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Essien was sent off and the Red Rebels had one less man on the pitch, which was a headache for Jose Mourinho. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

How to adjust?

Before the game, Mourinho can be said to have made all the preparations, he took into account the home factor of Barcelona, and also considered what to do if he was sent off to adapt, and now the situation is relatively good, at least in terms of the score.

This made Mourinho quickly make a decision, he asked Michael? Johnson went to warm up.

Why is it Michael? Johnson instead of Cesc Fabregas is because the former is more defensively capable and physical, and if Cesc Fabregas comes on at this time, he is afraid that the Red Rebels' midfield will be swallowed by Barcelona's Xavi and Iniesta.

Mourinho's assessment of Cesc Fabregas is on the soft side of the ball, and although his technique, passing ability and talent are excellent, and he can be described as a talented midfielder, his style of play is on the soft side and needs to be further strengthened.

Although the general trend of the Premier League is technology, it is still about physical confrontation, after all, these things are traditions that cannot be easily changed for a few years or even decades, so to gain a foothold in the Premier League, Cesc Fabregas needs to make himself tougher.

The Red Rebels' three young midfielders each have their own strengths, Cesc Fabregas is good at organising and passing, but he has a soft style of play and belongs to the attacking midfield; John? Obi? Mikel has excellent technique and excellent lateral passing, but is strong defensively and physically strong, and is a defensive midfielder; And Michael? It is not for nothing that Johnson has been hailed as the new Gerrard, he is both offensive and defensive, equally good in attack and defense, and has a strong ability to push vertically.

And in the current situation, with Michael? Johnson is clearly better than Cesc Fabregas.

But just in Michael? Before Johnson was about to play, Barcelona equalized with a goal from Red Rebels veteran Hleb!

Mourinho was so angry on the sidelines that he wanted to scold, because Barcelona's attack just now was from Essien's garrison area, and if Essien was there, Barcelona would not be able to open this channel at all.

"Michael, you've been watching on the sidelines for 60 minutes, you know Daniel? Did De Rossi do anything on the field? "Mourinho called Michael? Johnson, grabbing him, asked.

"Yes, sir!" Michael? Johnson nodded.

Jose Mourinho admires this clever boy, and the Red Rebels also have a tradition on the bench, which is to sit on the bench, not to let you play, but to observe and pay attention to the situation on the field, and once you are asked to play, you must be able to immediately understand what your tasks and responsibilities are.

Michael? Johnson is well aware of this tradition, so he is attentive even when he is sitting on the bench.

"You went up and hit Daniel? De Rossi's position, complete his mission, tell Kaka, get him closer to the right! 'Mourinho felt it was too much of a bag.

Michael? Johnson nodded to the sidelines, where he replaced Argentine talent Lionel Messi.

Messi had a good performance in this game, although he was only 17 years old, but against the Dutch veteran Van Bronckhorst, he almost disgraced the Dutchman, and it was his assist that helped Ronaldo score the opening goal.

Replace Messi, not because of his poor performance, but out of tactical considerations, after all, at this time, the role of Xiao Xiaoluo and Kaka on the field is more obvious, and Drogba is an indispensable member of the team's frontcourt, so if you want to change, you can only replace Messi.

The Argentine youngster knows this very well, so when he left the game, although he had some regrets, he still smiled and talked to Michael? Johnson hugged and came to the sidelines to clapping Mourinho, much to the enthusiastic support of the Red Rebels fans.

Messi can be said to be the most popular star of the new generation of players of the Red Rebels, and the club's treatment for him was even written into a script by a Hollywood screenwriter and compiled into the movie "One Goal to Fame", which became an experience of the leading actor.

…………………… After the Red Rebels made adjustments, Michael? Johnson came on and appeared behind Kaka, while De Rossi went to fill the gap left by Essien, which suddenly turned the tide on the pitch a bit.

However, Rijkaard signaled for Van Brondhorst to actively move forward to help Ronaldinho open the left passage, and Mourinho also reacted immediately, prohibiting McCone from cutting forward, and at the same time signaling the team's formation to retract, De Rossi took more care of the right side, Michael? Johnson helped protect the defence.

Although the team was passive, the Red Rebels were not blindly beaten.

Michael? Johnson's several long passes were accurate to find Drogba, or directly tore apart Barcelona's backline, creating a threat each time, but failing to grasp it, especially when Ronaldo fell into Barcelona's offside trap twice.

However, after a few threats, Barcelona did not dare to attack so closely, after all, the Red Rebels have already proved with goals that leaving large gaps in the back is fatal.

Rijkaard felt very helpless about this, because the attack group of the Red Rebels is indeed very threatening, especially the center Drogba, who is simply a super tank, and it is a super tank with fast speed, you can imagine how amazing the pressure is when it meets Barcelona's backline.

With the defence under control, Rijkaard relied on attack, but when the formation was retracted, the Red Rebels' two midfielders did well to help the full-backs control the link between the two wingers and Samuel Eto'o.

Samuel Eto'o is undoubtedly a striker with strong individual ability, and he has indeed achieved results at Barcelona, but Mourinho has always believed that Eto'o is more suitable for double strikers, single strikers, especially the 433 center forward position, has high requirements for players, in addition to being able to score goals and make balls, but also has a strong ability to read the game and play two wings, and Eto'o has a big lack of in this regard.

That's why Pep Guardiola isn't very happy with Eto'o!

In the same game, Didier Drogba and Samuel Eto'o both played as central strikers, with the latter undoubtedly the more capable of scoring, but the former's tactical role was more pronounced, which is why Mourinho relied more on Drogba than on Villa.

Villa's ability to play on the flanks has also improved a lot, but he doesn't have the attacking strength of Drogba, and of course, his specialty is his technical excellence and his ability to score points.

After Eto'o's contact with the two wingers was severed, Barcelona's attack was also frustrated everywhere, especially when the score was still fixed at 1:1 as time passed, and the anxiety of the Barcelona players can be imagined.

If this scoreline continues, the Red Rebels will undoubtedly be in a good position to advance, as they have a valuable away goal and also forced Barcelona to draw, which is equivalent to Barca stepping out of the last eight on half a foot.

Rijkaard was also aware of this, so in the 78th minute, he used the Argentine striker Maxi who was brought in during the winter break? Lopes replaced Albertini at the back and the formation immediately changed to 442, but the two full-backs pressed into the winger position, while the two full-backs pressed forward and kept compact.

This change of formation immediately allowed Eto'o to play more aggressively up front, with Maxi ? With López's tandem and strategy, he could be more comfortable attacking and immediately got a chance to get a one-on-one shot from Hleb on the right.

Cech was very focused, and the moment Eto'o hit the back of the net, he pounced like a cheetah, stretching as far as he could, and in a near-impossible situation, saved Eto'o's shot off the line.

Got up from the ground, jumped a few times, accepted the thanks of Terry and the others, and then began to organize the back line to defend.

Mourinho also realized Barcelona's change of formation, and immediately asked Vidic to warm up, taking advantage of the Barcelona corner kick was cleared out of bounds by Curtis's big foot, he replaced Kaka with Vidic, and pushed Ronaldo Jr. to the front to play a double striker with Drogba, and the tactics immediately became 522, Vidic, Terry and Curtis played a three-center-back combination.

This adjustment once again made the game stalemate, the combination of three top Premier League centre-backs, two front and one back, formed a defensive depth, coupled with the player's retreat, so that although Barcelona controlled the situation on the field and created many chances, they were never able to break through the iron bucket formation built by the Red Rebels.

There were five minutes of extra time, and the referee even delayed for almost six minutes before blowing the whistle for the end of the game, but the score was still 1-1, Barcelona failed to score again, and the Red Rebels used a near-desperate defense to save a crucial draw from the away side.

When the whistle blew at the end of the game, the Red Rebels players collapsed on the ground one by one, and they tried their best in the game, even at the last second, every cell in their body was tense, for fear that one would accidentally be scored by Barcelona.

They did everything they could, and they were rewarded at the same time.

A crucial away goal, a golden one-point, kept the Barca fans at Camp Nou unable to even boo, and they were obviously disappointed because although it was a draw, Barca were no different from losing.

"In the whole 40 minutes, a favorable situation of 11 to 10 was formed, but Barcelona still failed to win this game, we don't know whether to say that the Red Rebels are tenacious and lucky, or to say that Barcelona is not competitive, because from the process of the game, Barcelona can be said to have taken advantage of the time, place, and people, and they were taken care of by the referee at least 4 misjudgments."

"The Red Rebels are tenacious, full of blood, even though it was only a draw, but they deserved to leave the Camp Nou proudly, they deserved this point, they deserved this goal, they built up their dignity and pride in the strong dialogue with Barcelona."

Rijkaard walked off the pitch in discouragement, and Mourinho was more pronounced as a loser than Mourinho, who rushed onto the pitch to celebrate with his players, and he had 10,000 reasons to be unhappy with the outcome of the game, as his team had the absolute advantage both on the pitch and in terms of data analysis.

There is only one thing that is not satisfying, and that is the result!

Jose Mourinho, on the other hand, was as excited as if he had conquered the Camp Nou after a precious away draw.

The desperately celebrating Red Rebels players and the disheartened Barcelona players form a clear contrast on this green grass, and at the same time set off the reality and cruelty of football.

Hleb hesitated, but eventually walked over and hugged Mourinho, congratulating his team on a satisfactory result, and then hugging a few familiar Red Rebels players one by one.

Although Barcelona did not achieve the expected victory in this game, although there were arguments and even fights in the course of this game, but for Hleb, these have little to do with him, the only thing he is sure of is that, as a professional player, he did everything he could to help the team win, and after the game, he wanted to congratulate these former teammates as a friend, even though they were still enemies just now.

After coming to the sidelines with the players to thank the Red Rebels fans who had come all the way from Manchester to cheer on the team, as well as thank them for their support, Mourinho led the players into the dressing room with smiles on their faces.

Walsh and Cassel were waiting for him at the entrance to the locker room.

(To be continued)