Midfielder

In such a top confrontation, neither side will choose to hold back. Mourinho and Rijkaard can be said to have sent all their main players to the field. The intention of these two guys to eat up the place in one bite has been expressed very clearly.

Rijkaard is naturally needless to say, because Mourinho ridiculed him for not being able to win a championship trophy so far. Even for dignity, the Dutchman had to give Chelsea a fatal blow at the Camp Nou.

In the home game, Rijkaard will not have any reservations. Goalkeeper Valdés, defenders Belletti, Marquez, Puyol, and Van Bronckhorst, it can be said that Barcelona's main defenders are all present.

In the midfield, Rijkaard not only has to take into account the team's offense, but also the defense. When Motta and others were injured and unable to play, Albertini, who came to the team in the winter transfer period, started.

This Italian who has won countless honors in AC Milan will support the backbone of the Barcelona team in the midfield with Deco and Xavi. Whether in terms of ability or experience, Albertini can be said to be a strong aid.

As for Xavi, he is now the midfield brain of the Barcelona team. The pass of this little guy is often the starting point for Barcelona to switch from defense to offense. Even Ronaldinho has to admit that Xavi's overall view is very strong.

And the existence of Deco is to allow this guy who was trained by Mourinho to become the core of the Portuguese midfield to completely destroy Chelsea's offensive rhythm. Rijkaard specifically told Deco to entangle Lin Yi tightly.

After watching Chelsea's Champions League group stage and many recent Premier League games, Rijkaard knew that the black-haired boy was the most threatening sharp knife in Chelsea, and this knife is always hidden in a place where others don't pay attention, but its accidental attack may cost the opponent's life.

If you want to entangle Lin Yi's offensive steps, you can't just rely on a strong physique to strangle him. For example, Vieira was embarrassed by Lin Yi's long pass because he trusted his strong body too much.

A defender who is familiar with Lin Yi's dribbling moves, preferably some of his personal offensive habits, may be more effective in disrupting Lin Yi's sense of rhythm when organizing the offense on the field. Rijkaard dared to give up Gerard as the defensive midfielder in this game and replaced Deco with the starting lineup. He was thinking about how to disrupt Lin Yi's pass.

Rijkaard, who was originally a defensive midfielder, is now trying to defend Lin Yi in another way.

He can be allowed to pass and dribble on the field, but try to force him to connect the whole team in an awkward way. Without his organization and passing, Chelsea's offense will appear very mechanical, even very old-fashioned and unspirited.

Letting Deco, an old teammate, defend Lin Yi is a risky move, but if it succeeds, it will determine the trend of the game. Rijkaard is very clear that the main task of his team is to tear open the opponent's defense.

If Gerard and Max are on the field, perhaps when counterattacking, they will lack a little accuracy and agility.

And Deco, a Brazilian, obviously has more feelings than others in cooperating with Ronaldinho and others.

As for the forward line, Rijkaard's trident tactics have been used throughout La Liga for most of the season. Even when facing AC Milan, it can smoothly tear open Italy's concrete defense.

Giuly, who has an extremely fast breakthrough speed, still has a heart of revenge in this game. Rijkaard believes that this Frenchman will definitely attack the opponent very hard on the field, and he will do his best to make up for the injury in the Champions League final.

The offensive efficiency of Eto'o and Ronaldinho has long surpassed the World Footballer of Real Madrid, which is an important guarantee for Barcelona to dominate La Liga.

Whether this game can tear open Chelsea's defense depends on whether these three guys can play normally.

Anyway, Rijkaard has thrown all his strongest soldiers on the field, and he can only wait quietly for the result.

On the bench of the Barcelona team, Maxi Lopez, Gerard, Sylvinho, Navarro, Iniesta, Damia and Joqueira are also sitting, waiting to contribute to the game.

Like the Dutch starting selection, Mourinho also tried his best. He even deliberately released a smoke bomb in front of the media two days before the game, saying that Robben and Duff might miss the game because of injuries in the cup match against Newcastle United, which made him very worried about the away trip.

But this guy was just a feint. During the pre-match preparations, Robben and Duff were in such a lively state that even the host of Barcelona TV said that Mourinho was a liar!

Although this was an away game, Mourinho still needed to consider the team's defensive problems, but the Portuguese still knew that if you retreated like a turtle at the Camp Nou, you would not be far from failure.

Even though Chelsea had a steel-like defense, he did not dare to retreat to half the field under Barcelona's bombardment. It was best not to let it have any chance to show its edge.

Mourinho's team's own defense line has rarely changed. For him, stability overrides everything. The goalkeeper is still the Czech Cech guarding the city, and Ferreira, Terry, Carvalho, and Gallas, the four defenders are lined up in a row.

In front of them is the barrier protection of Makelele, the French iron lung. After more than half a season of hard work, these five guys have completely formed a chain of defense that can block the opponent's offensive tide.

In the midfield, Mourinho did not let Thiago, who has more outstanding defensive ability, play. When Lin Yi's state fluctuated, Mourinho still gave his apprentice a vote of confidence. This kid is still the offensive player on the court. core.

On both sides of him are Duff and Robben. These two wing flying knives will be the biggest weapons to suppress Barcelona's wing assists. Lampard is still hovering at the edge of the opponent's penalty area, always waiting to fight for the second goal. Click on the goal.

When Barcelona's air defense is not strong, a center like Drogba is the best offensive option.

"Use your head to break open the door guarded by Valdes!!!" This is Mourinho's request to Drogba. This commanding height will also be the most important bridgehead for Chelsea to counterattack the opponent's attack.

Just like the Barcelona team, on the Chelsea side's bench are also squatting players who have already become famous, including Cudicini, Johnson, Thiago, Joe Cole, Geremi, Gudjohnsen, Parker.

Comparing the lineup with Chelsea? I'm really sorry, Chelsea has so many people now, even the second-tier team has reserve international players.

Just as both teams attach so much importance to this game, UEFA also does not want to leave any regrets in the game. The referee they sent on duty is the key training target of the referee committee, Swedish Golden Whisker Frisk.

Before the game started, Mourinho finally stopped provoking Rijkaard. He took the initiative to shake hands with the Dutchman. Of course, this guy definitely didn't want to save face for the other party. This was just a courtesy for returning to Camp Nou. .

But in the next ninety minutes, he will restrain all respect for the Nou Camp and be a good opponent.

When the Swede blew the whistle in his hand, the Camp Nou stadium burst out with shouts like a mountain roar and a tsunami, "We are believers in red and blue! We have a world-famous name! Barcelona! Barcelona! Barcelona !”

The screams of more than 80,000 people shook the world. You can imagine what a terrifying scene it was. If the Bernabeu Stadium can bring you luxurious enjoyment, then the Nou Camp will let you experience the madness from the bottom of your heart!

Even though Mourinho had reminded his players not to let Barcelona do whatever they wanted on the field, with such shouts, any reminder was probably of no use. The ferocious red and blue tide surged towards them in an instant. Chelsea's defense broke, and Lampard, who had just taken a few steps forward after the kick-off, was directly tackled by Deco.

This ferocious way was unexpected. Lampard didn't even realize what happened. Anyway, the ball was lost in an instant, and after Deco made the tackle, he hit a through ball and found the high-speed forward path. Insert Eto'o.

A bolt of black lightning rushed towards the front of Chelsea's penalty area with thunderous momentum. Makélélé was chasing after Eto'o, but in the end he was one step away. Thanks to Carvalho's quick reaction, he pounced on When the Cameroonians were playing, they were faced with a fierce tackle. The ferocious momentum made people feel suffocated. Either Eto'o gave up dribbling at this time, or he was waiting to be knocked down by Carvalho with the ball. Outside the restricted area.

However, the African Cheetah's adaptability is indeed worthy of his honor as the African Footballer. Under Carvalho's fierce interception, this guy was able to get the ball to the left side of the penalty area from the attack of two people.

Ronaldinho! It is estimated that Ferreira was shocked when he saw the football at the feet of the Brazilian, because he did not even see when the opponent quietly ambushed this position.

But the opponent would not leave Ferreira too much time to think. When Ferreira was still hesitating whether to attack, Ronaldinho had already moved. He made a feint with his feet, allowing Ferreira to Neither Leyla nor Robben, who was retreating, dared to take action easily, but at the same time they also lost the opportunity to block Ronaldinho's breakthrough route.

With a buckle of his left foot and a sideways movement, Ronaldinho dodged the obstruction of two people and drew a beautiful arc with his right foot less than 20 meters away from the goal. The football roared. Smashed into the blind corner of the goal.

Cech, who was highly concentrated, did not give Ronaldinho a fatal blow. He used one palm to directly lift the shot over the crossbar, and the moment he got up, the Czech also issued a fierce shot. The roar!

"Don't think you can score a goal with a shot like this! Damn that guy! Keep an eye on him!"

From this moment on, the smell of gunpowder began to permeate the entire stadium, and the game also entered a close-quarters battle from this second on.

Ronaldinho's shot ignited the madness of the entire Camp Nou stadium, just like Mourinho warned the players before the game, "Never let Barcelona control the field. situation.”

But even if the Chelsea players can remember this sentence now, they will not be able to immediately control the opponent's offense. From the opening whistle, Barcelona's offense is like a tidal wave, surging in.

Ronaldinho's shot led to Barcelona's crazy attack. These guys began to press fiercely in the midfield and frontcourt, almost step by step, and did not give Chelsea any breathing space at all.

This is Barcelona's home court, and they will not let other teams dominate here, so from the beginning of the game, they must firmly control the situation on the court, continue to put pressure on the opponent, and constantly cause trouble.

Just like many people describe Barcelona's playing style, they all say that it was the Dutch who gave this team a crazy offensive brand. Cruyff's dream team left a deep memory to the Catalans. .

So no matter who is the head coach of this team, as long as Barcelona cannot dominate the offense on the field, then even if he can win the championship for the team, he will be the one who is booed by the fans. This is Barcelona's rule.

Emilio, the editor-in-chief of "Journal de Catalunya" once said, "Barcelona should use brave offense to defeat its opponents, instead of relying on cautious defensive tactics to maintain an ugly draw!"

Anyone who can become a newspaper editor must have a cool head, but if he is Catalan, please ignore this prerequisite, because people in this place have a natural paranoid gene.

You can say that Catalans are stubborn, but it is this somewhat extreme character that makes this nation.

Barcelona's offense is the team's stubbornness. Even if they are attacked repeatedly by their opponents, they will not retreat.

In the mid-to-late 1990s, the confrontation between Barcelona and Valencia was also an annual drama in La Liga. The scale of the confrontation may be second only to the Spanish derby between Barcelona and Real Madrid.

At that time, Barcelona's head coach Louis van Gaal was defeated repeatedly because his opponent was the good old Ranieri. The Italian relied on ugly defensive counterattacks to deal with him. The tricks were not new, but they worked every time.

Because at that time, the Italians had Claudio Lopez, an Argentinian fast horse, and Ranieri relied on him for defensive counterattacks. Every time he won a game, he would sneak attack on the space in the backcourt left by Barcelona's offense.

But even so, Van Gaal still has to play offensive football at the Mestalla Stadium. What the tough Dutch are most afraid of is not losing the game due to defensive counterattacks, but losing the style of offensive football.

They are not afraid of losing. If they shrink back and defend, they will definitely be spurned when they return to Barcelona.

As another Dutch head coach, Rijkaard also believes in offense in his bones, and amid the shouts of the home fans, Barcelona has no other choice but to use offense to suppress its opponents!

Cech was probably the busiest person in the first ten minutes of the game. In less than ten seconds, he saved Ronaldinho's shot like a god. In less than a minute, Eto'o had a continuous shot in the middle. After passing several people, a single sword is formed.

If the Czech hadn't been the first to hold down Eto'o's ball like a hungry tiger, Chelsea's goal might have been broken by Barcelona by now. This candidate for the best goalkeeper in the Premier League is worthy of his name.

If it hadn't been for Cech to block from left to right, they might have been disabled by their opponents after ten minutes.

Mourinho's loud shouts from the sidelines did not cheer up the team immediately. The opponent's offense was still very fierce. Even Chelsea's steel defense seemed to have become less stable in the wave of offense.

Although Chelsea's players are like a group of beasts, their opponents are now more like hunters holding tridents. Every swing they make can make Chelsea's defense feel a bit of pain. This feels really bad!

Now not only does the defense feel tight, but Chelsea's midfield and frontcourt have also failed to organize an effective counterattack. Under the opponent's three-way attack in the opening game, the Blues' frontcourt offensive firepower was all dragged down. Midfield.

Robben and Duff, who were originally used to suppress the two wingers, have now become the defensive weakness of Belletti and Van Blounthorst, who are actively assisting. Chelsea's offensive firepower is now basically muted.

Almost every time Barcelona's attack came, it seemed that they were one step closer to breaking through Chelsea's goal. If it weren't for Cech's repeated magical saves, I really don't know that they were already behind by several to zero in these ten minutes.

Barcelona's three strikes were indeed fierce enough, but their furious attack failed to win a goal. It seemed that Chelsea's defense was a bit precarious, but this group of powerful Blue Army beasts could always stop Barcelona's fatal attacks at the last moment. In one blow, Eto'o's volley shot in the seventh minute was blocked by Carvalho with his body. This eye-catching scene was repeated many times in front of Chelsea's penalty area in the first ten minutes.

Rijkaard has been standing on the sidelines watching this tidal wave of attacks. Although he has not shouted as loudly as Mourinho, his clenched fists still represent his mood at the moment, which is a little nervous and a little excited. .

What's nervous is that the team's fierce offensive always falls short at the last moment. What's exciting is that his team's crazy pressing in the first ten minutes disrupted the opponent's rhythm. The game has been following the way Barcelona is usually accustomed to. If they can keep playing, maybe they are not far away from scoring the first goal.

After all, Chelsea's defense is second to none in the entire Europe. Being able to suppress the opponent like this in the opening stage, Rijkaard finally breathed a sigh of relief. He hopes that his players can continue to play like this.

Completely suppress the opponent, tear Chelsea's defense back and forth with fierce attacks, until the opponent's spirit feels exhausted, and then collapses, just like what Barcelona often does in La Liga games.

But Rijkaard forgot one thing, that is the La Liga he is used to, and Chelsea is not those underdogs. The resilience they have is unimaginable to others. They are like springs. The harder you press, the crazier it rebounds. . .

(Is there anyone who is also interested in waiting for the European Cup qualifier between Spain and the Czech Republic at 5 o'clock tomorrow morning...)