Chapter 237: The Silent Camp Nou
Seven days after the Spring Festival are all celebrations for the Chinese people, but for professional players who play abroad, they do not have the right to take a seven-day rest unless they don't want to play.
After the Chinese New Year's Eve, Zhang Jun and his teammates participated in training normally, and at most during training, their teammates would bow their hands to the three Chinese and say Happy New Year.
In the first round of the league after the Chinese New Year, Fiorentina did not play very well. On February 17, in the 26th round of the league, they were forced to draw 1:1 by Lazio at home, and Zhang Jun did not score. Some analysts believe that this may be related to the fact that the three main Chinese players in the team are not on the court because of the Spring Festival.
But Crewe's behavior is quite normal. In fact, it is because of the upcoming Champions Cup round of 16 that Sabato deliberately retains his strength.
Long before the Chinese New Year, the draw for the Champions League round of 16 came out, and Fiorentina was very unlucky (lucky?). ) met Barcelona who are now in full swing in European football.
But at that time, Zhang Jun didn't take this matter to heart, he was full of Spring Festival and reuniting with his family.
Now that the Spring Festival is over, it is time for him to think carefully about how to deal with this tricky enemy.
Championed La Liga for three consecutive seasons, last season's European Champions Cup and last season's Spanish Copa del Rey, they completed the treble last season and made their opponents Real Madrid lose face. At the same time, they also have last year's World Footballer of the Year Ronaldinho, La Liga top scorer Samuel Eto'o, Argentina's new Maradona Messi, Portugal's midfielder Deco, Barsad's soul Puyol, and the terrifying French striker Thierry Henry, who moved from Arsenal last season and is now the team's second top scorer, trailing Eto'o by just two goals.
It's a very formidable line-up, and anyone in the Barcelona squad has a lot of quality and a lot of fame.
On the other hand, Fiorentina, except for Zhang Jun of the European Footballer of the Year and the World Footballer of the Year Bronze Ball Award, the fame of the rest of them cannot be compared with the Barcelona players.
Crewe just has a good reputation in Italy and lacks a chance to make a full splash on the world stage. Since Joaquín went to Italy, in addition to the local media at Betis, many Spanish media have regarded him as a waste, and they think that it is only a matter of time before the Spanish players who go to Italy are wasted or not.
The Catalans were pleased with the result and felt Barcelona had no problem qualifying easily in their current form. Fiorentina's performance in the last league round has raised concerns about the team's future, and it is not at all a threat to Barcelona, who are now invincible in Europe.
They seem to have forgotten about last year's Real Madrid.
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"We really have a relationship with Spain. In the round of 16 of last year's Champions Cup, it was Spain's Real Madrid. This year we met Barcelona again. At the end of training, when he was showering in the locker room and changing clothes, Xiang Tao said suddenly.
"And we have two Spaniards in our ranks." Mascherano shrugged.
"That's it, Xiang, you can consider playing in Spain in the future, even the language barrier has passed, how about we talk in Spanish now?" Joaquin made a joke about Xiang Tao.
Xiang Tao rolled his eyes, and then said in a tone of answering reporters' questions: "Ah, the sunshine in Spain is very attractive, and the three-point girl is also very tempting, but I am now a Fiorentina player, and before the contract expires, I will only consider playing for Fiorentina." ”
Everyone laughed.
Morientes on the sidelines is looking forward to the Champions League, having previously been at Monaco and it was his goal that knocked out Real Madrid and brought Raul to tears that night. Now, he wants to eliminate Barcelona with his own hands and pay off the debt of the year. What's more, he used to be a Real Madrid player, and once he was a Real Madrid player, he was a lifelong enemy of Barcelona.
"We have a relationship with Spain, and Barcelona is not very friendly to us...... "Frei sighed.
As soon as he said that, the locker room fell silent for a moment. They all know what's going on, and just like last year, there was a big fight of words before the game. However, unlike last year, this time it was not the madman Sabato who was the first to attack, but the opponent's leading striker Sato'o.
"Florence? Heard they were last season's Serie A champions? I don't watch Serie A games much, but what I do know is that Serie A is declining badly, they are not the best league in the world, La Liga is. 'That's what Samuel Eto'o said after scoring twice in the last league game to help Barcelona beat Sevilla 3-0.
These remarks provoked a strong criticism from the media across Italy, but the embarrassment of the Florentines was still to come.
"All I know is that Zhang Jun in their team was last year's European Footballer of the Year, but he lost to Ronaldinho and me [Eto'o is the World Footballer of the Year Silver Ball] and I think we have a good chance of winning. The first leg is our home stadium and we will decide the result of qualification in this game, Fiorentina will be dressed in white, right? That's good, I've always beaten the team in white as Real Madrid. ”
After saying that, he ignored the stunned reporters and turned around and walked back to the locker room.
When this statement reached Florence, the Florentine media almost collectively clamored to show the African kid a good look. But to their great baffle, this time the grumpy Sabato did not react to Eto'o's provocation. When interviewed by reporters, he even deliberately diverted the topic, that is, he was unwilling to talk about Eto'o's words.
Some Italian media are already scolding Sabato for being a coward who can only be in the nest.
Only the Fiorentina players know what is going on.
Rewind time by three days......
"Fucking shit! That bastard nigga! Bastard! He was still in his crotch when he was cross! A loud roar erupted from the sidelines of the training pitch, startling the players on the field.
Di Livio's brow was furrowed, and it was almost "10 o'clock". Fortunately, there were no reporters at the scene, otherwise Sabato's remarks would have been enough for him to go to jail for alleged racial discrimination, which is not a small crime.
"It's okay, everybody keep training." Di Livio waved his hand, but it didn't seem to be useful, the players were very curious, although their bodies were training, but their minds were on the sidelines, which could be seen from the way they twisted their heads and ran.
But Sabato's high voice still kept coming: "You still want to beat us, okay, okay, come on, boy!" Damn, if I don't beat you back to my hometown in Africa, I won't be the head coach of Florence! Chop Pieces! Bah! What to see! Keep training! Damn it! Look at Lao Tzu not letting you play! ”
His roar was much more useful than Di Livio's exhortation, and a group of curious players retracted their necks one by one, training honestly, and no longer dared to turn their heads to look at Sabato, who suddenly became angry.
It was only after the end of the training session that it was found out that the manager's sudden anger was the result of seeing the newspaper about Samuel Eto'o's remarks. At that time, he tore the newspaper to shreds.
"Tsk, the boss is so bold!"
"yes, yes, if I don't dare to scold like that, at most scold 'death' or something......"
The players also expressed their "indignation". They said in a playful mood that they were expecting to see Sabato's big portrait on the front page of the newspaper the next day, but they didn't see it.
Sabato, who had finished scolding, surprisingly did not respond. Then after the next day's training, Sabato gathered everyone together.
"I think everybody knows what that black monkey said, and you know I'm angry. But I hope that you will put this matter aside for the time being, and none of us will be allowed to talk about it, and just prepare for war with peace of mind. Sabato said with a calm face, as if he hadn't scolded so harshly yesterday.
Xiang Tao was puzzled: "But, boss, this is not in line with your style......"
"! I'm just saying don't talk about it before the game. Don't worry, we're going to go to their home stadium first, and we'll show those grandchildren when the time comes. Whoever dares to point at our nose and scold, he Eto'o is the first and will be the last. Sabato laughed wryly, and the vests of a group of players around him were cold.
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This matter was suppressed by Sabato, although he had to scold Eto'o and Barcelona ten times a day to vent, but he did not scold publicly.
For example, if a player makes a mistake in training, Sabato will scold: "Fuck you! Didn't you eat at noon? Why are you like that black monkey, so weak?! Cheer me up! ”
The "Black Monkey" has replaced all the previous swear words in the Fiorentina squad as the most vicious curse. If Sabato scolds this word, then it means that he is very unhappy now, and he is really angry.
Back in the dressing room, Morientes shook his head: "No way, Eto'o is that kind of person, young and impulsive. Because Real Madrid abandoned him at the beginning, he still has only resentment and hatred for Real Madrid. "He's from Real Madrid with Samuel Eto'o and he's a little bit familiar with Eto'o.
Eto'o's character is clear to everyone, and for a man who can publicly shout at the championship celebration: "Bastard Real Madrid, coward, come and salute the champion!" A person who talks like this should not expect much from him to say anything nice.
Of course, Figo also shouted back then, and this sentence was first shouted by Figo, but after going to Real Madrid, Figo was very good at being a person, and quickly put this block behind him, and had a very good relationship with Real Madrid players.
However, Eto'o never forgot Real Madrid's "chaos and abandonment" of him, not only chose to join Real Madrid's sworn rival Barcelona, but also repeatedly declared in public that he would play all teams in white as Real Madrid. Therefore, it is a pity for the teams in La Liga who have white jerseys at home and away.
'Samuel Eto'o is a genius, very talented. It was Real Madrid who brought him from Cameroon to Europe in the first place......" Morientes continued, and many people in the Fiorentina team did not know much about the feud between the two, so they listened quietly as if they were listening to the story.
However, Real Madrid's team was full of superstars, all of whom were the biggest names in football at that time, and he was a kid from Africa who didn't have the opportunity to play for Real Madrid's first team, so the club loaned him out. He played desperately on the outside, scoring goals, constantly scoring goals, just hoping to have a chance to return to the Real Madrid first team, but our president ......" Speaking of this, Morientes smiled bitterly, because he was also a victim of the "Zidane + Pavon policy". "He bought more well-known stars one after another, which made Eto'o's heart get colder and colder, you think about it, how can a team have Raul, Ronnie, Owen three of the best strikers in the world? When choosing between Eto'o and Ronaldo, Mr. President chose the latter, Eto'o was completely dead to Real Madrid. ”
At the words of Morientes, those who were originally disgusted did not hate Eto'o so much. Donadaire even remembered his relationship with AC Milan, and Joaquín was silent, because he used to be so close to Real Madrid, but now he is far away in Italy, and the domestic media believes that sooner or later it will be abolished.
Seeing that the atmosphere was a little solemn, this was not the effect he wanted, he smiled again: "Actually, I don't think there is anything bad about Eto'o going to Barcelona." Because to be honest, I don't think his surname will fit well with Real Madrid, and sooner or later something will happen to someone like him staying in the dressing room at Real Madrid. ”
"Why do you say that?" Xiang Tao asked.
"Because Real Madrid's temperament is completely inconsistent with Eto'o's surname. Real Madrid is all about a calm and calm ...... Well, aristocratic spirit. They rarely argue with the referees, and apart from Barcelona, they hardly have any verbal clashes with their opponents. Eto'o, on the other hand, is a very liberal man, with a prominent and unruly surname, which is exactly contrary to Real Madrid tradition. Barcelona and Samuel Eto'o are in agreement in this regard, so it is definitely better for him to go to Barcelona than to stay at Real Madrid, and I think Mr. President has also taken that into account. ”
Zhang Jun agrees with this, because the Catalans have always wanted to try to get rid of the rule of the Spanish political axe and embark on the road of self-government, so many times the performance is extreme and emotional, and therefore they and Real Madrid, which have the opposite temperament, will become mortal enemies, in addition to those historical allusions, this temperament reason is also very important.
This is the same as the Madrid derby, Real Madrid represents the aristocracy, then Atletico Madrid represents the commoners.
"It's normal for a player to choose where it suits him. Real Madrid didn't suit Samuel Eto'o, so he chose Barcelona. That's it. Morientes finished.
Xiang Tao muttered in a low voice: "Even if the surname is true, you shouldn't say that kind of bullshit, right?" ”
Crewe said expressionlessly, "Then you can teach him a lesson." ”
Xiang Tao raised his head suddenly: "Said! Lessons are lessons! Lao Tzu is still afraid that he will not succeed? What does his feud with Real Madrid concern us? Why do you see the white ones when they are beaten by Real Madrid?! He beats Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu beats him, fair and reasonable! Say! ”
"Alright then, let's go to Camp Nou and kick Barcelona's ass on the twenty-third!" Zhang Jun laughed loudly.
Everyone laughed. Although they are about to face Barcelona in the sky, they do not have the slightest timidity, because the current Florence has nothing to fear.
Zhang Jun looked at his teammates, and a strange idea suddenly popped up in his mind: they are like Liangshan in the Water Margin, gathering together, roaring mountains and forests, and the emperor is not afraid when he comes.
What about the best team in Europe? How about World Footballer of the Year? How about the top scorer in La Liga? Provoke us and destroy it all the same!
After being a professional player for so many years, Zhang Jun felt very cool for the first time.
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Zhang Jun, who returned home, found Sophie discussing things with her elders. He leaned over to inquire, and it turned out that he was talking about the return date. It's been so long since I've been out that my parents are homesick.
Although the family is happy and the children who get together to eat every night are very happy, Zhang Jun still thinks that the elders should not be retained. First of all, Sophie's father still has to go to work, and secondly, Sophie still has old people in the family, and he can't stay any longer. Moreover, Zhang Jun's mother has to take time to go back to her hometown. All of this was done in February, and now it's the end of February.
Sophie wants to stay, and the girl loves home. But the elders insisted on not staying longer, and she couldn't keep it.
"Okay then, I'll make a phone call to book a flight." Sophie pouted, and she took out her phone and dialed the number to book the ticket.
"Mom, uncle and aunt, when are you leaving? When the time comes, Sophie and I will take a leave of absence to see you off. While Sophie was on the phone, Zhang Jun asked the three elders.
"Hehe, then the day after tomorrow, you will go to Spain in two days sooner or later." Zhang Jun's mother laughed. Zhang Jun is going to play away from home, they all know.
"Sophie, book a ticket for the twentieth." Zhang Jun turned back to Sophie and said.
"Well, miss, do you have a ticket to Yanjing, China?" Sophie nodded, but soon her brow furrowed, "No?" Booked? She asked rhetorically as she looked back at the others.
"You ask her when she is." Zhang Jun commanded.
"So, miss, what day can I get a ticket now?"
"Oh, there's only a ticket on the twenty-third...... What the? Twenty-three?! Sophie's startled look must have caused a black line to appear on the top of the young lady over there - how could a lady with such a nice voice be so mentally abnormal?
When Zhang Jun heard this date, he was also stunned: There were only tickets on the 23rd, and he was playing in Barcelona at that time, how could he give it away?
Sophie obviously knew about Zhang Jun's difficulties as well, so she then asked, "Miss...... Except for the 23rd, is there any other day when you can book tickets recently? ”
The young lady over there said in the same tone: "I'm sorry, miss. Recently, air tickets have been tight, and there are only tickets on the 23rd. ”
"So instead of going to Yanjing, what about flights to Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Singapore?"
"There was a class in Hong Kong on the afternoon of the 22nd. Do you want to order? ”
On the afternoon of the 22nd, Sophie knew that Zhang Jun was already in Barcelona at that time.
Seeing the embarrassed expression on Sophie's face, her mother asked, "What's wrong?" Fifi. Sophie kept talking to each other in Italian, so her parents didn't understand it at all.
"Mom, they said that there are only tickets for twenty-three days." Sophie covered the phone and turned back to her mother.
Zhang Jun's mother heard it, she knew that it was a competition that day, and if she booked a ticket for that day, Zhang Jun would not be able to send them off, and she would not be able to fulfill her filial piety.
She smiled: "It's nothing, just book it for the day." ”
"But, Mom......" Zhang Jun had something to say, but was interrupted by a wave of his mother's hand.
"Hehe, we're not children, what are you worried about when three people are together? You can go to the game with peace of mind, you don't have to think about anything else, you can't go, just let Sophie send us off. The mother patted Zhang Jun's shoulder comfortingly, her face was full of proud expressions, her son has become one of the most famous stars in the world, the world is flying around, thousands of people are watching, countless people worship, she is also proud of being a mother.
Zhang Jun knew that his mother had said so, so it was the only way, so he asked Sophie to book a ticket to Yanjing for twenty-three days. However, in his heart, he also added a reason why he had to beat Barcelona: his mother was proud of him, and if he still lost the game, it would be a shame for his mother.
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After Zhang Jun and Sophie said goodbye to his mother, uncle and aunt, they took a flight to Barcelona with the whole team. Since the big boss Ren Yudi sat in the position of the chairman of the club, he has treated his team very interestingly, and the away games that are far away are all chartered planes. In Serie A, there are not many teams that have the money to charter special flights away from home, and even a team like Juventus, because there is a Moggi who is good at budgeting, can't waste it with such fanfare.
They were greeted not by flowers and applause at the airport in Barcelona, but by countless flashing lights and ill-intentioned Catalan media.
Because of Sabato's unusually low profile, when the Italian media were ashamed of Florence, the Catalan media even considered Sabato to be a coward who was strong on the outside and capable in the middle. Of course, they dare to think so, also because of Barcelona's current strength, they think that Sabato may be able to pull up in front of others, but in the face of Barcelona, who is now sweeping La Liga and Europe, they can only be a man with his tail between them.
And the Barcelona side also arranged that they did not arrange for the high-profile team to sneak out of the airport through a special channel, but let them out of the exit like ordinary passengers. Naturally, it was to embarrass them by the reporters who were guarding there.
Sure enough, Gasbaroni, who was the first to come out, was startled by the sudden flashing lights, and he couldn't help but cover his eyes and tilt his head to the side.
Then when more players appeared in the reporter's field of vision, countless microphones and countless questions were reached in front of the players' mouths. Of course, there were only two people with the most microphones in front of him - Fiorentina coach Sabato and captain Zhang Jun.
"Mr. Sabato, could you please comment on your opponent? I've heard that Samuel Eto'o made some unkind remarks some time ago and we want to hear from you. A reporter maliciously asked this embarrassing question.
Of course, this embarrassing level is only embarrassing for ordinary people, and it is completely ineffective for people like Sabato, who are thick-skinned like city walls and don't know how to write words such as "shameless" and "ashamed" since they were born.
Sabato deliberately kept a low profile before because he didn't want too much media to get involved and disturb the team's normal training. Deep down, he still sees Barcelona as a very important opponent. He doesn't really think that this kind of low-key can deceive the opposing manager, Rijkaard. Now that the game is already coming, this low-key is useless.
Sabato grinned: "Who is Eto'o?" He turned his head to look at Xiang Tao, "Have you ever heard of this name?" ”
Xiang Tao shook his head very tacitly, looking confused.
Then Sabato continued to laugh and say: "Well, Barcelona is a very beautiful city, very beautiful, I think I would make this one of my vacation candidates. He didn't say a word about FC Barcelona, and humiliated the reporter who asked the question, and the resentment in his heart was finally vented. And Xiang Tao behind him nodded secretly, this is the boss's style...... How can you endure a grudge? Jairwood must be repaid.
On the other hand, some reporters deliberately wanted to embarrass Zhang Jun: "Can we talk about the selection of the World Footballer?" "In last year's World Footballer of the Year selection, Barcelona made two of them in the final top three, one for the Ballon d'Or and one for the Ballon d'Or. This makes them proud, and they have to show off at every turn. And Zhang Jun just lost to the two of Barcelona and finished third.
Zhang Jun didn't want to deal with this kind of person, but he saw the smile on the reporter's face, and it was a schadenfreude smile. This made him really angry.
"I don't think I'm qualified to judge, after all, I'm only third. You should ask Eto'o, I hear he's always been unhappy with his second place. Zhang Jun is not full of nonsense, after the World Footballer of the Year award, within two days of the media reported that Eto'o was very dissatisfied with the result of only winning second, and there was a faint meaning in his words: Lao Tzu should mean the Golden Ball. Of course, Eto'o was quick to come out and refute the rumors, saying that this was an irresponsible report by the Madrid media and a despicable way to deliberately undermine the unity of the Barcelona team......
Of course, Zhang Jun would not believe that Eto'o was really stupid enough to say the above words, but the matter was well known through the media propaganda. He's going to use this to embarrass the other party now.
After speaking, ignoring the strange expression on the other party's face, he pulled the suitcase and walked straight out of the passage.
Since then, no Fiorentina player has been interviewed by the media again.
The next day, there was only one headline in the Catalan newspapers: Arrogant Florentine!
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Barcelona's main stadium, the Camp Nou, is one of the most famous stadiums in the world and is known as the temple of football by many people. Of course, there are many stadiums in the world that are known as the "temple of football". Since the 98/99 season, when all the standing seats were converted to seating, the stadium can accommodate more than 90,000 spectators.
It's quite an amazing stadium, and in all of Spain, only Real Madrid's Bernabeu can compare to it. There have been countless classic games here, most notably the last-minute 2-1 win over Bayern Munich in the 98/99 season to win the treble.
The fans here are equally fanatical, and whenever there is a Barcelona home game, the huge stadium is always packed. Any team that comes here to play will first have to face a lot of pressure from the home fans, because the visual impact of the five-storey grandstand is amazing.
This is the holy place in the hearts of Barcelona fans all over the world, the source of the passion of the Catalans, and every time the home game is played, there is only one voice here, and that is "Barcelona".
Now, Fiorentina from central Italy will take on Barcelona in this terrifying stadium, and they have already stirred up resentment and resentment across Catalans before the game. The Florentines who came from afar don't seem to know how serious the consequences of offending Barcelona were, and the whole city of Barcelona, if you dare to say that you are from Florence, then no matter what your status, you will suffer from white eyes.
Many Catalan media even listed Fiorentina as Barcelona's biggest enemy after Real Madrid, because for more than a hundred years, in addition to Real Madrid, Fiorentina is the first team to be able to insult Barcelona Club so openly and directly.
"Barcelona don't accept a draw! Even if that idiot manager and captain of Fiorentina kneel down and beg us, they will never accept any result other than victory! Victory! Barcelona want a big win! ”
Eto'o was of course aware of the comments made against him from Florence, because not only the Catalan media, but also the Madrid media gloated over putting the phrase "Who is Eto'o" on the front page, and then added fuel to the ridicule in the text.
At this time, the media on both sides have not forgotten to tear each other down.
Eto'o was quite angry, quite angry. In the last two seasons, he and his team have hardly faced opponents in La Liga, and last season, even Europe surrendered to his feet, and he was quite surprised that Fiorentina dared to say such a thing, and he was not mentally prepared at all, so that when he heard Sabato's words, his first reaction was: This person has no problem with his brain, right? I haven't even heard of it, what else is he teaching?
Later, when he realized that this was an insult to him, he became furious and vowed to show the ignorant and shameless Florence in the game.
Even Ronaldinho, who has always had a good temper, had to be annoyed by the arrogant attitude of the visitors, and although he did not have time to make any statements, the Barcelona players could see that Ronaldo had a much less smile on his face during the training session the day before the game.
Rijkaard was the only one in the team who could keep his composure, and he knew it must be the opponent's move. Now is not the time to play with Fiorentina, in fact, ten Rijkaard can not play one Sabato, this is the consensus of the whole Europe, if you talk about lip service, the most powerful now is the head coach of Fiorentina.
Rijkaard, on the one hand, comforted his own teammates, and on the other hand, studied Florence, carefully specifying countermeasures.
To do this, he studied all of Fiorentina's matches in the Champions League. Fiorentina are a team that is very attack-oriented, and in the Champions League last season, they dared to play against Real Madrid on their home turf. So Rijkaard decided that this time, they would fight against him.
Rijkaard is not afraid of attack, he wants the opponent to attack. Because Barcelona are also attacking teams, if they don't attack, they don't even know how to play. This is the Camp Nou, the home of Barcelona, and they are fearless and attack.
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With forty minutes to go, the Camp Nou was already full, and the noise could be heard on the roads as far away.
In the away dressing room, Sabato is making the final arrangements and there are some things that it is time to make clear.
"Can anyone tell me what are the characteristics of Italian football?"
A group of people looked at each other, not knowing this time, and the head coach suddenly asked what he was talking about.
Seeing that no one answered, Sabato directly said the answer: "A bunch of fools!" Defend! Isn't it the defense that makes Italian football famous in world football? Our defense has a tradition. ”
"Oh-" The group of people snapped into a realization.
"But does that have anything to do with our game today?" Xiang Tao asked after "oh". There are also bad teammates who applauded Xiang Tao in their hearts: "Well done!" Look what he has to say! Call us stupid, it's all this time, and I don't know who is stupid! ”
"So you're stupid!" Sabato scolded, "I can't see such an obvious intention, I really don't know who cooperated with me so tacitly when I was at the airport?" Why do you mention this, because we are fighting against ...... today"
"Wow!" The locker room suddenly became lively, and everyone couldn't believe their ears. They heard it right, the crazy coach who has always regarded offense as his life actually wants to take the initiative to play defensive counterattacks.
"Old ...... Boss, this doesn't fit your style......" Xiang Tao stammered in fright.
Looking at the reaction of the players below, Sabato smirked: "I knew you guys would have this kind of expression. Do you think I'm going to play against Barcelona? ”
Quite a few people nodded.
"Neurotic!" Sabato scolded again, "I want to die against Barcelona at Camp Nou?" Do you think there are too many games this season and want to be eliminated in the Champions Cup as soon as possible? ”
Everyone's heads shook like rattles.
"What has Barcelona relied on to dominate Europe in the last two seasons or so? It's their sharp attack, and that kind of invincible, invincible momentum. It's their home stadium and they're going to play without hesitation, and if we play against them, then we're in their rhythm and we're going to have to follow those damn grandchildren the whole game. This is something I cannot tolerate. Rijkaard certainly wouldn't have thought that I would change my tactics at this point and play counter-attack, he must have studied our game footage and knew our game habits. So now we're going to surprise him once. ”
Sabato drew two black lines on the tactical board that ran from the back to the front of the box.
"Zhang Jun, Gasbaroni and Joaquín are all people with speed, and our defensive counterattack depends on your speed. And Crewe immediately took over the responsibility of organizing the attack after the defense was restrained, and was responsible for the frontcourt organization. Morientes' header will also give you more attacking options, so it's up to you how you play. ”
"At the back, we defended in chains, completely blocking Ronaldinho and Deco's midfield passes, and defending Samuel Eto'o, Thierry Henry and Messi at the back. All three of them are world-renowned strikers, and I know that's a bit of a tough thing for you defenders......"
"Who said that?" Xiang Tao shouted, "Lao Tzu is not afraid! Let all three of them come! Lao Tzu stopped them all! ”
Even Kyle frowned and said to Sabato: "Boss, we know that you are agitating, but you shouldn't provoke our defenders, although we usually concede a lot of goals, but in today's game, we promise not to let Barcelona's striker score a goal!" ”
Sabato smiled smugly again: "Hehe, there is a kind of saying such a thing at Camp Nou, if you said it at the airport yesterday, it will be even more lively today." ”
"Remember, our defense is not a knightly duel based on individual ability, but a dogfight with teamwork. As long as the football doesn't come back to us for a moment, we won't let go of it for a moment! Entangle them and drive them to death! Again, for the forward line and the forward line, I want you to be involved in the game and if you concede the ball up front, then you can counter-attack on the spot and put the pressure on the defense from our box to their box. So, Zhang Jun and Crewe, you have to work hard in today's game. ”
Zhang Jun nodded, and Crewe didn't say anything - usually, it meant that he agreed.
Sabato looked at his watch, it was almost time.
"You keep in mind that this is Barcelona's home stadium and they must have been convinced that their team is going to win in the end and that they want to see us lose as little as we do. But we are not here to satisfy their boring desires, we are here to defeat them and leave them speechless. I want the result, the process doesn't matter, even if we use despicable means, as long as we can win, even if they call us shameless, dirty, and unsportsmanlike after the game, it doesn't matter, because - that's the best compliment for us! The insults of our opponents are praise to us! That's where we're here to be scumbags! That's where we come to spoil the good mood of the Catalans! Beat them! Beat Barcelona! Kick their eggs to pieces! Let the people here see, we in Florence! Mad! I'm crazy about this qualification! End the myth of Barcelona! End Barcelona's dynastic dreams! The next dynasty belongs to us Florence! We...... It's invincible! Banzai! Florence!!! ”
Sabato roared unscrupulously like crazy, and the players were also infected with his crazy emotions, and shouted one by one: "We are invincible!" We are invincible! Beat Barcelona!! Kill them! Kick their balls!! ”
Then this group of red-eyed madmen rushed out of the locker room one by one with murderous vigour.
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“www.xstxt.orgpnou! This is the third match of the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League, against defending champions Barcelona and Fiorentina! When two attacking teams meet, it's destined to be a great game! ”
Barcelona fans are very good at creating atmosphere, they are probably the best fans in the world to create the atmosphere at home, tens of thousands of Barcelona fans wear different colors, weaving the colors of Barça's jersey - red and dark blue - in the stands of the Camp Nou. From the air, it looks as if the Camp Nou is a Barcelona player, which is spectacular.
But Xiang Tao exclaimed very facelessly: "I'm damned!" Human bone puzzle ah......"
Zhang Jun is observing the Barcelona players, and this is the first time he has played against Barcelona. As the captain of Ronaldinho, Zhang Jun is very familiar with it, and the two are friends because of the shooting of commercials. However, the smile on Ronaldinho's face today is gone, replaced by seriousness, and Zhang Jun's heart moved: There is a play today.
Look at Eto'o, the arrogant boy with his head held high, squinting at his opponents. When he shook hands just now, Zhang Jun didn't feel the slightest friendliness on this kid, and the hands of the two couldn't be regarded as shaking hands at all, so they just stuck and left.
At the age of twenty-nine, he is in his prime, but he lost to Zhang Jun in last year's European Golden Boot competition, and he will definitely not be convinced. It was only in the final selection of the World Footballer that he defeated Zhang Jun by a narrow margin, which made him feel a little better.
Speaking of which, last year's Footballer of the Year award was weird. As the European Footballer of the Year, Zhang Jun is only ranked third in the world Footballer of the Year, is it because of the discord between FIFA and UEFA? No one knows, and most people are a little surprised that Eto'o can be ranked ahead of Zhang Jun, and they don't know who voted for his extra two votes. Maybe it's because Barcelona's performance is so dazzling, so the players in the team are also stained.
In contrast, in addition to Zhang Jun's outstanding performance in the Italian league, his loss to Bayern in the Champions Cup also lowered the evaluation of many judges.
Thierry Henry is very low-key, as a striker who is already 33 years old, he turned around last season to taste the European championship, and he has won all the titles he should have won in his life, that is, one less European Champions Cup. As a result, he fulfilled this wish just after he came, and he decided to retire in Barcelona. For someone who has only been with the team for a year and a half, a low profile is a must.
On the other side, Messi has been keeping an eye on his enemy - Fiorentina's No. 10 Crewe; Plum. It was his unnecessary revenge at the Olympics that made Messi go without a game for most of the season and was almost considered to be the end of his career. It can be said that Crewe and his hatred even go beyond football itself. He doesn't think Crewe deserves to be a professional footballer at all because he doesn't have the slightest work ethic. He had said this many times in public, but Crewe never reacted, only when the wind blew in his ears. His indifferent attitude made Messi grit his teeth with hatred.
Now in the game, he wants to humiliate Crewe with goals and victories and avenge the tackle of the year.
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After the start of the game, it was naturally the home team Barcelona who took advantage of the right time and place to launch a tidal wave of attacks on Fiorentina's goal. Barcelona fans are quite proud of this.
But Sabato did not have the slightest uneasiness, he was still afraid that Barcelona would not attack, as long as they took the initiative to attack, Fiorentina's defensive counterattack would be better to play.
He believes in Zhang Jun's speed, and now no one in the Barcelona team can catch up, even if he moves Eto'o from the front line to the back line, he can't catch up with Zhang Jun when they start at the same time.
Samuel Eto'o received a pass from Ronaldinho and was about to break through to shoot, and he was the fastest in the team, but this time he was up against a tricky defender.
Xiang Tao leaned on his body as he got the ball, so that Eto'o could not accelerate anymore, because he seemed to be carrying a heavy burden on his body, and he could not shake it off. The consequence of barely breaking through was that Xiang Tao was disturbed by his lower foot, and then shot away.
Before the game, due to the tense relationship between the teams of Barcelona and Fiorentina, the tournament advised all Fiorentina fans who plan to go to the stadium to dispel this attention, because they cannot guarantee that the more than 90,000 Barcelona fans will not have some overly emotional hosts, as soon as they hear that you are a Fiorentina fan, they will chase you for nine streets. If there is bloodshed, then the matter is serious.
So even if Eto'o hits the plane, no one will boo him, a few Fiorentina fans dare not boo, and Barcelona fans will not boo. They want to boo and boo Xiang Tao, who interfered with Eto'o's shot.
And because of Zhang Jun's remarks at the airport, as long as he gets the ball now, the Camp Nou must be an earth-shattering boo, only the world of boos changes color, and the ghosts and gods are moved, unless he leaves football, the boos are endless.
Sabato enjoyed listening to the boos of the home fans below, saying to himself, "It was a tough game......
Di Livio glared at him, the person who was the author of this result still had the face to say such leisurely words.
In just five minutes, Barcelona actually had four shots on the goal, and I have to admire Barcelona's super attacking ability. They were able to gallop through Europe, and it cannot be said that it was luck. But what surprised the commentator even more was that Fiorentina, who has always liked to attack, lowered its posture and played defense. In the face of Barcelona's tidal attack, he did not concede a goal. There were a couple of occasions when it looked like it was going to go in, but it was saved from the goal line by the tenacious Fiorentina defenders.
The fans don't care so much, they just see their team dominating and scoring a goal. So every time Fiorentina gets the ball, they shush, and when Barcelona gets the ball, they cheer. Love and hate.
Messi's breakthrough was broken by Fiorentina's Mascherano and Kyle teamed up, and Mascherano, who had just broken the ball, was still lying on the ground and swept the football to Xiang Tao who was plugged in next to him, and then Xiang Tao made a slight adjustment, looked up at the front, and directly kicked a long pass in the backfield to send the football out.
Morientes is fighting Marquez for the header in the front, and even though he is old, he is still used by the Catalan media as evidence to attack Real Madrid, and he does not want to continue to tell the truth to Catalonia. The jump was as good as it could and was half a head above the ill-prepared Marcos.
"Zhang Jun!" With a flick of the header, he swung the football to Zhang Jun, who was inserted from the side.
Puyol was ordered to keep an eye on Zhang Jun, so he naturally ran with Zhang Jun, and he planned to cut off the football while Zhang Jun stopped the ball.
But Zhang Jun didn't give the Barcelona lion a chance, in the high-speed running, Zhang Jun used his head to push the football forward, and then with a swing of his right hand, he threw the thirty-two-year-old Puyol aside, and he accelerated again, like a cheetah, and rushed out.
Puyol tried to speed up again, but his feet trembled, and his center of gravity fell to the ground. helplessly watched Zhang Jun's back disappear.
Kampno's boos gradually sounded when Xiang Tao passed a long pass, and at this time it reached **. Even in the TV broadcast, you can't really hear what the narrator is shouting, and the audience can only hear the overwhelming boos.
Sabato stood up, his fists clenched, and muttered, "Don't be weak, give them the first slap!" ”
Xavi arrived from the other side, intending to tackle Zhang Jun before he entered the box.
Zhang Jun slammed the brakes, stomped the ball in place, and watched as Harvey comically slid past him - he scooped it up. Immediately afterwards, Zhang Jun started again, shook off Marcos, who had just rushed behind him, and then burst into the penalty area.
Barcelona's main goalkeeper is Valdés, who is now Spain's No. 2 international. He was considered by the Catalans to be a better goalkeeper than Casillas, but because he debuted a little late, he was pressed by Casillas and couldn't get out together. However, with Barcelona's outstanding results, he is also recognized by the whole world. He's a world-class goalkeeper too.
Zhang Jun naturally knows Valdés' strength, but for him, the penalty area is his world, not the opponent's goalkeeper.
Jang Jun leaned to the side, and then suddenly shot very unphysically in the run. He was supposed to continue running, but his right leg was raised and he suddenly shot at goal, which made Valdés' rhythm completely disrupted, and he couldn't adjust his weight in time to jump up to make a save, so he had to get on his knees on one leg and watch as the ball arced off the inside of the far post and bounced into the back of the net......
1:0!! The opening is only seven minutes and twenty seconds!
The boos came to an abrupt end.
There was an eerie silence at Camp Nou, and everyone ...... Club officials down to the average fan fan don't seem to have come to terms with the fact that their invincible Barcelona are trailing by a goal just seven minutes and twenty seconds into their home stadium.
“goal! goal! goal! goal! goal! goal! gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!!!!! The ESPN narrator was the first to react, after all, he hadn't seen any scenes?
Like a player, Sabato flapped his arms three times in a row, then raised his hands at the Camp Nou like Pavarotti and shouted: "Fuck Barcelona!" Fuck Camp Nou! Today Lao Tzu is the king here! ”
After scoring the goal, Zhang Jun ran to the corner flag, then flew up and kicked the corner flagpole, and then he put the index finger of his left hand in front of his mouth and ran to the stands: "Now shut up for me!" ”
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