bigabreads Chapter 193 Time for Barcelona
Chapter 193 Time for Barcelona
Chapter 193 Time for Barcelona
When the game restarted, Barcelona's offense became unhurried again.
Alves and Adriano no longer attack together, and Javier Mascherano and Pique also honestly stayed at the end. Barcelona's defense seems to be much more stable.
Van Basten couldn't help being a little disappointed.
He also counted on another quick counterattack to completely end the suspense of this game...
He glanced at Guardiola, who was sitting upright, and felt a little admired in his heart:
After all, he is a legendary man who has been at the peak since his debut. He is used to countless big scenes, and he can still maintain his composure at this time. If White Swan was at a disadvantage, he might not be able to sit on the coaching bench long ago...
"After the adjustment at halftime, Barcelona got rid of the restless emotions, regained their own rhythm, and sought opportunities by patiently turning their feet. And Ajax continued to defend and counterattack. It looks a little dull..."
He Wei took a sip of coffee to refresh himself.
"But the storm is often brewing in this dullness. Barcelona often use the constant inversion of the midfield, on the one hand, to attract the opponent's defense line to move forward, so as to form a space, and on the other hand, it is also to paralyze the opponent and let them get used to it. Slow tempo, and then suddenly change speed, this kind of tactic like boiling a frog in warm water is hard to defend.” Xu Yang reminded Van Basten, “So Ajax must not let down their vigilance, or continue to put pressure on Barcelona, Once you stop them from pressing and give your opponent room to move, it can be a threat!"
Of course Van Basten understands this truth, Ajax players also understand this truth, and even coaches and players all over the world understand this truth. Few teams can beat them.
If you want to completely restrain their ball possession from beginning to end, you must maintain a full-time defense and full-court press, but... who can guarantee that their players have the ability to press all the way and never stop?
As long as a defensive player is a little lazy, slows down, or fails to react, Barcelona will use their precise pass to tear a hole, and then stab the sharpest weapon into the opponent's chest!
So Van Basten repeatedly reminded his disciples during the intermission that they must not relax, otherwise the previous 135 minutes of hard work may be in vain!
As long as they persist for another 45 minutes, they can step on the corpse of Barcelona and advance to the semi-finals of the Champions League!
If these words are for some old players who have no desires and desires, I am afraid that those old fritters will not respond, but for the young people of Ajax who are eager to prove their abilities to the world with outstanding performances , but this is a great temptation. For this goal, they can often exert energy beyond their own, and even their fatigue seems to be weakened a lot.
And young people often have a sense of competition. When they see their vice-captain always trying their best to entangle with Messi, the most threatening opponent, and not giving an inch when facing the strongest football king in the world, The competitive spirit in their hearts will also burn up.
In some cases, mental strength and fighting spirit can indeed make up for technical and tactical deficiencies, especially when the referee has a relatively loose grasp of the whistleblowing scale...
The referee Clattenburg, who was born in the Premier League, is used to the situation in England where people turn their backs on their backs. For the so-called red card actions complained by Barcelona players, he didn't even call fouls for most of them.
What's more, this is Ajax's home court after all, and it can be regarded as an international practice to have a little advantage in whistleblowing.
In such an atmosphere, the game slowly progressed to the 70th minute.
Guardiola finally replaced Afeilai with his own general Pedro. The presence of Saber will undoubtedly enhance the team's overall speed and wing breakthrough ability.
But Ajax's defense remained unmoved. Van Basten referred to Mourinho's tactics against Barcelona during Inter Milan and Chelsea, and commanded his disciples to compress the two defenses tightly without any hesitation. Give Pedro and others room to attack.
Penetration from a low pass from the wing?
Sorry, the middle lane is already overcrowded, and the wide players are not sure that they will be able to deliver the ball to their teammates.
High ball pass?
I'm sorry, facing Vertonghen and Oleg, two central defenders who are about 1.9 meters high, whether it is Villa or Messi, they have no advantage in competing for headers...
After Pedro played 5 minutes, Barcelona's offensive still did not improve, and Guardiola finally couldn't sit still.
At 45 minutes, he could still use the Miracle of Istanbul to encourage himself and his players, but when the game was less than 15 minutes away, there was an anxious look on his face.
Standing on the sidelines, Guardiola loudly reminded the players, and at the same time used rich hands gestures to draw offensive tactics, but many people doubted that the anxious Barcelona players really had the mood to analyze such complex movements. What tactics?
The fight between Messi, Long Shute and Ennuo is still going on. As time goes by, Enno's physical fitness and concentration have declined to a certain extent. Once Messi had completed a continuous escape, but was re-emerged. Long Shute, who had overtaken him, fell to the ground with a shovel.
In order to stop the Argentine champion, Long Shute and En Nuo both received a yellow card, but they still felt that this little flea never gave up.
In order to strengthen the defense, Van Basten made two substitutions in a row, Blind took over Enno's work, and Alderweireld replaced Oleg, who was in decline.
When Oleger left the field, the Ajax fans took the initiative to applaud him, thanking him for his performance against his former owner.
When the game entered No. 80 minutes, Guardiola played all the remaining two cards in his hand. The striker Bojan in 90 replaced Keita, who was doing nothing. Good Villa.
"Barcelona's substitutes are too young. It may be too risky for them to come off the bench at such a critical moment..."
"If there is no way to become a savior, they are likely to be crushed by the ensuing pressure..."
The two commentators slandered Guardiola's substitution adjustments one by one.
But Guardiola really has no one to use. There are only old goalkeeper Pinto and three defenders on the bench. Does he want to replace them to strengthen defense when he urgently needs to attack?
Guardiola once laughed at his old enemy Mourinho, because the Portuguese often resorted to many strikers to fight back after being cornered, but now it was his turn.
He waved his arm, and Adriano and Alves, who had been holding back for half an hour, began to advance desperately. Pique also rushed to the front of the team as a high center forward, and Barcelona launched a desperate attack!
This is the final battle!
Every mistake has the potential to destroy the team, and every flash of inspiration has the potential to make you a hero.
Both Van Basten and Guardiola stood on the sidelines, like two statues, staring at the 22 players on the field motionless, and the black and white football rolling repeatedly under their feet.
Van Basten, who leads by one goal, is even more nervous than his opponent: he has been teased by that God too many times, and he is really afraid that God will give him another black 3 minutes, just like in stoppage time Bayern Munich conceded two goals in a row and sent Ferguson and Manchester United to the altar...
Time is passing by second by second, it is suffocating.
Barcelona's players have long given up penetration in the middle and repeated inversions. Harvey's long pass and crosses from the two sides have become their frequently used offensive routines. A high point where you can earn a header.
Facing Barcelona's tide-like offensive, Ajax could only back down. Under the command of the old driver Van Basten, they parked a red and white double-decker bus in Stregrunberg. In front of the guarded goal.
In front of this bus, people inside and outside the penalty area were on their backs, and the whistle sounded one after another became the busiest sound at the last moment. Clattenburg was also sweating profusely, and showed two yellow cards to both teams.
No one will criticize Van Basten's conservative and ugly tactics, as long as he wins the final victory.
There are only the last 5 minutes until the regular time of the game ends.
No one can predict whether Barcelona will reverse the Jedi within these 5 minutes.
Van Basten felt like he was going to faint.
Guardiola couldn't help but wiped the sweat from his hands.
His eyes fell on the short player on the field.
He wants to see miracles.
Just like those miracles that have been staged before!
Messi receives a pass from Xavi.
Time seems to stand still at this moment.
(End of this chapter)