Super Prophecy Master

Chapter 649 The Second Goal

The cooperation between Braniff and Vardy is so tacit that it is unimaginable. Like the opportunity just now, as long as it is a striker with normal thinking, he will definitely shoot directly, because he has no time to see the position of his teammates behind him.

But Vardy didn't.

Vardy passed the ball to Braniff. The pass was very clever, using the back heel, and the pass was very accurate, making it impossible for Barcelona to defend.

Braniff is surrounded by opposing players, Toure has been following him, and Puyol is also running on the other side, but the two have no time to react. When they notice, the football rushes towards Braniff. By the time of Neve, Braniff had already swung his foot and shot.

The reason why Braniff's goal was easy was because Vardy attracted most of the attention. Even the goalkeeper Valdez had already attacked, obviously judging that Vardy would shoot directly.

They have all been lied to!
Seeing that Braniff easily kicked the ball into the goal, the players next to him were stunned. When they recalled the pass just now, they couldn't imagine it.

This is tacit understanding, but also strength!
Even if Vardy knows that Braniff is keeping up and wants to pass the ball diagonally to the rear, it is not easy. Ordinary players can only turn around and push horizontally, but Vardy uses his back heel and almost deceives him. everyone.

In addition, Braniff's performance was good enough, it was Braniff who took the ball up the field and passed the ball to Vardy.

During the period, Braniff showed amazing footwork. Puyol and Toure had a profound experience. They found that Braniff could not be stopped at all.

"How is Braniff compared to Messi?"

The media paid a lot of attention to this issue before the game. A lot of reports centered on the relationship between Braniff and Messi. The Catalan media supported the media, as did the Barcelona players. I think Messi is better.

What now?
Both Puyol and Toure felt that Braniff was even better, and even Messi couldn't bring them the pressure, which was almost impossible.

Millwall fans around the stands cheering for the goal.

They don't go into the details of how difficult Vardy's pass is, they just need to know that the player played a wonderful attack, Braniff and Vardy both performed very well, and together they helped the team lead Barcelona Will suffice.

Visiting team coach.

Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard, his face is full of sorrow.

The Catalan media is very confident in the game, or they have great confidence in Barcelona, ​​but as the head coach of Barcelona, ​​Rijkaard will not blindly believe that Barcelona will definitely win .

The situation in Barcelona is not optimistic.

Many things can be seen from the league results. In the competition in the league, they are completely behind their rivals Real Madrid. The reason is that there are problems outside the team. For example, Real Madrid did perform well in the league. is the main reason.

The biggest event in Barcelona this season is the marginalization of the core player Ronaldinho.

Ronaldinho was placed with great hopes, but his performance in the first half of the schedule was unsatisfactory. Rijkaard still believed that Ronaldinho could recover. He gave Ronaldinho There are many opportunities, but the Brazilian was injured when his condition was just getting better. After Christmas, Ronaldinho recovered from his injury, and his position has been replaced by Messi.

Rijkaard doesn't trust Messi.

Messi is definitely an outstanding talent, but when facing big competitions, he is still Ronaldinho. This kind of experienced veteran is worthy of trust.

Messi is too young now.

Rijkaard still hopes to give Ronaldinho more opportunities so that the Brazilian can regain his form, become the core of the team again, and become the leader of the team.

It's not really an internal problem.

The personal relationship between Ronaldinho and Messi is very good. Part of the credit for Messi's rapid promotion also comes from Ronaldinho's guidance.

If Ronaldinho is allowed to become the core again, Messi will not have much objection to the position adjustment.

But there was a problem at the top.

The club's top management believes that the team should consider focusing on training Messi, so as to maintain the current situation, let Messi become the core representing Barcelona, ​​and Ronaldo can give up.

Rijkaard argued with the top management, but in the end there was no result.

He's just the head coach.

There are also reasons for the club's high-level considerations, because Messi is young enough to become a leader in the next ten years. In addition, the commercial value of Messi is much higher than that of Ronaldinho.

After all... ahem.

Ronaldinho looks so ugly!

For professional players, being ugly is not a sin, but there is no doubt that the commercial value of an ugly player is definitely not as good as a handsome boy. Messi cannot be regarded as a boy, but he is at least much more normal. It has also been built according to the standards of the head of the star.

Lamania's youth training background is more authentic than the 'foreign' Ronaldinho and more representative of Barcelona.

Messi is the symbol of Barcelona!
In addition, there is another very important point. Ronaldinho's contract is about to expire. If Ronaldinho is allowed to continue to play the core, he must be retained with a new contract, but his salary is too high , What will happen in the next few years is difficult to guarantee, and the risk of continuing to renew the contract is too great.

These are the concerns of Barcelona's top management.

It became an urgent matter for Messi to stand up and lead Barcelona.

Rijkaard opposed the approach of Barcelona's high-level executives, but in fact, he didn't have much say. He even said that he couldn't even guarantee his position as the coach. After Ronaldinho decided to leave , his departure was almost inevitable.

unless……

Barcelona can win the Champions League!
Rijkaard is not obsessed with Barcelona's coaching position, and he is just reluctant to leave him. It may be a good thing to meet new challenges, but he also hopes to win the Champions League semi-final against Millwall , Leading the team to the Champions League final for the second time, to fight for the Champions League trophy for Barcelona.

This is Rijkaard's wish.

For the game, Rijkaard knows how difficult it is to win.

The opponent is Millwall!

The Catalan media is blindly confident, but take a closer look at Millwall's results. They won the league championship for three consecutive seasons, and also set an unbeaten record in the five major leagues. They were also the champions of the Champions League last season.

Millwall has won all the titles this season.

How could Barcelona easily defeat such a team that swept England and Europe?
Now Braniff's goal still surprised Rijkaard.

The two players on the other side cooperated too tacitly.

Anyone can see this.

Rijkaard also has to admit that the dispute between 'Messi and Braniff' may have come to a conclusion. At least so far, Braniff is much better than Messi, and Messi is restricted on the offensive end. was deadly, and Braniff easily became the focus of the audience's attention by virtue of his excellent performance.

"I hope Messi can perform better!" Rijkaard sighed.

In terms of the current game situation, no one can think of a way to deal with it. Millwall made it clear that he is playing a defensive counterattack. Most of the offense relies on Braniff and Vardy, and all other players stay in the backcourt.

The only thing Barcelona can do is to use their good style of play to score goals.

As long as the players perform well and score a few more goals, they will win the first round and have an advantage in the two rounds, otherwise they can only go back to the Nou Camp to make persistent efforts.

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For Barcelona, ​​conceding a goal is actually nothing, not to the extent of the end of the world.

Just a goal.

Barcelona's offensive ability is very strong, as long as they find an opportunity, they can easily equalize the score. The Champions League semi-finals are also a two-legged contest. Na's morale hit was even bigger.

The fans can't see anything, but the Barcelona players are aware of the difficulty of scoring just now.

Braniff is fantastic!

Players such as Puyol and Toure all judged that Braniff is better than Messi. The opponent has such a player, which is too much of a threat to the defense. Braniff also cooperates with Vardy quite tacitly. They're all starting to worry about defense.

But Barcelona has never been a team that plays defensive counterattacks, they are a team that plays offensive football.

Therefore, temporarily strengthening the defense does not exist.

As long as the head coach does not specifically emphasize it, they will continue to play according to the tactics and continue to launch an offensive towards the Millwall half. When they do this, the offensive launched is indeed very terrifying.

After the game restarted, Barcelona's two waves of offensive hit the penalty area.

Messi also performed.

In the second offensive, Messi managed to get rid of Livermore and lobbed the ball to the goal from the outside of the penalty area. Unfortunately, Eto'o failed to resist Darren Ward's defense, and the football was still kicked out by Ward. out of bounds.

Next, Barcelona's attack continued.

Millwall also shrunk the line of defense a little bit, and even Braniff retreated to the penalty area line, making the game one-sided. The situation seemed to be completely controlled by Barcelona. The Barcelona fans of the visiting team also had to cheer up Keep cheering for the team.

but……

For a long time, Barcelona was still fruitless.

Millwall's crowd tactics are the best defense, and targeted arrangements also play a role, such as Messi, who was restricted by Livermore.

Messi is the heart of Barcelona.

Messi can be said to be the engine of Barcelona's offense. When Barcelona players pass forward, they all like to find Messi's position. When Messi's performance stalls, the entire Barcelona's offensive efficiency has been greatly affected. influences.

Barcelona aren't aiming to change anything.

Perhaps Barcelona is not good at changing. Their attacking abilities are all on the right side. One is that Messi is used to playing on the right side, and the other is that there is veteran Harvey on the right side.

Although the core of Barcelona has always been Ronaldinho, and now it has become Messi, Xavi is the anchor of Barcelona's midfield. He leads this Barcelona with extremely stable performance and efficiency. Ronaldo midfield.

Harvey can play multiple positions.

In the past, Harvey played as a defensive midfielder, and occasionally played a cameo as a front midfielder. When Ronaldinho and Messi played together, he often played a cameo as a midfielder to be the core of the team. Now Ronaldinho Not there, Harvey went to the right to match Messi's play.

However, Harvey's position transfer did not play a role, but hindered Barcelona's performance.

Gianluca!

Gianluca Zambrotta is right up against Xavi.

He knew Harvey's threat and kept sticking to Harvey.

It is impossible for Zambrotta to stare at Harvey one-on-one, but it is enough to limit Harvey's performance.

The two pillars on the right side of Barcelona are all restricted. They have not made any changes, and have been constantly looking for opportunities on the right side. Their offensive efficiency can be imagined.

Watching the game on the court, Zhang Yang only found it very interesting.

Perhaps not knowing how to adapt is also the reason for Barcelona's poor performance. The first two seasons were better, but this season, every team knows how to deal with Barcelona, ​​and they all know that they are good at attacking from the right. They all know how to defend.

In addition, Messi is the only one who is reused by newcomers.

When it comes to Barcelona, ​​it seems that only Messi is the only one, and other young players are not taken seriously. Even if he is famous, it is just a foil for Messi. Can't even get a pass.

This is because teammates don't believe in Iniesta, and there must be public opinion.

But is Iniesta bad?
Even if it is not as good as Messi, Iniesta must be a genius, but it is a pity that he is in the same team as Messi...

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In the process of Zhang Yang secretly feeling sorry for Iniesta, the first half of the game also came to an end.

Barcelona still didn't score.

During the intermission, Zhang Yang praised the players' performance, gave everyone some encouragement, and let the players rest.

Tactics do not need to be adjusted.

The team only needs to continue to grow so big. I believe Rijkaard can't think of any coups to deal with it, because there are no loopholes in the defense of the crowd tactics. Rijkaard at most allows the team to look for opportunities from the left side .

Koncheski is on the right side of Millwall's matchup, and Maxi is in front of him. The defense is relatively weak, but it is not so easy for Barcelona to find opportunities.

Soon the second half came.

There are still changes in Barcelona, ​​and the most important change is that Messi retreated.

Messi had been standing very forward before, and he thought he was a forward when he was close to the penalty area line. Now, in order to 'avoid' Livermore's entanglement, he had to retreat a little bit, but his thinking was too simple.

Livermore's main job is to limit Messi, not to participate in the game as a midfielder.

Zhang Yang sacrificed a Livermore in exchange for Messi.

Worth it!

However, Messi's retreat still has some effect. In the large area behind, it is impossible for Livermore to follow closely, because Messi only needs to cooperate with his teammates simply to get rid of Livermore.

Livermore mainly stood in front of the penalty area line, but as soon as Messi rushed over, he immediately rushed to defend.

The rest of the defensive work is handed over to teammates.

There was not much time in the second half of the game, and Messi found that he still had to face Livermore. It was impossible for him not to run to the front. He is the core player of Barcelona, ​​and standing behind for a long time will also drag down the team's offense.

As for organizing the offense?

Do not!
Messi is a player who charges forward and plays on his own ability. It is more suitable for veteran Harvey to simply organize offense.

So Messi continues to underperform.

Barcelona's offensive was also blocked frequently. They had to control the rhythm, but Millwall soon ushered in a counterattack.

Very fast counterattack!

Millwall's offense mostly relies on Braniff and Vardy, which does not mean that other players are useless, otherwise it would be good to send eight defensive players.

This time it's winger maxi.

Maxi is a player who is good at speed. His dribbling speed is very fast, and few people can catch up with him when he really runs.

After taking the ball to the frontcourt, Maxi immediately passed the ball to Braniff.

Braniff showed superb footwork. Unlike Messi who was restricted, Barcelona had almost no way to deal with him in the backcourt. He tricked Toure behind with two or three kicks, and Puyo rushed forward. Well, without hesitation, it was a flying shovel.

But Puyol did not succeed.

Braniff kicked the ball forward first, then jumped up to avoid the danger, and quickly kicked the ball into the penalty area after his feet landed.

He passed a half-high ball and it was rolling towards Vardy's position.

Vardy squeezed Max and volleyed with his feet, and the football rushed into the gate guarded by Valdes in an instant!
Two to zero!
Millwall leads Barcelona by two goals!
(End of this chapter)