Chapter 363: Which bastard is stealing my girl?
On the evening of January 9, 2005, at the Love Song Stadium.
In the 18th round of La Liga, Barcelona will challenge Villarreal away.
Before the game, Barcelona, which has suffered many disasters this season, once again received bad news.
Belletti, who returned to Brazil during the holiday to participate in a memorial match for Ronaldinho's brother's club, was diagnosed with an injury after returning to Barcelona. Together with Van Bronckhorst who was also injured, both of Barcelona's flanks were broken.
The good news is that Sylvinho and Giuly have returned from injury.
But in this game, Rijkaard only arranged Sylvinho to start as the left back, Giuly still sat on the bench, and young Iniesta replaced him as the right winger.
There was an unexpected name in Barcelona's starting lineup, Marcos Senna!
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The goalkeeper is Valdes, the back line from left to right is Sylvinho, Marcos, Oleguer and Puyol, the midfielder is Marcos Senna, Deco and Xavi are in the middle, and the front trident is Ronaldinho, Sudon and Iniesta.
When Villarreal's head coach Pellegrini stood in front of the home team's coaching seat on the sidelines, he saw Barcelona's starting lineup and the familiar figures in the lineup, and his brows involuntarily furrowed.
Others may not be aware of Marcos Senna's strength, but as the team's head coach, he knows it very well.
Since he took over Villarreal, Marcos Senna has always been the team's starting main force and core player. He and Hosico partnered as double defensive midfielders, which can maximize the activation of Riquelme in front.
It can be said that it is precisely because of the support of Senna and Hosiko behind him that Riquelme can fully unleash his talents in the midfield and dominate the game.
No one expected that Senna would test positive for drugs after the Toto Cup match with Atletico Madrid at the end of August, and was suspended for two months in October, causing him to miss most of the first half of the game.
But even so, in Pellegrini's mind, Senna is still the team's first choice.
Because he knows the quality and value of this midfielder.
What made Pellegrini feel helpless was that Barcelona, for some reason, actually set its sights on Marcos Senna.
This is unreasonable! The players that Barcelona is eyeing must at least be the rotation level of the top teams, or the core players of the mid-to-lower-level teams. How could they be interested in Marcos Senna, a nobody?
But the fact is that Barcelona negotiated Riquelme's transfer, hoping to use Marcos Senna as a bonus to get him to transfer to Barcelona, and Villarreal chose Riquelme without hesitation between Riquelme and Marcos Senna, so the Brazilian midfielder transferred to Barcelona.
Pellegrini could do nothing about it.
At this moment, standing in front of the home team's coaching booth at the Estadio della Signoria, when he saw Marcos Senna appearing in Barcelona's No. 19 jersey, he began to have a bad feeling.
Which bastard poached me and recommended Marcos Senna to Barcelona? Pellegrini was furious.
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Su Dong and Ronaldinho stood on the field, waiting for the kick-off.
Looking back, I just happened to see Marcos Senna not far behind me. He was trying to take deep breaths, as if he was trying to calm himself down. He was probably a little nervous.
"Hey, Marcos, let me ask you a question." Su Dong shouted with a smile.
Marcos Senna raised his hand to indicate that he heard him and let him ask.
"Your glasses don't have a prescription, do they?"
Su Dong had wanted to ask this question for a long time, but he never found the opportunity, or simply forgot to ask.
Because in private, Senna always wears a pair of very literary black thick-framed glasses, definitely the kind of high-myopia glasses that university professors wear, which makes people feel very subversive.
But when he gets to the training ground, he never wears glasses, which makes people wonder whether his glasses have prescription?
You don't wear it just to look cool, do you?
Ronaldinho, Deco and others around him all laughed and were very curious.
"Yes, Marcos, we want to ask this question too."
"It's okay, tell the truth, Marcos."
Everyone started to cheer and felt much more relaxed.
Marcos Senna scratched his bald head awkwardly, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Actually, it really has no degree."
Everyone burst into laughter.
"That must be an interesting story. Find a chance to tell it to me." Su Dong smiled faintly.
Marcos Senna nodded slightly and said nothing more.
That is indeed a story, one that I believe many people have had.
But it’s interesting that after being asked this by Su Dong and cheered by his teammates, Marcos Senna was not nervous at all.
The laughter from teammates around me was not ridicule, but teasing and amusement.
The atmosphere in the Barcelona locker room is really good. Marcos Senna feels that he is gradually integrating into it, and his leader is Su Dong in front of him.
First he was recommended to Barcelona, and then he helped him integrate into the locker room. Marcos Senna looked at Su Dong who was preparing to kick off in the center circle, his eyes full of gratitude.
Don't worry, I will never let you down! …………
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With the whistle of referee Velasco, Barcelona took the lead.
Villarreal took advantage of their home advantage and launched a direct attack on Barcelona.
The Yellow Submarine's playing style is more Latin, emphasizing passing and cutting, and defensive counterattacks are not the characteristics of this team.
Many people even say that Villarreal is the best team in La Liga this season besides Barcelona.
After the opening, Barcelona was more cautious.
Firstly, Marcos Senna was a newcomer and needed some adjustment; secondly, the back line was reorganized, with Belletti and Van Bronckhorst on both flanks injured and absent, which made it a prerequisite for Barcelona to stabilize its defense.
The most important thing is that during the winter break, Barcelona's stars were a bit too lazy, especially Brazilian players like Ronaldinho, which resulted in Barcelona's form not being very good and they still need to adjust through training and games.
Soon, Villarreal got a chance to shoot, with Diego Forlan taking the first shot, but the shot lacked power and was easily caught by Valdes.
Villarreal took advantage of the home advantage and began to gain the upper hand.
But this gave Marcos Senna room to display his strength.
In this game, he faced Villarreal's midfield core Riquelme. After several days of training, Rijkaard had a certain understanding of Marcos Senna's strength, so he boldly arranged him to start.
As the race began, Marcos Senna gradually got into the state and rhythm of the game.
In the eighth minute, Riquelme got the ball, got rid of Marcos Senna's entanglement and tried to take a long shot.
But after being freed, the tenacious Brazilian midfielder managed to entangle Riquelme and blocked his long shot.
Riquelme's long shot hit Senna's leg.
After that, Villarreal tried to launch attacks from Riquelme many times, but Marcos Senna not only kept a close eye on Riquelme, but also made extensive active runs and sweeps in the midfield, resolving Villarreal's offensive many times.
In the 26th minute, in order to avoid Marcos Senna, Riquelme even moved to the left and made a cross, but Senna returned directly to the penalty area and competed with Fran for a header, forcing the Uruguayan striker to head the ball off target.
Just two minutes later, Diego Forlan pulled to the left and performed a two-pass wall pass with Riquelme.
Marcos Senna was the one who was bypassed between the two players, but the moment Riquelme passed the ball, he turned quickly and stuck to Diego Forlan, blocking his left-foot shot from the edge of the penalty area at the critical moment. He made a decisive tackle and shoveled the ball out of the sideline, defusing a crisis.
This wonderful defense won Marcos Senna the applause of Soviet and Barcelona players.
Rijkaard also kept cheering for Senna on the sidelines, signaling him to pay attention to adjusting his position.
Due to the suppression of Marcos Senna, although Riquelme had many opportunities to get the ball, he found it difficult to organize threatening attacks, which led to the curbing of Villarreal's offensive.
Barcelona's defense barely held up, but both the midfield organization and the frontcourt attack were still relatively sluggish.
After the change of sides in the second half, Villarreal still easily controlled the game and launched an attack.
In the 48th minute, Riquelme appeared on the left again. As soon as he got the ball, Marcos Senna approached him immediately.
Riquelme knew that Marcos Senna was difficult to deal with, but he never expected that this guy would be this difficult to deal with.
I had already avoided to the side, but he still followed me. He was really asking for his own life! For a moment, Riquelme was also angry. After stopping the ball, he wanted to pass Marcos Senna.
Marcos Senna is not tall, even shorter than Riquelme, but he is more flexible and moves faster.
Although he was confused by Riquelme's fake move, he quickly adjusted and kicked again quickly.
Riquelme's movements were so slow that Marcos Senna was still able to grab the ball when he made the move the second time.
After the break, Marcos Senna left the stunned Riquelme behind and quickly passed the ball to Xavi.
Xavi stopped the ball and made a straight pass.
Near the center line of his own half, Su Dong stepped sideways and stopped Xavi's long pass behind Villarreal center back Pena. He then started quickly and rushed through Pena's defense area at the fastest speed.
Tonight, Su Dong's condition was indeed not very good, but in a one-on-one situation, at the critical moment, he was still able to use his speed to get rid of his opponent, while behind Pena was only Rodriguez left.
But what no one expected was that when Su Dong just crossed the center line and looked ahead, he found that Reina's position was actually a little outside.
This goalkeeper from Barcelona's youth training camp has never been very stable. Is he going to let go at the critical moment?
Su Dong didn't care about all this. Seeing Reina's standing outside, he dribbled the ball across the center line and shot with all his strength.
The ball flew straight towards the goal.
I have something to do tomorrow morning, so I will try to get home early to write and update in the afternoon. Things are so busy during the Chinese New Year that the update time is unstable. I am really sorry. I hope everyone understands. Thank you!
(End of this chapter)
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