Legend of Fengshen

Chapter 125 Zhang Yuan in Messi's Eyes

Chapter 125 Zhang Yuan in Messi's Eyes

On the afternoon of March 3th, the Schalke 8 expedition team came to Barcelona. Barcelona is a Spanish port city. Compared with Rimini, it is much more lively. Everyone says it is a tourist attraction. Zhang Yuan felt that such a large seaside city might not be a good place to go. There are many cultural relics here. If you go to the seaside, Zhang Yuan thinks it is better to go to Rimini.

After arriving at the hotel, the Schalke 04 players had dinner after a short rest. Before the away game, the club has always asked the players not to go out. Today is no exception. After the dinner, the players had nothing to do, and the head coach Slomka did not arrange a tactical lesson. What needs to be done has already been done at Schalke. Tomorrow morning, find a venue to recover, everyone will rest in the afternoon, arrange dinner early in the evening, and then go to the Nou Camp early to warm up and start the game. This is Slomka’s goal the whole plan.

Barcelona has had a hard time recently. Since they won the Champions League in 2006, they won any title in 2007. This year, only the Champions League can be thought of. The increasing appetite of fans and so on are all factors that caused Barcelona's performance to decline.

The difficult home victory against Schalke 04 in the last round only slightly eased Barcelona's difficult situation. Who knows that they were tied by Getafe in the league last weekend, and they are 7 points away from the top Real Madrid. , As the league rounds passed, the hope of winning the championship became increasingly slim. The fans expressed strong dissatisfaction with chairman Laporta and head coach Rijkaard, and hoped that the two would leave get out of class early.

Rijkaard himself is still a very capable coach. He single-handedly brought Barcelona out of underestimation. However, after winning the Champions League, the team's strength has not declined, but the team's mental strength has declined. It was quite fast. The main problem is Ronaldinho’s loss. On the one hand, Ronaldinho wants a high salary and has been wrangling with Barcelona. On the other hand, Ronaldinho himself is getting After winning the Champions League, he seemed to feel that his life was complete. Whether it was the national team or the club, or he had already won it all times, he lost the motivation to move forward, indulged in nightclub life, overweight, and his condition declined.

The core of Rijkaard's Barcelona frontcourt attack is Ronaldinho. He can't do it now, Barcelona's frontcourt offense can't do it. In fact, Rijkaard's current card can be used as a frontcourt There are a lot of core players, such as Henry, Eto’o, and Messi, but Barcelona’s high-level management means to establish Messi, but the current situation is that Messi has been injured in the recent stage, so recently Barcelona That's a poor grade.

So the second round against Schalke 04 is a life-saving straw for Rijkaard. Even if Messi is absent, he must win Schalke 04 and advance to the semi-finals of the Champions League. If not, he may leave him after get out of class. Not far away anymore.

For the players of Schalke 04, the second round is far from too much pressure. To be honest, it is very lucky to be able to get to this point. Whether it is the fans, the club or the German domestic media, they all think that Schalke 04 can advance. Even if the top 8 has completed the task.

In the face of the media, of course everyone vows to make a comeback, but in their hearts, they basically think that it is enough to play with style and level. Whether they can make a comeback depends on their performance on the spot.

Head coach Slomka doesn't think so in his heart. The last game at home gave him hope, and Zhang Yuan's comeback also gave him more hope. Of course he wants to win Barcelona. The impression in the hearts of fans and clubs adds a weight to keeping the handsome position.

Zhang Yuan didn't think so, he just wanted to win, he wanted to advance, and he didn't know what his future would be next season. Now that he had the opportunity to show himself on the big stage of the Champions League, how could he be willing to call the curtain down so easily.

After knowing that he was included in the squad, Zhang Yuan was also a little apprehensive. The apprehension is of course that he has not played football for more than a month. It is hard to say whether he will be in the best condition. Only when he is on the field can he make it clear. .

But he is not unprepared, at least he has silently read the game countless times in his mind, and he is mentally ready to meet the challenge.

The next day, Schalke 04 randomly found a training ground for restorative training. Slomka simply arranged tactics. The outside media generally predicted that Schalke 04 would deploy a 442 formation. Although Zhang Yuan entered the roster, he was basically excluded from the starting lineup. Imagine that he only came back the day before, and he will be in the starting lineup immediately, unless Slomka is really crazy; second, in the away game, Schalke 04 is behind One goal, there is still a chance, the 442 formation is more balanced, and it is clear that the chariots and Barcelona are fighting against each other, isn't that courting death?

In fact, Slomka used 433 in tactical arrangements. Zhang Yuan, Asamoah, and Kuranyi were the tridents he arranged. Zhang Yuan has not played for a long time, but Slomka is willing to play in Zhang Yuan. Yuan made a bet. He thinks his move is very good. Although the whole world knows the roster, no one will think that he will get Zhang Yuan into the starting lineup, and Rijkaard will not think of it. Then Zhang Yuan is a surprise soldier, saying When you don't get it, this surprise soldier can work!

The difference in the other goal is not that big. Schalke 04 is weak, solid defense. This is the consensus of everyone, but Slomka wants to do the opposite. 433, the main focus is still offense, Barcelona That state is not good, it may not be impossible to overwhelm the opponent, what he wants is surprise.

Slomka's conjectures are all right, and Rijkaard really thinks so. He thinks that the possibility of Zhang Yuan starting is very small, and Slomka is likely to use Zhang Yuan as a substitute. These situations are not important to him. Instead of Barcelona, ​​who treated Schalke 04 at a level like Schalke [-] a year ago, he didn't need to consider how his opponent played, but how he played himself.

Since the time of Cruyff in Barcelona, ​​the Holland's total defense concept has been permeated to the bone marrow. Please Dutch coaches continue to respect the total attack and total defense concept. This is the way Barcelona is going. It will not work if you change other coaches. Van Gaal, Rijkaard has had success here.

But now it is different for Rijkaard. Like his predecessor Van Gaal, he has become less and less able to control the locker room. Often in this situation, the club has two ways to go, one is to leave the head coach, and the other is to leave. Change a head coach, support the head coach in another way, and drive away the team's thorns, but Barcelona's current situation is obviously more in line with the fans' wishes, because Barcelona's only two remaining member clubs in La Liga One, the fans don't have a big opinion on the club's players, but they have a big opinion on Rijkaard. The two consecutive years of empty-handed football have made the fans impatient.

So now even when facing an opponent like Schalke 04, Rijkaard has seriously studied it. Zhang Yuan has been included in the big list. Resume, this is simply a replica of the rise of Messi, Rijkaard will only look at Zhang Yuan from the data and will not watch too many videos, from the explosion of Rimini to the depression of Inter Milan to Schalke 04 Zhang Yuan's trajectory is simple and clear. The main weapons he relies on for survival are speed and breakthrough, but he is faster than Messi in terms of speed, and he will not be inferior to Messi in terms of dribbling breakthrough, but he is worse than Messi now. What matters is the ability to capture opportunities and the ability to create opportunities, and also lacks stability. Rijkaard found that Zhang Yuan's performance in some games was really not good.

The focus of Rijkaard's research is only to look at Zhang Yuan from the data point of view, but he doesn't know what happened to Zhang Yuan's poor performance. In fact, Zhang Yuan's poor performance is mainly due to the support of the midfielder. , Without midfield support, his chances of getting the ball are reduced, and the threat is naturally much smaller.Now many teams in the Bundesliga are familiar with Zhang Yuan. Even if Zhang Yuan retreats deeper, the threat of taking the ball will be much lower. Many teams continue to maintain a zone defense state when Zhang Yuan retreats. Zhang Yuan takes the ball Immediately, a few people gathered around, even the gods don't have the ability to stage a good show of long-distance raids every scene, let alone Zhang Yuan.

However, Rijkaard is studying Zhang Yuan, and there are other players in the Barcelona team who are studying Zhang Yuan, such as Messi. At the beginning, Zhang Yuan’s video was very popular on the Internet, and Messi watched it himself. After watching Zhang Yuan, it was like lightning Even the breakthrough he is proud of may not be better than Zhang Yuan. The name Zhang Yuan was engraved in his mind in an instant. This player who is nearly 3 years younger than himself is not so good. Easy to deal with.

This is actually because his own view is too one-sided. Of course, Anna's editing is to edit Zhang Yuan's good side for everyone to see, and not to show everyone the bad side. Messi is naturally better than Zhang Yuan.

Although Messi is injured now, it does not hinder the reporters' pursuit of this young talent. When the reporter asked Messi's opinion on this game, Messi replied solemnly: "Although I don't know Zhang Yuan Will this game play or not, but I think we should be careful with him, his breakthrough ability is very strong, if you give him any chance, it will be terrible! As for who can advance, I believe that as long as we can limit him, we will be able to Advance!"

The reporters were very surprised. Zhang Yuan appeared now. It’s okay, but it’s not as critical as Messi said, right?It is true that Zhang Yuan's reputation in European football is not obvious. The only impression is that he performed well in the Porto game and scored a goal, but this player couldn't even play in Inter Milan. What kind of green onion? !Schalke 04?What kind of team is it? !

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