Hero of the Penalty Area

Chapter Three Hundred and Seventh

In the UEFA Champions League match in midweek, Liverpool is the first away and then Barcelona is the first away. --network.

The schedule is more favorable to Barcelona-everyone knows that it is a favorable schedule to visit first and then host.

Liverpool, who played against Dortmund at home, sent the strongest lineup. The goal of the team is not only to win, but also to fight for a big victory. Only by winning a few more goals in the home game can the second round of the road trip become easier.

If you stumbling and stumbling in your home game, then the away game is probably even more mysterious.

So Martin O'Neal sent the strongest lineup.

Gotze will also start this game. This is his first time facing his former owner after leaving Dortmund.

As for Barcelona, ​​even though it is an away game, Barcelona has not sent all the main players.

Eindhoven is too weak. They were lucky enough to reach the quarterfinals because their opponents in the semifinals were even weaker than them.

Eindhoven eliminated Sophia Levsky from Bulgaria.

And the reason Sophia Levsky was able to appear in the top 16 was a fluke...

In short, the two weakest teams in the top 16 were drawn together. The strength was slightly higher and the experience was more abundant. Eindhoven, who had a bit of the Dutch giants' background, eliminated Sophia Levsky in this way. In the quarterfinals.

Look at the other seven teams, they are Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Liverpool, Bayern Munich, Dortmund, Manchester United, Juventus, all of which are well-known giants, and Eindhoven is indeed a bit "sufficient" in it.

Many people feel that if Eindhoven is ashamed, they should commit suicide instead of waiting for Barcelona to destroy them.

Since the opponent is so weak, Barcelona naturally has no reason to go all out on such a team.

Guardiola sent in many young players and substitutes, but he put his mind on the battle of revenge with Liverpool.

He has absolute confidence in his team, eliminating a PSV will not be a problem. At the same time he also believes that Liverpool will not capsize here in Dortmund.

So in the end, it must be the two teams coming together.

You have to prepare early, and you can't wait until it's near to consider how to deal with Liverpool, then it's too late. In addition, the team also needs targeted training, which takes time.

In fact, after the draw results came out, Guardiola began to add training content for Liverpool in the training, so that the players a little bit of adaptation.

As for Eindhoven? He just watched the opponent's game video a few times and understood the opponent's state and strength level, and he knew it in his heart.

To eliminate this team, it doesn't take too much effort. And the less effort needed for Barcelona in the quarter-finals, the greater the advantage in the semi-finals.

We must know that Liverpool’s quarter-final schedule is first home and then away. This schedule is not good for them. They will definitely encounter big trouble in the last away game. Dortmund's home stadium, Westfalen Stadium, is the **** home of European football. Dortmund's fans are known for their wildness and loyalty.

Guardiola believes that Liverpool will be stubbornly blocked by the Dortmund team and fans at this home stadium.

And his second round was at the Nou Camp, and he didn't have to worry about it, and his physical strength was guaranteed. In addition, maybe Eindhoven has already been settled in the first round, so that the second round can be directly turned into a formality?

In short, the situation is more favorable for Barcelona.

Guardiola must make good use of this favorable situation.

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The two quarter-finals of the upper half kicked off at the same time.

Liverpool ushered in last season's Bundesliga runner-up Dortmund at home, while Barcelona challenged the weak Eindhoven away.

"The warm-up match for the highly anticipated semi-finals has officially begun!"

Even the commentator said so, which shows that everyone's mind is on the top.

From the beginning of the game, Liverpool launched a fierce offensive against Dortmund, which is also in line with their tactical requirements.

Dortmund appeared to be prepared for such a fierce offensive against Liverpool. They did not press out to attack at all, but retreated to the penalty area from the beginning of the game. Hugging his head in both hands, he squatted in the corner, looking like he was being beaten.

They expect to defend a result that is good for them by defending.

Even if you lose the game in the end, you just need to miss two goals. --network.

For example, if they lose 0:1, there is still hope for them to return to the home court.

Only one step to the semi-finals, no one wants to give up.

Leverkusen's performance in the face of Barcelona before has made the Bundesliga become the laughing stock of the entire European football scene. The teams in the five major leagues have been so humbly in the face of Barcelona. Within the Bundesliga, everyone also feels disgusted with Leverkusen's performance.

If I knew they were that performance, it would be better to let us go!

——This is the voice of many teams.

So even if Dortmund is facing Liverpool, he never meant to surrender early.

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This is what Guardiola wants to see most, the two teams fight to the death, and then he sits to reap the benefits.

At this time, he was sitting on the coaching bench of the visiting team at the Philips Stadium in Eindhoven, knocking Erlang's legs, really like a fisherman waiting for a profit.

As for the game in front of him...

It seems that it is not fierce, and Eindhoven did not show strong fighting spirit because of his home court. And because Barcelona has too many young players, it also seems a bit jerky.

But it doesn't matter. In Guardiola's view, wait a while and wait for his players to gradually adapt to the rhythm of the game, Eindhoven will be a dead end.

He only cares about the result of another game now.

His assistant coach Vilanova sat next to him. I had briefly served as the team’s head coach for a season before, but I didn’t expect that Mourinho’s Real Madrid would lose even his underwear. As a last resort, Cruyff personally asked Guardiola out. Vilanova's positioning of himself was also accurate. When Guardiola came out, he took the initiative to abdicate and let the virtuous people take the initiative to do the job of assisting Guardiola again.

Vilanova is now wearing headphones in his ears, connected to a pocket radio, and is listening to the live broadcast of another game.

Anything over there may affect Barcelona's strategy and tactics.

Therefore, Guardiola requested that as long as there is any change in the game over there, Vilanova must tell him the first time.

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Dortmund's defense is very thorough, but in the past two seasons, Liverpool players have seen a lot of defense teams. As Liverpool's reputation increased, most of their opponents chose to defend themselves. For these teams, it is good to be able to get a draw against Liverpool.

Why don't you win...don't even think about it!

As a result, Liverpool has accumulated a wealth of experience in dealing with these defensive tactics.

Especially they have Chen Yingxiong, the most powerful siege weapon in the world. Even if the opponent closes the city gate to guard, they still have a way to blast open the opponent's strong wall and gate!

Just like now...

The game only started for eleven minutes. Under the repeated bombardment of Liverpool, the walls and gates of the castle in Dortmund were constantly trembling, as if they might be twisted and collapsed at any time.

The tremendous psychological pressure lay on everyone's heart, making them secretly shocked.

This is the first time they have played against Liverpool, and they did not expect Liverpool to be so strong! It seems that those media statements are not exaggerated gimmicks, but facts...

In the face of such a powerful Liverpool, some Dortmund players have already begun to doubt whether they can complete the tasks assigned by the head coach before the game...

Finally in the twelfth minute, Liverpool suddenly increased its strength after a series of attacks, and came out with an all-out attack!

Under Liverpool's offensive, the walls of Dortmund collapsed!

The gap has appeared!

Chen Yingxiong, holding the red flag of Liverpool high, appeared in the gap.

The football was sent over by Gotze.

In the face of his old club, Gete is also merciless in his shots! This pass is accurate and concealed.

When Chen Yingxiong received the ball, Dortmund's players reacted!

But at this time, if you want to stop him, it is too late!

Chen Yingxiong entered the penalty area so easily, and then shot a low shot with his left foot!

The football flew past Dortmund’s goalkeeper and went all the way into the lower right corner of the goal!

ball!

Go in! !

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Vilanova is listening attentively to the radio, because at this time the Philips Stadium is a bit noisy and the fans’ voices are loud. He has to lower his head, compare his eyes, and try to focus his attention on Ears. Listening to the enemy's movements, this is the task that Guardiola assigned him. He also knows the importance of this task, so he dare not neglect. It's just that even with headphones, the sound is not very clear. Because it's so noisy outside...

He frowned, and muttered: "Damn it, how come it suddenly becomes so noisy!"

He buried his head lower...

But beside him, Guardiola was the opposite of him. He was lifting his head and then lifting it up again, and even his body popped forward, and his hands were clenching tighter and tighter unconsciously.

He is now straining his whole body.

His eyes didn't dare to leave the court for even a second, so he didn't even blink.

The football has flown to the goal, chaos in front of the goal, the situation looks critical.

But the ball didn't fly to Eindhoven's goal, but... it flew to Barcelona's goal!

Yes, Eindhoven’s offense has caused chaos in front of Barcelona's goal!

Then, in this chaos.

Football doesn’t know who was hit by him. Guardiola’s position is really bad, he doesn’t really want to watch TV, and there are close-up shots.

In short, this issue is not important anymore. The football didn't know who was touched, and then... it flew into Barcelona's goal!

At that moment, Guardiola thought he was wrong. The football didn't actually fly into the goal, but wiped the goalposts and side nets and flew out of the bottom line...

But the huge cheers at the Philips Stadium shattered the fluke in his heart.

Barcelona lost the ball!

At the same time, Vilanova, who was next to him, suddenly stood up from his seat, and he was also taken aback.

"Pep!" Vilanova's voice was anxious.

He raised his head to report the latest situation to Guardiola, but suddenly saw Guardiola's clear face.

Only then did he notice the strangeness around him-the cheers in the stadium stands were obviously increased, and the people around him were silent and depressed.

"Uh...what's wrong?"

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