Rijkaard walked back to the visiting team's coaching bench with an expressionless face.
He had repeated this action countless times throughout the game.
I couldn't sit still, so I walked out to the command area, then walked back soon, and soon I couldn't sit still...
At this time, the game has entered the second half, and the sixty-five minutes are about to be over. Barcelona controls the situation on the field, but has been unable to find an effective way to score.
The score is still 1-0, with the home team Liverpool temporarily taking the lead.
Rijkaard has always regretted one thing, that is, he did not listen to Su Dong's opinion.
In terms of familiarity with Benítez, Sudong is far better than everyone in the Barcelona team. He mentioned this matter to Rijkaard through the media and privately before the game, thinking that Benítez
Tes has always been very shrewd, but Barcelona still requires stability, start with stability, and don't take risks.
But Rijkaard didn't listen.
What he thought before the game was very reasonable. As long as they scored an away goal, Liverpool would be finished. They would not be able to defend and would have to press out to attack Barcelona. At this time, the pace of the game and possession of the ball were completely in Barcelona's hands.
Under control.
As for what Su Dong was worried about, Liverpool might make a fuss about Barcelona's opening attack. Rijkaard also thought it was normal, and he even welcomed Benitez's team to do so.
In terms of confrontation, who is Barcelona afraid of?
But facts proved that Su Dong was right.
Liverpool attacked decisively after the opening and were willing to invest in counterattacks, scoring a goal in just four minutes.
At this time, Barcelona has not yet fully entered the game state.
After grabbing the goal, Liverpool began to defend tightly and allowed Barcelona to attack.
Even at the 60th minute, Benitez shamelessly replaced Baros, who assisted Luis Garcia's goal, and replaced him with Cisse, who had a stronger counterattack ability.
This guy is still as wretched as before, as long as he can win!
Barcelona attacked for an hour, but Liverpool defended it impregnably.
Xavi Alonso's absence has little impact. Hamann, Biscayne and Gerrard form the three defensive midfielders. Riise and Luis Garcia on the wings are also basically in the midfield. This allows Barcelona to immediately cross the center line.
He was severely pressed and pressed by the opponent.
Time is getting less and less, and both the players on the court and the coaches on the sidelines have a clear sense of urgency.
Rijkaard walked out of the command area obviously more frequently.
The Dutch Black Swan knew he had made a mistake, but he didn't know how to make up for it.
In other words, facing Benitez's defensive stance, he had nothing to do.
Keren always have to change.
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"It's almost time."
Benitez looked at the watch on his wrist and saw that it was already sixty-five minutes.
According to his guess, Rijkaard's substitution time should also be around 65 minutes, with a difference of between five minutes.
There is no way, Rijkaard has always been like this, and his on-the-spot command can be said to be nothing new.
Just like that arrogant person at Stamford Bridge, there is nothing new about it.
Yesterdam glanced at Benitez and smiled helplessly in his heart.
Anyone who plays against Benitez will feel very painful, because this guy will calculate every step very accurately, deduce every possibility, and give targeted strategies.
For example, Baros was replaced at the 60th minute. This was already in his plan, because the Czech center had four stitches on his knee and could not play for long. On the contrary, it was Cisse who would pose a greater threat during the counterattack.
All that's left is to see how Barcelona plays their cards.
As the head coach, Benitez had no way to completely control everything that happened on the field. For example, he had no way to calculate that Liverpool would score in the fourth minute. He originally envisioned a wave of attacks at the beginning.
Fight for a goal, otherwise you have to defend, defend into overtime, or even a penalty shootout.
Who would have thought that Barcelona would give gifts as soon as the game started?
"Guess who will be replaced?" Yesterdam asked with concern.
Benitez crossed his legs, with a notepad on his thigh, a pen in his hand, and chewing tasteless gum in his mouth. After thinking about it for a while, he nodded: "Rijkaard
That’s the one move I’m best at.”
"Iniesta?"
Benitez nodded. Iniesta has performed really well this season and has established a firm foothold in the first team. Especially the tacit understanding between him and Su Dong has broken the situation on the court many times after coming on as a substitute.
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"He is expected to replace Oleg, Marcos will return to the central defender, Xavi will hold back, Iniesta and Deco will go forward, leaving Giuly on the court. If he wants to bet bigger, then
It is possible that Giuly was replaced and teenager Messi was pushed up. In this way, their right wing is the attacking combination of Iniesta, Messi and Belletti, plus Sudong in front."
At the end, Benitez thought about it for a while, nodded and said: "There are only thirty minutes left in the two rounds of the game. He probably won't keep the cards anymore. He should just play them all in one go."
Sure enough, two minutes later, Barcelona made two substitutions in a row.
Iniesta replaced Oleg and Messi replaced Giuly.
"Look, he is so uninnovative." Benitez said lightly.
Listening to his tone, he was not happy that he had guessed Rijkaard's thoughts. Instead, he was complaining, feeling that Rijkaard's on-the-spot adjustments were really weak.
If you have the ability to replace Su Dong, I think you are great!
"Be careful, let Nunez go up and replace Luis Garcia."
Yesterdam glanced at the head coach, hesitated for a moment, said nothing, nodded and shouted to the bench behind him.
This is a substitution to strengthen defense. Obviously, Benitez is still very afraid of Su Dong.
Benitez, the head coach, always likes to be fully prepared, so he made a lot of plans on how to defend Sudong before the game. This was evident from the first round.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Although Su Dong created two excellent scoring opportunities, in fact, he did not even have a good scoring opportunity.
Hyypia and Carragher became the best players in the Liverpool team. This is really not an accident, but because they basically froze Su Dong, so that Su Dong did not get a good chance in the whole game.
The same goes for tonight.
Benitez values Su Dong more than anyone else and knows Su Dong's strength better than anyone else.
Because that's how Su Dong led Valencia to counterattack and reach the top of the Champions League championship podium.
How could Benitez not know Su Dong's strength and potential?
How could he not pay attention?
Before the game, he just didn't say anything.
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After Messi and Iniesta came on the court, Barcelona's offense became more active.
Especially after the 70th minute, the two full-backs began to actively press and open up the wings, but the effect was not obvious.
Liverpool's defense is really quite solid, especially after Nunez replaced Luis Garcia, Benitez began to shrink the defense in the midfield and backcourt, preventing Barcelona from passing the ball easily.
This also forced Ronaldinho, Iniesta and Messi to retreat in order to get more of the ball.
As a result, the distance between them and Su Dong was further extended.
Although Ronaldinho, Messi, Iniesta and Deco are all good dribblers, it is basically unrealistic to break through Liverpool's two defense lines with the ball and send the ball to Su Dong's feet.
The scene was still very deadlocked.
Barcelona really has nothing to do.
Su Dong is like a nail, firmly nailed to the top of the arc at the front of Liverpool's penalty area. No matter which direction the attack is launched from, he will lead Liverpool's defensive players to run back and forth.
This is what Benitez taught him.
As long as we are human, there is bound to be the possibility of making mistakes.
No matter how solid the defense is, as long as you exert enough pressure and exhaust the body and energy of the defensive players to the limit, they will definitely make mistakes.
The key lies in whether they make a mistake first and you catch them, or if you don't catch them, the game is over.
Su Dong held on to this belief and kept running.
Hyypia, Carragher, Hamann, and even Traore, Finnan, Gerrard and Biscayne kept following him.
This method is the stupidest, but it is also the most effective.
Just like Foolish Old Man moved mountains, and like what Chinese netizens say, as long as the hoe dances well, is there any city wall that cannot be dug down?
Ronaldinho and other Barcelona players were too far away from Sudong. They tried to send the ball to Sudong through long-distance passes, but more of them were high balls. In Hyypia, Carragher and Hamann
Under the attack of the enemy, even if Su Dong grabbed the first landing point, it would be difficult for him to pose a threat.
Benitez has been guarding him.
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Time quietly entered eighty minutes.
There is less and less time left for Barcelona.
Liverpool's defensive players did not dare to be careless at all. Head coach Benitez also began to walk to the sidelines and kept calling the players on the court, because he had begun to clearly feel that several players' physical exertion was too high.
Performance has declined somewhat.
But the terrible thing is that Su Dong still looks like a lively and energetic person.
"Not only has this kid's physical fitness improved significantly, but his physical fitness and endurance have also improved greatly."
Benitez walked back to the home team's coaching bench but did not sit in it.
He was a little worried.
Yesterdam nodded. Su Dong is the first and so far the only player he has coached to have his own personal coaching team. Even if other players hire personal coaches, it is mostly for injuries.
some type of.
But Su Dong's personal coaching team is really very professional, which allows him to improve every year, especially his body.
"Be careful, the players are beginning to lose their ability to run," Jestedam reminded.
Benitez nodded. He was led by Su Dong throughout the game and had to withstand the pressure exerted by Su Dong. The defensive players were also very exhausted. Many people began to be unable to run, such as Finnan.
His body was injured, and as his physical energy was depleted, he began to be unable to press forward and block Ronaldinho.
The Brazilian player was very smart and immediately saw Finnan's problem, but he had no intention of taking advantage of it for the time being.
He was waiting for a signal from Sudong.
Su Dong was running with Haman, Carragher and Hyypia, trying their best to see who couldn't stand it first.
When the game reached the 87th minute, the opportunity Su Dong had been fighting for finally appeared!