What if Barcelona had such a player?

Rijkaard shook his head, at least he didn't dare to think about it, it was not a matter of transfer value, it also involved other issues, such as the thirteenth on the field, when he came to Barcelona, it was difficult for him to adapt to Barcelona's tactical play, and he didn't need to talk about what he could do.

Barcelona is Barcelona, not any capable player can adapt, Barcelona must find players who can adapt to the team's style, so Barcelona is more Spanish players and South American players, such as Italy, England, Germany and other football powers, their players are also quite good, there are many top stars in the world, but there are only a few who can adapt to Barcelona.

This is Barcelona, a team that will always be special in world football.

In any case, Barcelona has fallen behind by one goal, and now we need to pay attention to how to play to win the game, Rijkaard knows that now is not the time to be anxious, the most important thing for the team at present is to stabilize, play more steadily, and control the rhythm of the game and the scene according to Barcelona's style of play, so as to seek scoring opportunities and limit the opponent's goals.

He called the captain Puyol and gave him his advice.

Soon the game started again.

It was a surprising start for Liverpool to score a goal in the first five minutes, but when the game restarted, Barcelona showed how strong they were at home, showing their ability to control the ball and show how pressing they were against their opponents.

Football is under the control of Barcelona most of the time.

When Barcelona want to play calmly, any opponent really feels powerless, they just keep passing, they keep passing, they can't press up and grab the ball - Barcelona want their opponents to do that, then they have a chance. But if they don't, Barcelona are passing the ball all the time, there are no good chances, they rarely take the initiative to pass the ball forward, more often it is cross-shifted, and occasionally the football goes up front. Then two or three foot passes went back to the back, and they always did that, and even though they made flashy passes, they felt lethargic for a long time.

Then Barcelona suddenly attacked.

Their attack was without a hint, from Deco to Iniesta, from Iniesta to Van Bommel, to Samuel Eto'o, to Ronaldinho and then Samuel Eto'o. In the end, the Kemeronian cushioned the ball directly into the net.

It was in the 36th minute of the first half.

"Eto'o!! Eto'o!! The Camp Nou commentator shouted excitedly, and the commentators of various TV stations also commented on the goal, which shocked the spirits of the fans who were still drowsy just now.

The goal was too sudden.

The goal came so smoothly that the whole process could probably be described as 'no tension', and Barcelona almost passed the ball into the Liverpool goal, which was a really frustrating goal, not to mention that Liverpool had been trying to defend hard. The defensive formation has been steady, even so. Barcelona also scored such a goal.

The Camp Nou stadium immediately descended into a sea of cheers, with Barcelona fans in the stands shouting Eto'o's name, "Eto'o! Eto'o! Eto'o! ”

Of course, Eto'o was not the fault of the goal alone, his only credit may have been the final kick, most of the others were the credit of his team-mates, and this goal also reflects the characteristics of Barcelona's attack. They rely on the integrity of the team, and the non-stop cooperation will make the opponent tired of defending even if they want to, and constantly dazzling the pass, making it really difficult for the opponent to defend it all.

The goal also made Barcelona fans finally sulk.

was poured into a goal by Liverpool at the beginning, and the frustration of Barcelona fans can be imagined. This is the Camp Nou, the opponent scored first, and there are two goals in the two legs, even the optimistic Barcelona fans think that the team may be eliminated in the Champions League, and after these dozens of minutes of play, and this wonderful goal, they feel that Barcelona will definitely be the winner.

"This is Barça! This is Barça! The fans scrambled to shout.

"Barcelona still recovered a goal......" England's commentator's voice was a little helpless, in fact, in the previous game, Barcelona had always been in possession, anyone could see that Barcelona's goal was really only a matter of time, "Liverpool should pay more attention to the defense, and how to change the situation, the game goes on like this, it is not surprising that they will lose to Barcelona." ”

That's the view of the England commentators, and that's the opinion of most veteran footballers, not so much about the goals, but because the situation is completely under Barcelona's control.

Barcelona use possession to control the situation, their possession rate has been above 70%, this possession rate means that Liverpool has little time to get the ball, not much time to get the ball, there are not many natural attacks, and there will not be many opportunities, in the previous game, except for that goal, Liverpool only had two shots on goal, and they were all long-range shots on the periphery, and they did not score into the Barcelona penalty area at all.

In terms of various numbers, Barcelona has an all-round advantage.

This may not tell the whole story, but it is enough to say that the situation of both teams is now.

Liverpool is fully passive, and more importantly, they don't dare to attack and Barcelona to the death, which is almost no different from admitting defeat, although Liverpool has a goal advantage, but when there is more than half time in the game, a goal advantage is really nothing, not to mention, as long as Barcelona scores another goal, it can eliminate Liverpool with an away goal advantage.

The game was quite unfavorable against Liverpool.

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In the final minutes of the first half, neither team scored again, and the first half ended 1-1, and many pro-Liverpool media and fans exhaled when they heard the referee's whistle.

Just looking at the final game of the first half, Barcelona scored only one goal, which was really lucky for Liverpool.

The Liverpool players who returned to the dressing room were also in a heavy mood, using small tactics to score a goal in the opening stage, which was quite a good start, but they didn't expect the next 40 minutes to be like this, they were beaten completely without fighting back, no. It should be said that they don't have time to possess the ball at all, so they don't have too many chances, Barcelona just use constant control to limit the number of their attacks, which may be the 'Barcelona rhythm' in the crosses, as various media say.

The last time at Anfield, the two teams played each other. Liverpool didn't feel that Barcelona was so strong, and these 40 minutes were really a heavy test for the team, Liverpool's cooperation was also good, and the ball control ability was also top in the Premier League, but the gap was really too big compared to Barcelona.

They don't know how to do it.

The players back in the dressing room were waiting for Benitez to come back, and they wanted the manager to tell them how to play in the second half, even Zhang Tiehan, who also felt depressed in the first half, and it was the first time he had this feeling of powerlessness. He can't get the ball in the front court at all, and the back court is very weak to participate in the defense, because Barcelona's attack is definitely 'full-court level', many times the football is in the backfield, and two or three passes go to the front court, and he can't do anything to participate in the defense in the backfield.

That feeling...... Zhang Tiehan also experienced the strength of Barcelona.

It's no wonder that many media think that Barcelona is the team with the highest hopes of winning the title, they are indeed strong, much better than Liverpool. Especially in terms of controlling the ball, Zhang Tiehan and a group of Liverpool players can only bow down. But it doesn't have to be a win.

Zhang Tiehan actually still has a chance.

In addition to the opening goal, Zhang Tiehan also got another shot on goal, which was in the small corner of the penalty area, which was a counterattack opportunity, but Zhang Tiehan did not kick on target that time, and the football flew directly out of the bottom line. He's also frustrated by that shot – if he could have scored, the team would have been much better!

That's what he thinks.

As for Barcelona being strong or something, he just thinks about it a little, he values his own appearance more if he can take every opportunity. So what opponent is invincible?

Benitez walked into the locker room.

He's been thinking on the road, no, it's fair to say that he's been in a lot of thinking from the halfway point of the first half, and he's been thinking about it until now, and many people know that the Spaniard is best at tactics, he's a master tactician, in fact, he likes to think about tactics the most.

Now it was a matter of tactics before him.

Barcelona's tactics, Liverpool's coping methods, these two, he has been thinking about them for a long time, maybe this month, he has been thinking about related issues, he has come up with a lot of tactics to deal with Barcelona's style of play, such as using the same full-court pressing as Barcelona, using physical confrontation to block the opponent's control of the ball, and then attacking against attacking, constantly and frequently fast breaking, like Arsenal's style of play, to fight with Barcelona to score, both methods will be very effective, but unfortunately not applicable to Liverpool.

Now he still has to face this problem.

The choice he gave the team was the best defensive counterattack, the best is the best, and Liverpool could play the best tactics, but when Barcelona played smoothly and even let them control the pace of the game, this style of play was too passive, and even equivalent to handing over all the initiative.

The team also had a goal advantage, but it was too unsafe in front of Barcelona's attack.

Rafa Benitez is not going to give up the initiative and let God decide Liverpool's future, especially when he still has a good card in his hand.

Zhang Tiehan.

That's the best hand Benitez has in his hand.

Other teams don't have Zhang Tiehan, so when they are Liverpool's opponents, they have to face the problem of how to limit Zhang Tiehan, Benitez doesn't have to think about this problem, but he has to think about how to play Zhang Tiehan's maximum role.

It's a blessing to have such a player with such outstanding individual ability.

If it weren't for Zhang Tiehan, Benitez would almost certainly have given up and let the team defend to defend and try to hold on to this goal-scoring advantage, because he has no other options, and only then will there be a chance of survival.

But with Zhang Tiehan, it's different.

Having Zhang Tiehan means that the team has the ability to counterattack, so he will not give up letting the team fight back and look for goal hope.

But when he walked into the dressing room, the first thing Benitez said was, "We're going to defend a little tighter...... ......