Green Dragon

Chapter 182 I Admit Failure

"Drip, drip, drip..."

When the Scottish referee Thomson blew the whistle to end the first half, Van Basten was completely speechless.

There was even some fluke in his heart.

Barcelona's two forwards - Messi and Villa - didn't even score a single goal, yet his team conceded three goals in a row in 45 minutes.

When Van Basten was frustrated, the Dutch TV commentator De Kuer, who always looked down on him, would always give him sympathy:

"Marco may not have to blame himself too much. He has done everything he can. After all, Ajax is not an Italian team. Although they are used to pressing and pressing, their opponent is Barcelona..."

The guest commentator Yang Sen's words may be more straightforward:
"Before this game, we should have been mentally prepared long ago. Although Ajax has many young talents, the talents of these people are not at the same level as Barcelona's players. Their best forwards are turning. The market value is only 2000 million, and the value of Messi is probably more precious than ten Suarez."

Duan Yixuan, who was thousands of miles away, seemed very pessimistic at this time:
"In the first 45 minutes, the possession rate of the two teams was close to 10-2. The number of shots was 416 to 103, and the number of passes was an even more amazing [-] to [-]. No matter what aspect, Ajax They were completely at a disadvantage. But there was nothing wrong with Van Basten's tactics, he set up three players with good defensive ability in the midfield, but there was no way to stop Barcelona's attack at all."

"Long Shute, who was in charge of defending Messi, worked very hard, and Messi didn't get too many opportunities, but Barcelona's overall strength is too strong. Just defending Messi is not enough to make them lose control of the game." Zhang Lu shook his head, "What's more, Long Shute can't completely freeze Messi."

His words are not wrong, the midfielder with the strongest one-on-one marking ability in Ajax has not completely restricted Messi.

Long Shute's spirit is unprecedentedly concentrated. He only sees Messi alone. In order to defend Messi, he never even participates in his teammates' defense against other Barcelona players. But even so, the Argentine little flea still gains a lot Chance.

Messi's absolute speed is probably slightly slower than Ronaldo and Kaka, and his dribbling speed is not unmatched, but his super fast pace and unique ability to combine man and ball allow him to pass the ball in 45 minutes. Long Shute acted like a fool.

The Ajax vice-captain, who has been playing professionally for two years, can no longer be regarded as a recruit, but when faced with Messi's dazzling and unpredictable footwork changes, he really felt that he was a fool.

After playing with a genius like Suarez for more than two years, Long Shute's football quotient has increased significantly, but he still has no way to master Messi's extraordinary rules.

Suarez's many dribbling skills are enough to open the eyes of Long Shu, but when he saw that Messi can still perform various magic juggling under his strict defense, he realized that his imagination is still too much poor.

In this game, Messi seldom dribbles the ball along a straight line. The football is tied to his left leg at any moment, even when accelerating, and every change occurs without warning. Long Shute had no chance to make a move at all, and once he made a move, it was almost equivalent to a foul.

Long Shute recalled the feeling he had when he played against Ibrahimovic again, but the Swedish tower's ecstasy was more in a low-speed state. If it was also in a high-speed running state, he might not be able to get rid of himself, but Messi was even more Desperate, because the Argentine's extraordinary does not seem to need any conditions.

Although he is better at dribbling with his left foot, Messi's other foot is equally flexible. The toes, arches, inner instep, outer instep, heel, sole of the foot... Even the laces on the sneakers seem to be used to pass people !

In addition, the balance of the King of Barcelona is also amazing. Only those who have confronted him personally can truly know how much energy is contained in this seemingly small and thin body!

Barcelona's third goal came from a corner kick approaching the 40th minute. Xavi's corner kick found Pique, who was ambushing at the front of the penalty area.

When the football hit the goal for the third time, many Ajax fans couldn't help covering their mouths, and the morale of the players on the field also fell to the bottom.

There are only two exceptions.

Suarez's eyes turned red, while Long Shute turned pale with anger.

"You did a good job, at least Messi barely got into the box and scored in the first half."

Perhaps feeling the disappointment in his lover's heart, Bergkamp specially comforted him.

But Long Shute didn't respond. He just lowered his head slightly and walked quickly into the player's tunnel.

The Ice Prince glanced at Van Basten, who was also pale, and could only sigh.
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"In the first half, our tactical execution was not thorough enough, Sim, I need you to increase the frequency of retreats and help your teammates control the midfield..."

Returning to the locker room, Van Basten began to explain tactics.

The atmosphere in the locker room was dull, only the head coach's voice echoed intermittently.

Suarez raised his gaze, and his eyes seemed to be redder.

His heart seemed to be bleeding: In the first half, De Jong was the only teammate who could help him share the offensive pressure. Once De Jong retreated to defend, even if he grew a few more heads and legs, it would be impossible. Capable of overturning Barcelona's entire defense line!

"Coach..." He couldn't help opening his mouth.

But as soon as his voice came out, it was drowned out by another voice.

"Coach, I have an idea, or rather, a suggestion."

Long Shute, the youngest in the starting lineup, raised his head and interrupted Van Basten's lack of confidence in his tactical explanation.

"Tell me about it." Van Basten might want to thank Long Shute for his speech, otherwise he doubted how many people actually listened to his explanation...

"In the second half, Iyengar came to defend Messi, and my position was forward, taking into account both defending Harvey and attacking."

Long Shute looked at En Nuo and expressed his opinion.

Someone can help him attack, Suarez is of course very happy, but Van Basten has to ask the most critical question:
"Defending Messi...for Iyengar, I am afraid it will be too difficult."

The other coaches and players were probably thinking this way, and some even nodded their heads.

There was no unpleasant expression on Enno's face, because any player in the world would find it very difficult to defend Messi.

"I know, but we all work equally hard."

Long Shu shrugged:

"I must admit that with my current ability, it is not enough to freeze Messi. Under my pressure, he was able to find three chances to shoot. I have failed in this one-on-one contest."

Van Basten did not agree: "But you still gave him a lot of restrictions, his long shots are all outside the penalty area..."

"But we're three goals behind and we need a change, coach."

Long Shute interrupted the head coach again:
"It is impossible for us to defend at the Nou Camp! Even an Italian team known for their defense cannot last 90 minutes in front of Barcelona. If we still do not strengthen our offense in the second half, we will only be slaughtered by them!"

"I want to be able to step up the offense too, coach."

Captain Suarez finally spoke:

"If I had to choose a way to die, I would rather die in an attack."

Van Basten opened his mouth, but made no sound.

Since when did he become so conservative?

Why are the traditions in the bones of Dutch football almost forgotten?

He took a deep breath and nodded vigorously:

"Okay, young people, let Barcelona see Ajax's attacking football!"

Even if we can't score a goal, at least let the Camp Nou fans see our offense!
(End of this chapter)