Chapter 214 Precious Intermission (11/134)

Forty-four minutes into the game, the first half was about to end, but Barcelona did not dare to relax at all. m

As it turns out, they were right to do so.

Just in the last minute, Lazio launched an attack.

This time their quick pass and cut made Barcelona fail to keep up.

That was an oversight, as Modric shoved the ball straight into the half-space of the penalty area, and while David Silva and Cavani both attracted the attention of the Barcelona defenders, it was the left-back Balzaretti who inserted it. !

"Balzaretti! Great opportunity!!"

The narrator exclaimed.

Balzaretti then poised for a shot, only to sweep the ball down the middle.

Valdés was completely fooled, there was almost an empty door behind him!

Cavani, who followed up in the middle, planned to grab a spot.

As long as he can touch the ball, there is a high probability that the ball will be scored!

Puyol tugged and tugged after him, trying desperately to stop him.

In the end, when Cavani took a shot, he finally found a chance, tackled the ball, and stabbed the football to the side. Cavani kicked his right knee!

Pique next to him rushed over and kicked the football out of the sideline!

The bleak alarm in front of Barcelona was finally lifted...

But look at Puyol, who fell to the ground with his knees in pain, and Valdez, who is still in shock.

You know how embarrassed Barcelona is now!

Cavani sat on the ground and raised his arms, indicating that the referee Puyol had fouled.

But no one paid attention to him. After Pique kicked the football out of the sideline, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half.

This move even aroused the dissatisfaction of many Lazio fans at the scene, and there was a burst of boos from the stands.

They think that Lazio should be allowed to finish this offense completely, at least throw the ball out of bounds...

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The first half is over.

Players from both sides went from the court to the locker room.

There is only one exception.

Puyol was carried off on a stretcher.

A large ice pack was wrapped around his knees.

When Cavani shot, kicked his knee.

Cavani's blow with all his strength was indeed a heavy blow to his knee.

Anyone who saw this scene knew that Puyol might not be able to finish the pizza.

The look on Guardiola's face was also anxious.

Although Puyol is thirty-two years old. But for Barcelona. Still the most important one.

He is the anchor of the defense. Compared with him, Pique is like an ignorant kid.

If Puyol is gone, Pique's performance will also drop.

Until then. Who will be responsible for their own defense?

Guardiola feels a headache.

Cavani's kick was completely an accident, and he didn't say he wanted to hurt someone intentionally, but it happened to hurt Puyol.

It's really...

See the fucking ghosts!

Guardiola cursed in his heart.

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Although Cavani did not score a goal, he can be considered to have contributed to the team.

He got Puyol off. Let Barcelona's defense become unstable. If Lazio opened the gap from here in the second half and finally scored, then Cavani's credit must be mentioned.

During the intermission, Chang Sheng had already arranged for his team to adjust tactics against Puyol's inability to play.

If Puyol can't be good at it, the space behind Pique will become the key target of Lazio's attack.

Because no one wipes his ass anymore.

If Guardiola did not arrange for Pique to advance, Barcelona's offense would not be as sharp as before. Lazio's defense will be easier - Pique's deep drive is a very important part of Barcelona's attack.

If Guardiola continues to let Piqué go forward, then Lazio can focus on the space left behind him. Neither Marcos nor Ziglinski is perfectly compatible with Pique.

Anyway, no matter how Guardiola adjusts, Lazio does not need to worry.

"In the second half, our offense was all directed at Pique. We must destroy Pique!"

Chang Sheng punched Pique's name on the tactical board.

Lazio players stuff bananas into their mouths. while nodding.

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In the Barcelona dressing room, as the players enter, the team's physiotherapists are busy.

Guardiola knows enough about Lazio. He knows that the team's physical fitness will be severely challenged, so he brought all three of the club's physiotherapists to Rome.

This time it came in handy.

Three physiotherapists went into battle together, and took the time to massage the Lazio players to relieve their fatigue and let them regain a little physical strength.

The players listened to Guardiola's analysis of the first half and the second half while receiving a massage from the physiotherapist.

"Lazio obviously want to wear us down with the pace they are good at! If we fall into their rhythm, we are screwed. I believe the last ten minutes of the first half in Pisa is enough to make you understand that..."

No one refuted or doubted Guardiola's words anymore.

The last ten minutes really impressed them.

Even deeper than when Lazio scored before.

They have never seen a team with such good physical strength...

No wonder the coach called Lazio's tactics "mad dogs", which are indeed a group of mad dogs... completely tireless, either killing their prey before stopping, or dying from exhaustion...

"Their advantage is speed and our advantage is control. Control, gentlemen. Control. The second half is to control the game at our feet. The physical fitness of both sides will not be very good in the second half. We use control to slow down the pace of the game. , so that our physical energy can recover more, while their physical energy has been depleted. At that time, the initiative will naturally fall into our hands."

"Then let's talk about offense...Leo."

Guardiola looked at Messi.

Messi looked up at him too.

"When we control the rhythm and the overall rhythm is slow, Leo, I need your breakthrough and speed to change the rhythm. When they think we are playing slowly. You come again to give them a fatal blow! "

Both Lazio and Barcelona are good at using the pass to decide the outcome of the game, so they are at the top level in this respect. They are not only good at using the pass to attack, but they also know how to defend this pass.

Count on passing the ball to get Lazio. That's unrealistic.

Just pass the ball. Barcelona and Lazio are basically tied.

If you want to break the balance, you have to rely on your personal ability.

As for personal ability. I am afraid that Messi is indeed the first person in Barcelona.

Messi nodded and accepted the task.

Barcelona has won six championships, but he always hears that Lazio is also very good. If Barcelona really wants to be the first at the time. Then you have to beat Lazio.

So for this game, Messi's fighting spirit is very strong.

Then Guardiola started talking about Puyol's replacement.

This matter made him even more headache.

Puyol's injury was completely an accident. He probably didn't even think about it. He made a tackle to clear the siege, but Cavani kicked his knee unexpectedly, and then it was scrapped...

The initial dismissal from the team doctor's inspection was that Puyol might miss this season.

Guardiola could only sigh helplessly.

Now he can't think too much about Puyol's injury. He now has to find a substitute for Puyol immediately.

Gabriel Milito, who moved from Valencia this season, is quite suitable. Guardiola has also stayed in Valencia. Milito was introduced to Valencia by Changsheng, so Guardiola is also very familiar with Milito.

Unexpectedly, not long after buying it, Milito began to get injured frequently.

four months ago. He simply bid farewell to this season with a serious injury.

So there is no hope for this game at all.

The only central defenders available now are Marcos and Ziglinski.

Ziglinski is a very good central defender, but he does not fit the Barcelona system. So after coming here, he performed very badly and was put into limbo by Guardiola, planning to sell him at the end of the season.

In this way, there is only Marcos alone.

Guardiola asked Marcos to replace Puyol. But Marcos and Puyol are not a type of central defender, so he cannot perfectly replace Puyol.

Guardiola told Pique not to go up and participate in the attack anyway.

Pique nodded in acceptance.

But whether he really took it seriously... Only God knows.

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After a fifteen-minute break, players from both sides stood on the court again, ready to kick off.

Guardiola stared at the players on the pitch from the sidelines.

After a fifteen-minute break, Barcelona's players looked a little better.

But Guardiola is still worried in his heart that the physical strength of these players will be sucked away by Lazio...

He is very familiar with Lazio, and he is familiar with Lazio's halftime recipe.

In order to ensure the physical fitness of the Lazio players, Chang Sheng even paid attention to what the players ate and drank during the intermission.

Nutrition expert and fitness coach Elias Dominique was specially invited to formulate the players' recipes.

They ate something that allowed them to recover as quickly as possible, and then they went into the game in the second half.

After Guardiola became the head coach of Barcelona, ​​he naturally copied Lazio's set of things.

Against other teams' games, this trick works well.

But for Lazio, he really has no confidence.

Because after he arrived in Barcelona, ​​he basically learned from Lazio in terms of physical fitness.

But he felt that the effect was not as good as Lazio.

He didn't understand what he still lacked, and he didn't think Barcelona's fitness coach would be as good as Elias Dominique.

But Lazio's physical fitness is better.

He felt he had accomplished everything he could think of.

Why is Lazio so physically fit?

Guardiola standing on the sidelines was puzzled.

And the second half of the game has already started in his doubts.