Author: Bei Guoxia

Lin Kedi also stood up and joined the battle.

"Sir, this is definitely a red card. I was carrying the ball and I was about to go solo. He directly grabbed my shoulder from behind. I swear, his foot didn't touch the ball at all, but he pulled me

Pulled down, he ruined one of our excellent shooting opportunities! This can't be a yellow card action - by the way, he was double-teaming me with Pique in the penalty area just now. That was a foul, and now twice

Foul!"

Lin Kedi said eagerly.

When Lin Kedi appealed, the referee kept writing things down behind the yellow card. After writing down, he looked at Lin Kedi.

"This is Mr. Lenglet's second foul. In fact, he is not the last defensive player except the goalkeeper. The last defensive player is Mr. Pique, so this is not a red card. Secondly, I have warned you just now."

Lenglet, it is reasonable to show a yellow card this time. I hope you can control your emotions."

After hearing this, Lin Kedi became even more angry and wanted to say something else immediately.

At this time, She Nei came up and dragged Lin Kedi away.

Then Tadic came up to negotiate with the referee.

He knew that it was difficult for the referee to change his mind at this time. Although there was already var, it was obvious that the referee was not prepared to look at var at all.

Therefore, Tadic must put pressure on the referee to ensure that the referee will enforce the law "fairly" in the next game, at least in a consistent manner.

"Sir, I understand your considerations. I respect your law enforcement, but I want to understand and hope that I can continue this law enforcement standard in future games."

Tadic said it clearly and left directly after finishing speaking.

And this penalty also gave Ajax a chance to take a free kick.

However, this position is a bit close to the goal. It is only 1 and a half meters away from the penalty area line. If it is too close, the free kick will not be easy to hit. If you want to hit an arc, the ball will basically go out of the baseline before it can fall.

Generally speaking, you can play ground balls and banana balls in this position. Try to hit the side of the wall instead of the top.

For Lin Kedi, the player who takes the penalty, this ball is really not easy to take.

Lin Kedi took a deep breath, then waited for the whistle, and it was done in one fell swoop.

The ball was kicked out, slightly higher than the crossbar, and flew out of the baseline.

Lin Kedi rubbed his hair in annoyance, then turned around and ran back.

There is not much time left before the end of the first half.

Barcelona still has the ball at the moment, but their ball cannot reach Messi's feet in the frontcourt.

In fact, they can still pass it to Suarez. After all, Ajax is wholeheartedly cutting off the connection between teammates and Messi, but Suarez's defensive level is definitely not as high as that of Messi, but Barcelona's midfielder

The players seem to be programmed to keep looking for Messi, even though they have been interrupted so many times, they still insist on looking for Messi.

In fact, in some cases, it would be better to find Coutinho on the left or directly find Suarez.

Valverde watched from the sidelines and shook his head, but he also knew that during the halftime break, he couldn't say "Stop looking for Messi, look for the other two points!" This kind of thing is not possible in Barcelona.

When you are a head coach in a top club, sometimes your tactical ability is not even the first priority. Being able to manage the locker room is the first priority.

Valverde's mood was complicated. He actually received a contract extension from the club's top management before this game. Because his performance in the league this season was indeed good, the club had contacted his agent as early as a month ago.

Let’s discuss contract renewal.

His contract is for two years, plus a team option.

If the performance is good, the club can directly activate the team option and directly renew the contract for one year.

But it is obvious that Barcelona's top management is still very satisfied with Valverde. They decided to negotiate a new contract and a new contract extension with Valverde. After about a month of on-and-off negotiations, this contract extension

The contract was given to Valverde before today's game.

Barcelona's top management also understands the meaning very clearly. No matter what the outcome of the Champions League semi-finals is, we will renew your contract.

Under this premise, and under the premise that he has no worries about his coaching position, Valverde is not a strong coach, so he will naturally not challenge the authority of Barcelona's number one player Messi in the locker room. Why bother?

Offending Messi is equivalent to offending most of the locker room. Is this a good coach?

So during the halftime break, Valverde also thought about changing his tactics and asking Messi to move to the center to play as an attacking midfielder, with Dembele on the right, and then removed Vidal. Coutinho was still

He is a left winger, but when defending, he drops back to the midfield to defend.

In this way, there is a fast horse on the right, which can attract some defensive players to reduce the marking of Messi.

In fact, Messi has already played as the core midfielder in the frontcourt in Barcelona, ​​but the starting point is still on the right. Now Valverde means to prepare Messi to directly position himself in the center.

In fact, Valverde's idea is nothing more than a good tactical change.

Because the closer to the center and closer to the goal, the threat is definitely the greatest.

If you want to maximize Messi's threat, put him in the middle, with Suarez in front of him to open the way for him to fight, and there are wingers on both sides to attract defense, and then Messi waits in the middle to harvest.

After Valverde made a plan, he was ready to directly use this tactical adjustment in the second half.

So, when the referee blew the whistle to end the first half, Valverde went directly back to the locker room, dragged over the tactical board, and placed the tactical flags there. As soon as the placement was completed, the Barcelona players

They had already filed into the locker room.

Valverde patted the tactical board.

"In the second half of the game, there was an adjustment. Osman came on and replaced Vidal. But Osman, you go to the right wing position. Leo, you go to the center, behind Luis, where you can exert your greatest power. Felipe, you

When attacking, you still play as the left winger, but when defending, you have to return to the midfield. Such an adjustment

, our midfield has actually become a two-back midfielder and one front-midfielder tactic. Therefore, Rakitic, in the second half, you are responsible for connecting the front and backcourts. You do not need to go forward to participate in the attack. You connect the midfield, frontcourt and left and right dispatch.

This is your task. Okay, do you still have any questions? No more, right? Then, Osman, you can go out and warm up in 3 minutes."

After Valverde quickly and resolutely arranged the tactics for the second half, he walked directly into a small room in the locker room, which was the coaching staff's rest room.

Valverde's assistant coach couldn't help but said to him: "Ernesto, you are very strong today. You are not like this normally."

The two were also old friends, so they talked directly.

"I received a contract extension yesterday, a new contract extension, do you understand what this means?"

The assistant coach's eyes widened when he heard this.

"Okay, this is a good thing! So you are not being strong, you still want to follow Messi's lead?"

"I lost, lost the semi-final, I can still stay in Barcelona, ​​but if I don't play with the best player in the club's history, let alone the senior management, the fans will kill me. So, I am

In terms of tactical concepts and work, I just chose the latter. I don’t want to be a tactician, I just regard coaching as a job. Thinking about it this way, coaching here will be much easier.”

Valverde said easily.

As soon as the game started in the second half, Barcelona took the lead in making substitutions.

This immediately attracted Zhan Jun's attention.

"Oh! Barcelona has made substitutions. Dembélé has been substituted and Vidal has been substituted. Substitutions at different positions mean a change of formation! We need to look at the specific formation after the game starts to know."

After a while, Liu Yue discovered Barcelona's formation changes.

"The formation changed to 4231! Barcelona changed the formation to 4231, with Messi playing as the attacking midfielder, Dembele playing as the right winger, and Rakitic and Busques playing as double midfielders. This change of formation may be because of the desire

Use Dembele's pace to attack Ajax."
Chapter completed!