Chapter 436: Declining Barcelona
When Lin Yi returned to Paris again, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion, here...... It's also the place where my dream began. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
As soon as he got off the plane, he received a call from Xiaopang, who applied for a doctorate and continued to study here, is now the leader of Lin Yi's fan group, plus his personal relationship with Lin Yi, so Lin Yi's arrival made him very excited.
After seeing Xiao Fat again, who had not been seen for three months, in the restaurant of the hotel, Lin Yi couldn't help but scream.
"Wow, how did you manage to lose so much weight in such a short period of time?"
"Dude, it's very tiring to study for a doctorate, I knew that if this was the case, I might as well go back to China to find a job, who suffered this crime here?"
Lin Yi touched his nose and laughed, "In this case, you should stay here for a while longer, so as to help you lose weight on your body, you see that now that you have lost weight, doesn't the whole person look much better?" ”
"How's it going? Is there any confidence in the big day after tomorrow? "In the end, it went back to football.
Lin Yi smiled bitterly, he had confidence, but looking at Tuchel's confident tactical arrangement before the game, Lin Yi panicked.
"Don't worry! Don't be too nervous, it's really not okay The night before the game, I organized a group of your die-hard fans to go to the hotel where they were staying and make a fuss about it. Chubby smiled evilly, but Lin Yi knew he was joking.
"You can actually think of such a nasty method, how did you become so shameless after not seeing you for so long? Terrible. ”
While saying that Lin Yi leaned back, wanting to make a look of "who this person is, I don't know it anyway".
The two of them chatted for a while, and finally Lin Yi stood up.
"My team is very strict, when my game is over, let's have a drink, how about it?"
"Yes, yes. Go back, busy man, don't delay your business. You are now the coach ......."
Speaking of this, Xiaopang paused, and did not continue, and Lin Yi did not answer this stubble, after all, it was not a happy thing.
"It's back." Lin Yi finally beckoned to Xiaopang, got up and walked upstairs.
Chubby looked at his friend, who was now a former roommate of two worlds with him, and had no envy.
Thinking about his current situation, professional players are not so easy to do, if only Klopp had not left.
sighed for a while, Xiaopang also got up, and he had to go back to organize the Chinese students in Paris to cheer for Lin Yi.
How can you forget such an important thing? You have to train them well to get some momentum and effect.
But no matter how serious the cheering people are and how well they behave, the final victory or defeat will still be seen on the field.
On the last day of training, when Lin Yi stood on the turf of the Parc des Princes again, he felt that he still had a slight advantage.
At least I'm more comfortable with the turf, but unfortunately he has apparently forgotten about the opponents he will be up against, and they have to deal with the owner of the turf almost every season in the Champions League.
Although it is not clear to the outside world, Dortmund has already made personnel arrangements for this game.
As for Barcelona, in fact, if you think about it carefully, it is not difficult to find that they have relied on these main players throughout the season.
There would have been some suspense up front, but a few days earlier, Pedro had already announced a move to Chelsea and now he may have arrived in London ready to embark on his new journey.
In this atmosphere where there was no confusion, the game day arrived as scheduled.
In the dressing room, Tuchel, who does not know the traditions of the Dortmund dressing room, has been chattering.
And Lin Yi didn't mean to interrupt him now, you can say it if you want to, anyway, I don't want to say too much.
"This is our first official race of the season and the first trophy we can lift. I hope you can stick to my tactics and beat them, Barcelona are strong, there's no doubt about it, but we're not weak either, don't forget, we won the Europa League as well! All right! Get ready to go out and win! Lads. ”
Lin Yi had to admit that the coach's sentence "get ready to play and win" still spoke to his heart.
When the coach finally finished speaking, Lin Yi, who was sitting in the corner, stood up.
"It's almost time. Get ready to play. As he spoke, he stood at the door of the locker room and held out his hand.
The two new signings who will play today are also doing the same, and they folded their hands together with Royce and shouted.
Lin Yi opened the door of the locker room behind him and strode into the players' tunnel.
Barcelona also has just had players come out, led by their current captain, Andres Iniesta.
The Spanish midfield maestro is not only the current captain, but also a player that Lin Yi admires very much. As soon as Lin came out, Iniesta, whose hair was already clearly developing towards Guardiola, greeted Lin Yi, "Listen to Thiago say that you are stronger now." ”
"I feel like I've always had to be a little bit better than him." The two of them are also old acquaintances, and Lin Yi is not so restrained when he speaks.
"Haha, I appreciate your confidence, I'll see you on the field." With that, he walked to the entrance of the player's tunnel and took his position.
Lin Yi looked at the opponent behind him, and as expected, goalkeeper Ter Stegen, the back line is still Alba plus Alves, the two central defenders are Pique and the transformed little brother, the back is Busquets, and in front of him is captain Andres Iniesta and Rakitic, who has occupied a place in the starting list after Xavi transferred away. As for the front, there is the "MSN" group that swept the whole of Europe last season.
At this moment, Messi is standing at the back of the team, and Suarez doesn't know what he is talking about, while Neymar, who had just filmed an advertisement with Lin Yi a few days ago, is standing on the side, squeezing his eyebrows at Lin Yi.
Lin Yi ignored the funny Brazilian, walked to the front of the line on his own, and nodded at the referee.
The referee looked at the time, signaled left and right, and walked out of the court first.
Lin Yi and Andres Iniesta followed left and right, and just like he did when he first stepped on the pitch, he stepped on the turf with his right foot first.
Despite its large space, the Parc des Princes Stadium was not as well attended as it might have been.
Because after all, it is the home stadium of Paris Saint-Germain, although both teams have expeditionary forces, but these two teams are either not welcomed by the whole team, or there are people in the team who Paris fans do not want to see.
The whole team is naturally unwelcome, Barcelona, and on the way to Barcelona's championship last season, Paris is also a white bone under their feet.
And the person that Paris fans don't want to see is naturally Lin Yi, because of Lin Yi's current rise, his experience before becoming famous has also been exposed.
Lin Yi has never deliberately concealed his story of being rejected from Paris, as he said himself, doesn't this seem very inspirational?
As Parisian fans, they are tired of seeing Ibrahimovic in France, and they would rather see something in Europe, even in the Europa League. Many fans have even lowered their standards in their hearts.
But what? Nothing, Paris still steadily maintained the situation of "civil war insider, foreign war outsider".
There is no shortage of fans thinking in their hearts, if there was Lin Yi in the team, would it be better?
In fact, the answer is vague, and no one knows if the team will really change because of this one player.
But it's a pity that this player was once the one they had the opportunity to have. It's just that they didn't grasp it in the end.
At this time, the players of the two teams have stepped on the turf, exchanged team flags, took a group photo, and all the processes are in order.
Just as Lin Yi was about to guess with Iniesta, a very loud cheer suddenly sounded in the stands.
Then I saw a banner suddenly shake in the wind, "King of Dort!" Lin Yi will win! ”
There are eight huge Chinese characters on it, and Lin Yi turned his head and saw it clearly.
He knew it had to be Chubby's masterpiece, but it seemed a little too crazy for you to do that......
But now he can't think too much, and in the end, he won the right to choose a side.
Lin Yi, who has always liked to tee off first, shrugged his shoulders and turned around to prepare for his position.
Enrique, with his hands in his pockets, stood on the sidelines and watched the situation of his opponents on the field.
As expected, Dortmund's formation today has changed.
The goalkeeper still rose to prominence at the end of last season, and then began to put Weidenfeller on the bench Longerak.
The left-back changed today, with new signing Park Joo-ho replacing Durm and Schmelzer in the starting line-up today.
At centre-back, Subotic and Hummels looked like a more secure starting pair.
On the right, Piszczek, a very consistent right wing-back, is still on the right.
In midfield, Sven Bender remains in a central midfield position, mainly responsible for defence. In front of him, another new signing, Gonzalo Castro, played in central midfield, and it was clear that Tuchel was ready to take advantage of the German player's physical strengths to attack and defend, while in the midfield position, Shinji Kagawa, who returned from Manchester United, failed to get a place, and Mechtaaryan, who played a supporting role for Lin Yi and Kaka for two seasons at Borussia Dortmund, finally appeared in the starting position in key games.
As for the forward line, it is also a very solid forward combination, with Reus on the left, Aubameyang on the right, and captain Lin Yijing in front.
Enrique touched his chin, is Lin still playing as a striker? It seems that the rest of Dortmund's forward line is still not ideal.
Lin Yi stood outside the centre circle and looked at Suarez and Neymar in front of the kick-off point.
Neymar, Messi, and Lin Yi have been dealing with each other for a long time, but only this top striker killer, Lin Yi has met for the first time.
From this point of view, Suarez is really fat, how on earth did he manage to be so flexible on the field?
With the referee's whistle, the game officially began.
With Neymar's return pass, Barcelona began to possess the ball that they had never abandoned.
Lin Yi has played against Barcelona before, and as a very sensitive player, Lin Yi clearly feels that Barcelona's control is slipping.
As for the reason, of course, it is easy to think of, after all, the last time he played against Barcelona, Xavi was still in the team.
Rakitic's level cannot be said to be low, but if it is really said that he has reached Xavi's level, no one will believe it.
This decline in control will inevitably lead to a decline in the team to some extent, because this kind of possession itself is what Barcelona rely on.
Now it may be the sweeping impact of the front trident that obscures the problem.
But whether it is Messi or Suarez, they have reached a peak, and with the increase of age, I am afraid that the next thing they will face is the decline in form, and at that time, what should Barcelona do?
Originally, Barcelona was very fully prepared to solve this problem, and Thiago, produced by La Masia, was the best choice to succeed Xavi and Iniesta, but unfortunately this guy has now been sold to Bayern Munich.
As a Barcelona fan, Lin Yi thought about this, but he was not idle at his feet.
No matter how much Barcelona's strength declines, it is far beyond the average team.
In Lin Yi's view, after Klopp left, Dortmund was just an ordinary team.
Andres Iniesta's possession remained comfortable and Sven Bender tried to entangle him, but he was able to get rid of him very easily.
After passing, Iniesta suddenly came with a half-high ball, which was accurately over the top.
The ball flew over Hummels' head, and Suarez, who was plugged in the back row, seemed to poke his foot before Subotic interfered with him.
Eight minutes into the game, Barcelona changed the score very abruptly.
Luis Suarez opened the scoring.
Looking at Suarez, who kissed his fingers and ran over to the side of the field, Lin Yi, who had not touched the ball a few times in the front court, spat fiercely.
With Hummels' kind of defense, let alone Suarez, even Arthur Bain can try to see if he can mix up a goal.
It's true that Langlak has improved a lot in recent seasons, but it's a bit too difficult to avoid making mistakes against an old striker like Suarez.
Lin Yi ran over, patted him, told him to adjust his mentality, and then turned to Hummels.
"Mats, what's wrong with you? What about the competition. It's not training. ”
In fact, since last season, Hummels' form has been very worrisome, both in terms of stability and defensive intensity.
Lin Yi was even very shocked to feel that Hummels's upper limit seemed to have dropped a lot.
That's why Klopp later replaced him with Ginter.
However, now that the coach has changed, Hummels is back in the starting line-up again, but judging from the performance, it still doesn't seem to be very convincing.
Hummels didn't reply to Lin Yi's words, but silently twisted his head to the side, using silence as an answer to Lin Yi.
Lin Yi sighed, didn't say anything else, kicked the ball towards the midfield, and went back to prepare to continue the game.