Chapter 108 With our desire for victory (seeking the moon on the last day of June
The atmosphere in Barcelona's dressing room was a little dull at halftime.
Barcelona was completely stunned by Lazio in the first half.
Several main players, the main initiators of the offense, basically did not perform well.
But looking at their jerseys that have been blurred out of their original color, Rijkaard can't criticize them yet.
Because they played really hard.
In the first half of this game, not only those few players worked hard, but the entire Barcelona team worked hard.
Faced with Lazio's muscle jungle and "killing tactics" - Rijkaard believed that Lazio's fouls and physical collisions were "killing tactics" with the purpose of effectively killing their own players - Barcelona could not hope to perform well.
So what to do in the second half?
Rijkaard thought about it and felt that he should also pay attention to this kind of hardness. He must use strong means to take back the initiative.
He originally started the controlling combination of Xavi, Deco and Iniesta in the midfield.
But now it seems that these three masters of ball control cannot control the football at all. Under the impact of Lazio players, they were rushed to pieces.
The idea of relying on possession of the ball to gain the initiative now seems to be a failure.
Like Chang Sheng, he had to replace players with better defense. At the very least, he had to be able to intercept the ball and protect the offensive players.
It's a pity that Van Bommel has left Barcelona and gone to Bayern Munich.
So there are not many defensive midfielders he can use now.
Rijkaard seems to think that he can start pursuing something different. Everyone says that his football is copied from the winning mad dog, which makes Rijkaard very unhappy. So he plans to let Barcelona use more in the new season
Instead of always having to arrange one or two defensive midfielders in the midfield like Chang Sheng does, this will reduce the enjoyment of the team's game.
In Rijkaard's plan, his Barcelona plays more delicately, more artistically, and more beautifully than the winning teams.
To this end, he plans to add skilled offensive players in the midfield instead of a defensive midfielder like Van Bommel.
So in the new season, he straightened up both Xavi and Iniesta, while Van Bommel was driven to Bayern Munich by him.
Now actually the only midfielder he can really defend is Edmilson, and Edmilson is also a midfielder who was born as a central defender...
He never thought that he would need a defensive midfielder so much in the game, let alone that he would need to use a defensive midfielder so soon.
So now he can only put Edmilson back on the field, hoping that he can restore some of the team's midfield decline.
The person he replaced was Iniesta.
Poor Xiaobai was replaced after a performanceless first half. This made it seem like he was the one responsible for the team's two consecutive goals conceded in the first half...
Although he performed poorly in Lazio's muscle jungle in the first half...
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In the Lazio locker room, Chang Sheng raised a finger to his players. "I just want to say one thing, guys. We led them by two goals in the first half. From the score to the scene, we suppressed them in an all-round way."
The other side. So, what other reasons do we have for losing this game?"
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The second half of the game started, and as soon as it started, Barcelona made substitutions.
Iniesta comes off, Edmilson comes on.
Chang Sheng laughed when he saw this substitution.
He knew that Rijkaard wanted to strengthen the defense in the midfield, and his idea was correct.
But the problem is that Barcelona doesn't have the right person.
To strengthen the defense in the midfield, Edmilson obviously cannot do it.
In last season's Champions League final, Barcelona's starting midfield configuration was the same as that of Deco, Van Bommel and Edmilson.
Among them, Van Bommel is the main defensive force.
Now that the main force has gone to Bayern Munich, what else is there to worry about in terms of winning?
Edmilson has outstanding skills, but his health is too poor.
We are all Brazilians, and his body is completely different from Melo from Lazio.
And the most important thing is that Edmilson has a glass body, and frequent injuries make him very resistant to physical confrontation.
So what to do next is simple.
Just let the players continue to physically confront Edmilson.
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When the second half started, Edmilson fell to the ground three times in ten minutes. This was all the fault of Lazio's players.
When they were fighting with Edmilson, their movements were as if they were trying to break Edmilson's legs...
Edmilson quickly gave up under Lazio's hooligan style of play.
So Rijkaard's arrangement soon came to nothing.
His team still hasn't regained the initiative.
So now the only thing he can hope for is that Lazio will slack off after leading by two goals.
This is normal. After all, Lazio has mostly young players. Young people are very motivated, but they are also easily satisfied and lack experience. This will make them feel that a two-goal lead is enough.
But ten minutes later, Rijkaard felt desperate.
Because this Lazio team has no intention of relaxing at all.
Chang Sheng's halftime words echoed in their minds repeatedly.
"We are already leading by two goals. We are leading from the score to the situation. Why do we still lose this game?"
Two goals are not enough, we have to keep scoring goals!
We want to beat Barcelona!
Those who win support Barcelona have no reason to look for!
Therefore, in the second half, Lazio still ran with high spirits, looking for opportunities to score goals.
It's like the score is a draw... no, it's like they're the trailing side.
The fighting spirit and desire to win of this team simply shocked the viewers!
They had not seen much of a team that was leading by two goals and running like this all over the field.
Lazio already had the advantage on the scene. They did not slack off, but wanted to kill them all!
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In the 70th minute, Lazio's efforts paid off.
When Lazio launched an attack, Benzema passed the football towards the goal. Valdes made a mistake in hitting the ball. The football was not hit far, but fell into the area where Khedira was.
So the young German midfielder pushed the football back into the penalty area with his head. Falcao, who was ambushing in front of the goal, jumped up and pushed the football into the air.
Because Valdez made a mistake in the attack, he didn't have time to return to his position at this time. Such a ball is too simple for Falcao...
"Seventy minutes! Three goals ahead! The suspense of this game has been completely ended!"
"Romedal Falcao! He scored his first official goal after joining Lazio!"
"This is really surprising! Who would have thought before the game that Barcelona would lose so hard and have no way to fight back? Chang Zhen looks like Barcelona's nemesis!"
"This makes us realize again why Chang's Valencia can suppress Barcelona... Barcelona always seems to have few options when facing Chang's team... Now think about the revenge remarks of the Catalan media before the game.
...It’s so ridiculous!”
Facing the celebrating Lazio players, the Catalan commentator was completely silent, and the Catalan media in the media box were also silent.
This is so embarrassing...
But I can no longer blame them for being so high-profile before the game.
Because at that time, who could have known that such a young Lazio team could perform to such a high level under the hands of a winning team?
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When Lazio took a three-goal lead, Barcelona seemed to suddenly wake up from a dream. In the subsequent games, they launched a fierce offensive against Lazio.
The Barcelona fans in the stands became active and cheered for Barcelona.
There are twenty minutes left in the game. They hope that their team can cheer up and at least not lose too badly and score a face-saving goal...
Barcelona's players have the same idea now, to win the game and win the European Super Cup, but they no longer want to, it is too difficult.
But it would be too embarrassing to be shaved off by Lazio. After all, he is also the new European champion...
However, the Barcelona players obviously underestimated the Lazio players' pursuit of victory.
After taking a three-goal lead, Lazio still had no intention of stopping. Barcelona pressed forward to attack, so they shrank their defense. While shrinking their defense, they also stared at the space behind Barcelona's defense...
Yes, until now, Lazio is still playing defensive counterattack, and they still want to score goals!
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The Barcelona players didn't think so much. On the one hand, they had no choice but to attack. On the other hand, they felt that Lazio would always give them an opportunity to take advantage of the fact that they were leading by three goals and had already won.
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But they were disappointed.
In the 82nd minute, Lazio took advantage of a quick counterattack and scored another goal!
Prior to this, Barcelona had not scored as they wished.
4:0!
From complete victory to great victory!
Lazio beats Barcelona!
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"It's really terrible..." One of the commentators simply lowered his head and covered his eyes with his hands.
The new Champions League champions, Barcelona, known as the second dream team, were beaten into a sieve by the ever-victorious youth army, with bullet holes all over their bodies.
Rijkaard stood on the sidelines, wearing his trademark pigtails.
When he was playing for AC Milan, he had such a hairstyle that some people might confuse him with Gullit. Gullit's braids are longer, while Rijkaard's are shorter.
When he was at AC Milan, Rijkaard was the best defensive midfielder in Europe. He could do almost anything.
After becoming the head coach, he led Barcelona to win the Champions League for the second time, which made his reputation soaring.
But now, he suffered defeat at the hands of Chang Sheng, who was younger than him.
At this time, a sentence suddenly appeared in his mind.
That was after he led the team to win the Champions League, Valencia's "Provincial Newspaper" sarcastically said that the reason why they were able to win the Champions League was just because there was no winning team participating this season.
At that time, this provocation made the Catalan media very unhappy, and also made Barcelona very unhappy.
Because comments like this from the "Provincial Newspaper" are tantamount to obliterating the team's efforts and insulting the championship.
But after this Super Cup, I'm afraid Valencia has more reason to say this...
Is it true that if there is a constant winning streak, your team will not be able to win the Champions League?
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