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Volume 11, 2004 Chapter 719 Critical Moment

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    Chapter 719 The critical moment

    Newcastle organized an attack and quickly pushed the ball through the midfield. Although technically Newcastle's midfielder was worse than Barcelona's midfielder, Barcelona's midfielder was also not as good as Newcastle's defensively.

    Ibrahimovic withdrew from the penalty area, Ribery was absent, and there was one less organizer in Newcastle's midfield. Then Ibrahimovic will take on more organizational tasks. He is also an indispensable link in Newcastle's tactics.

    Ibrahimovic is holding the ball in the midfield. Since the average height of Barcelona players is relatively short and their confrontation ability is insufficient, Ibrahimovic is much safer with the ball than Nie Fei. With his height of 1.92 meters, he wants to be in the same height position.  It is really a relatively simple thing for a Barcelona midfielder who is less than 1.8 meters tall to protect the ball when pressing, not to mention that Ibrahimovic's own skills have reached a very high level.

    After controlling the ball, Ibrahimovic has keenly noticed that Nie Fei is cutting in along the right wing. After dodging Motta's grab for the ball, Ibrahimovic immediately raised his foot and made a beautiful direct pass!

    The ball flew between Oleg and Sylvinho. Nie Fei caught the ball and took a step forward.

    Nie Fei immediately took a long shot with his left foot before Puyol rushed to defend!

    The ball flew across the penalty area like lightning. Valdes jumped up, but after he saved it, he realized that he was one step slower!

    With a crisp sound, the ball hit the post hard and bounced into the penalty area. The Newcastle fans sighed, but then the sigh turned into cheers!

    Shearer appeared at the spot where the ball landed and shot straight back without stopping!

    At this moment, Valdez, who had fallen to the ground, suddenly jumped up from the ground and miraculously blocked the ball in the air that was about to fly into the goal!  Then he pressed the ball tightly under him, without giving Newcastle another chance to shoot!

    The smile on Hiller's face froze. He didn't expect that such a close supplementary shot was not scored!  Although the route of the ball flying back to the penalty area is very irregular.  He couldn't comfortably shoot the ball into the blind corner, and Puyol was about to pounce. He had no chance to stop the ball, but with such a big open goal, he should have scored with just one extra kick!

    Valdes, the goalkeeper who has been scored three times by Newcastle, made a miraculous save!  Even though he lost his balance, he still blocked Hiller's follow-up shot and didn't give Newcastle any chance!

    There were sounds of regret in the stands. Everyone knew that if the lead became three goals.  Then Barcelona's psychological defense will completely collapse!  But Valdes changed everything!

    The failure of this shot to score a goal caused Newcastle's high morale to begin to decline. However, Barcelona's players will have endless courage after escaping from death!

    People are so strange sometimes. After escaping a disaster, you can get greater psychological encouragement!

    "Pay attention to defense!" Mourinho stood up from the sidelines and shouted to the court for the first time in this game: "Especially during this period! You must be careful not to let them score!"

    Mourinho knows very well that if he escapes the sure kill just now.  If Barcelona can score a goal quickly, their morale will be as high as ever, and Newcastle's advantage in front of them will be gone!  This is also the charm of the two-round knockout round. The comparison between home and away goals makes the outcome of the game endless possibilities. No team can relax before the end of the two-round match!

    This is a critical moment.  If Barcelona scores a goal during this period, then they are fully capable of scoring another goal with about twenty minutes left before the end of the game!  At that time, the score of 2 to 2 will be enough for Barcelona to advance to the next round, and Newcastle will lose both rounds with a huge advantage!

    He rarely yells from the sidelines.  It is precisely because of this that when he shouted these words, the Newcastle players on the field immediately understood the seriousness of the matter.

    Valdes stood up from the ground and threw the ball to launch an attack. At this time, except for Shearer who ran up to interfere with Puyol who was holding the ball, the other Newcastle players immediately swarmed back into their own half like a tide!

    Puyol got out of the way of Shearer and handed the ball to Belletti on the right.  Belletti rushed forward with the ball, handed the ball to Albertini and then ran forward again. The Italian midfielder quickly handed the ball back to him.

    Belletti dribbled the ball straight in, and the Newcastle players naturally would not let him dribble the ball close to the penalty area so easily. Although there was no full-time left midfielder, Jenas quickly came up to him.

    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Didi did not force a breakthrough, but handed the ball to Harvey a little ahead, who turned around with the ball.  Makelele was immediately spotted.

    Newcastle's defense is watertight.

    Xavi still controlled the ball despite Makelele's pressing.  Spanish players have excellent skills on the ground, not to mention the "No. 4" player who has the same lineage as Barcelona.  From Guardiola to Xavi to Iniesta and Fabregas, their ball-handling skills and broad vision are quite commendable.

    After dodging a gap, Xavi immediately passed the ball to Iniesta on the right. Iniesta dribbled the ball towards the center, attracting Hart to follow him, and then immediately turned around and knocked the ball away.  It was given to Belletti who was coming in from the sideline. Belletti didn't take too much, but directly kicked the ball into the penalty area before Janas came up to defend!

    Dawson and Eto'o jumped up at the same time, competing for the ball!

    Dawson is eight centimeters taller than Eto'o, but although Eto'o is not good at heading the ball, as a black man, his jumping ability is extremely good, plus he is stuck in the front point position, so he is still the same as Dawson.  Sen fought hard.

    In the end, it was Dawson who was superior and got the ball ahead of Eto'o and pushed the ball out of the baseline for a corner kick.

    Xavi took a corner kick from the left, and Puyol, who was assisting, came in from the back row at high speed, made an obvious gliding movement in the air, and rushed to meet the ball in front of Essien!

    Cech once again made an amazing save, he almost pressed the ball down on the goal line!  And half of his body was already inside the goal. You can imagine how thrilling this save was!

    Two minutes later.  Barcelona made a comeback. Belletti fired a long shot from 30 meters away on the right side of the penalty area. Cech saved the ball again and then Lucio cleared Xavi's corner kick in front of the goal.

    Seeing that Barcelona's offense began to become fierce again, Newcastle fans couldn't help but start to worry. Mourinho was relieved at this time. With the current state of the Newcastle players, they will definitely be able to be like the previous games.  Let Barcelona's offense be in vain.

    Hart's hard tackle cut off the ball from Iniesta's feet, and then he immediately passed the ball to Essien in the center, and Newcastle launched a counterattack.

    Essien handed the ball to Nie Fei, who passed the ball to the frontcourt. Shearer jumped on top of Oleg's head and directly hit the goal. This long shot was easily caught by Valdez.

    Seeing that this attack failed, Newcastle players began to quickly return to defense. Barcelona had just advanced the ball to near the center circle.  They were helpless to see that there were already seven or eight Newcastle players in Newcastle's half.

    Harvey was a little helpless in possession of the ball. This is what they have felt the most in these two games. Damn it, Newcastle always let Barcelona's offense be carried out in a half with 14 or 5 players from both sides. This kind of defense  This is the biggest headache for Barcelona, ??which is accustomed to advancing layer by layer.

    "Give me!"

    There was a familiar shout from the front, and Harvey raised his head.  I happened to see Ronaldinho having withdrawn from the front and was asking him for the ball on the left side of the midfield.

    Harvey sighed inwardly, it seemed that this was the only way, since he couldn't get in through the midfield organization.  Ronaldinho, who is in front, is also unable to perform due to lack of impact space. It is better to let Ronaldinho start organizing from the midfield, which may have unexpected effects.

    Although Ronaldinho took the ball near the center circle, Essien still did not forget his mission. He always followed Ronaldinho not far away. When he saw Ronaldinho preparing to take the ball, he immediately rushed forward.

    Ronaldinho takes the ball and turns around.  Just in time to catch Essien rushing up.

    Essien planned to quickly stretch his foot to intercept the ball, but Ronaldinho pulled the ball back, allowing Essien to miss it easily.

    Unable to intercept the ball immediately, Essien did not become impatient, but immediately stabilized his center of gravity and stared at the ball at Ronaldinho's feet.

    Ronaldinho paused for a moment, and suddenly quickly moved the outside of his left foot to the side!

    Essien reacted immediately and moved half a step sideways.  It happened to be in front of Ronaldinho.  Then he would press forward with his whole body and at the same time extend his feet to prepare to intercept the ball!

    But Ronaldinho¡¯s left foot quickly retracted from the side of the ball.  Then he turned to the inside of his left foot and dunked the ball to the right. The ball rolled smoothly from the opposite direction. Ronaldinho immediately rushed and caught up with the ball!

    ??Flick the cow¡¯s tail!  The Brazilian wizard¡¯s stunts reappear!

    "Damn it!" Essien cursed in his heart, but his physical fitness was so amazing that he still forcibly twisted his body even though he had almost lost his center of gravity.?Use all your strength to chase Ronaldinho, who has already surpassed you!

    It is a pity that Ronaldinho has no intention of continuing to dribble the ball forward. In this many battles, the Brazilian has clearly understood how indestructible Newcastle's overall defense is!

    So he immediately raised his foot and made a thirty-meter long pass!

    The ball was like a rainbow, drawing a wonderful arc over the St. James Park pitch!
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