Chapter 120: The Troubled Rijkaard

The Spanish football philosophy is all about coordination, playing a good and smooth pass, and winning through the attack. Not to mention top giants such as Barcelona and Real Madrid, even midstream teams such as Real Sociedad and Villarreal have a higher pass success rate than AC Milan and Juventus after a season.

It's just that Spain's defense is a shortcoming.

Dutchman Cruyff became the godfather of Barcelona, and after dominating La Masia's style of football, he paid more attention to team cooperation, and the defensive end was dwarfed, especially high-altitude balls.

Everyone knows that Real Madrid's defense is not worthy of the title of giant, but in fact, Barcelona's defense is also full of problems. Fortunately, Cruyff solved the same defensive dilemma faced by the Dutch team at the beginning, covering up the defensive shortcomings through high-intensity possession, and thus the Tiki-Taka tactic came into being, and Guardiola interpreted this tactic to the top.

It's just that now Rijkaard's "Dream Second Team" has completely lost possession of the ball when facing Chelsea, with one less player on the field and two goals behind, how does he have to deal with this?

After the restart, Barcelona's players looked distracted, making mistakes in several passes, and the shortcomings of the defense were also revealed, with the central defenders being short, single midfielders, thin bodies, and not ruthless enough in the rush...... In particular, the understatement of the physical collision simply made the Chelsea players on the pitch happy.

It's still a Spanish team, not as fierce as the Premier League team. Barcelona, in particular, where Oleg's flying tackle was just an accident, and they have always advocated playing pure football.

Football is about skill, not physical! Of course, it also gives Chelsea players more opportunities to showcase their talents.

Barcelona have been extremely passive, something they have never seen at Camp Nou this season, even in previous years, when Barcelona were at a low point.

However, at this time, Rijkaard calmed down, no longer spraying angrily on the sidelines like just now, and quietly observed the situation on the field.

Taking advantage of the dead ball on the field, Rijkaard beckoned Barcelona's brain Deco to the sidelines and whispered a few words.

Deco returned to the pitch and communicated the manager's intentions and Barcelona's formation changed. Xavi and Deco in front of Marquis both retreated to their own backfield, staying within their own territory. As a result, only Ronaldinho and Samuel Eto'o were left in the front.

Defend and counterattack!

Rijkaard actually played a defensive counter-attacking formation at the Camp Nou!

In his previous life, Capello led Real Madrid to the league title, but was forced to step down because of his defensive counter-attacking style of play. That's true for Real Madrid, it's also true for Barcelona! Spanish football, especially Spanish Super League giants like Real Madrid and Barcelona, don't allow you to play back!

To win, and to win beautifully! It's okay to lose, but it's okay to lose!

Seeing Barcelona change formation, Camp Nou immediately booed the sky and used the loudest noise to vent his dissatisfaction with Rijkaard.

Listening to the bursts of boos, Rijkaard smiled wryly, he also had his own troubles: "There is one less person in this face, the score is still behind, what can I do if I don't play like this?" I know we're Barcelona, but it's Joe Cannon and Chelsea on the other side! If Real Madrid's Jose Mourinho were in this situation, he would definitely remove a striker again and replace him with a midfielder, and I can already estimate your face and thoughts......"

Listening to the bursts of boos, Qiao Wanxian also showed a little sympathy on his face, shook his head helplessly, and muttered in a low voice: "If you want to blame, blame your bad life, I met my Qiao Wanxian ......"

However, Qiao Wanxian will not show mercy to his subordinates, and when he saw that Barcelona adopted a strategy of temporarily avoiding the edge, he came to the sidelines and waved his hand, signaling the players to press the attack with all their might!

Since you're willing to retreat back to defense, then I'll make you satisfied, and if you want to fight my counterattack, let's see if you can withstand my onslaught!

After receiving Qiao Wanxian's gesture, the players immediately set off one attack after another, and attacked Barcelona's goal like an endless storm. So much so that Ronaldinho had to retreat to help defend for a while, and only Samuel Eto'o roamed the Chelsea front as usual, playing offside and anti-offside games with John Terry and Cannavaro with great interest......

Barcelona had too many small players on the field, but fortunately Chelsea only had Torres a high point, and Barcelona's conservatism in the first half made the game much less exciting, but Chelsea's possession rate skyrocketed.

The first half was over, the score did not change, but the Jishu statistics were shocking, with a shot ratio of 1:18 and a possession ratio of 37.3%:62.7%. The shocking proportion of data, even the former Spanish coach Seth muttered in horror after seeing it: "No...... It's not true, if Ronaldo is an alien, then Chelsea is an alien team! ”

The half-time break passed quickly, and the second half of the game was quickly restarted. No one knows what changes the two teams have made in those 15 minutes, and the mysterious dressing room has always been a no-go place for fans, except that even the pervasive journalists can't find out what happened anywhere.

"Toot ......"

Colina blew the whistle and the second half officially began.

When the Barcelona fans were in high spirits, expecting Rijkaard to make changes, expecting him to lead the Dream II team to perform miracles, and expecting to see more exciting games, the situation on the field disappointed them.

Rijkaard thought it through and studied it carefully with the members of the coaching staff, and finally decided to withstand the pressure and carry out the defensive counterattack at home to the end!

As soon as the second half began, he replaced Xavi with legendary Italian midfielder Albertini, who had more coverage, more aggressive tackles and was more adept at defending, in the hope that the veteran Italian could help Barcelona build an Italian-style steel defence.

Jovan didn't make any changes, still directing the whole team to continue the onslaught, but there was a slight tweaking of Chelsea's personnel positions in the second half.

Claude Makelle dropped back between John Terry and Cannavaro, with the two full-backs, Grosso and Ramos, fighting their way up the pitch and straight up front for Barcelona like wing-backs.

Qiao Wanxian's tactical intentions are also obvious, doesn't Barcelona want to fight back? OK! I have three defensive experts in the backfield, Makelelele, Terry and Cannavaro, even if you have a chance to counterattack, can you still break through my Chelsea city?

The first 10 minutes of the second half were a scene that made Barcelona fans cry without tears.

The Spanish commentator sighed: "Rijkaard should consider adjusting the striker, Ronaldinho and Eto'o are not in good shape in this game, the game has been played so far, Ronaldinho has not had a single shot on goal, it is hard to imagine, this is the data of Shijie Footballer last year!" Of course, Eto'o, the African cheetah, was only one goal......"

The commentator Seth smiled bitterly and thought secretly: "What does this have to do with the strikers, the whole team can't even touch the ball, the two strikers are running around in front, how can they shoot without the ball?" This Joe cannon does have a set, but luckily I haven't touched his team......"

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