Chapter 136: Sprinting and chasing
As the saying goes, "if you don't take it, you will be blamed", and the gift of facing Vela twice in a row also made Qu Jing no longer polite and tried the third shot of the game.
Pique and Mascherano were managed to be brought away by others, and Sergio Busquets couldn't block his shot in time, which should have been a very good chance, but it was the frustration that left him and his team-mates feeling extremely frustrated...... Kicked off again!
"Damn", watching the ball fly straight to the stands, Qu Jing raised his head and scolded in his heart, he found that he seemed to have a psychological barrier in shooting, stopping the ball and getting up there was no problem, but in the strength and angle of the ball being blasted out, it was always unsatisfactory.
It's nowhere near as confident and sure as he is when he passes the ball.
"Shit! Let's practice shooting and come back......"
"Haha, I think you shouldn't shoot at all, don't be ashamed!"
Listening to the sarcasm of the home fans behind the goal, Qu Jing felt very remorseful, there were very few shooting opportunities created in the first place, but his own shot was like a big kick!
He shook his head at Bella helplessly, apologizing for betraying his trust. Bella tilted her neck and walked over and patted him on the shoulder, but the warp did not get rid of his comfort, and the void of hatred kicked again, and it was difficult to hide the loss in her expression.
Agusli on the sidelines watched every move of the Qu Jing. In this kind of difficult competition, the pressure on the players can be imagined, but the game is not over yet, and he does not want the bad mood to continue to spread.
Taking advantage of the dead ball state, he beckoned Qu Jing to the sidelines and gave instructions: "Qu, don't have psychological pressure, doesn't MSN also don't score?" No one has a 100 per cent shot success rate, and if you blame yourself, what should Carlos think? Pick up the confidence, just like you pass the ball, don't worry, I order you now, as soon as you see a good opportunity, you have to shoot, OK? ”
“O…… K! ”
Looking at the encouragement in Agusli's eyes, Qu Jing suddenly became relieved - "What's there! Who shoots is not shooting, if I count this as a wave shot, MSN is not the same wave at home? ”
Thinking of this, he deliberately swept through MSN, which was a little sympathetic to him, this is a luxurious combination in today's football, they don't think it's a squander, what do I blame myself?!
This barefoot mentality of not being afraid to wear shoes also made him regain his fighting spirit and concentration, and as the two teams switched between attack and defense, he began to cover and run at both ends of the court again.
Although under the inspiration of Corone, his physical strength is fully enough to cope with the ordinary 90 minutes of the game, but in this game, it is necessary to balance the attack and defense, so the physical consumption is much greater than the average game.
It was beyond his limits, but it was because the game was so crucial that he gritted his teeth and desperately persevered. Seeing the time slip away minute by minute, the only thing he wants now is to try his best to score a goal before he can no longer support it.
For the two-legged knockout round, a single away goal often affects the final result, which is also the consensus of the whole team, and in fact, the team-mates in every position are almost fighting.
Especially their backline, after withstanding the Barça team's colorful offensive cooperation again and again, everyone's movement seemed a little sluggish.
The new Ilya Ramendi was fit, but he was unable to cope with the nimble Neymar and Andres Iniesta, who had excellent ball control, on the right flank, and he was able to retreat to the right to fill in for him.
It should be said that since Agusli started to coach the first team, the transformation of the backline has been very successful, and the small number of goals conceded also speaks for itself. The greater significance of this is that it has brought unprecedented confidence to the players, especially in several dialogues with strong teams, which has allowed the defenders led by Martinez to form a very good defensive tacit understanding.
This is also a big reason why Real Sociedad has not allowed MSN to score the goal.
However, the decline in fitness has seriously affected the quality of their defence.
Barcelona also made full use of their weaknesses, such as Neymar and Messi, who consciously reduced their individual breakthroughs, and instead played the best pass and control cooperation.
The way to move the ball is the most physically exhausting for the defenders, and it will also make the defenders leaky in the frequent movements, and the lack of interception and delay of Barcelona's possession in the midfield has also led to the situation where Barcelona besieged the Real Sociedad goal.
There was nothing he could do about it, he didn't have the stamina to cover more areas, and even if he could barely cope with it in a one-on-one defence, Barca's fluid passing and transfer left him with no choice.
This is also an inevitable hard injury for civilian teams.
There is still a big gap between the ability of the players in various positions compared to the top players, and when they are full of physical energy, they can make up for the lack of ability with their spare running, and once their physical fitness declines, it is difficult to form a substantial barrier to a team of Barcelona's level.
Barça's pace of progress and the seldom of passing and receiving errors also allowed Real Sociedad to compress their entire defence, borrowing from Atletico's approach in defence to try not to allow the opposition to shoot easily in dangerous areas.
But the Barcelona players didn't seem to be in a hurry to shoot, the ball kept falling at their feet, seemingly calm, but in fact it contained infinite killing opportunities - blocking the angle they would immediately divide the ball, if not, it would really come to the kick.
This also made the retreat defensive Qu Jing a little tired.
He didn't like the rhythm of being led by the nose the most, but there was nothing he could do about it.
There are only a few players who can pose a threat in the average team, and there is still a defensiveness to target, but the Barcelona team has too many attacking points, and the defensive negligence of any player can lead to conceding goals.
In desperation, Qu Jing was ready to make a desperate bet.
He opted for a symbolic defence, and instead of moving the ball back and forth, he opted to stay outside the box for the most part.
From 78 minutes to 86 minutes, the Barcelona team bombarded Real Sociedad fans, so that Real Sociedad's defenders could only passively and hastily destroy, and goalkeeper Rulli became the busiest person on the field.
In addition to the two crossbars and columns that helped a lot, the rest of the time also allowed the audience to enjoy his wonderful saving performance.
It's like getting the favor of the goddess of luck, in addition to the Barcelona players who missed a few shots, the shots that hit the goal frame again and again were also unbelievably successful for Rulli to resolve, especially Neymar's close heel juggling shot, which made Rulli, who had already fallen to the ground and pounced on the other side, magically blocked the ball with his toes......
In the 87th minute, Rulli fell to the ground again and after getting the ball before Messi could touch it, he almost immediately bounced off the ground and then quickly threw the ball to Qu Jing, who had been waiting for his chance outside the penalty area.
In his usual training, Rulli and Qu Jing often cooperate in this way, and he also believes in Qu Jing's ability to get rid of it. So just now he didn't hesitate for a moment, and threw the ball over with great accuracy.
Adriano had been keeping an eye on the warp, and when he saw Rulli throw the ball at the warp, he immediately leaned on the warp from behind so that he could not turn around easily.
But Qu Jing didn't control the ball at the first time, but didn't wait for the ball to fully hit the ground, he picked it back with his right foot, and then turned and grazed it past Adriano's left side.
Barça's players, in addition to Mascherano and Sergio Busquets, were involved in the siege of Real Sociedad. So Adriano, of course, knew the consequences of being broken through by the Qu Jing, and he immediately made a pulling movement, causing the Qu Jing to stumble a few steps and almost fall to the ground.
However, Qu Jing still managed to catch up with the ball, and then struggled to start at high speed - a second of delay would have the Barcelona players defend quickly, and he didn't want to waste this golden opportunity!
The fans in the stands also enjoyed what looked like a sprint.
In addition to the dribbling of the ball, Real Sociedad's Vella, Canales and Bruma were also activated at the same time, while Barcelona's Adriano, Sergio Busquets, Alves, Pique and Turan were also in hot pursuit from behind, with only one to two metres separating the players from both sides.
"Chase, chase! Don't let the damn fight back! Many Barcelona fans raised their hearts to their throats, and some even began to clench their fists, praying that their players would intercept the ball quickly.
But the sheer speed of the players played a huge role at the moment, with Vela running to the front, Bruma almost on par with Qu Jing, Alves and Adriano not being pulled away by them, and the likes of Canales, Sergio Busquets, Pique and Turan being left further and further behind......