290 vs. Barcelona 2
Ranieri may have quickly realized his mistake, so he quickly gave instructions to the players, Trapani retreated across the board, counterattacked defensively, and Trapani's players' tactical execution rate was still relatively strong, everyone was very resolute, defended solidly, and waited for an opportunity to counterattack.
Barcelona's threat has dropped a lot, players have fallen to the ground frequently, and in terms of physical confrontations, Trapani has the advantage, Ronaldinho is not in great form, and he rarely chooses to pass today.
In the eighteenth minute, Trapani took the lead, and in the counter-attack, Messi was in the middle of Barcelona's half, passing several people and sending the ball into the goal guarded by Valdés.
The whole process left everyone stunned.
"Little Ant scored?" Even Leda was surprised, only to see Messi take the ball on the left side of the center circle, and then feint to start getting rid of it, all in one go.
"yes!" Hugo's ignorant response!
The home fans at Camp Nou were silent, the away Trapani fans stood and watched the whole process, everyone stared at the foot of Messi's shot, everyone is the same This goal can be scored, only when it is scored can it be called a great goal, it lives up to expectations, the goal is scored! The visiting fans immediately erupted in thunderous cheers.
Messi jogged on the pitch with his hands outstretched, seemingly enjoying the moment of glory that was his own, but unfortunately he was short-lived, and he was soon thrown to the ground by the swarming team-mates.
When Messi scored, Ranieri also raised his hands high, playing at Camp Nou is not an easy thing, don't look at the bad time, but Barcelona are still one of the strongest players in the team, so they will not play well. Of course, it is not easy to win, but today Trapani got off to a good start, and how could Ranieri not be satisfied.
Gradually, Barcelona's momentum has gone down, Trapani's midfield interception state and ability are getting stronger and stronger, Barcelona's midfielder has some problems in terms of control, Motta's slow turning speed is a problem, as a back he lacks the ability to move laterally, but Trapani always plays on the side, which makes him tired, as for Deco, it feels normal to start, and the team is behind at this time, and his form is also declining.
Gradually, it was not Barcelona who took the initiative, the pitch became attacking and defending, Trapani's defensive awareness and system were more reliable, and Barcelona only had five shots on goal until the end of the first half, and only one on target.
Ronaldinho's form is not good, Giuli's dexterous movement is gone, and as for Saviola, he is completely lost in the defensive jungle of Trapani, and the way he declares his existence is to frequently complain to the referee about Trapani's fouls.
"Mr. Platini, what's the matter with this referee?! It's impossible to turn a blind eye to such an obvious foul?! Laporta spread his hand to Platini to express his displeasure.
"Rest easy, Mr. Laporta! Now it's the referee who is in charge on the field, and we, as spectators, still believe in their truncation! Platini said with a smile.
Honestly, Platini really doesn't think Trapani's players have fouls, what are you guys about?! Saviola, the Argentine kid, was originally small, and of course he did not have an advantage physically, and it was inevitable that he would suffer a loss in the confrontation.
If Lao Tzu played football in that era, Saviola would have been abolished a long time ago!
At the end of the first half, Trapani took the lead on the road, which was not an upset, after all, the media was not optimistic about Barcelona before the game, and now the score on the field is just a fulfillment of everyone's predictions.
Rijkaard spent 45 minutes proving that Saviola's decision to play as a centre-forward in Trapani's defenders was undoubtedly the wrong one, so he decisively replaced Gudjohnsen at half-time, a Chelsea veteran who was Ranieri's son at the beginning, and his goal efficiency was not high, but he was very stable and more reliable as a substitute.
In fact, just look at the Barcelona bench, whether it is Rijkaard or FC Barcelona, they are both eager to get Henry, and this man will be the most beneficial addition to them.
After all, Gudjohnsen is a second-rate standard, and the Icelander actually worked as a wingman for Hasselbaink at Chelsea in those years, similar to Klose today, but at a lower level than Klose.
In addition to Saviola, Rijkaard also replaced Deco with Iniesta, the reason for this is that Barcelona have gradually lost ground in the midfield in the first half, and there is a lack of forward organization, Deco and Xavi are not the kind of midfielders who carry the ball forward, and Iniesta is such a player.
Rijkaard wanted to increase the variables in the midfield, not too routinely, and in the first half, except for Trapani's own little confusion at the beginning, the rest of the time basically limited Barcelona's midfield.
Ranieri's team is running well, he didn't make changes, he even felt that the first half was a relatively easy half, he couldn't see where Barcelona's advantage was, the poor state of several players in the front field was obvious, he is now a little glad that Serie A stopped for a while in the previous stage, and the players got a break invisibly, except for some hesitation at the beginning today, the state at other times was very good, but there were no more goals.
After the start of the second half, Barcelona clearly wanted to attack, Trapani retreated again, and thought about counterattacking, Laporta was very unhappy with Trapani's rogue play.
"Lo and behold, that's all the Italian team is going to do! I've heard that they score the most goals in the league, so I think they're just going to fight back and sneak attack! Laporta said to Platini.
"Huh!" Platini didn't respond, he also likes beautiful attacking football, but Hugo has a very special relationship with him, so naturally it's hard to say anything.
After playing for a while, Barcelona put Trapani helpless, Ranieri made substitution adjustments, and replaced Klose with Di Maria, which made the purpose of "sneak attack" more obvious, Di Maria is faster, and the wings he and Messi form can bring a greater impact to Barcelona.
Klose was a little unhappy with the arrangement, and if anything, he was best suited to the centre-forward position, and when it came to counter-attacking, he was better at the centre-forward than Toney, at least he thought so.
His pseudo-winger position is more effective if it is that kind of positional battle, and last season Deschamps played a double center forward, so his power was brought into play, this season 433 is actually not so happy, it is obvious that between Toni and him, Ranieri will choose Toney.
"He looks a little upset!" At this time, the time of the game on the TV was 60 minutes, and Hugo's mother watched it very carefully, and she could see that Klose seemed to be a little unhappy.
"Hmm!" Hugo also saw it, but he was just depressed, as mentioned earlier, Klose and Toney's goals have dropped a little this season, on the one hand, injuries have affected them, Klose has been absent a lot, on the other hand, it is a position problem, Ballack and Messi are expanding their firing power.
Hugo can't do anything to Klose, Klose is not Adriano, he has long known that Klose is actually more suitable for the center forward position, he just had a good life last season, and this season is out of play!
Klose is a player he likes very much, humble and pragmatic, very disciplined, Hugo can't find a reason to say that he is not, he should be loved by all Trapani fans.
What if he wants to go?! Hugo couldn't help but think of this question!
Hugo was naturally reluctant to let him go, if he had a choice, why not Adriano, Hugo is still angry with Adriano and has not completely let go of that holiday.
"Woo!" The screams of the women sounded next to him, and Hugo came back to his senses from the association, it turned out that Kameni saved the team, Barcelona managed to succeed in the small pass to form a chance, but Gudjohnsen's shot was defused by Kameni who reacted quickly.