Chapter 169 The Sweat Behind Flowers

In this game, nearly 10,000 Manchester United fans came to the expedition with the team, while the other 90,000 fans at the scene were all wearing Barcelona's home red and blue sword shirts, and collectively let out deafening cheers!

The largest professional football stadium in Europe for clubs is indeed extraordinary!

What does it mean to have ten thousand people shouting together, and the 100,000 people? As one of the only four membership clubs in La Liga, Barcelona now has nearly 90,000 members, which makes their home court never afraid of lacking atmosphere!

Manchester United fans came 10,000 away, but under the suppression of Barcelona fans who had an absolute advantage in numbers, their voices seemed so weak.

Barcelona, ​​who took the lead in kicking off, immediately launched a fierce attack!

Although their midfield can be considered to be four or two in parallel positions, Rivaldo has stood quite close to the middle from the beginning.

Soon, Rivaldo got the ball in the middle, and Tiger, who was slightly behind, took the initiative to meet him.

Van Gaal was stunned for a moment - Tiger began to participate in the defense? Mourinho, who was sitting next to him, just frowned slightly. Tiger also occasionally participated in the defense before, not to mention that the game has just begun, and Rivaldo's position of the ball is very close to him...

Facing Tiger who was rushing to defend, Rivaldo gently dunked the ball to the side, then quickly drove the ball forward, and then took a big step to chase the ball!

Obviously, Rivaldo wanted to rely on his own speed to forcibly break through Tiger!

However, Tiger's reaction was very fast. He quickly turned around and took the initiative to stick to Rivaldo. He kept using the impact to prevent Rivaldo's speed from being lifted. Then he rushed towards the ball with Rivaldo in a tangled way.

Just when Tiger thought he could break the ball, Rivaldo stretched out his foot in advance to hook the ball back. Seeing this scene, Tiger was a little discouraged - his legs are really long enough, and he has some congenital shortcomings...

Rivaldo, who hooked the ball back, was also surprised. He originally thought that Tiger's defense was just a gesture, so he seemed a little careless when breaking through, and ended up being entangled by Tiger. If he hadn't reacted quickly and his legs were longer, he would have been intercepted by Tiger, who was not very defensive.

Seeing that Tiger was still blocking him, he was not afraid of Tiger's defense at all. He was just careless just now, but Keane, who rushed up behind Tiger, had to make him feel afraid...

Rivaldo raised his foot and passed the ball directly to the right.

After the first leg, countless Barcelona fans believed that if Figo was on the court at that time, Barcelona would not have any way to get Manchester United, which had one less, in the last twenty minutes of the game!

Although the Portuguese is far less famous than his compatriot Rui Costa, it is just because he appears to be relatively low-key in Barcelona. Perhaps only Barcelona and their arch rival Real Madrid fans know how dangerous this Portuguese is when he is on the court!

The next moment, Irish veteran Erwin quickly learned about the terror of this Portuguese!

Figo's speed is not particularly fast. What Elvin fears most is the kind of wing players who rely on speed to rush, but Figo is not. He is very stable, experienced, and will never make a breakthrough. However, after Figo's series of fast-paced changes and breakthroughs, Elvin's center of gravity was immediately shaken by the Portuguese, and then Figo drove the ball to the near bottom line, and then forcibly rushed past Elvin!

Erwin wanted to use his strength to stop Figo's advance, but even the power was not inferior to him!

"Be careful that he crosses!" Schmeichel shouted loudly, and Stam immediately targeted his teammate Cruivet in the national team - this is a top center. Brazilian central defender Bayano, who beats the opponent higher than him in the World Cup semi-finals, gave a signature header, which is one of his masterpieces.

Johnson targeted Anderson, and his pressure should be lighter. In terms of heading, Anderson will not be better than him even though he is outstanding.

However, Figo did not pass the ball at a high altitude. After breaking through the pass route, he directly passed a half-high ball that was almost on the ground and sent it directly to Anderson's feet at the front point!

Of course Anderson is not as good as Johnson in height and points, but in terms of flexibility and running, Anderson is much better than Johnson!

Anderson moved one step horizontally, blocked Johnson behind him, raised his right foot and removed the ball with his right foot outside the instep. Then he took another step, swung his right foot and shot directly in the penalty area!

The ball flew to the near corner, Schmeichel's jump slowed down a little, the ball flew past his hand, and then directly hit the goal!

"gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Oh! Sony Anderson! One to zero! Just one minute of the game, Barcelona scored the first offense! Figo's sharp breakthrough from the wing assisted Anderson to score! Beautiful offense! Barcelona's start at home was so smooth!"

The goal was scored on the first offense. Obviously, Barcelona fans did not expect that they were stunned for a while before they collectively made a huge cheer. Amid the cheers, Anderson and his teammates hugged each other tightly, while Van Gaal on the sidelines waved his fists and sat down.

Ferguson did not seem too angry, but shook his head and sat back. The game had just begun. It was better to fall behind now than to fall behind in the last minute of the game.

Tiger frowned and recalled Figo's breakthrough just now.

It is obvious that Figo did not break through purely by speed and strength. His breakthrough method of changing rhythms back and forth before the breakthrough made Elvin lose the center of gravity, which allowed him to gain the upper hand in the subsequent breakthrough. This is very similar to Tiger's breakthrough method, but Figo's breakthrough is more experienced.

"Maybe I can learn it, too." Tiger thought to himself.

At this time, Keane's shout came from behind: "Now we're going to attack! Give them a good look!"

The game re-started. After receiving York's return pass, Tiger did not rush to pass the ball, but waited until the opponent's two forwards approached him before turning around and passing the ball to Keane.

If you come to the dispatch, I will treat myself as a part of the entire team.

Keane passed the ball to Gary Neville who was inserted on the right. Neville dribbled the ball forward, and then passed the ball to Beckham in front. Tiger ran over. Beckham quickly passed the ball to Tiger. Coku and Guardiola rushed towards him at the same time. Tiger did not dribble the ball, but knocked the ball to York who was receiving the ball in front. Then he ran forward. York knocked back, and Tiger passed the ball again, passing the ball to Giggs on the left.

Giggs advanced in the entanglement of Rezig, and Cole also retreated to receive the ball. Giggs passed the ball to him, and then Cole kept passing the ball across the ball, passing the ball to Tiger in the middle again.

The place where Tiger received the ball was close to the opponent's thirty-meter area. Van Gaal stood up. At this place, Tiger's breakthrough was quite threatening. Barcelona suffered a lot here in the first round and naturally made preparations.

It was still Koku who robbed, Guardiola made up the spot, and Figo also returned to the middle to prepare to attack Tiger - Tiger's breakthrough ability is his advantage, but the counterattack after intercepting the ball in such a place will also have a huge threat!

Tiger made a stance to catch the ball, and as soon as he stopped the ball, he would immediately fall into a heavy double-team.

Ferguson frowned and tightened the brows, while Van Gaal's face was already covered with a sneer.

However, Tiger raised his foot and let the ball roll over from his feet!

Several Barcelona players who had already formed an encirclement around were stunned at the same time, and Beckham, who ran from the right, successfully received the ball that Tiger missed, took a step forward and immediately took a long shot at the front of the penalty area!

The ball flew directly to the lower left corner of the goal. Hesp flew hard and rushed out but couldn't touch the ball, but the ball flew out of the bottom line against the far post!

"What a pity! It's a little bit worse... This long shot is very exciting, and if you score, it's even more beautiful... The missed ball from Tiger before is very beautiful!" The commentator of espn exclaimed: "Barcelona just led, and Manchester United almost immediately returned... There is still a chance to play in this game!"

Ferguson's brows stretched out, and a smile appeared on his face.

Van Gaal looked at Mourinho in shock, and the latter also had a hint of surprise in his eyes.

"It gives me the feeling... it seems that Scholes was still on the court just now." Mourinho whispered.

"I feel the same way." Van Gaal replied in a deep voice.

"That would be a little trouble. If it were Scholes who had excellent personal breakthrough ability... the tactics we formulated before might have changed." Mourinho murmured to himself.

"There is no need for this." Van Gaal's eyebrows raised: "That's a big deal, we'll just compete with them for the offense! Louis is back, our offense has returned to its best state. With the offense, we can still kill Manchester United!"

Mourinho didn't say anything, but he had a vague concern in his heart - can he really beat Manchester United by attack? Although they have not been in good shape since the beginning of this season, their defense is also average. They conceded seven goals in the first three rounds of the Champions League group stage, and even Brondby can score two of them... But can we really beat them with attack?

They played eleven goals in Bromödgers in two rounds, and Bayern and Barcelona scored a total of three goals in two games...

In the next ten minutes of the game, Tiger performed as if he had completely copied Scholes. He worked diligently on the court and constantly cooperated with his teammates, making Manchester United's midfield run smoother - although in Ferguson's eyes, his running method and route were still a bit lacking, and sometimes the response was not enough. However, at least now on the court, Tiger's running has about 80% of Scholes' characteristics!

"This guy has a really strong learning ability." Kidd sighed on the sidelines. Tiger has only been joining Manchester United for more than three months. One of them was still in the hospital bed. He was able to integrate into the team so quickly. This speed is simply surprising - it would be a striker and a defender, after all, what they have to do is very simple, but Tiger is the midfielder! The midfielder on both wings only needs to deal with three sides of running and supporting, and the midfielder is four sides!

"He temporarily sacrificed his ability to attack forward to achieve this... However, doing so may not be beneficial to his performance. It depends on how he balances the entire formation and plays his personal characteristics..." Ferguson said leisurely.

Tiger ran hard on the court. As Ferguson said, this kind of back and forth running and receiving balls is not mainly about himself, but just treating himself as an ordinary member of the team to receive the running pass. It is a way for Tiger to suppress his nature and characteristics. Although his passes are excellent now, what he is best at is still the kind of finding out the opponent's defense line in an instant during the movement and then using it, especially in the process of holding the ball to find such opportunities. The ball control, pass and shot he strengthened are all based on this.

With this kind of playing football, Manchester United's midfield is indeed much smoother than when Tiger played the main player before, but Tiger himself played a bit awkward.

But playing like this is naturally beneficial - at least Barcelona defends Tiger in a targeted manner and takes advantage of his excessive balls to intercept the ball and then launches counterattacks and cannot be implemented. At the same time, it also makes Barcelona invest more energy in defense, and the pressure on Manchester United's defense line is reduced accordingly.

In the 24th minute, more than half of the first half passed.

A Barcelona attack was broken by Manchester United's defense line. Schmeichel, who seemed a little slow to react in front of the first goal, bravely saved Rivaldo's long-range shot outside the penalty area. After Stam took the ball, he knocked the ball to Gary Neville on the wing. Neville immediately made a straight pass and passed the ball to Beckham in front.

Serge planned to break the ball around the front defense, and Beckham quickly got the ball in advance, and then directly hit Tiger who was inserted.

Because it was in the process of defensive transition from defense to offense, there were not many people defending Tiger. Tiger successfully received the ball and saw that Koku had rushed from the side to defend himself. As always, he did not dribble the ball, but directly passed the ball to Kohl at the front of the penalty area.

York began to penetrate forward, and Cole stopped the ball at his feet. Seeing that there was no chance to pass it to York, he directly kicked the ball to Giggs who was inserted on the left.

"Hold him!" Guardiola shouted and ran back. There were not many players in Manchester United's frontcourt with personal fast forward ability. Although Tiger had excellent personal skills, his speed was slow and the threat was not too great. However, Giggs was a huge threat...

This is true. Although Rezig quickly returned to defense and wrapped around Giggs, Giggs still dribbled the ball continuously and took the ball to the place parallel to the opponent's penalty area line. Seeing that there was no way to cut in, he stopped immediately and passed the ball back to Tiger who followed up to assist.

Tiger stopped the ball at his feet, and Cocu chased after him, while Guardiola stopped him. Tiger looked up to the right and saw that Beckham had already run up, and then he was about to raise his foot to pass the ball.

Guardiola was distracted by this action, but the moment Tiger touched the ball with his left foot, he quickly pulled the ball to the left, and then rushed over Guardiola with the ball!

Fake fax closure!

In this pass, Tiger used Figo's sudden acceleration technique, then blocked Guardiola from the outside, then squeezed Guardiola hard, squeezed Guardiola away a little, and then drove the ball into the penalty area!

When a player like Tiger, who has excellent personal skills, dribbles into the penalty area, it means that it is a totally overturned!

Barcelona's entire defense line suddenly became in chaos!

When the giants fight against the giants, there will naturally be no situation where several players focus on the opponent's core players. Even if they are, they will only be in the midfield. Now Tiger breaks through Guardiola in one breath and breaks into the penalty area. Barcelona's defenders are offensive players who are fighting against Manchester United. Now, no matter how experienced their players are, they will inevitably feel panic!

They know this guy's shooting ability! If Tiger's style outside the penalty area is a bit confusing, then his shooting in the penalty area is extremely clean and neat and concise! If no one defends him, he may immediately break through the goal guarded by Hesp!

Avelado threw down his defense York and rushed towards Tiger. He wanted to block Tiger's shot. However, when he was about to rush to Tiger, Tiger quickly raised his foot and passed the ball directly to the unguarded York!

Receive the ball near the penalty spot, no one defends - if York doesn't seize this opportunity, he will not deserve the pounds Manchester United have given him!

A very simple stop was also very simple, and then quickly kicked the ball!

The moment Tiger passed the ball, Ferguson's hands unconsciously stretched forward, and when York scored the ball into the goal, Ferguson's arm rose with the trend!

At the same time, Van Gaal slapped the lawn in front of him!

Mourinho bit his lips and stared at Tiger, who played a huge role in this goal.

"It's only been more than a month! He actually changed like this!"

Looking at Tiger who was hugging York, Mourinho thought in his heart. Of course, he wouldn't know how much Tiger had paid before such a performance on the court today!

The flower blooms for only a moment, but how much sweat has flowed from behind is not something that others can know about in order to make this flower bloom!
Chapter completed!