legendary player [football]

3 What is it like to counterattack Barcelona?

In the locker room of the away team, Leo changed his uniform and sat in the corner.Gonzalez made gestures on the tactical board. Today they adopted a 451 formation, a defensive counterattack tactic.Head-to-head with Barcelona, ​​even if it's just Barcelona's substitute lineup, it is obvious that Granada can't find it.You can only look for opportunities to counterattack when the tight defense ensures that the goal is not lost.

But this is just a theoretical tactical idea. Gonzalez and his players know that in the face of absolute strength, any awesome theory is just empty talk.

Gonzalez was very involved in his tactics, but the emotions of the players below did not seem to be high.

He looked at the demoralized players, pushed the tactical board aside, and said: "We didn't come to Camp Nou to lose. Did the fans come to Barcelona from Granada to see us lose six games in a row?"

"No"

For the fans of Granada, every season is more disappointing than expected. There are only a handful of La Liga wins in a season. The strength is flawed. The club is too poor and has no money to introduce first-class players. There is no way. They are already very satisfied if they can stay in La Liga without relegation.An away victory over Barcelona is something that I dare not even dream of.

Gonzales continued: "Look at Barcelona's starting lineup, more than half of the substitutes in the midfield, Messi and Iniesta have not even entered the 18-man squad this time. Enrique is going to use us as a training partner. Taking all three points while allowing the main players to rest and training the young teenagers, this really serves multiple purposes, and it is a good plan."

"" All the players were silent for a while. It is not shameful to lose, but it is unbearable for them to be underestimated by the opponent.

Gonzalez glanced sharply at all the players present: "The whole world is waiting to see our joke. After tonight, the World Sports Daily Sports Daily will do its best to ridicule and play up Granada. Lost to Barcelona II. Boys, you have no choice but to fight for dignity when you come here tonight"

The team members seemed really inspired by his phrase "Fight for dignity", the captain first stood up and shook his fist.Immediately, all the players got up, put their shoulders on each other and formed a circle, shouted to boost morale, dispersed, walked out of the locker room and prepared to play.

In the player entrance channel, the Barcelona players looked relaxed and happy. They laughed and played with each other, and kindly teased the little fans who asked for autographs. For them, this was a game without pressure. stuff in the bag.

However, Granada, who played in the away game, seemed a little tense and depressed. They had lost five games in a row, and there was no suspense about losing the sixth game.But more than half of Barcelona's substitute players obviously angered this group of vigorous young guys.The coach said that they are fighting for dignity. Yes, they are fighting for dignity today. Even if they lose, they must let the [-] Camp Nou fans see Granada's bloodiness and unyieldingness.

In the sixth round of La Liga, Barcelona played against Granada at home.The captains of the two sides exchange team flags in a friendly manner under the signal of the referee, and select the venue and the right to serve first.With the whistle of the referee, the game officially began.

In the live broadcast room, the football commentator from the Spanish National TV Sports Channel took advantage of the idle time when the confrontation was not intense to introduce the players from both sides: "Granada sent the strongest formation they can put up today, and Barcelona this time. We have already seen several young players from the youth training camp."

Leo sat quietly at the end of the bench, keeping his eyes on the situation on the field.Gonzalez stood directly in front of him, his back straight, as if he was facing an ordinary team, and this game was not a battle of life and death.

I have to admit that even if more than half of the midfielders are substitutes, Barcelona's level is still much higher than that of Granada.From the statistics of ball possession time, success rate of passing and receiving, number of shots and other statistics, the players have perfectly presented the coach's technical and tactical arrangements.In the next time, you only need to maintain the advantage and convert it into a goal.

Some people say that Spanish football commentary is the most passionate in the world. The commentator never pauses for a second during the whole game, always passionately bringing the ultimate live experience to the audience in front of the TV.Today, the football commentator is obviously also a Barcelona fan. From the very beginning, he was full of confidence in teaming with Barcelona, ​​and the player introduction was also very careful.

"Barcelona still played their usual 433-20-20 formation tonight. The forward line consists of 22-year-old Sandro, 4-year-old Munir and [-]-year-old Brazilian Neymar. Let's see the ball, Neymar Received a pass from No. [-] Rakitic in the midfield. The ball was not offside. The ball was still at the feet of Neymar. He dribbled the ball at a high speed. He had already entered the penalty area. Good opportunity, kicked and shot, goal, goal, goal, The ball went in, the ball went in, the ball went in"

Neymar ran to the home fans stand, knelt on the grass with his hands outstretched to welcome the shouts and congratulations of Barcelona fans like a tsunami.His teammates ran over and jumped on him one after another, and they greeted the applause and screams of the fans with him.

"On the 13th minute of the first half, Rakitic made a beautiful pass and Neymar scored the first goal for Barcelona. It was a beautiful goal. Granada's defense was in this position. He is only 22 years old, but he has played the main striker in Barcelona for 2 seasons."

Leo, who was on the bench, had a panoramic view of the whole process of Neymar's goal. He was very fast, and his dribbling seemed to be staggering, but very effective. As an offensive midfielder, Leo's confrontation with the striker was equal Not too much, so he put more attention on the opponent's midfield and defense.

Not long after he woke up, Leo tried the powerful ability he possessed in his previous life.His eyesight is still outstanding, and he can observe the slightest changes in things effortlessly, just like the players moving at high speed on the field at the moment, Leo can judge their next movement direction by observing the small movements of their muscles.And the speed he was once proud of has not diminished at all. In the usual training, he has hidden his ghostly flash, just running a little faster can let his teammates be amazed by his instant explosive power. And marvel.

Although Leo has been sitting in the corner of the bench, next to the tall body of his teammates, the camera often stays on him intentionally or unintentionally, to be precise, it stays on his face.

In the past, Leo Fernandez played in the Real Madrid C team. Strictly speaking, it was just an amateur team. There was no live broadcast of the game, and there were almost no spectators, so no matter how good his face was, no one had ever paid attention to it.

La Liga is different, especially in the game against Barcelona, ​​tens of thousands of fans watched the live broadcast in front of the TV, especially the female fans, dragged their boyfriends to ask who was the visiting team’s substitute player, who was his appearance? so handsome why not play

"Rakitic, Mascherano, the two-member midfielder and the 23-year-old Spanish teenager Roberto, the three formed Barcelona's powerful midfielder. Through multiple short passes, they penetrated into Granada layer by layer. The defense. Barcelona had more than 70.00% of the ball possession time, 163 successful passes and receptions, with less than 10 minutes left in the first half, the score can never be just 1-0. Maybe 4-05-0 we can Bold Neymar, Neymar again, his speed is very fast, the shot oh post made a contribution, the ball actually hit the post, what a pity”

The football commentator still dutifully praised Barcelona from all aspects. He had already left behind the most basic neutral attitude as a football commentator. Anyway, there are not many fans in Granada, and no one would care about these details. Everyone just saw Barcelona's overwhelming victory.

Granada's players fought fiercely, and they came with the determination to see death at home.Especially several defenders have varying degrees of injuries.As soon as you get the ball, head to the frontcourt and look for their main striker, No. 10 Pitty.However, Granada's formation has been strongly compressed to its own half. Most of the time there is only Pitty left on the front line. Even if he gets the ball, he cannot penetrate Barcelona's defense. He had no choice but to lose the ball, and the only one or two shots were missed, but they couldn't escape the ten fingers of Barcelona goalkeeper Ter Stegen.

Leo keeps an eye on the three midfielders in Barcelona. Their ability to control the ball is really strong. Granada can hardly get the ball in the confrontation. The opponent interweaves the players on the field into an invisible net through fast passing and receiving. , Penetrating into Granada's defense bit by bit.

"With less than 5 minutes to go before the end of the first half, there are 6 or 7 players involved in the defense in the penalty area of ​​Granada at all times. Their defensive counterattack is only half successful. They defend, but they don't. Counter-attack, the ball hasn't left their half for a long time."

With the whistle of the referee, the first half of the game ended, and Granada was basically defending the penalty area with a tenacious will to barely ensure that no more goals were conceded.Barcelona had 18 shots on target in the first half alone.However, the score remained at 1-0. I have to say that apart from Granada's desperate defense, there was also some element of luck.

In the locker room, Gonzalez glanced at his team members who were sitting on the ground covered in sweat and exhausted. The water bottle in their hand had been pinched out of shape. The two defenders, Enyom and Maines, were in a fierce collision. He suffered minor injuries and is being treated by the team doctor.

Gonzalez smiled and seemed a bit relaxed: "You played very well in the first half, and it was only 1-0. This is much better than what we expected, isn't it? We still have a chance, everyone keeps defensive in the second half The counter-attack style of play, the midfield should be more active. I guess they had a substitution at the beginning, and they sent 3 main players in the defense line, No. 22 Alves, No. 24 Mathieu and No. 18 Jordi Alba. But judging from the first half of the game, there was no pressure on their defensive line. When attacking, all four defenders overwhelmed the half. I think they will replace at least one defender at the beginning of the second half. It should be Alves. Come down, come up with a younger player who is more aggressive."

Gonzalez's guess was correct. Barcelona made personnel adjustments at the beginning of the second half, replacing the 3550-year-old Brazilian Alves with a worth of 31 million euros.It was replaced by a 20-year-old teenager Diane.

Undoubtedly, Enrique wants to further expand the score advantage.Although he also replaced a defender, the position on the field has not changed much, but this young player is very active on the field and actively participates in organizing offenses.

In fact, this substitution did play a very good role. The young players dared to fight and rush, and they were active on the field. The young defender crossed from the right, assisted Neymar and scored another goal, and the score was rewritten to 107-2.

The Nou Camp Stadium, which can accommodate nearly 10 people, was once again submerged in the cheers and screams of the home team fans. The Granada fans who came from afar only occupied a small corner. They didn't have much hope, but losing is not a happy thing. Although they had tears in their eyes, they still waved flags to cheer for their team.They are eager for their team to perform miracles at the Nou Camp, although they know that the hope is slim.

The game situation is more severe for Granada, Gonzalez has been standing on the sidelines to guide the players on the field.For the next 20 minutes, the entire Nou Camp was completely controlled by Barcelona. Barcelona coach Enrique replaced a young player in the 70th minute of the game.The football completely stayed in Granada's half. Barcelona's main goalkeeper German Ter Stegen even made a face at the camera to show that he was doing nothing and relaxed on the field.