In the Camp Nou stands, as time passed, the originally confident Barcelona fans could no longer calm down after seeing their team being beaten by Manchester City.
But there is no way, Barcelona has an old problem, that is, it is slow to warm up, and it is sometimes very slow to enter the game state.
Soon, Manchester City's attack came again.
In the 18th minute of the game, after Chu Zheng retreated to get the ball, facing the joint attack of Rakitic and Busquets, Chu Zheng took the ball and circled continuously near the arc of the center circle, flashed and moved, and his plate was blocked.
The technology is demonstrated vividly.
In football matches, fast foot frequency is a dimensionality reduction attack.
Facing Chu Zheng's dribbling, Busquets and Rakitic both had the illusion that they were guarding Messi during training.
The two chased Chu Zheng over and over again, but they couldn't touch the ball at Chu Zheng's feet. Every time, Chu Zheng was one step ahead of them and took the ball away.
The three of them struggled for four or five seconds, and Chu Zheng, who had turned a U-turn, suddenly scored the ball with his kick.
In front of the center line on the right side of the center circle, Sterling and Chu Zheng formed an excellent passing and running understanding. After catching up with the ball, they strode along the wing towards the Barcelona goal again.
Alaba in front of Sterling made a crazy retracement.
On the right side of the penalty area, Sterling changed directions continuously from left to right, and Alaba was knocked out of the way.
Sterling seized the opportunity and made another cross pass.
Unfortunately, Pique, Umtiti and others came back quickly. Umtiti kicked the ball out of the right sideline in time to resolve the crisis.
Zabaleta is preparing for a quick throw-in.
Just as he threw the ball out, he heard referee Mazic's sharp whistle. When he turned around, he found Alaba lying in the penalty area with a look of pain on his face.
On the sidelines, Enrique knew at a glance that he was done. He probably had another strain.
"Ouch, I can't get up. It must have been shaken by Sterling's continuous change of direction just now!"
"Today Alaba's side happens to be the direction of Manchester City's main attack. You can imagine the pressure he faces."
"Yes, Sterling rushed very resolutely from the wing today, just staring at Alaba!"
While Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu were talking, the fourth official on the sidelines soon raised a substitution sign.
Enrique replaced Alaba with No. 19 French full-back Digne.
After a while, the game resumed.
After replacing Alaba, Barcelona's defense on the left has become significantly more stable.
Less than 3 minutes later, the substitutions were made. Maybe it was time, but Barcelona suddenly lost its slow-heating state. The MSN combination of Messi, Neymar, and Suarez in the frontcourt showed their power without warning.
In the 23rd minute of the game, Manchester City's formation on the field was 4132, with Chu Zheng and De Bruyne on the front line.
But this is Guardiola, the formations are ever-changing and the player positions are very flexible.
At the top of the arc to the right, Chu Zheng slowly went up to the top and approached Umtiti who was holding the ball.
Seeing Chu Zheng coming, Umtiti decisively passed the ball back to Pique on the right side of the penalty spot.
De Bruyne immediately pressed forward, and Chu Zheng also quickly ran towards Umtiti.
Pique, who immediately took the ball, only had the option to play the ball to the right side of the penalty area.
The ball soon came to Mascherano's feet on the right side of the penalty area.
But Mascherano stopped the ball and turned around, Nolito also rushed up, and Barcelona's backcourt ball was once again forced into a dead end. Mascherano did not dare to wait for Busquets to enter the left rib area at the top of the arc to establish a
When the ball is spotted, he takes off his foot and passes the ball forward to the sideline.
In the center line of the wing, Kolarov ignored Suarez behind him and jumped directly to intercept in the air.
But after jumping up, Kolarov found that the ball was slightly higher, so he swung his head directly to the right and tipped the ball to Stones, who was retreating from the ribs.
On Stones' side, he retreated quickly, fearing that Kolarov would get on top, so he could pull in time to trap Suarez on the wing.
Unexpectedly, the ball came suddenly.
Stones suddenly stopped and turned around.
Just as Stones ran forward to get the ball, he suddenly saw Messi and Otamendi in the center circle rushing towards the ball together.
Immediately, Stones immediately retreated, took a step to the right, and then continued to retreat.
Sure enough, in the next second, Messi relied on his speed and the frequency of his feet to rush to the ball and flick the ball in front of Suarez.
Seeing the ball coming, Stones buckled his right knee inward and threw his left foot up to the right. The precise ball was stopped and hooked back in front of him.
Stones' aerial interception was extremely exciting, causing Camp Nou to once again be in an uproar.
"Oh! That's a good shot!"
"Messi's intentions were seen through by Stones!"
Seeing Messi rushing towards him, Stones didn't wait for the ball to hit the ground, quickly raised his right foot and passed it out laterally.
But the ball was hurriedly passed high, giving Messi enough time to turn around and continue the pursuit.
Kolarov was also very smart, knowing that he couldn't beat Messi on the ground. In order to avoid being hit by the reduction, he jumped on the spot and pushed the ball forward.
Kolarov's original intention was to feed Nolito, who was retreating along the wing.
Unexpectedly, there was a problem with the tacit understanding between the two. Nolito did not run immediately, but let Mascherano rush over first.
After getting the ball, Mascherano quickly advanced along the wing and suddenly passed Messi in the ribs halfway.
After Messi gets the ball, he immediately cuts inside horizontally. This is the famous Messi Corridor.
In the right rib area at the top of the arc, Otamendi, Stones, Fernandinho and Gundogan formed a square position and quickly surrounded Messi.
But Messi turned around deftly and quickly, and his feet exchanged touches with the ball at a rapid rate, and he brought the ball back.
Chu Zheng, who was coming back along the middle road, saw this scene and couldn't help but feel a little numb for a moment. None of the four people could get the ball, and Messi was able to take the ball out easily. The dribbling skills of this Argentine football king were really great.
horrible.
Chu Zheng knew very well that if Messi continued to interfere like this, their defense would be in chaos sooner or later.
But it is a pity that distant water cannot save the near fire.
After Messi got out of the encirclement, he quickly turned right and continued to dribble the ball horizontally.
Fernandinho chased after Messi but couldn't find a chance to make a move.
At the top of the arc, Otamendi also rushed out, trying to flank Messi with Fernandinho.
But when he reached the top of the arc, Messi suddenly kicked off and passed the ball to Neymar in the left rib area at the top of the arc.
At the same time, Suarez in front of Messi immediately started to advance towards the top of the arc behind Otamendi.
On Neymar's side, after receiving the ball, he continuously retreated to the upper left corner of the penalty area and hooked Zabaleta in the rib area.
As soon as Suarez started, he suddenly pushed the ball in front of Suarez.
But Stones, who was filling in, was not slow either and got stuck on Suarez's front right side in time.
After Suarez found that he could not shoot directly, he missed the ball directly from his feet.
Suddenly the ball went straight to the penalty spot.
Messi, Fernandinho and Otamendi noticed the ball coming at the same time.
But Messi was the quickest, stretching out his foot to get ahead of Fernandinho and stabbing forward to the left. The ball rolled to the left sideline of the small penalty area.
The next second, Suarez shoots!
"fool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Seeing the ball hitting the outside of the side net, Camp Nou once again burst into deafening exclamations!
"Suarez!!!" Zhan Jun suddenly exclaimed.
"Ouch, this ball!!!!" Zhang Lu was also shocked.
"This ball was hit too fast!"
"Messi's frequency of kicking is really the best in the world. Fernandinho poked the ball out before he could react!"
"Barcelona's current offense makes it difficult for your defensive players to react!"
"Only the three of MSN can achieve this extreme level of rapid passing and cutting coordination in a small space!" Zhang Lu was full of praise for MSN's performance-style offensive coordination.
On the sidelines, Enrique also seemed very excited, applauding and gesticulating. It was obvious that this attack was what he wanted to see.
Next to him, Guardiola had already realized something was wrong.
It is obvious that Barcelona has entered the game state.
After games against Celtic and Tottenham, Guardiola knew very well that his defense could not withstand excessive defensive pressure.
Soon, Guardiola's worries came true.
Three minutes later, Barcelona's MSN combination made a comeback again.
At 26 minutes and 28 seconds of the game, Messi started in the left rib area of the center circle and successfully broke through Kolarov's defense. Even Gundogan's shovel from behind could not bring him down.
Entering the Messi corridor again, under the cheers of the Camp Nou, Messi once again cut inside horizontally.
But this time Chu Zheng returned very timely. He blocked the top of the arc and waited for Messi to pass.
But Messi didn't go as Chu Zheng wished.
After cutting inside and entering the right rib area at the top of the arc, he saw Iniesta crossing diagonally from the top area to the right side of the penalty area. He directly passed the ball.
On the right side of the small penalty area, Iniesta was the first to arrive, and his heels rushed forward and backwards to the penalty spot before Zabaleta was making a tackle.
Inieste's heel knock was originally not a threat.
Because Fernandinho is behind you.
What left people speechless was that when Fernandio turned to the left, his left foot suddenly slipped and he fell.
Messi and Chu Zheng are at the intersection of the penalty arc on the right and the end line of the penalty area.
The two started almost at the same time and accelerated at the same time, so fast that it was impossible to tell who was faster.
One second later, Chu Zheng and Messi touched the ball almost at the same time.
Everyone's eyes were dazzled as the ball suddenly penetrated the Manchester City goal from the lower left corner of the goal against the turf.
"boom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
At the moment of the goal, Camp Nou experienced the most violent shock tonight.
The cheers of Barcelona's nearly 90,000 fans roared throughout the Camp Nou, giving people a sense of horror as to whether this famous stadium would collapse.
"The ball is in!!!!!!"
"The ball has been scored!!!!!!!!!!!!" Zhang Lu and Zhan Jun exclaimed in unison in the LeTV sports live broadcast room!
However, neither of them saw clearly who kicked the ball in.
Not only them, many fans at the scene didn't see it clearly either.
"Is it an own goal?" Zhan Jun asked his doubts.
Soon, slow motion playback appeared.
In the replay that was slowed down several times, Messi's left toe touched the ball first than Chu Zheng did.
Chu Zheng was just a few tenths of a second slower.
"Chu Zheng didn't touch the ball!"
"It's Messi's goal!!! Not an own goal!!!"
"Fernandinho hit the ball at the wrong time!" After watching the replay of the entire goal, Zhang Lu couldn't laugh or cry.
But surprises are part of football.
On the sidelines, Guardiola spread his hands and turned back to the bench.
