Chapter 2: The Stamford Bridge Tragedy (2)
Messi's long-range shot was like a signal flare, which suddenly opened up the white-hot mutual attack situation on the field. However, in terms of attacking investment, Chelsea playing at home is still slightly inferior to Barcelona. With a one-goal lead in hand, they are naturally not as aggressive as Barcelona in the choice of tactics and strategies, and they appear to be more balanced and stable in attack and defense.
So in terms of the field, the away team Barcelona has a tendency to be anti-guest as soon as it comes up, and it plays very strongly. Chelsea, on the other hand, is more like a retracted fist, although it is temporarily in a passive defensive state, but as long as it occasionally strikes, it can play a thunderous attack, which shocks the entire Barcelona defense in a cold sweat.
The situation didn't seem much different from the first leg, but the difference was quickly felt at the heart of Chelsea. The biggest difference is that Barcelona are significantly more in control than they were in the first leg. The strength here does not mean that they play more fluently, but that they are more balanced in attack and defense, and their abilities in all aspects are more comprehensive. As the heart of Chelsea's playmaking, Ray felt the increase in depth in midfield shortly after the opening.
In the 8th minute of the first half, after a cross from Ronaldinho was pushed out of the box by Terry, Lao Lei wanted to organize a quick counterattack after controlling the second drop point outside the box. After he pulled the ball and turned and shook off Deco's top tackle, before he could complete the pass, he immediately met Edmilson and Van Bommel in combination. In the case of the Barcelona back line pressing forward collectively to help fill the leak, the two were very experienced in blocking Lao Lei's other forward passing routes. Even Lao Lei couldn't find a good passing route for a while in such a situation. I had to pass the ball backwards and took the initiative to slow down the pace of advancement. As a result, the opportunity to fight back was missed.
To be honest, Barcelona had such a bold forward pressing and counter-grabbing strategy. It was a little unexpected by Lao Lei. Because, although the effect of this anti-robbery strategy is good, as long as Lao Lei breaks through once, then he can create or create a very threatening offensive. This may be a little difficult for others, but Lao Lei is very confident, as long as he adapts to their counter-robbery rhythm, although he can't succeed every time, the success rate is by no means low.
Actually, this is also the difference between Lao Lei. It's not that Barcelona and Rijkaard are bold, it's that they've been forced to do so. In today's world football, everyone knows how horrible Chelsea can be at the defensive end, especially at home. In such a situation, and considering the disadvantage of Barcelona in terms of aggregate score and away goals, it is not so incomprehensible that Rijkaard and Barcelona would make such a risky move.
If this Chelsea team is behind in front of the goal, and still plays the tactics of possession and control of the field, the Black Swan feels that it is no different from chronic suicide. Moreover, the risk is directly proportional to the profit. It is precisely because of such a risky tactical choice that Barcelona's offensive on the pitch at this time will be so vigorous.
At least until Lao Lei can't fully break through Barcelona's defensive set-up, their risk is well worth it. In the 13th minute of the first half, Barcelona won a third corner in a row on the left side of the field. Finally, instead of choosing to drive the football directly into the penalty area, a tactical corner kick came together.
After winning the ball on the left edge of the box, Ronaldinho was up against the combined defence of Lao Lei and Pacos Ferreira. The two slowly closed together towards Ronaldinho. Step by step, strangle all his handling ball routes. It was at this point that Ronaldinho stepped nimbly on the football. With a flick of his ankle, he picked the ball behind Ray, a pass for Van Brondhorst, who was plugged in behind.
Ronaldinho gave the ball very suddenly and hidden. But Lao Lei was still prepared, and Ronaldinho was never a player who could only do it alone in his eyes. Even if the personal relationship has deteriorated, Ronaldinho's achievements in football have never been lowered, and this time he will not ignore it carelessly.
At this time, the slight strain on the thigh muscles of his right leg had not healed, but at least he had recovered eighty percent. Coupled with the strong bandage that was tied on his right thigh at this time, he had no problem occasionally erupting with all his strength. Just like this time, he showed his explosive power when he was completely unharmed.
When Van Bronckhorst rushed down the ball, Old Ray still blocked in front of him before he could complete the cross. In the end, he also completed the block, but unfortunately his luck was not good, the ball bounced off his foot, and then bounced back into the field, and it happened to be at the feet of Ronaldinho.
Without the restriction of Lao Lei, and only Ferreira was defending alone, the Brazilian king suddenly felt a lot more relaxed, like a fish back in the water. After a beautiful bicycle movement, he immediately got up with his right foot and shot at the goal, at this time Ferreira, who was slightly stunned, had just found his foot.
Ronaldinho's shot was of very high quality, with the inside of his right foot pulling a perfect inside arc into the far corner. This time, it was Petr Cech who made a world-class save and fingertips to keep out Ronaldinho's shot, otherwise Chelsea would have been behind.
The Brazilian's shot drew a burst of exclamation and a cold sweat from the Chelsea fans at the scene, many of whom patted their chests with their hands after the football was saved by Cech. For a moment, the sky over Stamford Bridge was filled with the sound of Cech's name being shouted for a save worthy of any praise.
However, this also shows from the side that the previous defensive work of Lao Lei and others was not in place. Sure enough, almost at the moment of the dead ball, Lao Lei and others received dissatisfied criticism from Mourinho on the sidelines. Although he has done his best, Lao Lei himself has no opinion on Mourinho's criticism. He did his best and failed, and for him it was just a failure.
Since you lost for a while, you have to get it back. In the 19th minute of the first half, Lao Lei finally found his sense and cracked a Barcelona siege. As soon as he was about to receive a toss from Cech's hand with his back, he immediately felt a forward force behind him. In such a situation. He exerted his strength in an instant, leaning back with all his strength.
He did it not just to stabilize his body. Instead, he leaned back and took a few steps back. This unusual behavior immediately aroused Edmilson's suspicions, and the Brazilian defender did not hesitate to flash immediately. He was about to speed past Lao Lei, and then go in front of him. But he was a step slower after all, and by the time he started to exert his strength, Lao Lei had already turned around and accelerated at full speed.
At the same time, the ball just happened to pass under the crotch of the two of them. It turned out that Lao Lei's power to lean back not only blocked Edmilson's vision, but also gave him a false impression of the time of the football's fall. Because he couldn't bear the strength of Lao Lei, he couldn't help but retreat these two steps. When it was good enough for the football to fall in front of Lao Lei, and passed through the crotch, it landed in the middle of the two bodies.
So by the time Edmilson was about to go around to the front, not only had Lao Lei already completed the turn, but even the football had already bounced up on the ground and drilled into his crotch. This is not a highly technical action, strictly speaking, Lao Lei has not done any technical action at all in this process, except for a force, because he has not even touched a single hair of the football. But there is a wonderful imagination and creative power contained in it. It still made all the people watching the game sigh in unison, and there was a burst of "oh" enjoyment at the scene.
Then, before they could have enough memories of this, Lao Lei drew their attention back to the field. After passing Edmilson. Deco and Van Bommel came together again. But this time, Lao Lei was already prepared. Before they could close in, he shook his ankle. Picked the ball to the front at once, past the top of the two.
He himself began to accelerate at full speed. put on a posture of trying to eat the two of them with speed. And he does have the ability to do it, although absolute speed was not his strong point before. But the painstaking training of the Tongguò system, at this point, has been completely taken care of by him. In a few big steps, he already has a tendency to surpass the two of Deco.
At this time, Deco's hand couldn't help but put on his jersey and shoulder, a posture that wanted to pull down Lao Lei even if it was a foul. But he used to be a teammate with Lao Lei, and he seems to have forgotten about the matter of bringing people to the ground, and Lao Lei has never done less.
Although Lao Lei did not turn on the devil's muscles at this time, the strong forward inertia and strength still directly brought the not strong Deke to the ground and made him roll on the court. At the same time, Old Ray came to the ball before Puyol destroyed the football, and with a vicious sliding tackle, the football was shoveled to Drogba, who began to turn and accelerate forward.
Almost in a flash of lightning, Drogba had a great one-on-one chance, and only Valdés was left in front of him. But at this moment, the referee's whistle suddenly sounded. In everyone's stunned eyes, he drew a straight line with both hands, signaling that Drogba was offside.
How can it be?!! After seeing this scene, Lao Lei, who was still on the court, suddenly couldn't sit still and jumped up. Just got the ball, he can vouch for everything, Drogba was absolutely not offside when he passed, absolutely none. Subsequently, the slow-motion replay that came soon proved this, and the moment Lao Lei passed the ball, Drogba was about half a meter away from the line.
"How is that possible?! Hell, this was a glaring miscalculation! Is the referee blind?! How could this be offside?! How can it be?!! It's definitely a good shot! Oh what is Rema going to do, he is going to be calm! Calm down!! Just as Lineker kept complaining about the referee, Ray's actions on the pitch caught his attention, and he couldn't help but exclaim.
If it had been in the past, Lao Lei might have been calmer about this. But today, today was the time when he was so uncontrollable that he was so anxious that he couldn't control it, so after he got up, he almost rushed to the referee at the speed of a 100-meter sprint.
After hitting the referee a little stumbling, his face was hideous, and his green tendons were exposed almost against the referee's face, and he roared: "How can this be offside?!! How can it be?!!! Are you blind?! Or did you collect the money?!! You bastard!! ”
At this time, he was like a Godzilla with a bloody mouth, as if he was about to swallow the referee alive.
Even the referee couldn't help but be frightened by Lao Lei's momentum at this time, and he couldn't help but take a few steps back, with a frightened look on his face.
A fierce aura was entwined around Lao Lei at this moment.
Like a peerless beast! (To be continued......)