Chapter 031 The Unbreakable Kazan Gate
The 28-year-old Argentine forward Alejandro Domingos has some connection with Chinese football. He scored the go-ahead goal to seal the victory in the match against the Chinese Youth Team at the famous Argentina World Youth Championship in 2001. One ball.
That year's World Youth Championship was called the Platinum World Youth Championship, and the champion Argentina emerged with many talented people from heaven and earth, such as Colonic, Saviola, D'Alessandro, Romagnoli , Domingos were the five stars of the Ah Qing team at that time, and there were four successors to the football championship.
Nearly ten years have passed, and the only person left in that 'Chosen' team to play for the five major league giants was Burdisso, who transferred from Inter Milan to Roma this season, and Domingos was at the age of Jinhua. Destitute in Kazan Ruby.
Two days ago, Zhuoyang and Messi talked about the Ah Qing team. Messi said that he was very impressed by it. At that time, he had just come to Barcelona from Argentina and entered La Masia. Messi said that among the players of that generation, the person he admired most on the team at that time was actually not Saviola, who was already worth 20 million, but Domingo, who could score goals, organize and score goals. Sri Lanka.
Unlike other Platinum teammates who ultimately wasted their time due to youthful arrogance and complacency, Domingos broke his leg after being kicked by the opponent's goalkeeper in a match with the French team after playing against the Chinese team. The most critical ball-raising period. If not, Messi said, Domingos should be the most accomplished among that group of people, and he would definitely not be as tepid as he is now.
Although Zhongyong was somewhat injured, Dominguez is still the absolute core No. 10 in Kazan Ruby. He is already the second player in this team. In 2007, Kazan was blinded by money and sold Dominguez to Zenit. At the beginning of this year, Kazan regretted it and was already rich in money. I bought it back and returned the No. 10 jersey with both hands.
In the UEFA Cup final a year ago, at the Manchester City Stadium, Zenit St. Petersburg No. 7 Domingos only replaced the injured Pogrebnyak in the last few minutes. There was no performance and it was not in Zhuoyang's mind. Leave a slight impression. But in the last round at Camp Nou, Kazan No. 10 Domingos left Zhuoyang fresh in his memory.
Although he did not score directly, Domingos was absolutely phenomenal at Camp Nou and was named the best player in that game and that round of the Champions League.
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Zhuoyang retreated at the beginning to steal the ball from Domingos and knocked him out of the field. But as soon as Zhuoyang turned around, he was tackled and rolled all over the floor by Ecuadorian midfielder Novoa.
Zhuoyang stood up and glared at Novoa, but because Dominguez was taking the initiative just now, he was not afraid at all, so within two seconds, the two people's hands were on each other's necks.
The opening scene set the tone for today's game - fierce, tough, and constant conflicts. In today's game, the Austrian referee's whistle was particularly loose.
It seems that he forgot to put on his sign when he went out. In the first half, both sides were overwhelmed, and he was stunned that he didn't even get a yellow card.
Although Barcelona is not a soft-ball team, such a loose penalty scale is obviously more conducive to the Russians who have a tougher style, and it also facilitates their defensive counterattacks tactically. In addition, Barcelona is not very good at playing away games, and when they encountered such cold weather, the turf was so hard that their bones hurt when they fell, so naturally they were unable to display 100% of their strength.
What's more, with the current state of the Trident, it is 100% just a fantasy. But even so, Barcelona still has an advantage on the scene.
In the 18th minute, after a series of patient kicks, Alves sent a through ball. Xavi passed the ball to Zhuo Yang from the front of the penalty area. Then Zhuo Yang made an exquisite lob that shocked the opponent's veteran goalkeeper Rizhkov into a cold sweat. . This was Barcelona's first threatening shot, and it also kicked off a strong attack throughout the game.
In the 22nd minute, under Keita's planning, Ibrahimovic got a single chance. Ibrahimovic calmly pushed the shot and hit the right post. It seemed that football was calmer than him.
One minute later, Alves played a one-two with Messi on the right and then lobbed the ball into the penalty area. Zhuoyang, who followed up from behind, failed to hit the right spot with his shot. He was so embarrassed that he quickly pretended that his shoes were uncomfortable and untied his shoelaces. Open and tie.
After several such dangers, Kazan Ruby head coach Berdeev could not sit still. He rushed to the sidelines to greet the players and find ways to use counterattacks to curb Barcelona's arrogance. Therefore, Domingos was the first to stand up and respond to the coach's call.
In the 40th minute, Dominguez's fake move deceived Puyol. He got out of the way and passed the ball over the top to an open space in the penalty area. The follow-up shot from a small angle on the right side of Semak was saved by Valdez. A narrow save.
Kazan's counterattack was more threatening than Barcelona's previous attacks. Seeing that they could fight back, Barcelona immediately fought back again. In the 44th minute, Messi broke through and was knocked down by Sharonov like a tree. Zhuoyang sent a tactical free kick. Ibrahimovic and Messi hit the goal with double ghosts at high speed. Ibrahimovic's shot was blocked by Rizhkov. Bottom line.
Throughout the first half, the game became fragmented due to fouls committed by both sides. Although Barcelona took the offensive initiative, they did not fully grasp the rhythm of the game. In this kind of game where people are constantly overturned, talking about rhythm is nonsense.
On the map of the European Champions Cup, Barcelona and Kazan are almost the two farthest points. Barcelona is in the southwest and Kazan is in the northeast. There is a straight-line distance of nearly 4,000 kilometers between the two places. Generally, small planes do not land halfway. Not even a single drop of oil can fly.
In order to accommodate the viewing time in mainstream areas of Europe, the game started at 9:30 pm local time in Kazan. In the second half, the temperature under the night was so low that water could drip into ice, and the turf was so hard that if you fell on it, you would have to bounce it three times. .
Barcelona people are all flowers in the greenhouse. They only have a literal understanding of this bone-chilling cold. Even Zhuo Yang and others have had to fight hard in the cold climate, but they are not adaptable. They were not adaptable in the past, but now Still not used to it.
Do you think the Russian Super League’s decision not to celebrate New Year’s Eve is because of their originality? The weather today is quite mild, but when it gets really cold, Lao Maozi himself won't be able to stand it, and only a ghost would come out to play football on March 9th.
After the intermission, Barcelona continued to attack the Kazan Ruby in the second half. The thunder was particularly loud at night in winter, but there was not a drop of rain in front of the Kazan gate. They don't score when they are in a good position, and they control the ball most of the time but are unable to score.
Zhuo Yang's long-range shot hit the side net, Ibrahimovic grabbed the spot and shot incomprehensibly, and Messi passed 10,000 people but still couldn't break into the penalty area. Time will not slow down because of the weather. It has already reached the 80th minute, and the score is still 0:0. The three people took advantage of the dead ball to get together and add up.
"Big gold chain, you are the tallest among the three of us." Zhuo Yang said to Ibrahimovic. Ibrahimovic’s name ‘Zlatan’ means gold in Slavic, and Zhuoyang sometimes calls him ‘big gold chain’. "It doesn't make sense that you didn't score a goal today. You will definitely be the one to take the blame."
Yi Jin Lianzi rolled his eyes and ignored Zhuo Yang. "Leo, you are the veteran of Barcelona. I'm afraid it will be hard to explain if you don't score today."
Messi was even less angry: "Zhuoyang, among the three of us, you scored the most goals last season. If you don't score, who will score?"
The three people circled around and pushed each other, pushing and pushing the Kazan Ruby to score.