Chapter 205: Jonker's Counterattack
After repeated hesitation, Barcelona coach Rijkaard decided to hold on until halftime, after all, there were only about 4 minutes left in the game, and there was no need to take any more risks.
Rijkaard's ideas did not escape Mourinho, both managers are well aware of the shape of the field, but in fact, Mourinho did not have much hope for the first half, Barcelona was too good in the opening table, even now, their attack is still fierce, if in the eyes of the layman, Chelsea are still at a disadvantage.
At this time, Barcelona still had the ball on the pitch.
No. 23 Oleg kicked to No. 5 Puyol, who in turn played to No. 12 Van Brondhorst.
Jonk was standing on the left side, seeing the opposing full-back with the ball, he slowly pressed forward, but unfortunately, the Barcelona players seemed to know his strong tackling ability, Van Bronckhorst saw him pressing, slightly panicked, and immediately passed back to goalkeeper Valdés.
Valdés ran out of the net and met the ball with a big kick to Deco near the halfway line, who stepped up to grab the ball and Deco hastily scrambled a back-heel pass to No.4 Marquez.
In fact, although Barcelona has only just re-emerged this season, their style of play is very traditional, they use frequent backfield and midfield inverted feet to pull the opponent's defense and find opportunities for their own attack, this style of play has been criticized by foreign media, but it has to be admitted. It's practical.
However, if Barca's players don't make mistakes, this style of play will certainly make their attack a big threat. In reality, it's almost impossible.
Under the command of Ronaldinho, Deco, who got the ball in the Barcelona midfield, just wanted to pass forward to the side, but Lampard suddenly rushed forward to scramble, and in a panic, Deco's pass was wrong, and Joe, who has always been bad at defending on the side. Cole is ahead of Ronaldinho. Grabbed the ball and then made a diagonal pass to Ricardo. Carvalho, this attack of Barcelona was directly disintegrated.
But actually. Chelsea didn't have a quick chance to attack as Barca's attack was just over the halfway line and their players couldn't press it yet.
Ronaldinho has been watching Chelsea's attack, and the official game is much clearer than the video. And after half the observation. He found a flaw worth exploiting, in Chelsea's attack, the opponent's number 25 has too high a ball rate, Chelsea's flanks are not any threat at all, and there is only one direction for the ball to move when there is an opportunity, and Jonker is the only Chelsea attacking fulcrum on the field.
Even though he is the world footballer of the year, his performance at Barcelona has always been very prominent. But after watching Chelsea's half-time attack, he knew he was not as important as the number 25 at Chelsea.
But Xiao Luo also has big questions. Barcelona is playing as a whole, and so is Chelsea!
But why does it now look like Chelsea are counting on Jonker to play?
The strength of this young man is so terrifying that even him, the world footballer, feels a little outrageous and can't trust his own judgment.
Of course, these thoughts were deeply hidden in Ronaldinho's mind, and at this point he was just thinking about how to exploit this 'flaw', and after a while, he decided to step forward and defend himself.
The opponent was stronger than him once just now, and as a senior, he should have made a steal as a counterattack.
So, after the Chelsea steal, Ronaldinho slowly pressed towards Jonker, his movements were not conspicuous, just slowly running back as if he was back defending, but the distance was getting closer and closer to Jonck's position.
Jonk didn't notice that, and in fact, he rarely paid attention to the position of a player on the other side even during a game, even a superstar with a high reputation.
So, Ronaldinho's idea succeeded, and he was close to Jonker. Jonker, on the other hand, was standing a little further in the center circle, constantly running, looking for an angle to catch the ball.
Ronaldinho's idea is not wrong, when Chelsea's attack crossed the halfway, Chelsea players were accustomed to looking for Jonker's position, and now the ball is controlled by Ferreira, the attacking Portuguese full-back, after crossing the halfway, he also raised his head slightly to find Jonker, and directly passed diagonally.
Jonk didn't notice Ronaldinho's move, in fact, even if there were conceding the ball in the passing route, he still had the killer skill of Xuan Gong's pace, and it was almost impossible to force a grab within 3 meters of him.
At least, he thinks so.
Personally, Ronaldinho doesn't have a deep understanding of Jonker, so Mr. Footballer stood next to Jonk and saw the opportunity, directly from the side, and ran to break the ball, Mr. World Footballer is very ghostly, and the tone is a ghost, it is better to say that Ronaldinho is an elf on the football field and has an aura.
The whole Chelsea fans exclaimed at this moment, because seeing that the football was about to return to the feet of Barcelona, and it was the first star Ronaldinho who stole it, and the target was the opponent's most 'effective' Jonker, which made them feel panicked in their hearts, everyone knows how dangerous it is to break the ball in this position, and if it is really successful, the Chelsea goal will be very dangerous!
But the next moment, what Ronaldinho didn't expect happened, the black-haired boy who was obviously behind him just now suddenly appeared in front of him, received the pass in advance with lightning speed, and then left him directly behind him with a beautiful turn.
After the exclamation, the cheers of the Chelsea fans instantly rang out, and Ronaldinho even felt that he was dazzled just now, how could such a big living person suddenly appear in front of him?
But the fans in the stadium saw very clearly that the Chelsea No. 25 on the field was a fast run, accurately stuck in front of Ronaldinho, the difference is that he moved very, very fast.
Jonk didn't bother with Ronaldinho's thoughts, and he caught the ball and shook the latter away. Straight towards Barca's goal.
Ronaldinho, who was left behind, was full of incredulity, but now is not the time to get to the bottom of it, after reacting. Immediately will chase after and participate in the team's defense.
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After getting rid of Ronaldinho, Jonker took the ball towards Barcelona in the half, and soon he was on Barca turf.
Seeing Jonker dribbling towards Barcelona's penalty area, Motta immediately greeted him, he did not impulsively step forward to grab the ball, but kept sticking to Jonker's body. kept colliding, trying to make Jonk make a mistake and then steal directly.
Jonker, who was dribbling the ball, frowned deeply. This tackle is undoubtedly what he hates the most.
In a dense frontcourt, it's hard to get space to run, that is, no matter how good his skills are. It's not practical to get rid of Mota next to you. Because the opponent doesn't pay attention to your feints or anything, and just follows closely, at this time, Jonk can't help but want to pass the ball.
The little-known Mota made it difficult for him, much to the surprise of Jonker.
In this way, without going to the penalty line, he will be dumpled by Barcelona's defenders.
However, there was one thing that Jonk had to adapt to now. He's going to have to adapt to playing without the support of a wide player. Before, as long as he got the ball. When you are caught by several opponents, you will always subconsciously look at the left and right wings, and then cooperate with the two to get rid of the opponent's defenders.
Now Jonker is fast with the ball deep into the hinterland of Barcelona alone, all he has to do is be fast, in addition to fast or fast, there is no second way to choose, people also know that without the support of teammates, you can hold the middle, you go to the side casually, anyway, there are no outflanking players, and the middle will not form a chance.
The Barcelona defenders did the same, putting them on the side and guarding the middle, keeping the danger under control, and trying not to face the goal as much as possible.
In desperation, he knocked the ball to Frank, who was following him. Frank Lampard.
There is a very tacit understanding between Lampard and Jonker, at the moment of receiving the ball, he subconsciously wanted to hang high in the penalty area, but the opponent's Motta reacted faster, and at the moment when Jonker returned the pass, he ran backwards and blocked Lampard's passing route with his body, which made Lampard very helpless.
However, Lampard stopped his right foot, which was about to pass the ball, and instead passed the ball to Joe. Cole, and then the pair made a one-two combination past Motta to give Lampard a bit of space to pass.
Almost half of Barcelona's defenders have their eyes on Jonker, not all because of Jonker's fame, the key is that Jonker passed the ball to Lampard's run, his direct luck is like a sword rushing towards the big penalty area, has been training for a long time 'zone attack tactics', he and Lampard have a very tacit understanding.
Jonck's runaway movement to the penalty area must have been very eye-catching, so 2 or 3 Barcelona players immediately surrounded him to prevent some 'accidents'.
However, Lampard's failure to pass the ball at the first time made Jonker's run completely empty and baffled the Barcelona players, but just when they were a little puzzled, the ball had already crossed an arc and flew towards the right side of the penalty area, and after getting the pass gap, Lampard did not hesitate to pass the ball into the penalty area without the slightest hesitation.
At this time, Jonker was standing on the right side of the penalty area, next to him were Marquez and Puyol, and a little next to Ronaldinho, Barcelona definitely spared no effort to defend Jonker, and when they saw the football flying in the direction of Jonker, they were even more nervous, Edmilson, who was close to Joe Cole in the middle, subconsciously moved two steps in the direction of Jonker.
All eyes were on the pass, and now that the game was in its final stages, it was likely to be the last of the first half.
On the right side of the penalty area, two Barcelona defenders leaned on Jonker with their bodies, and Ronaldinho, who had just collided with Jonker's body, felt that it was not safe, he guarded a little forward, his eyes were fixed on the fall of the football, ready to clear the siege with his head.
Ronaldinho's approach is not wrong, but he still underestimated Jonker.
In the bag between the two, Jonk did feel a kind of pressure, if he forced to rush to get the space to catch the ball and then grab the ball, it was obviously impossible to grab Ronaldinho who was standing in front of him, but if he grabbed the ball, he was likely to have the opportunity to turn and volley directly.
At this moment, several thoughts swirled back and forth in Jonker's mind. In the end, for the sake of insurance, he still chose to take the gossip dragon step. Directly put aside the physical pressure of the two defenders next to him, and instead in the run, luck soared and jumped into the air.
However, at this time, he was embarrassed to find that he was still behind Ronaldinho, and the two were in the air at the same time. But the latter moved forward to Jonk by a position, and the ball was about to be cleared by Xiao Luo's header.
For a moment, Jonk gritted his teeth. With his left foot kicked in the air, he used the spinning power of Xianglong Gong to quickly move his body sideways so that his body collided with Ronaldinho diagonally, and when the two of them fell towards the grass at the same time. The soccer ball slammed into Jonker's shoulder. It rebounded to Ronaldinho's body and fell to the grass.
The fans all looked at the stadium with some concern when they saw this scene, Jonk and Ronaldinho are undoubtedly the pillars of the two teams, and if one of them is injured, it is likely to determine the direction of the game.
But the game was not over, the referee did not blow the whistle, and the Barcelona players reacted and hurriedly ran over to prepare for a big kick. But it was too late, how quickly Jonker reacted. The first time he fell on the grass, he was looking for the position of the football, fortunately, the football jumped in front of his right foot, and in an instant, when everyone in the stadium was still stunned, he had already looked up at the shape of the penalty area.
"Little Joe!"
Just as the Barcelona players were about to run over, they instantly heard Jonker's shouting, and they subconsciously turned their heads to look into the penalty area.
And the football has whistled past the two Barcelona players, flying to the feet of Joe Cole, after Joe Cole's ball, taking advantage of the undefended, turned around and volleyed directly Valdés Although he struggled to save the ball, Joe Cole was a little too much to pursue the angle, and the ball was not touched by the goalkeeper, but it also did not touch the net, and the ball grazed the post and flew up to the back stands!
"Oh God! Didn't even score the ball? ”
"What do you think, the essence and the worm are in the brain, and at that moment I think about MM again!"
It's no wonder that Chelsea fans are so excited, the opportunity is so good, in the final stage of the first half, if this goal is scored, Chelsea will be in a good position in the second half, whether it is psychological or tactical level will be more proactive, how passive the first half is, everyone can see that this opportunity was wasted, and I don't know if there will be a second time.
"Jonker's pass is so unexpected, he and Xiao Luo collided together in the air and fell on the grass, reacted, swept the ball with his right foot, and actually passed such an accurate kick, it was so beautiful From here, we can also see that Jonk was not injured, this is the luckiest, but unfortunately it failed to form a goal in the end!"
"The all-powerful Jonker didn't work for us in the final stages, but we still have a chance, and there will be a chance in the second half!"
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In Sky TV, Lineker almost introduced the moment of Jonker's pass again, and from the commentary, it can be clearly heard that the former star appreciates Jonker, as for Joe Cole's shot, he doesn't even have the mood to comment, in the eyes of professionals, the kick may be easier than kicking away.
Mourinho jumped and jumped, at first he jumped up excitedly thinking that the ball would go in, and he kept waving his fists, but soon it became a jumping foot, the ball didn't go in, it was a rush straight jump!
This special relationship with Barcelona makes Mourinho eager to get the better of the game against Barca, and he wants to prove himself and also give a resounding slap in the face to those who are not optimistic about Chelsea's rhetoric or direct action on the pitch.
What a good first step, as long as the ball is scored, it will be different, the Barcelona will counterattack, but Chelsea have a better chance and are more advantageous.
It's a pity that the ball still didn't go in, Mourinho doesn't care how big his reaction just now, there is no need to hide any ambition at this time, he just wants to beat the opponent and beat Barcelona, a team that he loves and hates.
At this time, Jonker had just stood up from the grass, and after he got up, he did not have any chagrin, but turned around and pulled Ronaldinho up.
"Thank you, that's amazing." Ronaldinho said softly.
"It's just a pity."
Hearing the praise of the world footballer, although Jonk had a floating feeling in his heart, he still couldn't get rid of the idea that the ball didn't score.
The ball didn't go in, and it didn't mean anything. The fluttering feeling comes and goes quickly.
Joe Cole didn't dare to look at Jonker at all, and silently ran towards his own half with his head down. Jonk wanted to say something, but shook it but couldn't say it.
The first half of the game was over, and the thrilling images of the last moment seemed to be still echoing in the minds of the Barcelona players, and it seemed that the Barcelona players were still a little apprehensive, especially Messi, who was also a young man, and he barely made a deep impression in the first half. But looking at Jonker, the start and finish of the show alone is enough to make the youngster who dominated Chelsea's attack fondly in everyone's memory.
Messi looked at Jonker's figure. The idea that hovered in his mind was even more determined, he used to want to surpass Ronaldinho, but now his goal has changed, surpassing Chelsea's number 25. Definitely!
Barcelona coach Rijkaard, however, appeared calm. It felt as if he hadn't seen the last threatening scene, walking to the sidelines and consoling his players, but his eyes were always on the other person.
Jonker! Chelsea's No. 25 player, there is no shortage of talented players in the Barcelona lineup, and it can be said that the young people who can appear in the Barcelona lineup are all talents, but Jonker still makes him have to look sideways.
Compared to a year ago, Jonk is now much stronger and more comprehensive. Especially when compared with a talented player like Messi, the results will be even more obvious. The genius of geniuses, far beyond the talent of his peers, stands alone in the world, how can such a young man not be eye-catching.
Rijkaard even had an impulse, while comforting the players, he asked Jonker if he was interested in Barcelona, of course, this impulse was still suppressed by his reason, no matter what, it is not suitable on the field, what can be contacted off the field.
However, at this moment, in Rijkaard's mind, the name of the first signing has been firmly occupied by Jonker.
Mourinho is not a fool, looking at Rijkaard's eyes, he knows the general idea, but it is just an idea, how special Jonk is in Chelsea Club, maybe the players below do not really feel it, but he is not confused as a manager, to say that the player who was most valued by Abou before was Lampard, who borrowed yachts and gave luxury cars and watches, and it was not a problem to come to Jonker.
Abu doesn't appreciate Jonker at all, but really takes care of Jonk as a friend, a big brother.
There is no place to live in the house, the house is a little far away, send another one, eat, drink and have fun thinking about Jonker, Mourinho is not unaware of how chaotic Jonck's private life is outside, he still listens to the left ear into the right ear, as if he has not heard it at all.
This is deliberately pretending to be stupid, don't look at him as bullish, but for people like the big boss Abu, you still have to be careful, he is not stupid, he can be arrogant to the media outside, he can be arrogant in the face of the opponent's head coach, and even against UEFA, he will not be soft, but not against Abu.
Abu will not let Jonk enter the transfer market, it is useless for anyone to say it, the strength of the big boss is not ordinary, and no one in the club will do that.
As for Jonker, Mourinho doesn't have to worry about it, how to say that this kid at Chelsea is not too glamorous, as long as he is not stupid, he will never make a transfer.
In fact, Mourinho thought a little crookedly, and Jonk just thought it was too good, and he couldn't achieve the purpose of training, so he had the idea of moving to other places to see.
However, it is really unlikely that he will go to Spain, and the next stop in Jonker's mind is Italy, of course, this is all preliminary, and it will have to be seen.
After the half-time hiccus, in the home dressing room at Stamford Bridge, several people sat around and discussed the first half of the game with each other, but Jonker's words reached the hearts of all the players, "We have to play out, punch!" Knock your opponent down! ”
It just so happened that at this time, the team's 'real' head coach Mourinho pushed the door in, and immediately attracted the attention of all the players in the dressing room, and he had a slight smile on his face, and looked at Jonker with satisfaction, not that he felt that Jonk was right, in fact, he didn't hear it at all, and the reason why he was satisfied was because of the person who made Barcelona's eyes hot, at the moment he was under him, looking around at everyone, the Portuguese said: "The first half of the scene was a little passive, but I believe you can also feel that Barcelona's attack is actually like that, There is no height advantage, only passing and constant interspersing, and in the second half, we must pay attention to the connection of the three lines, and there will be no more disjointed problems. (To be continued......)