Chapter 199 Ninis Strikes First
The Greek team Panathinaikos is already very un-Greek. As many as six of the eleven starters are not Greek players. Zhuoyang has never played against Panathinaikos, but he has played many times with Aek, another Greek giant in Athens. The crowds of 'xxs' in the Aek team made him dizzy, and Panathinaikos Looks like a serious team in this regard.
Among the top three in the Greek Super League, Panathinaikos is the most international, and there are many famous players among them. The three Frenchmen in the team, forward Cisse, winger Govo, and center back Baumsson, were all the mainstays of the five major league giants in the past. Brazilian midfielder Gilberto Silva even played in both the Brazilian national team and Arsenal that year. Someone who has worn the captain's armband.
Zhuoyang has played against Aek Athens four times in pieces in Madiburg and AC Milan over the years. He told Guardiola that he is best at playing Greeks because in the 2006-07 Champions League group stage, Aek scored six goals in the away game, setting a record for individual goals in a Champions League game. That six-goal play played a key role in his victory over Cannavaro in the last World Cup year and thus won the European Golden Ball.
For this year's first two-award FIFA Ballon d'Or, Zhuo Yang must have great ideas, and all the first-tier superstars who can get it have ideas. But Zhuoyang knows that his shortcomings this year are too obvious and he lacks excellent team honors. Although the La Liga double championship looks okay, Messi is also unambiguous, and Messi was the best player and top scorer in La Liga last season. .
Speaking of which, the only weight Zhuoyang can take is his six-goal record in a single game against Cameroon in the World Cup and the top scorer. These are obviously not enough and are very watery. So he wondered if today could be a repeat of yesterday, with both Greek teams, and if he could enjoy his meteoric rise again.
Two international match days have just passed, and Zhuoyang is the one who has the most rest among Barcelona's many international players. The others are all so bumpy that their noses and mouths are crooked.
The new world champion Spain made its first appearance after the World Cup. They were not playing a friendly match. The 2012 European Cup preliminaries ignited the war. Although Spain is the defending champion, it still has to go through this.
Spain, which deployed all its main players, won 4:0, which sounds pretty good, but their opponent was the famous European powerhouse Liechtenstein, a country whose men's football-appropriate population is measured in thousands. After working hard for 90 minutes with the power of the world champion, this score is equivalent to just passing.
Messi was not much better. He bravely returned to Argentina and only missed one penalty kick in the two warm-up games.
Maradona is a strong man. After the World Cup, he fell out with the Afghan Football Association. The 0:4 defeat to Germany was not the end of the world. The Arab Football Association still affirmed his work, but asked him to reorganize the coaching staff, not to make it full of gangsterism, and to allow the Football Association to mix in the sand. Maradona stretched out his middle finger, said "Fuck you" and gave up.
Batista, who coached Messi and his team to win the gold medal at the Beijing Olympics, took office.
Batista's coaching resume is very thin, and this gold medal is his only bright spot. After he took office, the first thing he did was to make it publicly clear that Messi would be the absolute core of the Argentine national team.
Zhuoyang said to Messi: Congratulations. Messi said: I'm so frustrated.
Zhuoyang added: "Among my opponents today, I know a young man who is called the 'Greek Messi'. You have to work hard, don't let others call you the 'Argentinian Ninnis' in the future."
Therefore, Messi paid close attention to Ninis from the beginning of the game. Messi is the right winger, but his range of motion is very large, while Ninis is Panathinaikos' left winger, and he also has a sense of control over the entire field. The two can bump into each other from time to time.
Although Zhuoyang is very close to Ninis, he has never seen him play football. Judging from his lofty vision in football, Ninis in the first 20 minutes did live up to his reputation, was very spirited, and tasted like Messi.
From a strength point of view, Panathinaikos is naturally far behind Barcelona. There are many famous players, but it also depends on the year. From the first minute, Barcelona took the initiative on the court. In the 3rd minute, Messi received Zhuoyang's cross from the right and headed in before Boumsong. If it were not for the character blessing of goalkeeper Tesovas at this moment, The score was changed.
The 31-year-old Boumsong is not considered old among defenders, but his height of 190 cm allowed Messi, who is 168 cm in height, to grab a header in front of him. This makes it difficult to believe that he was once a man who was eagerly robbed by the Serie A Premier League. After being injured in the Berlusconi Cup that year and taking a year off, Boumsong was abandoned by Juventus. When he returned to Lyon, he failed to show his former aerial defense style. This year, he transferred to Greece for 910,000 yuan. .
Also coming with Boumsong was Lyon captain Govou. The 31-year-old Govou did not have as much experience as Boumsong. He had been with Lyon since his debut, and Panathinaikos was only his second team.
In the just-concluded World Cup, Govou forced Ribery to play as an awkward attacking midfielder. Although this was due to the "fancy ideas" of head coach Domenech and the Lyon gang in the team, it can also be explained. Gewu's strength on the wing is quite adequate.
In the 20th minute, when Panathinaikos was completely suppressed, Ninis and Govou made a wonderful connection.
Xiaobai broke into the penalty area from the ribs and passed two people, but his pass to Villa was intercepted by Mali defender Kante. Kanter launched a counterattack, flying a long pass across the half court and finding Ninis on the right.
Ninis started Panathinaikos' most exciting performance of the game. He avoided Alves and counterattacked, which made the people in Camp Nou see Ronaldinho in a trance. Although Ninis is not too tall, he looks like Zhuo Yang when he strides forward, and he also never leaves his feet with the ball.
Puyol was forced to abandon Cisse and come to meet Ninis in person, but he just accelerated the inside and made Puyol as embarrassed as a dog.
After performing his personal skills, Ninis also showed his talent in football awareness. The ball in front of him delivered to Govou was almost impeccable regardless of its strength and line, which made Pique very embarrassed and in a dilemma halfway.
Govou was not unambiguous. He sided to brush away his old friend Abidal and broke into the penalty area. Facing Valdez, he pushed the ball into the net at the 12-yard point.
The Camp Nou stands seemed to be collectively pinched by the neck at this moment, and there was silence for an instant. They couldn't believe that the team was having such a smooth offensive, but was hit hard by their opponents. Having just experienced their first defeat in the league, is Barcelona having a bad time?
Zhuoyang and Messi were not upset. They looked at Ninis who was celebrating happily with his teammates.
"Lao Zhuo, you are right, this little guy has a lot of trouble."
"That's right!" Zhuoyang nodded approvingly: "I think Barcelona should buy him. Ninis's style should be very suitable here."
"Then go and tell Zubizarreta."
Once an emperor, once a courtier, after Russell took office, the former Spanish legendary goalkeeper Zubizarreta succeeded Berigistan as Barcelona's new sports director.
"Forget it, if I have the time, I might as well pass a small note to Madibao."
"Chi chi chi~~~~" Messi smiled dirtyly.
Zhuoyang is very familiar with Berigistan and has no conversation with Zubizarreta at all, but he and Madiburg sports manager Andres Muller are pure buddies.