Vol 4 Chapter 500: Camp Nou

While Liverpool were secretly training in Portugal to prepare for the Camp Nou, while also preparing for the second half of the event, Barcelona played in La Liga for two rounds.
First at home against Atlético Santander, Ronaldinho scored twice and Deco contributed an assist.
The two Brazilian players performed very well and won unanimous appreciation.
Messi replaced Saviola in the 68th minute. This was his first appearance on behalf of Barcelona after two and a half months, and the entire Camp Nou gave Messi warm applause and cheers. sound.
After Messi played, Eto'o, who had also been absent for three months due to injury, appeared on the sidelines to warm up. This suddenly made the fans of Camp Nou feel excited again. , Able to gather the strongest troops.
Messi and Eto'o come back, Ronaldinho scored twice to find the state, Barcelona is expected to advance.
But when the game reached the eighty-seventh minute, when Rijkaard used his last substitution, he originally intended to replace Belletti with Eto'o and let the Cameroon striker go up to find a state. Eto'o refused. Play.
Soon, Rijkaard used Oleg to replace Belletti.
At the press conference after the game, there were media in the Catalan region asking why they did not arrange for Eto'o to play. The Barcelona coach directly stated that this is the Cameroonian player's own choice.
"He doesn't want to play. I don't know why. He didn't tell me in advance. This makes me very unhappy and regrets, because in my opinion, every minute of the game is very important."
At the same time, Rijkaard responded to Valdes and Oleg.
The Barcelona goalkeeper performed well in this game and saved a penalty, which made him successfully through the crisis of confidence. Rijkaard said that the club will not sell Valdes because he is an important member of the team.
Oleg previously slammed the Spanish judicial system by writing articles in the media, and the club sponsors terminated the contract in advance and became a political news figure. However, he still came off the bench in this game. Rijkaard said he did not care Politics, only care about football.
Ronaldinho was in a good mood when staged twice, and when interviewed by the media, he said that he understood Eto'o's choice to refuse to appear during garbage time, but he also made a vague criticism.
"Before doing everything, it depends on the players and the specific situation, but the most important thing is to consider what is best for the team."
After the game, the media in Catalonia discovered the inside story. The reason why Eto'o refused to play is that Rijkaard promised him half an hour of game time before the game, but the result was only five. Minutes, he was dissatisfied.
Because Rijkaard's first substitution was given to French winger Guri.
After the press conference, the media all over the world have heard the news and things are getting worse.
Barcelona up to the chairman, down to ordinary players, have expressed their views on this matter, hoping that Rijkaard and Eto'o can reconcile to prepare for the upcoming Camp Nou battle.
But unexpectedly, Eto'o subsequently held a press conference, publicly shelling Rijkaard and Ronaldinho, thinking that their remarks disregarded the facts and deeply hurt him, and evaluated They are bad guys.
At the same time, Eto'o also said that Barcelona has split from the management to the locker room.
The management headed by La Porta, and the two gangs headed by Vice Chairman Russell, were inexcusable, and in the locker room, some practices of Brazilian players such as Ronaldinho were unsatisfactory.
"Publicly said at the press conference that I refused the game. This is a villain act. It's really not a thing. It's really shameful to say this. In fact, every minute is important to me." Eto Ao countered Rijkaard.
As for Ronaldinho, Eto'o said, "If my teammates say I should consider the team, I think he is the one who should consider the team more. His actions have always led to the locker room. Many people find it difficult to accept. "
Eto'o's press conference quickly triggered an uproar in the world, and the Cameroonian striker relentlessly ripped Barcelona's internal contradictions and exposed it to the world.
The World Sports News stabbed Barcelona with Eto'o the next day! As a front page headline, I think that Cameroon's words made Rijkaard lose his face and lost all his majesty as a head coach.
But on the same day, Rijkaard and La Porta met in the restaurant.
The next day, Barcelona officials stated that Eto'o reached a settlement with Rijkaard and Ronaldinho.
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A week later, Barcelona challenged Valencia away.
Eto'o did not appear on the roster.
The game started very fiercely after the game started. It was not until the fifty-third minute of the second half that Valencia broke the deadlock. Villa passed from the left side of the penalty area and Angulo scored.
Two minutes later, Valencia further expanded the score, Angulo crosses from the right side of the penalty area, David Silva pushes the goal.
With two goals behind, the Barcelona players were out of control.
In the sixty-first minute, Messi, who had just replaced Good Johnson, was shoveled to the ground by Valencia's midfielder Albelda. As a result, Deco quickly gave a vengeful tackle to save Albelda Shovel to the ground.
There was a dispute between the two sides. The players of the two teams faced each other and shoved. The referee played 50 big boards each and sent Alberda and Deco red cards.
Subsequently, Barcelona didn't break the goal with Ronaldinho's direct free kick until the 92nd minute.
But in the end they lost one to two away.
With a 72% possession rate, Barcelona has never found the key to Valencia's defense.
Many media reporters and fans are also very worried, because three days later, the team will face Liverpool.
In the case of weak offense, how to repel the enemy in the Camp Nou?
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When the haze gradually overshadowed the city of Barcelona, ​​Liverpool prepared for the battle in the Algarve region of Portugal, and everything that happened in Spain would be transferred to Portugal as soon as possible.
The club ’s chief scouts, Edu Aldo Marcia and Frank McPallan, are following the Barcelona game and sending video and analysis reports.
Benitez and the coaching staff, especially the tactical analyst Duff McDonov will analyze the situation in Barcelona for the first time, and immediately made a pre-judgment, to develop targeted strategies in the subsequent training.
For example, Benitez is very sure that Messi will!
"There is no doubt that in the next Camp Nou, we will face the best team in the world."
On the training ground, Benitez warned his players very seriously.
"This is a team of superstars, Ronaldinho, Deco, Xavi, Iniesta, Messi ... Even Eto'o may be in this game if we want to To eliminate opponents, you must devote yourself to the game, and it must be everyone! "
After a week of training and adjustments, every player in Liverpool is energetic and full of desire for the game.
That's Barcelona's defending champion Barcelona!
Yang Yang stood in a row with his teammates, his eyes full of desire and fighting spirit.
In the Champions League semi-final last year, he and Ajax suffered a disastrous defeat at Camp Nou and were eliminated.
In that game, Yang Yang was suspended due to the accumulation of yellow cards, but he was sitting in the stands at that time, witnessing his teammates being beaten by Barcelona very embarrassed, but he was helpless and felt very painful and blamed.
Now, his opportunity for revenge is coming!
Liverpool this season is stronger than last year's Ajax, so he is more confident.
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In Barcelona's tactics, the two wings undertake very important tasks.
Ronaldinho and Messi will meet, and these two players are counter-footed wingers, the best is in-cut.
Ronaldinho is on the left and Liverpool's right-back Finnan is playing against him.
Benitez reminded Finnan that Ronaldinho is best at creating kills between the midfield and the back line, so he must focus on Ronaldinho and cannot give him any chance. , Be sure to keep an eye on and jam his running position.
But in this way, Liverpool's side was given up, and Zambrotta would attack from the side, so this would require Kuyt to suppress Zambrotta on the right.
As for Messi on the right, Benitez gave up Risse and Aurelio and chose Aveloa because the Spanish defender beat the left back and he was the right foot.
The left defender on the right foot can defend Messi's left foot more effectively, especially his emergency stop and breakthrough.
Aveloa ’s task was to keep Messi close and free him to look around.
But the Spanish defender has just arrived first, and this will be his first time to represent Liverpool, Benitez and the coaching staff have spent a lot of time, specializing in a series of Avelloa's method of marking Messi, and targeting him Sex training.
For example, let Yang Yang play the role of Messi and conduct one-on-one special training with Aveloa during the game, which makes Aveloa suffer a lot, but also from this special training, how many found some marking Messi a feeling of.
In addition, Benitez also requested that when the ball is in the midfield and backcourt, try to minimize the pass to Aveloya, because he is playing the left back with his right foot, it will be dangerous when the ball is stopped, and also Will reduce the team's counterattack speed.
Barcelona's offensive style is very erratic, because their players have outstanding personal abilities, in addition to the two wings, the center is also very critical, so Benitez also attaches great importance to the defense of Barcelona's midfield.
For reasons of stability, the coaching staff decided to let Muhammad Sissoko partner Gerald and Harvey Alonso.
The Malians have just recovered from injury, but Mascherano has just arrived. In contrast, Liverpool's game is more focused on the team's overall tactics, so he chose the Mali midfielder.
After working out the tactics, Liverpool secretly trained in Portugal for two more days, which arrived in Barcelona the afternoon before the game.
The Camp Nou is about to strike!
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