Chapter 395 Roughness and Art
In his first attack on the field, Iniesta used the pass to help Ronaldinho find an opportunity. The Brazilian almost broke through Liverpool's goal with a light hanging goal.
Then in the offense near the end of the game, Iniesta showed extraordinary reading ability. When Barcelona's offense advanced to the penalty area, he suddenly inserted into the right side. When Ronaldinho got the ball and was defended, he pushed the ball to the right side with one kick. Iniesta followed up and shot it directly and scored the ball.
"The ball is in! Iniesta!"
The Spanish commentator shouted wildly.
The first half was about to end, and Barcelona finally scored a goal, but the goal was Iniesta who had just appeared, which forced many people to praise Rijkaard who replaced him.
This time the substitution adjustment was quite successful.
It was not until this time that Barcelona fans found a little bit of the feeling that Barcelona was playing football on the court, rather than just now, Barcelona had no choice but to fight Liverpool, they were always worried about their own goals.
That's not a normal Barcelona!
When he saw Iniesta score and Barcelona celebrated the goal, Benitez felt helpless, but he knew that the team had played well in the first half. With two goals, Barcelona's offense returned in vain again and again. The team performed quite well, but Barcelona's overall strength was too strong and there were too many outstanding players.
You should know that Liverpool is not facing the most perfect Barcelona now. They have two outstanding geniuses injured. One is the genius Xavi who fought for Barcelona as early as 1999, and the other is Barcelona's most shining star Messi in recent years.
The injuries of these two people have reduced Liverpool a lot of trouble.
But Barcelona's lineup is still very strong. They also have outstanding young geniuses like Iniesta in the frontcourt, as well as a number of outstanding stars such as Van Bomer, Deco, Etoo, and Giulli. Each one is taken out separately. For Liverpool, it is estimated that Alonso-level players will be compared.
How many players are there in Alonso-level players?
All one hand can count... But in Barcelona, almost every player who can play has corresponding fame and strength. At the star level, the two teams have an absolute gap. The tactical gap is even greater.
In comparison, Barcelona is obviously stronger, and it is already very good that Liverpool can play like this.
In short, Benitez felt helpless about Barcelona's goal. But he was quite satisfied with the team's performance in the first half, and the 2:1 score was acceptable.
On the other hand, Rijkald was quite dissatisfied.
In the locker room, he didn't swear or do anything, but his cold face still made the Barcelona players know that the coach was very dissatisfied. Rijcard kept paced and finally stopped to say to everyone, "I think everyone will use half time to understand our opponents! Then in the second half, I hope we should let them know that we are Barcelona!"
If anyone hears Rijcard say this, he will definitely think this guy is too proud and arrogant. After all, their opponent is the defending champion last season, the third in the Premier League now, and the former world giant nobleman - Liverpool.
Is Liverpool much worse than Barcelona?
He actually said something directly, "We are Barcelona." This kind of thing will only be said when it comes to a weak team... But in fact, Barcelona players feel very natural when they hear this sentence, because no matter who the opponent is, Rijcard will say this. They are the powerful Barcelona, and they are the team called "Dream 2" by the media. There are countless pride in their hearts.
This pride comes from the team's strength, and also from Barcelona's traditions and confidence.
The Spanish Catalans have always been proud. As a club representing the Catalans, Barcelona is also proud. Although their historical performance is not as good as Real Madrid, they will be proud of the style that the team insists on.
Now they have other pride, that is, the strength of the team.
Under the premise of having style, the team can be stronger, the world's best tactics can be played, all fans can be satisfied with every game of the team, and fans around the world can be fascinated by the team's game. This is the pride of Barcelona!
Barcelona Club, from childhood to bottom, everyone believes that the team will be about to succeed. From the beginning of the century to now, Barcelona has become stronger every year. Finally, they are considered the most powerful team in the world. Every player also has this feeling. They have never seen an unbreakable defense line. Any team will collapse under their attack, and their world-class tactics are ahead of Serie A, Premier League, and La Liga.
These are the sources of confidence in Barcelona.
Facing Liverpool?
Chelsea, the number one in the Premier League, fell in front of them. As the third, what is the decline of Liverpool?
Lineup? Nothing.
Coach Rijcard was one of the "three troikas" in the past. After becoming a coach, his team performance was also very good, and Benitez was just an academic coach.
Tactics? Hahaha... Barcelona is fighting the best tactics in the world!
Morale? Most media believe that Barcelona has a higher winning rate.
Now that the two teams are playing, Barcelona are full of confidence because they can't expect the reason why the team will lose to Liverpool. In their eyes, this team that can be described as "rough" is really far from them.
Rijkald's confidence also comes from this, so he is not satisfied with the first half.
However, they should despise their opponents strategically and pay attention to their opponents tactically. After Rijkaard finished the first half, he began to assign tasks for the second half. Everyone listened carefully, and they were all holding on to their strength to perform well.
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In fact, for neutral fans, the game is quite exciting.
Before the game, the media analyzed the situation of the two teams' fight and analyzed the highlights of the game. Barcelona undoubtedly had the gorgeous tactical style and the performance of various stars.
Ronaldinho is the focus, and Deco, Iniesta and others have also been mentioned.
On Liverpool, Zhang Tiehan's goal is worth looking forward to... Then, no more, for neutral fans, Liverpool's highlights are really pitiful. For example, Gerrard and Alonso, they are not the kind of stars who are very attractive in performance, because they often work in blue-collar work. On the technical level, compared with Barcelona, Gerrard is definitely a rough player. Alonso is better, but not as good as Barcelona's gorgeous stars.
In the first half, the highlights reflected a lot.
Fans have seen Barcelona's gorgeous offense. Although there was only one goal, Barcelona showed extraordinary cooperation ability in many attacks, and the few goals were only because Liverpool's defense was too stable.
For Liverpool, fans of Zhang Tiehan also saw it.
It's really amazing!
Faced with Barcelona's defense, Zhang Tiehan continued to cause various threats alone. This performance is the only scenery to see here in Liverpool. This only scenery is enough to make fans excited.
Three goals in the first half, and there were also many goals.
After half-game, neutral fans were divided into two factions, one supported Barcelona, which accounted for a large number of people. After all, Barcelona's football is too gorgeous. If a fan chooses it, most people will choose gorgeous football, which looks like watching art.
Liverpool has nothing to do with art. Their football is simple and rough, but there are still many who support them. More people like Liverpool because of Zhang Tiehan's goal.
The two factions are constantly fighting each other on the Internet.
Fans who support Barcelona believe that the winner should belong to gorgeous football and a stronger club. Fans who support Liverpool believe that Zhang Tiehan has absolute dominance on the court and he will make Barcelona's gorgeous football collapse... Obviously, many people are looking forward to this, because the voice of supporting Zhang Tiehan is the most popular among the twenty-two players on the court. At this time, even Ronaldinho is not as popular as Zhang Tiehan. It is mainly that Zhang Tiehan scored two goals, while Ronaldinho did not score.
Many commentators also talked about this during the break. "The Brazilian did not score in the first half and did not have many opportunities to perform. This is related to Liverpool's tight blockade against him, but Zhang also faced a strong defense. Puyol and Max were always marking him. Compared with Ronaldinho, Zhang performed better. He relied on his own ability to score two goals, and the first goal was scored by himself. This performance will make everyone remember him."
Many media are discussing the competition.
In addition to supporting the two teams, most media are analyzing the situation. The score is 1:2. In fact, it is not bad for both teams. Liverpool has the advantage in the score, but they are at home and scoring one more goal is not an advantage.
Barcelona scored a away goal.
In the Champions League knockout round, away goals are too important. If the game ends 2:1, Barcelona will have some advantages. After returning to the Camp Nou, they only need a 1:0 to eliminate Liverpool.
The halftime break was not long. As the comments of the commentators, time slowly passed, and the players of both teams returned to the court to change sides and fight again.
Barcelona began to attack continuously!
They launched a fierce offensive against Liverpool in the first half, as if they were going to complete a massacre and launched a storm-like attack on Liverpool.
But Benitez has a good defensive arrangement.
Perhaps it is difficult for Espanyol to lay out anything better in offense, but in defense, Benitez has done quite well. This season, for Liverpool, the defense is also a guarantee that Liverpool wants to get better results when the defense is unstable and the players are not capable of strong. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!