long live football

London.

At the entrance of Harrods Department Store on Knightsbridge Street, a young lady with big bags and small bags came out of the store with sweat on her head. She looked up and saw a "grandfather" on the side of the road not far away. The black taxi was unloading passengers, she moved the packing bags to one hand with joy, and then waved desperately with the other hand: "Taxi! Taxi!"

As soon as she yelled twice, she saw that the round-headed taxi had started quickly, and rushed to her from a distance of more than ten meters in the blink of an eye.

The young lady was very happy and was about to take a few steps forward and sit in the car when it stopped, but just as she lifted her foot, she heard two "chugs" and the taxi drove past her at an astonishingly high speed!

The lady stared at the back of the taxi in astonishment, and found that there were no passengers in it. Is the taxi driver in a hurry to go home for dinner?Or is there something wrong with his eyes that he can't see her as a living person?

Knightsbridge Street is one of the busiest streets in London. There are a lot of pedestrians and vehicles. This taxi twists and turns in the downtown area at an extremely fast speed, ignoring many pedestrians waving to stop the taxi. It is very eye-catching. The momentum caused many pedestrians on the street to evade and complain repeatedly: "Taxi, taxi! Why don't they stop?"

"Hurry to see God, drive so fast!"

At the same time, the interior of the taxi that has been complained about is also very lively.

"Henry, a young lady called a car at the entrance of Harrods in Knightsbridge. I remember you just sent a car of customers there. If there are no customers, go pick up that lady." The intercom in front of the driver's seat The voice of the dispatcher of the rental company came from inside: "Henry? Are you listening?"

Henry, the taxi driver, slammed on the gas pedal, pretending not to exist.

"Henry, I know you're listening, even if you're just nearby, you have to go back, the lady has been waiting for 5 minutes."

Henry grabbed the walkie-talkie and yelled inside: "Didn't I tell you a long time ago that I'm going to watch an important game today! If I hadn't just helped you attract customers, I would already be sitting in the bar watching the game! Now It's been 5 minutes since the game started, maybe a goal has already been scored!"

The dispatcher was obviously familiar with Henry in private: "Isn't the match between Chelsea and Manchester United tomorrow? How can today be compared... Oh, you mean the match between Munich and Barcelona in 1860? Hey, I can't see that you still like foreign countries." Team."

"I don't like foreign teams. My heart is divided in two. One half is for Chelsea and the other is for England. But I like to see Barcelona's bad luck. The news published in the newspapers these two days Have you seen it too? Auston's move is too amazing, I wonder if they can finally serve a plate of Chinese food for Barcelona, ​​hehe." Henry laughed very wretchedly at the last.

"Chinese food?"

"I saw it when I went to a Chinese restaurant last time. It's called Sixi Ball!"

The same scene happened not only in London, but also in most parts of the city of Munich. It is difficult to hail a free taxi on the bustling streets, there are a bunch of male fans drinking beer in the bar, and the shops on the roadside Here, the same game screen is shown on large and small TV screens.

It's just that the cities are different, and the atmosphere among the fans is also very different.

In a fan bar in Barcelona with a conspicuous Barcelona team logo, the atmosphere is more dull.

"Messi volleys with his right foot! Oh, oh, this ball was blocked by Koch with his body again!"

"29 minutes of the game have passed, the number on the scoreboard is still 0:0, the Camp Nou stadium is very quiet, Barcelona, ​​which is playing the most fantasy football in the world in the hearts of fans, is still full of grains after nearly 30 minutes of its home game , this really makes the fans unhappy..."

It's not just the lack of goals that frustrates the fans, it's that today's game was different from what they imagined from the very beginning.

What do Barcelona fans expect from this game?Naturally, at the beginning of the game, Barcelona will kill the opponent's goal once with a thunderous blow, and then show a gorgeous offensive football in front of this group of rough guys from Germany, firmly grasping the initiative of the whole game, and then In the situation where the Munich 1860 team had no ball and no skills, they scored consecutive goals one after another, and finally handed in a satisfactory answer of 3:0, 4:0 or even 5:0, giving Cruyff 61 A big birthday adds luster, and by the way, let that damn Karl Oston lose face a lot, let's see how he will face the media fans after he returns...

But in fact?After the referee blew the whistle, Barcelona, ​​who got the right to kick-off, did not rush to attack, but played their old trick again-the backcourt.

Frequent kicks, countless kicks, Barcelona's offense is advancing slowly at a snail's pace, and if something goes wrong, the Barcelona players immediately pass the ball back, and the cycle repeats like this, The ball possession rate has been brushed to over 80%, but it has no effect on winning. At most, at most, it is boring and sleepy to hypnotize the opponent and the fans.

For a full 20 minutes, after a full 20 minutes in the midfield and the backcourt, the Barcelona players finally felt that they had completely grasped the rhythm of the game and could play their opponents on their hands, so they rushed forward quickly Launched the first wave of offensive.

At that time, the Camp Nou stadium was full of people, and the cheering of the fans seemed to break their throats, shaking the land slightly.

It's just that there are shots, but there are no goals.

The shooting data of Barcelona in 30 minutes was shown on the TV screen: 6 shots, 4 shots on target, but none of them could pose a threat to the goal of 1860 Munich.

The topics discussed by commentators from various countries are similar: "Barcelona delayed the fighter too much at the beginning. They shouldn't have been in the backcourt for such a long time. It will not help the game."

"The reason why Barcelona has never been able to score a home goal is not that Henry, Eto'o or Ronaldinho are not strong enough, but that the goalkeeper of the Lions is too strong."

"Is Koch going to extend the clean sheet to the Champions League?"

"In addition to the seemingly unbreakable goal, Munich 1860's defense is also very layered. They knew that they were inferior to Barcelona in possession of the ball. The internal blockade is tight, as long as there are Barcelona players entering this area, no matter who it is, it will be difficult to pose a threat to 30..."

The fans in the various bars in Barcelona shrugged their heads and looked down at the glasses filled with beer. It seemed that it was the first time they realized that the glass was transparent and the beer was yellow. They looked at it seriously.Because of the bad feeling in their hearts, they were unwilling to look up and face the current game scene.

……

The previous offensive method could not open the goal of Munich 1860, so Rijkaard made some adjustments to the team. He asked Barcelona players to use the method of passing back and forth, grasping the gap and advancing forward, looking for opportunities to score goals.

Karl also made gestures to the players on the field, telling them to wait for the Barcelona players to advance, and then start a aggressive rush.

Xavi crossed the ball to Deco, who cut inside and tried to pass the ball to striker Eto'o.

Eto'o was already looking for the best angle to shoot in the Lions' half. After Deco shot the ball, because he was far away from Eto'o, he didn't come to his feet immediately, but rolled to Ines first. around the tower.

At this time, the offense is actually very simple. Iniesta only needs to pass the ball forward to Eto'o, and then wait for Eto'o to shoot.

But when Iniesta just got the ball, there was a sound on the turf, and four people quickly surrounded him!

Portillo, Lars, Beckham, Hummels.

Being surrounded by several players is not a new experience for Iniesta. He has done 1V3, 1V4 and even 1V5 before, but this time the opponent is different. These players from 1860 Munich are as talented as him , There are also those who are not inferior to him. Four strong opponents come together, which makes Iniesta inevitably panic.

People who panic are a little irrational. For example, Iniesta at this moment only remembers "pass the ball to Eto'o quickly" in his mind. As soon as this thought crossed his mind, he quickly kicked the football With one kick, I suddenly realized after seeing the football pass through the gap between Beckham and Hummels: Eto'o doesn't seem to be in that position!

Sure enough, the ball was not so much passed to Eto'o as it was passed to Thiago Silva, because the focus of the ball was closer to his sister-in-law!

Thiago froze for a moment, then reacted quickly, rushed up and kicked the ball directly to Ozil!

After Özil took the ball, the 1860 Munich fans in the stands cheered.

Turkey's big eye is a player that Lions fans like very much, because the opponent has been very stable since joining, and even has repeatedly performed amazing performances. Many fans are optimistic about him as the second "brain" of the team.

Ozil doesn't like physical confrontation very much, so he often releases the ball quickly as soon as he gets the ball in the game, but today he chose to take on more responsibilities. After receiving the ball, he didn't pass it out immediately, but adjusted his posture After that, move forward quickly.

After Ozil broke into his own half, Barcelona midfielder Toure accelerated and ran in front of the opponent, hoping to intercept the ball.

Toure stretched out his foot, and didn't act rashly because he didn't want to waste the opportunity.

And Ozil is more cautious than him, holding the football firmly with his right foot. It seems that as long as Toure shows a little sign of danger, he can pass the football outward to his teammates.

Toure stared closely at the ball at Ozil's feet, with a high degree of concentration. When he saw the opponent's right foot trembling, he immediately thought that the opponent was about to pass the ball, so he quickly stepped to the right of Ozil. attack!

Ozil didn't pass the ball out. His foot shaking was just a fake move to confuse Toure. Seeing that the opponent was really fooled, he curled his mouth, shook his toes and gently pushed the football forward, crossing his legs from Toure. The gap between them passed through!

Almost at the same time, Ozil showed the soft and flexible side of his limbs, changed his body in an instant of acceleration, and broke through Toure's side!

"The ball was passed! Ozil played very beautifully, he was rushing forward, and he was rushing forward with the ball!"

As soon as the commentator finished speaking, Ozil had already passed the ball!

Here's a pass that took no one's expectations:

When the Barcelona defender was about to surround Ozil, the Turkish players stopped instantly!

It's as if someone pressed the space bar at this moment, and Ozil dribbled the ball to a standstill.

It was still running fast one second, and stopped suddenly in the next second. Such an interesting contrast made many fans stunned.

Just blinking to confirm that it was not an illusion, the fans saw Ozil's right leg raised high, and under his feet, the ball was gone!

Taking advantage of the gap that shocked everyone just now, Ozil passed the ball!

This is a very calm pass, the football jumped over the heads of Puyol, Milito and others, and flew towards the goal.

A figure came out of the restricted area.

"Portillo!"

At the same time when the commentator shouted his name, Portillo had already run to the spot where the football landed, and shot without even thinking!

Barcelona goalkeeper Valdez stayed for a while before realizing it was a shot!

He jumped up quickly, but it was too far from the position where the football penetrated the goal line. He could only watch the football getting closer and closer to him, and then disappeared behind him.

"Valdez's saves were a little random, I bet he jumped without even anticipating."

"Someone said 'Valdés is not a bad goalkeeper, but he is not a bad goalkeeper!', referring to the fact that Valdés was very inconsistent in the game, sometimes he could give the best save of the game, Sometimes he makes extremely low-level mistakes, and today Valdez's performance is undoubtedly the latter."

The Camp Nou stadium was filled with the voices, cheers, and singing of German fans, which rang for a long time without stopping.

Three thousand against one hundred thousand, the fans of Munich 1860 have no advantage in number, and are even in an extremely disadvantaged position.

Wearing sky blue jerseys, they were arranged in a small stand by the stadium manager, and a few rows of seats were deliberately vacated on both sides to prevent the Barcelona fans from sitting at home, in case there was a fight between the fans of the two teams. Looking down from the top, this small piece of sky-blue stand looks extremely lonely.

But it is different now, when [-] Barcelona fans are silent, [-] Lions fans have become the protagonists of the stadium!

……

Five minutes later, there was another clearly audible "bang"!

This is the unyielding cry that Irving made when he hit the ball too hard and the football was shot by him.

Countless people held their breath and stared straight at the Barcelona goal.

It wasn't until they saw the white ball net rippling again that they made a sound in excitement or annoyance.

"Goal, goal, goal - Michael Owen! This is the second goal of the game in Munich 1860, all of which are away goals, and the number of goals scored by Barcelona, ​​​​the owner of Camp Nou today It's - zero!"

In the fan bar in London, there was a lot of laughter.

The shouts of "Fuck Barcelona!" are heard endlessly, but few of them are fans of 1860 Munich. They either like the Blues Chelsea, or are personal fans of the Lions coach. The only purpose of their gathering here today is: to see Bad luck for Barcelona.

In an 1860-themed bar in Munich, the atmosphere is similar to London at the moment.

Many Lions loyalists have gathered in front of the bar at this moment, waiting for the boss to refill his empty wine glass, while discussing arrangements for picking up the team.

The boss looked at the dozens of empty wine glasses on the bar, grinned, and raised two full glasses of beer and said loudly: "I wish Mr. Auston and the players good luck in Barcelona, ​​and I invite you this round!"

The nearby fans immediately cheered, and while scrambling to put the empty cups on the bar, they cheered: "Good luck to Mr. Oston and the players! Long live Munich 1860 million!"

But in the fans bar in Barcelona, ​​the atmosphere was relatively dull. Several fans drank beer silently, and after a long while, a conversation came out: "If I knew it, I went to the hotel where they stayed last night to set off fireworks and sing."

"Yes, alas!"

"Shall we play it during the second round in Munich?"

"Trouble making trouble in the base camp of German football hooligans?! You go, you go, I dare not!"

In the Nou Camp chairman's box, Cruyff's face was as white as paper.

Those two goals hit Cruyff's heart like two saps, making him look ashamed and angry as if he would faint immediately.

Wildmoser sat far away and didn't dare to provoke him. Barcelona chairman Laporta hesitated for a while and didn't speak. He thought in his heart: If he really loses the game, he will send security guards to expel the media from the whole club in the next few days. , not letting them find any interview opportunities.

The camera stared at the chairman's box meaningfully and took a long and large close-up.

The commentator "prayed" for him in a gloating tone: "God bless Cruyff, he might as well pass out now, so that he can leave the field early to avoid the crazy pursuit of the media after the game...I can assure you, reporter They're sure to stick the mic under his nose and ask him if he likes his birthday present..."