Chapter 498: Sprint
After hanging up Wei Miao's phone, Han Sen was silent for a long time, Xu Yun was silent on the side, and gently snuggled up to Han Sen's side.
"It's amazing how life has changed!" Han Sen said, "When I was in school, it was always Wei Miao who talked a lot, and I was the one who was sullen, but now it's the other way around." ”
Xu Yun snorted: "Actually, they will be proud of you, and they don't contact you, they just treat you as an object to chase after." ”
Han Sen had mixed feelings, turned to look at the night view of Zhengzhou outside the floor-to-ceiling window, while Xu Yun muttered, "You are also my pride!" ”
Han Sen took Xu Yun into the crook of his arm with his right hand, and the two looked at the traffic outside and the bustling city together.
The next day, it seemed that they were inspired by some kind of spiritual liliang, the two did not stay longer, let alone travel in China, but flew back to Barcelona directly.
In the 27th round of the away game against Almeria, in addition to the iron-clad Xavi in the midfield, Yaya Toure, Keita and Gudjohnsen all got the opportunity to play, and in the forward line, Bojan got the start, Messi and Iniesta also started. In the 52nd minute of the game, Iniesta passed directly in front of the penalty area, Messi passed Akashet near the penalty spot and pushed it into the far corner, the ball hit the far post and bounced, and Bojan made up the ball into the empty goal outside the small penalty area. 1-0, Barcelona leads away, which is also Bojan's first La Liga goal of the season! In the 55th minute, Daniel Alves, Messi, and Iniesta made 4 consecutive short passes in a small area in the middle of the penalty area, and Bojan received Daniel Alves' cross on the left side. After taking a step, he fired a right-footed shot that hit Akashet's body and deflected into the net. 2-0, Barcelona sealed the win. Bojan scored twice! In the end, Barcelona won 2-0 away from home and continued to lead the standings.
Although Barcelona's victory came somewhat quietly, especially Pep Guardiola's rotation was quite low-key, but after the game, Cruyff, who had not spoken for a long time, once again commented on the arrangement of the Barcelona team, especially the arrangement of the midfield: "...... In the current Barcelona team. In midfield, Xavi and Yaya? Toure, Keita, Sergio Busquets, Gudjohnsen, and Andres Iniesta, an all-round warrior between midfield and winger. In this game, Pep Guardiola put Andres Iniesta up front. Yaya? Toure, Keita and Xavi were in midfield. At Barcelona, changes in the position and personnel of the midfielders often affect the team's pitch and even the result. Now that Barcelona has 7 players in the midfield, how to match it to achieve maximum power has become a matter of great concern. It can be seen from today's game. Xavi and Keita often cut forward into the heart of the box. And try to grab a point shot, Yaya? Toure did his job defensively. This style of play helped to compensate for the lack of Bojan alone in the middle, while Andres Iniesta on the left and Messi and Alves on the right also had more points to connect with when they created chances. Keita's several appearances in the box were also dangerous. In addition, the liberation of Iniesta to put him on the top of the forward line is also an effect of this midfield combination. However, there are good and bad places, but Keita, Yaya? When Toure came on at the same time, he also asked Iniestado to help Xavi organize the attack. When the opponent was as weak as Almeria is today. There won't be much of a problem when the opposition is more focused on midfield. The aforementioned weaknesses will also be exposed. The reason for dropping a few points was because Xavi's playmaking pressure was too much and there was no support. Judging from the team's record in these games, it does not mean whether such a combination is the worst or the most haode. But what is certain is that a few points conceded and the lack of attacking strength in the previous games can be seen that this is certainly not the most Haode match in the Barcelona midfield. In other words, in addition to the handsome who can also play forward data in the midfield position, Xavi has a weakness no matter who he plays with, that is, Xavi's organizational and offensive pressure is amplified, and if the opponent can't suppress this, Barcelona's attack will not have many mistakes. But if the opponent hoards a lot of troops in midfield and has the ability to stifle Xavi's playmaking, then Barcelona's attack could be problematic. The game against Almeria is now a game of rotating line-ups, and Guardiola believes such a choice is in preparation for the devil's schedule in April. In April, the Champions League will be back in action, and La Liga will be more competitive. I believe that when it comes to the real tough battle, "Xavi-handsome-Iniesta is the most reliable midfield pair......"
I don't know if Cruyff's demagogic was successful, or if he said exactly what Guardiola thought, before the start of the 28th round of La Liga's home game with Malaga, Guardiola announced the starting lineup to the media early, in which Henry, Messi and Eto'o The three strikers and the combination of Xaviga Hansenga Iniesta appeared again after the 5-2 victory over Lyon, and it was unanimously agreed by the media that since it was a Zuihou game at the end of March, and then after an international break, The teams that want to compete for the league title and the Champions League will enter the most critical "April schedule", of which Barcelona alone will have a total of 5 rounds of La Liga from the 29th round to the 33rd round, interspersed with 2 quarter-finals knockout matches against the Bundesliga giant Bayern Munich, if they successfully advance, at the end of April, there will be 1 semi-final first leg match, so that there will be 8 games to be played in this month, which is equivalent to two matches a week every week. Even into May, it is not worth optimism, the first game of May, away to Real Madrid, if there are no accidents, this game will completely decide the fate of La Liga.
Therefore, according to the long and tight competition later, the media believes that if the match against Malaga can achieve a big victory in this round, it will be a game in which Guardiola will completely decide the main lineup in the sprint stage of this season, because in the following events, if the main substitution is not clear, then the rotation will become chaotic and not conducive to the game.
Although Han Sen is not completely synchronized with the team in terms of language and communication, he also feels this breath and pressure from all aspects, first of all, the media analysis brought by Binyan to him, which shows that Han Sen has now stepped into the range of 11 people in the season sprint, and what he wants is just a performance; Secondly, Yang Man made a long-distance call to tell Han Sen, saying that since La Liga and Bundesliga have been CCTV's broadcast partners for a long time, the CCTV broadcast team will definitely report the two-legged knockout match between Barcelona and Bayern on the spot, and at the same time, it will also report on the battle of the century that will determine the La Liga championship at the Bernabeu in early May!
The season sprint gong is tight, the mountain rain is about to come, and Han Sen knows that this game against Malaga will be his chance to lock in the 11-man Zuihou!
Barcelona has won 5 wins and 1 draw in the last 6 games against Malaga, and won all the last 6 home games against Malaga. Malaga's last win at Camp Nou was 10 years ago. The two sides have met 55 times in La Liga history, with Barcelona having the upper hand with 35 wins, 11 draws and 9 losses, including 24 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses at home. With Puyol out injured and Gerard Pique also missing the game due to a cold, Uruguayan Cáceres started at centre-back. Hansen, Samuel Eto'o and Thierry Henry returned to the starting line-up.
In the first half of the game, Barcelona once beat Malaga 4-1 away, Han Sen scored 1 goal and 1 assist, which was very eye-catching, which was also Han Sen's hot form at the beginning of the season.
Barcelona had been holding their opponents down from the start of the game, and Málaga could only parry. In the 3rd minute, Samuel Eto'o passed the ball and Iniesta's shot in front of the penalty area was saved by the opposing goalkeeper Goitia. Silvenho and Samuel Eto'o then had shots from outside the area blocked. Samuel Eto'o fell in the box and the referee did not award a penalty. In the eighth minute, Samuel Eto'o passed the ball and Henry's powerful shot from inside the box went wide. In the ninth minute, Samuel Eto'o, who was still active in the front, passed the ball and Xavi's powerful shot from 25 yards was saved by Goitia.
In the 14th minute, Alves crossed from the right, Henry headed the ball from 10 yards, and the ball grazed the right post. In the 17th minute, Xavi took a corner from the right and Cáceres headed it wide again from 10 yards. Then the opposing defender Nacho tackled Han Sen and was yellow carded. Barcelona took the lead in the 19th minute when Samuel Eto'o, who insisted on playing the ball to his team-mates, provided the assist, Xavi fired a low left-footed shot into the bottom left corner from 13 yards, leaving Goitia up front helpless, and it was the captain's fifth league goal of the season. (To be continued......)