Chapter 564, Important Substitution Decision

As soon as Kintag walked to the door of the locker room, he heard the discussion of the players inside. Their discussion targets were almost always Messi who scored two goals in five minutes.

Jin Taige paused outside the door, he didn't go in right away, but let the players vent their depression and dissatisfaction, and then slowly pushed the door in.

Seeing the head coach enter the room, the players all shut up and looked at Jin Taige. Everyone knew very well that in the last five minutes of the game, when Messi scored two goals in a row, Kintag would be very angry and even furious.

But they were wrong.

Jin Taige came to the locker room, but he had a smile on his face. He first patted Griezmann who was closest to him: "Anthony, the goal just now was beautiful. Especially the previous movement, you have brought your technical characteristics to the extreme."

Then Kintag said to Martial: "Young man, your continuous dribbling just now was also very exciting. Griezmann's goal is half of your credit. I sent you to start this game, just to use you Great dribbling, playing up front on the counter-attack. You did a great job."

Next, Kintag looked at other players: "You all performed very well in the first half. Kanter, Nainggolan, I was really surprised that you were able to defend Barcelona's midfield to the maximum extent. You know , Barcelona's midfielder is known as the strongest midfielder in the world. Today, in my opinion, it is not very good, at least they have not been able to penetrate our midfield defense."

Hearing Jin Taige's words, the eyes of the players named by him suddenly lit up. They did not expect that the coach would actually praise their performance.

But captain Vidic still didn't speak, he still blamed himself for conceding a goal at the end of the first half.

Kintag looked at Vidic, then at Smalling and several other defensive players. They were all not in good spirits. Jin Taige looked at them, not only did not complain, but comforted them: "My captain, guys in the back line, why are you so depressed? Is it because of the goal conceded in the first half? You must know that Messi is known as The most outstanding star in the world, you may have succeeded in freezing him for 40 minutes! It is already very powerful! The next two goals are due to luck, so don’t blame yourself too much. I believe in your ability, work hard in the second half.”

At this time Vidic stood up: "Boss, guys, I have to apologize to everyone on behalf of the defense, especially Messi's second goal, it was all because the game was in the final stage and we were a little distracted , let Messi get the forward space, and our defense line takes full responsibility for that ball. I assure everyone that in the second half, we will absolutely hold down Messi and prevent him from getting any more chances!"

At this time, Smalling and the others also stood up and told Kintag that they would do their best to freeze Messi in the second half.

Seeing that everyone's morale has recovered, Jin Taige nodded secretly. He believes that as long as his players can show their original strength, they will definitely have the strength to fight against Barcelona.

Then, Jin Taige said to everyone: "Guys, if this game ends with this score, we can actually accept it. After all, we scored an away goal here, and we can leave with our heads held high. But 1 to 2 Is the score the result you want?"

"No!" Valencia responded loudly. Other players also responded one after another, especially several offensive players. They didn't get too many opportunities in the first half, so they were eager to try and score more goals in the second half.

Jin Taige nodded in satisfaction: "That's right, I don't want this result either. No matter where I am, no matter what kind of opponent I face, I have only one goal, which is to win! Even if we meet the Cosmos team, we must Take them down! Even if we meet the so-called king of the ball, we can fight for victory!"

Looking at the excited expressions of the players, Kim Tago knew that his encouragement had played a role.

After solving the spiritual problem, Kintag also needs to solve the tactical dilemma. He first made substitution adjustments. When Alonso was defending Messi in the first half,

Always exhausted and exhausted. Defense is not his strong point, and now he has no good chance to press out, so he can't play well in this game.

Kintag decisively replaced Alonso, who was strong in offense and weak in defense, and then prepared to let Ashley Yang, who was better in defense, man-to-man defend Messi. As a substitute left player this season, Ashley Young has always performed his due diligence.

Then, Kintag asked Griezmann: "Did you get hurt in the first half?"

Griezmann frowned and said: "When I was fighting against Pique, I felt a little pain in my ankle, and I am still a little uncomfortable. But I can persist."

"This is impossible!" Kintag immediately called the team doctor Adolf, "We still have a few heavyweight matches in the future, and you can't be absent due to injuries."

Adolf examined Griezmann carefully and finally frowned: "I think you have some minor strains, which should not be a big problem, but if you insist on playing, it is easy to cause more damage."

After hearing this, Kintag patted Griezmann: "Anthony, you should rest in the second half."

Griezmann nodded.

Kintag looked at the list of substitute players on the tactical board. Today he brought two forwards, Lewandowski and Van Persie, and he can definitely send one of them to the field next. During the intermission, Kintag asked several substitute players to warm up on the field, ready to be replaced at any time.

Kintag thought about it, and then said to Scholes: "Paul, you go out now and remind Ashley Young and Van Persie, both of them came off the bench in the second half."

Hearing what Kim Tag said, Scholes showed a smile on his face, and he said to Phelan: "You lost, and you owe me a good bottle of wine."

"Okay, okay, you're amazing."

Scholes went out of the locker room to tell Ashley Young and Van Persie about tactics, but Kintag was a little puzzled, and he asked Phelan: "You two made a bet? What's the situation?"

With a frustrated expression, Phelan whispered to Kintag: "When you decided to replace Griezmann just now, I made two bets with Paul, guessing whether you would send Lewandowski or Van Persie. I guessed wrong .”

Jin Taige smiled slightly: "Both of them are world-class strikers, and they have been in good form recently. However, against Barcelona in this game, I am more optimistic about Van Persie, who has more experience. In his career, he played for La Liga teams. It has always been his strong suit. I like Van Persie!"