Chapter 106: The Wonderful Attack and Defense of the Start
"Now the Champions League theme song is being played at the scene, and soon the first leg of this world-renowned Champions League 1/8 knockout round will begin. The two favourites for this season's title will meet brutally early. It's almost an early Champions League final, which could be bad news for both opposing teams. But for us, it was a beautiful draw, and we will be able to enjoy such a wonderful game like Mars hitting Earth in advance.
Now, let me introduce you to the starting line-ups of both sides. First of all, the visitors Chelsea still lined up their strongest 4-2-3-1 formation. With the exception of Joe Cole and Bridge, who are left wingers and defenders, the rest of the positions have been a steady start this season. There is no doubt that this is the strongest squad Chelsea can field at the moment.
As for Barcelona, although the team is full of injuries, it still has a 4-3-3 attacking formation at home. Despite the injury of the team, Rijkaard is still confident to continue the team's active offensive tactical arrangement. In the face of Chelsea's fearsome solid defence this season, Barcelona's front trident will have a significant impact. Giuli, Samuel Eto'o and Ronaldinho will be Barcelona's biggest players in this game. ”
While the commentators were gushing about the starting line-ups of the two teams, the pre-match ritual on the field was also nearing the end. The players of both sides began the pre-match handshake ceremony, and then went to their respective halves to wait for the captains to finish the coloring. Taking advantage of this brief moment, Lao Lei was jumping and pounding in place, moving his hands and feet. Seize the last time and move your body as much as possible.
At this time. His mind was already spinning, and a bit of information about Barcelona flashed through his mind. Rijkaard's Barcelona team. The most famous thing is their gorgeous and sexy play. In terms of the team's attacking power and style of play, this Barcelona team is definitely the top in today's football, if not one of the best. Smooth and steady ball control and efficient high press defense are two of the team's sharpest weapons.
Judging by the team's performance this season, it seems that only the Iron Bucket formation is the best way to deal with them. And it's just a solution, their strong midfield playmaking and control ability can always give their strikers great attacking opportunities. Thereinto. Especially with Ronaldinho, who is gradually entering the peak of his career this season, how to defend the Brazilian has become the biggest problem for all the managers of Barcelona's opponents. Super personal ability, like Lao Lei, often allows him to stand up when the team is in trouble and play a role in breaking the surface. Therefore, for the average team, the bucket formation is only to prolong the time of their defeat.
In Lao Lei's opinion, the most terrifying place in Barcelona is this. It lies in its control and creativity. Albertini, Deco, Xavi, Giuli and Ronaldinho. All five of them are world-class midfielders who have made a name for themselves, but the scary thing is that they are all part of this Barcelona team. That's exactly what happened. Almost all opponents can feel the huge defensive pressure against Barcelona. Barcelona mercury leach. The pervasive wave of attack often forced them to retreat from their defense. Then it was besieged. It's pretty much the standard template for all Barcelona games this season, attacking, non-stop, frenzied.
Add to that a solid defence, and how can such a team not be terrifying. This is a peerless enemy, and in this regard, Lao Lei has long had such a view and psychological preparation in his heart. However, that didn't deter Ray and his Chelsea team-mates, who were no longer the mercenaries they were at the start of the season. "We are strong! We can break all the enemies! 'It's a firm belief that all the players in this Chelsea team have.
didn't let Lao Lei, who was already excited, wait for a long time, and the game soon began. Amid the cacophony of boos from the Barcelona fans at home, Chelsea kicked off first and took control of the football. This is Mourinho's countermeasure, and now that he has Lao Lei, a dominant midfielder, he does not intend to hand over the ball to Barcelona. When there is Lao Lei's ball control guarantee, it is a very stupid thing to let Barcelona control the ball and keep attacking, and Mourinho never does anything stupid about football.
After receiving Frank Lampard's return pass in the opening period, Lao Lei immediately ushered in the frantic pressing of Barcelona's frontcourt players. At this time, he didn't plan to pass it back. As soon as he saw the current situation, Lao Lei knew what kind of calculation Barcelona and Rijkaard were playing, grabbing the start, even if they couldn't make contributions, they had to suppress their morale. Therefore, he decided to start at Camp Nou and suppress the morale of Barcelona. The most important thing is to deal with such a team with super attacking power, and not let him get up and get up.
And what this decision brought was that the first head-to-head conversation between Lao Lei and Ronaldinho came immediately. Today, the two friends didn't even fight in person, and they started a fierce duel between winners and losers. In the face of the Cameroonian shooter Eto'o who was pressing up at great speed, Lao Lei did not panic at all, and his right foot was buttoned against the football, in a way similar to four or two thousand pounds, which looked very casual and easily resolved Eto'o's grab.
But this is not the end, and then Ronaldinho, who was extremely excited and serious at the beginning of today's game, was abnormally active and actively pressed, and chased after the football at the same time as Lao Lei. The first head-to-head conversation between the two immediately attracted everyone's attention and attention, and the commentator also shouted excitedly: "The first time you fight, face to face, who will win?!" Who will lose?!! ”
In fact, he doesn't have to be excited, because the suspense of the outcome of this fight is really small and negligible. Unlike Lao Lei, Ronaldinho really has no experience and ability on the defensive end, and all his talent is focused on the offensive end. I saw Lao Lei stepping on the ball with his right foot in a dashing manner, and then pulling and flicking it, he shook off Ronaldinho's pressing.
Faced with such a result, even the most hardcore Barcelona fans are mentally prepared. But when it really happened, they still couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Because no matter what you say. It was the aces of the opposing side who won in the first head-to-head meeting, gaining the upper hand and the advantage. But. It didn't take long for that frustration to turn into a cry of excitement, even if it was just a foul on Barcelona.
Ronaldinho showed a rare show of resilience on the defensive end after being shaken by the old thunder. He didn't let Lao Lei go, but relied on his super body balance and flexibility, forcibly reversed his figure, and then completed a tackle on Lao Lei. Although in the end he only tripped over Lao Lei and did not succeed in breaking the ball, it was enough to make the Barcelona fans shine. The excitement is up. From this rare scene, they saw in the Brazilians the will to win and fight, as well as a little bit of tough gunpowder. This, combined with the fact that this is done by the Brazilian, who has always shown himself with a relaxed and smiling image, gives Barcelona fans an urge to smell gunpowder and stimulate the aggressive factor in their hearts.
After the referee blew his whistle, Ronaldinho pulled the old ray up. At this time, Lao Lei's expression was still slightly surprised, and he was a little skeptical that the person in front of him was Ronaldinho. But when he saw the fiery eyes of the Brazilian, he understood. I came back to my senses. "I want to win!" This is the subtext that Old Ray reads from Ronaldinho's eyes.
Without saying a word or saying anything, Ronaldinho went straight to his own half. Looking at the figure of Barcelona No. 10, Lao Lei's eyes showed an interested look. His trademark smile hung on the corners of his mouth. On the surface, Lao Lei is very relaxed, but as long as you see his excited and even a little crazy eyes. You can see how desperate the Chelsea no.13 is and how hungry he is to win.
This time the two fought each other. It was the game that set the tone, and both sides began to show all their housekeeping skills. In the 3rd minute of the first half. The first shot of the game came from Ronaldinho, who paid homage to the old Ray. Up front, Deco and Albertini quickly got together and Frank Lampard's pass was broken. Then, as a former AC Milan vice-captain and "midfield metronome", Albertini rushed to Lampard's counter-attack, and directly sent a long pass of the iconic scalpel of the ageless knife, and the football fell to Ronaldinho in front of him with unmistakable precision.
At this moment, the Brazilian showed his amazing ball sense beyond the ordinary. The falling soccer ball stuck to the surface of his foot as if it had been glued, and then immediately picked it up again, and the ball flew directly and lightly over Ferreira's head. Immediately afterward, the Brazilian twisted his waist and accelerated from Ferreira's side. Ronaldinho was quick to connect with these few movements, without giving Ferreira any time to react, and it was clear that the Brazilian was in good shape.
Although Ferreira finally hit Ronaldinho, the Brazilian still controlled the ball steadily, and then flicked the outside of his right foot and began to cut inside. At this time, Lao Lei immediately appeared in front of him, and the two met directly again.
In the face of Ronaldinho, Lao Lei was engrossed in his attention and did not dare to slack off. However, even Lao Lei, facing Ronaldinho, who is in good form, is a little stretched on the defensive end. I have to admit that when it comes to individual dribbling and dribbling breakthroughs, the Brazilian has done the best.
He first flicked the outside of his right foot and made a gesture of continuing to cut inside strongly. According to the range of his movements, Lao Lei is very sure that this is not a feint. Therefore, he immediately shifted his weight to the left in order to maintain his effective blocking of Ronaldinho's path. But almost at the same moment, he noticed that although Ronaldinho's leg swing was enough, his right foot never seemed to leave the ball, and there was a tendency to cross the bottom of the ball.
At this time, Lao Lei's body instinctively followed the sixth sense, and immediately adjusted his center of gravity back. Although there is no guarantee in terms of probability, Lao Lei's sixth sense and physical instinct are telling him what Ronaldinho will do next, that is, flicking the tail of the bull. Lao Lei has such a feeling, also because he was successful in wearing Maradona's crotch in the system task because of this trick, and he played a good trick.
As it turned out, his hunch was right, and to the exclamations of the fans, Ronaldinho magically pulled the football back with an exaggerated twist, and then adjusted a step to immediately get up and volley hard. After kicking the ball out, Ronaldinho felt great and felt that there was a chance that the ball would be there. But soon, a toe that jumped into his field of vision shattered his hopes of scoring.
Lao Lei almost stabbed the football with his toe in a one-word horse posture. And it is precisely because of this that the trajectory of football has changed, and it can be deflected off the far post. In just a few seconds of this exchange, both men have done their own offense and defense to the extreme. Although, Lao Lei's defense this time is somewhat lucky, but in that case, who can't underestimate Lao Lei's defensive ability because of this, he has done his best.
In this process, the demeanor and movements of the two people were quickly presented in front of all the spectators and fans in slow motion, which immediately caused a burst of amazement.
"That's the game we're going to watch! Top Confrontation! Top offense and top defense!! It's so exciting, the duel between these two people, let me watch it for 90 minutes, I won't get tired of it!! A commentator said excitedly.
In the regretful voices of the fans at the scene, Ronaldinho helped up the old thunder who was a little unstable because of the word horse.
Then, he said to Lao Lei slowly: "I must win this game!" ”
Then, he let go of Lao Lei and prepared to attack and defend the corner kick.
"The warm-up is over!!"
After the attack and defense just now, Lao Lei was already excited. Beneath his calm surface, he is actually a mad heart.
"That's the game I want! That's the game I want!! Refreshing!!! ”
The thrill of just being different from failure and scoring goals is what Lao Lei has been pursuing and longing for, in his words.
"This feeling, I can never quit it!!" (To be continued......)