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Chapter 517 Opening the Record

Chapter 517 Opening the Record

April [-], St James' Park.

The continuous important games did not make the fans of Newcastle feel fatigued. You must know that the most important games of a season are basically concentrated in the last two months. Whether some important games in the last two months can be won is directly related to whether the team can get enough rewards for the hard work of a season. The fans are most looking forward to the last two months.

So on this day, St. James' Park was full again, and Newcastle fans occupied most of the stands. They hoped to use their cheering at home in the Champions Cup to give the team enough advantage to lay a good foundation for the second round of the game.

When players from both sides appeared on the field, there was a huge cheer from the stands.

Newcastle's starting lineup today is [-], goalkeeper Petr Cech, four defenders Maicon, Dawson, Taylor and Bell, two players in the middle of the midfield are Essien and Gerrard, left is Ribery, right is Walcott, the two forwards are Long Bisheng and Messi, and Inter Milan has arranged the most used four-two-three formation since Benitez took office. Goalkeeper Cesar, the four defenders are Santon, Ranocchia, veteran Lucio and Zi Waugh, midfielder Mascherano and Aquilani sit in the middle, Aguero, Sneijder and Balotelli lined up in front of them, and Destro is in front of them.

Lucio, who played, was cheered by Newcastle fans. The almost 36-year-old Brazilian central defender spent four years in Newcastle. Although he moved to Inter Milan, the two sides broke up amicably. Newcastle fans will not forget the outstanding performance of the Brazilian international at St. James' Park.

Teammates who had fought side by side with Lucio came up to hug him one after another, such as Petr Cech, Dawson, Taylor, Maicon, Essien... These generals in the defense have fought side by side with Lucio for a long time.

After embracing these old teammates, Lucio deliberately ran to the coaching bench of Newcastle, and hugged Pei Wei and Mourinho. Pei Wei can be regarded as his guide. If Pei Wei hadn’t brought him from Brazil to China, maybe Lucio would not have the brilliant achievements he is now. Mourinho even took Lucio for a long time, from China to England...

This warm scene eased the tense atmosphere before the start of the game a lot, but after the start of the game, the players on both sides immediately started a fierce fight!

For professional players, no matter how good the off-court relationship is, it is an off-court matter. On the court, they can do what they want, pass others when they need to, and foul when they need to. That is not ambiguous at all.

As the game started, Lucio brought down Long Bisheng who had just got the ball in the midfield, and the game quickly entered a fever.

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"Is he really going to be 36 years old?" Long Bisheng got up from the ground and asked Messi beside him.

Messi shrugged his shoulders. When he was still in the Yunjia Tianyu echelon, Lucio had already become the World Cup champion. At the same time, during these years in Europe, Lucio had already become one of the best central defenders in the world. In addition to being satisfied with the physical condition and competitive state shown on the field, his familiarity with Newcastle players is also an important reason why Benitez chose him.

Among the eleven starting players in Newcastle, only Long Bisheng has not been in the same team as Lucio. The other players have either played with Lucio for a long time, or have been teammates in Newcastle for a short time. Since the two teams have not met in the past five years, Lucio has undoubtedly become the one who is most familiar with Newcastle players.

However, Benitez did not arrange for Lucio to watch Long Bisheng. The foul just happened just at the right time. Although Lucio is in good physical condition recently, he is a player in his 30s after all.

So in this game, it was the Italian international Ranocchia who was in charge of marking Long Bisheng.

This central defender, who is one year older than Long Bisheng, is in his prime. With a height of 1.9 meters 82, he does not give much to Long Bisheng in terms of height. At the same time, although he weighs [-] kilograms, although he is [-] kilograms lighter than Long Bisheng, his confrontation ability is not much worse. In the next game, Long Bisheng immediately felt that the pressure created by this central defender may not be under Pepe.

It is indeed a new generation of rising stars among the Italian defenders. In addition to their defensive skills, they have the unique calmness and judgment ability of Italian defenders, and their physical fitness is much higher than that of their predecessors Nesta and Baresi.

Long Bisheng dared to say that even if he met a legendary defender like Baresi, as long as he could get enough passes, he could oppress the opponent just by relying on his height, but this opponent could not be solved by relying on his height.

In addition to not having the upper hand in terms of height, Ranocchia would constantly interfere with getting the ball with his back after leaving the penalty area. His legs were also very long. Long Bisheng didn't check, but he stretched out his foot from behind and stabbed the ball away.

The Newcastle players were stunned when Long Bisheng took the ball. Since this season, Long Bisheng has hardly been intercepted by defensive players when holding the ball with his back. This is the biggest reason why Mourinho will gradually let Long Bisheng be the core of the offense. The players were a little unresponsive.

They didn't react, but Inter Milan's players reacted very quickly. The tradition of the Italian team is to defend and counterattack, and Benitez is also a coach who is used to defending the goal first and then attacking through counterattacks. Therefore, under his training, Inter Milan's counterattack speed is quite fast.

Aquilani took the rolled ball, and Aquilani immediately passed the ball to Sneijder in front. Sneijder didn't take the ball too much, but directly distributed it to Balotelli who quickly inserted on the right.

Super Mario started to dribble forward. Under the interference of Bell, he forcibly dribbled the ball and broke through the midfield, and then passed the ball to Thornton who came forward with an assist. Thornton poked the ball forward and handed it to Destro at the front of the penalty area.

Cech flew the ball out of the baseline with a single punch. Cech, who made this beautiful save, did not show any joy. Instead, he jumped up from the ground and roared loudly, expressing his dissatisfaction.

But it’s no wonder that in Inter Milan’s counterattack just now, Newcastle’s return to defense was obviously a bit slow, which made Inter Milan’s counterattack easily form a shot. If it weren’t for the two central defenders and midfielder Essien not pressing up and returning to the defense in time, I am afraid that Aguero would not have shot from a long distance, but directly dribbled the ball into the penalty area and shot.

"I'm sorry, it's my fault!" Long Bisheng ran back from a distance, and said to Cech: "I didn't concentrate on holding the ball just now, which led to this counterattack. It won't be like this next time."

Cech glanced at Long Bisheng, then nodded.

In fact, Cech also knew that it was not Long Bisheng's fault just now. After all, no offensive player can guarantee that the ball will never be cut off. However, since Long Bisheng said so, there is no need for him to pursue it. The teammates who were not active in returning to defense just now will feel so guilty after hearing Long Bisheng's apology.

For Inter Milan's corner kick, it was Long Bisheng's turn to mark Ranocchia this time. With his height advantage, he followed closely beside Ranocchia, and then jumped high to head the corner kick taken by Sneijder.

"Counterattack!"

Messi at the front of the penalty area got the ball pushed out by Long Bisheng. While turning around, he used a beautiful crotch pass to throw off Aquilani, and then quickly dribbled forward. On both sides of him, Ribery and Walcott immediately launched a sprint!

The speed of these three people is around 11 seconds. The reason why Mourinho arranged Ribery and Walcott, who are weak in defense, on the two wings is to increase the speed of counterattack and the ability to break through from the side!

Before Messi dribbled the ball close to the middle circle, Mascherano caught up with him head-on. When the Argentine midfielder was playing for Liverpool, Messi had handed over this Argentine compatriot more than once. He knew that this is a difficult midfielder. The most important thing is that he cannot be entangled here and delay the fast break time!

Lightly doing a cycling action, Messi slammed his right foot covertly when his left foot bypassed the ball, and knocked the ball in front of Walcott on the right!

Instead of passing it to Ribery, it was passed to Walcott. In addition to Walcott's speed being faster than Ribery, it was also because of the different opponents they faced!

Ribery faced Thornton in his prime, and he was also a fast full-back. Walcott faced Chivu. Although the 33-year-old Chivu was still in good form, he was not very fast even in his prime, let alone now.

Chivu judged Messi's pass and planned to block the ball ahead of time, but Walcott was still a step ahead, stabbing the ball behind Chivu first, and then immediately accelerated and rushed past Chivu!

Chivu, who turned a little slowly, was thrown away by Walcott. Although he was still chasing closely behind Walcott, the little tiger ran more and more happily on the field!

Lucio came from the middle to block Walcott's inward angle. He didn't use the corner kick to get an assist just now, but it worked at this moment. Walcott forced a breakthrough to the bottom line, but Lucio continued to block his inward route unmoved. In desperation, Walcott quickly dunked the ball back, and then rushed the ball to the center before Lucio and Chivu formed a siege!

Messi followed up with a shot, and Mascherano, who had been closely behind him, took a risky flying tackle from behind. The ball just hit his feet and bounced into the penalty area.

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After each threatening shot in the opening game, the game began to reach a stalemate. Both sides appeared to be a little cautious in attacking. Although they sent enough attackers in the frontcourt, perhaps it was precisely because of the quick counterattacks of both sides that made each other realize that the quality and ability of the opponent's counterattacks are very high. When they don't want to lose the ball easily, the offense will inevitably become cautious.

Both sides are trying their best to find each other's flaws and try their best not to let the opponent find their own flaws, so entanglements appear more in the midfield. Even if they attack the frontcourt, it is difficult to create murderous intentions in the penalty area, and most of them end their attacks with long shots.

This kind of game is naturally a bit boring for the neutral fans in front of the TV, but for the fans of Newcastle and Inter Milan, even if there are not too many exciting attacks and shots, it is enough to make them nervous.

During this period of time, Long Bisheng has been looking for places that can be used. He has a slight advantage in height, but this advantage is easily offset in the opponent's penalty area. The same is true physically. Ranocchia has a quick kick, and Long Bisheng needs to spend more energy to deal with his interference when holding the ball behind his back. Correspondingly, finding the position of his teammates will become much more difficult.

Maybe holding the ball with your back and forcing a pass to throw off the opponent is a good way?Inter Milan's defense line is very complete, but even the most complete defense line will become full of flaws after one person is broken through. If one's own breakthrough can attract enough Inter Milan defenders, then other teammates will have a chance.

Thinking of this, Long Bisheng saw that Bell had dribbled the ball and assisted him to the frontcourt, and immediately ran out of the penalty area, while Ranocchia also followed up from behind.

Bell passed a cross to Gerrard, and Gerrard passed the ball to Long Bisheng's feet with a through ball, and then started to run forward.

Aquilani immediately ran towards Gerrard, while Long Bisheng pouted his butt back while catching the ball, knocking Ranocchia a little distance away, and straightened up when the ball stopped under his feet.

This time, Long Bisheng noticed Ranocchia's long legs, and stepped on the ball far in front of him. Ranocchia was about to go around and break the ball. Long Bisheng immediately pulled the ball back, and then quickly turned around against Ranocchia's body, squeezing Ranocchia behind!

The same is the interference behind the defensive players, the difference between the offensive players with their backs to the goal and the goal is a world of difference!

Taking a step forward with the ball, Long Bisheng threw Ranocchia a little away. Taking advantage of this distance, Long Bisheng immediately raised his right foot and was about to take a long shot from the top of the penalty area!

Ranocchia behind him could have fouled in time, but seeing Long Bisheng blocking himself behind his body, he was also a little far away from the ball. A foul behind this place would give the opponent a very threatening direct free kick. Live this monster?

After hesitating for a while, Ranocchia had no time to stop Long Bisheng. Seeing that the situation was not good, the experienced Lucio immediately rushed out, trying to block Long Bisheng's shot with his body, but Long Bisheng's shot itself was a fake move. Although his long-range shooting rate was very high at this distance, he managed to get rid of Ranocchia's defense. This opportunity should create more benefits no matter what.

He originally intended to lure Ranocchia into a foul. There is a high possibility of a red card for a foul in this place, but Ranocchia calmly judged that the consequences of fouling would be more serious than conceding the ball. Seeing Lucio rushing out, Long Bisheng immediately changed his shot to pass, and a beautiful oblique pass passed the ball into the penalty area!

Messi, who plugged in later, received the ball smoothly, and faced Cesar who was attacking without defense, he just lobbed a shot!

Cesar, who was just halfway through the attack, did not expect Messi to shoot suddenly while catching the ball. He could only half kneel on the ground, stretch out a hand, and turned his head helplessly to watch the ball bypass his side and fly obliquely into the goal behind him...

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! Messi! Messi! Messi opened the scoring! Long Bisheng's pass was so beautiful, and the Chinese partner's wonderful cooperation! Inter Milan's defense was torn apart! Newcastle scored with their first shot inside the goal frame! Newcastle continued their recent good form!"

After scoring the goal, Messi and Long Bisheng ran under the stands together and waved their fists at the stands. At this moment, their self-confidence has reached a peak!

Inter Milan, which conceded the fewest goals in the Champions League this season, only lasted for 10 minutes before they broke the goal-what else could they not do?With such a pair of striker partners who are extremely well coordinated, are they still afraid of not being able to score goals?

(End of this chapter)