Chapter 220: Substitution
Degan's acquisition of Fiorentina is all going on in a low-key manner, and now he is just signing a simple contract and there are many things to come, such as asset evaluation, statistics or something, in short, a lot of troubles need to be dealt with, these Degan is completely uninterested, all handed over to Zahavi to handle, and the most important thing for him now is the Champions League final that will start soon.
Barcelona's opponent can be said to have run through Degan's entire career, from the beginning of the duel between Degan and Messi, to the suppression of Degan after joining Barcelona.
In recent seasons, Barcelona has been in a bad situation after retiring from the media, and it was not until this season that the team invested heavily in the introduction of Perrin, a young Argentine talent with Messi's second generation, finally burst onto the scene, not only overturning Real Madrid, their rival who had suppressed them for several seasons in the league, but also reaching the Champions League final in one fell swoop.
The match was played at the San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy, and Degan is no stranger to San Siro, except for a season here, when he played for Atalanta and Fiorentina, Degan never lost here, and it can be said that this is the blessed land of Degan.
But today, when the game started, Digan could only sit on the bench, for Antienes' choice, Digan has no objection, after all, he has just returned, and he did not show too good competitive form in the last game against Arsenal, and it is reasonable to play as a substitute.
The single arrow is still Hadley. Thierry Henry, the kid said before the game began: "Today's winner can only be Tottenham Hotspur, where I will officially become king." ”
After the start of the game, Hadley. Thierry Henry's performance is indeed very good, his physical fitness and technique are absolutely top-notch, and with his strong point to win the ball in front, Tottenham Hotspur's attack can be called a boom.
In contrast, Perrin looks a little silent, he played in the position of Cruyff at Barcelona, a typical free man up front, basically without a fixed position, and he can be seen everywhere before the halfway line.
Today, though, Perrin's sharp breakthrough and long-range shot from outside the box were completely invisible in the first ten minutes of the game, and he was just taking the ball, passing the ball, and playing the role of an attacking link.
Boom!
Hadley. Thierry Henry's heavy shot hit the crossbar of the Barcelona goal and flew off the bottom line, which was also the best chance for Tottenham Hotspur after the opening.
Seeing that the ball didn't go in, Hadley. Henry also looked very annoyed, but his performance was commendable, and of course, it would have been better if he had been able to defend in the first place.
BARCELONA'S GOAL KICK, THE GOALKEEPER DID NOT DIRECTLY KICK FORWARD, BUT HANDED THE BALL TO HIS TEAMMATES IN THE BACK LINE, SO MANY YEARS LATER, BARCELONA STILL PLAYS TIKI-TAKA, BUT AFTER SO MANY YEARS OF TRAINING, NOW TIKI-TAKA HAS BECOME MORE FLUENT, AND THE PASSING AND CONTROL ARE MORE REASONABLE, LESS OF THOSE NEEDLESS INVERTED FEET, AND MORE AGGRESSIVE.
AS A LONG-TIME ENEMY OF TIKI-TAKA, ANTIENES'S FAMILIARITY WITH THIS SET OF TACTICS IS ALSO UNMATCHED, ALTHOUGH TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR SEEMS A LITTLE EMBARRASSED WHEN DEALING WITH IT ON THE FIELD, BUT AT LEAST IT WILL NOT BE LED BY BARCELONA'S NOSE LIKE OTHER TEAMS.
After the initial stage of adaptive contact, the game began to gradually fall into a stalemate, both sides for a while that the other side did not have a good way, both teams are full of attacking firepower team, when the real competition, neither side dares to be too careless, and the number of troops invested in the attack is not very much.
No way!
This is the final!
A decisive game, who dares to risk their lives to attack, in case there is a small hole in the backline, it is fatal, and when the opponent sneaks up on it, and then puts a bus in front of the goal, then some will cry.
"Hadley! Defend! Defend! Back to defense! Don't you understand? ”
Antienes didn't know how many times he had rushed to the sidelines to yell, and he was a little helpless about that genius England boy, probably geniuses are like this, arrogant.
Kedigan is also a genius, even more than Hadley. Henry is more domineering, but Degan's domineering can always be shown in a way that is easy to accept, but Hadley. Henry is different, his domineering seems a little stubborn.
For example, defense, as long as you get on the court, Hadley. Henry will definitely not retreat to the middle line, and the scramble in the front court also looks symbolic, in short, it feels a little lazy.
"If that kid doesn't know how to treat the game properly, he can't be much better in his life!" Antienes snorted and returned to the dugout.
Ridley. Jin Wenyan said: "Boss! Hadley is just a kid! ”
Antienes said angrily: "Rhodes is already a world champion at his age!" ”
When he said this, Antienes also knew that he had lost his words, and no matter what, Hadley. Henry is also his player, so to say that is still a bit excessive.
The game on the pitch continued, and although Tottenham Hotspur were on par with Barcelona on the pitch, for some reason, it always felt like something was missing.
After the silence after the opening, Perrin gradually began to break out, his body shape is very similar to his predecessor Messi, but much stronger than Messi, and faster, better technique, as long as the football is at his feet, it will be difficult for others to snatch it again.
And Perrin is not blind with the ball, his grasp of the rhythm of the game, and the handling of the ball appear very sophisticated, which is completely inconsistent with his youth.
In the thirty-second minute of the first half, Hadley. Henry dribbled the ball up front, and two wide players plugged in at high speed. Thierry Henry's best bet was to pass the ball to either point on either wing.
Before the game, Antienes had made it very clear that Barcelona's biggest weakness is the two fullbacks, in La Liga, the players in these two positions are assist maniacs, often after attacking, can not be recovered, Tottenham can take advantage of this characteristic of the opponent, play behind the opponent.
But at this moment, Hadley, who has been stimulated by the game to the point of being hot-headed. Thierry Henry has no such awareness, he just wants to perform well and prove to everyone that he is more than capable of taking the gun from Deegan and becoming the No.1 in Tottenham's attack.
But like him, the final result is often that he enters a dead end, surrounded by the other party, and even if he wants to pass the ball, he doesn't even have a line.
It is still Pique who defends Barcelona at the back, and although he is 36 years old, he is still in very good form and very experienced.
In this game, Pique's task is to keep an eye on Hadley. Henry, despite the age of both men, Peake could do Hadley. Henry's uncle, in terms of physical fitness, especially speed, Hadley. Henry could have thrown him three streets, but he still had a way to deal with the reckless young man.
See Hadley. Thierry Henry rushed straight with the ball and Pique quickly conceded the first line of defence and let his centre-back partner meet him, and he retreated to the second line. After Henry broke through his partner, the speed also slowed down, and Pique slammed into the ground, and Hadley. Henry was completely caught off guard, although his skills were very good, but when he broke through, the biggest reliance was speed, and now the speed could not be played, in the face of the experienced, defensive skills have reached the realm of returning to the basics, he only had to disarm and surrender, when he wanted to pass the ball, but found that he didn't know when, he was already in a siege, and all the passing lines were cut off by the opponent.
It was in such a stunned effort that Pique suddenly stretched out his foot, poked the ball away, and then directly made a long pass to find Perrin, who was moving in the halfway position.
Barcelona's counterattack!
"Defend! Defend! Seeing this, Antienes couldn't help but be shocked and roared.
Barcelona's counterattack was very fast, after Perrin received the ball, he turned around and passed the ball out, and the Barcelona winger, who was inserted at high speed from the left, took the ball and took two steps forward, and then grabbed the Tottenham defender before he could make up the defense, and crossed it with one kick.
Perrin told to plug in in the middle, the moment he received the ball, he pulled the ball horizontally, and then stabbed forward, and then accelerated forward, Tottenham's defense was already on the verge of collapse, everyone was running, but it was disorganized and looked very messy.
Perrin's small skills are indeed very good, even Degan, who was watching from the sidelines, couldn't help but secretly praise, people are now used to calling Perrin "Messi II", but Deegan feels that the current Perrin, even compared to Messi in peak state, is much better.
Perrin, who had already rushed into the penalty area, looked unhurried in the face of Tottenham's goalkeeper, his body swayed from side to side, shaking the center of gravity of the Tottenham goalkeeper to the back and forth, and then in the process of dribbling the ball at high speed, he suddenly stabbed without warning.
The Tottenham goalkeeper was caught off guard and made a save, but he was completely powerless to prevent the ball from going into the net.
“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! GOAL! GOAL! GOAL! GOAL! Palin! Palin! Palin! Perrin took the lead for Barcelona, a beautiful goal, Barcelona's classic quick counter-attacking tactics, and finally Perrin scored the goal! 1:0! Barcelona take the lead! ”
The Catalan commentator shouted excitedly, and the Barcelona fans on the scene were even more jubilant, although the time has changed, but to be able to meet Tottenham Hotspur in the Champions League final, and to be able to win, it is definitely a thing worth celebrating for them, although there is no Messi on the field at this time, and Digan can only sit on the sidelines and be a spectator again.
Seeing this conceded goal, Antienes looked very angry and yelled at the field: "What the hell are you doing, pass!" Pass! ”
Obviously, just now Tottenham conceded this goal, Hadley. Thierry Henry bears most of the blame because he blindly dribbled the ball up front, which led to the ball being cut off by Barcelona and playing on the counter-attack.
Deegan shook his head again and again, and he must admit that after coming back, Tottenham Hotspur is no longer the super club that has dominated world football for nine years.
If it was before he was injured, Barcelona's counterattack just now would not have been able to play at all, and he would have been blocked in the midfield, even if he couldn't break the ball and fouled to stop Barcelona's attack, it was good!
After conceding the goal, Tottenham's morale was also greatly affected, and the rest of the game in the first half completely fell into the rhythm of Barcelona, and the eleven Tottenham players on the field could only be led by Barcelona, dizzy, and completely unruly.
If it weren't for Tottenham's defence being pretty good, and Barcelona's luck began to decline after scoring a goal, perhaps the game would have lost its suspense before the end of the first half.
Beep~~~~~~~~~
With the referee's whistle, the first half ended, and the Tottenham players walked off the pitch one by one with their heads bowed, like eggplants beaten by frost.
Deegan is getting ready and Ledley. Kim went on the court to warm up together, but was stopped by Antienes: "Rod! You come with me, let's go to the locker room! ”
Degan was stunned for a moment, and when he saw Antienes's eyes, he instantly understood, is this planning to change in the midfield?
Of course, Digan was happy to be able to play in the last game, and did not say anything, and followed Antienes into the players' tunnel together.
Naturally, this scene did not escape people's attention, and some people immediately became excited.
"Deegan followed him to the dressing room, is Antienes going to make a substitution at half-time?"
"After coming back in the last game, Degan's state seemed very average, but at this time, I suddenly sounded a sentence, never doubt Degan!"
"Although I doubt Degan's current form, given the relationship between Degan and Antienes, maybe it's not impossible for him to come on in the second half!"
"And it has been revealed before that Degan will choose to retire after the end of this season, so at this time, giving Degan the most luxurious retirement ceremony can be regarded as the best reward for his ten years of dedicated service to Tottenham Hotspur!"
Compared to the complicated feelings of others, Levy Jr., who is in the VIP seat at the moment, is the anger of Manchester United: "Go and tell that Belgian that I don't want to see Deegan in the final!" Otherwise, he'll fuck me off! ”
The Champions League winner is still in complete control of Tottenham Hotspur, and if Levy Jr. were given a choice among them, he would not hesitate to choose the latter.
Although Levy Jr. also wants the Champions League title, once Deegan becomes the protagonist of this game, then he has worked hard to support Hadley for most of the year. Thierry Henry, the efforts to eliminate Degan's influence within Tottenham have all been in vain.
That is something that Levi cannot allow, he can lose the trophy, but he must not let his plans be undermined in any way.
Hearing this, Douglas, Levi's assistant hesitated, but finally nodded, he considered the problem much simpler than Levi Jr., Hadley. Henry was younger, was English, and was more attached to his business development plan for this game, Hadley. Henry is the natural protagonist, whether it is a hero or a tragic hero, he has already arranged this play.
If all of a sudden let Deegan jump out and grab Hadley. Henry's limelight, that is completely unacceptable.
Get up, go!
Before Antienes walked to the locker room, his mobile phone rang, and when he saw that it was Douglas calling, he couldn't help frowning, since Little Levy took over the team, there was no intersection between him and Little Levy's assistant Douglas, how could Douglas call at this time.
"Hey! Mr. Douglas, I have to make it clear to you that now I am preparing for a very important match and I don't want anyone to bother me! ”
Douglas heard this: "Of course, I don't want to, I called you mainly to convey a suggestion from Chairman Levy, he doesn't want Degan to appear on the court!" ”
When Antienes heard this, he immediately became angry: "Mr. Douglas, how the team plays, who arranges to play, that is what I need to be responsible for, not you, let alone Chairman Levy, I know when and who to arrange, at this point, no one needs to worry about this!" ”
In English football, the head coach of a team is the real talker, and when the old Levy was in power, he didn't dare to dictate the work of Antienes, let alone the little Levi who had just joined the team.
Douglas said: "Coach Antienes, I must remind you that this is not just a suggestion, but also an order, if ~~~~~~"
Before Douglas could finish speaking, Antienes interrupted him: "I'll tell you now, after the end of this season, I will resign immediately, but in this game, you'd better retract the outstretched dog paws, and I have the final say on the team's affairs!" It's not your turn to point fingers! ”
Antienes hung up the phone after speaking, pushed the door and entered the locker room.
Douglas was stunned for a long time, and whispered to Little Levi: "It's no different from what I thought, Antienes refused, he doesn't need anyone to point fingers!" ”
Little Levi was stunned at first when he heard this, he didn't expect Antienes to refuse his order: "Damn it! Is he crazy? ”
In Levy's view, Tottenham is his personal belongings, his decisions are above all else, and anyone must carry them out unconditionally, but this time Antienes actually refused.
"That damn old Belgian man, I'm going to make him pay!"
Douglas said: "I think he's thought it through, he just said that he's going to resign when this game is over!" ”
When little Levi heard this, his eyes widened, although he had long wanted to let Antienes and Degan get out of the way, but when he really faced this situation, he was also a little panicked in his heart.
After all, in the past ten years, Tottenham has been supported by the two masters and apprentices of Degan and Antienes, and now all of a sudden Degan is leaving, Antienes is also leaving, even if he has already chosen a replacement for the two of them, a Boas, a Hadley. Henry, but can the newcomer really hold up the country that took ten years to fight?
On the other hand, after entering the locker room, Antienes was still angry, he didn't expect Little Levy to put his hand in the team in this game.
Who is he?
He is the godfather of Tottenham, although his influence on Tottenham is not as great as Ferguson's influence on Manchester United, but at Tottenham, he is definitely the most successful manager in more than 100 years of history.
Now little Levi dared to dictate to him and put his hand into his sphere of power, which Antienes would never allow, and he had decided to wait until the end of the season to retire, and now he was even more determined to do so.
Tottenham would not be Tottenham without Degan, and in that case, there would be no need for Antienes, also from Belgium.
"Cheer up, are we losing now?" Antienes' opening remarks were to vent a nameless fire, "Boys! You guys played so badly in the first half, I can't believe it, it's the majestic Tottenham, are you guys funny? Or are you, like your predecessors, winning the championship and not wanting to go any further, boys! You're not even close! Khalid. Mr. Henry! ”
Sure enough, the first point of Antienes' sharp spearhead was Hadley. Thierry Henry: "Can you explain what the hell we conceded!" ”
If it was before, Hadley. If Henry was questioned by Antienes like this, he would definitely be scared and silent, but now it is different, he has the support of Little Levy, and he is not afraid of Antienes at all: "Coach! All I can tell you is that it's not exactly my responsibility, my responsibility is to score goals for the team, defensive things, naturally someone else does it, okay! I was cut off, but I don't think even Degan could guarantee that he wouldn't be cut off on the field! ”
Antienes was stunned for a moment, and suddenly smiled: "Very well said! I thought we might have to do an experiment and see! Rod! In the second half, you replaced this stinky boy who didn't know what to call it! Show him how you play! ”
Deegan didn't speak, just nodded.
Instead, it was Hadley. Henry froze, stunned for a long time before he reacted, jumped up emotionally and said loudly: "No! You can't do that! ”