Chapter 526: Stamford Bridge (3)
Private contact with Mourinho, due to the relationship between time and language communication, Han Sen did not get more information from Mourinho, but I have to admit that Mourinho still figured out his own mind, he said that he will give himself the absolute core treatment of this condition, it is quite attractive, whether he is from college or now, almost from scratch, and then slowly gain the recognition of the team, Zuihou grew into the core of the team, but here in Barcelona, this process has been hindered, Although he played a core role on the field to reflect the value of the core, but he has not been able to get a core treatment, the team's trump card has always been Messi, and the team's midfield soul has always been Xavi, he even changed his style of play for the main force, sacrificing his position, from the front to the back, away from the goal, these are actually everything he doesn't want to do but has to do.
Pack up your mood, the big battle with Chelsea is imminent, and now the team is short of major generals for various reasons, Hansen's start is unstoppable, the only thing is to see Guardiola's deployment, which position to put himself in. In the first leg between the two sides, Chelsea fended off Barca's powerful attack at the Camp Nou and the two sides drew 0-0. In this game, almost all of Chelsea's main players can play, and the Barcelona backline lacks the strongest combination of Max and Puyol. Toure dropped back to centre-back, while Thierry Henry was also suspended due to injury in attack, with Andres Iniesta taking his place. Chelsea have six wins, three draws and one defeat against Spanish sides at Stamford Bridge and are on a 17-game unbeaten home run in European competition. The last home defeat was a 2-1 defeat in the first knockout round of the 2005-06 Champions League. The opponent is none other than Barcelona.
For various reasons, in the end, the CCTV broadcast team was still unable to achieve the first time to enter the Premier League stadium to broadcast the game live. The game can only be explained through live feeding.
"CCTV, hello everyone, I'm He Wei, it's a pity that we couldn't get into Chelsea's Stamford Bridge stadium today to broadcast the second leg of this season's Champions League semi-finals live for everyone, Chelsea at home against Barcelona, today I was guided by Zhang Luzhang. Or in the studio in Beijing to explain the game for everyone. He Wei said regretfully in the studio.
Zhang Lu muttered beside him: "Yes, but the Champions League final in Rome, Italy, we have already booked it in advance." At that time, we will explain the final of this season's Champions League for everyone, and if Barcelona can successfully pass Chelsea today, then this time there is a Champions League final for Chinese. It's going to be the highlight of what we all want to see. β
He Wei smiled: "Don't say much." Let me start with the starting line-ups of both sides, this time Ashley Cole returned from suspension, Bosingwa returned to right-back, Ballack, Essien and Frank Lampard formed a strong midfield, Malouda and Anelka were separated on either side, and Drogba stepped forward; For Barcelona, Marquez and Thierry Henry are both absent due to injury, and Puyol is also unavailable. Yaya Toure made a cameo appearance at centre-back and partnered Gerard Pique, with Hansen returning after suspension. However, in this game, the youngster Busquets played as a midfielder, Hansen should play a forward with Xavi, Iniesta on the left winger, and Messi led the attacking group. It seems that Pep Guardiola will be hoping to score at Chelsea's home stadium in this game to ensure an away goal advantage! β
In the same way as He Wei said, Guardiola also repeatedly emphasized the importance of away goals in the dressing room, as long as the away team Barcelona scores one goal, the home team Chelsea must score two goals, as long as the away goal is mastered, then the initiative is naturally on their side.
Chelsea's starting line-up for this game was goalkeeper No. 1 Cech, defenders No. 3 Ashley, Cole, No. 26 Terry, No. 33 Alex, No. 17 Bosingwa, midfielders No. 13 Ballack, No. 8 Frank Lampard, No. 5 Essien, No. 15 Malouda, No. 39 Anelka and forward No. 11 Drogba.
Barcelona's starting lineup is goalkeeper No. 1 ValdΓ©s, defenders No. 22 Abidal, No. 24 Yaya Toure, No. 3 Pique, No. 20 Alves, midfielders No. 13 Hansen, No. 6 Xavi, No. 28 Busquets, forwards No. 8 Iniesta, No. 9 Eto'o, No. 10 Messi.
'Chelsea started today with five midfielders, and it looks like they're going to encircle Barcelona's midfield! He Wei said with a smile.
Zhang Lu said with a smile: "Not really, like Malouda has always been an attacking midfielder, Anelka is a striker at all, Hiddink's arrangement today is mainly to refine the midfield, so that Ballack, Lampard and Essien become a three-back, while Malouda and Anelka are a link between the back and the front, and strive to play a good counterattack!" β
As soon as the game opened, Han Sen keenly discovered that Chelsea, the opponent he played against for the first time, brought a different feeling to himself, and many opponents, especially the giant opponents, in the face of Barcelona's eager mentality, Chelsea came up, as soon as he came up, he didn't seem to have the slightest sense of attack, and subconsciously tightened the fence of his back line. It seems that it is not so easy to get one foot in place.
Han Sen judged the situation and handed the ball to Xavi, but Xavi didn't seem to have so many ideas as Han Sen, after taking the ball, he immediately went straight to Messi in the middle, 6-2 After the bloodbath of Real Madrid, Guardiola moved Messi to the middle and retreated slightly, which quickly won unanimous praise from all tactical critics, thinking that this move was a work of turning stones into gold, which greatly amplified the role of Messi, and at the same time revitalized the entire front field of Barcelona, so that it has a core function.
But Messi only received Xavi's pass, the opposing captain Terry flew away, and the ball was tackled without waiting for Messi to turn around, the momentum of this flying tackle was ferocious, and the atmosphere of the entire Stamford Bridge stadium was ignited.
He Wei shouted nervously: "Oops, it seems that the center-back combination of Pique and Yaya Toure still lacks tacit understanding, especially in such a crucial game, facing experienced opponents, especially when they have a great manager, the loopholes are quickly exposed!" β
Although Drogba formed a single knife in the position, but the opportunity that had just opened made the Ivorians a little unprepared, and there was a mistake in stopping the ball, and he was not able to keep the ball at his feet, but handed it back to Barcelona's goalkeeper ValdΓ©s, and Chelsea missed a good chance to score!
Everyone in Barcelona suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, Han Sen touched the cold sweat on his forehead, habitually looked at the backcourt, ready to listen to Puyol's roar, and after a few seconds, he remembered that Puyol did not play in this game, Han Sen took a deep breath, applauded a few times like Puyol, and then shouted: "Focus, get serious!" β
"Oh! The TV broadcast just now cut to the scene where Han Sen applauded and cheered for his teammates in the backfield. He Wei said with interest, "In such a key game, Barcelona's defensive captain leader Puyol was not able to play, although the captain on the field is Xavi, but now Xavi's position is relatively high, and Hansen, who is standing in the back position with Busquets, is almost the only player with leadership temperament in the backfield!" β
Zhang Lu hummed with relief: "This is Han Sen's advantage, not to mention his jishu quality and so on, at least in terms of temperament, he is like a standard professional player!" Such an attitude is an example for every Chinese player to follow. β
The game on the field is changing rapidly, seeing that Chelsea's sneak attack missed, Barcelona quickly launched a counterattack, unlike Chelsea's simple style of play in the backfield to find the front, Barcelona's attack is fully spread out left and right, which is first because of Barcelona's own style, and second, it is naturally due to Chelsea's comprehensive retreat. In the 4th minute, after Hansen and Iniesta cooperated, the big foot shifted to the right, Messi passed the ball on the right side of the bottom line, Xavi refracted into the left corner of the goal from 9 meters in front of the goal, Cech did not react and fortunately Boshingwa cleared the ball on the goal line. Chelsea also escaped!
As soon as the two sides opened the goal, they began to put down their posture and began to look for opportunities, Chelsea's Ashley Cole passed the ball on the left, Lampard crossed in front of the penalty area and popped up after touching Yaya Toure, Essien faced the incoming ball 24 meters in front of the goal, and suddenly a left-footed volley went straight to the top left corner! Chelsea are 1-0 up!
Faced with this fairy-like goal that was similar to Zidane's volley against Leverkusen, Hansen and the entire Barcelona were dumbfounded!
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Seeing that the monthly pass is less than one a day, I was dumbfounded! (To be continued......)