Chapter 50: The Hand of God
In the stands at Camp Nou, the Fiorentina fans were like a holiday, probably they didn't expect that the Fiorentina team, which had one less person on the field and had to fight with Barcelona and guard against the referee's plot, actually overtook the score.
It's all just fantastic!
Completely beyond everyone's expectations!
Barcelona fans are completely confused, this is a god horse unfolding!
That's not what the plot looks like!
The first half ended in this strange atmosphere, the two teams returned to the locker room, naturally it was not peaceful, after the halftime, when the two teams returned to the field, although there was no change in personnel, but look at the expressions on the faces of the players, you can know that a lot of things must have happened in the locker room just now.
As the game continued, Fiorentina finally began to recycle with one man missing, with Digan dropping back into midfield, leaving only one Mutu in the forward line.
Fiorentina recycled, so that the pressure on the Barcelona backline, suddenly a lot less, began to attack, the midfield is not expected to advance layer by layer, can only go two wings, Messi and Henry have become the two sharp knives on the field of Barcelona, and gradually play their strength.
Seeing that the situation on the pitch was a bit passive, Prandelli made the first change in the 60th minute, replacing Mutu with Marchena and returning to the attack.
Just let Degan recycle, Prandelli hopes to use Degan's abundant physical strength and running to assist the defense, but it doesn't seem to have a very obvious effect, and there is only one Mutu on the front line, so that Fiorentina's attack is completely unable to carry out.
After Marchena came on the pitch, the pressure on Beckham and Modric was much less, although Marchena is a Spaniard, but he has no good impression of Barcelona, and he has always regarded Barcelona as an enemy when he played for Valencia in the past.
Now transferred to Fiorentina, just watched the Barcelona man's clumsy performance on the sidelines for half a day, this defensive titan has long been angry, has always been eager to try, and now he finally got the opportunity to play, so what is polite.
And Prandley also said just now, after you play, you don't need to have any restraint, fuck it!
As a result, Marchena, an honest boy, was really obedient, and only three minutes after playing the game, he used a flying tackle to put Iniesta on the ground with the ball, and directly fell a dog to eat, and Xiaobai almost became a little black when he stood up.
This tackle also summoned a yellow card for him!
But looking at the expression of this Spanish rough brother, you can know that this guy doesn't care at all, and he enjoys it very much, looking at the expression, it seems that he is still recalling the embarrassment of Iniesta when he was shoveled away just now.
Just as a striker like Digan treats scoring goals as a memory, the greatest enjoyment of a butcher like Marchena is the terrified eyes of his opponents.
With more Marchena as a meat grinder in the midfield, Barcelona's best attack can't be played at all, so they can only continue to send shells to the two wings, allowing Henry and Messi to find good opportunities to score through their individual skills.
But that's not easy to say, Samuel Eto'o is an African cheetah, not an African elephant, and letting him pick up in the middle and fight for headers is not what he's good at all.
The biggest advantage of the Fiorentina defense is that the two central defenders are top anti-aircraft Aegis, and it is completely impossible to get the ball through the wing and look for opportunities to score.
Messi and Henry's in-cut shots were obviously also expected by Prandelli, and Marchena and Beckham retreated to protect the middle, so that all of Barcelona's attacking methods collectively failed.
Seeing this, Guardiola immediately made adjustments, replacing Eto'o with the teenager Pedro, and transferring Henry to the position of the middle, although the former king of Highbury can only be said to be average in header skills, but the middle receiver is not just a header, at the beginning of the Premier League, if there is no Ruud van Nistelrooy, Henry has every chance to compete for the title of king of the small penalty area.
Although he has been transferred to Barcelona for a few seasons, Barcelona fans are still not familiar with Henry's characteristics, they know that Henry is a master of counter-attacking, but it is estimated that no one agrees that Henry is better than Eto'o, and the ability to catch opportunities in the box is better, Henry is now back to the position he used to be more familiar with at Arsenal, and he wants to prove that he is not only able to counter-attack, but also very good at outflanking him in front of goal.
In the 70th minute of the game, Pedro hoisted a pass to the right, Messi headed the goal, Henry rushed up, a standard center shovel shot, but Henry's outstretched right foot only touched the ball, failed to play in the right position and missed a chance, but his keen sense of smell in front of the goal has been revealed.
Although he couldn't score, Guardiola was clearly very happy with the attack, and went to the sidelines to show encouragement to his disciples, and for Henry, Guardiola did not bother to think less.
At the beginning, Guardiola also placed Henry on the left side, but his starting point was different, when Rijkaard placed Henry on the wing because he did not trust Henry, and because he was more optimistic about Eto'o, but Guardiola was relieving the pressure on Henry, after all, the defensive strength on the side was relatively weak. Of course, there were relatively few chances to score from the wings, with Henry only playing as a central striker on counter-attacks.
However, as Samuel Eto'o got better and better, and youngster Bojan began to show the quality of a first-class star, Thierry Henry's position was once again fixed on the wing.
Now's finally here!
Henry did work very hard, and several goal-front points grabbing showed the style of the king of Highbury, but his luck was too bad, and he was always a fraction of a goal away.
The fans in the stands also gradually became a little uneasy with the passage of time, and it would be too tragic if there was one more person on the field and a one-goal lead, if such a good situation was buried and only a draw was exchanged in the end.
At this time, Barcelona fans especially hope that someone will stand up and play the role of savior, such as ~~~~~~~~Messi!
Messi is the best to play the role of savior, but sometimes, this savior is not so easy to do, not only to have strength, but also to have luck.
It's a pity that this game has been going on so far, and Lady Luck has not come to Messi's head once.
Seeing that the game had entered injury time, the second half of the game was very dull, making people feel that time was flying by, probably to compensate the fans, so the referee gave a five-minute break.
Prandley didn't even bother to protest, there's a fart!
But soon, Prandley regretted it, he really should have protested, or at least vented his frustration!
Barcelona is the side again, or the teenager Pedro, the arc of this pass is very large, Henry fought for the top in front, but failed to touch the ball, Frei was shaken, and the ball also leaked, but looking at the trajectory of the ball, this pass should be directly out of the bottom line.
But at this time, Messi rushed over, and he had every chance to get the ball in, such as a fish leaping to the top, but if he dared to do it, his head would inevitably have a close contact with the goal.
Messi was so fast that he didn't jump, but he ~~~~~~~~~~~
The ball went in!?
"Handball! Handball! Frei roared loudly, and he could see clearly that Messi was blocking the ball with his hands in front of goal. Silva also watched it and shouted along.
But, referee, what do you mean!?