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When the draw just came out, it was widely believed that the Red Rebels meeting Barcelona was a collision between Mars and the Earth, which was a collision between the two strongest teams in Europe this year, which was full of sight, and was also seen as a confrontation between the Premier League and La Liga. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

But more than a month has passed, the Red Rebels have fallen rapidly, the league has fallen eight points behind the top Chelsea in fourth, and the proud unbeaten record has also stopped at 60 games, although it has not been able to create more unbeaten games, although this record is already very strong, but everyone is very forgetful, they choose to look directly at the Red Rebels recent low.

Yes, the epic half-time comeback to Chelsea was a classic, and the 4-0 thrashing of West Bromwich Albion was certainly hearty, but Barcelona were not relegation favourites West Bromwich Albion and the Camp Nou was not Manchester's Red Rebels Stadium.

In the face of strong people and strong horses, Barcelona, who are currently at the top of La Liga, the Red Rebels can only say that they are blessed, which can be seen from the pre-match odds, and they all support Barcelona to win.

Another reason why fans are optimistic about Barcelona is the injury of Beckham and Robben, the former is less injured, but it is still unknown whether he can catch up with this key battle, the latter has been confirmed to miss all the games this season, although Messi has played well in these games in place of Robben, but the Argentine talent is still a little immature.

On the other hand, Barcelona has been in good form recently, goalkeeper Valdés is becoming more and more solid, and the backline composed of Van Brondhorst, Max, Puyol and Belletti is also relatively solid, but the most notable thing for the La Liga giants is their midfield, the Italian veteran Albertini who transferred from Atalanta during the winter break will be the main midfielder, Xavi and Iniesta occupy the two central midfield positions, and Ronaldinho, Hleb and Eto'o form the front trident.

Judging from the starting lineup announced by Rijkaard before the game, Barcelona's main lineup is basically complete, and they obviously hope to take advantage of the home advantage to defeat the Red Rebels at the Camp Nou in one fell swoop and get the right to advance.

Some of the Red Rebels are no surprise, with goalkeeper Petr Cech, left wing-back Patrice Evra and John Terry set to occupy a centre-back position, Curtis's return to play well will occupy the other, and the right wing-back is likely to use the more defensive-capable Kolo? Toure, using the Ivorians to limit Ronaldinho.

The back-two pairing will be David Beckham and Essien, with Garner's midfielder making a name for himself against Chelsea and now firmly in the Reds' regular position, with Cesc Fabregas in the starting line-up should Beckham be out of the line-up.

The Spaniard came through the Barcelona academy and has made great progress in the past two seasons for the Red Rebels, especially in the playmaking and passing ability in the midfield position. Johnson and John? Obi? Mikel is expected to be the heart of the Red Rebels' next generation of midfield.

The magic quartet up front is basically not difficult to guess, Drogba's impact will play a big role against Barcelona, Kaka will also occupy a position, and Ronaldo and Messi will be separated on the left and right wings.

Looking at the lineup of the Red Rebels, the only suspense is whether Beckham can play!

In order to save this suspense to the end, Mourinho was very tricky, first saying in an interview with the media that Beckham's injury has not healed and he is basically unable to catch up with this game.

However, when the team arrived in Barcelona, the media saw Beckham on the training ground, who also participated in the team's joint training and seemed to have basically recovered, which was also interpreted by the media as Mourinho deliberately trying to release smoke bombs.

However, during group training, Mourinho placed Cesc Fabregas in the main team, and at the same time called many stops, pointed out the passing and organization of the Spanish youngster in person, and also gave the Spanish youngster many applause and praised his outstanding performance.

The media, who followed the Red Rebels from outside the training ground, reacted immediately, believing that Mourinho was secretly still preparing for two things, the best of course being David Beckham's start, and if the England international did not make it to the game, Cesc Fabregas would be the team's playmaker.

But before the game, when everyone got the starting line-up for the game, they were all taken aback.

Goalkeeper Petr Cech, the back line from left to right are Evra, Terry, Curtis, McConn, the double back is De Rossi and Essien, the forward Kaka, the two forwards are Ronaldo and Messi, and the center forward is Drogba.

Fabregas, who was very vocal before the game, not only did not start, but he couldn't even find his name on the bench, but Michael? Johnson was on the bench, along with Almunia and Philip? Lahm, Nemanja Vidic, Franck Ribery, Sergio Aguero and Villa, Mourinho clearly played a big smokescreen before the game.

........................" De Rossi started, two offensive and defensive midfielders played together, Mourinho's tactics are obviously based on defense, after all, this is the Camp Nou, is Barcelona's territory, and it is not without reason that the Red Rebels want to defend steadily! ”

No team has ever beaten Barcelona at the Camp Nou this season, which is why Barcelona have high hopes for the first leg as they look to take advantage of home advantage to defeat the Red Rebels.

"The referee blew the whistle for the start of the game, Barcelona kicked off first, they started to attack the Red Rebels, put pressure on them, and the Red Rebels were not to be outdone, and the two sides looked full of gunpowder from the start."

Barcelona's tactics are very particular about possession, as Iniesta gradually matures, he and Xavi's partner in the midfield is particularly tacit, there were defenders such as Max and Motta behind him, but with Edmilson's injury, Marquez returned to the back line to form a central defender with Puyol, and the Italian veteran Albertini sat in the back.

Although it pays attention to ball control, but in Barcelona's tactics, in addition to Ronaldinho, even Eto'o and Hleb are very particular about front-court counter-robbery, among which Eto'o in the 2nd minute of the game, once in the midfield steal Kaka's ball, divided to the left side, Ronaldinho cut inside with the ball, shook McCone and shot low with his right foot, slightly off!

Despite not scoring a goal, the Camp Nou fans still applauded Ronaldinho's outstanding performance, while the Barcelona players became more and more excited, launching wave after wave of attacks, creating considerable pressure on the Red Rebels.

"Eh, it's Kaka again, a stop in the middle, steal by Xavi and pass to Eto'o, who quickly passed down the middle and was cleared by Terry early!" The narrator's excited commentary was very good for the audience.

The Red Rebels fans at the scene were scared into a cold sweat by Eto'o's quick breakthrough, and Terry kept gesturing at Essien and De Rossi, obviously asking them to pay more attention to their position and protect the defence.

'It's been five minutes since Kaka started, and there have been three interceptions, one of which was Albertini, one Samuel Eto'o and Xavi, all three of which were threatening, but the Red Rebels decided to use Kaka as their main point of attack, which is a bit puzzling!

Jose Mourinho stared at the pitch from the sidelines, everything that had happened on it was clear in his mind, and then he walked to the sidelines, pointed to De Rossi, signaled him to be more pressed, and handed it to Essien.

The Italian midfielder quickly understood Mourinho's intentions, and in previous training, the team had practiced this tactic, De Rossi pressed to better protect Kaka, once the Kaka ball was broken, De Rossi immediately participated in the counter-attack, and there was a sweeping area built by Essien behind him, which was enough to protect the defensive line.

The Red Rebels' adjustment soon changed the situation, and after Kaka was protected by De Rossi, although the ball was still broken, Barcelona were unable to counter-attack.

After the situation was eased, Kaka's position gradually moved forward, which also made the trident of Drogba, Ronaldo and Messi closer to the Barcelona defence, and the counter-attack of the three players on the spot also played a greater role.

Barcelona's attack continued, taking advantage of the home advantage at Camp Nou, they firmly grasped the situation on the pitch from the beginning, and applied wave after wave of attacks against the Red Rebels, including in the 15th minute, Xavi cut in to receive a pass from Andres Iniesta, and got up behind a long pass.

Eto'o used his speed to get rid of the Red Rebels' defence, and after receiving the ball, he tried to get into the box, Curtis returned to the box in time to shovel Eto'o's ball off the line with a beautiful sliding tackle, and brought Eto'o down.

The Barcelona players felt that it was a foul in the box, and Eto'o also raised his hands high, looking very puzzled that it was not a penalty, but a corner, but the slow-motion footage showed that it was indeed a beautiful defense.

Barcelona coach Rijkaard walked to the linesman to protest, apparently he also thought it was a foul and deserved a penalty, and the Barcelona fans at the scene gave the referee endless boos.

"The players on both sides were very nervous, the atmosphere was particularly hot, and the game entered a fast-paced confrontation from the first minute, with Barcelona's attack being stifled by the Red Rebels' defense, but the Red Rebels' attack was slow to play."

On the screen, there is a comparison of the data of the two sides of the game, Barcelona is far ahead in possession, and the Red Rebels only have 2 shots on goal, and they are all forced shots without much threat, on the other hand, Barcelona has created a few threats.

"Judging from the first 25 minutes, the Red Rebels' defensive performance was solid, including a timely attack by Cech in the 21st minute to defuse Ronaldinho's one-on-one knife, but the Red Rebels' attack has not been able to improve, especially Kaka, the Brazilian made frequent mistakes, and it is clear that he is a little bit overshadowed by the combination of Albertini, Xavi and Iniesta."

It can even be said that Kaka is by far the worst player in the Red Rebels' starting 11, even Drogba has proved his hard work and diligence with a yellow card in the active counter-attack, and his presence itself is the biggest deterrent to the Barcelona backline.

Defending high balls has always been Barcelona's flaw, Puyol and Marquez are not experts in this area, and Drogba is indeed a tall and strong monster-level center forward, which Rijkaard made it clear when arranging tactics that the focus is on Drogba and cannot relax his attention to the African elephant king.

This also prevented Drogba from getting too many opportunities, and in several attacks by the Red Rebels, he had to retreat to respond, and before anyone knew it, everyone also ignored the fact that Kaka's position seemed to be getting closer and closer to Drogba.

However, what is even more lethal is from the two wings, when Ronaldo and Messi retreated to Drogba, their positions did not follow the retreat, but roamed around the Barcelona defense, ambushing and waiting for opportunities.

What chances?

When De Rossi and Essien combined to cut off Samuel Eto'o, it was immediately at the feet of Kaka, who was entangled by Iniesta and handed the ball to Drogba, who retreated to knock the ball back and form a beautiful one-two with Kaka.

Breaking free from the defense of Andres Iniesta and Albertini, Kaka did not stop the ball, and his speed soared in an instant, straight to the Barcelona backline.

Barcelona's backline was constantly retreating, but Kaka was too fast, and after approaching, he went straight behind the right ribs.

Messi, who had been in ambush for a long time, got rid of Van Bronckhorst, and after receiving the ball, he entered the penalty area and formed a single knife!

(To be continued)