Messi found that after winning the Champions League, the atmosphere in Gamble Sports City has obviously changed a lot.

Last summer, Ten Carter decided to leave the club and return to the Netherlands as a solo coach.

Although the vast majority of the team had a very bad impression of him, and even many applauded his departure, and no one said anything to keep him, including Rijkaard, as the season progressed, many people gradually regretted it.

Sometimes, people don't cherish what they have, and only after losing it do they realize its preciousness and regret it.

Everyone thinks that Barcelona's past glory is due to the fact that there is a group of outstanding superstars in the team, because the team as a whole is outstanding, and because Rijkaard can lead the team to play beautiful attacking football......

Tengkart is an obnoxious guy who is always playing a disgusting character.

For example, he would ask defiantly, "Do you know why we were able to win the game?" ”

He would brutally refuse to answer when the players questioned him, "Before you ask questions, you'd better go home and watch the footage of that game and then discuss it with me." ”

He dared to persuade Rijkaard to leave him out of the squad on the eve of the match after Ronaldinho wore the main vest for a week, on the grounds that he was tired.

God, what a clumsy reason for that?

Everyone is not stupid, how can they believe it?

And everyone in the team knows that he doesn't like Ronaldinho, because the Brazilian doesn't follow the rules he set, misses training and goes to the party, so he gets angry, even if he knows that the Brazilian can score goals and dominate the game, he still has to be excluded from the squad.

Everybody was unbelievable about it, everybody in the team didn't like him.

Including Messi.

Because Ten Carter always forced him to go to the gym to train, which was the way he hated training the most.

This summer, the tyrant who had caused a lot of resentment in the whole team was finally gone.

Everyone rejoiced about this, and everyone felt that without Ten Carter, Barcelona's dream II dynasty would continue to flourish.

And the facts have also proved that after more than half of the league play, Barcelona still leads the La Liga standings.

It's just that the lead of this dream team, which is known as the pinnacle, is only a pitiful one.

Barcelona have won just 12 of the last 21 rounds, drawing seven and losing two, leaving them just one point ahead of second-placed Sevilla.

In the past two seasons, Barcelona have scored 51 and 52 points respectively in the same period, which is eight or nine points higher than now.

But worse still, Deco began to miss training frequently, and he was always able to find all sorts of reasons to return to Brazil, sometimes even cutting and calling after returning to Brazil without the approval of the coaching staff.

Ronaldinho also began to make frequent news about the lack, such as when he met a young girl in a nightclub, or when he was flirting with a famous Catalan actress......

Gradually, I don't know when, factions began to appear in the dressing room in Barcelona.

A lot of people are unhappy with Ronaldinho and Deco's approach, and they believe that several Brazilians in the team lack a work ethic and discipline, which Barcelona will not allow.

Accusations began to be made in person, such as Samuel Eto'o, such as Puyol.

I don't know when Eto'o and the Catalan players began to tie up into an anti-Brazilian faction, and then several Dutch players joined the league, and they began to form antagonisms, and the contradictions became more and more acute.

During the winter break, several players, including Larsson, chose to leave.

It was also at this moment that everyone suddenly realized that Tengkat was really important.

Relying only on Rijkaard's soft policy, he can't control the locker room at all.

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In Gamble Sports City, Messi walked to the tennis football pitch in the players' rest area.

It used to be a favourite spot for Barcelona players, and after every training session, it was always a place where Barcelona players would happily play tennis football in the stadium.

At that time, Ronaldinho was still like a big brother, protecting him.

The Brazilian would tat him on the shoulder and say, "Don't worry, I'll pass you the ball, help you assist, and get you on the front page tomorrow to compete with Yang Yang." ”

He will also comfort Messi when he is down, "Believe me, you are the future number one in world football." ”

These words are still in my ears, but time has changed.

The tennis pitch had been left unattended for a long time, the floor was covered with dust, and the nets were hanging loosely on the ground.

It has become the last place that no one wants to come to in Gamble Sports City, and the corners are even full of clutter.

Messi stood outside the pitch with sentimentality in his eyes.

He misses the happiness of the past, he misses the laughter of the time, but it seems that it will never come back.

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On November 12, in the 10th round of La Liga, Barcelona played at home against Zaragoza, Messi played only 22 minutes before going off injured, he had an accident and fractured the fifth metatarsal of his left foot, and he was out of injury for two and a half months.

It was only recently that he returned to training with the team.

In the last two and a half months, Barcelona have played eleven league games, losing one, drawing five and achieving a mess.

The Champions League even finished second in the group, losing to Chelsea, which led to Barcelona's unlucky draw against Liverpool in the subsequent draw for the round of 16.

Everyone knows that Benitez's team is a cup-type team, very good at playing cup games, and targeted tactics are a must.

What's worse is that before the game against Liverpool, Barcelona will play Valencia again, which is another tough battle.

Messi looked at the tennis field in a daze with a melancholy face.

I don't know when, Rijkaard came to his side, and the Dutchman seemed to be much older than before.

After Tenkat left, he didn't seem to be a gentleman anymore.

"Some things are gone, and they never come back." Rijkaard said with a sigh.

Messi guesses that he should now regret in his heart that he should not have let Ten Carter go, and should not have indulged players such as Ronaldinho and Deco, which caused the dressing room to fall apart.

"Leo, the future of this team belongs to you, and then you should make yourself stronger and braver, because from now on, no one will be able to shelter you again."

Messi felt a pressure.

"Yang Yang has picked up the burden of Ajax and Liverpool, Cristiano Ronaldo has also picked up the burden of Manchester United this season, Kaka has also picked up the burden of AC Milan, and you are the only one who can pick up the burden of Barcelona!"

Rijkaard's words were light and heavy, so that Messi didn't know how to answer.

"All of us are waiting for you to come back!"

After saying that, Rijkaard patted Messi on the shoulder and turned to leave.

He didn't ask Messi from beginning to end, are you ready?

Because there are times, some things, that don't give you any time to prepare at all.

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The decision to head south was made in a hurry, so Liverpool's preparations were not ideal.

The hotel is booked online by the club and is located in the Algarve, the southernmost part of Portugal, in a resort in the famous resort area.

Along the way, the club's staff told the players that this is the best resort in Portugal, with its own courtyard, each household has its own swimming pool, and is surrounded by very complete training facilities, the best golf course, and the best living environment.

Of course, the price is also relatively expensive.

But when the team made the long journey to the resort, they found that the situation was completely different.

The rooms in the hotel are damp, the training turf is not good, and the courtyard has a supporting swimming pool, but it is not very clean.

Also, the network signal here is not good, which makes Yang Yang feel very troubled, because he has to keep in touch with Su Ye every day, she recently went to Chen Kexin's stabbing horse crew, Yang Yang is very concerned about whether her village aunt's appearance is okay.

The only thing that is satisfying is the climate, which is really amazing and the air is good.

Compared to Liverpool, which is rainy and rainy, this advantage can offset all the disadvantages.

The club staff immediately communicated with the hotel, hoping that they could make some changes as soon as possible, but it was clear that Liverpool was nothing in front of this hotel, and people didn't care, just symbolically perfunctory.

However, Liverpool are not particularly serious about this.

Because the most important thing for the team is to train and prepare.

For the battle at Camp Nou, the outside world is more worried about Liverpool, because Barcelona is indeed star-studded, and it is still playing at home at Camp Nou, which is a great challenge for Liverpool.

Rafa Benitez has also made no secret of his intentions for this match, hoping to return to England with a draw.

'Of course, I would like a draw but it's acceptable if it's a small defeat and as long as we can return to Anfield with hope, then we still have a chance of winning because at Anfield it's not easy for any team to beat us!'

Benitez's words showed his strong self-confidence and deeply affected all the players.

Even a new player like Yang Yang, who has just joined for a season, deeply admires Benitez's tactical skills.

Because he is always able to surprise everyone on a tactical level.

What's more, Mohamed Sissoko has finally returned from injury.

Judging from the performance in training, the Mali midfielder is still in good shape, but in the end he has been absent for a long time.

Mascherano and Arbeloa are two players who joined during the winter break and have yet to play for Liverpool, so no one knows exactly what Benitez will do.

Although Yang Yang likes to think, he can't guess Benitez's thoughts at all.

He felt that if he could guess it, he would consider retiring and becoming a head coach.

And Benitez is also in training, arranging a lot of small details for Barcelona, especially for Messi.