Chapter 216 One Dragon (Thanks to the soul of the new leader Helan Shan!)
Messi fell to the ground and raised his hand again to signal the referee for a foul.
But this time the referee ignored him and just hooked his hand at him, telling him to get up quickly, then turned around and ran back - Lazio had already launched an attack!
After Jose Passarella snatched the ball from Messi's feet, he quickly passed the ball to Modric.
Xavi came up to press Modric. Modric quickly moved the football to the side.
What makes people nervous is that it was not Meireles, nor Ledesma, nor even full-back Balzaretti who received the ball.
But Jose Passarella!
Passarella stole Messi's football, passed the ball forward, and launched an attack. However, he did not take it back, but continued to take advantage of the situation and cover the ball forward.
Barcelona has Pique going forward to attack, and Lazio has Jose Passarella!
Having once played center, Jose Passarella's ability in this area is quite outstanding.
He has speed, technique, and offensive awareness.
This is much better than Pique, who is purely a central defender.
This is another reason why Del Bosque chose Jose Passarella instead of Pique.
Jose Passarella brought the football out, and his sudden forward attack made Barcelona unable to guard against it!
He rushed past Harvey, but Harvey couldn't even stop him.
When Harvey turned around to chase him and almost caught up with him, Passarella gave the football away again.
This time he passed the football to Ledesma.
Ledesma did not continue to play one-two with him, but distributed the ball to the wing.
David Silva received the ball and dribbled diagonally from the wing to the center.
When Barcelona's Dani Alves pressed forward, he passed the ball out again.
At this point, the football is close to Barcelona's thirty-meter offensive zone.
From here on, Lazio's offensive speed increased again.
David Silva was intercepted by Barcelona defenders while dribbling diagonally. He did not compete with the opponent, but quickly passed the football to Ledesma, who was already in the middle to meet him.
Ledes immediately stopped the ball and then moved it laterally. The ball reached the feet of Jose Passarella!
Passarella did not run back after passing the ball before, but continued to move forward until he reached the opponent's 30-meter area.
It seems that this time he is going to attack to the end!
Of course, he leaves a huge gap behind him. As long as Barcelona can steal the ball, they can launch an attack directly behind Passarella.
But first, they must be able to steal the ball...
Butzquez came up to press Jose Passarella. Jose Passarella did not struggle with him. He saw the right moment and passed the football.
Cavani carried Pique, retreated and received the ball.
Pique was behind him, pushing him hard.
Everyone thought that the two of them were going to duel.
As a result, Cavani passed the football back to the side.
The football fell to Gotze's feet.
Gotze stood there to receive the ball and had no intention of dribbling the ball into the penalty area.
This made many Barcelona fans breathe a sigh of relief.
As long as Gotze doesn't move, his threat will be much smaller.
Then Gotze suddenly passed the ball!
An overhead kick! The football flew over Pique's head!
Cavani also completed his turn before!
Pique thought Cavani was going to play a one-two with Gotze, so he quickly turned around and chased Cavani.
But as soon as he turned around, he realized something was wrong...
Cavani's running direction and Gotze's passing direction are not the same!
He quickly turned his head.
I happened to see an arm wearing the captain's armband swinging.
"It's Jose Passarella!" the commentator exclaimed.
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Passarella entered the penalty area diagonally. He chose to break in between Pique and Marcos. This was due to the lack of tacit understanding between Pique and Marcos.
After all, Marcos only came out in the second half, and in normal seasons Puyol and Pique cooperate.
Sure enough, Marcos stepped forward a little late to cover, allowing Jose Passarella to break into the penalty area.
At the same time, goalkeeper Valdes saw that the football had penetrated Barcelona's defense and quickly abandoned the goal! At this time, only he could stop Lazio's attack!
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Facing the ball coming from behind, Jose Passarella behaved like a standard forward!
He turned sideways and gently pushed the football forward with his chest!
The football jumped up, just in time to avoid Valdez, who also jumped up and tackled the ball with both hands.
Jose Passarella quickly passed by Valdez after padding the ball!
At this moment, Valdez was in the air, losing control of his body. He could do nothing but watch a ball and one person go around him...
He completely failed!
Next, when the football came down a little, Jose Passarella raised his right foot and volleyed!
“José Passare—pull!!”
Amidst the roar of the commentator, the football flew into Barcelona's goal from a smaller angle!
"2:0! 2:0! Lazio leads Barcelona by two goals! Jose Passarella scored a very beautiful goal!!"
The Barcelona players stared dumbfounded at the football in the goal.
"José Passarella's sudden advance completely disrupted Barcelona's unfamiliar defense! He intercepted Messi's ball and launched an attack. Finally, he ended the game with a beautiful volley.
This attack...a perfect dragon!"
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Although in Lazio's normal games, Jose Passarella also participated in the offense many times and also scored goals.
But more often than not, he relies on set kicks such as free kicks and corner kicks in the frontcourt.
Score a goal with a header from a set piece.
A one-stop kill like today rarely happens to him!
Because this kind of behavior of rushing from one's own penalty area to the opponent's penalty area is very dangerous. The whole process is long and complicated. If you are not careful and the ball is intercepted by the opponent, it will provide the opponent with an excellent opportunity to counterattack!
This is very, very risky behavior.
This time, Jose Passarella succeeded!
Even Jose Passarella rarely scored such wonderful goals when he was still playing as a forward in the youth team, let alone after playing as a central defender...
So Jose Passarella, who has always been calm, also seemed very excited.
And he knows how important his goal is!
Two goals ahead of Barcelona! This game is even better!
At Lazio's home court, a two-goal lead basically means double insurance.
No team has ever been able to tie Lazio with two goals behind at the Stadio Olimpico, let alone overtake the score...
Even Barcelona and Lazio players have such confidence!
Jose Passarella opened his arms and ran to the corner flag area, then roared at the cameras there!
It’s so fucking exciting!
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Chang Sheng also jumped up from his seat, raised his fists, raised his arms and shouted.
In the Stadio Olimpico, there was only the cheers of Lazio fans, and no other sounds could be heard.
Lazio leads Barcelona by two goals at home, and many people know what this means.
It’s almost impossible for Barcelona to get back!
"Jose Passarella's goal is so beautiful! As a central defender, he completed a very difficult goal!"
The commentators were also very excited.
"Beautiful! Jose Passarella! Passarella!! Chang's beloved disciple stepped forward at the most critical moment! This goal is really a classic example of a central defender stepping in from behind to participate in the attack!"
"In this peak match, what surprised us was the score... Lazio took the lead easily at home! Barcelona had no chance at all! I have to say, the ginger is still the best... the apprentice is still not as good as the master!"
Guardiola stood on the sidelines, frowning.
He knows that the situation is critical and cannot concede any more goals... Otherwise, if he loses 0:3 in the away game, the second round will be meaningless. He knows Chang Sheng very well. If the score is this, then Chang Sheng will definitely be able to play in the next round.
When using the strategy of controlling the ball and defending, Barcelona was dragged to death...
He once again called Harvey to the sidelines and gave him face-to-face instructions.
He asked Barcelona players to be closer to each other and to have more contact with Messi.
At the same time, he also asked Xavi to give Messi a message, not to wait until he could no longer carry it before passing the ball.
Then it's too late.
After cutting inside, don't wait for Jose Passarella to come forward, pass the ball and run immediately.
Because even though Ledesma and Meireles were pressing him very hard, they didn't have any chance at all.
He didn't believe that Lazio could do that. It couldn't be done by humans, it would have to be a robot.
So as long as you continue to attack, you will definitely find the loopholes.
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When the game restarted, Messi increased the contact with his teammates.
He ran and passed the ball when he broke through, which made Lazio's defense a little troublesome.
After all, both sides are constantly moving, and the accuracy of passing has dropped, but so has the accuracy of defense.
This is about winning in chaos.
Finally, in the 74th minute, Barcelona took advantage of Messi's breakthrough to create an opportunity.
Falcao's shot was saved by Handanovic, and the ball fell just enough for Pedro to dare to hit it.
Pedro, who has only played in the first team this season, did not hesitate to meet the ball and push the ball!
The football rolled into Lazio's goal!
"Pedro! Pedro!" The Catalan commentator, who had been silent for a while, finally broke out and shouted Pedro's name loudly.
"This is a key goal! Not only did we have an away goal, but we also chased the total score to only one goal away! Come on! Barcelona! Come on!"
After the goal, Pedro did not celebrate the goal. He rushed into the goal and took away the football before Handanovic.
The other Barcelona players followed him and ran back to the half-space.
This ball boosted their morale! (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)
