Chapter 1001 These players are unreliable!

Time passed by little by little, and the score remained unchanged.

Manchester City had more than 60% of the ball possession, while Barcelona only had 40%, which was extremely rare in previous games. More importantly, Manchester City had more offensive opportunities than Barcelona.

This made the Barcelona fans in the stands feel very complicated.

On the one hand, they sincerely hope that Barcelona can win and defeat Manchester City, but on the other hand, they are not satisfied with the current Barcelona on the field. They play too negatively, the scene is not good to look at, and the situation is not advantageous.

Is this still Barcelona's home ground? On the contrary, Manchester City on the other side looks more like Barcelona.

The conflicts among Barcelona fans could not change the course of the game. Manchester City still controlled the ball, but Barcelona also defended very well.

Mourinho's defensive formation was quite effective, and it had a certain curbing effect on Manchester City's midfield possession and penetration. Several counterattacks were also quite threatening, and were basically initiated by Messi.

The same is true for Manchester City.

Due to the numerical disadvantage in the midfield, Su Dong retreated more often to connect the ball, while Di Maria and Sanchez in the frontcourt failed to seize the opportunity to score, making Manchester City's attack rather loud but little effective.

But Manchester City was mentally prepared for this. Even before the game, Guardiola repeatedly reminded the players to remain patient no matter what and strive to score a valuable goal away from home.

Su Dong also called on his teammates to do the same, and at the same time he was doing his best to help the team stabilize the situation.

Everyone in Manchester City is waiting for Barcelona to make a mistake.

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The pace of the game was fast and time passed quickly.

In a blink of an eye, forty minutes had passed and the score was still zero to zero.

As the first half of the game was about to end and the time had just jumped into the 41st minute, Barcelona midfielder Yaya Toure dribbled the ball forward from the middle, trying to break the deadlock in the midfield, but was successfully intercepted by Toni Kroos who was prepared near the center line.

After the German midfielder intercepted the ball and got rid of Yaya Toure's entanglement, he looked forward and found Sanchez on the right. Su Dong retreated very deep, so the left side of the frontcourt was empty.

Alves really made a run! After Toni Kroos realized this, he made a long diagonal pass without thinking.

The ball quickly passed through the right side of the center circle, drew an arc, and fell to the left side of Barcelona's 30-meter area.

At this time, Barcelona's defense tended to its left side, focusing on Sanchez and Sudong, but its right side seemed a little empty, especially when it switched from defense to offense just now, Alves ran into the gap and went straight forward.

Di Maria advanced to an empty spot, straightened his chest, stopped Toni Kroos' pass in front of him, and started again, sprinting forward with the ball at the fastest speed.

Mascherano rushed forward to defend immediately, but Di Maria's speed had already increased. Without waiting for Mascherano to get close, he kicked the ball directly into the penalty area, accelerated and chased after him, and broke through Mascherano's defense line with his speed.

Mascherano chased back desperately and blocked Di Maria's inside, but Di Maria still seized the opportunity and made a long diagonal pass with his left foot to the right side of the penalty area.

Sanchez had also arrived by then, running straight to the right side of the penalty area and stopping the ball before Puyol.

One on one!

The Chilean winger feinted and pretended to go down the wing, but suddenly he dribbled the ball back and passed it to the penalty spot.

At this time, Su Dong, who had deliberately slowed down his forward speed to confuse his opponent, suddenly accelerated and went straight in front of Pique. Before Pique, he stopped the ball with his right foot, then chased after him and shot the ball.

The football headed straight to the left side of the goal at an extremely fast speed.

When Di Maria was dribbling the ball just now, Valdes was standing on the left. When he passed the ball diagonally to Sanchez, Valdes quickly adjusted his position to the right. But before he could stand firm, Su Dong suddenly shot straight to the left side of the goal.

Valdes' reaction was quick and he tried his best to save the ball, but he failed to adjust his center of gravity and ultimately failed to catch up with Su Dong's shot.

The ball flew directly into the left side of Barcelona's goal.

The angle was not tricky, but Valdés could do nothing about it.

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"

"In the 42nd minute, Manchester City took the lead in breaking Barcelona's goal."

"This was an offensive combination from Manchester City's front three, and this was not the first time they had adopted such a combination. For Su Dong and the other two, it was almost a piece of cake."

After scoring the goal, Su Dong immediately turned around and rushed out of the stadium, constantly looking back to greet his teammates Di Maria and Sanchez. They rushed to the sidelines together and celebrated the team's goal under the corner stands where Manchester City fans were.

There were only 3,000 Manchester City fans who followed the team to Barcelona for this game. They were placed in the corner with the worst view, but their loyalty to the team is unquestionable, so the team will choose to interact with this group of fans after scoring a goal.

Manchester City fans in the stands also gave warm applause and cheers.

Although they were at a disadvantage in terms of numbers, the noise made by Manchester City fans was not small at all. Especially after the goal, when Barcelona fans became silent, the shouts of Manchester City fans became even more obvious.

"Let's take a look at the slow-motion replay of this goal. After Alves made a forward run, Barcelona's right side was left defensively empty and the ball was quickly pushed to the left side of the defense. Mascherano had to rush to grab the ball, but Di Maria broke through it with his speed and passed it back to the right side to Sanchez, who then passed it back to the middle. Finally, Suárez made the final move."

"Su Dong's shot was very calm and crucial."

"The whole process of scoring the goal, first after intercepting the ball on the right, Toni Kroos passed it to the left, Di Maria passed it to the right to Sanchez, and finally Sanchez passed it back to the middle."

"This kind of back and forth pulling of the opponent's defense is the offensive method that Manchester City is best at."

Manchester City players celebrated the goal on the sidelines, while Barcelona players walked back to the center line on the field in frustration and boredom, re-formed their formation and prepared to kick off again.

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Mourinho was on the sidelines, and when he saw Toni Kroos pass the ball to Di Maria, he jumped up with excitement.

When he saw Di Maria pass the ball back to the right, Sanchez pass the ball horizontally, and Su Dong shot into the goal, he was already furious.

"Damn it! Damn it!"

"Daniel, what are you doing? I've told you many times, watch your position, position, position!"

Mourinho yelled so hard that his veins popped out, and it was obvious that he was very anxious.

This is not surprising, because it was a mistake in the player's positioning.

Barcelona's attack just now was clearly on the left, but two players left their positions at the same time.

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One is Yaya Toure in the middle. When Mourinho gave him instructions, he was not absolutely sure and would never allow him to leave his position, because he and Xavi's defensive zone were crucial and he had to protect the defense line.

But the result was that Yaya Toure dribbled the ball forward, but was intercepted by Toni Kroos, leading to a counterattack.

Another one is Alves.

He saw the team switching from defense to offense and wanted to rush forward to get a piece of the action, but unexpectedly, Yaya Toure made a mistake and Alves rushed too far forward, exposing the space behind him.

"These bastards are so damn unreliable!"

Mourinho was now a little angry and cursed angrily.

Fortunately, the noise at the scene was so loud that only he and his assistants could hear his cursing, and even the players on the bench could hardly hear it. Otherwise, it would probably have caused an uproar.

But Mourinho really wanted to catch Yaya Toure and let him take a good look at how Busquets played as a defensive midfielder.

Damn, can't you let me be more careful? Can you stop thinking about dribbling forward all day? But Mourinho can't do this, because it would be like destroying his own job.

Everyone knows that Busquets followed Guardiola to Manchester City because he was not valued by Mourinho at Barcelona.

If he now asks Yaya Toure to learn from Busquets, wouldn't that be tantamount to offending Yaya Toure and slapping himself in the face? And Alves, he really forgets everything when he sees the attack.

Manchester City also has one, that is Marcelo, but the key is that Pepe can control Marcelo, and no one in Barcelona can control Alves.

The result was that when Alves dribbled the ball forward, Marcelo returned to his position immediately, and Di Maria didn't even need to follow him back, which led to this goal.

When it comes to this goal, the most crucial factor is Su Dong.

"This kid is so cunning!"

After Yaya Toure was intercepted when dribbling the ball to the center line, Su Dong did not run forward immediately, but deliberately cut in between Xavi and Pique. When Pique retreated into the penalty area and he reached the top of the arc, he suddenly shook off Xavi and cut in front of Pique.

Sanchez's pass arrived at the right time, and neither Xavi nor Pique could stop Su Dong from stopping the ball and kicking.

Giving away a valuable away goal to the opponent, Barcelona really had a difficult game.

The current situation has forced Barcelona to make a choice: should they press forward and attack?

Judging from the situation in the first half, if we continue with this style of play, we may not be able to score a goal or equalize the score in the second half.

As for pressing forward to attack, it does not necessarily result in a goal, but the back line will be more exposed and thorough.

What to do? Mourinho is really having a headache.

If this goal had not been conceded, he would definitely continue to defend. Even if the score was 0-0, he would defend to the end and leave the suspense to the second round. It would also be nice to score an away goal at that time.

But now...

Do you want to continue guarding?

Mourinho was a little hesitant.

Fortunately, the first half of the game ended quickly.

Manchester City temporarily took the lead 1-0 thanks to Su Dong's goal in the final stage.

Barcelona fans booed Su Dong as he walked off the field.

They began to hate the guy who broke through the Nou Camp goal again.

(End of this chapter)