Chapter 383: We’re also teammates, give me some face (Ch 383)

Gullit called out Ousmane Dembele’s name excitedly because the opportunity was so good.

Although it is not so easy to score, for professional players, especially those who play as forwards in Barcelona, ​​they cannot miss this opportunity.

But Ousmane Dembélé missed it. Amid Gullit’s excited shouts, Ousmane Dembélé pushed the ball to Suarez with a standard push action.

He actually aimed wrongly at the critical moment, and the ball hit Suarez and bounced back to Alisson, thus ruining a great opportunity created by Barcelona at the beginning of the game.

“Ousmane Dembélé didn’t take advantage of this great opportunity, and Barcelona almost scored against Liverpool first!”

“How can you not be angry?”

“The interview with the Barcelona fan before the game actually caused a lot of controversy on the Internet. Some fans thought that the fan who was interviewed and criticized Ousmane Dembele should give the young Ousmane Dembele more confidence and time.”

“But does this Barcelona team really have time?”

“When Busquets leaves, when Rakitic retires, when Alba gets older, when Suarez gets older, when Messi gets older, and when Coutinho can’t get back to form, will they still have a chance to reach the Champions League semi-finals next season?”

“So, they don’t have time. Young players like Ousmane Dembele must step up immediately and carry the Barcelona banner!”

The ball was not scored, and Liverpool was basically familiar with Barcelona’s offensive style. They created opportunities more through running in the frontcourt.

The moment Messi dribbles the ball, Coutinho and Ousmane Dembele will sprint at the same time, and Messi has three passing points, in addition to the two wingers, and Suarez in the middle.

If it were someone else, it would be difficult to pass the ball in such an isolated situation, but as long as you give Messi space, his passes can always create opportunities for his teammates.

Therefore, Liverpool’s next defensive task focused on limiting Barcelona’s chances of holding the ball.

Liverpool used the defensive tactics that Zabia is best at, not giving Barcelona enough area to receive the ball in the frontcourt.

And Van Dijk is very smart, and now he is the one who leads Liverpool’s defensive tactics in the backcourt.

Van Dijk deliberately left the area close to the abdomen, actually close to the upper abdomen, to Barcelona, ​​and focused on protecting the lower abdomen area.

It is this kind of defensive tactics that makes it difficult for Suarez to find opportunities.

Therefore, Barcelona naturally started to make some moves on the wing, especially Coutinho, who performed quite well in this game.

Facing Liverpool, he constantly used his signature passing style to create opportunities for Ousmane Dembele.

But Liverpool’s offense also began to take effect, especially Lin Chen, who faced his former Spanish teammate Busquets and kept dribbling the ball to prevent Busquets from leaving the defensive midfielder position.

As a result, Rakitic is the only one left in Barcelona’s midfield who can provide help in the frontcourt.

As soon as Lin Chen passes Busquets, he will immediately pass the ball to the left, and Mane will break through Semedo.

Semedo, who started the game, is from Portugal and is highly expected by Barcelona fans.

However, Semedo’s recent condition is also very worrying. He and Ousmane Dembele are in charge of Barcelona’s right side, which can be said to be in a devastated state.

In the 29th minute of the game, Lin Chen tried to break through again. After successfully passing Busquets, Mane had been waiting on the wing for a long time.

Klopp subconsciously stretched out his hand, hoping that Lin Chen would transfer the ball quickly, but Lin Chen’s movements were even faster than Klopp’s waving of his hand, and he passed the ball to Mane two seconds later.

Semedo will face the impact of Mane again. One is a winger who has been in hot form recently, and the other is a full-back who has been in poor form recently. When the two confront each other on the wing, the result is obvious.

Mane started suddenly and Semedo failed to keep up, and was then left further and further behind by Mane.

But suddenly, after Mane broke through to the end line, Semedo took the opportunity to use the advantage of his long legs to prepare for interception.

Mane subconsciously shook off Semedo and then rushed into the penalty area, with Semedo still chasing him!

Lenglet also started to rush towards Mane!

It’s just that Lenglet’s recent form has been very bad, and Mane cut inside again, and this time he successfully passed Lenglet!

Gullit became more and more excited the more he watched!

“Lenglet was also passed!”

“Hit the door!!!”

“Mane falls to the ground!”

“Pique and Lenglet knocked him down together!”

“The referee didn’t call a foul, Lin Chen was very angry!”

Lin Chen was more than just angry, he chased after the referee and protested loudly. After Ter Stegen hugged the ball, the referee had no choice but to suspend the game, and then showed a yellow card to Lin Chen who was complaining to him frantically!

“Lin Chen got a yellow card for his angry complaint!”

“Liverpool players surrounded the referee!”

“They are as angry as Lin Chen, and Mane is protesting!”

The referee took a step back in the face of Lin Chen’s roar. At this time, the linesman was waving the flag frantically, which meant that there was a difference in the penalty between the linesman and the referee.

Now it was the Barcelona players’ turn to worry, and they immediately rushed towards the linesman.

Klopp said nothing. He knew that his words would not change any results, so all he needed to do was wait, but Lin Chen had to do it.

In fact, Lin Chen didn’t even see how Mane was knocked down. His original attention was on the right side, thinking that if Mane passed the ball to him and he passed the ball to the right, Salah would be able to score.

While he was observing Salah’s movement, Mane was brought down.

So Lin Chen’s acting was very convincing. At one point, he acted so convincingly that the referee thought he saw everything, but in fact, Lin Chen saw nothing.

This was a very subtle foul because Mane’s leg collided with Pique after the shot, so the referee needed to clarify whether Pique committed the foul before or after Mane completed the shot.

The definition of this timing will affect whether it will be awarded as a penalty.

After the discussion, the referee returned to the field and did what all Liverpool fans wanted to see!

“He pointed to the penalty spot, Liverpool got a penalty, Mane created the penalty!”

“After Lenglet was passed, Pique had to block Mane’s shot, but his outstretched leg disrupted Mane’s shooting action and made Mane lose his balance!”

“The referee showed Pique a yellow card!”

Lin Chen regained his warm side at this time. He followed the referee and tried to persuade him to take back the yellow card he had given him, but this kind of yellow card was difficult to take back.

Busquets suddenly walked up to Lin Chen.

“Lin, we are old teammates.”

“Don’t be so picky about me. Give me some face.”

Lin Chen patted Busquets and said with a smile: “Then I deliberately didn’t score this penalty. Is that enough to save your face?”

Busquets nodded immediately.

If Lin Chen really missed the penalty kick on purpose, then he would definitely be given enough face!