I Want to Be the King of Football

On the evening of February 22nd, the Munich Olympic Stadium.

Rijkaard sat on the sidelines of the visiting team coach's bench, his expression extremely stiff.

Except for occasionally standing up to protest the referee's penalty, most of the time he sat blankly on the coach's bench, watching the game silently, seemingly thoughtful and helpless.

But if you see the score on the scoreboard of the Olympic Stadium again, you will probably feel that he has been beaten!

Three to zero.

In international practice, the home team is first and the visiting team is behind.

The first half was only a few minutes away, and this score definitely surprised everyone.

Who could have imagined that the favourites to win the championship, Barcelona were actually scored three to zero by Bayern Munich in the away game?

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This is a game that goes from the right time to the right people, all against Barcelona.

Before the game, Barcelona flew from the warm southern Spain to the cold Bavaria, Germany. The players were quite uncomfortable.

In the away game, Marcos Senna, who has performed well recently, was unable to play. Rijkaard was forced to let Marcos serve as the back midfielder. Van Bronckhorst, Oleg, Puyol and Belletti formed the back line.

But no one thought that the game only lasted for four minutes. Kahn kicked a big foot in the penalty area and sent the ball directly to Barcelona's halftime. Oleg did not determine where the ball fell in time while running. Caught up.

The ghostly Peruvian striker Pizarro quickly jumped in, before Valdes attacked, kicked a low shot from the left rib of the penalty area and sent the ball into the Barcelona goal.

Bayern Munich made a perfect start!

Losing the ball first, Barcelona still played steadily, maintaining patience.

But the goal came too early, and subtle changes have taken place in the mentality of both sides.

After Bayern Munich took the lead, they began to deploy heavy troops in the midfield, especially from their 30 meters to the center line. They also deployed layers of defense to prevent Barcelona from easily passing through their sky and ground nets.

Barcelona controlled the ball and was able to smoothly advance to near the center line, but it is difficult to do it if you want to go further.

Although Ballack was absent, the combination of Demichelis, Flins, Hargreaves and Sauer made Bayern Munich's midfield full of oppressiveness. He held his own half firmly and prevented Barcelona from facing it easily. Their restricted area.

If the game is just a stalemate, that's nothing. What's more, in the 13th minute, Sauer made a free kick from the right to send the ball into the Barcelona penalty area.

In the chaos, Oleg made another mistake in defense. He did not keep up with Pizarro in time. After being thrown away by the Peruvian striker, he easily headered the goal without defending the back point, further expanding the score.

Two to zero!

Just seven minutes later, Pizarro made a cross from the left, and Flins made a pass near the left bottom line of the penalty area. Valdés made a save but did not touch the ball. Ma Kai, who was unguarded, easily scored the goal. Than zero!

In twenty minutes, after losing three goals in a row, Barcelona was completely beaten!

Everyone can't believe it, some wonder if they are dreaming?

how can that be?

...

Rijkaard knew that his team's defense was very fragile, but he never thought that in the face of a key battle, it would be fragile to this field. Isn't it too vulnerable?

Strictly speaking, this is the first Champions League knockout game of Rijkaard's coaching career, and also the first knockout game of the Barcelona Dream II team after the reorganization. The coaching staff and players have already paid enough attention and made hard work.

But who could have imagined that Bayern Munich would be beaten up by Bayern Munich at a critical moment.

Magath did not play against Barcelona as he said before the game. He still played conservatively with a three-back midfielder, based on defending the counterattack, but who would have thought that Bayern Munich's offense has not yet exerted force, Barcelona The defender took the initiative to give gifts.

"Oleg is too nervous tonight!" Tencart sighed gloomily.

Nervousness is easy to make mistakes, especially when making judgments.

Rijkaard nodded, he has also played, naturally knowing that Oleg's mistakes are caused by tension, but the performance of this central defender this season is indeed very worrying.

One is Oleg and the other is goalkeeper Valdes. These are both hidden dangers in Barcelona's defense.

The outstanding performance in the league is due to the improvement in the midfield brought by Marcos Senna after joining, and the other is that the opponents are not strong, but Bayern Munich is different, this is a strong team at the top 16 level of the Champions League .

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The whistle sounded at the end of the first half.

Su Dong looked up depressed and walked slowly towards the player channel.

The forty-five minutes of playing was really depressing, and it felt as long as playing four games.

From the beginning of the game, Barcelona played very wrongly.

Losing the ball first in the opening is a big blow to the team, but this is not a problem.

In an away game, it doesn't matter if you lose the ball first. The key is to be able to stabilize and strive to score an away goal.

Unexpectedly, when the team finally had to stabilize, they lost the ball again.

And this time it was simply lost again, which is serious.

No one can still maintain the morale of the team under such successive blows.

As tenacious as Su Dong, he has a depressed psychology at this moment, but he was quickly suppressed by him.

He knew very well that he must not be knocked down by this mentality, otherwise he would really have no hope.

Can look at the teammates around, which one is not drooping?

"The culprit" Oleg was even more regretful, full of shameless shame.

In this situation, who can blame him?

There is no doubt that Oleg was indeed responsible for the defeat in the first half, but Barcelona could not find a more suitable player than him, and could only bite the bullet and let him go. In that case, there was a mistake, why should he blame him?

Su Dong sighed deeply, walked over, patted Oleg's shoulder lightly, and said encouragingly: "It's okay." After that, he stopped being wordy and walked straight into the player's tunnel.

...

Regarding the situation in the first half, Rijkaard had no good solutions.

He pointed out the team's problem, that is, too many invalid possessions.

Tencart also felt that although Barcelona controlled the ball, the pace and situation of the game were not as good as Bayern.

This is a very serious problem.

On-the-spot command and adjustment, these are not Rijkaard's strong points.

But he has a characteristic, that is, he is kind.

When he asked the players for their opinions, the players also analyzed based on the situation in the first half and gave some judgments of their own. Generally speaking, they can only see the leopard in their eyes, and it is difficult to see the overall situation.

Both Harvey and Deco mentioned that the team needs to find a way to effectively pass the 30-meter area to the midline.

If the pass cannot pass through this area, it is difficult to create a threat.

But how to pass?

"Speed ​​up!" Su Dong gave his opinion.

"Don't be afraid of making a mistake. If we lose the ball, we will fight back as soon as possible, leaving the opponent's ball in the half court, or even in the 30-meter area. Once we get the ball, we will speed up immediately."

Su Dong also mentioned that Kahn's connection with Bayern's defense is very close, and the coordination is also quite tacit, which makes it difficult for Barcelona to pass the ball behind the ball. It is either blocked by the defender or confiscated by the goalkeeper.

"We played a quick short pass with Bayern in the 30-meter area and made them foul."

Barcelona has enough technical advantages, even Su Dong, can hold the ball, can cooperate with teammates in quick and short passes, this is an advantage that Bayern Munich does not have.

Once Barcelona opens, it will be difficult for Bayern Munich.

"I think our first task in the second half is to get an away goal. As long as the away goal is scored, then we are sure to make a comeback at home. If we score two, the advantage will return to our hands."

When Su Dong said so, everyone nodded one after another.

Both Rijkaard and Tenkater felt that this idea was quite good and worth a try.

...

After changing sides in the second half, Barcelona decisively accelerated the pace of the game.

At the beginning, there were more long passes and high balls. Compared with the slow pass and control of the first half, the difference was very obvious.

Bayern Munich still wanted to use the same set of the first half to play Barcelona, ​​but the result soon went wrong.

Not long after the beginning, Barcelona made a long pass directly to the front court after a steal.

Su Dong stuck his body in the 30-meter area.

The Brazilian defender Lúcio jumped up from behind, struggling to squeeze Su Dong~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Su Dong felt the pressure behind him, he has to admit that Lucio is indeed quite good, and the strength confrontation is very good. , Can even be said to be the best central defender he has ever seen, and almost squeezed him out of position.

But Su Dong held Lúcio in the end, but he couldn't turn around.

The ball came in front of Su Dong, after stopping the ball, Su Dong returned to Deco.

Deco was facing the offensive direction, facing Su Dong's back knock, Deco rushed ahead of Demichelis, stabbed the ball to the left and handed it to Ronaldinho.

The Brazilian superstar turned sideways to the attacking direction, stopped Deco's pass with his right foot, and separated Sagnol with his body.

At the moment of stopping the ball, Ronaldinho started to take the center.

Sagnol kept sticking to Ronaldinho, but the Brazilian made another emergency stop, and then suddenly restarted, sending a straight pass with his right foot and sending the ball to the left side of the penalty area.

Su Dong, who originally held Lucio with his body, stopped the ball with his back, and then leaned into the left side of the penalty area from the outside of the arc top of the penalty area, and caught him behind another Bayern central defender, Kovac. Ronaldinho's through pass.

Kahn resolutely abandoned the door and attacked!

But Su Dong was faster and hit the door with his left foot.

The Bayern goalkeeper reacted swiftly and fell directly to the ground, blocking Su Dong's shot.

This wonderful fight won Kahn full of applause.

But the ball didn't fly far, it was still nearby.

Sudong and Lúcio both chased towards the ball's landing point at the same time.

Two tough guys with strong bodies smashed into each other sturdily, and no one took advantage.

Su Dong's legs are longer and he reacts faster. Although he didn't squeeze Lucio away, he didn't wait for the ball to land and took the lead.

The ball was kicked by Su Dong to the empty goal.