Chapter 571: A Bad Premonition

Met Barcelona in the Champions League.

Gobo knows this is not an easy opponent to play against, despite his side's five victories against Barcelona – and speaking of which, he appears to be Pep Guardiola's most beaten manager.

And he is also the manager who has won the most times against Jose Mourinho.

But none of that helps.

Because Pep Guardiola has two Champions League titles, Mourinho also has two Champions League titles.

And Gao Bo only won the Europa League in Europe.

There is no manager who can win the Champions League and can only dominate the league. In the hearts of the fans, I'm afraid it's almost meaningful.

The Champions League is the highest level of competition in the world, although the influence of the Champions League final is far less than the World Cup final, but purely from the technical content of the game, the Champions League final is higher than the World Cup final.

National teams often have shortcomings in one aspect or another.

For example, Spain's midfield is very strong, but their strikers are not coming, and Villa can still play, but now there is no one who can succeed Villa.

Diego Costa is good, but his style seems to be out of step with the Spanish national team.

Argentina has Messi, Aguero, Higuain, Di Maria, if you look at the forwards alone, Argentina is undoubtedly one of the most attacking teams in the world, but in the midfield, Argentina is not as luxurious as their forward line.

This may be due to the fact that the football culture is different in each country, which has contributed to this result.

Spain played in the midfield, Italy in the back.

This has formed a stereotype for people.

But the Champions League is different.

The Champions League is a club competition!

Clubs can select players from all over the world.

The range of candidates for the head coach is much larger than that of the national team.

Therefore, the teams that can reach the Champions League final are those who are quite strong on all three fronts.

And to win the Champions League is not easy for any team.

Even Ferguson, the godfather of Manchester United, only has two Champions League titles in his hands.

Therefore, in order to prepare for the Champions League match with Barcelona, Gao Bo made a large rotation in the 34th round of the league, Atletico Madrid's away match against Rayo Vallecano.

Reyes, who has returned from injury, has been given a chance to play in this game, and Gao Bo's original plan was to let Reyes find his form in this game, and if he is still in good form, he will let Reyes start against Barcelona.

After all, Mane is still too young, and Gobo is more willing to trust Reyes in key battles than Mane.

The result of this match was 0-1 with Atletico Madrid winning away.

But what worries Atletico Madrid fans is that Reyes took the initiative to apply for a departure before half-time.

His adductor muscle in the back of his right thigh felt uncomfortable and he couldn't keep playing.

This forced Gao Bo to temporarily replace Mane, and in the Champions League semi-finals four days later, Reyes may not be able to play.

At the end of the season, players like Reyes, who were already relatively glassy, began to suffer frequent injuries.

.......

After the 34th round of the league, the Champions League is also coming soon.

In the first leg of the Champions League semifinals, Atletico Madrid will challenge Barcelona away!

"Atletico Madrid and Barcelona have met too often in the past two seasons, and after Gao Bo took charge of Barcelona, the two sides have met five times, and all five of them have been won by Atletico Madrid, including a 5-0 win at home and away! Atletico Madrid seems to be Barcelona's nemesis, and what will be the result of this meeting between the two sides? ”

Before the game started, the commentators were all guessing what the next game would be.

For Barcelona, this is their chance for revenge!

This is the first time the two teams have met in the Champions League, and Barcelona believes that in the league, maybe Barcelona is really restrained by Atletico Madrid, but in the Champions League, Barcelona may have an advantage.

Champions League matches are not the same as league games!

Before the game, Barcelona's mouthpieces were emphasizing this point to embolden the Barcelona fans.

With always losing to Atletico Madrid, Barcelona fans are also afraid of Atletico Madrid...

.....

Gao Bo and his Atletico Madrid are definitely no strangers to Camp Nou.

They have very fond memories here.

This time they are also full of fighting spirit and want to get a win here.

The game was twenty minutes and everything went well.

While Atletico Madrid didn't score, Barcelona didn't either.

In this game, Gao Bo still sent all his main forces, except for Reyes who was injured and could not play, Atletico Madrid was regarded as the strongest lineup.

The same is true for Barcelona.

Atletico Madrid will also make some tactical adjustments when dealing with Barcelona.

Atletico Madrid did not obsess with possession in this game, but played faster and more direct in attack, and when defending, they also forced Barcelona with tough pressing and physical running, forcing them to speed up the tempo.

Gao Bo's aim is to keep Barcelona from possessing the ball well.

Barcelona, on the other hand, continued to strengthen their tike-taka tactics and used absolute possession to find opportunities.

In this game, according to the characteristics of Barcelona, Gao Bo also made corresponding arrangements.

For example, pressing in the front court, dense defense in the middle.

When a team concedes a ball, the frontcourt player is responsible for harassing the player who is surrounding the opponent so that the opponent cannot pass through the midfield quickly.

At the same time, the players in the midfield must quickly retreat and return to their own defensive areas, and if Barcelona attack, Atletico Madrid will press hard in the midfield, and if they don't come up, the team will not have to worry at all.

Barcelona were not in a hurry, with both sides looking cautious in the first 20 minutes.

However, in the 21st minute of the game, the situation changed dramatically.

Iniesta picked up a cross in the box, Messi stopped the ball on his chest in the box, and then Sandro stretched out one foot, and while poking the ball away, he and Messi both fell to the ground.

Gao Bo's heart tightened when he saw this scene.

Then the whistle was heard!

Dutch referee Kupes ran into the penalty area and blew the whistle before pointing to the penalty spot!

Penalty kick?!

Gao Bo chuckled in his heart.

To say that in terms of defensive arrangements for this game, Atletico Madrid has done a good job, but it still found a gap for Messi!

As for whether this is a penalty or not, Gao Bo is actually not very sure.

But that didn't stop him from protesting.

He immediately approached the fourth official and questioned the penalty award.

The players on the pitch were also protesting loudly, but to no avail.

The referee will not change the decision after the decision.

Messi stood in the box with the ball in his hands, waiting for the penalty.

"Penalty!! Barcelona were awarded a penalty in the 21st minute! ”

"Sandro raised his foot a little too high, although he touched the ball first, but the referee probably thought that his action was more dangerous and it was also very big, so he awarded a penalty!"

The penalty was actually not controversial, so Atletico Madrid resigned itself after watching the protest for a while.

Otherwise, it won't be cost-effective to get a yellow card because of this.

And Gao Bo smelled a different meaning from this penalty.

He looked at the referee and had a sense of foreboding.