Chapter 229: The Big Bird and the Donkey

"It's like asking if you can help me out? Why do you ask so much?! He Xu was angry with Elena. Bird said. Obviously, it was his situation that made He Xu feel very embarrassed.

Elena actually blinked at this time, and then said to He Xu in a coquettish voice, "What kind of attitude do you have?" I'm sincere! But how can people help you? Or will you teach me? And then I'll help you out? What do you think? ”

He Xu had nothing to say, he could only dry up the ice water in the cup in one gulp, and even chewed the ice cubes inside.

Elena. Bird smiled like a little fox who had succeeded in his plan, and secretly stretched out his hand and made a "V" gesture.

Chen Bo shrugged his shoulders and reached out to pat He Xu's shoulder to show sympathy. Of course, we don't know if there is ridicule in the sympathy, so we can only ask Chen Bo himself.

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At the door of the locker room, Thiago suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed Liang Zhao, and whispered to him, "Liang! At the beginning of the second half, you hold the ball more and break into the penalty area, and I will control the pace of the football and the game! That guy Mertesacker, it's so hard to deal with! I think you should be more able to deal with him. What do you think? ”

Thiago was right, the biggest disadvantage of the tall and strong Mertesacker was his slow speed. And Barcelona's No. 11, although he has outstanding skills, but when it comes to speed, he is not so fast, and he is not tall, with a small stride, even if he passes Mertesacker, when the big man turns around, he can easily poke the ball at Thiago's feet from behind. Liang Zhao also agreed with Thiago's opinion and nodded in agreement. The two leaders of Barcelona's young generation have agreed on the division of labor between the two in the second half.

And in the dressing room at Arsenal. Arsene Wenger is also making final adjustments to his defensive tactics.

In the first half of the game, Chen Boyan and Mertesacker, one of them was responsible for following the ball handler, and the other needed to make up for the situation in the backcourt and defend other players. Mertesacker, who has more defensive ability and personal toughness, seems to defend more ball-handling players, while Chen Boyan covers a larger area, so he has to make up for it more often. Although the arrangement made perfect sense, Wenger made adjustments after thinking about it......

The second half was about to start as the three of them were laughing and chatting at half-time. So there was no sound of turning on the TV. Therefore, they didn't hear the voice of the female commentator that Chen Bo thought was very sexy, and He Xu and Elena said that they were stupid and stupid.

At halftime. Neither team made any personnel changes. It seems that Guardiola is really not ready to send a "double core" in this game. And no wonder. With such a good group of young players, why not let the main players rest more in a game where the pressure is not so great?

When Tang Lintian walked out of the players' tunnel, he suddenly turned his head to Liang Zhao and said, "Hey! Although you are my compatriot! But I'll definitely fix you in the second half! You won't have another chance! We're going to take you down. Win the game! You remembered it for me! The surname is Liang! ”

For their own compatriots, this borders on a provocative declaration. Liang Zhao did not show the corresponding passion. just said to Tang Lintian as if he remembered something. "If you lose this game! Don't forget to give me your jersey! If you win this game, please leave me your shirt after the game as well! ”

Hearing his words, Tang Lintian did not answer. Just put away his usual sunshine and nodded coldly with a smile. Chen Boyan, who was walking beside him, shook his head very regretfully, alas! I wanted your clothes! What a chance! You have a front waist, what kind of team uniform do you change with the opponent's front waist?! Is there a mistake?!

He didn't say it, Tang Lintian and Liang Zhao naturally didn't know his complaints, and the three Chinese walked onto the court together. They each stood in their positions, and Liang Zhao's expression made it impossible to see what he was thinking. And Chen Boyan and Tang Lintian's expressions were a little unexpectedly solemn, after all, if they can't create a miracle, then they will once again become a stepping stone for Barcelona to enter the Champions League semifinals. This is naturally something that none of them want to see!

Guardiola was already sitting in his seat, holding a bottle of mineral water in his hand and sipping it. It is not by luck that he has been able to lead Barcelona to become the strongest team in Europe and the world in recent years, he is a person who is very good at making introspection and self-defeating. Later in the first half, his tactical set-up now looked unreasonable, which led to the team conceding goals, so he quickly made adjustments. Let the team once again start to strengthen the attack, no longer blindly counterattack and possession.

Arsene Wenger was unaware of Guardiola's plans, but his troubles were already on the horizon......

At the start of the second half, Barcelona showed great aggression, and they pressed Arsenal in front of the field. This seems to be in response to what Krudelli said, Barcelona will definitely open a stronger counterattack after conceding the goal......

Liang Zhao and Thiago interspersed with clever runs in midfield, as Wilshere and Arteta were not so strong defensively, Mertesacker and Chen had to make up for it from time to time to try to control Barcelona's imposing and powerful young midfielders.

Chen Boyan's marking of Liang Zhao has become a close defense, and he almost wants to control this opponent from the moment he receives the ball. His kind of defense once made He Xu and Chen Bo miserable, but when it came to Liang Zhao, the effect of this defense seemed to have been weakened a lot.

As a striker, Chen Bo and He Xu don't have much room to run, He Xu's consciousness is still somewhat defective, and Chen Bo is limited by physical strength. So when they received the ball, they were often interfered with by Chen Boyan. But Liang Zhao is different, as a forward midfielder, he has more room to move, the entire midfield is at his disposal, plus the tacit understanding honed over the years and superior physical conditions. Chen Boyan had little effect on Liang Zhao's follow-up, and at the same time, he also consumed a lot of his own physical strength......

The game was a stalemate, although Arsenal's defense did not do well, Messi and Cesc Fabregas did not seem to be in shape, and Pedro was also squeezed by Sagna so that he could not receive the ball at all, so Barcelona's attack failed to achieve much effect. Arsenal are tired of defending, and it is even more difficult to achieve in attack.

He Xu shook his head, the drawbacks of Barcelona's extreme ground coordination tactics were shown at this time. When the ground penetrates, the passing and cutting coordination does not work, they often fall into a stalemate. If they had replaced a strong center forward like Ibrahimovic at this time, they might have been able to solve a lot of problems.

Pep Guardiola seemed to be a little dissatisfied with the situation, he stood up, took advantage of a dead ball time, called Liang Zhao to his side, and quickly instructed him.

Through the TV screen, He Xu saw Guardiola using rich body language to gesture to his friends. Liang Zhao just looked at the head coach's movements with an indifferent face, as if he had thought that the coach would make such an arrangement.

Barcelona's free-kick from the back court reached the feet of Liang Zhao, who swept the ball to Thiago and made a reverse run. Thiago made a gesture to pass the ball, Arteta hurriedly pounced, who knew that Thiago just used his right foot to pull the ball from front of him to behind him, and then knocked in front of him, after the whole action was completed coherently, Arteta was just dangled by Thiago to the side without the ball.

Thiago calmly completed a ground pass with his left foot, which he himself could not have imagined would penetrate Arsenal's weak rib defence. The ball rolled past the outstretched feet of the defenders and just reached Messi's feet.

After Messi, who had been a little silent in this game, received the ball, there was no one around him to defend. Perhaps it was his endless walks that made opponents forget that he existed, but after receiving the ball, he comfortably dribbled into the Arsenal penalty area, as if he were in no man's land......

Mariano. Arena looked at Koscielny, who wanted to come up to make up for the defense, and suddenly yelled, "You dodge!" I got it! After a loud roar, he gave up the goal and rushed out very decisively!

Mariano with outstretched arms. Arena was like a big bird with outstretched wings, and he rushed to the little flea in front of him.

Chen Bo kept smashing his mouth, "Oops! This kid is really dying! How can he prevent Messi's goal like this? It's death! It's over, it's over, it's over ”

No one paid any attention to his broken thoughts, because Mariano. Arini told them with his actions, what about Messi? It's okay to take me!

Messi watched Mariano's attack, but still chose his usual volley. It's a pity that this kick was grabbed in the air by Mariano, who was nearly two meters away, with one hand.

After a recent appearance at the game, Mariano. Arini's height seems to have changed quite a bit. He Xu measured it with his own eyes at this time, this guy is at least one meter nine five tall, and he has a pair of long arms that can reach two meters and five. Such height and long arms really make it difficult for strikers facing him to find space to shoot. What's more, a guy with such a body actually has extremely sensitive reactions and movements!

Just when He Xu was full of praise for this save, Chen Bo suddenly said, "I don't know if this kid called just now!" Compared to his saves and defense, I think it's his shouting that annoys me more. This one came out of the zoo and called the donkey......"

Maybe it's because of Chen Bo, so Mariano. In the years after Arini became famous, in addition to the nickname "Big Bird" that has been legendary by fans, he was also called "Called Donkey" by some peers and friends in the circle. (To be continued......)