Chinese champion

Chapter 76 This is the gap

Camp Nou is undoubtedly a landmark building in Catalonia. This stadium built in 1957 has become the leading large-scale football stadium in Europe after nearly half a century of wind and rain. In the middle of the century, Barcelona people are still constantly improving the facilities of the stadium. Now the stadium is 48 meters high, covers a total area of ​​55000 square meters, 250 meters long and 220 meters wide.The fans can be gone within 5 minutes.In the 1998-1999 season, UEFA recognized the unparalleled magnificence of the Nou Camp and gave it a 5-star rating, and its internal seats of up to 115000 made it the largest professional football club in Europe that can accommodate the most fans. football field.

"Come on, hurry up, fix the machine and try to take more shots, this opportunity is very rare!"

Xiao Jun is pointing fingers at his camera assistant, this is Camp Nou!If I hadn't found the Chinese embassy in Spain for help, how could I have the opportunity to take pictures here!
Thinking about it will also make people feel excited. The match between Pei Wei and Rivaldo, no matter what, there are too many gimmicks in this game!

Although he also knows how slim the chance of defeating Barcelona at Camp Nou is, and even the mighty Real Madrid have not been able to get out of here for more than ten years, he still hopes that Pei Wei can perform well and lead from here. Go three points.

The Chinese media tend to like to exaggerate in this way. As long as a European club team with Chinese players wins, they will write: XX led a certain team to victory, even if the player uploaded the ball on the field and then After I don't know how many passes and scored the opponent's goal, they will also write that so-and-so contributed an indirect assist...God knows how many times it has been indirect.

But we don’t intend to be harsh on them, because they are still writing reports with a lot of enthusiasm, and some exaggerated terms are just because they hate iron and steel. After all, those reporters who made up random stories are only a small group of people.

Put aside the discussion on the attitude of Chinese football reporters, the game is about to start.

In the player tunnel, Pei Wei listened to the noise on the field outside, but his eyes were on the tall and thin figure standing in the third place of the Barcelona team beside him.

Vitono Bonoba Ferrari Rivaldo, the owner of the No. 10 jersey of the Brazilian national team, a late blooming genius, was only approved for the national team at the age of 25, but he soon became the Brazilian The undisputed core of midfield for the national team and Barcelona.

Although the attacking midfielders Pei Wei admires most are court dancers like Maradona and Zidane, he still has deep respect for Rivaldo.

With a height of 1.8 meters [-], he is good at shooting suddenly and can control the ball flexibly with both left and right feet. Whether it is dribbling, breakthrough, scoring and shooting skills, he has perfected to a peak.

The biggest highlight of this year's Spanish League One is probably the battle between him and Zidane for the best attacking midfielder.

His only shortcoming is probably that although he has a proud height, he is not good at heading the ball.
But having said that, as a midfielder, how can you use your head more than your feet?
As if aware of Pei Wei's gaze, Rivaldo turned his head, his stern gaze swept over Pei Wei's face, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth!
Pei Wei was flattered and quickly returned a smile.

Rivaldo turned his head away and never looked back.

Players from both sides walked out of the player channel and stood on both sides for a group photo.

After the players spread out on the pitch, captains Nadal and Luis Enrique exchanged flags before picking sides.

Enrique picked the kick-off, and the two former teammates embraced and walked to their own half.

Barcelona's lineup for home games is 4-3-3, goalkeeper Bonano, defenders Puyol, Patrick Anderson, Frank de Boer and Sergi, midfielders Cocu, Xavi, and captain Luis Engel. Rick, Rivaldo, Kluivert and Saviola up front.

In fact, the Barcelona coach Rexach's lineup is more like a variant of 4-4-2. Rivaldo is between the striker and the attacking midfielder, and his position is very active.

The Mallorca team coach Aragones arranged a standard 4-4-2, the goalkeeper Roa, the defenders were Finidi, Nadal, Nino and Curtis, and the midfielder Palovy Oddly, the forwards on both sides are Campano and Ibagaza, Pei Wei is the attacking midfielder, and the striker is a combination of Eto'o and Luke.

The coach's intention is very simple, even in the away game, he doesn't want to be caught without a fight, but to start a confrontation with Barcelona!

It's an idea that takes a lot of courage, and few teams have the courage to play against Barcelona at the Nou Camp.

But the existence of Eto'o and Pei Wei gave Aragones courage. After all, compared to Barcelona's forwards and midfielders, their defense is relatively weak.

Of course, this is also a common problem of Spanish teams.

Even the battle-tested old coach felt nervous. Whether his strategy would succeed could only be found on the court!

Pei Wei stared at Rivaldo who was standing opposite him and was about to kick off, and remembered what Aragones said to him before the game: "When Barcelona is attacking, you have to help Palovic defend Rivaldo! "

Saviola knocks the ball to Rivaldo, Rivaldo passes it to the back line and the game is on!

There are not many fans at the scene today, only more than 8 people. Although the Chinese domestic media and fans have long regarded this game as a festival, for Barcelona fans, this is just an ordinary league. The opponent is just a mid-range team.

"Oh!" The fans in the stadium sighed, and then there was loud applause.

Just after the start of the game, Barcelona launched a very dangerous attack. Saviola's dribbling on the wing attracted two Mallorca defenders, and then he passed the ball smartly. Rivaldo quickly passed Palovich, and before Pei Wei came up to help defend, he shot a powerful long-range shot, which was saved by the quick-witted Roa.

Aragones broke out in a cold sweat on the sidelines. He didn't expect Barcelona to be so aggressive at the beginning of the game. Fortunately, Roa's concentration was very concentrated, so he conceded the goal without opening.

Rivaldo took the corner, Kluivert headed forward and headed high under Nadal's interference.

Roa quickly took the goal kick. He remembered Aragones' instructions before the game, and he must be fast when counterattacking!
The ball flew to the front court quickly, Luke grabbed the ball in front of Anderson, and the ball reached Pei Wei's feet.

Barcelona's two full-backs, Puyol and Sergi, have just assisted to the frontcourt, and now only Cocu and De Boer are left to defend in the half, while Eto'o and Ibagaza have already moved in two directions Run, three hit two!
Pei Wei knows that the opportunity is fleeting, and Cocu in front of him is the captain of the Dutch national team, so he can't get entangled with him!
Before Cocu came up, he passed a wide-ranging diagonal long pass, and Ibagaza, who was plugging in at high speed, received the ball, and it was a one-handed one!
"Beep—" The referee's whistle sounded, and the Mallorca team was offside!
Ibagaza was a little anxious, he started too fast, and De Boer advanced very timely. Just one position made Mallorca's attack useless!

Ibagaza ran back, a little ashamed, he gave Pei Wei a thumbs up, indicating that Pei Wei passed the ball well.

However, after this attack, Barcelona also became a little afraid of Mallorca's counterattack, and the two full-backs did not dare to press the attack too much.

But the gap in strength is there, and it hasn't changed because of this episode.

Rivaldo threw Palovic away again. When the defenders of the Mallorca team were focusing on Kluivert and Saviola, he passed a diagonal ball, and the back row inserted Luis Enrique on the ball entered the penalty area, and he shot a beautiful shot without anyone defending. The ball flew from Roa's armpit into the far end of the goal. In the 9th minute, Barcelona opened the scoring!

After scoring the goal, Barcelona still did not give up on the attack. Their offensive like quicksilver made the Mallorca team exhausted. If it weren't for Roa's outstanding performance, I am afraid the score would not be just one goal away!
Pei Wei played very depressed. Although Palovic worked hard, the gap between him and Rivaldo was all-round. Although Pei Wei's defense was good, compared to Rivaldo's offense, his point Defensive ability is almost as if it does not exist.

In fact, Aragones' pre-match attack policy has become empty talk. Under the pressure of Barcelona's strong attack power, even holding the ball has become a luxury. How can we talk about offense?
The Mallorca team has entered full defense, leaving only Eto'o cruising in the frontcourt, but how much waves can he make by himself?
The defending Mallorca team finally suffered retribution. No. 207 minutes, Rivaldo instigated the attack and passed the ball to Puyol who assisted him. Puyol made a high-quality cross , Kluivert threw away Mallorca captain Nadal, a powerful header!
"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! We're ahead again! Gentlemen, the goal was—"

"Kluivert!" The [-] spectators yelled along with the commentator. After scoring the goal, Kluivert ran to the corner flag and shouted while pulling his jersey!

The fans on the sidelines also roared together with him, and the roar of 8 people rushed to the sky!
"Damn it!" Eto'o spat heavily. It's almost 10 minutes into the game and he hasn't even got the ball a few times: "Pei! Pass me more balls! I don't want to carry a duck egg back. !"

"Don't worry! You stay in the half court for me, and I will definitely pass the ball to you!"

But what happened next showed that this could only be empty talk. The last confidence of the Mallorca team, which was just about to regroup, was completely defeated by the opponent. The ball was intercepted by Cocu in the middle of the long pass to Pei Wei in the front court, and it was distributed to Rivaldo in front. Rivaldo broke through the two defenders of the Mallorca team in a row, and then made a one-shot in front of Roa. Remember the clever horizontal dial, and the "rabbit" Saviola who kept up with him poked the ball into the empty goal!

3:0!Before the end of the first half, the Mallorca team fell behind by three goals, which almost sentenced the Mallorca team to death!
"Is this the gap?" Pei Wei thought painfully: "They took a three-goal lead without giving us a chance. What should we do?"

(End of this chapter)