Three Hundred and Sixty-Seven Was Beaten!

On the evening of February 22, the Olympic Stadium in Munich.

Rijkaard sat on the sidelines of the visiting team's coaching bench, his expression extremely stiff.

Apart from standing up a few times to protest the referee's penalty, most of the time he sat in the coach's bench, silently watching the game, seemingly thoughtful and helpless.

But if you see the score on the scoreboard of the Olympic Stadium again, you will probably feel that he was beaten!

Three to zero.

International practice, the home team in the front, the visiting team in the back.

There are still a few minutes left in the first half, and the score is definitely a surprise for everyone.

Who would have thought that Barcelona, ​​the favorite to win the championship, was beaten 3-0 by Bayern Munich on the road?

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It was a game that was not good for Barcelona, ​​from the right place to the right person.

Before the game, Barcelona flew from the warm southern Spain to the cold Bavaria, Germany, and the players were quite uncomfortable.

In the away game, Marcos Senna, who has performed well recently, was unable to participate. Rijkaard was forced to let Marcos as the defensive midfielder. Van Bronckhorst, Oleg, Puyol and Belletti formed the back line.

But no one thought that after only four minutes of the game, Kahn made a big kick in the penalty area and sent the ball directly to Barcelona's half. topped off.

The ghostly Peruvian striker Pizarro stepped in quickly, before Valdés could attack, kicking a low shot from the left flank of the penalty area, sending the ball into Barcelona's goal.

Bayern Munich got off to a great start!

conceded the ball first, Barcelona still played steadily and maintained patience.

But the goal came too early, and the mentality of both sides has undergone subtle changes.

After Bayern Munich took the lead, they began to deploy heavy troops in the midfield, especially in the area from 30 meters to the midline, and they laid down layers of defense to prevent Barcelona from easily passing through their net.

Barcelona controlled the ball and were able to smoothly advance near the midline, but it was difficult to go further.

Although Ballack was absent, the combination of Demichelis, Frings, Hargreaves and Sauer made Bayern Munich's midfield full of oppression and firmly guarded their own half, preventing Barcelona from easily confronting them. their restricted area.

If the game is just a stalemate, that's fine. What's more terrible is that in the thirteenth minute, Sauer's free-kick cross from the right sent the ball into Barcelona's penalty area.

In the chaos, Oleg made another mistake in defense. He failed to follow Pizarro in time. After being thrown off by the Peruvian forward, he easily headed the goal and scored a goal with no defense at the back point, further expanding the score.

Two to zero!

Just seven minutes later, Pizarro made a cross from the left, and Frings made a pass near the bottom line on the left side of the penalty area. Valdes made a save from the front but didn't touch the ball, and Ma Kai, who was unguarded from the back, easily scored and scored three goals. than zero!

In twenty minutes, conceding three goals in a row, Barcelona was completely stunned!

Everyone couldn't believe it, and some wondered if they were dreaming?

how can that be?

...

Rijkaard knew that his team's defense was very fragile, but he never thought that in the face of the key battle, he would be so vulnerable to this field. This is too vulnerable, right?

Strictly speaking, this is Rijkaard's first Champions League knockout match in his coaching career, and it is also the first knockout match of the Barcelona Dream 2 team after the reorganization. The coaching staff and players have paid enough attention and worked hard.

But who would have thought that the critical moment was actually blown up by Bayern Munich.

Magath did not fight against Barcelona as he said before the game. He still played conservatively with a three-back midfielder, based on defending and counterattacking. The defender took the initiative to give gifts.

"Oleg is too nervous tonight!" Tenkat sighed depressedly.

Nervousness makes it easy to make mistakes, especially when making judgments.

Rijkaard nodded. He has also played football. Naturally, he knew that Oleg's mistakes were caused by nervousness, but the performance of the central defender this season is indeed very worrying.

One is Oleg and the other is goalkeeper Valdes. These are all hidden dangers in Barcelona's defense.

The outstanding performance in the league is due to the midfield improvement brought by Marcos Senna after joining, and the fact that the opponents are not very strong, but Bayern Munich is different. This is a strong team in the Champions League round of 16. .

...

The whistle sounded for the end of the first half.

Su Dong raised his head dejectedly and slowly walked towards the player tunnel.

Those 45 minutes were really depressing, it felt like four games long.

From the start of the game, Barcelona played very wrong.

It was a big blow to the team by conceding the ball at the start, but it was not a problem.

In an away game, it doesn't matter if you concede the ball first, the key is to be stable and strive for an away goal.

Unexpectedly, when the team finally managed to stabilize, they lost the ball again.

And this time, it was simply thrown away again and again, which was serious.

No one was able to maintain the team's morale under such a series of blows.

As tenacious as Su Dong, at this moment there is a sense of depression, but he was quickly suppressed by him.

He is very clear that he must not be knocked down by this mentality, otherwise there is really no hope.

But look at the teammates around, which one is not drooping his head?

"The culprit" Oleg was even more remorseful, full of shameless shame.

In this situation, who can blame him?

There is no doubt that Oleg should be responsible for the rout in the first half, but Barcelona couldn't find a more suitable player than him, so they could only bite the bullet and let him play. In this case, if there was a mistake, how can you blame him?

Su Dong sighed deeply, walked over, patted Oleg lightly on the shoulder, and said encouragingly, "It's alright." After that, he stopped talking and walked straight into the player tunnel.

...

For the situation in the first half, Rijkaard did not have a good way.

He pointed to the team's problem, which was too many ineffective possessions.

Ten Carter also felt that although Barcelona controlled the ball, the rhythm of the game and the control of the situation were not as good as Bayern.

This is a very serious problem.

On the spot command and adjustment, these are not Rijkaard's strengths.

But he has one characteristic, that is, he is good-natured.

When he asked the players for their opinions, the players also analyzed the situation in the first half and gave some of their own judgments. Generally, they can only see the leopard from the inside, and it is difficult to see the overall situation.

Both Xavi and Deco mentioned that the team needs to find a way to effectively pass the 30 meters to the center line.

If the pass cannot pass through this area, it is difficult to create a threat.

But how to pass?

"Speed ​​up!" Su Dong gave his opinion.

"Don't be afraid of making mistakes and losing the ball. We counterattack as soon as possible, leaving the opponent's ball in the half, even in the 30-meter area. Once we grab the ball, we will speed up immediately."

Su Dong also mentioned that Kahn and Bayern's defense line are very closely connected, and their cooperation is quite tacit, which makes it difficult to grasp the scale of Barcelona's passing behind the ball, which is either blocked by the defender or confiscated by the goalkeeper.

"We played a quick short pass and cooperated with Bayern in the 30-meter area to make them foul."

Barcelona has enough technical advantages, even Su Dong can hold the ball and cooperate with teammates in quick and short passes, which is an advantage that Bayern Munich does not have.

Once Barcelona is open, it will be difficult for Bayern Munich.

"I think our priority in the second half is to score an away goal. As long as we score away, we will be sure to make a comeback at home. If we score two, the advantage will be back in our hands."

When Su Dong said this, everyone nodded.

Both Rijkaard and Tencart also felt that this idea was quite good and worth a try.

...

After changing sides in the second half, Barcelona decisively accelerated the pace of the game.

Started to have more long balls and high balls, and the difference in play compared to the slow passing and possession of the ball in the first half was very obvious.

Bayern Munich still wanted to use the same set of the first half to play Barcelona, ​​but the result soon went wrong.

Not long after the start, Barcelona made a long pass directly to the frontcourt after stealing the ball.

Su Dong blocked his position with his body within the 30-meter area.

Brazilian central defender Lucio pounced from behind, struggling to squeeze Su Dong away.

Su Dong felt the mountain-like pressure behind him, and he had to admit that Lucio was indeed quite good, and his strength confrontation was very good. It could even be said that he was the best central defender he had ever seen, and he almost pushed him out of position. .

But Su Dong finally held Lucio, but he couldn't turn around.

The ball came to Su Dong, and after stopping the ball, Su Dong gave it back to Deco.

Deco was facing the attacking direction, facing Su Dong's knockback, Deco smashed the ball to the left before Demichelis and handed it to Ronaldinho.

The Brazilian superstar turned sideways in the attacking direction, stopped Deco's pass with his right foot, and separated Sagnol with his body.

As soon as the ball stopped, Ronaldinho started to take the middle.

Sagnol stuck to Ronaldinho, but the Brazilian made another emergency stop, then suddenly restarted, sending a through pass with his right foot to the left side of the penalty area.

Su Dong, who originally carried Lucio with his body and stopped the ball with his back, went from the top of the penalty area to the left side of the penalty area and caught it behind another Bayern defender Kovac. Ronaldinho's through ball.

Kahn decisively abandoned the door and attacked!

But Su Dong was faster and hit the door with his left foot.

The Bayern goalkeeper responded quickly and fell to the ground, blocking Su Dong's shot.

This wonderful save for Kahn won the applause of the audience.

But the ball didn't fly far, it was still nearby.

Su Dong and Lucio chased after the ball at the same time.

The two strong and tough guys slammed into each other, and neither one took advantage.

Su Dong's legs are longer and his reactions are faster. Although he didn't push Lucio away, he didn't wait for the ball to land and took the lead.

The ball was kicked by Su Dong towards the empty goal.