Chapter 1004： Superstar Messi

Mourinho really gave it a go!

From the starting lineup he submitted before the game, he can see his determination.

The goalkeeper is Valdes, the defenders are Adriano, Pique, Mascherano and Alves, the midfielder is Yaya Touré, and Iniesta’s partner Xavi is in front. The field trident is Pedro, Fabregas and Messi.

Mourinho has changed, but still insists on his choice, arranging Yaya Touré as the midfielder, allowing Fabregas to remain at the forefront and allowing Messi to return to the right wing position.

Having said that, Mourinho made such a lineup, making it clear that he is going to fight Manchester City away.

He wants to score at home in Manchester City!

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Manchester City also play with all the main lineups, and compared to Barcelona's death of Real Madrid last weekend, Manchester City can be said to be well-stocked and ready to work. Whether it is the schedule or the progress of the game, they have a clear advantage.

Goalkeeper Courtois, the defense line is Marcelo, Pepe, Kompany and Sabaleta, the midfielder is Busquets, David Silva, Tony Kroos, forward The field trident is a combination of Di Maria, Sudong and Sanchez.

Guardiola does not guess the opponent's tactics, but continues to adhere to the tactical concept of me as the mainstay.

For the idea that Mourinho is likely to let go, Manchester City has already prepared, but ready to return to preparations, Guardiola is impossible to change himself for the tactics against Mourinho, so Manchester City still insists on their own. A set of play.

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It can be said that both sides of the match have their own persistence and some compromises have been made appropriately.

And the whole world is full of expectations for this game, even the Catalan media, which claims to have fallen into despair in the first leg of the game, dispatched an unprecedented press team to Manchester.

There were a large number of Barcelona fans who followed the team to the Ittihad Stadium. After mediation, Manchester City gave 3,000 tickets to the away team fans, but the demand was still in short supply. As a result, many Barcelona fans were still in Ittiha before the game started. Outside the German stadium, waiting for the scalpers tickets.

The highest scalper ticket price is said to have reached four thousand pounds. It is still hard to find a ticket, which shows the degree of attention of this game.

Fans who are lucky enough to enter the Etihad Stadium are also trying their best to cheer for the team they support. The game has not yet started, but the atmosphere in the stadium is already quite enthusiastic, especially the Manchester City fans of the home team. His team cheered and tried to completely suppress the visiting team in momentum.

Barcelona's fans are at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers, but they are not inferior in momentum.

The fans of the two teams were fighting each other long before the game started, which made the atmosphere in the court extremely fierce. When the players of the two teams walked into the court under the leadership of the referee, the game hadn’t started, and everyone’s emotions were already gone. Was motivated.

Everyone believes that this is a very hot game since the whistle sounded.

And the facts have proved that it is true.

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With a whistle from the German referee Felix Brück, Fabregas, standing in the center circle, immediately kicked the ball to Messi, who kicked it back to the midfield.

As soon as Harvey stopped the ball, Manchester City's players had already pushed up, forcing him to pass back to the defense again.

This looks like a very regular start.

Manchester City playing at home is proactive, while Barcelona playing away is patiently trying to control the ball.

But gradually, everyone realized that the trend of the game did not follow the script.

After losing the ball in the frontcourt for the first time, Barcelona immediately put in a counter-attack, and the first time they launched a fierce press against Manchester City's midfielder, especially the trigeminal headed by Messi, Fabregas and Pedro. The halberd is even more active, and the midfielder is also actively pressing, creating a lot of pressure on Manchester City's midfielder.

Just three minutes after the game, Barcelona's Iniesta on the left side got the ball and suddenly his big foot shifted to the right.

After Messi received the ball on the right side of the front of the penalty area, although Marcelo and Busquets both went up for the first time, Messi was still very skillful in pulling the ball horizontally, dribbling the ball along the penalty area line to the center, and continuously accelerating. After passing Marcelo and Busquets, he kicked a curve with his left foot.

The trajectory of the ball was very strange. Courtois fought hard, but the angle was too tricky. The Belgian goalkeeper failed to save the ball in time. The ball was directly loaded into the side net and fell into the Manchester City goal.

One to zero!

Suddenly, the entire Etihad Stadium fell into a brief deathly silence.

Barcelona fans screamed and cheered frantically, and everyone was shouting Messi's name.

What is a superstar?

Messi is!

When Barcelona was in trouble, when everyone felt desperate, Messi used a wonderful personal performance, with a weird kick, hit the dead corner of the goal, and equalized the score for Barcelona.

The second round was one to zero, and the total score was one to one. Both sides returned to the same starting line!

After scoring the goal, Messi was so excited that he rushed to the sidelines to celebrate, and all the Barcelona players also followed suit. Everyone felt extremely excited and extremely excited.

In front of the visiting team coach, Mourinho rushed out of the coaching command area exaggeratedly, ignoring the fourth official’s dissuasion, rushing to the sidelines, screaming and venting at the live camera.

"Since this time, Mourinho has been under too much pressure."

"First lost to Manchester City at home, then lost to Real Madrid, and suffered a two-game losing streak at the Nou Camp. This is very rare. More importantly, Mourinho even felt an unprecedented crisis in his position. Even the Barcelona management began not to stand on his side, which made him feel desperate."

"Now, Barcelona used a goal three minutes after the opening to successfully reverse the situation. At the same time, they told everyone that Barcelona is still Barcelona and Mourinho is still Mourinho!"

"Anyone who underestimates Barcelona and Mourinho will pay the worst price in the end."

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Guardiola pulled a face, full of solemnity.

Su Dong reminded him several times before the game that Mourinho is a very gambler, and he is likely to take a gamble in this game. At that time, he also agreed with Su Dong’s views, but he was arranging tactics. At the time, it was still a bit too "willful".

As a result, reality gave him a cruel blow.

Messi's goal not only led Barcelona out of the quagmire, but also dragged Manchester City into a predicament.

This is how the knockout matches are. A goal may be the dividing line between heaven and hell.

Manchester City originally valued the one-to-zero away victory, but now, Messi’s goal has completely lost this advantage.

Barcelona also relied on this goal to completely come back to life.

How to play the next game?

Guardiola didn't know it.

Losing the ball in the first three minutes is a big blow to any team.

Especially the opening tactics.

Guardiola can only hope that the players on the field can hold their ground and avoid chaos.

It's better to be able to score goals.

At this time, if you can score a goal as soon as possible, you will be able to stabilize your military spirit.

But how easy is this?

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Sudong's thinking is the same as Guardiola's.

It is indeed not easy to score a goal for Barcelona, ​​but he is still patiently looking for opportunities.

After re-starting the ball, Barcelona, ​​who tasted the sweetness, continued to pressure Manchester City, especially against Manchester City's midfielder.

Obviously, they want to score one more goal.

As long as Barcelona score a goal, then Manchester City's situation is really completely trapped to death.

Su Dong understands this, so he has been standing in front of Barcelona's defense line, forcing Mascherano and Pique not to be too overwhelmed, and at the same time telling his teammates with a running position that he is waiting for an opportunity to counterattack.

Manchester City's players also understand this and pass to Su Dong at every opportunity, but they have failed to threaten twice in a row.

Until the seventh minute, Manchester City hit the counterattack on the spot after stealing the ball in the frontcourt.

Barcelona, ​​as always, actively counter-robbed the frontcourt, exerted pressure, and wanted to keep Manchester City's ball in the frontcourt.

Marcelo quickly moved forward on the left. After receiving the ball, the ball dashed across the center line. At the outskirts of the 30-meter area, he glanced at the front and found that Barcelona's defense line was still relatively forward, and Su Dong was already ready. Sent.

Brazil's left-back defender made a decisive decision without any hesitation. He kicked the ball behind his back with his left foot and sent the ball directly to the left side of the penalty area.

Su Dong has always been paying attention to Marcelo's movements. After seeing his gestures, he did not hesitate to push forward decisively, counter offside at the fastest speed, and went straight into the left side of Barcelona's penalty area.

Barcelona goalkeeper Valdes reacted the fastest, and after seeing Su Dong anti-offside, he decisively abandoned the goal and attacked.

Both Mascherano and Pique were left behind by Su Dong, and the ball fell outside the penalty area. Su Dong and Valdes both sprinted towards the ball at the same time.

Valdes tried to hit with his hands, but Su Dong was also very fast, and at the same time he rushed to the ball's landing spot, took the first step, and touched the falling ball gently.

The ball first hit Su Dong's foot, UU Reading was cushioned and rebounded.

Valdez tried to hit the ball, but found that the ball was paddled by Su Dong. The action that was originally intended to win was actually hit empty. After Su Dong paddled the ball, it slowly passed over his head and fell. To the goal behind him.

All of this happened between lightning and stone fire. Even many people didn’t even pay attention to what happened. They just saw Su Dong anti-offside and advance, and Valdes abandons the door to attack. Then the two pass by, Su Dong's leg was hit by Valdes, his body lost his balance and he fell directly to the left of the front of Barcelona's small penalty area.

But the ball went over Valdes' head and landed on the unguarded goal behind him.

Although Pique chased him desperately, when he rushed to the small penalty area, Su Dong's shot had slowly fallen into the Barcelona goal line.

The referee Brueck’s effective whistle sounded suddenly.

In an instant, the Etihad Stadium was boiling!