aspirations football

Chapter 114

After the first half, the two sides had no achievements. During the intermission, the wise Guardiola came to the team's locker room and gave the Barcelona players with flat expressions what he thought was necessary "psychological counseling".

He looked at Ibrahimovic who was sitting silently in the corner, hesitant to speak.

In the first half of the game, Barcelona took the lead in terms of ball possession rate and number of shots, but every time the ball hit the Inter Milan penalty area, it was like a mud cow entering the sea, and there was no return.

Guardiola believes that Ibrahimovic has to bear a lot of responsibility, after all, he is the team's offensive bridgehead.

During this period of time, the relationship between the two has become somewhat delicate. Guardiola no longer trusts Ibrahimovic unconditionally like he did at the beginning of the season, and often uses him as a winger and substitute.

However, in such a critical game against Inter Milan, the Barcelona coach lacked confidence and still sent Ibrahimovic as the starting center forward.

But judging from the first half, Ibrahimovic's performance is undoubtedly disappointing. He was completely frozen by the Inter Milan defender in the penalty area.

There is almost no sense of presence.

Guardiola buckled his head and said gently to Ibrahimovic:
"Zlatan, I want you to have more range in the second half."

The implication is to ask Ibrahimovic not to stand in the penalty area all the time, but to pull more sides or return to the midfield to get the ball.

Normally, with Zlatan Ibrahimovic's character, he might not respond to others talking to him like this, but today he

Tian did not perform well, knowing that he was wrong, so he nodded slightly.

Guardiola, who had face, smiled slightly, and then said to everyone:

"On the way back to the locker room just now, the assistant coach told me that Jingxuan has already received a yellow card. Do you understand what I mean?"

"Coach, I actually wanted to provoke him in the first half, but this guy seems to have a good temper."

Busquets echoed from the sidelines.

Guardiola shook his head and corrected him:

"I don't want you to deliberately provoke him, just force him to foul as much as possible. He is now a real threat to Inter Milan's frontcourt. If he gets a yellow card in this game, then the next game will be suspended. Do you think the Nou Camp's Couldn't [-] fans frighten Inter Milan?"

Alves and Pique nodded sincerely. Without Jingxuan, the big counterattack weapon, it should be very easy for them to play Inter Milan at home.

Ibrahimovic on the side kept silent. Hearing that Guardiola wanted to use outside tactics to deal with his friend Jingxuan, Ibrahimovic was a little disapproving.

But after all, each is his own master now. If he just left Inter Milan and watched his old club hold up the big ear cup, would he still have face?So Ibrahimovic had to turn a blind eye and close one eye, dispelling the idea of ​​informing Jingxuan.

For Inter Milan, Mourinho has naturally thought about this issue. Jingxuan has been suspended for three yellow cards in the group stage, and also received a yellow card when he challenged CSKA Moscow away. If a yellow card is received, the next round against Barcelona will be automatically suspended.

"Jing, you must hold back, don't be impulsive."

When Mourinho said this in front of everyone, he also hoped that all his teammates could protect Jingxuan.

"Don't worry, coach, I won't be impulsive unless it is absolutely necessary."

Jingxuan is very confident. In his opinion, nothing can make him lose his mind now.

After a halftime break, neither side made substitution adjustments.

At the beginning of the second half, Barcelona was still on the backcourt, but the rhythm slowed down significantly. It seems that the exhaustion of traveling and traveling has a great impact on Barcelona's physical fitness.

In the 51st minute of the game, Jingxuan took the ball from the left side, Busquets came up and collided with Jingxuan, but it was himself who fell to the ground in response.

The referee thought the ball was a reasonable collision, Jingxuan continued to move forward with the ball, and Harvey yelled at Busquets who fell on the ground:

"Stop pretending, get up and defend!"

Busquets rubbed his arm, managed to get up, and complained:

"How can I pretend, this guy is as strong as a bronze statue, it hurts when he hits it!"

Jingxuan continued to carry the ball, facing the double siege of Alves and Puyol, he planned to continue to use the trick in the first half, but this time the two obviously learned a lesson, they were not so close to him, Jingxuan was a little bit Unhappy, so Bigfoot crossed the ball to the right.

After getting the ball, Maicon inserted into the penalty area of ​​Barcelona, ​​played a two-on-one match with Milito in the middle, and finally kicked his left foot to the lower left corner of the goal, and the ball actually went in!Valdés is probably thinking about life, and Inter Milan will rewrite the score to 3:1!

For this conceded goal, Barcelona defender Maxwell has to pay the main responsibility, because he did not keep up with Maicon's rhythm from beginning to end.

After conceding the goal, Barcelona was a little anxious, but due to physical factors, Barcelona did not press the frontcourt, so they could only give the ball to Messi as much as possible, and Messi organized the attack.

In the 55th minute of the game, Boss May took the ball in front of the Inter Milan penalty area and forced a breakthrough. Cambiasso and Thiago Motta followed closely.
Lucio made a tackle, and Messi had no choice but to move the ball to the right, but was blocked by Ibrahimovic in front of him.

Boss May had to give the ball to Ibrahimovic. After getting the ball, he faced Samuel's marking and couldn't turn around, so he had to return the ball to Keita outside the penalty area. An aimless long-range shot ended the attack.

In the 60th minute of the game, Boss May broke through with the ball in the middle, passed Cambiasso, and then split to the left. Pedro made a pass from the bottom. The ball missed the top of the ball, and the ball rolled out of the sideline on the other side.

After that, Ibrahimovic complained to the referee that Samuel tore his jersey on his chest, but "The Rock" did not admit that he had "violated" Ibrahimovic, and the referee ignored Ibrahimovic's complaint.

After changing his jersey and reappearing, Ibrahimovic seemed to be in a calmer mood. He received a through ball from Harvey in the penalty area, controlled the ball, and wanted to pass it to Pedro on the left, but he was slow and was caught Samuel stretched out his feet early to destroy.

Guardiola on the sidelines couldn't bear it anymore, so he replaced Ibrahimovic with Abidal in the 66th minute of the game.

Ibrahimovic trotted off the field, and seemed to be very dissatisfied with his performance. Jingxuan was the only Inter Milan player who gave him a high five.

In the 70th minute of the game, Messi dribbled the ball on the left side of the Inter Milan penalty area, suddenly accelerated, swayed Maicon, and then rushed towards the Inter Milan penalty area.

Maicon chased after him and pulled Messi's jersey. Boss May threw a backhand and hit Maicon's face, and the latter fell to the ground immediately.

The referee stopped the game and gave Boss Mei a yellow card.

Maicon was lying on the turf with his mouth full of blood at the moment. The team doctor came in and confirmed that he could not persist in the game. Mourinho had no choice but to replace him with Chivu.

Immediately Cesar took a backcourt free kick in the Inter Milan penalty area, Sneijder made a pad in the midfield, Milito made an emergency stop to pull the ball in the frontcourt, suddenly bent down and stood still, and then he went to The sidelines raised their hands to signal the team doctor to enter the field.

After the judgment of the team doctor, Milito's thigh was slightly strained, so he was helped by the team doctor to leave the field. Mourinho had to replace him with Balotelli.

Within 1 minute, two of Inter Milan's absolute main players were injured one after another. Mourinho shook his head helplessly. Fortunately, the injuries of the two were not serious and they should be able to catch up with the next round of the game.

Maybe it was because the changing situation on the field was so exciting that Jingxuan lost his vigilance. In the 75th minute of the game, Harvey pulled Jingxuan for a foul from the wing, and the referee awarded a free kick.

Alves kept shaking his seductive butt in front of the ball. Annoyed, Jingxuan instinctively went up and pushed it with his knee. Alves fell to the ground in response. The referee ran over decisively and showed Jingxuan a yellow card.

Seeing this scene, Mourinho covered his face and sighed, Alves had a smug look on his aggrieved face, while Harvey looked at the scene with a frown, he didn't understand why Jing Xuan didn't use his feet, but used knee.

You must know that when Alves twisted his butt during training, he often kicked it up. It feels so good!

(End of this chapter)