Chapter 130: The Game Restarts
While everyone was still shocked by the alliance between Liverpool and Barcelona, George had returned to the Liverpool dressing room with manager Beck.
"Alright, kids, the game is about to begin. Remember, there was only half time, 45 minutes instead of the usual 90 minutes. At this time, we Liverpool are already in a very passive situation, and if we want to qualify, we must work harder. ”
Back in the dressing room, Lao Bei immediately began to set up tactics, after all, time waits for no one, because at the end of the Champions League match between Barcelona, regardless of whether the final result is promotion or elimination, Liverpool will soon rush back to England to prepare for tomorrow's English league.
'Although Barcelona have an advantage over Liverpool because of an away goal, let's not forget that we still have time. My request is simple, which is to look for opportunities to attack on the premise of solid defense as I did yesterday. Remember, now we are behind Barcelona and we have to defend it. I believe that in today's game because no one will jump out to fix us Liverpool, since this is the case, I believe everyone can go to the game with peace of mind. ”
As he spoke, Lao Bei couldn't help but say a joke. The Liverpool players who were present couldn't help but laugh after hearing Lao Bei's words.
Joke, in such a short day, there has been such a big thing, that fool doesn't want to live anymore, and wants to make trouble at this time. Besides, just because Johansson was ousted by Liverpool, I'm afraid that no one will dare to target Liverpool in the future.
"But everyone be careful, this morning we . . . Liverpool FC has formed an alliance with FC Barcelona as a friendly brotherhood. When it comes to the game, I ask everyone to do their best, don't be polite, foul when you should foul, don't be soft. But in any case, Barcelona is also our brother club of Liverpool at the moment, so everyone should pay attention to it and be strict about malicious fouls. ”
"Got it, Boss!" Everyone is hearing Lao Bei's. After that, he replied in unison.
"Okay, kids, although we're in a disadvantageous situation at this time, I. . . I believe that you will be able to overcome any difficulties and advance to the next round smoothly. Go, boys, fight for Liverpool. ”
After finishing all the preparations, Lao Bei naturally won't either. Forget about boosting morale.
Obviously, Lao Bei's morale boost is still very effective, listening. After Lao Bei's words, George and the others suddenly shouted slogans for Liverpool, just like preparing a group of high-spirited soldiers, walking out of the locker room, preparing for the battle of professional players.
This time it's Barcelona. Ronaldo's players arrived at the players' tunnel a little earlier than Liverpool's players, and when the players from both sides met each other, or because the two clubs had formed a brotherhood at this time, the two sides did not look very awkward and strange as they did yesterday, chatting loudly and laughing, and the atmosphere was very pleasant.
"You must be careful later, you must keep your eyes open, carefully see every foul, and resolutely do not allow the slightest mistake." Watching the Barcelona and Liverpool players chatting and laughing, the referee standing at the front of the players at this time couldn't help but secretly remind himself.
No way, look at Merrison, something bad happened yesterday, no, it was attacked, it's already a fortune teller if you don't die. Thinking of this, the referee immediately warned himself that he must be careful, don't think like the fool of Merrison, because he doesn't want to step into Merrison's back road again, after all, no matter how many benefits there are, no matter how good the interests are, he must also care about his own life.
However, the referee also has too many concerns, after yesterday's events, and today's Johansson's resignation and entry into the police investigation, if nothing else, he will face jail time. It can be said that after entering this series of things, I am afraid that no one really dares to stand up at this time and rectify Liverpool.
"Alright, gentlemen, it's time for the game, let's get ready to enter." Seeing that the time was almost up, the referee said to the players behind him, then nodded to the linesman, and walked into the field with his head held high.
"Welcome to the great Camp Nou, where this year's Champions League match is about to take place, against Barcelona at home and Liverpool from faraway England."
As soon as the players from both sides stepped into the field, the commentators began to chatter and began their work.
"Hehe, this game is simply a twist and turn, it can be said that I am afraid that all the Champions League games in the past ten years are not as influential as this game, I am afraid no one thought that there would be so many things in such a short one day. But it doesn't matter what we do, we're just fans, we're just here to watch the game, and I believe that the fighters of Barcelona and Liverpool will give us a truly fair and just game. ”
Although yesterday's bomb threat incident was experienced, there are no less than 70,000 fans at Camp Nou today, although it is not as good as more than 90,000 people yesterday, but after experiencing the bomb threat, so many people can come, which shows that the fans support this game, and at the same time, they are also resisting terrorism in this way, resolutely not giving in and fearing terrorism.
Or maybe it's because Liverpool and Barcelona have a brotherhood treaty, so when the commentator introduces the Liverpool players today, he doesn't go too far as he did yesterday. At the same time, the Barcelona fans did not greet the Liverpool players with deafening boos as they did yesterday, but when the commentator introduced a Liverpool player, the stadium burst into applause.
With the referee's whistle, the unfinished match between Liverpool and Barcelona officially began.
Because of the gratitude of Barcelona for their support to Liverpool, as a return for the Barcelona players who did not attack and did not play in the second half yesterday, Liverpool handed over the ball to Barcelona as a token of gratitude.
With only 45 minutes of play, Liverpool did not warm up and get into the game as they usually do. After all, time waits for no one, and Liverpool doesn't have time to slow down, so when the game just started, the Liverpool players strictly implemented Lao Bei's full-court pressing tactics and began to make crazy tackles.
Although Liverpool's players are very hard at tacking, the ball is not something that can be grabbed overnight, not to mention that the opponent is a team like Barcelona who is particularly good at controlling the ball.
No, in the face of Liverpool's crazy tackles, Barcelona seemed to have been prepared, so they did not panic and passed the ball to each other in a hurry. Liverpool haven't grabbed the ball yet, but because the whole field is pressing, there is a gap in their backfield.
Deco caught this for the first time, and seeing this situation, Deco naturally would not be polite, and directly passed the ball to the gap in Liverpool's backfield. At this time, while Deco was passing, Ronaldinho was also struggling to get rid of the Yepes defense next to him and rushed towards the ball.
The gap between Yepes and Ronaldinho is obviously very large, so Ronaldinho managed to get Deco's pass. Without waiting for Yepes to be ready to defend, he looked up at Liverpool's penalty area, and directly rubbed the ball with his right foot, and the ball suddenly flew up, drawing a beautiful arc in the air and flying towards Liverpool's penalty area.
"Jamie!" Seeing that Ronaldinho did not take his own breakthrough, but chose to pass. Dudek, who was standing in front of the goal, naturally saw Ronaldinho's plan clearly, and shouted loudly, because at this time, Larsson, the demon, was quickly heading towards the landing point of the ball, and Hyypia next to him couldn't stop Larsson who was like a drug.
Hearing Dudek's shout, Carragher also sensed Larsson's intentions, and saw that Hyypia was thrown off half of Larsson's body, and he was afraid that he would not be able to stop Larsson, so Carragher suddenly turned around and rushed towards the ball.
Hyypia's degree may not be very fast, but Carragher's degree is not slow, at least in the position of central defender, in this area with a height of more than 1.85 meters, Carragher's degree may be considered to be in the forefront.
Therefore, Carragher scrambled to destroy Larsson's shot with an irregular sliding tackle before Larsson could force his shot, and at the same time sliding the ball to the retreating Hamann.
"O~ It's a pity, Larsson is a step too slow, otherwise we would have seen a good shot on goal, and it was a shot that was very likely to score. Liverpool's defence was so tight that Barcelona struggled to find a shot on goal. ”
Seeing Carragher sabotage Barcelona's attack, the commentator said somewhat depressedly. This is also thanks to the fact that Barcelona and Liverpool have established a treaty of brotherhood, which is why the commentator is so polite. If it had been yesterday, I'm afraid the narrator wouldn't have yelled excitedly, or sarcastically carragher, thankfully.
'Larsson is already under siege at the Liverpool backline, it's hard for one person to find a shot on goal and Larsson needs help. Or at this point, Giuli and Ronaldinho need to break through a little bit more and help Larsson. ”
Although there was no sarcasm and scolding Carragher, it was still Barcelona fans in the end, so the commentator kept saying his opinion.
In fact, don't look at the commentator is not the head coach, but his ability to arrange the formation is at the expert level. In particular, some commentators who have been commentators for a certain amount of time in this matter football match commentators, because they have been commenting countless games, so their theoretical knowledge is very rich, and even far stronger than that of the head coach.
Therefore, in many cases, the head coach will also tend to listen to the commentator's commentary and opinions, although it is not necessarily necessary to follow the commentator's words, but sometimes it is still necessary, at least the commentator's words are not all nonsense.
So, when he heard the commentator's complaints, Rijkaard couldn't sit still and came to the sidelines, whistling while signaling Ronaldinho and Giuli to step up their individual breakthroughs and try to create shooting opportunities for the team.
"Take the high ball, cross the bottom, bomb it with a header, knock on the door of Barcelona." While Rijkaard was still asking Ronaldinho and Giuli to strengthen the breakthrough, Lao Bei was also on the sidelines, loudly reminding the players on the field.
Lao Bei knows very well that compared with Barcelona, Liverpool is Liverpool's biggest advantage in terms of body and height, and Barcelona's biggest advantage is short passing and players' foot skills.
Therefore, Lao Bei repeatedly emphasized that while the players were required to destroy Barcelona's attack with decisive tackles, they should also try to pass high balls in the air, or cross them to the bottom, using Liverpool's own strongest advantage to break through Barcelona's door.
As Liverpool's lone striker, Colwill knows very well what his responsibilities are, so Colwill did not actively participate in the attack as in the past, but ran back and forth from side to side, controlling the ball at his feet, waiting for his teammates to run, so as to distribute the ball.
When Colwill saw that Reese had started to cut forward, he knew that his opportunity had come, and immediately distributed the ball to the left and handed it to Reese. Reese did not stop the ball, but directly handed the ball to Gerrard on the side again, and he continued to rush towards the Barcelona penalty area.
Seeing this situation, Mota wondered whether to prevent Reese and Gerrard from playing one-two, follow Reese to death, or defend Gerrard. After a brief thought, Motta finally chose to defend Gerrard, and as for Riese, let Silvinho, who is opposite Riese, have a headache.
A talented player, regardless of his talent in football, is also intellectual. Steven Gerrard is definitely a talented player and knows exactly where the advantage between himself and Motta lies.
Therefore, after receiving a pass from Riser and seeing that Silvinho began to defend Riser and had lost the effect of playing a one-two, Gerrard suddenly took it alone.
Don't look at Mota's height of 1.87 meters, compared to Gerrard, he is even a centimeter taller. But that doesn't mean Motta can withstand Gerrard's breakthrough.
After several seasons of strong physical confrontation in the UK, Gerrard's body can be said to be very strong, and Gerrard is also very aware of his advantages, so Gerrard has taken a very simple breakthrough, that is, relying on his body and degree, to force a breakthrough.
"Damn, this monster!" Although Mota had done his best to resist Gerrard's breakthrough, the gap between the strength and body of the two sides was too great, and in just one second, Mota felt that he had lost his center of gravity, and couldn't help but curse secretly.
Mota, who has lost his center of gravity, is no match for Gerrard. Feeling that Mota's resistance had weakened, Gerald was also unceremoniously, and immediately increased his strength, relying on his strong body and strong strength, he ran directly past Mota's side without any reason.
"Oh ~ Oh my God, is this Gerald still human, how can it be so terrifying!" Seeing that Mota, who is usually strong in the Barcelona team, could not stop Gerrard's progress in the slightest, and was easily broken through in a very manly way, seeing this scene, the commentator couldn't help but exclaim.
"Damn~ What a bunch of savages." Seeing his disciple Mota being run over by Gerard who was so faceless, Rijkaard, who was on the sidelines, couldn't help but think unhappily.
Don't look at Rijkaard's playing days, he is also a typical strong player, but Rijkaard despises only the way to play the game, Rijkaard has always believed that football should be like his idol Cruyff, clean and neat. Therefore, Rijkaard's playing days, whether it is offense, defense and steals, are very clean and not dirty.
However, Rijkaard seems to have forgotten that this current professional football, which has higher and higher requirements for players to be comprehensive, can have a strong body, which is naturally the biggest capital. At least a strong physique can keep you from falling behind in physical confrontation, and at the same time, you can also avoid being easily injured.
"Damn it!" Seeing Gerald running over Mota and rushing over, Harvey on the side immediately rushed towards Gerald. Xavi knew that his body was not as good as Motta, let alone Gerrard, so Xavi decided that as long as he reached the distance, he would not hesitate to tackle it. No matter how strong your body is, Gerald can't handle my tackle.
Xavi's idea was good, but Gerrard didn't give Xavi a chance, and when Gerrard broke through Motta and attracted Xavi, Gerrard suddenly half-turned and got up and played the ball to the right side of the pitch, and the ball flew straight towards the bottom line of the goal.
"Watch out for Liverpool's crosses, Belletti, over there!" Valdés stood in front of the goal, he could see the situation on the field clearly, at the moment of Gerrard's pass, Valdeston was present, and Yepes was already crazy and ready to chase the ball.
Thinking of Liverpool's best and sharpest crosses and headers, and looking at his teammates' bodies and heights, Valdstone reminded Belletti loudly that he hoped that Belletti could snatch the ball before Yepes.
Hearing Valdés' reminder, Belletti also rushed towards the ball quickly, but unfortunately in the end he was still a step slower than Yeppers, who grabbed the ball first, glanced at Barcelona's penalty area, and crossed directly.
The ball is very fast, but also very low, in the situation of people coming and going, very crowded, Valdéston tensed his nerves, because Valdés knows very well that this kind of pass, most likely to cause a sideline or an own goal, and the ball is very low, and there are many people in the penalty area, even Valdés does not dare to attack.
There's no way, there's no place for Valdés to attack, it's crowded everywhere in the penalty area, if Valdés attacks, I'm afraid he will be blocked by his teammates and Liverpool players, and it won't be able to hit at all.
"Woo~knock!" Two muffled sounds, in a burst of exclamations from the fans at the scene, the ball suddenly smashed on Barcelona's right post and popped off the bottom line.
"Damn~ My luck isn't so bad!" George relied on his excellent bounce and explosiveness to successfully grab the first point, but unfortunately, the ball finally smashed on the post and rolled out of the bottom line. Seeing this, George couldn't help but think to himself.