Ground football: Ronaldo thought I was going to assist him

"Speaking of horses, we have to mention Matthäus. He is out of action due to injury and is expected to be out for some time."

"Lisbon's young Yaya Touré has replaced Matthäus and appeared alongside Guardiola, forming a double pivot midfield partnership."

"The media dug up an interview from when Yaya Touré had a trial with Arsenal, in which he said that Barcelona was one of his favorite teams. This may be why Wenger didn't want him."

"Now that they have to face Barcelona, ​​I wonder what Yaya Touré thinks."

"Guardiola was one of the key players in Barcelona's first team last season, and his early substitution was a major factor in Barcelona's elimination by Sporting Lisbon last season."

"Xavi back then wasn't good enough to replace Guardiola, and even now it would be difficult for him."

"Barcelona stated that Guardiola's unwillingness to take a pay cut was the main reason for the split between the two sides."

"Guardiola stated that he doesn't care about money; what he cares about is playing time. If a player is happy even if he doesn't play, then that player lacks ambition."

"He will never like players who lack ambition."

"Guardiola even said that if he became the head coach and a player under his command was unhappy when he didn't play, he would make that player the core of the team because that player's mentality deserved it!"

Cancelo: ? ? ?

Cancelo: So why am I playing for Bayern now?

With the sound of a whistle, the competition officially began.

As two possession-based teams, their first ten minutes of play were perhaps the most exciting part of the match.

Possession changed hands quite frequently, and both teams' players seemed quite interested in battling for the ball.

But after ten minutes... they stopped pressing aggressively in the attacking third.

Because we knew we wouldn't be able to get it.

From this perspective, Sporting Lisbon is actually stronger than last season.

Last season, they could only play a defensive counter-attacking style against Barcelona, ​​and the gap in player strength made it difficult for them to hold onto the ball.

Now... with Duncan and Ronaldinho dropping back, Barcelona can't get the ball in the attacking third.

even……

In the twelfth minute, Ronaldinho displayed astonishing individual ability.

After making a regular pass to Ronaldinho, Deng Kai immediately feinted forward and shouted, "Go! They can't stop you!"

After saying that, Ronaldinho flicked the ball and immediately challenged Cocu.

Xavi was drawn to Deng Kai's forward run and had just moved a little towards him when Deng Kai suddenly turned around and walked back to cover the gap left by Ronaldinho's forward run, preventing Barcelona from launching a counter-attack if Ronaldinho lost possession.

Harvey was shocked. This... is it hypocritical?

Just as Xavi was about to approach Ronaldinho again, he realized a problem: where was Ronaldinho?

Cocu was lying on the ground, while Ronaldinho had already walked away.

Cocu got completely outmaneuvered by Ronaldinho!

Then Ronaldinho delivered a through ball.

However, Drogba's footwork was a little rough, and he lifted the ball too far, causing it to be caught by Barcelona goalkeeper Bonano.

However, even at this point, many Barcelona fans were still in shock.

There was also a look of surprise on the Barcelona coaching bench.

Rexach pointed at Ronaldinho on the field and said to his assistant coach, "Isn't this the player we've been looking for?"

The assistant coach nodded repeatedly: "It's him! It's him! The player we've been dreaming of!"

Ronaldinho's arrival convinced everyone in Barcelona's sporting department that love at first sight truly exists.

Throughout history, whether it was Overmars who was brought in earlier or Saviola who was brought in for more than 30 million this season, their performance on the left wing has never met Barcelona's requirements.

The same applies to Simão previously.

Quaresma is currently performing reasonably well, but he can only play as a right winger; his outside-of-the-foot ability is useless on the left wing. A left winger who cuts inside needs a curling shot.

Ronaldinho has always been a left-wing player.

Although he played on the right wing most of the time for Sporting Lisbon, it didn't hinder his talent at all.

Look at that dribble just now, it's exactly what Barcelona wants.

Seemingly hearing the unanimous, silent chant from the entire Barcelona team, in the sixteenth minute, Ronaldinho once again used his skillful dribbling to shake off Xavi in ​​the middle.

To say that Ronaldinho dribbled past others is disrespectful to his dribbling skills.

He crossed the street as easily as if he were at four in the morning, without any hindrance.

Harvey: Is describing me like that a sign of respect?

De Boer couldn't stand it any longer. To avoid being outmaneuvered by Ronaldinho as well, De Boer violently tackled Ronaldinho.

The referee put the whistle in his mouth but did not blow it.

Because Deng Kai suddenly appeared from behind Ronaldinho, picked up the ball, and ran towards the right wing.

He's going to the bottom.

After De Boer brought down Ronaldinho, he was unable to catch up with Deng Kai.

boom!

Deng Kai delivered a cross from the wing.

Salihamidzic instantly possessed him.

His cross was like an angel's wing.

Drogba and Cristanval were entangled in the middle lane when the latter suddenly stumbled, allowing Drogba to take off without hindrance.

Air raid sirens sounded over Barcelona!

boom!

Drogba's header was powerful and heavy, and Bonano had no chance to make an effective save, watching the ball crash into the net.

"Goal! Drogba! Drogba has scored Sporting Lisbon's first goal in the second group stage of the season!"

"Christanval's massive muscles are nothing compared to Drogba's!"

"After a season of training, Drogba's physique has become even stronger!"

"Of course, Deng Kai's beautiful cross and Ronaldinho's skillful dribbling were also important components of this goal."

Triglav stood on the sidelines celebrating wildly.

With just that one goal, he knew the game was in the bag!

Barcelona is still Barcelona!

Evra, puzzled on the bench, asked Maksa, "Why is Mr. Triguera so excited when it's only 1-0? He doesn't even celebrate like this when we're up 2-0 many times."

Maxi laughed: "Because this goal means Barcelona are now down 0-1!"

To put it another way... if you don't know, why should I know?

I'm just a lifestyle blogger; what do I know about football?

Evra was stunned.

Saint Sassa's words... have a hidden meaning.

Unfortunately, my own expertise is too shallow to interpret it accurately, which is truly regrettable.

Asking further questions would make one appear less qualified and easily underestimated by others.

Maicon, standing to the side, suddenly realized: "I understand! In the study of health preservation, it is said that the body is one, the one is the foundation. And zero represents all the other various things. Without the one, then having many zeros is of no use."

"But if we have one, then the zeros that follow also have meaning."

"One begets two, two begets three, three begets all things!"

"Saint Sa, am I right?"

I like playing football on the ground: Ronaldo thought I was going to assist him.