Chapter 289 Complete Defeat

"This is a goal scene worth showing again and again. The route chosen by Li Mo's shot was really unexpected!"

He Wei, the commentator of Longguo National Television, was amazed.

"Two to one! Real Madrid took the lead again, and this time, can Barcelona get out of the panic?"

While the commentators were talking.

Li Mo was surrounded by the Real Madrid players who came over.

Just under the eyes of the Barcelona players, the Real Madrid players celebrated passionately.

And the Barcelona players were completely depressed at this moment.

This ball was lost without any temper.

This made them very depressed.

Not long after the start of the second half, Real Madrid scored.

And during this period, Barcelona intended to use the home court to grab the start of the second half.

As a result, they did not grab the start.

Instead, the opponent directly used a counterattack to score.

Moreover, the two goals of Real Madrid are a bit similar.

Both were scored through counterattacks.

In this way.

Barcelona players will be more or less cautious when attacking next. They will doubt themselves, thinking that their attacks are ineffective, while the opponent's counterattacks are deadly.

They have been besieging for most of the day, but the opponent's counterattacks are enough.

How can this game be played?

When the Real Madrid players returned to the court to celebrate.

Barcelona players were surprised to find that.

Ter Stegen is still lying on the ground!

Originally, Ter Stegen was lying on the ground and didn't get up, and no one paid much attention to it, thinking that the German goalkeeper was too frustrated.

But now everyone has finished celebrating.

Barcelona players are ready to kick off again.

You are still lying on the ground.

What? Is this grass a Simmons mattress?

Since it is not a Simmons mattress, there must be other reasons.

Mascherano hurried over.

"What's wrong?"

The Argentinean's tone was a little anxious.

If Ter Stegen can't play.

Then Bravo, who is on the bench, can only come up.

"It seems that I have strained my back muscles."

The German goalkeeper looked a little depressed.

Barcelona's goalkeeper competition is still very stressful.

Valdez is about to return from injury.

Bravo is also eyeing the starting position.

If he is injured now.

There is a high probability that he will have to sit on the bench after returning from injury, or even have no chance to sit on the bench.

Ter Stegen knows how miserable it is to be a substitute goalkeeper.

He really hopes that it is just a hard injury caused by falling to the ground when he twisted his body to save the ball.

But the muscles in his back exerted a little force, but in return he wore a painful mask.

He tried to stand up, but found that the muscles in his back could not exert force.

This time he must be replaced.

Ter Stegen lay on the ground in frustration.

Sure enough, after the diagnosis of the Barcelona team doctor, Ter Stegen would definitely not be able to persist in this game.

The strained back muscles have greatly affected his athletic condition.

Bravo quickly took off his coat and put on a training vest to warm up.

Enrique frowned.

Lost the ball, the main goalkeeper was injured.

This situation is too bad for Barcelona.

He looked at the big screen at the scene.

It is now the 60th minute of the game.

Generally speaking.

Around 70 minutes of the game is a common substitution node.

Substitute in the last 20 minutes to try your luck.

Now that Barcelona has lost the ball, it naturally cannot stick to the rules and wait until the last 20 minutes to make a substitution.

Enrique thought about it in his mind.

Ter Stegenya was substituted, taking up a substitution quota.

That means he only has two substitution quotas left to adjust.

So

How to change?

Enrique's eyes are on the midfield.

Xavi is old.

Born in 1980, Xavi is now 35 years old.

In fact, since last season.

Xavi's appearances have decreased a lot.

This is even more true this season.

Enrique has been using this soul of Barcelona's midfield sparingly this season.

In games that are not particularly important.

Xavi will not start.

Moreover, even if Xavi starts, his current physical strength can only support about 70 minutes at most.

Therefore.

Xavi will also be replaced.

There is one substitution left, should it be used as a backup or played now?

Enrique did not hesitate for long.

Soon.

Three Barcelona players stood in the substitution area.

Enrique has to use up three substitutions in one go.

For Enrique.

If the score cannot be equalized as soon as possible.

What is the use of the backhand?

It's like the order of penalty shootouts.

Basically, the normal idea is that the most stable penalty taker is first, then the second, third, fourth, and fifth.

Although, the fifth penalty taker may get the most shots.

But for the team.

If the first four penalties are not good, it is likely that the fifth penalty will be meaningless.

Barcelona now has no power to choose the backhand.

Enrique must use this substitution method to remind his players: If they don't seize the time now, they will have no chance at all.

Not only this game has no chance.

The same is true for this season's league!

"Barcelona is going to replace three players, Bravo, Rakitic and Mathieu are standing on the sidelines!"

"Bravo will definitely replace Ter Stegen, so who will Rakitic and Mathieu replace respectively?"

The commentators also noticed the three Barcelona players standing on the sidelines.

The answer was soon revealed.

Rakitic replaced Xavi.

Mathieu replaced Busquets.

"Mathieu and Pique played as central defenders, Mascherano was pushed to the position of defensive midfielder, Rakitic was replaced with Xavi, and the three midfielders of Barcelona were replaced by Rakitic, Mascherano and Iniesta. Enrique made a big move in the midfield and chose to keep the trident of Messi, Suarez and Neymar in the frontcourt."

"Barcelona's midfield has replaced fresh forces, and they are going to continue to set off a wave of counterattacks!"

Xavi, whose physical strength is about to bottom out, and Busquets, who performed poorly in defense in this game, were replaced, and Barcelona replaced three people in one go.

Anyone can guess their purpose.

They want to use new players to offset the increase and decrease in morale of both sides after Real Madrid scored a goal.

However, Real Madrid did not passively wait for Barcelona to complete the substitution and then launch an offensive frenzy.

When Barcelona made the substitution.

Zidane pulled Alonso to explain: "Let's take the opportunity to launch an offensive wave!"

Alonso nodded repeatedly, and he also knew Zidane's thinking.

The opponent replaced three people at once.

The players who just came on the court and the remaining players on the court need some time to get used to each other.

And this time node can be used by Real Madrid.

Real Madrid gave up the ball possession in the front court before, not because they were unable to control the ball, but because counterattacks were more cost-effective.

And now, as Real Madrid took the initiative to control the ball.

The expected offensive frenzy of Barcelona did not come.

Instead, they were pressed back to their own half by Real Madrid.

Compared with Xavi and Busquets, Rakitic and Mascherano are naturally not as tacitly integrated as the three midfielders of Xavi, Busquets and Busquets who came from the La Masia youth training system.

Therefore.

Substituting Rakitic and Mascherano to play in the midfield may be slightly better than Xavi and Busquets in defensive interception without the ball.

But the price is the relative decline in control.

Facing Real Madrid's offensive advancement.

Barcelona intercepted layer by layer.

But they finally had to shrink the lineup back.

Now it's Real Madrid's turn to take the initiative to attack.

Originally, many people thought that this was just a surprise attack launched by Real Madrid after seeing Barcelona's substitutions.

But.

When this state lasted for ten minutes.

People realized.

This is not a surprise attack.

But Real Madrid really pressed Barcelona at Camp Nou and besieged the opponent!

"After Enrique made the substitution, Barcelona was pressed into the penalty area by Real Madrid?"

"This is so surprising. Before this, Real Madrid took the initiative to retreat and counterattack. Now they are pressing forward. What is even more surprising is that Barcelona does not seem to have any good way to deal with Real Madrid's pressure for a while."

The commentators were very surprised at the current situation of the game.

This is at Camp Nou, Barcelona's home court.

Barcelona won the title of the universe team with the ball possession tactics.

In these ten minutes, I guess they can't even touch the ball skin?

The ball possession rate is directly 82!

Barcelona, ​​the ball possession rate is 82.

Such a scene is really beyond people's imagination.

Another five minutes passed.

Barcelona's players tried hard to grab the ball, but Real Madrid's ball possession was still as stable as Mount Tai.

Many times, Barcelona's players seemed to have completely cut off the possibility of Real Madrid's ball-holding players passing the ball.

Real Madrid's players easily resolved it with one move - passing the ball to Li Mo.

Li Mo always runs to unexpected areas to receive the ball and then protect it.

If you want to get the ball back from Li Mo, you have to commit a foul.

In this situation.

Barcelona's defense can only retreat further and further.

They began to use the iron bucket formation that Barcelona people once despised the most to deal with Real Madrid's aggressive offensive.

"Barcelona is completely suppressed. They have not been able to organize an effective attack for fifteen minutes."

"Real Madrid's lineup is both offensive and defensive. They can control the ball and quickly get the ball back through pressing."

"Perhaps the only thing Barcelona fans can be thankful for is that they haven't lost the ball in these fifteen minutes."

The commentator Ole on the commentary stand shook his head and said.

In the next moment.

His pupils shrank.

"Li Mo!!!"

The volume suddenly rose.

Five seconds ago.

Li Mo retreated to respond.

As a center forward, he has a wide range of activities.

Good physical fitness, active and effective off-ball running, outstanding passing and cutting awareness, strong impact and neat feet, and can also make a fatal blow when there is a chance.

Such a center forward perfectly meets the requirements of modern football for center forwards - why are center forwards in modern football becoming increasingly withered?

It's not that center forwards are unimportant.

It's that modern football has higher and higher requirements for center forwards, and the older they are, the more comprehensive they are, so that there are fewer and fewer players who can meet the requirements.

After Li Mo retreated, he successfully brought Mathieu out of the penalty area.

Barcelona's defensive system temporarily adjusted.

Mathieu came out, and Mascherano was very keenly aware of the danger behind him. Mascherano chose to retreat back to the penalty area and fill the gap left by Mathieu.

But as soon as Mascherano left.

A space temporarily appeared in his area - this space would soon be filled by Rakitic who came from not far away.

But Barcelona's players had a brief lack of tacit understanding during this defensive handover.

Rakitic was one step late.

It was this step.

It was used by Real Madrid's players.

Li Mo pressed Mathieu and passed the ball diagonally to Modric who was coming up.

The center forward is the bridgehead, passing the ball to the midfielder in the back row.

It looks like a very ordinary offensive routine.

But all this happened after Modric took a step forward with the ball.

Real Madrid's superstars showed their fangs.

Modric's step was very particular. He just took it to the junction of the defensive areas between several defensive players.

This made several Barcelona players, who still have a strong sense of defensive responsibility, take a step towards this area almost at the same time.

You take a step, I take a step.

It doesn't look like much, but the loopholes in the defense are exposed in this way.

At the same time that Li Mo turned around and shook off Mathieu.

Modric's pass had just arrived in front of him, a small space.

Barcelona players also quickly realized this exposed area.

They came back very quickly.

But no matter how fast they were.

They couldn't be faster than Li Mo's shot.

Li Mo, who turned around, didn't adjust at all, and directly shot with his right foot.

The football flew up along the space between the two defenders, drew an arc in the air, and flew towards the blind corner of the goal like a knife cutting through butter.

Bravo has good footwork. As a goalkeeper, his passing skills and calm mentality allow him to be used as an additional central defender.

This is also the main reason why he was favored by Barcelona.

But his save ability is obviously flawed.

As a goalkeeper, he is not tall enough, his arm span is not long enough, his save technique is not good enough, and his reaction speed is not particularly outstanding among goalkeepers.

The first generation of goalkeepers who died on target is not in vain.

Facing Li Mo's shot, the speed of the ball was not particularly fast, but the angle was very tricky.

When Bravo pounced, the distance between his hands and the football was 20 to 30 centimeters.

In the air, Bravo could only watch the football fly into the goal he held in despair.

"Li Mo. GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!!"

"3 to 1! 3 to 1!! Real Madrid has expanded its lead!!"

"In the 77th minute of the game! Real Madrid scored again! Li Mo scored a hat trick!"

"This is Li Mo's 40th league goal in the league this season! His goal-scoring pace is almost unstoppable!!"

Amid the exclamations of the commentary booth.

On the sidelines.

Barcelona's head coach Enrique closed his eyes in pain.

He knew.

Once this ball went in, Barcelona was completely finished.

His team was completely defeated. (End of this chapter)