Chapter 699 Second Half
In the locker room, Levi smiled and encouraged the players.
"In the 45 minutes of the first half, you all did a pretty good job! But the game is not over yet, and Barcelona will not be reconciled to not scoring in the second half. Their offensive will definitely be stronger! Our defense will be under great pressure! This is also true. It will be our chance to score!"
In the end, Li Wei looked at Gerrard and other defensive players and said: "I don't want Liverpool to score a goal before being scored by Barcelona!"
Gerrard immediately stated: "Barcelona wants to score goals, it is not so easy!"
Levi looked at Suarez and their offensive players again. "I know today's game is more difficult for you, not to mention less touches, and you have to run in a wide range, but it is because of your hard work that the next goal is possible!"
The three of Suarez said energetically: "Boss, don't worry! Even if we don't score, we will do our best to run in the frontcourt!"
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In stark contrast to the high-spirited Liverpool dressing room is the Barcelona dressing room. Although the atmosphere in the dressing room is not dead, it is also very dignified.
There are not many things Guardiola can do now, mainly because he doesn’t have many cards to play. The tallest striker is Tello, 179cm, but Tello is a winger, and his header skills are average, let alone Guardiola I don't think he has the quality to be an important player in the first team yet.
What Guardiola can do now is to hand over more offensive tasks to Messi and let other players fully support Messi.In fact, if there is a choice, Guardiola does not want to make such a choice and pin the team's offense on a player.Because it's too risky, too many uncertainties.
But if you don't pin your hope on Messi, who can you pin it on?
The mentality of the Barcelona players at this time is inevitably a little irritable. They are not fools. It can be seen that Guardiola has no way to break through Liverpool's defense for the time being.
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The game restarted in the second half, Barcelona's offense became more impatient, while Liverpool's defense became more stable.
In 3 minutes, Liverpool's chance came!
At that time, Barcelona got a corner kick, Xavi took a corner kick, and the goal was Pique.
Liverpool has long focused on the few high points in Barcelona. Pique has not yet taken off, but Boateng has jumped high in front of him and pushed the football out of the penalty area.
Keita on the outside wanted to grab the first spot, but Gerrard was more experienced, stuck in the position, resisted Keita's harassment, stopped the football on his chest, and immediately assigned to the side.
After taking the ball, Vidal looked at the situation in the frontcourt and immediately made a long pass.
Barcelona was shocked, they now only have three defensive players in the backcourt.
Football found Suarez, but Suarez was not easy. Mascherano held him firmly and kept harassing him behind his back.
Suarez knows that it is not easy for him to stop the football, and it is even more difficult to get rid of Mascherano's defense.
Suarez simply didn't stop the ball, and with a sweep of his right foot, the football was stuffed past him.
"What is Suarez doing? There is no teammate behind him to support him! Puyol quickly rushed to the football... No! Gareth! Bale!!!" The voice of the commentator, who was originally slightly puzzled, suddenly became sharp.
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"Be careful, behind you!" Valdes suddenly changed his face and yelled at Puyol.
Puyol is also an old Jianghu, and he had a vague feeling that someone was chasing him from behind, but he didn't care too much.Because he is closer to football, and he has completed the process of speeding up.
Now after hearing Valdez's warning, Puyol became nervous, and he turned his head to look behind him.
At this time, Puyol was not nervous, but frightened!
I don't know when, Bell has already caught up!There is only one body gap away from him!
Fight!I don't believe that there is a position advantage, I can't beat you!
Puyol felt ruthless in his heart, and immediately used all his breastfeeding strength, striding towards the football to catch up.
At the same time, Puyol also paid attention to Bell's running route and got stuck.Bell had to go around him if he wanted to pass him.Everyone knows that the speed must be reduced a little when turning, otherwise it is easy to lose the center of gravity, and Bell's desire to bypass Puyol is equivalent to lengthening the distance between him and the football in disguise.
And it is such a little distance that Puyol is confident that he can catch up with football before Bell.
At this time, Puyol can choose to pass the football back to goalkeeper Valdez, even if Bale is chasing him closely, at worst he will destroy the football out of the sideline and throw the ball to Liverpool.
In order to ensure defense, Liverpool must have poor investment in offense. It is very difficult for them to threaten Barcelona's gate with this throw.
If Liverpool wants to use this hand throw to threaten Barcelona's gate, so as to increase the investment in offensive numbers, Barcelona will be even happier.
A turtle huddled in its shell is tough to chew on, but a turtle with its head and limbs exposed is easy to deal with!
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"Sure enough, Jiang is still old and spicy. Although Puyol is old and his speed has dropped a lot, his experience makes up for this shortcoming!"
"It's a pity, Liverpool finally had a good chance to fight back, and just lost it!"
"Although Bale is fast, but Puyol is stuck in the position, his chances are not great!"
"Ha! Liverpool want to steal a goal at the Nou Camp, thinking too much!"
"With Puyol here, Bale, if you want to score goals at the Nou Camp, play for another ten years!"
In the stands, there was a lot of discussion.
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Li Wei on the sidelines of the football field fixed his eyes on Bell and Puyol. He had a premonition that Bell was going to explode!
I don't know when, like Levi, Guardiola, who was standing on the sidelines, let out a breath of foul air.
Although Puyol is old (33 years old), the performance of the old players did not disappoint him this time. It seems that Liverpool's counterattack is about to die!
Just at this time……
"Bell changed his running direction, he wanted to bypass Puyol! He also accelerated!!! How is it possible!!! How did he do it!!!" The commentator's voice became a little crazy.
In fact, people who saw this scene felt that the world seemed unreal!
What did they see?
A player who was one position behind Puyol caught up!
Forget it, this player is actually able to speed up in this situation, and he is going to speed up and overtake!
Like the audience, Puyol was also shocked.
But unlike the audience, he quickly came back to his senses, and he remembered his duty!
Bale must not be allowed to catch up with football!Otherwise, he will face Valdes alone!
He bumped into Bell while running. He didn't intend to hit Bell, but he thought that this action could prevent Bell from surpassing himself. Although the blocking time was very short, maybe 0.3 seconds, or even 0.2 seconds, it was enough. !
At that time, he will be able to grab the football before Bale!