Chapter 405: The Battle for the Top of the Camp Nou (2-in-1 Chapter)
'This is Camp Nou and maybe it will be the most important game of the 2008/2009 La Liga season. Dolores exclaimed from the commentary box at Camp Nou, "Barcelona at home to Ibiza, second in the league against first in the league, a real battle for the top spot. ”
Players from both sides have already played.
When the names of the Barcelona players were introduced on the radio, the Camp Nou cheered loudly, and when the names of the Ibiza players were introduced, the boos from the crowd were literally ringing.
The starting line-ups for both sides today were shown on live TV.
Barcelona line-up: 1-Valdés; 20 - Alves, 4 - Marcos, 2 - Cáceres, 16 - Silvinho; 6-Xavi, 24-Yaya Toure, 8-Iniesta; 10 - Messi, 9 - Eto'o, 14 - Henry;
'There are only two changes to Barcelona compared to the first leg in Ibiza, one is that Cáceres replaces the injured Pique and the other is that Silvinho replaces the suspended Puyol at left-back.
"In the first leg of the match between the two sides, Barcelona lost hard away from home, and Guardiola's line-up in that game was also questioned after the game, especially in the lack of necessary protection in the midfield, Yaya Toure's point became Ibiza's breakthrough, however, this time, Guardiola still lined up the same midfield lineup as in the first leg, for the simple reason - " Dolores paused, took a sip of water, and continued, "Ibiza has suffered a serious injury, Modric, Reus, With both Jordi Alba and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang both sidelined through injury, Ibiza's attacking ability will be greatly affected, and Barcelona's centre-backs will be under much less pressure. ”
Ibiza home line-up:
Goalkeeper: 13-Claudio. Bravo;
Defenders: 2-Bora Luz, 3-Koscielny, 15-Hummels, 24-Henrik;
Midfielders: 4-Makelele, 5-Clement, 23-Mark. Corosas, 7-Juan. Mata, 10-Sebastian. Deisler;
Forward: 9-Robert. Lewandowski.
'Compared to the first leg between the two sides, Ibiza has changed a lot due to injury, especially up front, with Reus, Luka Modric and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang absent.
Fang Jue stood on the edge of the away team's coach's box, his hands in his trouser pockets, staring at the field.
Assistant coach Ceballos motioned for Fang Jue to return to the dugout and take his seat.
Because the back of the away team's coach's box is close to the Camp Nou stands, you can hear the abusive voices of Barcelona fans more clearly.
There is no hatred between Ibiza and Barcelona, of course, Ibiza in the past just wanted to grudge with Barcelona and couldn't reach this big guy, but after Fang Jue coached Ibiza, he first gave Barcelona a 'shameful exit' in the Copa del Rey, and then in the first leg of this season's La Liga and the 9th round of the league, the storm Barcelona was 6 to 2, and was 2 to 6 by the promoted horse, which was regarded as a great shame by Barcelona, so this beam is considered to be over.
"It's fine." Fang Jue shook his head indifferently, in his opinion, the more the Barcelona fans booed, the more it showed that they were afraid of him, and he was even a little proud of it, not all cats and dogs can make Barcelona people boo you crazy.
Ceballos ignored Fang Jue, he didn't want to be scolded by Fang Jue on the sidelines, his psychological quality was not as good as Fang Jue's.
At this time, the players on both sides lined up, shook hands, exchanged team flags, guessed coins, picked sides, and completed the routine before the start of the game.
The camera gives a close-up of Barcelona's star Messi, who is Barcelona's number one star after Ronaldinho's transfer to AC Milan, a young star under the age of 22 who has won the applause of the media and fans for his outstanding performance.
In the coin guessing session, Ibiza captain Deisler won Barcelona captain Xavi, so Ibiza won the right to pick the edge, and Barcelona kicked off first.
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With the whistle of referee Gilles, the entire stadium was drowned out in huge cheers at the Camp Nou.
Henry sends Samuel Eto'o back to Messi.
Messi passed the ball to Andres Iniesta behind him, and he ran forward himself, at which point Henry and Samuel Eto'o were already sprinting.
Iniesta made a gesture to pass back to Xavi, but it was suddenly activated, first with a beautiful smash past Deisler, and then continued forward, passing the ball before the bag of Korosas and Juan Mata could be completed.
Messi received the ball, he was just about to pull the ball and turn around, Clemente's flying tackle came, the Argentine was startled, jumped up, dodged the flying tackle, the football went out of the sideline, Barcelona's frontcourt sideline ball.
"Messi! Clement! The tackle was ferocious, but it was not fouled and it was accurate. Dolores shouted.
"Rough tackle, this is a flying tackle with the intent to hurt someone!" Barcelona's commentator obviously didn't see it that way, because Clemente's flying tackle did look fierce, and if Messi hadn't taken the initiative to jump up and dodge, it might have really caused Messi to be injured.
Pep Guardiola frowned, and although it was only the first time since the start of the game, it still made him vigilant and caught a hint of information.
Is this going to be a tough and ferocious defense against Messi?
Pep Guardiola decided to keep watching, and if he just used this simple means to defend Messi, it would be a disappointment for Pep Guardiola.
Pep Guardiola is not worried, because such an approach is very common, and many teams now use this method to limit Messi when facing Barcelona, at most one more person to mark, but the effect is very mediocre.
Guardiola glanced at the young and handsome peer not far away, snorted in his nose, he looked at Fang Jue very unhappy, this is a natural rejection, to be honest, Guardiola has coached Barcelona for a year, Barcelona's results are still quite good, and currently 6 points ahead of the rival Real Madrid in the league, which is not easy, you must know that Real Madrid is the defending champion, the style of play and the lineup are very stable and mature, and Guardiola is a little chaotic to take over, At the same time, the star Ronaldinho has just left Barcelona; In addition, in the European Champions Cup, Barcelona has also reached the quarterfinals, and Barcelona has also reached the final of the Copa del Rey in the Copa del Rey, which can be said to be a three-line red.
It stands to reason that Guardiola should have been surrounded by flowers and applause and endless praise, but unfortunately, none of these were not, or much less than expected, because these flowers and applause belonged to Ibiza coach Fang Jue, a La Liga promoted polo team that topped the league table and earned enough eyeballs and applause.
Moreover, Ibiza can be said to step on Guardiola and Barcelona to take the position, which makes Guardiola even more depressed.
Staring at Fang Jue's handsome face, and finally glaring at Fang Jue's thick and beautiful black hair viciously, Guardiola snorted unhappily.
Soon, though, Guardiola ran out of energy to envy Fang Jue's hair, as he noticed that his team was in trouble.
Obviously, Ibiza and Fang Jue are well prepared for this game, and they have a very complete plan for how to defend against Barcelona, especially Messi, and they actually present these plans.
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"Ibiza's midfield is very close to the back line, giving Barcelona almost no room to move," said Dolores, "and the Ibiza defence will try to press, and if the defence is a little bit behind, then the midfielders will also be a little bit further back, so that there is very little space between their midfield and the defensive line. ”
"Yes, it means that it will be very difficult for Messi to receive the ball in this area."
'It's not just Messi, whether it's Samuel Eto'o or Thierry Henry and Andres Iniesta, it's very difficult to get the ball and push with ease.
"Claude Makelele, Clement and Korosas, Ibiza will even change to a back three at the right time, while Deisler and Juan Mata have also dropped deep."
"I even have a feeling that the absence of injuries to the likes of Jordi Alba, as well as the likes of Reus and Luka Modric, has made Fang Jue determined to adopt this more practical and direct conservative approach in this game." David. Zamora spread her hands and said, "Because they don't have a choice." ”
"It's no surprise that this kind of performance happened to Ibiza, Coach Fang Jue has built a team that is very iron-clad and disciplined, they run aggressively, they fight for money, they are like a sophisticated machine, every player can complete the coach's deployment." Dolores praised, "And this also made Messi very depressed in the game." ”
"Ibiza is also very focused on helping each other," said David. "Ibiza has Makelele, Clement, and Croozas. They will always have two people to guard Messi, and the rest of the Barcelona players will always look for Messi in the game and want to pass the ball to him, so it makes it relatively easy for Ibiza to defend, they will always limit Messi, there will always be at least two players to watch him. ”
It can be seen from the commentator's praise of Ibiza's tactics and performance that Ibiza has been relatively successful at the defensive end, especially in the strategy of defending Messi.
At this time, it was already 41 minutes into the first half, and although Barcelona had the absolute initiative in the game, the possession rate was as high as 71%, but they were never able to get too good chances at the offensive end, and the score on the field was still 0-0 at this time.
'Perhaps, Pep Guardiola should try to change his tactics and choose to seek attacking routes from Samuel Eto'o or Thierry Henry without going through Messi for the time being. Dolores said.
"Yes, Ibiza's defense against Messi was successful, especially Bora Rouz, he was very successful in pressing Messi, as long as Messi has the ball, it is either him or Clement, he will always be the first to go up and press."
'Because the Ibiza people know very well that if Messi is comfortable with the ball, then the situation becomes very difficult to deal with. So they want to make sure that there are enough people around Messi to defend Messi before he gets the ball, or at the moment when he gets the ball. Because once Messi brings up the speed, then it's very difficult to guard against him. ”
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"Messi has been limited by us, why didn't Guardiola change his tactics?" Ceballos asked, puzzled.
"He's training." Fang Jue said, "Because Barcelona now has the initiative, we don't pose much threat at the offensive end, so Guardiola is not in a hurry, he is practicing Messi's tactics when he is focused on defense." ”
"It's the battle for the top spot." Ceballos exclaimed, does that guy really dare to play like this in such an important game?
"This guy is confident." Fang Jue said, "He has a clear goal, let's put it this way, he has a complete tactical and team building plan, and in this team building plan, Messi is crucial, he needs to develop all kinds of tactics around Messi, and he needs to go through a lot of tests." ”
"Maybe it wasn't planned, it was just a sudden decision by this guy, but, in fact, this guy is training us." Fang Jue was in a very unhappy mood and continued.
Ceballos still couldn't understand it, "He doesn't want to win, he doesn't want La Liga anymore? ”
"Of course." Fang Jue said with an unkind expression, "So, it's just the first half of the game, if Messi can get out of the predicament in this situation in the first half and help Barcelona score, then it's naturally best, but, if not, you look at it, Guardiola will change the formation in the second half." ”
Saying that, Fang Jue glanced at the coach's seat of the home team, and he snorted heavily, this bald man is personality enough, he is sassy enough, this is thinking that Barcelona can solve the battle with half a game?
In the end, when the referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half, the score on the field did not change, no goals were scored, and the first half was tied 0-0.
"Haha, let's see, it stands to reason that 0-0 should be acceptable to Ibiza, and Barcelona is not very satisfied, after all, Barcelona had a firm initiative in the first half, but-" Dolores shouted, "we see, Fang Jue looks angry, his face is not very good, and Guardiola is smiling. ”
The broadcast camera captured such a picture, and the commentators were also amused, and they felt a little puzzled.
"Did Fang Jue think that in the first half of the game, they should have scored to take the lead? It's really laughing to death, 33 per cent possession, two shots on goal, 0-0 should be thankful, what else does he want? Barcelona's commentator sarcastically said that in the first half of the game, Barcelona took the initiative and Ibiza was more passive, which made Barcelona's commentator happy, and the only regret was that Barcelona could not score.