and Barcelona's entire defense was retreating to prevent him from passing the ball through, but Messi shot on the spot without warning!

The ball bounced off his feet like an elf, Van Bronckhorst and Silvinho were stunned, and Edmilson subconsciously used his head to block the ball's flight path.

Valdés was blocked from view because of his blocking, and when the ball flew in front of him like a meteor, he took a sideways step before finally stopping.

Bang.

The ball hits the post and bounces inside the goal.

"Lionel Messi!! Goal!! al！！ Frank roared directly, he really didn't expect that this sixteen-year-old boy could show such a powerful battle on the court!!

"He took the ball from the touchline and dribbled it all the way forward, past Edmilson and confused the Barcelona defenders with a feint in front of the penalty area, everyone thought he could pass the ball, but he didn't!!" Dean was so excited that he was even gasping for air.

"Leonel Messi got up on the spot and made a force to hit the ball in an arc, this kick is not fast, but the angle is tricky, it is definitely a dead corner, it bounces on the inside of the goal post and drills into the goal, Valdés looks at the ball and sighs!!"

"Deportivo La Coruna's forward line is stronger than before, and even more dangerous and unpredictable in the future, Messi is a far more lethal threat than a simple striker! Deportivo La Coruna has scored three goals in a row, what are Barcelona going to do in the next time?! ”

Leonel Messi's goal stunned the fans across the stadium.

The fans of Da Laco opened their mouths wide after the goal, and they were speechless for a long time, until Messi ran in front of them to clear his reaction, and began to applaud vigorously, and the fans recalled the goal just now and praised Messi's performance.

Who said that this kid is expensive to buy 20 million?

According to them, this kid is worth it!!

'Valdés became the backdrop for Lionel Messi and he was a little out of shape today. Dean looked at the situation on the pitch and continued: "Maybe he was not good enough to be put on the waist by a Real Sociedad defender in the last game, or maybe he really can't do anything with Lionel Messi. ”

Rijkaard's face sank like water.

Of course he knows how Valdés is now, it's one thing that he's not in shape, plus Leonel Messi has hit Valdés in the corner on several occasions - as we all know, the Barcelona goalkeeper can't do anything about the corner, and if he can capture that position in the game, the goal is ten*.

The first goal conceded, he had nothing to say, after all, it was teamwork.

The second and third conceded the goal, and he was really speechless.

A set-piece, a Messi's individual show, as long as the luck is so good, they won't be such a scoreline.

The last time they were scored so many goals so quickly was in the National Derby!

And he actually let a 16-year-old boy have a solo show in front of Barcelona's defense!

Juan looked at the situation on the field, and made a few gestures on the court with a calm expression, and the players of the whole team were paying close attention to the situation on the side of the court at all times, so that after seeing Juandon's gestures, they all responded and started to run.

In the original pre-match plan, Deportivo Deportivo's high-pressure pressing tactics should only be carried out in the first half, after all, few teams can maintain a high-pressure pressing for the whole game for 90 minutes, and the most important thing to consider is their own physical strength, after all, if they continue to press like this, they will be attacked by the opponent's strong counterattack after their physical fitness declines, and they will easily be broken through the defensive line.

But now there is no problem, Deportivo is already three goals ahead, the timing is just right, and the situation is also good, it can be completely closed.

Rijkaard's face was a little pale.

Deportivo La Coruna's luck is so good that he really wants to know now why their team has not had any major injuries so far, and why their team has been able to pick up treasures.

The three goals of this game, Lionel Messi and Ricardo Quaresma, were all sold by him, and he did not regret it when he sold people, but now, he suddenly has a feeling of tiredness.

- At first, I really thought that these two people were just losing money, and the big boss of Deportivo was willing to buy it, and they were also very happy, but now, I don't know who lost more.

Now is not the time to think about this, there is nothing to gain in the first round of attack, Deportivo La Coruna is going to kick off again, Rijkaard didn't think there was anything wrong at first, but when he saw Deportivo Lacoruna's performance on the field, he almost squirted out a mouthful of water, stood up and wanted to rush to the home coach's box and Juan to go head-to-head!

He's really the dog of the whole of Spain, why doesn't Deportivo want to grab the midfielder at this time?! And how did their formation shrink back and play defensive counterattacks?!!

Juan Díaz, I [beep-] killed your whole family, can you not be so obscene?!!

Juan didn't know that he had been put on a lewd hat by accident, and if he did, he would have scoffed at it.

Wretched?

He's already three goals ahead, so what's there to think about if he doesn't defend well and stabilize the score? Now Deportivo La Coruna is like a cheetah that has been hunted and eaten, yawning lazily, stretching out or something, anyway, it will not fight against Barcelona stupidly.

- What's more, Barcelona still has the physical strength to sprint on the pitch.

And if Deportivo really wants to be obscene, Juan can put on a formation that will make all of Europe desperate with the players he has at hand.

In addition to Thiago Silva and David Luiz, two defenders who have played in the reserve team all year round, Deportivo also has six backfields, these six people swing directly on the field, plus Juan Belerón in the midfield, Redondo, and put Morientes and Portillo in front, I dare not say that every game must be won, but the defense definitely makes the strikers of all Europe desperate.

…… Can you not despair? Six defenders come up at once, and this is completely a bus in front of the goal!

However, Juan himself does not like that style of play very much, firstly, because he suppresses the talent of the players themselves, and secondly, he is an attacking coach himself.

And if you also run into a defensive team, then the game scene is really too monotonous, anyway, as a young man, he can't stand such a boring scene, maybe he will sleep in the coach's box.

On the pitch, Deportivo La Coruna took the initiative to shrink and play on the counter-attack, taking into account his fitness problems and in order to prevent injuries, but in this way, Barcelona also got a respite.

Five minutes after the kick-off, Barcelona were trying to keep possession of the ball, and they finally relented, and with the midfield not being surrounded by Deportivo La Coruna, the players finally relaxed their tense nerves and began to show more composure.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa...... I knew that this kid Juan was wilted and wilted. Dean sighed, but the smile on his face couldn't be stopped. Before the game, we and Rijkaard were only half-guessed, Juan could play 4-5-1 or 3-5-2, but he played a trick and made us all think he would play 4-5-1, and he chose 3-5-2...... This really caught Barcelona off guard, and it also scored three goals for them, but this tactic is also problematic. ”

"What's the problem?" Frank was a little confused.

"The problem is that if it's 4-5-1, Barcelona may not really be prepared, after all, they only know the list before the game, and it is impossible to adjust the formation on the pitch immediately. However, Juan opted for 3-5-2, and when this formation was played, due to the limitations of Deportivo Lacoruna's players on the field, their defense on the flanks was still a little worse, such as the formation was too open, and the midfield lacked technical elements, so Barcelona was already about to react at this time......

Dean proved right, too, although Barcelona were almost stunned by Deportivo La Coruna in the first half – the second time in a short period of time, the last time they were beaten by Jose Mourinho's Chelsea.

However, Rijkaard soon spotted a minor flaw with Deportivo LaCoruna's formation – they were a bit empty on the left.

Barcelona have never been pressed by a strong team, even against a tough defence team, they will not risk pressing forward, and the opponent Chelsea in the last game is playing a counter-attacking tactic on the wing, only Deportivo today has caused Barcelona to encounter unprecedented siege pressure.

They bounced back after conceding three goals in a row, Barcelona's contraction gave them room to settle down and their tempo, and their attacking advantage began to show when they were comfortable getting through midfield.

- At least one or two goals, right?! The last time they were at Camp Nou, they were already disgraced enough, are they going to be disgraced to Riazor now at Deportivo La Coruna's home stadium?!

With this belief in mind, Rijkalderik began to direct all his players to storm down the left flank and successfully exploited a break on this side to create a corner that saved a point.

In stoppage time, Barcelona once again took advantage of the gap on the left flank to pull back a point, but it was still to no avail, relying on Quaresma's goal and Messi's brace, Deportivo beat Barcelona 3-2 at home.

At the post-match press conference, Juan had a very strange smile on his face.

"I remember at the beginning of the league, the manager of one team made an appointment for the second game of the league in the first game of the league and asked me to wait and see, and he told me...... Before the second game, is it the same thing to compare the points with Deportivo La Coruna? ”

The reporters on the scene began to laugh, they all knew what was going on, Rijkaard paid the price for his arrogance, in the league Deportivo La Coruna beat Barcelona twice, in the Champions League Deportivo La Coruna has reached the quarterfinals, and Barcelona died in the round of 16 and can no longer move forward, judging from this result, Deportivo La Coruna is much stronger than Barcelona, and now there is only one Copa del Rey, and the records of both sides can be compared.

What about the others?

Hehe.

"Some teams know that it's okay to be opportunistic and compete with their own derby targets? You have to make enemies outside...... A Coruña is not a soft persimmon to handle. Juan smiled meaningfully, "It turns out that they haven't been so strong as to come to Deportivo territory. ”

Maybe in a few years, Barcelona and Real Madrid will develop like this, but for now, both teams are in the dressing room and disheartened, while Deportivo La Coruna is united, and it is only natural for the two to beat the national derby opponents in comparison.

The reporters on the scene laughed directly, Juan Díaz directly showed his sharp side while abandoning all friendliness, especially those who were very unkind to him at the beginning, and now Juan is slapping them in the face one by one, with his own results.

"Speaking of which, the main players at the back in this game are almost out, what are you going to do in the next Champions League game?"

Hearing such a question, Juan was subconsciously stunned: "Isn't the next Champions League in April?" ”

Their match with Arsenal was on March 9th, and it's only been a little over March and a half, so why mention the quarter-finals in early April?

"Yes, there are three games left, the middle two league games are against Villarreal and Real Betis, and one Copa del Rey is the second round against Real Madrid, aren't you worried at all?"

Indeed, the more Deportivo later, the more thrilling the schedule became, and there were more opportunities to meet Haoqiang, Juan was silent for a while, smiled and nodded: "I'm worried, but I'll still face it." ”

"But in that case, Deportivo might be empty."

"I don't care." When Juan smiled and said this, the whole stadium was silent, "Deportivo is the first season of a freshman, even if there is no trophy I don't care, but we must build the spirit and soul of the team, it is absolutely essential." ”

"A lot of Deportivo players are inextricably linked to the big teams in La Liga, do you think that's the key to your win?"

"The key?" Juan thought for a moment and waved his hand, "Not really, and these things only make people stagnate, what Deportivo players need is to believe in their future, not to dwell on the misfortunes of the past, if they want to, I will let them say goodbye to the past." ”

"Is it like Portillo, Morientes, Quaresma and Messi?"

- Playing the whole game and winning against the former club?

Honestly, this is really a farewell that completely heals my soul......

Juan smiled and nodded, "Yes." ”

"......" the reporters on the scene were silent for a while, "then against Villarreal, will you let Riquelme play?" ”

"It depends on the condition of the players themselves." Juan replied simply.

"Will you start Leonel Messi in the next game?"

"This is a team secret, so it's not convenient to give it to you."

Deportivo La Coruna had a good result in the 3-5-2 win over Barcelona, and they left Ronaldinho with no room to play in the first half, which led many to believe in the same style of play.

However, Juan knows that such a style of play is unlikely to last.

It's okay to use it once or twice, but it's easy to be caught by people if it's too much, and it's okay to use it occasionally as a tactical change, but it's not okay to use it for a long time.

Deportivo La Coruna can be said to have a varied squad at this time, and no one can figure out their tactical routines, which is also the key to their victory.

And in Juan's view, this set of tactics has a lot of room for growth, especially Deportivo has more players with a lot of upside at this time, and if you look at the current lineup in a few years, it will definitely be the most luxurious.

On the eve of the Villarreal match, Deportivo La Coruna sent representatives to draw lots, and this time they chose to let Subisareta draw them, and their "very lucky" goalkeeper coach also lived up to expectations and drew a "lottery".

Deportivo La Coruna's next match will be Ligue 1 powerhouse Olympique Lyon.

This season's Lyon is terrible, although their overall strength is not particularly junior high, and the bench lineup is also a variety of weaknesses, but their starting eleven is amazingly strong, and their overall strength is not weak, especially under the leadership of coach Leguin, their ability to grab points is quite strong.

Legin is a very good head coach who plays in the league, and it is a bit poor in the cup competition, which is why he led Lyon to achieve average results in the European arena, but in the league it can roll up his sleeves with teams like Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco.

"I should thank you for not coming back with Chelsea, Bayern Munich, Juventus, Chelsea, Milan or Paris Saint-Germain at a time when Deportivo has such a busy schedule?"

Juan was a little helpless, this signing is not good, he is actually quite satisfied, after all, no matter how good Lyon is, it is not as domineering as the above-mentioned teams, at least Deportivo still has a chance to deal with it; But to put it mildly, he himself is a little unsure - Lyon's team, Juan knows almost zero about it.

So in order to compete, he had to take a closer look at everything about Lyon.

Of course, he has three tough games to play before he plays against Lyon.

Villarreal are a very difficult team, even without Riquelme, they still have a decent number of players in midfield, and the yellow submarine always plays beautiful football.

Although the main attacker of the Yellow Submarines, Guayre, was injured and unable to play in this game, the attacking power of the trident of Forlan, Jose Mari and Sonny Anderson should not be underestimated, and the trident of these three people together has scored a lot of goals, and Villarreal can now be in the middle of the league, and the attacking ability of these three people has played a big role.

"When I was a kid, Anderson was already famous." As soon as Juan's opening remarks came out, most people felt the urge to vomit blood, but they couldn't say anything wrong......

What a godlike young manager!!

"But we're the opponent now, I don't want my team to drop points here, and it just so happens that we have a strong attack, so today I want to compete with the Yellow Submarine to see if the new Deportivo La Coruna is better in attack or Villarreal is better in attack."

Juan made no secret of his next tactics before the start of the match, but the media were all incredulous!

"Don't be fooled by this guy! He's always going to pretend to attack when he's actually counter-attacking in such situations, and he's done that many times in La Liga and the Copa del Rey! He always said something wrong, he wanted to defend but came with a set of attacks, and he wanted to attack but said that he was defending and counterattacking...... Don't be fooled, Villarreal! ”

La Liga media eagerly reminded Villarreal, but after the game began, they found that they seemed to be living in the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain......

Goalkeeper Diego López, defenders Andrade, Capdevilla, Juan Sorín, midfielders Fernando Redondo, Juan Vellerón, Pablo Aimar, Juan Riquelme, Fernando Gago, forwards Morientes, Portillo.

Against Barcelona, it was a special situation! However, apart from that game against Barcelona, Deportivo La Coruna's starting line-up has not changed from the last league game, and there have been no changes in tactics......

As soon as it started, Deportivo almost stunned Villarreal with a somewhat ferocious attack.

In fact, Villarreal's tactics this season are very simple, relying on the trident in the front court and the other seven people in the back court, and all the goals in their league so far are scored by the front trident.

So in fact, although they are not bad in the rankings now, it is because they can always get small victories, grab points quite well, and at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, they are not particularly good.

It was precisely because of this that Juan let Deportivo go directly to attack in a big way.

Anyway, Villarreal didn't have Riquelme to organize an attack at this time, and if they wanted to fight Deportivo head-on, they were still a little weaker.

Anyway, Juan brainwashed the whole of Deportivo with the idea that goals, goals, maybe a lot of goals will be conceded, but that's Diego López's thing - Diego López always has a dead face when he says this - but he always scores a lot of goals in the game.

He needs Deportivo to have an imaging, an aura that is not afraid of losing, but even less so.

From the very beginning of the game, Deportivo La Coruna launched a frantic attack, constantly creating chances through attacks from the middle, while the midfielders also ran and responded, coordinated with each other, and then tore apart the opponent's defense through back and forth.

Deportivo La Coruna have centre-forwards like Morientes and Portillo, so they have never played on the wings, and their two full-backs, Gago and Riquelme, are more like liberos, retreating to the midfielder position when defending, and sometimes going to the winger and sometimes into the penalty area, which is more flexible and impossible to defend.

Just eight minutes into the game, Deportivo La Coruna tore through a series of passes from the front to Villarreal's backline, first Juan Vellerón cut forward and then passed the ball to Portillo, who took the ball and turned but knocked it to Gago on the left.

Gago faced the defense in front of him and directly raised his foot to the penalty area, Morientes relied on his speed advantage to grab the ball in front of the opposing defender, and then turned around and raised his foot to pass the ball to the other side of the penalty area, and Portillo in front of him met the ball with a push, and the football had flown into the goal in the blink of an eye! 166 Reading Network