It's easy for Juventus to hide, but it's difficult to squeeze them out again.
When the home team shrinks its defense, Barcelona has successfully controlled the midfield. Deco and Xavi, as well as Ronaldinho and Iniesta, plus the defense, have gradually adjusted the rhythm of passing and controlling the ball.
When we are consistent, our steps are coordinated.
As a result, when Juventus suffered a tragic equalizer, I suddenly found that I couldn't even think carefully.
Especially in the face of waves of organizational penetration from Barcelona, Juventus did not dare to be careless anymore and could only shrink its defense.
It has to be said that the Bianconeri have shrunk and their defense is still quite strong.
As soon as the game reached a stalemate, it entered the second half.
Capello made a substitution in the 60th minute, replacing Del Piero with Sarayeta.
The performance of the Zebra captain was not ideal tonight and he did not get a good chance. Capello replaced Sarayeta.
This further stimulated the emotions of Barcelona players.
Two years ago at Camp Nou, the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals ended in a 1-1 draw at the Alpstadion in the first leg. The second leg also ended in a 1-1 draw at Camp Nou. Lippi then replaced
After defeating Sarayeta, the two sides entered overtime.
In the 114th minute, during a quick counterattack by Juventus, Sarayeta received a pass from his teammate from the right and used a sweep shot to score Barcelona's goal, helping Juventus defeat Barcelona 2-1 away from home.
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It can be said that two years ago, it was Sarayeta's substitute appearance that caused Barcelona to be eliminated.
Now, times have changed, and Capello once again substituted Sarayeta.
Is this a coincidence?
Obviously not!
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Barcelona was well prepared for Sarayeta's substitution and immediately adjusted the team's defense.
The most important thing is that the midfielder still firmly controls the ball and rhythm.
This is Barcelona's advantage.
But when the time entered the 70th minute, Barcelona had to make substitutions.
Deco was also injured, and he played through the injury this time. Rijkaard could clearly feel from the sidelines that Deco's running ability had declined a lot after 60 minutes.
Substitution is inevitable, but who should be replaced?
Nowadays, there is really no one on Barcelona's bench that can be replaced. The only strong player is Larsson, and the others are young players from the youth team, such as Messi, Riera, Navarro, Rodri, etc.
Rijkaard couldn't help but think of what Su Dong said before that Messi was not suitable because he was thin, but he was suitable to be a surprise player in the second half, so he asked Tenkat for his opinion.
"Iniesta did perform well, with a wide range of running, very active in offense and defense, and he also made several distributions and breakthroughs well, and his awareness is also very good." Tenkat said of the young player.
Still quite high.
Iniesta is a very good player, everyone can see this, but without Su Dong's recommendation, Rijkaard would probably use Larsson, because the latter is a bigger name and more mature.
Judging from the performance on the spot, Iniesta played very well.
He can participate in the attack forward and can cooperate with Deco and Xavi. For example, once again, Xavi pushed forward and he took the initiative to retreat to the midfield to defend. This awareness is very rare.
The live TV broadcast will definitely not capture Iniesta retreating to defend, so the fans will not be able to see this scene, but as a coach, he must not ignore Iniesta's move.
This proves that Su Dong's vision is still very accurate.
"Let him partner with Xavi and Messi play on the right," Tenkat suggested.
Rijkaard nodded and immediately called Messi.
Messi, who has long hair, leaned down in front of the home team's coaching bench and listened to the analysis given to him by Rijkaard and Tenkat, as well as the requirements for him. In fact, it was very simple, with only one requirement.
Do your best to cooperate with Su Dong and create opportunities for him!
Messi nodded heavily, and he would definitely do so without the need for the head coach to tell him.
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In the 71st minute, Messi replaced Deco.
Iniesta returned to the midfield, partnering with Xavi, and Messi stepped in as the right winger.
"Barcelona's No. 30 player, the seventeen-year-old Leo Messi from Argentina."
"It has never appeared in the Champions League before. This time there were many injuries in the Barcelona team. Rijkaard brought him to Turin and replaced him in the second half."
"I wonder if this young player can perform to the satisfaction of Rijkaard?"
"We saw that Messi ran over to high-five and hug Su Dong. As far as we know, he and Su Dong have a very good relationship."
"These two young players are not very old. Sudong has just turned 20, and Messi is only 17. Together with midfielder Iniesta, who is also 20 years old, Barcelona's next set of offense
The group is very young.”
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Juventus' defense is still airtight and has not relaxed due to Barcelona's substitutions.
Barcelona controls the situation and the ball, but can only form shots through long shots.
Xavi, Ronaldinho and Su Dong all took long shots one after another, but none of them could break into the penalty area.
This also formed a rather embarrassing stalemate.
But after equalizing the score, Barcelona was not in a hurry. After all, the one-to-one away result was acceptable to Barcelona.
The two sides continued to be in a stalemate and wasting away.
In the 78th minute of the game, when Xavi was slowly dribbling the ball in the midfield, he suddenly spotted the right opportunity and sent a long-distance direct pass to Zambrotta and Cana accurately.
The middle of Varro.
Messi realized it, quickly chased after him, and tried to stop the ball behind Zambrotta.
Unfortunately, because he was a little slower and his legs were a little short, he failed to stop the ball and instead fell into the penalty area.
There was an exclamation of surprise from the Alpstadion.
"If Su Dong is the one who stops the ball, then Juventus will be in danger."
"Capello is now focusing his defensive attention on Sudong and Ronaldinho. Messi relies more on Gianluca Zambrotta to guard this point. He still needs to be careful."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "This youngster who is only seventeen years old made a good move this time."
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Su Dong walked over and lifted Messi up from the ground.
"Are you okay?"
Messi shook his head, "It's a pity that the response was a little slow."
The Argentinian youngster was also breathing heavily.
Su Dong understood, "You guys, don't always stick to the penalty area. If you go outside, you will have more opportunities."
After Messi comes on as a substitute, whether he is connecting with the midfielder or supporting Su Dong, plus he is a left-footed player, so he tends to move closer to the center in order to shorten the distance between himself and Su Dong.
Based on his usual performance, as long as he gets the ball and as long as the opponent does not foul, he will be able to pass the ball to Su Dong's feet.
But Juventus is not a fool either. Capello's team can defend itself impregnably, so how can it be so easy to deal with?
"Then I'll move to the side. You pay more attention and I'll adapt accordingly."
Su Dong chuckled, stretched out his hand, grabbed Messi's already wet head, and nodded encouragingly.
Su Dong knows this boy's strength better than anyone else.
If he really gets the ball, he will definitely pass it.
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Eighty minutes into the game, no one from either side planned to make a substitution.
It is not difficult to understand Barcelona's situation. Rijkaard has no one to replace.
As long as Su Dong is not injured or sick, Larson can only sit on the bench and guard the water dispenser.
As for the other young players, who can be replaced?
Juventus did not make any substitutions, which shows that Capello is not very opposed to the one-to-one result.
In other words, he didn't want to be greedy for offense and cause mistakes in the defense. He even restricted Gianluca Zambrotta's forward penetration.
But the problem is, just because he doesn't want to, doesn't mean other players don't want to either.
During a counterattack after stealing the ball in the midfield, Brasi dribbled the ball forward to support his teammates and quickly passed it to the feet of Ibrahimovic. The Swedish center stopped the ball and hit it directly, but the shot hit Puyo.
It bounced out of your body.
Marcos grabbed the spot and quickly passed it to Belletti.
Belletti took two steps forward along the right and passed to Iniesta.
After Iniesta got the ball at the midline, he turned around and rushed forward with the ball.
Barcelona's offensive players in the frontcourt are also advancing quickly.
Iniesta saw that Messi did not go to the center, but ran to the outside. He immediately sent a direct pass.
The ball was sent straight to the penalty area line on the right side behind the Juventus defense by Iniesta.
Messi sprinted forward as fast as possible, but Zambrotta was also not slow, blocking the inside.
The Argentine teenager caught the ball first, but as soon as it stopped, Zambrotta arrived.
The ball stopped on the line of the penalty area, and Messi stopped suddenly and chose to take it back.
At the same time, Su Dong deliberately slowed down and reached the top area of the arc. Ronaldinho was further back at the far point in order to open up the level of attack.
When Messi stopped suddenly and took him back, Su Dong called him to remind him that Emerson had run over.
Sure enough, as soon as Messi took a step forward, the Brazilian midfielder rushed to him.
Thanks to Su Dong's reminder, Messi made a decisive fake move, fooling Emerson into thinking he was about to pass the ball. Then he suddenly dunked the ball directly to the baseline. This time, he not only deceived Emerson, but also Zambrotta.
I was also surprised for a moment.
At this time, Su Dong had already arrived near the penalty spot, and Cannavaro and Thuram were clinging to him.
Su Dong was watching Messi's every move. When he saw Messi smashing the ball toward the baseline and leaving Zambrotta a step away, he knew Messi was about to pass the ball and immediately rushed forward.
He knows that Messi can definitely spread the word!
After Messi got rid of Zambrotta, he dribbled the ball towards the baseline.
As a left-footed player, Messi is not very good with his right foot, but Zambrotta and Emerson really forced him to have no choice but to choose to cross the ball.
How to pass it on?
Messi had no choice but to pass the high ball with his right foot.
His footwork was not well controlled and his strength was not very accurate. He could only try his best to pass the ball and let it land right in front of the goal. The rest was up to Su Dong himself!
He believed that Sudong would be able to suppress Cannavaro and Thuram and jump to grab the cross.
The two of them practiced and played indoor football together all day long, and he knew how quickly Su Dong could predict the path of the ball.
