Chapter 509

Seeing Yang Yang excitedly rushing out of the pitch and celebrating his brace, Messi felt very depressed.

Because compared with Yang Yang's brilliance, he seemed very sluggish in this game.

It wasn't just him, the whole Barcelona team didn't look excited enough.

Is the team's continuous multi-line battle problem?

There were reasons for that, especially in the second half, but not all.

Before this game, Messi had only played two games, at home against Sporting Santander, where he played 22 minutes as a substitute, and away against Valencia, where he played 35 minutes as a substitute .

It can be said that he has not yet found his state at all, let alone the best state.

Rijkaard arranged for him to start in the hope that he could echo Ronaldinho, but this is exactly what Liverpool did not want him to do, and Benitez arranged for the right-footed player in this game. Veloa came to mark him specifically.

How tough are the Spaniards?

Throughout the first half, forty-five minutes, Barcelona had an overwhelming advantage in possession, but Messi had only a measly 16 touches and 12 passes, most of which were on the flanks. .

Arbeloa's defense is very frustrating. He is more of cutting off passes to Messi from the middle and left, and as long as Messi gets the ball on the wing, he mainly blocks his inward lines. Make him active on the flanks.

But the worst thing is that Messi's right foot can't play a threat at all.

Ronaldinho fell into a situation of isolation on the left, the midfield was suppressed, and Saviola never showed satisfactory strength, and Barcelona's entire midfield attack was almost paralyzed.

Messi wants to make a difference, he wants to help the team, but he can't.

Before the game, many Catalan media had high hopes for him, and the World Sports News even thought that tonight would be Leo's night, but the game has been going on so far, it is better to say it is Yang Yang's night.

In other words, this is a nightmare night in Barcelona!

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Messi's helplessness is definitely not an isolated case, but the voice of many Barcelona stars.

They are all working very hard to show better performances, but when tactics are completely suppressed, what they can do is really limited.

In this case, everyone is counting on Ronaldinho to be a superman like the previous two seasons, with a stunning performance, breaking through Liverpool's steel defense and winning for Barcelona.

But it's clear that Ronaldinho doesn't have the magic of the past two years.

He is like a magician who has lost his magic wand and lost his magical power.

Eto'o completely broke with the coaching staff and management and was banned from the squad. Rijkaard has always been bad at commanding on the spot. Messi is only 19 years old, and he is too young. He lacks the independent leader of the team. Ability and courage...

In the second half, Barcelona's most threatening opportunity came from Messi's pass from the left.

Saviola passed Carragher and shot into the penalty area, which was saved by Reina.

After Messi got the ball, he broke through Abeloa horizontally and hit the goal. He was too hasty and was blocked by Finnan, but he still failed to create a threat.

Judging from the various performances on the pitch, Barcelona has never been able to come up with an effective way to change the situation.

On the contrary, Liverpool, after reversing Barcelona with two goals, became more and more confident.

And Barcelona's more and more impatient mind, but also constantly exposed problems.

Soon, Liverpool took another chance.

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"Liverpool steals the ball in midfield, Sissoko steals it and passes to Gerrard."

"Gerrard took the ball on the right and chose to go forward."

"Liverpool launched a quick counter-attack, and the front three went into attack."

"Kuyt quickly slanted into the penalty area and opened the defense for Geraldella."

"Gerald went to the right of the penalty area, made a direct cross, and looked for Kuyt, who was at the front."

"Kuyt headed the goal..."

"Valdez flew and hit the ball."

"But the ball was still in the penalty area, Crouch grabbed the first nod, and the header was ferried to the back..."

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When he was fighting back quickly just now, Yang Yang saw Gerrard advancing with the ball on the right, so he chose to be one step behind.

This is to open up the defense in the penalty area, but also to create an offensive layer.

But he also has enough confidence that if Gerrard crosses directly to the back point, he will plug in the first time.

Gerrard chose the front to find Kuyt, but the Dutch striker's header was blocked by Valdes.

At this time, Yang Yang noticed Crouch, so he quickly rushed into the restricted area.

Sure enough, Crouch's height had an overwhelming advantage. Without a chance to shoot, he chose to head the ball to the back point, and Yang Yang came in at this time, just picking up a big bargain.

Belletti followed closely beside Yang Yang, and Rafael Marcos kept retreating, judging where the ball would land.

The two were in tandem, sandwiching Yang Yang in the middle, but they couldn't help Yang Yang jumping higher.

Rafael Marcos is about the same height as Yang Yang, but he is stepping back, while Yang Yang has a run-up distance, so after jumping up, Yang Yang is a lot taller than him.

As for Belletti behind him, he couldn't jump at all.

After jumping up, the ball just came to the front, Yang Yang quickly probed a little, and hit the ball firmly on his forehead.

The ball changed direction and flew directly into Barcelona's goal!

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"Wow!!!!"

"God! The ball is in again!!!!"

"hat trick!"

"hat trick!!"

"Oh my God, Yang Yang made a hat trick!"

"And he still uses the header he is the worst at!"

"It's unbelievable!"

"His jumping power is really amazing. He is a head higher than Marcos. The Mexican central defender has no ability to compete with him. He can only watch Yang Yang's header score!"

"Three to one! Liverpool overturned Barcelona!"

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After Yang Yang landed, he turned around immediately and rushed to the sidelines quickly.

This is his third glide at the Camp Nou in this game.

The 95,000 Barcelona fans were silent, no boos, but no applause.

In fact, after scoring the third goal, Yang Yang was not too excited because the third goal came by coincidence.

Of course, he did deliberately take a step behind beforehand, and then suddenly jumped in, which would make it more difficult to defend his players, but it was indeed a bit of a coincidence.

Maybe it was because he celebrated three times, or maybe it was because the goal was too easy. Instead, Yang Yang was not as excited as the previous two times. He just ran to the sidelines, waved his hand, turned around, and followed the teammates who were chasing after him. They hugged.

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"Barcelona suffered a complete defeat!"

"It's definitely an unacceptable fact, but Liverpool really played better and more active in this game, especially Yang Yang, who scored a hat-trick at Camp Nou!"

"Rijkaard should reflect on his tactics, because Ronaldinho and Messi were obviously limited by Liverpool in this game, but as the team's head coach, whether it's Inie Sta, or Giuli, didn't change the attacking situation in the frontcourt after playing."

"This is absolutely unqualified!"

"From 1-0 to 1-3, Barcelona suffered a nightmarish reversal, especially at the Camp Nou, which can almost be said to have completely ruined the possibility of Barcelona advancing from the round of 16."

"But in any case, there is still the second round, as long as Rijkaard can find the strongest Barcelona, ​​then everything is unknown."

"Looking at Liverpool, Benitez's tactical attainments are indeed admirable, almost suppressing Barcelona, ​​and the addition of Yang Yang has greatly improved Liverpool's offensive ability."

"Tonight's hat-trick is the best example!"

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After Yang Yang celebrated with his teammates on the sidelines, he also ran to the coaching bench of the visiting team and took the initiative to shake hands and hugs with Benitez, followed by the chief assistant coach Yesterdan.

For Benitez and Yesterdam, Yang Yang is full of respect.

Benitez is the manager with the best tactical attainments among the coaches he has ever experienced. The Spaniard takes everything that may happen on the pitch into consideration in almost every game.

Sometimes, Yang Yang even wondered if this guy who looked cold and mechanical, without the slightest expression, was really a robot?

Yesterdam, on the other hand, is a Spaniard who always has a kind smile.

I really don't know how these two people came together, how can they cooperate so well?

From the visiting team's coaching bench, Yang Yang ran right in front of Messi.

The Argentine looked a little lonely, but Yang Yang still nodded politely at him and smiled.

Messi was a little surprised, and nodded quickly as a return gift.

You come and go on the field of play, and the outcome depends on your ability, but you still have to be polite at the very least.

And Yang Yang still clearly remembers that when he attended the FIFA awards ceremony in December, Ronaldinho joked when he saw Yang Yang that he and Messi had already made arrangements to wait for him at Camp Nou. Prepare.

The Brazilians were still so high-spirited at the time.

But who would have thought that in just two months, everything would have undergone such an amazing change.

An unbreakable fortress is always broken from the inside first.

As the defending champions of the Champions League, Barcelona not only lost to Liverpool, but more importantly they lost to themselves.

Perhaps, from the moment Eto'o confronted the media and exposed the contradictions between the dressing room and the management, Barcelona has already lost.

After realizing this level, Yang Yang realized that it is not easy for a team like Liverpool to have such a united dressing room!