Midfielder.

Chapter 279

This is great news for the current Chelsea team, because Mourinho has more time to prepare for the life-and-death battle between Chelsea and Barcelona, ​​but Catalonia The Ronians were not so lucky.

Barcelona have yet to win the La Liga title in advance. Although they are six points ahead of Real Madrid, this advantage is not enough to guarantee that they will win the championship. Difficult to judge.

Originally, Barcelona would have several tough battles in the late stage of the league. If one is not careful, the efforts of the whole season may be in vain, so Rijkaard has played two consecutive league games and a cup match with his full main lineup. .

Although they all achieved victories, the physical condition of the players has reached the most exhausted stage since the season, and injuries have also begun to strike.

Frequent injuries are now the most annoying thing for Rijkaard. Compared with Chelsea's strength and strength, Barcelona's midfield is now suffering from large-scale injuries. The lack of personnel is the most terrible thing, especially It is at this critical moment.

The main core players such as Larson and Motta have bid farewell to this season due to serious injuries. Max also injured his ankle again in the league last week. According to the results of the doctor's examination, it is estimated that this guy must also be absent from the match with Chelsea. This life and death battle is over.

Now that the team's strongest defensive players are forced to miss this life-and-death battle, Rijkaard really doesn't know how to adjust his lineup.

Even Laporta said helplessly in an interview with reporters, "Barcelona's defense really needs to buy in the summer, because compared to our forward line, our defense is not world-class. Buying people is a must."

Although the chairman of the club has already stated his position in front of the media, it is far from being able to quench his thirst. Supplementation is a problem that needs to be considered after the summer transfer window opens. Now Rijkaard can only find a way within the team. General, I can only find some scorpions.

It is estimated that Albertini and Giuly will only be able to sit on the bench in case of emergencies. Although their injuries are not too serious, it is still a bit difficult to persist in the fierce confrontation for 10 minutes, especially now Albertini's physical condition.

The continuous campaign has made the Italian veteran feel physically exhausted. If he continues to be the main force, it may bring worse results. Now Rijkaard can only choose to use Gerald as a substitute player Played as a midfielder.

But Rijkaard is not naive enough to think that Herald can defend Lin Yi, so he still requires Deco in training, and he needs to appear in the position of the midfielder, although he failed to restrain Lin Yi in the first round , but compared to Herald, he is still much stronger.

Giuly's minor injuries continued to make Rijkaard temporarily give up the fast French horse, and in the first round of the confrontation, the French focused too much on revenge. His on-the-spot performance Not good, not even as good as Lopez who came off the bench.

But fortunately, at least Iniesta's recent state is very brave. With his presence, at least Giuly's absence will not be so obvious.

Compared to the Frenchman, Iniesta has better technique, and he can also interact more with the team's midfield in terms of possession and organization of the attack.

Although the side lacks speed, Ines' presence allows Rijkaard to do more in the center and the two ribs. After all, it is really true that he wants to tear apart Chelsea's defense simply by passing from the bottom. It's not realistic, you have to know how powerful the air defense capabilities of those guys are.

The only thing that makes Rijkaard a little worried is the selection of central defenders and full-backs. Van Bronckhorst’s performance may not be worrying, but central defender Oleg’s recent state has fluctuated a bit. This made Rijkaard a little worried.

Although Chelsea did not have the African elephant Drogba in this game, Gudjohnsen is not so easy to deal with. Even that guy's running range is wider than Drogba, let alone in his There is also a Lampard who has been in a fierce state lately behind him.

Oleg and Puyol, such a combination of central defenders, probably even Rijkaard himself is not at ease. He can only tell Puyol repeatedly in training that he must play his defensive backbone at this time. Try to help Oleg form a barrier defense in the middle.

Not only is Rijkaard a headache for the selection of central defenders, but Sylvinho's performance on the field after his injury also makes people feel unstable.

You must know that this guy is going to guard Robben who has been in a crazy state recently. I really don't know if this guy who is already strong in offense and weak in defense can limit the breakthrough of Peter Pan of the Netherlands. If he can't, it will definitely be a disaster.

Although Rijkaard has so many worries, but now he can't think of a better staffing, so he can only take a gamble.

"Attack, we must rely on offense to continue to threaten the opponent, just like we play the game in the last 10 minutes at home, so that we can ensure that the team can break into the quarter-finals of the Champions League. Don't forget, our opponent still has one. The advantage of away goals."

Rijkaard was already discussing the way to deal with the away game with his coaching staff when the game was only a week away.

At this time, the Barcelona team has no other choice but to attack. In the away game, Chelsea must be suppressed. If it is still a tug-of-war, it will be a fatal blow to them. They have not forgotten the round of confrontation.

Needless to say how strong Chelsea's midfield is, especially after watching them beat Liverpool in the League Cup, Rijkaard deeply realized that if he is still too much entangled with the opponent in the midfield, Then Barcelona is the next Liverpool.

After all, if you want to rely on Harvey, Deco and Herald to compete with Lin Yi, Robben, Makelele, etc., it is indeed a bit powerless, at least they have no advantage compared with the opponent in physical confrontation, if they fall into endless fighting , then the final sufferer must be the Barcelona team.

"They will definitely choose to defend. Don't expect the Portuguese to take risks. Although it is at his home court, he will definitely use that best line of defense to grind us down. That guy is like a turtle. Don't dare to play against Barcelona."

This is Ten Carter's speech from the side. It can be seen that this guy has no good impression of Chelsea and Mourinho, especially after he was recently investigated by UEFA for that conflict. Mourinho saw them as a group of sworn enemies.

It is estimated that in the eyes of many Catalans, Mourinho and the others are no different from those Madrid people. They are all a group of enemies.

Ten Cate may have more anger than them, because the guy was beaten by Brito, and the swelling has not completely subsided until today. The punch loosened at least two of his back molars, which made him When watching the Chelsea team, there is obviously a kind of extreme.

Although Ten Carter's speech was tinged with resentment, Rijkaard still agreed with his evaluation of Chelsea's tactics. He also believed that Chelsea would choose defensive counterattack tactics at home, especially when they had an away goal in their hands. This is even more so when the advantages are available.

It cannot be said that Chelsea’s offense is not vicious, but under the premise of qualifying for the quarter-finals of the Champions League, Rijkaard himself will choose a conservative and stable tactical style of play. This has nothing to do with anything else. Results determine everything. This is a giant The team's survival rules in the Champions League.

Although that line of defense is difficult to break through, Rijkaard still hopes that Chelsea will really choose to retreat like they did in the first round. more secure.

If Barcelona's offensive ability is really to be considered, then Rijkaard would rather let his team head-on against Chelsea's defense than expose the team's somewhat weak defense to the opponent's offensive firepower.

Regarding Chelsea's violent offensive ability in recent rounds, Rijkaard hopes that the opponent is setting off smoke bombs. He wants to use this kind of attack to make Barcelona have more scruples in away games and dare not easily press .

But Rijkaard now only wants to respond to Mourinho's threat with practical actions. The Barcelona team would rather die on the way to attack, and it is impossible to hide in their own half and wait to die. Character, they also used this character to create this team.

It's just that when Rijkaard and his coaching staff were doing these intense pre-match analysis, Chelsea seemed to be very leisurely, especially the coaching staff members of Mourinho and Brito. Give the players time off.

However, these two old partners chose to sit on the highest stand of Stamford Bridge overlooking their home court, with a bottle of red wine in their hands.

"What do you think our opponent is thinking now?" Mourinho asked Brito, who was sitting not far away, after taking a sip of red wine.

"They must be thinking, you will continue to use tough defense at home to stifle Barcelona's genius performance." Brito's answer is equally straightforward, just as Ten Carter has no good influence on Chelsea, he is also on Barcelona. Not impressed.

"I really hope they can think about it. It's best that they are really ready to attack." When Mourinho finished speaking, there was a dangerous smile on the corner of his mouth.

Preconceived ideas will always kill those self-righteous people. This is what Lin Yi told Mourinho during the chat. Mourinho hopes to apply the essence of this sentence to the Barcelona team in the game against Barcelona .

defense?Maybe, who knows. . .

(End of this chapter)