Chapter Seventy-Eight: Luck
The Rose Garden Stadium suddenly burst into thunder.
It wasn't the goal, but Quaresma's two deft pulls past Keita and Abidal.
However, looking at the green Quaresma overhead, Linson couldn't be happy, because it was a quick counterattack opportunity, but the ball stopped at the feet of the Portuguese, and then soon not only he was quickly entangled, Yaya Toure had already made up for the position on the left, Quaresma's breakthrough was beautiful, but in fact it delayed the fighter, and it didn't make any sense for Malaga's attack, and it was just an increase in a shot that didn't go far.
It's just that the fans obviously don't care about this, and it's no wonder they're excited, for most of the game, almost all of Barcelona's superstars are putting on a good show, when is it the turn of the Malaga players to have this kind of opportunity, and Quaresma's desire to watch Xiàn just satisfies this desire of the fans.
In fact, for Quaresma, a "bad habit" that makes Linsen's teeth itch many times, Linsen has reminded him more than once in training: Sometimes, a simple one-kick pass is far more effective than a gorgeous breakthrough. The Portuguese didn't fight against Lin Sen every time, but almost always the old illness quickly recurred. In this game, if it weren't for Duda's accidental muscle strain before the game, Linsen would not have wanted Quaresma to start.
But since he is the starter, Lin Sen can only believe him, of course, Lin Sen has to be a hair dryer on the sidelines a few more times.
The game was still 0-0.
Malaga's small-field area defense has brought great trouble to Barcelona's passing control, and Barcelona's on-the-spot counter-robbery has also nipped Malaga's defensive counterattack in the bud many times, and neither side has received much benefit, of course, purely from the perspective of the field, it is naturally Barcelona who has the advantage.
Lin Sen squinted at the glowing Guardiola, wondering when the opponent would activate the nuclear weapons on the bench.
Only more than half a season can be transformed from a person who shines from the top of his head to a shining person, Lin Sen is still the first time to see, let alone a coach, Lin Sen knows that in memory there are many people who think that Guardiola's success is just a good time to catch up with Barcelona, his coaching ability has yet to be tested, frankly speaking, for Mourinho and Guardiola, a pair of managers who are often compared together, Lin Sen himself prefers to appreciate the former, but this appreciation has nothing to do with coaching talent, but simply because of temperament, Compared to the subtle Pep Guardiola, Mourinho is more of a man of temperament. But now it seems that Guardiola is certainly catching up with the good time, but he is also really capable.
As for nuclear weapons, it naturally refers to Messi. Messi, who is still a "little flea", did not start this game and was on the bench.
It's not because of injury, it's not because he's out of shape, it's just that Guardiola wants him to rest. After Barcelona's former leader Ronaldinho left for Italy, Messi has been in a better posture under Pep Guardiola this season, if there is only one person in the Barcelona team who needs Guardiola to discuss with the head coach of the national team, it is not Eto'o, not Xavi, it can only be Messi.
Not only did Messi not play, but Xavi, the core of the midfield, did not play, but even so, Barcelona's midfield is still daunting: Thierry Henry, Samuel Eto'o and teenager Pedro have a front trident, and Andres Iniesta, Yaya Toure and Keita form a midfield three.
Barcelona played very patiently, even if the game had passed seventy minutes, even if the score was still a draw, but they were still unhurried to carry out the reversal, of course, in the eyes of Lin Sen, Barcelona's patience is no different from hypnosis, he has no doubt that as long as Malaga relaxes his vigilance, Barcelona will quickly launch a thunderous blow. Therefore, making his team more patient than Barcelona is the most important requirement for Linsen to the team before the game, preferring to give up some suspected good attacking opportunities and ensure that Malaga's defense can be solid first.
The team carried out the manager's intentions to the letter, and also put Barcelona on the foot for most of the game, but there were few real chances, as was the rhythm before the first leg of the goal.
It wasn't until the 75th minute of the game that Pep Guardiola turned to the bench and then Messi started to warm up.
Guardiola has rarely taken the initiative this season, one is that he believes very much in his pre-game tactical arrangement, and the other is that changing tactics usually means that the shape on the field is needed, and there are not many games that Barcelona can make Guardiola forced to shape this season. In the last game against Malaga, it was Linsen who took the initiative first, but the last time Linsen was not the initiative, because Gabi was sent off at that time, and he had to adjust.
Seeing Messi stand up, Lin Sen also saw the move, you change me, Kaleyan and Alba are on standby.
Three minutes later, Pep Guardiola replaced the youngster Pedro with Messi, while Linson very simply replaced the two wingers with two more defensive wide players to further strengthen the defense on the wing.
At this time, there was a discordant scene on the court.
Quaresma, who came off the field at the same time as Reus, did not walk back to the bench after high-fiveing Linson like Royce, but walked directly to the player's corridor. Linsen, who had long noticed that Quaresma's feelings were wrong, did not reach out and avoided an embarrassment, but at the moment he did not have time to think about how to deal with the disgruntled Quaresma, and as Guardiola played his trump card, the game entered the final ten minutes.
Last time, Lin Sen fell short, and this time, Lin Sen will never allow his team to lose.
The ball came to the feet of Iniesta, in this game, Iniesta replaced Xavi to take over the midfield organization, and Xavi, although Iniesta is not so experienced in passing, but in the personal breakthrough is more sharp, if it were not for Messi's birth, he was originally the best candidate to take over the banner of Xiao Luo.
As soon as Iniesta received the ball, Gabi stood in front of him, which gave Iniesta a little headache, and now he finally knew why Xavi was trying to get the person in front of him in the last game, the compatriot in front of him, who was only one year older than himself, but looked much older than himself, was simply a perpetual motion machine, and the tactical literacy was still very high, it was not difficult to break through him by himself, but it was a problem to get rid of him.
This time, Iniesta didn't want to entangle with Gabi, he made a gesture to break through, and then a back-heel passed the ball to Yaya Toure who was inserted in the back row, and Yaya Toure, who also had his own problem called "Gundogan", quickly transferred the ball to Keita, who was under less pressure, and with the opening of Iniesta and Yaya Toure, Keita's vision was broader......
Henry on the left, Eto'o at the front, and Messi on the right, these are Keita's three passing options, Henry is unattended, but the Frenchman's body has obviously declined, and he retreats a little far, Eto'o is most likely to form a direct blow, but he is also the opponent's main defensive object, as for Messi on the right, he is simply under the supervision of the opponent's Rosatoto and Alba......
Keita frowned a little, too.
It's just that the shape on the field no longer allows him to hesitate, and he chooses - right.
Messi.
Alba is too tender, and Messi, who is only two years older than the other party, is just a feint to come to such a conclusion, because Alba has already arrived behind him.
Rosato is too old, and against Rosato, Messi's passing is very direct, dividing the ball, accelerating, and passing.
The cries of the Rose Garden seemed to break suddenly.
The same combination of two people, Quaresma also did the same thing, but even the fans can see the difference between these two passes, because unlike the Barcelona backline that can only look at the defense in place after Quaresma's pass, Messi passed directly like a sharp knife into the ribs of Malaga's defense.
Lin Sen's heart suddenly tightened.
He can't help but be nervous, Messi's road number, he has seen too much in the goal highlights in his memory. Málaga's backline rushed in like a wave, and then Messi, like a skilful surfer, skilfully avoided wave after wave, and then, after the waves finally cleared, a curling ball went into the bottom right corner of the goal.
As a result, Lin Sen's constricted heart suddenly rose to his throat.
Gordia made a textbook save but failed to touch the ball, which was touched by the post of the goal.
The Malaga fans in the stands let out an exclamation, and then suddenly returned to the world at the moment when they were about to fall into hell, and the cries were renewed.
Messi's shot was so powerful that the ball hit the post and popped out of the penalty area, and then, it was Gundogan who found the ball for the first time.
Counterattack!
Lin Sen didn't wait for his heart to stay in his throat, and almost screamed.
Fight back quickly!
Gundogan is not Quaresma, he never shows off his footwork, so the ball at his feet only stayed for less than three seconds before he was already on his way to Rondon.
Rondon is not called a cheetah, Eto'o on the other side is, but now he is like a cheetah.
Pique, who had lost the lead, had even made up his mind to stop Rondon at the cost of a red card, but he still couldn't stop the fast-moving Rondon, and then the Rose Garden Stadium had perhaps the most exciting solo goal of the season for Malaga fans.
Valdés had to abandon the goal, he had to zoom in on his defensive area, he thought Rondon was going to shoot in front of him, but when Rondon came to him, he just made a split and left him behind.
Rondon felt like his heart was about to stop.
Empty doors.
The empty door of Barcelona.
Rondon's pace finally slowed down as he needed to make a more steady shot.
It's just that he didn't notice that he was always followed by a person, although this person was not as fast as him all the time, but he was not completely thrown away.
Rondon shoots and the ball rolls towards Barcelona's empty net.
Yes, it's rolling, not flying.
And it was this distinction that gave the figure who had been following Rondon a chance, and he finally stopped following Rondon, but rushed to the ball, and then, at the moment when the ball was about to roll into the goal, he drove the ball into the sky......
Exercise!
Lin Sen smashed a fist of his right hand into the palm of his left hand, and a dirty word jumped out of his throat directly from his heart.
As if filled with a sigh of disappointment, above the fans' stands, the large screen clearly showed the time of the game: 89 minutes.