ASTNovels Chapter 334 Godless Camp Nou!
Chapter 334 Godless Camp Nou!
Leeds United landed in Barcelona the night before the game.
The team stayed at the hotel to recharge for the next day's game.
Just as Shen Hao was about to go to sleep, he received a message from Tan Youyou.
Technological advancement has brought mobile phone communications into a more intelligent era.
He looked at the photo in the message.
The way Shen Yao and Shen Xiuqi raised their little fists together was quite cute.
There are also captions for the two children on the photo.
"Come on, brother!"
"Dad will win!"
Shen Hao suddenly smiled, and at the same time he realized that Tan Youyou took Shen Xiuqi to Portimão.
There are not many days left before Leeds United shareholders come to cheer the team on site.
Even if Leeds United overturned and lost the chance to win the championship before the final game of the league, at least there was still the FA Cup final.
Tan Youyou came to Europe in advance, and it was considered as a deliberate plan to visit Shen Hao's parents first.
Shen Hao called over, chatted happily with Tan Youyou, and then listened to Shen Xiuqi's unclear voice.
Shen Yao kept making trouble on the side.
"Brother, brother" kept shouting.
After hanging up the phone, Shen Hao fell asleep contentedly.
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The atmosphere in Barcelona is relatively subdued.
Green wars among football powers are often caused by multi-layered reasons.
Like Paris Saint-Germain and Marseille, the former is an aristocrat in the royal capital, and the latter is a prince on the border. The multiple conflicts between the local and the central government, ranging from politics to economy to culture, have caused the teams to meet on the field like Mars hitting the earth.
Manchester United vs Liverpool.
Civil war between the three great powers in northern Italy.
There is also the Spanish El Clasico.
From the modern history of Spain, we can see that Catalonia was squeezed and exploited by Madrid, and Catalonia is still dissatisfied today that they create the greatest labor value for Spain, but do not receive the most generous benefits. policy.
The long-standing contradiction continues to this day.
There is a saying that football is war in peacetime.
Barcelona is Catalonia’s army.
Defeating Real Madrid on the green field and eliminating Real Madrid in the league or European stage, this is the mission that Barcelona must complete to meet the expectations of the Catalan people.
Barcelona’s enthusiasm for football is not unique. There are similar situations in many countries or places. For example, Barcelona has a dedicated TV station that takes the trouble to discuss the team’s performance every week. Even if the team wins the game, they still have to be critical. To find out the shortcomings of the team and hope that the team can improve.
The paranoia of building a stronger team is to become a presence that can suppress Real Madrid on the green field.
In other words, once Barcelona cannot accomplish this goal, they can be labeled a failure.
That's what Barcelona is like now.
Being far ahead of Real Madrid in the league brought a heavy blow to morale.
But if they can win the Champions League, maybe it will allow them to stand up in front of Real Madrid and show off that they are the king of Europe again.
But the injury to core player Ronaldinho has had a significant impact on Barcelona's combat effectiveness, which naturally makes everyone feel heavy and difficult to be optimistic.
At night, Camp Nou is packed with people.
Before the game, the fans sang Barcelona's team anthem loudly, and after shouting "Barcelona!" louder and louder than each other, the stadium burst into applause again.
Shen Hao stepped into Camp Nou and felt the atmosphere here.
Some people like Barcelona because of their gorgeous offensive. Since the Cruyff era, Dutch football has had an increasingly deep-rooted influence on Barcelona.
Some people like Barcelona's cultural attributes. According to UEFA statistics, among the fans watching the game at Camp Nou, women and children are the largest number in European football.
There are also more people who naturally come here to chase stars. It is human instinct to worship the strong.
This is the heritage of a wealthy family, which has both historical precipitation and accumulation, as well as cultural dissemination.
At this stage, Leeds United can only pursue success in the arena.
Others can only be accumulated over time.
The starters of the two teams came on the field.
Shen Hao's eyes were naturally attracted to Messi, looking at the top potential player in the world who has exceeded 190 in ability.
Shen Hao couldn't help but feel a little lucky.
Barcelona coach Rijkaard's coaching in Barcelona in the past few years can almost be condensed into: Ronaldinho succeeds and Ronaldinho fails.
While Ronaldinho was killing everyone, Barcelona dominated La Liga and swept across Europe.
When Ronaldinho's condition declined and injuries struck, Barcelona also fell into chaos and showed signs of failure.
It cannot be said that Rijkaard relies entirely on Ronaldinho to survive.
But building skills and tactics around the Brazilian Elf puts a high probability of success or failure on him.
Basically every team is like this.
The absence of the core has a huge impact on the team's combat effectiveness.
Shen Hao is fortunate that Rijkaard did not stop the loss in time after experiencing last season's failure and instead re-established the core.
Hopes are still pinned on Ronaldinho. As a result, the team now has no technical and tactical core on the court in key battles.
Shen Hao couldn't help but ask himself.
If he doesn't have a system, he won't be able to see the players' abilities and potential.
If he were Rijkaard, would he support Messi to become the core of the new generation of the team to replace Ronaldinho?
he does not know.
"Good evening to all the fans in white. I believe that you, like me and the glasses, stay in front of the screen in the early morning in China just to watch and support the white clothing as a guest to challenge Barcelona!"
"The Champions League has reached the semi-finals, and we are very close to the final. As the defending champions, Leeds United still performed strongly in the knockout stages of the Champions League this season, and now we have encountered a brand new enemy, Barcelona!"
"Barcelona was the Champions League champion two years ago, so their combat effectiveness cannot be underestimated. However, the absence of their core player Ronaldinho due to injury should be a benefit to us."
“Let’s look at both teams’ starting lineups tonight.
Barcelona started 433 at home.
Goalkeeper: Valdes.
Defenders: Gianluca Zambrotta, Gabriel Milito, Max, Abidal.
Midfielder: Xavi, Deco, Yaya Toure.
Forwards: Messi, Eto'o, Iniesta.
Leeds United started 433.
Goalkeeper: Toldo.
Defenders: Kelly, Kompany, Helguera, Candela.
Midfielder: Jamie Redknapp, Modric, Ze Roberto.
Forwards: Robben, Ronaldo, Deisler.
The game starts soon, let's see if there will be a battle between dragons and tigers at Camp Nou tonight! "
With the whistle of the referee, the game officially kicked off.
Leeds United faced Barcelona in the European Super Cup two years ago.
In that contest, Leeds United defeated the Champions League champions Barcelona as the Europa League champions.
However, after two years have passed, at least for Leeds United, the reference significance is no longer significant.
Because their lineup has changed a lot.
From the forwards to the midfielders and defenders, the core of the central axis has been changed.
But Barcelona has not changed much.
At least there are a lot of acquaintances in the midfield and forwards.
Therefore, Shen Hao was not surprised when Barcelona organized the offensive with delicate and smooth passing.
For European football technology, look to La Liga, and for La Liga technology, look to Barcelona.
Even though Real Madrid currently leads the La Liga standings, from a purely technical perspective, Barcelona is the most valuable.
Of course, technological prowess may not necessarily make you invincible.
It can only be said that in one style, Barcelona is the top representative team.
Leeds United shrunk their formation and strengthened their defense.
It looks like I am calling 433 today.
It's actually more like 442.
Deisler returned to the defense with a large range, cutting off Barcelona's passing line to Messi from behind, and already formed a defensive pressure on Messi from the rear. This was Shen Hao's request for him.
It is obvious that Leeds United is very targeted when defending Messi.
Candela, Ze Roberto, and Deisler formed a triangle defense system as much as possible to surround Messi.
Although Messi has expanded his running range, it is obvious that Barcelona did not specifically organize and launch the offensive around him.
Deco and Iniesta tried long-range shots in the frontcourt but failed to create a threat.
It seems that Barcelona's offensive methods are relatively conventional.
It is difficult to penetrate Leeds United's defense with normal attack output.
Barcelona took the initiative to speed up the attack.
As the game approached 10 minutes, Abidal's pass to the frontcourt was cleared by Helgra in the penalty area.
In the past few years, Barcelona's offensive threats have often come from either Ronaldinho's personal breakthrough and point-to-point effect, or Ronaldinho attracting the opponent's defense and creating better space for teammates in other local areas to play. Make the transfer.
Now without Ronaldinho, neither of the above two offensive threats can be produced.
In Shen Hao's view, Messi is definitely the one who can succeed Ronaldinho and play a similar role.
But Barcelona currently doesn’t realize this.
In other words, even if there is such an idea, there is no substantial action.
What's more, Leeds United took the initiative to strengthen their defense today and deployed heavy troops to target Messi. In fact, they only paid special attention to Messi.
As a result, Barcelona not only failed to realize that Leeds United was afraid of Messi.
Instead, they are happy to let Messi become cannon fodder while others try to create threats in the center and left.
The offensive completion rate is very high, but the chance creation is average.
After falling into a see-saw, the scene became smooth and fast-paced, but there was no exciting threatening shooting scene.
As the game approached 20 minutes, Leeds United stole the ball in the backcourt. Jamie Redknapp and Kompany teamed up to successfully steal the ball from Eto'o.
Then Modric received the response and cooperated with the nearby Deisler in a short pass. He moved forward to observe the movement of his teammates, and then sent a precise diagonal long pass.
Robben ran wildly on the right side of the frontcourt, and after successfully receiving the ball, he quickly rushed the ball towards Barcelona's penalty area.
Yaya Toure rushed towards him quickly, and Robben did not hesitate to pass the ball behind Yaya Toure during the dribbling.
After releasing the ball, he continues to run forward.
Yaya Toure turned around and saw Gabriel Milito closing in on Ronaldo, who was retreating to form a flanking attack.
Ronaldo stopped the ball without turning around, but passed the ball across to Robben's path.
Robben touched the ball again in front of the penalty area line, and cut the ball inward into the right rib area of the penalty area.
Facing Max, Robben took the lead in smashing the ball and changing its direction, which was extremely fast and flexible.
The ball just rolled past Max, and Max was obviously a beat too slow when he turned around and extended his leg.
Robben then changed forward and was tripped to the ground.
The referee blew his whistle and pointed to a penalty!
Barcelona fans were stunned.
Max put his hands on his hips and lowered his head silently.
He did trip up Robben with this ball.
Leeds United fans were particularly excited.
"Penalty kick! Robben breaks through to create a point! Max's foul may put Barcelona into a huge passive situation."
"Once this penalty kick is scored, Leeds United will not only lead Barcelona, but this is also an extremely valuable away goal!"
"Barcelona felt like they were playing an ordinary game today. Although they were serious, dedicated, and showed a fighting side, they did not have particularly eye-catching designs and deployments at the tactical level. .”
Guardiola, who was watching the game in the stands, shook his head slightly.
Without Ronaldinho, it's not like Barcelona can't play football anymore.
But the core technical and tactical ideas are missing.
Every player is very good, but they have not played their maximum role and value.
Ronaldo stood in front of the penalty kick.
Although I had wonderful memories with Barcelona, they were too short-lived.
During his time at Real Madrid, he and Barcelona had already become enemies rather than old friends.
Now playing for Leeds United, he has another chance to score against Barcelona.
After the referee blew the whistle, Ronaldo took a run-up and volleyed.
The football flew directly towards the lower right corner of the goal.
Valdes made a flying save, and his prediction was correct!
"Oh my God! Valdes saved Ronaldo's penalty!"
"Wait, there's more!"
"The ball went in! Jamie Redknapp scored with a supplementary shot!"
"Ronaldo's flying goal was frightening, and Jamie Redknapp's complementary shot made the trend turn around!"
"Leeds lead Barcelona 1:0 at Camp Nou!"
call!
Shen Hao let out a sigh of relief.
Ronaldo's missed penalty kick really made his heart full of disappointment for a moment.
Thanks to Jamie Redknapp's follow-up shot.
Don't let this penalty turn into a regret.
Rijkaard's face remained calm, and he didn't know what he was thinking with his calm expression.
If he cannot create miracles in the Champions League, his coaching career at Barcelona will also come to an end.
But the lack of Ronaldinho is also a big blow to him.
It's just that...Due to Ronaldinho's corrupt private life, Rijkaard himself was almost at odds with Ronaldinho. In the past half season, he claimed many times that the team had become accustomed to being without Ronaldinho. Fighting without Dinho, Ronaldinho was once put on the bench.
Maybe what he wants is Ronaldinho, who can do everything on the court.
Not Ronaldinho, who is in a sluggish state but has not yet stepped back from the brink.