498 There was a dead silence
With only 10 players left, West Ham have raised the level of hell to win, but thankfully, they only need one goal to secure a place in the Champions League final.
Jiangshan replaced Drogba and Hargreaves on the field, the most important purpose is to defend, Drogba can be a barrier before the midfield defense, Hargreaves is a top sapper player, very suitable for this kind of occasion.
Hargreaves has won the Champions League at Bayern Munich and Manchester United and has been able to remain calm in the face of the current situation. At the same time, when Drogba was in Monaco, he also won the Champions League with Jiangshan and was an experienced master.
At this time, several of their substitutes were full of power, especially Upson, who had just scored a goal from the opponent, and he had a lot of responsibility and made him blame himself on the field.
As the captain, he couldn't lead the team to victory and let the opponent score a goal, that's his problem, so Epson finally burst out at his best, and he wanted to fight hard.
In the face of Thiago's breakthrough, Upson rarely played a delicate job, stuck in position, and then broke the ball, quickly gave De Gea, De Gea a big foot, and flew to the front.
Drogba crushed boulder in the chest, no, chest unloading, quite a beautiful action. Splitting the ball to the left, Baines twisted the ball and rushed forward as if he were carrying a bag of explosives.
Alves couldn't stop it, Baines went all the way, went straight to the bottom line, passed back, and then to Drogba, Drogba's air superiority was obvious, and Barcelona's two central defenders couldn't stop him.
Especially Drogba, who is in an explosive state, is even more scary. The Barcelona players seemed to feel the fear of being dominated by the monsters of the year and were a little nervous. The pace was also a bit chaotic, with Drogba being stuck in position by Puyol and unable to turn and shoot, so he had to turn the ball back.
To Reuss, who was interspersed with running, Reuss was not slow, took the ball, rushed a step, immediately went to the edge of the penalty area, and shot with a burst of shots, a little angle, and was saved by Valdés.
Valdés yelled, in a good mood, he felt that he was blocking West Ham's attack, and the whole person was excited, "It's me, Valdés, the peak that West Ham can't cross." ”
"Come back if you have the ability!" As Valdés roared, his team-mates were ready to defend set-pieces, and the pressure was not small.
Upson and Hummels both rushed up, leaving only Hargreaves to defend at the back, and it was Baines who fired the corner, and his footwork was great and suitable for corner kick tactics.
Drogba did not carry his body with the defenders, but cruissed to the side, waiting for the appearance of tactical corners, Alves did not dare to let go of Drogba, although the physical gap is very large, but Drogba is not to be taken lightly.
Pep Guardiola tugged at his heart, "Not quite right! Shouldn't Drogba come in the middle? He has the advantage of height and strength, and he must be used as a bridgehead for the first point. ”
Jiang Shan suddenly smiled, "Drogba has a good idea, I hope Baines understands his tactical adjustments." ”
"What tactics? Is Baines' footwork so well controlled? Zidane was a little surprised, but he reacted quickly, "By the way, if Drogba receives the ball in that position, he can go straight to the goal with a header, it's a good opportunity." ”
Thankfully, Bynes didn't seem to see him, spun the ball and flew near the goal.
At this time, the backline of Upson, Hummels and Barcelona were all moved, and everyone had to grab the first point. Unfortunately, Baines' pass didn't seem to have that much force and hit Drogba's head.
"Not good, this way." Valdés hurriedly greeted his teammates, this is not a good phenomenon, it is too dangerous.
Drogba leaned on Alves, flicked the header, had no angle to shoot, and passed to the middle, where Upson met the ball and hit it so hard that he even wanted to knock out the brainwaves.
Bang!
The ball was slightly deformed, the cannonball rushed towards the goal, Valdés reacted quickly, and in the face of the close header bombardment, there was no way, and by the time he reacted, the ball had already entered the net.
It seems to be an easy header bombardment, but with the previous tactical cooperation, if there is a problem in any link, it is impossible to score.
Pep Guardiola is about to collapse, 11 to 10, and he was still scored by the opponent, what is the situation?
"What the hell are you all up to? Cheer me up. Guardiola couldn't help it, rushed to the sideline and scolded, this was the first time he couldn't help but scold the players on the sidelines, and even the players couldn't imagine that their always gentle manager would have this day of scolding the players.
There is no way, in the face of Jiangshan's strength and success, Guardiola has the idea that Jiangshan is unbeatable, he wants to win the game too much, and he wants to win the battle with Jiangshan too much.
However, every hard work eventually came to naught. ,
After West Ham scored, the score became 1:1, and Barcelona had to score at least two more goals to turn the tables, otherwise they could only swallow the result of the loss.
West Ham have already won at home, drawn away and scored away goals, and the pressure on the Barcelona players is very high.
With 15 minutes left in the game, many Barcelona fans have left the stadium early, they don't like to see the team lose, even if the game is not lost, but losing the whole series is meaningless.
But Messi and Sanchez don't believe in evil, they are still attacking desperately, the speed is very fast, and the power of passing and cutting is also very powerful, playing West Ham at the back, and at the last moment, West Ham has almost 9 people in the backfield defending.
Only Royce was cruising in the frontcourt.
Drogba retreated to help defend near midfield, there was no way, he had to stabilize at the last moment.
At this time, the defensive formation of the three central defenders played a good effect, the defensive coverage was very large, and Messi's breakthrough almost fell into the crowd tactics, which was very uncomfortable.
Another long pass, after Hargreaves broke the ball, a kick flew up and landed in the front, and the counterattack at the last moment could not give Barcelona a chance.
Reus snatched the ball, faced Busquets, slammed it down, slid it through, and then ran wildly, with Puyol and Mascherano struggling to close the door. But Reus was about to mature and the ball struck wide.
Another West Ham player rushed up, it was the aging Drogba, he actually gritted his teeth and rushed to the front at the last moment, he still has to attack, there is still a chance.
Carrying it over, Drogba took the ball and only poked it forward, one hit was enough, enough to free up space for shooting, very violent action.
Valdés came out, confronted Drogba, and pounced on it with dedication.
Drogba also had an idea, and with a toe lift, the ball flew up, drew a beautiful arc, crossed Valdés' head and fell into the net.
Especially the classic counter-attacking goal, Reus's passing angle and strength were just right, and Drogba didn't need to adjust too much to shoot right away.
After the goal, Drogba slid on his knees and rushed towards Jiangshan, "Hero, I am a hero......"
The Barcelona fans at the scene were dead silent, and the game was over.