Chapter 829: True Focus
After Zhen Shaolong completed the goal, the cheers around him were not loud, and many people looked at Yaya Toure in surprise, even Real Madrid fans, who subconsciously cheered for the goal, but at the same time surrendered to Yaya Toure who stopped in place.
Most of the credit for the goal just now goes to Yaya Toure, and he can be said to have passed the ball to Zhen Shaolong head-on.
The fans in the surrounding stands were amazed, "He made a mistake? ”
"This guy can't be a spy for Real Madrid, right?"
"Warning!"
"The Barcelona centre-back has been bought!"
"The pass just now is so wonderful, the cooperation between Yaya Toure and Zhen Shaolong is wonderful......"
There were quite a few fans who couldn't help but laugh.
on the pitch.
The players of Barcelona and Real Madrid all looked at Yaya Toure, everyone knew that Yaya Toure was a mistake, but the mistake was so bad that it should not have been to 'pass' the ball to Zhen Shaolong.
This is a terrible low-level mistake!
Real Madrid players are lamenting Zhen Shaolong's good luck, "Why didn't he pass it to me?" This kind of ball is a ...... every time."
"That's what I thought too."
"Because you're not in front, and if you were standing there, he'd probably play a good game." Granero explained, "Zhen, it can bring a lot of pressure. ”
This is widely recognized.
Zhen Shaolong has the aura of 'world No. 1', and scored an average of almost three goals against Barcelona, which is enough to put great pressure on the Barcelona defense.
In this way.
Yaya Toure will only make mistakes in the face of Zhen Shaolong.
Of course.
It was difficult for Barcelona to 'recognize' this, what they saw was that Yaya Toure did not pass the ball for a long time, waited for Zhen Shaolong to pass the ball, and then handed the ball to Zhen Shaolong, and the process seemed to be negotiated.
They were all unhappy with Yaya Toure.
That's a goal!
Zhen Shaolong scored a goal, and with this goal, they were already two goals behind!
The Barcelona players were very depressed.
Yaya Toure is Barcelona's defensive heavyweight, and now that Puyol is getting older, Yaya Toure has jumped up the defensive burden, and he can be said to be Barcelona's anchor.
The other players didn't blame Yaya Toure in person, so they could only show a dissatisfied look from afar.
Pique is different.
Pique is also Barcelona's main central defender, he is also considered the most talented star of Barcelona's defenders, he is not afraid of offending Yaya Toure, he is still thinking about his mistake just now, how to explain the 'conspiracy', the other party does not believe it at all, and also shows a 'caring intellectual disability' eyes, he remembers this very clearly.
How about now?
Yaya Toure made a fatal mistake!
"So, is it my problem that I can't keep up with Zhen Shaolong?" Pique asked Yaya Toure, "Now you know, right?" I've said it a long time ago! Be sure to pay attention, be sure to be careful! They have a conspiracy, and you shouldn't take it seriously! Now you know the conspiracy! ”
Pique put a special emphasis on "conspiracy" to save face.
In fact, Pique didn't think about anything, he just wanted to save face and prove that he wasn't a head show just now.
A lot of people are like that.
When you find your mistakes, you don't have the courage to admit them, but you hope to find various reasons to convince yourself and others that you are the right one.
Aware of his mistake, Pique suddenly noticed a clue that he was right, and immediately seized on it to convince the others.
Yaya Toure was convinced.
Yaya Toure didn't hear what Pique said at all, he was still thinking about the mistake just now, and his emotions were in the embarrassment of 'I don't know how to describe it', and when he heard Pique say 'conspiracy', he felt that it seemed to be beneficial to him, and immediately nodded in approval.
And then.
Yaya Toure suddenly realized that something was wrong.
"What? Conspiracy? ”
"I just made a mistake and gave the ball to the other party, and Gerrard is talking about a conspiracy?"
What he meant...... Did I do it on purpose? ”
"Damn!"
Yaya Toure was furious.
If it weren't for the ring, he would have wanted to go over and give Pique a punch and let him know what the pain meant.
Field.
Guardiola looked at the game and was a little helpless, he didn't expect that while the opponent performed well, his own players would make mistakes, and the mistakes were still ...... Yaya Toure?
Pep Guardiola is very unhappy.
In fact.
Yaya Toure's position as a pillar at the back is only an evaluation from the outside world, and he is not a very important player in the Barcelona team.
Pep Guardiola is not optimistic about Yaya Toure.
One is for technical reasons, Yaya Toure is characterized by strong body, strong one-on-one defensive ability, and more physical support for running, but Barcelona is a technical team, Yaya Toure is not helpful to the attack, and can only barely keep up with the rhythm of passing.
Second, Yaya Toure is too calm.
In a top club, every player has to have characteristics, Yaya Toure can't see the characteristics, the only thing he can say is to be consistent.
This is not a feature.
Pep Guardiola has a heart for Pique to grow.
Pique is younger, his performance must be very consistent, and his technical strength is quite comprehensive, but he is still a little less experienced.
If Pique can step up and shoulder the heavy responsibility, he can become Puyol's successor and become the pillar of Barcelona's defence, Yaya Toure will be of little use.
There are many similar alternatives to be found on the European market.
"Yaya has one year left on his contract with the club, and one year is almost enough time for Gerrard to grow."
Pep Guardiola has made some kind of decision.
on the field.
The game has restarted.
Yaya Toure's mistake created Zhen Shaolong's second goal, and he hoped to make up for his mistake with his performance, so he worked hard to mark Zhen Shaolong defensively.
This made Zhen Shaolong very distressed.
Guardiola is not optimistic about Yaya Toure's technical level, but Yaya Toure is physically strong, one-on-one defensive ability is very good, is at the peak of his career, and is also very experienced.
Zhen Shaolong was squeezed twice in a row, and once fell directly to the ground, but the referee didn't even blow the whistle and pause.
That's the experience.
Yaya Toure has a lot of defensive experience, and it is also a headache to rely on a strong body to fight, because most of his fights are reasonable collisions, and there are no foul actions, and the efficient use of physical advantages within a reasonable range will make any player feel distressed.
When standing with Yaya Toure, Zhen Shaolong simply squirted, "You just passed it on to me on purpose, right?" I knew that you still had your heart set on Real Madrid. ”
“……”
Yaya Toure stared and didn't speak.
"Of course, you haven't been to Real Madrid, but maybe we can be teammates in the future, you think the same way, right?
“……”
"So don't take it too seriously, maybe we'll be friends in the future!" Zhen Shaolong said with a snort, he just chatted casually, but he didn't expect to hit Yaya Toure's heart.
Yaya Toure wants to leave Barcelona.
When Yaya Toure joined Barcelona in 2007, he only signed a three-year contract with Barcelona, and Barcelona clearly wanted him to play as a substitute for a few years before discussing a contract extension.
Last summer, Barcelona decided to renew Yaya Toure's contract because he was about to expire, but they didn't want to pay a higher salary, and the two sides negotiated for a long time, only renewing a one-year contract, and the salary was increased by 20%.
Yaya Toure wanted to stay at Barcelona, but now that the year had passed, he was depressed to reflect on what had happened to him, and he was the team's main centre-back with the salary of a substitute, and the club was not willing to sign a long-term contract.
His agent Dimitri suggested leaving, and he asked him to contact clubs that interested him, including Manchester City in the Premier League, who offered him £170,000 a week to join, while his weekly salary in Barcelona was only 60,000 euros, one of the lowest paid players in the team.
Yaya Toure still hopes to stay in Barcelona.
This is where fame comes in.
"If the club can offer a decent salary, I'll stay, otherwise...... It's not bad to go to Manchester City for a high salary and be teammates with this guy, at least you don't have to worry about having this guy in your opponent in the future......"
Yaya Toure thought complicatedly.
In the contest between Yaya Toure and Zhen Shaolong in defense, offense and mentality, Barcelona performed well in the front, after a continuous pass cooperation, Messi broke through Ramos to complete the goal, and after the football was saved by Casillas, Pedro made a supplementary shot to complete the goal.
"1 to 2!"
"Pedro helps Barcelona get a goal back!"
The Barcelona fans cheered wildly, they were very upset when they watched the team fall behind by one point, and even felt that it was impossible for the team to beat Real Madrid.
Now they have renewed hope.
Of course.
What is clear to every Barcelona is that if they want to catch up with Real Madrid in terms of scores, the premise must be solid at the back.
Zhen Shaolong is the biggest danger.
Many fans still pin their hopes on Yaya Toure, Yaya Toure made a fatal mistake just now, and from the perspective of normal logical development, he will definitely try to make up for his mistakes.
Similar situations have occurred in many competitions throughout history.
When a player makes a fatal mistake, he will try to participate in the game with the trust of his coach, teammates and fans, use his efforts to make up for the mistake, and finally lead the team to defeat the opponent and win.
Now Yaya Toure has become the hope in the hearts of Barcelona fans, they hope that the countless pictures in history can be staged in the game in front of them, not asking Yaya Toure to help Barcelona complete the goal, only hope that he can hold Zhen Shaolong, so that Barcelona can concentrate on attacking unscrupulously in the frontcourt.
Yaya Toure has also been working on it.
In the twenty-five minutes that lasted for 25 minutes, Yaya Toure basically succeeded, and his defense allowed Zhen Shaolong to only receive the ball twice, without a successful breakthrough and without any shooting opportunities.
In the 45th minute of the game, Zhen Shaolong once again found a chance to break out.
It's still a counterattack!
Real Madrid broke the ball at the back and the ball was handed to Granero.
Granero glanced forward, and immediately passed to Zhen Shaolong.
Granero is a good passer, but it's hard to say how accurate his long balls are, and the gap between him and David Beckham is a bit big, and it's probably above average.
Now Granero's long pass surprised many people, and the football was accurately passed to Zhen Shaolong's front.
Zhen Shaolong immediately started to accelerate!
Yaya Toure's reaction is quite fast, his explosiveness is not low, and seeing that he can't stop the opponent from taking the ball, he quickly runs two steps to give up the position in advance, and will not be directly pulled down by the opponent.
The moment Zhen Shaolong stopped the ball, he was overtaken by Yaya Toure.
Subsequently.
Zhen Shaolong took the ball forward, and he wanted to start to surpass Yaya Toure, and the breakthrough action instantly activated the temporary effect, and the trigger of the 'football following effect' greatly increased his confidence.
Then Zhen Shaolong didn't care about the ball, and focused on moving forward and dribbling the ball quickly.
Yaya Toure is too experienced, he knows when to play safely, when to be sure to grab it, when to defend Zhen Shaolong, Yaya Toure is also very rational, not sure to grab the opportunity to grab the ball, he will not kick at all, because being broken means giving the opponent a chance to score directly.
That's deadly!
Yaya Toure is really very, very, very cautious, when he saw that Zhen Shaolong seemed to lie down the ball with one kick, and his movements were a little unable to keep up, his body's knee-jerk reaction was to stop the ball.
And he did!
The reaction of professional game experience has made his body react faster than his thinking.
The next moment.
Yaya Toure found that the swing of the foot could not be accurately kicked, because the football spun, dodged his foot just right, and then was controlled by the opponent to continue to carry forward.
“——?”
Yaya Toure opened his mouth wide in disbelief, and he didn't react anymore, because his right foot was thrown out under the action of inertia, and after throwing it out, he drove his body to rotate, and after half a circle, he fell directly to the ground.
"What's going on?"
When he fell, Yaya Toure was still a little confused, and in the eyes of others, in the process of Zhen Shaolong quickly dribbling the ball, Yaya Toure suddenly kicked the ball but didn't kick it, and drove himself to the ground.
It's a little awkward.
Guardiola couldn't bear to look at it and covered his eyes.
The Barcelona fans in the stands let out an exclamation, mixed with disgruntled tones.
Valdés roared angrily as he attacked, "Stop him! What are you doing! Idiot! ”
And then.
Valdés made a symbolic save, turning his head before the ball was overhead, as if hoping to watch the goal in its entirety.
And he got his wish!
Zhen Shaolong still chose to shoot, and the ball rushed over Valdés' head and fell into the goal with great accuracy.
1 to 3!
The first half entered stoppage time, and Zhen Shaolong completed a hat-trick to help Real Madrid reopen the gap.
The whole stadium cheered for the goal.
But......
When the goal was really completed, it was not Zhen Shaolong who was noticed by everyone, but the Barcelona tough guy who was lying on the ground and had not yet gotten up, with a dazed and helpless face -
Yaya Toure.