Super Storm

Oleg Presas, just turned 27 on February 2.

He played in his hometown team since he was a child, and later turned around a number of low-level teams. At the age of 21, he came to Barcelona and entered the Barcelona second team, officially becoming the reserve force of this Barcelona team.

A year later, the current head coach Louis van Gaal gave him the opportunity, but he was not sure, still playing for the Barcelona second team, playing in the lower league.

After a few years of polishing, in January 2004, the first team's back line lacked people and replaced Van Gaal. The incumbent team coach Rijkaard gave Oleg the opportunity, and this time he directly grasped, and In one fell swoop became the main force of the first team.

In the following two seasons, Oleg made great contributions to Barcelona in the La Liga and Champions League.

Can be competent right-back and center-back, can also play three-back, this is Oleg's strength.

But this summer, with Thuram and Zambrotta joining, Oleg's position on the team has been shaken.

He began to lose his main position.

Although Rijkaard trusted him as always, more often, he still played as a rotation role for the team, or as a backup player, and even played in some garbage time.

The intermittent game makes it difficult for Oleg to come up with a stable competitive state, and the performance is mixed.

In the last round of playing Sevilla away, Oleg played right-back, and the result was very general.

In this game, Rijkaard made adjustments, and Oleg appeared in the middle, because he is the tallest player in the Barcelona team, and his task is to stare at Liverpool's high center Crouch.

It was a player who reached a height of 2.02 meters.

In addition to freezing Crouch, Oleg's mission is to delay.

This is a characteristic of Barcelona when playing the third central defender. The two left and right central defenders, Puyol and Thuram, often pull to the sidelines. This requires the middle Oleg to appear behind them and make up for their defense. .

Everyone knows that this is a crucial battle. Barcelona will be a success or failure this season, all tonight.

It is the first time this season that Oleg has been tasked by the head coach in such an important game.

He also cherishes himself. At the same time, he also vowed from his heart that he must do his best to show his strength so that everyone, including coach Rijkaard, can see his value.

Barcelona's game strategy is to attack.

Two weeks ago, at the Camp Nou, the team lost one to three, which resulted in the team not only losing the initiative, but also the away goal, so at Anfield, Barcelona must score three Balls.

This is also the reason why Rijkaard uses three, four and three tactics.

The team did not retreat!

According to the pre-game guess, Barcelona should have launched an offensive from the beginning, relying on the outstanding offensive combination in the frontcourt, relying on the genius trident of Ronaldinho, Eto'o and Messi, plus midfielder Deco , Iniesta and Harvey strategized, swallowing Liverpool in one fell swoop.

Before the game, everyone on the team was full of confidence.

Everyone feels that their team will successfully take the initiative on the road.

The real trouble lies in how to break Liverpool's copper and iron walls and how to score.

But at the beginning of the game, everyone in Barcelona realized that something was wrong.

Liverpool did not retreat as they thought!

Even if they have already led three to one, Liverpool are not conservative in their own home tactics. On the contrary, they even look more aggressive, and they attacked from the beginning.

In the frontcourt, Yang Yang, Crouch and Kuyt Trident pressed against Barcelona's back line, and midfielders Gerrard, Xavi Alonso and Mohamed Sissoko were suppressing Barcelona's midfield.

The back line is still a combination of Aveloa, Ag, Carragher and Finnan.

Liverpool ’s lineup is almost unchanged from the first round. The only difference is that they played more aggressively than the first round, and the entire midfielder and defense were pressed higher.

The trident headed by Yang Yang also penetrated deeper into the hinterland of Barcelona.

This is clearly beyond all expectations in Barcelona.

The rhythm of the game from the beginning was wrong.

In the frontcourt, the Trident has a wide range of activities. Oleg has to deal with Crouch, but this makes him unable to balance his teammates on both sides.

Barcelona's back line was a bit messy, because they found three to three and they were a bit at a loss.

Especially Yang Yang and Kuyt.

The Dutch have a wide range of activities and run very aggressively, especially against Puyol who is kicking on the left with his right foot. He actively launched a rush and Yang Yang frequently took a quick sprint in the diagonal and longitudinal directions.

Everyone knows that Yang Yang is only 20 years old, and speed and dunks are his special tricks. But Tulam is already thirty-five, and he can't stop him, especially when he is sprinting quickly.

Oleg was a little confused.

Because he doesn't know what to do!

It stands to reason that when Thuram came forward to catch up with Yang Yang, he should assist him in defending behind Thuram.

In this way, as long as Yang Yang breaks through, he can quickly grab, even if he can't steal the ball, he can block Yang Yang.

But who would look at Crouch?

If he doesn't go to fill Thuram's seat, Yang Yang only needs to seize a chance, whether it is a diagonal or vertical assault, as long as he lets Thuram away, it is a perfect shooting opportunity.

More importantly, the head coach on the sidelines has not given specific adjustment instructions.

Even if Marcos pulled the midfield back and turned into a four-back.

There was no movement for a long time, which made Oleg collapse.

He has a feeling that the team's fragile back line may not be able to sustain it.

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The second round of the UEFA Champions League round of 16 elimination round.

From the moment the referee Vasalas whistled, Anfield Stadium was not quiet for a second.

More than 50,000 fans screamed and cheered with excitement, cheering for the team.

Rijkaard said that at home is an advantage, but it is also pressure.

That's true, but all Liverpool players clearly enjoy playing at their home court.

Because the fans here are the team's best comrades!

Benitez's game strategy is basically the same as the first round, including how to mark Ronaldinho and Messi, but only to change Saviola into Eto'o.

Also, in order to cope with Barcelona's small diamond four midfielder, Gerrard's position has returned a bit.

Among Liverpool's front trident, Yang Yang has the highest degree of tactical freedom.

Kuyt wants to grab Puyol, Crouch wants to suppress Oleg, Yang Yang's task is to attack.

Rijkaard's original idea was very simple. Control the ball, control the rhythm, and use experienced veteran Thuram to restrict Yang Yang. Then other things are much easier to handle.

But the biggest difference between the cup and the league is the surprising victory!

The reason why Benitez is good at playing cup games is that he is not only good at targeted tactics, he is also an exhaustive strategy, but also because he is very good at surprisingly winning.

For example, in this Barcelona game, everyone decided that Liverpool must continue to play defensive counterattacks. Even Barcelona ’s technical director Bergeristan felt that Liverpool would fight defensive counterattacks during psychological warfare.

The first is a three-to-one lead. Secondly, defensive counterattack is Liverpool's specialty. Once again, pressing out is the most desired situation in Barcelona, ​​because it means Liverpool can no longer guard against the dead.

But Benitez had this kind of courage, which made everyone in Barcelona caught off guard, and Rijkaard was also stunned.

Who would have thought that Benitez had so many tricks not to choose, but chose the most unlikely option in all people's consciousness?

Sometimes this is the case. The more unexpected the opponent is, the safer it is.

Liverpool started very well, starting from the Trident, to the three midfielders, to the four backs, the team played very integrally, suppressing Barcelona across the board.

No ball control, but control the game.

By this time, Yang Yang knew very well that he didn't need to worry about defense or anything else. There was only one he needed to worry about.

That's how to break Barcelona's goal!

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Thuram is a very experienced and very strong player.

Even though he is thirty-five years old, his condition is still quite good.

If the two sides stand at the same level, Yang Yang will hardly have a chance.

This is why Rijkaard dared to put the veteran Thuram out.

So Yang Yang changed his strategy. He deliberately leaned back to the left and tried to pull Thuram out.

As long as Thuram leaves the position, Yang Yang's diagonal and vertical sprints can play a threat.

The 35-year-old French veteran cannot keep up with Yang Yang anyway.

But Tulam did not come out, because Yang Yang used a long shot from a distance of 20 meters to hit the bar of Barcelona. This completely ignited the atmosphere of the audience and also deterred Barcelona.

If there were no beams, Liverpool would break in three minutes!

So, Thuram had to come out, and in the ninth minute, he got the first yellow card of the audience.

The French veteran also struggled to deal with Yang Yang.

Rijkaard did not make too many adjustments.

Yang Yang speculated that the Barcelona coach should have a headache at this time, and even regretted his set.

Because he has no way to adjust.

In the counterattack, Gerrard's back inserted, so that he must put Marcos at the front of the penalty area to protect.

Harvey and Deco are two sides of the small diamond, which is the key to the team's ball control organization and pass attack, and they can't move.

Yang Yang felt that it was not that Rijkaard was too weak, but that Benitez was too strong.

More importantly, the team's three-to-one in the first round of the away game is too crucial, and it will directly push Barcelona to a desperate situation. There is no escape route at all, and you can only choose to die.

Benitez not only had to let his opponents nowhere to go, but also pushed them down the cliff by hand.

Yang Yang is the ace that threatens his opponent in his hands!