Fame with a ball

Chapter 62

During the intermission, Capello announced that he would make some adjustments to the team lineup in the second half: No. 17 Elia will replace veteran Grosso.

"We need to add some attack power up front," Capello told them. "In the second half of the game, our task was very difficult. Because we not only had to defend against Barcelona's goals, but also scored goals ourselves."

"1:1 is not a good score, I don't want to keep it until the end of the game. To be honest, the score is actually bad, Barcelona have a valuable away goal, and we have no advantage against them, you know this is In Nuevo Alpe, our home ground! In two months we will be at Camp Nou (Barcelona's home ground), imagine what the Catalans will treat us then! Many of you will not be there I’ve been there, but I’ve been there.” (Referring to Capello’s experience when he was the head coach of Real Madrid)

Speaking of this, Capello paused for a moment before continuing: "There is a devil's home court that is much more cruel than New Alpes. The Catalans can boo their enemies mercilessly in order to win. Speak out, or swear all kinds of bad words. To be honest, once you have experienced that experience, you will never want to experience it again. If we can’t win at our home court, we will come to Camp Nou , it will be more difficult to score goals. So, this game, in our own home court, I absolutely, absolutely do not accept any result other than victory!"

"Do you all understand!"

The Juventus player shouted at the top of his voice: "Understood, boss!"

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In the locker room on the other side of the court, Guardiola was also mobilizing for the team, but his demeanor was much more relaxed than Capello's, and he did not change the lineup configuration or tactical arrangements in the second half.

"You played well in the first half. I didn't see any player in poor form. As for the conceded goal—" Guardiola looked around the entire dressing room, "I think it has more luck."

"Juventus' number 16 made a surprise attack when we were careless at the beginning of the game. Fortunately, he succeeded. But I am glad that you made up for this mistake immediately, but, by the end of the game , I don't want the score to remain at 1:1."

"Absolutely not, boss." The lively Sanchez immediately echoed: "We will definitely beat them to pieces in the second half!"

Guardiola was satisfied to see that the morale of the players was high. He went on to say: "In the second half of the game, I guess Capello will make some adjustments to Juventus' tactics. He is likely to make a substitution. Veteran with low energy and then bring in someone new to complement the striker or the defence. However, given that Capello must have felt the pressure to score at the Nou Camp when we swap home and away games in two months' time It's going to be bigger than here, so he should be looking for a center forward or a winger to get more attacking."

"It doesn't matter who he will replace, we just need to play the game according to the rhythm of Barcelona. It's just..." Guardiola frowned slightly: "Although I think luck accounted for most of the goal in the first half The reason, but Juventus' No. 16, you still have to pay more attention, I hate to doubt, he will be the core of Capello's attack."

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Capello asked Lin Zhigao to actively look for opportunities to shoot in the second half.However, the possession rate of the Barcelona players is frighteningly high. The football is often passed under their feet. It is difficult for the Juventus players to touch the football.

"The latest statistics show that in the first 10 minutes of the second half, the possession rate of Barcelona players was as high as 76%, while the possession rate of Juventus players was only 24%. The game gradually entered the rhythm of Barcelona. Feng's ten-finger pass is really difficult to break, I think the score has been rewritten now."

When Messi's third shot in the second half was blocked by Buffon, the Italian commentator explained with lingering fear.

After Buffon blocked Messi's shot, he kicked the ball with his big foot and passed the football to Marchisio who was guarding the midfield. Marchisio broke through with the ball and just ran less than ten meters. Was sandwiched by Fabregas and Creus.

Marchisio dodges Creus with a feint and passes the football to Pepe. Pepe turns around and breaks into the Barcelona penalty area. Messi suddenly appears from behind him and tackles!

Seeing that something was wrong, Pepe flicked the football with his right foot to Lin Zhigao, who was five meters away, and slipped and fell to the ground accidentally.

Messi quickly raised his hands to indicate that Pepe's slip had nothing to do with him. The referee was by the side and saw the scene clearly. He signaled the game to continue. Pepe then got up from the ground and chased Lin Zhigao He walked away with his back, ready to meet him at any time.

It was Lin Zhigao's fourth touch of the ball since the start of the second half. His plan to integrate into the Juventus dressing room has not been in vain. Now on the field, if he is in a better position than others, his teammates will generally use the football. Give him priority.

So from the very beginning, Lin Zhigao never stopped running.He tried to appear in any appropriate position. When his teammates were surrounded by Barcelona players, he could receive a pass from his teammates at any time to resolve a crisis.

Two of the first four touches of the ball were made by Lin Zhigao, and then they were passed to teammates in better positions. The third kick was cut off by Harvey under Lin Zhigao's feet.

Lin Zhigao would not say that the steal was due to his own carelessness. He convincingly admitted that the skills of the Barcelona players are indeed superb.

But he is not discouraged, he is still young, has a lot of room for growth, and has the ambition of not being afraid of tigers as a newborn calf, he will catch up with the opponent one day.Whether it's Harvey or Messi.

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Lin Zhigao likes to score goals and loves to score goals, but he is definitely not a "lone" who doesn't understand the overall situation and is desperate for himself to score goals.

When Lin Zhigao has the ball at his feet and someone around him is outflanking him, he definitely chooses to pass the football to his teammates who are more likely to break through and score goals, instead of choosing to confront him one-on-one.

This is not to praise Lin Zhigao for his spirit of selfless dedication and self-sacrifice for others, but, in Lin Zhigao's nature, there is a kind of "straightforward cunning".He clearly knows that when he is facing heavy siege, even if he struggles to break through and shoot, the chance of success is very small, so it is better to pass the football to his teammates, which is both human and good. One of the heroes, and in the future games, he is not afraid that the opponent will not give him back, is he?

But Capello didn't know the cunning side of Lin Zhigao's nature. He thought it was a traditional virtue of the Chinese people - modesty and prudence don't make great achievements!It was because of this that he was relieved to hand over the striker to Lin Zhigao in such an important game, which was also a coincidence.

In the 605th minute of the game, Lin Zhigao struggled to break through with the ball after receiving a pass from his teammate Pepe.

With good possession and superhuman speed, he was quick to break into Barcelona's half and past Sanchez, who was trying to break the ball from him in midfield.

When Lin Zhigao gradually approached Barcelona's defense line, all Barcelona players suddenly remembered the warning given to them by coach Guardiola during the halftime break: be careful of the opponent's No. 16 player.

So Pique and Alves quickly stepped forward to outflank Lin Zhigao, while Puyol was preparing to respond to Harvey to intercept Pepe, although other Juventus players suddenly realized that "our players are breaking through Barcelona's defense. Attack", but the only two Juventus players close to the Barcelona penalty area, Lin Zhigao and Pepe, have been surrounded by heavy siege.

Lin Zhigao dribbled the ball at high speed and made an appointment as he got closer to Barcelona's penalty area. At the same time, he was running his brain frantically, calculating the current situation.

Pique and Alves are stuck in front of him and behind him, Pepe is closer to the goal, he is in the penalty area, but it is obviously impossible to pass the ball to him, because Pepe has Puyol and Xavi beside him, and Messi Playing back at high speed.

Can't pass the ball... the pass will inevitably be intercepted by the opponent.

Well, breakthrough!

How to break through?Feint or instant acceleration?

No, no, no, these are too risky.You must know that Barcelona defender Pique has not only a handsome face and a girlfriend of a world superstar (Pique's girlfriend is Shakira), he also has a giant's strong body and outstanding skills.

You must think of an action that the opponent has never touched before, so that there is a possibility of success.

Maybe it was a coincidence or a flash of inspiration, Lin Zhigao suddenly popped up in Lin Zhigao's mind a set of fancy but practical skills that he had figured out during training.

There was no time left for him to think, Puyol was right in front of him.

Lin Zhigao suddenly entered a state of no one. He couldn't hear the shouts of the fans, he couldn't hear the shouts of the Barcelona players eager to intercept him, he couldn't even hear the wind, and he couldn't hear his own heartbeat.

His speed slowed down unknowingly. Of course, the slowdown was compared to his previous speed. In the eyes of Puyol and even the fans in the audience, his speed was still extraordinarily fast. Several Barcelona players could only be left firmly behind him because of speed problems.

It's not just the speed that has changed. The original dribbling with the ball has changed to two-foot control, and the football is like a well-behaved ping pong ball wandering back and forth between his left and right feet.Then when he was only one meter away from Puyol, with his waist as the center, Lin Zhigao's center of gravity suddenly dropped to the left, and the football returned to his left foot!

Inexplicably, he felt that the movements of Juventus No. 16 player were particularly familiar, but Puyol didn't have time to think about it, his body had already taken a step ahead, and hit Lin Zhigao's left side!

Don't be fooled by him!This is Puyol's only thought at the moment.

But just when Puyol moved his body's center of gravity, Lin Zhigao made a large turning movement above the waist, which is difficult for ordinary people to make!Almost at the same time as the waist twisted, he swung his left foot around the ball for a week, and then waded out the ball in the opposite direction!

At this moment, the center of gravity of the body has been turned back from the left to the right. Lin Zhigao didn't have time to stop, his body accelerated instantly, and he dribbled the ball!

Almost at the moment when his figure brushed Puyol's left shoulder, Puyol slammed into the ground hard, but only fell to a pile of turf.

After passing Puyol, Alves behind him has not yet caught up, and only Alibas and the goal are left in front of Lin Zhigao!

The inner instep of the left foot hit the football violently!

The black and white sphere whizzed across Alibas' ten fingertips and entered the goal!

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"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!"

The Italian commentator gave a long, long roar into the microphone to show that he has the lung capacity that is second to none among the commentators.

The commentator of the Catalan TV station stared at the big live broadcast screen dumbfounded, and muttered: "This, this is incredible...impossible..."

Guardiola opened his mouth and looked towards Barcelona's goal.

Capello stood up from the coach's bench in an instant, stood outside the court, waved his arms and roared loudly, venting his excitement and excitement in Italian.

After a few seconds of silence at the New Alp Stadium, cheers erupted suddenly!

Juventus fans all stood up and applauded this wonderful, incredible goal!

"What kind of extraordinary person is this? I can't tell, really can't tell."

At the same time, the live broadcast of this game was also from Britain. BBC commentator David Coburn was no stranger to Lin Zhigao, and the opponent almost grew up under his nose.But at this moment, Coburn was also surprised: "I saw the shadows of many people from this set of extraordinary moves. From the way Lin swings his body to change the position of the center of the body, this fake move is like Ronaldo's pendulum. People, but the way he pushes the football to break through is completely like a Denilson-style bicycle. The strangest thing is that before today, I have only seen a football so obedient and sticky under the feet of one person, as if Someone stuck the ball under his feet with superglue - it was Messi."

"If someone had told me before today that there would be a player who, by himself, would beat the entire Barcelona defense and score the ball into the goal guarded by Aribas, I would have laughed at him for daydreaming. But at this moment , the display on the scoreboard, and the playback on the big screen over and over again told me that this is not a dream! Someone really did it!"

"This set of dribbling and shooting movements was done in one go. In a few seconds, it broke through Barcelona's strongest defense and dealt a severe blow to the opponent-look at the expressions on the faces of the Barcelona players! They don't Believe it or not, their eyes were wide open, even Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola was watching the replay of the goal on the big screen above the pitch!"

When the commentary came to this point, I don’t know whether it was the thoughtfulness of the cameraman or the really funny expression on Guardiola’s face. The live broadcast camera gave him a close-up of him for five seconds, showing his wide-eyed eyes and slightly opened mouth. The appearance of the two front teeth was clearly photographed.

Barcelona has defeated many Premier League teams on the road to the Champions League. As a traditional British and Chelsea fan, Coburn never misses any opportunity to laugh at them: "Look at Guardiola's face! He often let players from other teams or the head coach stare at them with such a look, and now it’s finally him who is surprised!”

"Finally three shots of the goal were replayed on the big screen, and the game started again. But let me say, the Barcelona players were obviously taken aback, they started to become out of shape, even sleepwalking! And Juventus The players were also immersed in the joy of victory, and the cameras followed Lin Zhigao all the time, as if he was the most dazzling star in the audience."

"His dribble, I have to mention again, is really wonderful! Since I have never seen a second person dribble in this way in football before, then I boldly guess, is this set Did Lin create his own dribble? If this guess is true, then he should be the first player in world football to create his own unique skills."

"Every world-class star must have his own unique skills. For example, Maradona's hand of God, Beckham's full moon scimitar, Ronaldo's pendulum, Ronaldinho's swing The oxtail is extraordinary, and Zidane's flying fairy. Now, in a player who is less than 20 years old, we have also seen the light of genius enough to shock the world!"

"It's amazingly wonderful and incredible! Another world-class star has risen from the Champions League, and he has come out of the Premier League and is known! Even the most famous player in football now The acclaimed genius, Neymar of Brazil's Sanchez club, he doesn't have a stunt of his own!"

In the end, Coburn added a sentence of his own true thoughts: "After being honed in the world's most tightly defended Serie A league, Lin's skills will surely shock the world. When can we bring him back to the Premier League?" come?"

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Barcelona has long been used to the game by them as the protagonist.

In recent years, more and more people have been called the "cosmic team". Barcelona, ​​which "plays football that does not belong to this planet", is not afraid of the challenge of any club. In the domestic league, they suppressed the original rival Real Madrid to death. Yes, even with Mourinho making suggestions behind Real Madrid, Barcelona can give Real Madrid a 5:0 at the Nou Camp. This game even became a lifelong shame for Mourinho and Real Madrid. At the moment, the media in Catalonia will take this matter out and copy it again.

In the international arena, Barcelona achieved six championships as early as the 08-09 season. In the Champions League, it often defeated the giants in other leagues.Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Inter Milan, and AC Milan cannot sustainably and permanently restrain Barcelona.

When people all over the world are discussing how to beat Barcelona, ​​when this issue has even become a topic for people to study, although Barcelona players have repeatedly expressed modestly in interviews with reporters, "We just played our own football well. That's all", but in their hearts, it is impossible not to enjoy this supreme glory.

Even for an occasional Barcelona defeat, before they could explain it themselves, journalists from various countries had already found various reasons for them: "Not all of Barcelona's main players played."

"Messi is not in good form"

"Harvey got hurt"

"The weather is too cold, the lawn is too bad"

"Although the opponent won the game, the rhythm of the normal game is under the control of Barcelona. They just lacked a little luck"

Yes, even if Barcelona loses, there must be reasons for this.In order to defeat Barcelona, ​​many teams have used very despicable tactics: for example, sending three defenders to follow Messi closely, and then relying on their strong body and brute force, they tried every means to defeat Barcelona.

Barcelona did fail several times because of such opponents.But it is even more because of this that Barcelona's players are even more proud: because of their possession rate and their skills, they are always far ahead of other teams.

So it is conceivable that in this game against Juventus, after Lin Zhigao showed his extraordinary skills, how excited and crazy the fans and reporters must be, how should the Barcelona players be? What a loss and a loss.

Shouldn't we be able to kick out such a wonderful performance?

Shouldn't that speed belong exclusively to Messi?

It is absolutely true to say that the Barcelona players were all sleepwalking in the final moments of the game.

Lin Zhigao's goal had too much impact on morale. Barcelona suddenly transformed from the strong player in the game and the controller of the rhythm of the game to the position of the passive player.

However, Barcelona is not without players who can maintain their form-Messi, Xavi, and Cesc Fabregas are all in a normal state.It is precisely because of the presence of the two of them that Juventus failed to successfully pursue the victory and expand the score to 3:1.

The game ended with a score of 2:1.

As soon as the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the New Alpen Stadium became a sea of ​​joy.

In fact, to be precise, there is no complete loser in this game.

The home fans saw the team win, Juventus won, and the reporter found a lot of material to write about. As for Barcelona?They also scored a valuable away goal!

As for the contest between Juventus and Barcelona, ​​no, to be precise, it is the contest between Lin Zhigao and his opponents. It will have to wait until the sixth match of the group stage held at Camp Nou in early December. The second match between Barcelona and Juventus Only when there is a game can we see the result.