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The youth players are now in high spirits with a heart to end Gosau's unbeaten run and a desire for glory, and they are certainly on the rise.
The players of the Gosho team, under the leadership of several veteran players, first stabilized their positions after the opening, avoided the enemy's edge, and wanted to consume the opponent's sharpness before starting a counterattack.
Of course, holding the position is not the same as passive defense, in fact, the Gosau team has been actively fighting from the center of the midfield, not giving up an inch of land, and fighting with the opponent for control of the midfield with fierce defense. This aggressive defensive attitude effectively undermined the attacking organization of the youth team, so the young team's attack looked fierce but did not work very well.
In the first half, the youngsters had just five shots on goal, only two of which were on the woodwork, and the threat was not great; Gosau didn't have many shots on goal, just four, but because Gosau had shots that were mainly on counter-attacks, they were more dangerous than the youngsters, with two shots close to goal and one shot hitting the woodwork.
After a fifteen-minute half-time break, the two teams started the second half. The young team continued their onslaught, but it was clear that the momentum was not as good as in the first half, and it was clear that the tactics of the Gosau team in the first half to wear down the opponent's spirit were very successful, and the Gosau team also launched some offensive attacks.
In the 52nd minute of the game, Silva made a long pass to the youth team penalty area after breaking the ball in the backfield, Egerman jumped and then headed the ball to Hoddle outside the penalty area, Hoddle did not stop the ball and volleyed directly, the shot was of extremely high quality, and the speed went straight to the upper left corner of the goal of the youth team, and the goalkeeper of the youth team did not react at all, watching the ball smash into the net.
Ralph, the commentator of the Swiss National Sports Station who broadcast the game live, shouted excitedly: "gooooooo!!!!! Wonderful world wave, this goal can fully lock in the best goal of this round in advance, and it comes from Hoddle. Let's take a look at the slow motion of the goal. It took just two passes, with Silva playing a long ball from the back, Egerman heading it over, and then Hoddle didn't wait for the ball to hit the ground before volleying it straight into the corner. β
"Now the computer has given the speed of Hoddle's shot just now, reaching 142 kilometers per hour, although I don't have specific information at hand, but the speed of this shot should have reached the top 10 in the history of shooting speed."
'Gosau have been plagued by injuries lately, with two of their midfield stars, Lima and Branislav Ivanovic injured, but it was in this situation that Hoddle came out of nowhere. In the second leg against Manchester United, it was a creative cross and a goal that helped Gossau win over Manchester United and advance; Now, against the young team, the team's situation on the field is relatively passive, it is he who uses a wonderful world wave to open the deadlock for the team. It can be asserted that Hoddle will have a bright future! β
The 50,000 Gossau fans in the stadium were in full swing, and they gave the rookie Hoddle the loudest cheers.
Xiao Yang also applauded Hoddle's wonderful goal on the sidelines, and he was very satisfied with Hoddle's performance, Hoddle's excellent technique, rich imagination, and strong shooting and long-range shooting ability, these are the qualities that a good striker should have, and his psychological quality is also super strong, the bigger the scene, the better his play. After focusing on training with his own modifiers, in the near future, the Gosho team will rise to another supernova.
After Gosho took the lead, the young team launched a frantic counterattack, but Gosau's defensive intensity did not decrease in the slightest, so their attack has not been effective.
From the 70th minute, Xiao Yang has replaced Eggman, Hoddle, Avandini and other offensive players with several defensive players, on the one hand, to strengthen the defense, on the other hand, to protect them from injury, and to preserve their physical strength for the next game against Barcelona.
The youngsters were unable to score another goal until the end of the game, and in the end, Gossau beat the youngsters 1-0 thanks to a stunning long-range strike from Hoddle and extended their unbeaten run in the Swiss Super League to 57 games.
After the game, Petkovic was unconvinced, believing that Gosau did not perform as well as the youngsters, and that it was only luck that they won against the youngsters. He believes that the young team has the advantage in this game and they deserve to be the winners.
Regarding Petkovic's remarks, Xiao Yang said that luck is also part of strength. A team without strength will not be able to go unbeaten in 57 games no matter how lucky it is.
Regarding Xiao Yang's words, Petkovic is full of black lines, isn't this obviously talking about him? But he really didn't have anything to refute.
Thankfully, reporters then put the topic aside and instead asked Xiao Yang how prepared he was for Barcelona's semi-finals.
Xiao Yang seems confident about this question, saying that Barcelona are one of the best teams in Europe today, and the two-legged match against Barcelona will be difficult, but he and the players and coaching staff of the Gosho team have been well prepared for this match, and he has found a way to deal with Barcelona, and believes that it will be Gosau who will reach the final.
Of course, how to deal with Barcelona, he will definitely not say it at this time.
Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola was also full of confidence when he was interviewed by reporters. He said that the semi-final between Barcelona and Gosau will be a real clash of the pinnacles, but he believes it will be Barcelona who will reach the final because Barcelona are in very good form at the moment, they are not afraid of any team, and he has also found a way to deal with Gosau.
Gua Shuai's words are not much new, almost the same as Xiao Yang's words, but the words of the two can be heard to be-for-tat, and the tone is also full of strong gunpowder, which makes people full of expectations for the real game between the two teams in the future, what kind of game will it be?
Major European media also used a large page to report on the two sets of matchups in the Champions League semi-finals, and the pre-match preparation, player training, and every detail of these four teams have become their reporting material, and these details have also become something that fans like to see.
Of course, the key players of Barcelona and Gossau have also been interviewed by reporters, Messi said in an interview with reporters: "I don't think this is Barcelona's revenge battle, because Barcelona has not suffered in previous encounters between the two teams. I don't think I'm at odds with Eggman, and I'm not jealous that he won last year's Golden Globe. β
Messi was very generous when he said this, and even surprised reporters, but then Messi's words revealed his true intentions: "I have won the Ballon d'Or four times, how can I be jealous of a player who has only won the Ballon d'Or once?" β
Then Messi said categorically: "I will definitely score more goals than Egman in the game against Gosau, and Barcelona will definitely win in the end." β
Messi's teammates are also unanimously supporting Messi, believing that Messi is the best player in the world right now, and his promise will definitely be fulfilled.
Xavi and Iniesta said they would give their full support to Messi, send more shells to Messi, let Messi score more goals, and let Barcelona win.
Villa said he would definitely help Messi open up space and give Messi more shots on goal.
Peake said with some disdain: "Eggman? I'm going to guard him and he won't be able to score a goal. Messi will definitely score more goals than him. β
A reporter mentioned to Pique the fact that in the group stage of the Champions League last season, Eggman scored three goals under his defense in two games, Pique's face suddenly turned pale, and he said hesitantly: "At that time, I was not in the best form, so I let him take advantage of the loophole." I'm going to guard him off this time. β
When reporters were still asking Pique what would happen if he let Egerman score, Pique was annoyed and walked away
When the players of the Gosau team learned of the Barcelona player's remarks, Egerman just smiled: "Even if I don't score a goal, as long as the Gosau team can get the final victory, it will be enough." Of course, it would have been nice if I could have helped the team win with my own goals. β
When asked what he thought of Pique's words, Eggman said: "Can he prevent me if he says he can prevent it?" So it turns out that he didn't stop me against Barcelona last time because he didn't say anything before the game that he could stop me, right? Looking at it this way, as long as Pique says before each game that he can defend the opposing player and prevent him from scoring, then Barcelona will be invincible. β
Eggman's words made all the reporters laugh.
The rest of the Gosho squad was unhappy with Messi and Pique's words, with Avandzini saying: "We all have a lot of respect for Messi, he is one of the best players in the world. But he doesn't need to keep talking about the fact that he has won four Ballon d'Or awards. I think that's very ungraceful. β
"I'm optimistic that Egerman will surpass Messi in the number of Ballon d'Or awards in the future," Cardinhoe said. β
Horensten said: "I hope Pique's defensive skills will outweigh his lip service. β
Salihovic said he couldn't wait to play and that he would defend Messi with all his might.
The two teams were already on the suffrage with days to go, much to the delight of their reporters, and the more the players' rhetoric, the better their newspapers sold.
On April 21, Xiao Yang led the Gosho team to Barcelona to prepare for the first leg of the Gosau team against Barcelona two days in advance. After arriving in Barcelona, when interviewed by the Catalan media, he always replied that he had already said everything that needed to be said and would not be interviewed again.
At the same time, Xiao Yang also gave a gag order in the team, allowing the players to focus all their attention on the game. The training sessions of the Gosho team in the first two days of the game were also closed to the public.
Pep Guardiola also adopted a closed training approach, allowing his players to focus on the game itself.
The two teams stopped fighting at once, but behind the silence, people could still see the secret battle between the two teams.
At 7:45 p.m. on April 23, at the Camp Nou, Barcelona's home match against Gosau started as scheduled.
Duan Xuan, a CTV football commentator who came to the scene, introduced the lineups of the two teams: "The lineup of the home team Barcelona today is goalkeeper Pinto, left back Alba, right back Alves, central defenders Pique and Bartra, three midfielders are Cesc Fabregas, Xavi and Iniesta, and three forwards are a combination of Villa, Messi and Tello. Barcelona's starting line-up was very strong, but their former starting goalkeeper ValdΓ©s was on the bench after he announced last year that he would not renew his contract with Barcelona. His contract with Barcelona expires this summer, and Barcelona will not receive a penny for the transfer fee if he does not renew his contract with Barcelona, and putting him on the bench is a punitive measure against him by the club. β
"Let's take a look at the visiting Gossau starting line-up, their goalkeeper is Cicarelli, left-back Ribeiro, right-back Gugelmann, central defenders Salihovic and Chivali, two midfielders Antunovic and Sampedro, left winger Avanzini, right winger Horensten, two strikers a combination of Eggman and Kaudinho. Gosau's midfielders, Branislav Ivanovic and Lima, were unable to play due to injury, so this starting lineup is basically the strongest lineup that Coach Xiao Yang can put out. β
"Both teams have star-studded starting line-ups, they have a lot of attacking power, and their tactics today are not conservative, so I believe both teams will give the fans a great game together."
"With the referee on duty, England Chris . Martin's whistle blew and the game officially began. The home team Barcelona attacked from left to right in the first half, and they kicked off first. Messi knocked the ball to Villa, Villa knocked the ball back to Cesc Fabregas, and after a few inverted feet, Messi came with a long-range shot from about 35 meters from the edge of the penalty area, but the ball did not hit the target and did not pose any threat. β
After Messi completed the shot, he tightened his shoelaces, the location of the shot just now was a little far away, and he didn't feel good, this shot was just a way for him to try his foot. He was very hungry for goals today. I don't know why, but as soon as I saw Egerman, he felt so bad that he had to overpower him on the court.
After Ceccarelli sent the goal kick, Egerman ferried the ball to Sampedro in the front court, Sampedro took a few steps to get rid of Xavi's entanglement, and distributed the ball to Avandini on the left, Avanzini took the ball to the front, directly sent a 45-degree diagonal long pass, and passed the ball to Eggman's head who turned back into the penalty area, Eggman jumped high to head the goal, under the interference of Pique, his shot did not have any force, and was pressed under Pinto.
Pique's face was a little pale, he had already used his hands and feet just now, and some movements were close to fouls, but he was still grabbed by Eggman to nod the goal, how can he be prevented? Fortunately, today's referee is an Englishman, such a level of confrontation may have become commonplace for him, plus Eggman is not a striker who likes to fake falls, otherwise, when he jumped up and grabbed his shirt by himself, he fell down, and the referee awarded a penalty, he had nothing to say.
With only a few minutes to go and nearly ninety minutes to go, will you really be able to hold off Eggman? Pique couldn't help but have some doubts about himself.
Pep Guardiola walked to the sidelines, his face very serious, and it seemed that he was a little unhappy with the team's defence, which only put in two or three attacking players to give them a chance to head in the box. He yelled at Pique, who nodded his head again and again, and Guardiola returned to the dugout.
In the subsequent game, Barcelona controlled the ball more, they were very patient in the midfield and back, looking for opportunities to attack, and Gossau's midfield defense was very hard, Antunovic was super running, good defense, excellent tackling ability, with the help of Sampedro, he swept back and forth in the midfield, making it difficult for Barcelona's passing and receiving to the front court to be smooth.
Avantsini and Horensten are also further back than usual today, they are more like full-backs than wingers, and they and the four-man midfielders of two midfielders are fighting for Barcelona in the midfield, forcing the opponent to fall more at the back.
Barcelona's passes and receptions are difficult to pass through midfield, and they can only rely more on long passes to find opportunities to score, but this style of play is exactly what Barcelona are not good at. They didn't have a tall, physical centre-forward to support their attack, so their long balls were largely pushed out by Gosau's two tall centre-backs.
And Egerman and Coutinhoe, two high-school strikers with excellent physical fitness, firmly nailed Barcelona's entire defense at the back like nails, so that their backline did not dare to cross the thunder pool half a step, and their two full-backs with excellent assist ability, Alves and Alba, naturally could not play their assist ability.
Although Pique released wild words before the game to prevent Eggman, Guardiola is still very sober, and Eggman is now the best center forward in the world. In this game, Barcelona is of course to attack, but Egerman must not be defensive, in addition to using Pique to mark Egerman, he also arranged Alves to pay attention to Egerman's assistance at any time.
In addition to Egerman, Pep Guardiola also took note of Kautinhoe, who may not be as goal-scoring as Egerman, but if he relaxes his defence, his goalscoring ability cannot be underestimated.
In previous games, Barcelona's two full-backs have provided a lot of assists, and their centre-back Gerard Pique has been able to plug in at times, his technique is very good, and his surprise inserts can usually disrupt their opponents' defence, so it will play a very good role in attack and be a very good addition to Barcelona's overall attack.
But in today's game, Pique and the two fullbacks were firmly nailed to the back, not daring to move, which made Barcelona less of a very important offensive means, Barcelona's attack can only rely on the midfielders, in terms of numbers can not dominate, which makes their attack lose the previous mercury-like style.
In the first half of the game, Barcelona occupied nearly 70% of the possession, but they did not have many shots on goal, plus Messi's opening long-range shot was only three shots, and Gosau only had Egerman's opening shot.
The dreary scene of the game made the fans in front of the TV a little impatient, judging from the arrangement of the two teams, they expected that it would be a goal battle, but they did not expect that there were few shots on goal.
A fan posted on the Internet: "No wonder Barcelona's possession rate has always been very high, so it was brushed out by backing up like this?" β
The Barcelona fan immediately retorted: "LZSB, if you can control the ball at your feet and not let others snatch it, that's the ability, if you have the ability, you can brush up on the ball and let me see it?" β
Someone below replied: "See the theology of 'you do it, you go' again, 70% of the ball control, three shots on goal, what is the use of such a possession rate?" β
Immediately, someone agreed: "Like, aren't you okay?" You can do it, you can shoot! β
There are also fans who know more about the ball and said: "In fact, the possession rate is the initiative of the Gosho team, and the Gosho team's style of play is exactly the nemesis of the Barcelona team, they have excellent defense, the midfield can run and grab, and there are two invincible strong center forwards in front, both of whom can single-handedly pick up a whole line of defense, and it can be said that they are the strengthened version of the Chelsea team under Mourinho a few years ago." Barcelona is in trouble. β
The Barcelona fan said: "What did you take the initiative to let out? No, no, what's the difference between putting a bus in front of the goal? I believe Barcelona will win in the end. In fact, he may not have much confidence in saying this, after all, the current situation on the pitch does not show any signs that Barcelona can score.
Just when the online fans were arguing, there was an accident on the field.
In the 24th minute, Xavi made a long pass to the right side in the midfield, and after Tello got the ball, he took two steps forward, and suddenly shot from a distance, the ball went straight to the far corner, and Checarelli fell to the ground to save, but the ball suddenly bounced up after landing in the middle, and the speed accelerated, Checarelli was caught off guard, and only had time to punch the ball out.
The ball struck Salihovic's body before bouncing back into the centre of the box, where Villa was smart enough to slot the ball into the empty net.
Duan Xuan shouted: "Te slightly dribbled the ball, suddenly shot with his feet, it was a rebound ball, Cekcareli's second reaction was fast, he hit the ball with one hand, but the ball hit Salihovic's body, bounced back into the penalty area, Villa made up the shot, and the ball went in!!!!! Referee Martin signalled the goal to be valid, but the defenders of Gossau protested around him, as if to say that Villa was in an offside position when he made the stoppage. However, after questioning the assistant referee, Martin insisted on his decision. β