Chapter 865 Calm Down and Listen to the Referee
"Modric - shot! Beautiful! Valdez threw the football away - Oh, Shet! What's going on? This goal is scored?!" The Catalan commentator's eyes were full of disbelief .
After the football was saved by Valdes, it landed in front of the goal.
Pique, who returned to the defense, was too fast to stop the car at all, and directly hit the car, hitting the football that Valdés had saved with great difficulty into the net.
"Goooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaal!"
"The goal was scored! It was Pique who scored the goal! He 'helped' Aston Villa take a one-to-zero lead." John Mortenson said with a laugh, "Fifty-three seconds into the game, Aston Villa Dunville scored."
Valdez lay in front of the goal, turned his head to look at the football in the net, and then turned his head to look at Pique lying in his arms. He felt that he wanted to say something to Pique.
Pique was completely dumbfounded. He had already realized something was wrong just now, and pulled the foot brake desperately. However, it seemed that a certain piece of grass in front of the door was a little slippery. Hit the net.
"The turf in front of the door was too slippery just now, I didn't stop." Pique explained to Valdes.
Valdes sighed and said nothing.
He felt that Pique was making sophistry. Whether the turf in front of the goal was wet or not, he, the goalkeeper, had the most say. He walked the turf in front of the goal all over before the game started, and there was no problem.
Making a mistake, scoring an own goal, that's okay, but, quibble, that's not right.
"If you don't believe me, look, this one is wet." Pique got up from Valdez's arms, walked to a piece of grass in front of the door, and touched it for Valdez to see.
Valdes froze.
He remembered that before the start of the game, he was drinking water, and then finally gurgled and spit several mouthfuls of water, which seemed to be exactly where Pique had just slipped and fell.
"Damn!" Valdes cursed, "Sly Aston Villa people, they must have watered enough in advance."
"Yes, it must be like this." Pique agreed.
The two reached a consensus that the own goal was caused by the turf, and more specifically, it was a trick played by Aston Villa.
Captain Puyol also came over and learned that the turf was slippery.
Puyol was also helpless. He comforted the unlucky Pique and signaled him not to have any psychological burden.
Guardiola was helpless, he shook his head.
Too bad luck.
An own goal was sent to the opponent at the beginning of the game. How can there be any reason for this?
Conceding the goal, Aston Villa lead 1-0.
In the first round of the game, Aston Villa lost 2-3 away, and Aston Villa held two away goals, which means that Aston Villa only needs to win 1-0 in this game. promotion.
Well now, as soon as the game started, the Aston Villas took a one-to-zero lead.
Guardiola glanced at Fang Jue. Based on his understanding of Fang Jue, with a 1-0 lead, Aston Villa's promotion is in sight. Fang Jue will probably ask the team to switch to defensive counterattack, etc. Make mistakes while leading Barcelona to attack.
"It seems that we are lucky." Fang Jue said with a smile.
"The boss has always had good luck," Werner said.
"No, luck is just an appearance. We have made sufficient preparations for this game, and Fang has worked hard and paid a lot for this game." Ceballos shook his head and said.
Werner froze for a moment, and took a deep look at Ceballos. Now he finally understood why Fang Jue had brought this assistant with him since the Ibiza period.
Listen to what Ceballos said, listen to what he said, this is the art of speaking, this is the gap.
Fang Jue smiled slightly and didn't say anything, but he felt that Ceballos was telling the truth. For this game, he prepared a lot and paid a lot.
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"The gift package of an own goal at the beginning is a very severe test for Guardiola and Barcelona." Howe said, "The current situation is favorable for Aston Villa."
"Hey hey hey, there's really nothing to say about this game. Before the game, the two sides were at war with each other, and the war of words was flying everywhere. Who would have thought that Barcelona would give gifts when they came up." Zhang Lu said with a smile.
"Now, Aston Villa has two options. One is not to be affected by this goal, play according to the original plan, and continue to look for goals."
"One is to consider playing a defensive counterattack, because in this situation, Barcelona must attack."
"Both options are fine, it depends on how Fang Jue chooses." Zhang Lu said.
The two sides kicked off again in the middle circle and have been playing for several minutes.
Guardiola, staring down the pitch, is also now very concerned about Aston Villa's conservative play after taking the lead.
To his relief, Aston Villa did not seem to choose to defend and counterattack because of that goal.
"Aston Villa are also trying to continue to attack, they are not conservative." Assistant coach Estiyat said to Guardiola.
On the court, Thornton's oblique pass was blocked, and Barcelona launched a beautiful continuous pass attack.
Iniesta sent a pick pass, and Messi volleyed the football, which made Milner who came up to intercept it empty.
Afterwards, Messi stuffed the football straight into the penalty area, but it was a pity that Sanchez did not form a tacit understanding with him, and his movement was half a beat slower, and the football was caught by De Gea who was attacking.
"It's just a little short. As long as Sanchez starts half a second in advance, this is a chance for a single-handed anti-offside kick." The commentator said regretfully.
"Eddie, did you see that, that's why Fang Jue had no choice, and he didn't dare to choose to be conservative." Guardiola smiled and said to his close assistant.
Yes, Guardiola thinks he has found the reason, which is:
Fang Jue is afraid of Barcelona's powerful attacking ability.
Especially afraid of Messi in Barcelona.
Fang Jue obviously thinks that Aston Villa's current broken defense cannot prevent Barcelona from scoring. Therefore, a one-goal lead does not meet the conservative conditions at all. It is better to play against Barcelona.
After all, compared to Aston Villa's broken and patchwork defense, Aston Villa is still very threatening on the offensive end.
You know, Aston Villa also has such a superstar as Bell.
Is this a goal? !
He Guardiola is not afraid of this!
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"Mane, shot, didn't use power."
"Suarez, head back, Strowman pass, Bale - high!"
Aston Villa attacked twice in a row. Although they both formed shots, they did not really threaten Barcelona's goal.
Then came Barcelona's attack.
"Messi, beautiful, he did a wall-banging with Cesc Fabregas and got the ball!"
The Catalan commentator shouted excitedly, now that the score is 0-1 behind, Barcelona needs to score and a hero needs to stand up.
In everyone's mind and expectation, the hero is none other than Messi.
Many Barcelona fans and Messi fans in front of the TV became excited and looked forward to seeing Messi hold the ball.
In the eyes of a head coach like Fang Jue and other football professionals, Xavi, Iniesta, Mascherano and other players in the Barcelona team are very important. Compared with Messi , is not much different.
However, in the eyes of ordinary fans, Messi is Barcelona's top card and the superstar of Barcelona.
Although Aston Villa also has Bell, in the eyes of many people, there is still a big gap between Bell and Messi. Although Bell won the FIFA Ballon d'Or last year, Bell, who won it once, and Messi Messi, who has won the World Footballer of the Year many times, is still incomparable.
Intuitively speaking, although Barcelona is one goal behind, Barcelona fans are not too panicked now because they have Messi.
Fang Jue naturally also knows how difficult and powerful Messi is.
This is why he arranged for Stroman to start today.
Strowman's interception ability in the midfield can help Clement and also liberate Modric's offensive ability.
In the last round as a guest at the Nou Camp, Strowman was useless because of suspension.
Stroman was sent not only because of his good defensive ability, but also because this player's forward offensive ability is also good. On the court, in addition to liberating Modric, he can also share Modric's offensive pressure.
When attacking, Strowman can press up and help Modric, Bell and others.
When defending, Strowman is a relatively reliable line of defense in front of Clement.
In today's game, Guardiola wants to give full play to Messi's offensive talent, so Iniesta and Sanchez are at the top.
Messi's position is slightly behind. This is to use Messi's personal ability to create opportunities for other teammates.
Guardiola has a good idea.
However, he missed one point, that is, Fang Jue had already seen through him!
Now, as soon as Messi receives the ball, he needs to face Strowman's tough defense and pressing.
At this time, Clement may also come over to help double-team at any time.
This makes Messi directly exposed to the defensive tearing line of Aston Villa's two major midfielders.
Of course, Messi's personal ability is very strong. Even in the face of double-teaming by Clement and Strowman, he can control the football from being taken away.
But that's all there is to it.
Messi tried to break through Clement many times in a row, but it was difficult to really succeed:
Even if he passed Clement's first shot, Clement's fighting ability is very strong, and he will cling to Messi. With such a delay, other players' interceptions and encirclement circles are formed.
By this time, Messi can only choose to pass the ball.
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This time, Messi turned around with a beautiful pull of the ball, got rid of Mane's counter-grab, and then took the ball forward two steps forward. Go up and down.
Then, the Argentine wiped the ball under his feet and dunked to the left.
Strowman's second counter-grab was also avoided.
Modric came to steal the ball from the side, Messi pulled the ball on the spot, turned around halfway, and avoided Modric's grab.
"Beautiful!" The Spanish reporters in the stands cheered.
Some people have already considered doing a special report on this consecutive dribble after the game.
However, Modric's robbing gave Stroman the opportunity and time to rob again.
He came up from the side and tried to steal the ball. Although Messi dodged again this time, his footsteps were a little staggering.
He wiped the ball forward and saw Milner's face.
This is Fang Jue's Aston Villa's defense. You think you have passed a person, but then you find that there is another person in front of you and another person behind you.
Of course, in this case, Messi is bound to attract many Aston Villa defensive players. As long as he can pass the football to the weak defensive area of Aston Villa, it may be an excellent game. Opportunity to fight back.
Messi's footsteps were so fast that he almost didn't have time to think. He flicked the football with his left foot, twisted his waist, and was about to pass by Milner's side.
"Beautiful! Another one!" shouted the Catalan commentator, before he saw Messi fall to the ground.
"foul!"
The whistle of the referee Eriksson from Sweden sounded.
In Barcelona, in bars big and small, there was a burst of boos from Barcelona fans. They were very dissatisfied with Aston Villa's foul. For them who love Messi so much, anything to stop Messi's wonderful artistic football performance All actions are crimes!
Then, these fans far away in Barcelona erupted into louder boos, which echoed the boos of the Barcelona fans at the scene.
The Aston Villa fans at home cheered.
"The referee Eriksson whistled for a foul, but he whistled for Messi's foul. He thought that Messi flopped, and he verbally warned Messi." Howe said, blinking his eyes, "Slow down The footage shows that this penalty is indeed debatable."
Guardiola jumped angrily. In his opinion, this is not questionable. This is an obvious home whistle, and the referee is partial to Aston Villa.
Messi was knocked down by Milner, it was clearly a foul, where is it a flop?
For such a foul, the referee actually whistled for Barcelona's flopping?
Is there any law left?
Is there any reason?
Is there any fairness and justice? !
Guardiola pulled the fourth official, complaining angrily.
The fourth official appeased the Barcelona coach: Mr. Guardiola, please calm down. If you are dissatisfied with this penalty, you can raise an objection after the game.
Complain ass after the game!
Aston Villa also appealed after the last game, is it useful?
Of course, Guardiola would not say this.
At this time, Fang Jue looked over not far away, kindly reminded (to add fuel to the fire) and shouted, "Calm down, listen to the referee!"
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