Stand by the last line of defense

Chapter 154

Chapter 154

Iniesta runs to take the corner.

Zheng Long stood in front of the door and shouted loudly.

"Watch your own people!"

"Vallejo fixes Suarez, watch out for that guy's movement!"

"Sidibe, keep an eye on Messi!"

"Fernandez, you are optimistic about Neymar!"

……

Barcelona's offense is so powerful, Zheng Long can only remind his teammates loudly, hoping to let the players participate in the defense better.

Corner kicks, Barcelona do not have the advantage.

Iniesta did not pass the ball directly into the penalty area.

He takes a tactical corner.Handed over to Rakitic.

Rakitic passed the ball back to Iniesta as Nani came up to press.

Iniesta wanted to transfer from a long distance.This time Vallejo's judgment was accurate and he pressed hard to grab the ball.

He immediately made a long pass, trying to find Baston.

Mascherano is very accurate. He headed the ball in a stealth position and snatched the ball with his chest.

Barcelona attacked again, and Busquets came to meet him.

He tucked the ball to Messi, who ran back into midfield to receive it, although Gallareta followed.

But Messi dribbled the ball to the right, and suddenly dunked it back, widening the distance from Gallareta, dribbling forward with the ball!

Zheng Long shouted loudly when he saw it. "Just prevent them from breaking through. Don't worry about their shots!"

As long as it is not a close range volley, there is time to react.

Zheng Long wasn't very worried.

Following Zheng Long's reminder, Zaragoza's players are slowly changing their defensive strategies, mainly marking the opponent's breakthrough and not giving the opponent a chance to easily kill the penalty area.

After the first 25 minutes or so of the contest, now head coach Popovich has finally realized that the gap between Zaragoza and Barcelona is huge.

He no longer has any illusions now.

Standing on the very edge of the coach's field, Popovich put his hands to his mouth and shouted: "Defense! Go back and defend!"

Now he is determined to take the bus.

Try to make up for Alamo in time.But Messi's dribbling rhythm is too fast.

Alamo really couldn't judge Messi's breakthrough route, so he could only retreat step by step.

All the way back to the front of the penalty area, Pedro rushed over, trying to double-team Messi.

At the time of Messi, other Barcelona players started their own runs.

Neymar and Suarez immediately ran to the sides, opening up space for Messi to shoot.

Barcelona's front line is also pressing forward as a whole, making the front, middle and rear lines closer.

Seeing that Messi was about to hit the penalty area, and seeing Pedro coming, Alamo came up to block.

But Messi has already raised his big foot and forced a shot outside the penalty area, and the ball flew towards the goal like a cannonball!

Zheng Long didn't dare to neglect at all.

When Messi rushed up with the ball, he was ready.

When Messi kicked his feet, he made a judgment, and immediately swooped hard, hitting the ball out of the bottom line with both fists!

"Interceptor!"

"Another brilliant save, he denied Messi's shot."

Barcelona's line is now pressed very forward, and Zheng Long wants to hit Busquets behind him.

But Pique took the lead and headed the ball forward.

The ball moved quickly. Iniesta hit a very penetrating through ball to Suarez. Suarez broke through and sent a second pass, sending the ball to Neymar's feet.

Neymar suddenly started, please Vallejo's marking, and shot the goal with his right foot!

Zheng Long knelt down and hugged the ball.

Relying on Zheng Long's outstanding performance, he tried his best to keep the goal.

But Zaragoza has been forced to defend almost the whole line in the half court.

This feeling of being besieged is very worrying, as if it may be entered at any time.

Zaragoza's players were nervous when the scene was passive, and they felt like their days were like years.

Time passed minute by minute, and the Zaragoza players now only wanted to sound the halftime whistle as soon as possible.

Zaragoza is anxious, and Barcelona players are also anxious.

Seeing that they were unable to overcome the opponent's goal for a long time, the Barcelona players also became anxious.

They frequently go it alone in an attempt to break the situation with their personal skills.

In the 37th minute, Messi dunked Gallareta, cut into the penalty area, and kicked the goal.

Did not hold down the ball and flew directly out of the goal frame.

Three minutes later, Neymar and Iniesta hit a wall-like cooperation, and suddenly shot a cold arrow 3 meters away!

Zheng Long fell to the ground and hit the ball. Under the interference of Vallejo, Suarez missed the kick and the ball flew out of the baseline.

This show is about to become Zheng Long's personal performance show.

It's as if Zheng Long is demonstrating the goalkeeper's saving action.

Seeing Barcelona playing in a hurry, Enrique stood on the sidelines and shouted loudly.

"Man. Play patiently. We still have time!"

"Pass more! Be more patient!"

"We can win!"

Enrique clapped his hands and shouted.

Zaragoza coach Popovich turned around and shouted at the bench.

"Lolo, Insa, you two go warm up!"

Being pressed in the half court by Barcelona, ​​the wings could not fly.Baston couldn't get support in the frontcourt, and the tactical center couldn't play a role, and he was almost invisible.

Popovich decided to replace him in the second half, replaced him with a midfielder, and defended across the board.

Hearing the head coach's call, Loro on the 8th and Insa on the 19th stood up hastily, ran to the side of the field and jogged back and forth to warm up.

Lolo suffered a serious injury at the beginning of last season, and he has been recovering from his injury for nearly half the season, and he finally recovered from his injury.

But the team has no place for him.

Now seeing that the head coach is ready to give himself a chance again.

Luo Luo secretly made up his mind that he must perform well in this game to impress the trust of the head coach.

Enrique's shouts gradually calmed down the impatience of the Barcelona players.

They played according to the usual tactical requirements.

Compared with Barcelona's overall style of play, Zaragoza's players may prefer Barcelona's individual heroism just now.

After all, it was only necessary to guard against the opponent's breakthrough before.

Shoot these, our goalkeeper will keep it.

Now Barcelona has become a whole again, which makes Zaragoza's players very difficult to defend.

Barcelona's frontcourt combination is too good at running, and it is very flexible, often changing positions, so that the defensive players will be caught by the opponent if they don't pay attention.

Zheng Long hit the ball hard, Fernandez grabbed the ball and passed the ball to Nani.

Nani and Pedro played a two-for-one cooperation and quickly dribbled forward.

Nani is nice, but tight is also nice.

It is far behind players of the level of Messi and Ronaldo.

Just after halftime, the ball at his feet was hit by Pique and Rakitic, who broke the ball.

This is the helplessness of Zaragoza in this game. The backcourt is too difficult, the players devote all their energy to defense, and there are too few troops to invest in the frontcourt.

In many cases, it can only rely on the individual ability of the players.

Pique takes the ball or launches a counterattack immediately!

The overhead ball went straight behind Gallareta, Iniesta got the ball and Pedro had to follow.

Iniesta calmly sent the ball to the front right, and Messi moved forward to get the ball.

Cabrera came to Messi's side, and Messi flicked the ball with his right foot and adjusted the ball to his left foot.

In an instant, Cabrera forcibly twisted her body to keep up.

But Messi did pull the ball back immediately and broke to the right.

Seeing that Cabrera was broken by Messi, Gallareta rushed back and wanted to break Messi's ball from behind.

He just stretched out his feet, and Messi, who felt someone behind him, turned around, stepped on the ball with his feet, and pulled it back.

Do a move similar to the Marseille Rondo and protect the ball.

Before even turning around, Galaretta's foot stretched out.

Messi immediately fell to the penalty area.

The referee saw someone go down and he blew his whistle.

Terrified, Galaretta took a step back and spread his hands.Indicated that he did not move him.

Cabrera broke the ball over the baseline and looked to the referee.

Suarez was the first to come up and shout at the referee.

"Sir, he hit Messi. This is the box. Penalty! No doubt about it!"

Pedro hurried over and yelled loudly. "Sir, he's a flop. Gallaretta didn't touch him! He's acting!"

……

The referee ignored the players on both sides. He looked down at the penalty area line, and asked the linesman with his hands on the earplugs.

All eyes were on the referee for a moment, anxiously waiting for his penalty.

After getting a definite answer, the referee pointed to the penalty spot.

penalty!

After calling for a penalty, the referee walked over to Gallareta, showed a yellow card, and then took a red card from his shirt pocket.

Two yellows turn one red!

Gallareta is shown a red card and sent off.

When the head coach Enrique on the sidelines saw Messi fall, he immediately yelled and signaled to the referee that his player fell to the ground.

Seeing that the referee pointed to the penalty spot, he also sent off the opponent's midfielder Galareta with a red card.

Enrique clenched his hands excitedly and shouted.

"SI (YES)!"

He seemed to have seen the dawn of victory!

Popovich put his head in his hands and couldn't believe his eyes.He picked up the mineral water at his feet and smashed it down vigorously, venting his dissatisfaction.

Galareta saw that the referee not only awarded a penalty, but also gave himself a red card.

He yelled at the referee a few words, and saw the referee pointing to the sidelines, signaling him to get off the court quickly.

Pedro was afraid that Galareta would continue to complain and would be punished after the game, so he hurried over to stop him and let him go off the field.

Galaretta was thinking about it, and walked off the stage unwillingly.

Barcelona fans shouted excitedly.

After filling it out, not to mention the penalty kick, the opponent sent another person off. 11 against 10, Barcelona will win!

Zaragoza fans are very frustrated.

The scene was not dominant at first, but now he was sent off again in the first half.

What can we do now?

Under the eviction of the referee, the other players walked out of the small penalty area and stood on the line of the small penalty area, ready to rush into the penalty area to defend or make supplementary shots.

After communicating with Suarez, Neymar and Iniesta, Messi walked into the small penalty area with the ball.

He will take the penalty later.

Standing on the goal line, Zheng Long took a deep breath, exhaled slowly, and his body jumped slightly, making his body excited and ready to meet the challenge.

Messi put the ball on the penalty spot and took four steps back.

He stopped, not daring to look into Zheng Long's eyes, he thought about Zheng Long's position slightly, thinking about how to take the penalty kick later.

Zheng Long patted his gloves, pointed at Messi, and suddenly shouted.

"Little guy, wait a minute and I will definitely save your penalty. You are destined to become Barcelona's sinner tonight!"

(End of this chapter)