Chapter 52

Chapter 52

Van Gaal is really angry now.

It's nothing to be behind by one goal at home. After all, there are forty-five minutes to catch up in the second half. He was angry not only because he was cheated by Jose before, but also because he gave Rivaldo unlimited firepower and After greater freedom, Rivaldo wasted countless opportunities in the first half and failed to reorganize the team's offense. Instead, he compressed the range of activities of midfielder Ronald De Boer, infinitely weakening The firepower of Barcelona's attack.

But after thinking about it, Van Gaal decided to forgive Rivaldo. After all, Rivaldo is Barcelona's number one star, and just putting him on the left will not be able to show Rivaldo's true strength.

And Dani's extremely poor performance on the right also made Van Gaal realize that it is pure nonsense to let Dani play on the wing. The scoring rate of Dani's seven goals in ten games before proved that he is indeed a player. A very good striker, such a striker wasted on the bench is indeed too wasteful, but he cannot ignore the appeal of the Barcelona fans-coaching in a membership club and getting the support of most fans It is more important than getting the support of the chairman.

However, he must not let Dani replace Kluivert. In addition to Kluivert being his direct descendant, another reason is Kluivert's tactical role in the game. In his four-three-three formation , The position of the center is very important, not only scoring goals, but also playing for the wings. Rivaldo can always become Barcelona's top scorer, and Kluivert has contributed a lot.

This creates a contradiction. Both strikers are excellent, but there is only one center forward in his tactical formation. If they are to play at the same time, placing one on the wing will damage the team's overall offensive power. Playing at the center at the same time would shake the four-three-three tactics he has used for a long time, which was intolerable for Van Gaal.

It's not that he didn't think about changing to a double center forward, allowing Rivaldo and Figo to act as front midfielders on the two wings. However, for Van Gaal, this tactic is a challenge to his usual tactics. Van Gaal is unwilling to do this. .

If it was an unimportant game, Van Gaal might still try the possibility of this tactic, but now he can't afford to lose this game. If he loses, he will be pulled five points away by Deportivo. The league title is also likely to come to naught.

After rejecting Mourinho's proposal to replace Ronald de Boer with Figo and play 442 instead, Van Gaal made adjustments.

"Danny off, Luiz on."

After hearing this, Dani's eyes darkened for a moment. He knew that his performance in the first half was average, but that was not his suitable position after all... How comfortable he played in Mallorca last season, A coach who valued himself, and teammates who cooperated tacitly... However, after he moved to Barcelona with satisfaction, he joined a wealthy family as he wished, but lost everything. Is this the price of entering a wealthy family?

Van Gaal didn't care about what Dani would think at this time. He was busy telling Figo: "After playing, in addition to breaking through the wing, we must also strengthen the inside cut and disrupt their defense. Mallorca's defense The high-altitude ball ability is second to none in La Liga, and their protection of the front of the penalty area is also very tight. The threat of long-range shots and crosses is not too great, so we need to increase breakthroughs and hit more ground balls to create opportunities. Be careful of Nadal."

Figo nodded. The Portuguese is now at the golden age of 27. Although he is not particularly famous in the world, he is an indispensable figure in the Barcelona team.

This is his fifth year in Barcelona, ​​and he was teammates with Nadal for four years before. Although Nadal can no longer be regarded as the absolute main force in the next three years, he is still very familiar with Nadal. Some calm and stable guards, although they are slower due to their age, are more proficient in positioning and other aspects. They are indeed the objects that Mallorca's defense needs to pay attention to.

"In the second half, let me score and win this game! I know that this season we played very hard because of the two-line battle, but we have already won the league twice. Our eyes should not only be on Spain, It should be placed in the whole of Europe! We want to win the Champions League again like the previous Dream Team. In addition, we can't give up the league championship! Win this game and continue to bite Deportivo Runia! They are about to collapse, as long as we don't make mistakes, we will be able to catch up with them!"

After Van Gaal finished shouting, all the Barcelona players yelled together, and then walked out of the locker room led by Captain Guardiola!

Van Gaal did not think of a question, if it was not Deportivo who made the mistake first, but them, what would happen to them in the league?

Amidst countless noises, players from both sides entered the field.

"Oh, Barcelona took the lead in making substitutions. Dani Garcia was replaced by the Portuguese Luis Figo. It seems that Van Gaal was not very satisfied with the situation in the first half. His performance is really mediocre, maybe because he is not used to the right side, his performance is not as good as he can score goals when he played before, Figo also played, Barcelona no longer saves strength, it seems Mallorca in the first half Their performance put a lot of pressure on them!"

Regarding this substitution, the Barcelona fans remained silent. Although they were dissatisfied that Van Gaal replaced a Spaniard first instead of a Dutchman, but because it was one of their favorite players, Fei Ge, so they can't treat this substitution with boos, not for Van Gaal's face, but for Figo's face.

"Sure enough... Figo played, and Barcelona really can't afford to lose this game. Poor Dani, do you still remember how comfortable it was in Mallorca last season? Going to Barcelona, ​​​​the income has increased a bit , but status or something, it's a bit worse than the boss."

Jose sighed in his heart, then looked at Eto'o and Tristan on the field.

The two most important strikers for the current Mallorca, one belongs to a wealthy family, and the other yearns for a wealthy family—but is a wealthy family really the place to go? For a player, it is of course longing for more honor and income, but there are really many examples of hastily transferring to wealthy clubs and failing...

It's just that Tristan and Eto'o on the field didn't seem to think about it. They were constantly moving their bodies, as if they were about to gear up for a big job-for young players, facing strong The outstanding performance in the team is also an opportunity to strive for more things in the future.

Jose shook his head slightly, and began to focus on the game.

After the start of the second half, Barcelona launched a fierce attack like a tiger descending the mountain.

After Figo played, Barcelona began to return to their most familiar offensive system. Figo and Rivaldo took turns to participate in the attack in the middle. Kluivert continued to pull out of the penalty area to cooperate with his teammates. Barcelona players Passing back and forth, almost every position may become the starting point of the attack. This is the offensive ability of Barcelona, ​​which has dominated La Liga for the past two seasons!

Although Ronald De Boer and Guardiola overlap in their organizational tasks, and although Rivaldo still prefers to play in the middle, at least Barcelona's offense started much smoother than in the first half, and there will be no double-crossing. A situation in which an offensive player appears to respond at one point.

However, Mallorca's defense still surprised the Barcelona people.

The two defensive midfielders Ngonga and Soler guarded the front of the penalty area, preventing Barcelona players from easily kicking at the front of the penalty area, while the two full-backs began to retreat into the penalty area, allowing the number of defenders in the penalty area to Multiplied, the two full-backs began to work as full-backs, resisting Barcelona's fierce attack on the wing...

The four defenders and the four midfielders have all started to defend. Will the two forwards be idle? of course not!

The tall Tristan and the agile and sturdy Eto'o began to be the first line of defense. Whenever Barcelona's players passed the ball back to the midfield brain Guardiola to organize, Mallorca's front line The black and white double evil began to interfere with Guardiola's organization constantly. Although Cocu and Ronald de Boer were around him to protect him, Guardiola's scheduling was also greatly disturbed, which gave a good pass to the frontcourt. The ball also started to become less.

Faced with the opponent's intensive defense, Barcelona's two full-backs naturally assisted frequently to attract the opponent's attention, and at the same time created opportunities for Rivaldo and Figo on the two wings. Of course, their efforts were not in vain. This approach made Figo He and Rivaldo also got a lot of opportunities to break through with the ball, but...

The attitude of Mallorca's defense line is very clear-you can go back and forth from the wing or pass from the bottom, it's okay! If you want to break through into the forbidden area to make wind and rain, no!

After Reziger's forward assist attracted Stankovic's defense, he quickly passed the ball to Figo. Figo wanted to break through Olesola's defense when the two opponents failed to form a siege. However...

Olesola came out from the penalty area, but he didn't step out of the penalty area, but just stood there, waiting for Figo to bump into him...

After the World Cup in France in 1998, defenders all over the world have learned how to deal with players who break through with the ball-that is, I don't care if you twist your legs into a twist, and I don't care if you dance to a samba in place , I will stare at the ball under your feet. If you make a breakthrough, I will stretch out my foot and steal the ball! I can't stop, I want to stick to you!

In such a small space, Olesola's slow speed is covered up to the deepest point. On the contrary, his rich experience and positioning ability can be brought into full play!

Figo dribbled the ball and hit it head-on. Although Olesola didn't steal the ball, he couldn't break through Olesola. He just delayed for a while, and Stankovic quickly returned to the defense to form a pincer attack. In desperation, Figo had to Can barely cross, the ball placement and the quality of the cross are very good, but Nadal stopped the position, grabbed the ball in front of Kluivert, and the ball fell directly to the feet of Eto'o who retreated , Eto'o rushed forward with the ball regardless of the situation. After being forced to the sideline, he firmly protected the ball. It took a long time for the Barcelona players who were forced by the three to break the ball. come down...

"What the hell!" Amidst the sighs of the Barcelona fans, Van Gaal waved his hand vigorously and said dissatisfied.