naruto-story Chapter 733 The Second Half Begins
Chapter 733 The Second Half Begins
Chapter 733 The Second Half Begins
"We have a two-goal lead, which is gratifying." Mourinho said to everyone in the dressing room: "But let's also not forget that our advantage is not as big as it seems, because we are only in the Nou Camp. Got a draw, a one-to-one draw, and if we didn't go on in the second half and Barcelona scored twice, then we'd be eliminated - it's not impossible The thing is, is it difficult for a team like Barcelona to score two goals in 45 minutes?"
"Boss, our defense is not made of mud." Lucio said a little dissatisfied: "Barcelona wants to score goals, so they have to ask us first!"
Lucio's words resonated with all the players. In this one and a half games, Newcastle's defense almost blocked the opponent. Except for a goal scored by Barcelona with one less player, 11 against 11 At the time, Barcelona hadn't scored yet.
Mourinho smiled slightly. Players must have such self-confidence. Players without self-confidence cannot display their full abilities on the court. As for how to control players from inflating their self-confidence, it is his coach who should do thing.
Mourinho was about to say something when the door of the locker room was pushed open, and Pei Wei walked in excitedly. He came down from the stands, so naturally he came later than the players and coaches.
"Hey, Jose, guys, guess what I saw?" Pei Wei yelled loudly as soon as he entered the door.
"Rijkaard entered the referee's locker room again?" Ibrahimovic yelled, and the other players immediately burst into laughter. Everyone knew that Ibrahimovic was just joking. James Park Stadium is Newcastle's territory!
"No, Ibra, you shouldn't ridicule him like this. Rijkaard is a respectable head coach. The last time he entered the referee lounge was probably just to greet the referee, and did not do anything else..." Pei Wei said seriously.
"Okay, Pei, if you have anything to say, just say it. You see, I was setting up tactics, but I was interrupted by you." Mourinho spread his hands and said helplessly.
"Oh? Is that so? I'm sorry, everyone." Pei Wei nodded apologetically, and then said to Mourinho: "I just saw that Rijkaard did not let Sylvinho into the locker room, but Leaving him on the court to warm up... guess what?"
"Van Bronhorst is going to leave the field." Mourinho sighed, and said with a little regret: "We can't attack as we like on the right in the second half... This is really bad news."
Then he raised his head and gave Nie Fei and Maicon a thumbs up: "You two did a good job...Rijkaard no longer dares to let Van Bronhorst on the court."
Nie Fei and Mai Kong laughed at the same time, and Mai Kong exaggeratedly hugged Nie Fei's shoulders, and said triumphantly: "Don't look at how powerful our offense is, Van Bronhorst is not our opponent at all. .”
"But we have to be careful in the second half. Although Sylvinho is not very good offensively, his defense is still much better than that of Van Bronhorst, so that Ronaldinho can focus all his energy on offense... …Michael (Essien), you have to appear more on the right in the second half. Our attack on the right cannot be reduced. Your performance in defense will determine whether our right can exert continuous pressure on Barcelona in the second half. "
Essien nodded. He knew the difficulty of this task. Although Ronaldinho's performance in these two games did not look very good, it was not because of a certain defensive player, but because of the Newcastle team's defense. The crystallization of - Maybe Ronaldinho has the ability to score goals alone in a narrow area, but when the players on both sides squeeze the penalty area tightly, no outstanding player can display his personal ability.
And what Mourinho said just now is obviously to give himself the task of defending Ronaldinho. Although Mourinho will do whatever it takes to win, at home and with a two-goal lead in the total score, he I don't want to use the defensive method of the away game anymore.
"Barcelona will definitely launch a fierce counterattack in the second half, so we must be very cautious at the beginning of the second half. If they can't be scored by them in the first 10 minutes, then the pressure on Barcelona will increase. As time goes by , the pressure will only increase.” Mourinho continued: “Defensively, we continue the way we did in the first half, and offensively, in addition to having a very good chance to counterattack, we have to play in the midfield. Control the ball, can't easily hand over the ball, their skills are very good, if we always let them attack, our physical energy will be consumed too much-holding the ball, moving, attracting them to fight, let their physical energy be the same consumed."
Seeing the players nodding to show that they understood, Mourinho took a long breath: "Okay, let's start to rest... The last 45 minutes will determine whether we can go further."
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Obviously, Rijkaard also greatly boosted the morale of the players during the halftime break. In the player tunnel, the eyes of the players on both sides flashed with determination, and they obviously wanted to exhaust themselves in the second half of the game The only difference is that Newcastle's players are firm with confidence, while Barcelona's players are firm with determination-this is determined according to the different situations of the two sides.
Rijkaard and Mourinho met unexpectedly at the entrance of the player tunnel. Both sides looked at each other expressionlessly. Mourinho stretched out his hand and signaled for Rijkaard to go out first. Calder nodded - Mourinho is the master, and this behavior is also a European gentleman's demeanor.
But Pei Wei next to him didn't have any gentlemanly demeanor. He looked at Rijkaard with a smile, and then turned his head to look at the referee lounge as if inadvertently...
Rijkaard's complexion changed, he snorted angrily, and walked out without looking back-he hated Pei Wei to death, he didn't hate Mourinho, but he hated this club chairman, but always A guy who likes to call himself an assistant coach.
But in Rijkaard's heart, he felt vaguely that maybe it would be a very interesting thing to be the head coach in such a guy's club.
Pei Wei and Mourinho looked at each other and smiled, Pei Wei shrugged his shoulders: "To be honest, I admire him very much. He hasn't been mad at me until now... Jose, his self-cultivation is much better than yours. .”
"You are not a gentleman, Pei." Mourinho said bluntly: "So I can't treat you like a gentleman, otherwise I will suffer a disadvantage...Unfortunately, Rijkaard is a gentleman."
Pei Wei wasn't angry at Mourinho's words. In fact, they didn't know how much they said to each other, so he just replied with a smile: "These days, gentlemen always suffer a bit... in football If you mess around in the circle and talk badly, you will suffer even more!"
After saying this, Pei Wei greeted two UEFA staff members, and walked to the stands with them-originally an assistant coach would not have such an honor, but Pei Wei has a special status , He is also the chairman of Newcastle United and a former member of FIFA. UEFA arranged this way to give Pei Wei a small warning. Unfortunately, this guy doesn't care.
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After the start of the second half, Rijkaard really replaced Van Bronhorst with Sylvinho. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the Dutchman did a good job offensively in the first half of the game, but he was poor defensively. It was full of flaws, and what was especially bad was that Newcastle also recognized this. In the ten minutes after the first half, almost all of their offenses were concentrated on the right.
Rijkaard's substitution was just in time.
It was Barcelona who kicked off first in the second half.
Sure enough, after the start of the second half, Barcelona immediately launched a fierce attack.
The first shot came from their striker, Cameroon "Cheetah" Eto'o.
After receiving the pass from Harvey, Eto'o quickly turned around and evaded Makelele's defense, and then immediately kicked a long shot from the front of the penalty area!
A quality long shot, the ball flew between several Newcastle players and went straight to the upper right corner of the goal.
Petr Cech made a wonderful save, holding the ball out of the baseline with a single palm.
"Peter Cech!"
Cheers swept through the stands at St. James' Park, and all the fans were cheering for Cech's wonderful save. Eto'o's long-range shot was very good, with strong angle, power, speed and suddenness, but in In front of Cech, who has amazing reactions and excellent height, he still can't break through the gate of Newcastle!
It can be said that if it is not for Cech, a goalkeeper who basically does not make mistakes, Mourinho would not have adopted such a defensive tactic in these two games, because in such a game, the ability of a goalkeeper can be tested. nerve.
Barcelona won a corner kick, Xavi took the corner kick, Ronaldinho rushed forward to get rid of Maicon's defense, jumped high in the front point, and shook his head ten meters in front of the goal!
The defenders of Newcastle did not expect that Ronaldinho, who seldom uses headers, would rush into the penalty area to compete for headers. As a result, he grabbed the point. Fortunately, Ronaldinho missed the header a little, and the ball flew out of the baseline against the goal post. goal kick.
Mourinho was silent on the sidelines, and Barcelona's offense was really fierce. Obviously, after Rijkaard's encouragement at midfield, they have come out of the low morale of conceding two goals in the first half, but This level of offense was still within his expectations.
"Now it's our turn to attack," Mourinho murmured.
(End of this chapter)