"I didn't even think ...... myself," Rijkaard walked back to the dugout after giving a thumbs up, before saying to his assistant coach Ten Carter.

"Edmilson is in such good shape."

Ten Carter also nodded: "In the last game against Real Madrid, he was not in such a good state. ”

Barcelona had just finished their national derby against Real Madrid ahead of the Champions League group stage against Werder Bremen, beating their chaotic rivals 3-0 at home.

Barcelona won that game relatively easily, with a two-goal lead over Real Madrid in the first half. It was for this reason that in the last 30 minutes, Rijkaard brought Edmilson off the bench and played in the midfield. Find out how you are in the game and get used to the atmosphere in advance.

"Whatever his reason, it's a good thing for us." Rijkaard sat down.

Edmilson's excellent performance allowed him to sit in the dugout with peace of mind.

Rijkaard has his own ideas for this game.

If you can win, of course, it is the best, and the pre-match arrangements and arrangements are aimed at this goal, but if there is any unexpected situation that causes the team to not win, then a draw is an absolutely acceptable result.

Anyway, Barcelona are now the top of this group, they have won three and drawn one after four rounds, accumulated 10 points, and have already qualified for the group two rounds in advance. Werder Bremen is six points, even if they win the last two rounds, they are just chasing the same points, and Porto and Celtic are too big to threaten Barcelona's group qualification, the only thing they can compete for is to qualify as the second in the group, Werder Bremen is their opponent, Barcelona is not.

If this game is drawn, Barcelona will have 11 points and the first place in the group will be won in advance.

So in this game, Djkaard did not give any "must-kill order" to his players. If you can win, you can win, if you can't win, it's not bad to draw.

After all, they had just played a national derby, and Rijkaard didn't make any changes for the Champions League group stage in midweek – with all the main players starting.

Werder Bremen can ignore the 'Northern Derby' against Hamburg in order to prepare for the match against Barcelona, as they need to compete for a place in the group.

Barcelona has already qualified ahead of schedule, so there is no need to give up the game against Real Madrid for this game.

Edmilson's excellent performance convinced Rijkaard that the team could achieve the minimum goal of a draw away from home.

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Twenty minutes into the game, Glory was seen dead by Edmilson...... In addition, the whole Barcelona team did not give Rongguang room to play his speed, so Rongguang has not had any performance so far......," said Chinese commentator Zhan Junguang.

Everyone is Chinese, and what they are most concerned about is not the victory or defeat of this game, but the performance of glory.

So when commenting on the game, most of Zhan Junguang's eyes fell on Rong Guang.

How about the glory, definitely is what he often mentions.

The same is true for Chinese TV viewers.

Rongguang's poor performance made them a little worried.

Even if Werder Bremen loses this game, there is still a chance to qualify, and it would be a pity if Glory didn't perform well - many of them didn't stay up late to see Werder Bremen, Glory was what made them so excited and excited.

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Since Rong Guang was tackled to the ground by Edmilson, he has not been afraid to confront Edmilson, but will still raise his hand to ask his teammates for the ball, hoping that his teammates will pass the football to him.

However, Edmilson's defense is really good, forcing him to only get the ball with his back to the attack, and it is difficult to turn around.

With the ball in the direction of the attack with their backs, it will not be easy for Glory to get rid of Edmilson, he needs space, but Barcelona will not give him that space.

How do you get rid of Edmilson?

Glory kept using his brain and meditating on the game.

It's very difficult to turn around with the ball and break through.

Miku was entangled by the opponent's Mota, and it was not easy for him to pass those delicate balls.

There's no way he's going to wait for himself to run to the void and then send the football out.

So sometimes, when his chances are really bad, he will choose to pass the football to other teammates.

They were the ones who threatened the Barcelona goal, but honestly, it didn't work much. Other players, their individual ability and glory have a certain gap, and Barcelona can contain them by relying on the overall defense.

Barcelona have done a great job defensively and they have to upset that balance if they are to change the situation on the pitch.

But how do you break the balance?

If it was the glory of the past, it must have considered breaking through the dribble to break the balance by yourself, which is actually one of the most commonly used means.

But in this game, with Barcelona's layers of restrictions, it will not be easy to do that.

Rongguang realized that if he wanted to change the situation, he had to choose another way.

What method to choose?

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When Glory got the ball again, Edmilson quickly pounced.

Rongguang saw that he couldn't turn around, and he was unwilling to let the other party break the football again, so he directly passed the football sideways and gave it to Miku.

As soon as the football was passed out, a light suddenly lit up in Rongguang's head.

That's right!

What have I been training for over a week for? Isn't it just for this moment?!

He remembered the conversation between head coach Schaaf and himself.

"What do you think the front half does?"

"Can you score goals and assist?"

'You can score goals now, but you're almost ...... in assists You can use your breakthrough to disrupt the opponent's defense and then send the ball out...... In fact, the assist is also quite fulfilling......"

Assists, passes, playmaking......

This is another form of the front waist.

I don't have to score with the ball myself – when I can't do that, but I can pass the ball to help my team-mates score!

Isn't Ronaldinho also constantly creating chances for his teammates during the game?

If he can do this, why can't I?

If I'm going to defeat him, I'm going to have to defeat him on the other side!

Thinking of this, Rongguang had a clear goal in his heart, and he knew what to do!

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When Edmilson pressed again, he was ready to break the ball at Glory's feet. In his opinion, if Rongguang wants to get rid of himself, he must turn around, and when he turns, it is often the time when his control of football is the weakest, and this is a good time for him to break the ball.

But this time, Glory didn't do that.

After he got the ball, he quickly passed the ball out of the air before Edmilson could press him closely.

However, Glory's kick did not reach the feet of his teammates, but made a mistake and gave it to the Barcelona player.

"Ah, Rong passed the ball wrong! What a pity! This is the end of Werder Bremen's attack! ”

Marcel Leif shouted regretfully.

Barcelona took the opportunity to play a counterattack, but fortunately Bowman defended Ronaldinho in the midfield, so that Barcelona's counterattack did not directly threaten the goal guarded by Reinke.

But even so, the moment when Rongguang made a passing mistake scared many Werder Bremen fans into a cold sweat.

"It looks like Rong is really in big trouble in the game...... Edmilson was successful against his defense. Rijkaard's surprise start to Edmilson caused quite a bit of controversy. Now it seems that if it was a gamble, Rijkaard was clearly right! ”

'Edmilson's excellent performance in this game must have created a problem for Rijkaard - after having two excellent centre-backs in Puyol and Marcos, Edmilson has come out again, so how to arrange the starting line-up? Is it possible to switch to a back three? ”

Commentators from other countries calmly analyzed the tactics of both sides from a neutral point of view.

Others were praising Edmilson's performance, and the television broadcast also focused on Edmilson's close-up.

Edmilson, who is in the shot, is expressionless and can't tell what he's thinking. But in reality, he was slightly disappointed in his heart - because it was not the ball that he personally broke off.

But being able to force Glory into a passing error and end a Werder Bremen attack while also creating a counter-attack for his team shows that his defense is quite successful.

So he soon stopped thinking about the things that disappointed him.

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Seeing that Rongguang's passing mistake gave Barcelona a chance to counterattack, many Chinese fans in front of the TV were pinched - it seems that Rongguang's state is really bad!

Schaaf, who was sitting in the dugout of the home team off the pitch, also shook his head at Alofs: "I can tell that Rong wants to pass the ball to his teammates, but under Edmilson's close pressing and interference, he can't pass the ball well......"

Alofs nodded and understood: "It's not his fault, it's that the training time is too short, so don't put pressure on him in this game......"

Then both of them looked at Glory.

Although he said this, after working with Rongguang for more than a season, he still couldn't help but have some expectations. Because they know that this kid can always do some miracles. Or miracles are miracles in other people, but in his glory, they are commonplace.

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After a pass error, Rongguang defended as soon as possible.

However, it didn't come in handy, as Bowman cut off Barcelona's pass to Ronaldinho.

Then he passed the football out, and then shouted to Rongguang: "Go to the front!" ”

So Glory turned and ran again.

Bad passes?

This did not affect Glory's belief and did not frighten him.

He still insisted on passing the ball.

Soon the football was at his feet again.

It was still Edmilson's close defense that kept him from turning.

Rongguang didn't stop the ball, and passed the football directly, just like the ball that he had missed before.

This time, though, he didn't make a mistake with the ball and delivered the ball to the feet of team-mate Borowski.

Then, he turned and ran.

Edmilson followed, not an inch away!

As Glory runs forward, he also observes the situation around him.

These are all things that the coach repeatedly mentioned in training.

As a playmaker, you can't afford to keep your head down and dribble like you used to. In the past, you only had to do your own thing, but now you have to be in control, so you have to be observant at all times and know where your teammates and opposing defenders are. In this way, it is possible to find vacancies.

Edmilson followed Glory all the time, and he saw Glory looking around.

He thought Glory was looking for an opportunity to avoid him.

He sneered inwardly.

It's useless, if you go to the ends of the earth, I'll follow you!

At the same time, Barcelona's other defensive players are also focusing on glory and making fine-tuning.

Anyway, no matter where Glory is, he is the central reference of the defense, because Glory is the most dangerous player for Werder Bremen.

Glory ran to the side.

Closer to the touchline, the team's right-back Yurmit Davara was picking up the ball.

Seeing Glory running over, he passed the football over.

Edmilson never waits for glory to get the ball before coming up and pressing, it may be too late.

He's always been with football.

This time was no exception.

When the football came, he pasted Glory from behind, once again allowing Glory to only turn his back to the goal.

And it's not just him, the entire Barcelona defense has shifted its focus to the side where the glory is.

From the air, the most crowded area in the huge stadium is on the left side of the Barcelona penalty area, that is, on the right side of Werder Bremen's attack.

Then the ball rolled over.