Chapter 696: A Fierce Battle

In the dressing room, Martino summed up the Barcelona player's performance in the first half: "I tried hard, but the result was not ideal! It's dangerous to be 1-0 down at the moment, and if you can't equalise, it's even more difficult at the Bernabeu. ”

He finally stared into the eyes of the Barcelona players and said word by word: "This game is not only to win, but also to win!" I don't think you want to lose to Real Madrid, to that arrogant Lin Yu, right? ”

Sometimes the motivation method is really better than any encouragement of inhibition and frustration, especially when the strength of your own players is not bad, the motivation method is especially effective.

Now Barcelona's players are desperate to give Real Madrid a good look in the second half.

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After a short half-time break, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

From the very beginning of the game, it was clear that the Barcelona players were eager to score goals, and they attacked fiercely, making it clear that they were going to have a massacre and make Real Madrid taste the taste of being laughed at again.

However, Real Madrid did a very good job defensively, and the zone defense was very successful in separating Messi from the rest of Barcelona's players, so that Messi often had to fight alone after getting the ball, and when he wanted to pass the ball, he would find that the passing line had been cut off.

Real Madrid were able to concede a single goal in the first half, in fact, it can be seen how good their defense is today, although in the second half because of the physical strength began to decline, the quality of the defense is not as good as in the first half, but there should be no problems for a while.

On the contrary, it is Messi, although his individual ability is indeed very strong. Even two or three people are easy, but Real Madrid's backline is too familiar with him. Basically, as soon as he moves, everyone knows what he's going to do. Then he will make timely defensive adjustments, which will make him depressed.

Of course, Real Madrid's backline has improved so much, mainly because of Lin Yu, a super sparring partner, which makes Real Madrid's players obviously more reliable than before when defending.

If you look closely at the Barcelona game, in fact, Messi's goals are most of the time a subtle cooperation with his teammates, rather than he came alone. Like Lin Yu, although he is super capable, he can't do without the help of his teammates, but today he can feel that he is deliberately isolated by Real Madrid, and it is really very difficult to cooperate with his teammates.

"Twenty minutes into the second half, the score is still 1-0, with Real Madrid leading away. Although Messi was not bad today, he was up against a better Real Madrid backline than him......"

Martino frowned, pondered for a moment, and then took advantage of a dead ball opportunity. Called Cesc Fabregas to the sidelines and whispered a few words.

His idea is simple, since Messi is separated, then simply let Cesc Fabregas play the role of Messi. Messi, on the other hand, can be a front to attract opponents' defenses.

Although Cesc Fabregas may not be as capable as Messi, it is definitely not to be underestimated. The captain of Arsenal back then, and now the absolute main force of Barcelona. The main force of the Spanish national team, his ability has been recognized by many people, although his character may not be very good, and he is called a by many fans, but his ability is really good.

Cesc Fabregas was more involved in defence before, so it was difficult to see him in attack, and now Martino has brought him forward and handed over the defensive task to Buzques, which is a risk, a gamble, but he has to do it because if he doesn't, they probably won't even be able to score.

Real Madrid's backline clearly hadn't adapted to the new change and they were still focusing more on Messi, but because of this, the score was levelled five minutes later.

The equalizer was not Neymar, Pedro, or Messi, but Cesc Fabregas, who they hadn't had time to pay attention to.

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"Cesc Fabregas! Cesc Fabregas! ”

"You're good!"

"Well done!"

"To hell with Real Madrid, kill them!"

"Xiaofa! We love you to death! ”

With Cesc Fabregas scoring the ball, the Barcelona fans on the scene went crazy all of a sudden, they had been waiting for this goal for nearly 70 minutes, although the score was still a draw, but for them, it was as if they had won Real Madrid, and more importantly, in the more than 60 minutes, they were so uncomfortable that they were provoked by Lin Yu and Real Madrid's players, and they were so angry that their teeth itched.

It's a kind of venting, like a volcano that blows out, and it wants to shoot out all the magma at once and burn the Real Madrid players alive.

When the camera is focused on the Barcelona fans, many people do the middle finger gesture in front of the camera, and as fans, they don't care how rude the action is.

"It's a shame that Real Madrid didn't score quickly after scoring the first goal, so Barcelona didn't have the pressure!" Madrid's commentator sighed and said: "At the Camp Nou, a 1-0 lead is really a dangerous score, because not only does it not ensure victory, but it will also arouse Barcelona's fighting spirit, and now it seems reasonable to be equalized, but I want to say that Real Madrid's back line has worked hard, and there is really no way to concede this goal!" ”

Although Madrid's commentator is very dissatisfied with this situation, what can he do, in the face of the powerful Barcelona, Real Madrid can lead for nearly 70 minutes, which is not easy, at least he thinks so.

The unwillingness in his heart also represents the Real Madrid players and fans, from the lead to the draw, this is really a kind of helplessness.

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Cesc Fabregas, the scorer, was surrounded by his team-mates and they all looked happy to score the first goal despite the fact that it was still a draw. Then there is a chance to score the second goal, which shows that Real Madrid's defense is actually not very good.

On the other hand, Real Madrid's players. Their faces were filled with righteous indignation, and they did not mean to be discouraged or afraid. Just blame yourself for not performing well.

The defenders felt that they were not doing well defensively, while the attacking players felt that they could not continue to score, and they did not lose to Barcelona at all in terms of quality, and now they are being equalised, which is naturally uncomfortable.

"Damn, I've been holding on for almost seventy minutes, and it still doesn't work?" Khedira hunched over, his hands on his knees, gasping for breath in his mouth.

For him. This situation is so unpleasant, he runs around for defense, tired like a donkey, but the result is like this.

There is more than one defender who thinks the same way, and everyone feels that it is a tragedy that they have tried hard and failed to keep a clean sheet.

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Lippi touched his silver-white hair with his hand, then took off his glasses and wiped them, feeling relieved.

In order to hold the score of 1:0. For nearly seventy minutes, his heart was beating desperately, and it was really embarrassing for him as an old man.

Now that the score has been equalized by the opponent, he has a feeling that the pressure has disappeared. What he thought to him was that Barcelona were not the belly of a fish, and they were able to beat them by a big score at home last time. It is caused by a combination of various factors, and it is not a true reflection of the strength of the two teams.

So today's game. Lippi had only one aim, and that was to score a few more away goals. Try to keep the score as a draw, so that when you get to home, the hope of advancing is very high.

As an older man, he may have been a bit conservative in his thinking, but he was very safe, and he didn't want to be desperate to win and then cause the players to lose the game because they were so desperate to win.

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Lin Yu was also very annoyed, and he was shouting to his teammates: "Don't be discouraged, isn't it just a draw?" And we have an away goal, we don't have to win too much today, it's enough to win against Barcelona, defenders, you're doing a good job, it's time for us to perform! ”

His words didn't sound very inflammatory, but because of his presence, no matter what he said, it seemed loud.

In the first half, it was one of his goals that broke the deadlock on the field, so if he wants to score, even if it is blind, his teammates will definitely believe it.

There was no loss in the first place, but he was unhappy in his heart, coupled with Lin Yu's remarks, Real Madrid's players immediately became high-spirited again, after all, this is an away game, the score is still 1:1, there is no need to be discouraged at all, in the end, it is Barcelona who is anxious now, they have no need to be anxious at all.

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"It's finally Barcelona time, and it's time for Real Madrid to get a taste of Barcelona! This is the Camp Nou, not the Bernabeu, and Real Madrid really shouldn't be too arrogant! The Camp Nou's on-site commentator was very satisfied with the team's goal, and even thought that this goal would lead to a complete reversal of the situation at full-time, and Barcelona will rely on home advantage to beat Real Madrid in the next time, and let the Real Madrid players know whose turf it is.

At this time, the nervous are Real Madrid fans, because in the league, Real Madrid defeated Barcelona by a big score at home, so they think that the current Barcelona is no longer good, and it is definitely easy for Real Madrid to kill Barcelona, but today they saw the team playing so hard, and finally took the lead and was equalized, and their frustration can be known.

The greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment, and this is not for nothing.

However, at this time, they can only expect the team to win this game, as for the score is no longer important, they have realized that Barcelona is still a very difficult team to deal with, can win the game, it is a victory, and whether it is a big score to win, it does not matter at all.

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Real Madrid did not choose to retreat because they conceded a goal, which not only did not make the team's defense stronger, but led to more crazy attacks from Barcelona.

Lippi also decided to continue attacking after thinking about it for a long time, and now the battle is for away goals, even if they lose today's game, it will be extremely beneficial for them to score a few more away goals.

The tactics of the first half were followed, with Lippi's only change being to bring on Xavi Alonso for Pepe, who was deployed as a central midfielder.

Xavi Alonso is obviously physically exhausted, and to let him insist is not only irresponsible to the team, but also irresponsible to himself.

Playing in an overdrawn state is very easy to get hurt.

After Pepe came on the field, Lippi assigned him a special task, that is, to defend Messi, even if it was a card, it didn't matter.

The original zone defense has been weakened due to the decline in physical strength, and now Lippi has also had to make some changes, allowing Pepe to keep an eye on Messi, while others are eyeing Andres Iniesta, Cesc Fabregas and others.

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Pique feels that he is now the most tragic person in the world, obviously his height is much higher than Lin Yu, but every time he faces Lin Yu, he seems so weak, the reason why Lin Yu has not scored for so long is not his credit, but the credit of the referee, several times Lin Yu's attack was either blown offside, or blown foul, in fact, there is a lot of controversy. (To be continued......)