Chapter 523 Three-minute Storm

“GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!”

Accompanied by the long sound of the goal from the commentator, all the Tottenham fans in the stadium quickly rushed out of their seats and rushed to the fence of the stands, cheering in surprise.

After scoring the goal, Ribery turned and rushed out of the penalty area, constantly heading towards the stands where Tottenham was, which were dyed white by the fans' jerseys, and stretched out his right hand, constantly blowing kisses.

"Franck Ribery!! In the 24th minute, Tottenham Hotspur scored the first goal by French left winger Franck Ribery. This was the second time Tottenham Hotspur entered Barcelona's penalty area in this game, and it was also their second shot in this game, but they scored a goal!"

"A very, very, very efficient goal, and it came very suddenly. Tottenham Hotspur took advantage of the sudden acceleration of right back Alves and broke through Barcelona's defense on the right!"

The TV live camera was constantly replaying the whole process of the goal in the game, and under the stands on this side of the Tottenham Hotspur fans, all Tottenham Hotspur players rushed to Ribery, celebrating the Frenchman's goal.

"In the whole process of scoring, we can see the offensive style of Tottenham Hotspur. Messi used a run without the ball to pull Mascherano away, giving Van Persie a chance to play one-on-one with Pique, and Alves obviously passed the ball to Van Persie instead of Messi who was closer to the goal. Van Persie's two consecutive stops immediately afterwards made people have to marvel."

"Two stops with unusual skills, and then passed to Ribery. The Frenchman did not hesitate at all and directly pushed the ball into the goal. It can be said that this attack not only reflects the technical skills of Tottenham Hotspur players, but also reflects the tacit understanding and excellent cooperation awareness of Tottenham Hotspur players."

All Tottenham Hotspur fans in the stadium were shouting Ribery's name, and the Frenchman kept applauding the fans in the stands. Even though he was absent for a long time this season due to injury or was seriously out of shape, this group of fans still did not give up on him and still did not forget him.

"Perhaps, Ribery used a flying kiss to dispel rumors that he wanted to transfer to Real Madrid, because at Tottenham, he played in the Champions League final for two consecutive seasons and just won the Premier League championship. If he went to Real Madrid, would he get such an opportunity? Would he have such outstanding teammates? And a tactic that suits him?"

The TV camera was on Guardiola. After seeing Ribery's goal, the Barcelona coach and deputy coach Vilanova both showed panic expressions. Guardiola even rushed out of the command area directly, but this still couldn't stop Ribery's goal.

"For Barcelona, ​​this will be a very, very unfavorable goal, because they will have to accept the situation of falling behind, and for Guardiola, losing a goal is the beginning of a nightmare, because he must now make a choice in the shortest time, whether to press forward or choose to defend?"

"Time waits for no one, the game will start again, what will Barcelona choose?"

It is obvious that Guardiola wants to stabilize first, so he keeps walking to the sidelines, waving his hands, signaling the players to stay calm, not to press forward, adopt defensive tactics, stabilize the situation first, and then slowly counterattack to score goals.

But Ye Qiu also looked very excited. He walked to the sidelines and shouted loudly to the players on the field. He even shouted in English to the group of Tottenham players who had just celebrated their goal and returned to the field, "Keep attacking, don't relax, keep pressing forward, attack!"

After the game resumed, Tottenham Hotspur, contrary to the laziness and slackness just now, adopted a step-by-step pressing tactic. The back line pressed directly forward and launched a fierce pressing against Barcelona in the front and middle fields, forcing Barcelona to speed up the rhythm from the beginning.

Five minutes after losing the ball is often the easiest time to lose the ball again, because at this time the psychological and mental state of the players is still in the confusion when they just lost the ball. They are still trying to adjust their mentality. After all, 0:0 and 0:1 are two completely different situations, especially in the Champions League final.

The lagging side will definitely start to worry about gains and losses at this moment, and begin to doubt whether their tactics are correct, while the leading side will be in high spirits and even show the momentum of swallowing the opponent in one breath.

Of course, there are also some very tenacious teams who can overcome the pressure of falling behind very well, and then take advantage of the opponent's momentum and laxity after scoring a goal, counterattack and score a goal to equalize the score, but such examples are rare. On the contrary, there are countless cases of losing the ball again within five minutes after losing the ball.

Just like Barcelona this time.

When Tottenham Hotspur scored the first goal, when Tottenham Hotspur restarted the game, they reversed the steady and cautious tactics at the beginning and began to press forward and launched a crazy and fierce pressing against them. They were obviously frightened one by one, and they all began to be a little overwhelmed, not knowing what method they should take to deal with it.

Tottenham Hotspur pressed hard, and Barcelona habitually passed the ball back, but when the ball was about to be passed from Busquets to Xavi, due to the influence and interference of Fabregas, Xavi had not received the ball yet, but was intercepted by David Silva in advance, and the latter passed the ball diagonally.

David Silva's pass was obviously aimed at the right side of the small penalty area left empty by Barcelona's defense, because after David Silva intercepted the ball, Messi immediately cut to the middle and brought Abidal over, while Van Persie ran to the right and pulled Mascherano away, and Ribery rushed into the penalty area.

Van Persie faced David Silva's half-high ball and gently raised his foot on the right side of the penalty area. The ball seemed to become very heavy and hit his foot. It bounced slightly, but was quickly stopped by his chest.

Mascherano was always close to Van Persie, watching for the right moment to kick the ball, and when he saw Van Persie using his body to stop the ball, and even stopped it towards the baseline, he wisely chose to let Van Persie take the ball out of the baseline, so he continued to hold his position steadily.

But Van Persie made a sudden stop and dunk before the ball was about to go out of the baseline, shaking off Mascherano by half a body. Although the Argentine was in a very good position, preventing Van Persie from cutting inside and not giving him any chance to directly threaten the goal, he was unable to stop Messi from knocking back after Van Persie had been shaken off by half a body.

Messi stopped the ball behind Mascherano, and Abidal was obviously startled by Messi who suddenly rushed towards the goal again at the front of the penalty area. He lost to Messi in terms of explosiveness and could only follow Messi.

After stopping the ball, Valdes had almost no hesitation and chose to attack immediately, but Messi suddenly accelerated again and kicked the ball before Valdes.

The ball almost followed a straight line, sticking to the grass in the small penalty area, and went straight to the lower left corner of the goal.

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"

"Oh my god, Leo Messi scored!!!!"

"In less than three minutes, Tottenham scored again!"

"Two goals in a row, this time it was Leo Messi, who received a knock back from Van Persie and calmly shot through Valdes' defense, scoring the second goal for Tottenham, 2:0!"

"In less than 27 minutes in the first half, Tottenham took a two-goal lead!"

After Messi scored, he rushed out of the penalty area and ran forward like crazy, and actually ran directly to the coaching bench of the visiting team, rushed to his head coach, and then hugged Ye Qiu directly.

Although Messi is small, he is very strong. He took advantage of Ye Qiu's inattention and directly picked him up by the waist.

All Tottenham Hotspur players quickly rushed out of the stadium and rushed to the coaching seats, tightly surrounding Ye Qiu and Messi. All Tottenham Hotspur fans in the stadium once again gave a deafening shout.

"I didn't expect it. I really didn't expect it. Tottenham didn't play well at the beginning, but they burst out with crazy attacking power in just three minutes. Relying on the cooperation of the front trident and the excellent personal abilities of the players, they broke through Barcelona's defense!"

"Let's take a look at the whole process of scoring the goal, from the diagonal pass after the interception, to Van Persie's sudden stop and dunk after stopping the ball, knocking it back, Messi inserted from behind and calmly shot. The whole process happened in the blink of an eye, but Tottenham Hotspur expanded the score on the field again with lightning speed!"

"Messi, and Tottenham Hotspur's head coach Ye Qiu!"

The live TV camera showed a close-up of Ye Qiu and Messi. Now Ye Qiu's Versace suit was obviously stained with the player's sweat. Fortunately, this set of brand-name suits didn't cost him anything, otherwise, I believe he would be heartbroken.

"Previously, there were reports that Messi will transfer to Manchester City this summer, and there were also media reports that Messi's agent and father, Jorge Messi, had a secret meeting with Barcelona executives before the game, which made many people suspect that Messi would transfer to Barcelona in the summer."

"But no matter what the rumors were before the game, and no matter how the transfer market operated after the game, Messi used his outstanding performance to prove that he is indeed the most trusted core attacker in the team of Tottenham Hotspur fans, and he also used his celebration to show everyone his gratitude to Tottenham Hotspur and Ye Qiu."

"Sometimes, the operation of the transfer market is not enough to explain the true feelings of the players, just like fake If Messi really transfers, it does not mean that there is a problem between him and Ye Qiu. He uses this hug to tell everyone that he and Ye Qiu are still the best master and apprentice. "

"Another player worth noting in this game is Van Persie. Strictly speaking, although Ribery and Messi scored goals, their performances were not very good, especially Ribery. But Van Persie's performance in this game was impressive. He contributed two assists, and both times showed his exquisite stopping skills and very solid basic skills. "

The players on the court were still celebrating, and the referee was already shouting for them to return to the court, and the live camera was repeatedly replaying the process of Van Persie's two assists just now.

"Some people are now evaluating Robin van Persie and Ibrahimovic. Frankly speaking, these are two relatively different technical attackers in today's football, but compared to Ibrahimovic's position as the arrow center, he is responsible for the team's In terms of core offensive responsibilities, Van Persie's tactical role will be relatively weak, and his physical fitness is not as good as Ibrahimovic."

"Ibrahimovic is the kind of center who is very strong and has very delicate skills. He can seize opportunities when he has the opportunity. If there is no opportunity, he can create opportunities abruptly. He can adapt to almost any team and any tactics. But the premise is that you have to attack around him, so that you can bring out his strongest combat effectiveness.”

"Relatively speaking, Van Persie's tactical role will be relatively weak. He does not have Ibrahimovic's physical fitness, which is a disadvantage in the opponent's penalty area, but his running support awareness, passing and stopping awareness are all good. It is outstanding, which allows him to use interspersed running in the frontcourt to create opportunities and catch the ball from any angle from his teammates.”

"It's hard to say which of the two players is better because they fit two different tactical styles, but in general, Van Persie's tactical adaptability will be stronger. After all, Ibrahimovic needs the team to revolve around He organizes the attack, while Van Persie can play in the center of the frontcourt, on the wing, or as the second striker.”

As if being frightened by Tottenham Hotspur's momentum of scoring two goals in three minutes, after the restart, Guardiola began to consciously keep the team's three lines compact, deploying the formation in the goal. The frontier area of ​​the restricted area.

Obviously, Guardiola has been shocked by Tottenham Hotspur's two consecutive attacks. I believe that before scoring the goal, he would never have thought that the situation would turn out so unexpectedly. Otherwise, he would strictly abide by the game. The previous arrangement was to attack in five minutes and close in five minutes. In this way, the first goal might not be conceded.

Instead of conceding the first goal, the second goal can naturally be avoided!

But it's too late to say anything now. Guardiola knows very well that Barcelona has been completely beaten by Tottenham Hotspur in the first half and has completely lost its confidence. What he needs to do now is not to score goals, but to First stabilize the situation, and then adopt the strategy planned before the game to let Tottenham press forward.

But Tottenham didn't seem to be in a hurry. After scoring two goals in a row, and seeing Barcelona's orderly contraction of defense, Ye Qiu quickly signaled the team to stabilize and began to adopt a steady and steady strategy after the opening game. Strategy.

In the crucial final, be sure to take the lead!

Now with two goals in hand, Ye Qiu is more qualified than Guardiola to slowly waste time, because this is beneficial to Tottenham Hotspur. It is best to use it directly until the end of the game, then Tottenham Hotspur will The opponent has been taken down.

But it may be that the continuous rapid offensive within three minutes just made the Tottenham Hotspur fans in the stands excited. Now they see that both sides have slowed down a bit again, so this group of fans from England are chanting Attack and score goals.

Hearing the cries of the fans, Ye Qiu shook his head at Mauro Tassotti with a wry smile, "If we press forward to fight now, it would be like running into Barcelona's trap. They are now eager for us to press forward and attack wildly. Then It’s best for them.”

If it weren't for the Champions League final, Ye Qiu would have agreed to continue attacking, but this was a Champions League final, and winning the game steadily was the first priority, so he still signaled the players on the sidelines to adopt patient and steady tactics.

After scoring two goals in a row, Barcelona's ball possession rate dropped sharply, while Tottenham Hotspur's possession time continued to rise. If we simply calculate the ball possession rate after scoring two goals in a row, Tottenham Hotspur's ball possession rate continued to increase. Tottenham Hotspur is almost as high as 65%. This is because Barcelona is a bit passive and errors in passing and receiving have also increased significantly, while Tottenham Hotspur controls the ball in the backcourt and allows Barcelona to press out and grab it.

But the problem is, Barcelona just don’t want to rob too hard!

Time passed by one minute and one second. Perhaps it was because both sides played very cleanly in the first half and there were no interruptions in the game. Moreover, both sides had obviously lost the idea of ​​continuing to make progress in the end, so the referee from Switzerland announced Saka only gave one minute of added time before declaring the first half to be over early.

"This is almost a performance of Tottenham Hotspur's stormy attack!" The on-site commentator was a little helpless, but felt that this was normal, because this was the Champions League final, and for Tottenham Hotspur, As long as they defeat their opponents, they will become the first team to successfully defend the Champions League since the 1992 Champions League restructuring.

"The first twenty minutes of the game were very tight, and it always gave people the feeling that a storm was about to come. It was more like a brewing, and also a kind of dormancy waiting for the opportunity, but it was difficult for us to tell clearly at that time. Who is the hunter and who is the prey, until Tottenham suddenly accelerated their attack and directly drove away from Barcelona's goal. "

"At the critical moment, the overall strength of the team and the individual strength of the players played a key role in this matchup. After Tottenham Hotspur scored, the defending champion team was obviously better than Barcelona's group of players. They are more experienced and better at dealing with such situations, so they continued to strengthen their offense after scoring and quickly scored the second goal! ”

"Here, we have to mention Guardiola. He was obviously restricted by Ye Qiu's tactics in this game. Although he maintained an active attack for 20 minutes after the opening, he did not create any threat. If he were an experienced head coach, he should have seen the danger at this time and should have chosen to stabilize the defense, but he did not have such a sense of crisis."

Speaking of this, the on-site commentator shook his head and sighed: "Perhaps, the young Guardiola is paying tuition for his lack of experience, and we all have reason to believe that after taking a two-goal lead, as long as Tottenham Hotspur does not make any mistakes in the second half, Barcelona will hardly have a chance to reverse."

"After all, whether it is from the experience of the Champions League final, the experience of coaching, and the targeted tactical level, Ye Qiu is firmly better than Guardiola!"