Chapter 125: Is It a Holocaust?

In this game, Rijkaard still lined up an attacking lineup of 4-3-3. However, compared to the previous round, his lineup in this match was significantly more aggressive. Giuli and Albertini, who have been in a slump of late, were replaced by Andres Iniesta and Gerard respectively. If the starting 11 in the first leg is more stable and controlling, then the starting 11 in this game is obviously more focused on impact.

This was evident as soon as the game began. Although this is Stamford Bridge, the Barcelona players did not feel like a guest at all, and they carried out fierce front-court pressing as soon as they came up, which was quite a ferocious momentum of anti-visitors. But this slightly impatient strategy has been guarded against by Chelsea for a long time. In the face of Barcelona's forward pressing formation, Mourinho's tactics are to play long passes and play fast attacks.

In order to achieve this, Mourinho also deliberately did not line up in a 4-2-3-1 formation in this game, but changed to a 4-4-2 formation. Set up two high-altitude ball receiving points in the front court to increase the ability to grab points in front of the goal. But for Chelsea, it is a pity that due to Drogba's red card suspension, Chelsea's forward line will be lacking Drogba's impact in this game. You must know that the impact of the Ivorians in the first leg has caused a lot of pressure on the entire Barcelona backline. His brutal style of play, which can even be said to have made both Barcelona centre-backs unbearable, and then made Barcelona's back line dare not press the assists lightly, which is one of the important factors in Chelsea's victory in the first leg.

And this is the main reason why Mourinho's feelings at the press conference after the first leg will be so excited. However, the referee's decision cannot be denied and changed, according to the official UEFA statement. The referee is also human, and mistakes are inevitable. Therefore, the outside world should have a certain tolerance rate for the referee's decision. Even if he dismisses this statement, Mourinho can only reluctantly accept it. In terms of the forward arrangement of this game, he can only send a duo of Kezman and Goodjohnson.

However, Mourinho's complaints were not without gain, at least the referee of the second leg became the world-famous whistle bald Kriner. I have to say that this can be regarded as a perverted compromise of UEFA. After all, Drogba's second yellow card in the first leg and the "mysterious player tunnel time" have caused too much turmoil, and they must control this kind of influence. Of course, Mourinho and Rijkaard had another war of words before the game.

In addition, Mourinho's helpless change of formation brought changes beyond him, Lao Lei and even everyone imagined in this game. It can be said that this ending has completely changed. And this change has started since the beginning of the game.

In the second minute of the first half, after receiving a pass from Terry at the back, Lao Lei immediately faced Ronaldinho and Iniesta. Faced with such a situation, Lao Lei did not panic. After all, these two people are good at offensive talent, and they can only be said to be doing their best in defense. Lao Lei leaned on Iniesta, while skillfully controlling the football under his feet, and began to circle around the spot like a stick, which made Ronaldinho on the side spend a lot of effort. But he can only run with football.

When he was about to finish a turn, Lao Lei suddenly changed, and gently poked the football under his feet with his toes, so that the football could pass calmly from under Iniesta's crotch. Then he accelerated himself to get rid of them and burst forward with the ball. This series of calm and dashing handling of the ball against the pack at the back was the first cheer from the Chelsea fans after the opening kick-off. Originally, the midfielder got the ball at the back. Playing this kind of flower work is heart-wrenching, because once you make a mistake. That would give the opponent a great chance to counter-attack. However, this season's Chelsea fans have become accustomed to the occasional show of skill from Ray to the occasion. Even though the old Ray is a midfielder.

Now Lao Lei has become the most reliable player in the hearts of Chelsea fans, no matter what crisis situation on the field, as long as the ball appears at the feet of Lao Lei, Chelsea fans have a sense of relief and relief. However, Chelsea's first goal did not have much credit for the Chelsea no.13, and it can only be said that Lao Lei just warmed up for this goal.

After turning and getting rid of it, after dribbling the ball near the center circle, without giving Deco time to interfere, Ray immediately sent his trademark through ball to the feet of Goodjohnson in front. However, the Icelanders did not take the football well. After stopping the ball a little wider, he was immediately kicked away by Barcelona central defender Oleg behind him.

Then, what happened next became the beginning of a series of unexpected events. Xavi was forced from behind by Frank Lampard before he could get the ball back from behind Ollegher's pass. This time, Lampard used his body wisely, arching Xavi with all his strength. When Xavi stumbled at his feet, Lampard stepped up in time to cut off the ball at Xavi's feet.

Immediately after the break, Lampard crossed straight to the right of the penalty area and formed a tacit understanding with Kezman, who was quickly moving forward. In an instant, Chelsea pushed the ball into the Barcelona penalty area, and the Barcelona defence was in disarray. As soon as Kezman got the ball, he knocked back into the middle of the box, where Gud-Johnson was already in action. He won the ball and slammed it lightly, and it was a beautiful stop-and-go that shook off Herard, who was returning to the defense. Then, before the blockade of the Barcelona central defender, in the face of the attack Valdés, the kick was a push close to the ground. Valdés couldn't get off his feet and the ball rolled at his feet into the goal behind him. Just three minutes into the game, Chelsea got off to a fantastic start with a goal. And the assist and the person who scored the goal was the two-striker combination that Mourinho had no choice but to discharge.

“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!! Edul! Eduar!! We're ahead! Ahead!! Blitzkrieg, it's a blitzkrieg! Just three minutes into the game, we dealt the Spaniard the killer blow! The Champions League top 8 are calling us!! Hahahaha! With the passionate voice of the live commentary. Stamford Bridge erupted like a volcano, and some Chelsea fans had not even found their place to sit down.

It was a goal that stunned everyone. It's just that some people are surprised, while others are shocked. No one thought of it. The situation of this game will be broken so quickly. Compared to the white-hot battle between the two teams in the first leg, the goal came too easily and too soon. 3:1, Chelsea had a two-goal lead in an instant, and now Barcelona must score three goals in the next game if they want to advance, and they must ensure that Chelsea cannot score.

Lineker was blunt about the difficulty of the task: 'It's almost impossible, there hasn't been a team in this stadium this season who has been able to face Chelsea. Accomplish such a feat. And obviously, Rijkaard also knows this, after seeing the goal, his face was stunned at first, and then he became angry, this is almost a goal that will give Barcelona a death sentence.

Chelsea were naturally pleasantly surprised by the panic of the entire Barcelona team, and this goal will greatly reduce the difficulty of their successful progress. Looking at Ronaldinho, who was a little distracted in front of him, Lao Lei was pleasantly surprised. I couldn't help but joke proudly: "Hey, man, it looks like I don't even have to make a move in this game, you're going to lose." What a pity. ”

His words, full of ostentation and smugness, got nothing but Ronaldinho's eyes and a cold snort. But. Old Ray: That's what he wants. Looking at Ronaldinho's back that was more anxious than the opening, Lao Lei couldn't help but feel a sense of relief in his heart. He suddenly had a feeling. I feel that this game will be much easier than I imagined.

However, even such an optimistic old Ray. I didn't expect the competition to be so smooth, so smooth that it made people feel like it was just a dream. If the commentators who are now on the side of Barcelona are still stubbornly looking for various reasons to prove their judgment, then after 10 minutes, they completely shut their mouths and no longer have the face to speak.

The fact that they were behind in the opening three minutes pushed Barcelona to the edge of the cliff all at once. Now they can only adopt a more aggressive and risky strategy, and there is only a strong attack in front of them, and then a strong attack on Huashan. So, after the restart, their backfield was left with more space available to Chelsea.

In such a situation, if you don't know how to play defensive counterattacks, Lao Lei and Mourinho are really stupid. But what they didn't expect, and even anyone else, was that Chelsea's counter-attack today would be so successful, so efficient and so lucky.

In the 9th minute of the first half, Ronaldinho forced himself to hit the goal after cutting inside under the close pressure of Lao Lei. It was a shot of lack of power and was comfortably won by Cech. Then, it was Chelsea's inherent counter-attacking mode, with Old Ray getting rid of the ball and then making a long pass to his team-mate in front. Although this seems simple, Lao Lei's increasingly mature ability to get rid of people makes all teams know this model, but it is just Chelsea's counterattack.

This time was the same, Lao Lei, who turned around after receiving the ball from Cech's hand, immediately ushered in the joint block of Xavi and Iniesta. Because this time Lao Lei stopped the ball with his chest and turned around at the same time, so when he turned around, the football just fell, but it was still in the air. In this case, he first lifted the ball back, but at the same time leaned forward.

Then, with his raised right foot, he conceded the ball, and then with the heel of his right foot that was lifted upward, he knocked the ball forward. When the football passed over the heads of Iniesta, Lao Lei also accelerated and shortened to bypass them. This time, the dashing back-heel volley was an immediate exclamation. However, before this exclamation is over, a new round of exclamation begins, some of which express thrilling and some of which express anticipation.

After shaking off Barcelona's pressing players again, Lao Lei immediately made a long pass and handed the football to Joe Cole, who started for Robben on the left side. The skilled England left-back didn't know if he was influenced by Lao Lei, and he also put on a wonderful performance in the next catch and get rid of the ball.

At the same time as receiving the ball, he volleyed the ball past and Joe Cole used a highlight to completely get rid of Dutchman Van Bronckhorst. He then cut inside with the ball and finally got up to his first shot of the game from 20 yards out.

Strictly speaking, it was not a very high quality shot, and although it had enough power, it was too good at an angle and not much difficult for the goalkeeper. However, at this time, the accident happened again, Barcelona central defender Olegel's outstretched foot blocked, changed the trajectory of the football, and then quickly deflected to the near corner of the goal. Valdés reacted quickly enough at the moment to seal the ball with one palm. But then Frank Lampard's follow-up shot, there was nothing he could do.

When the football entered the net, the passionate voice of the Stamford Bridge on-site commentary brought a bit of disbelief. “GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!! 2:0! 2:0!! Oh my God, is this still Barcelona?! Are we playing Barcelona?!! It's so easy! It's so easy!! Is this a dream, or is it reality?!!! ”

But as it turned out, he was surprised too soon, and everyone was surprised too soon. (To be continued......)