Chapter 668 Champions League
Rijkaard was very conservative in celebrating the goal, but after Deco scored, he still rushed out of the coach's seat, clenched his fists and roared twice.
Recently, Rijcard has been under a lot of pressure. The team is both internal and external troubles and conflicts. He just lost to Valencia in the league, and the Champions League has ushered in a tough bone like Liverpool. If this game cannot be won at home, for Barcelona, the Champions League road is probably coming to an end.
Deco's goal at this time is too crucial for Barcelona. In the past twenty minutes, Barcelona attacked very hard and pressed heavily in the backcourt. If they could not score for a long time and were hit by Liverpool, the subsequent games would be even more difficult to play. Now, Barcelona can finally shrink their formation and wait for the opportunity calmly.
Laburta, sitting in the VIP box, couldn't help but stand up, but he still kept a gentle smile even when applauding. In front of these Americans, Laburta thought that he wanted to maintain such a lofty manner and not let these Americans who didn't understand football see that they were actually so excited that they couldn't help themselves.
However, Gillette did not pay attention to what Raburta looked like. He stood up nervously before Deco scored a goal and ran to the window. At this time, he pointed at Riser and shouted: "Why are you so slow? You can't see anyone behind you."
Gillette was anxious while standing on the sidelines, while Benitez was even more anxious. Except for Barcelona, no one knew Barcelona better than him. In a sense, he knew Barcelona better than Barcelona.
Before Deco scored, Barcelona's situation was actually very dangerous. Their offensive became stronger and stronger, and the more they pressed, the more they leaned forward, but Liverpool's defense had no flaws at all. If this situation lasted for a few minutes, Liverpool would have a chance. However, after Deco scored, Barcelona would definitely not be able to press forward so much. Liverpool wanted to score a goal below. As time goes by, if Liverpool wanted to score a away goal, it would have to attack. At that time, the initiative would be completely in the hands of Barcelona.
"I must calm down if I want to keep my breath."
Benitez kept telling himself in his heart that at this time, Benitez believed that what he and the team needed most was calm, not rushing to equalize the score. 0l was not something that Barcelona could not accept. At Barcelona's home court, it was absolutely not embarrassing to lose with one goal. Back to Anfield, Liverpool definitely has hope of getting back. If Liverpool can remain calm, they may still get a chance in the future. With Benitez's understanding of Barcelona, the proud Barcelona people would probably not be satisfied. As long as they can persist until the second half of the game, Barcelona will probably attack again.
However, Benitez knew that it was not easy to persevere until the second half. Barcelona's characteristic is that they are good at playing with the wind, but not good at playing against the wind. Now Deco scored goals and led the score. Barcelona played more smoothly and more beautifully. It is difficult for Liverpool to prevent these low-sized football elves who are not tall but extremely flexible.
After a crazy celebration, the game started again. Barcelona's formation indeed retreated by about ten meters, no longer as fierce as the previous twenty minutes.
As a veteran giant, Barcelona is definitely not a rash man who doesn't know how to control the rhythm. On the contrary, Barcelona is an extremely smart team. They deeply understand that only by retracting the fists can they play more powerfully. The reason why they have to push out before is that there is no way. At the Camp Nou Stadium, no team is willing to push out and fight against them. Even their century-old rival Real Madrid can only play defensive counterattack at Camp Nou. In this case, Barcelona has to push out and attack fiercely.
Now that the goal is scored, the score is ahead, and the opponent has to attack. Of course, Barcelona is happy to play a more worry-free and easier defensive counterattack.
However, the Barcelona people soon discovered that they wanted to play defensive counterattacks had not arrived. The Liverpool, who has always been known for their blood, did not have such a strong desire to equalize the score today. Even in the situation of behind in the score, the Liverpool people still generally maintained their original formation and rhythm. If there is any change, it is that Liverpool's forward line has less time to return to defense, and the midfield core Gerrard has more time to penetrate forward, and overall it is not as Barcelona people imagine.
Barcelona is indeed a team that is very good at playing with the wind. Even if Liverpool does not play, after scoring the goal, the Barcelona man who has no pressure still has an absolute advantage in possession and shooting.
In the minute, Barcelona right-back Beletti broke through Liser and passed the ball. The rabbit Saviola made a erratic move and deceived the defender. He shot at the middle yard, but the ball was slightly off.
A minute later, Argentine young player Messi used his extraordinary skills on the right and passed Alonso again. Bellamy passed directly to the right side of the penalty area, and Deco shot from the right side of the penalty area. The ball was blocked by goalkeeper Reina in time. However, Reina rushed not far away. The Portuguese quickly followed up and shot from a small angle again. However, this time, good luck did not accompany Deco, and the ball hit the side net.
In the 25th minute, Zambrota won again against Aberoa. When he broke through, he was blocked and fouled by Aberoa. Barcelona won a free kick from the left.
Ronaldinho's smile came back at this moment, so his creativity also came back. He went around the goalkeeper Renner and shot Liverpool's goalkeeper. Renner had no choice but to do anything about the ball, but at this time, Riser, who lost the ball, made up for the result. He jumped high and headed the ball and pushed Ronaldinho's tricky hanging goal out.
Barcelona corner kick, Ronaldinho unexpectedly failed to make a cross. In fact, it was useless to make a cross. The landing points were basically from Liverpool. He passed the ball to the front of the penalty area. Midfielder Xavi made a strong long shot, but the ball was blocked by Liverpool defender Aberoa with his body to get out of the baseline.
Barcelona got five shots in less than five minutes, and there were three set pieces, which almost stunned the Liverpool. Then the somewhat angry Liverpool man increased the intensity of the foul. They fouled Saviola, Ronaldinho and Messi in five minutes in a row. The main center back Agel fouled Saviola behind the back, and forward Crouch tackle Puyor in the frontcourt. Both were warned by the referee yellow cards. In revenge, Deco's kicking action against Chen Yu was also given a yellow card.
Benitez was worried about watching on the sidelines, especially the yellow card that Crouch had for no reason. In Benitez's opinion, the players were too impatient for the forward defense.
Benitez looked at his watch. It had been minutes since the first half. It would be impossible to let the players shrink again at this time. The opponents were playing more and more relaxed, and all kinds of beautiful cooperation emerged one after another. All kinds of extraordinary skills dared to use Liverpool. In this way, even if the space was minimized, it would not be able to stop the opponent's attack. Benitez felt that it would be better to let go and attack hard in the last few minutes. Taking advantage of Barcelona's defensive spirit, he might be able to steal one.
Before Benitez made up his mind, the Liverpool players on the court got their first good opportunity since the start of the game.
In the 43rd minute of the game, Barcelona launched a fast break from the left. Ronaldinho faced Aberoa on the side. After Ronaldinho's smile came out, his pass was like a god's help. He faked the fax and broke through Aberoa and Sissoco's double-team, and passed the ball across the middle near the baseline. However, the ball was cleared by Carragher's powerful header to the midfield.
Liverpool midfielder Alonso headed the ball forward and continued to look for his striker Crouch.
Crouch has the advantage of height, and Barcelona had to send two players to attack him, preventing him from grabbing the landing point. The result of the three people was that no one touched the ball. At this time, Chen Yu was a fisherman who benefited. He grabbed the header from Alonso and stopped the ball with his chest to prepare to volley. However, seeing Barcelona player Xavi coming to block it, Chen Yu changed his attention. He picked the ball and passed Xavi's top. Just as Chen Yu was preparing to shoot again, he saw Bellamy inserting from a distance from the far post at high speed. Chen Yu passed decisively and slanted. The ball flew to Bellamy in front of him with eyes, giving Bellamy room to the top.
Bellamy almost didn't adjust, didn't pause, didn't jump, and headed the ball directly to the goal.
After the ball was shot, Bellamy opened her arms and prepared to celebrate, but his header was really not strong, and he actually pushed the unguarded header to the sideline.
Bellamy's raised arms changed from celebration to embracing her head in annoyance.
However, the fans in the stands were far away. When they saw the net moving, they thought the ball had entered. Barcelona fans kept shaking their heads, while Liverpool fans jumped up and applauded hard. The fans stopped applauding regretfully until the commentator said that the ball had not entered.
Liverpool's counterattack almost caused a goal, but Liverpool only scored four shots in the first half, and only got this good opportunity. Barcelona players did not feel alert enough about this, and they were still playing at their own pace.
It also depends on the situation on the football field. Bellamy's attack just now shows that luck has begun to be biased towards Liverpool, and Barcelona's carelessness has made the balance of victory and loss more inclined to Liverpool.
Two minutes later, when the fourth official raised the stoppage minute sign, Liverpool launched a sudden counterattack again.
The protagonist of Liverpool's counterattack this time was also Bellamy, the protagonist of the most powerful fight before the game. When Chen Yu was the finisher in the middle of the penalty area, Bellamy's speed became an important weapon for Liverpool to create opportunities. This time, Alonso intercepted the ball from Ronaldinho's feet and moved directly to Bellamy's feet.
Bellamy almost didn't look at whether there were any defensive players in front. She drove the ball forward and rushed to Barcelona's half at lightning speed.
Messi tried to come and destroy when Bellamy received the ball, but Bellamy was dodged away. When Bellamy started to speed, Messi chased him from behind but never could catch up with Bellamy.
Bellamy followed the sideline and went to the side of Barcelona's penalty area. Only then did he take a look at the middle.
Dazhugan and Chen Yu were both running into the penalty area one after another. One of them was facing the middle of the goal, and the other penetrated into the ribs of the penalty area.
Seeing that Chen Yu was getting faster and faster, Bellamy even doubted whether Chen Yu would rush out of the baseline first after he went downstairs. He did not continue to move forward and directly passed the ball into the penalty area with a curved ball.
This may be the best arc ball that Bellamy has passed since he entered the professional arena. The ball is fast and the arc is low and large. Barcelona goalkeeper Valdes was originally preparing to attack and get the ball, but after half of the attack, he suddenly found that the ball was turning farther and farther away from him. He had no hope of getting the ball before Chen Yu, so he immediately retreated and prepared to pounce Chen Yu's header.
The goalkeeper went back halfway and was the most passive. Valdes had just taken a step back, and Chen Yu had already jumped high and glided in the air towards the spunting ball.
At this moment, everyone's eyes were focused on Valdes and Chen Yu, the old enemies of last season.
This is the second time between the two of them after the last Champions League final. The last time Chen Yu was a miserable victory. He and the team won the championship, but Chen Yu also paid the price of lying in bed for half a year. This time, Valdes did not have the chance to physically contact Chen Yu.
Valdes accelerated and retreated, and jumped up and punched the flying ball in the retreat.
When his fist touched the ball and watched the ball fly out, Valdes breathed a sigh of relief and felt that he finally saved the ball. However, Valdes immediately felt something was wrong, because before he landed, he found that it was not the Barcelona fans who were applauding, but Liverpool fans, and the referee also pointed to the center circle. At this time, Valdes discovered that he had retreated into the goal when he hit the ball just now, and he hit it out after the ball crossed the goal line.
Liverpool scored a goal.
The goal was Chen Yu, who claimed to be averaging one goal, which was his second Champions League goal this season.
Seeing the ball entering the net, Chen Yu didn't dare to congratulate him. It was not until the goalkeeper pointed his finger at the center circle and Chen Badminton confirmed that the ball entered, and he lifted up his jersey and covered his head and rushed towards the fans.
This is a new celebration move. Careful fans soon discovered that Chen Yu's underwear had written words on the front and back of his chest, "Happy Spring Festival." It turned out that this was a goal given to Chinese fans by Chen Yu.
The European Dream Theater Camp Nou, which can accommodate 100,000 people, stopped the noise in an instant. At least 90,000 people stayed there, and only about 10,000 Red Army fans shouted Chen Yu's name, trying hard to applaud him, his palms numb and did not feel any sense of rubbing.
At this moment, there was a voice echoing throughout the Camp Nou Stadium, that is "Chen"
This is a magical Chinese character. Whenever this Chinese character sounds over the court, it means that Chen completed a goal, which almost means that Chen Yu’s team wins.
Even the commentator on the scene couldn't help but shout this name with the fans. "Chen Chen Chen's beautiful goal not only equalized the score for Liverpool, but also won an extremely important away goal for Liverpool. Now the score has become I, but in fact Liverpool won the half-ball. If the score remains until the end of the game, back to Anfield, Liverpool only needs a 00 to eliminate the Champions League favorite Barcelona. Even if Barcelona scored again in the second half, Liverpool, who scored an away goal, also had a certain advantage. It can be said that Chen's goal opened the door to victory for Liverpool.
CCTV commentator He Hui began to lyrics again at this moment, "...Beautiful, it's like a gliding head dunk, like a butterfly that can't fly the sea, Valdes can't get through this level. Even if Valdes hurts Chen Yu the last time, this time Chen Yu came back and staged a perfect revenge again. I believe that after scoring this goal, the shadow covered by Chen Yu's heart will dissipate. We hope Chen Yu will continue to work hard and lead Liverpool to eliminate Barcelona, go further and further until he reaches the top of Europe..."
Benitez, who was still hesitating for the last few minutes, had no need to make difficult choices anymore. He threw his fat body into the air and roared at the stadium.
Liverpool's bench and coaching seats flew out like birds that heard gunshots. Some of them rushed to head coach Benitez, some ran to the stadium to hug the players, and some turned to the stands and waved their fists hard at the fans. At this moment, everyone felt the pride of being Liverpool fans.
Gillette, the American boss who doesn't know much about the ball in the VIP box, also understands what this goal means. This goal is more valuable than the goal scored just now. He opened his arms and rushed to the window and laughed at the stadium, "Chan, you are so good."
With his appreciation for Chen Yu, the Americans had the idea of the Asian market. Americans don’t understand football and don’t like football so much. Gillette is no exception. He acquired Liverpool not because he loves Liverpool, but because he took a fancy to the huge interests behind Liverpool’s golden sign. The current European football market has been almost divided by the great powers. For example, Real Madrid and Manchester United have turned their attention to Asia. Liverpool has always lacked appealing stars and has never developed overseas markets. Now with Chen Yu, this big killer, Gillette believes that it is a good time to open up the Asian market. If you can use the relationship between Keira Knightley, Gillette believes that Liverpool can also enter the American market.
Rijcard had no expression on his face, but he was very disappointed and disappointed. How difficult the goal that Deco scored just now was. Rijcard knew very well that this Liverpool team was difficult to play, even more difficult than Chelsea. In the Champions League and other cup games, Chelsea has never been Liverpool's opponent. Barcelona and Chelsea both won and lost each other. It was really not easy to win Liverpool. Now that Liverpool has taken the lead, they must be even more tigers unable to get out of the hole. Rijcard didn't know what method he should use to knock on the opponent's door again.
In the distant China, most of the Chinese fans who are celebrating the Spring Festival are waiting in front of the TV to watch this giant feast. Most of them were not Liverpool fans before, but now many have become Liverpool fans. Many still like Manchester United, Chelsea, Real Madrid, and even Barcelona. However, this does not prevent them from cheering for Liverpool's equalization, because Chen Yu scored the goal, which is the pride of Chinese football, and may also be the only fig leaf for Chinese football.
"I scored, I scored, I scored."
Zhao Muyu was watching TV in Zhang Youzhen's bedroom. When she saw Chen Yao scored a goal, she excitedly woke up the sleepy Zhang Youzhen. Zhang Youzhen was still listening to Chen Yao scored a goal in a daze and was refreshed. "Ah, I really got into my body and said "Happy Spring Festival", was written for us?"
Zhao Muyu smiled and said, "It must be."
In the mansion of Yizhuang in the imperial capital, Zhang Shubin was also watching TV. Chen Yu's goal made him extremely excited, but because he was afraid of waking his wife, he did not applaud or cheer. He just clenched his fists and waved them hard. He believed that with this goal, Liverpool would play very easily in the future, and it was not impossible to defeat Barcelona away.
At this moment, Fiorentina, whose first half had ended, also heard the news that Chen Badman scored, and the players and coaches couldn't help but sigh. In this round, Fiorentina's opponent was Ligue 1 top Lyon, but Fiorentina, who played at home, did not show the momentum of defending the champion. They did not score in the first half, nor did they have a good chance to score. If Lyon midfielder Juninho had not seized the opportunity, they might even be behind. Except for Tony, everyone else is wondering if Chen Yu was still in Fiorentina, would Fiorentina have already led Lyon now?
Chapter completed!