Chapter 1005 Superstar Messi

Mourinho really gave it his all!

His determination can be seen from the starting lineup he submitted before the game.

The goalkeeper is Valdes, the defense is Adriano, Pique, Mascherano and Alves, the midfielder is Yaya Toure, Iniesta and Xavi are in front, and the front trident is Pedro, Fabregas and Messi.

Mourinho made some changes, but still insisted on his choice, arranging Yaya Toure as a deep-lying midfielder, letting Fabregas still be at the front, and letting Messi return to the right winger position.

Having said that, Mourinho's lineup clearly shows that he wants to fight a decisive battle with Manchester City away from home.

He wants to score first at Manchester City's home ground!

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Manchester City also played with its full main lineup, and unlike Barcelona which fought hard against Real Madrid last weekend, Manchester City was able to gather their strength and wait for the opportunity. Whether it was the schedule or the progress of the game, they had a clear advantage.

The goalkeeper is Courtois, the defense line is Marcelo, Pepe, Kompany and Zabaleta, the midfielder is Busquets, forward are David Silva and Toni Kroos, and the front trident is a combination of Di Maria, Sudon and Sanchez.

Guardiola does not try to guess the opponent's tactics, but continues to adhere to the tactical concept of focusing on himself.

Manchester City was well prepared for Mourinho's idea of ​​going all out, but preparation is preparation. Guardiola is unlikely to change his tactics to target Mourinho, so Manchester City still sticks to its own style of play.

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It can be said that both sides of the confrontation have their own persistence and have made some appropriate compromises.

The whole world is looking forward to this game. Even the Catalan media, which claimed to have fallen into despair after the first leg, has sent an unprecedented group of reporters to Manchester.

There were a large number of Barcelona fans who followed the team to the Etihad Stadium. After mediation, Manchester City gave 3,000 tickets to the visiting fans, but there was still a shortage of tickets, resulting in many Barcelona fans still waiting outside the Etihad Stadium for tickets from scalpers before the game started.

The highest scalper ticket price is said to be as high as four thousand pounds, but tickets are still hard to come by, which shows how much attention this game has received.

The fans who were fortunate enough to enter the Etihad Stadium were also cheering for the team they supported. The game had not yet started, but the atmosphere in the stadium was already quite heated, especially the Manchester City fans of the home team, who were cheering for their team crazily, trying to completely suppress the visiting team in momentum.

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

Fans of both teams had been competing with each other long before the game started, making the atmosphere in the stadium extremely intense. When the players of both teams walked into the stadium led by the referee, everyone's emotions were already aroused before the game started.

Everyone believed that this was a game that was extremely exciting from the moment the whistle sounded.

And the facts prove that this is indeed the case.

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As the German referee Felix Brück blew the whistle, Fabregas, who was standing in the center circle, immediately kicked the ball to Messi, who kicked it back to midfield.

As soon as Xavi stopped the ball, Manchester City players came up and forced him to pass the ball back to the defense line again.

This looks like a pretty routine start.

Manchester City, playing at home, was proactive, while Barcelona, ​​playing away, patiently tried to control the ball.

But gradually, everyone realized that the game was not going according to the script.

After Barcelona lost the ball in the frontcourt for the first time, they immediately launched a counterattack and launched a fierce pressing attack on Manchester City's midfield and backcourt. In particular, the trident led by Messi, Fabregas and Pedro ran actively, and the midfield also pressed forward actively, creating a lot of pressure on Manchester City's midfield and backcourt.

Just three minutes into the game, Iniesta got the ball on the left side of Barcelona and suddenly kicked it to the right.

After Messi received the ball on the right side of the penalty area, although Marcelo and Busquets went up at the first time, Messi still skillfully pulled the ball sideways and dribbled towards the middle along the penalty area line. After continuously accelerating past Marcelo and Busquets, he kicked a curve ball with his left foot.

The trajectory of the ball was very strange. Courtois tried to dive sideways, but the angle was too tricky. The Belgian goalkeeper failed to save the ball in time. The ball hit the side net directly and fell into Manchester City's goal.

One to zero!

In an instant, the entire Etihad Stadium fell into a brief deathly silence.

Barcelona fans shouted and cheered wildly, and everyone was shouting Messi's name.

What is a superstar? Messi is one!

When Barcelona was in trouble and everyone felt desperate, Messi put on a wonderful individual performance and shot a strange arc ball into the dead corner of the goal to equalize the score for Barcelona.

The second leg was 1-0, and the total score was 1-1, so both sides were back to the same starting line! After scoring the goal, Messi was so excited that he rushed to the sidelines to celebrate crazily, and all the Barcelona players also chased after him. Everyone felt extremely excited and excited.

In front of the visiting team's coaching seat, Mourinho even exaggeratedly rushed out of the coaching command area, ignored the fourth official's dissuasion, rushed to the sidelines, roared and vented at the live camera.

"The pressure on Mourinho has been too great for some time."

"First they lost to Manchester City at home, then they lost to Real Madrid, suffering two consecutive defeats at Camp Nou, which is very rare. More importantly, Mourinho even felt an unprecedented crisis in his position as coach. Even the Barcelona management began to not stand on his side, which made him desperate."

"And now, Barcelona has successfully turned the situation around with a goal three minutes into the game, and it also tells everyone that Barcelona is still Barcelona, ​​and Mourinho is still Mourinho!"

"Anyone who underestimates Barcelona and Mourinho will eventually pay the most painful price."

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Guardiola had a serious face.

Su Dong reminded him several times before the game that Mourinho was a gambling man and might take a gamble in this game. He agreed with Su Dong's opinion at the time, but he was still a little too "willful" when arranging tactics.

As a result, reality dealt him a cruel blow.

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

This is how a knockout match works. One goal could be the dividing line between heaven and hell.

What Manchester City originally valued most was a 1-0 victory away from home, but now, Messi's goal has completely made Manchester City lose this advantage. Not only did they end up in a 1-1 draw, but they also tied the away goal.

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Barcelona also completely came back to life with this goal.

Guardiola had no idea how to play the next game .

Losing the ball within three minutes of the start of the game is a huge blow to any team.

Especially the opening tactics.

Guardiola can only hope that the players on the field can keep their composure and avoid falling into chaos.

The best thing is definitely to score a goal.

At this time, if we can score a goal as soon as possible, we can stabilize the morale of the team.

But how easy is this? …

Su Dong’s idea is the same as Guardiola’s.

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

After the restart, Barcelona, ​​having tasted success, continued to put pressure on Manchester City, especially on the midfield and backcourt.

Obviously, they wanted to score one more goal.

If Barcelona scores one more goal, Manchester City’s situation will be completely trapped.

Su Dong understood this, so he kept standing in front of Barcelona's defense, forcing Mascherano and Pique not to press too hard. At the same time, he also used his running position to tell his teammates that he was waiting for an opportunity to counterattack.

Manchester City players also understood this and passed the ball to Su Dong whenever they had the chance, but two consecutive attempts failed to create a threat.

It was not until the seventh minute that Manchester City intercepted the ball in the frontcourt and launched a counterattack.

As always, Barcelona actively counterattacked and exerted pressure in the frontcourt, trying to keep Manchester City's ball in the frontcourt.

Marcelo quickly moved forward on the left, and after receiving the ball, he strode across the center line with the ball. Outside the 30-meter area, he looked ahead and found that Barcelona's defense line was still relatively forward, and Su Dong was ready to go.

The Brazilian left-back acted decisively and without any hesitation, he kicked the ball behind him with his left foot and sent it directly into the left side of the penalty area.

Su Dong had been paying attention to Marcelo's movements. After seeing his gesture, he moved forward without hesitation, made an offside move at the fastest speed and went straight to the left side of Barcelona's penalty area.

Barcelona goalkeeper Valdes reacted the fastest. After seeing Su Dong was offside, he decisively left the goal to attack.

Mascherano and Pique were left behind by Sudong, and the ball landed outside the small penalty area. Sudong and Valdes both sprinted towards the ball at the same time.

Valdes tried to hit the ball with his hands, but Su Dong was also very fast. He rushed to the landing point of the ball, took the lead and kicked the ball lightly.

The ball first hit Su Dong's feet, was cushioned and then bounced back.

Valdes tried to kick the ball, but found that the ball was cushioned by Su Dong. His originally determined move turned out to be in vain. After the ball was cushioned by Su Dong, it slowly passed over his head and fell into the goal behind him.

All this happened in a flash, and many people didn't even pay attention to what happened. They just saw Su Dong making an offside run and Valdes leaving the goal to attack. Then after the two passed each other, Su Dong's leg was hit by Valdes, and he lost his balance and fell directly to the left side of the front of Barcelona's small penalty area.

But the ball went over Valdes' head and fell into the unguarded goal behind him.

Although Pique tried his best to chase back, by the time he rushed to the small penalty area, Su Dong's lob had slowly fallen into Barcelona's goal line.

The referee Bruck's whistle suddenly sounded, indicating that the goal was valid.

Instantly, the Etihad Stadium was boiling!

(End of this chapter)