The match was broadcast live all over Europe and the world, and no one could have imagined, even the most daring Fiorentina fans, that their team would start the season so smoothly.

Just seven minutes and 20 seconds into the game, Fiorentina led Barcelona 1-0 away from home.

And those experts may be busy looking for eye films right now. Before the game, they swore that Barcelona had the right time and place, and the probability of winning was greater, but now? Barcelona, who have dominated the whole of Europe in the past two seasons, were scored so quickly in the opening game that the whole Camp Nou was silent.

"It's incredible! At the home of Barcelona, at the Camp Nou! Fiorentina lead 1:0! The whole of Barcelona is a little blindsided! They had been perfect, only to be tackled by a brilliant counter-attack from the Italians. I think that when Zhang Jun shook down Puyol, the overwhelming boos were not hateful boos, but desperate boos! Barcelona fans may have realized that there is nothing to stop that Chinese No. 11! ”

Barcelona was indeed blindsided, and the players stood on the pitch at a loss, watching the celebratory Florentina.

After a brief silence, the Camp Nou erupted in a loud boo, accompanied by knick-knacks such as lighters and coins - unfortunately without pigs' heads.

Fiorentina's celebrations lasted for a long time, and it wasn't until the referee came up to intervene that they relented a bit and returned to their respective positions to wait for Barcelona to kick off.

Eto'o, who was standing in the middle circle, stepped on the football and spat very disdainfully: "It's just a goal for us, look at their happy ......"

Barcelona can become the king of Europe, what kind of scene have you never seen? So it didn't take long for the whole team to regain their confidence, and they thought it was just a small episode on their way to defending their title. As a king, you must continue to accept challenges, and the process may be thrilling, but the final winner must be the king. Because they are the main characters, the audience loves to watch them.

The Barcelona people see themselves as the protagonists in the Champions League, and Fiorentina do not feel like the supporting characters who are defeated by the protagonists.

After the game restarted, the two sides went all out into the game, vowing to fight to the death, and only then did they stop.

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Rijkaard quickly saw that Fiorentina were different from what they used to be, because the intent of Fiorentina's defence was so obvious today, they often only left two or three players up front, and the rest had to be back into the box. It is clear that this is not the tactic that Florence is used to, at least not the Florence that Rijkaard is familiar with.

Playing defensive counter-attacks?

Rijkaard knew Fiorentina's tactics, but what could he do? Could it be that Fiorentina is playing defensive counter-attack, and he Barcelona will not attack? We can only continue to stick to the tactics that we have arranged before - the offensive. Just keep an eye on the back and arrange a few players to prevent Fiorentina's quick break.

The most important thing is that if a player concedes a goal, he must return to defend immediately, delay Fiorentina more time in midfield, and let the players at the back be in place.

The players of both sides entered a stalemate for the time being, fighting each other in the midfield, in the front and in the back, but neither could shoot and score. Zhang Jun and Crewe also actively fought in the front court according to Sabato's requirements, which surprised Rijkaard again, he had the impression that Fiorentina's No. 10 and No. 11 would never participate in defense, even if the situation was urgent, Sabato would not let them participate in defense, at most replace them with players who can defend better.

But now from the very beginning of the game, they have been constantly counter-attacking in the front, which has caught Barcelona's defenders a little off guard.

Because the scramble between the two sides was a little fierce, and because of those pre-game remarks, the players of both teams moved a little big, and some exceeded the intensity of the confrontation in the ordinary game.

Mascherano was brought down from behind by Deco when he broke the ball. Over there, Xiang Tao immediately jumped up with a suspected flying shovel. It was not uncommon for players to fall to the ground, and halfway through the first half, Fiorentina's white away shirt was already stained with grass clippings, stained with grass blue and dirty black. And Barcelona is actually not much better, but because their jersey is dark and you can't see it for a while.

But the color on their faces is not clean. It's all for falling.

The referee was a little weak today, perhaps not expecting that two teams who had never had a grudge would play so hotly, almost in time for the derby of the last century.

The players on the pitch were hot, and the fans in the stands booed. Coupled with the rapid transition between offense and defense between the two sides, the game looked exciting, and even the commentator couldn't control his emotions and volume.

"Fiorentina strikes back! Their offense is very fast! Barcelona is defending back, but the defenders are a little slower! Diagonally pass to Joaquin, Joaquin breaks through! It's pretty fast! The Spanish media used to think that Joaquín was destined to be scrapped in Italy, but looking at Joaquín now, I personally think that he is even more powerful and faster than when he was at Betis! He crossed! Morientes! Header-! Pretty! Valdés has the football firmly in his hands! ”

Barcelona then attacked, Valdés threw the ball forward, Ronaldinho beautifully chested the ball to Xavi, who passed the ball to Deco...... Yes! Unexpectedly, Eto'o came out halfway and intercepted the ball, which made Fiorentina's defense passive! Kyle lunged out, oh! He knocked Eto'o flying! The football fell at his feet! But the referee signals the game to continue, and Kyle is rushing together! Camp Nou rang out with earth-shattering boos again! ”

"Kyle passes the ball to Mascherano and the Argentine passes to Crewe. Crewe dribbled forward, but just past halfway was pushed by Ronaldinho, and the referee blew the whistle to give Fiorentina an indirect free-kick up front, but he did not show Ronaldinho a yellow card. The home fans were very unhappy and the boos rang out again, perhaps they thought it couldn't be a foul anyway. And I think the audience in Florence will definitely not be satisfied, because the referee has nothing to say except for blowing a free kick! ”

Inside a tavern in Florence......

"Nonsense! Such an obvious foul! And it's a malicious foul! If that Brazilian doesn't push, our Crewe can at least push in front of the opponent's penalty area! Only a free kick was given, no yellow card was given! Black Whistle! Sure enough, it's a black whistle! A drunkard shouted and cursed.

It immediately attracted the support of many other people.

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Although Fiorentina's defensive pressure was all over the game, it did not prevent Barcelona from showing their outstanding attacking strength. Ronaldinho is at the heart of Barca's attack, and almost everything that passes through his feet is a dangerous pass.

When he shook off Bonella with his "bulltail", there was a huge cheer throughout Camp Nou. And for the Fiorentina players, this cheer is undoubtedly an insult and boo for them.

Ujfarusi rushed up to block Xiao Luo's continued breakthrough, but he was shaken by Xiao Luo's upper body feint and lost his center of gravity, Frei attacked decisively, Xiao Luo decisively hung the shot, all the Barcelona fans chanted and waited to celebrate the goal, but the football was kicked out by Kyle who rushed to the goal line!

Ronaldinho still seemed a little incredulous that his ball would be kicked out, but Kyle smiled and said to Frei, who was palpitating: "Don't worry, if you don't let them score, you won't let them score!" Doesn't that give you more opportunities to perform? ”

Frey glared at him, "Don't behave like that." I'd rather let me have fewer opportunities to perform, you defenders must jam him to death, don't let him break through so easily! ”

Samuel Eto'o was keen to score because of the pre-match humiliation and he intended to humiliate his opponents with it. But in today's game, Fiorentina's backline took special care of him, so that he couldn't take the ball properly, even if he succeeded in getting the ball, it would be a foul to greet him. In short, don't let him get any chance to get close to the goal and shoot.

All Fiorentina players agree that Barcelona can score goals, but Samuel Eto'o cannot. He was so arrogant before the game, if he still let him score, then wouldn't he slap himself?

"Samuel Eto'o doesn't seem to be in good shape today...... the commentator said, not really in bad form, but because he didn't shoot for a long time, he couldn't tell if he was in good shape or not...... If you get rid of the ball, Xiang Tao's speed is not slow, one runs with the ball, the other runs without the ball, plus Xiang Tao's small hand movements constantly, which makes Eto'o miserable, he can be regarded as a leader in how rogue the "rogue team" is.

Several times when he was about to jump up and compete for the top, when Xiang Tao followed the jump, he put his hand underneath and poked Eto'o lightly on his waist with his thumb. Who let Xiang Tao poke this time not ruthlessly, he could only let him fall to the ground again, but he couldn't make him fall?

Small movements are just the right amount of action and strength, which can achieve the predetermined effect, and will not be overdone by the referee. If it is found, it is a foul, not a small action. Xiang Tao, as a defender, knows this well. Sabato did not criticize this, but praised it, believing that a good defender is to have a lot of small tricks. It's not Baresi's time, and elegance can keep the strikers at bay. What is needed now is unscrupulous means.

The most annoying thing about a striker is not that you foul him, after all, there is a referee for fouls. It's your endless little movements, so that he can't perform every action comfortably. Eto'o was frustrated by this small gesture. But Xiang Tao didn't know, and still used small moves to defend Eto'o.

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Although Messi hated Crewe in his heart and wanted to take revenge, when facing Crewe on the field, he still reflexively chose to go around. Deep down in his heart, the shadow of that foul was too deep, for fear that he would be hurt again. The doctor has already said that now his body is not as good as before the injury, and it is easy to be injured again. And he has indeed suffered a lot of minor injuries in the last two seasons, although it does not affect the whole season, but always missing one or two games also makes him depressed.

And that's all thanks to that Crewe.

Crewe's mind is not on Messi, maybe he has long forgotten that he once stomped on someone's knee needlessly.

He is now fully committed to playing against Ronaldinho. He's finally met an opponent who he can give his best, but he can't necessarily defeat yet.

Yes, in the entire Serie A, there is no one who can surpass him in terms of midfield skills; Lee's players are coming. Even Kaka, in terms of pure technique, is no match for Crewe. Because Kaka is more practical, and Crewe is now both practical and fancy.

Deco was responsible for defending Crewe, and Xavi had to come to his aid when necessary, but even so, Crewe was still comfortable in midfield and dribbling.

Ronaldinho had just performed a "bulltail" pass up front, and Crewe was now using the same technical move in midfield to get past Xavi.

Even the Camp Nou was amazed. Barcelona fans love art football and love good football. They have always been conceited that only their Ronaldinho in this world has the ability to turn decay into magic. But now this Crewe has let everyone know that there is not only one Ronaldinho in the world.

Sure enough, Xavi's Crewe didn't seem to have had enough with the ox's tail, and he then used Zidane's best Marseille slalom to shake Deco!

These two movements are very coherent and do it in one go. Even the commentators at ESPN are wonderful and great.

"Broke through Barcelona's midfield defence alone! Rijkaard's only mistake was not putting a purely defensive player in midfield! Crewe dribbles the ball into Barcelona's penalty area! ”

In the face of Marcos's frontal interception, Crewe's whole body moved, as if there were no bones, and Marcos's eyes were glazed, and he followed Crewe backwards, and then retreated. In order not to disturb his defense, he could only stabilize his emotions and then stare at the football, only to suddenly find that there was no football under Crewe's constantly crossed feet!

"Look at him!" Suddenly heard Harvey shouting, only to find that Zhang Jun rushed to the football! When did he appear there? Marcos didn't have time to think about it in detail, and he sped up, intending to destroy the football. Because it seems that Zhang Jun is going to shoot directly, then there is a great hope of destroying it.

But what if it's not a direct shot?

Then leave it to fate......

Zhang Jun's right leg is swinged, and it looks like a standard long-range shooting position anyway, right? But Zhang Jun didn't do this, he slammed it out, but kicked it into the air, and then picked it up and knocked the football behind him. Who will be behind him at this time?

Mascherano gave him the football to the left without hesitation, and Gasballoni received the football!

Nice one-kick pass! Fiorentina played against each other at Barcelona's home stadium, and the back-heel pass and Crewe's fake gesture were like a slap in the face. Only Real Madrid has ever dared to play like this in front of them, and I didn't expect a team from a conservative league to dare to play this kind of fancy football in front of them.

Gasballoni took advantage of the fact that Barcelona's defense was not in place, quickly took the ball and hoisted the ball into the penalty area.

In front of goal, Morientes jumped high and hit the goal with a powerful header, but it was confiscated again by Valdés. But the attack made Barcelona's heart flutter.

Defend and counterattack, but it's not a blindly negative long pass. As soon as the football is played up front, Fiorentina's attacking players have the ability to turn monotonous long balls into screaming cross-cutting combinations.

Gasballoni took a sip, it was a pity that the goal was not scored, because of the insistence on anti-counter tactics, so Fiorentina could not have many opportunities to attack the opponent's goal in one breath.

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The minutes are ticking, and the game is in full swing. Although both sides are hot at the moment, they are quite restrained, but when defending and attacking, the movements are a little bigger, and there are not many direct physical and verbal conflicts.

But just as the first half of the game was about to end, the scene took an unexpected turn.

Samuel Eto'o attacked with the ball and Crewe faithfully fulfilled the manager's tactical requirements of attacking aggressively in midfield. He was closest to Samuel Eto'o with the ball, so it was only natural that he would go up and defend.

Eto'o saw that it was not Xiang Tao who defended him this time, but a midfielder, and thought that he had a chance this time. Watch me break through you with speed!

But as soon as he was about to accelerate, he felt something hang on his heel, and then he stumbled and didn't control the ball.

This is, of course, Crewe's running on the back, using his body to block the referee's view, and then hooking Eto'o's upper with the normal forward spikes. It was just a gentle hanging, and Eto'o lost his balance. He took the opportunity to go around and grab the ball.

However, Eto'o, who is the African Footballer of the Year, did not give up control of the game so easily. He reached out to stop Crewe, then cut cross-cutting in an attempt to get in front of Crewe and protect the football.

Seeing that there was no chance, Crewe once again resorted to his despicable and shameless little actions. As he continued to run, he put his knee on Eto'o's thigh, making it impossible for him to run hard and completely disrupting his rhythm at the same time. Crewe took advantage of the opportunity to completely stab the ball out of Eto'o's control.

Eto'o waved angrily to the referee to signal for a foul on Crewe, but neither the referee nor the linesman saw what happened when the two were close together, so they didn't say anything, just signaled for the game to continue.

Crewe looked back at Eto'o, a mocking smile tugging at the corners of his mouth. This completely angered Eto'o.

Originally, he was in a very bad mood under the entanglement of Xiang Tao's small movements, but now he was broken by a person who used small movements, and he laughed at him in turn. This is unacceptable to the arrogant and arrogant.

Eto'o was furious at the sight of Crewe's shameless face, his brow furrowed, then his lips pursed, and he suddenly spat on Crewe!

The spit hit Crewe in the face without being biased.

Crewe's eyes changed.

It's a pity that the referee turned his back to them at this time, and he didn't know that this sudden scene happened in the corner of the court. But Xiang Tao, who was the closest, saw this matter clearly. He lunged forward, then without a single call, lifted his left foot and stomped Eto'o's stomach!

Eto'o clutched his stomach and fell to his knees!

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There was another loud boo at the Camp Nou, this time along with all sorts of scolding, followed by various coins, lighters, and small hard objects.

However, Xiang Tao in the field ignored these external threats, and after stomping Eto'o to his knees with a kick, he had to chase after him to make up for the slap. Thankfully, he was pulled by Crowe.

"Let go of me! Let Lao Tzu beat that slut! Spit and fuck him as a woman! Shrew! Thirty-eight! Turtle son! Xiang Tao shouted, he had wanted to beat Eto'o for a long time, and since he heard Eto'o's bullshit, he wanted to use his fists or shoe spikes to teach the African what it means to be polite.

Just as he was yelling, Eto'o was lying on the ground holding his lower abdomen, and he didn't know if Xiang Tao's kick had hit his life.

The whistle only sounded now, the referee rushed over, and at the same time, the players on both sides also quickly surrounded them, on the one hand, separating the two, on the other hand, they naturally did not forget to push and shove in their hands, and fish in troubled waters.

Zhang Jun naturally rushed to the front, he grabbed Kru and Xiang Tao, and Lian Sheng asked, "What's going on?" Why did you start fighting? ”

Xiang Tao pointed at Eto'o on the ground and shouted, "This dog is spitting saliva!" ”

Zhang Jun turned his head to look at Eto'o who was lying on the ground in pain, of course he wouldn't think that Xiang Tao would hit the other party for no reason, but now Eto'o was lying on the ground, obviously the victim, the referee was the same as him, he didn't see what happened before, he only knew that Xiang Tao hit someone. That would be very bad for them.

"Fuck! He spits, you report it! Why did you rush up and hit him?! Zhang Jun scolded, but threw down the two of them and squeezed towards the referee, who wanted to explain the situation to the referee.

On the other hand, the Barcelona players were pulling the referee to watch Eto'o's tragic situation on the ground, complaining about Xiang Tao's obviously hurtful actions. Hopefully, the referee will send him off with a straight red card.

Zhang Jun complained to the referee about Eto'o spitting Kru's saliva, and the referee looked at Crewe's face, but the saliva had already been wiped by Crewe, and his face was clean, except for sweat.

The complaint was obviously very unconvincing, at least compared to the toss-and-turn Eto'o on the ground.

So he turned around again and asked the linesman. When the referee can't make up his mind, he always needs to ask the linesman repeatedly.

But it was a very bad place because there was no linesman near the touchline, the linesman was at the other end of the pitch. The linesman's answer to the referee was to shake his head: "I don't see if Eto'o spit on Crewe, and I'm not sure what he did, but Xiang's hurtful action is clear and unquestionable." ”

What else is there to say now? The linesman is the biggest reference before the referee makes a decision, he said that Xiang Tao is guilty, so Xiang Tao will inevitably die.

The referee blew the whistle to disperse the players from both sides who were still surrounding each other, and then waved Xiang Tao over.

Since that flying leg kicked Eto'o in the stomach, Xiang Tao has this awareness, and he did not go in the direction of the referee, but turned around and walked directly to the court.

Sure enough, the referee raised the red card high behind him.

The Camp Nou burst into thunderous applause, of course, for the "impartial" referee.

Fiorentina's players quit, obviously Eto'o provoked first, and spit, and spat at him, he should be banned from playing for a year, why was Xiang Tao punished, and Eto'o was just carried to the sidelines for treatment? One by one, they kept protesting around the referee.

After the referee showed yellow cards to Mascherano and Gasballoni respectively, the scene was calmed, and no Fiorentina player dared to make a mistake again.

"Your arms can't twist your thighs, what are you making a fuss about? The referee has made a decision, can we still ask him to change it? Zhang Jun scolded the player who ate the card. It was a good start, but I didn't expect the first half to be over, and the numerical disadvantage had to last for half the game, nearly 50 minutes, facing the powerful Barcelona, how long can Fiorentina hold out with ten men? And there were also two idiots who took the initiative to apply for a yellow card.

Barcelona now have the capital to dream of their victory.

What made Fiorentina fans even more unhappy was that Eto'o, who was kicked in the stomach by Xiang Tao's Chinese kung fu, actually returned to the stadium after receiving simple treatment!

Before Samuel Eto'o could touch the ball when he returned to the pitch, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half. Fiorentina lead 1-0, but the outlook is not encouraging.

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"Idiot! A sucker! Sabato angrily scolded Xiang Tao in the locker room. Everyone remained silent, for fear that the head coach's anger would be brought on them at this time.

And Xiang Tao, who was scolded, shrunk his neck even more, and honestly let the head coach vent. He also knew that he was too impulsive, and when he saw Crewe's face being spit on, he rushed over with boiling blood, and he was not happy if he didn't kick that down. I really didn't think about the consequences of doing this and the impact it would have on the team.

"Incompetence! It's so incompetent! Sabato continued to curse. Look at you! 1.83 meters, weighing 76 kilograms! The speed of 100 meters is 11.7 seconds, and he sprinted over and flew his feet like this, and he only let the black monkey rest outside the field for three minutes! Impotent! Rubbish! Why did you kick him in the belly with the most flesh on his body? Why didn't you kick him in the knee? Ankle? Calf bone-on-cheek? It's a Champions Cup! You either don't foul! If you want to commit it, give me a big one! Why didn't you just scrap all the rest of his games this season?! ”

Not to mention Xiang Tao now, even the other players and Di Livio raised their heads in surprise, as if they couldn't believe what they had just heard.

"What? Look at me like that? Haven't you seen this face? Do you have any comments? Xiang Tao! ”

Xiang Tao listened to the fact that the boss didn't scold him for fouling, and his mood relaxed a little: "No...... Doesn't the boss blame me for taking the initiative to apply for a red card and leave early? ”

Sabato's face sank: "Strange! Of course it's weird! But you're on the floor now, what's the use of me blaming you? Damn, Eto'o only had a three-minute break! Xiang Tao, I want you to remember that this is your mistake and your shame! Aren't you known as the Blackfoot King? Didn't you say you were fierce defensively? Why didn't you take that African? ”

Xiang Tao muttered: "I was too anxious at the beginning...... I was going to kick his ......."

"Then you should kick from the bottom up, between your legs!"

"Isn't it because I haven't thought it through......"

"Your IQ must be negative!" After scolding Xiang Tao, Sabato stopped slightly, he was going to rearrange the tactics for the second half. There is one less person on the field, and the defender is still sent off, so Fiorentina has to insist on defending and counterattacking only by sacrificing the attack.

"Morientes, this game is only for you. We need defenders now, one less striker. Second Half ......" Sabato looked at the players in the dressing room, "Andrea, you go up in the second half, Ujfarusi plays at left-back. ”

He's talking about Andrea, a young defender who moved from the Swiss Super League this season; Svensson, after the transfer, because Ujfarusi is in good shape, so he didn't have much time to play, but he didn't expect that the rare opportunity to play was such an important European Champions Cup.

Svensson nodded vigorously. This big man defender's surname is just like his appearance, very honest, and everyone in the team actually likes this honest man - in fact, Xiang Tao and Gasballoni like to bully people. Svensson has been silent, but no one sees him as an outlier in the lively Fiorentina team.

Xiang Tao hurriedly said: "Yes! Sven Man (Xiang Tao gave Svensson a nickname because of the homonym of Chinese.) And because this monster with a height of 1.95 meters and a weight of 88 kilograms is very polite, modest and cautious off the field, his teammates always use Svensson to laugh at Xiang Tao's rudeness, so Xiang Tao simply called Svensson-Svens. You're playing in my place, don't embarrass me! It's a Champions Cup, you won't be nervous, will you? Hey? Why are your legs shaking? "Of course Svensson's legs don't tremble, so twenty-five years old, with Fiorentina for most of the season, what scene haven't been seen? Xiang Tao is bullying honest people again.

"Shut up! Failed men are not qualified to speak! Sabato scolded Xiang Tao so much that he didn't dare to say anything.

Svensson stammered a little and said, "I...... I am, I was the one who came on the field instead of Morientes, not you......"

The locker room burst into laughter. It is rare to see Svensson refuting Xiang Tao, perhaps because Sabato scolded Xiang Tao so that Svensson dared to say so.

Kyle laughed as he said to Svensson, "Don't listen to that rude item, I think it's a great opportunity." Our defenders promised before the game that they wouldn't let Barcelona score, and I hope you can do the same. Work hard, come on, and squeeze Xiang to the bench completely! ”

Xiang Tao snorted and said no more. He is a sinner now, and it is better to speak less.

Crewe changed seats, sat next to Xiang Tao, and whispered, "Don't expect me to be grateful to you for fighting for me, stupid." ”

Xiang Tao's eyes glared: "Say, I didn't fight for you, I was saving Eto'o's life." If I don't do it, I think you even have the heart to kill him, right? ”

Crewe snorted too.

"I said, this is a football game, don't cause any blood, okay?"

"Don't make excuses for your stupidity, impulsiveness is impulsiveness. The choice is yours to stay on the pitch or stay on the pitch when you are sent off, but only by staying on the pitch can you retaliate against your opponent more effectively. So you're stupid. I also agree with the boss's words, either you go down with Eto'o and you get sent off and he gets taken to the hospital. Either you stay on the field with him and torture him for a full forty-five minutes. But if your IQ is negative, you choose a third person other than the two, which is really stupid. ”

Xiang Tao shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands: "I am a man of action, and you are a conspirator, we just have different surnames, and we are not stupid or stupid." Besides, I just lost my footing for a while, with my experience in A-movies for so many years, I know the structure of the human body very well, and I only stomped on the wrong target because of a little deviation. ”

Kru ignored Xiang Tao's chatter, and he switched back to his original seat and sat back next to Zhang Jun.

"Why did you change places?" Zhang Jun asked Crewe next to him.

"Go thank some idiot, or I'd be the one who ended up now." Crewe said, staring at the ceiling.

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In Barcelona's dressing room, Eto'o's situation is of concern to everyone, because he is the team's top scorer and it is up to him to attack the city.

"Samuel, are you alright? I think a Chinese kid kicks it very hard. Ronaldinho asked with concern.

Eto'o shook his head, a look of displeasure on his face. "It's okay, that soft-footed shrimp can't hurt me yet."

"Yes, yes, our Samuel body is really strong, but that Chinese must not have thought that he couldn't get Samuel injured when he was sent off." Someone chimed in.

"! There are many small movements of their two Chinese! I originally thought that only the small actions of South Americans were more annoying, but I didn't expect the Chinese to be like this! Eto'o, a man with well-developed limbs and a simple mind, only complained about his opponents, but did not take into account that there were many South Americans in his team, and suddenly some of them did not look good.

Messi is also a person with little strings in his head, and he also complains about the small actions of Chinese players. Of course, he was still a little disappointed in his heart, because it was Xiang Tao who beat people at the beginning, not Crewe, and he was happy to watch Crewe be punished.

Rijkaard is still working on the tactical arrangements and has no mind to care about the players' comments.

Fiorentina surprisingly adopted a counter-attacking style of play that he did not anticipate at first, and it was for this reason that Barcelona conceded their first goal, which Rijkaard admitted was his mistake. So now at half-time, he has plenty of time to prepare his countermeasures.

Obviously, Fiorentina plays defensive counterattack, he can't follow and also play defensive counterattack, he can only choose to attack, and attacking means taking the risk of being caught by the opponent to counterattack when there is a gap behind him. At the same time, there is still a variable in Fiorentina, which he must guard against - Fiorentina are now missing a defender, will they still insist on playing counter-attack?

Rijkaard thought about it for a long time and decided to bet that the crazy coach would stick to the defense. All that's left is how to keep the pressure on Fiorentina with their attacking attacks and their already weak backs to withstand Fiorentina's sharp counter-attacks.

It's a bit of a dilemma. The only way, perhaps, is to ask the players to give more, to keep at least three players at the back from attacking while attacking, and to form a back two with Deco and Xavi. Also, learn from Fiorentina and ask the striker to counter-attack on the spot after losing the ball in the front court, so as not to let Fiorentina's fast attack play easily.

As long as they can turn a quick counter-attack into a positional attack, then Barcelona will win half the way.

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When he came on the pitch, Eto'o felt a faint pain at the base of his thigh, but he didn't pay attention to it because the pain only lasted for a short second before disappearing.

Xiang Tao sat depressedly in the locker room, paying attention to the situation on the court through televising.

The Barcelona fans were still enthusiastic, with the home team coming out to thunderous applause, while Fiorentina came out and were greeted only by piercing boos.

Svensson's height of 1.95 meters was very conspicuous in the crowd, and the narrator spotted him at a glance.

"Fiorentina made a personnel change. Sabato with Andreira; Svensson replaced striker Morientes, and it seems that he still intends to defend first and then wait for an opportunity to counterattack. Andreira; Svensson, a 25-year-old from the Swedish Premier League team Camaja, is 1.95 meters tall and is a defender with excellent air defense, and before he left for Fiorentina, a number of big European teams were grabbing him. At Fiorentina now, there aren't many opportunities to play, but every time they play, they have performed remarkably. ”

Rijkaard also noticed the substitution and smiled smugly, it seems that he made the right bet at half-time, so that in the second half, Barcelona, who have one more player than their opponents, have a better chance of winning.

As long as Fiorentina's counterattack is contained, the numerical advantage will eventually be fully manifested, and at that time Camp Nou will be the world of Barcelona.

In the press gallery, Li Yan was arguing with a domestic counterpart. Because the other party is a reporter from a large domestic sports media stationed in Barcelona, he is naturally a pro-Barcelona faction. And Li Yan definitely represents the interests of Fiorentina, so the two have been arguing at halftime about which side has the better chance of winning this game.

They insisted it was Barcelona, and he might not have been so sure if he had been twenty minutes into the game, but now it's different. Fiorentina was sent off with a red card early, and Barcelona is at home, strong, and there is no reason not to win. And Li Yan is out of the Fiorentina team that has the most contact and understanding, although he can't say a specific reason, but he believes that Sabato's slippery head will not be willing to let Barcelona have a numerical advantage like this, he must have a way, and Zhang Jun's state cannot be ignored.

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Sure enough, Sabato didn't take the numerical advantage of his opponents seriously, because before the start of the second half, he had said to his men: "Although we have one less than our opponents." But I don't think that's what affects the final result, as for how one less person should play and how to control the game, I would like to recommend a game to everyone, you can recall it and then you know how we should play in the second half. ”

"What game?" A person surnamed Jian asked.

"In the 02 World Cup, Brazil played England in the quarterfinals. If you think about it, why Brazil had more possession than England when they had one less person than England, not only successfully defending the one-goal victory, but also threatening England's goal several times, leaving the opponent with no chance of equalising. ”

In that game, Ronaldinho's unexpected exit did not sound the clarion call for England's counterattack, on the contrary, it rang the bell of England's death. Because the Brazilian team, which does not lack speed in the front, just changed to defensive counterattack because of Ronaldinho's departure, and for England, who are eager to equalize, there will be a lot of space behind them. And the Brazilians' ball control skills are recognized all over the world, as long as they control the football, what if the number of people is small? It's the same to turn England around.

Fiorentina and Brazil are in a similar situation, first of all, they don't have to change to defending now, because they have been defending all the time, and as the game progresses, Barcelona's desire to equalise will surely become stronger, and that is the opportunity to counter-attack. In addition, Fiorentina has Crewe, a man who is not inferior to Ronaldinho in terms of foot skills, so possession is naturally not a problem. As long as they can keep the ball at their feet, even one less man will not have any bad effect on Fiorentina in the slightest.

It's not that a team with one less person is necessarily at a disadvantage, football is not so simple about addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

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When the game started, on the surface everything looked the same as in the first half, nothing changed.

But connoisseurs can see that Barcelona's attack is obviously much more careful, and it does not have the feeling of being in a hurry and full of momentum in the previous game, because Fiorentina's counterattack made them feel uneasy.

And Fiorentina has one less person, only Zhang Jun is at the front as a striker, and Barcelona's defensive purpose is stronger, which is quite unfavorable for Zhang Jun's continued scoring. As long as he has the ball, he will face at least two people on the other side, so that he can't easily get rid of it, and at the same time, without Morientes' containment and header ferry, the variety of the attack is also discounted.

Xavi was in midfield and Crewe was in charge of disrupting him. Crewe doesn't use small moves when defending most of the time, because too many small moves can become dangerous. Xavi easily broke through Crewe, who was not very good at defending, and then fired a scalpel-like through ball that went straight across the wide range of midfield and passed to Samuel Eto'o in the forward line.

Eto'o was very fast, he was in the right direction when he received the ball, so he just picked up the ball with his right foot and accelerated! He managed to overtake Svensson, who was defending him.

Big guy, but a big fool! Eto'o laughed inwardly at the tall defender who was too slow to turn and move slowly, not expecting Fiorentina to send such a waste to such an important match.

"Breakthrough! Wonderful acceleration! Svensson's speed simply can't keep up with this African black panther! The narrator shouted excitedly. Looking forward to seeing more exciting shots on goal in the future.

"Son of a bitch!" Xiang Tao cursed in the locker room, he didn't expect that he really didn't cause any serious trauma to that, he was punished here to watch TV, that stinky boy still had the strength to break through the defense line with speed, and then shoot! "Unforgivable!" For the first time, Xiang Tao felt a serious sense of frustration.

Kyle hurriedly threw Henry to save on Eto'o, and it stands to reason that if Eto'o passes to the unmarked Henry, it will be a complete kill, because even Frei has given up the middle of the goal and rushed to the near corner to block Eto'o's shot. However, even though Henry's hand was broken, Eto'o did not look to that side, and he confidently chose to shoot straight at goal.

But the moment he shot with his leg, there was another brief sharp pain at the base of his thigh, only for a second, but it was enough to change the final result of this shot.

Eto'o deflected his center of gravity and slammed his foot out, but the football he pulled out flew high over the crossbar, and the ball was ridiculously high!

"Jerk off—" Xiang Tao whistled gloatingly.

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