201. Time left for Barcelona
When the game resumed, Barcelona's attack became unhurried again. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
With Alves and Adriano no no longer attacking together, and Mascherano and Pique staying at the end, Barca's backline looks much more stable.
Van Basten couldn't help but be a little disappointed.
He's counting on another quick counter-attack to put an end to the suspense of this match......
He glanced at Guardiola, who was sitting precariously, and admired it in his heart:
In the end, he is a passing man who is at the peak of his debut, he is used to seeing countless big scenes, and he can still maintain his composure at this time, if it is the white swan himself at a disadvantage, I am afraid that he will not be able to sit still in the coach's seat for a long time......
After half-time adjustments, Barcelona got out of their agitation and regained their rhythm, seeking opportunities by patiently falling their feet. Ajax, on the other hand, continued to defend and counter-attack, and the game looked a little dull during this period......"
He Wei took a sip of coffee to refresh himself.
"But storms are often brewing in this dreary, and Barcelona often use the constant inversion of the central midfield, on the one hand, to attract the opponent's defense forward, so as to create an opening, and on the other hand, to paralyze the opponent, so that they can get used to this slow rhythm, and then suddenly change the speed, this kind of warm boiled frog tactics make people unguardable." Xu Yang reminded Van Basten, "So Ajax must not let down their vigilance, or continue to put pressure on Barcelona, once they stop pressing and let the opponent get space to move, it is very likely to form a threat!" ”
Van Basten certainly understands this, Ajax players understand this, and even coaches and players all over the world understand this, Barcelona's characteristics have been broken down in the past few years, and there are still few teams that can beat them.
If you want to completely restrain their possession from start to finish, you have to keep the whole game and press all over the court, but ...... Who can guarantee that their players have the ability to press all the way and never stop?
As soon as one defender is a little lazy, slows down, or doesn't react, Barcelona will use their precise pass to tear a hole open and then stab the sharpest weapon into the opponent's chest!
Therefore, Van Basten repeatedly reminded his disciples at halftime that they must not relax, otherwise the previous 135 minutes of hard work may be in vain!
Just hold on for another 45 minutes and they will be able to step on the corpse of Barcelona and advance to the last four of the Champions League!
If these words are for some old players who have no desire, I am afraid that those old fritters will not have any reaction, but for Ajax, a group of young people who are eager to prove their ability to the world with outstanding performances, it is a great temptation, for this goal, they can often exert more energy than themselves, and even the fatigue seems to be weakened a lot.
And young people often have a sense of competition, when they see their vice-captain always trying his best to entangle with the opponent's most threatening Messi, and face the strongest football king in the world and not give an inch, their competitive spirit will also burn.
In some cases, mental strength and fighting spirit can indeed make up for the lack of technique and tactics, especially when the referee has a relatively loose grasp of the blowing scale......
The Premier League referee, Clattenburg, is used to seeing the situation in England where people turn their backs, and most of the so-called red cards complained by Barcelona players have not even blown fouls.
After all, this is Ajax's home stadium, and having a slight advantage in blowing penalties can also be seen as an international practice.
In such an atmosphere, the game slowly continued into the 70th minute.
Pep Guardiola finally replaced Afelé with his own lucky Pedro, and the Sabres will undoubtedly enhance the team's overall pace and ability to break down the wings.
But Ajax's defense remained unmoved, and Van Basten referred to Mourinho's tactics against Barcelona during his time at Inter Milan and Chelsea, directing his disciples to compress the two lines of defense tightly, without giving Pedro and others room to attack.
Penetration of a low cross from the wing?
Sorry, the middle is already overcrowded, and the wide players are not at all sure that they will be able to get the ball to the feet of their teammates.
Kicking a high ball cross?
I'm sorry, but in the face of Vertonghen and Oleg, two centre-backs of around 1.9 meters, whether it is Villa or Messi, they are not dominant at all in the fight for headers......
Five minutes after Pedro's play, Barcelona's offensive still did not improve, and Guardiola finally couldn't sit still.
At 45 minutes, he could still use the Istanbul miracle to encourage himself and his players, but when the game was less than fifteen minutes away, he also had an anxious look on his face.
Standing on the sidelines, Pep Guardiola reminded the players loudly while using rich two-handed movements to compare offensive tactics, but many people doubted that the anxious Barcelona players were really in the mood to analyze what tactics such complex movements represented?
Messi's struggle with Long Shute and Enno continued, and as time passed, Enno's physical fitness and concentration declined to a certain extent.
In order to stop the Argentine king, both Lonshit and Enno received a yellow card, but they still felt that the little flea still did not give up.
In order to strengthen the defence, Van Basten made two changes in a row, with Blind taking over Enno's job and Alderweireld replacing Oleg, who was declining in fitness.
When Oleg came off the pitch, the Ajax fans offered him a round of applause to thank him for giving his best against his former boss.
As the game entered the 80th minute, Pep Guardiola played all the remaining two cards in his hand, with the 90-year-old striker Bojan replacing the inactive Keita, and the '91-year-old Tello replacing the less comfortable Villa.
"Barcelona's substitutions are too young, and it's probably too risky to have them come off the bench at such a crucial moment......
"If they can't become saviors, they're likely to be crushed......"
The two commentators sang about Pep Guardiola's substitution adjustments.
But Pep Guardiola is so unavailable that he now has only veteran goalkeeper Pinto and three defenders on the bench, so should he replace them to strengthen the defence when he desperately needs to attack?
Pep Guardiola once mocked his old nemesis, Jose Mourinho, because the Portuguese often sacrificed a number of strikers to fight against the enemy after being cornered, but now it was his turn.
He waved his arm, Adriano and Alves, who had been holding back for half an hour, began to push forward desperately, Pique also rushed to the front of the team as a high school striker, and Barcelona launched a desperate attack!
This is the final showdown!
Every mistake has the potential to be undoomed, and every flash of inspiration has the potential to become a hero.
Van Basten and Pep Guardiola both stood on the sidelines, like two statues, staring motionlessly at the twenty-two players on the pitch and the black and white football rolling repeatedly at their feet.
Van Basten, who has a one-goal lead, is even more nervous than his opponents: he has been tricked by that god so many times that he is really afraid that God will give him another black three minutes, like Bayern Munich who conceded two goals in stoppage time to send Alex Ferguson and Manchester United to the altar......
Time is ticking by second, and it's simply suffocating.
Barca's players have long since abandoned the penetration of the middle and repeated back-to-backs, Xavi's long balls and crosses from the two wings have become their frequent attacking routine, and Pique's forward penetration has ensured that they have a high point in the box where they can grab headers.
In the face of Barcelona's tidal attack, Ajax could only retreat with all their strength, and under the command of veteran driver Van Basten, they parked a red and white double-decker bus in front of the goal guarded by Stegrenberg.
In front of the bus, there was a crowd of people in and out of the box, and the whistle became the busiest sound in the last moments, and Clattenburg was also busy sweating, and showed two yellow cards to both teams.
No one will criticize Van Basten for his tactical conservativeness and ugliness, as long as he wins in the end.
There are only five minutes left until the end of regular time.
No one could have predicted whether Barcelona would come back in those five minutes.
Van Basten felt like he was about to faint.
Guardiola couldn't help but wipe the sweat from his hands.
His eyes fell on the diminutive player in the middle of the field.
He wanted to see miracles.
Just like those miracles that have been staged before!
Messi receives Xavi's pass.
Time seems to stand still in this moment.