Chapter 58: Patience
The foreshadowing on the football field is, to put it bluntly, a high-risk investment. *
Lin Sen asked Suarez to observe half of the game on the sidelines, and the answer Suarez gave kept him from doing completely useless work, but if he really pinned all his hopes on Suarez alone, it was obviously unrealistic.
Most teams can be said to be too busy to take care of Barcelona when facing Barcelona, let alone attack. But that doesn't mean Barcelona really just need to defend by passing through, they also have a world-class defence, and if a team like Barcelona just makes people look at half the game and let people find weaknesses, then they are not Barcelona.
It's just that since Lin Sen let Suarez do this, in addition to believing in Suarez's ability, it is actually not a gamble.
Manchester City is no worse than Barcelona on the card, at least Lin Sen knows this, and the bad things, Manchester City can't make up for it in a short time, and Lin Sen doesn't think he can make up for it, even if he cheats against the sky, he can't change this fact, then, if Manchester City still wants to beat Barcelona, it can only be rich and dangerous.
In the past 20 minutes, in addition to paying attention to the situation on the field, Lin Sen's most frequent small action is the time to watch the game. Almost every few minutes, he would look at the time of the game out of the corner of his eye. It's not because he's hoping for the game to end sooner, of course, but he's calculating how much time his team has left to carry out another little plot of his own.
He told Suarez to be patient because once Suarez "loses patience", then Barcelona will not be able to give him a second chance, but he does not know if there will be an opportunity for Suarez to "lose patience" in the game, so time is of the essence.
It's just that since then, no matter how subtle Lin Sen's actions are, there are many times. He will inevitably be looked at by those who have a heart.
This person with a heart is Barcelona's assistant coach Vilanova.
Lin Sen's move to look at the time, Villanova originally saw it by accident, he thought it was just an illusion at the time, which is not surprising, when the second half only started for a long time, who would start paying attention to the time of the game at that time? However, next, he saw Lin Sen's same move again, which made him curious. It's just curiosity is curiosity. He didn't understand what Lin Sen's move meant.
Pay attention to the game time, every coach will encounter it to a greater or lesser extent, and the meaning is different, some are judging the situation, and some are simply waiting for the game to end......
Vilanova, who couldn't figure it out, told Guardiola about this small detail, but Guardiola didn't figure it out either, just considering that from the beginning of the second half, the situation of the game was controlled by Barcelona, which seems to be understood as Linsen is just "boiling".
Two-legged knockout round. With a score of 1-0 against Barcelona, it can indeed be regarded as an equivalent score, but with the lead to Camp Nou. It's better than going to Camp Nou with a draw, or a trail, because such a scoreline, at least, can give Manchester City a choice. A choice that many teams often make at Camp Nou.
That is, to the end.
Xavi passed the ball to Pedro, who didn't see a chance. He then passed the ball back to Keita, who quickly overplayed Busquets in the face of Vidal's pressing, and then Busquets handed the ball back to Xavi......
How many passes did it take?
No one counts, the fans in the stands only know that the ball has been controlled by Barcelona at their feet for a long time, although they did not form a shot for a "long time" in this period, but the ball is still at their feet, you press, he passes, you force it in a hurry, and if it doesn't work, he will pass it back...... In short, the ball is theirs.
Suarez is not inactive, when the ball is in his area, he still presses, but he never runs all over the pitch because he has his task. However, it is still a slightly embarrassing situation for a striker who is accustomed to keeping the ball at his feet, playing for more than 20 minutes and not even reaching double digits in the number of touches.
Suarez can't do anything about it, and he can't complain about his teammates because he knows very well that his teammates are not not working hard.
Be patient.
Whenever this happens, Suarez remembers what his manager told him.
Yes, be patient, the opportunity will always come and all he needs to do is take it.
Thinking of this, Suarez raised his head and glanced at his diagonal front again, intentionally or unintentionally.
The taller man is Pique, who is his age, and his career has been a smooth career at the heart of Spain's future defence. The not so tall is Mascherano, who is just a "cameo" central defender. At this time, because the ball was at the feet of Barcelona, the two were in front of each other, almost pressing the position of the center circle.
The corners of Suarez's mouth twitched, he took a deep breath, and muttered something in his heart.
Waiting-
No team can threaten the opposition goal for 90 minutes, not even Barcelona.
It's not that Barcelona doesn't have this ability, but because of objective conditions, just like Messi has enough ability to reproduce the "dragon" just now, but he can't play like this for the whole game. And, as Guardiola had worried before, several attacks were fruitless, and the mentality of the players inevitably had to be impetuous, and once they were impetuous, the attack could not be as smooth as before.
At the same time, it is impossible for Manchester City to allow Barcelona to be so brazen and constantly threaten their goal, as evidenced by the sudden increase in the number of fouls committed by Manchester City.
As a result, the game came to a stalemate.
Now, it's Guardiola's turn to start watching the game frequently.
The time of the game can give people the illusion of "fast" in several situations, one is when both sides play offensive football, the two sides come and go, everyone's attention is attracted, and the other is when you are behind, such as the feeling of Pep Guardiola right now.
Before you know it, eighty minutes have passed, that is, there are only about ten minutes left for Barcelona to change the result.
At this time, Guardiola, who had never stood still, finally made a substitution.
Dutch winger Afelai, replaced Pedro, who was "locked" by Zabaleta in this game.
In his opinion, if Iniesta was not absent due to injury, then Barcelona's midfield would definitely not let Manchester City be so lightly "locked" to death, in that case, Barcelona would not fall into the current backward situation.
The narrator's feelings are not unreasonable, but they do not help.
Less than three minutes after that substitution, Linson waited for the opportunity he had been waiting for in the second half, or rather, Suarez had waited for the opportunity he had been looking for.
Stormy waves arise from still waves.
In the 84th minute, Barcelona once again made a dazzling pass to burn the attacking fire to the right side of Manchester City, that is, the position of Afelai, who had just come on the field, Linsen did not know what Guardiola said to Afelai, but obviously, Afelai, who had just come on the field, overestimated his ability.
Players who come on at the last minute don't always become heroes, and they can also be failures.
Afele tried to use his skills to break through Zabaleta, but Zabaleta was quick to tell him that he was not much tougher than Pedro, who had just come off the pitch, with a crisp tackle.
Afele fell to the ground with a wolf bèi, and then opened his arms to complain to the referee about the foul, but the tackle was almost under his nose, and the referee didn't want to pay attention to the opponent's complaint, and Zabaleta quickly transferred the ball to the retreating Yaya Toure as before.
Yaya Toure, who received the ball, originally planned to move the ball to the two wings as he had done before, and then slowly organize the attack, but when he turned his head, he saw a dark blue figure standing at the far end.
The body is shaped like a taut bow.
No offside!
Yaya Toure's eyes lit up.
Then, like a guided missile, the ball flew over most of the pitch and flew directly into the heart of Barcelona.
Yaya Toure made a long pass, and Manchester City counter-attacked...... Wow...... Where did he come from? Oh my God, is it offside? No! No offside! Suarez is chasing the ball and right now, he's the closest! Barcelona is in danger! ”
Vilanova stood up from the dugout!
Guardiola, who has always stood on the sidelines, felt a chill in his heart.
The entire Manchester City bench and coaches got up and looked in unison at the side of the pitch.
Damn it!!!
Valdés cursed in his heart, because he was now, Mascherano, who was dragging at the end, couldn't keep up with Suarez's pace, that is, if this ball was received by Suarez, then this is an out-and-out one-knife ball!
After a moment's hesitation, Valdés abandoned the door!
He hoped he would be able to reach the ball earlier than Suarez, but he underestimated Suarez's degree.
Just when he could almost see the stripes on the ball flying in the air, Suarez had already arrived at the landing point.
This situation made his heart cold.
The final landing of the ball is not in the box, but less than two meters in front of the box.
If Valdés rushes out of the box, then his hand is sealed. If he doesn't rush out of the box, he can't block the angle of the opponent's shot.
It's a dilemma, but Valdés has to make a choice, now, right away!
Valdés chose to move on.
Trying to destroy the football when the opponent is not on a firm footing. It's just that Suarez didn't give him such a chance, because Suarez didn't even stop the ball, he just put his waist on the spot and then shook his head lightly.
Header from outside the box. (To be continued!)
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