Father Green

Chapter 4 Zero Four: Not the time to pay homage to Harvey

"Now there is not much time left for Charlotte and the Saints. There are only about 10 minutes left in the game including injury time. Southampton is still one goal behind!"

Charlotte looked at his watch. When Higuain failed to stand up after being brought down by Butzkes, but after his teammate De Bruyne stretched him, he knew that Higuain's physical fitness was close to the limit.

So Charlotte immediately made substitution adjustments. The current Saints are not unmanned, and there are Sterling, Lukaku, Harry Kane and others on the bench.

But Charlotte did not let the current Zhengyin center Lukaku play, but replaced Griezmann.Although Griezmann is actually a serious center forward, since he came to the Saints, he has appeared on the wing 80.00% of the time and only 20.00% of the time in the middle.

When Griezmann appears in the middle, it is generally not the middle and there is no one available. Higuain and Lukaku have both been injured and Harry Kane is not in good condition. The French striker only appears in the middle. .The second situation is when the team's tactics require it, and now Charlotte let Griezmann play belongs to the latter.

This is the first substitution quota for the Saints. It is hard to imagine that the whole game is behind. Charlotte insisted on making substitution adjustments until the second minute of No.70 in the game.

But this is Charlotte, he never plays cards according to common sense, and often breaks the thinking ability of normal people.

Immediately afterwards, Enrique also made substitutions and adjustments. Harvey was already very old, so he could no longer play the full game in such a fierce game.In order to prevent the midfield from becoming his weak point, Enrique replaced Xavi, and the Brazilian midfielder Rafinha Alcantara, who was produced by La Masia's youth training, came on as a substitute.

This is a player who tends to attack more, although he can play in the central midfield position.

Rafinha Alcantara is Barcelona's youth training midfielder and currently plays for Bayern Munich's Thiago's younger brother. The difference is that Thiago chose to play for Spain, while his younger brother Rafinha chose the Brazilian national team .They all come from a family of athletes. Their father is the famous Brazilian football player Mazinho, while their mother is a volleyball player.

Iniesta was injured, so he did not appear in the squad for this game. He sat in the stands and cheered for the team.At the same time, Harvey himself knows that he is too old, and he needs to give way to some outstanding La Masia young people, so he has already stated that he will not continue to stay in Barcelona after the end of this season. The station has not been decided yet, it may be the Middle East or the American major leagues. At the same time, there are reports that many clubs in China are interested in Harvey, hoping to bring Harvey to China with a sky-high salary.

So after Harvey left the field, all the Barcelona fans applauded the Barcelona veteran, and even many fans shed tears.

Xavi has entered the La Masia youth training camp since he was 11 years old. He is now 35 years old and still plays for Barcelona. He has given Barcelona the most precious 24 years of his career and even his life.

It's just a pity that Barcelona fans can't see Harvey retiring at Camp Nou, because he will go to other leagues. This also became the last game that Harvey, the old captain, played for Barcelona.

Everyone is sad for Harvey's end. The same Charlotte also respects players like Harvey, but Charlotte knows that now is not the time to pay respect to Harvey.

Charlotte noticed that after Griezmann came on the field, the team was following his latest strategic deployment, so he was relieved.

It’s just that Southampton has made changes on the field, but many people haven’t noticed this detail. Even the photographers on the scene are still taking a close-up of Harvey who just got on the bench. Harvey just got the towel After wiping the sweat off his face, he took a sip of water from the water bottle that Montoya handed over.

Barcelona's offensive on the field was once again resolved by the Saints, but this time Barcelona's offense was not resolute. Neymar's shot seemed a little weak, or the angle of the ball Suarez gave him was not good. Instead, Stephen Si blocked it early.

The football was received by Nkuru next to him, and he passed it back to the goalkeeper.

Ter Stegen took a look at the situation in the front field, then adjusted a little and kicked the football out with a big foot before Suarez pressed up.

The football quickly flew over the dark crowd on the field, and flew farther and farther.At this time, Griezmann, who was newly on the field, had already jumped in quickly. Pique hadn't reacted yet, but Mascherano had already followed closely.

"Not good!!" Butzkes immediately reminded his teammates that the ball had flown across the half court and went directly behind the two central defenders.

Previously, it was Barcelona's attack with the ball, so the pressure on all fronts was relatively high, so there was a large blank area behind the central defender. Although the goalkeeper Bravo had already left the big penalty area, this space was still enough for the opponent to make a fuss about. .

Griezmann's back was leaning against Mascherano. He came to the football's landing point first, and firmly pressed the opponent behind him.

Mascherano has already seen the arc of the ball. With his many years of experience, he knows that this position is not the best point for heading the ball, so the opponent should want to pass the ball down.

Sure enough, Griezmann used his chest to unload the ball, but the ball landed at his feet, and the French forward did not turn around and pass the Argentine, but passed the ball to Eriksen who had already stepped forward. .

Eriksson is not the kind of team that is particularly fast, at least compared to Sterling and Aubameyang, his speed is indeed not outstanding, and it is about the same as De Bruyne, but Belgium The attacking midfielder's burst and instant start are faster than him.

But these are not Eriksson's shortcomings, because his advantage is that he is smart enough, and he is definitely one of those players who play with their brains.

So the Dane knows the truth that the stupid bird flies first, and his reaction is faster than other players, so when Griezmann needs support, he appears beside Griezmann.

Eriksson was just about to catch the ball, and the ball had already rushed over, but Eriksson did not give the Spanish central defender a chance. Instead of stopping the ball, he kicked the ball and directly passed the ball high.

And Griezmann immediately turned around, passing Mascherano and passing behind him.