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Volume 11, 2004 Chapter 718 The Second Half Begins

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    We got a two-goal lead, which is gratifying.

    "Mourinho told everyone in the locker room: "But let's not forget that our advantage is not as big as it seems, because we only got a draw at the Nou Camp, a one-to-one draw.  , if we fail to continue scoring in the second half and are scored two goals by Barcelona, ??then we will be eliminated - this is not impossible, a team like Barcelona will be eliminated in the 45th  Is it difficult to score two goals in a minute?  "

    "Boss, our defense is not a mess." Lucio said a little dissatisfied: "If Barcelona wants to score, they have to ask us first!"

    Lucio's words resonated with all the players. In this game and a half, Newcastle's defense almost blocked the opponent. Except for one goal scored by Barcelona with one less player, the eleven against ten  When alone, Barcelona has yet to score a goal.

    Mourinho smiled slightly. Players must have such self-confidence. Players without self-confidence cannot exert their full abilities on the court. As for how to control players from inflating self-confidence, that is what he, the coach, should do.  thing.

    Mourinho was about to say something when the door to the locker room was pushed open and Pei Wei walked in excitedly. He came down from the stands and naturally came later than the players and coaches.

    "Hey, Jose, guys, guess what I saw?" Pei Wei shouted loudly as soon as he entered the door.

    "Did Rijkaard enter the referee's locker room again?" Ibrahimovic shouted, and the other players immediately burst into laughter. Everyone knew that Ibrahimovic was just joking. Rijkaard would not be so stupid as this is St. Petersburg.  James Park Stadium is Newcastle's territory!

    "No. Ibra, you shouldn't ridicule him like this. Rijkaard is a respectable head coach. The last time he entered the referee's lounge maybe just to greet the referee and did nothing else" Pei  Wei said seriously.

    "Okay, Pei, just say what you have to say. Look, I was arranging tactics, but you interrupted me." Mourinho spread his hands.  Said a little helplessly.

    "Oh? Is that so? I'm sorry, everyone." Pei Wei nodded to apologize, and then said to Mourinho: "I just saw that Rijkaard did not let Sylvinho enter the locker room.  Leaving him on the court to warm upwhat did you guess?"

    "Van Blomkhorst is going to end." Mourinho sighed.  He said with some regret: "We couldn't attack as we wanted on the right in the second half This is really bad news."

    Then he raised his head and gave a thumbs up to Nie Fei and Maicon: "You two did a good jobRijkaard no longer dares to let Van Bronhorst play on the court.".

    ~: Said proudly: "It doesn't matter how powerful our offense is. Van Blomhorst is no match for us."

    "But we have to be careful in the second half. Although Sylvinho is not very good offensively, his defense is much better than Van Blomkhorst. This way Ronaldinho can focus all his energy on offense  Michael (Essien), you need to appear more on the right in the second half. Our attack on the right cannot be reduced. Your performance in defense will determine whether our right side can exert continuous pressure on Barcelona in the second half.  "

    Essien nodded, he knew how difficult this task was.  Although Ronaldinho's performance in these two games did not look very good, it was not due to a certain defensive player, but the result of the Newcastle team's defense - maybe Ronaldinho did it alone in a narrow area.  The ability to score goals, but when players from both sides crowd the penalty area, no matter how outstanding a player is, they cannot display their personal abilities.

    And when Mourinho said this just now, he obviously gave himself the task of defending Ronaldinho. Although Mourinho did whatever it took to win, at home and with a two-goal lead in the total score, he  I don't want to use the same defensive method on the road anymore.

    "Barcelona will definitely launch a fierce counterattack in the second half, so we have to be very cautious at the beginning of the second half. If we can't score against them in the first twenty minutes, then Barcelona's pressure will increase. As time goes by,  As time goes by, the pressure will only increase. "Mourinho continued: "Defensively, we continued the way we did in the first half, and offensively, in addition to having very good counterattack opportunities, in the midfield.  To control the ball, we cannot hand it over easily. Their skills are very good. If we always let them attack, our physical energy will be consumed too much - ball control, transfer, attracting them to come up and fight, let their physical energy  Consume the same.¡±

      Seeing the players nodding to show that they understood, Mourinho breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay, let's start to rest The last forty-five minutes will determine whether we can go further."

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    Obviously, Rijkaard also greatly boosted the morale of the players during the halftime break. In the player tunnel, the eyes of the players on both sides flashed with determination, and they obviously wanted to use their best in the second half of the game.  All abilities, the only difference is that Newcastle's players are firm and confident, while Barcelona's players are firm and decisive - this is determined based on the different situations of the two sides.

    Rijkaard and Mourinho met unexpectedly at the entrance of the players' tunnel. Both sides looked at each other expressionlessly. Mourinho stretched out his hand forward, indicating that Rijkaard should go out first.  Calder nodded - Mourinho is the master, and this behavior is also a European gentleman's demeanor.

    But Pei Wei next to him did not have any gentlemanly demeanor. He looked at Rijkaard with a smile, and then turned his head to look at the referee's lounge seemingly inadvertently

    Rijkaard's expression changed, he snorted angrily, and walked out without looking back - he hated Pei Wei to death. He didn't hate Mourinho, but he hated this man who was the president of the club but always  He's a guy who likes to think of himself as an assistant coach.

    ¡°However, Rijkaard had a vague feeling in his heart that maybe it would be a very interesting thing to be the head coach in a club with such a guy.

    Pei Wei and Mourinho looked at each other and smiled, and Pei Wei shrugged: "To be honest, I admire him very much. Until now, he has not lost his mind because of my anger Jose, he is much better behaved than you.  ¡±

    "You are not a gentleman, Pei." Mourinho said rudely: "So I can't treat you in a gentleman's way, otherwise I will suffer a loss It's a pity that Rijkaard is a gentleman."

    Pei Wei was not angry at Mourinho's words. In fact, they had said this to each other many times, so he just smiled and replied: "These days, gentlemen will always suffer some losses In football  If you mess around in the circle and don't speak well, you will suffer big losses! "

    After saying this, Pei Wei greeted two UEFA staff members and walked to the stands with them - an assistant coach would not have such an honor, but Pei Wei has a special status.  , he is also the chairman of Newcastle and a former member of FIFA. With this arrangement, UEFA also wants to give Pei Wei a small warning, but it is a pity that this guy will not care.

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    After the start of the second half, Rijkaard indeed replaced Van Blomhorst with Sylvinho. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the Dutch did a good job offensively in the first half, but failed defensively.  It was full of flaws, and what was especially bad was that Newcastle also recognized this. In the last ten minutes of the first half, their offense was almost concentrated on the right.

    Rijkaard¡¯s substitution was timely.

    It was Barcelona who kicked off the second half first.

    Sure enough, after the start of the second half, Barcelona immediately launched a fierce attack.

    The first shot came from their forward, Cameroon "Cheetah" Eto'o.

    After receiving Xavi¡¯s pass, Eto¡¯o quickly turned around and dodged Makelele¡¯s defense, and then immediately took a long shot from the front of the penalty area!

    A very high-quality long shot, the ball flew through several Newcastle players and went straight to the upper right corner of the goal.

    Cech made an extremely wonderful save and pushed the ball over the baseline with one palm.

    "Pet Cech!"

    Cheers swept through the stands of St. James Park Stadium, and all the fans were cheering for Cech's wonderful save. Eto'o's long-range shot was quite good, with strong angle, power, speed and suddenness, but in  Cech, who has amazing reflexes and outstanding height, still cannot break through Newcastle's door!

    It can be said that if it were not for Cech, a goalkeeper who basically makes no mistakes, Mourinho would not have adopted such defensive tactics in these two games, because in such games, a goalkeeper's ability is better tested.  nerve.

    Barcelona won a corner kick, Xavi took the corner kick, Ronaldinho rushed forward to get rid of Maicon's defense, jumped high in the front point, and shook his head ten meters in front of the goal!

    Newcastle's defenders did not expect that Ronaldinho, who seldom used headers, would rush into the penalty area to fight for the header. As a result, he grabbed the point. Fortunately, Ronaldinho missed the header a little, and the ball missed the goal post and flew out of the baseline.  Goal kick.

    Mourinho was silent on the sidelines, Barcelona¡¯sThe attack was indeed very fierce. It was obvious that after Rijkaard's encouragement in the midfield, they had come out of the low morale of conceding two goals in a row in the first half, but this level of attack was still what he expected.  among.  "It's our turn to attack now," Mourinho muttered.
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