At 19:25 Madrid time, assistant coach Arteta pushed the door in from the outside, clapped his hands and shouted: "Guys, it's time!"
After hearing Arteta's reminder, Guardiola, who was standing in front of the tactical board in the locker room, looked around the Manchester City players and emphasized again: "Calm down, concentrate, attack their weaknesses, run and kill them in motion!"
"Kill them!!" After Guardiola finished speaking, the Manchester City players suddenly shouted collectively, and their morale was high.
Watching the high-spirited players leaving one after another, Guardiola always had a confident smile on his face.
But as soon as the players finished walking, the thick confident smile on his face disappeared instantly.
No one knows the power of Barcelona and the terror of Messi better than him, the founder of Barcelona's six-title dynasty.
But what should be done and what can be done, he has already done.
Guardiola believes that his speech full of determination and confidence just now boosted the morale of the team and inspired the players' fighting will.
As for how the game will develop next, that is no longer within his control.
But Guardiola believes that as long as their tactical execution can reach 80% today, defeating Barcelona and Messi will not be a dream.
Maybe they can take away three points from Camp Nou in front of 100,000 Barcelona fans and in front of the world's attention.
In the player tunnel, several old Barcelona players, Bravo and Nolito, were hugging and greeting their former teammates, chatting and laughing.
As soon as Chu Zheng walked to the stairs, he saw Bravo hugging Messi and saying hello.
The two people who had met each other once nodded, smiled, raised their hands and shook each other's hands, which was considered a greeting.
Chu Zheng walked down the stairs and came to the queue in Manchester City.
But soon he felt as if someone was watching him, and Chu Zheng subconsciously turned his head to the right to look at the Barcelona queue.
When he turned around, Chu Zheng saw Suarez nodding and saying hello to him with a smile.
Chu Zheng nodded and smiled back.
But looking back, Chu Zheng couldn't get rid of Suarez's unusual pair of front teeth, which were really big.
"Will he bite again later?" As he was thinking about it, Chu Zheng suddenly felt excited and secretly glanced at Suarez on the right.
This Uruguayan striker does not have a very good reputation in football.
Half angel, half devil! Hell dogs, etc. are all labels given to Suarez by the media.
Fans who like Suarez will be impressed by his amazing skills.
And those who hate him want him to die.
For example, the Ghana team was destroyed by Suarez's hand of God in the 2010 World Cup.
But to this day, people's first impression of Suarez, the Uruguayan striker, may come from his pair of large front teeth.
Initially, people thought this was just Suarez's physical appearance.
However, as time passed, people were surprised to realize that these front teeth were a weapon for the Uruguayan forward in football.
As early as when he was playing for Ajax, Suarez had a record of biting people.
At that time, their game with PSV was almost over, and during a conflict between the two sides, Suarez clicked on Bakar.
Since then, the magical power of front teeth has begun to show its prowess.
Three years later, Suarez was already the Uruguayan striker who joined the Red Army Liverpool.
However, when playing against Chelsea, facing Chelsea defender Ivan's tight defense, Suarez was either angry or hungry, and just took a bite of Ivan's elbow.
The pain was so great that Ivan threw Suarez out with all his teeth. After the game, he was suspended for ten games.
Just one year later, at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, Suarez's brain was once again controlled by his front teeth, and he smacked the Italian defender Chiellini's sweat-soaked shoulders again.
FIFA was very angry about this, and then he was fined for a nine-game ban and banned from participating in football-related activities for four months.
But no matter what, the flaws do not hide the virtues.
You can accuse him of biting and violating the spirit of competitive sportsmanship, but you cannot deny his talent and skills.
This is a rare top striker in football!
At 19:40, players from both sides took the stage under the leadership of the referee team.
"The referee of this game is the famous Croatian whistler Milorad Marzic..."
After some vernacular talk, the impassioned Champions League theme song sounded soon after, and the starting lineups of both sides appeared on the live broadcast screen in time.
"Okay, let's take a look at the starting lineups of both sides first."
Barcelona:(433)
Goalkeeper: Ter Stegen
Defenders: Mascherano, Pique, Umtiti, Alba
Midfielder: Rakitic, Busquets, Iniesta
Forwards: Messi, Suarez, Neymar
"Messi only returned from injury in the last round of La Liga, but even though he was injured for a period of time, his condition was as good as ever and he scored the winning goal in that game!"
"Iniesta returned to the starting lineup for this game and put on the captain's armband again."
"And Enrique's selection of personnel on the defensive line has also changed."
"In the La Liga game against Depor at the weekend, Enrique chose Digne and Mathieu."
"But in that game, Barcelona's left wing was very aggressive by Depor players, so today Enrique started Umtiti and Alaba, who had just recovered from injury."
"This is the fifth time Barcelona has faced Manchester City in European competition."
"The first four times were the Champions League quarter-finals in the 2013-14 season and the 2014-15 season. Manchester City was twice beaten home and away, losing all four games."
"At Camp Nou, Barcelona have only lost two of their 30 encounters with English teams in Europe."
"What's interesting is that in the history of Manchester City's European competition, they have won twice out of nine away games against Spanish teams."
"So in today's game, except for the technical and tactical aspects, which we still don't know yet, in other aspects, Barcelona, which plays at home, has the advantage!"
As soon as the words were said, Manchester City's starting lineup appeared.
Manchester City:(433)
Forwards: Nolito, De Bruyne, Sterling
Midfielder: Chu Zheng, Fernandinho, Gundogan
Defenders: Kolarov, Stones, Otamendi, Zabaleta
Goalkeeper: Bravo
"Compared with the starting lineup in the weekend league, Manchester City's side has also changed a lot."
"For this game, Guardiola didn't know what his reasons were for not starting Aguero, but instead used a striker-less formation."
"Aguero's absence may be because he has not returned to his best condition after the international break."
"Last weekend in the 8th round of the Premier League, when Manchester City played against Everton, Aguero did not start."
"Not only Aguero, Chu Zheng and De Bruyne were also put on the bench. As Guardiola said some time ago, he would rather give up the league temporarily than lose points in the Champions League."
"So Manchester City, who were playing at home, were tied 1-1 by Everton!"
"He got his wish!"
"Haha!" Zhang Lu smiled again and narrowed her eyes, "But for Guardiola and Manchester City, the timely recovery of Chu Zheng and De Bruyne is good news."
"Yes! With Guardiola's lineup today, it's hard to say who will be in the middle."
"Well, everyone is familiar with these two teams. There are only a few basic formations, but the specific positions can only be seen clearly after playing!"
At 19:45 Madrid time, with the whistle of referee Mazic, this powerful dialogue that has attracted worldwide attention officially started.