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Chapter 189 The sharpest spear and the strongest shield...

From FC Barcelona founded in 1899 to the present, after 108 years of vicissitudes, Barcelona's home jersey has always been chosen to symbolize the blood and passion of red, and the blue symbolizing the sky and the ocean. There are two sources of design for the red and blue home jerseys. There are two explanations, one is that the club was established in the period of great industrial development in Barcelona, ​​and red and blue were the trendy colors that the workers liked very much at that time. When it came time to set up his own football club, Gamper copied the colors he had worn.

Compared with the red and blue home jersey that has remained unchanged for a hundred years, Barcelona's away jersey design has been trying to keep up with the trend. Over the years, only the color of the away team jersey has been used. Barcelona has used yellow, fluorescent green, orange, grass green, There are no less than ten kinds of transformations such as gray-green, blue-black, gold, and brown.

In the 07-08 season, Barcelona chose a dark blue and light blue striped shirt as the away jersey, which is very eye-catching whether it is seen during the game or off the field.

But in today's game, when the whole Barcelona team appeared in the player tunnel at the Allianz Arena, they still wore red and blue home jerseys. The reason was that their away jerseys clashed with the home team jerseys of 1860 Munich. And Barcelona didn't have a second away jersey this season, so they wore a home jersey to make up for it.

Players from 1860 Munich and Barcelona stood in the aisle and greeted each other.

Although the two teams are now rivals, they are in different leagues. If it weren't for the Champions League, they might not have met once in several years, so even if the current positions are opposite, there is no opposition between the players of the two teams, like Puyol of Barcelona , Iniesta, Xavi and Portillo are all teammates of the Spanish national team. They who have been together day and night and fought side by side naturally have a lot of topics to talk about when they meet again; Dante and Silva are talking with Ronaldinho and Sylvini Ao, the two fellow Brazilians chatting; even Beckham and Irving, because they have long stopped playing for Real Madrid, can catch up with a few familiar Barcelona players who have played against each other in the past.

These are friendly people, and others who are not friendly, they like each other, and they will say a few words-for example, I like your playing style very much, what happened to your barb in the game on a certain day Come on, can we swap jerseys after the game?such as.

When Karl walked through the player tunnel to play first, he saw the familiar back of his head at a glance.

The biggest anecdote in European football these days is the one-click change of Barcelona player Messi in Munich. The stylist specially finds those ordinary and inconspicuous people in their lives to transform them, and suddenly transforms them into dazzling figures like supermodels.

Barcelona is a La Liga team. Of course, the Spanish media pay the most attention to Messi, and there are four large comprehensive sports newspapers in Spain, all of which are daily magazines. The fierce competition has caused these media to do whatever they can to sell sales. Expanding the facts and even creating fake news to attract attention is one of the reasons why the Spanish media has gradually become less ethical than the British media in recent years.

Look at what has been published in "World Sports Daily", "Marca", "Aspen" and "Daily Sports Daily" in the past few days: "Fantasy Drifting in Munich?"Messi's Magical Transformation Overnight"

"'Little Flea' Spends Six Figures to Expand Its Charm"

"Who is the "friend" in Messi's mouth?Suspected to be a beautiful German designer"

"The infatuated man was originally a big carrot?Messi did not break up with his Argentinian girlfriend »

When Messi just became short, rich and handsome, the media were only curious about the reason why he changed his look, because the changes that happened to Messi were too much like the handwriting of a professional stylist with a keen sense of fashion, but when reporters asked about Messi’s At the time, the Barcelona star faltered and explained: "No, no, I don't have a styling team. This was done by, uh, a friend for me."

The media then asked: "Who is the friend? Where is the friend? From Germany?"

Messi kept his mouth shut and refused to answer.

Not to expose Carl is also what they agreed on earlier. After all, the two had never had friendship before, and Barcelona and 1860 are now in a competitive relationship. When the news broke out that the coach of the Lions team "friendly help" the new Barcelona star to make a facelift, it was not clear at first. An innocent thing will also be described by the media in all kinds of tricks and shady scenes. Maybe the winter transfer period has not yet arrived, and the major newspapers will start hyping the news that Karl is trying to poach Barcelona's main players.

It's just that the more Messi doesn't talk about it, the easier it is for the media to think about it. At this moment, even Messi is on two boats. While having a sweet relationship with his Argentinian girlfriend, he finds a new lover in Munich, and then asks the new lover to dress himself up completely. The bizarre plot of the outfit is all made up.

So Karl wanted to laugh when he saw Messi.

Messi was probably a little embarrassed. When he saw Carl, he didn't take the initiative to say hello. He just smiled friendly and shyly, and nodded again.

"Good evening." Carl greeted him naturally, then blinked and said, "You have a handsome hairstyle."

A blush visible to the naked eye suddenly appeared on Messi's cheeks. He murmured for a long time and said, "That's because the person who chose my look has a good eye."

Carl smiled and walked away happily.

The other Barcelona players looked at Messi curiously, not knowing why he blushed suddenly.

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"The defending champions of the Bundesliga at home, 1860 Munich, started this season well. In the first eight rounds of the league, they had six wins and two draws. They have the same points as Bayern Munich, which has been supplemented by strong support this summer, and temporarily ranks first with the advantage of goal difference. .”

"The La Liga giant Barcelona has also been doing well recently. It has won four consecutive victories in various competitions. In this game, Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard put Messi and Henry on the front line to partner with Ronaldinho. Iniesta, Deco and Xavi in ​​midfield, Thuram and Musk at centre-back, Oleg and Abidal on the left and right."

"The other two main players, although Puyol has recovered from injury, was placed on the bench by Rijkaard due to technical reasons. I don't know if he will play in this game. As for Barcelona's striker core Eto'o, Unfortunately, he tore his Achilles tendon in the Gamper Cup at the end of August, and he will have to recuperate until at least November."

"Munich 1860 has sent the strongest lineup in this game, and the idea is to take all three points, but although Barcelona has several main players absent, it is very important to Messi, who is hot for the Ballon d'Or this year, or just in La Liga. Henry, who scored a hat-trick against Levante, or Ronaldinho, who has just returned from injury and is preparing for a big game, is in good shape."

"The Lions of Barcelona can be regarded as their opponents. Interestingly, the tactics chosen by the head coaches of the two teams are also 433. It's just that unlike Barcelona, ​​which pursues the ultimate ball control, 1860 Munich has always used indirect sharp advances to overwhelm the opponent in terms of speed. Enemy. This is a battle of space and time, and it is predictable that the scene of the game must be very exciting."

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In less than 3 minutes, Barcelona almost took the lead——

After Messi got the ball at the front of the penalty area, he attracted the attention of many defensive players. He raised his foot and passed the ball straight into the penalty area. Ronaldinho volleyed with his right foot from 18 meters in front of the goal but hit the ball heavily on the post. The Lions goal was lucky to escape.

In the following 4 minutes, Barcelona took advantage of the failure of Munich 1860's counterattack to launch another attack, but Deco's long-range heavy artillery shot was skillfully saved by the Lions' goalkeeper.

Barcelona, ​​who played exceptionally well, started very bravely. If the team's central defender Marquez hadn't accidentally relapsed from his old injury in the 9th minute, they would have created three threatening shots within 10 minutes of the start of the game.

Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard hastily made substitutions, he replaced Mexican defender Marquez with veteran Carles Puyol.

Although the opponent wasted a substitution quota in advance, the vigilance raised in Carl's heart will only become stronger.

Because Puyol is a more lethal figure than Marquez, not only because he integrates better with this team, but also because as the captain of Barcelona, ​​as long as he stands on the field, he is the whole Barcelona team. The spiritual pillar of the team, his inspiration to other players is immeasurable.

So taking advantage of Rijkaard's substitutions, Karl also quickly waved his hands to recruit the players and teach them the opportunity face to face.

"When the ball is not with us, see who the opponent is holding the ball. If it is a defensive player, ignore him and let them go to the backcourt. But if the central and frontcourt players, be vigilant and shrink when necessary. Space, restricting Barcelona's offense outside the small penalty area-ball possession rate is a very false thing, it looks gorgeous but it is empty, if they just fall in the backcourt, even if the ball possession rate reaches [-]%, it is useless , they're not going to make any real shots at all."

Beckham nodded secretly: "I understand what to do."

The whole world knows that Barcelona's Tiki-Taka tactic is to compete for the possession of the ball, and the pursuit is to control the ball. Therefore, when facing Barcelona, ​​many teams now want to use the method of competing for ball possession to limit the opponent's performance. The team succeeded with this trick, they beat Barcelona, ​​but this trick is not something everyone can learn.

At least on weekdays, 1860 Munich, which aims to "complete the attack with the fastest and simplest means", no matter how hard it works, it may not be able to control the ball more than Barcelona in the whole game, and if Karl asks his team to do that, Not only will he lose his own style, but he might even turn into a dog like a tiger, and end up humiliating himself.

So what Karl thinks is: playing his own football can target Barcelona's weaknesses, but he must not use head-to-head or weak to face strength.

After Puyol came on the field, he integrated better with the team, and as a spiritual leader, he really guided his teammates better. In addition, under Karl's instructions, 1860 Munich did not try to fight the needle, but to shrink the space. Made a posture of avoiding its edge, so Barcelona's momentum became more vigorous up and down, and it even gained the upper hand for a while.

Then, Barcelona's No. 10 core Ronaldinho staged his first wonderful performance after his comeback-the oxtail is extraordinary!

Who invented the oxtail is long gone, but it was the Brazilian star Rivelino who first used it in the game. In the 90s of the last century, Ronaldo ("Alien" Ronaldo) also used this action to tease his opponents. But since the first day of Oxtail's extraordinary appearance in football, Ronaldinho is the one who can use this move in the most fancy and breathtaking way.

This performance happened in the 16th minute of the game. Henry received the ball from the center and stuffed it straight into the right side of the penalty area. Ronaldinho tried to shoot after taking the ball, but was entangled by 1860 Munich defender Mertesacker, who was close to him. In front of Ronaldinho, it looks very difficult.

At this moment, Ronaldinho glanced at Mertesacker, and his body center of gravity suddenly leaned forward to the right!

Mertesacker thought that the opponent was going to dribble, so he hurriedly moved to the right.

But what Ronaldinho did was a fake move. After deceiving Mertesacker, he used the outer instep of his right foot to gently sweep inward and hook to the left side of his body. When Mertesacker lost his center of gravity, he broke through with the ball!

This was a fantastic dribble move, and Mertesacker's face turned pale when he passed him!

But Ronaldinho, who often teases his opponents in the game, didn't think there was anything special. He didn't wait for the other defenders to surround him, and directly kicked his right foot, trying to send the ball into the net!

All the fans held their breath, trying to capture the moment the football flew through the goal and into the net.

Such extraordinary and such shooting are simply phenomenal!

After the game is over, this goal will definitely be hotly discussed by the media and worshiped by countless fans! ——Countless Barcelona fans thought at the same time.

However, when the fans of the visiting team were collectively dreaming, a pair of hands suddenly appeared in midair!

These hands hugged the football!

Tight!

The camera pans down, along those powerful arms, and a magnified Koch's face appears in the shot!

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A performance without goals cannot be called complete.

South American football advocates gorgeousness. When Brazilian players play for the domestic league, any skilled and famous star will play a few fancy tricks in every game. The number of appearances in the league is simply too much.

But when South American players go to play in European leagues, after a period of time, the skills under their feet will become simple, and it is even difficult to see those fancy but impractical tricks in the past.

Because the European League pursues efficiency.

No matter which team's head coach, when training his players, he will say "You want to score! You want to win!" Instead of saying "Winning is second, performance is the most important."

After listening to this kind of lecture too much, and suffering a few times in the game because of performances and missed opportunities, many South American players have gradually changed their football style.

Ronaldinho hasn't changed much. His style of play is still recognized by fans all over the world. However, he doesn't perform stunts like "Ox Tail" in every game, and the frequency of occurrence is almost a few. Only once a month.

Now it's hard to perform once in an important game, but the goal is missed, which is really frustrating.

Before returning to help the team return to the defense, Ronaldinho took a look at the goal of 1860 Munich. He wanted to take a good look at the opponent's goalkeeper.

Then he looked into a pair of eyes.

A pair of fierce, determined, chilling eyes.

These are the eyes of a predator.

Ronaldinho was inexplicably uncomfortable, and he felt a sense of crisis.

As one of the best strikers in the world and a Brazilian, Ronaldinho usually acts very casually. Barcelona coach Rijkaard is not strict, even if Ronaldinho went to the bar the night before until midnight the next day He won't say anything even after training, so Ronaldinho's character has become more loose. Sometimes he doesn't want to work hard, so he just plays games lazily on the court.

At the beginning of the game, Ronaldinho was still half-involved and casual, but now, he threw away his inattention and became more serious.