Chapter 183 First Defeat!

The Golden Globes have never been so clean on the bright side, even if these are on the dark side, there will always be some ridiculous things popping up.

Previously, Yi Le was also selected as an alternate for the Golden Globe Award, but at that time Yi Le was just a young player who accompanied the runners and did not pose much threat.

But this time is different. As a strong candidate for this year's Golden Globe Award, the capital behind other players will always try to deal with Yi Le.

It's just that they couldn't catch Yi Le's pigtails, which also made them feel quite distressed.

FC Barcelona is also sparing no effort to promote Yi Le.

In the past, they devoted 100% of their experience to Messi, but this time, Messi chose to give up the Golden Globe competition and give up resources to Yi Le.

For Messi, all he wants is victory.

Neymar's departure made Messi wake up to many things. He knew that if he wanted to keep Yi Le, he needed to pay more.

Besides, he already has a lot of honors, why not leave the opportunity to young people?

Moreover, Yi Le's performance in the recent period is too good. Barcelona can perform so well in the first few rounds, and Yi Le's contribution is indispensable.

Messi doesn't think this is a gift to Yi Le!

Having won the Champions League three times in a row, Yi Le has already accumulated enough strength, and now he just needs to accumulate a lot.

Even Messi couldn't think of the reason why Yi Le failed to win the Golden Globe.

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The farce came to an end, and La Liga is back on track.

The fourth round of La Liga ushered in, Barcelona challenged Granada away.

As a team that just completed promotion to La Liga last season, Valverde doesn't think the opponent can win him, even at their home court.

In this game, both Messi and Yi Le were put on the bench.

De Jong came off the bench.

As a substitute player, De Jong's situation has become even more difficult since Yi Le came to the Nou Camp.

At the same time, Yi Le's excellent performance also made him think of leaving Barcelona.

Judging from the results of previous training matches and competitions,

He doesn't think he can shake Yi Le's position in the team.

Just like the tactics arranged by the head coach.

In this game, De Jong, Busquets, and Rakitic formed a triangle partner to support the midfield.

The three don't distinguish between priorities. If you have to say it, Busquets will hold the ball for a longer time.

But in previous games, Barcelona did not play like this.

Relying on Yi Le's suppressive power in the midfield, Barcelona's basic tactical rule is to hand over the ball to Yi Le.

From this, we can see Yi Le's status in the team and the team's trust in Yi Le.

De Jong also wanted to play like this, but he knew he couldn't play like Yi Le.

In terms of physical confrontation ability alone, he is far behind.

In a confrontation, De Jong is easily knocked down, instead of being able to hold and release the ball stably in a two-person defense like Yi Le, helping the team stabilize the midfield.

De Jong understood that Valverde sent him on to reassure himself.

Valverde is always looking forward to a spark between himself and Yi Le. After all, Busquez is old and Yi Le needs a midfield partner. De Jong is a good choice.

It's just that the roles played by De Jong and Yi Le have some conflicts, and asking him to change the way he plays football makes it a little difficult for De Jong to accept.

In this game, De Jong is playing a support position.

Valverde formed a 4-4-2 formation.

They don't feel too much pressure against Granada.

However, as soon as the game started, an accident appeared.

Facing the impact of Granada, only two minutes into the game, Barcelona left back Firpo made a fatal error.

His aggressive advance led to a huge gap in the left rear. Granada player Aziz found the opportunity, took the ball and went in to complete the goal.

The entire stadium was full of cheers from the Granada fans, while the Barcelona side was stunned.

Even Yi Le felt a little unbelievable.

This low-level mistake made him feel very puzzled.

It seems that the recent big victories have made Barcelona's players somewhat inflated.

Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde's face was also ugly. He didn't expect the opponent to score in just 2 minutes of the opening.

This is not the same as the game security he envisioned.

The tactics he arranged were not kicked out at all.

Next, the game restarted, but Granada played better and better. On the other hand, Barcelona entered a kind of chaos.

The midfielder plays the ball indiscriminately, and the striker advances indiscriminately.

It looked like a chaotic situation. All the players seemed to be in a hurry. They all wanted to score a goal to equalize the score, but they ignored stability.

At the beginning, Yi Le and Messi could talk a few words, but after that, the two stopped talking and looked at the stadium instead.

They understand that Barcelona now needs someone to stabilize their mentality.

At the end of the first half, Valverde was furious in the locker room, and the Barcelona players also drooped their heads.

They are also angry in their hearts, and they always feel that they are not so comfortable playing.

In the second half, Valverde quickly asked Messi to warm up. At the same time, Valverde looked at Yi Le, hesitated for a while, but still did not choose to let Yi Le play.

He still wants to give De Jong some opportunities, and Valverde feels that Messi is enough.

In 46 minutes, Barcelona made two consecutive substitutions.

Messi on, Carles Perez off.

Fati came on and Firpo went off.

This is about to fight back.

After Messi came on the field, the situation was indeed stabilized, but the chaos in the midfield was still not resolved.

The current Barcelona midfielder is playing very awkwardly.

The tacit understanding between Rakitic and Busquets seems to have disappeared.

Moreover, such an aggressive style of play always passes the ball to the frontcourt reluctantly, which makes Messi and Suarez very uncomfortable holding the ball and unable to make a breakthrough.

The commentator on the Barcelona side said with emotion: "When Yi hadn't played yet, Barcelona wanted to play Yi's rhythm. In fact, their series, forward moves and timing choices were all wrong!"

As for De Jong...

The commentator sighed helplessly. In this game, De Jong was almost invisible. He had high hopes, but his performance was not satisfactory.

The game was still going on, and in the 85th minute, Vidal defended recklessly and gave Granada a penalty.

Granada player Aziz calmly scored a penalty kick and the score came to 2:0.

This time, Valverde finally couldn't sit still.

He hurriedly let Yi Le play, and De Jong was replaced.

But with only 5 minutes left, Yi Le couldn't complete the reversal.

Although there have been considerable changes, and the shooting percentage of threatening balls has also increased, Barcelona woke up too late and lost the game.

Barcelona also suffered their first defeat of the season.