Chapter 242: High-quality matches and the smell of gunpowder
Even under pressure from the entire Camp Nou, the referee did not show Lao Lei a yellow card, but only gave him a solemn verbal warning. He knew that if Cheng Dù showed a yellow card for this kind of action at this time, then there would be no way to blow the penalty in the next game.
Compared with the angry Barcelona players, Ronaldinho himself was not very excited about such a result, but accepted it calmly, at least on the surface. Except for his increasingly hot eyes, the whole person's expression has not changed.
However, as soon as the bout continued, people immediately noticed that he was different. Compared to the previous few minutes, he obviously exerted all his strength. In such a situation, the long-awaited individual duel between Lao Lei and him finally came for the first time in the 13th minute of the first half.
This time, the matchup was near the left touchline, and Ronaldinho, who had just received the pass, was immediately entangled by Lao Lei behind him. At this time, Lao Lei's defensive movements are ferocious, not only full of strength in physical confrontation, but also using both hands and feet, constantly disturbing the sensitive parts of Ronaldinho's body. For example, at this time, he was mercilessly scraping Ronaldinho's heel with his spikes, and although the actual damage was not great, it was a very painful action, which is a regular and necessary action in wild ball games.
But Ronaldinho, who came from street football in Brazil, has long been experienced with this kind of small action. He first took the ball a few steps forward in the opposite direction, almost stopped the football on the sideline, and did not stay in place to tremble with Lao Lei. He knows it well. As a pure offensive personnel, he can't compare with Lao Lei, who is both offensive and defensive, in this regard.
His approach at this time is the same as the Chinese saying about taking a step back, taking back his fist and hitting it out. After coming to the sideline. Although it seemed to further compress his space for activities, it actually allowed him to temporarily get rid of Lao Lei's close pressing. Gained the opportunity to take the action in stride. Although such a time is very short, Lao Lei will not give him much time. But for a peerless player like Ronaldinho, this amount of time is enough.
Before Lao Lei pressed back on, Ronaldinho's left foot and waist and abdomen suddenly worked together, making his whole person suddenly rotate with his left foot as the axis. At the same time, he hooked the ball with his right foot and drew an arc on the ground like a compass. Then, when he faced Ray head-on, the ball detached from his foot. drilled into Lao Lei's crotch.
It's a deceptively simple action, but it's full of technology and imagination. At the Camp Nou, it also immediately won a neat burst of exclamations, and all the Barcelona fans were looking forward to the scene of Lao Lei suffering this crotch humiliation. However, how could Lao Lei let them succeed so easily.
He had also used this move in previous matches, so as soon as he saw Ronaldinho's first move, he reacted immediately. The legs that had been split apart by running also immediately came together, although it was still a slow step, not in time for the arrival of the football. But at least it hinders the way forward for football.
With a touch of his left foot, the ball was further off the touchline than it had been on the same path, which made it more difficult for Ronaldinho, who wanted to overtake Guò Ray from just outside the touchline. To do this, he had to run an extra distance. It's not long, but it's a fraction of a mile. There was an extra time to slow down in the starting process, so that Lao Lei had a chance to save.
Didn't look behind my back. But he still followed his prediction, at the moment when he just turned around. There was a sliding shovel on the ground. Like Cheng Biting Jin, he kicked sideways and rushed before Ronaldinho regained control of the football. The first to stab the ball with the sole of his foot to the retreating Frank Lampard, making the Brazilian's beautiful breakthrough come to naught.
The two went head-to-head this time, attacking beautifully, but suffering more excitingly, in terms of results, Lao Lei took the lead in winning a city. In addition to the angry Barcelona fans at the scene, the neutral fans and commentators couldn't help but applaud the two of them, and some commentators shouted excitedly: "This is an artistically beautiful attack and defense, and the biggest charm of football is here!" ”
However, compared with the excited crowd, Lao Lei and Ronaldinho are very indifferent. They all knew in their hearts that this fight was just a warm-up, and the real battle was still to come. Although they didn't look at each other, both of them focused their main attention on each other and didn't dare to slack off in the slightest.
And the clash between the two teams of Barcelona and Chelsea is just like the clash between these two people, competing against each other, and the smell of gunpowder is permeated. It was a quality match-up of decisions, even if its first shot on target didn't come until the 17th minute of the first half.
At this time, at first it was Barcelona's offensive. This time, Ronaldinho acted as a decoy, and after containing Lao Lei, he let his teammates exert themselves as much as they could. In such a situation, even though Lampard has almost dropped back to a central midfield position, his and Makelele's frontal defensive barrier is still faltering under the influence of Barcelona's attacking line.
Larsson, Deco, Samuel Eto'o and Andres Iniesta formed an attacking quartet at this time, and because all four of them are world-class players who can pass and shoot and break through, and because they have a good understanding with each other, Chelsea's defense is also a mess by these four men. In particular, when they are concentrated on the right side of the front, Lao Lei, who is pinned down by Ronaldinho at this time, is equivalent to a waste.
This time the quartet played another brilliant back-to-back combination, and finally Andres Iniesta drove the ball into the Chelsea penalty area again. In the end, it was Terry who was calm and steady enough to see through Iniesta's pass and take the lead to tackle Iniesta's pass to Eto'o out of the box. But at the same time, Eto'o also fell to the ground under the blockage of Carvalho, which caused controversy in the attack and defence, and also stirred up the anger of the players on both sides.
However, before the Barcelona players complained to the referee. Chelsea's counter-attack came with an immediate chorus of boos. After Frank Lampard took control of the ball from outside the box, Ray was immediately transformed into an attacking playmaker. Ronaldinho dropped and went to meet Frank Lampard's pass.
At the same time that Lao Lei stopped the football, Barcelona's Dutch defender Van Bommel also pressed forward. As a player who joined Barcelona as a free agent in this summer's transfer window. Van Bommel may have been a little rough compared to other Barcelona players, but his physical strength has also given Barcelona a stiffness that they have been lacking before.
Lao Lei, who had known about Van Bommet's characteristics before the game, did not give him a chance to get close, and he did not want to let this counter-attack opportunity be ruined by the player who defended well. At the moment when the Dutch midfielder rushed up to slow down, he immediately moved with a time difference, stepped on the football with his left foot, and completed a smooth back turn.
This gave Lao Lei a short time to handle the ball, and that's all he asked for. After turning around, he didn't even look closely at the front court, and swung his right foot to make a long pass across the half court. After the soccer ball makes a wonderful arc in the air. Arriving precisely in front of Robben's running path also gave him a sprint race with Barcelona's right wing-back Belletti.
Although Belletti worked hard, Robben was clearly better at speed. After quickly getting the ball close to the baseline, Robben fed Drogba a pinpoint cross. In the middle of the penalty area, Drogba, who arrived at the horse, also leaned on Motta and completed a beautiful horizontal shot. After leaving Drogba's feet, the ball quickly drilled into the bottom left corner of the Barcelona goal.
But just as the Chelsea commentator was about to shout in celebration of the goal, Barcelona's goalkeeper Valdés used incredible reaction speed to reach out and touch the ball off the line. on this. Drogba, who was already confidently about to celebrate his goal, couldn't believe his eyes. At this time, even Lao Lei was surprised, it was a pity that such a must-score goal did not score.
Just as the Barcelona fans began to chant "St. Valdés" excitedly, an English commentator also began to say with regret: "Terry's defense. Reima's long pass planning, Robben's quick run, Drogba's outflanking goal. This qiē has been done perfectly. But Valdés magically blocked the goal, which should have been another classic lightning counterattack from Chelsea! ”
The game continued. After Chelsea and the elder Rei were threatened, Ronaldinho and Barcelona also immediately gave their own responses. In the 21st minute of the first half. Ronaldinho put on a brilliant solo performance. On the edge of the left corner of the penalty area, he suddenly got the ball and suddenly made a clever shot, which completely surprised the old ray in front of him. Then, had it not been for Petr Cech's miraculous save, the ball would have been drilled into the net from the top corner of the near corner. After Lao Lei gained the upper hand slightly, Ronaldinho immediately completed a shocking counterattack.
After that, people's attention to the individual competition between Lao Lei and Ronaldinho has increased, and they want to see what kind of huge power Lao Lei and Ronaldinho can burst out under the condition of mutual stimulation and competition.
However, before they could burst out with great power, the smell of gunpowder on the field was the first to erupt.
This time it wasn't the old Ray who was causing trouble, but Eto'o and Carvalho pinching each other in the box. The close fighting between the two before this still made their anger rise to a critical point. So this time, when Eto'o went down again in a header, the African cheetah finally broke out.
In such a situation, Lao Lei naturally will not stay out of the matter. He was the first to rush forward, pushing away the menacing Eto'o and holding Carvalho behind. However, he also took the wrath of Eto'o in place of Carvalho. Not only was Eto'o pushed hard from behind, but he also sprayed a lot of trash talk, a lot of ugly ones.
It's just that how could Lao Lei be willing to only suffer losses and not fight back. Had it not been for Terry's immediate hug this time, he would have rushed forward at full speed and engaged Eto'o.
However, even so, he did not set fire.
Looking at Eto'o, his eyes were already full of cold!
The corners of the mouth are curved in an arc, full of murderous aura!!
Chilling to the bone marrow!! (To be continued......)