Chapter 518: A dull end

The people around Cruyff were silent, if such hypocritical words came out of the mouth of an ordinary player, it would be another matter, but Cruyff was different, he reached the Champions League final as the main core for three consecutive years, and won the European Footballer of the Year award for three consecutive years, which not only means that he was the first person in Europe and even Shijie for three consecutive years, but also as a record of three consecutive Champions Leagues, in Shijie football, there are almost a handful, only a few people.

Xu Yun gently grabbed Han Sen's hand on the side, Han Sen suddenly turned around, and Xu Yun said softly on the side: "If one day, you also stand at the top of Shijie, what do you think you will think?" What would you want to say? ”

Han Sen pretended to think: "Say I love you? ”

"Nasty!" Xu Yun pinched Han Sen in disgust, "To be serious, do you think you will think of this way when you came?" ”

Han Sen smiled: "How could it not, the trajectory of the past has become history and cannot be changed, only an unknown tomorrow is waiting for us to create." ”

"Unknown tomorrow......" Xu Yun's eyes couldn't help but be confused when she heard Han Sen say this, and then quietly leaned her head on Han Sen's shoulder, as if this was not the Camp Nou of the 100,000 people, but the hut where the two of them lived.

There were no substitutions at the start of the second half. In the 47th minute, Drogba crossed a free kick from the left, and Ballack shook his head from outside the small penalty area and hit the goal slightly high. One minute later, Alex hit Henry's head with his shoulder during a header, and Henry went into shock. Marquez injured his left knee while dribbling the ball and Pep Guardiola replaced him with Puyol. It was his 100th international appearance for BarΓ§a. In the 58th minute, Xavi took a corner kick from the right and Messi fired a left-footed volley high from the left side of the penalty area. In the 60th minute, Xavi took a corner from the right and Drogba was not far away. Messi's right-footed shot from the top of the box was blocked by a defender, and Alves' right-footed shot from the right side of the box was saved by Cech.

On 66 minutes, Frank Lampard brought down Andres Iniesta from behind the middle and Alves fired a free-kick from 25 yards out that hit the net above the net. In the 68th minute, Xavi passed through the midfield, Eto'o turned and broke through Alex and Terry in the midfield, the cheetah burst into the right side of the penalty area and smashed Alex again and fired a low right-footed shot, Cech blocked the ball with his legs. A minute later, Xavi whipped in a corner from the right and Pique headed high from outside the six-yard box. Chelsea bring on Belletti for Frank Lampard. The player used to play for Barcelona, and the Barcelona fans applauded the veteran Belletti.

After the warm scene, there was a huge controversy on the field. In the 73rd minute, Samuel Eto'o crossed from the left side of the penalty area, Henry received the ball in the middle and turned to be pulled down by Bosingwa from behind, and referee Stark refused to award a penalty. Immediately, this penalty caused great dissatisfaction among the Barcelona players, and the Camp Nou was even more booed.

"Penalty!" Han Sen also held his head in his hands again. Standing in the stands. It stands in the shape of an umbrella that moves like a mobile phone.

"The referee was blocked in the back." Cruyff scoffed, "I've had at least 30 such fouls in my career, but the referee ignored them. ”

Binyan smiled: "Then do you think the stadium should introduce high-tech referees to solve these problems?" ”

Cruyff shrugged: "I haven't thought about it yet. ”

The penalty penalty was not awarded on the pitch, causing a certain psychological imbalance between the players of both sides, and one minute later Puyol was booked for a foul on Ballack in midfield, and he will also miss the second leg of the game due to the accumulation of yellow cards.

After that, the two sides did not achieve anything, and in the 80th minute, Messi split the ball in the middle, Iniesta shook Terry on the left side of the penalty area and fired a left-footed shot from a zero degree angle, and Cech saved the ball from the bottom line. Barcelona replaced Samuel Eto'o and Thierry Henry with Bojan and Hleb and Alves crossed from the right on 90 minutes. The unguarded Bojan header from the middle of the small penalty area goes high. In the 92nd minute, Messi made a direct pass, and Hleb's low shot from the left side of the penalty area was saved by Cech. Hleb shoots high from a tight angle. Chelsea brought on Nicolas Anelka for Ballack. In the end, Barcelona drew 0-0 at home with last Champions League runners-up Chelsea, ending a six-game winning streak at home in all competitions and Chelsea ending a four-game winning streak away from home in all competitions. Barcelona have scored zero goals at home for the first time this season and the second leg will be played in midweek.

After the game, the media agreed that Barcelona controlled the ball and controlled the game, but the 0-0 score was not what the Barcelona players wanted. It's important to keep a clean sheet at home in the home and away legs, but Barcelona haven't scored at home either. Barcelona and Chelsea have met many times in recent years, but this time neither side has scored. But in the case of Barca, last night's inability to breach the Chelsea door at Camp Nou was the first time this season that they failed to score at home, with the last time they failed to score at home was at home to Manchester United in the Champions League semi-finals last season.

Prior to this game, Barcelona had scored 94 goals in La Liga and 29 in the Champions League, both of which were the highest in European football. The 0-0 win against Chelsea was clearly not a regular performance for Barca. Statistically, Barcelona undoubtedly have a dominant advantage. With 70.5% possession and 19 shots to 3, Barcelona seem to be in their own winning mode, but the results are a bit tricky. Samuel Eto'o and Hleb's solo shots were saved by the miraculous Cech, Bojan's almost inevitable header went wide, Thierry Henry fell in the box without being whistled for a penalty, Andres Iniesta and Messi repeatedly created free-kicks in the opposition's dangerous area but to no avail, everything was one step away from the ultimate goal.

The disparity between possession and shot numbers suggests that BarΓ§a's own goal has not been threatened by Chelsea on a few occasions. Drogba's solo shot on 39 minutes was sent by Marcos; Two minutes into the second half, Ballack headed in from a free-kick from Didier Drogba, but it was a chance that Chelsea really exploited to create with their own attack. In Guus Hiddink's style, attacking is the way to win, but this time, Chelsea traded their attacking efforts for a draw.

And Barcelona defensively, Pique and Yaya? Toure strengthened the team's liliang at the back, but in attack, Barcelona suffered from physical weakness. When the English team is defending, there is a habit of first taking position, using their good physical fitness to force the opponent out of the danger zone, and then using physical strength and running to make up for the defense. Messi has very few opportunities to get one-on-one with Bosingwa after a game, and every time Messi receives the ball, he can't get rid of Bosingwa in the first place. In the game, there was even Bosingwa following Messi from one side of the field to the other, if Messi accelerated to get rid of the other Chelsea players who were bound to meet the front defense, and Messi's skill was greatly reduced if he did not get rid of Bosingwa. The same was true for Samuel Eto'o, who was unable to turn under John Terry's defence on several occasions, with the only time he was able to take advantage of space around the centre circle.

As we all know, the power of dense defense is to form a numerical advantage in dangerous areas and reduce the opponent's attacking space. Chelsea did just that very well, cutting off Samuel Eto'o's receiving and turning routes, as well as Messi and Andres Iniesta's routes towards the box. And Messi and Andres Iniesta's free-kicks around the box and Alves' crosses were not at their maximisation, and one of the reasons was that Chelsea's height put pressure on Barca.

Barcelona were held to a draw at home by Chelsea, and some media outlets showed pessimism, announcing in advance that Barca's dreams of winning the treble were dashed, and even predicting that Barca would collapse in the future. But Barcelona's schedule looks very tight, this game against Chelsea is over, and there is a Spanish derby against Real Madrid, and then the second leg against Chelsea in the middle of next week, followed by the league home against Villarreal, the Copa del Rey final against Athletic Bilbao, a week of double matches, and both heavyweight competitions, it is indeed a great test for the physical strength of the Barcelona players. The media have argued that Barcelona also know the priorities, and as things stand, the league is not as urgent as the Champions League, and it shouldn't be surprising if Barcelona have a number of substitutes on the pitch against Real Madrid.

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If one day my monthly pass is ranked first in the competition, don't rush to be surprised. (To be continued......)