Forty-four minutes into the game, the first half was about to end, but Barcelona did not dare to relax at all.

As it turned out, they were right.

In the last minute, Lazio launched an attack.

This time their quick pass cut didn't keep Barcelona from keeping up.

It was an oversight, Modric shoved the ball straight into the ribs of the penalty area, and when David Silva and Cavani both caught the attention of Barcelona defenders, it was left-back Barzaretti who plugged in!

"Barzaretti! Golden opportunity!! ”

The narrator exclaimed.

Barzaretti then made a gesture to shoot, but swept the ball down the middle.

Valdés was completely deceived, and there was almost an empty door behind him!

Edinson Cavani, who followed up in the middle, was looking to grab the point.

As long as he can touch this ball, there is a good chance that this goal will go in!

Puyol dragged and dragged him, desperately trying to stop him.

Finally, when Cavani got up to shoot, he finally found his chance, tackled the ball and stabbed the ball to the side, Cavani kicked him to the knee of his right leg!

And Pique next to him rushed over and kicked the football big foot out of the sideline!

The poignant alarm in front of the Barcelona gate has finally been lifted......

But look at Puyol, who fell to the ground and hugged his knees, looking in pain, and then look at Valdés, who was in shock.

You know how messy Barcelona are right now!

Cavani sat on the ground with his arms raised and signaled to referee Puyol for a foul.

However, no one paid any attention to him, and the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half straight after Pique kicked the ball off the touchline.

The move even caused dissatisfaction among many Lazio fans at the scene, and there was a burst of boos from the stands.

They thought Lazio should finish the attack completely, or at least throw the throw-in......

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The first half of the game is over. Players from both sides go from the pitch to the locker room.

There is only one exception.

Puyol was carried off on a stretcher.

He had a large ice pack wrapped around his knee.

When Cavani shoots, he kicks him in the knee.

Cavani's all-out blow was indeed a heavy blow to his knee.

Anyone who saw this would know that Puyol might not be able to finish the pizza.

The look on Guardiola's face is also anxious.

Puyol is thirty-two years old. But for Barcelona. is still the most important member.

He is the anchor of the backline. Compared to him, Pique is like an ignorant hairy child.

If Puyol is gone, Pique's performance will also drop.

Until then. Who is responsible for their own defense?

Pep Guardiola feels a headache.

Cavani's kick was a complete accident, and he didn't say he wanted to hurt anyone, but it hurt Puyol.

That's really ......

See the fucking ghosts!

Guardiola scolded in his heart.

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Cavani didn't score, but he contributed to the team.

He got Puyol down. Leaving Barcelona's backline shaky, if Lazio opened the gap from here in the second half and eventually scored, then Cavani's credit must be mentioned.

At half-time, Chang Sheng had already made tactical adjustments for his team in response to Puyol's inability to play.

If Puyol can't be good at it, the space behind Pique will become a target that Lazio can focus on.

Because no one wipes his ass anymore.

If Pep Guardiola doesn't arrange for Pique to get forward, Barcelona's attack will not be as sharp as before. Lazio will be a little easier defensively – Pique's back insertion is an important part of Barcelona's attack.

If Pep Guardiola continues to let Piqui get forward, the space left behind him is something Lazio can focus on. Neither Marcos nor Ziglinski is perfectly compatible with Pique.

Anyway, no matter how Guardiola adjusts, Lazio doesn't need to worry.

'In the second half we were all attacking Pique. Be sure to crush Pique! ”

Victorious threw a punch at Pique's name on the tactical board.

Lazio's players stuff bananas into their mouths. While nodding.

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In Barcelona's dressing room, when the players entered, the team's physiotherapists got busy.

Pep Guardiola knew Lazio well enough to know that the team's fitness would be severely challenged, so he brought all three of the club's physiotherapists to Rome.

This is where it comes in handy.

Three physiotherapists took the time to massage the Lazio players to relieve their fatigue and regain a little energy.

The players were given a massage by a physiotherapist while listening to Pep Guardiola's analysis of the two halves.

"Lazio obviously want to drag us down with the pace they are good at! If we get caught up in their rhythm, we're finished. I'm sure the last ten minutes of the first half were enough for you to understand that......"

No one refutes or doubts Guardiola's words anymore.

The last ten minutes were really impressive.

Even more profound than when Lazio scored before.

They've never seen a team that is so physically ......

No wonder the coach said that Lazio's tactic is called "mad dogs", which is indeed a pack of mad dogs...... Completely tireless, either bite their prey before stopping, or die of exhaustion themselves......

"Their strength is speed, and our strength is control. Control, gentlemen. Control. In the second half, we had to control the game at our feet, and the fitness of both sides was not going to be too good in the second half. We use control to slow down the pace of the game so that we can recover a little bit more while their energy is being depleted. When the time comes, the initiative will naturally fall into our hands. ”

"Then let's talk about offense...... Leo. ”

Pep Guardiola looked at Messi.

Messi looked up at him as well.

"With the tempo in control and the overall tempo being slow, Leao, I need your breakthrough and pace to change the tempo. When they thought we were just playing slowly. You come and give them the fatal blow again! ”

Lazio and Barcelona are both adept at making the difference between passing and deciding the game, so they are at the top level in this regard, they are both good at attacking with passing and naturally know how to defend against it.

Counting on passing the ball to get Lazio done. That's unrealistic.

It's just about passing. Barcelona and Laziocki also played to a draw.

If you want to break the balance, you have to rely on individual ability.

And on personal ability. I'm afraid Messi is indeed the first person in Barcelona.

Messi nodded and accepted the task.

Barcelona won the six crowns, but he also always heard people say that Lazio is also very good, if Barcelona really want to be the first at that time. Then you have to beat Lazio.

So for this game, Messi's fighting spirit is very strong.

Then Pep Guardiola started talking about Puyol's substitution.

This incident gave him even more headaches.

Puyol's injury was a complete accident, and he probably didn't expect it himself, and a tackle cleared the ball only to allow Cavani to kick him in the knee and scrap it......

The initial dismissal of the team doctor was that Puyol was not going to be out for this season.

Guardiola could only sigh helplessly.

Now he doesn't think too much about Puyol's injury. He now has to find a replacement for Puyol right away.

Gabriel Milito, who has moved from Valencia this season, is a good fit. Guardiola has also been in Valencia, and Milito was introduced to Valencia by Changsheng, so Guardiola is also familiar with Milito.

Not long after he bought it, Milito began to get injured frequently.

Four months ago. simply said goodbye to the season with a serious injury.

So I can't count on this game at all.

The only centre-backs available now are Marcos and Ziglinski.

Ziglinski is a good centre-back, but he doesn't fit into Barcelona's system. So after he came, he performed very badly and has been put into the cold by Guardiola, and plans to sell him at the end of the season.

In this way, Marcos is alone.

Pep Guardiola brought on Marcos to replace Puyol. But Marcos and Puyol are not the same type of centre-back, so he is not a perfect replacement for Puyol.

Pep Guardiola also instructed Pique not to go up and participate in the attack under any circumstances.

Peake nodded in acceptance.

But does he really take it seriously in his heart...... Then only God knows.

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After a fifteen-minute break, the players from both sides were back on the pitch and ready to kick off.

Pep Guardiola stares at the players on the pitch from the sidelines.

After a fifteen-minute break, Barcelona's players looked a little better.

But Pep Guardiola is still worried about how long it will take for these players to recover their physical strength to be sucked away by Lazio......

He was familiar with Lazio and was familiar with the recipe he knew Lazio was at half-time.

In order to ensure the fitness of the Lazio players, Chang Sheng even paid attention to what the players ate and drank at half-time.

Nutrition expert and strength and conditioning coach Elias Dominic was brought in to develop the players' recipes.

They ate something to ensure they were able to recover as quickly as possible and then put themselves into the game in the second half.

After Guardiola became the manager of Barcelona, he naturally copied this set of things from Lazio.

Against other teams, this trick works well.

But with Lazio, he really didn't have faith.

Because after he arrived in Barcelona, he learned Lazio on the basis of physical things.

However, he felt that the effect was indeed not as good as that of Lazio.

He doesn't understand what he's missing, and he doesn't think Barcelona's fitness coach will be inferior to Elias Dominic.

But Lazio's fitness is just better.

He felt like he had done everything he could think of.

Why is Lazio so fit?

Standing on the sidelines, Pep Guardiola was puzzled.

And the second half of the game had already begun in his doubts.