175 picks up the tempo
Since Ivanovic and Lima were both injured, there is no problem with the Gosau team's attack power in the counterattack, but the organizational ability in the positional battle is seriously insufficient, and many times it relies on Egerman's strong personal ability to score, which is of course nothing in a short period of time, and it will definitely not work for a long time, no matter how powerful Egerman is, he is not a god after all, and it is not good for his body to play like this for a long time. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Ivanovic's timely return will improve Gosau's midfield playmaking ability to a higher level, and Eggman will have more chances to score goals in a simpler way, not only will Gosau score more goals, but Eggman can also play more easily.
On April 26, Gossau played Sion away, and as long as Gosau did not lose to Sion, it could equal AC Milan's 58-game unbeaten league record, so it was also an important game. But Xiao Yang still sent all the substitute players, in his opinion, although it is also meaningful to create a record of how many games unbeaten, but there is no need to deliberately do it, if the main players are allowed to play continuously in order to set a record, if they lose to Barcelona, then the Gosho team will become a laughing stock in football history.
Sion are currently seventh in the league and if they play well in the coming games, they still have hope of finishing in the top six and participating in next season's European competition, and with the lure of honour ending Gosau's unbeaten record, Sion will undoubtedly be very motivated for this game.
There are still too few teams in the Swiss Super League, and now there are many places for the Swiss Super League to participate in European competitions, so there are almost no garbage games in the league, every game is very important, either about winning the championship, or about European places, or about relegation, in short, every game can be seen, no team will give up a game.
Sion fielded all their squad and were very committed to the game, but now the morale of the whole team is high, and after successfully crossing the young team, they feel that no team in the Swiss Super League can stop them from setting a new unbeaten record. Therefore, the Gossau team was mainly anti-away and completely suppressed the Sion team on the road.
Sion were clearly caught off guard by the situation, with their defenders making frequent mistakes and giving Gossau plenty of chances.
In the 25th minute of the game, Sion's young Italian midfielder Falconi dribbled the ball in the midfield and was successfully tackled by Hoddle, who sent a through ball on the spot and handed the ball to Esposito. At this time, the defense of the Sion team was in a panic, Esposito drove straight into the ball with the ball, and calmly sent a direct pass to the front of the penalty area, and the striker Zhou Guodong arrived at the ball, forming a single knife in the penalty area, facing the opponent's goalkeeper Traore, Zhou Guodong shook him down with Ronaldo's signature pendulum pass, and then easily pushed the ball into the empty goal.
Sion then tried to launch a counter-attack, but their attacking organisation was completely stopped by Cabanas midfielder's ferocious tackles, and their own goal came close to being conceded by Gosau's sharp counter-attacks on several occasions, but their goalkeeper Traore did well to prevent Sion from conceding again in the first half.
In the 56th minute of the second half, Xiao Yang replaced Kabanas with Ivanovic. After more than a month of not playing, Ivanovic first appeared to be a little uncomfortable with the rhythm of the game, but after more than ten minutes, Ivanovic gradually returned to his former style.
In the 74th minute of the game, Ivanovic cut off the ball at the feet of Tunisian midfielder Taidale at the back, and then he got rid of Taidale's counter-attack on the spot, and then sent a precise long pass from 40 meters away, Sartre received the ball and dribbled the ball at high speed to the bottom line and crossed, Esposito scored with a close-range header to extend the score to 2:0 for Gosau.
In the following games, Gosau slowed down the pace of the game at the behest of Xiao Yang, and Ivanovic became more and more accustomed to the game, using his skills and passing to completely control the midfield.
In the end, Gossau beat Sion 2-0 away from home, scoring three points and equalling AC Milan's unbeaten record of 58 league games.
At the post-match press conference, a reporter asked Xiao Yang to talk about his feelings about equaling AC Milan's record.
Xiao Yang thought for a while and said: "Actually, before this game, I did my homework, in the history of European football, AC Milan's 58-game unbeaten league record is not the highest, they can only be ranked third, and in front of them there are Scottish Celtic, who have been unbeaten in 62 games in the Scottish Premier League, and Romania's Bucharest Stars, who have been unbeaten in the Romanian league for 104 games." ”
"These numbers are amazing to me and a great achievement. Before they knew it, Gosau was also unbeaten in 58 games, but they were still far from the highest record. Gossau may break this record, but they may not, because it is very difficult to maintain form for such a long time. ”
"So do I want to break this record? It would be a fake if we didn't want to, but we can't put all our attention on the record, we can't disrupt our normal rhythm in order to break the record. When it comes to breaking records, my attitude is to go with the flow, not deliberately. So please don't report too much on this matter, and give the Gosho team a more relaxed environment. Thank you! ”
Xiao Yang's relatively low-key attitude somewhat disappointed the reporters in the audience, but many people also understood and supported Xiao Yang's idea, and after they glanced at each other, they unanimously applauded Xiao Yang.
After beating Sion, Xiao Yang led his team back to Gosau, where they awaited Barcelona's challenge.
On April 27, Barcelona flew to Gosau. As soon as he got off the plane, Guardiola was interviewed by a large number of reporters, and Guardiola walked outside the airport while saying: "No comment." No matter what questions the reporter asked, he refused to answer.
The rest of Barcelona, including their players, also refused to answer questions from reporters because Guardiola gave them a gag order this time.
The rhetoric made by the Barcelona players before the last leg has now become a laughing stock for fans, Messi boasted that he would score more goals than Eggman, but Eggman only scored one, which is not much, but Messi did not score a goal, brushing a zero; And Pique said that he wanted to prevent Eggman and let him not score a single goal, but Eggman still scored the winning goal and had an assist under his incomprehensible defense, and Pique himself would have been sent off if it wasn't for the referee's mercy.
Barcelona's players were not very good-looking, especially Messi and Pique, whose faces were even more gloomy as if they were about to drip water, they kept shaking their heads and turning off the microphone handed by the reporter.
After leaving the airport and getting on the bus to the hotel, Guardiola didn't say anything. The players were on the bus and were hurrying to sleep, but he didn't feel sleepy, still thinking about something.
In the Spanish national derby on the first day, Pep Guardiola had hoped to take advantage of the home advantage to win Real Madrid smoothly and overtake the opponent to reach the top of the La Liga standings, but they did not expect to face their old rival Mourinho, once again helpless, they were attacked by Ronaldo in the first half, and it was not until the end of the second half that Villa equalized.
At the last moment, the Barcelona players tried their best, but failed to score another goal, and could only reluctantly swallow the bitter fruit of the draw with their old rivals at home, and they were still one point behind Real Madrid in the standings.
One point, which usually seems so inconspicuous, but now that the whole season is nearing the end, it is like a trench in front of the Barcelona team. In the final rounds of La Liga, Real Madrid have no strong opponents, the most formidable opponent is Sevilla, which was still played at the Bernabeu Stadium, and Guardiola is not counting on them to upset Real Madrid. Judging by Real Madrid's win rate against other La Liga teams this season, Barcelona basically has no hope of catching up with Real Madrid.
As soon as he thought of this, Guardiola felt bitter in his mouth, the hope of winning the league title this season is extremely slim, and the situation in the Champions League is not good, losing to the Gosho team at home, and now he is coming to the away team to challenge Gosau, he is still a group of tired soldiers who have been fighting continuously, and the main players of the Gosho team did not start in the last round of the league. Pep Guardiola himself feels that he has no bottom.
Maybe at the end of the season, the only title he can compete for is the Copa del Rey, right? Although the Copa del Rey is also important in Spain, Pep Guardiola has not been reduced to the point of being satisfied with winning a Copa del Rey title. Looking back on the season when I won the six crowns, I still remember it vividly, as if it was just yesterday, why did Barcelona fall into the situation it is today so quickly?
Once at the hotel, Pep Guardiola and his assistant coaches herded the players to their respective rooms and told them to take time to rest and recover as much energy as possible. Pep Guardiola then gathered his mood and worked with his coaches on tactics for the second leg against Gosau. Even if there is only one percent hope, they have to give 100 percent effort.
Compared to Barcelona's gloom, the atmosphere in the Gosho team is very good, the morale of the players is very high, the team has been receiving good news recently, consecutive games and consecutive wins, injuries continue to return, and Xiao Yang has also made a promise that if he can win the Champions League twice in a row this season, he will also raise the salary level for the players.
Xiao Yang's promise made the players very excited, after all, the players play football to make money. Of course, it's good to stay in Gosau, where you can play happily and win championships, but if you don't get a good income, I don't think there will be many good players who will stay here.
Fortunately, they met such a generous boss as Xiao Yang, who is not like some bosses who pick the door, and start selling high-paid players after winning the Champions League once, they completely use players as a tool to make money. Xiao Yang's salary for the players is already very good, it is close to the level of the upper teams in the five major leagues, and when the salary is increased again, it can be on par with most giant teams, so why not stay here for a lifetime?
Stimulated by a lot of good news, the morale of the players of the Gosau team is close to the peak, and they are gearing up to play immediately and knock Barcelona down.
Lima said regretfully: "Ivanovic was so lucky to come back in time. It's a pity that my injury hasn't healed yet, otherwise I would have played Barcelona as well. ”
His teammates comforted him and said, "It's okay, you can watch us take out Barcelona and it's not too late for you to play in the next Champions League final." ”
Lima's injury is about a decade away from healing, and if Gossau can reach the Champions League final, this year's final will be held on May 24, so Lima can fully catch up.
Lima counted the days for a while, and then said seriously: "Then you must kill Barcelona so that I can have a chance to play in the final, otherwise, I will not let you go." ”
Lima's words made everyone laugh.
In anticipation of everyone, on April 29, the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals between Gosho and Barcelona finally started as scheduled at Gosau's home stadium, the Thunder Stadium.
The media gallery at the Storm Stadium was already filled with media reporters and broadcast teams from all over the world, and of course, the broadcast team from CTV. CTV's football commentator Duan Xuan was introducing the starting line-ups of both sides to the fans in front of the TV: "The starters of the home team Gosho in this game are goalkeeper Cicarelly, left-back Ribeiro, right-back Gugelmann, central defenders Salihovic and Cevali, the double midfielder is the 'duo' combination of Antunovic and Ivanovic, the left winger is Avanzini, the right winger is Horensten, and the forwards are Eggman and Kautinho. Gosau made just one change in their starting line-up today compared to the first leg, replacing Sampedro with Branislav Ivanovic, who had returned from injury. Branislav Ivanovic's timely return also strengthened the depth and playmaking of the midfield, which is very important for Gosau. ”
"The visiting Barcelona starting line-up was also different from the first leg, with Pinto in goal, Alba at left-back, Alves at right-back, Pique and Mascherano at centre-back, Cesc Fabregas, Xavi, Iniesta and Song in midfield, and Messi and Villa in the forwards. Today their starting lineup compared to the first leg, two people were replaced, a central defender was replaced on the back line, in the first leg, Mascherano had some minor injuries and failed to play, the starting central defender was Baltra, this game Mascherano is also in the line of fire, and his return has also strengthened the strength of Barcelona's defense. In this game, Pep Guardiola reduced one player in the forward line and added a midfielder in midfield - Song, who is an excellent defensive midfielder. ”
"Judging from Barcelona's starting lineup, Pep Guardiola still wants to be on the defensive first on the road, first to ensure that he does not concede, and then to think about scoring, after all, this is the home of the Gosho team, and the unbeaten record of the Gosho team at home in Europe is still very fearful, and their attacking power at home is particularly strong."
"The referee on duty, German Stark, blew the whistle and the game began!"
At the beginning of the game, Gossau cut inside to the edge of the penalty area after Avazini dribbled the ball at high speed on the wing, and then gave Barcelona a high-quality long-range shot, if it wasn't for Pinto's better position, concentration and save the ball on the goal line, the goal would probably have gone in. The shot also showed Gosau's confidence in winning at home.
Pep Guardiola has not been in the dugout since the start of the game, and he stood on the sidelines of the pitch nervously watching the situation unfold. Avandzini was unhappy with his long drive down the flank, as if he were in a no-man's land, and he roared loudly to cheer up his players.
Barcelona's players were a bit of a stretch today, as they had been playing in a row lately, and every game was a tough one, which left them with a sense of physical and psychological fatigue, and they lost at home to Gosau. Now in the away stadium, more than 50,000 fans, the vast majority of them are Gosau fans wearing the blue jerseys of the Gosho team, they have been singing and cheering for the Gosau team since they entered the stadium, and their momentum has completely overwhelmed the more than 2,000 Barcelona fans who came to Gosau with the team, which also made the Barcelona players a little demoralized.
Pinto kicked the ball to the front, Antunovic headed the ball back to Barcelona's half, the ball was received by Song and immediately passed to Xavi next to him, Xavi took two steps after the ball, passed the ball to Messi on the right, Messi got the ball, shook Avandzini and Ivanovic in a row, burst into the penalty area with the ball, faced with Chevalli's defense, he shook off a shot angle, and then pulled his foot to shoot, the ball went straight to the near corner, Ceccarelli saved the ball sideways from the bottom line.
Messi's sudden outburst made the whole Gosho fans collectively gasp, and the fans remembered that Messi is a four-time Ballon d'Or winner, although he was inactive by the Gosho team in the last round of the game, but this does not mean that he has no strength, in fact, he is still the kind of player who has the ability to change the outcome of a game alone, and is one of the best players in the world.
Barcelona's players were also lifted by Messi's wonderful individual performance, and then Barcelona's corner kick was also jumped up by Pique to grab the point, although his header was high over the crossbar under the interference of Salihovic, and did not pose much threat to the goal guarded by Cicarelly, but his enthusiasm was still encouraged by the applause of the Barcelona fans at the scene.
The two teams played a-for-tat battle in a fast-paced and exciting game that made all the fans who watched the game addicted.
Pep Guardiola frowned on the sidelines. In fact, playing against Pep Guardiola should be welcome, so that at least Barcelona have more chances, if the Gosau team continues to use the tactics of the first leg, then it will be difficult for Barcelona to score more than two goals, and if they can only score one goal at most, then whether the Gosau team scores or not, Barcelona is doomed to be eliminated.
But Pep Guardiola is a little unsure about the current pace of the game, how long can the Barcelona players last at such a fast pace? But Guardiola has no other good way, if he goes back to that kind of slow-paced positional battle, Guardiola really doesn't have the confidence to score more than two goals under the defense of the Gosho team, and he will not let the Gosho team score.
Guardiola thought to himself, he could only gamble, if he was lucky, Barcelona could turn the tables, and if he was unlucky, he could only do this this season. Now, if you don't be decisive and return to both ends, then what awaits Barcelona is likely to be unable to attack or defend.
Guardiola himself didn't realize that his mentality towards the Gosho team in the past two seasons, from the beginning of the contempt, to the later attention but not particularly heart, has now reached the point of some lack of confidence, which causes him to lose his sense of normalcy every time he faces the Gosho team. This is one of the reasons why Barcelona have repeatedly suffered in front of Gosau.
Xiao Yang did not use the first leg of the slightly conservative tactics today, his tactics today is to attack against Barcelona, he wants to break the myth that no team dares to play against the current Barcelona, he also wants to break the mentality that people think that the Gosho team wins Barcelona is an upset, this game, Xiao Yang wants to use the offensive battle, completely defeat Barcelona, so as to erect the image of the Gosho team super strong team.
Xiao Yang's approach is not arrogant, although Barcelona is strong, but the current Gosau team is not weaker than them, especially in attack, the Gosau team with Eggman says that they are second, and no team dares to say that they are the first; Now it is the home of the Gosho team, the Gosho team is waiting for work, and Barcelona is a tired division after a long battle, and the two teams are also a heaven and an underground in terms of morale, in this kind of situation where the time and place are favorable and all are on the side of the Gosho team, if you can't win a happy victory, Xiao Yang feels that he has no face to be the head coach anymore.
Under the instruction of Xiao Yang, the players of the Gosau team deliberately increased the pace of the game, and they wanted to use the fast pace to drag Barcelona down. It may seem unfair to do so, but isn't it a game about taking advantage of all sorts of factors in your favor? If you go to play a slow-paced game with Barcelona in order to take care of Barcelona's physical condition, what is the difference between it and Song Xianggong in history?
After a few rounds of attacking at a very fast pace, Gosau, who were playing at home, broke the deadlock first, and in the 16th minute, Ivanovic distributed the ball in the midfield to Horensten on the right flank, and Hollensten passed through Gugelmann who provided an assist on the wing, Gugelmann dribbled the ball to the bottom line and knocked the ball back to Horensten, who sent a cross almost comfortably unguarded.