I Want to Be the King of Football

Three days after the intra-city derby, Barcelona ushered in the second round of the knockout round of the Copa del Rey.

With the victory basically locked in the first round, Barcelona played with an all-substitute lineup at Camp Nou, still relying on Larson's brace, rout Zamora 6-0, and easily advanced to the quarter-finals.

The results of the draw for the quarter-finals were also released soon, and Barcelona faced Zaragoza.

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At the weekend, in the nineteenth round of La Liga, Barcelona faced Athletic Bilbao at home.

After the Basque Lions took a corner kick and high center Llorente took the lead to break Barcelona's goal, Barcelona launched a crazy counterattack, but it was not until the second half that Sudong assisted Ronaldinho to equalize the score.

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Then, Su Dong kicked and hit the goal again, causing the goalkeeper to let go. Messi picked up a leak in front of the goal and hit a supplementary shot.

Two to one, Barcelona finally reversed Athletic Bilbao at home.

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On the evening of January 18, in the first round of the Copa del Rey quarter-finals, Barcelona played away to Zaragoza.

From the beginning of this season, Barcelona, ​​from the management and coaching staff to the locker room, all have a very unified goal, that is, to continue the excellent performance of last season and strive for further breakthroughs, with the goal of winning the treble.

Although Barcelona's lineup this season is thicker than last season, it still looks relatively thin if they want to fight in the third line.

The coaching staff has specially formulated a rotation strategy for this purpose, allowing the main players to rest more in certain games.

Zaragoza is in the middle of the La Liga rankings this season, and its performance is not very satisfactory. Rijkaard has a certain degree of confidence in this game. Coupled with continuous two-line battles, the team has been rotated.

Sudong, Deco, Marcos Senna and Puyol all had a rest, Larson replaced Sudong, and Ronaldinho and Messi partnered with the trident in the frontcourt. The midfielder was Iniesta, The combination of Van Bommel and Edmilson, the back line is Van Bronckhorst, Marcos, Oleg and Belletti.

Rijkaard's wish was ideal.

In the first-leg away game, Barcelona tried their best to attack and score goals.

In the three midfields, Iniesta is mainly responsible for passing and controlling the ball, Van Bommel is responsible for the back insertion, Edmilson is responsible for the defense, maintaining the balance and stability of the team, plus Ronaldinho and Messi, believes that the creativity of the team is enough.

Facts also proved Rijkaard's guess.

After the opening, the aggressive Barcelona gained control of the game and launched a fierce attack on Zaragoza, frequently creating good scoring opportunities.

But the problem soon became apparent.

Barça's offense seems to be very powerful, but there is no real threat.

If they encounter a West C team like Zamora, Barcelona is not afraid, but the problem is that Zaragoza is a La Liga team. Although it has not performed very well this season, its overall strength should not be underestimated.

After adapting to Barcelona's attack, Zaragoza quickly reacted.

Can't attack for a long time, Barcelona's midfield naturally began to press forward, Iniesta and Van Bommel's positions were more advanced, often only Edmilson was left behind, Van Bommel and Iniesta both. Too close to the opponent's restricted area.

At this moment, Barcelona is like a hungry beast, eager to swallow each other directly.

But here is the problem.

When the midfield is too high, and the frontcourt cannot hold the opponent, the large space behind the back line begins to allow the opponent to gallop.

In the 23rd minute, Zaragoza midfielder Carney sent a precise pass, Diego Milito successfully countered offside, scored a single-handedly into the Barcelona penalty area, scored calmly, and opened the scoring for Zaragoza.

Then, in the 25th and 27th minutes, Zaragoza quickly counterattacked twice in a row, and Everton's speed was brought into full play.

One hit and one was accurate, scored two goals in a row, and scored twice.

Although Everton's second goal was an obvious misjudgment, he was indeed offside, but in just a few minutes, Barcelona was completely stunned by the opponent's three goals.

It was not until the third goal was conceded that Rijkaard reacted soberly and made adjustments immediately, which barely managed to maintain the situation, but the bad score of 0-3 has put Barcelona in a desperate situation.

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This season, when Barcelona were playing like crazy and winning streak all the way, all of us were wondering, is Sudong important to the current Barcelona team? Is he really as indispensable as the data shows?

This is not only in the outside world, it is estimated that many players in the Barcelona locker room will have such doubts.

I have even heard an extreme statement before that with such an excellent midfield of Barcelona, ​​and the ability of Ronaldinho and Messi in the front to create chances, even if you tie a dog on the front line, it can score. The ball, and even the top scorer.

Extreme statements are too extreme and are not within the scope of our discussion, but I believe that many people must have doubted whether Sudong made Barcelona or Barcelona made Sudong?

After watching the first half of the game, I believe that many people should get the answer.

Barcelona conceded three goals in a row, similar to last season, but completely different.

Last season, Barcelona's backline players made mistakes, which is a problem of the ability of the defensive players, but in tonight's game, we can see that even Oleg, who made mistakes, is in a pair of One case was passed by Everton.

This proves that Barcelona's problem is at the technical and tactical level. The team's midfield and frontcourt can't hold the opponent down, the attack failed to create a threat, and the goal was conceded after being counterattacked by the opponent.

Even Rijkaard exposed his shortcomings in coaching tonight, and his reaction was too slow.

Diego Milito's goal had already reminded Barcelona to pay attention to what was behind him. As a result, instead of paying attention, Barcelona intensified, and Zaragoza immediately used the speed of Everton to hit one by one, directly and directly. crippled.

This is the summary of the first half at the end of halftime when Jose Ramon de la Morena, the famous presenter of Searle Radio, was explaining the Copa del Rey live.

He believed that the entire first half was a mad slap in the face of those who denied Su Dong's value before.

Because there is no Sudong, Barcelona's attack completely lost its threat, and Zaragoza scored three goals.

Are other players underperforming?

No, Ronaldinho, Messi, Iniesta, Van Bommel, and even the two full-backs are still very active. Even Barcelona has created far more offensive opportunities than Zaragoza. .

why?

The answer is very simple, on the one hand, Zaragoza's tenacious defense, on the other hand, because there is no threat to Barcelona's attack.

The person is still the same person, the state is not bad, why is there no threat?

Because of Su Dong!

The decision that Rijkaard made the most in this game was to underestimate Zaragoza's determination to win at home and to rotate Su Dong, and the most correct decision he made was to put Su Dong on the bench. .

Perhaps, Rijkaard should consider replacing Su Dong directly at half-time.

At least at this stage, the thirty-four-year-old Larson can't replace Su Dong at all!

Sure enough, I'm on the scene right now.

I saw Su Dong, who was training on the field with four substitutes including Sylvinho and Valdes, was called in by assistant coach Ten Carter.

Rijkaard was a little slow on the spot, but he wasn't stupid.

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Su Dong followed Ten Carter to the locker room.

Along the way, the assistant coaches were analyzing the situation in the first half with Su Dong, the problems encountered by the team's offense, and the tactics and adjustments the coaching staff planned to adopt in the second half.

We must score at least one goal! At the door of the locker room, Tenkatra stopped Su Dong and said solemnly.

Su Dong nodded, pushed the door and went in.

The locker room at this moment is depressing.

After Su Dong swept around, he didn't find Larson's figure, but there was the sound of water splashing from the shower area behind him. It was obvious that the Swedish veteran had already taken a shower ahead of time.

When the other teammates saw him coming in, they all raised their heads to look at him, and many people's eyes showed anticipation.

Perhaps, many of them have questioned the importance of Su Dong to this team before, but no one can deny that at this time, they will unconsciously pin all their hopes on Su Dong on the East.

If Su Dong can't do it, who else can they count on?

Su, you saw the first half, what do you think? Rijkaard broke the awkward silence.

Su Dong swept around his teammates, hehe laughed, his expression seemed very confident.

Actually, it's not difficult to break their defense.

Everyone was very surprised.

You know, Su Dong is usually very low-key and a solid person, why is he a little arrogant today?

I took a look and one of the important reasons why our offense was frustrated in the first half was that there was no threat from the side pass. Later, we switched to the middle, which was not good. The opponent placed a lot of troops in the middle, so I suggest, Or walk aside and play high ball.

As soon as Su Dong finished speaking, he heard Dutch midfielder Van Bommel shaking his head vigorously, No, we played like this after the opening, but Zaragoza's prevention and control of golf balls is in place, we have no way...

At the end of the day, Van Bommel's skepticism grew weaker.

The Dutch midfielder came to the Barcelona dressing room with a sense of arrogance. He was not particularly convinced by Su Dong, a fledgling boy. He believed that Su Dong could score so many goals, and other Barcelona players contributed, but the limelight was all over Su Dong. Dong was robbed.

But the process of the first half completely subverted the stereotype of Van Bommel. When both he and Larsen started, facing Zaragoza, they had nothing to do.

In the Eredivisie before, he had a strength advantage, but in La Liga, the situation is different.

Su Dong waited until Van Bommel's voice became weaker, and when he finally shut up and didn't speak, he smiled and asked, Mark, are you sure their golf ball prevention and control is in place?

Van Bommel waved his hands awkwardly.

Don't laugh, I know I was wrong!

The other people were also amused for a while, and even many people laughed outright, greatly diluting the depressing atmosphere just now.