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Standing on the edge of the hotel, looking at the fans singing in harmony outside, Zhao Yaning couldn't help turning his head, "Is that how you Catalans welcome friends?"

The Liverpool team came to Barcelona one day earlier.But now, it was very late, and a large number of fans gathered outside the hotel where they were staying.They were clamoring, singing, and shouting crazily. Under their interference, the Liverpool players couldn't even take a good rest.

Zhao Yaning doesn’t remember seeing similar fans.The Madrid fans are crazy, but they only shout, march, and demonstrate next to their own stadium.Liverpool fans are crazy, but they only fight in the street.Even the Italians sometimes go a little too far, but they never make such a fuss.Tossing outside the hotel where the visiting team is staying, this kind of behavior seems to interfere with the rest of the opponent. Such a thing is extremely rare, and it is not decent.

Although such a thing is not illegal, and it is even hard to say that it is unsportsmanlike because it is a fan behavior, but after all, such a thing is not a glorious thing.As a wealthy family, before playing football, they would not even give their opponents a chance to rest, which is not a clever trick.This kind of approach is like Huashan before the sword debate, turning all opponents into numbness-yes, it is indeed a way to win, but it is too shameful.

Zhao Yaning is now standing in the hotel, looking at the crowd outside, and behind him are Garcia and Reina, two Catalans.Although their homes are in the local area, since the players are going out with the team, they naturally live in the hotel. They also have the same look of resentment towards their compatriots. [

"Where did you find out that we are their friends?" Garcia walked to the side of the stage and looked at the commotion outside the crowd, still a little stubborn. After all, these people are his compatriots, he can't Do not defend your compatriots, "We are here to play, we are their enemies, okay?"

"But wherever we go to compete, we have never encountered such a thing. Even those crazy Italians, they burned their own cars, but they didn't besiege our buses." Zhao Yaning asked back. , "Football is not war, you Catalans, why are you doing such nonsense for a football match?"

"We take football very seriously," Garcia replied. This kind of justification was a bit forceful, but, in order not to leave a bad impression on Zhao Yaning, he continued, “The people in Jiatai are very friendly. You're not here to play football, you're here to travel, and you can easily get help on the streets of Barcelona. However, we do value our ethnicity, and if you ask for directions in Spanish, they will point them out You ask for directions, but ask for directions in Catalan, and they will take you there—of course, it has something to do with our being a tourist city. We love our nation, and our nation needs something to maintain our self-esteem. Football, especially FC Barcelona football, is one of the few things we are proud of. If someone wants to beat our team, there will be some injustice."

"To be honest, I still can't understand those of you who rely on football to build national pride. After all, this is a ball. And even if it is football, you seem to have no way to compare with the Castilians?" Zhao Yaning complained, and looked outside, “Besides, I think you have some other things to be proud of, your economy, your city, and I know the most about the Catalans. That is, a Samaranch, the one from the IOC..."

"He has nothing to do with Barcelona. He is a double member of Real Madrid and Royal Espanyol. Although he is a Catalan, he loves Spain very much." Reina said from the side, unlike Garcia, he didn't want to worry about these things Discuss, "Go to sleep, they just want to increase our psychological pressure, you also know how much these things are, you don't have noise-cancelling headphones, and the sound insulation in our bedroom is good enough, they can't make trouble We, we can still sleep well. No matter how much trouble they make, it's just adding some pressure, why bother with them?"

Zhao Yaning shook his head and said nothing.He just found it strange that this was the first time he had seen such an approach.Fans support the team in this way, always feel a little too much.

"Actually, this also shows that they are still quite afraid of us, and we should be happy." Garcia added.

"I didn't talk that much." Zhao Yaning shook his head, "Ghosts will be happy about such things. Besides, they should value us, shouldn't they? Our strength is there, who dare not value us?"

In fact, the current media still does not agree with Liverpool.

"Perhaps, in this game, Liverpool should consider playing a little less appropriately. After all, this game is played at Barcelona's home court at the Nou Camp. If this game continues to stick to offensive football, Liverpool's Physical strength and technology are probably not at the upper hand. After all, the opponent is Barcelona, ​​a representative team in technical football. When facing such a team, there is no harm in playing more conservatively. A draw, or even a small loss by one goal is acceptable, after all, back at Anfield, there is still one more game, and that game is the key to deciding the outcome."

English newspapers are giving advice to Liverpool one after another. After all, the opponent they are dealing with is a top team like Barcelona. At this time, the Premier League media still do not believe that Liverpool can win a victory.In their view, it should be a good idea to draw away and kill the opponent at home.

"However, this is too underestimating us." Zhao Yaning recalled those words, and there was only one summary, "Let them see how we won."——

Barcelona also paid enough attention to the encounter with Liverpool.They also dispatched all their main players in this game.

The goalkeeper is Valdez, their main goalkeeper, and the defense is composed of Zambrotta, Puyol, Marquez and Thuram.The defense is not Barcelona's strong point, but after they introduced Zambrotta and Thuram this season, they can be regarded as some reinforcements.Zambrotta and Thuram are distributed on the two sides, naturally to offset the side advantage of the Premier League team, and Puyol, an excellent defender in the center, can also support it, while Marquez is on This season, there are still mostly defensive midfielders, and he has always had problems with unstable performance, but when he plays stably, he is still a trustworthy defender.

And their midfield line is the trio of Xavi, Thiago Motta and Deco.

These three can be regarded as all-round midfielders. In the game, Deco was at the front, Xavi and Motta were at the back. Although their defense was not very good, Barcelona was not a team that started with defense. The midfielders have a strong ability to pass and control, which is more helpful to them. Their combination can also have a very good effect.

And their forward line is a combination of Ronaldinho, Eto'o and Messi.

This striker line is the most proud part of Barcelona. They have an excellent striker line. The three people on one striker line all have excellent assault and solo ability, and they all have excellent coordination ability. Their cooperation is indeed time and time again. Played a very good game.

Barcelona still has a lot of changes this season.Giuly has been squeezed to the bench by Messi. Messi's ability with the ball is stronger. This season, Ronaldinho's explosive power has declined due to his disorderly life, and his ability to break through alone has declined. In order to enhance Barcelona's offensive power with the ball, Barcelona used Messi replaced Giuly, who has strong ball ability. [

And Iniesta is still still a substitute.Although this player of the same age as Zhao Yaning has always been known as a genius, he does not have a stable main position in Barcelona, ​​​​where Ronaldinho is the core.On the one hand, injuries have affected his position, and on the other hand, his position has always been difficult to position.When he debuted, he even played as a defensive midfielder. Until now, he has stabilized the rotation of the midfielder and winger, but now, he is only a rotation player.

In this game, Ronaldinho, Eto'o, Messi, and Deco were all present. It can be said that Barcelona is also the main force.

On the Liverpool side, they also dispatched all the main players.The goalkeeper is Reina, the back line is Riise, Vidic, Carragher, Maicon, and the double midfielder is Alonso and Sissoko, the midfielder is Figo, Zhao Yaning is doing it, and Dirk is on the right. , while Milito started as a striker.

In this game, Liverpool also dispatched the best lineup.Mascherano is suspended, and so is Gerrard, but the lineup Liverpool sent is not bad.

"In this game, we saw a lot of acquaintances. Reina, Garcia and Luis Figo all returned to the Nou Camp. Garcia was a substitute, Reina and Figo both got the start, and they all It was warmly received by the fans."

When Figo and Reina came on the field, they both received a lot of boos.After all, they are players who were born here, and now that they have returned to Camp Nou, the fans will naturally boo.Reina's expression was a little gloomy, while Figo was already in the so-called appearance.

He's used to it.

As the whistle sounded, the game began immediately.After several offensive and defensive transitions, the ball was quickly controlled at the feet of the Barcelona players.Their skills are indeed more delicate than the Liverpool players, and after all, they are playing at home, and they have more experience in running positions. Soon after the game started, they had the ball.This situation also made the fans start to clamor wildly. After all, their team was able to get the ball and take the advantage, which naturally made them very happy.

"Barcelona got the ball, they controlled the game at home, Liverpool haven't had a chance so far, football has always been at the feet of Barcelona, ​​​​the Liverpool people can only be played around!"

The Spanish commentators are also extremely excited about this kind of game. After all, being able to suppress Liverpool is enough to make them feel proud.

But as the game progressed, everyone soon discovered a phenomenon.

"Barcelona has the ball, but they can only move in their own half." England's commentator first put forward this view, "Although Liverpool does not have the ball, they rely on their excellent oppression and counter-stealing and tight frontcourt. Forced, so that Barcelona can only keep passing back and crossing, the ball is always in their own half, although Liverpool has no chance now, but Barcelona also has no chance."

Barcelona had the ball at their feet, but they couldn't launch a good attack.Throughout the game, they were suppressed in the second half. This kind of game reminded the fans of another game: Spain lost the World Cup match against France in this way.

In this game, it seems that it is not Barcelona that really has the advantage...