Chapter 183: First Defeat!
The Golden Globes are never so clean on the bright side, and even if they are on the dark side, there will always be some ridiculous things that break out.
Previously, Yi Le was also selected as a candidate for the Golden Globe Award, but at that time, Yi Le was just a young player who accompanied the runner and did not have much of a threat.
But this time is different, as a strong candidate for this year's Ballon d'Or, the capital behind other players will always find ways to deal with Yile.
It's just that they haven't been able to grasp Yi Le's pigtails, which also makes them feel quite distressed.
FC Barcelona is also sparing no effort to promote Yile.
In the past, they invested 100% of their experience in Messi, but this time, Messi chose to give up the competition for the Golden Ball Award, and instead gave up resources to Yile.
For Messi, all he wants is to win.
Neymar's departure has made Messi wake up a lot of things, and he knows that if he wants to stay Yile, then he needs to give something more.
Besides, he already has a lot of honors, so why not leave the opportunity to the youngsters?
Moreover, Yile's performance in recent times has been too good, and Barcelona's performance in the first few rounds is indispensable.
Messi doesn't feel like it's a gift to Yile!
After winning three Champions Leagues in a row, Yi Le's accumulated strength has long been enough, and he is now going to accumulate a lot.
Even, Messi couldn't think of the reason why Yile failed to win the Golden Ball.
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The farce is over, and La Liga is back on track.
The fourth round of La Liga ushered in, and Barcelona challenged Granada away.
As a team that had just been promoted to La Liga last season, Valverde didn't feel they could win against them, even on their home turf.
In this game, Messi and Yile were both pressed on the bench.
De Jong came off the bench.
De Jong has been a substitute player and his situation has been even more difficult since Yile arrived at Camp Nou.
At the same time, Yi Le's excellent performance also made him want to leave Barcelona.
Judging from the past training matches and the results of the games, he does not feel that he can shake Yile's position in the team.
It's like the tactics arranged by the manager.
In this game, De Jong, Busquets, and Rakitic formed a triangle to prop up the midfield.
The trio are not divided into priorities, and if they have to say, Busquets will hold the ball for a longer period of time.
But in previous games, Barcelona didn't play like this.
With Yile's pressing power in the midfield, Barcelona's basic tactical rule is to hand over the ball to Yile.
From this, you can see the status of Yile in the team and the team's trust in Yile.
De Jong wanted to play like that, but he knew he couldn't play like Yile.
Just in terms of physical confrontation ability, he is a big step behind.
In the duel, De Jong was easily knocked down, instead of being able to hold and play the ball steadily in the two-man defense like Yile, helping the team stabilize the midfield.
De Jong understood that Valverde had sent him on to reassure himself.
Valverde is always expecting a spark between himself and Yile, after all, Busquez is old, Yile needs a midfield partner, and De Jong is a good choice.
It's just that De Jong has some conflicts with the role played by Yi Le, and asking him to change the way he plays football makes De Jong a little difficult to accept.
And in this game, De Jong is playing a position of strategy.
Valverde lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
They don't feel too much pressure on Granada.
However, as soon as the game began, the unexpected appeared.
In the face of Granada's onslaught, just two minutes into the game, Barcelona left-back Firpo made a fatal mistake.
His aggressive forward drive led to a huge gap in the left flank, and Granada's Achiz found the right opportunity to dribble the ball inside and finish the net.
The stadium was filled with cheers from the Granada fans, and Barcelona was stunned.
Even Yile felt a little incredible.
This kind of low-level mistake puzzled him.
It seems that the last few big wins have made Barcelona's players a bit mentally inflated.
Barcelona coach Valverde's face was also ugly, he didn't expect the opponent to score in just two minutes of the opening game.
It's not the same as he envisioned the safety of the game.
The tactics he laid out didn't come out at all.
Then, the game resumed, but Granada played better and better, while Barcelona, on the other hand, entered a kind of chaos.
The midfielder throws the ball out indiscriminately, and the forward line moves forward indiscriminately.
It looked like a mess and all the players seemed to be in a hurry, they all wanted to score an equaliser, but they neglected the consistency.
At first, Yi Le and Messi could still talk a few words, but in the following time, the two stopped talking and looked at the field.
They understand that Barcelona needs someone to settle their minds.
At the end of the first half, Valverde was furious in the dressing room, and the Barcelona players were also drooping their heads.
They also have anger in their hearts, and they always feel that they are not so comfortable playing.
In the second half, Valverde quickly asked Messi to warm up, and at the same time, Valverde looked at Yi Le and hesitated for a while, but still did not choose to let Yi Le play.
He still wants to give De Jong some chances, and Valverde feels that Messi is enough.
On 46 minutes, Barcelona made two substitutions in a row.
Messi comes on, Cales. Perez is off.
Fati comes on and Firpo goes off.
It's time to fight back.
After Messi came on the pitch, he did stabilize the situation a bit, but the chaos in the midfield was still not resolved.
The current Barcelona midfielder is playing awkwardly.
The tacit understanding between Rakitic and Sergio Busquets seems to be gone.
And such an aggressive style of play, always passing the ball to the front court very reluctantly, causing Messi and Suarez to be very uncomfortable with the ball and unable to make a breakthrough.
The commentator on Barcelona's side sighed: "When Yi has not yet played, Barcelona wants to play the rhythm that belongs to Yi, in fact, their tandem, forward insertion and timing are all wrong!" ”
As for De Jong ....
The commentator sighed helplessly, in this game, De Jong was equivalent to stealth, and he had high hopes, but his performance was unsatisfactory.
The game was still going on, and on 85 minutes, Vidal recklessly defended and awarded Granada a penalty.
Granada's Akiz calmly converted the penalty to make it 2-0.
This time, Valverde finally couldn't sit still.
He hurriedly put Yile on the pitch and De Jong was substituted.
But with only 5 minutes left, Yile couldn't complete the reversal.
Despite considerable changes and an increase in the percentage of dangerous shots, Barcelona woke up too late and lost the game.
Barcelona also tasted their first defeat of the season.