Chapter 285: Perseverance

Jinklaze controlled the ball on the side, and was attacked by Rezig and Figo, and still controlled the ball with ease. After attracting enough attention, Jinklaze immediately seized an opportunity and passed the ball to Vanny who had withdrawn to respond. Vanny kicked the ball gently back to the goal. Gerald, who inserted it, kicked the ball with a strong kick!

"crotch!"

"Oh! Another goal post! In the second half, Leiden Oriental seemed to have taken stimulants... Of course, I'm not saying that they used some banned drugs, I think their head coach must have instilled them with mental stimulants in the locker room... Compared with the first half, they were completely different! In just ten minutes, they completed four shots and hit two goal posts! If it weren't for luck not standing on their side, Leiden Oriental would be enough to make Barcelona despair in these ten minutes!"

Xiao Ming sat in the coach's seat with expressionless expression. After the second half, Leiden East scored their best level, but he created an opportunity but could not score. Xiao Ming now understood what he felt when Erikson was watching his team have the advantage but could not score.

"Calm down, calm down." Xiao Ming kept telling himself that he wanted to calm down. Now the players are attacking furiously. The continuous missed opportunities have caused the anger and resentment they accumulated during the break to dissipate. If he showed impatience on the sidelines or even sighed, it might make the players feel desperate.

So at this time he only did one thing, stood up, pushed forward with a firm gesture, and expressed his opinion - to continue attacking regardless of everything!

He didn't believe that his offense could not score any goals - Barcelona's defense was not as good as their offense! As long as he scored a goal, his advantage and initiative would come back to the side of Leiden East!

Xiao Ming also admitted that his plan was a bit impulsive. It might be a wiser choice to continue to use defensive counterattacks to destroy the opponent's spirit, but he had to consider the morale of the players and the more realistic problem of falling behind in the total score. More importantly, with Barcelona's midfield control ability, if they want, they may be able to waste the second half of the time.

Van Gaal also stood up and watched the players of Leiden East suppress the bombardment in Barcelona's halftime, a trace of worry flashed in his eyes.

He knew that Barcelona's defense was not good, and what he had to do after taking office was not only to make the offense better, but also to improve the defense. In his first season in coaching Barcelona, ​​Barcelona conceded 56 goals in 38 games, and averaged nearly one and a half goals in a game. Last season, the number had dropped to 43, thirteen fewer than last season. They conceded in the league so far so far, which has dropped a lot than when he was coaching. However, in any case, Barcelona's natural weaknesses exist on the defense line, and he is not a coach who is good at coaching the defensive formation. He is good at attack.

I was lucky just now, but could I always favor Barcelona in this game? He was not sure at all. Judging from the momentum of Leiden East's offensive just now, scoring a goal seems to be a matter of time sooner or later. He is not afraid of losing the ball, but he is suppressed by the opponent. How can he score a goal?

Van Gaal made a decision and waved his hand the same way - attack! He didn't believe that any team could be unbeaten in the attack with Barcelona!

Two teams that also want to use offense to suppress their opponents immediately collided with brilliant sparks in the midfield!

Barcelona's midfield is stronger than Leiden East, but Leiden East has already formed a suppression after the start of the second half, and it is quite difficult to get the situation around. Leiden East tried its best to block and counter-attack in the midfield, which will inevitably prevent Barcelona from taking the initiative in the midfield again.

Most of the midfielders sent by Barcelona in today's game were technical, which also allowed them to completely suppress Leiden East in the midfield organization in the first half. However, everything has advantages and disadvantages. In such a midfield confrontation, they began to gradually fall at a disadvantage.

The suppressed attack on Leiden Oriental in the first half had already consumed more physical energy than Leiden Oriental, and in terms of endurance, Premier League teams always had to gain some advantages.

Barcelona often only gain control of the ball after Leiden Oriental fouls. Even if they gain control, they will be immediately pressed by Leiden Oriental without any physical strength in the midfield. Rivaldo and Figo are not short of defensive players. In this case, Barcelona can only use the ball to split the ball to the wing or to pass it directly to Cruyvert in front. This offensive method is Leiden Oriental's favorite and Barcelona is the least good at.

Leiden East still insisted on launching attacks from both wings, constantly tearing open Barcelona's defense through breakthroughs from Jin Kraze and Glencier. Two forwards, one high and one fast, kept causing trouble for Barcelona's defense, and Gerald's occasional long shot can also make the opponent's goalkeeper feel a headache.

In a blink of an eye, ten minutes passed again, and nearly half of the second half had passed, but the score was still 2-0, and Barcelona still had an advantage in the overall score.

After continuous high-intensity pressing and running, the players of Leiden Oriental consumed their physical fitness very quickly, but everyone was gritting their teeth and insisting. Xiao Ming did not say anything like "If you don't fight at this time, then when can you fight?" during the halftime break, but Leiden Oriental players knew that the current game was the last game they deserved to play this season - perhaps in addition to the possible Champions League final.

Jinklaze ignored his fatigue and got involved in Figo. Although his defensive ability and confrontation ability were average, he was also a player with excellent skills, and his judgment and position were quite good. Under the attack between him and Garney, Figo could only control the ball on the spot and could not break through. After dodging a gap, he immediately passed the ball to Rivaldo.

Marklele tried his best to interfere with Rivaldo, but Rivaldo was more than ten centimeters taller than him, taller and longer legs. He planned to take the ball as soon as he stretched out his foot. At this time, Gerald rushed over from the side and stole the ball in the middle!

The ball that got out was obtained by Deselli. The Frenchman did not clear the ball with his big feet, but instead drove the ball forward like a free agent, boldly dribbled the ball forward and broke forward!

It is rare for centre-backs to assist in forwards, but as an unusual offensive method, it often has unexpected effects when used... Of course, it is also accompanied by huge dangers!

After playing for such a long time, the players on both sides were basically one carrot and one pit, and whoever stared at him basically became a fixed mindset. Deselli suddenly rushed up and immediately caught Barcelona off guard.

Of course, dribbling forward is not what Deselli is good at, but he has been playing in AC Milan for several years. If there is no special feature in offense, will anyone believe it?

Caught off guard, Barcelona actually let Deselli dribble the ball and rushed to the near-center circle in one breath. This was a miracle when both sides were tangling in the midfield and not giving up in a lot of land. However, with Deselli's ability, he wisely did not continue to move forward, but instead distributed the ball to Jinklaze on the wing while Barcelona's midfield defense was focusing a lot on himself.

Now it was Figo, who returned to defense, defended Jin Kraze. Jin Kraze dribbled the ball into the middle, and immediately passed the ball to the side again.

Garni, who had assisted, ran up like a wind, took the ball behind Rezig, and then accelerated and forced overtaking!

Poor Rezig was thrown away again. He was ravaged by Jinklaze and Garney in these two rounds of games. He was suppressed by Figo in front of this game, which made him feel a little more relaxed, but after the second half, the explosion of Leiden East once again made him suffer constantly.

In fact, this also proves that Rezig's level is indeed slowly declining. When he was in Ajax, he was once considered one of the best right-backs in Europe, but whether in AC Milan or Barcelona, ​​the right-wing he guards is always the most reassuring link.

Rezig, who was so embarrassed that he was thrown away by Garni, wanted to foul immediately, but Garni's speed was indeed quite fast. When he was about to foul, Garni had already accelerated two steps to catch up with the ball, and then directly passed the ball into the penalty area!

The quality of this cross was not very high. Van Nie couldn't win the first place even if he jumped up. Glenshare received the ball from the back point, but the ball had just fallen from the air. He could not control the ball at the first time, so he could only throw his head and throw the ball to Robbie Keane, who was cruising outside the penalty area.

Keane received the ball, and Koku forced it over. Maybe it was because of a busy mistake, or maybe it was because Koku, the Dutch international, looked down on the Irish young player. He swung quite hard and exposed the huge gap behind him in front of Kean.

Keane was quite calm and took off the ball with his right foot, then quickly used his left foot to move horizontally, dodging the overly swinging Koku. After seeing the goal, Keane did not hesitate anymore, waved his left foot and pulled the rolling ball hard!

When Keane shot, the fans of Leiden East did not have much hope, even Xiao Ming was the same. First, the chance of shooting this time was not good, second, Keane's left-footed shot seemed average, third, Haysp's performance in this game was quite outstanding, and he was also very lucky. It seemed that such a shot did not have any hope of breaking the goal he was guarding...

but……

The ball flew into the penalty area, flew past Averado, and then flew past Hesp's hand, plunging into the goal without warning!

When the ball was jumping in the white net, the entire Camp Nou Stadium became quiet again. This was the second time this happened in this game. The last time was Barcelona who tied the total score to three to three before the end of the first half. The next one was Barcelona's fans crying with joy, and this time, it was the opposite!

"ah--"

The first roar was not the stands, but the visiting team coach's seat - everyone saw the young Chinese head coach jump out of the coach's seat, raised his hands high, and made no sense in his mouth, purely because of howling of venting!

And this shout ignited the entire court like a fuse!

The overwhelming scolding and booing of Barcelona fans poured down into the center of the stadium, while the Leiden Oriental fans who occupied a stand roared in a stern manner, frantically for them to come out of the cliff!

Amid the scolding, Van Gaal slapped the lawn hard, and in such a purely competitive and offensive confrontation, his team actually lost!

"How is this possible!" Van Gaal yelled in a low voice.

Mourinho, behind him, shook his head and was able to score the first goal in the attack. In addition to luck, Leiden East's persistence played a great role. In the first half, Barcelona was determined to attack. They succeeded and scored two goals. However, in the second half, the role turned around and the persistence of the attack became Leiden East. Barcelona began to be frightened by the momentum shown by Leiden East. Although Van Gaal also asked the players to attack with all their might, the mentality of keeping the score until the end of the game still inevitably affected the players...

"The total score is now four to three! As we did in the first half, I don't believe they have that good luck!"

After the celebration on the court fell for a first stage, Xiao Ming shouted at the court with full confidence, and his shouting once again stimulated Van Gaal - has Barcelona achieved all the achievements so far depended on luck?

Under the impact of anger, Van Gaal ignored everything. He sent Dani to replace Rezig, changed into a formation and continued to strengthen the attack!

He no longer cared about the loopholes in the defense line. First, he was deeply stimulated by Xiao Ming, and second, if he did not strengthen the attack, perhaps the remaining time would not be enough to equalize the total score again!

"Ten minutes left!"

After Figo's long shot crossed the crossbar, Xiao Ming stretched out his hands on the sidelines, put on the word "cross", and then shouted loudly.

After recovering that point from Leiden East, Xiao Ming had never been quiet on the sidelines. He was not a coach who liked to perform on the sidelines, but at this time he kept attracting attention from the sidelines. Leiden East's clearance ball flew to him. He deliberately grabbed the ball in his hand and threw it to Koku who came to throw the ball out of the boundary. Leiden East was judged to be offside for a counterattack. He smiled and ran to the fourth official to watch the replay on the big screen...

His actions not only made the Barcelona fans in the stands increasingly angry, but also made the Barcelona players who had already begun to be irritated.

He replaced Glenshare with Carazer just now and strengthened the defense in the penalty area. Leiden East's overall formation also began to recover, ready to defend the advantage of this ball.

As time passed by minute by minute, Leiden East's defense became more and more tight, while Barcelona's offense surrounded Leiden East's half, and there was no way.

Leiden East did not just retreat. Gerald entangled Rivaldo, while Marklele went to help defend Figo. Even Van Nie had returned to the midfield to help defend. Only Keane was left in front of him, harassed Barcelona's defense line.

"Hold on, hold on."

Xiao Ming muttered silently in his heart that he looked relaxed, but in fact no one was more nervous than him. Being firm in the lead was a double-edged sword. If he held it, others would say that you made a wise choice. If you couldn't hold it, countless people would laugh at you for getting the punishment you deserve - he didn't care about others' ridicule, but he had to care whether he could participate in the Champions League final.

Before we knew it, five more minutes passed.

Figo broke through the side again and successfully got rid of Jinklaze, who was already exhausted. He also jumped up to avoid the tackle from the side. At this moment, Garni rushed over and knocked Figo, who was in the air, out of the sideline!

"Red Card--" More than 90,000 Barcelona fans roared in unison.

Garney already has a yellow card on him. Even if he doesn't show the red card directly, he will probably be unable to escape the punishment of being sent off.

Seeing the referee running towards him and then reaching out to his pocket, Garney understood his destiny. This was his choice, so he did not argue, but turned around and walked out of the field.

Behind him was the stern referee's hand raised high, first with a yellow card and then a red card.

This foul is necessary. Figo has broken through two players in a row, and he cannot stop his breakthrough as soon as possible. If Figo has no one to defend and directly rush into the penalty area, then the game will be dangerous.

At this time, it is worth it to give the opponent a chance to score a goal.

"Robert, do a good job, let the next thing be left to your teammates."

Just replaced Jinklaze with Ashley Cole. Xiao Ming, who maintained the defensive power on the wing, took time to come over and patted Jairney on the back: "Go to the locker room and wait, we will bring good news of the promotion."

Girney pursed his lips, nodded vigorously, and then walked towards the player passage. Behind him were the swear words and curses that Barcelona fans heard.

Girney's foul extinguished Barcelona's last glimmer of hope for promotion. Although there are still a few minutes left in stoppage time, under the united defense of the Leiden Oriental players, they were unable to create a threatening shot.

As Xavi's shot went above the crossbar, the referee blew the whistle of the whole game!

With one-to-two away games, the total score was four to three, Leiden Oriental eliminated the La Liga giant Barcelona and advanced to the Champions League final as the first time participating in the Champions League!
Chapter completed!