What if Barcelona had such a player?

Rijcard shook his head. At least he didn't dare to think about it. It was not a transfer value. This also involved other issues. For example, when he came to Barcelona, ​​it was difficult for him to adapt to Barcelona's tactical style and there was no need to talk about exerting his abilities.

Barcelona is Barcelona, ​​and it is not something that any capable player can adapt to. Barcelona must find players who can adapt to the team style, so Barcelona is more of Spanish and South American players, such as Italy, England, and Germany. Their players are also quite outstanding, with many world-class stars, but there are only a handful of those who can adapt to Barcelona.

This is Barcelona, ​​the ever-special team in the world football world.

In any case, Barcelona is already one goal behind. What you need to pay attention to now is how to play to win the game. Rijcard knows that now is not a time to worry. The most important thing for the team at present is to stabilize and play more steadily. According to Barcelona's playing style, control the rhythm of the game and control the scene. Only in this way can we seek a goal opportunity and limit the opponent's goals.

He called Captain Puyol and gave some advice in person.

The game started again soon.

Liverpool scored a goal in the first five minutes of the game. This opening was surprising, but after the game restarted, Barcelona showed their strength at home, their strong ability to control the ball, and their suppression of their opponents.

Football is under Barcelona's control most of the time.

When Barcelona wants to play calmly, any opponent really feels powerless. They just keep passing the ball and passing the ball continuously. The opponent cannot press it up to grab the ball - Barcelona hopes that the opponent will do that, so they have a chance. But if they don't do that, Barcelona will keep passing the ball. There is no good chance. They rarely take the initiative to pass the ball forward, and more often pass it across the board. Occasionally, the football reaches the front court. Then two or three passes and arrives in the backcourt. They always do this. Although their passes are gorgeous, it makes people feel drowsy over time.

Then Barcelona suddenly attacked.

There was no sign of their attack, from Deco to Iniesta, from Iniesta to Van Bomer, to Etoo, to Ronaldinho, and then to Etoo. Finally, the Gamalon man put the ball directly into the net.

This was the offense in the 36th minute of the first half.

"Etoo!!Etoo!!" Camp Nou commentator shouted excitedly, and the commentators of various TV stations also explained the goal, which shocked the spirit of the sleepy fans just now.

This goal was too sudden.

The goal came too smoothly, and the whole process might be described as "no tension". Barcelona almost passed the ball into Liverpool's goal. Such a goal is really helpless, not to mention that Liverpool has been working hard to defend. The defensive formation has always been very stable, and even so, Barcelona also scored such a goal.

Camp Nou immediately fell into a sea of ​​cheering, and Barcelona fans in the stands shouted Etoo's name, "Etoo! Etoo! Etoo!"

Of course, the goal is not Etoo's credit. His only credit may be the last kick. Most of the others are the credit of teammates. This goal also reflects the characteristics of Barcelona's offense. They rely on the integrity of the team. The uninterrupted cooperation will make the opponent exhausted to defend and pass the ball continuously, making it really difficult for the opponent to defend them.

This goal also made Barcelona fans finally feel relieved.

The Barcelona fans were depressed by Liverpool at the beginning. This is the Camp Nou Stadium, and the opponent scored the first goal, and there were two goals advantages in two rounds. Even the optimistic Barcelona fans believed that the team might be eliminated in the Champions League. After these dozens of minutes of the game and this wonderful goal, they felt that Barcelona would definitely be the winner.

"This is Barcelona! This is Barcelona!" The fans scrambled to shout.

"Barcelona still recovered one goal..." The English commentator said a little helpless. In fact, Barcelona had always been in control of the ball in the previous game, and anyone could see that Barcelona scored a goal. "Liverpool should pay more attention to not defense, and how to change the situation. If the game continues like this, it is not surprising that they will lose to Barcelona."

This is the view of the English commentator and the view of most senior football players. It is not mainly to score goals, but the situation is completely controlled by Barcelona.

Barcelona used ball control to control the situation, and their ball possession rate has always been above 70%. This ball possession rate means that Liverpool has poor time to get the ball. He doesn't have much time to get the ball, so naturally there are not many attacks and there will be no more opportunities. In previous games, except for that goal, Liverpool only had two shots, and they also had long shots from the outside. They never scored into Barcelona's penalty area once.

Barcelona has a comprehensive advantage in all data.

This may not explain the entire problem, but it is enough to explain the current situation of the two teams.

Liverpool is passive in all directions, and more importantly, they dare not attack and fight Barcelona to the death, which is almost no different from admitting defeat. Although Liverpool has a goal advantage, but with more than half time in the game, one goal advantage is really nothing. What's more, as long as Barcelona scores another goal, they can eliminate Liverpool by relying on their away goal advantage.

The game is quite unfavorable to Liverpool.

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In the last time of the first half, neither team scored another goal, and the first half ended 1:1. Many media supporting Liverpool breathed a long sigh when the referee heard the whistle.

It was really a blessing for Liverpool to only look at the last game of the first half. Barcelona scored only one goal.

The Liverpool players who returned to the locker room were in a very heavy mood. They used small tactics to score a goal at the opening stage. This opening was quite good, but they didn't expect that the next forty minutes would be like this. They were beaten without any strength to fight back. No. It should be said that they had no time to control the ball at all, so there was no chance. Barcelona was using constant control of the ball to limit their attacks. This might be the "Barcelona rhythm" that the media said in the cross.

The last time at Anfield Stadium, when the two teams met, Liverpool did not feel that Barcelona was so strong. These forty minutes were really a major test for the team. Liverpool's cooperation was also good, and his ball control ability was also top in the Premier League, but it was really too big a gap compared to Barcelona.

They don't know how to do it well.

The players who returned to the locker room were waiting for Benitez to come back. They hoped that the coach could tell them how to play in the second half. Even Zhang Tiehan was the same. He felt very stuffy in the first half. This was the first time he had this kind of powerless feeling. He could not get the ball in the frontcourt at all, and he was powerless to participate in the defense in the backcourt because Barcelona's offense was definitely at the "all-game level". Many times, football was in the backcourt, and two or three kicks were passed to the frontcourt. He couldn't do anything to participate in the defense in the backcourt.

That feeling... Zhang Tiehan also realized the power of Barcelona.

No wonder many media think that Barcelona is the team with the highest hope of winning the championship. They are indeed very strong and are much stronger than Liverpool. Especially in terms of controlling the ball, Zhang Tiehan and a number of Liverpool players can only accept it. But it is not necessarily true to win with this.

Zhang Tiehan actually has a chance.

In addition to the goal at the beginning, Zhang Tiehan also got another shot opportunity, which was in the small corner of the penalty area. It was a counterattack opportunity at that time, but Zhang Tiehan did not play right that time, and the football flew directly out of the bottom line. He was also upset about that shot-if he could score, the team would be much better!

That's what he thought.

As for Barcelona's strongness, he just thought about it for a moment. What he valued more was his performance. If he could seize every opportunity, then what opponent would be invincible?

Benitez walked into the locker room.

He was thinking on the road, no, it should be said that he fell into thinking halfway through the first half, and he was thinking until now. Many people know that the Spaniards are best at tactics, he is a master of tactics. In fact, he likes to think about tactical issues the most.

Now it is a tactical issue before him.

He has been considering Barcelona's tactics and Liverpool's response methods for both. Perhaps over the past month, he has been considering related issues. He has come up with many tactics to deal with Barcelona's playing style, such as using the same full-game press as Barcelona, ​​using physical confrontation to block the opponent's control of the ball, and using offense to attack, frequent fast breaks, like Arsenal's playing style, to compete with Barcelona for goals. Both methods will be very effective, but unfortunately they are not applicable to Liverpool.

Now he still has to face this problem.

The choice he gives the team is the best defensive counterattack, and the best one is the best. Liverpool can play the best in this tactic, but when Barcelona plays smoothly and even lets them control the rhythm of the game, such a way of playing is too passive, and it is even equivalent to handing over all the initiative.

The team also has a goal advantage, but in the face of Barcelona's attack, it is too unsafe.

Benitez will not hand over all the initiative and let God decide Liverpool's future, especially when he has a good card in his hand.

Zhang Tiehan.

This is the best card in Benitez's hand.

Other teams do not have Zhang Tiehan, so when they are Liverpool's opponents, they must face the problem of how to limit Zhang Tiehan. Benitez does not have to consider this issue, but instead he has to think about how to play the greatest role of Zhang Tiehan.

It is a happy thing to have such a player with outstanding personal abilities.

In this way, the team has more choices. Without Zhang Tiehan, Benitez was almost certain that he would give up and let the team defend all of them, striving to defend this goal advantage, because he has no other choice, and only in this way can there be a glimmer of hope.

But it would be different if Zhang Tiehan was.

Having Zhang Tiehan means that the team has the ability to fight back, so he will not give up letting the team fight back and find hope for goals.

However, when you walk into the locker room, Benitez said the first thing he said was, "Our defense should be tighter..." (To be continued, please search Piaotianyi, the novel is better, updated and faster!
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