Pepe made an impact as soon as he came on, successfully heading the ball to clear Barcelona's corner kick.
In the following minutes, Barcelona followed the tactics of the previous game and tried to directly penetrate Sporting Lisbon's "bottom" in the middle.
However, the two sweepers, Matthäus and Pepe, have almost no shortcomings in coverage area and interception. With the double superposition, it is impossible to penetrate the middle.
Losing the ball in the middle is a very dangerous thing for Barcelona.
Seventeenth minute.
Pepe intercepted Guardiola's through ball in the backcourt.
Kluivert ran past him, and once he received the ball, it was a one-on-one shot.
This is a very risky attack and interception, which is what Pepe dares to do.
If it were Fonte before, he would have retreated conservatively, and then faced Kluivert with the ball in front of him 1V1.
The latter has more than ten ways to get past Font and finish the shot.
And Pepe didn't give Kluivert the ball at all.
boom!
After Pepe intercepted the ball, he passed the ball to Matthäus.
Matthäus passed the ball to Viana and quickly completed the offensive and defensive transition.
Xavi stood still and stared at Viana. Once he was passed, Sporting Lisbon's fast break was completely unleashed.
boom!
Viana did not try to beat Xavi. He has this ability, but his position is relatively far back. Advancing will waste time and affect the efficiency of counterattack.
Viana made a long pass to the right.
Quaresma received the ball on the right and entered the attacking third.
Facing the belated arrival of Barcelona left back Barjuan, Quaresma decisively cut inside.
Baljuan's turn was definitely not as fast as Quaresma's sprint. When he stretched his foot and failed to block the football, it was announced in advance that he had been passed.
Sure enough, when Baljuan turned around, he couldn't even see Quaresma's taillights.
In the penalty area, Drogba suddenly accelerated and raised his hand to ask Quaresma for the ball while advancing.
Barcelona left center back Abelardo originally pounced on Quaresma to prepare for defense, but due to the influence of Drogba's forward penetration, his position was neither up nor down, and his movements were greatly deformed. He wanted to move forward but also wanted to move towards.
Left.
boom!
Quaresma seized the opportunity and directly passed the ball through Abelardo's crotch, completing a spectacular pass with the ball flying up.
Because the game had just started, Guardiola's physical fitness was still sufficient. He hurriedly and slowly caught up.
Quaresma raised his right foot, preparing to shoot with the outside of his instep.
Guardiola flew over and made a Bruce Lee-style block move with his legs stretched out. It would be so cool... if the block was successful.
"Fake action! Quaresma made a fake shot that knocked Guardiola out of the camera! Guardiola fell out of the baseline! He became the perfect background for Quaresma to pass three people in a row this time!"
"Quaresma is facing the goal directly. Although the angle is very small, don't forget that he is Sporting Lisbon's outside instep king! His outside instep skills are second only to Deng Kai, and his outside instep shot is extremely threatening!"
boom!
Quaresma started with his right foot, and the contact point was the outside instep point for shooting, but at the last moment he took the initiative to poke the ground with his toes, forcibly changing the direction of the force and turning it into a pick pass.
Near the small penalty area, Reina positioned himself relatively forward in order to prevent Quaresma from hitting the goal from a small angle.
This pass passed directly over his defensive zone and flew to the mid-back point.
Fortunately, DeBoer is there.
"Deng Kai penetrated forward into the penalty area. His movement selection has always been very good. He provided Quaresma with a better option other than shooting from a small angle."
"Oh! What a pity, De Boer stuck Deng Kai, and he didn't let Deng Kai rush over."
"The last time the two sides met, De Boer was suppressed by Cristiano Ronaldo who came in from the back row, causing the team to lose the ball. But Cristiano Ronaldo is 1.83 meters tall, De Boer is 1.79 meters tall, and Cristiano Ronaldo's
He has very strong athletic ability, so it’s understandable that Depolka couldn’t stop Deng Kai.”
"However, Deng Kai is only 1.71 meters tall. If De Boer, a short central defender, cannot suppress anyone, it is impossible for him to suppress Deng Kai."
The commentary voice just finished.
Deng Kai suddenly braked and seemed to have a new judgment on the landing point.
De Boer immediately stopped and stayed close to Deng Kai.
Defense always has two options, one is to follow the ball, and the other is to follow the man.
This needs to be chosen.
If you are sure to capture the opponent's players and there are no other opponent's players in your defensive zone except the opponent, then you can follow them.
In this way, as long as the opponent cannot catch the ball, there will be no threat.
After all, in the area close to the goal, even if you touch the football, it may cause an own goal. Not touching the ball is the best choice.
Of course, if there are many opposing players in the penalty area, then priority should be given to solving the football problem at this time. It cannot be said that just eating the defensive player is enough.
At this time, in the Barcelona penalty area, Drogba was offside, Ronaldo had not come in yet, and there was only Deng Kai in the middle. De Boer could just play Deng Kai, and there was no need to judge the placement of the football.
When De Boer and Deng Kai stood firm, he looked up and found that their positions were still about one meter away from the landing point.
Perfect!
De Boer felt happy.
Under his close defense, Deng Kai couldn't even reach the target, let alone create a threat.
"I'm stuck!" DeBoer even turned his head and signaled to the right back Reziger who was struggling with Ronaldo at the back point, telling him not to follow Ronaldo if he couldn't, and just go to the bottom line to deal with the football.
.
Reiziger immediately abandoned Ronaldo and rushed to the bottom line, preparing to clear the missed football.
However, at this moment, Deng Kai kicked his right foot, stopped, and suddenly jumped forward again.
With De Boer pulling him, he couldn't jump at all.
But it didn't matter. Deng Kai fell forward, exerted force under his feet, and jumped to the top with a diving jump.
Deng Kai's previous pause when braking caused him to arrive a little late.
The football passed the best shooting area and was almost close to the ground.
But Deng Kai's diving dive was too high to reach the ground, but he was able to hit the football that was close to the ground.
boom!
At this moment, the German bomber and the Paradigm Leap came into play at the same time.
Deng Kai's header ability has been greatly improved.
Even though the angle is tricky, the position is barely adequate.
But Deng Kai adjusted his neck slightly and still perfectly pushed the football into the Barcelona goal!
The Camp Nou stadium fell silent for an instant.
De Boer looked at Deng Kai on the ground and the football in the net, still a little bit unconscious.
This... can this kind of header be scored even though it was obviously too late to lie down?
It's too outrageous.
This guy is as slippery as a loach, what a thief!
"GOAL!!!"
"Deng Kai! Deng Kai helps Sporting Lisbon take the lead!"
"One to zero! Sporting Lisbon defeated Barcelona with a total score of 4 to 3 and entered the UEFA Cup final with half a foot!"
"Can they really do it?"
"This header is so beautiful! Deng Kai is so tenacious! He was completely followed by De Boer, but he did not give up. He completed the goal in his own way! He is simply unstoppable!"
After Deng Kai watched the football hit the net, he immediately got up and rushed to the corner kick area.
He raised his arms high and was about to celebrate, but he was intercepted by Cristiano Ronaldo who rushed over and fell to the ground.
"Grass mud horse!" Deng Kai knew it was over.
really.
The next moment, Drogba, Viana, Quaresma and other players rushed forward.
Putting Deng Kai at the bottom.
Sporting Lisbon fans celebrated wildly on the pitch at Camp Nou.
The faces of the Barcelona people became increasingly ugly.
But the strange thing is that the referee Gandur, who is officiating the game, also looks very ugly.