Legend of Fengshen

Chapter 127

Soon players from both sides came on the field, and He Wei and Tao Wei were pleasantly surprised to find that Zhang Yuan appeared in the starting lineup.

Tao Wei said: "Unexpectedly, Zhang Yuan just came back and started waiting for this game. This is a surprise to many of our domestic fans!"

"Yeah, Zhang Yuan, Asamoah, and Kuranyi are all on the field, so today Slomka should probably play their usual 433-[-]-[-] formation! Are you going to play against Barcelona in the away game?" He Wei's voice.

"The difference of an away goal is not too big. Slomka still wanted to attack today. In fact, Schalke 04's attack was not bad in the last game. It's just that the striker's ability to seize opportunities is not good enough after all. , Kuranyi and Asamoah are not top shooters!" Tao Wei said.

"Let's see if Zhang Yuan's appearance today can surprise everyone!" He Wei said with a smile.

"Hehe, don't have too much hope. After all, Zhang Yuan hasn't had normal training and competition for more than a month!" Tao Wei also responded with a smile.

This is the second game of Zhang Yuan's Champions League tour, but he has not played away, and the Camp Nou is not full, but the momentum is still scary enough. Neuer and Zhang Yuan, who think they have not been respected, now get Respect, Schalke 04 players were booed overwhelmingly as soon as they came out, obviously Barcelona fans wanted to put pressure on the visiting team.

These are of no use to the Schalke 04 players. After all, they are used to the huge booing at the Schalke Stadium. It doesn't matter if everyone changes their angle.

After listening to the theme song, it's night time, neither rain nor high wind level, there is no special meaning in guessing the side, and it doesn't matter who kicks off first.

Today Barcelona naturally formed the 433 formation they have been using:

Goalkeeper: Valdes;
Defenders: Right back Zambrotta, center back Puyol, center back Thuram, left back Abidal;

Midfield: Harvey, Yaya Toure, 8-Iniesta;

Forwards: Bojan, Eto'o, Henry
Schalke 04's 433 formation:

Goalkeeper: Neuer
Defenders: Right back Rafinha, center back Bordon, center back Kostajic, left back Westermann;

Midfielders: Jones, Ernst, Rakitic;

Forwards: Asamoah, Zhang Yuan, Kuranyi
Facing Barcelona's extremely fast striker combination, Slomka placed the relatively fast Westerman on the wing in both rounds, and put the older Christa Jiqi returned to the central defender position. Kristajic was born as a central defender and has no problem playing against the central defender. Pandel, who rose up in Schalke 04 last season, lost under Slomka this season. Without trust, it is basically difficult to get a substitute opportunity now. Slomka would rather use Westman and Kristajic as two central defenders to play left back.

Barcelona's midfield position tends to be parallel, and Yaya Toure is slightly behind. He only joined Barcelona this season. Nesta Escort.

Xavi and Iniesta are the metronomes of Barcelona's midfield. The defensive ability of the two is not very outstanding. At first glance, it seems that Barcelona's midfield interception is not good. In fact, Barcelona has always been adhering to the Total Attack Keep the concept and use the ball to replace the lack of defensive interception.

Bolton won the right to choose the side, so Puyol naturally won the kick-off for Barcelona. With the whistle of the referee, the second round of the match between Schalke 04 and Barcelona officially began.

Barcelona's style of play mainly relies on short passes and counterattacks. Their players have strong personal abilities and fast counterattacks. If the opponent is a little careless, they can easily be defeated by their counterattacks.

As soon as the ball was kicked off, Henry passed the ball back to Barcelona's half, but several forwards of Schalke 04 went up to grab it symbolically, and the other players stayed in their own half to defend. After a few downs, because Schalke 04's striker really didn't put any pressure on the opponent, Barcelona's three lines began to press forward collectively.

The ball passed to Harvey's feet. Harvey's ball control is not fancy at all, but it is difficult for others to grab his ball. Kuranyi retreated back and planned to grab it. It stands to reason that Kuranyi is taller than Harvey. Not a star and a half, and his body is much stronger than Harvey, but Kuranyi could neither grab the ball nor squeeze Harvey to the ground. Harvey seemed slow but actually he was very flexible. A few rounds of the ground easily got rid of Kuranyi, and then without hesitation, he made a long pass.

The ball passed Kristajic in the big penalty area and landed in the small penalty area. Eto'o rushed to try to take advantage of the opportunity to shoot, but Neuer attacked in time, and the ball was firmly held by Neuer arms.

Because Schalke 04's current tactic is to give Barcelona the illusion that they are shrinking their defense, so the defense retreats very deep. As Barcelona's formation moves forward, Bolton and Kristajic have actually retreated to the big penalty area and the small area. Between the penalty area, but in such a small space, Eto'o actually succeeded in an anti-offside.

This time it caused a threat to Schalke 04 in front of the goal. It reflects Xavi's wide vision and precise pass. It also reflects Eto'o's perfect sense of smell as a top shooter. He can counter-offside in such a small space. Success shows how sensitive his response is and how fast he starts up.

Eto'o gave Harvey a thumbs up from a distance. If Neuer hadn't chosen to attack this ball, I am afraid the ball would have been scored.

Zhang Yuan witnessed all this on the field, and he was both worried and envious. The worry was that from this simple cooperation, it can be seen that Barcelona's players are very strong. The opponent also has Henry and Iniesta. Needless to say, Henry is a long-established superstar who almost supported Arsenal by himself. Facing these outstanding players, a small mistake will bring fatal consequences.What I envy is Harvey's precise passing and Eto'o's ability to smell in front of fighters. He thinks that he is far from reaching their height.

This game is not easy to play. This is Zhang Yuan's intuitive feeling. After walking a few steps, he thinks about it again. His strength is not as good as his opponent's, but this is not the reason for his surrender. No matter what, he has to give it a try.

Slomka shook his head on the sidelines. The Schalke 04 midfielder did a good job at home in the last game. He was able to fight against Barcelona's midfielder. However, it seems that Barcelona's overall state has improved in this game.

Rijkaard is a good coach. His Barcelona is very threatening in the wing attack. The whole team has too many good players on the wing. But they suffered a lot in front of Schalke 04 in the last game. Firstly, Schalke 04's defense line is too strong, and there is basically no chance for crosses. Eto'o and Henry are not top forwards with headers. Schalke 04's defense line is tall and big. They didn't give them any chance at all, let alone a small striker Bojan.

At the same time, Schalke 04's zone defense did a good job in the previous game, especially in the defense on the two sides, and there were not many opportunities for Barcelona.

In this game, Jekaard knew that it would be very troublesome for him to continue to play on the side. It is better to let Harvey and Iniesta in the middle play in the middle. Schalke 04 defenders are tall and strong but relatively strong. Speaking of turning around, the speed is slow. Facing a through pass, if you can't intercept it, you are basically finished.

If Barcelona scored first, the two full-backs of Schalke 04 would have to attack. Rijkaard believes that with the two sides of Barcelona, ​​​​Schalke 04 can be completely overthrown.

Just 2 minutes into the game, Barcelona created a murderous intent in front of Schalke 04. Neuer couldn't blame his two central defender teammates for this goal, because it was a matter of personal ability, not that the two central defenders were not strong enough.

In this way, Barcelona controlled the situation on the field at the beginning, and the possession rate was fully dominant. In their own half, the Schalke 04 players did not follow up at all. In the Schalke 04 half, These players pressed like mad dogs again, and the retreat of the three forwards greatly increased the interception success rate of the midfielder.

Slomka asked Jones to go up and stare at Harvey. Jones has a strong defensive ability and is not a professional like Kuranyi. Even if a professional defense is passed, he will still use some tricks to draw fouls, as long as it is not a malicious foul. , the referee awarded free kicks at most, which delayed Barcelona's attack.

Just like that, Jones stared at Harvey, and Harvey felt terrified. Why are you staring at me like this? !

After several fouls, Harvey finally stopped playing long balls. It is meaningless to delay the team's offense. It is Schalke 04 who occupy the high point. The free kick from the far point in the front field is not interesting for Barcelona. The header is usually cleared by Schalke 04.

So now Harvey chose to penetrate with short passes, and the entire Barcelona team moved, constantly moving to increase the receiving points.

This kind of short pass penetration usually uses rhythm changes at the last moment, and then starts to pass slowly, and in the end it is an unexpected pass to create a murderous intent.

And once a few players cooperate tacitly, even if you are an iron wall, you will be found a gap, and finally you will be finalized.

Zhang Yuan didn't even pass or catch the ball these days, let alone get the ball into Barcelona's half. He could only help the midfield to defend firmly, and there was no threat at all in the first few minutes.

(End of this chapter)