"Cech! Unbelievable! He successfully deceived Riquelme and saved this penalty kick!" When seeing Cech rejecting Riquelme's penalty kick, the BBC said Lineker, who was in charge of commentating this game, immediately roared loudly in the live broadcast room, "In this psychological game, Cech had the last laugh in the end!"
"...Awesome." After a long silence, George uttered such a simple word to describe Cech's save that was worthy of being recorded in the textbooks.
Using a fake move to deceive the team taking the penalty kick and thus seize the initiative in this contest sounds simple, but is actually very difficult to operate. Not to mention anything else, just the two indicators of reaction speed and agility are enough to make most goalkeepers just be an armchair Zhao Kuo!
Missing a penalty kick was already a huge blow to the team's morale, and what happened next was a heavy blow to the Villarreal players: Cech, who got up from the turf, noticed that the home team players did not Return to defense in time and launch a quick counterattack with a big kick. Alonso, who was unmarked, took the ball and seized the perfect opportunity when Vieira was positioned too far forward. He fired a lob directly near the center circle of the stadium and broke through Villarreal. goal!
One to one! While Tottenham equalized the score, they also rewritten the total score of the two rounds of matches between the two sides to three to one!
The penalty kick was missed, but the opponent seized the opportunity to equalize the score with a super long-distance lob. Faced with such a heavy blow, Villarreal, which had been extremely resilient for more than 80 minutes, could not help but show signs of collapse!
In the 88th minute, Figueroa's return pass to Riquelme was intercepted by Mascherano and he launched a quick counterattack on the spot. Robben, who came in from the left, received the ball and passed the ball one after another. After Senna and Pena were on guard, they decisively took off and arced the ball into the far corner of the goal!
Facing Robben's curve ball, Vieira, who was standing in the near corner of the goal, was out of reach and could only watch the ball go into the gate he was guarding! Two to one! steal
Robben's goal completely sentenced Villarreal to death. With only a few minutes left before the end of the game, the Yellow Submarine needs to score four more goals to advance to the Champions League semi-finals, and this is obviously something that has almost zero probability of happening!
House seemingly endless rain. In stoppage time, Solin's forced breakthrough on the left was interrupted by Stephen Carr and Mascherano. The impatient former used an extremely dangerous behind-the-back shovel to knock down Stephen, who was about to advance. ·Karl almost triggered a large-scale conflict between players from both sides!
Fortunately, the referee on duty arrived at the scene of the incident in time and did not let the war of words turn into a substantial physical conflict. However, Tottenham's Davis (who replaced Gerrard), Mascherano and Diego Forlan and Pena of the home team still received a yellow card each. As for Solin, who caused the conflict, the referee was even more merciless and simply kicked him off the field with a red card!
The chaos caused by Solin not only forced the Yellow Submarine to face the dilemma of playing more with less in the final minutes of the game, but also consumed the little remaining game time, leaving Villarreal The last possibility of a comeback was completely lost!
Goodbye, Roman, and have a good trip.
Looking at Riquelme, who looked frustrated and gloomy on the court, George, who sat in the VIP box and watched the entire game, silently sent a blessing to the midfield master from Argentina. Because he knows very well that this game is the last opportunity for this so-called "last classical midfielder" to fully display his football talents in the European football world!
After having a taste of the Champions League and clearly realizing the huge pressure that two-front operations put on the team, Pellegrini, who is not willing to be stuck in the current tactical system, is bound to start making changes to the team's lineup. The upgrade has enabled Villarreal to transform from a classical attacking midfielder style with Riquelme as the absolute core to a tactical system that is more in line with the trend of modern football. In this way, Riquelme, who can only exert his energy when he is on the ball and in a tactical system in which he is the absolute core, this classical midfielder immediately became indispensable for Villarreal. The core of the team has become dispensable! steal
The reason why there is such a huge gap in just one summer has to do with Riquelme himself. You know, even classic No. 10s like Platini, Maradona, Laudrup, Rui Costa and Zidane are surrounded by Giresse, Alemão and Guardiola. Teammates such as , Pirlo and Djokaf who can take over the command of the team share the pressure. On the other hand, Riquelme's performance on the court declined significantly after Pellegrini introduced Pires and made changes to the team's style of play. Even if Pires was later exempted due to injury, Riquelme's condition showed no signs of recovery. He also clashed with Pellegrini and was thrown into the cold palace by the Chilean coach. In the end, he had to end his career in Europe. After just six months, he sadly left the Love Song Stadium and returned to his hometown in Argentina to continue his football career.
Although he feels extremely sorry for Riquelme's situation, George has no idea of saving the Argentine midfielder. On the one hand, it is because Riquelme's technical characteristics are almost impossible to adapt to the Premier League, which pays more attention to physical confrontation and the faster pace of the game; on the other hand, because as a top giant, Tottenham simply cannot go against the general trend and focus on Riquel. Ermei rebuilds the team's tactical system!
Therefore, George has not even thought about buying Riquelme to serve as the core of the substitute lineup, or letting him serve as a deputy next to Alonso - just kidding, if Riquelme can accept it With such a team positioning, he would never have turned against Van Gaal and Pellegrini successively!
In South America, which pays more attention to personal skills, Riquelme is naturally the core of the team; in Europe, which pays more attention to the overall, game rhythm and physical confrontation, Riquelme is completely inconsistent with today's trends and is too self-centered. A centered style of play can only allow him to gain a foothold in small and medium-sized clubs that lack a commander. This is the main reason why Riquelme, who was widely optimistic when he debuted, has not developed as expected after landing in Europe!
Under the watchful eye of George, Tottenham Hotspur, who were visiting the Love Song Stadium, successfully reversed the disadvantage of conceding a goal first and defeated Villarreal, and finally advanced to the semi-finals of the Champions League with a total score of 4 to 1!
