Chapter 218 A forward who cannot pass the goalkeeper is not a good forward

"Hello, audience friends, welcome to the Etihad Stadium. I am He Shi. I will be here to bring you the first leg of the 2013/14 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals held here.

A highlight match is Manchester City's home game against Barcelona.

This is the first time in history that the two sides have met in an official match.

The two sides have met 6 times in warm-up matches before, with Barcelona having the upper hand with 4 wins and 2 losses. Manchester City has recorded 2 wins and 2 draws against Spanish teams at home 4 times in history and remains unbeaten. Barcelona has won 6 times in 27 visits to England in history.

8 draws and 13 losses. The previous four visits to Manchester were 2 draws and 2 losses without a win. I don’t know if I can break the ‘curse’ this time and take away a victory from here.”

"Yang Feng scored 10 goals in the group stage, breaking the Champions League group stage scoring record. He also scored two goals in the two rounds of the 1/8 finals against Schalke 04, and currently has 12 goals.

Tied with Cristiano Ronaldo at the top of the scorer list, they are only two goals away from the record of 14 goals in a single season jointly held by Messi and Altafini. The second place on the scorer list is Messi who scored 8 goals!

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"Due to the recurrence of pancreatic cancer, former Barcelona coach Vilanova resigned as head coach before the season. Martino is now in charge of Barcelona, ​​so like Pellegrini, this is also his first season leading Barcelona.

Different from Manchester City's significant lead in the league, Barcelona is still in a close battle with Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid in the La Liga standings. If they cannot win the league championship and cannot advance to the Champions League this round, then Barcelona fans may be very disappointed.

It's hard to be satisfied with this new coach..."

In the locker room, the coaches of both sides took pains to emphasize the threats of Messi and Yang Feng.

Hazard, Lewandowski, Suarez, Neymar, Bale and others are still training, while Kaká and Robben have passed their peak. The only ones who can be called nuclear weapons during this period are Melo and I

Bu and Yang Feng were among the few left.

In the player tunnel, Messi and Akun met their old friends again, chatting and laughing, while other players had sullen faces, as if they were facing a formidable enemy.

Yang Feng greeted Xiaobai and Harvey, whom he had met once before, and then went over to shake Messi's hand and said, "Welcome."

Messi rarely joked and said: "Really welcome?"

"Well, actually it's not that welcoming," Yang Feng said with a smile, "I hope to meet you again in the finals."

"It's a pity that only one of us can go to the finals now."

"So is this the part where you talk harshly before the game?" Yang Feng looked at Akun, "What should I say to appear more domineering?"

"..." Akun really thought about it seriously, "I will be the only one to go to the finals... What do you mean by those looks in your eyes?"

"It's not interesting," Yang Feng said, "That's a good point. Don't say it again in the future."

“Barcelona started with a 4-3-3 lineup.

Goalkeeper: 13-Pinto;

Defenders: 22-Alves, 3-Pique, 14-Mascherano, 18-Alba;

Midfielder: 6-Xavi, 16-Busquets, 4-Fabregas;

Forwards: 11-Neymar, 10-Messi, 8-Iniesta."

"Manchester City 4-2-2-2.

Goalkeeper: 13-Oblak;

Defenders: 5-Zabaleta, 4-Kompany, 6-Lescott, 22-Klich;

Midfielder: 2-Kante, 42-Yaya Toure;

Attacking midfielder: 8-Kros, 21-Silva;

Forwards: 16-Aguero, 9-Yang Feng.”

"The game has begun..."

As soon as the game started, Barcelona coach Madino discovered that he had been deceived by Pellegrini.

Yang Feng's position is not on the front line, but retreats to a position almost parallel to Kroos and Silva. Kroos is in the center, Silva is on the left, and Yang Feng plays on the right.

It was originally two attacking midfielders, but now it has become the old-fashioned 1 attacking midfielder + 2 wide midfielders.

Although Kroos is a bit unconventional as an attacking midfielder and cannot dribble or protect the ball, his dealing skills are top-notch and he is fully capable of the work of centering, scheduling, and linking up.

Coupled with the ups and downs of Yaya Toure and Kante, Manchester City's midfield is simply too strong.

Of course, Barcelona's midfielder is not that bad, and can even be said to be the strongest in the world. After the game started, the football kept spinning in the midfield, and neither side even managed a decent attack.

"...The game was deadlocked at the beginning. Barcelona failed to control the game as usual, and the possession rates of both sides were evenly matched. However, Manchester City also had too many troops tied up in the midfield, making it difficult to attack offensively... Beautiful!

Before the words were finished, Manchester City launched a sharp attack..."

David Silva and Kroos played one-on-one in a row. It seemed that Silva was going to dribble the ball to the bottom line and cross the ball. Unexpectedly, Silva received Kroos's counterattack for the third time.

Suddenly a long pass came.

The football spanned most of the field, flying from the left to the right.

Yang Feng lightly padded his thigh and stopped the ball easily.

Alba rushed forward, trying to force Yang Feng to the boundary. Yang Feng suddenly pulled the ball back with his right foot, and then poked with his toes. The football magically changed direction and passed between Alba's legs.

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Neymar's eyes lit up in the frontcourt, and he felt a strange sense of familiarity coming over him...

Alba turned around and chased back, pushing hard at Yang Feng who was about to cut inside.

Yang Feng pushed hard with both hands, but unfortunately this time the support demon failed to take it seriously. He staggered a few steps and fell to the penalty area line.

"Beep!"

"Alba pushed someone from behind and got a yellow card. Manchester City got a good free kick opportunity. It should...oh, it was Yang Feng who took the kick. He scored 5 free kicks last season.

We have already scored three direct free kicks this season, and I don’t know if this will be the fourth.”

The home fans were very dissatisfied with this penalty, and they kept shouting "Red card! Red card! Red card!"

Yang Feng placed the ball and waved his teammates to disperse, making no secret of his intention to hit the goal directly.

When the whistle blows, take a run-up, rub the inside of your right foot and shoot.

This foot felt very good. After the ball flew out, Yang Feng couldn't help but clenched his fist.

Under the expectant eyes of the home fans, the football successfully bypassed the wall, then quickly drew in and flew towards the goal.

Pinto quickly adjusted his steps, jumped up, and narrowly blocked the ball out of the baseline with one palm.

There were sighs in the stands, and then they turned into applause.

"It's a pity. It was a pretty beautiful free kick. Unfortunately, the goalkeeper played very well and successfully resolved the danger. Although he didn't score, the home fans still gave Yang a warm applause..."

Yang Feng also blinked regretfully.

There are three difficulties in taking a free kick. The first is that it has to go over the wall, the second is that it has to hit the goal frame, and the third is that it is naturally blocked by the goalkeeper. This kick was solved beautifully in front of the goal, but unexpectedly it was blocked by the goalkeeper.

The four defenders all wanted to compete for the header, but Kompany and Lescott were scolded back by Pellegrini on the sidelines, "Watch Neymar and Messi! Watch out for counterattacks!"

He was also frightened by Barcelona. He played against this team 22 times in La Liga and only won 4 times, all of which gave away experience.

Cross took a corner kick, but Yang Feng failed to hit the target due to the entanglement of Pique and Mascherano. The ball was pushed out of the penalty area by Busquets.

Iniesta stopped the ball easily, evaded Kante's pressing with a flick and a dunk, and then passed the ball through.

"Iniesta takes the ball and drives straight towards Neymar! Neymar dribbles the ball in the middle of the midfield and Messi responds in front! Barcelona's counterattack is coming!"

Kante and Yaya Toure desperately chased back. According to the distance, they should not be able to catch up. However, Neymar seemed to have deliberately slowed down and waited for them. The moment the two caught up, he suddenly pulled the ball and retreated.

He came between the two of them.

The two quickly turned around, but Neymar turned around at the same time and pulled the ball back again...

Even the onlookers at the scene were a little confused, let alone Kante and Yaya Toure who were in the game.

The two of them chased after Neymar at first. After Neymar pulled the ball twice in a row and retreated, they still chased after Neymar. It seemed that the horse was busy and lonely, but only they knew that their footsteps had completely

It was chaotic. It was already the limit to be able to stabilize the center of gravity without being knocked over. If I wanted to catch up again, I couldn't do it. I could only watch Neymar go away.

Messi and Lescott are racing, but in order not to go offside, he can only control his speed. Although Kompany is not worried about Lescott guarding Messi by himself, he cannot just let Neymar go.

Regardless, he could only rush towards Neymar and was met with a fierce tackle.

Neymar stepped on and pulled, and Marseille easily avoided it with a spin.

Before everyone had time to applaud this clever dodge, Neymar had already tiptoed quite coherently and passed a comfortable overhead ball to Messi.

Messi can finally sprint with all his strength and enter the penalty area.

Oblak struck decisively.

Kompany had no choice but to do the same as Alba and push him hard from behind.

Messi also staggered a few steps forward, but like a tumbler, he staggered two steps and stood up straight again, but by this time Oblak had already run in front of him.

Oblak fell to the ground to save the ball the moment Messi took possession of it, but when the football that was still in sight one second suddenly disappeared the next, he knew it was over.

Messi just used the simplest change of direction of the ball, and he was able to avoid Oblak with the ball at the top and easily push the ball into the empty goal.

0-1.

"GOAL!!! Messi!! In the 16th minute of the game, Messi scored! Of course, Iniesta and Neymar also took most of the credit for this goal..."
To be continued...