Chapter 685 The Great Showdown (3)
In recent games, Barcelona has been suffering almost the same situation, they have to concede the goal first in the game, which makes Qiao Wanxian a little depressed.
Now that Liverpool has taken the lead, Benitez dares to bully people and fight, which makes Qiao Wanxian's little temper a little unbearable.
Qiao Wanxian rarely shouted at his stadium on the sidelines: "Everyone cheer me up! Play like a man, don't be afraid of them, attack me, and fight to death!"
Seeing the head coach getting angry, the players on Barcelona couldn't help but look at each other for a few times and gritted their teeth.
Soon, Barcelona's midfielder intercepted the ball, and then Xavi scored the left side, and Ronaldo rushed forward quickly from the left. Finnan and Carragher led the Liverpool defense line to retreat quickly.
Ronaldo received the ball on the left side. Facing Finnan, he made an extremely skillful fake move and made a move to the bottom. After tricking Finnan into moving, he used his own flexibility to quickly change direction and cut inward, blocked Finnan with his body, and drove the ball to the penalty area diagonally.
After seeing Ronaldo break through his teammates, Carragher rushed forward to intercept Ronaldo at the first time, but after a sudden stop, the Portuguese dribbled past Carragher again, and passed two Liverpool's defensive players in a row on the wing, and then rushed to the bottom line.
"Beautiful! Ronaldo has been a succession, Barcelona is unable to compromise after conceding the ball, Cristia Noronaldo's sword is unsheathed!" Cruyff couldn't help but exclaim, while Wenger seemed a little calm: "Let's take a look at this attack..."
Hypia and Carragher also quickly returned to the penalty area. They blocked Ronaldo's inward cut through very well, preventing the Portuguese winger from having the opportunity to face the goal directly.
C Ronaldo attracted three defensive players, including Finnan, Carragher and Hypia alone, so that Marklele had to hurry back and defend the penalty area.
C Ronaldo saw goalkeeper Renner also stood in a favorable position. He obviously had no chance, so Yu Qian stopped acting recklessly. Suddenly, he knocked back and passed the ball back to the front of the penalty area. At this moment, Pirlo followed up and swung his right foot. He directly shot a curve ball outside the penalty area!
The speed of this ball is not too fast, but the angle is too tricky. The one that takes Reina, whose position is already close to the left column, is impossible to block the upper right corner.
But it is precisely because of the fact that the angle is too much, this shot is slightly higher than the goal, and it rubs against the post and goes out of the baseline.
The audience made a clear sigh, but the Red Army fans were filled with a sense of glory for surviving the disaster.
"Less than a minute after conceding the ball, Barcelona quickly retaliated with a sharp offensive. Obviously, although Liverpool is ahead in the score, it will take a long way to go to really defeat the opponent!"
"Cristiano Ronaldo is in good shape. Once he breaks out, Liverpool will completely stop." Now the score is behind, and the nervous Cruyff doesn't care about the fairness principle of commentary and begins to "tight mouth" without hesitation.
The reason why Barcelona's frontcourt trident is that both the left and right wings have outstanding personal strength. In addition, Ibrahimovic, which has a strong tactical effect, makes Barcelona's trident very obvious.
In the 17th minute of the game, Barcelona once again launched an offensive on the left.
Ronaldo once again ate Finnan one-on-one, but the cross was blocked by Carragher and out of the baseline. Pirlo took a corner kick. Puyol beat Carragher and hit a back post at the front. Fortunately, Renner stretched out his leg to block the ball out of the goal as the center of gravity moved to the left.
The two consecutive waves of attacks made Liverpool's goal in a panic, and everyone saw Barcelona's excellent game state and almost overwhelming strength advantage.
"Although Liverpool leads the score, from the scene, Barcelona does have an advantage in strength."
After trying two consecutive attacks on the left, Barcelona changed direction this time - the right.
Messi grabbed the ball on the right, but Traore and Xavi Alonso who returned to defense stopped him from doing whatever he wanted, so Messi passed it back to Xavi, then ran to the middle, immediately attracting Traore to the middle. But Ram on the right rushed forward at high speed. After Xavi got the ball, he immediately made a pass over the top and gave it to Ram in front.
I saw Ram rushing up quickly, after chasing the ball, he directly crossed the ball and hung it to the middle of the penalty area. Ibrahimovic blocked Hypia with his body in the penalty area, and shook his head to push Ram's cross to the goal. But this time, Renner judged Ibrahimovic's only attacking angle early, and the ball directly pushed into his arms.
Ibrahimovic shook his head and gave Ram a thumbs up.
Although Barcelona did not score this time, the team's offense this time was very threatening.
"Barcelona has already formed three consecutive attacks against Liverpool's goal within five minutes after conceding the ball. Liverpool's defense line... Alas, it's really a bit like the emperor's new outfit, standing barefoot in front of Barcelona's muzzle!"
This time, the sigh from Wenger.
At the beginning, Wenger thought that this game was likely to become a replica of the Champions League semi-final at Emirates Stadium. Liverpool would bite Barcelona tightly and use the advantage of leading the score to dominate the game.
But now Wenger understands that Barcelona is really not the Arsenal team he is under!
Liverpool's defense may be considered a steel defense line in front of Arsenal, but in the face of Barcelona's continuous nuclear explosion-like attacks, there is no resistance at all.
Originally, he thought that Qiao Wanxian had a complete tactical defeat to Benitez. Now it seems that the Barcelona team's transcendent strength has made up for Qiao Dapao's tactical arrangements.
The result of this game is hard to say.
Although Arsenal was eliminated by Liverpool in the semi-finals, Wenger still felt a little sympathetic to Liverpool, after all, everyone is a Premier League team.
Besides, it is indeed embarrassing to be beaten by his opponent in the Champions League final. It is really embarrassing and embarrassed.
"Now for Liverpool, the most important thing is to stabilize the situation first and defend your goal. This will give you a chance to create a counterattack. As long as you create a counterattack opportunity, Barcelona's offensive will be weakened and the defensive pressure will naturally be relaxed."
Wenger made a move for Benitez, but less than a minute after saying this, Barcelona finally broke through Liverpool's goal.
Barack and Pirlo intercepted the ball by the Australian midfielder Cowell, who made a diagonal pass to find Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo.
This time, Ronaldo did not drive the ball himself as usual, but observed the situation on the court. He directly sent a ground ball on the left side to make a cross!
There is too much cooperation between Ronaldo and Messi, but these two people and Ibrahimovic are always not very cold. Now the team is behind in the score, and the boss is also angry. Ronaldo can no longer worry about anything, so he tied the score first!
Because it was a fast attack initiated by the midfield intercepting the ball, Ibrahimovic controlled his position and quickly stepped forward while avoiding offside.
C Ronaldo's pass was very accurate. He passed the ball in front of Carragher. Ibrahimovic, who was surrounded, pushed his right foot into the lower left corner of the goal near the penalty point.
"boom!"
A trembling cheer suddenly erupted in the Athens Olympic Stadium.
The cheers this time were obviously much warmer than Torres after completing the goal. Although the number of Liverpool fans and Barcelona fans on the stadium is comparable, among the large-scale neutral fans, everyone obviously supports Barcelona more.
"The ball is in, the ball is in! Cristiano Ronaldo sent a wonderful pass, and Ibrahimovic completed the goal. This was a simple and smooth cooperation. The two superstars made a little spark and completed the goal!"
"Who said Cristiano would not cooperate with Ibrahimovic? This goal proves that the Portuguese winger passed beautifully, and the Swedish center shot was even more exciting! 1:1, both sides returned to the same starting line, and the game became more beautiful."
Cruyff seemed very excited when he saw Barcelona score a goal. Wenger sighed softly when he saw Liverpool conceding the ball.
The huge gap in personal abilities is the biggest difference between Arsenal and Barcelona!
In Wenger's view, Qiao Wanxian's tactical design always has many loopholes, but his players are too perverted and can make up for any tactical mistakes. Wenger even thought that if such a team was handed over to him to coach, he would definitely do better than Qiao Dapao!
But Wenger soon smiled self-deprecatingly. Even if Qiao Dapao lacks tactical skills, what if he? Their vision of buying players is really beyond the reach.
Benitez sat in front of the coach's seat and looked calm. Of course, this can also be interpreted as a helplessness. What can he do when facing a super player like Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi, and Ibrahimovic?
"Let Kuyt be careful, don't move too much, and restrain your emotions. Herbert Vander will not be polite." Benitez conveyed his intention to his assistant.
When Kuyt pulled back to defend, he was too big and tripped Barack and was given a yellow card by the referee. The game has just been going on for 20 minutes, and Benitez is not allowed to have another accident.
In fact, before the game, Benitez knew it well that with the current Liverpool lineup, it was very difficult to challenge Barcelona, which was in full swing. But he did not expect that Barcelona could burst out such amazing energy after conceding the ball.
"Tell everyone to retreat to halftime and stabilize the situation first." Benitez made another adjustment.
Benitez's approach is understandable. Liverpool is at an absolute disadvantage in strength, and the gap in player status and morale makes him have to ensure that the situation is stabilized. Otherwise, if Barcelona plays a big score, Liverpool will be completely finished.
Benitez thinks this way to understand and master the strength of both teams. Similarly, Qiao Wanxian is also familiar with each other's situation. It can even be said that in Liverpool's team, he only values two or three players, and defensive player Marklele is one, but he can't stop Barcelona's troops alone.
Seeing Liverpool's formation retracted, Qiao Wanxian certainly would not avoid it, so he immediately signaled the team to press forward and continue to strengthen the offense.
Liverpool, which has contracted defense, dared not retract too much, because Barcelona's long-range shot from outside the penalty area is also very capable of scoring.
In this case, the key defense should still be arranged within a 30-meter area. The defense line should also be maintained at the forefront of the penalty area.
But in this way, Barcelona's personal abilities have room and room to display.
When Barcelona launched an attack, Xavi dribbled the ball to the top of the penalty area. When he wanted to find Ibrahimovic and Messi to cooperate, the ball was stabbed by Marklele. Villa had to rush forward after dribbled the ball.
But when Villa had just intercepted the ball and went forward, Pirlo, who had been guarding Xavi, made a kick and snatched the ball back. This was also a bit too big for Villa to be eager to make contributions.
After Pirlo cut the ball, he blocked Villa behind him and dribbled the ball to the right.
Marklele immediately followed him in the top of the arc area, while Carragher blocked Ibrahimovic and Hypia from the side to protect him. In addition, left-back Traore also blocked Messi behind, blocking between Messi and Pirlo.
But just when Liverpool's defensive players felt that the team's defense had been arranged very closely, Pirlo suddenly spiked the ball and got a little space from Marklele's left side. He sent a delicate and light pass with his left foot.
The height of the ball was not high, just at a height that was difficult for Marklele and Hypia to block. It was also fast and the angle was very good. It passed through the gap between the two players and Traore, directly penetrated Liverpool's entire defense line and came to Messi's feet.
In such a dense and narrow range, such a shot was indeed very exquisite, but Liverpool's defense line was also arranged very closely, especially the distance between the defense line and the goalkeeper was very good.
As soon as goalkeeper Renner saw Pirlo's pick-up pass, he chose to attack without hesitation. Because the distance was not far, he was confident enough to prevent Messi from shooting directly.
In fact, Messi really didn't have enough time to shoot because Reina's attack timing was too good.
But Messi is not a fuel-saving lamp. At the critical moment, he showed the strength and value of his world's top superstar. He chose to pass the ball against Pirlo's pick, gently picked the ball over Reina's head with his left foot, and then rushed over Reina's side, snatched the ball before Carragher who returned to defense, and volleyed with his left foot!
With Messi's volley, the ball entered the net with a very close distance, and Carragher could not stop it.
“gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!”
"The ball is in, the ball is in again!"
With the commentator's exclamation, Barcelona players rushed out of the stadium quickly. After Messi even rushed out of the baseline, he turned around and rushed towards Pirlo. With a tight hug, a group of people stood on the sidelines and celebrated wildly.
From the beginning to the subsequent equalization, Barcelona only took another ten minutes!
Within ten minutes, Barcelona created murderous intent again and again in front of Liverpool's goal. After Ibrahimovic completed the equalization goal, Messi stood out and scored a key goal to overtake the score!
In the stands, the red flames instantly extinguished, and what was brought about was the cheers of Barcelona fans like tsunamis.
In the 25th minute of the game, Barcelona took the lead in the Champions League final and the score became 2:1!
"A very, very, very, very exquisite attack!"
Cruyff seemed very excited, "Pirlo's pass was very beautiful, very beautiful. At the same time, Messi's handling was just right! He picked the goalkeeper and then volleyed the ball, which reflected Messi's reaction speed to deal with mutations in a short time, as well as his delicate skills, and he could almost score goals in various ways."
Perhaps because he felt that his previous sentence was not rigorous enough, Cruyff quickly added: "Of course, Messi's header is indeed a big weakness, but he was able to use his almost magical feet to bring everyone a fascinating feeling, and he has surprises for us again and again."
In the Olympic Stadium, the live broadcast camera was constantly replaying the entire process of Pirlo's pass and Messi's volley after picking the ball. The whole process gave people a very relaxed feeling.
It’s like Liverpool is not a match for a final, just like a sparring team in the training match. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, the novel is better, updated and faster!
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