Chapter 698
Ibrahimovic, who is almost 30 years old, in the eyes of many people, he is a big man who has no header skills, but has excellent skills at his feet. In fact, Ibrahimovic, who is almost 30 years old, has already honed his header Out.After all, Ibrahimovic has a body and a sense of running position. Coupled with the training in the game, even a pig can nod the ball over time, let alone Ibrahimovic.
With Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Guardiola is confident that he is [-]% sure of breaking Liverpool's iron barrel formation.
However, it is useless to say anything now. Although Ibrahimovic is still a Barcelona player in name (the Swede joined AC Milan on loan, not a direct transfer), but look at Ibrahimovic this season. The performance in AC Milan, coupled with Allegri's establishment of Zlatan Ibrahimovic as the core of the team, anyone with a little sense knows that at the end of the season, AC Milan will definitely trigger the buyout clause. The low price of 400 million euros bought this top European striker.
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No.403 minutes, Vidal broke the football under Villa's feet, but was immediately shoveled to the ground by an angry Villa with the ball from behind.
This immediately aroused the dissatisfaction of the Liverpool players on the pitch. Anyone who is stupid can see that Villa is taking the opportunity to retaliate.He didn't know how many times the ball was intercepted by Vidal in the first half today.
Gerrard immediately rushed to Villa and roared.
The Barcelona players immediately quit. They don't care who is right or who is wrong. They have to protect their teammates on the court. What's more, the Barcelona players have long held back their anger since the game was played.
Immediately, players from both sides gathered together to top the bulls, and Pique ran directly from the back line all the way to Liverpool's frontcourt and yelled at Gerrard.
The referee was very helpless, he didn't like to see such a scene happen, and he didn't dare to impose a severe sentence.On the one hand, both sides are giants, with a high degree of attention, and any penalty may be hyped by the media.As for Li Wei, the referee didn't say anything on the surface, but he was still a little scared of him in his heart. This guy didn't hide his words, but he really had tricks. He really did force a referee to retire.
On the other hand, it is only the first half of the game, and you are shown a red card, which is very controversial.
It doesn't please either team to send off players, or both teams to send off players at the same time.Especially the latter, it will only make both teams hate the referee's penalty.
This conflict interrupted the game for almost 2 minutes. The final result was that Villa showed a yellow card, and then Gerrard and Pique were called over to give verbal warnings.
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The conflict took place on the football field, but it was also affected outside the football field, with boos coming and going at the Camp Nou.
Guardiola ran out of the coach's bench and complained excitedly to the fourth official. He thought it necessary to give Gerrard a yellow card.
Of course, Guardiola didn't dislike Gerrard, but that among Liverpool's three midfielders, Gerrard is the last one.Gerrard's technical characteristics destined him not only to be a mere midfield organizer, but also to be a tough iron waist. Therefore, in Liverpool's tactics, Gerrard is not only the core of the organization, but also the defensive core.He previously commanded Yaya Toure and Vidal's two defensive midfielders, and then commanded Liverpool's defenders, and served as the last line of defense in front of the defenders.
After Gerrard takes the card, his defensive ability will be greatly reduced, and it will be even more difficult to motivate his teammates as an example.
What surprised the commentator was that Li Wei was standing on the sidelines, with his hands in his trouser pockets, looking coolly at the sidelines.
"How is Li Wei doing today? So quiet?"
"It's not just Levi who is different, but Guardiola, who is usually known for his calmness, seems to be extremely excited today. This is really strange! Could it be that the two souls have exchanged?"
Liverpool's assistant coach Rodelfo Borel couldn't help asking Levi: "Benedict, how are you? It's too quiet today!"
Li Wei smiled, and he said: "Did you find that the Barcelona players were very special just now?"
"Huh?" Rodelfo Borel didn't understand what Levi wanted to express.
Li Wei saw that Rodelfo Borel didn't understand, and further explained: "Although Villa's actions were bad just now, is it necessary to break out a conflict because of this? Even Pique ran from the back line to support his teammates , You must know that he is not the captain, there is absolutely no need to be so excited at this time."
Although Vidal was tackled from behind by Villa, Villa's actions were not completely aimed at people, let alone bright spikes.Therefore, although the Liverpool players were dissatisfied, they only besieged Villa and were not prepared to do anything to the Spaniard.
At this time, the nearby Barcelona players had already run over to support, and there was no need for Pique to follow along to join in the fun.
Rodelfo Borel understood what Li Wei meant, and he said: "Barcelona is in a hurry!"
Li Wei showed a meaningful smile. "As a team that emphasizes possession, impatience is their taboo!"
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The conflict is over, and the game has reached almost No.405 minutes.
The fourth official only gave 2 minutes of stoppage time. Obviously, the referee was afraid of another problem on the football field and signaled the fourth official to shorten the stoppage time.
Otherwise, with the conflict just now, plus some dead balls in the usual time, 3 minutes of stoppage time is not too much.
The referee felt uncomfortable even for these 2 minutes. After about 40 minute and [-] seconds of stoppage time, he blew the whistle to end the first half of the game.
The referee was actually quite helpless and bitter in his heart. Although there were no harsh retaliatory fouls in stoppage time, Barcelona's players attacked more fiercely.Liverpool's defense was naturally tougher, and the physical contact between the two sides began to increase. It is a bit exaggerated to say that they were turned on their backs, but it was definitely insulated from the normal atmosphere of the game.
The referee was afraid that the two sides would become more and more angry, and some kind of conflict would ignite the powder keg in their hearts, so he hurriedly ended the first half of the game.
The referee believes that the most important thing for both sides is not to play football, but to go back to the locker room and calm down for 15 minutes, otherwise the game will not be played.